Feng Bai clenched his fists and looked around. No one was there. He wondered if beating this guy up when no one was around would be considered unfilial.
A cold, icy gaze, sharp as an ice blade, fell upon him. Feng Bai's back stiffened, and when he turned around, he saw his uncle, who had just finished beating him and looked refreshed, sitting in the tin shack behind him, drinking tea.
The rising steam illuminated his face, whose blue lines had faded considerably, making him look as handsome as a god. He glanced coldly at the person who was still smiling.
"I've delivered the message; I'm heading back now."
This wasn't about him relaying a message; his uncle was clearly using his still-beaten face to please his wife. At this moment, Feng Bai really wanted to turn into a monkey and detonate the earth with a banana!
Ruan Xianxian walked over with a smile, "Still haven't gotten rid of this old habit of liking to beat up your nephew?"
Miyano hummed in agreement, handed the perfectly warm tea to her partner, and said casually, "He likes it."
He likes it? Ruan Xianxian chuckled to herself. It was clearly this guy who had regained most of his memories, but was even more petty than before he regained them, who liked it.
Behind them sat pairs of eager eyes, and the two stopped the conversation.
"Comrade Ruan, according to the comrades of Bureau 749, the cave is the Taoist temple of Qin Shi Huang. Is that true?" someone asked impatiently.
Despite the iron chain bridge built between the two mountains, the wolf king does not allow more humans to set foot in his territory, leaving scientific researchers and archaeologists only able to look on with longing.
Ruan Xianxian sat down next to Gong Ye and nodded slightly. "To be precise, it was Ying Zheng who proved to King Zhou that King Zhou was the human emperor, and Ji Fa was the traitor."
"Impossible!" An elderly archaeology professor stood up agitatedly, trembling with anger. "Unofficial history! What you're saying is pure unofficial history!"
Ruan Xianxian was not angry, and listed examples in a clear and organized manner:
According to the "Annals of the Three Sovereigns", in ancient times, the Heavenly Sovereign controlled the seasons, the Emperor Sovereign held the reins of the world, and the Human Sovereign governed the people. The three powers coexisted and were all revered by the Dao.
"The Human Emperor was on equal footing with the ruler of Heaven and Earth, and was by no means the 'Son of Heaven' who knelt and submitted to the emperor in later generations."
Originally, Ji Fa, as the leader of the Punishment Alliance, was the most qualified to inherit the Human Emperor Sword, but on the eve of the Battle of Muye, the Immortal Clan turned him against them and offered him conditions that he could not refuse.
On the banks of the Wei River, Jiang Ziya confronted Ji Fa, stating that if he wished to rule the world, he needed to sign the Haotian Blood Pact, acknowledge the immortals as his father, and degenerate himself into the Son of Heaven.
Ji Fa voluntarily gave up his position as the human emperor, who was on par with heaven and earth, and humbled himself to become a son of a human, going from being an equal of the Three Sovereigns to a junior of the Two Sovereigns!
After King Zhou immolated himself, Ji Fa, in a delusional attempt to control the Emperor's Sword, found that the nine-foot sword's light, though dimmed, stubbornly remained undiminished. The idiot, overjoyed, gripped the hilt and shouted: "Heaven's mandate returns to Zhou!"
The entire sword emitted mournful cries like a dragon's roar, and shattered inch by inch in Ji Fa's hand!
The Human Emperor's Sword, through its self-destruction, declared that Ji Fa, a human, had betrayed humanity.
Some people in the room listened intently, while others, their faces flushed, suppressed their rage.
The old man's face turned red and his neck thickened. "What evidence do you have to support your claims?"
This was a serious debate within the archaeological community, and Ruan Xianxian wouldn't get angry because of other people's attitudes. She said in a gentle tone, "I didn't, it was Ying Zheng who did."
It was our ancestor who reforged the Emperor's Sword from fragments of a broken sword.
Seeing that he was tongue-tied and couldn't get to the point, another elderly woman, a grandmother, smiled and spoke up.
"Young comrade, I don't disagree with your point of view, but just like people idolize celebrities nowadays, did Ying Zheng like or even worship King Zhou, and therefore glorify him?"
The viewpoint is quite interesting. Thinking about how her ancestor with thick eyebrows and big eyes also had idols and was once a fanboy, Ruan Xianxian can't help but laugh.
"Possibly." She nodded slightly. "Then can you tell me why King Zhou called himself the Supreme Ruler, while later generations only referred to the Supreme Ruler as the Son of Heaven?"
The old woman was still deep in thought when someone subconsciously chimed in, "That was the ancients' reverence for Heaven. How can humans be on par with Heaven?"
Ruan Xianxian turned her head, and everyone looked at the man. He looked to be in his early thirties, wearing a dark blue Zhongshan suit and glasses.
Seeing everyone looking at him with meaningful glances, he pushed up his glasses and asked nervously, "Wh-what's wrong?"
How dare you ask what happened? Didn't the woman say that the three ancient emperors were equal in their veneration of the Heavenly Way?
Ruan Xianxian laughed and joked, "I almost thought you were a descendant of Ji Fa."
To everyone's surprise, Ji Guang puffed out his chest and said, "I am not talented, but my surname is Ji."
Everyone: ...
Some patted their foreheads, while others covered their heads.
Okay, I got it!
Because of the shared surname, Ruan has a classmate surnamed Mao who has no relation to the eldest brother in any meaningful way, but he is inexplicably proud of him.
"This time, a nine-group, nine-path Emperor's Decree was unearthed at the Taoist temple. As for whether it belonged to King Zhou or Ying Zheng, there is no record and it is impossible to verify."
Jiang Ziya once gave Ji Fa a jade talisman engraved with the character "five," saying, "To defeat the Human Emperor, one must humble oneself to the number 'five,' for five is the number of harmony; by showing weakness to Heaven, one can gain divine assistance."
Ji Guang jumped out again, "How can we overthrow King Zhou without the help of the immortals? How can the world be at peace if King Zhou is not destroyed?"
Suddenly, without warning, Ruan Xianxian stood up, grabbed the man by the collar, and punched him in the face.
"I told you you had divine assistance, and I'd beat you into a pig! Go ahead and scream? Why aren't you screaming anymore?"
With a loud yell, the little glasses flew off!
The old men and women came over to break up the fight, while Miyano sat there blowing on the tea foam to hide the smile on his lips.
With her upper body held in place by a bunch of hands and feet, Ruan Xianxian dared not exert any force, afraid of falling and hitting someone. But her feet were not idle at all, kicking Ji Guang so hard that he crawled all over the ground.
She was pulled away, panting heavily, and pointed at Ji Guang angrily, "You, it's fortunate you were born late, if you had been born twenty years earlier you would also have been a traitor."
"That little dwarf lowered himself to call someone 'dad' in order to get American help. If you agree with Ji Fa's actions, are you also agreeing with the Japanese?"
These words caused everyone present to change their expressions. Ji Guang shut his mouth and dared not utter another word.
Ruan Xianxian suppressed her anger, "I have no comment on whether King Zhou was tyrannical or not, I just can't stand Ji Fa, as the leader of the human race, belittling himself in front of the heavens."
When he knelt before Haotian, the blood pact was formed, and from then on, the leader of the human race was forever the 'Son of Heaven'. Do you want proof?
The newly cast Zhou ding only has five coiled dragons engraved on it, instead of the nine dragons on the Shang ding, and the ding is nine feet five inches tall, so the number nine-nine supreme becomes nine-five supreme.
From then on, the fate of humanity was ordained by Heaven.
His soul returned to the underworld.
Moreover, from Qin Shi Huang to Emperor Wu of Han, all the great rulers of the past attempted to break free from the shackles of the "nine-five" rule.
For some unknown reason, Emperor Wu of Han and Qin Shi Huang collected all the weapons in the land and cast twelve bronze statues in an attempt to break through the number nine.
The steps to the Hall of Supreme Harmony in the Forbidden City are set up in nine tiers, but each tier has only five steps, and the emperor's seal always reads "By the Mandate of Heaven".
Human leaders have been forever reduced to agents of 'Heaven,' and now you're telling me Ji Fa's actions are correct?
Ji Guang fell silent!
Everyone fell silent!
This is quite a shock to my understanding!
Miyano helps her partner fill in the gaps in her knowledge.
"The First Emperor cast twelve bronze statues, and Emperor Wu of Han built the Shenmingtai in Zhanggong Palace, which was ninety-nine zhang high, secretly corresponding to the number nine and breaking through the shackles."
Seeing that no one was speaking, Miyano quickly refilled the glass of the person who had angered her.
"Gentlemen, isn't the charm and value of archaeology to overthrow, reorganize, overthrow and reorganize again?"
Just like many, many people who, even after the satellite was launched, still firmly believed that the Earth was flat.
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