003 King Wu defeated Zhou
I didn't expect that Wang Qinming was here too. I looked at Zhao Jiyou and found that Zhao Jiyou's eyes were dodging. He probably knew that Wang Qinming was also here in Qin Baiming. Since Wang Qinming was here too, I guess Qiu Sishui should be here too.
Wang Qinming looked up at me, then opened the iron door for us and led us in.
I hesitated for a moment and followed Wang Qinming and walked into the villa.
The decoration of the villa is not very luxurious, but it is full of classical beauty everywhere, and there is also a faint sandalwood smell. It is very consistent with Qin Baiming's identity.
An old man was sitting in the villa lobby.
The old man sat upright on the stool, his spine as straight as a sharp sword.
He held his hands on the crutches that supported the ground, and the expression on his face showed his majesty.
I had a relationship with him once and knew that he was Qin Baiming, the head of Taoism today.
"The headmaster..." Zhao Jiyou is a Taoist person. When he saw Qin Baiming, he naturally wanted to salute him, but I stood there indifferently and didn't even salute him.
To be honest, I can't let go of Qin Baiming's style that day.
He was a Taoist leader, but he actually watched Tianxing take people away.
"Sit down." Qin Baiming stretched out his finger and said calmly.
Zhao Jiyou hesitated for a moment, pulled my clothes and pulled me to the sofa beside him.
I took a deep breath and sat slowly on the sofa. Qiu Sishui and Wang Qinming were sitting opposite us. I nodded slightly at Qiu Sishui, and then looked at Qin Baiming.
Qin Baiming seemed to be able to see through my thoughts, and before I could speak, he said calmly: "I know what you want to say."
"Since you know what I want to say, please give me an explanation." I said calmly.
Qin Baiming also spoke calmly: "Not the opponent."
"..." Although Qin Baiming's words were concise, they were indeed the most powerful persuasion.
I licked my lips and opened my mouth and didn't know what to say.
"I am called the head of Taoism, but I still know how much I have." Qin Baiming didn't feel embarrassed at all for what he said. He slowly stood up with a crutch and said calmly: "And as for Tianxing... how much do you know about him?"
I was speechless for a moment and didn't know what to say.
The power shown by Tianxing is suffocating. He seems to know each of us well, and we don’t seem to know anything about him except for the description of “power”.
"Master..." Qiu Sishui seemed to know something, and seemed to know what Qin Baiming was going to say. She hesitated for a moment and started to speak softly.
Qin Baiming's slightly turbid eyes slowly froze on me, and said firmly: "He will know about this sooner or later, what's the point of telling him now?"
Qiu Sishui did not dare to disobey Qin Baiming's words, and opened his mouth for a long time without saying anything.
"You don't even know who Tianxing is, so how can you try to understand him?" Qin Baiming turned around and sat back on the stool, his eyes slightly dim, and his face pale face said: "I don't know much about Tianxing, but at least I know who he is."
"You... do you know who Tianxing is?" I looked at Qin Baiming in surprise.
Qin Baiming sneered, and a memory flashed in his eyes: "I know!"
"Who is Tianxing that day? Why is his Taoist technique so superb?" Zhao Jiyou hesitated and asked.
Qin Baiming glanced at Zhao Jiyou and said lightly: "Who told you that he used Taoism?"
"Tianxing...Didn't Tianxing use Taoism?" Zhao Jiyou was slightly stunned, and then said in surprise: "The five Taoist techniques complement each other, among which Shanzhi is the most comprehensive. The power shown by Tianxing is completely... completely unexplainable except for using Taoism to explain it."
"You have some understanding of Taoist techniques, so do you know what is above the mountain technique in the five techniques?" Qin Baiming asked calmly.
Zhao Jiyou made his debut without thinking: "Among the five Taoist techniques, mountain techniques have evolved thousands of times. When mountain techniques are practiced, they can become immortal techniques, immortal techniques..."
Before Zhao Jiyou finished speaking, he stood there in a daze. He looked up at Qin Baiming blankly and said incrediblely.
"The head teacher, the head teacher means that Tianxing practices... immortal... immortal arts?"
Qin Baiming looked at Zhao Jiyou with some appreciation, and he paused a little and said, "Actually, it is not difficult for you to know who Tianxing is. Before that, you need to understand a piece of history."
"History? What history?" Zi Yi was quite knowledgeable about history. When he heard Qin Baiming talk about history, his eyes lit up.
Qin Baiming slowly stood up, walked to the floor-to-ceiling window behind him, and said indifferently with a crutch: "Do you know who Di Xin is?"
"Di Xin?" I chewed the name and shook my head in a daze.
When I heard the word "Di Xin" sounded familiar, but I don't know who it is. I don't have a thorough study of history, and it's not an exaggeration to say it is superficial.
"I know who Di Xin is." Zi Yi pursed her lips and blurted out, "You are a little unfamiliar with Di Xin, but if you say his other name, you may be familiar with it."
"who?"
"King Zhou!"
I was slightly stunned and said blankly: "The King Zhou you mentioned is King Zhou who was attacked by King Wu?"
"That's right, it's that King Zhou." Zi Yi said excitedly, "King Zhou's real name is Xin. He is the queen of Emperor Yi."
"Di Yi has a eldest son named Wei Ziqi. Wei Ziqi's mother has a low status, so Wei Ziqi cannot inherit the throne. The one who truly inherited the throne was Di Yi's second son, Xin."
"Xin's mother was the King of Queen, so Xin became the heir to the throne. After Emperor Yi passed away, Xin took office, which was later Emperor Xin. Everyone called Xin Zhou, because Zhou said that his posthumous meaning was ruined by goodness. Therefore, Emperor Xin was named King Zhou."
Zhao Jiyou and I looked at each other. I knew this history, but I didn’t understand what the relationship between Tianxing and Di Xin had.
Qin Baiming turned around and looked at Zi Yi, nodded slightly and said, "You are not wrong at all, continue to say."
Ziyi lowered her head and hesitated for a while, probably organizing the language.
"In fact, Emperor Xin can really claim the four words "both civil and military": Emperor Xin is extremely powerful, but he can fight with beasts with bare hands. He is also quick-witted. After Emperor Xin ascended the throne, he established his capital Yu Mo, and later changed his name to Chaoge. When Emperor Xin was in power, the Dongyi rebelled, and the Shang Dynasty sent large troops to conquer, defeat the Dongyi, and expand to the Central Plains, expanding the Shang Dynasty's power to the Jianghuai area."
Speaking of this, Zi Yi's face was a little dim, she shook her head and said with a little regret: "The demise of every dynasty seems to be related to women. The ancient dynasties, Xia, Shang, and Zhou, are a good example. The Ching of Xia Jie, Daji of King Zhou, and Bao Si of King You of Zhou.
Daji was originally the daughter of the Su princes. In history, some people called Daji a peerless beauty who was as beautiful as a fairy, able to sing and dance, and was also called a demon girl of a generation. After Emperor Xin conquered the Yousu tribe, the Yousu family married Daji to Emperor Xin. Emperor Xin loved beauty and was greedy for beauty. Su Daji was deeply favored by Emperor Xin. According to records in the Records of the Grand Historian, Emperor Xin obeyed Su Daji even more.
After Su Daji entered the palace, Emperor Xin gradually left the government and drank and had fun all day long. It is not an exaggeration to say that he was obsessed with ghosts. Emperor Xin himself was even more conceited. He thought everything he did was right, while those who opposed him were all wrong.
Emperor Xin's obsession made the princes start to be disheartened, and some of them also began to betray Emperor Xin. In order to punish those who betray themselves, Emperor Xin also invented various cruel torture instruments, and the punishment of the cannon is one of them."
"When Emperor Xin was reigning, the Shang Dynasty was at its peak, and the national treasury was abundant and prosperous. The debauchery of Emperor Xin began to order people to build gorgeous and luxurious palaces. In order to provide for his own fun, Emperor Xin also asked someone to build a thousand-foot-high and three-mile-wide Lutai.
Di Xin's life became increasingly corrupt. He was arrogant and disrespectful to ghosts and gods. He ordered people to fill the pond with wine on the sand dune platform, and even cut the meat of various animals into pieces and hang them in the forest. This is the so-called 'Wine Pool and Meat Forest'..."
Zi Yi did not continue to say anything because he had already seen Qin Baiming waving slowly.
"You don't need to say much about the rest. Just tell me, do you know how Emperor Xin died?" Qin Baiming waved his hand and interrupted Zi Yi.
Zi Yi didn't even think about it, and answered with a solid heart: "The Emperor Xin was debauchery and was unjust. A joke that 'The saint's heart had seven orifices' was to execute his uncle Bigan who dissuaded himself, and to imprison his other uncle Jizi. Other implicated nobles, such as Weizi, judged the situation and defected to Zhou State. The resignation of this man undoubtedly brought Emperor Xin's confidential information to King Wu of Zhou. Seeing that the time was ripe, King Wu of Zhou raised his troops to capture Chaoge."
"This battle is also the famous Battle of Makino in history."
"King Wu of Zhou defeated Shang Jun in Muye, seventy miles away from Chaoge. Emperor Xin ascended to the Lutai, clothed his pearls and jade, and died of burnt by fire."
"I don't know if what I said is right, senior." Zi Yi smiled confidently, then turned to look at Qin Baiming.
Qin Baiming's face was indifferent. He turned around and walked slowly to the sofa, holding the crutch with both hands and then sat on the sofa.
I observed Qiu Sishui and Wang Qinming's expressions and found that they both looked at Zi Yi with some sneering, as if all of this was directed and acted by Zi Yi. It seemed that Zi Yi knew everything, as if Zi Yi knew nothing was right.
We have heard the story of King Wu’s defeat of King Zhou since we were young. The older we get, the deeper we understand it. It repeats over and over again, and it is just this meaning when summed up.
But why did these things come to Qin Baiming like a joke?
Chapter completed!