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Chapter 703 The Elixir of Life! (4000)

"This……"

Upon hearing this, the ministers present immediately discussed, but most of them expressed doubts.

"Silence."

An eunuch stopped everyone, saying that Liu Xie had something to say.

After everyone quieted down, Liu Xie asked unhurriedly: "Doctor Qi Litong, did the queen of your country make a mistake? You just heard that Xu Fu is from the Qin Dynasty. It has been more than 400 years, how could it be possible to live until now? Besides, as far as I know, Xu Fu never came back after going to sea, how could the queen of your country send you to the big man to find Xu Fu's whereabouts?"

"Your Majesty, the queen of our country is not mistaken."

Qi Litong said sternly, "Mr. Xu of the Qin Dynasty did arrive in the Wa Kingdom more than 400 years ago, and lived in Kyushu, which is now occupied by our Yamatai Kingdom, for many years. During this period, the boys and girls he led married with various tribes. Give birth to children, and selflessly pass on the books, seeds, agricultural tools and farming techniques brought to the people of the Japanese country, so that the people of the Japanese country can refine copper and iron tools, grow full grains, and teach us the technology of weaving. Putting on the cloth we wove, he can even heal our diseases and save us from the pain of serious diseases. Therefore, people in all tribes regard Xu Jun of Qin as the ancestor god, and regard him as sent from heaven. Angel."

"When Emperor Xu of Qin was here, all the tribes and people of the Wa Kingdom regarded him as the only belief. Before the common belief, people gradually let go of the feud between different tribes, and no longer attacked and plundered each other. For the common belief, people can even help each other, no longer drive the weak and the old out of the tribe, no longer treat the same kind as food, and there has been unprecedented harmony and peace in the Wa country.”

"Until several decades later, Xu Jun of Qin got a message from the fishermen who went out to sea: Great Qin has perished, and the emperor of Great Qin has also died, and the man who replaced him is the Great Han."

"Qin Zhixu Jun was silent for a long time and stopped talking to anyone."

"After such a month, he suddenly announced a decision that no one had expected: he will go to sea again, and he will return to the place where he used to live."

"Many Japanese people knelt in front of his shrine, begging Qin Zhixu Jun not to abandon the Wa country. The people of the Wa country have long believed that Qin Zhixu Jun is the fate and fate of the Wa country, and the Wa country cannot live without the protection of the ancestor gods. "

"But Mr. Xu of the Qin Dynasty was very firm. In the end, he appointed a maid who had obtained his true biography to serve the shrine so that the shrine could continue to protect the Wa Kingdom. Then he built a small boat with some followers and went to sea without any regrets. Heading towards the sunset."

"That day, there were tens of thousands of Japanese people who came to see him off, and the entire coast was covered in darkness. Everyone shouted Qin Zhixu's name, with tears in their eyes."

"That is our ancestor god, and our ancestor god abandoned us."

"That day, we later called it the 'Dark Day'."

"Because after that, the people of the Wa Kingdom were always depressed. Soon, the powerful tribes began to plunder and annex the weak tribes. The powerful people began to bully and kill the weak. Everything that they own will soon become a weapon of killing and looting."

"During this process, the number of tribes in the Wa Kingdom became fewer and fewer, and they were replaced by more powerful countries. However, countries are also divided into strengths and weaknesses. Weak and small countries must fight hard to avoid the fate of being plundered and annexed. Therefore, the war The scale of the war became larger and larger, and more and more civilians died in battle."

"This kind of war has lasted for hundreds of years. Even a powerful country has been greatly affected. The life of the people of the Japanese country is becoming more and more unsustainable."

"At this time, the queen of our country took out the book left by the ancestor god, which recorded the mysterious art of war brought by the ancestor god back then."

"Referring to the content recorded in the mysterious art of war, the queen of our country sent many envoys to other countries to lobby, and it took only two years to bring many small countries in the north into our alliance without bloodshed."

"However, the Gou Nu country in the south also has a copy of this Art of War. Seeing that our alliance is getting stronger and stronger, they also refer to the content recorded in the mysterious Art of War. Instead of sending troops to attack, they use lobbying to unite many small countries in the south. Rise up and form a confrontation with our country."

"This situation has been going on for several years."

"Wars broke out between the dog slave country and our country. The scale of the war is larger than before, and the casualties are increasing. People's lives have not been fundamentally improved. It seems that we will never be able to return to the days when the ancestors abandoned us. Everyone fell into despair, and the more desperate they were, the more they missed the ancestor god."

"So, one day, at the petition of the ministers and the common people, the queen of our country made up her mind and decided to send her descendants to the great man to find the whereabouts of the ancestor god."

"On my shoulders are the hopes of the queen and all the people of the Japanese country, so even though I have gone through all kinds of difficulties and almost died many times, I am still steadfast. I can't retreat, I can't be afraid, and I can't give up, unless my life is over. So we have to keep looking until the ancestor god is invited back to the country of Wa, and the hope is brought back to the country of Wa!"

Speaking of this, Qi Litong finally stopped his speech, his chest was still rising and falling, it can be seen that his emotions are still a little excited, and his fighting spirit is still full.

but.

His speech didn't seem to directly answer the questions of Liu Xie and other courtiers, which were also Wu Liang's questions: It doesn't matter whether you Wa people can give up, what matters is whether Xu Fu can live till now.

And from his words.

Wu Liang also learned something that was not recorded in the history books: After the Qin Dynasty fell and the Han Dynasty was established, Xu Fu actually left the Wa Kingdom and returned to the Celestial Dynasty?
Then this will have two outcomes:
Either Xu Fushun returned to the Celestial Dynasty smoothly, and lived in seclusion in an anonymous way until his death;

Either Xu Fu did not return to the Celestial Dynasty smoothly, and if he did not return to the Wa Kingdom again, there is a high probability that he died in the sea... This possibility is actually not small.

After all, there are often storms in the sea area between the Celestial Dynasty and the Wa Kingdom. In history, there are three records of the Celestial Dynasty sending troops to attack the Wa Kingdom, but all of them returned without success. The most famous one was the one in the Yuan Dynasty. On the coastline, the disparity between the strength and the soldiers and horses was too great. The Japanese warriors had already panicked, and they were all mentally prepared to destroy the country. At the same time, some people were still secretly thinking about how to kneel down to appear more sincere.

As a result, the commander-in-chief of the Yuan Dynasty thought that it was getting dark at that time, and the soldiers of the Yuan army should not land in the dark when they set foot on this strange land for the first time, so he ordered to anchor at sea temporarily, and wait for the next morning to land again at no later time.

The result is that no one has ever thought of it.

That night, a rare storm came on the sea. Most of the ships of the Yuan army sank in the storm, and countless soldiers were drowned.

So it is.

In the belief of the Wa Kingdom, the "divine wind" also accounts for a large proportion, because the three times in the history of the Celestial Dynasty sent troops to attack the Wa Kingdom, but they were actually blocked by the "storm", which made the Wa Kingdom avoid the fate of being destroyed. They can't believe it or not if they help them like this.

It's a little too far.

But this just shows that the probability of Xu Fu dying in the sea is not small.

Then.

Has Xu Fu come back?

Anyway, there is absolutely no relevant record in the history books of the Celestial Dynasty. Even if he really came back, he must have not reported to the Han court, but quietly hid somewhere in seclusion.

"The mysterious art of war you mentioned just now sounds very familiar. Could it be the strategy of 'combining horizontal and vertical' that the strategists implemented in the Warring States period?"

A minister who couldn't grasp the point frowned and asked.

"Yes, yes, I feel the same way."

The other minister nodded immediately, and said in reply, "And as far as I know, Su Qin and Gongsun Yan who practiced the combination of horizontal and vertical are the descendants of Mr. Guigu, and there are also rumors that Xu Fu is actually the disciple of Mr. Guigu." It is rumored, so it is indeed possible to have related art of war.”

"This……"

Qi Litong, on the other hand, looked embarrassed, and said humbly, "I don't have the right to observe the mysterious art of war of the ancestor gods, so I can't answer your questions. It is the book left by that 'Mr. Ghost Valley', and it may be possible to help the two of you to judge one or two."

Fortunately, the vigilance of the two ministers was relatively high, and they immediately refused: "No need, this is a treasure of our country, so don't show it to outsiders easily."

Non-my family, its heart must be different!
But these two ministers reminded Wu Liang.

The Han Dynasty actually had the book "Guiguzi", but at this time "Guiguzi" was also called "捭hece", and according to Wu Liang's previous inspection, the Han Dynasty's "捭hece" was missing from the catalog. The two volumes "Zhuan Wan" and "Yang Luan" of the Han Dynasty, and there are also legends in the Han Dynasty, claiming that these two lost volumes are the essence of "Gui Gu Zi".

But in fact, Wu Liang looked at the "Guiguzi" of the Han Dynasty not to study the art of war, but mainly to verify the authenticity.

Because later generations have been questioning the posthumous book of "Guiguzi" since the Tang Dynasty. The first person who raised this question was Liu Zongyuan, a great poet of the Tang Dynasty.

Many archaeologists of later generations agreed with Liu Zongyuan's doubts:

First of all, Liu Xiang, a historian of the Western Han Dynasty, did not play the narration of "Guiguzi" to the court;

Secondly, Ban Gu, another historian of the Western Han Dynasty, did not include this book in his "Hanshu". Ban Gu is an extremely rigorous historian, and "Guiguzi" is by no means an obscure book, and he will never appear like this. mistakes;

Thirdly, the writing habits and sentence-making of "Guiguzi" handed down are all the rules of the Han Dynasty, which is very different from the writing habits and sentence-making of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods such as "Shan Hai Jing" handed down from the pre-Qin period.

Go through these details.

It has to be doubted that the existing "Guiguzi" is a fake book that appeared after Ban Gu, and the two missing volumes may have been deliberately made up to increase the credibility of the fake book.

but.

The "mysterious art of war" mentioned by Qi Litong just now is very likely to be true. Although it may not be "Guiguzi", it is likely to be closely related to Guiguzi's successors or political strategists.

Because Xu Fu went to sea in the Qin Dynasty, the "mysterious art of war" he carried was obviously earlier than the historian Ban Gu in the Western Han Dynasty.

If the "mysterious art of war" is "Guiguzi", it must not be a fake book!

So now it is no longer a question of whether Qi Litong wants to watch Dahan's existing "Guiguzi".

Rather, Wu Liang wanted to see the problem of the "mysterious art of war" currently in the hands of the queen of Yamatai, but the problem was that going to Japan required crossing the sea. Wu Liang didn't trust the navigation methods of this era, and was unwilling to spend A lot of time and energy went to the bitter place of Wa country, so my heart was very conflicted.

"only."

Seeing that the two ministers were so decisive, and Liu Xie didn't mean to be "generous", Qi Litong could only show regret, and bowed his head in response.

"Let's get down to business."

Liu Xie finally brought the topic back at this moment, looked at Qi Litong and said, "Doctor Qi Litong, not to mention whether Xu Fu has returned to the big man as he wished, even if he did come back smoothly, he will definitely not be able to live until now. But you are still obsessed with looking for his traces... Could it be that Xu Fu really found the elixir of life and is already immortal?"

As soon as this word comes out.

Everyone in the arena instantly showed shock.

I have to admit that Liu Xie's thinking logic is not bad, and the information provided by Qi Litong can be quickly associated with this, and this speculation is very reasonable.

And this news is definitely the most exciting news that everyone present has ever heard in their lifetime.

That is the legendary elixir of life!
People in this era already believed in these things. For example, the burial method of golden jade clothes popular in the Han Dynasty was based on the belief that people can be reborn as long as they preserve their bodies. Therefore, Liu Xie's words did not have any impact. Seeing their worldview, on the contrary, makes them feel excited and excited.

On the contrary, it was Wu Liang.

After being severely shocked, he now has a skeptical attitude towards many things, so he did not immediately deny the "elixir of life" statement, but was aroused to verify it himself.

"What elixir of life?"

Qi Litong looked puzzled, and looked at Liu Xie rather puzzled, "I don't know about the elixir of life, but I only know that when Xu Jun of Qin arrived in Wa Kingdom, he was already an immortal ancestor god... ... There has always been such a legend in the country of Wa. When Xu Jun of Qin Dynasty first arrived in the country of Wa, a leader named Nan Litao once assassinated him. Nan Litao succeeded. His stone spear pierced the chest of Xu Jun of Qin Zhi. Everyone thought that Qin Zhixu Jun would definitely die, but two days later, Qin Zhixu Jun appeared in front of everyone again, seemingly unscathed. Xu Jun."

　Today, tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow there will be no updates. Just like last week, it will be added on Monday.

　　
　
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