Chapter 437 Back to the Oasis
In fact, King Wu's attack on Zhou was considered a big loophole, because the main force of the Shang Dynasty was attacking Dongyi at that time.
Merchants have dual purposes for fighting wars. On the one hand, they are to eliminate barbarians and maintain border security, and on the other hand, they are to plunder slaves. Slaves have multiple uses, which can be used for labor, sacrifices, and may even be eaten...
Many of the slaves plundered by the merchants were actually Dongyi people. There are many records about Dongyi in the oracle bone inscriptions of the merchants. In the oracle bone inscriptions, the Dongyi people were always dissatisfied and always fought against the Central Plains. Therefore, a large number of troops were launched to attack Dongyi at the end of the Shang Dynasty.
However, thinking about the cruelty of the merchant, if I were Dongyi, I would not accept it, and I would have to fight against it.
The Dongyi people must be very depressed, I treat you as my neighbor, but you treat me as food!
It is estimated that the Shang army also had slogans at that time, such as what to do to attack Dongyi? Let’s get some people to drink.
The religion of worshiping ghosts in the Shang Dynasty was completely replaced by the Zhou Dynasty. The Zhou Dynasty created a set of worship of gods, the supreme ruler claimed to be the emperor, and the assistant Zhou Gong made rituals and music, and gradually derived Confucianism, which fundamentally denied the religious worship system of the Shang Dynasty.
Therefore, later Confucius, the founder of Confucianism and the descendant of the Shang king, said: "The Zhou Dynasty was supervised in the second generation and was so depressed that it was literary. I followed Zhou." This means that the Zhou Dynasty was very civilized and colorful, and I will learn the etiquette and laws of the Zhou Dynasty.
But Confucius of course also gave his ancestors a face. "Zhou was supervised by the second generation" means the Zhou Dynasty's "depressed and literary" and draws on the practices of the Xia and Shang dynasties.
Therefore, more than three thousand years ago, China began to transform from killing people to a civilized society where people were cautious in killing and punishing.
From that moment on, any act of killing innocent people indiscriminately and killing will be considered sin and devil.
The Tang Dynasty, more than a thousand years later, certainly would not accept the evil deeds of wanton killing of Xiye Kingdom.
Most of the countries in the Western Regions believed in Buddhism and advocated good deeds at that time. Why was the West Ye Kingdom unique and used human bone statues? Since the Tang people called it "Demon Country", what was the demon it believed in?
Thinking can distract people's attention, especially when I keep climbing one sand dunes after another. When I turn to the end of the palace of thinking, I suddenly notice something wrong again.
According to the estimated time, I should have returned to the oasis at this moment.
But there was no trace of an oasis in front of me.
I couldn't help but look back and looked at the "virtual point" in the sky again.
It still hangs there, not erasing from my mind, but facts are better than words, because what is placed before me now is still boundless yellow sand.
Even if you stand on the sand dunes and look around, you can't see any trace of the oasis.
Could it be that I went wrong? Is there something wrong with the "virtual point"?
After all, "virtual point" is just something imagined. I can't really pick up the marker, run into the sky, and draw a big circle on it. So after a huge wind and sand, my unbreakable memory may also be confused.
If this is the case, it will be completely terrible!
Whether it is staying in the oasis or in the clutches of the devil, Hualang may find me, but if I run around in the huge Taklamakan Desert, even gods and Buddhas will not be able to find it.
I was anxious, and suddenly I saw a touch of green in the sand dunes not far from here.
How can there be green if there is no grass growing on the sand dunes? Looking carefully, I found that the shadows of the sand dunes there are very unnatural. Logically speaking, because the shape of the sand dunes is regular, the edges of the shadows should also be regular.
Unless, that's not a shadow!
I suddenly realized and hurriedly ran down the sand dune where I was standing and ran towards it desperately. Because I ran too fast, I fell a few times in the middle and fell all over my mouth.
I stumbled and ran to the shadow. As expected, there was no shadow at all, it was a water stain covered with wild sand.
This is the oasis in the morning. I didn’t expect that the huge wind and sand at noon would bury the entire lake water. The green not far away is the canopy that has not been completely buried.
But where is Chen Yu?
I was so anxious that there was no one here. She wouldn't have been buried by the yellow sand, right?
"Chen Yu! Chen Yu!" I shouted loudly.
My throat was as dry as a dry farmland, and it was both urgent and dry. As soon as I shouted twice, my voice was completely broken. I hurriedly took out water from my schoolbag, poured it into two hard, moistened my throat, and continued to shout heart-wrenchingly.
"Chen Yu, where are you! Where are you?"
There was no echo, in the empty desert, there was only the rustling sound of the breeze sweeping across the sand.
I ran towards that touch of green, hoping to find the divine metaphor of hiding from the wind there, but I was disappointed again. There were only dying trees in that place, and no girls I liked.
"Chen Yu! Did you hear it? Where are you going?" I was so anxious that I was like an ant on a hot pan, running around the disappearing lake, searching, shouting, and howling.
Is there any voice? I wish she could stand up from a pile of yellow sand, shake off the sand on her body in a mess, then yell at me, scold me, blame me for leaving without saying goodbye, blame me for taking my own initiative, scolding me for disappearing at critical moments, and leave her alone here to face the storm.
The sun slowly fell towards the end of the western sky. The sunset in the desert was so beautiful and spectacular. During the day, the sandstorm with fangs and claws were like a devil's sandstorm, and at dusk it was like a quiet girl.
The dunes were all covered with gold, just like the golden palaces of the ancient Ottoman Sultans, and like golden sheep after golden. The wind no longer roared, the temperature was no longer hot, and a cool and distant feeling came to the face, and the heaven and earth seemed to be moving towards great peace in an instant.
But I was not in the mood to appreciate the beautiful scenery and feel the serenity. I stood on the disappearing lake water and felt my heart broken.
Even if you discover Xiye, what can you do?
In order to prove myself, I abandoned the person I loved the most in my life at critical moments and in dangerous places.
I shouldn't be angry, and Chen Yu is still a girl no matter how strong he is. In such a harsh natural environment, she needs me to be by her side.
Just as I was secretly sad and sad, I suddenly saw a vague black dot moving in the direction of the setting sun.
I hurriedly ran up a higher sand dune and looked at the black spot.
Yes, that's a person, that's a person walking towards here. Judging from her walking posture, she is obviously a woman.
"Chen Yu!" I waved my hand vigorously to the other side, shouted loudly, then rushed down the sand dune and rushed towards it.
Chapter completed!