Chapter 34: The Peach Blossom Spring, the Land of the Dead?
Yu Xin turned his head sideways to look at Yi Yang, and the doubts hidden in his heart asked again: "Senior brother, why do you trust Teacher Jinghong so much?"
"Because he never missed." Yi Yang did not have the slightest hesitation, which made Yu Xin a little speechless.
Yi Yang and Yu Xin came directly to Jing Hongyun's residence after leaving the pressure center, this is the third time Yu Xin has seen Jing Hongyun, it is no different from before, that is as kind and enthusiastic as ever, and Yun's light smile seems to be able to eliminate all negative emotions. Jing Hongyun seemed to see that Yi Yang was preoccupied today, and without too much politeness, he directly led the two to the study.
After sitting down in the study, Jing Hongyun said to Yi Yang with a smile: "Tell me, what troubles have you encountered?" Yi Yang never seemed to have any worries when facing the shocking clouds, sorted out his thoughts a little, and told the Taoyuan Village case from beginning to end.
In Yu Xin's heart, Jing Hongyun will always be gentle and elegant, but today when he heard Yi Yang's story, he was silent for a while. Instead of replying immediately as he had done the previous two times, he lowered his head and rarely fell into thought. In the middle of the sound, Jing Hongyun slowly raised his head and asked solemnly: "Are you saying that there are some people who will suddenly change their personalities, temperaments, and even memories?" ”
"Yes." Yi Yang nodded affirmatively and said, "After they returned to normal, they mentioned the place of Taoyun Village. ”
Yu Xin didn't know if it was her own delusion, she felt that a look of excitement or excitement flashed in Jing Hongyun's eyes. Jing Hongyun seemed to want to sit up, but after thinking about it, he sat back in his chair and took a deep breath, as if to calm his emotions. He pointed to the coffee table in the corner of the room, and Yi Yang took the teapot and poured it for Jing Hongyun.
After taking a sip of tea, Jing Hongyun motioned for Yi Yang to sit down, and then said slowly: "Taoyuan Village, it should be said that it is the Peach Blossom Source Story written by Tao Yuanming, I think you should have heard of it." Jing Hongyun saw that Yi Yang and Yu Xin didn't mean to answer, and continued: "Legend has it that during the Taiyuan period of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, there was a Wuling man who fished and strayed into a place after getting lost. Peach blossoms everywhere, there are many houses inside, the paths are staggered, and the chickens and dogs are endless. The people inside are dressed the same as outside, and men, women, and children are comfortable and comfortable. The villagers were surprised to see the fool, and after the fisherman introduced himself and explained that he was lost, the villagers invited them to be guests, saying that their ancestors had come here to live in seclusion to escape the war of the Qin period. The fisherman stayed for a few days and then took his leave, and the villagers told him not to spread the word about the place. When the fisherman came out, he found his boat and marked it everywhere. Then he reported the matter to Taishou, but he and his people with Taishou could no longer find this place, and soon the fisherman fell ill and died, and Taoyuan was never seen since. ”
Speaking of this, Jing Hongyun fell silent, Yu Xin thought for a while and said to Jing Hongyun: "Teacher Jing Hong, this Taoyuan Village you are talking about is what people often call a paradise?" Jing Hongyun nodded, then turned his head to Yi Yang and said, "In fact, there are still many people in later generations who think that the place in the Peach Blossom Land is a country of the dead."
"The Dead Man's Country?" Yu Xin exclaimed in surprise.
"Not bad", Jing Hongyun nodded affirmatively and continued: "Later generations have raised many doubts, from the end of the Qin Dynasty to the Eastern Jin Dynasty at least 500 years apart, how can the clothes they wear be consistent with the outside?" Why don't those people go out to see? Why did Taishou want to investigate this place at that time, but why didn't he end up doing it? ”
Jing Hongyun looked at the puzzled expressions of the two and shook his head, and the next words shocked Yu Xin: "There is only one explanation, it is not the residence of the living, but the ......" Jing Hongyun paused, took a sip of tea, looked at Yu Xin and said word by word: "One, place, ancient, tomb." ”
"What?" Not only did Yu Xin speak out in surprise again, but even Yi Yang showed a look of surprise.
Jing Hongyun waved his hand, signaled them to calm down, and continued: "Some later generations have argued that the reason why they don't go out is because they can't go out at all, and the clothes they wear after 500 years are the same ......as the outside world" Jing Hongyun's voice seemed to become gloomy: "It's because those clothes were burned to them by people outside." And the reason why Taishou didn't investigate it was because they found out that it was an ancient tomb, so in order not to cause panic, they made up a beautiful lie. ”
Jing Hongyun leaned back in his chair, raised his head and looked at the ceiling and said: "In the original text of the Peach Blossom Spring, the entrance to Taoyuan Village is described like this. Anyone with a little experience in ancient studies knows that this is exactly the structure of the tomb in ancient times, so some people speculate that it should be the existence of a cemetery. And peach blossoms grow on peach trees, and peach trees are used to ward off evil spirits, what kind of place needs peach blossoms to surround ......"
After listening to Jing Hongyun's explanation, Yi Yang and Yu Xin were relatively speechless, and after a while, Yu Xin said with some stumbling: "Teacher, this is superstition, you won't believe it, right?" ”
"Superstition?" Jing Hongyun still looked at the ceiling, revealing a meaningful smile: "If superstition is really bad?" Do we have to die and extinguish the lights, and everything becomes the eternal nothingness that is our ultimate destination? ”
"But this story is also speculation, what does it have to do with our case?" Yu Xin's voice became smaller and smaller.
Jing Hongyun finally stopped looking at the ceiling, sat up, and looked at Yi Yang's eyes with a hint of fanaticism, and he said slowly: "If the Taoyuan Village that these people are talking about is really related to the so-called Peach Blossom Spring, then, maybe they don't think they are human at all, or they really ......."
Jing Hongyun smiled a little self-deprecatingly, knocked on the table with the crooked middle finger and index finger, and said, "This story is just a name at this point. But it's interesting that the suspects you're talking about were able to evade interrogation and lose their memories as if they were a different person. In fact, something like this has actually happened, or what some people think is real. ”