Chapter 60 A Wider World
I sat there without doing anything, so I turned my back to the dragon chaise, leaned my head up to the sky, so that I could face the patterns covered with sky on the top of my head in a comfortable position.
The Red Gold Tower, the East Prince, and the human woman with the blue bird crown are all in the upper right position of my, and they are only part of the complete pattern. The entire ceiling is a shape similar to a perfect circle. The outer layer is decorated with water-shaped patterns, and the patterns with content are all concentrated on a small circle of squares inside.
This layout immediately reminded me of the ancient idea of "the sky is round and the place". At that time, people believed that the whole world was a piece of land that was connected one after another, and the sky circled the universe in the vast ocean like a round pot lid.
On the map, the right side indicates the east, and the Red Gold Tower happens to be on my right hand. So the pattern of the entire round sky above my head is a map?
I tilted my neck and straightened my body, going up to the north, down to the south, left to the west, right to the east. Assuming that the easternmost direction of the world is Penglai Island, what are the other three directions portrayed?
I looked up and saw several towering peaks carved there. What’s more peculiar is that the two larger mountains are located at the bottom, with a few waves around them. Above them, there are actually many small and exquisite hills piled up!
I have never imagined that there would be a scene of small hills in the world. Such a structure is unstable at all. I feel like a strong wind blowing by, and the hills above will be blown down!
At the bottom of the square continent, a huge conch-shaped object appeared. Its surrounding it was huge waves, and there were also vague land, plants, and large-scale buildings.
In a slightly calmer place on the water, there are a few strange fish passing by. They have flowing tails but have a human face, which looks very much like the legendary "mermaid".
The far left indicates the Western Pole of the world. Here is even more outrageous. The bottom of the mountain here is narrow and wide, and the top of the mountain forms a vast platform. On such a high position, not only are there trees and flowers blooming, but there is a small river flowing, and a crescent moon-like bridge is built on the river!
There was a plump woman straddling a strange long-haired animal, combing her hair charmingly. She only showed a pair of women with very feminine characteristics, and her other bodies were covered by long hair. She did not show her face like the Eastern Prince, but from under her soft hair, a familiar tail stretched out.
My heart was trembling when I saw it. I originally thought that the picture depicted a craftsman's strange fantasy world, but the red gold pavilions, blue bird crowns, and people with tails depicted in the east were seen by me at my own eyes, which shows that the things carved on it can be found in reality.
So, in the south, west and north of the world, there are still women with tails on the upside down like the picture?!
I nodded with confidence, remembering a story passed down by Dayu during the Xia Dynasty:
After Dayu completed the flood control project, he hoped to measure the size of the territory, so he personally started an adventure in the horizon, hoping to measure the size of the heaven and earth with his feet.
He walked from the East Pole to the West Pole, and the measured length was 233,500 miles and 75 steps. He was afraid that his steps would be inaccurate, so he invented a bamboo piece called "calculating" about 6 inches long to measure the earth. As a result, the distance from the South Pole to the North Pole was exactly the same as the length of the east and west.
Therefore, he believed that the land where people live should be square, and he was in the center of a square land surrounded by the sea, so he logically called himself the "central country".
On his adventure, he went east to Fusang, south to Jiaozhi, met Queen Mother of the West in the west, and finally passed through the vast wind and snow to Zhongbei.
Above my head is the world map of that time that Xia Yu explored!
My worldview is a bit vague. Even if the strange-shaped things on the pattern have existed, they are still there after so many years of change?
Penglai is hidden in the sea in the east, hiding from the external time, so where can the other strange beasts in the mountains and rivers be hidden?
I calmed down and looked over more carefully. Suddenly I felt a strange feeling that although I had never seen it, I heard it.
For example, the two mountains at the top can be seen from the patterns of the surrounding waves that they sink in the water.
"Two mountains that sank in the northern sea", this clue led my thoughts into "Lie Zi? Tang Wen" that Grandma Liang likes to talk about the most:
The giant Longbo fished away the big ash carrying five fairy mountains, resulting in only Penglai, Fang Zhou, Yingzhou left in the eastern ocean, while the other Daiyu Mountains and Yuanjiao Mountains drifted to the "Northern Land" with the sea water.
The North Ming Land refers to the northernmost end of the world and the place where you can’t see the sun all day long. I think Xia Yu arrived through the vast snow and the "Zhongbei" should be the same place as the North Ming Land in Liezi, and this place should be the North Pole.
If people come to the North Pole after the Autumnal Equinox and before the vernal Equinox, then the polar night will follow, and the sun in the North Pole will always be below the horizon. Isn’t this a place where you can’t see the sun all day long?
From this point of view, the two water mountains are Daiyu and Yuanqiao that sank in the North Pole!
When I looked at the southernmost point, there were obviously mermaids living there, but they were significantly different from the tomb fish I saw. The tomb fish had ugly appearance and a figure did not match the proportion. The southern mermaids, which also had human heads, were much more beautiful.
If you cover the tail of the fish with your hands, they will undoubtedly be with normal humans. If you cover the appearance of the human beings, this is another big sea fish that goes upstream. Dayu said that the southernmost land is called "Jiaozhi". That place has now been renamed Vietnam. Then the area on the map should be near the South China Sea. I think they should belong to the most charming species in ancient times: the South China Sea mermaids!
As for the West opposite Penglai, if there are any special characters there, I can guess without looking at the picture, it must be the Queen Mother of the West, who is opposite the King of the East.
Then the place where the West is located must be Kunlun!
The world is a whole continent that starts from Penglai in the east, ends at Kunlun in the west, reaches the North Pole in the south, and ends at the South China Sea!
My heart was pounding with excitement. It was amazing! I was trapped in a three-story pavilion in the east, but from here I found its connection with the other three poles of the world:
1. The mountain in the Arctic sea floated from the east, and perhaps the ancestors of the sea gods were still guarding there; 2. The ugly species of Lingyu is at most a fishman, and the mermaids in the South China Sea are the real mermaids; 3. The Queen Mother of the West is not only a corresponding figure with the King of the East, but also has a tail.
I was beaten by the surging waves in my heart and came to life. I thought I must survive, escape unstoppable, leave Penglai, and go to the free world to see the vast world outside!
"Bang--"
A very loud sound of a bell rang out from afar, and my thoughts that were floating away were suddenly pulled back to the cruel reality from the wandering.
The little demon boy and the little tail were both awakened. One of them sat up straight and the other grinned and cried loudly.
The first time the bell has not yet dissipated, and the second time and the third time it followed one after another, as if the person who rang the bell was very urgent, and he wished that everyone in the city could hear the sound.
The little demon boy looked annoyed. He was obviously dissatisfied with being woken up by others from his sleep, not to mention that the little tail was crying so dark that it made people feel upset.
I shook the wooden basket for a long time without letting him shut up. The little demon boy came over and reached out to pat his little face. As a result, the child kicked his calves and sprayed a thin stream of urine from the small ** size of half a finger, pouring the little demon boy's entire arm!
He raised his slap in anger, and I quickly blocked the hand in front of him. Both of them were children and had a hard temper to control. If I really became the little demon child bride, wouldn’t I become the mother of two sons!
The bells were more impatient than they were. I realized that this should be the alarm bell of the Quiet City. Something must have happened outside, right?
The little demon boy took off all his clothes without any scruples. He shook his tail, changed his wet clothes, put on a new robe, and prepared to run downstairs.
After walking a few steps, he came back with a slight smile. He hooked at me, pointed to the belt around his waist, and signaled me to help him tie it.
Damn, do you really treat your sister as a housewife? Coax the children, clean up the house, and wait for the change of clothes?
I recalled the scene above my head and thought about the dream of traveling around the world just now. I couldn't help but feel very depressed. I deliberately tightened his belt to relieve my anger.
The alarm bell was still not lifted, and I heard the black bear door on the first floor keep opening and closing, as if everyone was nervous.
There are guards with iron walls here. What kind of civil strife should have happened? What other crisis situation can be invaded outside?
My heart trembled slightly: It seems that the sea god is coming!
I threw the head of the mini-sea god at the weakest breakthrough of the gold brick wall. His five-tongued fish team went back to apologize. It was time to go to the city to take revenge!
That’s great! The time for the insect friend informant and others to wait for is here, and the opportunity to overthrow the Opium Dynasty is in front of me. I will be liberated soon!
The little tail in the wooden basket cried even harder. I looked at him and felt a little nervous. Will this little Dong Prince Guild, who has not yet ascended the throne, encounter any danger?
If the insect friends and others attacked here in the chaos, the little tail would definitely suffer; if the sea god occupied the Red Gold Tower, then I would be useless!
But if I don’t make this big, I will still be trapped here. The mouse still has to endure the torture of Jinling. Dr. Lin can’t take off his white robe, the insect friend is frustrated in the waste cabin, and Dong Huang and the weirdo have no good way to leave Penglai!
The bell stopped abruptly, as if the bell-hitting person was suddenly killed.
Chapter completed!