Vol 4 Chapter 58: Looking for laozi

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It’s not a secret that there are wormholes on Cuiwei Mountain. Wormholes themselves are ubiquitous and fleeting. Liu Yanzhi and Dang Aiguo have personally seen a tiger crossing in the Qing Dynasty, and this time they learned about the plesiosaurs from the Cretaceous period. , But what this experience brings is not surprise, but horror.
"Perhaps it is the collapse of time and space caused by our frequent crossing." On Dang Paiguo Road, seeing Liu Yanzhi did not understand, he added, "It is we who messed up the gate of time and space."
"If the gate of time and space opens wide and the Jurassic dinosaurs swarm over, the world must not collapse." Liu Yan opened his mind.
Dang Aiguo shrugged: "It would be great if it were just that simple."
Liu Yanzhi asked again, but the party’s patriotism said it was just an ominous premonition, and there was no real scientific basis.
The south wind surged, sailing forward with burlap sails. Suddenly, Liu Yanzhi had a feeling of being watched closely. He felt this way on the top of Cuiwei Mountain. With his ability of perception, Knowing who is sacred, but what is certain is that the other party is not malicious.
Looking back on it carefully, it seems that there was an invisible force helping him when he was fighting with a plesiosaur at the bottom of the river. The neck of a plesiosaur was flexible and his teeth were as sharp as a razor. Liu Yanzhi was restricted in underwater activities and was barely able to fight. In a tie, I was almost bitten several times. At the moment of the moment, the plesiosaur was always stagnant for half a second. It was not the cold-blooded beast who was merciful, but a third party shot.
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The big wooden boat traveled along the river north for three days. According to the elder’s instructions, the place where the millet was planted was Song State. 　 The boat drew ashore, and everyone boarded Song State’s apprentices. There was a frequent traveler between Song State and Cai State. The guide continued on the trek, and five scrawny slaves carried their luggage. The traversers did not show mercy and treated these slaves equally. In the slavery society, they had to respect the local customs and institutional rules of the time and treat their three To impose on others can only be counterproductive.
The guide was a merchant in his early years, and he could speak dialects of several countries. The pronunciation of the Chinese language has been influenced several times by foreign sources, but the characters are in the same line. All without too much effort, everyone learned the common language of the Central Plains with the guide. During the Spring and Autumn Period The vocabulary of the language is small and the pronunciation repetition rate is high. The most obvious example is that Lao and Li have the same pronunciation.
Laozi's surname is Li, and he is the target figure of the travellers.
In the distance, a large elk probed its head in the deep grass. Liu Handong took off his rifle from his shoulder and asked everyone if he wanted to eat venison with a smile.
With a gunshot, the elk fell to the ground. The slaves were so scared by the huge gunfire that they squatted on the ground and covered their ears. Liu Handong pointed to the prey in the distance. They ran over happily and carried the elk over.
There is no iron pot, no stove, so I can only support it for barbecue.
Liu Yanzhi and others were preparing to do it themselves, but the guide said that this dirty work would be done by slaves, so everyone watched the slaves quickly skinning the elk, and then dug a big hole in the ground. The peeled deerskin was spread in the pit.
"What is this going to do?" Guan Lu asked.
"Boil meat." A slave replied.
The slaves took their skins to a nearby pond and filled them with a lot of water. They dumped them in the pits padded with deerskins. At the same time they collected a large amount of firewood and lit them, threw a pile of rocks into the fire, and waited for the rocks to turn red. Use a wooden stick to lift up the stones and throw them into the puddle. The water gradually boils. At this time, the thinly sliced ​​venison is put in and rinsed, and you can eat it out.
Everyone was stunned. I really don’t know what to say about such an original large-sized shabu-shabu, but the venison is fresh and plump, and it doesn’t even need to be dipped in condiments. The taste is very delicious.
The guide went north and south, well-informed, and cheerful and talkative, so Dang Paiguo asked him if he knew Li Er, a celebrity in Luyi.
The guide shook his head: "I haven't heard, what does this man do?"
"So what about Li Boyang, what about Lao Tan?" Dang Aiguo continued to ask, "This person has been an official in the treasury room and wrote the Tao Te Ching."
The guide looked dumbfounded.
Ji Yugan said: "Professor Party, you have neglected. The name of Daodejing was taken by later generations. It should be called "Laozi" now."
Dang Aiguo simply recited the original text of the Tao Te Ching: "Tao, Tao can be Tao, not constant Tao. Name, name is not constant." The guide still said that he had never heard of it.
Everyone panicked now. It's impossible that I haven't been born yet. If there is a gap of several decades, this crossing will be considered a waste of time.
"Perhaps he is ignorant, he only knows the people who do business in the market, but not the cultural people." Liu Yan straightened everyone.
"I hope it." The patriots of the party are heartbroken. The time anchor he chose is the peak period of Laozi's activities. It stands to reason that such philosophers and thinkers should be famous all over the world, just like Confucius, but Lao Tzu and Confucius are not the same. Lao Tzu’s identity is doubtful. Sima Qian suspects that Lao Tzu is Lai Tzu, and some people suspect that it is Zhou Tai Shi Dan, but no matter who it is, the book "Lao Tzu" does exist. No longer exists, this world is really messed up.
The noble adults finished the shabu-shabu, and then the slaves swarmed and swept away the remaining internal organs, bones, and blood.
After eating, continue on the road. On the hard soil road leading to the capital of Song Dynasty, there are two deep ruts leading to the distance. On both sides of the road is the endless wilderness. The crossing caused an unknown impact on history, leading to the disappearance of Lao Tzu.
During the spring and autumn period, the population density is extremely low, and there are virgin forests everywhere. Only when you get to the towns and cities do you see the well fields with criss-crossing rice paddies. Large tracts of setaria swaying on the summer fields are millet, the oldest grain.
In the first town, the Patriotic Party spent a lot of money to buy a carriage, three horses, and a donkey, which basically rounded up the large livestock in the market. The crossing group also realized the mule and horse, and the speed of travel was greatly increased. .
Out of the town, Liu Yanzhi made a simple bridle rein with a backpack strap, jumped on the horse back, and the guide was dumbfounded. He had traveled north and south for so long, and he had only seen horse-drawn carriages and no one on horseback.
There is no cavalry in these days, and chariots are popular on the battlefield. Soldiers holding long Ge stand on the horse-drawn chariot. The standard for measuring the military level of a country is also the number of military vehicles as an important reference, and it is truly organized. The Han Chinese cavalry did not appear until 200 years later, when the Hufu cavalry invented by King Zhao Wuling.
The adults rode in the car, and the slaves also liberated their shoulders. The heavy luggage can be put on the car. They only need to follow behind for a trot. It is a long journey. The travellers finally arrived at Lao Tzu’s hometown, Luyi. But after some searching, I learned that Li Er does not exist, let alone the great philosophical work "Lao Tzu".
The most worrying thing is fulfilled, Lao Tzu no longer exists.
Song Kingdom is located in the hinterland of the Central Plains, with convenient transportation. Song people are good at doing business and wandering among the countries of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. While exchanging goods, they are also exchanging culture. Luyi is a medium-sized city built of rammed earth, with government offices and bazaars. , It's definitely not the kind of town where news is blocked. Since the people of Luyi don't know the existence of Laozi, there is no need to go to Song Du to inquire.
The frustration and frustration enveloped the traversing group, the patriotic party decided to terminate the mission, and the guide said goodbye to them and went to Songdu to do business, leaving only five slaves who didn't understand anything.
"Why don't you go to Lu country to see Confucius." Ji Yugan said, "This year should be Lu Ding's ten years. Confucius was a savior in Lu country. It was the time when the spring breeze was proud. A generation of Confucian ancestors, since we are here, we can't make a visit. Right."
Guan Lu and Liu Handong also agreed: "Since you are here, you can't make a trip in vain, and you can't give up on this trip if you meet famous people in the world."
Lei Meng looked indifferent, Liu Yanzhi was about to say yes, but another voice sounded in his heart: Don't go to Lu country!
"Who are you!" Liu Yan felt that the hairs on his body were standing upright, and he jumped up and asked loudly. The others were startled by him and looked around vigilantly, but saw nothing but the wilderness.
"Where is anyone?" Lei Meng asked, pressing his holster, "What did you see?"
Liu Yan straightly understood that only he could hear this voice.
"Go west, there is a village twenty miles away with the person you are looking for." The voice continued.
"Who are you? I won't go if you don't make it clear." Liu Yan pricked his ears and listened carefully, and found that the sound was not from the outside world, but in his own mind.
The voice no longer spoke.
Liu Yanzhi explained that the others were also terrified, but everyone said that they knew that there were tigers in the mountains, and they tended to go to the mountains!
The group left the road and headed west. After walking for a long time, there was the sound of musical instruments and crying in front of them. A group of people walked around in a funeral procession.
"Stop them." The voice came again.
"What excuse do I use?" Liu Yanzhi communicated with the voice in his mind.
"Their grandmother passed away, but you can bring the dead back to life." The voice said, "Not only can you come back from the dead, but you can also deliver a big fat boy."
"You save the time, I don't want to be beaten to death." Liu Yan said straight, but there was a flash of inspiration in his heart, and the cold sweat fell.
Is the most outrageous legend true!
In the entry on Baidu Encyclopedia~EbookFREE.me~ Lao Tzu’s mother ate yellow plums and gave birth to her son after 81 years of pregnancy. She was born with a white beard and hair, and could speak with her mouth open. There is no doubt that this is a myth, not a real event, but Liu Yanzhi has a hunch at this time that all this is about to happen.
He bit his head and stopped the funeral procession, stammering and telling the sad people that he could save the dead.
The traversers were gorgeously dressed and won people’s trust. The close family members of the deceased opened the coffin, and inside lay an old woman who had just died. His face was full of wrinkles like chicken skin. He looked at least ten years old, and everyone present must be hers. Descendants and younger generations.
A pair of eyes stared at Liu Yan straight, to see how he could treat the disease and save people, but where would he save people, he just pretended to dance and kept asking the voice in his mind: "What should I do next?"
"Opening the deceased's belly can save her." said the voice.
Liu Yanzhi can't wait to pull this voice out and beat him up and cut the body in front of his children and grandchildren. A madman can't do it!