Chapter Seventy-Six: The True Meaning of Long Live the Heavens
After hearing what Chunting said, I really felt that he had asked another meaningless question.
Shen Lang has explained very clearly just now, long live Tongtian is the era name used by Wu Zetian, so we will naturally think of the time when Wu Zetian used this era name when we see these words.
It's such a simple and easy-to-understand thing, why does Chunting ask again and again?
"Long live the sky, the era name ......"
After all, Ling Xuan had been following Chunting for a long time, and the tacit understanding between them was not something that we could compare, he seemed to gradually understand what Chunting meant when he heard this, and after talking to himself for a while, he looked at the exit of Chunting and said tentatively.
"Because Banzai Tongtian is an era name, so we don't think of other places, but clearly know that it represents a time, is the mystery here lies in this era name?"
Hearing Ling Xuan's guess, Chun Ting looked at him with appreciative gaze while asking the last question in his mouth.
"Since you know that Banzai Tongtian is an era name, do you know that the so-called Banzai Tongtian is the specific year?"
"It was 696 A.D."
Ling Xuan seemed to have his own calculations in his mind, and he didn't hesitate at all after hearing Chun Ting's inquiry, but answered directly.
"Wu Zetian in March of the first year of the reign of Long Live Dengfeng Ding Si changed to Yuan Long Live Tongtian, that year Khitan Li Jin Zhong rebelled, and after the two Zhang entered the Wu, it was calculated by the current AD chronology method in 696 AD."
Seeing that Ling Xuan had answered his question perfectly, Chun Ting finally nodded with satisfaction, and then he glanced around casually, and said indifferently.
"Enough clues, if you still don't know what to do, think about what the layout has to do with it."
When Shen Lang saw Chunting's reaction, he knew that he was going to watch us explore on our own, so he didn't hide his dissatisfaction at all, and muttered on the side.
"Isn't this another nonsense, since this is the place where Guan Shan's predecessors used to store secrets, of course it is related to Guan Shan, it can't be something strange with my Shen family......
"No, Shen Lang, you misunderstood, I didn't mean that."
Chunting heard very well, so he naturally heard Shen Lang's complaint that he didn't deliberately suppress, but he didn't get angry, but looked at Shen Lang and explained.
"I don't mean who it's for, it's what the architecture is about."
Since we ask about architecture, our understanding is naturally not as good as that of Chen Gong, who is a descendant of Luban.
Chen Gong already knew about this Tongtian Palace, and when he saw our eyes looking at him, he didn't even need to think about it to answer.
Although this Tongtian Palace was built in the Tang Dynasty, it follows the architectural style of the Qin Dynasty as a whole, and is not blindly pursuing gorgeousness, but presenting a majestic atmosphere.
However, although Tongtian Palace is generally built in accordance with the style of the Qin Dynasty, but the details are slightly different, the details here are different from the previous dynasties of China, although it is not seen in the written record, but everywhere it can be seen that the construction of the person is in accordance with the Taoist concept of the unity of heaven and man, so profound architectural style is afraid that it has long been lost. ”
"Boss, judging from the current situation, we are back to the beginning of everything, so we might as well start over."
Hearing what Chen Gong said, Niu Kelian suddenly walked up to me and looked at me and put forward his own ideas.
"And we don't know the meaning of this text for the time being, and the Qin brick is only for the ancestral dragon, so in addition to these, the only thing we can get started with is the Twelve Heavenly Generals on this door and the Qin seal text engraved on the side."
Hearing Niu Kelian's words, we nodded at the same time. Nuancai Literature Network
"That's right, what do you think?"
He was completely right, the layout in the Tongtian Palace was extremely simple, not counting this plaque, the only thing that the builders could do was the patterns and words on the twelve doors.
Niu Kelian did not look at us, but looked at the door in front of him that was pushed open, and looked at the pattern on it and said seriously.
"We have always thought just now that the Qin seal characters on these twelve doors are useless, at best, it is just that Guan Shan's predecessors are worried that the latecomers are not skilled in learning and will not be able to recognize this heavenly general, so they use words to hint at the pattern of the heavenly general, but I thought about it carefully and felt that this statement was not correct."
Looking at our puzzled eyes, Niu Kelian looked at Chunting and spoke again.
"Because the meaning of Chunting just now is obvious, he said that the person waiting in this Tongtian Palace is no one else, but the head of Guanshan, but since he is the leader, he naturally knows the arrangement of the organs here, and at the same time, it is impossible to have a situation where he is not proficient in learning and art."
Although there are still doubts about my identity as a leader, Niu Kelian's statement is not wrong.
I interrupted him and looked at him in earnest confirmation.
"I understand, since it is the leader himself, as the leader, he naturally doesn't need any hints, so these twelve Qin seal characters definitely have other uses."
Niu Kelian nodded and replied to me.
"That's right, Boss, that's exactly what I guessed."
Yi He didn't speak until he heard me and Niu Kelian talk about this, he slapped his thigh and looked at us and shouted.
"I see!"
Looking at Yi He's reaction, Qi Zhi hurriedly asked.
"Brother Yihe, what do you think?"
"Because Chen Gong said that the architecture here strictly follows the civil engineering, and there is a Taoist concept of the unity of nature and man, I have a bold conjecture."
Yi He's face was full of excitement, he first glanced at the silent Chunting with his spare eyes, and then walked up to me and spoke.
"My lord, think about it, where will these twelve days begin?"
Although I didn't understand why Yi He had to make such a meaningless question, I still patiently answered him when I saw his excitement.
"The twelve heavens will come from the six none, which is one of the reference conditions used to predict the success or failure of things in the six ren, but if it comes to its origin, it should be derived from the theory of the heavenly and terrestrial branches."
Yi He didn't refute, and asked in a more excited tone,
"Did the leader ever think that Ling Xuan just said that the first year of Long Live Tongtian was 696 AD, but the people of ancient times didn't understand the AD dating method we use now, so how did they conduct the chronology at that time?"
Listening to Yihe's question, it finally dawned on me in my mind.
Looking at the first year of Long Live Tongtian written on the plaque, I also understood why Chunting was so concerned about time just now.
It turns out that this time, which we have ignored, is the true meaning of the words "Long Live Tongtian".