Chapter 40: The Legend of the First Emperor (I)
As he spoke, Yu Dong beckoned everyone to stand on the edge of the cliff of the viewing platform.
The sea breeze is howling around you, and the waves are crashing on the shore below. Listening to the sound of the surging waves, you can't help but feel frightened.
When you look at the sea in the middle of the night, you can't see anything. It can be said that "only the sound is heard, but the form is not seen". I can hear the magnificent turbulence, but I can't see the scene of the white waves rolling. Thus leading to boundless reverie.
But in such an environment, Yu Dong pointed to the confused distance in the darkness and said, "I finally know why Mo Sheng deduced that impossible circular hexagram. β
"Brother Impermanence went wrong?" Lao Gu asked incomprehensibly.
Yudong shook his head decisively and replied, "No, he's not wrong, and hexagram is not wrong." The reason why the hexagram will repeatedly circulate to the origin is because the Jieshi is Qinhuangdao. β
"W-What?!" Qinhuangdao is Jieshi?? Qin Zhen looked at Yu Dong in disbelief, and was shocked that this answer was really unexpected. If Qinhuangdao is really a stone, then why did Moshang occupy the position of the old dragon's head at the beginning, and why did there be a hexagram guide thirty miles away from the east?
Without waiting for Qin Zhen to ask the confusion in his heart, Yu Dong continued to say slowly: "Qinhuangdao is Jieshi, but Jieshi is not Qinhuangdao where we were originally located. β
"Y-Can you speak human language? At the critical moment, you are very indebted to kick like this, do you know......" Qin Zhen was confused by Yu Dong's words, like falling into a cloud for five miles. So unceremoniously bluntly asked Yudong to make it clearer.
Yu Dong pointed to the dark distance and said, "The hexagram was pointed thirty miles to the east when the old dragon's head was headed, and then when we arrived at the place. But he pointed back to the direction of Qinhuangdao. That's because only when you look back from this mountain can you see where the real rock is. There's nothing wrong with it in Qinhuangdao, but we can't find it on Qinhuangdao. β
Although Yu Dong's words still didn't sound like human words to Qin Zhen, he seemed to be able to understand some of Yu Dong's meaning a little, so he asked sneeringly: "Why, why ......?" β
Qin Zhen and the others are definitely the second monks now, and they are confused. Since it's the same place, what difference can it be made from where you look at it? Such a large area of land city, it is on the shore of the Bohai Sea. No matter from the southeast, northwest, and the sky, it is still on the shore of the Bohai Sea! What does this have to do with this ghostly mountain?
After thinking and meditating, Qin Zhen and the others were never able to understand Yudong's statement.
It's ink. After listening to Yudong's statement. nodded approvingly and said, "Yes." Perhaps, this is the most important relationship between Yusuo's stone mountain and Jieshi. It may also be that Qin Shi Huang arrived at this mountain first, and then found the Jieshi from the Wanghai platform here. Because of the ethereal mystery of the Jieshi, he believed that there were sea immortals there. That's why it's from there. Go to sea to find immortals. β
Listen to what Moshang said. Qin Zhen couldn't help but ask suspiciously: "Then how can Qinhuangdao's area of nearly 8,000 kilometers be a Jieshi?" I always thought that Jieshi was just a stone, or a stone, or a mountain on Qinhuangdao. Now as you say. Isn't Jieshi the entire Qinhuangdao? β
Mo Sheng nodded slightly and explained to Qin Zhen: "Qinhuangdao was not originally called Qinhuangdao, but Qinhuangshan. The origin of Qinhuang Mountain is very simple, because Qin Shi Huang came to this mountain and left his footprints when he dismounted, so the mountain is called Qinhuang Mountain. At that time, there was no Hebei Province, let alone a coastal city. After thousands of years of development and change, it has changed from a mountain to an island; It has changed from an island to a city again. β
Qin Zhen was already in a state of confusion when he heard this, and Lao Gu and Jiang Qi simply shut up and did not express any opinions.
For Lao Gu, it's something that can't be understood at all anyway, so why do you have to force yourself to figure it out? He is not as sick as Qin Zhen, and he will feel uncomfortable if he doesn't figure everything out. Lao Gu's heart is very much like a mirror, even if he can't figure it out now, he will understand it soon. For they were destined to go to the rock.
Yu Dong walked behind the stone carving at this time, and said softly in a slightly excited voice: "There are really words here......
When everyone heard this, they hurriedly followed Yudong to the back of the stone carving. Where the flashlight shines, there is a whole surface of stone inscriptions.
This time, those ancient small seals are closely arranged, and it seems less like an inscription and more like a narrative. However, because the strokes are too delicate and subtle, it also leads to a more strict and indistinct handwriting, which is not as easy to identify as the previous inscription.
Because the font is so small, even a small piece of damage or crack on the stele can blur a large piece of text. In this way, what they see can only be intermittent. Part of it depends on recognition, part of it depends on guessing and association.
After repeated scrutiny and research by Yu Dong and Mo Shang, they finally figured out what the whole long essay was about.
In the intermittent text, some major words can be vaguely recognized, such as "An Qisheng", "Sanshen Mountain", "Zuzhou", "丱 Xicheng", "妫 (Yin)", "Donghai Stone Bridge" and so on, which are familiar or unfamiliar to everyone......
Among them, there are many words mixed with Jiuding and Jieshi.
Fortunately, Moshang knows too much about Hebei Province, and Moshang knows everything about the ancient and modern changes in this land. So after more than three hours of joint research and deliberation between Moshang and Yudong, they finally got a complete and magnificent mythological story, as well as an amazing discovery and conclusion.
In those intermittent words, it is about why Qin Shi Huang toured the east, how he sought immortals, and some of the events that occurred in the process of seeking immortals, as well as ...... Some of the most important secrets of the Jieshi and Jiuding.
Although none of them understood why the First Emperor had inscribed all of this, this stone inscription truly recorded most of the supernatural legends about Qin Shi Huang.
The inscriptions of the ancients, the words are concise. Often, four words can sum up a long and far-reaching story. Therefore, under the careful analysis of these two naturalists, the most mysterious legend and story about Qin Shi Huang was told.
Of course, a qiΔ has to start with the first emperor's eastern tour.
If you want to say that the person who really made Qin Shi Huang feel that life is precious, it has to be Jing Ke who "wants to see the poor dagger". It was precisely because of the moment when Jing Ke assassinated Qin that Qin Shi Huang was pushed to the death line in the trembling of fear.
At that moment, the emperor of the ages deeply felt the preciousness and fragility of life, and he felt that it was very necessary to firmly grasp life!
For only in this way can he grant his wish; Only then can the Great Qin River and Mountains be passed on from the first emperor, the second, third, and tens of millions of generations!
As a result, Qin Shi Huang began to be obsessed with the legends of immortal mountains, immortals, and immortality.
In this way, the legend of Sanshen Mountain spread from the sea to the ears of Qin Shi Huang. Those three mountains are Penglai, Abbot, and Yingzhou.
The first emperor personally heard that "these three sacred mountains are floating in the Bohai Sea." Those who have tasted it, all the immortals and immortal medicines are there. The birds/beasts are white, and the gold and silver are the palace. Before it arrives, it is like a cloud; And to arrive, Sanshen Mountain is anti-underwater; When it comes, the wind leads it away, and it can't be reached. β
In other words, these three mountains are in the middle of the Bohai Sea, but they are floating. Ordinary people can't find it, but everyone who finds it says that there are immortal immortals and immortal elixirs on it. The birds and beasts there were all white feathers, and the towers and palaces were made of gold and silver. It's just that those three mountains look like clouds floating in the sky from a distance, and when they get closer, they seem to be sinking under the Bohai Sea.
And as soon as you get closer, a hurricane and waves will hit, and when the wind and waves calm down, the mountain will no longer be visible.
Therefore, from the Warring States Period, King Qi Wei, King Qi Xuan, King Yan Zhao and other kings have been searched, but no one has ever found it.
Qin Shi Huang was naturally very happy when he heard such rumors. When all his power, his throne, his riches and splendor are all in his possession, the only thing he lacks is eternal time.
In this way, Qin Shi Huang became interested in this part of the Bohai Sea and began his journey to the east.
When he found this Yusuo Stone Mountain through Shandong and other places, he mistakenly thought that this was the immortal mountain that sank on the sea. So when he came here, he began to build the imperial road, the trestle fence, and the sea viewing platform.
But when he stood here proudly preparing to engrave the inscription tablet, he found that when the sun rose, a huge stone road that stretched for hundreds of miles would appear on the opposite coast!
The stone path stretched out into the sea, looking looming and ethereal. This made Qin Shi Huang guess that there was the road to becoming an immortal. So, he set out again for the boulder road in the middle of the sea, where the Jieshi was.
And on that Jieshi Mountain, Qin Shi Huang really met an old immortal named An Qisheng. It seems like an ordinary old man, but rumors say that he has lived for thousands of years.
This is the eternal life that Qin Shi Huang dreamed of!
So, the emperor had a secret conversation with the old immortal for three days and three nights, and it seemed that they were very harmonious. As soon as the first emperor was happy, he gave the old god countless gold and silver treasures. But the old man was very strange, he was not uncommon with these things, and at last he left only a letter and a pair of red jade shoes, and disappeared.
Although the "old immortals" have disappeared, the words on the letter once again strengthened Qin Shi Huang's determination to find immortals.
The letter reads, "In the next few years, wait for me in Penglai Mountain." β
Qin Shi Huang was overjoyed when he saw the letter, thinking that this old immortal was going to Penglai Mountain to wait for him after meeting him for a few years. Think of the day when Penglai is found, it must be the time when the sun rises!
Since then, Qin Shi Huang has been searching for the location of Penglai Mountain through various methods.
Finally, he found the Classic of Mountains and Seas, and got the exact location of Penglai Mountain in the book.
Then, he began to look for the most suitable and reliable person, and went out to sea from Jieshi to find Xianshan.
This person is Xu Fu. (To be continued......)