Chapter 478: Epitaph (I)

Epitaph is a memorial genre, and it is also a cultural expression with a long history of human beings. Epitaphs generally consist of two parts: the epitaph and the inscription. Zhiduo writes in prose, describing the name, place of origin, and life of the deceased; The inscription summarizes the whole text in rhyme, mainly an evaluation of the life of the deceased. But there are also those who only have aspirations or only inscriptions. It can be written by oneself during his lifetime, or it can be written by someone else. An epitaph is a stone inscription that is stored in a tomb containing the biography of a deceased. It is to condense the deceased's family history, morality, learning, skills, political achievements, merits, etc., into a personal historical file to make up for the deficiencies of family history, local history and even national history. It is also the conclusive evidence of the epitaph.

But Zuo Ci's epitaph is too old to be regarded as an epitaph as we usually define it, this epitaph is engraved on the outer wall of the secret room in the middle of the dungeon, this secret room has no obvious entrance, but judging from the design appearance, the middle must be empty, and there is no doubt that it is indeed a secret room. The outer wall of the chamber resembles a pillar standing in the middle of the dungeon, in the shape of an octagon. The wall with the epitaph is densely engraved with words, and the general epitaph will never be so long, so this epitaph is different.

"Yin Yin, shouldn't this epitaph be placed on the ground? How can it be hidden underground, as if it is unsightly. Dazhe said.

"Epitaphs are carved in stone, but they are buried in the ground, and any inscription that stands on the ground is never called an epitaph. The epitaphs of the past dynasties that have been handed down today are all unearthed cultural relics. If you write a tree monument on the ground. It should be called the inscription, if the rhyme is added at the end of the article, it is called the inscription, so those who stand in the stele pavilion should be the inscription, and not the epitaph. I explained.

"Look at this dense stuff, what the hell is written?" Dazhe asked.

"This is written about his life, this should be a self-report, written by himself to himself." I say.

"He wrote it himself?" Dazhe said in surprise.

"Yin Yin, Ximing, both of you are proficient in ancient languages. Translate it to us. It's still a little curious. Uncle Lu said.

"Okay, this epitaph is divided into three sections, and I will translate them for you one by one. Siming, the translation of the place that does not make sense. You can help me add it again. I said.

"Okay." Yun Ximing agreed. So with the joint efforts of me and Yun Ximing. This epitaph was finally restored. Here's what it looks like.

Original text: "Yu is Zuo Ci, after the ancient Zuo Kingdom." The left country has existed since ancient times. Later, the Yellow Emperor, when he fought with Chiyou, made meritorious contributions, and Chiyou died, but Chiyou was judged innocent by the immortals later, and the Yellow Emperor lifted it, and the immortals worshipped, and the artifact was left in the hands of later generations. This artifact can protect the descendants of Chiyou, and it will be safe for a hundred years. As for the return of the gods, the effect of the artifact will cease. The people of the left country have not been muddy with Yidi since childhood, and I am unique. Yu Shaohao traveled and met a daughter, named Yalan. When he was born, it was Lan Kaiye, full of orchid fragrance, because of his name. The people of Zuo are strange, different from the world, Lan doesn't mind his condition, and he doesn't even worry about the Hui people. On my way back, I suffered wrong, because of the blessing of misfortune, I actually obtained the immortal law volume of the ancient immortals, divided into, "Taiqing Danjing" three, "Jiuding Danjing" one, "Golden Liquid Danjing" one, there are a number of immortal spells, learn it, you can drive away ghosts and gods. I and Lan returned to the country with the immortal law file, although the people of the left country were different, but I obtained the immortal law volume, so the patriarch Xu Wu made up for the mistake with merit, and the immortal law was cultivated and passed on to the clansmen. But in this way, I can stay with Lan to the end. Yu Nai will stay in the country and enter the mountain alone. I don't want to be enlightened in the immortal law, only three years, and then I will be able to learn. And if I was sued, I went to find it, Lan betrayed me, and the same man ran away. ”

I translated it word by word and said to you, "My name is Zuo Ci, a descendant of Zuo Guo in ancient times. The left country, already existed in ancient times, and later returned to the Yellow Emperor, when fighting with Chiyou, he made great achievements, and Chiyou died in battle, but the descendants of Chiyou were judged to be innocent by the immortals, so the Yellow Emperor recommended, the immortals appointed, and left the artifact in the hands of the descendants of the left country. This artifact can ensure that the descendants of Chiyou will live a long life and be safe and healthy. The artifact's usefulness will not cease until the gods come again. The people of the left country have not intermarried with foreigners since childhood, and they are self-contained, and I am the only one who is different. Ever since I was a child, I loved to travel and got to know a woman named Arlan. Because when she was born, it was the time when the orchids were in full bloom, and the house was filled with the aroma of orchids, hence the name. The people of Zuo Guo have a strange appearance, different from everyone in the world, Yalan doesn't mind my appearance, and even goes to great lengths to return to the clan with me. On our way back, we encountered an accident, and we got the lost immortal dossier of the ancient gods, namely, three volumes of the Taiqing Dan Sutra, one volume of the Jiuding Dan Sutra, one volume of the Golden Liquid Dan Sutra, and a number of immortal magic techniques, which can control the ghosts and gods after learning. Yalan and I returned to the country with the Immortal Law Dossier, although the people of the Zuo Kingdom were not from other races, but because I brought back the Immortal Law Dossier, the patriarch agreed that I would make up for the merits, learn and cultivate the Immortal Fa, and pass it on to the clansmen. As long as I do that, I can stay with Arlan for the rest of my life. So I left Yalan in the kingdom and went into the mountains alone to cultivate. I didn't expect that I was very savvy in learning the immortal method, and it only took me three years to return from my studies. But I was told by my people that shortly after I left, Arran had betrayed me and eloped with another foreign man. ”

"Hey, co-authoring this Zuo Ci is a coward, and he was cuckolded when he came out of the mountains for three years." Dazhe said.

"Didn't you listen to Yin Yin, the people in their Zuo country are weird, you look at the old Zuo we saw yesterday, it looks like he is malnourished, if I were a woman, I would also care about my appearance, I guard an ugly monster every day, and it's strange if I don't run." Min Lan said that Dazhe didn't know what to mumble on the side, and quietly stood behind the crowd and went alone.

"Yin Yin, what about the back, what is said behind this?" Sister Wang Na asked.

The second paragraph of the original text: "His people accuse Yu Lan of betraying me, but I can't believe it, Lan is a person who believes, and he will not betray me like this, and there will be a misunderstanding in this." However, I don't have much time, with the intention of the patriarch, I will learn the art of the sect, the young people in the clan, but the merit is not enough, the fate of the sky, I can get the immortal law volume by chance, and I don't have to have a relationship with this immortal law. The few of them are also hindered by the body of their descendants, and they think that they are expensive in the world, so they are very simple to learn, but they choose the art of easy life to learn, and the really useful art is to be abandoned. But I have been traveling abroad since I was a child, and there are many people in the world who are better than those who are behind my left country, and there are really no one after the left country. In the next three years, when I was a child, my friend was sick, and when he was dying, he couldn't help but test his heart, and told me in detail. Cover in my mountain practice, its meaning Lan is a foreign race, so the punishment for personal gain, until Lan died. I am such a good friend, I have it, the prison of the yin, and the bones of the orchid, and my heart hurts very much. It waited for me, never gave up, and finally came into the hands of our people. He threw himself into the dungeon, did not see the light of day, was not allowed to eat or drink, and did not hear his call from the outside, and the way to call for help was blocked by such painstaking empty bricks. I saw the ground, covered with scratches of claws, which were left by Lan, with its pain and disease. I hate, this foolish clan, without punishment, how can I revenge my hatred, I am the beginning, and I have to seek this revenge. ”

I also translated this paragraph, coupled with Yun Ximing's correction, and Ji Ziyang's silent reminder, translated the following content: "All the clansmen told me that Yalan betrayed me, but I can't fully believe it, Yalan is a trustworthy person, and he will never turn his back on me like this, there must be some misunderstanding in this." But I didn't have time to think about it, according to the instructions of the patriarch, I taught the spells I learned to the young people in the clan, but the effect was not ideal, maybe this is the fate arranged by God, I can get these immortal law files by chance, and I am destined to have a fate with these immortal laws. Those young people are also hindered by their status as descendants of the left country, and think that they are more noble than ordinary people, so they are extremely sloppy when learning, and only choose those simple and interesting spells to learn, and the really useful spells are ignored and abandoned. It's just that I have traveled abroad since I was a child, and there are many people in the world who are better than the descendants of our Zuo Kingdom, and the descendants of the Zuo Kingdom really have nothing to be proud of. I still couldn't let go of what happened in my heart, and it wasn't until three years later, when a friend of mine from my childhood, who was seriously ill, and when he was dying, he couldn't bear the torture of his conscience and told me the details of what had happened. It turned out that after I went into the mountains to practice, they minded that Yalan was a foreigner, so they lynched Yalan and put him to death. I followed the location of my friend and found this hidden dungeon underground, where I saw the bones of Arran and my heart ached. She waited for me and never forsaken me, but she died at the hands of my people. She was thrown into the dungeon, where she was not allowed to see the light of day, she was not allowed to eat or drink, and even her cries could be heard outside, and these hollow wall tiles that had been painstakingly designed blocked her way to call for help. I saw scratches on the ground from her fingernails, left by Arlan, full of her pain and hatred. I held a grudge against these ignorant people, how could they appease my hatred if they were not punished, so I began to plot a revenge. ”

"It turns out that we all misunderstood this Yalan, she is actually dead." Dazhe said with emotion.

"Most of the ancients were loyal, and it is not surprising that Arran was so loyal. It's just that I really can't imagine that there are such ignorant people in the world, and it is really sad to put people to death just because they are not foreigners. Sister Wang Na said indignantly that her eyes were almost on fire, and Uncle Lu quickly patted her shoulder to comfort her. (To be continued.) )