Suddenly, Fang Xiaoru's eyes suddenly turned to the rows of statues on the high platform. The facial features of the statue were exactly the same as those of the Yin Di'an people, and Han Du didn't think much about it. Since these statues were placed on high platforms by the Yin Di'an people, they were probably prestigious ancestors of their tribe, so it is only natural that they should look the same.
What caught Han Du's attention was the various lines of different lengths engraved on the base of the statue. These lines eventually formed patterns that looked very familiar to Fang Xiaoru.
"This is..." Fang Xiaoru could not hide his shock. However, this was an important moment for the Yin Di'an people to perform sacrifices. Fang Xiaoru could not rush up to take a closer look, so he could only suppress his curiosity. Following the chief's actions, he only hoped that the sacrifice would be completed soon.
Han Dufang and Xiaoru walked side by side, and he could clearly see the change in Fang Xiaoru's face. However, since Fang Xiaoru didn't say anything, he had no choice but to suppress his curiosity and prepare to ask Fang Xiaoru again.
The chief expressed great satisfaction that Han Du could participate in their sacrifice. The more primitive society is, it worships the strong and respects the weak. A powerful person like Han Du was something the chief could not invite in the past.
With excitement, Han Du and Fang Xiaoru completed the sacrifice according to tribal customs. All the Yin Di'an people kneeling under the high platform raised their hands and cheered.
Fang Xiaoru stood up with the help of the chief, and turned a deaf ear to the chief who stretched out his hand to indicate that he could go down. Fang Xiaoru looked up directly at the base of the statue on the high platform and pointed towards the statue.
The chief thought that Fang Xiaoru was asking him about the identity of the statue, and he explained to Fang Xiaoru excitedly.
Through the chief's gestures, Han Du could roughly know that these statues were all important figures among their ancestors.
However, Fang Xiaoru's purpose was obviously not to hear the chief boast about his ancestors' achievements. He shook his head, pointed towards the statue again, and raised his steps as if he wanted to go forward.
The chief's expression suddenly changed, and he opened his hands to block Fang Xiaoru. He was still yelling and scolding, obviously trying to get Fang Xiaoru to go up.
Seeing Fang Xiaoru's persistence, Han Du quickly asked: "What did you find? Do you want to go up?"
Fang Xiaoru nodded and said, "Yes, but it's a bit far away here, so I can't see clearly. Whether it's what I think of, I still need to go and see it in person to know."
Han Du glanced at the chief, then looked back at Fang Xiaoru, and asked again: "Is it very important?"
"Very important!" Fang Xiaoru's expression showed a rare solemn expression.
That being the case, what else is there to say? Han Du has always helped his relatives but not his parents. Putting his right hand on his waist, he opened the leather case with flexible fingers and suddenly pulled out the revolver. He stepped forward directly, threatened the chief, and pulled him aside.
Then, he tilted his head and motioned towards Fang Xiaoru towards the steps where no one was blocking him anymore.
The chief naturally remembered the magic weapon in Han Du's hands. In his mind, it was a powerful weapon for the Sun God's guards. Faced with Han Du's threat, he naturally did not dare to make any move.
However, he kept saying something.
Although Han Du couldn't understand it, he could easily guess that he was talking about his ungratefulness and ambition.
This sudden change made the Yin Di'an people below suddenly become restless. When someone saw the chief being kidnapped by Han Du, they rushed to the high platform to fight Han Du.
Having experienced a sacrifice being robbed once, they were too sensitive to such a move, thinking that Han Du also wanted to rob their sacrifice.
Fortunately, the chief's son still had a good impression of Han Du and quickly stood up to stop everyone. With the comfort of the chief's son, everyone stepped forward to fight Han Du without impulsiveness.
The chief's son stepped forward, came to Han Du, and communicated with Han Du with gestures and gestures, which meant that he wanted Han Du to let his father go.
Han Du signaled the father and son to be calm, and raised his hand to point at Fang Xiaoru, who was kneeling on the high platform and carefully looking at the base of the statue.
The chief also discovered at this time that things seemed to be different from what he imagined. The man had no intention of snatching the sacrifice. Instead, he was squatting on the ground, as if reading the words under the statue.
'It's rare that these people can understand those words? 'The chief thought of it in a blissful moment, and his expression quickly became excited. After shouting a few words to the tribesmen on the high platform, the Yin Di'an people below suddenly shouted in surprise. Later, under the leadership of the chief, they knelt down and worshiped the statue on the high platform again.
Uh~ I don’t know whether they were kneeling to the statue or Fang Xiaoru next to the statue.
Han Du saw all this and felt that there was no danger anymore, so he tried to let go of the chief.
The chief glanced at Han Du gratefully, and without saying a word, he quickly walked to the high platform, knelt beside Fang Xiaoru, and kept bowing to him. Pointing to the words on the base, they bowed to Fang Xiaoru again, as if begging Fang Xiaoru to tell them what these words meant.
Han Du also walked up to the high platform and saw the words engraved on the base. Looking at the chief's actions, we still don't understand that these words are probably the words used by the chief's tribe, but for some unknown reason, it is obvious that these words have been lost long ago. Even the people in his own tribe didn't know the meaning of these words. Now that he saw that Fang Xiaoru understood it, he immediately regarded Fang Xiaoru as a sage who solved the confusion. Naturally, he was very respectful to Fang Xiaoru.
Fang Xiaoru's entire mind was attracted by the words on the pedestal. How could he have time to pay attention to the chief?
Han Du saw him kneeling on the ground pitifully, so he stepped forward to stop him. Then he squatted next to Fang Xiaoru and asked, "What are these?"
Fang Xiaoru glanced at Han Du angrily and said disdainfully: "These should be the bells and tripods inscriptions from the Xia and Shang dynasties, which are also bronze inscriptions."
After finishing speaking, he couldn't help but look at Han Du with contempt, "You are also a person who studies poetry and books, but you don't even know about inscriptions. You are uneducated and have no skills."
Han Du suddenly felt a breath in his chest and looked at Fang Xiaoru angrily. However, Han Du couldn't refute what Fang Xiaoru said, so he had to hold back, "Can you change the word? Aren't you tired of always being ignorant and ignorant?"
Fang Xiaoru raised the corners of his eyes proudly. It was obvious that he was in a very happy mood. Even if he talked about Han Du many times, he would not get tired of it.
When the chief saw the two people squatting on the ground and talking constantly, he thought that the two people could really understand these words. Suddenly something occurred to him, and he quickly gave some instructions to his son beside him.
After hearing this, the chief's son suddenly looked shocked. He quickly turned around and walked towards the high platform, not knowing what he was doing.
Han Du carefully looked at the lines on the base and nodded secretly. These things should be just like Fang Xiaoru said. And judging from the uniformity and strict prohibition of these words, it is still a relatively mature style of writing.
"Since you know each other, do you know what it says?"
Fang Xiaoru looked at Han Du with wide eyes and said dissatisfied: "What nonsense are you talking about? The writing here is incomplete, and some of it has been washed away by the rain. How can I know what it is like, you are so clueless?" mean?"
ah? Han Du was immediately disappointed. He had obviously discovered something, but in the end it was of little value. That makes sense, Han Du curled his lips and stood up.
Fang Xiaoru ignored Han Du and continued to squat on the ground, reaching out and touching each handwriting one by one, as if trying to find the meaning that he could decipher.
At this time, the chief's son came back, holding four pieces of jade in his hands and placing them in the chief's hand.
The chief came forward with the jade guide. Perhaps he didn't think Han Du would recognize it, so he went directly to Fang Xiaoru and showed the jade guide in his hand in front of Fang Xiaoru. He also said that these jade statues were left behind by their statue ancestors.
When Fang Xiaoru saw Yu Gui, his face showed an even more shocked look, and he couldn't wait to reach out and pick up Yu Gui.
When Han Du saw it, he quickly stepped forward and saw that the Yugui had the same words as the pedestal. He asked nervously: "What? Do you know what it means?"
"Yeah!" Fang Xiaoru nodded solemnly.
He took out the first piece of jade and pointed at the words on it and said, "What is engraved on it is '厎娀翟翟'". Yuzhai is the eldest daughter of the You'u family and the ancestor of the Yin and Shang Dynasties." Fang Xiaoru didn't expect Han Du either. If you know who Yu Zhai is, you might as well explain it to him directly.
Han Du's eyes were filled with mist after hearing this. What the hell is the You'o family? I have only heard of the Chao family. Or is the ancestor of the Yin Shang Dynasty Yu Zhai? Shouldn't it be the fateful black bird that descends to give birth to Shang?
Bah~ Definitely not, the destiny black bird, this is a myth.
"Are you sure you read it correctly? Ancestors of the Yin and Shang Dynasties? Are there the Wu family and Yu Zhai?" Han Du pointed to the Yin Di'an people below in disbelief, and then pointed to the statue in front of him. At the end, Han Du I don't even know what to say.
I could only hold back a question, "They actually worshiped the ancestors of the Yin and Shang Dynasties. Isn't that..."
Since these people worship the ancestors of the Yin Shang Dynasty as their ancestors, it naturally means that they have a direct relationship with the Yin Shang Dynasty. After all, if we are not from the same blood, who would have no problem worshiping strangers?
But Han Du found it a bit difficult to accept that these people were survivors of the Yin Shang Dynasty. Where is the birthplace of Yin Shang? The Henan area of Ming Dynasty.
And where are you now? On the American continent.
They are tens of thousands of miles apart, and there is a sea between them. What if these people are really survivors of the Yin Shang Dynasty? Then Han Du wants to know, how did they get here?
Fang Xiaoru ignored what Han Du was thinking, took out the second piece of jade, pointed to the text on it and said, "There is also this one, look at it."
Han Du took a look, but still didn't recognize him, so he could only ask helplessly: "What does it say above?"
Fang Xiaoru now had no time to despise Han Du and said directly: "What is engraved on it is, '妣信'. Emperor Gaoxin is the great-grandson of the Yellow Emperor and an ancestor of the Yin and Shang Dynasties."
Even Huang Di came out. Even if Han Du wanted to deny it, he felt that his idea was too pale.
Fang Xiaoru took out the third piece of jade and continued: "The words engraved on it are 'Yasi Duoyue, Chi Youduo, Kui, and Bing', which are sacrifices to Shaohao, You, the ancestor Duohu, the fortune teller and Wang Hai." Waiting for someone.”
Although Han Du had little talent and knowledge in front of Fang Xiaoru, he still knew Chi You, Shaohao, Duo Fu and others. These are the ancestors of Chinese civilization and the true source of China. .
Fang Xiaoru took out the last piece of jade and said, "This is engraved with 'Twelve Displays of Earth', which is the society. The 'Twelve Displays of Earth' is the ancestor worship system of the Yin and Shang Dynasties. Are these people really from the Yin and Shang Dynasties?" ?”
Han Du remained silent, not knowing how to answer Fang Xiaoru's doubts.
When the chief saw that Fang Xiaoru could really understand the words on the jade gui, he danced with joy and knelt down to the statue. He kept mumbling as if he was expressing some excitement to his ancestors.
Then he looked at Fang Xiaoru and kept praying to Fang Xiaoru, as if he wanted Fang Xiaoru to tell them what was written on these jade pendants.
Fang Xiaoru put away Yu Gui, straightened his clothes, and bowed respectfully to the statue.
When Han Du saw it, he sighed helplessly and bowed down. There is no way. If the Chinese ancestors are really enshrined here, then it would be disrespectful for Han Du not to worship them.
Anyway, with Fang Xiaoru's Confucian attainments and caution, the possibility of it happening is very low. It was also Han Du's blessing to be able to worship the ancestors of China in person.
The chief was begging Fang Xiaoru, but he was surprised to find that these two people were solemnly worshiping their ancestors. What was going on?
You must know that worshiping common ancestors can only be done by those who regard each other as one of their own. For tribes, only tribes that recognize each other and merge into the Tao for a reason can worship common ancestors.
The chief has long seen the power of Han Du and others, and he is not qualified to ask Han Du to worship his ancestors. Because he knew that Han Du would definitely look down on them, and saying this would easily arouse the hostility of Han Du and others. Being able to participate in the sacrifice to the Sun God was a great honor for Han Du.
But now, what he never dared to think about has become a reality. This made the chief feel at a loss for a moment.
The Yin Di'an people under the mound and the high platform didn't care so much and cheered quickly. In their opinion, with powerful people like Han Du joining them, they will become more powerful and invincible.
The chief obviously did not think as naively as the tribesmen that Han Du and others would stay in the tribe from now on. However, he was still very happy that Han Du and the two solemnly paid homage to their ancestors.
The chief quickly communicated with Han Du through gestures, trying to figure out why Han Du chose to worship the ancestors of their tribe.
The meaning was too complicated. The two of them gestured for a long time, but they still didn't let the other party understand what they meant. In the end, both of them had no choice but to give up.
Fang Xiaoru frowned when he saw the scene in front of him and made up his mind.
"What? You want to stay?" Han Du excitedly leaned over to Fang Xiaoru, who was sitting on the stone, and looked condescendingly into his eyes.
Fang Xiaoru responded to Han Du with flat eyes and nodded.
"Why?" Han Du subconsciously raised his hand and rubbed his forehead, feeling greatly troubled by Fang Xiaoru's choice. Now it seems that the matter is settled, and the seeds of sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn are also loaded on the ship, waiting to set sail immediately and return to the Ming Dynasty as soon as possible.
Returning to Ming Dynasty one day earlier will save the people of Ming Dynasty from hunger. Such a matter, no matter how important it is, should be done with all efforts. How could there be a fork in the middle?
What's more, Fang Xiaoru actually wants to stay here. How is this allowed? Fang Xiaoru was specially sent by Zhu Biao. Although Han Du didn't know the purpose of Zhu Biao's move, Zhu Biao wouldn't send Fang Xiaoru out for no reason, right?
If he goes back and leaves Fang Xiaoru here, how should he explain to Zhu Biao?
"I want to study these bronze inscriptions here and teach them to read and write." Fang Xiaoru said seriously.
Han Du was stunned for a moment, and said nonono: "I can understand that you want to study bronze inscriptions, but why do you want to teach them to read and write? Can people like them learn Chinese characters?"
Fang Xiaoru frowned in displeasure when he heard this, and retorted: "Ignorant children don't understand anything, and can't they be literate and read and write under the guidance of the teacher? Although they are a little ignorant, that's because It’s because there is no one to teach them. I believe that as long as I teach them, some of them will soon be able to read. Especially the chief’s son, this man is very smart and has a very high understanding. These days, he can read through gestures and The meaning we express is becoming more and more clear. If I teach him to read, I believe he will be able to read and write soon."
Han Du did not take Fang Xiaoru's praise of the chief's son to heart. In his opinion, Fang Xiaoru's mentality was like an addiction to being a teacher. Teach these natives to read and write? No matter how Han Du looked at it, it was all a fantasy.
Fang Xiaoru saw that Han Du was disapproving and said nothing more. He just said to Han Du: "You don't have to worry about me. If you want to go back, just go back. Don't worry, before you go back, I will personally write a letter to His Highness the Crown Prince." Yes, if you take the letter back, His Highness will not blame you."
Han Du suddenly felt angry and funny, and said at a loss: "You want me to leave you here alone and go back alone? Do you think I can do such a thing?"
Fang Xiaoru laughed and said: "Of course you can't do it, then you should stay here and wait for me."
Han Du sighed feebly and said: "You also know that our most important thing now is to bring grain seeds back to the Ming Dynasty. You ask me to wait for you here, is this possible?"
Han Du wanted to explain the urgency of the matter to Fang Xiaoru so that he could give up his current thoughts.
"Why is it impossible?" Fang Xiaoru frowned and said, "Isn't there still food that has not been harvested yet? You just stay here for a month, and after the harvest, you can bring more food back. .”
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