At this time, Lao Liu was tied to a tree branch by Wu Hua Da, and a section of his broken leg had grown, which confirmed his undead identity.
It has to be said that this race is really defiant. As long as it is not completely destroyed, it can heal quickly.
Mu Yu and others were also gathered together, discussing something.
At this time, Mu Yu had already told everyone some of the information he knew, and everyone was shocked by the existence of this race.
"Instructor, are you saying that this story of Peach Blossom Spring is all true?"
Mu Yu nodded and said, "If this guy's identity can be confirmed, I think this is true."
"Isn't this too incredible?"
Mu Yu touched his chin and said, "Actually, I have some ideas. You should still remember the original text of Peach Blossom Spring, right?"
"Of course I remember!" Mi Yang raised his head proudly and muttered: "In the Taiyuan Dynasty of Jin Dynasty, the people of Wuling were fishing. They walked along the stream and forgot how far the road was. Suddenly they came across a peach blossom forest, hundreds of steps along the bank, and there was no miscellaneous The trees, the fragrant grass are delicious, and the fallen flowers are colorful. The fishermen are very different. If you go forward again, you want to exhaust the forest.
When the forest reaches the water source, there is a mountain with a small mouth, as if there is light. Then he left the boat and entered through the mouth. At first he was extremely narrow, but only then did he understand people. After walking dozens of steps, I suddenly became enlightened. The land is flat and vast, with well-groomed houses, fertile fields, beautiful ponds, mulberry trees, and bamboos. There is traffic on the streets, and chickens and dogs hear each other. Among them, the men and women are dressed like outsiders. His yellow hair hangs down, and he is contented with himself.
When he saw the fisherman, he was shocked and asked where he had come from. Have an answer. Then he returned home, where he set up wine and killed chickens for food. Hearing about this person in the village, Xian came to inquire. Ziyun's ancestors fled the chaos of the Qin Dynasty and led his wife's people to this desperate situation. He never came back and was separated from outsiders. When I ask what era this is, I don’t know whether there was the Han Dynasty or the Wei and Jin Dynasties. What this person said one by one made everyone sigh. The rest of the people went to their homes again, where they all had wine and food. Stop for a few days and resign. One of the sayings goes: "It's not enough for outsiders to understand."
After getting out and getting the boat, he helped him to the road and looked for it everywhere. When he went to the county, he went to the prefect and said so. The prefect immediately sent people to follow him in search of his desired direction, but he became lost and could no longer find his way.
Liu Ziji from Nanyang, a noble scholar, heard about it and went there happily. To no avail, those who seek illness end up with no further care. "
This long list left Mu Yu speechless. He just asked you if you remember it, and I didn’t ask you to recite it!
"Nice job." Mu Yu praised him, and then began to talk about his thoughts.
People have always longed for the paradise in Tao Yuanming's "Peach Blossom Spring". But after reading it carefully, this so-called paradise does not seem so wonderful and magical, and even a little scary when you think about it.
At the beginning of the article, it tells the story of a fisherman who accidentally entered the Peach Blossom Spring. In the Peach Blossom Spring, the flowers are red and the willows are green, and people live and work in peace and contentment, which is completely different from real life. Although everyone knows that the article is fictional and there is no such perfect and happy life, they still can't help but be fascinated by it.
Let’s first look at how the Peach Blossom Spring was invented. The first point is that the entrance to the Peach Blossom Spring is very narrow, allowing only one person to pass through. After entering, it suddenly becomes clear. In ancient times, people would not lay out their residences like this, because it was obviously a tomb-style layout.
Secondly, there are peach blossoms all over the entrance of Peach Blossom Spring. Peach blossoms are very beautiful. Today we also like to watch peach blossoms, but in ancient times, peach trees had the meaning of warding off evil spirits. Moreover, peach blossoms mostly bloom in March and April, which is the Qingming Festival. The article only mentions that there is a peach forest at the entrance, but there is no description of peach blossoms after entering Peach Garden. It seems that the entrance to Peach Blossom Spring is the boundary between Yin and Yang.
There is also the fact that in the Peach Blossom Spring, "the land is flat and the houses are neatly arranged." If the Peach Blossom Spring is in a mountain forest, or built against a mountain, it is impossible for the land to be wide and the houses to be neat. So there is a possibility that the author uses "house" as a metaphor for a tombstone. Because the tombstones in the cemetery are arranged neatly and orderly, some people who pay attention to Feng Shui in a good environment will even sit near mountains and rivers.
The last point is that the people in the Peach Blossom Spring dress the same as the people in the world, but they "asked what time it is today, but they don't know the Han Dynasty, regardless of the Wei and Jin Dynasties." How can a group of people who are isolated from the world, not only what year it is today, wear Dressed in court clothes? And they told the fishermen that the reason why they lived in the Peach Blossom Spring was because their "ancestors" avoided the chaos of the Qin Dynasty. The so-called ancestors are probably "ancestors".
After hearing Mu Yu's explanation, everyone was really excited. Can anyone think of this?
But it makes sense.
Who did not yearn for such a place when they were students, a paradise of happiness isolated from the world, as the article said, with yellow hair hanging down and contentment.
As for the origins of these people in the book, the explanation given in the text is that they fled the chaos of the Qin Dynasty in their ancestors and led their wives to come to this desperate situation. They never came back and were separated from outsiders. The strange thing is, since we haven't gone out, why have the changes in society over the past thousands of years made the people here dress like outsiders?
After the fishermen left the Peach Blossom Spring, they searched again but could not find it, as if they had disappeared from the world. In the end, someone wanted to look for it again, but ended up dying because of it. It's terrifying to think about it. Is Peach Blossom Spring really as beautiful as the article says? Does Liu Ziji's death have anything to do with Peach Blossom Spring?
What if you think in another direction? Ghosts and gods said.
First of all, the explanation given in the article is that the way the fisherman entered the Peach Blossom Spring was through a long and narrow tunnel, which gradually opened up after walking for a while.
Therefore, the article clearly tells readers that this place is first of all a cave. Peach Blossom Spring connects to the outside world through this cave, and in ancient times, the passages connecting the outside world were most often used as tomb passages.
Following this line of thought, wouldn't all the people and things recorded in Peach Blossom Spring become fairy tales? Don't rush to refute them, and listen to the story slowly.
Going back to the doubtful points at the beginning of the article, why do the people here not come back since they moved here in the pre-Qin era, but the men and women dress like outsiders. According to the previous sacrificial customs, the clothes must be burned first to offer sacrifices to the ancestors. This can explain why the clothes of the people here are exactly the same as those in the outside world.
There is a description in the article that wine and food are all related. If we follow this line, then the appearance of wine and food seems reasonable, because sacrifices must include wine and meat. In addition, people at that time did not plant peach trees and mulberry trees in front of their doors. Instead, they planted them in front of the cemetery.
Thinking of this, will everyone suddenly feel nervous? Don't worry, according to this idea, the death of Nanyang Liu Ziji can be explained. The cemetery is a dirty place. It is inevitable that you will contract some diseases after visiting it. Coupled with the poor sanitary conditions in ancient times, this can also lead to eventual death.
It stands to reason that since Peach Blossom Spring is like this, there should be more and more visitors looking for it, but since Liu Ziji, no one has come there, and the reason seems so strange.
First of all, in ancient times, the meaning of peach trees was to ward off evil spirits. At many Taoist priests' spellcasting sites in ancient times, they would use some peach wood charms to trap or drive away ghosts.
In addition, in the poem "Always replace old talisman with new peach", we can also see that during the Chinese New Year period, people also choose peach wood to avoid disasters.
The peach trees may be used to ward off evil spirits, and the vast groves of peach trees may be used to separate the human world from the underworld, or to trap some ghosts. In this way, the existence of peach trees is very out of place.
Secondly, the poet described that what the fishermen saw here were patches of peach blossom forests, which also makes people feel very doubtful. In ancient times, it would be reasonable to occasionally see one or two peach trees.
But if there are acres and acres of peach blossom forests standing densely together without a single weed or a stray tree in the middle, it would be unjustifiable if no one takes professional care of them.
Finally, what is confusing is that in order to describe the beauty of the peach blossom forest, Tao Yuanming used the phrase "falling flowers are colorful".
In that season, the flying petals of peach blossoms were not particularly realistic. The colorful scene of fallen flowers reminded us of the scene of burning paper for the dead around the Qingming Festival, which made it seem more real.
Although it is said to be romantic, it actually also contains a lot of secrets, so it is not difficult for us to speculate that this Wuling native did not necessarily come to the Peach Blossom Spring by chance.
It is possible that he suffered some injury during fishing and died, so he was destined to come to this mysterious peach blossom land, and what he saw here were not people, but some ghosts from the pre-Qin immigrants. .
The second point that makes people feel out of place is that he described some scenes that the villagers saw after entering the village. "The land is flat and vast, with well-groomed houses. There are fertile fields, beautiful ponds, mulberry trees, and bamboos. There is traffic on every street, and chickens and dogs hear each other."
From this description, we can see that this Peach Blossom Spring is not only very beautiful in appearance, but after entering, the small village they built is still very neat and beautiful.
However, such a statement cannot withstand scrutiny at all. In fact, anyone who has entered a village knows that although the houses in the village are generally planned, they are not neat and tidy.
Because ordinary villages do not plan the specific size of the houses, nor are they arranged neatly, all that reminds us are the tombstones.
In addition, the houses described are neat, and the roads between the houses are also quite developed. Here, Qianmo is used to describe the paths. In fact, Tao Yuanming also made a hint here.
Qianmo originally meant the ancient way to describe the path between tombs. Logically speaking, although the people who wrote about the Peach Blossom Spring may have lived a very happy life here, the ancient farming civilization must have been limited.
And no matter which house he came to, he would be entertained sumptuously, and the host would bring out sumptuous food. This made people think that it might be a sacrifice from them, or that the fisherman might have arrived in the underworld.
And later, why did the people from Wuling successfully return and were told by the people in Taohuayuan not to tell anyone else?
Maybe it was because he had an accident and came here to the underworld, but his life span was not over yet. So he just wandered around the underworld and was sent back. But thinking about it this way is really scary.
"How about we interrogate this person? After all, he is the person involved."
As soon as these words came out, everyone turned their attention to the man hanging high on the branch.
