Chapter 168

Wiping away the mud and dust with his hand, it revealed its original appearance.

Chen Feng immediately came up to ask: "What is this?"

At this time, Fang Yang was reading the system information.

【Wu Zetian's Gold Slip】

【Era: Tang Dynasty】

【Material: Gold】

【Specification: 36.2 cm long, 8 cm wide, 223.5 grams weight】

【Engraved with 63 characters in regular script, "Great Zhou Lord Wu Zhao loves the true Dao, immortal and long-lived, respectfully go to the bottom of the Xihai Canal, cast a gold slip, beg the Three Officials and Nine Prefectures to remove Wu Zhao's sins. Tai Sui Gengzi, seventh month, Gengzi day, seventh day, Jia Yin, small envoy Hu Chao bows down and respectfully plays..."】

The reason he read it for a long time was partly because of its introduction, and partly because the meaning of this passage surprised Fang Yang a bit.

Fang Yang smiled faintly: "National treasure!"

Chen Feng was stunned, and didn't react for a while.

"Ah? What did you say? National... treasure?"

"Yes!" Fang Yang replied confidently!

Hiss~~~

Chen Feng trusted Fang Yang too much. If he said it was, then it must be close to the truth.

It's just that he didn't even know what it was.

"What exactly is this?"

Fang Yang handed the thing in his hand directly to him: "Look at it yourself first!"

Chen Feng immediately took it and observed it carefully, muttering to himself: "Great Zhou... Wu Zhao... this... does it talk about the Great Zhou Emperor Wu Zetian?"

"Yes! Did you see anything?"

Hearing Fang Yang's answer, Chen Feng's eyeballs almost popped out, and he was so excited on the spot.

"This, this, this... actually related to Wu Zetian?"

The reason he was so excited was entirely because Wu Zetian's mausoleum, Qianling, has not been opened yet.

That is to say, cultural relics related to Wu Zetian are extremely rare in history.

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And she was the first female emperor in history!

This gold slip is obviously related to Wu Zetian. If this is true.

Then it is the only cultural relic related to Wu Zetian existing in the world!

Calling it a national treasure is not an exaggeration at all!

Can you pick up a national treasure just by digging on the ground?

Taking this out to chat with people can make you eat an extra bowl of rice and drink an extra bottle of wine!

But the fact really happened.

Although Chen Feng was shocked, he wasn't sure what it was used for, so he returned the gold slip to Fang Yang: "This should be made of gold! Is the text on it just an ordinary meaning?"

After Fang Yang took it, he glanced at it and said with a smile: "Great Zhou refers to the national title when Wu Zetian was emperor. She cast this gold slip at the bottom of the Xihai Canal, hoping that heaven could remove her disasters!"

"As for the Three Officials and Nine Prefectures, they are specialized terms of Taoism. The following 'Tai Sui Gengzi, seventh month, Gengzi day, seventh day, Jia Yin, small envoy Hu Chao bows down and respectfully plays' talks about a Taoist priest named Hu Chao who cast it on behalf of the empress on July 7, 700 AD!"

" 'Loves the true Dao, immortal and long-lived' shows that Wu Zetian believed in Taoist magic and believed in the existence of living to a hundred years old."

Chen Feng immediately asked in confusion: "That's not right! Historical records say Wu Zetian believed in Buddhism. She became a nun at Ganye Temple at the age of 26, and later donated money to Famen Temple in Shaanxi and Longmen Grottoes in Luoyang."

Fang Yang nodded. He continued to explain: "If you calculate the time, you will know why it was written like this if you know what she did before casting this gold slip!"

"Forgot! How would I remember that!"

"Before casting the gold slip, Wu Zetian had already decided to return the throne to Li Tang, and had handled the relationship between the Li family and the Wu family well. And the emperors of the Li Tang Dynasty all believed in Taoism, so it's not surprising that belief in Taoism appeared at this time!"

Chen Feng listened and called it a blast.

"I didn't expect you to be able to connect history so clearly. It's really an eye-opener! Then the 'remove Wu Zhao's sins' written on it means this gold slip is because Wu Zetian felt she had committed heavy sins in her later years and wanted to reduce her sins through this?"

Fang Yang shook his head.

This stunned Chen Feng: "Why? It is said that Wu Zetian killed countless people for power, and didn't even let go of her own children. Her eldest son Li Hong was poisoned by her! Later, she ordered the death of her grandson, granddaughter, and granddaughter-in-law. She was afraid that she wouldn't be able to ascend to heaven after she died, so it makes perfect sense to use this gold slip to remove her sins!"

Fang Yang replied with a smile: "That's because you don't know that in Taoism, the phrase 'remove XX sins' is a fixed format for Taoist dragon-casting gold slips, because Taoism believes that people have original sins, and people's disasters and diseases are caused by original sins. Only by eliminating these original sins can people be liberated. So, whether Wu Zetian actually repented, I'm afraid there's a high probability she didn't!"

【Popularity】+1+1+1+1....

—【I give up, I really give up! He can even say things like Taoist original sin. I suspect if you ask him how to cultivate immortality, he can tell you to start from the Qi Refining stage, then Foundation Establishment, Golden Core. Is his brain connected to a computer database? How much stuff is in there? It's simply terrifying!】

—【Dean of the Palace Museum: Pity, pity, I'm not in Xihai, otherwise I must go to the scene to see this gold slip. The only cultural relic of Wu Zetian existing in the world, and it has text, its archaeological value is very high! If there is a chance, I must go to Fang Yang Museum to see it when I'm not busy!】

—【Holy crap! What did I see? A big shot actually spoke in Fang Yang's livestream. Brothers, we can't use dirty words, be careful. Fang Yang is too awesome, such a big shot actually came to watch his livestream. I suddenly feel the atmosphere in the livestream room is not right!】

—【Must be, responding to the Dean's call, when Fang Yang Museum opens, I must go see it once! Every fan in the livestream room owes Fang Yang a ticket, let's go together when the time comes, and take a photo with Fang Yang by the way!】

—【Dean He! Is it true that everything Fang Yang digs up will be in his museum? If so, I will go see it even if I have to sell everything. These things were all seen by me being unearthed. Going to the scene to see the objects, I feel like I can brag about it for a lifetime!】

Netizens didn't expect Dean He to be watching Fang Yang's livestream.

This exploded the pot directly.

The comment section was frantically swiping the screen.

But they were almost all sycophants.

Fortunately, the Dean only said one sentence and didn't continue to speak, but this sentence directly raised Fang Yang's livestream room to a higher level.

You have to know that it was just netizens chatting in it before.

But what kind of person is the Dean, and he is willing to condescend to watch Fang Yang's livestream.

This is simply gilding the livestream room!

Those who are watching the livestream can go back and brag to their friends again.

It made them all more excited than Fang Yang.

Everyone's mouths were wide open after hearing Fang Yang's explanation. He even understands Taoist things?

Is it possible that he can also talk about Buddhist things after a while?

This can't be described as outrageous, it's simply indescribable.

Chen Feng's doubts deepened: "Then what exactly is this thing?"

Fang Yang pondered for a few seconds and continued to explain: "This thing is called a 'Jian' (slip), it is a tool used by ancient emperors to talk to gods when offering sacrifices."

"The ancients were more superstitious and believed that gods lived in mountains or water. So they wrote the Jian and threw them into these two places."

"The material of the Jian is generally made of paper or silk, and there are also gold and silver ones, and some made of jade. Write what you want to say to the gods on it, such as good weather, national peace and security, immortality, etc."

"Look, this gold slip says 'loves the true Dao, immortal and long-lived'. It is very clear that Wu Zetian hoped to live to a hundred years old at that time, there is no intention of repentance at all, she still wanted to live well!"

"As for why it is the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, do you think this day is very familiar?"

Chen Feng was stunned, and then suddenly realized: "You mean Qixi Festival?"

"Yes! It's Valentine's Day! Qixi actually originated from here. In ancient times, when family members died, they went to the west on a crane, and no one knew where they went, they became immortals. Then every year on the seventh day of the seventh month, it is the day for people to meet with dead family members or gods."

"Family members stand on high mountains or in water to meet, looking at each other from afar, and then it slowly evolved into China's Valentine's Day!"

"So, Wu Zetian casting this gold slip was most likely just praying to the gods to let her live to a hundred, for national peace and security, and good weather!"

The few people at the scene were stunned in place, as if they had heard a story from a long, long time ago.

Their minds were still constantly reminiscing.

Chen Feng couldn't help but sigh: "I didn't expect that so few words could be turned into a book from your mouth! I feel like you are a miracle of humanity!"

Fang Yang smiled awkwardly: "Actually, if I'm not mistaken, there should be three such gold slips!"

"Ah? Then you mean there are more underneath?"

"That's not it. This kind of sin-removing gold slip corresponds to the three officials of heaven, earth, and water in Taoism. Now this one is written for the water official, another one should be in a very high place, sacrificed to the heaven official, and one should be underground, sacrificed to the earth official."

"The one question I'm most confused about is, this place is clearly dry, where did the water come from?"

Chen Feng laughed upon hearing this: "Finally there is something you don't know!"

"According to historical records, during the Qing Dynasty, the place where we are now belonged to the canal, but later the water receded, and this place became land. So I reckon that in the Tang Dynasty, this was also a big river!"

Hearing Chen Feng's explanation, Fang Yang finally understood.

"No wonder, I was wondering just now, it clearly says thrown into the bottom of the water, now the case is solved!"

Chen Feng looked at the gold slip in Fang Yang's hand and couldn't help but tease: "Now your museum has another national treasure! I suddenly want to transfer to work on your side. In the future, no matter how many cultural relics you dig, I can study them at any time. Just thinking about it feels satisfying!" ===== CHAPTER 169 =====