The Legend of the Four Elephants Chapter 235 The Horror Version of the Peach Blossom Spring

At this time, Lao Liu was tied to the branch of the tree by the five flowers, and a section of his broken leg had grown, which also confirmed his identity as an undead.

I have to say that this race is really against the sky, as long as it is not completely destroyed, it can heal quickly.

And Mu Yu and the others were also gathered together, discussing something.

At this time, Mu Yu had already told everyone some information he knew, and everyone was shocked by the existence of this race.

"Instructor, are you saying that this Peach Blossom Land is true?"

Mu Yu nodded and said, "If this guy's identity can be confirmed, I think this matter is true." ”

"That's weird, isn't it?"

Mu Yu touched his chin and said, "Actually, I have some ideas, you should still remember the original text of the Peach Blossom Spring, right?" ”

"Of course I do!" Mi Yang raised his head proudly and said: "In the Jin Taiyuan Dynasty, the people of Wuling fish for business. Walk around the river, forget the distance of the road. Suddenly, the peach blossom forest, hundreds of steps between the shore, there are no miscellaneous trees in it, the fragrant grass is delicious, and the fallen flowers are colorful. The fisherman is very different. Moving forward again, I want to exhaust the forest.

When the forest runs out of water, there will be a mountain, and the mountain has a small mouth, as if there is light. Drop off the boat and enter from the mouth. At the beginning, it is extremely narrow, and only then can it be passed. After dozens of steps, it suddenly became clear. The land is flat, the houses are like that, and there are good fields and beautiful ponds and mulberry bamboos. Qianmo traffic, chickens and dogs smell each other. Among them, the men and women are dressed like outsiders. Yellow hair hangs down and is happy.

When he saw the fisherman, he was shocked and asked where he had come from. Answered. Then he had to return home, and set up wine to kill chickens for food. When the village heard about this person, Xian came to inquire. Since Yun Xianshi avoided the chaos of the Qin Dynasty, he led his wife and people to this desperate situation, and did not come back, so he was separated from outsiders. Ask what the world is today, but I don't know if there is a Han, regardless of Wei and Jin. This person sighed for what he had said and heard. The rest of the people returned to their homes, and they all drank and ate. Stop for a few days and resign. The Chinese said: "It is not enough for outsiders." ”

Once he went out and got his boat, he helped him to the road, and he was determined everywhere. And the county, Yi Taishou, said so. Taishou immediately sent people to follow him, looking for what he wanted, and then he got lost and lost his way.

Nanyang Liu Ziji, a noble scholar, heard it, and happily went to it. Unsuccessfully, the search for the disease ended, and then there was no concern. ”

This big string directly made Mu Yu speechless, just asked if you remembered, I didn't ask you to recite it, hey!

"It's a good back." Mu Yu still praised it, and then began to talk about his thoughts.

For a long time, the paradise in Tao Yuanming's "The Story of the Peach Blossom Spring" has been people's hearts yearning. But on closer reading, this so-called paradise doesn't seem to be so wonderful and magical, and it is even a little scary.

At the beginning of the article, it tells the story of a fisherman who strayed into the Peach Blossom Spring. In the Peach Blossom Garden, the flowers are red and willow green, and people live and work in peace and contentment, which is very different from real life. Although everyone knows that the article is fictional, and there is no such perfect and happy life, I still can't help but be fascinated by it.

Let's take a look at how the Peach Blossom Land was fictionalized, the first point is that the entrance of the Peach Blossom Garden is very narrow, only allowing one person to pass through, and it will suddenly open up after entering. In ancient times, people did not lay out their dwellings in this way, because it was clearly a tomb layout.

The second is that the entrance of the peach blossom source is full of peach blossoms, the peach blossoms are very beautiful, and we also like to watch the peach blossoms today, but in ancient times, the peach wood has the meaning of warding off evil spirits. And the flowering period of peach blossoms is mostly in March and April, which is the Qingming season. The article only mentions that the entrance is a peach forest, but after entering the peach source, there is no description of the peach blossoms, and it seems that the entrance of the peach blossom source is the boundary between the two worlds of yin and yang.

If the Peach Blossom Garden is in a mountain forest, or built on a mountain, it is impossible to have a wide land and neat houses. So there is a possibility that the author used the metaphor of "house" as a tombstone. Because the tombstones in the cemetery are arranged in a regular and orderly manner, some of the good environment and feng shui will also be close to the mountains and rivers.

The last point is that the people in the Peach Blossom Land are dressed like the rest of the world, but they "ask what the world is, but they don't know that there is a Han, whether it is Wei or Jin." "How can a group of people who are isolated from the world, not only today, but also what year they are, put on the clothes of the dynasty? And they told the fisherman that the reason why they lived in the Peach Blossom Garden was because the "ancestors" avoided the chaos of the Qin Dynasty. The so-called ancestors are likely to be "ancestors".

Hearing Mu Yu's explanation, everyone really opened their minds, can people come up with this?

But it makes sense.

Who didn't yearn for such a place when they were a student, a paradise of seclusion and happiness, as the article says, with yellow hair hanging down and enjoying themselves.

The origin of these people in the book, the explanation given in the text is that since the ancestors avoided the chaos of the Qin Dynasty, they led their wives and people to this desperate situation, and did not come back, so they were separated from outsiders. The strange thing is, since you haven't gone out, why do the changes in society over thousands of years make the people here dress like outsiders?

After the fisherman left the Peach Blossom Spring, he searched again, but he didn't find it, as if the world had evaporated. And in the end, someone wanted to look for it again, but they died because of it, and they were terrified to think about it. Is the Peach Blossom Land really as beautiful as it says in the article, and does Liu Ziji's death have anything to do with the Peach Blossom Spring?

What if you think in the other direction? The ghost god said.

First of all, the way the fisherman entered the Peach Blossom Spring, the explanation given in the article is that it is a long and narrow tunnel, which gradually opens up after walking for a while.

Therefore, the text clearly tells the reader that this is first and foremost a cave, through which the Peach Blossom Paradise is connected to the outside world, and the passage connecting with the outside world in ancient times was mostly used as a tomb passage.

Following this line of thought, then all the people and things recorded in the Peach Blossom Land have become elven strange talks, don't be in a hurry to refute them first, and listen slowly.

Back to the doubts at the beginning of the article, why people here have not come back since they moved in the pre-Qin era, but men and women dress like outsiders. According to the old ritual custom, clothes had to be burned to worship the ancestors, which explains why the people here dress exactly like the outside world.

There is a sentence in the text that describes that wine and food are all produced, and if you follow this line, then the appearance of wine and food is natural, because there must be wine and meat in the sacrifice. Also, people at that time did not plant peach and mulberry trees in front of the door, but only planted them before the cemetery.

Thinking of this, will everyone's hearts suddenly tighten, don't worry, according to this line of thought, then Nanyang Liu Ziji's death can be explained. The cemetery is a dirty place, and it is inevitable that you will be contaminated with some diseases after visiting, and the poor sanitary conditions in ancient times can also lead to eventual death.

It stands to reason that the Peach Blossom Spring, there should be more and more visitors, but since Liu Ziji, no one has gone there, and the reason is so strange.

First of all, in ancient times, the meaning of the peach tree was to ward off evil spirits, and many Taoist priests in ancient times would use some peach wood charms to trap or drive away ghosts.

In addition, in the poem always replacing the new peach with the old charm, we can also see that during the Chinese New Year, people will also choose peach wood in order to avoid disasters and disasters.

The peach tree may be used to ward off evil spirits, and the peach groves may be to separate the human world from the underworld, or to trap some ghosts, so the existence of the peach tree is very inappropriate.

Secondly, the poet describes that the fishermen see patches of peach blossom forests here, which also makes people feel very suspicious, and it is reasonable to see one or two peach trees occasionally in ancient times.

But if there are patches of peach blossom forests, densely clustered together, without a little weed or a tree in the middle, this is simply unreasonable if there is no professional care.

In the end, what makes people feel puzzled is that in order to depict the beautiful scenery of the peach blossom forest, Tao Yuanming used a sentence of falling English and colorful.

At that time, the flying of peach blossom petals was not particularly realistic, but the colorful scene of falling flowers reminded us of the scene of burning paper for the dead before and after the Qingming Festival, so that the words seemed more realistic.

Although it is romantic, it actually contains a big secret, so it is not difficult to speculate that this Wuling man did not necessarily come to Peach Blossom Land by accident.

It is possible that he suffered some injuries in the process of fishing and unfortunately died, so he came to this mysterious peach blossom paradise, and what he saw here was not a person, but some ghosts from the pre-Qin immigrants.

The second thing that makes people feel out of place is that some of the scenes that the villagers see after entering the village, which he depicts. "The land is flat, the houses are like that, there are good fields, beautiful ponds, mulberry and bamboo, strange traffic, chickens and dogs smell each other."

In this description, we can see that this Peach Blossom Land is not only very beautiful in appearance, but also very neat and beautiful after entering the small village they built.

In fact, anyone who has entered the village, we all know that although the houses in the village are generally planned, they are not neatly organized.

Because the average village does not plan the specific size and area of the houses, nor does it arrange them neatly, all that reminds us is the tombstones.

In addition, the houses described are neat, and the roads between the houses are also quite developed, and the path is described here with Qianmo, in fact, Tao Yuanming also hinted here.

Qianmo was originally the ancient meaning of describing the path between the tombs, according to reason, although the people of the Peach Blossom Spring may have lived very well here, but the ancient agricultural civilization must be limited.

And wherever he came, he would be sumptuous in his hospitality, and the master would bring out sumptuous food, which could not help but make people think that it might have come from their sacrifices, and that the fisherman had come to the underworld.

And later, why did the Wuling people successfully go back and be told by the people of Peach Blossom Land not to tell others?

Maybe it was because he himself had an accident and came here to the underworld, but he didn't live a long life. So he was sent back after just wandering around the underworld. But it's really chilling to think about it.

"Why don't we interrogate him, after all, he's a party."

As soon as these words came out, everyone looked at the man hanging from the branches.