Chapter Eighty-Three: The Treasure of the Medicine King
The things in the glutinous rice pile, you don't have to think about it, you know, it must have been originally mixed in the "Medicine King Treasure Gourd". Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info But what is it exactly? I muttered to myself.
But at this point, it's impossible not to look at it, and I have tweezers in my hand, so even if the contents of the glutinous rice are poisonous, it shouldn't be so easy to get on me.
With mixed feelings, I carefully removed the glutinous rice from the rectangular object little by little with tweezers, and soon saw the real body of the thing.
A black rectangle was revealed in the glutinous rice, which seemed to be as wide as three fingers and as thick as one finger, as if it had been stacked by someone...... Black oily paper?!
I looked at this thing, very depressed, and I couldn't understand it, so I had to look up and ask the people who were observing: "Big brother, which of you recognizes this antique?!" Give an explanation? ”
At this point, everyone was silent.
This thing is black, shiny, and it seems to be still piece by piece when it is picked up with tweezers, and it is no exaggeration to say that it is like the straw paper used by people in ancient times to go to the toilet, and it is like the homework book of a schoolboy.
Looking at this paper-like thing, Xian Hongye said tentatively: "This can't be some secret written by the Medicine King, right?!" This medicine king has superb medical skills, and it is likely that he left some magic recipes for curing diseases and saving people, just like Hua Tuo. ”
His words immediately attracted our approval.
When I read the Three Kingdoms, I still remember this decision, the book said that Hua Tuo's medical skills are clever, he treats patients bluntly, and he is called a divine doctor, but such a "half-immortal" who helps the world and saves people has caused Cao Cao to be "jealous and suspicious", and sentenced a divine doctor to death.
When he was dying, Hua Tuo wrote his life's medical skills into the Qing Capsule Sutra, hoping to teach it to the world, but unfortunately the world was ignorant, and the descendants of the Qing Capsule Sutra were afraid of Cao Cao's obscenity, and burned the divine doctor's hard work, leaving only half a page of fragments, and passed down some small methods of knocking pigs and sheep.
If this medicine king really had the ability to cure diseases as the legend says, it is very likely that he would have written his life's experience into a medical book like Hua Tuo, and it was only because of the current situation or some other extreme reason that he came up with a way to protect his writings with gourds and glutinous rice.
With this assumption, everyone lost their previous fears and suspicions, and even more forgot the legend of the flower demon.
Eager to try, Lin Shaosong first urged me: "Then what are we waiting for!" Open it and take a look, and see what is written in the suicide note of the Medicine King. ”
I nodded, and with Selyupa's permission, I placed the leaf-like thing on the table and spread it out slowly with tweezers.
As Xian Hongye guessed, there are really words on this small oil paper book, but they are all written in classical Chinese, and there are no punctuation marks and pauses, although I can read the words, but I really don't understand the meaning.
In desperation, I took out my flashlight and looked at the beginning of this article first.
“...... Anti-Qing and restoration of sight, not to be used for this...... I hope that future generations will be cautious and afraid. ”
I said as I read it: "Why is this anti-Qing and regaining sight?!" has no head or tail, is the King of Medicine the Heaven and Earth Society?! ”
At this time, Xian Hongye patted me on the shoulder, and said a little embarrassed: "Lao Tian, you read it backwards, the ancient text is read from right to left." ”
After Momiji's reminder, I suddenly remembered that this booklet was written by someone more than 100 years ago, and the layout must be an ancient literary system. In a fit of excitement, I patronized and watched it, and even forgot all the basic common sense of ancient texts from right to left, which was really embarrassing.
Faced with such a low-level mistake, Wang Roar immediately counted me down and said: "If you don't have culture, don't pretend to be a big-tailed wolf, and quickly abdicate me to make way for Xian." ”
After smiling awkwardly at everyone, I quickly handed over the work of "translating" the booklet to Hyun Hongye, after all, she was a major in literature and history, so there should be no problem in reading ancient texts.
Momiji nodded, took the booklet, and took a cursory glance.
Then she said: "This is an autobiography, which should be the record and perception of Yao Wang's life before he died. ”
"Can you tell me more about that?!" I asked.
Hongye shook his head, and then began to read word by word from the real head: "The above is first of all the year of the death of the King of Medicine, and the name and official position are written as ...... In the thirteenth year of the Emperor's Ming Dynasty, Zhao Gong, the former supervisor of the Taiguan Office of Guanglu Temple in Beijing, was the ancestral home of Yimeng, Shandong......"
"Stop!" When I heard the words Zhao Gong, Yimeng, and Guanglu Temple, I roared wildly and stopped Xian Hongye's words, and all the people who were even more shocked trembled.
Shocked, I picked up the "document" and double-checked its contents.
Guanglu Temple supervisor "Zhao Gong"! Is it really this Zhao Gong?!
My reaction made everyone look at each other.
Puzzled, Xian Hongye asked me directly: "Do you know this Zhao Gong?" ”
I nodded slightly and said: "I know some of his deeds, he is the imperial chef of the Zhao family building in Lunan, he has served as an official in the palace of the Ming Dynasty, and he is the ancestor of my old squad leader and Zhao Shuihe." ”
I clearly remember that when I met the cat demon in Lunan half a year ago, Zhao Shuihe told me the story of the last three imperial chefs of his Zhao family in the Ming Dynasty.
In the seventeenth year of Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty, the change of Jiashen, the fall of the Ming Dynasty, the king entered Beijing, the Manchu Dynasty was eyeing the tiger, the Southern Ming Dynasty had just been restored, Zhang Xianzhong in the northwest supported the army and stood on his own, and Zheng Zhilong in the southeast watched the changes.
In that huge disaster that shook the world and changed the fate of China in the future, the last generation of the Zhao family's imperial court chefs inevitably swept up in the torrent of history.
At that time, the Zhao family served in the court was three brothers, called "Zhao Dao, Zhao Huo and Zhao Gong", these three brothers faced earth-shattering changes, chose three completely different paths, and walked out of three different but equally tragic life trajectories.
Among them, the boss Zhao Dao chose to follow King Chuang, hoping to make a career. The second Zhao Huo chose to protect himself, regardless of politics, and returned to Lunan Zhao's house to protect the Zhao family. The third Zhao Gong went south to Nanjing and defected to the imperial court to oppose the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty, in order to repay the service and make meritorious contributions.
Regarding their ending, Zhao Shuihe also told me that among the three brothers, Zhao Dao was not the master, but was killed by Li Chuang. Zhao Huo formed a village to protect himself, and finally went against the sky, refining cat goblins, but was divided and eaten by the cats and the king of the lanterns.
Only this Zhao Gong, after going south, he entered the sea like a dragon, and there was no news for a while, as if the world had evaporated, and no one knew his whereabouts.
Now, I, the inheritor of the Zhao family in Lunan Province, actually found the codex and the "Flesh Buddha" of the imperial chef Zhao Gong in Guizhou, thousands of miles away, how can this not make me feel surprised? How can you not make me sigh?
There is a destiny in the dark, or is it a conspiracy carefully arranged...... I do not know.
What I don't know the most is why this Zhao Gong, who was the food envoy of the Ming Dynasty, became the "King of Medicine" and was made into a Buddha in the flesh to be worshipped? In the winds and waves at the end of the Ming Dynasty, what kind of hardships and ups and downs did he endure?