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Chapter 809 Bian Que (4000)

Wu Liang then carefully pushed aside the nearby roots, and pulled out the jade hidden in it.

This piece of jade is only about 5 centimeters wide, and only 3 centimeters wide. It is quite well preserved, and it still maintains a state of emerald green throughout, without any pollution or erosion.

Everyone came over to take a closer look.

However, the shape of this jade vessel is exactly the same as that of the two opposing birds engraved on the wide surface of the copper tripod, but this jade vessel is only one of them.

Besides.

There is also a small round hole on the bird's back of the jade article. If you look closely, you can see that there are some extremely slight wear marks on the edge of the round hole...

"This should be a pendant."

Yu Ji speculated based on various details on the jade, "This small hole should be used to wear a rope, and from the position where the young master found this jade, it is speculated that this jade is not a common jade pendant, but a necklace worn on the neck. Jade articles...but it is very rare for me to see someone wearing jade articles like this."

The jade article worn on the neck should be called a jade pendant.

However, it is normal for Yu Ji not to be able to say the name, because according to various historical records, the official wearing of jade pendants in the Celestial Dynasty should have been popular since the Tang Dynasty. Jade pendants with characters, animals, melons and fruits as the theme.

Before that, very few people hung jade articles around their necks as a decoration, and most of them still wore them around their waists, and they were collectively called jade pendants.

"Is it possible that the jade was originally hanging on this person's waist, but when it was placed in the bronze tripod and buried in the black soil, it moved to the neck for some reason?"

Yang Wanli continued, "I have never seen anyone wearing jade like this...or is it that the habit of wearing jade in some places during the Spring and Autumn Period is so unconventional? But it is possible, after all, I have never seen anyone wearing this kind of jade." A jade pendant in the shape of a bird."

Wu Liang had considered both of their guesses, but he couldn't come to a definite conclusion for a while, so he didn't continue, but continued to carefully examine the details on the jade.

On the front of this jade article is a very ordinary-looking bird.

And when Wu Liang turned it over, he immediately found two strange-looking handwriting on the flat back.

Although Wu Liang's ability to distinguish ancient prose is not as good as Yu Ji's, he is still a graduate student of this major, and he can still get a general idea of ​​the ancient prose of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods.

But these two ancient inscriptions engraved on the back of the jade are very strange to him. They are not at all like the ancient Qi inscriptions that should appear in the Qi Ai cemetery, nor are they like the ancient Chinese inscriptions he knows. There is no room for it.

"Old man, let's see what these two words are?"

Wu Liang immediately asked Yu Ji for help.

"This……"

Yu Ji approached the jade and stared at the two small characters, but he couldn't give a definite answer after identifying them for a long time. Finally, his whole old face was wrinkled, and he said apologetically, "Forgive me for my shallow knowledge. I don't know what the word is, but young master, is it possible that these are not two words at all, but two special symbols?"

"Well... there is such a possibility."

Wu Liang thinks that if even Yu Ji can't see any clues, then this possibility is not small.

"Gentleman, can I show my concubine?"

While talking, Zhen Mi has come up to him at some point.

"Why not?"

Wu Liang immediately handed the jade to Zhen Mi, but he didn't hand it directly to Zhen Mi. After all, Wu Liang was still wearing gloves at the moment, because he didn't know the composition of the black soil in the cauldron, and he didn't want to touch the black soil with his skin. .

But speak up.

If anyone in the Huan army has wider knowledge and lasted longer, it must be Zhen Mi who hides a nine-tailed fox demon that has lived for thousands of years in his body, but is affected by his image and habits. The influence of her, teach her to take a look, there must be only advantages and no disadvantages.

So Zhen Mi also stared at the jade with her beautiful eyes wide open, and said seriously after two seconds: "Gentleman, if I read it correctly, this should be the first writing created by Shi Huang's Cangjie. The characters were still passed down and used by some tribes during the Tang and Yu period, but they were also constantly changing, and the two characters I saw were a relatively special way of writing evolved on this basis."

"Shouldn't the characters created by Shi Huangshi Cangjie be pictographs?"

Wu Liang asked subconsciously.

If it was a pictograph, even if he couldn't distinguish its meaning accurately, he could at least tell whether it was a character or not. However, the two characters on this jade were far from the pictograph in Wu Liang's impression. It's not the same text at all.

"That's why I said that this is a special way of writing. As far as I know, before Cangjie created characters, the tribes and clans actually had their own different languages ​​and characters for communication, but they were very simple and could only be used in writing. It’s just circulating within the respective tribes and clans.”

Zhen Mi continued, "Later, the Yellow Emperor of Xiong's clan and Emperor Yan of Shennong's clan formed an alliance and defeated Chi You together. Later, in order to facilitate communication and integration with various tribes and nobles, they recognized the writing created by Cangjie as the mainstream and ordered people to write it in It was implemented among various tribes and clans, and in the process of implementation, influenced by the customs and cultures of different tribes and clans, some changes occurred in different regions, so many different versions of characters were formed in the early stage... The words on this jade The text should be one of the many versions of that period, but some clues can still be seen in the main body."

"I see."

Wu Liang nodded slightly.

This kind of argument is actually not unreasonable, just like after the change of the Zhou Dynasty, different versions of characters evolved among countries, and even the language and currency were also different. Currency and writing finally make the world share one currency and writing.

In other words, there are still different dialects in various parts of the Celestial Dynasty in later generations, and even some dialects can't be understood by outsiders except the locals. This is actually the same as Zhen Mi's description.

Therefore, Zhen Mi's statement is completely tenable, and it is very consistent with the situation in ancient times.

"Then what are these two words?"

Yu Ji has also become a good student who is thirsty for knowledge at this moment, and asked quite humbly.

"The right side is a 'flat' character, and the left side is a 'magpie' character."

Zhen Mi said.

"Bian Que?"

Yu Ji's face froze, and then his old face quickly wrinkled again. He tried his best to restrain himself and asked his question, "Miss Zhen, are you sure it's the word Bian Que? Do you know when Qi Ai Gong from, and when was Bian Que from?"

Those of later generations who have studied the history of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods should know that Duke Ai of Qi was cooked and killed in 882 BC.

The first record of Bian Que practicing medicine appeared in the history books, which should be around 500 BC, when he treated Zhao Jianzi, a senior official of Jin State.

The last time Bian Que practiced medicine was in 307 BC when he treated King Wu of Qin, and was eventually assassinated by Li Yan, the imperial physician of the Qin State at that time, out of jealousy.

Leaving Qi Ai Gong aside.

There is a gap of about 200 years between the earliest and latest records of Bian Que practicing medicine in the history books alone. That is to say, if the records in the history books are true, Bian Que should have lived for at least 200 years.

But this is an impossible thing in the eyes of later generations. After all, even Sun Simiao, the king of medicine, only lived to be 135 years old, and there are still many doubts about this matter.

Therefore, many people have doubts about the relevant records of Bian Que.

So much so that a classic ancient text called "Bian Que Meets Cai Huan Gong" in the original Chinese teaching class was removed, and the folks also used it to spread rumors, and there were many debates about whether Bian Que really existed.

There is no need to doubt that Bian Que definitely exists.

It's just that "Bian Que" is just his title, and Qin Yue is his real name, just like Zhou Shuren in modern times.

Archaeologists and scholars of later generations never doubted the authenticity of the Qinyue people. What they questioned was another matter, about the title "Bian Que".

This problem has not been solved yet.

Now, the word "Bian Que" is found in Qiai Cemetery, which is nearly 400 years earlier than the first record of Bian Que practicing medicine...

Naturally, Wu Liang was also very puzzled.

The "Bian Que" here can't be from Qinyue, can it?
He has lived for more than 200 years, and adding these nearly 400 years, wouldn't he have lived for more than 600 years in one breath?
Is this reasonable?

After going through so many things after time travel, Wu Liang's ability to accept has already been significantly improved. If Bian Que attains the Tao, or if there is some unknown adventure that makes him live forever, there may be so many people who don't know how many times. Possibly, but Wu Liang needs corresponding evidence.

Besides.

Wu Liang also knew another thing, in fact, there were two "Bian Que" in the history of the Celestial Dynasty.

One is "Bian Que" from Qinyue.

The other is Bian Que, a genius doctor in the Yellow Emperor period, and the name "Bian Que" of the Qinyue people came from this, but there are very few records about this ancient Bian Que, and only two archaeological discoveries were found in later generations. There are only a few words in the records, which are not enough to verify this person.

This Bian Que must have been before Qi Aigong, and it must have been thousands of years earlier...

So could the "Bian Que" found here refer to the "Bian Que" from the ancient times?

"The old man doesn't think Bian Que is just a person, does he?"

Faced with Ji's question, Zhen Mi pouted and asked back.

"Is it not alone?"

Yu Ji was taken aback.

"Bian Que in the Yellow Emperor's time was indeed a person, but in fact, the real name of 'Bian Que' was not Bian Que, it was just what people called him."

Zhen Mi explained, "What does 'Bian' mean? Shuye, the text of the door. What does 'magpie' mean? Bird also, a bird that announces good news. Therefore, 'Bianque' refers to a kind of An annunciation bird with writing on it."

"In ancient times, transportation and information were extremely blocked. When the people were sick, if someone in the clan studied medicine, they might be able to save themselves. If not, then they could only ask for blessings."

"Bian Que has excellent medical skills. Later, entrusted by the Yellow Emperor, he recruited a group of studious people. While teaching medical skills, he led them around to relieve the suffering of the people. Every time he went to a place, he would knock on the door to ask if he was sick. The patient needs medical treatment. If there is no one at home, Bian Que will order someone to leave a document on the door, inviting the people to go to the designated place for treatment after seeing it. They are like birds of good news who write on the door. It is as happy to see a magpie, so over time, it has the name of 'Bian Que'."

"Besides, there is another way of saying it."

"'Bian Que' specifically refers to a strange bird named ''. This bird can tell whether there is a bug in the tree just by flying over it. The calamity disappeared, but Bian Que and his descendants ran around among the people like "" and they could find the lesions in the patients' bodies and clear the diseases in people's bodies just by passing by, so some people later called them "" Bian Que'."

"In short, as far as I know, since the word 'Bian Que' was used as an appellation for people, 'Bian Que' has already referred to an early-originated medical organization, never referring to a specific person. "

"As for the Bian Que that the old man mentioned, I'm afraid it may not be a certain person?"

"Even if it is, that person's name 'Bian Que' comes from ancient times, so it doesn't prevent the word 'Bian Que' from appearing in the earlier Qiai Cemetery, doesn't it?"

What Zhen Mi said was well-founded and well-founded, citing scriptures.

After hearing this, Yu Ji had to salute and admit: "Miss Zhen's profound knowledge impresses the old man, maybe Miss Zhen is right, because the old man is ignorant."

"Bian Que" is the title of an organization?

Like a certain medical mutual aid team in later generations?
Wu Liang also pondered when he heard the words. If so, the word "Bian Que" appeared in Qi Ai Cemetery, and then appeared in Jin State about 400 years later, and died in Qin State about 200 years later... these things will be Much more reasonable.

The "Bian Que" in the Qiai Cemetery is one thing, the "Bian Que" who treated Zhao Jianzi in Jin State 400 years later is a person, and the "Bian Que" who died in Qin State 200 years later is another people.

They are all "Bian Que", but this "Bian Que" is not that "Bian Que".

What about the bird image on the jade and bronze tripod?
Could it be the emblem of the "Bian Que" organization?

Even this jade is the status symbol of the members or successors of the "Bian Que" organization, just like the "well" scars left on the body by the political strategists?
If this speculation holds true...

Wu Liang looked at the bone in the bronze cauldron. This person was most likely a member or descendant of the "Bian Que" organization, but he died here in such a strange way for some reason, and became the The nourishment of the "Rentouzhi" strain.

Besides.

Wu Liang thought of the records about the Qinyue people again. Taking "Bian Que Meets Cai Huan Gong" as an example, the Qinyue people seem to be able to accurately perceive the lesions of the human body, as if their eyes have X-rays, which is exactly the same as what Zhen Mi said The "Bian Que" organization is exactly the same.

(End of this chapter)