Chapter 1099 Bad Omen

The evening glow shrouded the horizon, dyeing the western sky, clouds, and rocks with a layer of magnificent orange-red. A slightly cool evening breeze blew from the tips of the bamboo forest, making a swishy sound as he lifted up his robe and gently pulled at the corners of his hair, like a naughty child.

Fei Qian, wearing a scholar's robe, a high crown and wide sleeves, was sitting in a small pavilion in the bamboo forest, holding a roll of bamboo slips and looking at them.

These days, the soles of the busy feet cannot touch the ground. It seems like I have returned to the busy life of office workers in later generations. I am instructed by endless trivial matters every day, making me spin like a top...

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

Therefore, Fei Qian can sit comfortably in this backyard pavilion, drinking tea leisurely and enjoying the cool breeze.

The bamboo slips in his hand were taken at random in the room. Fei Qian was just preparing to kill time, so he didn't choose that kind of book specifically. However, he did not expect that this scroll of bamboo slips surprised Fei Qian.

This is a mysterious book.

"...the ice in the north is thousands of miles thick and hundreds of feet thick. There is a rat in the water under the soil. It looks like a rat. It eats grass and trees. Its meat weighs a thousand catties and can be used to make preserved meat. When eaten, it is hot. Its hair is eight feet long and can be used as a mattress. It is cold when lying down. Its skin can be covered with drums, and it can be heard for thousands of miles..."

Is this about polar bears?

Speaking of which, it does make some sense.

How could people in the Han Dynasty have been able to go to the North Pole, and how could there be such records?

But what happened to these words?

Or maybe the person who wrote this supernatural book actually has some special powers?

How interesting.

Fei Qian looked at this bamboo slip and couldn't help but praise the people of the Han Dynasty. Who said ancient people had no imagination? Read this book, it is simply too powerful...

Because we don’t know, we only imagine.

Fear comes from imagination.

Because of fear, I move forward.

In any era, the exploration of unknown things will always be the driving force for human development and advancement.

For later generations of Fei Qian, wind is the flow of air, water is the structure of hydrogen and oxygen, and fire is the transfer of energy. These are basic common sense of physics or chemistry, which can break most of the mystery, and there is a lot less mystery. He has a sense of awe, so he has a hehe attitude towards the so-called Immortal Heaven, the White Stone God, and even the Supreme Supreme Yuanjun Wuji.

"Mr. Lang, what are you looking at?" Huang Yueying motioned to the maid to change Fei Qian's tea soup and moved closer to Fei Qian. Although she said this, she stretched her head directly without waiting for Fei Qian's answer. He glanced at the bamboo slips in Fei Qian's hand.

Fei Qian sent the bamboo slips to Huang Yueying so that she could take a closer look, and said casually: "You just took it casually in the room... did you read it?"

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

"False beast? Hmm..." Fei Qian put the scroll on the table, tilted his head slightly, and said, "Does it count if there are parrots who imitate others? Is there a grown man... Well, there should be some, but it's just not like in the book. It's just that big... there is also the Golden Tower... On the other side of the distant 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. He can be regarded as the best brother in the world today..."

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

Are the goals of these civilizations in building these mega-projects the same as Qin Shihuang’s? Speaking of which, China also has many buildings or large projects that exceed the productivity of the times. However, in addition to being majestic and magnificent, these buildings and large projects also fortunately have some practical functions.

Except for cemeteries.

"...Well, if I say," Fei Qian tilted his head and looked at Huang Yueying and said, "...the land under our feet is actually a very large sphere...then, if we walk in one direction, we can eventually walk back. In situ...do you believe it?"

"Ah?" Huang Yueying was stunned for a moment, and then she couldn't help but stretched out her hand and gestured, "...round...round?"

"Haha..." Fei Qian raised his head and smiled, "I'm just teasing you, I just said it casually..."

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

Or do you mean you only see the ship when you stand on the beach and see the sails in the distance?

Hey hey hey, is this necessary?

If we really get serious about it, how can we prove that the earth is round? You can block all these so-called evidences by simply saying that your eyes are dazzled, or by saying monstrous words to confuse the public.

Just when Huang Yueying was confused and troubled, a servant suddenly reported that someone calling himself Wujiao came to visit Fei Qian and was already outside the house...

Wu Jiao?

Turtle has horns?

Who?

Huang Yueying muttered for a few times, then suddenly said: "Is he an old gentleman with white hair and a childish face?"

The attendant hesitated for a moment and said, "I do have gray hair, but my childish face... it's hard to say..."

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

Zuo Xianren?

Zuo Ci?

When Fei Qian heard what Huang Yueying said, he couldn't help but think of the famous so-called immortals in the Three Kingdoms, Zuo Ci, Yu Ji, Zixu, well...

Who else?

If it were Zuo Ci, what would he want to do when he came to my place?

"Ah, the immortal is here..." Huang Yueying was a little excited, and then said, "...I wonder if the immortal knows... um..." Halfway through her words, Huang Yueying suddenly stopped, and her face turned red in a rare sight. He glanced at Fei Qian.

Fei Qian was frowning and wondering why Zuo Ci appeared. He didn't notice Huang Yueying's strange behavior. He pondered for a while before saying: "...Forget it, let's just meet..."

"Hmm, let's meet..." Huang Yueying nodded like a chicken pecking at rice, and then called to the attendants, "...come, please change your clothes..."

Only then did Fei Qian notice Huang Yueying's expression, and asked in surprise: "Yueying, what are you..."

Huang Yueying arranged Fei Qian's clothes and buried her head under Fei Qian's robe without raising her head to look at Fei Qian. Then she said hesitantly: "Ah... Lang Jun, I'm fine... Don't let the immortal wait too long." long time……"

In fact, Fei Qian didn't really have any "immortal" feeling about Zuo Ci in his heart. Although many legends about Zuo Ci were spread in later generations, most of his deeds are not worthy of scrutiny...

At most, it can be regarded as auspicious in human form, not to mention that Fei Qian has done this "auspicious" thing before.

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

Although he is wearing Ge Yi, he is very clean from head to toe. Unlike most ordinary people, he is not stained with much dust. With his white eyebrows and white beard, he has a rosy complexion. He really looks like a fairy. a feeling of.

Age, to be honest, it's hard to tell. You could say forty or fifty, or seventy or eighty. It's not that Fei Qian has a problem with his eyesight, it's just that most people in the Han Dynasty were extremely mature, perhaps because of hard work. There are many people in their twenties who look like those in their thirties, and those in their thirties and forties who look like those in their fifties and sixties. . As for the person in front of me, if you just look at the hair, a person in his 70s or 80s may not be completely white, but looking at his skin, he looks like he is about 40 years old. After all, there are no such things as age spots. In the Han Dynasty of biotechnology, it was inevitable for most people...

"But Zuo Yuanfang, Zuo Xianren in person?" Fei Qian laughed twice, then stepped forward to greet him and said.

"I've seen the general. I don't dare to call him an immortal, he's just a Taoist..." Zuo Ci bowed his head and called him Heavenly Lord. He was personable and looked like a man who has achieved Taoism.

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

The attendant brought the dried fruit cakes and tea soup up like a flower. Fei Qian raised the tea bowl to invite him. Unexpectedly, Zuo Ci just drank a little bit of the tea soup and then didn't even look at the dried fruit cakes on the table. Said: "Those who practice Taoism are self-sufficient and do not need such things..."

"Bedu?" Fei Qian was stunned and doubtful.

Bigu, this word has many names: Quegu, Juegu, Xiuliang, Jueli...

But why is the name Bigu used the most? Fei Qian guessed that it might be because the pronunciation is close to that of a human organ, so it feels particularly close to it.

Bigu means to avoid grains. It means eating in the wind and drinking in dew, but not eating in fireworks.

There are roughly three types of inedia programs handed down in China. In addition to the first one, which is a complete hunger strike, there is also the one of eating less. This is the most common method used by women who love beauty in later generations. Dieting to lose weight is not strictly speaking. Of course, there is also a more funny way to fast. Practitioners are not completely on hunger strike. They can use some pills indirectly...

The ingredients of these elixirs are actually not mysterious, including but not limited to Rehmannia glutinosa, Polygonatum, Polygonum multiflorum, wolfberry, Asparagus, Ophiopogon japonicus, chrysanthemum, Poria, Atractylodes, pine nuts, cypress, Yiren, yam, almond, white peony root, etc. Wait, as for the taste and efficacy, you can actually go to the supermarket and look at a modern elixir that is very similar. The name of that modern elixir is "compressed biscuits."

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

The ancient Chinese people discovered that the cicada squats on the tree all day long and chirps without eating small insects or moving. They all thought it was a magical creature that could enjoy reincarnation and eternal life by "eating in the wind and drinking dew".

And he also constructed a special theory that breathing can replace eating, which became the "breathing" in many martial arts novels of later generations. It is said that all things are nurtured by heaven and earth, and breathing means absorbing the essence of heaven and earth. Some people even concluded There are a total of six ways to exhale through the mouth, namely "blowing, exhaling, puffing, heh, shushing, puffing". If you persevere, you can cultivate the indestructible Vajra body...

In fact, there is some truth to the theory of breathing. After all, most chefs are fat because they inhale a lot of oil fumes when cooking. From a physical point of view, thermal energy causes molecules to move continuously, and The high temperature in the kitchen will cause the molecules of oil fume to separate and diffuse in the air. When the chef breathes, he is eating food in disguise. Therefore, to sum up irresponsibly, if you really want to go without food, the best place is of course in the kitchen of a hotel. After all, the air in such a place has a complete range of nutrients, and the relative nutrient density is relatively high... …

Some people also say that fasting can detoxify. After all, less food means less excrement. However, in fact, the main detoxification organ of the human body is not the large intestine, but the kidneys. So saying that eating grains is good for detoxification is actually the same as the theory that taking laxatives is good for losing weight.

But what kind of so-called fasting theory does Zuo Ci currently have?

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

Zuo Ci stroked his snow-white beard, raised his neck half-way, and said slightly proudly: "There is spiritual energy between heaven and earth. Breathing in and out is like drinking wine, so there is no need to eat ordinary food... I hope you will forgive me, General..."

Hey, you still really don’t want to eat?

Is the Emotional Zuo Ci Zuo Immortal just kidding?

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

Forget it, if you don’t want to eat, then don’t eat.

Fei Qian asked: "I wonder if the immortal is here, what can I do?"

Zuo Ci said slowly, with a mellow and sonorous tone: "I have been observing the sky day and night recently, and I have seen the brilliance of the Xuanji, the nine layers of the golden city, and the five colors, which appear thousands of feet high in the sky. It is considered auspicious. Also see Greedy Wolf flew in the sky, filling the Xuan throne, forming a towering mountain shape, but I saw the star of confusion lying across it... so I followed it, but unexpectedly, I ended up at the general's place..."

oh?

Does this mean you get lost while looking at the stars at night?

Observing the sky at night is also a magical skill point.

"Book of Changes·Xici" says: "The sky hangs down like an image to see good or bad luck, and the saints like it." In other words, God will show the faces of mortals in the world, and the specific expression of this face is various astrology and celestial phenomena...

For example, the so-called "Yinghuo Shou Xin" celestial phenomenon that appeared during the Qin Shi Huang period meant that if the emperor on earth did something bad, God would be very angry, and the consequences would be serious. Following this, there was a sentence often said in cartoons of later generations, It means that the moon and stars want to destroy you...

Therefore, any alchemist will naturally have the skill of looking at the sky at 45 degrees. Not only the alchemist can do it, but Zhuge Liang can do it, and Sima Yi can also do it. It seems that those who do not have such skills are low in the end, and they cannot keep up with the new fashion of the Han Dynasty.

But it’s a pity that Fei Qian doesn’t know how to do it…

"...This...immortal, can you speak frankly?" Fei Qian said after being silent for a moment.

Zuo Ci leaned forward slightly and looked at Fei Qian with piercing eyes but said nothing. After a while, he withdrew his gaze and said with half-open and half-closed eyes: "General... I'm just looking at this... I'm sorry for speaking so bluntly. The general may have a serious omen..."

Fei Qian suddenly felt that there were ten thousand grass and mud horses galloping past in his heart!

You are the one who has a bad omen!

There is a bad omen for your whole family!

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