Chapter 263: Ancient Secrets
The old pedant's narration is full of emotion, and with a vague mystery, I am a little surprised, such stories have been passed down for hundreds of thousands of years, and have almost become a certain number in everyone's minds, but the truth of those ancient secrets is really different from the legend? The old pedant looked at the faint confusion on my face, and then began to explain.
Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor vs. Chiyou, this ancient event has been passed down to later generations, probably because of the reason why the princes and princes of the victories and the losers are often described as the victory of justice over evil. Two different tribes in the north and south fought for survival, never dying, the Nine Heavens Xuannu played an extremely important role in this matter, the world legend, it is because of her help, the Yellow Emperor was able to successfully defeat Chiyou, gain control of the Central Plains.
But the old scholar said that Xuannu helped Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor because the tribes under the Yellow Emperor were the aborigines of the Central Plains, and Chiyou was just an outsider and belonged to the barbarian tribe in the south. Xuannu's original intention was just that different tribes lived in their own regions and were safe and sound, and she didn't want to kill one side or the other.
"Chi You is too strong, and the person who is called the god of war by later generations can be imagined." The old scholar sighed and said, "If you don't kill it in the big war, I don't know how long that battle will last." ”
In that case, there was no other choice for the time being, Xuannu helped the Yellow Emperor, defeated Chi You in one go, and killed him. Legend has it that when Chiyou was defeated and died, the sky collapsed, the Yangtze River flowed backwards (rumored, Chiyou was born in the Yangtze River basin), and the barbarians cried up and down, and Chiyou's body was transported back to the south. All this was not the original intention of the Xuannu, she quietly went south, and saw with her own eyes that the southern part of the country at that time was sparsely populated, poor mountains and bad waters, and the common people of the barbarian tribe were not educated, wrapped in animal skins, and drank blood. Moreover, after the defeat of Chiyou, the Central Plains tribes were still pursuing, forcing some of the remaining barbarians to continue to move south, until they reached the southern Xinjiang region, thus evolving the later Sanmiao. Therefore, in the legends of the past, the Miao people have always worshiped the god of war, especially the ancestors of the Miao people.
Under this situation, Xuannu saved Chiyou, who was killed in the battle. Chi You's life and death has always been a mystery in the legends of later generations, some say that he was defeated and died in the struggle at that time, and some say that he submitted to the Yellow Emperor and was in charge of the military, but in fact, he was saved by Xuannu. That war established the orthodox dominance of the Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor tribe in the Central Plains and expelled the barbarian tribe of Chiyou, and Xuannu, with mercy, gave him two more pages of the book after rescuing him.
"What kind of book?" When I heard this, I always felt that the ancient mystery was full of unknown mysteries and mysteries, subverting my previous understanding.
"It's been a long time, who knows?" The old scholar shook his head and said, "The two pages of the book handed over to Chi You by the Xuannu are just so that the barbarians can continue to survive in the harsh environment of southern Xinjiang. ”
The Yellow Emperor lives in the Central Plains, and Chi You is in charge of the southern Xinjiang and survives separately, which is the result that Xuannu wants to see. Since then, the two sides have indeed experienced a long and peaceful time, and I thought to myself, with Chiyou's fierce and strong character, he probably couldn't be completely convinced by a defeat. But his life was saved by the Xuannu, and as long as the Xuannu was in one day, he could only succumb to southern Xinjiang.
If things continue like this, then at least there will be no more major conflicts between southern Xinjiang and the Central Plains, but after I don't know how many years, something finally happened.
"The Xuannu has been feathered."
"Will she feather?" Although I have not read a book, I know in my heart that the word feathering actually refers to death. Whether it is the rumors handed down from ancient times, or my own opinion, I feel that the Nine Heavens Xuannu should be an immortal-like existence, and she has been separated from birth, old age, sickness and death.
"Are there any gods in this world?" The old scholar smiled faintly, and he said, Xuannu is just a person, an outstanding and special person, like those strange people I know, may live a long time, but will die after all.
When I said this, there was always a faint strangeness in the old pedant's expression that I couldn't fathom, and I felt that there might be something hidden behind that strangeness, but I couldn't guess it, and he wouldn't say it. The strangeness on his face flickered, and he continued.
Xuannu feathered, and Chi You, who had lived in southern Xinjiang for many years, immediately began to move, and he always remembered the humiliation of being defeated by the Yellow Emperor. But after so many years of changes, the barbarians live in the remote southern Xinjiang, and their strength has been greatly reduced, and the Central Plains region has been governed by two generations of Yao Shun kings, the world is peaceful, prosperous and powerful, and it is difficult for the barbarians to have any advantage with only swords.
This kind of story, it is difficult to determine a very fine chronology, and it can only be roughly inferred that it should take place during the period of Emperor Shun. Chiyou could not make military decisions, so he found another way, silently going north from southern Xinjiang, and then going west.
When I said this, my heart moved, and I didn't need to explain anything more from the old pedant, I could naturally think that the end point of Chi You's westward journey back then was probably the source of the great river, and it was probably the Holy Land.
"He wants revenge." The old pedant broke Chi You's intentions in one sentence.
According to some secrets I have heard in the past, when the Yellow Emperor fought Chiyou, there seemed to be no big river on the land of the Central Plains. The river was carved out by people, and a huge crack stretched from west to east on the earth, and all the monstrous water was included in the middle of the crack, and finally formed this river across the land of China.
In Emperor Shun's later years, the flood was raging, and it was precisely because of King Yu's meritorious work in controlling the water that the world surrendered, so that he won the trust and concession of Emperor Shun, and finally became the lord of the world. And at this moment, listening to the old pedant's narration, the flood that plagued the earth at that time did not seem to appear for no reason, it was probably related to Chiyou who was far away from southern Xinjiang and rushed to the extreme west, and it was likely to be the flood caused by Chiyou.
The water roared, the Central Plains was busy controlling the floods, the three seedlings in southern Xinjiang, and the people who followed Chi You secretly to the west all moved, from the south and the west to the Central Plains two by two, Emperor Shun at that time was already old, in order to choose the Ming Jun who could command the Central Plains to continue to develop strongly, he deliberately put his power to King Yu. King Yu ruled the water three times without entering the house, and was in a hurry and tired, until this time, I knew that he was dealing with not only floods, but also man-made disasters.
The process of quelling the chaos is very long, and today's people can no longer know the specific process in detail, but the final result is very obvious, the flood and man-made disasters have been quelled by King Yu. After the Yellow Emperor, King Yu once again defeated Chiyou. There should be no mercy for this kind of person who has brought war and floods to the Central Plains twice, but King Yu can't kill Chi You, all because of the two pages of the book left by the Xuannu to Chi You. Although he can't be killed, he can't be left to his own devices, and after recuperation, he will continue to bring great disasters to the Central Plains. King Yu quelled the chaos, and then took extraordinary measures to suppress Chiyou.
"What do you mean" My body couldn't help shaking, I remembered the situation I got when the Tan family's mother-in-law fished for corpses from the big river, the corpse said that under the whirlpool at the bottom of the big river, there seemed to be a pair of eyes that were as immortal as stars, and I had just seen the heart beating vigorously in the well.
The old pedant seemed to know what I wanted to ask, and nodded his head. King Yu defeated Chiyou, and he couldn't be completely killed, and his body was suppressed in the river. Chi You was defeated for the second time, and the barbarians of Sanmiao and the Sanctuary both thought that he was really dead this time, and Jiuli and the Sanctuary all had a grand funeral.
However, the two pages of the remnant book left by Xuannu to Chi You back then had a huge effect, and Chi You was suppressed by the corpse, and the hidden danger still existed. In desperation, King Yu had to personally carry out a long plan. Flesh and blood cast nine tripods, one body and ten deaths, stick to the river.
I was shocked, the heart in the well, nine times out of ten, is the heart of Chiyou who was suppressed by the corpse, how many years have passed, it is still beating, as if it will break free from the river at any time, no wonder the lotus wood will carry the true body of the old ancestor of the seven doors to suppress it. But how long can this repression last? What will happen if Chi You's heart really breaks free?
I suddenly understood that from ancient times to the present, the seven gates of our river have been patrolling the river and running around, just to assist the king of Yu back then, to suppress the remnants of Chiyou who remained in the big river?
It must be so, I couldn't help but muttered two sentences secretly, if it weren't for this, why would Qimen be guarding both sides of the river, and never left or gave up for so many years.
"What will happen if Chiyou really breaks free from the river?" The more I think about it, the more I feel uneasy, the nine bronze tripods in the big river, three have left the place, that kind of balance was created by King Yu's painstaking efforts, once it is broken, it is difficult to completely restore the original state. The Seven Sect Old Grandfather's true body suppressed the heart of the well, and it was just a helpless move, and it might not last long.
"I don't know what will happen when he breaks free from the river, but it doesn't matter." The old scholar thought for a while, raised his eyes to look at me, and said: "He has been suppressed by the corpse for so many years, even if he breaks free now, he will no longer have the same power as before, do you know it, Chiyou is no longer important, what is really terrible is what is under Chiyou." ”
"What's underneath Chiyou?" I was stunned, but then I remembered that when I observed the heart in the well before, I vaguely felt that there was a faint white light under the heart. I didn't know what that white light was or what it meant, but at this moment, listening to the old pedant, I immediately realized that the existence in that white light was the ultimate secret under the river? Is it something more terrifying than Chiyou?