30 years ago.

The king of the cliff is the city of Yaxiang.

The most majestic building in Yaxiang City is the royal city, and the outer circle of the royal city is the place where officials at all levels do things. And among them, the most deserted is probably the historian's house.

Book characters, the shape is like a side by side arranged bamboo slips, book house, is the place where the bamboo slips of the Ya Kingdom are stored.

The historian, on the other hand, is the official who is responsible for keeping notes.

The prefect of the historian is called Yin, and the general official is called the internal history. In addition, there are many officials.

This generation of Yin, surnamed He, is famous, and his ancestor is He Yu, a university scholar.

As we all know, Ge Shi has no heirs, and he is a descendant of the Shi family, but he is the branch of Ge She's eldest disciple.

It was eight o'clock in the evening.

The Terrans used a 24-hour method of timekeeping, with sundials during the day and drips at night.

Not every household has a leak, so the task of telling the time is left to the husband.

Listening to the sound of the groom's knock on the street outside the window, Nei Shi Banjin put away the bamboo slips he was compiling, put them on the shelf, and then walked lightly to the inner room of the book.

Through the corridor and the curtain, Ban Jin could see the lights of the beans dancing slightly in the inner room from a distance.

He came to the door of the inner room, lifted the curtain, stepped in, and sure enough, he saw an old man with a white beard wearing a purple patterned official uniform, crouching in front of the shore, holding a pen to review something.

"The teacher really hasn't rested yet." Ban Jin sighed.

This person is the chief of the book, He Ding, who is also the top boss of his class and a teacher.

He Ding glanced up at him, then turned his head and signaled, "Come and sit here." ”

Although the two of them are superiors and subordinates, the relationship between master and apprentice is extraordinary, so naturally there is no need to be polite. Ban Jin naturally came to He Ding's side obediently, lifted the feet of his robe, and knelt on the mat beside him.

He Ding stopped his pen, put it aside, and then handed the bamboo slip in his hand to Ban Jin, and said, "You read it." ”

Ban Jin took the bamboo slip and saw that it was the matter of Jing Guo that was recorded on it.

"In the second and third years of Yaguo, and in the fifth and third years of Jing Kingdom, Wen Yu abdicated, and the crown prince Wen Yu ascended the throne, which was the king of Jingping, and the second son Wen Yuan was appointed as the prince. In the fifth and fifth years of Jing Kingdom, God ...... Hey? Ban Jin's chanting voice suddenly stopped, because there was a passage here that was completely crossed out by He Ding.

It was originally written here: "The gods framed the king's eldest son Wen Ling because of the crown prince Wen Yuan, and declared that Wen Ling was the reincarnation of the god with a divine voice, and sent down the heavenly punishment to execute Wen Yuan, and the hourglass of heaven landed for the third time." ”

But this long paragraph was all crossed out by He Ding, and a new piece of bamboo was woven into it.

Ban Jin was a little unsure, so he just wanted to ask He Ding why, He Ding urged him: "Don't care about that paragraph, you follow what I wrote behind and read it." ”

Ban Jin had no choice but to continue reciting the following words: "...... In the fifth and fifth years of Jing Kingdom, Wen Yuan was stoned to death. In the fifth and seventh years of Jing Kingdom, Wen Yuli's third daughter, Wen Ya, was the princess. ”

Jing Guo's records ended here for the time being, and Ban Jin put the bamboo slip back on the table, his heart full of doubts, not understanding why He Ding changed the historical record like this.

"This record is made by our company's internal history, and the things described, as you know, are indeed true." He Ding moved his aging body and sat facing Ban Jin. "Ban Jin, don't you think it's strange now, why did I change such a true record?"

"Teacher, the disciple is really puzzled, the teacher once taught me, the most important thing for a historian is to write straightforwardly, not afraid of the powerful, in this case, why does the teacher want to abolish the true record?"

He Ding listened to these words, his heart was actually very comfortable, he looked at his disciple gently, Ban Jin is only 31 years old this year, and he is very upright, but he is still immature in many places.

"Ban Jin, have you ever studied Master Ge's history books?"

"I've read it many times."

"Then do you still remember what Master Ge wrote at the front - the history books of the human race, the things that tell about people, the miracles are insignificant, and they cannot be traced."

"Yes, but ......."

"Ban Jin, we are historians, not wizards, and what the historians record must be the history of the human race, not the history of the gods. It is true that the gods came into the world and even warned us, but the gods are far away from us human race after all. The function of history books is to let people see the past and understand what is right, what is wrong, what should be done, and what should not be done. ”

"History books are a mirror, and if the gods are reflected in the mirror, should the gods be allowed to look at the history books and understand what they gain and lose? Therefore, it is indeed an encroachment to record the gods in the history books. All we can record is the gains and losses of people. ”

Ban Jin knelt on the ground, listening to his teacher explain to himself the reason for revising the record, and the confusion in his heart was gradually unraveled by the teacher's words, he thought about it for a while, and then woke up and said: "I see, the teacher feels that the history of the gods and spirits is not only cumbersome, but also does not conform to the principles of history passed on by Master Ge. ”

He even reasoned by inference: "The history of the human race has a tradition of being denied by the Venerable, and in this case, what honor is comparable to that of the gods." It must also be correct that we do not record the gods in the history books. ”

He Ding nodded, and then said: "Actually, Ban Jin, if you look at the records of the human race, you will find that in them, the shadows of the gods are always more hidden than visible, and many times, they do not get too involved in our human race, and these three things have been more obvious in recent years. ”

"The gods must be ...... I don't want to interfere too much with our Terrans......"

He Ding stroked his long white beard, looked out the window and sighed.

The class looked at the teacher's slightly hunched figure and kept the teacher's teachings firmly in mind.

A few years later, He Ding stepped down from Yin's position, and Ban Jin took over the position of chief.

Before He Ding abdicated, he once held his hand and gave him an important task.

That is to ask Ban to go to all parts of the human race, collect historical records from all over the country, and compile a complete history book of the Cliff Kingdom.

Ben assured him that he would spend the rest of his life doing this.

Since then, Ban Jin has devoted himself to collecting records from various countries and compiling them into his "History of the Cliffs".

The compilation of this historical book took a long time, and it was a major event that would take a lifetime to do.

Decades have passed in a flash, and in the 259th year of Yaguo, Ban Jin is now 62 years old and has entered his twilight years.

He stepped down as Chief Yin two years ago and entrusted it to his most trusted disciple to ensure that the tradition of writing history would not be broken. He also taught his disciples like his teacher, so that he understood that history is the history of man, not the history of God, and this is the standard of historians.

However, an incident occurred last fall that completely upended Banjin's thinking.

That is the fact that King Zhuang knew that Beicheng was punished by the gods.

When he heard about it, he decided to go and have a look, and he didn't do it until the following year.

From Yaguo to Zhuangguo, the journey is not too far, Ban Jin took a scholar, and along the way, he heard many discussions from the people about the matter of Zhibei City.

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