Chapter 86 Extra Chapter: Ten Unsolved Mysteries of Ancient Qin (6)

Lu Qian woke up after sleeping in the hospital for a day. Since they were ordered by their motherland to rob the museum, and it was for the purpose of saving humanity, the matter of robbing the museum was wiped clean. In addition, the police in Xianyang awarded the two girls medals and bonuses.

They each made a profit. Although medical care, food, and even takeout are free in China now, there are still things that cost money, and internet fees are indispensable.

So they were both quite happy to have made this money.

On the way home, Liu Xiao was still exclaiming, "Qianqian, you're famous now. Someone broadcast the scene live on the cloud. Everyone knows that you had a close encounter with the motherland and even became a temporary vessel for it."

"Including me... well, although I was criticized for speeding, hehe, my parents gave me a huge red envelope and treated you to a fancy restaurant."

"Okay, little rich girl, then I'm going to rip you off!" Lu Qian said to her friend with a cheerful laugh.

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After having dinner at one of the few upscale restaurants in Xianyang that charges an entrance fee, Liu Xiao drove Lu Qian home. Liu Xiao then said to her, "Qianqian, get some rest. I'm going home now."

Goodbye, Xiaoxiao~ See you at school tomorrow~

After closing the door, Lu Qian immediately collapsed onto the sofa and casually summoned the screen to start watching videos.

As someone who needs to catch up on her studies, perhaps because she's watched too many history videos, she now finds a lot of history-related videos on the internet, some of which are even unofficial historical accounts.

Just swipe down and you'll find one...

“The Ten Unsolved Mysteries of Ancient Qin Dynasty…” Lu Qian read aloud softly. She was quite curious about the title, so she didn’t immediately scroll away but continued reading.

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"The Ten Unsolved Mysteries of Ancient Qin" (in no particular order).

Unsolved Mystery 1: Was Taishu Jiu a time traveler?

"Tai Shu Jiu was a native of ancient Qi. He served as the Grand Chancellor, Left Chancellor, and Right Chancellor of ancient Qin. He was also a very long-lived person in history, living more than 30 years longer than Li Si and more than 20 years longer than Meng Tian."

"None of the First Emperor's initial subordinates survived him; the only one who outlived him was the First Emperor himself."

Lu Qian quickly summoned a second light screen. After checking the information online, she found that it was indeed true how rare it was for people in ancient times to live to be a hundred years old.

The fact that a human with an average lifespan of 300 years could live past 500 years is something that would be worthy of a special report even today.

"Historical records indicate that the high-yield grain varieties possessed by the ancient Qin state were produced by him. And that's not all; his expertise seems to be extremely broad. He was not only a master in farming but also quite skilled in chemical engineering."

"However, archaeological discoveries have also revealed that, given the level of technology at that time, it would have taken at least several hundred years for the technology he presented to have developed. This is why so many people now suspect that he is a time traveler; the breadth of his knowledge is unimaginable."

"The novel 'Transmigrating to Ancient Qin and Becoming the Prime Minister of Qin with a System' contains similar content. You can check it out if you're interested."

Lu Qian: ?

The screen displays a video, and these comments don't affect its playback; the people on screen simply keep playing, no matter how much they stop.

"Unsolved mystery number two: Why is there a memorial tablet with Zhao's name engraved in the National Temple?"

[I've been to the National Temple, I can vouch for it, it really exists.] [Me too!]

"As everyone knows, the National Temple and the Imperial Ancestral Temple are not quite the same. Only ordinary emperors can enter the Imperial Ancestral Temple, while those who can enter the National Temple are emperors of unparalleled stature. Among these emperors of unparalleled stature, there is an inconspicuous memorial tablet with only the single character 'Zhao' engraved on it."

"Thinking about those related to the Qin royal family, the only one with the surname Zhao or clan name Zhao is Zhao Wu, the birth mother of the First Emperor. However, the memorial tablet of this empress dowager is next door, so some scholars believe that the [Zhao] refers not to the empress dowager Zhao Wu, but to someone else. But throughout that period, there was no one with the surname Zhao or clan name Zhao who was more famous than the empress dowager Zhao Wu."

“Those people may have made contributions, but not enough to warrant being enshrined in the National Temple.”

"So, based on speculation, someone wrote the following novel..."

Lu Qian's lips twitched. What should she do if she no longer found it strange?

"After Transmigrating into Zhao Ji, the Qin Kingdom Fell in Love with Me"

Another barrage of comments flooded the screen: 【Ahhhhh, I never thought about it before, but Motherland just appeared yesterday to save us! What if she sees this? Will she think we're a bunch of perverts...?】【Watching this makes me imagine myself in this; I am a pervert, and I'm perfectly justified.jpg】

[I'm in Xianyang, but I'm anonymous because I'm connected to the industry. I can vouch for her; she even watched "The Legend of the Condor Heroes." Her laughter back then seemed to be mocking me. I'm shouting here! The aesthetic sense of us old Qin people is really normal!! "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" is a uniquely terrible drama; calling it terrible is an insult to terrible dramas.]

[*** (Old Qin's profanity), "Rebirth: Dying in Front of Motherland"] [Is this for real? Don't make this up to fool us. It's one thing for the main account to lie to us, but we can't lie to our fellow viewers!]

Lu Qian's pupils dilated in shock. "Is this even allowed to be written?" she thought, startled, and clicked to read the synopsis.

The rest doesn't matter anymore. She repeatedly looked at the middle part, and her head started to spin. So, does Motherland herself know?

"I know~" A figure appeared on the sofa, and Zhu Qing'ai also sat on the sofa. She casually glanced at the novel's synopsis and gave a simple comment, "I've read this one. The romance is described quite delicately. Apart from Zhao Wu's sexual orientation being a bit far-fetched, it's quite good."

Zhao Ji had so many male favorites, how could she possibly like women? It's obvious the author didn't check historical records and just made wild guesses based on online marketing accounts.

"However, I still have to say that the memorial tablet is not Zhao Wu's. It is a memorial tablet with the character 'Zhao' carved by King Xiaocheng of Zhao. I only kept it out of kindness."

Although Lu Qian knew the truth, she felt even more confused. Why would the Qin state's national temple enshrine a tablet for 'Zhao'?!

This is why none of the scholars guessed that it was related to the state of Zhao. They all thought it was someone who couldn't be openly included. Someone even wrote a yuri novel about it. No one thought that it was actually the memorial tablet of the ancient Zhao state next door.

While Lu Qian was racking her brains, the video continued to play. Zhu Qing'ai also curiously moved closer, wondering what people nowadays thought was most worth investigating in the past.

"Unsolved mystery three: How did Yu Xiao, the military industry tycoon, survive the explosion in those years?"

[As everyone knows, [illegible] has no effect on me.] [Laughing, do you think you're playing a game?] [To be fair, in today's hardcore retro games, even if you planted the bomb yourself, a wrong move can still hurt you.]

"Yu Xiao was generally called Ji Yu in that era. She was the youngest girl in the family. Yu Xiao is the name recorded in historical books."

[Explosions are art!!!] [Ohh ...

"It can be said that she laid the foundation for the military equipment of the early Qin Dynasty, and the unsolved mystery I am talking about today is also about her."

"At that time, she was not very famous, so this record was included in the records of the then Crown Prince Zheng of Qin. There are historical records that the First Emperor, who was still the Crown Prince at the time, went to inspect the school of Taishu Jiukai, and brought a group of ministers with him."

Suddenly, a loud bang came from the direction of the teaching building. When everyone went over to check, they found that the chemistry laboratory had exploded.

"Of course, the historical records don't contain that much. It only says a few words that someone experimented with explosives inside and destroyed the chemistry lab. The principal punished them by making them write a self-criticism. This is Yu Xiao's conclusion, or it was deduced from the list of chemistry students in that year."

"Therefore, some people call Yu Xiao the chosen one. She survived the explosion unscathed, which can't be explained by luck alone!"

"The plot is similar to that of 'I Became the Master of Arms in Ancient Qin'."

Lu Qian: I knew there would be a novel recommendation at the end.

“I saved Yu Xiao’s child. The situation is a bit complicated. She doesn’t remember me afterward, and there’s no record of it in historical books.”

Lu Qian suddenly realized that this made sense, and she added the novel she had just read to her favorites.

She wanted to ask something but was too embarrassed to speak, so she simply moved the screen closer to the motherland, so that each person and each country could see half of it.

"Unsolved mystery four: What exactly did the paintings depicting the battlefield that Meng Ao brought back depict?"

[I know, I drew a bunch of abstract stick figures. The drawing is still on display at the Xianyang Museum. You can go see it if you don't believe me.] [Haha, we believe you! The Yunwang Museum has holographic versions; you can see them and even touch them. Of course, don't touch the artifacts in real museums, or you might get arrested on the spot.] [Laughs.]

Zhu Qing'ai covered her face. She knew it; she should have destroyed the painting back then. And who did this one come from?

"This painting dates back to the period when the five states jointly attacked the Qin state, during the reign of King Zhuangxiang of Qin, Ying Zichu. However, the painting style at that time was quite abstract, and the subject matter was unheard of. The imagery in this painting cannot be understood using common sense..."

"This has also led to many different interpretations of the content of this painting. Some say that Meng Ao encountered a god during his battle, and the god was holding his dead friend, which symbolizes the disastrous defeat of the five kingdoms."

[There's absolutely no connection between these two things.] [Master, you're talking nonsense again. Tell me, what novel are you recommending this time? I'll add it to my favorites, okay?]

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