The Legend of Shushan Xuanjian

Chapter 41 The Mystery of Yong Ding
Tang Gu spent all night counting and cleaning the tombs that the man in black had stolen from Huiling's tomb one by one. In the next few days, Jiang Yinnong and Tang Gu thanked the guests behind closed doors and carefully studied this batch of tombs.Among them, the bamboo slips "Wuhou Shence" is the most exchanged and discussed place between the two.

At this time, it was already the second watch, but neither of them felt sleepy.After Jiang Yinnong finished reading a volume, he covered the volume with a long sigh.Curious, Tang Gu walked to the side of the couch and spread out the bamboo slips again.

Prime Minister Zhuge Junxiu's handwriting appeared vividly:
"In the 19th year of Jian'an, when Bashu soldiers and civilians were dredging the Dujiangyan river, they found a huge bronze tripod in the mud at the bottom of the river.

According to textual research by famous figures in the middle of Shu, this tripod was actually Kan Ding, also known as Yong Ding, among Xia Yu's nine tripods that had been lost for many years.This discovery made the first emperor and his ministers rejoice.Because Jiuding is a symbol of the supremacy of kingship and the unity and prosperity of the country.The Xia Dynasty, Shang Dynasty, and Zhou Dynasty were regarded as the national treasures that symbolized the state power.

According to legend, in the early years of the Xia Dynasty, King Dayu of Xia divided the world into Kyushu, and ordered Kyushu State Mu to contribute bronze and cast Jiuding, which symbolized Kyushu. The famous mountains and rivers, ghosts, spirits, and strange things in Kyushu were engraved on the body of Kyushu, and one Ding symbolized one state. , and gathered the nine tripods in the capital of the Xia Dynasty, and displayed them outside the palace gate to avoid evil and achieve good fortune.

After Shang Tang expelled Xia Jie, he moved Jiuding to his capital.After Pan Geng established his capital in Yin, Jiuding moved here.

After Zhou Wuwang destroyed the Shang Dynasty, he publicly displayed Jiuding.After Zhou Chengwang came to the throne, Zhou Gongdan built Luoyi and placed Jiuding in the city, and asked Cheng Wang to personally preside over the ceremony and place Jiuding in the Ming Hall.

After the beginning of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, the royal family of the Zhou Dynasty declined, and the princes began to covet the royal power.During the reign of King Ding of Zhou, King Zhuang of Chu "asked for the importance of the crown" for the first time in Luoyi.

During the reign of King Qin Hui, Zhang Yi formulated a strategy, hoping to win the Jiuding to command the princes. King Chu Qingxiang and King Qi also hoped to compete for the Baoding.King Nan of Zhou circled between the two countries, Wei, and South Korea, making them restrict each other, so that they could not lose the nine tripods.

In the fourth year of King Wu of Qin, King Wu of Qin entered Luoyang to see the Zhou family.King Nan of Zhou sent an envoy to Jiaojiao, and King Wu of Qin went directly into the Ming Hall of Taimiao to see Jiuding.King Qin Wu looked around Jiuding and was amazed.King Wu of Qin pointed to a tripod in Yongzi and sighed: "This tripod in Yongzhou is the tripod of Qin Dynasty. I should take it back to Xianyang." It is so heavy that no one can lift it." King Wu of Qin used all his strength to lift the tripod half a foot off the ground.Just as he was about to take a step, he lost his hand unconsciously, the tripod fell to the ground, pressing on King Wu's right foot, with a click, it broke the tibia.King Wu of Qin was in unbearable pain and bleeding, and he died in the middle of the night.

In the second year after Qin destroyed Zhou, the nine tripods of the Zhou royal family were moved westward to Xianyang.But when Qin Shihuang destroyed the six kingdoms and unified the world, the whereabouts of Jiuding was no longer known.Some people say that Jiuding sank in Pengcheng, Surabaya. Qin Shihuang sent people to dive to salvage it when he visited Pengcheng, Surabaya, but it was in vain.

Since then, Jiuding has disappeared and has become an eternal mystery.

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Today, the Han Dynasty actually discovered the whereabouts of Kan Ding. Doesn’t it mean that the heavens believed that the late emperor was the lord of Kyushu, and that the Han Empire would realize the unification of the world under the late emperor’s hands.

The first emperor displayed the tripod in the main hall, and every night when the moon is full, there are often visions of the tripod.Therefore, the late emperor ordered me to research Kan Ding, and I read a large number of ancient documents. After several years of repeated speculation, I accidentally discovered the mystery of Kan Ding:

After many years of textual research, I am afraid that Xia Yu Jiuding was not cast by Dayu, but discovered by Dayu inadvertently in the process of controlling floods.

The pattern on the bottom of the tripod comes from the ancient star map.On the outside of the tripod body, there is a huge symbol and eight landscape paintings.This huge symbol is the Kan hexagram in the Book of Changes, with a Yang line in the middle and Yin lines above and below, and it looks like the pictograph of water when it is erected.Kan hexagram represents water in nature, so it can be seen that Kan Ding should represent the power of water, as well as traps and dangers.

What is shocking is that the eight landscape paintings on Dingshen are real.

At first, I thought it was just the creation of the caster painter, until I accidentally discovered the real landform in reality.

Take the picture of Kowloon entering the sea as an example.When I followed the late emperor's fleet across the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River, when the fleet arrived at Qutang Gorge, it rained heavily, and the mountains around Qutang Gorge formed nine waterfalls, like nine white dragons entering the sea, exactly the same as the landscape painting on the side of the tripod.

When I was on the deck of the ship, seeing the precipitousness of Qutang Gorge, the pattern of the tripod body was poured into my mind like an electric shock. The soul came out of my body in an instant, and the whole person seemed to float into the air, overlooking the entire river and mountain peaks. My whole body seemed to have a god-like power. strength.After a stick of incense, the soul returns to the body.

After returning to the cabin, this force seemed to continue to dominate me. I couldn't help but hold the pen in my hand and draw the map of Kowloon entering the sea.

At this moment, I suddenly realized.It turns out that the eight landscape paintings of Dingshen contain huge mysteries.Judging from the Kan hexagram on the body of the tripod, Kan Ding represents the power of water.But only when you see the actual topography of the tripod body landscape painting with your own eyes, can you truly understand the meaning of the tripod body pattern. If you can master the method of combining the tripod map with the landform, you may be able to grasp the mystery of using the huge power of water between heaven and earth, and get a glimpse of "" The highest goodness is like water".

I have been studying the art of military formations all the year round, and when Qutang Gorge and Kanding are one with heaven and man, I realized the military formations used in the military.I boldly guess that warriors may be able to see the way of martial arts from it, chess players may be able to realize infinite mastery, calligraphy masters may be able to have a wonderful brush...

All in all, the Dingtu has infinite mysteries, which are left to the wise to comprehend.

In the following years, by chance, I saw the true appearance of other pictures of the tripod body, they are Jiange Tianxian, Hukou Waterfall...
According to the tripod map and the on-site perception, I created several other formations, namely the eight trigrams formation and the long snake formation... In the years to come, I will command the army with the above formations. Once the formation is formed, the army will produce super Strong momentum and combat power helped our Han army win one battle after another:
In the 24th year of Jian'an, I passed on the map of Nine Dragons Entering the Sea and its driving skills to Hou Tinghou of Han Dynasty and General Yunchang.In August, it rained heavily for more than ten days, and the water was flooding day by day.General Yun Chang dug the embankment to irrigate Cao's army.The Han River overflowed violently, and Yu Jin and other seven armies were all wiped out.Yu Jin surrendered and Pang De was captured.

In the third year of Jianxing, our army crossed the Lushui River, and I captured Meng Huo, the leader of the Yi and Han, seven times and seven times with the Eight Trigrams Formation and the Nine Dragons Entering the Sea Formation.Meng Huo was convinced, and led his men to surrender.

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The reason why the above-mentioned tripod pictures are incomparable is because they contain the great power of the gods and the mysteries of the heaven and the earth.

Although Ma Di and others are familiar with military books and my formation diagrams, they have never been able to let the army demonstrate the full power of the formation diagrams in actual combat.

After thinking about it, I am afraid that Ma Di and others have not seen the real landforms of Qutang Gorge, Nine Dragons into the sea and other landscapes.Perhaps only those who have felt the marvelous combination of the tripod map and the real landform, and have personally experienced the aura of heaven and earth, will truly comprehend this formation and maximize the power of the tripod map.

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It is a pity that I have not been able to find other types of landforms on Kan Dingding throughout my life.

What's even more regrettable is that with all the power of the whole country, I only found one of the nine tripods.The Department of School Affairs previously reported secretly that the bronze tripod representing Li Gua fell into Soochow's hands, and with Soochow's talent, he would sooner or later discover the secret of the tripod.

What I am curious about is, what kind of patterns are engraved on the body of the eight tripods left?
Finding the Ding Tu is equivalent to finding the source of the power of heaven and earth.If you can understand this power.Mortals can also possess the great power of the gods, and the army can also bless the great power of the heaven and the earth.

I suspect that Dayu was able to control the floods back then, probably because he learned the secrets of the Nine Tripods and controlled this power.

After Zhou Gong, the secret of Jiuding was gradually lost for some reason.Although the emperors of later generations placed the Jiuding on the hall of the court, they only know that the Jiuding is a national treasure that symbolizes the power of the emperor, but they don't know the huge secret hidden in the Jiuding.

The royal family of the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties lived in the treasure mountain and missed the treasure.If I could have studied it thoroughly back then, how could I have lost the great country... Woohoo, what a pity, God's will, what a blessing!

Considering the huge secrets contained in Kan Ding, if it is mastered by the little traitor or Cao Wei, it will definitely drag me into a situation where there will be no redemption.Therefore, only the first emperor and I know the mystery of the Nine Cauldrons.Before the late emperor died, he ordered me to keep Kan Ding in secret.

The battle of Yiling was over, and the late emperor retreated to Baidi City, where he died in April of the following year.Zigong was returned to Chengdu from Yong'an in May, and Huiling was buried in August in autumn.It was the hot summer at that time, and with the heat of Sichuan, it was a long way from Baidi City to Chengdu.
It is extremely difficult to bury the coffin in Chengdu several months later.After discussing with the ministers, the young master decided to bury the first emperor in Lianhuaba, Pengshan, Baidi City, and set Huiling, Chengdu as the Clothes Tomb.Therefore, I personally designed the tomb passage of Huiling and buried Kan Ding in Huiling.

So far, the mystery of the Nine Cauldrons has been left to fate.

(End of this chapter)