Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 1098 Omen

  The evening sun shrouded the sky, dyeing the western sky, clouds, and rocks in a magnificent orange-red. Slightly carrying some cool evening wind, it blew from the top of the bamboo forest, swishing, lifted the robe, and gently pulled the corners of the hair, like a naughty child.

   Fei Qian was wearing a scribe robe, with a high crown and wide sleeves, sitting in a small pavilion in the bamboo forest, holding a roll of bamboo slips and watching them one by one.

  The soles of the feet can't touch the ground these days, it seems that they have returned to the busy life of office workers in later generations, and they are instructed by endless trivial matters to keep turning like a spinning top...

   Fortunately, however, this time, Fei Qian himself is the boss. So when a boss is determined to be lazy, employees really have no good way to stop the boss.

  That's why Fei Qian can sit comfortably in this small pavilion in the backyard, drinking tea leisurely while enjoying the cool breeze.

  The bamboo slips in his hand were randomly taken in the room, and the left and right were just for Fei Qian to pass the time, so he didn't choose which kind of books specifically, but he didn't expect this roll of bamboo slips to surprise Fei Qian.

   This is a volume of divine scriptures.

"...The ice in the north is thousands of miles thick and hundreds of feet thick. There is a mouse that lives in the underwater soil. It is shaped like a mouse. It eats plants and trees. Its meat weighs a thousand catties. It can be preserved, and the food is already hot. Its hair is eight feet long, and it can be used as a mattress. It is cold. Its skin can be covered with a drum, and it can be heard for thousands of miles..."

   Is this written by a polar bear?

  Speaking of it, it is somewhat interesting.

  How could it be possible for people in the Han Dynasty to go to the North Pole, and how could there be such a record?

   But what about the text?

   Or in fact, the person who wrote this book of supernatural powers actually has a little bit of supernatural power?

   Really interesting.

  Looking at this scroll of bamboo slips, Fei Qian couldn't help but give a thumbs up to the people of the Han Dynasty. Who said that the ancients did not have the ability to imagine, read this book, it is simply too powerful...

  I imagine because I don't know.

  Being afraid because of imagination.

  Go forward because of fear.

  In any era, the discovery of unknown things is always the driving force for human development and advancement.

For Fei Qian of later generations, wind is the flow of air, water is the structure of hydrogen and oxygen, and fire is the transfer of energy. These are the basic common sense of physics or chemistry, which can already break most of the mystery, and it is much less In awe of the so-called Changshengtian, or Baishi God, or even Wuji Taishang Yuanjun, he always has a hehe attitude.

"Lang Jun, what are you looking at?" Huang Yueying moved to Fei Qian's side while motioning the maid to change Fei Qian's tea soup. Although she said so, she did not wait for Fei Qian's answer, but directly stretched her head, Aiming at the bamboo slip in Fei Qian's hand.

  Fei Qian sent the bamboo slips to Huang Yueying so that she could read them carefully, and said casually, "I just took them randomly in the room... Did you read them?"

  Huang Yueying nodded, blinked her big eyes a few times, and then said: "Mr. Lang, is this world really like what the book says? Are there evil beasts? Are there elders? And there are golden towers?"

"Evil beasts? Hmm..." Fei Qian put the scroll on the table, tilted his head slightly, and said, "Does it count as a parrot? Is there a grown man... Well, there should be, but it's not like the book said It's just that big...Golden Palace, there is also...On the other side of the ocean, there is a country called Maya...Well, it is said that the king there likes gold, so all the utensils are made of gold, which can be regarded as the world today. My first brother..."

  By the way, there are crystal heads, those unknown boards, and the pyramids in the jungle...

  Is the purpose of these civilizations in building these super-large projects the same as Qin Shihuang's idea? Speaking of China, there are also many buildings or large projects that exceed the productivity of the times, but these buildings, these large projects are not only majestic and magnificent, but fortunately they also have some practical functions.

  Except cemeteries.

"...well, if I say," Fei Qian tilted his head, looked at Huang Yueying and said, "...the land under our feet is actually a huge ball...then, if we walk in one direction, we will eventually be able to walk back to the original place ...Do you believe it or not?"

   "Huh?" Huang Yueying was stunned for a moment, and then involuntarily stretched out her hand to gesture, "...round...round?"

   "Haha..." Fei Qian raised his head and smiled, "Just kidding, I'm just talking casually..."

   Explain to Huang Yueying that when standing on a hill, you can see the flags in the distance first, and then you can see people?

   Or do you see the boat only when you stand by the sea and see the sails in the distance?

  Hey hey hey, is this necessary?

  If you really pay attention to it and say that the earth is round, how can you prove it? If you say something as light as your eyes, and if you say something so serious as to confuse the public, all these so-called evidence can be blocked back.

  When Huang Yueying was a little confused and distressed, a servant suddenly reported that someone who claimed to be Wujiao came to visit Feiqian and was already outside the mansion...

   Wujiao?

   Turtle with horns?

  Who?

  Huang Yueying muttered a few times, and suddenly said: "Is he an old man with white hair and a childlike face?"

  The attendant hesitated for a moment, and said, "There are some white hairs, Tong Yan...it's hard to say..."

  Huang Yueying clapped her hands together, and said excitedly: "Mr. Wu! Could it be Mr. Wujiao, Zuo Xianren!"

  Left Immortal?

   Zuo Ci?

  Hearing what Huang Yueying said, Fei Qian couldn't help but think of the so-called sect of the so-called Immortals in the Three Kingdoms, Zuo Ci, Yu Ji, Zixu, um...

Who else?

  If it is really Zuo Ci, what do you want to do when you come to me?

"Ah, the immortal is here..." Huang Yueying was a little excited, and then said, "...I don't know if the immortal knows...um..." Halfway through her words, Huang Yueying suddenly stopped, her face blushed, and she glanced at Miaofei latent.

  Fei Qian was frowning and thinking about why Zuo Ci appeared, not paying attention to Huang Yueying's strange behavior, he pondered for a while before saying: "...Forget it, let's see it..."

   "Yeah, see you..." Huang Yueying nodded like a chicken pecking at rice, and then greeted the attendant, "...Come here, change the clothes for Junhou..."

  Fei Qian noticed Huang Yueying's expression, and asked in surprise, "Yueying, what are you..."

Huang Yueying tidied Fei Qian's clothes, buried her head under Fei Qian's robe, but did not look up at Fei Qian, and then said falteringly: "Ah... my lord, I'm fine... don't let the immortal wait too long ..."

  Fei Qian’s concept of Zuo Ci really doesn’t feel like an “immortal” in his heart. Although there are many legends about Zuo Ci in later generations, most of the deeds are not worth scrutinizing...

   At best, it can be regarded as auspicious in human form, not to mention the matter of "auspiciousness", it's not that Fei Qian has never done it.

  When I arrived at the front yard, my first impression of Zuo Ci was quite friendly.

Although he is wearing kudzu clothes, his whole body is very clean. Unlike most ordinary people, he has not been contaminated with much dust. With white eyebrows and beard, and a rosy complexion, he is really a bit of a fairy a feeling of.

  Age, to be honest, it’s hard to tell. It’s okay to say forty or fifty, or seventy or eighty. It's not that Fei Qian's eyesight is faulty, it's just that most people in the Han Dynasty were extremely mature, perhaps because of hard work, there were many people in their twenties who looked like thirty or thirty, and those in their thirties and forties who looked like fifty or sixty. . As for the person in front of me, if you only look at the hair, people in their 70s and 80s may not be completely white, but looking at their skin, they seem to be around forty years old. After all, there is no such thing as age spots. In the Han Dynasty of biotechnology, the vast majority of people are unavoidable...

   "But Zuo Yuanfang, Zuo Xianren face to face?" Fei Qian laughed twice, then stepped forward to salute and said.

   "I've met the general. I dare not call him an immortal, but I'm just a person who cultivates the Tao..." Zuo Ci Jishou, known as Tianzun, has a personable demeanor, and really looks like a person who has attained the Tao.

  Fei Qian did not delve into this topic, but raised his hand to invite Zuo Ci to sit in the hall.

The attendant brought up the tea soup with dried fruits and cakes as if wearing flowers, and Fei Qian held up the tea bowl to invite him. Unexpectedly, after Zuo Ci just drank a little tea soup, he didn't even look at the dried fruits and cakes on the table. Said: "A person who cultivates Dao is self-sufficient and does not need such things..."

   "Bigu?" Fei Qian was taken aback, doubtful.

  Bigu, this word has many vests: Quegu, Juegu, Huanliang, Juegrain...

  But why is the name Bigu used the most? Fei Qian speculates that it may be a certain organ whose pronunciation is close to that of a human, so it has a special sense of intimacy?

  Bigu, Pitongaveng means to avoid grains, the so-called wind eats dew and drinks, and does not eat fireworks.

In China, there are roughly three types of bigu programs. In addition to the first one, which is a complete hunger strike, there is also a way to eat less, which is the most commonly used method by women who love beauty in later generations. Dieting to lose weight is not strictly speaking. Bigu, of course, there is also a more funny way, practitioners are not completely on a hunger strike, they can use some pills indirectly...

The ingredients of these elixirs are actually not mysterious, including but not limited to rehmannia glutinosa, sealwort, Polygonum multiflorum, medlar, asparagus, Ophiopogon japonicus, chrysanthemum, Poria cocos, Atractylodes macrocephala, pine nuts, cypress seeds, coix seed, yam, almonds, white peony, etc. Wait, wait, as for the taste and efficacy, you can actually go to the supermarket to see that there is a modern elixir that is very similar, and the name of that modern elixir is "compressed biscuit".

  The origin of bigu comes from a very annoying creature, the cicada.

  The ancients in China found that the cicada squatted on the tree all day long and screamed without eating bugs or moving. They all thought it was a magical creature that could enjoy reincarnation and eternal life by "eating wind and drinking dew".

Moreover, a set of special theories was constructed, that is, relying on breathing can replace eating, which became the "breathing" in many martial arts novels in later generations. There are a total of six ways to exhale through the mouth, namely "blow, exhale, hew, heh, hush, and sip". If you persevere, you can cultivate a vajra indestructible body...

In fact, there is some truth to the theory of breathing. After all, most chefs are fat. The reason is that they inhale a lot of oil fume when cooking. According to the analysis from the perspective of physics, heat energy causes molecules to move continuously, while The high temperature in the kitchen will cause the molecules of oil fume to separate and diffuse in the air. The chef breathes, which is equivalent to eating food in disguise. So to sum up irresponsibly, if you really want to eat bigu, the best place is of course in the kitchen of a hotel restaurant. After all, the air in this kind of place is fairly complete in terms of nutrients, and the relative nutrient density is relatively high...

  Some people also said that bigu can detoxify. After all, less food is equivalent to reducing the amount of excrement. However, in fact, the main detoxification organ of the human body is not the large intestine, but the kidney. So it is said that bigu is good for detoxification, in fact, it is exactly the same as the theory that taking laxatives is good for weight loss.

  But Zuo Ci’s current so-called bigu rhetoric, which type does it belong to?

   "It's okay to eat less..." Fei Qian tried to invite again.

  Zuo Ci stroked his snow-white beard, half-raised his neck, and said with a little pride: "There is spiritual energy in the world, breathing is like drinking wine, so naturally there is no need to eat vulgar things... I hope the general will forgive me..."

  Yo, do you really not want to eat?

  Is the feeling Zuo Ci Zuo Xianren playing for real?

  In the Han Dynasty, the status of Taoist priests was quite high. Perhaps it was because Liu Bang adopted Taoist Huang Lao's thoughts to govern when he founded the country, so Taoism is still relatively popular in the upper political circles of the Han Dynasty, and even some royal heirs have devoted themselves to the great Taoist cause. , the most notable one is of course Liu An.

   Forget it, just don’t eat if you don’t eat it.

   Fei Qian asked: "I don't know if the immortal came, what's the matter?"

Zuo Ci spoke slowly, with a mellow tone and a forceful voice: "The poor Taoist has been watching the sky for the past few days and nights, and he saw that the Xuanji brilliance is flourishing, the golden city is ninefold, and the five colors are shining in the sky. The greedy wolf flies into the sky, filled with the mysterious position, majestic in the shape of a mountain, but also sees the bewildering star lying in it... So he followed it, but unexpectedly, he arrived at the general's place..."

Oh?

  This means you lost your way looking at the stars at night?

  Looking at the sky at night can be regarded as a magical skill point.

   "Book of Changes · Xici 1" has: "The sky hangs down like an image, sees good and bad, and the sage looks like it." In other words, God will show the face of mortals in the world, and this face is specifically manifested in various astrology and celestial phenomena...

For example, the so-called "Yinghuo Shouxin" astronomical phenomenon that appeared in the period of Qin Shihuang, which means that the emperor on the ground did something bad, and the heavens were very angry, and the consequences were very serious. Then there was a sentence that was often said in the cartoons of later generations, It means that the moon and stars will destroy you...

  So any alchemist will naturally have their own 45-degree sky-watching skills, not only the alchemists, but also Zhuge Liang, Sima Yi.

  But unfortunately, Fei Qian can't...

   "...can this...immortal speak frankly?" Fei Qian said after a moment of silence.

Zuo Ci leaned forward slightly, looked at Fei Qian with piercing eyes, but did not speak. After a while, he withdrew his gaze, half-opened and half-closed his eyes and said, "General...you see it according to the poor way...forgive the poor way to speak out, the general is afraid There is a bad omen..."

   Fei Qian suddenly felt ten thousand mud horses galloping past in his heart!

  You have a bad omen!

  Your family has bad omens!

  Suddenly, Fei Qian felt in a trance as if he was standing on the overpass of Sanlitun in later generations...

  (end of this chapter)