Dugu Xiang looked at other brown rocks in the cave and found more rocks with this picture carved on them. However, the method of carving on these stones was quite similar to that in the valley outside the cave, and was completely different from the method on the black stone.
Carved on the brown rocks are mostly pictures of climbing over snow-capped mountains, crossing rivers, and fishing and hunting along the way. When these stones are connected together, it seems to tell a story about the migration of a nation.
Tuoba Shouji said: "Thousands of years ago, people didn't know what writing was, so they could only use rock paintings to record it." Dugu Xiang said: "In this way, the rock paintings in this cave can indeed prove that the person who carved them came from Xihai is the ancestor of the Dangxiang Qiang people. Even so, this thing is not worthy of the Tubo people coming to destroy it, right?" She looked at the black stones again, but she really couldn't see anything strange, and she was full of doubts. He asked: "Is it because of these martial arts secrets that no one can understand?" Tuoba Shouji smiled and said: "I'm afraid it's not for the things carved on the stone, but for the black stone itself." Dugu Xiang said curiously: "This What's the use of stones?" Tuoba Shouji approached a black stone and struck it with a stick-shaped bow made of Populus euphratica wood in his hand. When the wood hit the stone, it made a sound like a bell. Tuoba Shouji Said: "This is Xuan Tie!" Dugu Xiang was surprised and said: "Xuan Tie? Isn't Xuan Tie meteorite falling from the sky? This is a cave, where did the meteorite come from?" Tuoba Shouji pointed to the big hole on the top of the cave with his finger. , before speaking, Dugu Xiang had already woken up and said: "The meteorite fell from the sky, smashed the mountain, and then fell into the natural cave. This...is this too much of a coincidence?" Tuoba Shouji said: "That's it. Coincidentally, it only happens once in thousands of years that a meteorite chases it down, which is called a "fall from the sky." When the meteorite falls from the sky, it drags a long tail of fire, crashes through the mountain, and falls into the heart of the mountain. The impact caused the meteorite to crack, and the scorching sky fire brought by the meteorite melted the mountain rocks. After the fire was extinguished, the meteorite iron was welded to the mountain rock, forming a black iron mountain, like a low wall in a cave. A black mineral vein grew out of it." Dugu Xiang smiled and said: "Hey, Da Shangbai, when you talk so lively, it feels like I have seen it with my own eyes." While Tuoba Shouji was talking to Dugu Xiang, his son looked at him. Guang then stood by the side, looking around alertly, never daring to say another word.
Tuoba Shouji pointed to another rock painting and said: "What I just said is definitely not a story I made up. Our Xiangqiang ancestors not only witnessed the sky falling thousands of years ago, but also faithfully recorded it in the On top of the mountain rock." What Tuoba Shouji is referring to is not a black rock, but an ordinary brown rock. This rock is very large and has a relatively flat surface. The rock is divided into several grids, depicting the sky. Fire meteors smashed through the mountain, and the fire spread through the sky. After the fire was extinguished, the ancestors of Dangxiang Qiang went into the cave to check and found meteorite. Although the lines were simple, it was not difficult to understand its meaning.
Tuoba Shouji said: "Xuan Iron is rare. It is said that the iron used by King Qin Yingzheng's sword was taken from this Xuan Iron Mountain, so it could be made so long. However, it was because of the sword's length that it almost killed King Qin. Back then, Jing Ke stabbed King Qin, King Qin was so anxious that he couldn't pull out the long sword from his waist. Fortunately, he put the long sword behind his back before pulling out the long sword." Although Dugu Xiang is not easy to learn, he has heard the story of Jing Ke's assassination of King Qin, and he was very helpful. To be detailed.
She couldn't help but asked in surprise: "Is Qin Shihuang's sword made of black iron here? Is it true or false?" Tuoba Shouji said: "Qin Wang's sword has been buried with the First Emperor in Lishan Mountain, and no one can see it. Is it really a death? There is no way to prove that it was made of iron, but another long sword made of meteorite iron sword is still in the world. That is the sword 'Meteor' owned by Sun Quan, the Great Emperor of the Eastern Wu Dynasty. It is said that this sword is now owned by Pei, the general of Zuo Jinwu Guard of the Tang Dynasty. Min owns it." Dugu Xiang said: "Hey, I have seen this 'Meteor' sword, and it was given to Brother Shuo by General Pei!" Tuoba Shouji was surprised and said: "Who is this 'Brother Shuo'? ?I heard that Pei Min liked this sword the most and always wore it. He even asked the famous swordsmith Zhang Yajiu to get a ashwood sheath, which turned the one-handed short sword into a two-handed war horse sword. He was actually willing to give it away. ?" Dugu Xiang said: "This is a long story and cannot be explained clearly in one or two sentences. However, Xuantie Mountain is in the northwest, Soochow is far in the southeast, and Sun Quan has never touched this place, so what can he do? Will he get the meteorite iron to build a magic weapon?" Tuoba Shouji said: "Of course he didn't go to the northwest to mine the black iron in person. Although this place was owned by Cao Wei at that time, only the Qiang people knew the secret of the black iron mountain. Zhuge Kongming compiled it The Qiang people, the "Wudang Feijun", and the Dangxiang Qiang tribe, who also belong to the Qiang people, presented several kilograms of black iron, but they did not tell the Shu people about the origin of the iron. Later, in order to win over Sun Quan, Zhuge Wuhou sent many heavy gifts to Sun Quan. Ritual, which includes these black irons." Seeing that Dugu Xiang was still doubtful, Tuoba Shouji continued: "It's just that in the Han Dynasty, the smelting technology was not good enough. Although the sword was long and sharp, the sword body was too brittle. The so-called The black iron sword itself is very easy to break, so in order to strengthen the sword body, seven copper nails were added to the spine." Dugu Xiang said: "I have also heard the story of the Seven Star Sword, but I didn't know it at the time. I know that the black iron used for making swords comes from here." Tuoba Shouji said: "In this dynasty, the smelting technology has become much better, and there is no need to drill copper nails when making swords." Dugu Xiang said curiously: "Has this dynasty ever made a sword out of black iron?" Tuoba Shouji asked, "Why not? Back then, the Khitan leader Da Hemohui had a close friendship with my grandfather Tuoba Chici, so my grandfather gave him four kilograms of black iron. , four kilograms of black iron could originally be used to make two long swords, but Da Hemo would like to use a two-handed sword. After casting the big sword, the remaining black iron is only enough to make two short swords." Dugu Xiang said: "Da Shang Bai, your grandfather is really stingy. Such a stingy person actually likes to spend materials to make big swords. Why not give him some black iron?" Tuoba Shouji struck the black stone again with the cane-like wooden bow in his hand. , the black stone made a loud noise and was embedded in the rock without moving, so Dugu Xiang said: "Little girl, I don't know something. It's not my grandfather's small weapon. This black iron cannot be chiseled out with any shovel or pickaxe. It can only be cut when the opportunity is ripe." , the black iron will naturally loosen. How many weapons can be made from the fallen black iron depends entirely on luck. Sometimes it may only be able to make an arrow. There are very few meteorite that can be used as swords. Four kilograms is a lot. Even the weapons of the Xiang Qiang people in our party use very limited black iron." As he said that, he turned over the wood beetle bow in his hand and showed it to Jiang Shuo. The boxwood had already been hollowed out. There is a curved fine iron rod hidden, and the bow string is tied to this iron rod, but now the bow string has been broken.
Dugu Xiang had always wondered why the wooden stick wouldn't deform and crack if there was a bowstring tied inside it.
Only today did she find out that there was an iron rod hidden inside the boxwood staff. The iron rod was black in color and was presumably made of black iron. She further thought that this black iron might also be somewhat magnetic, so it could absorb the arrowheads of the arrows. Hidden arrows.
Duguxiang said: "I see..." She suddenly remembered the Khitan leader who had cast the
"One long, two short, three black iron weapons", he hurriedly asked: "These three black iron weapons are the artifacts passed down from generation to generation by the Khitan Khans?" No wonder Brother Shuo's seven-star sword couldn't cut off Li Huaixiu's sword. It turns out that these two weapons are from the same source. After another thought, he said: "It's still wrong!" Khitan Khan Li Huaixiu said that this black iron sword was meteorite that the Khitan people picked up in the mountains. At that time, the meteorite iron happened to be broken into three thin pieces. It took countless manpower and water grinding to polish it over many years before the sword could be sharpened. Tuoba Shouji laughed loudly when he heard this, and turned to ask Dugu Xiang: "Tell me, tell me, have you ever seen a piece as thin as a sword blank? It's just one piece, but you can actually pick up three pieces." Polished into three weapons... How can there be such a coincidence in the world? "Dugu Xiang thought to himself that Tuoba Shouji was indeed right. It seems that the talk of meteorite falling from the sky is just to avoid people's attention, and the purpose is to cover up the true origin of Xuantie.
Dugu Xiang said: "In this case, even if Tubo really comes, they can't pluck these black irons from the mountain and take them away. So what are you afraid of, Da Shangbai, about the Tubo monks?" La Tuoba, who read the book, said silently: "I heard It is said that Master Gu Xin has amazing skills, so many of us may not be able to stop him. Moreover, for Xiang Qiang, the rock paintings left by our ancestors are more important. It would be extremely bad if they were destroyed by him, in order to prevent If anything happens, it's better to keep him out of the cave. It can only be said that our concern will lead to chaos. In the end, we fell into Li Guiren's way and was used by him to fight against the Da Dou Army." This is the story of Xuan Tie. Hearing this, Dugu Xiang was quite fascinated and sighed repeatedly. He suddenly realized that he had forgotten to take care of Kong Kong'er's injury.
But Tuoba Shouji saw that Kong Kong'er had already helped Kong Kong'er up, put his palm on his back, and said: "I will input some true energy into Kong Kong'er first. I just said that only one person can see some clues on these stones. That person It's Kong Kong'er, why not wake him up and ask him what he knows." Dugu Xiang said happily: "Is Kong Kong'er really suffering from internal injuries? Da Shangbai, do you also use your internal power to heal people's injuries?" Tuoba stood silently aside. Injecting Zhen Qi into Kong Kong'er, he calmly said: "I won't treat other injuries, but I can only treat Kong Kong'er's injury." Dugu Xiang felt more and more strange after hearing this, and became more and more curious, and couldn't help but ask : "Da Shangbai, what happened to what you said earlier about Kong Kong'er being Beimingzi and not Beimingzi? Shouldn't you and him have known each other more than thirty years ago? Why did you say that he was only ten years old? How many years have they been friends?" Tuoba Shouji put his hands on Kong Kong'er's back, using his hands to exert strength, but he replied to Dugu Xiang: "What I said is, 'Kong Kong'er can be Beimingzi, but Beimingzi may not be. Kong Kong'er', that means that the current Kong Kong'er does call himself Beimingzi, and the Beimingzi who I fought against back then is not Kongong'er..."
