After the sixth prince made such a fuss, the ceremony of praying for rain naturally could not continue.
Originally, the four-legged snake died, but it was not auspicious. The Taoist priests had to round up the field and find another one. As a result, the Sixth Prince's speech was not astonishing, and Mencius threw out all his words about killing the king. Who would dare to "whip the dragon" again
He Shilang couldn't get off the stage, and looked at the sixth prince angrily.
He really can't take the sixth prince, but the emperor is different! When he returns to Beijing, he will file a complaint!
The sixth prince Shi Shiran walked away, He Shilang walked away with a swirl of his sleeves, a few Taoists looked at me, I looked at you, sighed and started to clean up the table and the incense burner.
"All Taoists." Liu Dan rolled his eyes and stopped the Taoists.
"Blessed immeasurable Tianzun, the poor and other are polite."
The Taoists quickly stopped what they were doing and bowed their heads in salute.
Liu Dan asked tentatively, "I heard the accents of several Taoist priests, and they don't look like people from Yongzhou?"
Several Taoist priests could speak the official language, and said with a smile: "The general is right, we are from Taijing, and we are Taoists of Qianyuanguan. This time, we have given an order to assist He Shilang in the conduct of the sacrificial ceremony."
Meng Qi on the roof said with great interest: "I didn't expect General Liu to help us, Zhengchou doesn't know what their origins are!"
"Why didn't you call him the purse?" Mo Li looked sideways.
Meng Qi pretended to be surprised and said, "Isn't his purse with us?"
"… "
General Liu, who had no money bag, successfully recovered his real name, but he did not know about it himself.
Every time Liu Dan entered the capital, he came and went in a hurry. He didn't know anything about Taoist temples or anything, so he politely said: "The real person of Guiguan must have won the trust of His Majesty, and this is why he took the errand of the imperial mausoleum."
The Taoists smiled wryly and waved their hands: "The general doesn't know anything, the Qin Tianjian made a mess, and we were favored by His Majesty, but we came to the imperial mausoleum... hey."
After that, they dared not continue to speak.
Liu Dan asked suspiciously, "What happened to the Qin Tianjian?"
The Taoist priest looked around and said in a low voice, "It is said that on the night of Shangyuan, Your Majesty saw Xingbo traveling north and crossing the Ziweiyuan, which is a bad omen."
The star is the broom star.
Speaking of the fifteenth day of the first month, Mo Li felt a little uncomfortable.
Meng Qi glanced at Mo Li secretly, thinking that they were spending the spring at the Yeji at that time... Oh no, it was the Lantern Festival.
Neither Mo Li nor Meng Qi saw the star. After all, it depends on the location. Some places can see it, and some cannot. Xingbo is also big and small, and it is not obvious after this day. If you happen to encounter bad weather and dark clouds, you can't even see the moon, where can you see the stars.
"It's too mysterious to say, Taijing has not been sunny for several days. It happened that a full moon suddenly appeared that night. His Majesty was holding a banquet in the palace. He was overjoyed when he saw it. , when the atmosphere was at its hottest, the star appeared, and was seen by the officials and palace servants at the banquet. This star is in the sky, and it can't be covered or blocked, unless they pretend to be blind together."
The ink carp was silent.
This can be said to be very unfortunate, the star is not common, but it is not uncommon.
Ink carp grows in Qimao Mountain and often goes out at night. Some herbs that like yin need to be dug and transplanted at night, and sometimes they have to go to the doctor at night. They encounter it once or twice a year, and they are not caught by cats. Pass.
The broom star theory is completely nonsense.
However, many people believe this. If the people of Zhushan County accidentally saw the broom star, they would ask for God’s blessing. As for the god, it depends on what they believe in, and it has something to do with where they are.
Those who are in the mountains worship the mountain gods, and those who are near the water worship the river gods.
There is no need to offer incense, just kneel down and kowtow a few times, prepare a brazier to place at the door of the house, and step over it to get rid of bad luck.
Those with money in the family are uncertain, not only to burn incense, but also to provide a sum of money for incense oil, which is used to light the ever-bright lantern and let the monks recite the scriptures day and night for protection. After a little more tossing, we also need to invite monks and Taoist priests to come to the house to do things.
Basically, it is not easy to see Xingbo. Everyone is sleeping at night, and basically they don’t go out when it’s dark.
On the night of the Yuan Dynasty, there was a lantern festival among the people, and I don't know how many people saw Xingbo.
The emperor happened to be feasting with his ministers, and the people were very complete. Even if everyone pretended to be blind together, but something happened, it was inevitable that he would murmur in his heart. Lu Zhang's position was not right. There were already many rumors, and now I've added another one.
The Taoist priest pointed to the top of his head, sighed and said, "...I angered the Qin Tianjian, saying that it was not reported in advance."
Liu Dan didn't think there was anything, but Meng Qi laughed: "This Qi Dynasty's Qin Tianjian is also unlucky, and the stars are not sure. How to report? Tiangou eats the sun.
Meng Qi was a national teacher in the Chu Dynasty, and he was also in charge of the Qin Tianjian at that time. He knew nothing about these mysterious and mysterious things that were easily used by alchemists to write articles.
Regardless of whether it is a star or a solar or lunar eclipse, it can be a symbol of "the king has no way".
It is necessary to make an edict of sin.
The so-called decree of guilt is that before everyone speaks and spreads nonsense, the matter is first characterized, and it is caused by this mistake. Other mistakes are nonsense, no.
Dangkou general Liu Dan knew that there was another reason for the emperor's anger.
- Earthquakes in Qiuling County, Pingzhou.
It is very likely that this news is still being concealed, and ordinary people and even officials do not know about it. As soon as the star appeared, the government and the opposition were in turmoil, and this natural disaster that happened years ago is still unknown.
Mo Li thoughtfully left the imperial mausoleum.
"Brother Meng, do you think Qingwu ancestors will use Xingbo's rumors?"
"Naturally, it's not just him. King Ning, King Wu, King Qing in Jiangnan, and the sacred lotus altar in the southwest will follow. It depends on whether Lu Zhang can suppress the criticism from the court and the opposition."
Meng Qi walked with his hands behind his back, and there was no one around. He didn't need to restrain his breath and walked very freely.
Mo Li pulled out the map from his luggage, and said as he walked, "The location of Zangfeng Temple is not the right way to go to Taijing. I have to take a detour. Would you like to take a look?"
"Doctor don't want to go." Meng Qi said with a smile.
Mo Li's hand paused and asked without raising his head, "Why do you see it?"
"First, I saw a Taoist in the county town and took a look. When I walked to the imperial mausoleum, I didn't forget to take a look. If you really plan to go to Tibetan Fengguan, why bother on the road and just call the door?"
"... Yes, our target is still Emperor Li's Mausoleum."
Mo Li put the map back in his luggage, his palm suddenly stopped, and he took out something.
It was a dark purple soft sword that could be used as a belt at first, but now it was rolled into a ball, rather like some kind of smoke cake to repel insects.
This sword belonged to Meng Qi. Except for the first time they met, they used it when they competed against each other, but they never took it out. When Meng Qi turned into a gerbil, the sword was put away by the ink carp along with the clothes.
Now Mo Li threw the soft sword back to Meng Qi.
"Why is this, the doctor will take it for me!" Meng Qi said solemnly.
"You want to become a gerbil?" Mo Li was puzzled.
After a man becomes a gerbil, he can throw away his clothes at will, but if he loses his sword, he will lose money.
This soft sword is not ordinary at first glance, and it may not be less valuable than the golden armor.
After listening to Mo Li's words, Meng Qi's expression was a little strange, as if he could not laugh or cry.
"... The doctor didn't take a good look at my sword?"
"I won't tamper with other people's things," Mo Li replied as a matter of course.
Are martial arts masters not at all curious about rare weapons? Meng Qi thought this was unbelievable, but he thought about it again, Mo Li is not a martial artist at all, he is a doctor, and he may be more interested in gold needles and silver needles.
Meng Qi put away the soft sword in frustration, Mo Li looked at him and vaguely felt that there might be some tricks on the sword.
The material of the sword
The shape of the sword
If it wasn't to show off the weapon, what kind of situation would people forcefully put the weapon to another person to keep? Could it be when he was pretending to be the former national teacher
Meng Qi can restore the appearance of the former state teacher. As long as Mo Li wears a hat and cape, and holds this soft sword, he may be mistaken for Meng Qi. This terrifying idea of appearing in two places at the same time was inspired by Li Konger of Kong Kongmen.
Mo Li shook his head and said solemnly: "Brother Meng, I don't know how to use a sword. Although the martial arts are so high that they can be used with any weapon, they will still reveal their secrets in front of the masters. ."
"what?"
Meng Qi's eyes were blank.
The two looked at each other in silence, and quickly realized that they wanted to disagree with each other.
"Doctor, are we so incompatible?"
"... A gerbil and a fish dig a hole and swim together, what kind of tacit understanding can there be?"
"Aren't we Shan Ling?"
"Shangyun Mountain is in Taijing, and Qimao Mountain is in Pingzhou. How many miles are there? I will calculate." Mo Li made a gesture to get a map, but Meng Qi quickly stopped people, grabbed the luggage, and ran away.
The ink carp is not in a hurry to chase.
- With the money bag on him, where can Meng Qi run to
Mo Li threw away all the speculation about pretending to be a national teacher just now, and continued to think about what kind of trick the sword had.
Dark purple soft sword...
Did the teacher say that there is such a sword in the rivers and lakes
Mo Li walked unhurriedly. He remembered from the history books and stroked Yuchang, Chunjun, Tai'a, and Wanren.
"Huh?" Mo Li suddenly felt a move in his heart, saying that there was a master swordsmith in Chen Chao who liked to forge swords of different shapes and qualities. He once made the ritual swords of the princes of the Spring and Autumn Period according to the ancient method. It was extremely long and very impractical.
Forged daggers too short to be called swords, and half-cut swords.
It can be described as a whimsical idea, it only satisfies the swordsmith, and does not care whether the person who uses the sword is smooth or not.
This master has two masterpieces in his life, one is "Yan Huilou". It is better to say that it is a hidden weapon if it is a short sword. After throwing it out and drawing a half circle, it can come back on its own.
The other is a soft sword named "Zhenqing".
It is said that the sword is light and thin, as cold as the thin frost on the curtain in the early morning of autumn, and the lines on the sword are like the eyebrows drawn by a woman, which is very beautiful. On the day it was released, everyone was watching, and some people blurted out, like a small order sung by the Jiaofang back then.
The swordsmith gladly engraved the name of the song lyric on the sword, so the name of the sword was "Voting Zhongqing", which is generally called Zhongqing Sword in later generations.
Although the sword is good-looking, it has experienced a lot of ups and downs. Like other works of Master Sword Casting, few people like to use it. Later, he wandered into the rivers and lakes, and was acquired by the head of the Tianshan faction, only to find that this soft sword is very suitable for the master of the inner family. After visiting famous mountains and historic sites, the Sword of Love also became famous.
However, when he was crossing the Qingjiang River by boat, an enemy was ambushed and killed. Although he killed the enemy, his right arm was severely injured, and his sword fell into the river, and he was nowhere to be seen.
That was two hundred years ago.
There are many missing weapons in the rivers and lakes, many of them have only one name, and no one knows what they look like.
The so-called "yellow sand buried red bones, Qingjiang buried heartfelt love", this sentence is not only about the whereabouts of the two famous blades, but also a sentimental and self-deprecating words that Jianghu people like to use.
Could it be that the sword was—
Mo Li looked up and saw that Meng Qi was waiting for him in front.
"Where did your sword come from?" Mo Li asked slowly.
Meng Qi's spirit was lifted, as if there was a kind of joy that he finally asked about the point.
"It's a coincidence that when the Chen Dynasty was overthrown, the prince of the Chen Dynasty took the jade seal and escaped from Beijing. It's not a big deal. No one knows if the jade seal is lost and engraved, but in order to prevent the descendants of the Chen Dynasty in the future. Rebelled, and even brought Yuxi to talk about things, so I went after him. Oh, it just so happens that I have nothing to do."
At first, Li Yuanze felt that Meng Qi was at ease, and he believed that Meng Qi would not detain the jade seal.
In addition, the army had just entered the capital, and everything was waiting to be rebuilt. The courtiers were all busy, and only Meng Qi was idle.
"At that time, I was not a national teacher, because the history books contained it, and there was a dynasty like this. The jade seal was taken away, and the emperor sent someone to pursue it. The investigation lasted for seven years, and I almost became a full-time general to pursue the seal. I think this matter must not be dragged down, and everything must be resolved quickly." Meng Qi touched his chin and sighed, "The result may be that I was pushing too hard, then Prince Chen Chao thought that I was going to kill everything, and threw the jade seal in his arms. Jiang killed himself."
"Which river?"
"What else could it be, of course it's Qingjiang, the one closest to Taijing."
Meng Qi hinted at it, then turned the topic back as if nothing had happened, and continued, "The Qingjiang River is not wide, but when the flood season comes, the water is rushing, and it is summer again. What about Jin Chan's escape? And I brought so many people with me, so I had no choice but to fish it out. If I didn't catch the news, I'm afraid that countless people would go to the river to fish it out, just to find the jade seal, and then go to the imperial court to collect the bounty. At that time, the imperial court could If I’m poor, I can’t pay this bounty, otherwise they can scold me for three years, and when it comes to quarreling, I’m the bottom of the fourteen people, hey. Fortunately, my martial arts were good at the time, so I wasn’t afraid of being beaten.”
Ink carp: "… "
No, that's not what the book says.
"But isn't the Chuan Guo Yuxi handed down from the Qin Dynasty?"
"Fake, after so many coups and dynasties, how could it have been that jade seal? It's just that the people of the Chen Dynasty were superstitious. Maybe their jade seal was stolen from the previous dynasty. I believe it was destiny."
Meng Qi snorted and said again, "And the emperor has many seals, only that one will be engraved with "Ordered by the sky, longevity and prosperous", generally only important events will use this seal, and it is not necessary to issue an imperial decree at all. , are hidden and kept. If it is stolen, it is estimated that it will not be discovered for a while. It is just a handed down jade seal, how can it really represent the destiny?"
It is said that after the Prince of Chen Chao threw himself into the river, Meng Qi said nothing and ordered his men to go fishing.
His subordinates happened to be from the scout battalion, or the most special group. They could climb over the city wall and dig traps to attack the enemy camp at night. Half of them were proficient in water, and they could scuttle enemy ships during water battles.
The water receptacles are all ready-made, and there is no shortage of airbags made of leather, which can be directly launched into the water.
The Qingjiang River is not clear at all. In ancient times, green was a slightly turbid color, and the water flow was very fast.
Even if it was launched in time, it took a full three days to fish.
"The corpse was easy to fish, but the jade seal sank into the sand at the bottom of the river, so I rummaged around in that area, and I also went into the water, but the jade seal was not found, but the sword was found." Meng Qi Pai He patted his waist and said with a smile, "I don't know when it sank into the river. It's been a long time without much rust. It is indeed a rare and famous sword. I will bring it back to Taijing, please make a sword. The teacher carefully polished it to remove the surface dirt, and this sword was seen again. Although it is not as sharp as the ordinary famous swords, I like it very much."
Mo Li was amused because he found that Meng Qi deliberately emphasized the word "famous sword".
His face was calm, as if he didn't have much interest, Meng Qi had to make persistent efforts.
"Such a good sword, its previous owner and forge should not be an unknown person."
"Um."
"… "
only one eh
Meng Qi couldn't believe it, Doctor Mo didn't know about the famous sentence of Qingjiang's funeral. Qin Lu never mentioned it to Mo Li? He has already revealed so many clues, and Mo Li has not been able to guess the name of this sword
"That's right." Mo Li suddenly frowned.
Meng Qi was refreshed and looked at Mo Li expectantly. Of course, his performance was not obvious, but his eyes suddenly became bright.
"Didn't you say Yuxi? Did you find it later?" Mo Li asked seriously.
"… "
If Meng Qi is a gerbil now, it is estimated that the hair will explode.
After the bombing, you may droop your head and hang your head down.
—Why is it so difficult to get the doctor to notice that sword
"My subordinates caught it. I brought it back to Taijing and gave it to Li Yuanze. Now Qi Chao should still use that jade seal." Meng Qi's expression was solemn, and his robes fluttered in the wind, showing an extraordinary bearing.
However, Mo Li has seen through his essence.
"Let me see your stalk another day... Sincerely."
After the ink carp finished speaking, he sped up and ran away with a light effort.
Meng Qi froze in place, and it took a long while to think about it.
Is he being tricked by the doctor
The author has something to say:
Gerbil: You are such a doctor
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Comets are divided into those that return periodically, and those that pass by and never look back (hey). Ancient times couldn't tell the difference between the two.
But solar eclipses and lunar eclipses were really predictable in ancient times. Although the ancients were still superstitious about beating gongs and drums, it did not mean that state agencies could not predict them. Some people could even predict them themselves. Some local officials in historical records did this. .
In the Han Dynasty, it was recorded that the eclipse of the sun and the moon had nothing to do with politics. An accurate prediction should be made in the Southern and Northern Dynasties and later years, because astronomer Zu Chongzhi discovered the movement law of the intersection of the ecliptic and the white road, 1,500 years ago.
So how accurate is the prediction, the Tang Dynasty has a good example.
Li Chunfeng said to the emperor, the calendar is not accurate, we have to replace it with a new one, such as this solar eclipse, I think there will be a solar eclipse at a certain time on a certain day, but according to the old calendar, there will be no solar eclipse on this day. When there was a solar eclipse that day, SO changed the calendar, called "Linde Calendar".
In some novels, the protagonist of Time Travel knows that there will be a solar eclipse that day because he is familiar with historical books, so he issues a warning in advance, and it does come true. Because even if everyone doesn't figure it out, it can only prove that the calendar is going to be updated →_→ will not be regarded as a god, but will only chase the protagonist for a new one.
The earliest record of a solar eclipse is on an oracle bone inscription.
Because there is something about solar eclipses in the Book of Songs, SO in ancient times, as long as people with ink in their stomachs, they were basically not afraid of the sun disappearing and never coming out... Moreover, solar eclipses happen very frequently, but total solar eclipses are rare, absolutely not Maybe I have never encountered a solar eclipse in my life. It is the same for which emperor is on the throne.
These things are mostly "ominous"
Happened too many times, ominous. It happened on a bad, ominous day. It happened on a very good, ominous day. Accidentally saw it, ominous. In short, it is ominous, the black pot can be deducted from the ominous, and the ominous can also be used by scolding the emperor.
The so-called ominous, it is no different from the Mercury retrograde we said, bad luck is all because of Mercury retrograde! [Whisper, in fact, Mercury is never retrograde.]
Mercury: Great injustice!
[The so-called retrograde is because of poor vision]
[Even with poor vision, many planets are retrograde, not just Mercury]
Mercury: Really big injustice! ! I'm going my own way, even if you see it wrong, but you don't talk about the stars of Venus and Jupiter, you insist on grabbing me, criticizing me for not walking well, where are you going to reason? cry dizzy