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Chapter 152: Destiny? (Add more and ask for votes)
Standing under the huge bronze tripod.

The stars above your head expand and contract, the constellations move, and time passes, giving you a feeling that the universe and the universe are watching you.

Standing in front of this huge tripod that originated from an unknown era, the man was standing in the center of heaven and earth.

Wen Shenyou: "When and how was this tripod made, and who made it?"

"The writing on this tripod seems familiar, but I have never seen it before. Could it be the writing of ancient barbarians?"

Wen Ji, for some unknown reason, said something that he himself did not expect.

"This is destiny."

Wen Shenyou turned his head and looked at his grandfather in amazement.

The wizard had already left, and now only the Wen father and son were standing on the concrete dock.

Some things that cannot be said now seem to be able to be said, and I can't help but say them.

But before the wizard left.

Tell the two of them that where they want to send the tripod, they can just tell Ba Xia.

Ba Xia will send the tripod to the shore, but only to the shore.

Wen Shenyou: "Send it to Lujiaopu at night, cover it with cloth, and then find a way to have it transported back to the city."

"The Ghost Festival is not far away, Grandpa, we need to act quickly."

Wen Ji quickly stopped him: "Absolutely not."

Wen Shenyou: "What should we do then? If we don't have this tripod when we offer sacrifices to our ancestors, how can we open the incense spirit realm?"

Wen Ji thought for a moment and said, "I remember there was a Dragon King Temple in Yangcheng. It seemed that the people you brought were responsible for its construction?"

Wen Shenyou: "It was I who was in charge of supervising the construction."

Wen Ji: "You should hurry to Yangcheng in advance and hide the tripod in the name of repairing the temple. Don't let anyone know."

"When it's time to worship our ancestors, I will do so in the ancestral temple, and you can do so in the Dragon King Temple and open the incense and spiritual realm."

Wen Shenyou: "I will go to Yangcheng alone to worship my ancestors, and do this..."

Wen Ji made a decisive decision: "No need to say more, just do it this way."

Wen Ji was already cautious enough and was very careful when he came to pay homage to the shaman.

However, this is a bronze tripod more than four meters high, carried on the back of a mythical beast named Ba Xia.

Most of the mythical beast Baxia is under the water, with only a shell sticking out above the water. From a distance it looks like a mound of earth or an island, and perhaps it can go unnoticed.

But with the addition of the tripod, it becomes completely different.

Even at night, it is very conspicuous.

On the way, it passed through Jingu and Xihe counties before finally arriving in Lucheng.

Although no one knows what this tripod is, where it was transported to, and what it is used for.

However, this scene was witnessed by some people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait.
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Ever since the secret letter was sent to the capital.

Ma Fu, the eunuch from the Imperial Household Department in the capital, waited patiently, appearing to be exceptionally low-key.

It's just that the trip to and from the capital, coupled with some delays in the court, made His Majesty hesitate for a while when he had any ideas.

A delay of several months is normal.

Ma Fu also didn't know when he would receive a reply, and he had no idea whether what he requested could be accomplished.

However, Ma Fu did not do nothing. Recently, he often traveled between Xihe and Lucheng.

He could not see the gods or witches, but he often visited other people.

E.g.

The shamans of the Yunzhong Temple, the Taoists of the Yunzhen Dao, the monks of the Tianlong Temple, and the Tiangong people who came from the mountains.

Make friends far and wide and spend money lavishly.

But recently, this money doesn’t seem to be as useful as before. It has some effect, but that’s all.

After all, the characters he has to face this time are different from the previous ones. The witches and the gods are isolated from the world and form their own world. The monks think about the blessings after death and the next life every day, and the Taoists think about how to cultivate magic to achieve immortality.

Money can make them look at you more, but it is impossible to make them listen to you obediently.

After all, he can't give others what they want.

these people.

It can no longer be bought with gold, silver, or power in the world.

Ma Fu came when Yun Zhendao's Taoist priest sent the temple priest to take up his post two days ago. Although Ma Fu was secretly dissatisfied with the fact that Lucheng County Prince Wen Shenyou directly gave the position of temple priest in all counties and prefectures of Yin and Jin states to Yun Zhendao.

It can be said that this is an act of exceeding authority and abusing power, because this matter was originally the responsibility of the Honglu Temple.

However, in response to Ma Fu's implicit accusation, Lucheng County Prince Wen Ji said.

"This time we are not going to re-enshrine the gods. We are just re-registering the original gods of mountains, rivers and land that have existed in Chu since ancient times. The gods of ancient times have been worshipped by all parties for a long time. How can we talk about re-enshrining the gods?"

"As for the matter of sending temple priests, that was a spontaneous act of the common people. It really has nothing to do with me!"

He knows nothing about it.

The other party has become the good guy, and now that things have come to this, Ma Fu naturally cannot jump out and become the bad guy.

He attended the entire ceremony with a warm smile on his face, and prepared a gift for each temple priest by the river.

"We are here on behalf of His Majesty to come to the two states of Yinjin and invite the divine witch to the capital."

"You are all masters of the two states, and you have achieved success in your cultivation..."

The gift is neither light nor heavy, it is just to establish a good relationship.

He was afraid that if he gave too many gifts, the shamans and Taoists would think too much.

today.

The eunuch came to the river again to meet Liu Hu, the leader of the Tiangong tribe.

However, Liu Hu turned Ma Fu away, so Ma Fu had no choice but to go back. On the way back, Ma Fu heard a nearby river worker talking about a strange thing.

"I saw a dragon carrying a copper furnace on its back passing over the river last night. It was so scary. I have never seen a furnace like that before."

"What furnace?"

"A copper furnace. Yes, it must be a copper furnace. It looks like it is glowing green under the moon."

"What the hell are you talking about? We haven't seen the copper stove before, and the copper stove should emit golden light, so why is it emitting green light?"

"That's it."

"I saw it when I went to Tianlong Temple to burn incense a few days ago. It was clearly golden."

"That copper furnace looks quite old. It must be a little different."

The river workers sit under the dike and chat in their spare time. As they deal with rivers, naturally most of the things they talk about are strange and weird things related to rivers.

When Ma Fu's carriage passed by the road beside the dike, he heard the words of the river workers sitting cross-legged on the ground and immediately ordered the driver to stop.

"Stop, stop..."

As soon as the carriage stopped, the river workers immediately became reserved and dared not speak anymore.

Ma Fu came down and looked at one of them: "Do you still recognize me?"

The river worker looked at Ma Fu and nodded: "Yes, I recognize him. He was the man who talked to me last time and gave me copper coins."

Although Ma Fu was not doing well in other places, he seemed to have some connection with the river workers beside the Lucheng Dike. He always ran into them and got some unusual news from them.

Ma Fu smiled and stepped forward: "I just heard you talking about what happened in the river. Can you tell me about it too?"

The river workers asked, "What do you want to ask?"

Ma Fu: "It's what you just said, that a dragon suddenly appeared at night and carried away a copper furnace from the center of the river."

The other river workers looked at one of them and said, "He just made that up."

Another river worker said, "That's right, what copper furnace emitting green light? How can you say such nonsense?"

Ma Fu looked at the river worker and said, "I don't think you are talking nonsense. The copper incense burner you usually see is the one in front of the temple, right?"

"But there is another thing that is somewhat similar to the copper furnace, called a tripod."

"The tripod is made of bronze and has been passed down from ancient times. Generally, only emperors and nobles can use it. It is a ritual vessel for offering sacrifices to heaven and earth."

"If it's old, it will be covered with a layer of blue-gray rust. So it's natural that it looks green under the moon."

The river workers were talking about it. They usually went to the Tianlong Temple to burn incense. Others said that the thing placed at the entrance of the temple was a copper incense burner.

Normally, the monks polished it to a shine, and the color of the brass was shining, and at first glance it looked like gold. Therefore, when the river workers saw the tripod, they mistook it for a copper furnace.

After hearing what Ma Fu said at this moment, the river workers felt that they had broadened their horizons and spoke excitedly.

"What, the tripod used by the emperor?"

"Oh my god, what a treasure that must be!"

"What is a ritual vessel?"

Ma Fu looked at the river worker who said he saw the tripod and asked again.

"What does the tripod you saw look like?"

The river worker was a little reserved and didn't dare to speak.

Ma Fu asked someone to bring silver and a piece of cloth, and said to the river worker.

"Just tell me nicely, and I'll give you all of this."

The river worker's face suddenly turned red, and although he spoke haltingly, he managed to speak continuously. "I saw it last night. It was my turn to patrol the dike yesterday. I was walking with a gong in my hand, and suddenly I saw a black object floating on the river. It was like an island floating across the water, and I knew it was a dragon..."

"The thing on the dragon's back looks square, with two ear-like things on both sides and four square feet underneath, like pillars."

"..."

The more Ma Fu listened, the more solemn his expression became.

He could conclude that it was indeed a bronze tripod.

At least the style and shape of this tripod don't seem like something that an ordinary river worker could make. He must have seen it before to be able to describe it in such detail and authenticity.

And although Ma Fu just said that tripods were used by kings and princes, in fact, there are no kings and princes who cast tripods nowadays.

tripod.

It is a divine object.

Privately casting a tripod is tantamount to treason.

River Worker: "The dragon carried it on its back and passed through the middle of the river."

Ma Fu suddenly interrupted him: "You mean, you didn't see the dragon carrying the tripod passing by the river bank, but you saw the dragon passing by the middle of the river?"

The river worker nodded: "Yes, it is."

Ma Fu frowned. He originally believed in the river worker, but after hearing this, he became a little skeptical.

He Gong didn't notice Ma Fu's expression and kept talking.

"When the river was stormy, the dragon raised its head. The tripod pressed on the dragon and did not move. Even when huge waves hit it, it did not even shake. It was like a mountain."

After hearing the river worker's description, Ma Fu felt that maybe it was really like what the other river workers said, and the man in front of him was just talking nonsense.

Ma Fu said: "It's good to be able to see the dragon in the center of the river, but you can also see the tripod directly. How big is that tripod?"

The man was anxious after hearing this: "I really saw it. The tripod was resting on the dragon's back, perfectly stable."

"So the thing you call a tripod is this big, and can be seen from a long distance..."

Seeing the man swearing and vowing so confidently, Ma Fu hesitated again.

"Could it be true?"

But think about it this way.

The more I thought about it, the more horrified I felt.

If what this person said is true, it would be a huge deal.

Ma Fu had seen Ba Xia's before. Although they varied in size, the smallest one was as big as an island in the middle of a river, according to what this person said.

Could it be that the tripod is about ten feet wide?
What kind of magical object is this?
If you think about it more carefully, does it have any special meaning that such a huge bronze tripod suddenly appeared in the world and was carried across the river by the legendary mythical beast Ba Xia?

"What exactly does this Baxia Yunding mean?"

At this moment, Ma Fu's mind was suddenly confused, and he was even a little panicked.

He Gong looked at Ma Fu: "What I said is true, this thing..."

Ma Fu came back to her senses and said to the person beside her, "Give it to him!"

After that, he got into the carriage and immediately told the driver.

"Go back quickly."

On the way, he calmed down his panicked mind and suddenly spoke to the people following him.

"Go check if anyone saw Ba Xia and the bronze tripod last night."

"Oh, by the way, change into a farmer's outfit, so no one can see you."

"Yes!"

I heard a lot of information that day.

Sure enough, there was more than one person who saw Nabaxia transporting the tripod, but some saw it more clearly and some saw it more vaguely.

Some people have no idea what the dragon's fortune is, and just think that the dragon's back is as bulging as a mountain.

late at night.

Behind the window by candlelight.

Ma Fu sat at the top, with several eunuchs sitting on both sides. They all gathered together to talk about this matter.

"The divine beast Ba Xia appeared on the river carrying a huge bronze tripod on its back. Let's discuss what this means."

"The tripod should be at least 10 to 20 feet high. How can there be a tripod this big? Could I be seeing things?"

"There are more than one person who saw it. It doesn't look fake. Besides, that country bumpkin can't even recognize words. Even if he made it up, he couldn't make up the shape of the tripod."

"The dragon is a mythical animal, symbolizing destiny and the water veins of rivers. The tripod is in the shape of the nine provinces' mountains and is a ritual vessel for offering sacrifices to heaven and earth. This dragon is carrying the tripod on its back. This is not a simple matter."

"Could it be that destiny has changed..."

As soon as he said the beginning, the eunuch did not dare to continue under the gazes of the others and swallowed the rest of the words.

But I have to say that the words he didn't finish were heavy and changed the atmosphere in an instant.

Finally, it was Ma Fu who spoke up.

"Ever since the Imperial Seal was lost, the nine provinces have not been unified."

"I think that this time Baxia appeared on the river carrying the bronze tripod is definitely not a bad thing, but a good thing."

The faces of the others changed, and then they showed expressions of sudden realization.

"Could it be?"

"It's destiny?"

"The fact that the Overlord appeared in the world carrying the giant tripod means that the nine provinces will be unified?"

Everyone looked at each other, then nodded, thinking that this must be the case.

The nodding shadows were projected on the window by the candlelight, looking uniform.

But the most important thing is to know where the huge bronze tripod was transported by the divine beast Ba Xia.

If you want to figure out all the connections, you need one person.

Everyone looked at Ma Fu, and Ma Fu recited.

"Divine witch!"
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The shaman sat on the ground, in front of him was a low table more than a foot high, on the table were scrolls and even some wooden and bamboo slips.

While watching, he was reciting.

"The emperor mined copper from Shou Mountain and cast a tripod at the foot of Jing Mountain. When the tripod was completed, a dragon with a drooping beard appeared on it."

"The emperor made three tripods, representing heaven, earth and man."

"Destroy their ancestral temples, move their important artifacts..."

The wizard is looking up records about the tripod and what the words on the giant bronze tripod are, but has found nothing so far.

In fact, she was also shocked when she saw such a huge tripod. She also couldn't imagine who made such a huge tripod and what it was used for.

After Yun Zhongjun issued the decree, Ba Xia sent the tripod to her. She thought it was an artifact similar to the Moon Shadow Glazed Fairy Lamp. After all, it was just to allow a clan to open up a spiritual realm for incense and worship, even if it was a prince of a county.

Therefore, when she saw the tripod, it was hard for her to imagine that a king would need such an important instrument to establish a family temple?
If the wizard has important matters to discuss with Yunzhongjun, he can also ask him by the way.

However, there really was nothing important recently, and she couldn't ask Yun Zhongjun about this doubt alone, so she thought of looking it up herself.

But let alone the origin of the tripod, even the content of the words on the tripod could not be found.

Although there are many records about ancient bronze tripods, they are very vague. There is no record of their size or even their style. Most of them only have a name.

When checking the characters on the tripod again, it was found that they were much older than the ancient Chu period and seemed to be even older than the ancient characters.

Just when the shaman was worried about not being able to find out the origin of the tripod, a wizard came in and said to the shaman.

"Divine witch."

"What's the matter?"

"The horse supervisor from the Ministry of Internal Affairs is here."

"Didn't I say I wouldn't see him?"

The witch said at this time: "He said that this time he didn't want to see the witch, but asked us to present something to the witch. However, he didn't leave, and waited outside the door."

"Divine Witch, this thing..."

The shaman said, "Show it up!"

Witch: "Yes!"

The shaman walked in from outside the curtain and placed a piece of paper on the table in front of the shaman.

There were four words written on the paper: "Baxia Tuo Ding."

The witch frowned immediately: "How did he know?"

However, the wizard also guessed immediately that someone must have seen Ba Xia carrying the huge bronze tripod across the river.

At the same time, he also understood Ma Fu's purpose.

The witch said to the sorcerer who had left the tent, "Is he still outside the door?"

Wuzhi: "Still here, looking very difficult to deal with. It seems that it won't leave until it gets an answer this time."

Divine wizard: "There is nothing to say, let him go back."

The witch did not lie, she really had nothing to tell the other party.

(End of this chapter)