In fact, this volume of "Lianshan Yi" is not necessarily a very precious thing. It can also be seen from its material. It should be dried bamboo slices of good quality. It is very different from Zheng Dan's gold foil book in appearance.
The Book of Changes, for example, became a relatively common book in later generations and was listed as one of the "Five Classics" among the "Four Books and Five Classics". Although "Lian Shan" is not popular in the current era, it should not be a rare thing.
Zhao Qing looked at the Monkey King and saw him grabbing the bamboo slip in his hand, shaking it, and then dodged into the room again.
Glancing at the two people beside him who were frightened by Mr. Ape's superb skills, Zhao Qing followed him into the room, closed the door, and asked softly: "Old Ape, where did you get this scroll of bamboo slips?"
I saw Yuan Gong writing with his finger: "I left the room to go to the toilet in the middle of the night. I walked around here and saw a person sneakily rummaging for something in a pile of bamboo slips in a corner.
I made a sound to scare him, and he left in a hurry, still holding two bamboo slips in his hands. Later, I thought about it and took out two bamboo slips from the pile of bamboo slips. One volume should be the registration list of goods, and the other volume was this volume of "Lianshan Yi". "
Recorded a list of goods? These bamboo slips were probably placed on the first twelve carriages that were not destroyed, and the soldiers searching for property did not move out the low-value bamboo slips.
Someone is sneaking around to steal the bamboo slips, and someone in the caravan is restless. Could it be that there is something secret hidden in these bamboo slips? So someone gets up and steals in the middle of the night?
After Monkey King finished writing, he handed over the bamboo slip he was holding. Zhao Qing reached out and took it, unfolded it and looked at it briefly. There are nearly two thousand characters on it, recording the eight hexagrams headed by Gen Palace.
As far as she knew, "Lianshan", like "Zhouyi", had sixty-four hexagrams, which meant that in addition to this volume, there should be seven more volumes.
This volume of "Lianshan" is even more obscure and difficult to understand than "The Book of Changes". Although it seems to contain some philosophy, most of it is completely mysterious and does not involve aspects of spiritual practice at all.
I don’t know how Monkey King could see into it. At least Zhao Qing thought that at the current stage of his cultivation, it was difficult for him to understand anything and get much benefit from it.
Maybe it's because this is the first volume it got after learning how to read.
Holding the suspicion that this might be a magical secret book, she mobilized the true energy in her body and slowly penetrated into the bamboo slips, trying to find out if there were any secrets such as interlayers in it.
To Zhao Qing's surprise, there were no interlayer gaps inside the bamboo slips, but she did find something strange:
I have practiced the blood-coagulating divine claw's true energy, and I can sense that within the scratches on the bamboo slips, there is a very small amount of blood, but it is still energetic.
"Old Yuan, when you were holding the bamboo slips, did you feel anything strange?"
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About an hour later, on the streets north of Chongquanyi City, Zhao Qing was dressed in a gray robe and a gray cloth round hat. He was led by two strong caravan guards and followed Zheng Dan.
It is recorded in "Zhou Li·Kao Gong Ji·Craftsmen" that "the craftsmen run the country with a square of nine miles and three gates on the side. There are nine longitudes and nine latitudes in the country, and nine rails are painted. The ancestors are on the left and the society is on the right, facing the market." The so-called sitting in the Northern Dynasty South, the "aftermarket" here is generally in the north of the city.
Zhao Qing was browsing the scenes in the market while thinking about the recent events in his mind.
There will be another five days before he can enter the dream and greatly improve his strength. Now, staying by Zheng Dan's side in the city is the safest choice.
Zheng Dan's method of blood sacrifice is undoubtedly the highest combat power among the allies at the moment. Coupled with the Pogang Crossbow set up in the city, normally, the Hongshang Sword Master would have to wait until outside the city before taking action again.
Regarding the situation of "Lianshanyi", we must also pay attention to it.
According to Monkey King's writing, the reason why he happened to get the volume of "Lianshan Yi" was because he smelled a strange faint smell, so he grabbed it in the direction of the smell from the pile of bamboo slips and took away one of the volumes. of two.
At present, it seems that the target of the caravan who stole the bamboo slips in the middle of the night is probably this object.
After taking care of Rui Xi for a while, Zhao Qing left the room and inquired about many things in the caravan.
Duanmu Shuliang left the hotel early in the morning and went to the Yizai Mansion to discuss cooperation with Peng Ju. He would not be able to tell him about someone stealing bamboo slips until he came back.
The pockmarked melon vendor was brought back to the place where the caravan stayed. This was because Duanmu Shuliang believed that his family was somewhat responsible for the streets that were destroyed by the sword and the people who were injured and killed yesterday.
So he cooperated with the Yip Zai side and took the initiative to help the victims and provided them with temporary food and accommodation.
Speaking of which, they also have a sense of responsibility and have "benevolence" in their hearts.
"Ah Qing, do you think we really need to buy a few female slaves?" Zheng Dan's face was a little more rosy than yesterday, and his hair had turned black, and he seemed to have improved a lot.
"Alas." Zhao Qing did not answer.
That's right, the reason why the two of them went to the market in the north of the city, apart from Zhao Qing's purpose of buying medicine for his mother, was actually to follow the caravan to buy slaves in the market.
At Duanmu Shuliang's request before going out, the caravan not only wanted to buy some male slaves to temporarily make up for the loss of manpower in the caravan; it also planned to buy several outstanding female slaves and hide them in the car to pretend to be Zheng Dan to relieve the real Zheng Dan. Once there is a possibility of danger here.
One true and one false, the probability of being encountered is still too high. What he plans to use is "one true and many false".
Zheng Dan's psychology was quite complicated for the female slave who might be sacrificed on her behalf. After thinking for a long time, she chose to go out together to witness the sale process.
Partly out of curiosity, Zhao Qing also followed out, wanting to see what the slave market looked like in this era.
She felt sympathy and pity for the slavery system of this era, but she did not have enough power to make large-scale changes.
Whether it's money, power, or force, Zhao Qing can't be said to have much now. All she can do is to help as much as she can when she sees a particularly pitiful slave. Of course, this is as long as it does not harm your own interests too much.
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"Cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck," in the fence beside the street, two fierce roosters were catching each other and fighting. The two sides pecked back and forth, and their short, half-black wings kept flapping.
Outside the fence, a large number of spectators were staring intently at their favorite side. As the situation of the rooster fight changed, their moods also fluctuated.
In the distance, the call of engineers calling for free people to build the city wall came from afar. It was said that the outer wall on the east side of the city was damaged yesterday and needed to be repaired. For every stone and earth material moved, one Chinese coin would be given as a reward.
The strong caravan guard stretched out his hand to push away the crowd and separate a path. Zheng Dan and Zhao Qing both came to the Spring and Autumn Period market for the first time. They followed behind and looked around casually.
"Ah Qing, I guess you want to know about my past experiences, about my family and the origin of my Kung Fu." In the noisy market, Zheng Dan held Zhao Qing's hand, leaned closer and whispered.
