Chapter 579 Sixty-Four Hexagrams

To be honest, Li Pingan quite enjoyed this kind of "baby moment".

Although the old servant who had taken care of him for several months died tragically;

But his Tao heart did not fluctuate at all, he just sent a message to Hou Tu, asking Hou Tu Niangniang to help the old servant who actually did nothing wrong find a good family to reincarnate.

Then, he began to be interested in the cellar.

Using the Heavenly Dao calculation, it is possible to directly calculate the meaning of the marks and words that Ji Chang made in the cellar;

But the fun would be greatly reduced.

He had to figure it out by himself to see what little secrets were hidden in it.

Compared with the things that Li Pingan usually worried about, these things were indeed little secrets.

Nanzhou Mortals essentially did not have any dominance.

It was just a pity that in the next three years, Li Pingan did not have the opportunity to directly contact this cellar. When Ji Chang entered the cellar, he could not help but use his immortal consciousness to scan a few times and saw that Ji Chang was... fortune-telling.

Ji Chang's divination methods are divided into two types. One is to put the ancient shell money into the tortoise shell, shake it continuously, and see the front and back of the shell money and the arrangement of the shell money on the ground;

The other is more ancient, engraving words on the tortoise shell, roasting it with a slow fire, waiting for the tortoise shell to crack, and seeing which words are destroyed by the cracks on the tortoise shell. The words retained on the tortoise shell are the predictions of the gods.

Li Pingan said that this behavior is purely feudal superstition.

However, considering that he is in the mythological world and the real existence of the Heavenly Dao, Ji Chang should be able to accept the faint predictions of the Heavenly Dao every time he divinations.

It can be said that the Heavenly Dao is influencing Ji Chang's thoughts and behaviors in this way.

When he started his journey of Ji Dan for four years, Li Pingan observed the heaven and earth and made a simple summary.

The trend of the three realms tended to be stable, and the construction of the Heavenly Court was steadily advancing.

The conflict between Chan and Jie was temporarily suspended, and all parties stepped up their plans for Nanzhou.

The Western Church sent several disciples who secretly bypassed the supervision of the Heavenly Court and entered the land of Nanzhou, hiding their names and wandering around.

They should be preparing for the later missionary work.

Li Pingan marked them and let the Heavenly Dao monitor them. If they dare to seduce mortals, they will be punished by the Heavenly Dao.

Nanzhou is now an important pillar of the Heavenly Court's incense, which is a huge benefit that Li Pingan cannot give up.

The amount of incense determines the strength of the Heavenly Dao.

Why not throw the Heavenly Dao on these people with ulterior motives and keep it to apologize to the Western Church?

Apart from that, there is nothing big happening between heaven and earth.

Jiejiao continues to retreat, and the Jiejiao immortals are all intimidated by the power of Taiqing and Yuqing. After learning that Taiqing is promoting the Daoxian calamity, they dare not come out more often.

The Chanjiao has also become much more low-key. Most of the disciples of the Chanjiao practice in the Yuxu Palace, and rarely live in the caves outside.

However, there have been rumors about the Chanjiao recently, saying that they are also going to enter Nanzhou to recruit disciples.

Li Pingan is paying attention to this matter. The convenience that the Heavenly Court should give to the Chanjiao will naturally not be less.

Let's talk about the secular aspects of Nanzhou.

When Li Ji Dan was two years old, he witnessed the war between Zhou and Qiang tribe.

That's right, he was taken to the battlefield by Ji Chang when he was just two years old.

Zhou dispatched 30,000 soldiers and horses, hundreds of chariots, and 3,000 beasts that looked like lions and zebras, and launched a large-scale attack on the Qiang tribe that had been explored long ago.

Because the ministers of Zhou bought off a force in the Qiang tribe in advance, the Qiang tribe was caught off guard.

The Qiang people were crushed by the chariots of Zhou army before they could even organize a decent confrontation.

It was also the first time that Li Ping'an observed the conquest of Nanzhou mortals up close.

Beasts, chariots, bronze armor, this is their military advantage.

These beasts that have been domesticated since ancient times have an overall strength equivalent to the combat power of more than a dozen strong men, strong endurance, fast speed, can directly use the spiritual energy in the air through breathing, and are more spiritual than cattle, sheep and horses.

Chariots, this is the way of fighting that the human race has inherited from ancient times.

However, the ancient chariots were all made of magic weapons, while most of the chariots here have degenerated into bronze.

A chariot is usually pulled by three exotic beasts, with the axle protruding outward and a mace with exaggerated shapes installed on it.

A chariot is usually equipped with five soldiers and a driver. The driver is responsible for driving the chariot, and the three soldiers hold halberds or spears respectively, responsible for poking outward, and two soldiers hold longbows, responsible for shooting outward.

When the real battle is engaged, the chariot is a sharp weapon to break the formation.

Generally speaking, ten chariots charging forward will be followed by a hundred Zhou army soldiers riding exotic beasts, responsible for back and forth to kill.

Further behind is the armored phalanx.

The square formation of armored soldiers was like a wall. No matter what kind of ambush the chariots and beast riders in front encountered, they would not be impatient. They raised their shields and spears, followed the command and moved forward eight steps and stopped for two breaths. Like an iron wall, they slowly approached the main force of the Qiang people.

This is the army formation of the Zhou Kingdom.

Li Pingan said that he did learn a lot.

Mortals are only limited by their individual strength. In fact, their tactics and thinking of war methods also have many merits.

Little Ji Dan was held by the guards and stayed by Ji Chang's side.

At this time, Li Pingan saw another side of Ji Chang.

This middle-aged man's eyes were full of light, and his spirit could swallow the world and his momentum could determine the fate of the world.

But soon, when the envoys of the Shang Kingdom appeared and began to count the human sacrifices captured this time, Ji Chang would immediately switch to his usual loyal and gentle appearance.

The Shang envoy sat on the gorgeous exotic beast carriage and said with a smile: "Master Xibohou, the Zhou army is brave and good at fighting, and it is truly worthy of its reputation."

"Your Majesty the Messenger, thank you very much."

Ji Chang sighed:

"There are so many elites in the Zhou Kingdom. It is very difficult to support them on weekdays. I just hope that you can stay here and ask for more rewards from the king."

"Easy to say, easy to say."

The Shang envoy's palms slid back and forth on Mei Ji's slim waist, his eyes full of smiles:

"Isn't Xibohou still harboring resentment towards His Majesty?"

Ji Chang quickly stood up and jumped off the frame, bowed his hands and bowed to the envoy.

——Xibohou is the leader of the two hundred princes in the west, and he can only kneel to the King of Shang.

He said in a trembling voice: "It's a disaster that kills me, it's a disaster that kills me! I am a business minister, and my father is also a business minister! When you order your ministers to die, there is a king's reason for it, and there is a minister's arrogance. How could I do it?" Don't you understand this? What's more, the king has given my father a generous burial, so that he can serve the late king. This is the greatest honor of our family!"

The Shang envoy nodded with satisfaction and said warmly: "If the Marquis of Xibo thinks so, the king will be very happy if he knows about it."

"Please, my lord, please speak kindly, please speak kindly."

Ji Chang said quickly, and then waved to the person behind him.

Several beautiful young girls, wearing gorgeous silk dresses, were sent by the soldiers to the carriage of the Shang envoy.

The Shang envoy nodded with a smile and said warmly: "These Qiang women are quite fresh. They have not been exposed to wind or sun at first glance. Send them back to my tent. I will interrogate them carefully later to see if I can find out the identity of their leader." position."

"Yes, sir, don't worry, everything will be arranged."

Ji Chang breathed a sigh of relief and raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead.

A gleam of light flashed through the slightly narrowed eyes of the Shang envoy. He stared at Ji Chang's face carefully, but he didn't see anything.

That night in the Zhou army's camp, in the big tent next to the main tent, the woman's cries lasted for half an hour.

Everyone who looked at Li Pingan was numb.

That Minister of Shang State is a pure pervert.

This minister himself was drained by alcohol and sex, and he began to engage in some abuse. There were many tricks, which opened the eyes of Li Ping'an, a man who had seen a lot in his previous life.

Soon, the woman's cries turned into screams.

The Shang minister covered his heart and slowly fell down, dying next to a woman with the red iron still in his hand.

The accompanying Shang generals and officials hurried over, and the whole camp was in chaos. In the end, they came to the conclusion that... they had indulged in excessive sexual activities and were mentally and physically exhausted.

In fact, this guy's heart was just crushed by Li Ping'an using a ray of immortal power.

Li Ping'an felt like his hands were dirty even if he killed him.

In the past, when my immortal consciousness swept across Nanzhou, I would only lament the cruelty of human sacrifice and the horror of human sacrifice and human sacrifice.

At this moment, Li Ping'an directly realized how cruel and unkind businessmen who were influenced by the culture of human sacrifice, especially those who came from Chaoge City, were.

‘The reincarnation of Donghuang Taiyi as Zishou can bring some changes to the Shang Kingdom? ’

Li Ping'an thought so, and then the two-year-old yawned, turned over on the soft little bed made of animal skins, and began to sleep soundly.

After a few days, the Zhou army captured 10,000 people and returned to Xiqi.

Later, the Zhou army would send out a group of elite soldiers and horses, holding the talismans of King Shang and Marquis Xibo, to escort this group of people to Chaoge City to guard against plundering by blind princes who were short of slaves.

This journey would probably take about five months to walk by foot power alone.

If you use an exotic frame, it can be reduced to one month.

When the Shang envoys came, they brought a fleet of vehicles. Five hundred huge carriages were parked outside Xiqi City, filled with Qiang people, and returned to Chaoge City.

In the days that followed, Ji Chang became extremely anxious.

He couldn't sleep at night, couldn't eat well, and kept looking east toward Song City.

At this time, Li Jidan was still two years old and still lived in the same room as Si Xin. Of course, even if they were in different rooms, Li Ping'an could still capture the conversation between Ji Chang and Si Xin with his celestial sense.

"Husband, don't worry. The messenger wanted to die. Everyone who accompanied the messenger has confirmed this. How can King Shang blame him?"

"Alas," Ji Chang sighed, "if the king wants to punish the envoy, even if the messenger hurts a hair, there is still a reason to blame!"

Si Xin sighed: "But things have already happened, so what can you do if you are still scared?"

"What I'm afraid of is not the lives of our family," Ji Chang said. "My ancestors of the Zhou Kingdom have worked hard until now to have this family fortune. If the family fortune does not survive, how can I see my ancestors?"

Si Xin said: "Then it would be better to send an envoy to Chaoge City to inquire about it."

Ji Chang thought for a while, then shook his head: "The king is extremely alert, and the merchants look down on us border barbarians. No matter how many gifts you give, it will be difficult for them to become our own, and it will make them greedy. "

"What should we do?"

"Wait," Ji Chang sighed, "birds, birds, don't bring disaster."

Li Ping'an was startled when he heard this.

Birds?

Isn’t the origin of the Shang Kingdom the allusion of the black bird giving birth to Shang?

Then this flying bird...

Li Ping'an's celestial sense swept through Ji Chang's secret cellar and found the bird symbols that were carefully carved on the shell pieces hanging on the wall.

In Ji Chang's eyes, these symbols all represented some words. If they were all through simple pictographic metaphors, then the contents on these shells would not be difficult to explain.

Li Pingan studied it carefully and soon found familiar symbols on the shell hanging on his back.

Eight trigrams.

And it was not the ancient innate eight trigrams, but the superposition of eight trigrams, such as Qian Gua on the upper and Kun Gua on the lower, which doubled the complexity.

Sixty-four hexagrams?

What is Ji Chang doing?

Li Pingan was even more puzzled, and his heart was a little more curious. He began to concentrate on Ji Chang's actions. When his body was asleep, this ray of soul would be very active.

Two days later, when it was late at night, Ji Chang got up from his room and went to the study room where his personal guards were always guarding.

Li Pingan immediately woke up and stared at Ji Chang's actions.

Ji Chang was very common sense. Although some vents were built in the cellar, he still stayed for a moment after opening the entrance to the secret room to make sure that it was fully ventilated before carefully carrying a bronze lamp into it.

Ji Chang first stood on the wall covered with ancient shells and stopped to think quietly.

He was usually of medium height, but now under the dim light, he looked unusually tall.

He kept thinking with his hands behind his back, his brows furrowed deeper and deeper.

"It's auspicious."

Ji Chang said in a low voice, then turned and walked to the desk, put the lamp on the corner of the desk, skillfully picked up a sharp carving knife, and took out the shell money wrapped in the cloth bag.

There were several identical symbols written on the shell money, and the symbols seemed to represent the result of divination, auspicious.

"The messenger died suddenly in our army, how can this be considered auspicious?"

He took two shell money, placed it in front of him, thought carefully, and slowly carved a line of pictographic small characters.

[Nine three: The villain uses strength, the gentleman uses deception. Zhenli. The ram hits the fence and loses its horns. ]

Ji Chang sighed: "It's not difficult to capture the Qiang people."

Then, Ji Chang got up and walked to the wall, and hung the shell piece in one of the sixty-four areas. The hexagram of this area is Dazhuang.

Li Pingan thought carefully, and Ji Chang's words "capture the Qiang people" made him suddenly realize.

This sentence does not seem to have a very profound meaning, just saying... to capture a villain, just use strong men to force it, to capture the Qiang leader, you need to use a net, the leader is a precious human sacrifice, you can't hurt him casually.

The pictograph of the sheep seems to refer to the Qiang people?

Li Pingan slowly tilted his head and looked at the second shell coin engraved by Ji Chang.

[Six-four: There is trust, blood goes to the place of vigilance, no blame. ]

Ji Chang murmured: "These injured captives must also be taken care of, and they can't be allowed to die on the road... Alas, the Shang kings of all generations have offered so many sacrifices to God, so many Shang kings are God's ministers and servants, God must protect the Shang country."

This shell coin was hung in another area of ​​the wall.

Then, Ji Chang looked at the third shell piece, fell into deep thought, and did not rush to engrave anything on it.

Li Pingan now roughly understood what Ji Chang was doing.

Ji Chang was thinking.

To be precise, Ji Chang was thinking about the operating mechanism of divination and hexagrams.

Before doing something, such as going out to capture the Qiang people, he would first divine to determine whether it was good or bad. After returning, he would summarize the whole process and verify whether the hexagrams were correct. If they were not correct, he would correct the divination method.

King Wen did not perform the sixty-four hexagrams through arithmetic or hexagram deduction.

Instead, he constantly summarized and made the phenomena in reality correspond to the hexagrams, and then gradually mastered the ability to interpret the hexagrams.

If you can interpret the hexagrams, you can understand God and find a way to get closer to God.

In this somewhat narrow and dark cellar, this middle-aged scholar who was terrified of the punishment from the King of Shang was actually thinking about one thing.

The King of Shang’s right to worship gods.