In fact, this volume of "Lianshan Yi" is not necessarily a very precious thing. It can also be seen from its material. It should be dry bamboo slices of better quality. It is very different from Zheng Dan's gold foil book in appearance.
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The "Book of Changes" was a relatively common book in later generations and was listed as one of the "Five Classics" in the "Four Books and Five Classics". Although "Lianshan" is not popular in the current era, it should not be rare.
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Zhao Qing looked at the Monkey King and saw him grabbing the bamboo slip in his hand, shaking it, and then dodged into the room again.
Glancing at the two people beside him who were frightened by the ape master's superb skills, Zhao Qing followed him into the room, closed the door, and asked softly: "Old ape, where did you get this scroll of bamboo slips?"<
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I saw Yuan Gong writing with his finger: "I left the room to go to the toilet in the middle of the night. I walked around here and saw a person sneakily rummaging for something in a pile of bamboo slips in a corner. p>
I made a sound to scare him, and he left in a hurry, still holding two bamboo slips in his hands. Then I thought about it and took out two bamboo slips from the pile of bamboo slips. One volume should be the registration list of the goods.
, and there is another volume, which is this volume "Lianshan Yi"."
A list of the goods was recorded? These bamboo slips were probably placed on the first twelve carriages that were not destroyed, and the soldiers searching for the property did not move out the low-value bamboo slips.
Someone is stealing bamboo slips sneakily, and some people in the caravan are restless. Could it be that there is something secret hidden in these bamboo slips? So someone got up to steal in the middle of the night?
After Yuan Gong finished writing, he handed over the bamboo slip he was holding. Zhao Qing reached out to take it, unfolded it and looked at it briefly. There were nearly two thousand words on it, recording the eight hexagrams headed by Gen Gong.
Elephant.
As far as she knows, "Lianshan", like "Zhouyi", has sixty-four hexagrams, which means that in addition to this volume, there should be seven more volumes.
This volume of "Lianshan" is even more obscure and difficult to understand than "The Book of Changes". Although it seems to contain some philosophy, most of it is completely mysterious and does not involve aspects of spiritual practice at all.
I don’t know how Monkey King could see into it. At least Zhao Qing thinks that at the current stage of his cultivation, it is difficult for him to understand anything from it and gain much benefit.
Maybe it’s because this is the first volume it got after learning to read.
Holding the suspicion that this might be a magical secret book, she mobilized the true energy in her body and slowly penetrated into the bamboo slips, trying to find out if there were any secrets such as interlayers in it.
To Zhao Qing's surprise, there were no interlayer gaps inside the bamboo slips, but she did find something strange:
I have practiced the blood-coagulating divine claw's true energy, and I can sense that within the scratches on the bamboo slips, there is a very small amount of blood, but it is still energetic.
"Old ape, did you feel anything strange when you were holding the bamboo slips?"
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About an hour later, on the streets north of Chungquanyi City, Zhao Qing was dressed in a gray robe and a gray cloth round hat. He was escorted by two strong caravans and led the way, following Zheng Dan.
It is recorded in "Zhou Li·Kao Gong Ji·Craftsmen" that "the craftsmen run the country, with a square of nine miles, and three gates on the side. The country has nine longitudes and nine latitudes, and the warps are painted with nine rails. The ancestors are on the left and the community is on the right, facing the market." The so-called sitting in the Northern Dynasty.
South, the "market outlook" here is generally in the north of the city.
While Zhao Qing was browsing the scenes in the market, he was thinking about what happened recently.
There are still five days before he can enter the dream and greatly improve his strength. Now, staying with Zheng Dan in the city is the safest choice.
Zheng Dan's method of blood sacrifice is undoubtedly the highest combat power among the allies at the moment. Coupled with the Pogang Crossbow set up in the city, normally, the Hongshang Sword Master would have to wait until outside the city before taking action again.
Regarding the situation of "Lianshanyi", we must also pay attention to it.
According to Monkey King's writing, the reason why he happened to get the volume of "Lianshan Yi" was because he smelled a strange faint smell, so he grabbed it in the direction of the smell from the pile of bamboo slips and took away one of the volumes.
of two.
At present, it seems that the target of the caravan who stole the bamboo slips in the middle of the night is probably this object.
After taking care of Rui Xi for a while, Zhao Qing left the room and inquired about a lot of things going on in the caravan.
Duanmu Shuliang left the hotel early in the morning and went to the Yizai Mansion to discuss cooperation with Peng Chu. He had to wait until he came back before he could tell him that someone was stealing the bamboo slips.
The pockmarked melon vendor was brought back to the place where the caravan was staying. This was because Duanmu Shuliang believed that his family was somewhat responsible for the streets that were destroyed by the sword yesterday and the people who were injured and killed.
So we cooperated with the Yip Zai side and took the initiative to help the victims and provided them with temporary food and accommodation.
Speaking of which, they also have a sense of responsibility and have "benevolence" in their hearts.
"Ah Qing, do you think we really need to buy a few female slaves?" Zheng Dan's face was a little more rosy than yesterday, his hair had turned black, and he seemed to have improved a lot.
"Alas." Zhao Qing did not answer.
That's right, the reason why the two of them went to the market in the north of the city, apart from Zhao Qing's purpose of buying medicine for his mother, was actually to follow the caravan to buy slaves in the market.
At Duanmu Shuliang's request before going out, the caravan not only wanted to buy some male slaves to temporarily make up for the loss of manpower in the caravan; it also planned to buy several outstanding female slaves and hide them in the car to pretend to be Zheng Dan to relieve the real Zheng Dan.
Once there is a possibility of danger here.
One true and one false, the probability of being encountered is still too high, so what he plans to use is "one true and many false".
Zheng Dan's psychology was quite complicated for the female slave who might be sacrificed on her behalf. After thinking for a long time, she chose to go out together to witness the sale process.
Partly out of curiosity, Zhao Qing also followed out, wanting to see what the slave market looked like in this era.
She felt sympathy and pity for the slavery system of this era, but she did not have enough power to make large-scale changes.
Whether it's money, power, or force, Zhao Qing can't be said to have much now. All she can do is to help as much as she can when she sees a particularly pitiful slave. Of course, without doing too much harm.
In the case of one's own interests.
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"Cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck," in the fence beside the street, two fierce roosters were catching and fighting each other. The two sides pecked back and forth, and their short, half-black wings kept flapping.
Outside the fence, a large number of spectators were staring intently at their favorite side. As the situation of the rooster fight changed, their moods also fluctuated.
In the distance, the call of engineers calling for free people to build the city wall came from afar, saying that the outer wall on the east side of the city was damaged yesterday and needed to be repaired. For every stone and earth material moved, you can get one Chinese coin as reward.
The strong caravan guard stretched out his hand to push away the crowd and separate a path. It was the first time for Zheng Dan and Zhao Qing to come to the market in the Spring and Autumn Period. They followed behind and looked around casually.
"Ah Qing, I guess you want to know about my past experiences, about my family, and the origin of my kung fu." In the noisy market, Zheng Dan held Zhao Qing's hand, leaned in and whispered.