Fighter of the Destiny

The surroundings of Beilu were quiet, with only Chen Changsheng alone. Yesterday the situation was completely different. At that time, dozens of candidates gathered in front of this monument. The venue was very quiet, but with so many people, it would inevitably feel a bit crowded. The sound of clothes rubbing against each other and people moving around never stopped. Even at night, people did not leave, but lit lanterns in front of the hut. But after all, the Mausoleum of Heavenly Books has existed on this continent for countless years. Many sects and colleges have people who have gone to the Mausoleum of Heavenly Books to see the stone tablets. They have already summed up a lot of experience and explained it before the imperial examination. After the initial excitement, the candidates After waking up, I realized that observing the monument was not something that happened overnight, and that I had to take good care of myself. So I followed the master's instructions and went to find a place to rest under the mausoleum. At this time, everyone was probably still asleep.

Chen Changsheng didn't know these processes and looked at the stone tablet carefully.

The surface of the stele is black, with countless thick or thin, dark or light lines on it. Those lines are carved with unknown sharp objects, and the turns are quite random, covering the entire stele. There are countless intersections on the surface, which seem complicated and inexplicable. If you look at it with an emotional eye, or attach those historical meanings to it, or you can see the ancient meaning in these lines, but if you calm down, Remove all those emotions and awe of the Book of Heaven. These lines actually have no rules and no meaning. They are like things written by a child randomly. Many scholars even think that these lines may have been formed naturally. This was originally a style of interpreting monuments that was popular many years ago.

Chen Changsheng saw the legendary Heavenly Book Monument for the first time today. Naturally, he was unable to make any judgment. The reason why his heartbeat began to quicken when his eyes fell on the monument was not because he understood something at a glance, nor was it because he found himself reading Being shocked after passing some lines is just the emotional fluctuation caused by the legend appearing in front of you.

Yes, he has seen these traces, or inscriptions, on this Heavenly Book Monument.

There is no chance, nor is it a miracle. Many people have seen these incomprehensible inscriptions on the Tomb of the Book of Heaven - all the stalls on both sides of the main road outside the Mausoleum of the Book of the Book sell rubbings of the inscriptions, and foreigners come to visit the Tomb of the Book of the Book. Almost every tourist has a copy. You must know that these rubbings have always been the best souvenirs sold in Tianshu Tomb.

Countless years ago, there were rubbings of the Heavenly Book Monument circulating in the world. When the human dynasty became more and more strict, some emperors tried to prohibit the leakage of the rubbings of the Heavenly Book Monument. However, there were already many rubbings out there, and the temptation was too great. It's so big that it can't be banned at all, so we can only let it go.

In particular, the rubbings of the seventeen stone tablets in the front mausoleum of Tianshu Mausoleum were even publicly sold three times during the pre-dynasty period. More than a dozen official versions were printed, with at least millions of copies printed. They were used for the inner treasury. While returning a large fortune, it also provided a lot of soft and suitable paper for card tables in many homes.

The rubbings of the Tianshu stele can be widely circulated. Apart from the fact that it cannot be prohibited, the most fundamental reasons lie in two points. First of all, looking at the rubbings of the Heavenly Book Stele and directly observing the monument are two different concepts. For countless years, countless ascetics have proven that only by looking at the stone monument in the Tomb of the Heavenly Book with one's own eyes can one understand the true meaning of the way of heaven hidden in the inscription. Secondly, the number of rubbings of the Heavenly Book inscriptions that can be spread among the people is limited after all. Most of them are the stone inscriptions in the Qianling Tomb. You must know that people who have access to more stone inscriptions must be strong and accomplished practitioners. How could they covet these? Fame and fortune, for example, a powerful man with astonishing talent like Tianliang King Po, only saw thirty-one stone tablets in the Tomb of Heavenly Books. So even if Li Ling lost his mind, he would not be able to make rubbings of the inscriptions on the Heavenly Book monuments at the back. Then take him out of Tianshu Mausoleum.

After Chen Changsheng arrived in Kyoto, he stayed at the Li Ziyuan Inn outside the Tomb of the Book of Heaven for a while. Every day he would see the rubbings of the Book of Heavenly Book on the stalls, and naturally he bought a lot of them. When he first got the rubbings, He was still very excited until he realized that they had no meaning and threw them aside.

But standing on the Heavenly Book Monument and seeing the lines on the monument with your own eyes is a completely different thing.

For thousands of years, this stone monument has been silent and mysterious under the hut.

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The lines on the black stone tablet appeared in Chen Changsheng's eyes. The scratches on the lower right side of the tablet that were originally deep in the stone suddenly turned into a bulge, with dozens of thin lines attached to its edge. The line also left the stone surface, giving people a floating feeling.

Chen Changsheng knew that this was an illusion. It was an interference with the real vision after the connection between spiritual consciousness and the Tomb of Heavenly Books. When he was a child and studied Taoism in the old temple in Xining Town, he had read many records of the monuments observed by the predecessors of the state religion, so he was not surprised by this sudden change and remained absolutely calm.

The so-called change actually does not mean any change, it is just a change of light and shadow, the objective reality is still there.

No matter it is gloomy or heavy rain, no matter whether there is this hut above the monument, no matter whether the surface of the monument is wet or dry, whether it looks dark or dazzling, the monument is still a monument, and the lines on the monument are still those lines. However, isn't the biggest difference between the inscriptions and the rubbings circulated among the people lies in this change?

Position is relative, and so is appearance.

The position changes with the position of the reference object, and the appearance changes with the environment.

To determine the location, you need to determine the location of all reference objects.

If you want to observe the unchanging objective reality, do you first need to understand the changes in the environment to the objective reality?

Is the information that viewers need to understand and the truth that they need to understand hidden in this change?

Standing in front of the hut, Chen Changsheng looked at the inscription, maintaining the same posture and not moving for a long time.

The morning sun has all jumped over the horizon. The morning glow looks at the Tomb of the Book of Heaven from a distance, bringing a sense of warmth. The chill in the morning forest is gradually dispelled. The side of the Tomb of the Book of Heaven is dyed red, which is very beautiful.

Looking at the red color on the edge of the stone tablet, Chen Changsheng closed his eyes, stayed quiet for a while, and then turned around.

He no longer looked at the monument, but looked around the monument.

All the treetops were dyed red, as if they were about to burn. The looming monuments and huts in the distance were even more difficult to locate. He walked from the foot of the mausoleum and arrived in front of the first Heavenly Book Monument. The road came to an end. There was no road leading to other Heavenly Book Monuments. However, they said there was only one road to the Heavenly Book Tomb. So what did this mean?

The morning sun burned the forest tops, and its red brilliance illuminated the previously dark cliff beside the hut. Only then did he see a few lines of words carved on the cliff.

Unlike the incomprehensible Heavenly Book Stele, the writing on the cliff is easy to understand because it uses characters that everyone can understand.

The mist of the river illuminates the clear mist, the houses on both sides of the strait are connected with painted eaves, the pale lotus bushes form a section of autumn light, and the fragrant wind rolls up the ten-mile bead curtain. (Note)

This poem was written by the master of the Taoist sect two thousand years ago when he first visited the Tomb of Heavenly Books and viewed the stele.

The first monument in Tianshu Mausoleum has since had its own name: Zhaoqing Monument.

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From the time he arrived at Beilu to the time he left, he only looked at it for less than a quarter of an hour before turning around and leaving without hesitation.

Leaving Zhaoqing Monument, he walked down the mountain road. When he turned around a mountain col, he saw Zhexiu. Looking at the time, Zhexiu should have been standing here for a while.

Zhexiu raised his eyebrows slightly, obviously not expecting him to leave so soon.

I don't like the excitement, and I don't want to crowd together with others to look at the monument. Chen Changsheng gave an unconvincing explanation, and looked at the faint smoke rising from the forest far down the mountain, and reminded: Everyone is already awake. , if you want no one to disturb you while viewing the monument, you’d better hurry up.”

Zhexiu nodded and walked up the mountain path.

Chen Changsheng looked at his figure, hesitated for a while, and said, I don't think it's useful to look at him for too long, and it may be harmful.

Zhexiu ignored him.

Chen Changsheng continued walking down the mountain and met a middle-aged man wearing white clothes on the mountain path.

He recognized the middle-aged man as one of the tablet attendants who explained the rules of Tianshu Mausoleum to everyone yesterday.

Thinking that these monument attendants had dedicated their youth and lives to the Mausoleum of Heavenly Books, everyone showed some respect, and he was no exception, saluting respectfully.

The middle-aged man did not return the gift, or even nodded his head. However, he did not leave either. Instead, he looked at him with an indifferent expression.

Chen Changsheng felt a little uneasy and asked, Senior, what are your orders?

Are you Chen Changsheng? The middle-aged man looked at him and asked, his tone cold.

Chen Changsheng was startled. He did not expect that the other party, who had never left Tianshu Mausoleum, would actually know his name. He replied with some caution: Exactly.

Are you the first person to win this year's imperial examination? the middle-aged man continued to ask, this time his tone was not only indifferent, but also a bit stern.

Chen Changsheng became more and more uneasy and puzzled, so he responded: Not bad.

The middle-aged man said solemnly: It only took a moment from the time you climbed to the mausoleum to the time you left. Could it be that you understood the Zhaoqing Monument in such a short period of time?

Chen Changsheng explained: No, I...

Before he could finish his words, the middle-aged man said in a cold voice: Of course I know that you can't understand Zhaoqing Monument in such a short time. Do you think you really have such outstanding understanding? That's what I'm saying. Your attitude! It’s so inappropriate and stupid! Outside the Mausoleum of Heavenly Books, the first place in the imperial examination may have some weight, but you have to understand that this is the Mausoleum of Heavenly Books! This is the place where countless sages humbly enlightened! I don’t know if I have ever seen it. I have been ranked first in many major imperial examinations, don’t think that just because of this name you can be arrogant!”

Listening to these shameless lectures, Chen Changsheng was stunned. It would be fine if he was really giving advice to his juniors. But it was obvious that the other party just wanted to humiliate him. The strange thing was that since the other party could not leave the Mausoleum of Heavenly Books, Stele Waiter, why are you so hostile to me?

The middle-aged man looked at him, without concealing his contempt and disgust, and said: I'm warning you, the Tomb of Heavenly Books is a holy place. No matter how great your background is, you must still be in awe, let alone think of putting anything outside the mausoleum. If you bring in all the dirty things from the troubled times, you can tell this to the person who comes to see you!

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(Note: This song uses a few lines from Zhang Yanghao's Water Fairy, which I made up randomly. In addition, when I wrote about the best-selling rubbings outside the Mausoleum of the Book of Heaven, my hand almost slipped and I wrote that it was the best-selling peripheral... I overturned everything I had thought about before starting the book about the plot of Guan Monument because I didn't think it was interesting enough and too complicated. I spent the past few days thinking hard and finally came up with a solution that I'm more satisfied with. It's interesting, simple and powerful, but to be honest Yes, my brain has been a little over-stressed these days, so today is just one chapter. I will rest my mind first and deal with the rest later, and I will start saving the manuscript tomorrow, silently...)