Paintings of Terror

"Honorable Monge Khan, we admire science."

Gu Qingqing heard her words echoing in the golden tent, as if echoing, and her shadow on the tent became darker and thicker with this echo.

Other darker and thicker shadows turned their heads to look at themselves. It was the first time they had heard of the new sect of "Science".

Meng Ge Khan didn't speak, but just made a gesture, which probably meant that Gu Qingqing, who admired science, explained his doctrine in public.

Gu Qingqing was not in a hurry to say anything. At this time, all the language was pale, not to mention that all he faced were eloquent and eloquent missionaries, and his words could not convince them.

Even today when science leads the world, these sects still have absolutely loyal followers.

Gu Qingqing's gaze fell on a copper basin beside the table, which was probably a copper basin for people to clean their hands, containing clean water.

Gu Qingqing looked at the pen, ink, paper and inkstone on the table again: "Sweat, as a believer in science, I can let this pot of water speak."

The believers who were still whispering just now were silent, their shadows sitting upright, seeming to be waiting for something.

Meng Ge spoke profusely, the tone was like an ancient Mongolian ballad: "I also want to know what this basin of water has to say."

Therefore, Gu Qingqing decided to use a few existing things to show everyone a scientific experiment.

This experiment was done when Gu Qingqing was in elementary school, and it was not complicated.

Gu Qingqing placed the water-filled copper basin on the table, dipped his fingers in the ink from the inkstone, and hit the surface of the water in the basin. The ink quickly expanded into a small circle of ink. Gu Qingqing was next to him. Six or seven ink dots were clicked.

Without waiting for the ink dots to spread, Gu Qingqing quickly removed the hairband on his head. This pure cotton cloth hairband was tied to the silver lion's forefoot just now, and now it is being used by the master again to send One end of the belt was rubbed by Gu Qingqing at the root of his hair a few times.

The dark shadows stared without moving.

Wu You watched from the sidelines, already knowing which experiment Gu Qingqing would do.

Gu Qingqing placed one end of the rubbed hairband on the ink on the water surface. Almost in an instant, the black solid ink ball turned into a circle, and Gu Qingqing was in the center of the surrounding ink spots. After a few clicks, five or six circles magically appeared on the water.

Gu Qingqing picked up the cut rice paper on the side and gently covered it on the surface of the water. Seeing that the rice paper was soaked with ink, he picked it up slowly, only to see the same pattern on the paper as in the basin just now. , They are all large and small irregular rings, some with traces of water ripples.

But when displayed on paper, it becomes a magical painting.

The shadows on the tent all sat upright and seemed to stare here, but unfortunately there was no expression in the black shadow.

"Honorable Khan, this piece of paper is what the water wants to say."

"What are you talking about? Can the priest have a word."

"Khan, please forgive me, I'm so talented and shallow, and the doctrine of science does not need to be promoted."

"Then how do you congregants teach?"

"We are born with two hands and one mouth, just to do more and less talk. We who advocate science often learn about the world through experimentation and practice." Gu Qingqing said with courage.

Some dark shadows began to whisper.

Wu You thought for a while and boldly said: "Sweat, the doctrines of many sects in the audience can't be said directly, such as Zen Zen in Buddhism, it is'unspeakable'." Wu You picked up this full He put his hands on the rice paper with circular ink marks, and put his hands on the table in front of the throne of Mengge Khan, “We just feel that everyone can have their own beliefs. This copper basin, as an'existence', is closed. A basin of water, this basin of water also serves as an'existence'. If we want to speak, we find a way to make it speak out. Our doctrine is that simple.

The piece of rice paper seemed to be picked up by someone, and floated into the air, seeming to show the pattern on it to everyone.

Meng Ge Khan said: "I think the words of this basin of water are very interesting. The number of these circles is exactly the same as the number of the priests. They are round and self-contained, solid and self-preserving. intrusion."

Wu You peeked at Gu Qingqing: Did you design it this way? Too far-sighted!

Gu Qingqing: No, my teacher took us to do this experiment when I was young. At that time, he printed several circles. It seems that Teacher Sun, who teaches us nature lessons, has a vision.

Some of the black shadows remained silent, and some seemed to sigh.

"This is the end of today's debate, you guys go back and rest." Mengge Khan said.

Is this the end? So fast.

The black shadows stood up one after another, led by the guards and walked out, followed by Gu Qingqing and Wu You.

When she walked out of the golden tent, Wu You suddenly found that her shadow was particularly dark on the sun and the ground. She turned to look at Gu Qingqing: "Qingqing, how can I, I can't see you clearly!"

Gu Qingqing has almost become the same translucent state as Wu You, she is also a little anxious, and the black shadow under her feet is hesitant.

It was already afternoon, and all the shadows were no longer the black origin at noon, but a group of short fat people with heads and limbs.

A black shadow of a guard walked over, pointed in a direction, and just pointed for a while before the shadow turned and left.

"Can we go now?" Wu You looked at the shadow of the guard who was leaving, and went away with the other shadows. "Is he showing us the way? You can get out by walking in that direction?"

"Try it." Gu Qingqing took Wu You's hand, only to find that the other's hand was no longer so real, and both of them were slowly vanishing.

The two accelerated their pace at the same time, trotting in that direction.

"I still don't understand, why do we want to enter this sweaty palace? What is the point of our trip?" Wu You said as he ran, "I just watched everything in the palace. Things emit that light."

That kind of light-when two people saw the golden hourglass for the first time, the dazzling multicolored light was emitted in an instant.

"I don't know, maybe we have gone the wrong way, but it seems that this is the place we must pass again," Gu Qingqing trot, panting slightly, "We came to this world and appeared under that silver tree. Yes, we are already in the Mongolian court and driven by the shadow guards. We are bound to come this time."

"What's the use? Can the experience just now be a clue?"

"I don't know what clues there will be, but I think this trip will not be useless, there is always meaning in it." Gu Qingqing looked at Wu You, through Wu You's body, you can vaguely see the flowers and trees of the Mongolian court The exquisiteness of Fushu. At this time, the Mongolian Khan was the largest overlord on the grassland and even in the world. He can naturally give a Mongolian palace the exquisiteness of a Jiangnan garden, just like that extraordinary silver tree, not so much a dream , It is a symbol of rights.

"Qingqing, what do you believe in the heart of Meng Ge's sweat?"

"I don't know. Before the Yuan Dynasty, Mongolia believed in Shamanism. Later, some areas believed in Buddhism."

"I'm not talking about this, I'm talking about Da Khan himself, what does he believe in? It's not a sect, but the energy in my heart." Wu Yourao, who has good physical strength, can scream at this time, but still insists on talking : "It's just like the song we sang in Northeast China: live a different way to show yourself! I think this is also a kind of faith..."

"If you say that, what Da Khan believes may be the sense of conquest of expanding the territory, but I have to admit that he has extraordinary wisdom and mind..." Gu Qingqing could not run, and gradually slowed down. After breathing evenly, he said, "So, the establishment of the Yuan Dynasty is not so simple. In addition to the courage and skill of the Mongolian soldiers, it is more important to have an excellent commander..."

Both stopped, too tired, and simply sat on the ground.

"That said, what the Mongolian Khan thinks more is to expand the territory, and then find a rich place for their people to live and work, and then there will be the Yuan Dynasty?" Wu You wiped the sweat on his head and suddenly found himself The "physical body" is back again, and the touch of the back of the hand against the forehead is so familiar and real. Looking at her partner intently, Gu Qingqing does not know when he has returned to the original appearance, "It seems that we didn't run for nothing."

Gu Qingqing thought about Wu You's words: "The Yuan Dynasty was established... Actually, when I first came to this world, I thought that we found the golden hourglass before and then saw the silver tree again. Will it, cowhide pocket? What is needed is gold and silver?"

"What you said makes sense, gold and silver, then why didn't we just pick a few leaves and go back?" Wu You regretted.

"Don't worry," Gu Qingqing took out a thin silver-carved leaf from her pocket. "It was picked from under that tree. It was always in my hand. Later, after seeing the shadow guards, I had to secretly Hidden."

Wu You looked at this delicate and unparalleled silver leaf, opened the cowhide pocket on his chest, and tried to put the silver leaf in. Who knew it was like a barrier, this leaf could not be put in his pocket anyway. in.

The place where the two of them were at this time was also filled with silver mist. When the mist gradually dispersed, they realized that they had left the Mongolian court at some point. It turned out to be a lively bazaar where people looked at the costumes of ancient people, including Han Chinese and foreigners.

Gu Qingqing looked at it carefully for a while, and she was surprised: "Here, it is the Yuan Dynasty."

"I don't know much about history. Which emperor was the Meng Ge Dahan just now? Is he from before the Yuan Dynasty?"

"Yes, he is the grandson of Genghis Khan and the eldest son of Tow Lei," Gu Qingqing said in a low voice. After all, there are many people here. It is better not to attract attention when two people discuss the affairs of the court. That is, the fourth younger brother of Meng Ge Dahan. After Kublai Khan became emperor, he pursued Meng Ge as Xianzong, posthumously known as Emperor Huan Su."

"Oh, it turned out to be like this," Wu You also wanted to exert some subjective initiative, so he thought about it, "Qingqing, I analyze it this way. The first treasure we found is the golden hourglass, which is considered gold according to its characteristics. Why? To express gold in the form of an hourglass, does it mean that time is as precious as gold?"

Gu Qingqing thought that Wu You made sense, so he nodded and listened carefully.

Wu You continued: "The second treasure we are looking for is supposed to be silver, so the silver here must have a certain meaning, right? What does silver represent? In my heart, silver is silver, that is money! "

"what did you say?"

"Silver is money. This is not a modern saying. It was also in ancient times. When you watch ancient films, don’t you always say'silver'? Those noble princes went to the restaurant to have a drink and took out a big silver. Putting the ingot on the table will blind Xiao Er's eyes."

Gu Qingqing listened and looked at Wu You with bright eyes. Wu You was a little uncomfortable when he saw him: "What's wrong with Qingqing, your eyes are brighter than silver."

Gu Qingqing's voice became a little louder, still with excitement: "You are right, it is the ingot! What we are looking for is probably the ingot!"

"That's not necessarily true, look, we just made that silver leaf..."

Before Wu You's words were finished, Gu Qingqing interrupted: "Wu You, do you know why ingot is called ingot? In the history of my country's currency, do you know when ingot officially became the name of gold and silver?"

"How come the history of currency has been completed..." Wu You felt that he was simply underbelly.

"It's the Yuan Dynasty! In the history of my country's currency, gold and silver money are officially called'Yuanbao'. It is the Yuan Dynasty!"

This is the first time Wu You heard of this saying: "Because it was in the Yuan Dynasty, it was called Yuanbao?"

"Yes, it also means'the treasure of the Yuan Dynasty'!" Gu Qingqing further explained, "In fact, Yuanbao did not originally originate from the Yuan Dynasty, but from the Tang Dynasty..."

"We won't pursue history anyway. Anyway, it was in the Yuan Dynasty that silver ingots were officially called'Yuanbao', right?"

Gu Qingqing nodded very surely: "Yes."

"Then let's look for the silver ingot, let's find it first!"