genius divination

Chapter 291 Legend and Legend

Fan Jiannan and Zuo Xiang stayed in the Tianji Pavilion until the afternoon, and saw that it was the agreed time.Professor Xiao should have finished class by this time.The two of them huddled in front of the computer, opened the instant messaging software, and waited for Xiao Fuyi to go online.

Feng Yuan walked in and saw Fan Jiannan and Zuo Xiang huddled in front of the computer, wondering what they were doing.Leaning over to look at it, he said, "Hey, which little girl is this chatting with? Two people chatting together? They are still playing the video... Who is this girl named Meng Xiao? Could it be that the other party is a big beauty?"

Even if Fan Jiannan had a cold and stuffy nose, he could smell the vinegar in Feng Yuan's words. He sighed and said, "We have a bit of a special taste recently, and we like to chat with those older, fat, fat uncles. This makes There’s a little bit of a superiority complex in me.”

"Fuck it, you do." Feng Yuan smiled and pushed him.

The video signal was connected, and Professor Xiao's face grinned at them on the screen, "Master Zuo, Jiannan, hello. Oh, Miss Feng is here too."

Feng Yuan was surprised, "Professor Xiao? Your online name... Meng Xiao? You are called Meng Xiao at your age?" Fan Jiannan and Zuo Xiang both held back their laughter.

"Oh, as an educator, I want to maintain communication and contact with students without a generation gap. Besides, it's normal to have a cute online name. What are you looking for? I made a special call from all the way to talk to you. I video chat, there should be something important, right?" Professor Xiao said helplessly.

"Yes, it is an important matter." Fan Jiannan said, "I want to ask you if you know anything about the secret treasure."

Xiao Fuyi was taken aback for a moment, his eyes stared blankly at the screen through the thick glasses.It took a full minute before he came to his senses, "Secret Treasure, who did you listen to?"

"Zhang Qiulie, Master Zuoxiang, what's the matter?" Fan Jiannan asked.

Xiao Fuyi nodded, "Sure enough, I heard what Lao Zhang said, yes, I know about the secret treasure, and it is because of this that Lao Zhang and I have formed a friendship for decades. Although most of them are Some unfounded legends, but if you want to know, I can tell you."

Fan Jiannan nodded and said, "Please tell me."

"Speaking of it should be more than 20 years ago. When I was in contact with some old people in the art world, I learned about the secret treasure. At that time, it was just a bizarre legend, and I didn't take it seriously. It wasn't until I came into contact with After reading some historical documents and miscellaneous notes of unofficial history in the late Ming Dynasty, the context of the whole matter gradually became clear." Xiao Fuyi pondered.

The secret collection should be written in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, and according to Xiao Fuyi's inference, it should be in the late Ming Dynasty.It was a very turbulent era. The emperor of the Ming Dynasty gradually lost control of the world, peasant rebels rose everywhere, and alien races outside the customs gradually grew stronger.

At that time, the six most capable people in the art world gathered together. Although they were art practitioners, they had a passion and responsibility for the nation.At that time, these six people could be said to be the masters of the world, and each of them was enough to influence the rise and fall of a country.But the thousand years of ancestral precepts bound their hands and feet.

Since you can't directly intervene to manage all this, then think of another way.These six people combined the magic and secret techniques they had learned in their lives, and all the other classics of magic that could be found, into a set of books, which they called secret collections.

At that time, their idea was to follow the example of Duke Huangshi in granting books to Zhang Liang and Nanhua Laoxian in granting books to Zhang Jiao.Bestow this set of treasures on a hero with the greatest hope of conquering the world.For this idea, they exhausted their mental energy and completed the book, and almost all their magic power was exhausted and they died.According to their master's instructions, their disciples gave this secret treasure to a hero at that time.

"Could it be that this hero is Li Zicheng who was known as Chuang Wang back then?" Prime Minister Zuo frowned.

Xiao Fuyi shook his head and said, "Although Li Zicheng is powerful, he is a member of the Dangxiang family. At that time, the concept of magicians was very conservative, and they needed a Han hero to reorganize the country. Therefore, they chose Zhang Xianzhong."

"Zhang Xianzhong?" Prime Minister Zuo frowned.

Fan Jiannan glanced at him and said, "He is also very famous, maybe you don't know. He has done a lot of great things. He established himself in Daxi Kingdom, and even dug the ancestral grave of the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. He led the rebel army to fight in the world. hero."

Xiao Fuyi said, "I don't know how things developed later, anyway, this set of secret treasures was indeed in the hands of Zhang Xianzhong at the time. He also mastered some of the secret methods. For example, excavating the royal ancestral tombs of the Ming Dynasty, venting the imperial spirit of the earth veins , making the Ming Dynasty die early and so on.

However, there is a legend that Zhang Xianzhong lost the secret treasure shortly after he got it. At that time, he moved to various places.Before entering Sichuan, they seldom stayed in one place for too long, and after entering Sichuan, they were besieged by the Ming army.So once lost, it cannot be retrieved again.He was still thinking about this wonderful book until he died.

Legend has it that he once left a monument: Everything in nature is given to man, and man has nothing to give to heaven.The ghosts and gods are clear, and they think about themselves.At this time, he has fully understood the power of the magician.It's just that he thinks that magic power is a kind of power of ghosts and gods. Perhaps from the perspective of people at that time, the power of magic spells is indeed close to the power of ghosts and gods.

This stele was later tampered with by the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and seven characters of "killing" were added to the back, which is the famous "Seven Killing Stele".They framed Zhang Xianzhong for seven killings, so they are very good at killing.So Zhang Xianzhong was notorious for being a murderer at that time.

There is a legend that this set of secret treasures was taken away by the disciples of the six magicians precisely because Zhang Xianzhong had a great reputation for killing people.This disciple dared not leave this set of strange books in the hands of a murderous demon king.

And there are other legends that are even more mysterious.Because this book has irresistible power, it was actually stolen by Li Zicheng's police.Although Li Zicheng won the Ming Dynasty by relying on this book, he could not escape the punishment of God after all.These and other legends are mysterious and inexplicable, but they cannot stand scrutiny at all. "

Fan Jiannan thought for a while and said, "Then no one will know the whereabouts of the secret treasure in the future?"

Xiao Fuyi smiled and said, "This is what I was going to talk about. At that time, Zhang Xianzhong occupied Sichuan, and there were many Miao people in Sichuan and Guizhou, who were good at witchcraft and voodoo. Some people think that this set of books was taken away by a certain Miao wizard. .In the early years of the Republic of China, there was a Miao legend that the secret treasure was hidden in a very secret place. To find the secret treasure, you need to get three ancient bronze drums to find clues. However, this legend is even more unfounded. Among the Miao folk songs."

"Three bronze drums?" Fan Jiannan's eyes lit up. "What kind of bronze drum?"

Xiao Fuyi smiled and said, "Why are you interested in these legends? I remember that I had a small dispute with Zuoxiang's master Zhang Qiulie on this issue. He thought it was a bronze drum with frog patterns, but I I think bronze drums decorated with three-dimensional frog patterns should be popular in Yunnan, and not commonly used by the Miao people in Sichuan and Guizhou.”

Fan Jiannan pondered, "Professor Xiao, can I show you some pictures? Can you see if Zhang Qiulie is talking about this type of bronze drum?"

"Of course there's no problem. Although I'm not very proficient in this area, I have done some research and I understand it somewhat. You know, anyone who studies history is a bit of a research addict and likes to ask the bottom line." Xiao Fuyi said with a smile.

Fan Jiannan sent the photos of the bronze drum in the computer to Xiao Fuyi.

Xiao Fuyi stared at the computer screen for a long time, pondered for a while and said nothing, "Jiannan, tell me the truth. Where did you find these pictures?"

Fan Jiannan frowned and said, "This is something a friend entrusted me to find. What's wrong? Is there any problem?"

Xiao Fuyi shook his head and said, "There is nothing wrong with the problem. It's just that the shape of this bronze drum is very strange. To be honest, frog patterns are very common on bronze drums, but it's rare to see so many overlapping frog patterns. There are only five or six, but there should be hundreds of them. It doesn’t look like an ordinary shape at all, and I don’t think this thing looks fake, so it’s really strange.”

Fan Jiannan thought for a while and said, "Then, is the frog-pattern bronze drum mentioned by Zhang Qiulie like this?"

Xiao Fuyi nodded and said, "Yes, he thinks that's the case. His basis is that frogs were mentioned in a Miao folk song. According to that folk song, 320 four frogs can guide the path and get the secret treasure. .”

"320 four frogs? What does this mean?" Zuo Xiang and Feng Yuan couldn't figure out what it meant, and looked at Fan Jiannan in confusion.

"This shows that Zhang Qiulie is right. The overlapping patterns of frogs on this bronze drum are a total of 320, which is the number of Tiangang. And the three bronze drums are exactly [-] and four frogs?" Fan Jiannan looked at it. Prime Minister Zuo glanced at him and said, "It seems that what your master said is correct. Since this bronze drum has a special shape as Professor Xiao said, then the number of surviving ones must be very small. There may even be only these three bronze drums."

"You mean, the bronze drum in the photo must be one of the three bronze drums in Miao people's legend?" Zuo Xiang frowned.

"Yes, it is almost certain that this is one of them. It's just that we don't know if Kikube Kisho got all the remaining two bronze drums. In any case, we must find the one in the photo." Fan Jiannan nodded.

"Why are you so sure? Besides, we don't know who the owner of the bronze drum in the photo is." Feng Yuan frowned after asking about the situation. "Could it be that the mysterious owner behind this photo is Kikube Yusho?"

Fan Jiannan was taken aback for a moment, then he laughed and hugged Feng Yuan and kissed him, "Your reminder is too timely. Hahaha, I really love you to death."

"Hey, what's the matter with you? Why are you so nervous?" Feng Yuan broke free and said with a blushing face.

"Left Prime Minister, think about what Mr. Zhong said about the restoration of the bronze drum. Think about what Professor Xiao said just now. What will you understand?" Fan Jiannan said excitedly.

"Uh... To be honest, I don't quite understand." Zuo Xiang shook his head and said.

Fan Jiannan was stunned, and said embarrassingly, "It turns out that people are too smart and have shortcomings, especially at this time, I always seem to be lonely. Everyone is drunk and I am sober. It turns out that it is quite painful."

Feng Yuan pushed him angrily and said, "Hurry up, you're still playing tricks, you're going to panic to death!"

(End of this chapter)