Shan Hao touched the cave for a long time, and suddenly saw a waist card on the ground, but the words on it were not very recognizable. Pick it up hastily and show it to me.

The waist card is made of pure gold, the carving is extremely meticulous, both sides are all the dragon pattern all around, and the front is engraved with five seals: Shangshan Xia Huang Gong.

On the back is a painting carved by Seiko, four old men stand behind a son, and at the head of the son sits an elder in a dragon robe, and the palace maid stands behind him with a fan.

In the painting is the story of Shangshan Sihao assisting Liu Ying, the Emperor of Han Hui, who was still the crown prince at the time.

According to Sima Qian's record in "Historical Records - Waiting for the Family", after Liu Bang ascended the throne, he made his eldest son Liu Ying the crown prince and his second son Ruyi as the king of Zhao. Later, seeing that Liu Ying was born cowardly and had mediocre talents, but the second son Ruyi was smart and outstanding, he intended to abolish Liu Ying and establish Ruyi.

When Liu Ying's mother, Empress Lü, heard this, she was very anxious, so she sent her brother Chengcheng Hou Lü Shizhi to ask Zhang Liang, the founding minister, to come forward. Lu Shizhi said to Zhang Liang: "You are the emperor's confidant and adviser, and now the emperor wants to replace the prince, how can you lie down with your back down?"

Zhang Liang couldn't excuse himself several times on the grounds of family matters, so he had no choice but to say: "I know that there are four people who the emperor has always wanted to get but failed to do. These four masters were very old, because they heard that the emperor had always despised scholars, so they fled to the mountains and did not become Hanchen. However, the emperor respected them very much. If they often go to court with the crown prince so that the emperor can see them, it will be very helpful for the crown prince. ”

So the Lu brothers and sisters and the prince tried their best to invite the "Shangshan Sihao".

At one banquet, the crown prince served on his side, followed by four old men. Liu Bang suddenly saw the four strange old men, all of whom were eighty years away, with snow-white beards and peculiar clothes, he was very surprised, and asked about their origins, and the four of them revealed their names.

Liu Bang was taken aback when he heard this: "Over the years, I have repeatedly searched for all the masters, but you have avoided them, why do you follow my son now?"

The four old men replied: "Your Majesty has always belittled the Masters and insulted them at every turn, and the ministers are unwilling to bring humiliation on themselves. Now I heard that the prince is benevolent and filial, respectful and affectionate, and everyone in the world stretches their necks to look up, looking forward to serving the prince to death, so the ministers come voluntarily. ”

Liu Bang said: "Then you will assist the prince in the future." After the four of them toasted Liu Bang to celebrate his birthday, they politely said goodbye and left.

Liu Bang called Mrs. Qi, pointed to their backs and said, "I originally wanted to replace the prince, but with the assistance of the four of them, it seems that the prince has become a wing, and it is difficult to move him!"

Shangshan Sihao can influence the fate of a country with his personal strength, which shows the great prestige and deep influence of Shangshan Sihao.

Since ancient times, the Chinese nation has had countless hermit masters, and if these four were not recommended by Zhang Liang, they may not be known to the world today.

And Xia Huanggong is the fourth among the four Hao in Shangshan. The original surname is Cui, and his name is wide. Words are scarce. In order to be arrogant and untamed, after assisting the prince to take the throne, he returned to the hidden mountains and forests and founded the "Thick Earth Sect", because of its name Xia Huang Gong, Huang Yu belongs to the soil of the five elements, so it is named. Xia Huanggong has already ascended to the immortal realm and is listed in the immortal book.

The Houtu Sect has not been known to the outside world for thousands of years, and very few people in Taoism know about it, but no one has seen its successors with their own eyes. It is regarded as an ancient legend, and it is believed that the inheritance has been extinct and has not been passed down.

I don't want to be lucky enough to see its inheritance token today, Fang Xin originally contained it in the history books, and it is really true. And based on this, it can be inferred that the white-clothed Xiushi who ambushed the evil dragon in the legend and did not want to leave his name must be the descendant of Xia Huanggong.

Hermit thought has always occupied the most lofty and important position in the spirit of traditional culture, but it is like the form of a hermit, and has always taken the way of "retreating from the world without knowing and not boring", so it is easily ignored by everyone and easy to forget.

If we want to emphasize one point, the hermit thought, and the hermits in history, are in fact the main players behind the control of Chinese culture. As for the academic thought of Taoism, it is inseparable from the hermit thought.

Seeing that I was deep in thought about the waist card, Senior Brother Sanji asked, "What, is there anything special about this waist card?"

A sentence pulled me back from my contemplation, and I handed the waist card to Sanji and asked him to take a look at it as well.

Sanji looked at it for a long time, and only told the story of Shangshan Sihao, and he didn't know where to start with other information.

Zang Butian said: "But where the tokens of each faction are used, there must be a contact incision code on it, if it can be found, then it will not be difficult to contact Tong Jianye." ”

But a few people looked at it for a long time, and they didn't have a clue. In desperation, I had to go down the mountain.

When we walked down the mountain, we saw Tong Jianhua standing at the intersection waiting for us. As soon as they saw us coming down, they blamed us, "Why did you come here and pass through the house and not enter?"

Sanji hurriedly replied: "Sir, don't be surprised, the incident happened suddenly, and I was about to go down the mountain to visit my seniors." ”

"You've come just in time, I'm looking for you, I've got something incomprehensible going on here, you can help me see what it is. With that, he led us into his yard.

Walking into the house, the old gentleman beckoned us to sit down. Then he sat down and went into the house. When he came out, he held two fan-shaped and translucent fish scales in his hand.

The big one was the size of a dustpan, and the small one was the size of an A4 piece of paper, and he said, "Do you recognize what this thing is?"

After cultivating for so many years, I have seen a lot of all kinds of demons and monsters, but I have never seen such a large scale fish in the water tribe.

Zang Butian is a native of Shandong, grew up by the sea since he was a child, and is very familiar with fish. He took it in his hand and looked at it for a long time, and said, "I recognize this big one, it is the gills of a carp." It's just this little one...... It's like the legendary dragon scales!"

"It's unlikely that dragon scales are smaller than carp scales. Shan Hao and Shan Heng muttered.

Zang Butian explained that legend has it that dragon scales will become larger when exposed to water, and their color will change from yellow to green, like jade, and they can be placed on a boat to bless a smooth trip and avoid wind and waves. It can be used to pray for rain during drought, and soaking in water can also cure asthma. The benefits are endless.

In this case, you can find a basin of water and put it in the water. After a while, Shan Heng brought a basin of water, and Zang Butian looked at the basin and said, it is small, and it should be replaced with a large basin. I'm afraid that if it gets bigger, it will break the small basin.

After changing the basin several times, it was said that it was small, and finally it was replaced with the largest plastic basin. It is more than a meter wide in diameter.

Zang Butian carefully put the scales in. A minute or two passed, and there was no response. Shan Heng and Shan Hao had obvious disappointed expressions on their faces.

I was about to speak, but I saw that the color of the scales gradually changed from yellow and transparent, and gradually changed to light green, and then to dark green. Its luster is far more vivid than the green jadeite we have ever seen.

The volume also increases as the color deepens, and finally increases until it is close to the edge of the pot, and then stops growing.

It is no wonder that Cao Cao once asked Liu Bei, Cao said: "Do you know the changes of the dragon?" Xuan De said: "I don't know the details." Cao said: "The dragon can be big and small, and it can rise and hide, and if it is large, it will spit out fog, and if it is small, it will hide its form, and if it rises, it will fly between the universe, and if it is hidden, it will lurk in the waves." Fang is deep in this spring, the dragon changes when the time comes, and the Jews have the ambition to cross the seas. Dragons are things, comparable to the heroes of the world. ”

A piece of dragon scales can become so big when it comes into water. The scales are still like this, and the changes in the dragon are even more visible.

At this time, Mr. Tong was also surprised, seeing the changes in the dragon scales in front of him, he had to believe it. The legendary thing has been proven time and again.

"Senior, haven't you asked where these two scales came from?" Zang Butian asked.

"Well, I have to start with what happened a month ago. Mr. Tong said in a deep tone.