Between mountains and seas

Chapter 145 Map

There are a lot of records about Jiuding in various books. It is generally said that Yu collected gold from Kyushu to cast Jiuding after he pacified the flood. Jiuding then disappeared.

Some people also say that Zhou Jiuding is not the Jiuding made by Yu, but an imitation of Zhou Dynasty.

It is also said that after Qin destroyed Zhou, he moved Jiuding to Xianyang, but because of the lack of virtue in the Qin Dynasty, although Qin ruled the world, Jiuding flew away by himself.

Of course, the latter statement is completely nonsense. Things made of metal are lifeless, and it is impossible for them to grow wings.

But in short, there are many legends about Jiuding, but it is generally believed that Dayu did cast this thing, and this thing did disappear in the end.But the strange thing is that it's fine if the real thing is missing, but there are no conclusive records in various books about the shape of Yu Jiuding.

However, there is a conventional saying that all kinds of strange beasts and monsters that Dayu encountered during the flood control period were cast on Yu Jiuding, like a drawing of "Shan Hai Jing", in order to let everyone see this kind of strange beasts in the future. be on guard.However, this is only a legend after all, because the figures cast on it have not been handed down, so that the strange beasts in various picture books now look different, and they don't look like they were born by the same mother.

Therefore, when Ji Xiaojiu was teaching Shao Jingxing, she once said that she felt that Yu Jiuding hadn't appeared in front of people at all, and even if the image of a strange beast was cast on it, it was not used to popularize science for everyone.She even suspected that Yu Jiuding was related to the secret of the mountain and sea barrier, and it was very likely that Yu Jiuding was brought into the world of mountains and seas when he was dying.

That's right, although it is recorded in myths and legends that Dayu ascended to immortality, Ji Xiaojiu suspects that he just entered the world of mountains and seas—the so-called death in Kuaiji is just an excuse, after all, there is no clear burial place so far. There are no bones.

Shao Jingxing was a little confused when he was listening to the class, but now he feels even more serious, because the Jiuding is right in front of his eyes, in this world of mountains and seas.

The tripod is more than three meters high. The body of the tripod is approximately square. It is bronze in color, with a smooth surface and no rust.

This alone is enough to prove the strangeness and specialness of these things-not to mention ordinary metals that have been stored for hundreds of thousands of years in the world of mountains and seas, they can be rotten into a pile for you in a few months.

But what is more attractive is the pattern cast on the body of the tripod. When Shao Jingxing was still dazzled, Huo Qing pointed at the top: "Zhong Shan! Candle Dragon!"

Although the nine tripods are of the same height, the center of the palace is a platform made of blue bricks with different heights. The nine tripods are placed on it. No matter which side you look at, you can see the entire plane of the tripod at a glance.And on the top tripod, there is a dragon holding fire in its mouth.

These tripods are all bronze in color, and the patterns cast on them are also bronze in color, but because of the embossment, they show a clear outline when they are illuminated by light.As for the Candle Dragon, the lower half of its body was coiled on the top of the tripod, while its upper body protruded from the side of the tripod.

This casting method is very different from ordinary tripods. The four dragon necks protruding from the top of the tripod come together above the tripod to form a huge dragon head facing up to the sky. There is also a piece of dragon head the size of a melon in the dragon's mouth. red gemstones.

This gem has a round top and a round bottom, and its shape is irregular, but it has been polished by something. Its surface is smooth and round, and its texture is transparent. When it is illuminated by light, it glows brightly, really conspicuous like a ball of dancing flames. .

Such an arrangement is obviously telling everyone that the candle dragon is the key point!

"So Dayu cast the Nine Cauldrons to let everyone see the candle dragon?" Shao Jingxing held Huo Qing's hand tightly, pretending to be afraid of the darkness around him, "No, it's to tell everyone that the center of the formation is Zhongshan, right? ? But—what's the use of this?" Everyone didn't know where Zhong Shan was!

"Of course it's useful." Huo Qing graciously raised the glass lamp in his hand to illuminate the surroundings, "This is a special place, no strange beasts can come in."

Shao Jingxing refused to let go: "Well, that's not necessarily true. It's been many years, and the barrier may be broken, and this palace is even more likely." He hasn't seen Huo Qing for how many days—of course To put it bluntly, it took more than two days in the world of mountains and seas, but the ancients said that if you don't see each other every day, it's like three autumns. If you round it up, he and Huo Qing haven't seen each other for ten years.

Huo Qing didn't understand what he meant, and was still explaining seriously: "This place should be an independent space like the Aozu pillars in the Great Desolation Mountain, otherwise these copper tripods would not be so intact."

Shao Jingxing's mouth was ready to hold oil bottles, and Huo Qing was simply incomprehensible. He hadn't seen him for several days, so Huo Qing didn't miss him?

Huo Qing didn't understand Shao Jingxing's meaning until now. While he couldn't laugh or cry, his heart was strangely soft, and he couldn't help touching Shao Jingxing's hair: "How could you not want to." He heard the gunshots rushing out of the village, and watched Shao Jingxing was engulfed by the world of mountains and seas, and he brought two burdens by his side.

He couldn't eat or sleep for the past few days. Fortunately, the blood marks of the green clam on the wrists of the two of them were still declaring that they were safe, otherwise even he would not be able to keep calm anymore.But fortunately, they finally reunited, even if the two are still in the world of mountains and seas, it doesn't matter.And it's not that important clues have been discovered. Of course, we must first find out what's going on.

To be honest, Huo Qing's explanation was dry, and at the end there was even a bit of superficial suspicion that the dog's tail continued, but Shao Jingxing was delighted to hear it—he automatically silenced the last few sentences. Qing also misses him very much.

But if you miss him so much, shouldn't you have a kiss first after meeting? So what, at least a kiss first or something?

Speaking of which, Shao Jingxing still had a little bit of resentment. He and Huo Qing had two shots while hanging in mid-air on the Aozu pillar of the Great Desolation Mountain.At that time, he still complained that the place where Huo Qing exploded was not right, which made him exhausted and fearful, but after leaving the Great Desolation Mountain, Huo Qing hadn't had that kind of life since.

Look, I call you to complain!

Of course they haven't been able to relax all the time, but, but—isn't it that time is like water in a sponge, there will always be crowds, they are very busy, but they are not so busy that they have no time for anything, right?Anyway, anyway, Huo Qing's subsequent behavior was a bit suspicious of indifference, it looked very ruthless like throwing it away if he wanted to use it.

Although it was in the empty hall, facing only nine silent copper tripods, Huo Qing still felt a little hot on his face, and finally interrupted Shao Jingxing's complaint with a cough: "No...you didn't mean , not very comfortable..."

"When did I say that!" Shao Jingxing refused to admit it.

"You said it." Huo Qing only felt that his face became hotter, "You said——back pain, and... not feeling well..."

Shao Jingxing stared round his eyes: "It must be uncomfortable on that big bone frame, where you can't reach the ground or reach the ground!" How can a bed at home be as comfortable as it is!By the way, you can have two shots there, why can't you go back to the normal bed, do you have any special hobbies?

"No!" Huo Qing was also a little anxious, and blurted out, "I'm afraid that my poor technique will make you uncomfortable, so I thought—" He suddenly stopped the car, but it was too late.

Shao Jingxing's eyes widened, he took his hand and urged, "So what, what do you want to do?"

This sentence—especially when a certain verb fell into Huo Qing's ears, he really heard countless ambiguities, and immediately his ears became hot: "It's nothing."

"Say it!" Shao Jingxing smiled happily, "Didn't you want to study further—"

Before he finished speaking, Huo Qing covered his mouth: "Stop talking!"

"No book—" Shao Jingxing shook his head and struggled out, laughing badly, "I thought you regretted it, but it turned out that you were afraid of bad skills. This is easy, I will teach you—"

His words were blocked again, but this time it was not hands, but lips.

Most of the pale golden light emitted by the bright stem grass powder was blocked - Huo Qing put his arms around Shao Jingxing's waist with one hand, and pressed the back of his head with the other, so the crystal ball was buried in Shao Jingxing's hair - leaked out That ray of light can barely outline the silhouette of the two embracing each other—very good, the neck can't be seen clearly.

After 2 minutes, Shao Jingxing was able to catch his breath, and complained duplicity: "Why do you have such a large lung capacity!" Huo Qing was really kissing with one breath, he was not good at breathing.

"Don't talk about it." Huo Qing was so embarrassed that he wanted to explode on the spot, barely maintained a paralyzed expression, and moved back calmly, so as not to draw attention to a certain energetic position, which would make the situation at this moment attract river crabs. "We have to figure out the Jiuding matter first."

To say that Shao Jingxing is actually very easy to coax, he didn't even notice Huo Qing's change, he took Huo Qing's hand contentedly, and said obediently: "Okay, okay, but how do you figure it out? There’s not even a word.” Wouldn’t it be all right if there was an inscription like Ao Zuzhu’s?

"Maybe it's a secret, and Dayu doesn't want to explain it too clearly." Huo Qing took a deep breath to calm himself down, and looked up at Jiuding, "Or he thinks that the matter has been explained clearly enough that no words are needed."

"Who would understand without words?" Shao Jingxing felt that he was at a loss anyway, "I think that gemstone is particularly conspicuous and must be very valuable."

"No." Huo Qing stared at Jiuding, and pulled Shao Jingxing to walk sideways, "Look at the red brick road under your feet." The extended road turned into a circle under the Jiuding platform.

They walked around the ring road and saw the whole hall clearly - there was nothing here except the high platform where Jiuding was located. Several red brick roads extended from the four corners of the hall and finally merged into this Ring, as if to remind them that the people who designed this place are for them to watch the Jiuding.

"But what's on the tripod?" Shao Jingxing raised his head, feeling that his neck was about to ache, "The patterns on all four sides of the tripod are the same, no matter which direction you look at it, there is no difference."

"This is the purpose of Dayu." Huo Qing also looked up at Jiuding, "This is a map, no matter which direction you look at it, you can see it at first glance."

"Land, map?" Shao Jingxing was a little puzzled, "But this is completely different from what is recorded in "Shan Hai Jing"—"

He stopped suddenly after speaking halfway, his eyes searched the surface of the tripod for a moment, and fixed on the fifth tripod: "This is the Aozuzhu that imprisoned the Fangfeng Clan!"

The pattern on the surface of the tripod is a maple tree with a snake wrapped around it, and behind the tree there is a tall pillar.Of course, no matter how delicate the embossed pattern is on the surface of the tripod, it is impossible to show the whole picture of the Aozuzhu. People who have never seen it may not understand it at all.But Shao Jingxing immediately understood that this picture represented the Aozu pillar surrounded by snake-breeding and maple forests, which was the place where the Fangfeng clan was sacrificed to make five-color stones.

But the important thing is not this picture, what is important is that there is a small hill on the oblique top of this picture, the base of the hill is a short flat line, and on the hill there are patterns of a cow and a pheasant with a human face.Obviously, the cow is the father, the chicken is the jisi, and the short flat line represents quicksand—this is the mountain of Guanti.

In the "Shan Hai Jing", the place where the snake is raised is not related to the mountain, wind, horses and cattle in Guanti, but on the surface of the tripod, they are cast in adjacent positions. What does this mean?

"This is the real road!" Shao Jingxing grabbed Huo Qing's hand excitedly, "According to the "Shan Hai Jing" drawn, it is actually the terrain that Nuwa arranged with the talisman. Only by following the real road can we lead to Zhongshan!"

What he said was a bit incoherent, but Huo Qing already understood, nodded: "I think that's what it means too. Look at the pattern engraved on the bottom step—the place where we are standing now is this road." The beginning of the road."

In the whole hall, there is only the light of bright grass powder, which is not bright, so after Huo Qing said this, Shao Jingxing discovered that there were carved patterns on the bottom steps, which were nine tripods arranged in the shape of the Chinese character "pin", similar to the one in front of him. The nine bronze tripods placed on the steps are exactly the same.

The map is from bottom to top. If the top candle dragon is the end point, then the location of Jiuding is obviously the starting point. After all, it is the place where the map is.

"Why did you put the map here..." Shao Jingxing couldn't figure it out again. Who could find it hidden in such a secret place?

"Da Yu must have left a message to indicate the location of the map." Huo Qing sighed, "Maybe it is the legendary stele of King Yu, or it may be the golden book and jade slips left by Dayu. After all, it can be passed down for hundreds of thousands of years. Nothing more than gold and stone. It's a pity that even if the information is engraved on the gold and stone, it will not be able to withstand the changes of the times."

Dayu may have chosen the safest way at the time.Just like casting a map on a bronze tripod, he engraved the news on a stone tablet, or in gold and jade, but these things eventually disappeared under the scouring of the long river of history, so that later generations did not type it by mistake until today. Accidentally discovered Jiuding hidden here.

It is precisely because they are placed in such a hidden place that the Jiuding is extremely difficult to find, but it is also because it is difficult to find that they are so well preserved that once you see them, you can understand the meaning expressed in the map.

"Then let's write down the map, won't we be able to find Zhong Shan immediately?" Shao Jingxing happily took out his special mobile phone to take pictures, thank God the mobile phone can still hold on.

"Well——" Huo Qing carefully looked at the candle dragon at the top, "Finding Zhongshan is only one aspect, what to do after entering Zhongshan is the most important thing."

"Let's go in and talk about it." Shao Jingxing clicked to take pictures, and replied casually, "There must be a way for the car to reach the mountain."

Huo Qing smiled helplessly, and pointed up: "I think we should take this gem away."

"Okay, this gem must be very valuable!" Shao Jingxing blurted out without thinking, and then felt that he had said something wrong, coughed dryly, and abruptly changed the topic back, "I mean, take this thing back to the special affairs department for collection fine."

"What kind of collection..." Huo Qing couldn't help him, "I mean this gem should have a special purpose."

The end point of this map is Zhongshan. Anyone who has read "Shan Hai Jing" can see this point, so even if the characteristics of the candle dragon are to be displayed, a small red gemstone inlaid in the mouth of the candle dragon is enough , there is no need to be like now, firstly the copper tripod is cast in a special way, the body of the candle dragon protrudes from the tripod; then put such a big gemstone on the top, as if afraid of being blinded.

Therefore, this gemstone must not only be used to represent Candle Dragon, it has its own use.

"What's the use?" Shao Jingxing also raised his head to look at this huge gem that he couldn't hold with both hands.Looking at the smooth surface that seemed to have been carefully polished, he suddenly thought, "Could it be that this thing was originally held in Zhulong's mouth?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he scratched his head first, and laughed: "No, no, Zhulong holds fire..."

"No." Huo Qing shook his head, "The so-called Candle Dragon Holding Fire is just a record of later generations. It is likely that he just looked at it from a distance and saw something red in the mouth of Candle Dragon." As for the red Those who saw it might think it was fire, but no one went into the candle dragon's mouth to see if it was true, did they?

But no matter what, this gem must be taken down and taken away.

The copper tripod itself is already as tall as a person, and with the protruding body of the candle dragon, the height is nearly three meters.Shao Jingxing was put on the side of the tripod by Huo Qing, carefully supported a section of Zhulong's body, and reached out to grab the precious stones - the thickness of the side of the tripod was nearly two centimeters, he was not afraid of slipping his feet and falling off, but this Zhulong's body was not even scaled. It was cast so delicately that he was afraid it would be damaged.

"This gem is hot!" Shao Jingxing couldn't help but marvel when he took the gem, the temperature on the surface of the gem was much hotter than the palm of his hand, it was estimated to be nearly [-] degrees Celsius!

"Pihanxi—" Huo Qing murmured.Now he is more and more sure that this gem must be useful in Zhongshan.

Shao Jingxing didn't hear what he said, because after taking down the gemstone, he made another discovery: "Hey, there is a butterfly on the dragon's head!" I didn't notice it when I was far away, but now I can see it clearly , on the top of the candle dragon's head, what they thought was a scale or a mane, was actually a butterfly flying.Uh, or, it could be a moth...