"No matter what Zhao Ming is planning secretly, we must prevent and stop it."
Chen Danqiu said: "The Supervision Department needs to collect as many bronzes as possible from the Yin and Shang Dynasties in various countries, especially those with inscriptions and oracle bone inscriptions. It also needs to find out the alienated objects related to the Yin and Shang bronzes in the Dongjun Tower.
Tantai Siye, please organize the doctors to conduct research to see if we have missed any key information.
Cui Siye, please take a trip to Hedong Road - there are many bronze utensils left by the aristocratic family, and the Academy is willing to buy, rent, and exchange them..."
When the mountain chief went out, he would drink wine and talk about it in the academy.
After receiving the order, everyone turned and left the office, except Xi Yangyu who was called down.
"Xi Siye, please stay."
Xi Yangyu paused, turned around, and asked calmly: "What's the matter with the wine sacrifice?"
Chen Danqiu sat back in his seat, his eyes lingering on Xi Yangyu's long left arm sleeve, "Is your hand okay?"
"It's okay. Although I still have headaches every three days, I can't die yet."
Xi Yangyu smiled slightly and sat down.
"I know you are a little dissatisfied with Pu Liuxuan's return to the academy, but we need someone who understands Jun Qianzi and his way of thinking to stay in Chang'an."
Chen Danqiu summoned a hot water kettle with a wave of his hand, brewed two cups of hot tea, and said, "This is also what the mountain chief meant."
"I understand, everything is for Yu State."
Xi Yangyu tried his best to hide the stiffness in his smile, "Is there anything else?"
"Well..."
Chen Danqiu took a sip of hot tea and said slowly: "Have you heard of the mind demon seed?"
"Mind Demon Seed?"
Xi Yangyu frowned, "Isn't that a legend from the former Sui Dynasty?"
During the heyday of the pre-Sui Dynasty, a rumor spread in the southern part of the empire that a certain demon sect had invented a special method that could tamper with and distort people's minds.
Its name is "Demon Seed".
There is nothing abnormal about the appearance of a person who has been affected by a demon seed, but his temperament has undergone tremendous changes. His living habits, way of thinking, and usual language, etc., all seem to be a different person.
Once a demon seed begins to transform, it will slowly wither and die as time goes by. As short as three months, as long as half a year.
During this process, anyone who has close contact with a demon seeder will run the risk of being assimilated.
Many people claimed that people they knew had suffered from demon seeds. This rumor quickly spread to the entire Jiangnan and Jiangbei, sweeping half of the Sui Kingdom. Even the Sui Emperor heard about it and ordered the court to investigate the matter thoroughly.
The people were terrified and worried about the presence of demons around them. Spontaneously organized to expel local unknown beggars and monks, and even abused lynchings to execute them.
Some people took this opportunity to report that their enemies had been attacked by demons, which immediately triggered widespread retribution.
Neighbors, husband and wife, father and son, master and apprentice... all turned against each other.
For a time, people's hearts were in turmoil and society was stagnant.
Finally, a minister of the Yu State stepped forward and led his troops to annihilate a demon sect entrenched in the south of the Yangtze River. He claimed that the source of the demon seed was dead and stopped the incident.
Later investigations revealed that there was no so-called demon species at all, and it was all a collective panic caused by false rumors. As a result, tens of thousands of people were killed and injured in the Sui Dynasty, dozens of court officials were demoted and dismissed, and the annual tax revenue was reduced by 10%. The secondary disasters caused by the national shutdown are even more difficult to calculate.
Emperor Sui issued the Edict of Sin and learned from the pain, and decided to establish an institution to educate the people of Yu State - that institution was the Academy.
Any academic doctor knows this history.
Chen Danqiu asked: "Do you think, from the perspective of studying, is it theoretically possible to realize the mind demon seed?"
"this..."
Xi Yangyu thought carefully and said slowly: "Nianxue originated from the era when humans and gods coexisted older than the Yin and Shang Dynasties.
Tribal shamans drink the decoction to put themselves into a drowsy state and communicate with the will of heaven and earth in their dreams.
Foresee future weather changes and guide the tribe's relocation, farming and animal husbandry.
In essence, it is to use one's own heart to reach the heaven's heart.
Just like the current study.
As for whether you can use your own mind to understand people's hearts, change other people's will, modify other people's personalities, and even influence millions of people with the help of mental demon seeds as rumored...
I have no idea. "
Xi Yangyu said calmly: "Even if it is possible, it must be done by Linyuan or even a higher level."
"Is this so..."
Chen Danqiu nodded thoughtfully. Seeing the slightly curious expression on Xi Yangyu's face, he smiled and turned over the unfinished manuscript on the table and said, "I have been writing an article about the origin of the establishment of the Academy recently. It talks about the section on mental demon seeds, so I’m here to ask you.
By the way, I heard that your eldest husband is getting engaged soon? "
"Well, with the Zheng family's girl."
Mentioning this, Xi Yangyu showed a smile on his face. His eldest son has been pursuing a female classmate from the Zheng family in Xingyang, and has reached the stage of marriage.
Xi Yangyu was born into a poor family, while the Zheng family in Xingyang belonged to the fifth surname Qiwang. If the marriage contract is established, it will be regarded as a glorious lintel. Maybe a hundred years from now, the Xi family will become a wealthy family.
Xi Yangyu and Chen Danqiu exchanged a few words, and after drinking a cup of tea, they stood up and left.
After he completely walked away and the door closed automatically, Chen Danqiu sat alone in the room, his smile slowly fading.
He picked up the unfinished article on the table, put it on his knees, and murmured to himself: "The devil of the mind, the devil of the mind..."
As a scholar of the Academy, he could see far more information than the historians of the Yu State or the folk scholars who studied this historical event.
Mental demons are not simply collective delirium. It is true that some people were attacked by demons, their minds were changed, their personalities were modified, and they died in groups three months later. It's just that the ultimate harm is not as widespread as rumored.
Since this change is real, will there be any monks who have mastered this technique?
When life is about to come to an end, inflict demonic seeds on others and replace their minds with your own, thereby achieving...a certain sense of immortality?
Is the sudden dissipation of rumors of mental demon seeds not related to the Sui court's measures to appease people?
Is it because the monks who secretly spread the demon seeds have obtained the desired results and stopped the experiment on their own initiative?
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