Volume 3 The Lost City of Organs 67 Killing two birds with one stone to control the situation, what do you want to do
The Organ City is located in the Xiliang Desert, although it is not a lost place, a city abandoned by the gods, but because none of the outsiders who entered it came out alive, the outsiders did not know its specific location at all. Moreover, to this day, even inside the gate, it is estimated that not many people know about it.
After a rough night, the crowd finally came to the edge of the desert the next morning.
The desert, like the southern Yunnan region, is not very connected with the Central Plains martial arts. Historically, except for the Organ Gate (probably to escape the war), the sect was built here, and the other sects rarely touched this area.
Mu Chen and the others came to the desert for the first time, and they each ate a big mouthful of sand as soon as they got out of the car, they didn't vomit it clean for a long time. Until it was time to eat, Mu Chen still felt like he was sloppy from time to time, and he didn't know if it was real sand or mental effect.
Yan'er definitely didn't have the idea of going to the city recently, the manpower, equipment, food, guides, camels, and this place to settle down had already been prepared.
The people from the gate haven't arrived yet, so everyone is taking this opportunity to fix it.
After eating, Mu Chen walked to Yan'er's side, "How many so-called divine books are there?" β
Yan'er smiled, "Why did you suddenly remember to ask this?" β
"I want to know, how many more times will I have to work with you in the future?"
Yan'er was stunned for a moment, and then smiled into a flower, "What, is it so reluctant to cooperate with me?" β
"I'm not in the habit of pinning my head to the waistband of my trousers."
"That's what I admire about Mr. Mu. Being with a stable person is more reassuring. Yan'er blinked as she spoke, not hiding the charm in her eyes.
Mu Chen took a deep breath and didn't look at her, "How many books are there?" β
Anyway, there is nothing to hide, Yan'er simply admitted it generously. "There are three books of God, namely "Tongxuan", "Yi Ze", and "Dayan". So, even if you find it this time, Mr. Mu, you may have to cooperate with me again in the future. β
After getting the answer, Mu Chen turned around and was about to leave, but was stopped by Yan'er, "Doesn't Mr. Mu want to know what was written in the last book of "Tongxuan"?" β
"It's better not to know what I shouldn't know."
"Mr. Mu is really a smart person, but then again, I don't know what is written in it, it is rumored that these three books are encrypted, and if you don't find the password, no one can understand it at all."
"Therefore, it is impossible to judge whether the book I brought back last time is true or false." Saying that, she glanced at Mu Chen meaningfully.
"That's your business, it's none of my business."
"Don't you want to know, what is the password?"
"I don't want to."
Yan'er smiled, didn't care about his answer, and said to herself, "This matter has to start with the history of the hexagram." β
"Fu Xi opened the world with a painting. In the course of the development of the Chinese nation, the study of divination can be traced back to ancient times. Especially in the Xia and Shang periods, the style of divination prevailed. Tortoise shells, there are countless words.
Later, Wang Wen adjusted the innate gossip to the acquired gossip, wrote hexagrams, and explained the easy reason, and the study of divination was slowly separated from the primitive witchcraft and became an independent, more and more rigorous discipline.
Hexagram Gate, which was formed at this time, was originally a secret team under the King of Zhou who specialized in the study of divination, and then continued to absorb capable people, while developing and perfecting hexagrams, and striving to open up other disciplines, and finally formed a huge organization involved in many disciplines such as hexagrams, physiognomy, astrology, feng shui, and Qimen Dunjiashu.
The organizational structure of the hexagram door has been basically finalized in the Zhou period, the door owner is the largest, holding three Zhou princes minted hexagram coins as tokens, and ordering the whole door.
The following five elements: hexagram line, phase line, star line, wind line, and jia line.
Four halls: merit hall, supervision hall, household hall, and wealth hall.
The four hall masters and the five elements masters are of equal status, and they are all selected from the outstanding disciples of each line, and each holds two hexagram coins minted by the royal family of the time. All disciples of the hexagram sect wear a hexagram coin minted in the sect to identify themselves.
The hexagram is tightly organized and low-key, and it is strictly forbidden to disclose things about the hexagram to the outside world, so few people have known about it for a long time. In addition, it has a close relationship with the royal family, and the historian does not dare to write it scribble, and even if it is written, once it is discovered, it will be destroyed, so even if you look through the history books, it is difficult to find a single word about the hexagram. β
"The Western Zhou Dynasty was a period of vigorous development of the hexagram gate. The Eastern Zhou Dynasty was in turmoil, Zhou Tianzi had little prestige, and the hexagram was unwilling to serve the princes, so he hid it, but some people affected by it were still vigorously promoting this knowledge. For example, Zou Yan, a scholar of the Yin-Yang family who put forward the theory of the end of the five virtues, is inextricably linked with the hexagram. The great educator Confucius, in fact, also has a great relationship with the hexagram, he himself knows divination, and also wrote "Ten Wings", which is enough to see that he attaches great importance to the doctrine of hexagram.
The First Emperor was the first emperor to adopt Zou Yan's Five Virtues, and he was convinced of the theory of the hexagram, so he reconvened the people of the hexagram to serve him. However, the companion is like a tiger, the first emperor has a violent temper, and there is no one in his eyes, which finally brought a catastrophe to the hexagram gate.
One day, he ordered the then hexagram master to deduce the national glory of the Great Qin Empire and his own lifespan, and the master of the door accurately calculated it, but because of this, he angered the first emperor and was executed by extremely cruel means.
The First Emperor did not want to see that after death, the Great Qin, which he had worked so hard to establish, would die immediately, so he sent Xu Fu to the east to find the immortal elixir. At the same time, he also found a lot of warlocks in a vain attempt to change his life.
How difficult it is to change one's life against the sky, it is simply impossible to achieve! The warlock didn't dare to speak out, for fear of ending up like a hexagram master, so he had to keep perfunctory, and was finally discovered by the first emperor and became the trigger for the book-burning and Confucianism incident.
Finally, the First Emperor died on the day predicted by the Gatekeeper, and shortly after his death, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang rose up, and the huge empire collapsed in an instant.
After the Qin Dynasty, successive emperors attached great importance to the hexagram and were also vigorously developing. However, the disaster in the Qin period not only led to the death of countless strange people, but also caused a large number of hexagram classics to be lost. Later generations have been committed to the restoration of classics, such as Dongfang Shuo, Guo Pu, Yuan Tiangang, Li Chunfeng, Li Xuzhong, Xu Ziping, Liu Bowen, Yao Guangxiao, etc.
They not only restored some classics, but also developed some new things, such as the four-pillar eight-character method, which was founded by Li Xuzhong and perfected by Xu Ziping.
And the separation of the hexagram and the easy door is also at this time. Without a unified mind, it is inevitable that future generations will have disagreements in the process of writing books and sayings. After the Qin Dynasty, there was no longer a master of the hexagram gate, and there was a lack of unified orders, and the contradiction between the two became bigger and bigger, and finally parted ways.
However, although the people of the two sects never gave up their efforts for a moment, they always felt that something very important was missing.
After verifying for thousands of years, they finally found that the original master of the Hexagram Sect had long expected this to happen, and it was difficult to escape, so they arranged for their three cronies in advance and took away three divine books.
It is said that what is recorded in the three sacred books is the understanding and explanation of hexagram by Fu Xi and King Wen, which is the most profound and mysterious part of this science. Rao is the part that future generations can't comprehend no matter how hard they try.
It is rumored that whoever can read these three books will be able to understand the heavens, gain insight into yin and yang, know the past and present, and know the names before and after his death.
The ability to predict the future, no one doesn't want, and these three books have become something that everyone is eager to compete for, no matter what the price is.
And the password to read the divine book is the three hexagram coins minted by the king of Zhou who is the master of the hexagram gate, and he gave these three hexagram coins to another cronie. And let the four of them swear that from now on, the four of them will never communicate with each other, and the matter of the divine book and the hexagram will not be mentioned a word! This has been hidden from the world for thousands of years! β
"So now you know why the Zhou Dynasty hexagram coin that appeared in Huaizuo attracted people from both sects."
Mu Chen couldn't figure out why Yan'er suddenly said this to herself, for fear that there would be fraud in it, so she hummed casually, "That's congratulations." β
However, she only got one of the three hexagram coins, so she still can't understand it, right? If you find out that the "Tongxuan" is fake, you must doubt yourself!
"It's just a pity, I sacrificed a dozen brothers in exchange for it, but it's a fake!" Yan'er's eyes sharpened.
"No, it can't be said to be a fake, that hexagram coin is indeed from the Zhou Dynasty, but it is the hexagram coin of an ordinary disciple of the Zhou Dynasty!"
Mu Chen breathed a sigh of relief, it seems that he will not show his stuffing for the time being.
However, the matter of that hexagram coin is indeed strange.
There should be few people who know about the king of Zhou's pro-minting hexagram coins, except for the high-level of the second gate, and since the owner of the hexagram coin specially invited Leng Ye to protect it, it means that he knows the value of the hexagram coins minted by the prince of Zhou.
Then the contradiction comes, people who know about this matter will definitely not be able to take out the hexagram coins minted by the prince of Zhou for auction! First, this thing is priceless, and no one is willing to give it up. Second, such a blatant auction is clearly to lure people from both sides over, not to mention that you can't get the money at that time, even your own life may not be saved!
Therefore, there is only one explanation for the matter, the owner of the hexagram coin knows that this is just an ordinary hexagram coin! He deliberately threw it to Changping Auction House at that point in time!
Mu Chen didn't dare to think about it anymore, if someone really did it on purpose, it would be terrible.
On the one hand, he attracted the people of the hexagram and the Yimen, giving the two an absolutely irreconcilable contradiction and provoking a dispute between the two gates.
On the other hand, he deliberately asked Leng Ye to protect the treasure, so that he could meet Leng Ye in Huaizuo, and learn about the notes from the auction. Sneaking into the auction house, Xuan Yu was arrested, and the traces behind his ears, Mrs. Xuan, led to the subsequent trip to southern Yunnan step by stepΒ·Β·Β·Β·Β·Β·
Who is this person who hides behind the scenes and manipulates everything? What kind of game of chess is he going to play?