Chapter 18: The Banquet of a Thousand Souls
When he opened the Chronicle and looked at the catalogue, he knew that the Chronicle recorded the history of the past 1,000 years, so he started from the most distant time and looked at it until he saw two hundred years ago, and he did not find anything special recorded. Disappointed www.biquge.info he continued to flip down.
He mainly paid attention to the climate, until a hundred years ago, the climate had four seasons, spring, summer, autumn and winter, a hundred years ago it began to become cold, and it snowed half of the year, which was very consistent with the history he had heard from Mr. Void, and the climate under the ethereal peak, but seventy years ago, the snow in Yancheng disappeared, and the climate became what it is now, which lasted for seventy years.
What happened to Yancheng seventy years ago? Looking closely at the Fu Zhi, it seems that one year was missing, and that year was exactly seventy years ago.
Seventy years is not far away, there must be someone in Yancheng who knows what happened seventy years ago, and who destroyed the record of that year seventy years ago? Using the power of the prefect, Shen Bing wanted to find out.
He instructed his subordinates to organize a banquet, which was called the Qiansu Banquet, which could be attended by all the elderly over seventy-five years old in Yancheng. At this time, he still has the residual warmth to eliminate harm for the people, and I believe that it is easy to organize.
Although his subordinates didn't know the purpose of the prefect, they still actively advertised, and the list was posted everywhere, and people talked about it a lot, and they helped everywhere to inquire where the old man over seventy-five years old lived.
A few days later, the news spread to every corner of Yancheng, and the banquet could be held soon. Shen Bing sent people to pick them up one by one, although there were not a thousand, there were hundreds. The reason why people over the age of seventy-five are chosen is because people remember things from the age of five, and most of the things before the age of five are not remembered. Life is rare for seventy years, and it is considered a long life to live to seventy-five.
On this day, the sun is shining, the spring breeze is warm, and the banquet officially begins. Shen Bing condoled one by one and understood the suffering of the world. In the middle of the banquet, Shen Bing took the opportunity to ask about the climate in Yancheng.
"Everyone knows that the climate in Yancheng is pleasant, but the outside of Yancheng is icy and snowy, I want to know, why is this, I don't know what the opinions of everyone here are?" Shen Bing looked at the old men, hoping that someone could give an answer.
For a while, everyone chatted with each other.
"As far as I can remember, this climate has never been like this. An old man said.
"What did it look like before?" asked Shen Bing.
"Once upon a time, it seemed to be the same as the outside. Another old man said.
"As far as I know, it seems like it became what it is today 70 years ago. Shen Bing guided.
"Yes, the prefect is right, it is true that the sky only changed seventy years ago. An old man said.
"What happened seventy years ago? Does any old gentleman know?" Shen Bing asked the question he had been asking for a long time.
Suddenly the crowd exploded, but no one answered his question.
"Seventy years ago, when I was only six years old, I don't remember very clearly, one day, I heard a loud noise in my sleep, it was autumn, and no one cared, but it seems that since then, winter has been gone. An old man said.
"Then please recall your memories again, what does that sound look like?" Shen Bing asked very excitedly when he saw that someone had said something to the point.
"Well, it was loud, it was like something had fallen from the sky, and it was only for a while, and then it was gone. The old man tilted his head and squinted, as if trying to remember something.
"Yes, I remember, in the autumn of seventy years ago, there was a fire in the forest on the outskirts of Yancheng, and the fire was so big that you could see the smoke in the forest in the city. Another old man also remembered some of the past when he was reminded.
Everyone continued to talk without saying a word, and no one gave a definite answer as to what was going on. After the banquet, Shen Bing sent people to send away the old people who came from all over the world one by one.
"Lord Prefect, why are you worried, do you have anything on your mind?" asked Xiaohong.
"You're here today, you can help me figure it out. Shen Bing was thoughtful, and when he saw Xiaohong coming, he asked her for her opinion.
"Hair, I'm not your maid!" said Red.
"What to brush your hair, what they say during the day, you help to brush it. "Shen Bing is serious and doesn't talk to Xiaohong.
"They were shocked, people have poor memory, and they don't know whether what is said is true or false. Little Red didn't seem impressed.
"Remember the last time we went to the sinkhole? I think it has a lot to do with what happened 70 years ago. By the way, something fell from the sky, and there was a fire in the forest, by the way, I know!" Shen Bing was ecstatic for a while, making Xiaohong inexplicable, and thought he was crazy.
"What are you talking about, I don't understand!" Xiaohong looked at Shen Bing with a puzzled expression.
"Tomorrow you will understand if you follow me to the sinkhole!" Shen Bing sold a pass, and did not go into details, but attracted Xiaohong's attention.
"Tell me now!" Xiaohong was whetted at the moment, wanting to ask for an explanation.
"Let's talk about it!" Mingliang didn't know when he had come in, he was always good at catching Xiaohong's words so different, and then imitated them, although this was an act of begging, but he still couldn't help but do it.
"Let's discuss something big, dead fat man go away!" Xiaohong scolded pretending to be angry.
"The fat man is dead, how can he walk away!" Mingliang said while dodging, as if he knew that Xiaohong was going to kick him, he had gained experience after being beaten many times, and every time he was too close to Xiaohong, she kicked it with her foot, if she was far away, it would be quite difficult to kick it, so she generally didn't kick it, at most she made a show.
"Rest early, and go to the sinkhole tomorrow to have a look!" Shen Bing waved his hand to the side, "Come on, send off guests!" There are many people, and those two people are not the masters of serious discussions, he wants to be quiet and figure out the causes and consequences.
Several guards stepped forward and said respectfully: "Grandma and fat uncle, the prefect is going to rest, please please!"
Xiaohong and Mingliang went out at this time, and they were still scolding: "I have only been an official for a few days, and I have learned to play music!"
"Senior sister, did you say that Brother Bing would always be the prefect of Yancheng?" Mingliang asked as he walked.
"Don't call me senior sister, look at your wrinkled face, you call me old-fashioned. "Little Red is used to being angry with Bright.
"Yes, Senior Sister!" Mingliang deliberately accentuated the pronunciation of 'Senior Sister', and ran away after speaking, Xiaohong chased after him again, but he didn't chase him seriously, but just shouted a few times, and the fat man also cooperated and ran all over the ground, begging for mercy while running.
"You'd like him to be the prefect here. Xiaohong said.
"How do you know!" Mingliang pretended to be surprised, it seemed that Xiaohong had seen through his mind, which was very magical.
"Your little bit of caution, who doesn't know, he is here as a prefect, you will follow the happiness, but unfortunately he is about to leave!" Xiaohong said.
"Why are you leaving, it's good here!" Mingliang didn't know what they had just talked about, but he didn't inform him when he was leaving.
"You won't forget why we went down the mountain, will you?" said Xiao Hong.
"Yes, there are still tasks to be done, so when are you leaving?" asked Mingming.
"When it's time to go, you'll go, just wait. After Xiaohong finished speaking, she went back to the room, leaving Mingliang alone to ponder slowly in the moonlight, with words in her mouth, like a very fat neurotic.
Early the next morning, Shen Bing arranged for his entourage to set off to the sinkhole, in order not to attract attention, they were all in civilian clothes, and they did not sit in a sedan chair or ride a horse.
Fifty miles of land was quickly reached, and when I arrived at the place where I had met Aunt Qin before, I went into the house to check, and it was empty, and a bench was covered with dust, and it was obvious that no one had been here for a long time.
Climbing to the top of the mountain and seeing the sinkhole again, Shen Bing ordered everyone to stand by and only let Xiaohong follow him, in order to go back quickly. Soon they arrived at the village where they had met the old man, the village was gone, the houses had been demolished, and it seemed that they had moved out.
"I didn't expect these people to be very well-informed, and they came out of the mountain so quickly. Shen Bing didn't see the old man again, and it is estimated that he will not see him in the future, and he is a little disappointed. I chose this road because I wanted to revisit the old place, but I didn't expect people to go to the house and destroy it, and it was a mess.
"I don't think they moved out in the past few days, you see the wood of this old house, it's all rotten. Xiaohong said.
Shen Bing took a closer look, it did seem that he had moved away for a long time, and as for why, he couldn't figure it out. Seeing the right direction, they continued towards the sinkhole.
After walking for a short time, I came to a cliff, a straight cliff, a smooth stone wall, I don't know how many hundred zhang high, it seems that there is no way to go.
"There's no road ahead, and you can't go up this cliff. Shen Bing stood helplessly under the stone wall, stunned.
"Touch, this stone wall is hot!" Xiaohong said.
Shen Bing touched the stone wall, and it was really a little hot, "This is a strange thing, I see that the other side of the stone wall is a sinkhole, and then look to see if there is any other way." ”
The two walked around the cliff for a long distance, but still did not find the entrance, so they had to give up and return the way they came.
"Do you think that the stone wall is not a natural formation?" Xiaohong said.
"After you said it, it's a little strange, the stone wall is as smooth as jade, it seems to have been polished, but it's so tall and big, how can it be human!" Shen Bing said.
"Anything is possible. Xiaohong said.