The twenty-eight characters that Chen Changsheng saw on the stone tablet together form a poem.
"A river of smoky water illuminates the clear haze, houses on both sides of the bank are connected with painted eaves, the light lotus bushes have a period of autumn light, and the fragrant wind blows ten miles of bead curtains."
This poem was written two thousand years ago when the master of Taoism entered the Mausoleum of Heavenly Books to view the stele. The name of the first Tianshu stele in the Tianshu Mausoleum is Zhaoqing, which is also where it comes from.
The method Chen Changsheng used to interpret the stele was to take fragments of the inscription and form its own meaning.
This method of interpreting monuments is actually very simple and primitive.
Countless years ago, the Heavenly Book fell on the mainland, and the ancestors who were still ignorant finally overcame their timidity and cautiously came to this stele.
The ancestor who was the first to understand this stele used a similar method, except that what he saw might be a simple picture. That picture can be a cow, a sheep, or a dragon. Then, someone saw more complicated pictures on the Tianshu tablet, with numbers and more information, so there were words.
This method is also the cleanest as there are no extra distractions attached to it.
At the very beginning, the ancestors definitely didn't think that there were any mysteries hidden on these strange stones that needed to be solved, and they wouldn't think that there was any real essence flowing in those lines.
Just like what he discussed with Gou Hanshi before.
The master of Taoism two thousand years ago saw a poem on this stele of heavenly scriptures, and he thought that poem was a title. In the countless years that followed, countless ascetics tried to find the real answer from that poem, but they found nothing.
Chen Changsheng also saw this poem today, but it doesn't mean that he used the exact same method of deciphering the stele as the peerless powerhouse two thousand years ago. Because he didn't think that poem was the title, he thought that was what the Tianshubei wanted to say.
The sky is dark and dark, the lines are visible or hidden, and the extremely complicated lines can reveal countless characters.
These words can be combined into countless possibilities, which can be a poem or a great fu.
The stele is speechless and self-contained.
He sat in front of this stele for more than 20 days, and he didn't know how many words he read. Now he can find countless poems and songs from those lines at any time that already exist in the world. But he clearly realized that those poems and songs were originally in the inscriptions on the Tianshu stele.
Monument viewers only need to find, see and understand, without any other superfluous thoughts.
There are thousands of methods of interpreting inscriptions in the world, whether they take meaning, form or momentum, they are all deciphering, learning and imitating the information of inscriptions.
But the Tianshu Monument has never been waiting for anyone to decipher, learn, or imitate.
Tianshubei has been waiting for someone to understand him.
Chen Changsheng tried to prove this point, and finally Tianshuling proved his understanding was correct.
So, he untied his first Tianshu tablet, and then saw the second Tianshu tablet.
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In the depths of the lush forest, there is a stele in the hut, and beside the stele is also engraved a poem, which was inscribed by a certain university scholar, and the poem's name is Guan Yunshi.
The second Tianshu Stele is the Guanyun Stele.
There were more than 20 people sitting around the stele hut. Those people looked at a flat and wide stone tablet under the hut. Some of them frowned and thought hard, and some of them murmured to themselves.
Chen Changsheng walked to the hut and saw some familiar faces in the crowd.
The young junior sister from the Holy Maiden Peak named Ye Xiaolian looked up when she heard the footsteps, and was stunned when she saw that it was him.
Some people also noticed Chen Changsheng's arrival and were as stunned as she was. Over the past few days, people viewing the stele in Tianshu Mausoleum have long been used to seeing Chen Changsheng outside the Zhaoqing Stele, but today they suddenly saw him appearing in front of the Guanyun Stele, and they couldn't react for a while.
The next moment, everyone realized that Chen Changsheng had finally unlocked the first Tianshu tablet.
The crowd outside the stele hut was slightly agitated, and then there were some mocking comments.
"It is only now that the first monument has been unlocked. What is there to be proud of?"
"That's right. I always thought that my aptitude for comprehending the scriptures was not good, but now it seems that I'm at least better than someone."
Chen Changsheng was not complacent. It's just that his appearance brought an inexplicable pressure to the people outside the stele hut. It's like a student who had always had excellent grades suddenly fell to the bottom of a certain subject. Those students in the latter half of the class gloated for several days, and suddenly found that the student was slowly catching up. , how can you not be nervous
Especially thinking about the ridicule of him a few days ago, some people inevitably panicked.
In order to resolve this pressure and erase the flustered emotions, then, of course, more excessive ridicule appeared.
Chen Changsheng ignored these arguments, and continued to walk forward, walked into the stele, came to the stele of Guanyun, and raised his right hand.
There was an exclamation outside the stele hut.
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Chen Changsheng untied the Zhaoqing Monument, and the news spread like the wind from the Tianshu Mausoleum, into various mansions in the capital, and into the Imperial Palace and Li Palace.
Hearing this news, some people finally breathed a sigh of relief, such as the bishop Mei Lisha, the joyful laughter of King Chen Liu resounded in the county palace, and Mo Yu was dipping in the cinnabar with a pen in his hand. Hearing the report from his subordinates, he was slightly stunned, and then mocked Said: "At this time, the first monument is unlocked, what future can there be?"
Several students of Tiandao Academy gathered for a banquet in the restaurant. When the wine was full, it was inevitable that they would talk about the tomb of Tianshu and Jiebei. They were laughing at Chen Changsheng and the Orthodox Academy. When they received this news, the banquet was suddenly quiet. The student laughed and said: "At this speed, whether Chen Changsheng can understand the second Tianshu tablet this year is still a question. Brother Zhuang has already arrived in front of the third tablet the day before yesterday. How can we compare?"
Another student sighed and said, "Gou Hanshi is still terrible, can he be ranked in the top three in ten years?"
When the previous student heard Gou Hanshi's name, he said after a moment of silence: "If he can maintain the current speed of unraveling the stele, I'm afraid he will be ranked in the century list."
At this moment, a student from the Tiandao Academy hurried upstairs, sweating all over his face, his panic expression trembling, and he said in a trembling voice: "Chen Changsheng... just untied the second monument."
The students of Tiandao Academy were shocked when they heard the words, they stood up hastily and knocked over several dishes of wine and food on the table.
They looked at the classmate and asked repeatedly in disbelief.
"What!"
"How can this be!"
"Didn't he just untie the first stele, how could he untie the second one right away?"
No one answered their questions.
The restaurant suddenly became dead silent.
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There are seventeen steles in front of Tianshu Mausoleum, and the third one is named Zhegui. Compared with the Guanyun Stele, there are much fewer people around the stele hut here. Apart from a few stele viewers from previous years, the only ones who have participated in this year's imperial examination are the senior sister from Shengnvfeng, a person from Zhaixing Academy, Zhong Hui and Zhuang Huanyu, and the four guys in the thatched cottage. You must know that the Tianshu stele is more difficult to decipher as it goes to the back. They have only been in the mausoleum for more than 20 days, and they have come to the third stele, which can be said to be very remarkable.
Seeing Chen Changsheng's appearance, people were shocked, because in the early morning, they were still looking at him outside the first stele. Doesn't this mean that it only took him half a day to unlock two steles in a row? Tang Thirty-Six directly bounced off the ground, walked up to him and widened his eyes and said, "I said, what did you do?"
He looked a little sinister, but actually he looked at Chen Changsheng with surprise in his eyes.
Chen Changsheng didn't know how to explain.
Zhe Xiu's face was still indifferent, but his eyes became faintly hot, and he asked: "There must be a reason."
Chen Changsheng thought for a while and said, "The book of heaven should be a book first."
Hearing these words, some people outside the stele hut were thoughtful, while Zhuang Huanyu snorted coldly.
Chen Changsheng said to Tang Thirty-Six: "I'm going first."
"Are you going back now? That's right, take a good rest."
Tang Thirty-Six subconsciously said that, in his mind, it took Chen Changsheng half a day to untie the two steles of the heavenly scriptures, which must have exhausted his mind and mind, and he really should go back to the hut to rest and calm his mind.
Chen Changsheng was startled, pointed to the stele and said, "I mean go there."
Tang Thirty-Six was stunned, staring blankly at him as he walked up to the stone tablet, stretched out his hand and dropped it.
Looking at this scene, Zhuang Huanyu's expression changed suddenly.
Zhong Hui, who had been sitting silently by the side of the hut, turned extremely pale.
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The fourth Tianshu stele is called Yinjiang Stele. This stele happens to be on the edge of a cliff, and the terrain is somewhat dangerous.
There are quite a few people in front of this stele hut. Those who entered the top three in the Dachao Examination last year, entered the Tianshu Mausoleum to view the stele, and have not left since then are basically here.
Qijian sat on the outermost side of the stele hut, his thin body was blown by the wind on the edge of the cliff, always giving people a feeling of crumbling.
Chen Changsheng was a little surprised that this junior brother of the Lishan Sword Sect was faster than Guan Feibai and Liang Banhu in unscrambling the stele.
Of course, the people in Qijian and Changjian were even more surprised.
Seeing him walk up to Qi Jian and sit down beside him, people were shocked.
Compared with the first three Heavenly Book Steles, the inscription on the Yinjiang Stele has become a little simpler. More precisely, the lines on the stele are still complicated, but there seems to be some kind of pattern. Regularity is not necessarily a good thing for the observers, because the mind is easily disturbed or restrained.
After Chen Changsheng spoke a few words with Qijian, he turned his gaze to the stele and began to observe it seriously.
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"How many days did it take you and me to reach the Yinjiang Monument?"
In the empty hall of Li Palace, the voice of the Archbishop of the Holy Church echoed. He looked at the dozens of statues of former sages with a dazed expression, and some shock remained in his eyes.
Also one of the six giants of the state religion, the other archbishop of the Holy Church did not answer this question. After a moment of silence, he said: "Although the front mausoleum is easy to decipher, this is too fast."
Or in the eyes of some people, it took Chen Changsheng more than 20 days to reach the fourth heavenly book tablet, but such big figures of the state religion like them naturally knew that it shouldn't be counted like this. It only took Chen Changsheng half a day from the beginning of the monument to the present, so half a day.
"Practice for a year to open the secluded world, watch the stele and see Yinjiang for half a day... You are worthy of the child that the Pope values."
Conversations like this happened all over the capital, so the shock brought by Chen Changsheng could be resolved in this way.
When the news came that Chen Changsheng no longer passed the monument directly, but sat down in front of the monument, many people heaved a sigh of relief at the same time. Those people were not hostile to Chen Changsheng, such as King Chen Liu and Priest Xin, but they felt that all this was too unreal. At this moment, Chen Changsheng stopped moving forward, which made them feel that what happened today had a sense of reality. . Gou Hanshi's performance in Tianshu Mausoleum these days has already shocked the entire capital, and Chen Changsheng's performance today is even more jaw-dropping. If he continues, who can stand it
However, as it is often said, reality is often more incredible than imagination. It didn't take long for everyone in Kyoto to know the news.
Chen Changsheng stood up from the edge of the cliff.
Chen Changsheng walked into the stele hut.
Chen Changsheng untied the river diversion tablet.
Immediately afterwards, Chen Changsheng untied the fifth stele of the heavenly script—the Stele of Chicken Language.
Chen Changsheng arrived in front of the sixth Heavenly Book Stele.
This monument is called Dongting Monument.
Last year's first place in the Great Court Examination, Liang Xiaoxiao, the Three Laws of the Kingdom of God, has been trying to unlock this monument for several months.
When he saw Chen Changsheng's figure, his cold and proud expression disappeared without a trace, leaving only shock and strong puzzlement.
Chen Changsheng nodded his respects to him, but did not stop at his feet.
Gou Hanshi was the only one in front of the seventh Tianshu tablet.
He was looking at the distant mountains, and when he heard footsteps, he turned around and realized that it was Chen Changsheng who had arrived, and he couldn't help raising his eyebrows slightly.
Chen Changsheng walked to Gou Hanshi's side.
After a moment of silence, Gou Hanshi said, "It's amazing."
Chen Changsheng didn't know what to say, so he didn't say anything.
Looking at him, Gou Hanshi gradually became emotional, and said: "For the first time, I feel that you may become the opponent of senior brother."
His senior brother was Lord Qiu Shan, even up to this moment, he still only thought that Chen Changsheng had such a possibility.
Chen Changsheng was silent for a moment, and said, "There is still a problem with the method of interpreting the monument, but there is not enough time, so we can only walk around and have a look."
Gou Hanshi sighed, "Let's take a look first? If you let others hear these four words, what emotions can you have besides shame?"
Chen Changsheng glanced at the stele and said, "I'm going to leave."
Gou Hanshi did not misunderstand like Tang Thirty-Six, looked at him and said, "It seems that you have decided to go to Zhou Garden."
Chen Changsheng thought for a while and said, "Let's go and have a look."
Still these four words.
For many stele watchers, it is as difficult as reaching the sky if they want to take a step forward.
To him today, it seemed like he was just walking around casually.
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There are two people in front of the eighth Tianshu tablet.
He has met these two people. A few days ago, these two people went to Zhaoqing Monument to see him and said something.
That night, Tang Thirty-Six told him the names and origins of these two people.
Seeing Chen Changsheng, those two people were shocked as if they had seen a demon king.
Chen Changsheng walked towards the stele, and suddenly stopped, turned to look at them and asked, "Are you Guo En and Mu Nu?"
That day in front of the stele, they once asked him: "Are you Chen Changsheng?"
After all, Chen Changsheng was not a girl selling steamed buns, but a young man in his prime, how could he have no temper at all.
So before leaving, he also asked a word.
In the breeze around the stele hut, Guo En and Mu Nu's faces were extremely red, and they were full of hot flashes.
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When I came to the eleventh Tianshu stele, it was finally quiet. There was a clear stream not far outside the hut, and the murmur of the water was very pleasant.
With Chen Changsheng's cultivation level, he didn't know that several stele attendants of the Heavenly Book were watching him from a distance.
Ji Jin's complexion was extremely ugly. In order to help Zhong Hui break through the situation and unravel the monument that night, he suffered a great deal of wear and tear, and it was difficult to recover.
Nian Guang watched Chen Changsheng walking towards the stream, silent, with extremely complicated emotions.
The national religion ordered him to take care of Chen Changsheng in the Mausoleum of Books of Heaven, but he didn't do anything, because no matter before or today, there was nothing he needed to do.
Many years ago, he was a key student of the Zongsi Institute, but he was oppressed by the geniuses in the Orthodox Academy and struggled to breathe. In the end, all thoughts were lost, so he decided to enter the Mausoleum of Heavenly Books as a stele servant. He naturally thought of those old people from the Orthodox Academy. Logically speaking, he should be a little annoyed, but for some reason, he was actually a little relieved. Just like more than ten years ago, he didn't feel happy when he knew that those geniuses who could not breathe in the Orthodox Academy were all killed, but a little sad.
A stele attendant said: "He is the fastest in ten years, even faster than Wang Po and Xiao Zhang back then."
After a moment of silence, Nian Guang said, "It's not all fast, but much faster, so fast that it shocks the world."
Chen Changsheng walked to the bank of the stream, washed his face, felt refreshed, and then continued to interpret the stele.
Watching the breeze in Beilu come back, the stele servants were silent.
Naturally, there are still many people in Tianshu Mausoleum who have gone further than Chen Changsheng. Not to mention those who watched the stele like Xun Mei, it is rumored that there are monks who have been watching the stele for hundreds of years in the Seventh Mausoleum.
But... Chen Changsheng only took one day.
Ji Jin recalled that when he came to the eleventh stele, it took him seven years, and he couldn't help being a little dazed for a while, and he had unprecedented doubts about his cultivation career, and his spiritual consciousness was turbulent. The injury broke out in secret, holding an old tree beside him, shaking to the point of falling, and crying.
Nian Guang and others didn't notice his strangeness, because they were still immersed in shock.
"If his surname is not Zhou, I really wonder if he is a descendant of that man..."
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The sky was full of sunset, and he finally felt a little tired.
He looked into the distance, only to see the incomparably magnificent Kyoto in the twilight.
He stood quietly for a while, then turned around, and walked into the stele hut against the setting sun.
There are only seventeen steles in total in the front mausoleum of Tianshu Mausoleum, and this is the last one.
There used to be Zhou Dufu, and now there is Chen Changsheng.
See all the tombstones in one day.
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