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Because she was the first person to be created, Nuwa had a special affection for the ancestor of the Ran clan. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info is like a couple who have several children and prefer one of them... Due to the plea of the ancestors of the Ran clan, Nuwa did not take away all of his 'divine power', but kept a part of it. However, in this way, the ancestor of the Ran clan has become the most powerful of all human beings, and he may use his divine power to wantonly slaughter his own compatriots, and no one can match him. In order to control him, Nuwa stipulated that he could only live in Shu, and as for his divine power, it could only be used to conquer nature, not to kill wars... If she disobeys, Nuwa will take away her divine power...

At that time, natural disasters were still frequent in the Bashu area, and the natural environment was extremely harsh. The ancestors of the Ran tribe originally lived here and lived a life of hunger and dew. Later generations relied on the 'power of the gods' that he passed down from generation to generation to fight against the harsh nature. Because the ancestor is a human head and a snake body, so those descendants will take the snake as a totem, because the snake is also called 'Ran', the sound is the same as 'Ran', therefore, later generations will call them 'Ran clan'... This is the origin of the oldest ethnic group in the Bashu region, the 'Ran people'...

In the beginning, the Ran people were a nomadic people, living a scattered life of fishing and hunting. After a long time, the vicissitudes of life, I don't know how many years have passed, there is a person named 'Silkworm Cong' in the Ran clan, and the first country in the land of ancient Shu 'Ran Kingdom' has been established. Since then, the 'power of the gods' handed down by their ancestors has been monopolized by the nobility of the state, used for sacrifices, and for control over subjects... The ancient Shu Kingdom had a civilization ahead of the Central Plains, as well as a developed bronze culture. The bronzes they made, with the exception of those used for the diet of the nobles, were all sacrificial vessels. Their bronze sacrificial vessels, which contain a strong religious mystical color, do not have any words on them, which is very different from those in the Central Plains.

I don't know how many years have passed, and the nobles of the ancient Shu Ran Kingdom have split into two branches, one is responsible for controlling the subjects, and the other is responsible for religious sacrifices. Due to the mutual exclusion and opposition, in the end, the nobles in charge of the sacrifice were driven out of the Ran country. In order to take revenge and seize power, the nobles merged with the Qiang people around the Ran State, and began continuous wars from the land and Shu for many years. Due to the restrictions of the ancestors' orders, the remaining nobles of the Ran Kingdom did not dare to use the 'divine power' passed down from their ancestors for war. After the nobles in charge of religious sacrifices were driven out, the state religion was paralyzed, and without religion, there was no faith, and the lack of faith led to the disintegration of the people's hearts, and even the 'divine power' could not be controlled. Eventually, the Ran Kingdom was destroyed by a man named 'Yu Qiang', and Yu Yu established a new state, 'Ran Qiang Kingdom'... After the founding of the country, all the old decaying systems of the Ran State were abolished, and all the nobles were slaughtered. The famous 'Sanxingdui civilization' appeared at that time...

Since the people in power in the Ranqiang State are the descendants of the original priests of the Ran State, the country is mainly religious. Temples, temples, and various places of worship were built, and bronze sacrificial vessels were cast in large numbers. At that time, the ancient Shu Ranqiang Kingdom, due to its extremely developed religion, attracted many people from other places to come on pilgrimage. Like**, India, and so on in some places. That's why, in Sanxingdui, many ancient Indian coins have been found, as well as sacrificial vessels of different shapes...

History has proved that if a country focuses on one aspect of development, it will inevitably ignore the development of other aspects, and eventually lead to its demise. The 'Southern Tang Dynasty' of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms is a living example, Li Houzhu loved poetry and songs, ignoring the national strength and people's livelihood, and in the end, the country was destroyed by Zhao Kuangyin. Earlier than him, the ancient Ranqiang State in the land of Bashu, due to its excessive emphasis on religion, eventually led to the destruction of the country by Qin Shi Huang, and the territory of Shu was returned to the territory of the Qin Dynasty. After Qin Shi Huang ruled the world, in order to prevent the resurgence of the Ranqiang Kingdom in Shu, he ordered all the nobles who died to be killed.

In order to save their lives, those nobles took some important things of the national religion, such as sacrificial vessels, all the way to the west, and fled to the place where their nation originated, that is, the Qionglai Mountains in western Sichuan, and began to live in fear. It didn't take long for the pursuers to come, and those people had nowhere to run, and in despair, they bowed to the vast mountains in groups, praying that their ancestors would have spirits and bless them from the calamity. When those pursuers came to him, all of a sudden, a ball of fire appeared in the distant sky, dragging a long tail, and fell into the mountain, after the shaking of the heavens and the earth, those pursuers were all shocked to death, but those Ran people were unharmed. They went up the hill to the place where the fire had fallen, and found a huge crater, and in the middle of it was a deep hole, through which they came to the place where I was at the moment, and went into seclusion. Later, they discovered that the place around the 30th parallel of what we call it today not only has another space, but also hides a mysterious 'power', and with the help of the 'power of the gods' passed down from their ancestors, they summoned that 'power', and then relied on that power to hide the crater that connected them to their hermitage, so that outsiders could not enter...

They believe that it was the big stone that their ancestors threw down from the sky that helped them blast a passage to another world. In order to express their gratitude and reverence for their ancestors, they walked along the 30th parallel of north latitude all the way to Mengding Mountain, and felt that it was an excellent place, so they relied on that 'power' to build a temple for their ancestors in the belly of the mountain, and on the mountain above the temple, they made a huge Ran warrior pattern to guard the temple... (Because the pattern is too huge, and Mengding Mountain is rainy and foggy, so, for thousands of years, the pattern has not been known to outsiders, until one day in 2007, a netizen was browsing Google Maps, accidentally found the pattern, and then on CCTV.) CCTV couldn't solve it, and finally used rain to explain the reason for the formation of the pattern... No one would have known, but more than a year ago, in 2006, I already knew that there was a pattern there, including why it was formed, and the secrets hidden underneath... The pattern was indeed washed by the rain, but it was not washed into shape, but washed and blurred. Originally, it was a warrior of the Gu Ran Kingdom, riding a unicorn and holding a weapon in his hand, the unicorn turned his head and looked at the samurai, and the whole pattern was very clear. Due to various natural causes such as earthquakes, the patterns were misplaced and deformed, and the weapons in the hands of the samurai were gone, and they became what they are now. As for the temple, since it is located in the deepest part of the mountain, I think it should not be affected by natural factors and is very well preserved. It's just that what I'm talking about will be considered a fabricated story, even if someone believes it to be true, and is willing to spend a lot of money and use a lot of manpower and material resources to dig up the mountain and go to the temple to see, the state will not allow it, because it is a tourist scenic spot, so about the temple, leave it for future generations to explore, all I can do is tell what I know, that's all...)

Just as the Ranqiang Kingdom was destroyed, some of the rest of the Ran people, except for those nobles, were completely merged with the Qiang people, and some were integrated into the Han people who came from the Central Plains. In the end, the ancient and mysterious people of the Ran people, including its religious beliefs, written language, completely disappeared from the earth. Only in some excavated ancient ruins, or in some ancient villages and towns where the folk people once lived, fragmentary and undecipherable texts can occasionally be found. Because some ancient sites, such as Sanxingdui, there are no inscriptions on the unearthed bronze sacrificial vessels, so it adds to the mystery of this people...

Ling Jitian's narration straightened my eyes when I listened, and I asked in a daze, "Uncle Ling, how do you know this?" ”

"It's one, someone named Ran Guohua told me." Ling Jitian said.

"Ran Guohua?!" I tilted my head to the side, "Isn't it, the Sichuan mage who lives in the scenic area of our city, in the woods?!" ”

Ling Jitian was stunned, "Have you seen him?" ”

"No, he was dead when I knew him."

"Dead?"

"Hmm."

"How did you die?"

"It's just—" I scratched my head, "I don't know how he died... By the way, Uncle Ling, how did you get here? ”

"That's a bit of a long story."

"Let's not talk about this for now, there is one thing I want to know in particular."

"What?"

"It's just..."I looked at him, "Uncle Ling, about Yuxin, you don't believe it or not." I know that the mention of your daughter touches your sore spot, but I have to mention it, because there is one thing I need to know..."

"What do you want me to tell you?"

"I want to know..."I said slowly, "Your daughter Ling Xiao, how did she die, I hope you can tell me in detail..."

Ling Jitian didn't speak at first, staring at the darkness in front of him attentively, and after a while, he said, "Okay, I'll tell you when I get to the place." ”

"Okay, where are you taking me?"

Ling Jitian looked around and said, "It's almost there." ”

After walking like this for a while, Ling Jitian pointed ahead, "Xiao Leng, look there." ”

I stared wide-eyed and vaguely saw a building, standing in the darkness.

"What is this house for?" I asked, confused.

"It's where these people hold people who break the rules, go..."

As I approached the building, I saw a stone pillar with a snake around it.

"This was used to punish the people who violated the serious clan rules, and they tied people to this pillar with snakes, poured fire oil on them, and set them on fire. It sounds cruel, but I've never seen it. It is said that there was only one woman punished by this punishment, and that was hundreds of years ago, and that woman..."

"The woman gave a sacred relic from their clan to a man named Yang Xiansheng..."

"You know that, too?"

"Hmm... By the way, Uncle Ling, why did you bring me here? ”

"Because those Ran people are very afraid of here, and they don't dare to come here easily..."

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