Chapter 27: The Secret Through the Millennia (2)

"Li Qisi, the descendant of Xiao, led his nephews Fuyan and Fuqi, and came to pay tribute to the ancestors and ancestors. I wish the ancestors and the ancestors to bless the whole people of my Li family, survive this catastrophe, and keep the health and well-being of all generations......"

Li Qisi had words in his mouth, holding a bouquet of burning incense sticks in his hand.

The cigarettes in the ancestral hall curled up, and the rain poured outside the ancestral hall, and the raindrops hit the tiles on the top of the ancestral hall, making a sound like popping beans, which added a bit of solemnity to the ancestral hall.

Li Yiting and Li Fuqi respectfully knelt behind Li Qisi.

After Li Qisi finished praying, he went along a strange route to plant incense, and it took more than ten minutes to go back and forth, and when he returned, he was holding a strange item in his hand.

"Get up. Li Qisi said in a deep voice.

Li Yiting and Li Fuqi stood up as they said, looked at Li Qisi silently, and didn't dare to make a sound. Since childhood, his parents have repeatedly confessed, and when he arrived at the ancestral shrine, Li Qisi was the most authoritative person, listening more and talking less.

Li Qisi was holding a strange-shaped bronze vessel, the thick patina almost covered the surface of this artifact, which looked like a weapon, the thin and sharp end was about ten centimeters long, like a sword blade, but there was no sword handle, instead of a snake's tail-like spiral spike, the spike was much longer than the sword edge, about thirty centimeters, the most strange thing is that there is a shallow groove, from the sword head to the thorn tail, it looks extremely weird.

He first held this strange weapon above his head and bowed three times towards the tablet before turning to face the two juniors.

"Reach out. Li Qisi gave the order without question.

The two moved according to their words, Li Qisi slashed at Li Yiting's arm with the blade of his sword, Li Yiting didn't feel much pain, but a flash of blood appeared, and bright red blood slowly stayed along the groove, flowing from the sword body to the curved spikes, and then dripping.

Li Qisi's face was expressionless, and he turned to Li Fuqi again, Li Fuqi was no better than Li Yiting, who had been through a hundred battles, he seemed to hesitate in his eyes, but he quickly became stoic. Allowing Li Qisi to pierce his arm with the tip of his thorn, a stream of red liquid spurted out and flowed back to the sword body in the opposite direction.

Li Fuqi clutched his injured arm in pain, blood kept gushing out, his expression was a little painful, and more confused.

Li Yiting also didn't understand the uncle's intentions, but he knew that this must be a strange and serious ritual, as for the specific content, he had no concept at all, but he had some experience in stopping bleeding, and his fingers were pressed on the wound, and the blood flow was slow.

Li Qisi didn't care about them at all, he raised the "sword stab" and knelt down towards the ancestral tablet.

Li Yiting and Li Fuqi also hurriedly knelt down.

"The ancestors and the ancestors are on top, and the descendants of Li Qisi know that they are unable to protect this ancient artifact, and now they will entrust the Li family descendants to Fuyan Fuqi, please bless the ancestors, and use their divine power to keep peace forever. Fuyan Fuqi is the leader of my generation, pure nature, generosity, and ability, and will be able to live up to the trust and complete the heavy responsibility. ”

The three of them bowed again, then got up.

Li Qisi didn't wait for the two to ask, and took the initiative to explain: "This sword is called Kuaiwei, but the world often calls it fish intestines, it is an ancient strange soldier, thousands of years ago handed over to my Li family to guard, the Li family once made a heavy oath, the sword is in the people, the sword is dead." In my generation, it has been a thousand years, and I hope you will remember the hearing of your ancestors, protect the artifact with your own lives, and remember that the sword is in the person, and the sword is dead. ”

Li Yiting was shocked in his heart, there was such a magnificent treasure hidden in this seemingly inconspicuous old ancestral hall, Li Fuqi was even more shocked in his heart, and he couldn't believe what he heard.

"Although this thing is an ancient artifact, it is also good and evil, and the guardian has a bad fate, and life and death have their own destiny. Now I'm going to tell you more about the ins and outs......"

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Zhuan Zhu is a native of Wu Guotangyi. According to the record of "Wu Yue Chunqiu", Wu Zixu was on the way from the state of Chu to the state of Wu, and saw that "all parties are fighting with people, and they will be enemies, and their anger has the spirit of ten thousand people, and they are not to be taken seriously". Wu Zixu knew that Zhuan Zhu was a warrior who dared to go to difficulties, so he befriended him. After Wu Zixu entered the meeting with the king of Wu, he persuaded him with the benefits of attacking the state of Chu. Wu Gongziguang said: "That soldier, father and elder brother were all killed by the state of Chu, and the soldier only talked about attacking the state of Chu, he was here to avenge his personal vendetta, not to plan for the state of Wu." "The king of Wu will no longer discuss the matter of attacking Chu. Wu Zixu knew that Gongzi Guang planned to kill Wu Wangyi, so he said: "That Gongzi Guang has an attempt to seize the throne at home, and he can't persuade him to send troops abroad yet." So he recommended Zhuzhu to Gongzi Guang.

Gongziguang's father is Wu Wang Zhufan. Zhu Fan has three younger brothers: in order of brothers, the eldest brother is called Yu Xi, the second brother is called Yi Yi, and the youngest brother is called Ji Zizha. Zhu Fan knew that Ji Zizha was virtuous, so he did not appoint a prince, and wanted to pass on the throne according to the order of his brothers, and finally pass the throne of the monarch to Ji Ziza. After Zhu Fan died, the throne passed to Yu Shi. After Yu Sai died, it was passed on to Yiyi. After Yi Yi's death, it should have been passed on to Ji Zizha, but Ji Zizha evaded and refused to be the king, so the people of Wu supported Yi Yi's son as the king. Gongziguang said: "If in the order of brothers, Ji Zi should be established, and if it must be passed on to his son, then I am the real son-in-law, and I should be appointed king." Therefore he used to secretly provide for wise men in order to obtain the throne with their help.

After Childe Hikaru got the specialization, he treated him like a guest. In 516 BC, King Chuping died. In the spring of this year, the king of Wu wanted to take advantage of the funeral of Chu to send his two younger brothers, Gongzi Gai Yu and Zhi Yong, to lead the army to surround the city of Chu and send Yanling Jizi to the Jin State to observe the movements of the vassal states. The state of Chu dispatched troops to cut off the back road of the Wu generals Gaiyu and Yong, and the army of the state of Wu could not be returned. At this time, Gongziguang said to Zhuan Zhu: "This opportunity cannot be lost, if you don't fight for it, how can you get it!" Besides, I am the real heir, and I should be established as the king, even if Ji Zi comes back, he will not abolish me." Zhuan Zhu said: "King Wu can be killed." The mother and son were weak, and the two younger brothers led the army to attack the Chu State, and the Chu army cut off their back route. At present, the Wu army is besieged by the state of Chu abroad, and there are no loyal ministers who are honest and outspoken. What can the royal servants do to us? Childe Hikaru kowtowed his head and said, "My Childe Hikari's body, that is, your body, I am responsible for everything behind you."

On the day of April 515 B.C., Gongzi Guang ambushed the armored warriors in the basement and prepared a banquet for the king of Wu, who sent guards from the palace to Gongziguang's house, and on both sides of the door and steps were the cronies of the king of Wu. The guards standing in the middle of the aisle, all holding spears. When he was drinking and drinking, Childe Hikaru pretended to have a problem with his feet, went into the basement, and asked Zhuzhuo to put the dagger in the stomach of the grilled fish, and then put the fish in and offered it. When he came to the king of Wu, he broke the fish and took advantage of the situation to assassinate the king with a dagger, and the king of Wu died at that time. The guards also killed Zhuanzhu, and the people under the royal bureaucracy were in confusion for a while. Gongziguang released an ambush of samurai to attack the subordinates of the king of Wu, and wiped out all of them, so he established himself as the king, this is the king of Wu.

After Lu ascended the throne, he was named the son of Zhuan Yi as Shangqing, and according to the will of Zhuan Zhu to be buried next to the tomb of Emperor Taibo, he was buried in Youzhu, and now there are still "Zhuzhu tombs" in Hongsdling. Legend has it that the "Zhuzhu Tower" in Da Lou Lane, WX City, is the Youli Tomb where He Lu was buried for him. Qin Songshuo, a native of Yi, once wrote a poem "Zhuzhu Tower": "A sword rewards grace and tops the map, pitiful flowers and plants in the Forbidden City; ”

Because he once learned the art of roasting fish by Taihu Lake, later generations regarded him as the "ancestor of cooks", and the residents of the city often went to burn incense to pay tribute in the old days. Nowadays, the famous dish "sweet and sour fish" in Suzhou and Hangzhou is the abbreviation or common name of "sweet and sour Yellow River carp", which is the inheritance and representative of "whole fish" (known as "whole fish burning"), and its inventor is the person who taught to make fish, the famous chef Taihe Gong (or Taihu Gong) in the Spring and Autumn Period.

It is said that Ou Yezi, a sword-casting master, was made by the king of Yue, who used the tin of Chijin Mountain and the copper of Ruoye Creek, and obtained the essence of heaven and earth through rain and lightning, and made five swords, namely Zhanlu, Chunjun, Shengxie, Yugut and Juque. The fish intestine sword is completed, Xue Candle, who is good at the sword, was invited to look at it, Xue Candle's sword skills are especially like psychic, he felt the information contained in the fish intestine sword, so he replied: The fish intestine sword "is unreasonable, unacceptable, subject to kill the king, son to kill the father." ”

All of the above are legends, and they cannot be trusted, nor can they be disbelieved [data from the public network].

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"The dagger hidden in the belly of the fish is exactly this tail, and the inscription on the body of the sword can be corroborated. Later generations have falsely claimed that it is a fish intestine, which is roughly based on rumors. Before Tang Gaozong, this sword was stored in the royal family, until Empress Wu seized the throne, wantonly eradicated the relatives of the emperor surnamed Li, and gave it a strange surname. In order to leave a glimmer of hope for revenge, a clan relative surnamed Li was assigned to let the doorman steal into the Treasure Pavilion, steal this artifact, and follow the ancestors of the Li family to displace, and finally settle here, after more than a thousand years, the descendants of the Li family have guarded it from generation to generation. ”

"The blood feud is now a thing of the past, but the guardian artifact is the foundation of being a human being, and it must not be allowed to fall into the hands of the young people, otherwise the bloody storm will rise again, and there will be no peace, and you will be a sin. ”

Li Yiting and Li Fuqi looked at each other.

"Uncle...... I, we ......" Li Fuqi first expressed concern.

Li Qisi saw the embarrassment of the two and smiled slightly: "Fuqi, you all get up." You don't have to worry too much, the ancestors had expected that the future generations would have a difficult guardian artifact, so ......" He held the fish intestine sword and respectfully put it back on the sword platform on the offering table.

"The ancestors were very wise, and they set up many mechanisms in the ancestral hall very early, but if anyone dares to move the heart of non-division, they will definitely pierce the heart with a thousand blades and ambush them on the spot. ”

Li Fuqi quietly wiped a handful of sweat, and he seemed to breathe a sigh of relief: "So that's the case." ”

Li Qisi nodded, and looked at Li Yiting expectantly.

Li Yiting hurriedly said: "Uncle, we will definitely do our best to protect the artifact, but it's just ......"

"Originally, according to the ancestral system, I could only tell the secret to one junior, but now that it happened suddenly, I was afraid that there would be a defection halfway, and there would be no one to protect the artifact. I was even more worried that Fuqi was isolated, so I made an exception to select two guardians, Yiting, you have a unique skill, you must help the uncle. ”

Li Yiting bowed, but he was still reasonable: "Uncle, this is the responsibility of our generation, you can rest assured." But this ancestral shrine is full of traps, and although it can prevent people with bad intentions from approaching, it is also a threat to our guardians......"

Li Qisi said appreciatively: "You are thoughtful, I really didn't choose the wrong person." Come, I have here a map of the layout of the ancestral hall, and you two should study it carefully to prevent accidental injury. He took out two ancient books from his bosom and handed them to the two of them, apparently prepared.

Li Yiting took it and immediately hid it in his arms, but Li Fuqi flipped through it curiously, but he didn't see anything famous.

"It's not good to stay here, let's go. Li Qisi stopped talking, he stood silently for a moment, there must have been some emotion in his heart, the burden was suddenly unloaded, and his heart was inevitably a little lost.

The three of them slowly exited the ancestral hall and closed the door.

Li Qisi was wearing a coat and left first, Li Yiting and Li Fuqi did not carry rain gear, but they did not stay too long, and walked back in the heavy rain.

Now, the ancestral shrine is even heavier in their hearts.

Formerly an outsider, now a guardian, responsibilities have fundamentally changed.