PDLP Chapter 192: Guixu Hate Heaven Department
Chapter 192: Guixu Hate Heaven Department
In the end, Wu Sansheng still had a pair of panda eyes, and he formed a bruised and battered trio with Zhang Haike and Zhang Hailing.
"Let's talk in depth about what the situation is in Guixu. After all, you sent us away when you were talking about this. Now we're here. If we don't talk about it now, we can only talk about it in the next life." Jiang Shen said, covering himself with a blanket and walking into the cabin. He didn't feel it when he just came out of the water, but he felt a chill when the sea breeze blew.
"Let's go to the cabin and talk!" Uncle Ming said.
Next, Wu Sansheng, Zhang Hailing and Zhang Haike took turns explaining the matters concerning Guixu and Hatetian.
"In Liezi, Tangwen, it is said, 'To the east of the Bohai Sea, there is a great ravine with no bottom, called Guixu,' which refers to the place where all the water in the world converges. There is also a saying that after death, the soul will return to Guixu, so Guixu also means the place where the soul returns." Wu Sansheng said slowly.
"In ancient times, mountains and seas such as Kunlun, Emei, and the South China Sea were formed. Over time, the turbulent sea air in the South China Sea condensed, forming a unique underwater dragon fire on the seabed. This dragon fire is different from terrestrial fire. It is a kind of underwater Yin fire. When it comes into contact with water, it not only does not extinguish, but becomes even more intense. Its brightness and temperature are also extremely high, and it can melt copper and iron. During the Yin and Shang dynasties, a group of ancestors in the Central Plains, threatened by war and natural disasters, carried out a large-scale migration.
These ancestors migrated to various locations, with one group crossing the sea southward and disappearing from sight. After the Zhou Dynasty was established, a maritime kingdom emerged on a coral spiral island in the South China Sea, known as the Kingdom of Hate Heaven. The people of Hate Heaven were likely the ancestors of the Shang Dynasty who crossed the sea. This group lived in the South China Sea for a long time, discovering underwater dragon fire and gradually mastering its secrets, using it to forge bronze artifacts, thus forming a highly developed bronze civilization. Furthermore, due to the prevalence of divination by candlelight and tortoise shells during the Shang and Zhou dynasties, the people of Hate Heaven were also highly proficient in ancient hexagrams. This is what we have found related to the Hate Heaven tribe.
Wu Sansheng took the things Pan Zi handed over and put them on the table.
Jiang Shen looked at the ancient jade in front of him and the hexagrams on it, and was silent for a while. He had thought he could skip these plot points, but in the end, he still couldn't escape them.
"It shook the world, shocking people for hundreds of miles." Jiang Shen said.
"What do you mean?" Wu looked at Jiang Shen.
Jiang Shen pointed at the ancient jade and explained, "Zhen on top and Zhen below. It refers to a double hexagram, which is two single Zhens combined together. The Zhen hexagram represents thunder.
The phrase "shocked for a hundred miles" comes from the hexagram of Zhen. During the Western Zhou Dynasty, "hundred miles" referred to the area of a vassal's territory. "Hundred miles" metaphorically represents a vast territory, and also refers to the fact that ancient vassal states were limited to fiefs of a hundred miles. Xun Yue's "Han Ji: On the Chronicle of Emperor Ai" states: "In ancient times, the vassal states were only a hundred miles in area. Therefore, the Book of Changes says, 'shocked for a hundred miles,' to symbolize the vassal states."
Therefore, the meaning of this hexagram is: During a sacrifice, thunder struck, and people showed fear on their faces, but the host continued to chat and laugh. The thunder shook the area for a hundred miles, but it did not accidentally knock over the sacrificial supplies. The reason why the hexagram was engraved on ancient jade is partly because of the fear of thunder and partly because of the reverence for the gods.
"Good insight," Zhang Haike said to Jiang Shen.
"And this piece of ancient jade on the table is of a rare shape and has a lustrous texture. It must have been on the seabed for thousands of years. It's a good thing, but the only drawback is that it has been on the seabed for too long and has been stained by the fishy seawater. There is too much corrosion on it, and even if it is sold, it won't be worth much! But this thing should be very popular in museums, or given to those old professors of archaeology, they should like it very much. After all, if Chinese history is pushed forward a few more years, they would also be famous for thousands of years." Jiang Shen said after taking a look at the things on the table. He just wondered if those students would think of digging up the ancestral graves of these old professors?
"Don't forget that ancient jade can be polished," Zhang Hailing said.
"Are you serious?" Jiang Shen looked at him like an idiot. "It's true that ancient jade can be polished, but don't forget one thing. Pangu jade, let alone the long time it takes, after all, you Zhang family members can survive. The investment cost is also high, and it is easily scrapped! You're lucky if you can break even. Making money with this thing is just dreaming, isn't it?"
"Ahem!" Zhang Haike coughed lightly. "The Zhang family isn't short of money. We can still develop Pangu Jade into a hobby."
"Yes, you are not short of money! Your clan leader doesn't even have his own house and has to live under someone else's roof and be exploited! The clan leader of your Zhang family is really impressive!" Jiang Shen's words were filled with sarcasm.
Jiulou: [Host, you should talk more. You keep clamoring to destroy the Wang family and revitalize the Zhang family. Not only do you not provide men, you don't even provide money! You've left my brother alone as the head of the clan in the mainland. Did these idiots ever do anything about my brother's 20 years in the sanatorium? In the end, it was the blind man and his gang who rescued him!]
Ye Yi: [Exactly. In the end, the Zhang family didn't thrive, and the clan leader was kidnapped! They deserved it! Even if I couldn't do anything about this situation, I wouldn't die if I helped guard the door for ten years, right?]
Moon Fairy: [The above, it's hard to disagree. Brother has done all the work, and the Zhang family's wealth is basically in the hands of these overseas Zhang family members. Brother has basically no money left, and in the later period, he relied entirely on Wu Xie and Fatty for support! After finally waiting for Yucun to retire, Zhang Haike, that big fool, keeps asking Brother to go back and revitalize the Zhang family. What's wrong? Brother is a spinning top! He has to spin forever, right? They clearly owe him money, but he makes it seem like he owes them! He keeps turning against the Tian Gang! Why don't these people go to heaven?]
"Don't tell me you Zhang family members fled in such a hurry that you didn't have time to prepare anything! I won't believe it even if you kill me," Jiang Shen said. "The Zhang family has a history of thousands of years after all. There have been Zhang family members since at least the Zhou Dynasty, right? You've been in this land for so many years, and you didn't prepare any backup plans? I won't believe it even if you kill me!"
Zhang Hailing: "Jiang Shen, what you said is not true. The Zhang family does have a house in the capital, but the clan leader doesn't live there! We have prepared two courtyard houses for the clan leader, but he often loses his memory. Every time he loses his memory, the person he remembers most clearly is Hei Xia Zi. What can we do? We can only give Hei Xia Zi a sum of money every year to help take care of the clan leader!"
After hearing this, Jiang Shen looked at Hei Xia Zi, "So, Hei Ye, you took the Zhang family's money to take care of the young man, and then you cheated him out of his money? Seriously, Zhou Pi skinned me faster than you, and you can't steal money as fast as you do!"
Black Bear: Don’t be too picky about basic skills.
"Shouldn't our focus now be on discussing Guixu?" Wu Xie tried to change the subject.
Hei Xia Zi looked at Wu Xie with gratitude, thinking to himself that he would be gentler next time he trained Wu Xie, but the gratitude in his heart disappeared the next second.
"If you really want to deal with Hei Xia Zi, after this matter is over and we return to land, you can beat him up however you want. If necessary, I can give you a stick!" Wu Xie said.
Hei Xia Zi: ...If you want my life, just say it.
"We now suspect that Guixu is actually a deep pit on the seabed, or there is a place on the seabed that occasionally produces whirlpools and sucks things from the sea surface down." Zhang Haike said,
"Stop, according to your idea, we have to take the initiative to find the vortex and then fall into it! Isn't that the same as Wu Xie taking the initiative to jump into Wu Sansheng's trap?" Jiang Shen said.
Wu Xie: I don’t care about face, right?
Wu Sansheng: How presumptuous of you to say that!
Xiyan Xijing: [The host's words are not harsh, but they are a bit too harsh, right? Can you really describe it like that?]
Zhang Qinghe Ten Rice: [To some extent, it's fine, it's just that the metaphor is so vivid! Hahahahahahaha!]
Zhang Haike was silent for a moment before continuing, "That seems to be correct."
Jiang Shen: This should be considered as walking into a trap, right?
Zhang Haike: I think so?