genius divination

Chapter 159 Revisiting Professor Xiao

After a while, Feng Yuan arrived.As soon as I saw Fan Jiannan, I couldn't help complaining, "What's the matter with you? I've only been at work for a few days, and I have a lot of manuscripts to catch up. What's the rush?"

"Let's go to Professor Xiao, we must get his help for some things." Fan Jiannan nodded.

It was rare for Feng Yuan to see Fan Jiannan so serious, it was a bit strange and authentic. "What is it, is it important?"

"Well, we need to find someone. If we can't find him, he might die. I believe Professor Xiao might know something?" Fan Jiannan shrugged.

"You mean that Xiao Fuyi, Professor Xiao? Wait, I'll call him first." Feng Yuan frantically took out his phone.After dialing Professor Xiao's number and waiting for a while, she shook her head and said, "No answer, maybe I'm in class."

Fan Jiannan thought for a while and said, "I'm afraid it's too inappropriate to go to school to find him. Let's wait for him at home. Don't you know the address of his home?"

Feng Yuan nodded and said, "I know the address, I've been there twice..." While talking, the phone rang, and Professor Xiao called.

After probably listening to their intentions, Professor Xiao pondered for a while and said, "I'm sorry, there was something wrong just now. The matter you want to ask seems to be complicated, and I may not be able to explain it clearly on the phone. Um, okay. I'll go home right away , waiting for you at home."

An hour later, the four met at Professor Xiao's home.Professor Xiao was polite and enthusiastic as always, and invited several guests to sit down.After exchanging a few pleasantries, they began to ask them why they came.Fan Jiannan was also not polite, and directly told him that he wanted to know about the origin and development of ancient witchcraft.

"Ancient witchcraft?" Professor Xiao frowned. "This is a question that few people are interested in. Can I ask why you want to know about this?"

"If we want to learn about ancient alchemy before the emergence of ancient alchemy, it will inevitably involve so-called witchcraft. Professor Xiao is an expert in the study of the origin of alchemy, so I want to know more about it from you." Fan Jiannan said with a smile.

"Ancient witchcraft, I have done some research on this, but because the time is too long, I can't find anything that can be used as direct evidence. Most of them are some absurd legends, which are not recognized by the academic circle. Even Westerners think that China is the only country without priestly culture." Professor Xiao frowned.

"We want to know the origin and flow of witchcraft, as well as the spread of witchcraft culture." Feng Yuan said.

"Witchcraft comes from the tribe of Emperor Shun in the legend. The most famous one is the Wuxian Kingdom. This place is in the south of Anyi City. It is said that there is a salt pond with salt water on it. The water flows out of the thin mountain in the southeast, flows in the northwest, and passes through the north of Wuxian Mountain. Wuxian Mountain is in South of Anyi County." Professor Xiao thought for a while.

"Anyi County?" Fan Jiannan frowned.

"It's Anyi. That's the old name. From what it looks like now, it should be in Chongqing, Sichuan." Professor Xiao explained with a smile. "Salt was produced in ancient times, and the Wuxian people held various sacrificial activities in the process of making salt, hoping that the south wind would bring them good weather and so on, so as to facilitate salt precipitation. Their sacrifices included various performances, and attached There are all kinds of words for making wishes and praying. In the age of Mengmei, it was the origin of witchcraft."

"You mean it's not the magician who practices witchcraft?" Long boldly said in surprise.

"No, on the contrary, the original witchcraft and witch dances are about praying to the sky, and those who presided over these tasks must be some ancient magicians.

At this time, the ancient magicians had discovered certain laws of magic numbers, but they themselves did not know how to explain these phenomena.He simply thought he could communicate through dancing, chanting, and some unknown mystical power.It is also because of them that the word witch has become mysterious. "Professor Xiao said slowly.

"The interpretation of Chinese shaman is a person who engaged in prayer, divination, and astrology in ancient times, and also used medicine to pray for blessings, ward off disasters, and cure diseases. The word shaman was related to jade dance in ancient times, and it did not have a slightly derogatory connotation like it does now.

Compared with ancient alchemy, witchcraft is less rational, but more mysterious.

The spread of witchcraft is roughly distributed in this way. The Wuxian Kingdom was established during the Tang Yao period, forming the beginning of witchcraft culture in the Three Gorges area.Also from the Three Gorges area, the Ba people with the five surnames of the first part of Wudan migrated to Zhongli Mountain in Changyang, Hubei.The fusion of Wu culture and Chu culture produced the once prosperous Ba culture. "

Fan Jiannan frowned and said, "You mean to say that the places where witch culture is most prevalent are in Hubei and Sichuan."

Professor Xiao smiled and said, "In fact, the influence of witch culture is very wide. It integrates astronomy, geography, humanities, mathematics, medicine, divination, astrology, five elements, gossip, ritual and entertainment. It interprets traditional Chinese Taoism, philosophy, reasoning, literature, Married, and infiltrated and influenced the theory of Yin and Yang, Zhuang Lao thought, Qu Yuan's poetry, Kong Qiu's benevolence and righteousness. But its most popular area is indeed the area you mentioned."

Long boldly asked, "Professor Xiao, have you ever heard of some witches taking witch as their surname?"

Professor Xiao was shocked, "The ancient witches with the surname Wu were all great figures. The ancient witches were headed by the so-called ten witches in Lingshan. Wuxian was the leader, Hongshu was the doctor of Emperor Yao, and life was the highest. Gong, who died as a noble god, was sealed in Wushan, and Wushan was named after him.

Now Wuxi Ningchang Ancient Town Baoyuan Mountain area still has the survivors of the Wu surname, but it is not clear whether these people still have witches who are good at witchcraft. "

"Wuxi Ningchang Ancient Town?" Fan Jiannan frowned.

Professor Xiao nodded and said, "This is all previous research, I can't remember it clearly, wait a minute, I'll look through the book."

He went to the bookshelf and found a few thick books, flipped through them for a few minutes and said, "I remember right, it should be this place. Chongqing, Wuxi County."

"Chongqing, Wuxi County." Fan Jiannan and Long boldly smiled at each other, knowing the whereabouts of the Wu clan's bereaved family, this is definitely good news for them.I hope I can find information about Wu Huaisha there.

This Professor Xiao Fuyi, who has a wide range of knowledge, took advantage of his interest, and told them a lot of historical allusions and a lot of secrets about witches.Everyone was also very interested, and they chatted until the evening before Fan Jiannan and the three bid farewell to Professor Xiao.

"Professor Xiao is quite extraordinary. It's hard to imagine that someone who is not a magician can understand the origin of the magician so clearly." Long Boldly said in the car with admiration.

"That's right, we, as practitioners, focus on other things, and instead ignore some of our own history. Sometimes I feel a little ashamed when I think about it." Fan Jiannan smiled wryly.

Feng Yuan glanced at him pretending to be surprised and said, "It's rare, you Master Fan will also realize your shallowness."

"However, when I think about it carefully, it is normal. We are doing practical work, but he is doing historical theory. The division of labor is different, and each has its own strengths." Fan Jiannan said with a smile.

Feng Yuan gave him a helpless look, and said with a smile, "I knew that you are the best at making excuses for yourself."

"Be polite, this is one of my strengths. As you get to know me better, you will find out more." Fan Jiannan smiled without any self-knowledge.

(End of this chapter)