Chapter 2: The Temple of Nuwa

After entering the city, the world in front of you is strange and familiar.

The street is six or seven meters wide, and the dirt floor has long been rolled by the cars and horses and traders, and the porcelain is smooth. There are many workshops for making pottery, sewing cloth and reeling silk on the street. The merchants that had just opened in the early morning were shouting and shouting side by side, and they were hot.

Vendors selling millet and rice kept their grain pockets open, grabbing the shiny grain and showing it to the merchants. The peddler carrying a bunch of bananas half a man tall broke off the green bananas at the end and threw them to the wild monkeys on the eaves.

The butcher on the street chopped off a cow's hoof bone fiercely, staring at a hunter who had just entered the city on the other side of the road, and the hunting knife in his hand flew over, and a live deer was instantly dried of deer blood, which attracted the admiration of everyone on the road.

A group of noble children who went out of the city in the morning to go on a safari, riding in a hovering chariot, followed by eight rhinoceros cavalrymen, the huge rhinoceros tilted its head slightly, knocked over a cloth spinning workshop, and flaunted its might.

Mo Xuan stepped into the bustling flow of people, and it was impossible to see the civilization of 3,000 years ago without the eyes of modern people.

At this time, the Central Plains, which was dominated by the Henan region in the later generations, belonged to the reason for the subtropical climate, as Mo Xuan saw in the data, the temperature was higher than that of the later generations, warm and humid.

Plantains, palm trees and broad-leaved plants are scattered all around the city, and the ground is full of green weeds, except for the stone paved ground.

Most men wore only short linen plackets or loose cloth robes, necklaces and jewelry with animal bones around their necks, wrists and ankles. Women mostly wore linen robes with their right hand and left collar, and knee-length scarves wrapped around their waists and tucked up to their chests. There is a slight taste of Hanfu.

Those with better status and property will embroider patterns such as moire patterns on the neckline and cuffs, while ordinary mortals have no style. Mo Xuan's clothes at this time were gray-white short robes, and the neckline was embroidered with a double-layer animal face pattern symbolizing the nobility of the country.

The more these lines overlap, the more noble the symbolic status. Mo Xuan thought of the bronzes of divination that his father had dug up, and there were as many as six layers of thunder cloud patterns overlapping on it, and the status of the person who made that bronze should be extremely noble.

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As Mo Xuan walked down the street, he was caught in a group.

This team is full of fishermen who are about to go out of the city to fish, hunters who go into the mountains to hunt, and more ordinary people who go to the Nuwa Temple to ask for divination before their weddings and funerals.

Pepsi divination is a major feature of this era, and the divine power is so great that it is almost equal to the royal power.

According to the plan that had been set, Mo Xuan took the first step and went straight to the Nuwa Temple.

Nuwa Temple is located in the north of Jinao City, covering a huge area, half leaning on a huge mountain pass.

This beautiful and majestic mountain range is named after the Nuwa Temple, which is called Nuwa Mountain.

When Mo Xuan of Yin Shang's life was practicing in the Jinao Academy, he had entered the mountains many times to hunt rare and exotic beasts. Nowadays, modern memories are the mainstay, but memories from ancient times also surface from time to time, and I feel very relatable.

In front of the temple gate, a huge stone tablet more than one person high stands on a white jade stone pier. The stele is engraved with the four ancient characters of Nuwa Temple, and the surrounding overlapping multi-layer cloud pattern is prosperous and dense, and the workmanship is extremely fine.

The huge and magnificent temple gate palace is behind this stone monument.

Half of it is exposed outside the mountain col, and the mountain mist is shrouded, quiet and elegant, like a fairyland. The other half is hidden in the mountains and forests, quiet and mysterious, and you can't see anything inside outside the temple gate.

When ordinary people arrive here, it is the end.

To enter the door of the Nuwa Temple, only nobles are eligible.

At this time, there were some nobles with servants and dependents, ready to enter the temple to pay respects, Mo Xuan glanced at it from a distance, those nobles were holding flying yuan, and there were more than 100 jade spear guards behind the team, and some guards were holding tigers and cheetahs to demonstrate their strictness.

Needless to say, I came to the Nuwa Temple today to ask for blessings and pray for the opening of the Jinao School Palace tomorrow.

It should be best to go to Nuwa Temple first, and then take advantage of the chaos to steal the lampstand secretly. After making up his mind, Mo Xuan tied a jade ornament that symbolized his identity and walked towards the Nuwa Temple first.

"Stop!"

A cold drink not far away made Mo Xuan stop his steps.

Those noble guards, carrying bronze jade spears, stopped in front of Mo Xuan, staring at themselves.

Mo Xuan knew that when the nobles met together, they would also be superior. Although he has indicated that he is qualified to enter, after all, the dependence of others is big enough, how can he let himself, a lonely person, take the lead.

Looking around, sure enough, there were still many small nobles who were stopped at the door and could not enter first.

Mo Xuan mentioned the jade ornament, "My father is the lord of the Lone Bamboo Kingdom, I am the son of the King of Lone Bamboo, and I am qualified to enter." ”

The guard glanced at the jade ornament lightly, and said disdainfully: "If you are qualified, you must also be qualified." You are a little prince, how dare you make trouble here? Do you know who is driving that Luan, and you dare to enter first?"

Mo Xuan frowned slightly, "Who?"

"Hmph!" The guards didn't look at Mo Xuan, and swept back and forth to see if there were other people sneaking in, "That Luan is driving, but Dong Bohou's granddaughter, Princess Jiang, do you have a high status as Dong Bohou?"

"Dong Bohou, Jiang Huan Chu?" Mo Xuan said secretly, there is no record of this person in the annals, but Dong Bohou Jiang Huan Chu and his daughter Queen Jiang are famous in film and television literary works, I didn't expect to see his granddaughter here today.

Mo Xuan looked at Luan, and in the curtain between them, a red dress floated out, swinging very elegantly in the wind, but this Princess Jiang herself couldn't see her appearance.

"Don't look at it, just wait here. When Princess Jiang finishes paying respects, you will be able to enter. The guard glanced at Mo Xuan coldly.

Even if Mo Xuan is a person from the next generation and doesn't care about the dignity of the nobility, it is not polite to scold two ordinary people at every turn. What's more, Mo Xuan had to take advantage of the crowd to go in and steal the lampstand, how could he be stopped here.

Mo Xuan didn't want to fight with this guard, and his voice was slightly cold, "No matter how low my status is, I am also a nobleman canonized by the royal court, how can I allow you to be scolded here by a little guard?" Get out!"

The guard turned his head suddenly, glaring at Mo Xuan fiercely, as if Mo Xuan dared to say another word, he was going to make a move.

In Mo Xuan's previous life, as Wen Zhong's personal soldier, he crusaded against the barbarian tribe and fought abroad for nearly 20 years. Fighting methods and killing experience are all veteran veterans. Although he has not been physically trained in this life, he still has the experience of timing and hitting key points, so it is not a problem for such a guard.

"What are you looking at, it's just a watchdog, and you still want to do it?" Mo Xuan sneered and arched his arm behind him.

Sure enough, being provoked by Mo Xuan, the guard suddenly became furious, raised his palm and fanned Mo Xuan.

As soon as Mo Xuan saw it, he knew that this guy regarded himself as an ordinary person who was powerless, otherwise he would not use this kind of ruffian-style fighting.

As soon as the guard's hand was halfway fanned, Mo Xuan smiled lightly, flashed a favorable angle sideways, and then struck with a thunderbolt, his right palm and fingers were like knives, hitting him under the armpit, and then retracted.

This kind of position, which does not need to be heavy, can make people temporarily incapacitated. Unless it is a battle-hardened veteran, ordinary people will not know the Tao.

Moreover, Mo Xuan's speed is also agile, if you don't look carefully, the guards don't see Mo Xuan make a move.

The guard stiffened, his raised hand paused in the air, his face twitched slightly, and a cold sweat trickled down.

He knew that he was kicking on the iron plate today.

"You ......" The guard's entire arm froze because of the severe pain, and half of his body collapsed like a stroke, and he was almost unable to stand.

Mo Xuan took out a jade shell from the money bag, threw it in front of the guard, crossed over in a grand manner, and glanced at him lightly, "This jade shell is enough for you to live for half a year, shut up and recuperate, don't look for death yourself!"

The guards just wanted to call someone, but when they heard Mo Xuan's words, they suddenly didn't dare to speak up.

That's right, if this nobleman can't beat him, he will also be covered by the status of Princess Jiang's family. But if the nobleman can really kill him, then Princess Jiang will never look for trouble for a house slave, and Yin Shang's laws will not cure a nobleman's crime.

The guard froze half of his body, and his sore nose was pouring out. He bent down to pick up the jade shell, and silently glanced at Mo Xuan's back as he blended into the crowd, not daring to say anything.

There were a large number of people in the team of Princess Jiang's greetings, and there were also many relatives in the miscellaneous area, and no one noticed that there was an extra Mo Xuan.

As soon as the hour came, the sorcerers and priests in the Nuwa Temple opened the door and let them go, and Princess Jiang's guard of honor slowly entered, leaving the attendant slaves waiting outside the temple gate, and a large number of personal guards and private troops guarded the surroundings, preventing idle people from approaching.

Mo Xuan naturally blended in easily.

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The Nuwa Temple is very large, with green trees and many buildings.

The ground is paved with jade bluestone, simple and elegant, and the carved beams and painted pillars are all engraved with the wind and thunder cloud pattern that symbolizes the power of heaven, so as to show the majesty of the holy ancestor.

The main hall of the Holy Ancestor of Nuwa is directly above the mountain col and requires the climbing of ninety-nine steps.

On both sides of the steps, among the countless pavilions, there are folk gods that are enshrined by the people of Yin Shang by word of mouth.

For example, the martial god of Yin Shang, the statue of Chengtang, is second only to the main hall of Nuwa, and the legendary Valkyrie, the woman is in the position of the martial god Chengtang to enjoy the incense.

In addition, the water god Dayu, the god of wealth Wang Hai, the beast god Xiangtu, and many other legendary figures born from the earth's civilization so far, all have a place to worship here.

According to what Mo Xuan had seen and heard in later generations, these people were far less famous than those rumored innate gods.

For example, the God of Wealth, later generations generally called Zhao Gongming the God of Wealth, Bigan, Fan Li and the like are the God of Wealth, Zhong Kui, and Guan Yu are the God of Martial Wealth.

But Mo Xuan is in this era, how can there be any Fan Li and Guan Yu.

Even Bigan was still doing Xiang Yin in the royal court at this time, so naturally he couldn't be the God of Wealth.

But Wang Hai is different, merchants and merchants, for what is the person who does business is called a merchant, it is precisely because the seventh leader of the Shang clan invented the practice of exchanging goods, pulling cattle, horses and livestock, and carrying goods between each tribe, that there are people who do business, and they are called merchants.

Therefore, the people of the Shang Dynasty were more willing to worship their own ancestors as gods.

Mo Xuan saw such an offering with the eyes of two lifetimes, and couldn't help but nod in admiration, just looking at the battle of Muye, the upper realm immortals slaughtered mortals like killing pigs and dogs, and there was no need to worship them anymore.

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Climbing the ninety-nine steps, several old men led Princess Jiang and some other young nobles to stand outside the gate of Nuwa's main hall.

Mo Xuan looked from behind, Princess Jiang was wearing a fiery red dress, which was very conspicuous among the large black and white robes. She had a long whip hanging from her back, almost reaching the ground, tied with red silk thread, full of aura.

As the old man pushed open the door of the main hall, Mo Xuan really saw the picture he had seen during the Battle of Makino.

The curtain flutters in the door of the palace, and in the center is a phoenix treasure shelf.

The bewitching female statue with a human head and a snake body is standing on the treasure shelf, majestic and holy.

Similarly, the statue of Nuwa stretched out its slender jade arm to support it in the void, but the bronze lampstand that she should have in her hand was missing at this time.

Mo Xuan's heart shook wildly, could it be that Wen Zhong had already taken the lampstand?!

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