Four things, a copper hairpin, a folded red paper, and two book-like volumes.
There are two brochures, one side has no words, and the other side has the words "Tian Xia Tu" written in magnificent calligraphy.
The old storyteller first picked up the Map of the World, handed it forward and said:
"This map belongs to the Jiantian Pavilion and cannot be leaked to others. It covers the entire world, lists mountains and rivers in detail, and records humanities and products. I have carried it with me for many years, and I have also written a lot about my own experiences and experiences. The annotations are on it... Take it and keep it well. I don't know what it will be used for. If you can't use it as an atlas, it's still good."
Um? Why a map?
Ye Yuzhou was confused, did the old man already know that I would be leaving Gucheng soon? How does he know? Did it count?
As soon as he heard that it could be read as an atlas, Li Yingyue reached out and took over the map of the world and looked through it on the spot.
The old storyteller freed up his hand and picked up the unnamed book again. This time he handed it directly to Ye Yuzhou and said, ""The Collection of Xu Yin Longchi" has a total of ten volumes. You must have read each volume several times, right?"
"Except for eight to ten, it's four times, and the rest are all five times or more." Ye Yuzhou answered in detail.
"Well, this is a collection of Mr. Ming's Longchi Academy lectures. It doesn't mean that you can understand it by reading it a few times. If you really want to understand it, many people would have to read one volume for a lifetime."
The old man put the nameless book in Ye Yuzhou's hand and continued:
"I will not leave the original book to you. It is a gift from an old friend and cannot be transferred to you. This booklet is a record of my own experience in reading these ten volumes in the past twenty years, as well as what I have learned from attending the lectures at the time. The notes are all on it. You can take them and make a comparison. You don’t have to agree with me.”
The book written by Mr. Jiu Ming of Longchi Great Sacrifice was annotated by Chu Shiyan, the head of Jiantian Pavilion. This was a truly important gift. Ye Yuzhou lowered his head and took it with both hands respectfully, "Thank you so much, Mr. Storyteller!"
"Well, I do have to thank you for this." The old storyteller responded and turned around, then handed the remaining two things, the copper hairpin and the red paper, to Zheng Yunniang.
"Is it gold?" Zheng Yunniang took it and asked.
She was actually thinking just now that the old man didn't say anything about giving some money, let alone a farewell gift from the elders. He hadn't even given Yun Niang and Dragonfly Knot yet the wages from singing in the teahouse this month. I'm afraid I forgot.
"What a beautiful thought. Where did I get the gold hairpin to give it to you! The copper one, put it away for me. I will put it on my head when I go out or encounter trouble. Do you understand?" the old storyteller said angrily.
"Okay, I got it. Thank you so much, Mr. Storyteller." Zheng Yunniang is a rare piece of jewelry. Although it is made of copper, she is actually quite happy in her heart.
As she answered, she had already opened the folded red paper. Because she was illiterate, she looked a little confused.
"They are all suitable days and hours for you to get married. Within two years, I picked out more than twenty last night and divided them into three categories: upper, middle and lower. When you want to get married, just pick one."
The old man is really serious. At this moment, even Ye Yuzhou was a little moved.
However, he didn't pay attention to suppressing his voice when he said these words. As soon as he opened his mouth, low murmurs started in the crowd on both sides.
Zheng Yunniang's face looked annoyed, but she knew it was a good intention and it was hard to accuse. She took the copper hairpin and red paper with a straight face and left first.
"The storyteller has a safe journey."
she shouted after walking out for a while.
The chariot and horse team started up again and left the south gate of Gucheng...
The guards on the steps bent down on their horses and leaned over the door.
In fact, the gate of Gucheng is not so short. The people of Gucheng added bricks and stones to it and made it deliberately short. In this way, when the caravans were coming and going, some goods would not be able to pass through if they were loaded too high. They needed to be done at the door. Loading and unloading will inevitably cost you more money.
Ye Yuzhou and Li Yingyue did not get out of the car.
"You two walk with me for a while and let's talk. When you get to a place where the road is really difficult to walk, get off the car and turn back." The old man said, "There are only three of us here. You can say whatever you want."
He looked at Ye Yuzhou when he said this.
But Li Yingyue handed over the map of the world and asked first: "Master Storyteller, why is it that even though I, the Zhou Dynasty, are so powerful, there are still several small countries in the south. Look at this, Dafeng, Wu, Yue... four or five They are all such small countries, why didn't Zhou just destroy them and bring them together?"
Chu Shiyan took a look at the brochure and said:
"Because, these small countries that were left behind at that time did not have the dragon spirit in them! At that time, the world was divided and divided, and all the heroes stood side by side. Lu Xuanji destroyed all the countries. Anyone whose royal family had the dragon spirit would be killed. The army will destroy it and swallow it, so that its dragon energy will be extinguished and it will not be able to dominate the world."
"And the small countries he left behind all had three things in common at that time."
"It's one of those things where the body has no dragon energy."
"Already surrendered and attached to my great Zhou, that's the second one."
"The state-owned Eighth Realm Grandmaster is in charge, which is the third one."
"With these first two, in the troubled times and disputes, even our great Zhou, Taizong and Lu Xuanji will be able to fight with one less master!"
"That's the real Grandmaster of the Eighth Realm! He's not like the former Li Erfeng, who was a Grandmaster who was flattered and fawned over by his subordinates just because he was a king, even though his whole life was limited to the Seventh Realm."
"Afterwards, people from all seven realms in the world are called Grandmasters. It's really a joke!"
Seeing how excited he was talking, Ye Yuzhou couldn't help but ask, "Do these small countries still have grandmasters today?"
"Perhaps there are still two more. These are the most important secrets in all countries. If you ask the historian, he may know, but if you ask me, I won't be sure. In short, we, the Great Zhou Dynasty, should have already killed two of them."
Chu Shiyan pointed at the album with his finger pointing north and continued:
"Actually, these are not the key. The key is in the north! But one day, I, the Great Zhou Dynasty, can recapture the six northern states in one fell swoop and conquer the northern Qi and Bei stubborn. These small countries will automatically win the crown without having to conquer them. Come vote."
Li Yingyue raised her head, "Then what the Shu Master just said about dividing the dragon's energy is what they said. Lu Xuanji pointed out that he divided the world's mysteries and held the tombs of all the emperors, so he finally stopped that one?"
Chu Shiyan nodded: "Exactly."
"How amazing! Oh, how could such a person die?" Li Yingyue sighed with regret.
"Yes, Lu Xuanji is a Taoist saint with a mysterious magic. He can even destroy fifteen mysterious places in the world with the power of stars. How could he die at the age of only fifty-six? I have never heard of it. , he has stories of personally ending up fighting with others." Ye Yuzhou took it over and asked again.
"He's going to die from embarrassment!" Chu Shiyan raised his head as he spoke, with a sad look in his eyes and said, "I'm going to use my life to move the stars and separate mysteries, and I'm going to suppress all the surnames with their bones... In this troubled world, it's going to be embarrassment to death for him!"
Ye Yuzhou said nothing, because he knew that this "embarrassing death" is not a description, but a reality. Some things can embarrass a person until he dies.
"Of course, in this world, especially within the Taoist sect, there are actually many people who don't believe that he is dead. Many people think that he is not actually dead, but has just ascended." The old storyteller continued.
Ye Yuzhou: "Is there really something like ascension in this world?"
"I don't know, maybe there are, there are many rumors, not just Lu Xuanji. There are more pursuers. Some of them said that the reason why Taizong insisted on pursuing immortality in his later years and ignored the great cause of the Northern Expedition was precisely because Lu Xuanji was the He knocked on the gate of heaven before his eyes and flew away..."
"So he must go find him, right?" Li Yingyue interjected and asked simply.
Chu Shiyan was stunned for a moment, feeling strange. He hesitated and said, "It's not impossible."
