Chapter 1 Ascend to the heights and look far into the sky

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In the thirty-ninth year of King Xian of Zhou, 330 BC.

The noon sun was particularly dazzling, shining on the grass but it was extremely hot and humid, and even the old cedar trees in Qingcheng Mountain couldn't help but droop their heads. Although it likes the sun, it can't make the flattering appearance of a sunflower.

Fragments of sunlight shine through the cracks of the cedar trees, sprinkled like stars on the muddy ground of Qingcheng Mountain. There was silence, only a figure could be seen passing from the west, quickly avoiding the sunlight, splashing a little mud flower, walking quietly along the road, but startled the cuckoo not far away.

Taijia was dressed in plain cloth, although the clothes were new, the corners were rotten and untouched, and the tattered soap towel was around his waist, and in the middle was his dry food for today. The shredded hair grew unkemptly, but it was so neatly groomed that the obscured eyes looked much brighter.

Even though he was only six years old, there was unusual determination in the eyes of the Thai Jia; He had the strength of his arm, but he only gently broke off a bamboo shoot in the forest - summer and autumn is the bamboo shoot period, and the taste of bamboo shoots is also quite sweet, only the powerful people in the tribe can afford to eat it on weekdays, and ask my mother to try it at night.

This is the first time in his life to climb Mount Qingcheng, and it is also his first long trip. Even though it was only twenty-five or six miles away from his tribe in the Mountains, it took him nearly two hours to get here, and he didn't have a moment of rest in between, so that the sweat of the beans fell like a torrential rain.

ζΉ” (jian) is the name of Dujiangyan in the pre-Qin period, because at that time Li Bing had not yet been the Taishou of Shu County, and Dujiangyan was just a low-lying flood area.

For this day, Taijia tried his best: he left a little corn for drying every dinner, and continued for two weeks to get today's dry food, and he also made up for sleep on these days in order to get up early; As soon as the sky was a little white, he left to leave, but I was afraid that my parents were still in the tribe in a hurry to find themselves!

Thinking of his flustered parents, a trace of guilt flashed in Taijia's eyes, although he was only six years old, he was quite precocious, and naturally knew that today's behavior was unacceptable! But Taijia has his own needs, and he ventured to Qingcheng Mountain today, just for the huge divine stone in the mountain.

Now it is the enlightened dynasty of Shu, and all the tribes in Shu believe in nature, thinking that nature has spirits and all things are spirits. In order to worship the gods, several tribes near the mountain collected a huge white stone, which was carried to Qingcheng Mountain by six sturdy men, and only opened the mountain during major festivals, so that the sacred stone could be worshiped by people.

Qingcheng Mountain is a spiritual place for thousands of years, and it is no wonder that it will become one of the ten major caves later, it is said that Ning Fengzi obtained the Tao here during the Yellow Emperor's period, and it is indeed a very wise choice to enshrine the sacred stone here.

But Taijia didn't come here to worship - I heard that the sacred stone was conceived in Qingcheng Mountain for a hundred years, and it already has spirituality, and anyone who can move it can see the immortals and fulfill their wishes.

Taijia has only one wish, and that is to ask the gods to build a real weir dam!

Since ancient times, floods in Shuzhong have often occurred, even though there are turtle spirits to control floods, but the water of the Minjiang River is still the heart of the people in Shu. Although Taijia was young, he had seen the sudden flash floods annihilate his people several times, and watched his homeland become a Zeguo with his own eyes. Therefore, I secretly made up my mind to find a way to build a dam!

I don't know where I heard this absurd rumor that there are immortals on Qingcheng Mountain, which can satisfy the wish of the destined person who lifts the sacred stone, so that the simple and naΓ―ve Taijia ventures into the mountain.

There are cards set up in the mountains, and there are heavy guards from various tribes, it is not easy to see the Divine Stone, not to mention the earth-shattering moving of the Divine Stone, how can it be dealt with quietly?

But the Taijia did not believe in evil, rested for a while against an old sycamore, ate the dry food, and then regained his strength and marched carefully towards the mountain.

He also had two children on the same road, both bear children who were not afraid of causing trouble; It's just that the Thai armor went too fast, and the two chased for a long time but couldn't catch up, and the Thai armor had to go up the mountain alone.

Mount Qingcheng covers a large area, the highest peak is still more than 1,000 meters, although the Taijia has made great efforts to come to the halfway of the mountain, but almost lost in it. If it weren't for the fact that Taijia still looked at the checkpoint set up at the key crossing along the dirt road, I'm afraid I wouldn't have been able to go up the mountain for a day today.

The level is simply made up of a few rejection horses, but the most interesting thing is the twelve soldiers who are guarding the place. Their bodies were naked, only a wild pig's skin covered their lower bodies, and the sharp bronze swords emitted bursts of blue light on their waists, although they were poorly equipped, they were extremely majestic in the eyes of the Taijia.

The twelve men wore huge bronze masks on their faces, no different from those unearthed in Sanxingdui, with a bloated nose bridge attached to their broad eyes and a large mouth grinning behind their heads, all of which narrated a long culture, but at this moment it made Taijia feel a chill down his spine.

Looking at the neat and uniform troops, Taijia muttered: "After searching for a long time, only here seems to be able to go up the mountain, but the security is so tight, what can I do about it?" ”

The bronze mask represents the beliefs of the tribe and is worn only by extremely important people; Even if the Taijia had the courage to go deep into the Qingcheng Mountain, they didn't have the courage to confront these soldiers head-on.

Just when Taijia was in a dilemma, there was a sound of rustling in the bushes in front of him, like an ambush that had been lurking for a long time. Taijia reacted quickly and hurriedly ran behind another tree, but tripped over a branch and made a loud noise.

"Who's here?"

The sound naturally reached the guards, and the people who were originally chatting lazily suddenly rushed towards the Thai armor with a spirit of 120,000 points, not giving the Thai armor a chance to escape at all.

These altar guards are all well-trained elites; Even if these small soldiers of the Shuzhong tribe are not as good as the soldiers of the Qin State, they are enough to deter people like Taijia who have "bad intentions".

Taijia secretly screamed that it was not good, and he was feeling bad luck in his heart, and he didn't want a black bear paw to pull the corner of his plain clothes, so frightened that Taijia thought that others had found him, and even ran towards the deep mountain with the intention of rolling and climbing, and there was a loud sound of "crackling".

"There are thieves!"

"Hurry up and chase after you, Hugh has gone with the thief!"

The twelve people quickly attacked, and Qingfeng unsheathed, already encircling the Thai armor in a dense forest with a radius of only twenty meters. Seeing that he couldn't escape, Taijia looked behind him angrily, only to see a black and white bear-like cat whose body size was no bigger than his own head, looking at him with blank eyes.

This stupid creature is naturally the panda, also known as the iron eater, the stubborn, the greedy and so on. has lived all over Sichuan, and its stupid and cute appearance is quite lovely, not to mention that it is born with spirituality, which is really annoying.

At this time, the cat had not yet been introduced to the Central Plains, and Taijia naturally thought it was a bear, but how could he have ever seen a black and white bear? As if it was a rare species, he grabbed it with anger on his face - this was not a difficult task for him who was born with divine powers.

He scolded in a low voice: "It turns out that you are the white bear who caused me to be exposed, if I am arrested today, I will also kill you to take revenge!" ”

He said it angrily, but the panda just tilted his head, not knowing what he was talking about.

The fluffy touch in his hand, the white bear looked at Taijia with a confused expression, and his eyes sunken in dark circles showed a touch of stupidity. It struggled in Thaika's hand, as if trying to move towards Thaika's chest, but Thaica was so powerful that he held him in his hand.

After struggling for a while, he didn't see Taijia's hands loosen, and the white bear could only look at Taijia stupidly, and he almost cried.

"You...... It's useless for you to see me, I, I won't forgive you! ”

Taijia definitely didn't know that he was blushing, this panda was only a few months old, and it was the most cute time, just a glance softened Taijia's hard as iron heart, even he couldn't resist the panda's well-behaved.

Taijia put the panda on the ground and looked at him with a spring heart; But he didn't expect this panda to be cunning and tight, after conquering the Thai armor with his cute appearance, he actually took advantage of his inattention to get into the placket of the Thai armor, and took away the bamboo shoots collected by the Thai armor before with lightning speed, and then ran towards the deep mountains with a smoke.

Don't look at its stupidity, cuteness, and obesity, it can run twice as fast as the Thai armor!

"You...... You little thief! I believe you so much, you actually robbed me of dinner! ”

Taijia was furious, how did he know that this panda had climbed on him because of the smell of bamboo shoots in his arms? The Thai armor now understands - the more cute things are, the more thieves and cunning they are!

"He ran deep into the mountains!"

"Hugh has gone to the thief, and he must not be allowed to slip to the altar!"

However, Taijia never expected that it was precisely because of the cunning of the red panda that the attention of the twelve guards was attracted away. Taijia lurked in the bushes, not daring to make a sound, until the guards ran hundreds of meters in the direction of the panda's departure, and he slowly showed his head.

"How can this white bear be so spiritual? Hehe, it seems that there are really gods to help me today! ”

Since he has a grudge with the panda, there is no need for Taijia to stay here any longer; He cautiously moved towards the checkpoint, fearing that a few more guards would suddenly come out.

Fortunately, Thaijia's worries did not come true, he went all the way up the mountain, and encountered four or five more levels on the way, but because the first level was heavily guarded, the later levels were slack, and Thaijia did not spend much effort to dive over.

After half an hour, the narrow dirt road suddenly widened, and there was a faint glow shining on Qingcheng Mountain. Taijia thought that he was about to reach the top of Qingcheng, so he couldn't help but speed up and climbed up the mountain with anticipation.

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