Wanderer of the whirling world

Chapter 36 The Pre-Qin Golden Slip
Everyone is seated.

Between drinking and drinking, Xin Ziqiu only felt as if he was in a dream.

A few days ago, he was still a college student, studying, playing games, and practicing martial arts. His life was fulfilling, but also very ordinary.

But now, he is in the famous Nanya Kaifeng Mansion, chatting with Bao Zheng, Zhan Zhao, Jia Xian and more than a dozen historical celebrities.

This feeling is both real and illusory.

During the banquet, Mr. Bao, as the master, controlled the direction of the topic, which made people feel like a spring breeze.

This big man in the dynasty is not as Xin Ziqiu imagined, always with a strict face and no smile.

On the contrary, he is witty and humorous in private, and he has all kinds of anecdotes and anecdotes at his fingertips.

When these interesting stories are told from his mouth as a scholar, they are more vivid and almost immersive.

Xin Ziqiu's education level is not high, and he doesn't understand ancient Chinese, but Bao Gong speaks all the vernacular, which is very down-to-earth.

No wonder Mr. Bao was able to win over a large number of martial arts masters and serve him wholeheartedly. This personality charm is really remarkable.

Xin Ziqiu was overwhelmed with admiration.

During the banquet for more than an hour, all the talk was romantic, but they didn't mention a word about what was the real business.

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After the wine was over, Baogong called Jia Xian to his side, and took him, Gongsun Ce, Jiang Ping, Xu Liang and a few others into the inner house.

Jia Xian leaned over and whispered a few words in Bao Gong's ear. Bao Zheng showed some disbelief, looked back at Xin Ziqiu, and said to him:
"Master Xiaoqiu, you also come with this residence."

Xin Ziqiu was very smart, although he was dizzy after drinking some wine, but when he saw Bao Gong's expression, he knew that something was going to happen.

He shook his head to wake himself up, then stood up, and followed Bao Zheng into the study of the inner house.

Baogong's study room is vermilion lacquered and tall, with carved beams and painted buildings, which is very magnanimous.

On the mahogany bookcase on the wall, ancient books and scrolls, the four treasures of the study, are neatly displayed, exuding a faint fragrance of ink.

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After everyone was seated, Bao Gong carefully took out a wooden box from the drawer of the bookcase, and solemnly placed it on the table.

He changed his smiling face just now, and became extremely serious and majestic.

Several people looked at each other in blank dismay, not knowing what Mr. Bao was going to show.

Only Xin Ziqiu's expression changed.

He didn't have clairvoyant eyes, and he didn't know what was inside, but on his right arm, the black pattern transformed by the gluttonous power suddenly began to faintly heat up.

This means that the things inside the box also contain some kind of great and extraordinary energy.

It was different from the previous two times. This time, what he felt was neither the sharp power of Geng Jin nor the icy cold evil spirit, but the vast and majestic breath like the vast ocean.

Bao Gong sat in front of the table, slowly opened the box, and saw two bamboo slips inside, both were more than one foot long and two inches wide, neither bamboo nor wood, the golden light was dazzling, and they were actually made of gold.

Everyone was taken aback, no one had seen such a rare object before.

Before the invention and popularization of paper, there were various carriers for recording characters, such as bronzes, tortoise shells, stones, pottery, silk, etc., but the most common ones were bamboo and wood slips.

Bamboo slips and slips are similar with minor differences. Generally speaking, slips are wider, and the written content is more formal, such as contracts and letters.

Although it is cumbersome to make and difficult to preserve, cheap bamboo and wooden slips have been handed down for thousands of years in Chinese history, recording countless precious documents from the pre-Qin and Han dynasties.

In fact, until the Western Jin Dynasty after the Three Kingdoms, some characters were still written in bamboo slips.

But after that, cheap paper replaced bamboo slips with obvious shortcomings.

Ordinary bamboo slips and wooden slips, even in the Song Dynasty, not many people have seen and used them, and gold slips made of gold are even more unheard of.

Everyone held their breaths and focused, wanting to hear what Mr. Bao would say when he took out this thing.

I saw Bao Gong took out two gold slips from the box, put them on the table, and said to everyone:
"Several sages, this is a gold tablet from the pre-Qin period, and it is the only one I have seen in my life."

Xin Ziqiu couldn't hold back his inner curiosity, so he went up to take a closer look, only to see that although the two gold tablets were the same in size and style, the contents on them were different.

One of the gold tablet was engraved with a portrait, the monster on it had a human face and a bird body, with two green snakes wrapped around its ears, and two red snakes on its feet, with majesty in its weirdness.

There is not just one portrait, but several. In the painting, monsters with human faces and bird bodies pose in different poses. Some soar in the air with their wings spread, and some with disheveled hair, standing on the top of a giant tree.

Although the patterns are different, the monster's facial features are clearly visible, and the feathers on its body are also well-defined, and the carvings are lifelike and very fine.

On the other gold tablet, there were densely packed strange square characters, neither gold nor seal, Xin Ziqiu didn't recognize any of them.

Baogong waited for everyone to look at it carefully, and then said:

"These two golden slips were found in front of a treasure house, and they are the keys to a great treasure."

He pointed to the painting on the gold tablet and said:
"These patterns, after the joint research of the government and several great Confucians, agree that they are the ancient god Yu Qiang, also known as 'Xuan Ming'..."

His tone was flat, but to Xin Ziqiu's ears, it sounded like Hong Zhong Dalu, deafening.

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Is this the portrait of "Xuan Ming"?What is the relationship between this ancient god with a human face and a bird body, and the mysterious man Xuan Ming who brought me into the Whirling World and left me a message?
He doesn't believe that there is such a coincidence in the world, there must be some kind of connection among them, but he knows too little, and he still can't comprehend it at this time.

Unable to restrain the curiosity and doubts in his heart, Xin Ziqiu interrupted Bao Zheng's words and asked anxiously:

"Master Bao, what exactly is Xuan Ming?"

Bao Gong didn't mind his rudeness, but patiently explained to him:
"As I just said, Xuan Ming is another name for the ancient god Yu Qiang. According to legend, in ancient times, Yu Qiang was the grandson of the Yellow Emperor and a courtier of Emperor Zhuanxu. , God of Vulcan Zhurong, God of Metal Rushou, God of Earth and Houtu are all listed as the five righteous gods. After several evolutions in later generations, they are also called Xuanwu, with the incarnation of turtles and snakes, and they are called the four great beasts together with Qinglong, Baihu and Suzaku.”

After Baogong briefly introduced Xuanming's origin, the doubts in Xin Ziqiu's heart were not solved, but became more fragmented and became a mess.

Xuanming and Taotie are both the names of ancient gods and beasts. What does it have to do with this whirling world?
Before he had time to think about it, Bao Gong cleared his throat, and under the bewildered eyes of everyone, he picked up another golden tablet, pointed to the writing on it and said:
"The text on it comes from the pre-Qin and Warring States period. It is written in the Wei state. The emperor summoned several great scholars and studied it for several months. He finally interpreted it. The above is a calculation problem, and the answer is Contains the secret to unlock the treasure."

"Calculations? Pre-Qin calculations?"

This time not only Xin Ziqiu, Jia Xian's eyes lit up with curiosity on his face.

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(End of this chapter)