Chapter Seventy-Six: The Fish Pond Asks the Fish

I heard that there was news, Liu Ping came to the spirit, and An Tuluo was well-informed in Yecheng, since it was mentioned so solemnly, the weight of the news was not light, and he pondered whether it was a secret of the imperial court, or some kind of secret secret. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

As a result, what An Tuluo said next was a little inexplicable: "An has followed his clan to do business since he was a child and has been to many places..."

"The terroir is different, the customs and dialects are also different, the northerners like cheese oars, and the southerners are good for tea."

Antura babbled and seemed to become an old man, about to recall his life when the oil ran out, and to tell the story of his experience, trying to make others remember his life.

Liu listened quietly, he knew that the other party was not chatting, probably paving the way for the news that was about to be said, but he was very curious, what kind of news made Anturo want to review his past?

Antura was a Sogdian, but his ancestors had settled in the Central Plains, and like other Sogdian settlements, Anturo's settlement also did business, so he could speak and listen to other languages besides Sogdian.

"An has been to a lot of places over the years, and has seen a lot of people, no matter where he is, he will always hear nursery rhymes."

"Most of the nursery rhymes are sung by children, some of them sound funny, but some of them sound inexplicable.

Liu Ping nodded: "Some nursery rhymes are made up for entertainment, and some are meant to be meaningful, for example, someone in a certain place wants to slander the reputation of the enemy, but he is afraid that the other party will come to the door, so he makes up nursery rhymes for children to sing, and ruin people's reputation invisibly." ”

"Shopkeeper Liu said that such nursery rhymes must be made up by adults, and nursery rhymes contain puns, homophony, and word splitting, with a bright rhythm, catchy and easy to recite, which is easy for children to sing."

Hearing this, Liu Ping seemed to have guessed something, but he did not interrupt rashly and continued to listen.

"Some nursery rhymes, the purpose of which has gone beyond folk grievances, every time the situation is turbulent, whether it is south or north, there will be inexplicable nursery rhymes in the capital, nothing more than secretly who wants to be the son of heaven, or who is going to be unlucky."

"This kind of nursery rhyme is just the so-called 'providence' made up by some forces based on their own purposes, for example, the ministers want to usurp the throne, and make up nursery rhymes in advance for the children in the city to sing, and after they usurp the throne, it will confirm the will of heaven."

"Or if you want to kill someone, let the wind out first, and when you succeed, let the world think that he is in accordance with the will of heaven."

"Many people say that nursery rhymes represent the will of heaven, but in fact, An thinks that this is not the case, those nursery rhymes that have been 'fulfilled' are remembered, but there are more nursery rhymes that have not been fulfilled, but no one will take them to heart."

"However, An has been to many places, and has been in Chang'an and Yecheng for many years, and has summed up a little experience, most of these nursery rhymes that pretend to be the will of heaven are spread in the capital or surrounding areas."

"So the nursery rhymes that circulate in states and counties outside the capital are much more normal, easy to remember and easy to understand, but..."

Anturo took a sip of tea, this tea is called "Xiyangchun", it is a tea produced in Huangzhou, he didn't like to drink tea, but he often came to Liu Ping to be a guest and got used to it over time.

"An has many relatives and friends, and recently heard the same nursery rhyme in different places, and this nursery rhyme sounds a little inexplicable, but if you think about it carefully, it means something, and this kind of nursery rhyme should have been circulated in the capital, but it turned out that someone deliberately spread it far away from the capital."

Liu Ping asked at the right time: "I wonder if An Langjun still remembers this nursery rhyme?" ”

"Remember, Shopkeeper Liu needs to write down on paper?"

Liu Ping nodded, the other party actually asked him to write it down on paper, which is probably a very important thing.

The pen, ink, paper, and inkstone were quickly ready, and Anturo saw Liu Ping waiting with the pen, and slowly spoke: "The nursery rhyme is as follows: 'There is a fish pond under the poplar tree, ask the fish by the pool, answer and leave, and if you don't answer, you stay'." ”

Without waiting for Liu Ping to ask, he said solemnly: "The news that An wants to say is that people in Qingyan and other places have begun to spread this nursery rhyme on a large scale. ”

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"There is a fish pond under the poplar tree, ask the fish by the pool, answer and leave, and if you don't answer, you stay", what do you think of this nursery rhyme?"

"Chief, how can a fish speak? Who will talk to the fish by the pool, but the head is not good? ”

"Think about it, think about it again."

"Ah, yes, this is the kidnapper's trick, saying that there is a fish by the pond that can talk, so the child will go with him to see the fish, and when he goes to a secluded and uninhabited place, he will catch his mouth with a block!"

"Oh, good idea, not bad!" Wu Ming laughed, saw his subordinate touching his head embarrassedly, and then turned his face: "Keep thinking!" ”

"Ah, is it still not right?"

In the room, several of Wu Ming's subordinates were frowning and thinking about the problem, as if they were not going to be polite, and their faces were flushed.

In the afternoon, he met with Liu Ping and Liu's shopkeeper, and the other party gave him the note and informed the source.

Nursery rhyme: There is a fish pond under the poplar tree, ask the fish by the pool, answer and leave, and if you don't answer, you stay, literally it means that there is a fish pond under the poplar tree, ask the fish in the pond by the pool, if the fish answers, leave, and stay by the pond if you don't answer (continue to ask).

There are some inexplicable nursery rhymes, but Wu Ming can see what the meaning behind this thing is, he knows that Shopkeeper Liu is responsible for collecting news in Yecheng, and the other party also knows what kind of responsibility he shoulders, so he specially informed him of this matter, and he should not take it lightly.

"Ah, Chief, I've figured it out."

"Tell me."

"Poplar, that is, 'Yang', fish pond, homonym 'Yu Chi', as for the word "ask fish" by the pool, it is not 'Yuwen', but what does it mean to leave if you don't answer?"

"'Leave' through 'Li', 'stay' through 'Liu', as for 'answer' is probably 'hit', how's it, have you figured it out?"

Wu Ming's words are all said about this, and those present can't figure it out that there is a problem with their brains, and the other meaning of this nursery rhyme is very clear: first there is 'Yang' and then there is 'Wei Chi', and then between Yu Chi and Yuwen (Yuchi asks the fish) whether they fight or not (answer or not), the world must change their surnames.

What is the last name? Either the surname is 'Liu' or the surname is 'Li', so everyone hurriedly followed the savior and sat in the world together.

"Ouch, it's Li Hong and Liu Ju again, who is so lacking in virtue that they make up this kind of nursery rhyme every day to sell him their lives?"

"Cranes and mussels compete, fishermen profit, the Son of Heaven and the prime minister will have to fight each other sooner or later, this situation is known to anyone with a discerning eye, but why do people still make up nursery rhymes and spread them around? That's because they have been fighting in the past few years, and the people are too tired to complain, so some people have thoughts! ”

"It's not spread in the capital, it's because these people want to stir up ordinary people, and they are afraid of attracting the attention of the powerful, so they take such pains to explain that the plan is very big."

Wu Ming put away the note, looked around at the people present and said: "Before, someone wanted to make auspicious rui in Huangzhou, saying something 'Maitreya will save the world', but we will give it to us, and now I am afraid that someone will do auspicious rui in the north,"

"Since someone has specially communicated the news, it shows that this matter is not trivial, and even the Prime Minister's Mansion has taken it seriously, but this is the territory of the Wei Chi family, and we can't control what the chaos is, so the only thing to pay attention to is to ensure that the princess and the prince are not affected!"