When the sky was dark, a bronze tripod with a round belly, standing ears and three legs was completely presented in front of the two old men.

"This, the secret of this Ding cannot be disclosed for the time being."

Old Man He said slowly, the bronze tripod is a big matter, and we must be cautious and cautious. The old man thought about it again and again, frowned and said: "Stinky boy, let's put Ding here first, Teng Yi must be here twenty-four hours a day to keep an eye on him, and he is not allowed to leave without my order, and no one is allowed to approach it." ”

Since ancient times, the tripod has been regarded as a symbol of the country and power. The word "Ding" is also endowed with extended meanings such as "prominent", "noble" and "grand".

In religious life, the tripod is the main tool for worshiping ancestors and gods, and in political life, it is a symbol of power and status, and it is called "bell ringing and tripod food" and "nine tripods and eight tripods".

From Fuxi to Xia, Shang and Zhou, all generations of emperors and kings regarded the tripod as the country's most important weapon, and the tripod was in the country, and the tripod was lost and the country perished.

It is said that Qin Shi Huang got Jiuding after the unification of the great cause, but when crossing Surabaya, Jiuding all fell into the river, the first emperor was furious, ordered people to salvage, but even if there are many people, they can no longer find the whereabouts of Jiuding, because Qin lost Baoding, lost people's hearts, Qin II Qin extinguished.

It can be seen that Jinding not only has a mysterious color in itself, but also entrusts countless Chinese sons and daughters with their understanding of the inheritance of 5,000 years of Chinese civilization, which is in line with the cultural meaning of the unity of "heaven, earth and man" in the Chinese tradition.

Before deciding how to dispose of this golden tripod, Old Man He had to be cautious.

"Yes!"

Fuji Yi had a serious expression, his waist was straight, and he saluted a standard military salute.

Just when Old Man He was arranging all this, Qi Lao took a magnifying glass and carefully studied the details of the big ding, sometimes frowning and pondering, sometimes clapping his hands, completely immersed in his own world.

The old man never imagined that he would be able to see such a majestic artifact with his own eyes in his lifetime.

"Big brother, big brother!"

Old Man He called softly from the side.

Old Man Qi turned his head very reluctantly, with a thick shock on his face, waved his hand, and said: "I know what you want to say, but I don't care, what I want to know now is where this golden tripod comes from, and why there has never been such a big tripod recorded in historical materials." ”

After speaking, Old Man Qi strode to the side where Liu Yuhao was standing, and continued: "Yuhao, tell me your opinion. ”

"I, what do I think?"

Liu Yuhao was slightly stunned, pointing to his nose with a wry smile on his face.

To tell the truth, this golden tripod is indeed much older than the age when the deerskin atlas appeared in his mind, but in front of the old man, he was not completely sure, but he did not dare to speak out and make conclusions.

Old Man Qi shook his head and said: "The stepmother Wuding is tall and heavy, majestic, magnificent, gorgeous, and superb, but it is only 133 centimeters high and weighs only 800 kilograms, but you look at this golden tripod, if my old man's eyes are not mistaken, it is more than two meters high, the mouth length is more than one meter six, and the belly is deep, thin-walled, the flat mouth is folded outward, and there are double ears on the edge of the mouth. There are three flat feet under the abdomen, and the feet are in the shape of a crest, with the head facing up"

Speaking of Jin Ding, Old Man Qi immediately opened the conversation, and he had an incessant momentum, ignoring the strange expressions of others.

Liu Yuhao smiled and nodded, but he had to secretly praise the profound skills of the old man Qi in antique appreciation, and he actually discovered the remarkable characteristics of so many golden tripods in just over an hour.

"Don't just nod your head, you're talking, hey, I'm in a hurry."

Old Man Qi stared at Liu Yuhao dissatisfiedly, in the old man's opinion, Liu Yuhao has completely inherited his mantle, and he is faintly more than himself, and he definitely has the strength to talk about the past and the present with himself.

Now that the old man has said it here, Liu Yuhao is not easy to handle anymore, and said with a smile: "Okay, let me tell you my opinion, and if there is anything wrong, please ask the teacher to correct it more." ”

"Hypocrisy!"

Old Man He pursed his lips and made such a conclusion to Liu Yuhao.

Liu Yuhao suddenly cried and laughed, and said: "Teacher, the column of this artifact is a fungus-shaped column that is not very developed, but the instrument is heavy and solid, and the ornamentation is fierce and mysterious, according to these characteristics, I think it should belong to the utensils before the Shang Dynasty." ”

"Artifacts from before the Shang Dynasty?"

Old Man Qi was stunned and sat there in a daze.

Liu Yuhao's words may not have been thought of by the old man Qi, but he did not dare to draw conclusions easily, you must know that if the bronze artifacts were pushed forward from the Shang Dynasty, history would enter the Xia Yu era.

So, isn't this golden tripod the legendary "Yuzhi Jiuding"?

This bold guess made Old Man Qi's eyes burst into stars, and the whole person suddenly fell into unprecedented horror.

One of the earliest records about Xia Zhu Jiuding is a passage in "Zuo Chuan: The Third Year of Xuangong" that when King Chuzhuang watched Zhou Jiang and King Zhou Ding made Wang Sun Man work for Chu Shi, Wang Sunman replied to the King of Chu about the importance of Jiuding with bad intentions.

"In Germany, not in Ding. In the past, there was virtue in the party, distant pictures, tribute gold and nine herds, casting tripod elephants, and preparing all kinds of things, so that the people knew the treachery. The old people entered the mountains and forests of Sichuanze, and it was not as good as it. The charm of the two is incomprehensible, and it can be used to cooperate up and down to bear the day. ”

"Old man, look here, this tripod square mouth round belly, is in line with the ancients dry for the sky, Kun for the earth, the sky for the yang, the earth for the yin of the sky round place, moreover, the Jinding around the body of the pictographic inscription for yang, the dragon pattern close to the lizard, the image of the gecko is yin, and once again allude to the Xia Yu period of the cast of the odd and even male and female meaning."

Liu Yuhao knew what Old Man Qi was thinking, smiled and said what he knew, and waited for Old Man Qi to digest it before continuing: "Teacher, I think that this golden tripod is very likely to be the Nine Tripods of Yu that you think in your heart." ”

Liu Yuhao's words seemed to roar like a golden bell, knocking Old Man Qi's heart.

After being sluggish for a long time, the old man Qi approached Jinding again, carefully looked at the characteristics of the pictographic inscriptions and totems that Liu Yuhao just said, and with the old man's knowledge in archaeology, it is not difficult to find that Liu Yuhao is right, there are countless living facts on Jinding that can prove the age of its birth.

"Yu's Jiuding, this is really Yu's Jiuding!"

Before long, Old Man Qi finally affirmed the bold assumption in his heart, and his facial expression was extremely excited.

You know, in addition to the appearance of Yu Jiuding in the Neolithic Period, after the heyday of the development of bronzes, the golden tripod is all around the phoenix pattern as the most elegant and beautiful decoration in the bronze, but on this golden tripod, not only can not find a trace of the Shang and Zhou dynasties, so the totem is also the most beautiful dragon pattern and Xuanniao.

How can the important weapon of the country not keep up with the "pace of the times", unless, when this golden tripod appeared, there was no beauty of "Fengming Qishan" in people's minds during the Shang and Zhou dynasties.

"Big brother, don't many historians think that Yuzhi Jiuding doesn't exist at all?"

Old Man He's eyes widened, and he asked suspiciously.

The debate about whether Yuzhi Jiuding really exists has been a long time, although Mr. He is not a historian, but he has also studied this period of history, so he asked just now.

At that time, scholars who dissented took out the book "Historical Records and Feng Zen Book" and pointed out the words recorded in the book: "The Yellow Emperor picked the copper of the first mountain and cast the Ding Jingshan".

But by scholars research, this first mountain in the west of Lingbao City, Henan Province, and the Yellow Emperor casting Ding Jing Mountain under the Casting Ding, called the Casting Ding Yuan, in the nineties archaeologists carried out scientific excavations on the original site of the Casting Dingyuan, through a lot of work, the site did not find the relics and relics of bronze and bronze smelting, indicating that the Yellow Emperor cast the nine tripods of some discussions.

Liu Yuhao smiled and said: "Grandpa, I don't object to "Historical Records" as evidence, but "Left Turn" doesn't also record the existence of Yuzhi Jiuding, why do those scholars always have to be blind." ”

"Is there a record of the existence of Yu Jiuding in "Left Turn"? How come I don't remember? ”

Old Man He frowned, as if he was searching for the "Left Turn" he had read in his mind, hoping to remember the text of Liu Yuhao.

Liu Yuhao smiled, first recited the original text in "Left Turn", and then told the story in the vernacular.

About 606 B.C., in the third year of Lu Xuangong, the king of Chuzhuang attacked Lu Hun Zhirong, led his troops to Luoshui, and showed off his might at the feet of Zhou Tianzi and inspected the troops. King Zhou Ding didn't know what this disobedient courtier was going to do, so he sent Wang Sunman to comfort the Chu army, which was actually to explore the reality of the Chu State.

Wang Sunman was a clan nobleman in the Zhou Dynasty. King Chuzhuang was in the limelight for a while, but he still felt that it was not enjoyable, so he wanted to provoke Zhou Tianzi. He took the opportunity to ask about the importance of Jiuding, which of course meant that he wanted to compete with Zhou Tianzi for the world.

Wang Sunman was such a clever person, and he immediately saw King Chuzhuang's intentions. He told Chu Zi: "In Germany is not in Ding", and then he talked about the origin of Jiuding.

He said that Xia Yu implemented moral politics, and the princes of various places drew maps of their strange things there and presented them to the imperial court, and the governors of Kyushu also paid tribute to metal products. So Xia Yu made these metal products into Jiuding, and cast the shapes of various strange things on them. In this way, the people will not encounter monsters in the mountains, rivers and forests, and will not encounter unpleasant things. Therefore, harmony between the upper and lower levels can be blessed by the heavens.

The king of Chu Zhuang was probably afraid when he heard his big truth, and then saw that Wang Sunman was also a capable person, and the Chu State would not necessarily take too much advantage when the two countries fought, so he withdrew his troops.

Regarding Liu Yuhao's words, Old Man He was skeptical.

But regardless of whether Yu Zhijiuding really exists or not, the huge golden tripod in front of him is a real object.

Old Man He pondered for a while and said, "Ding is a witness of 5,000 years of Chinese civilization and a carrier of culture. I think this golden tripod will be donated to the country. ”

"No way!"

"Never!"

Liu Yuhao and Old Man Qi objected in unison at the same time.