Chapter 900: The Stranger
From the conversations of the Chinese people, Li You roughly knew the whereabouts of Chi You. The location of the temple can be inquired about by casually asking. No one deliberately asked Li You the reason for exploring the location of the Taimiao.
Although the Zhou royal family has weakened, the people living in Luoyi do not have much perception. still thinks that he is the center of the world, and looks at Li You's gaze like looking at a turtle. There were also many scholars from the vassal states who visited Wangji Luoyi and asked them similar questions. Luoyi is full of examples of Zhou etiquette, and there are really many people who want to observe the Taimiao.
From the enthusiastic Luoyi people, Li You learned the news not only about the location of the Taimiao. Including the location of the enshrined Jiuding, they all inquired.
According to the Zhou rites, Jiuding should be placed in the Taimiao. However, after King Ping moved eastward, the national strength was not as good as before, and he did not have the financial resources to build a larger-scale Taimiao. In the end, Jiuding could only be placed in the palace. Before King Ping moved eastward, Jiuding was placed in the Taimiao, and every time there was a big ceremony, the princes were summoned to hold a ceremony in front of Jiuding. In this way, it is announced to the world that Shenzhou Jiuding is in Zhou, which is also a means of the authority of the Xuanhe royal family.
Today's royal family is more afraid that the princes and kings are worried about Jiuding. Not to mention the Chu State and the Jin State, even the Yan State, which is related to the royal family, and the Qi State, which is separated from the Zhou State by countless princes, have such thoughts. It's just that the national strength of the big countries is balanced, and there is no super-hegemonic country for the time being, and the covetous heart is just thinking about it, and it has not yet torn off its face.
Under the guidance of passers-by, Li You soon found the location of the Taimiao.
Around the temple, **quiet. Rows of pines and cypresses surround the temple, tall and straight. In addition to the pines and cypresses, Li You also saw a lot of chestnut trees, which made Li You feel surprised. But thinking about it, Li You understood.
The Analects once recorded a conversation between Zai Yu and Lu Aigong. Ai Gong asked Zai Yu what kind of wood should be used to make the main card of the shrine god. Zai Yu replied, "The Xia Dynasty used pine, the Shang Dynasty used cypress, and the Zhou Dynasty used chestnut wood, which meant that the people were afraid of the majesty of the dynasty." ”
At that time, Confucius heard the words of the student Zai Yu, and was very dissatisfied, and said the comment "Do not say what is done, do not admonish what happened, and do not blame the past".
Li You has dabbled a lot in ancient books, and he has naturally read the Analects. So I understood the reason for the existence of chestnut trees around the Taimiao. However, he was not a historian and had no intention of studying the ritual system of the Zhou Dynasty. is just bent on finding Chiyou's whereabouts.
Before he sneaked into the Taimiao, Li You found out why he couldn't find any trace of Chiyou.
At the highest point of the roof of the temple, there is a lifelike phoenix statue, the phoenix is fiery red, but the head is as black as ink, which is obviously different from the body of the statue. Li You could see at a glance that the black phoenix head was actually carved out of black stone.
"Such a large piece of black stone!" Li You was also shocked in his heart. He has a lot of black stones, but the black stones in his hands add up to less than the amount of a feather erected on the head of the phoenix's head.
If Chi You is in the temple. Under the isolation of the power of the black stone, he can sense it and contact Chiyou, which is strange.
Although I was surprised in my heart, the Zhou royal family is one of the three generations after all, an ancient family with a profound heritage and history, and it is the co-owner of the world for hundreds of years.
"Such a good thing, put it on the roof ridge in the wind and rain, it's too wasteful......" Li You smacked his lips, obviously having an idea about Heishi. Traveling to this era, except for the clothes and bone blades on his body, there is nothing else, and the strategic resource of the black stone has been seen by him, how can there be no reason not to be tempted.
"Find Chiyou first, and then talk about ......," Li You took a deep breath. In broad daylight, he didn't dare to run to the Taimiao of the Zhou royal family to grab things. This kind of behavior can be regarded as madness. Although Li You doesn't care about worldly opinions. However, before you can do it, you must first find the accomplices who are doing the work and a place to hide the stolen goods. You can't run around with such a big piece of black stone, right?
Looking for a place where no one was around, Li You climbed over the wall and entered the temple in two clicks.
The Taimiao Temple was one of the most important places for the Zhou royal family. But it is also limited to ceremonies and sacrifices. Usually sparsely populated, only a few guards are stationed in it.
Li You easily avoided the patrolling guards and entered the rows of rooms. In front of the sacrificial hall, Li You didn't pay attention to it, but looked for those places where people could live. Chi You's character Li You still understands, although this guy likes pomp, but it is impossible to let him sit on the altar with Chi You's loose character.
Rows of houses searched the past, and Li You gradually got used to the power released by the black stone. He was already familiar with Blackstone, and after knowing the source of the power that shielded his perception, he knew how to deal with it. It's just that the power of the Yin Talisman can't be used, and the perceptual power that Li You can release is extremely limited. But this was enough, Li You had already faintly sensed that Chi You's breath was nearby. It's just that when trying to communicate with him, the spiritual connection is cut off by the power of the black stone.
Li You's spirits lifted. This means that Chiyou is all around him. The action couldn't help but speed up a lot. After searching for a while, the building of the Taimiao Temple was almost searched to the end.
Soon came to the end of the row of houses. From a distance, Li You heard a burst of talking. The voice is very familiar, it is Chi You's voice, and the conversation is the voice of a middle-aged man, but Li You heard it strangely, the tone of this man's speech.
The man spoke Mandarin. In this era, in addition to him Li You, there is Chi You who can barely say a few words, Li You is really unimaginable, there are other people who can say such things. In this day and age, this language does not exist at all. In Wangji, the Ya language is spoken, which is actually similar to the dialect of Shaanxi in later generations.
This means that the man who speaks is also a traverser.
"Who is this?" Li You immediately became interested in this person's identity. Li You was also vigilant. Li Bojin only sent him and Chi You here, and threatened that he himself would not be able to come here. This means that this is a stranger. And most likely friend or foe.
"If you say so, this era is similar to ours......" is Chiyou's voice. But Chi You seemed to realize that he had missed his mouth, so he didn't say anything anymore after a haha, only to hear him continue to ask: "You said that the cemetery of the Zhou royal family has not been discovered, what is going on?" ”
ps: I'm sorry, I didn't feel very well two days ago, and I was lazy with the injection......