Chapter 630: King Mu's Western Expedition
We took out the Mingyu Stone, and the palace lord turned it into the backpack, and then asked us to turn off the lights, and suddenly the whole mausoleum was dark, but it didn't take long for the hundred ever-bright lamps made of fluorite to gradually brighten, and the faint blue light shrouded the tomb. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
made this underground mausoleum look particularly mysterious, and suddenly I saw that there was still light shining behind me, and I subconsciously turned my head over, and was immediately stunned in place.
The jade coffin in the middle of the burial chamber actually reflected the light of fluorite, emitting a dazzling light.
"Words, there are words on the jade coffin!" Ye Zhiqiu was extremely excited.
With the brightness of the jade coffin, the lines of inscribed words faintly appeared, we hurriedly surrounded it, it was the golden text engraved in the jade coffin, this jade coffin was exquisitely made, according to the funeral specifications of the Son of Heaven, the four eight inches were exactly the same, and the gold inscription was engraved on the third jade stone, covered by the fourth jade coffin, and these words could not be seen under the lamplight.
Only by absorbing the brilliance of fluorite, these golden inscriptions will be revealed, fortunately, there are Ye Zhiqiu, Tian Wanqing and Xue Xinrou around us, they have studied the golden inscriptions in archaeology, and can distinguish the content of the golden inscriptions on the jade coffin.
"King Mu seals the film in the sun of the river, and this collection is written ......" Ye Zhiqiu read the first line of the golden text and said to us with a surprised expression. The sealing film is the meaning of the funeral, this sentence is to say, King Zhou Mu was buried in the east of the Yellow River, and the content of these gold inscriptions on the jade coffin was written by King Zhou Mu himself. ”
"King Zhou Mu left these golden inscriptions on the jade coffin, and the way is so hidden, the content recorded must be extraordinary." I looked at Zhiqiu and asked Jin Wen for the full content.
Jin Wen is difficult to understand, Ye Zhiqiu and the others translated word by word, and a story from 3,000 years ago was told by them.
Before the western expedition, King Mu of Zhou first launched an expedition to the southeast, in order to crusade against Dongyi, and when he captured a tribe, he found a jade with a two-winged flying dragon in the spoils of war, and the dragon shape on it was the same as the black and white dragon on the banner of the Zhou Dynasty's army.
King Mu of Zhou asked the tribal leader and learned that there were once six gods who descended from the sky on a dragon and stayed for a long time, and the people of the tribe engraved it into a picture to worship for generations.
But King Zhou Mu had seen this pattern before, but he was very surprised why it appeared among the tribes of the barbarian land.
"A two-winged wyvern is a feathered dragon." Zhu Qi nodded thoughtfully. "Speaking of which, King Zhou Mu saw the clues left by the Nine Dragons Boat of the Moon Palace in that tribe."
"King Mu of Zhou's expedition to the southeast ......," Tian Wanqing lowered his head and thought for a moment. The capital of the Zhou Dynasty was in Haojing, and the southeast of the expedition was the northern part of what is now Hebei, why did you see the jade with a feathered dragon? ”
"Red Mountain Culture!" I raised my head suddenly, according to the geographical location of the Hongshan culture, it happened to be in the area of King Zhou Mu's expedition to the southeast, but the area of Hongshan culture is close to western Liaoning, and it is very likely that King Zhou Mu came into contact with the branch of the migration of the residents of Hongshan culture.
The jade pig dragon is the shape of the feather dragon that was carved out of the first time, and the source is the Hongshan culture, we have speculated before that the Yuegong Jiulong Boat was the first to contact with the residents of the Hongshan culture, and the time was not short, resulting in the Hongshan culture at that time had a very high level of manufacturing.
And the tribal leader mentioned that there were six gods, which happened to coincide with the number of people on the Nine Dragons Boat of the Moon Palace, which shows that when the Nine Dragons Boat of the Moon Palace appeared, no one had left the ship, which shows that this time was far before Dayu ruled the water.
"The banner of the Zhou Dynasty is a black and white dragon, which is similar to the dragon pattern on the Jade Pig Dragon, but it does not have wings, it is obviously a simplified pattern of the feather dragon, why would the Zhou Dynasty use the feather dragon as a banner?" Xue Xinrou was puzzled.
"This is easy to understand, the Yellow Emperor, the co-owner of the world, was helped by Ying Long to defeat Chi You, it can be seen that the Yellow Emperor has witnessed the true appearance of the feather dragon, and the dragon as a Chinese totem is also the beginning of that period, the rumored Ying Long is the feathered dragon of the Nine Dragons Boat of the Moon Palace, and the future generations are constantly changing, and the dragon pattern that has finally been handed down to this day has no wings." Tian Wanqing said to us unhurriedly. "But it can be seen that the dragon totem first appeared in the Yellow Emperor period, and then began to circulate."
Tian Wanqing said this, took out a notebook and wrote a vertical ranking word on it, and told us that the Yellow Emperor was followed by Shao Hao, and then Ji Ji, and then passed on from generation to generation, followed by the well-known Yao Shunyu, which has been passed down to King Zhou Tai, and then to King Zhou Mu in the jade coffin in front of us.
The Yellow Emperor is called Ji Xuanyuan, and King Mu of Zhou is called Ji Man, this instinct is a blood relative in the same lineage, and the son of heaven in the Zhou family is actually a descendant of the Yellow Emperor.
"The Yellow Emperor used the dragon as a totem, and it was of course reasonable to spread to the Zhou Dynasty, but in the process of inheritance, it changed from the original Ying Dragon to a dragon without wings." Tian Wanqing pointed to the note and said.
"But the jade pig dragon is the earliest feather dragon pattern, why would King Zhou Mu say that he had seen such a pattern?" Gong Jue asked next to him.
Ye Zhiqiu continued to translate the golden text on the jade coffin, King Mu of Zhou believed in ghosts and gods, and after the end of the expedition to the southeast, he returned to Haojing and went to the Taimiao, and saw the same dragon pattern on the jade block obtained from the tribe on the worship of Kyushu Ding.
King Mu of Zhou began to realize that the origin of the Kyushu Ding and the patterns inscribed on it may hide the whereabouts of the gods.
"This can be explained, the appearance of a feather dragon on the Kyushu Ding in the Zhou Room Taimiao just shows that the Kyushu Ding was deliberately left by the people on the Nine Dragons Boat of the Moon Palace, and this symbol is to let the people on the ship know that the Kyushu Ding is related to the whereabouts of the artifact." I nodded.
Ye Zhiqiu continued to translate, King Mu of Zhou began to trace the beginning and end of the Kyushu Ding, this important weapon of the country began from the completion of the casting of Dayu, after the Xia, Shang and Three Dynasties, the kings of the past dynasties only thought that the Kyushu Ding was a symbol of power, but King Mu of Zhou paid attention to the pattern engraved on the Ding.
Dayu the famous mountains and rivers of Kyushu, the place of beauty, and the strange things were engraved on the Jiuding, and King Zhou Mu repeatedly studied the pattern on the Jiuding, and found that in the pattern actually used flowers, birds, fish and insects to hide the text.
The content of the text shocked King Zhou Mu, Yu went to Kunlun to get the help of the gods, the gods carried the Kyushu map to assist Yu to govern the famine, after the merit was completed, the gods let Yu cast Jiuding, and the Kyushu map was engraved on it.
And asked Dayu to build a bronze palace, and secretly transported Jiuding to the bronze palace for worship, and at the same time the gods asked Dayu to recast Jiuding, King Zhou Mu began to understand that the Kyushu Ding he saw was not real, and the gods left a clue about the location of the bronze palace on the Kyushu Ding.
King Mu of Zhou was so clever that he found an extremely hidden map hidden in the Kyushu Ding, but this map was only partial.
"It turns out that the last part is on the Kyushu Ding!" Zhu Qi was shocked.
Zhu Qi once told us that the ancestor of the Zhu family once left a treasure map engraved on the shell, there are three pieces in total, Zhu Qi has one in his hand, and the other one was taken away later, we speculate that it should be the person who carried the Nirvana wheel to find the Divine Domain map, but the third piece has been missing.
Unexpectedly, the ancestors of the Zhu family engraved the last part in the Kyushu Ding, and this secret actually made King Zhou Mu discover that although the Son of Heaven has supreme power, but after all, it cannot be compared with the omnipotent gods, King Zhou Mu originally believed in ghosts and gods very much, so he wanted to unravel the clues left on the Kyushu Ding and find the bronze palace, so that he could see the gods like Dayu.
But no matter how King Zhou Mu pondered, he was at a loss for the incomplete map on the Kyushu Ding, he didn't know where to start, and in the documents of the Zhou Dynasty, there were few records about the Kyushu Ding.
The whole thing was kept secret by King Zhou Mu, but he told him that he thought that he was a secretary, and this secretary was also the younger brother of King Zhou Mu, and when King Zhou Mu was puzzled, this secretary reminded that although he could not find the Bronze Palace for the time being, it did not mean that he could not see the gods.
Dayu can, King Zhou Mu can also be, King Zhou Mu asked how he could see the gods, the secretary pointed to the content recorded in the Jiuding and told him that Yu saw the gods in Kunlun, why King Zhou Mu couldn't also go to Kunlun to find the traces of the gods.
King Mu of Zhou suddenly realized, gladly accepted the suggestion of the secretary, and planned to trace the origin to Kunlun, but the dignified son of heaven could not leave the court at will, so the secretary made a plan, Kunlun is in the barren land west of Haojing, and the west has a strong rival dog Rong.
You can use the crusade against the dog Rong as an excuse to wave the army west, so that not only can you sweep away the troubles in the western periphery, but also be able to make a name for yourself without being dissuaded by the courtiers, and most importantly, in this way, you can use the conquest to cover up the true purpose of King Zhou Mu to explore the gods.
King Mu of Zhou adopted the advice of the scholars, in order not to leak the news, he did not lead the army to the battle, but only led the most elite seven elite soldiers, and ordered the princes to pay tribute to the peerless divine horses, from which eight horses were selected, named the horses of the Eight Dragons, and personally led the army to start the westward expedition of King Mu of Zhou, which was handed down to future generations.
"It turns out that the real reason for King Zhou Mu's expedition to the west is to go to Kunlun to find a god." Hearing Ye Zhiqiu's translation here, I suddenly muttered to myself.
"I'm afraid you can't imagine who this secretary is who gave advice to King Zhou Mu." Ye Zhiqiu looked at the jade coffin, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. "And this secretary also went out with King Zhou Mu."
"That's right, King Zhou Mu is so cautious, why would he tell one of the ministers such an important matter?" Zhu Qi was also a little curious and asked Ye Zhiqiu. "Who is this secretary?"
"Ji Xiang." Ye Zhiqiu looked back at us and replied.
"Who is Ji Xiang?" The palace lord was confused.
"Ji Xiang is the younger brother of King Zhou Mu, and he was divided into princes at that time, but King Zhou Mu attaches great importance to this person and has always stayed by his side, and the Praetorian Guard responsible for protecting King Zhou Mu is led by Ji Xiang."
"Since Ji Xiang is the prince and king, it can be seen that this person's identity is also very prominent, and King Zhou Mu can keep this person by his side as the commander of the Praetorian Guard, which shows how much King Zhou Mu trusts Ji Xiang...... "I was just halfway through speaking, and suddenly thought of something." What kind of king was Ji Xiang crowned? ”
"The King of the Kingdom of Qiu!" Ye Zhiqiu replied with a smile.