Chapter 172: Rakshasa Sea City
What really surprised Lin Xuan was that the transparent silk threads that bound the kite keel were not the nylon threads, cotton threads or plastic drawn threads that he usually saw.
"What's that?" Samantha reacted extremely quickly and saw Lin Xuan's strangeness, "It's a bit like heavenly silk, and it's like the tendons of some kind of sea creature, isn't it." ”
Lin Xuan nodded, he stroked the silk thread, and then found that those keels that were similar to bamboo strips were not bamboo strips split from bamboo poles at all, but made of the bones of another animal. Similarly, what at first looks like rough-edged paper is an extremely thin layer of animal skin; Metal pieces are made by cutting open the animal's eyeballs, drying them, and trimming them.
"I wonder who has this exquisite skill of turning waste into treasure? The kite was invented by the Chinese, but the kite was written in German, and the person who wrote the distress letter was definitely not the same person who made the kite. Lin Xuan muttered to himself for a while, then suddenly looked up and asked Samantha, "In your database, the Führer doesn't know Tibetan, right?" ”
Samantha pondered for a few seconds and nodded solemnly.
Lin Xuan nodded: "That's right, if the Führer can use Tibetan fluently, even if he only understands part of the Tibetan vocabulary, he will write a 'Tibetan distress letter', instead of writing a letter in German on Mount Everest for help, after all, among the explorers who landed here, not even one-tenth of them knew German, let alone this kind of German sentence mixed with old-fashioned vocabulary." ”
The languages of all countries in the world are constantly evolving, take Chinese as an example, from 1900 to the present, the habit of written writing has changed from the rule of "right, left, up and down" to "left and right parallel", after the founding of the People's Republic of China, the traditional Chinese characters were modified to simplified characters, which changed greatly, and for the knowledge system of the Chinese nation, it has epoch-making significance. In terms of language habits, it has also changed from the old-fashioned language to a more colloquial, fluent modern vernacular.
The pinyin languages of European and American countries have changed even more, many old-fashioned words have been abandoned, many new words have been created, and various abbreviations and abbreviations have emerged in an endless stream.
Therefore, the words used by the writer can tell the age of the manuscript.
"What do you mean, that the letter for help has been written by the Führer?" Samantha asked.
"That's right." Lin Xuan and Luo Yuan replied almost at the same time.
"You should know that to admit this is to admit that the Führer has been to Everest and has been lost somewhere in the Himalayas. In the same way, the body of the Führer found by the KGB of the Soviet Union in Berlin during World War II was only a stand-in or a fiction. Samantha said cautiously.
Lin Xuan handed the kite skeleton to Luo Yuan, and after Luo Yuan carefully observed it, he handed it to Samantha, and finally returned to Lin Xuan's hands.
"I wanted to unravel this skeleton as well, because I associate something with the kite, and it's a legend. Legend has it that there was a beautiful and intelligent female master who roamed the Himalayas, protecting Tibetans anytime and anywhere, and rescuing Tibetans from avalanches, earthquakes, hurricanes, and ice storms countless times. Lin Xuan said.
"I know that person, the Tibetans gave her a rather complicated Tibetan name, which translates into Chinese as 'Haizhu Yizhen', a beautiful novel:. It is said that Haizhu Yizhen once used a kite to warn Tibetans of impending danger, and her kite was made of tendons and fish bones of sea creatures. Could it be that this time, she used her wisdom to save the Führer's life? Samantha continued, confused.
Lin Xuan didn't affirm or deny it, he just turned the kite keel over and over again.
"From the kite itself, it has a long history, at least between fifty and eighty years. It was made a long time ago, and then released after the Führer wrote it, and in the past fifty years, where has it been hiding, whether it has floated among the monsters and waters, or has it hung in a valley somewhere, and it has finally broken free? "Samantha's emotions are too varied, sometimes excited, sometimes indecisive, caught in the shackles of thought.
A kite that suddenly appears instantly disturbs Samantha's mind and makes her unable to think normally.
Just imagine, whether the kite appears or not, it does not affect the direction of the team. It no longer matters where the Führer's distress letter comes from, what matters is that they must break through a qiē barrier and enter the axis of the earth.
Lin Xuan smiled and shook his head, negating Samantha's qiē: "Samantha, a kite is just a kite, don't see it as a living person." It has no mind, it is just driven by man. Forget the 50 years since World War II, at Everest, time is not the only coordinate. ”
Samantha walked around a little restlessly, looking out of the tent from time to time.
"Have you ever read the novel "Rakshasa Sea City" in the ancient Chinese strange book "Strange Tales from Liao Zhai"?" Lin Xuan pondered for a while and spoke again.
Luo Yuan nodded: "Of course I have read it." ”
Samantha also said: "I have read it, that strange book is quite interesting, many of its chapters refer to Russia as 'Rakshasa country', which shows that the ancient Chinese regarded us Russians as demons and monsters, which is really ashamed." ”
Lin Xuan smiled, he just thought of "Haishi", but he didn't expect the word "Rakshasa" to hit the pain point of the Russians.
"I'm sorry, but I just want to use that story to remind everyone that I don't have any special intention of satirizing Russian friends." He explained with a smile.
Samantha bowed, and then stretched out her hand to signal: "Please speak." ”
Lin Xuan immediately continued: "I remember that in that novel, when the 'sea market' was mentioned, it was said that the villagers said: My villain was given by the doctor, and he went to the sea market tomorrow, and he should ask for treasures and use the doctor to report to the doctor...... Haizhong City, the four sea sharks, collecting jewelry; Twelve countries from all directions came to trade. Multi-god man game. The clouds and clouds block the sky, and the waves are intercropped. The nobles are self-respecting, do not dare to make dangers, and pay my generation with gold silk, and purchase different treasures. This is not far off...... Every time I see the vermilion birds on the sea, the market is on the seventh day. Before long, if there was a person who sent money to the door, he entered the ship with the money. The boat can accommodate dozens of people, with a flat bottom and high bars. Ten people swayed the oars, and the water was like arrows. For three days, I saw the water and clouds in the distance, and the pavilions were stacked on top of each other; The boat of trade migration gathers like ants. When he was young, he arrived at the city. Look at the bricks on the wall, all grow with people, etc. The enemy building is high and connects with Yunhan. Wei Zhou entered, and saw the market display, rare treasures, bright eyes, many people in the world. ”
His memory is also truly remarkable, and the retelling of important chapters in that novel is smooth and complete, without missing anything.
The "mirage" in modern meteorology and the "Rakshasa sea market" in Pu Songling's novel have an intersection, but today's people can only watch from afar, using a telephoto camera or telescope to observe the mirage of the mirage. In ancient times, on the contrary, they were able to climb a boat and swing a boat to the depths of the sea market, and trade with the people in the sea market.
"Fiction is just fiction after all." Luo Yuan said.
Lin Xuan smiled, how could he not know this? It's just that he has always felt that Pu Songling wrote the novel "Rakshasa Sea City" from other people's descriptions, and its starting point must not be groundless, but it is true.
"I guess that the Nazi Führer has arrived in Haishi, and the kite for help was also sent out from Haishi, and the legendary Haizhu Yizhen is a complete Haishi - Haishi, that is, Mount Everest, but tens of thousands of years of orogeny have turned the great Haishi into a towering snow-capped mountain." Lin Xuan said in a firm tone.