Chapter 41: The Legend of the First Emperor (Part I)
At that time, there were many alchemists and warlocks around Qin Shi Huang, such as Lu Sheng, Xianmen, Han Zhong, etc., all of whom were relatively successful in "flickering".
And the reason why Xu Fu was able to stand out among the "auditions" of many warlocks was because he once made a miraculous act for Qin Shi Huang when he was sleepy and tired like a trick when people were sleepy and tired. That spring is the Qinhuang Well that was handed down by Dongting Lake in later generations.
When listening to this completely mythical story, Qin Zhen and the others were still very fascinated. Because they already clearly know the relationship between Yusuo's stone mountain and Jieshi, it is indeed as Yudong said.
Regardless of the reason for this, at least Yudong's speculation is very close to the legend recorded in the inscription of Qin Shi Huang, or even almost the same.
When it comes to Xu Fu, he is probably a charlatan in the eyes of most people. Lao Gu is no exception. So at this time, he snorted disdainfully and said: "A generation of heroes is really too blind, and they chose to choose and choose to find Penglai Mountain." If you want me to say, that scammer must have taken the money and left, and he didn't even set off. ”
Mo Sheng resolutely continued at this time: "No, Xu Fu really set off, but he didn't come back." In the place about forty miles south of Yanshan County, Hebei Province today, it is the city recorded on this stone tablet, also called Qiantong City. The reason why it is called this name is because Xu Fu took thousands of boys and girls to stay here. It's just that since then, it has disappeared like a yellow crane. ”
“…… Isn't that still a liar? Lao Gu asked rhetorically.
Qin Zhen said half-jokingly at this time: "Maybe the people are not like yellow cranes." Today. There is also a tomb of Xu Fu somewhere in the coastal area of Japan! Who knows if this Xu Fu was the first person in Sino-Japanese diplomacy back then. ”
When Lao Gu heard this, his eyebrows immediately rose up, and he scolded angrily: "Damn!" And what?! Then he/she might as well be a liar! After I go back, I have to check carefully, the root of the evil that led the wolf into the house back then, is it this grandson's ghost! ”
Everyone laughed at Lao Gu's words, and no one would take such heartless words seriously. He said as if once he found out the reason, he could dig up someone's ancestral grave......
So Yu Dong changed the conversation and got back to business. They still have to continue to sort out the intricate legends, which is the first priority.
This whole story is strung together. What excites Yudong and Moshang the most. It is this that mentions two mysterious things related to Jiuding.
The sun-fixing needle drives the mountain.
It is said that Xu Fu has not been heard from since he left, which probably also laid the foundation for the cruel "pit Confucianism" in the name of Yingzheng tyrant.
In addition to Qin Shi Huang's anger, he did not give up the Penglai covenant with the "old immortal". So he planned to build a stone bridge over the East China Sea on the Bohai Sea. to directly access the East China Sea Immortal Mountain.
Actually, according to the current statement. He wanted to build a bridge over the Bohai Sea to the Yellow Sea......
According to the pictures and texts on the Book of Mountains and Seas. Qin Shi Huang searched hard along the shores of the Bohai Sea. In the end, he finally found a sea area that was wider than the Bohai Sea! The First Emperor thought that it was the extreme of the sea and the sky, and in the distance it must be the immortal mountain on the sea that the gods said.
This is an even more magnificent sea. It is the junction of the Yellow Sea and the Bohai Sea.
In fact, if we look at today's thinking and vision, everyone can clearly understand that the reason why that sea area is wider is because after the Bohai Strait we reach the Yellow Sea. The Yellow Sea is a marginal sea in the western part of the Pacific Ocean, and it is naturally different from the inland Bohai Sea.
But this qiē nature, in the eyes of Qin Shi Huang, who was obsessed with the theory of immortal mountains, became unnatural, and he was also confused.
He decided that he wanted to reclaim the sea! Build a bridge! In any case, we have to build a stone bridge from the East China Sea to Penglai Immortal Mountain! The old immortal is still waiting for the emperor to go to the appointment to help the first emperor fly into the sky and become an immortal......
During this period, Lao Gu sighed helplessly with a wry smile: "Hey! Just such a small distance from Lushun to Yantai has made our emperor crazy through the ages. In Lao Gu's eyes, Penglai is Yantai Penglai, that's all.
It's a pity that Qin Shi Huang and Lao Gu's ideological consciousness is not on the same frequency after all.
Reclamation is not a small project, for the ancients, it was almost an impossible thing to complete.
But since it is Yingzheng who does this, there is nothing that is impossible. He can build the Great Wall on the mountains of Kyushu, where would he care about building another "cross-sea bridge" on the Bohai Sea?
The First Emperor had planned to continue to build the Great Wall to build the bridge leading directly to the Immortal Mountain, so he was calculating every day how many soldiers and soldiers he would need to recruit and how many boulders would be needed to build the bridge.
But this will mean that it will take more bones than the Great Wall to build this "bridge to the sky......
Heaven has the virtue of a good life, and I can't bear to see Emperor Qin tired to death so many innocent people.
So, a sea god appeared. He said that he would help the Qin Emperor drive the mountain to build a bridge, and gave Qin Shi Huang two treasures. The sea god is the Wang Yin recorded on this stone carving, and the two divine objects are the "sun-fixing needle" and "driving the mountain".
Driving the mountain Duo, that is, the legendary King of Qin in later generations.
Regarding these two legendary things, Yudong and Moshang seem to be very familiar. So when they researched that these two things were related to Jiuding, they all showed a rare smile of excitement.
Lao Gu lost his voice halfway through listening to their story, so he protested very unhappily: "I said Dong Shao, don't be so appetizing!" You can go on! Eh, you two don't really believe that there are any sun-fixing needles in this world, such things as mountain whips, right? If you can really believe this, then I need to start thinking again, whether it is time to believe that there is really a Dinghaishen needle......"
Mo Sheng looked at Lao Gu's pouting disbelief, and couldn't help laughing: "Although the story of King Qin's mountain whip is said to have a lot of mythological elements, it is also well-founded. You've been through so many mysterious and strange things, you shouldn't be so superstitious about materialism, right? Do you know how the 800 miles of Qinchuan came about? Why is it called Qinchuan? ”
When Lao Gu heard this, he was immediately dumbfounded. The heart said that why is this related to Shaanxi Guanzhong again? Although he knew about the world-famous 800-mile Qinchuan, he had never considered the esoteric question of how "Qinchuan" came about......
I don't even think about why that place is called "Qinchuan". It's like people coming into contact with each other, and after reporting each other's names, no one will ever ask each other, "Eh, why are you called that?" "It's the same thing......
Lao Gu is a simple person, he will definitely not waste his brain cells thinking about such a problem. So at this moment, he had no choice but to look at Mo Sheng and Yu Dong with a sneer, blinking his eyes, in order to admit his ignorance.
Mo Sheng smiled and replied: "Legend has it that the eight hundred miles of Qinchuan were driven out by the King of Qin. After Qin Shi Huang got the artifact, he couldn't wait to start trying. The first whip he swung was to the south, and with a loud bang, all the mountains rushed southward, and finally crowded into the South Mountain, which was five hundred miles deep. Because this mountain was driven by the first emperor's whip, it is called 'Qinling'.
Then the second whip was struck northward, and the mountains were terrified, and they went north. Subsequently, the northern Shaanxi Plateau was achieved.
There is also a group of mountains, probably more 'stay'...... They are sluggish and awkward. Qin Shi Huang Long Yan was furious, raised his mountain whip, and whipped it at the mountain. The effect was immediate, and a frank and swinging eight-hundred-mile plain suddenly appeared here.
It was only because Qin Shi Huang whipped too hard that the whip tip drew a big river from west to east, which was later known as Weishui.
Since then, these 800 miles of plains and mountains have been called Qinchuan. ”
Everyone listened blankly, even Qin Zhen heard for the first time that Qin Chuan still had such a background......
Because the geography and history he had observed and seen before were all orthodox scientific and educational materials. There will never be such a legendary legend there.
Yudong looked at Qin Zhen and the others who were stunned, and said very seriously: "Qin Shi Huang drove the mountains to reclaim the sea, probably formed the Liaodong Peninsula, and the old iron mountain that extended into the sea. ”
"Wait...... What do you mean is that the trench under the boundary between the Yellow and Bohai Seas is very likely to be the one that drives the mountain...... Ah, that's what the whip is caused by the mountain whip?? Qin Zhen said his guess in disbelief.
Even if Yu Dong didn't answer, Qin Zhen understood in his heart that the meaning of this whole story was exactly that.
In the process of reclamation of the mountain, a trench appeared, and the Yellow Bohai Sea was opened from there.
Qin Shi Huang probably thought that it was the ruins mentioned in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas". "There is no bottom underneath, and there is no overflow of dissatisfaction" It is a very magical place.
In addition, it was the starting point for him to drive the mountain to build a bridge to the fairy mountain, so he hid the Zhenguo Jiuding that he had found on the eastern patrol road in the mountains and seas unconsciously.
Although the specific location is not clear, it undoubtedly sank to the bottom of the sea with the Bohai Kingdom by mistake.
Qin Zhen rubbed his aching temples, and couldn't help but whisper in some pain: "This ...... It's so complicated......"
Yes, it's far more complicated than Lop Nur, Meili Snow Mountain, or even Shangri-La.
Since the beginning of China, the legend of Jiuding has spanned countless dynasties and disappeared in the hands of Qin Shi Huang. Then, after thousands of years, all kinds of legends suddenly resurfaced.
Thousands of years of geographical changes, legends and differences, the whole thing seems to be an ethereal mystery today. Just like the Penglai Mountain that Qin Shi Huang was looking for: I have heard of it, but I have never seen it; You can see it, but you can't touch it. (To be continued......)