Chapter 14: The Family History of the Dark Room
Li Yilong took down another old wooden box from the bookshelf. Carefully open the wooden box, and take the cloth from it and hand it to Li Tangshan: "This is your grandfather asked me to hand it over to you, I don't understand what it means, I heard that it was left to our ancestors by Mr. Yang Junsong, your grandfather asked me to tell you the specifics, you have to study in Chinese mainland by yourself to find the answer." ”
"You put it away yourself, and I'll go to Europe with your mom for a couple of important meetings. Tangshan, you have grown up, you will have to rely on yourself for many things in the future, you have to take care of yourself! ”
Li Tangshan nodded and took the cloth, holding it in his hand heavily, feeling that it was not like a piece of cloth, but more like a piece of skin. There are a lot of thin lines drawn on it, and I can't understand what it is.
"You have been reading here for the past two days, and I will also ask Uncle Zhuo to bring in three meals a day," Li Yilong continued.
"In addition, I will put two books on the desk in the study, you can read them when you have time," Li Yilong explained and left.
"I won't bother you to read, there is still a week to go to Beijing, Uncle Zhuo will arrange the relevant matters, your mother and I are going to Europe tonight, your sister can also want to Tokyo for a while, you will listen to Uncle Zhuo more in the future" As soon as Li Yilong's words fell, he turned around and left the basement, and Li Tangshan soon heard the sound of the iron door closing. Li Tangshan looked around, there was a portrait of Huo Degong, the ancestor of their entry into Fujian, on the wall, and there was a simple small bed next to the bookshelf. Li Tangshan guessed that this basement should have been built by his grandfather, it seems that his grandfather had not spent the night here before, and Li Tangshan didn't want to pay attention to these things, so he picked them up and read these two books carefully. Li Tangshan found that the manuscripts were written in classical Chinese, and it was not particularly difficult for a person like him, who had been speaking Hakka and ancient Chinese at home since childhood, to read ancient classics. Hakka has a long history, not only completely retaining the sound that Mandarin does not have now, but also many ancient Chinese pronunciations. Hakka is also considered by linguists to be a "living fossil" of the Chinese Chinese language. Hakka is also one of the oldest languages in China, having long dominated the official language and has a much longer history than modern Mandarin. Since the promotion of Putonghua in the second year of Yongzheng, Putonghua has only occupied the official dominance for more than 300 years, while Hakka has a history of thousands of years. Therefore, many ancient documents are very tasteful to read in Hakka, especially the kind of poetry rhyme, so when Li Tangshan reads these difficult ancient texts, it will be simple and clear to read in Hakka, and it is full of rhyme!
Li Tangshan's seeing manuscript records: in the Tang Dynasty, Li Chunfeng and Yuan Tiangang Ying should be Li Taizong to write a book of ancient wonders, and leave a thousand-year mission, 1300 years later, a saint will come back to China, this mission is to find the saint to find, and the holy relics to the saint, waiting for the saint to awaken, leading mankind into a new future. The relics last appeared in the mountains of South China during the Taiping Rebellion, which was Li Tangshan's hometown (today's Meizhou Dapu).
The manuscript also records that Li Chunfeng and Yuan Tiangang left clues about the saint in the Li family in the forty-fourth elephant Ding Weizhong:
The prophecy said: The sun and the moon are beautiful and the sky are intimidating, and the larks come to the two feathers and four legs.
There are a few verses below: There are saints in China today, although they are not heroes, they are also Zhou Cheng, and the four Yi are retranslated as the Son of Heaven, or the Nine Kingdoms Spring.
There is also a note at the bottom: This image is the resurrection of the saint, the omen of the coming of the four empires, and a great rule.
Li Tangshan read: "The sun and the moon and the sky are intimidating, and the hundred spirits come to the two feathers and four legs. What is the meaning? Is it a place where saints appear? Or ......"
On the last page of the book, a paragraph is written in Chinese Simplified, which probably means that the heirs of the Li family can find the holy relics and saints as soon as possible, and help the saints sprout new ideas around 2020-2040, walk in the clash of Chinese and Western civilizations, and lead the comprehensive rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
Li Tangshan's thousand-year-old mission to their Li family, Li Tangshan's head is too big, and the things in the manuscript are too mysterious, Li Tangshan doesn't believe it at all, and says in his heart: "I'm just a little member of the Li family, and the things in the manuscript are illogical and contradictory. Not credible! ”
Li Tangshan doesn't particularly care about the mission of this incredible family, there are so many capable people in Tangshan China, why let an overseas fifth-generation Chinese do it, this mission should have nothing to do with him.
Two days passed quickly, and Li Tangshan walked out of the secret room and saw that his father had two books on his desk, "Jiaying Prefecture Chronicles" and "Yang Gong's Search for the Dragon". took out two books and went out of the study to find Uncle Zhuo, Li Tangshan was very interested in the skin, and took a sample from the skin to prepare for the experiment at Nanyang University for carbon-14 testing.
Uncle Zhuo has already begun to help prepare Li Tangshan's luggage for Beijing.
Li Tangshan came out of the confined space, breathed in the fresh air hard, and his mood became very good, he said hello to Uncle Zhuo and went out to breathe.
After a falling rain, the sun flies in with the sober air, and under the clear blue sky, there is a continuous stream of green hills and green trees, and all kinds of unknown wildflowers compete in the jungle, blooming like clouds. Li Tangshan drove down the street along the small river in Chinatown, and the faint mist of water from the flower belt and the moist smell of the wet earth kept pounced on Li Tangshan's face and drilled into Li Tangshan's nose, and Li Tangshan suddenly felt very comfortable.
Li Tangshan, who came out of the dark room, was in a good mood, smelling the fresh air after the rain, and soon arrived at Nanyang University and sent the sample to the national laboratory for testing through a friend, and asked Li Tangshan to get the results three days later.
The next night, Li Tangshan's friend called him and said excitedly: "Tangshan, the test results of the things you sent came out, they were more than 2,000 years ago, and the error was about 100 years." 2000 years of organic matter can be preserved until now, and you get it from there. If this preservation technology is applied to modern food, it will be a profit! ......”
Li Tangshan heard that the organic matter of 2000 years is preserved at room temperature, which is incredible! Hurriedly: "Could it be a mistake?" 2,000 years ago, organic matter had already been oxidized and reacted into carbon. ”
The other end of the phone was unhappy and said, "Tangshan, do you doubt the professionalism of our laboratory?" We did three tests and the results were consistent. ”
Li Tangshan hurriedly said: "No! No! I don't know what it is, my friend gave me a sample, I know it's an old thing, I just want to test the specific year? Let me ask if that friend can work with you? “
The other end of the phone: "Okay! You give me an answer as soon as possible. I'm busy with other things first. “
Li Tangshan was in a daze alone with the phone, that skin was more than 2,000 years old, what means did the ancients use to keep it, it is too incredible. That night, Li Tangshan didn't sleep all night, one problem was not clarified, and other problems appeared. Li Tangshan was about to take a plane to Beijing in the afternoon, and his mind had already flown back to the pictures of Tiananmen Square and the Great Wall that he had only seen in movies, and he forgot about the leather for the time being, so he put it in his suitcase and took it to Beijing to study it.