The White Lotus Rebellion? Of course Ding Li had heard of it. He had heard Wan Zizi and Shen Ye talk about it many times when he was a child. According to Wan Zizi himself, his ancestor was a member of the White Lotus Sect.
At that time, the White Lotus Sect was active in the small county town of Ding Li's hometown. Many legends were left behind. In particular, the Holy Queen Cong'er of the White Lotus Sect, who was as beautiful as a flower and was proficient in magic, left a deep impression on Ding Li.
impression.
"It turns out that Wang Con'er's White Lotus Sect revolted in the Qing Dynasty!" Ding Li sighed. The old man Wan Cripple spoke so confusingly that he couldn't even tell when Wang Con'er revolted. Sometimes he said it was at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, and sometimes he said it was in the Ming Dynasty.
Yes, only then did Ding Li know that it was in the Qing Dynasty or the first year of Jiaqing, which was not even a few hundred years away from now!
Of course, Professor Wu didn't know what Ding Li was so amazed about, but he said with great interest: "In the past, ancient rituals were very religious. The Wu August you just mentioned is said to be proficient in the magic of Ba Dexiong, the primitive religion of the Miao people.
The White Lotus Sect also claims to be able to summon heavenly soldiers and generals to the earth, especially its leader Wang Conger, who is said to be able to call the wind and rain, and cut paper into soldiers. However, there is no scientific basis for this kind of thing, otherwise it would not be so simple to be defeated by the Qing army.
defeat!"
Ding Li has heard of these legends before, but he is a practitioner of magic, so his ideas are of course different from Professor Wu's. It is said that these magics are available to summon wind and rain, cut paper into soldiers, but they will not work when the critical moment comes.
They were all told by the cripple Ding Liwan.
According to Wan Zizi, the five ghost transportation inherited by his family was handed down from the White Lotus Sect.
Ding Li simply changed his mind and borrowed a lot of information about the White Lotus Sect and went back to read it slowly. He thanked Professor Wu. Ding Li returned to school. Several roommates had come back by this time. Everyone saw Ding Li.
Holding so many books in my arms makes me feel like my eyes are about to fall off.
"Boss, what aroused you?" Yue Qing ran over to take the book and asked.
Things in this world are often so strange. When you think of something, everything will come together. Otherwise, there would be no such thing as a coincidence in this world?
Ding Li seems to be in pain these days. Except for helping Wang Xiaoyu celebrate his birthday, his life is basically like boiled water. Ding Li feels more and more that he is not the kind of person who is naturally content with being ordinary. Living such a life is difficult.
He was too lazy to be interested in anything.
But now he has an extra place to go. When he has nothing to do, he goes to Professor Wu's lectures and finds them quite interesting.
What's the biggest difference between a brilliant professor and an ordinary professor? It's that for one, even if you sign in every day, you still can't stop students from skipping classes. For the other, you don't even need to sign in, and all the students who come to attend the class still don't.
There are many. Often small subjects can be turned into open classes.
For example, Professor Wu's classes are very popular. His large lectures on the history of the Qin and Han Dynasties can basically fill up the large classrooms. Sometimes they even have to stand.
The history of the Qin and Han Dynasties cannot be bypassed by the alchemists. Ding Li benefited a lot from listening to a few lectures on Dajue. He had never thought about the development of Taoism from this perspective.
What makes Professor Wu’s classes attractive? Because he never talks in a cliché, he follows the textbook, and the things he tells are very interesting. Even if you are just bored, you can listen to them as stories.
"Alchemists firmly believe that elixirs can be made, but they just haven't found the right raw materials to make elixirs. Therefore, alchemists are diligently seeking exotic raw materials. After the opening of the Silk Road, the western regions of Asia (Western Regions, Central Asia, Persia,
Produced in India and Arabia), some minerals, plants and spices that are not found or have not yet been discovered in the Central Plains are arriving one after another.
According to the "Book of Wei·Biography of the Western Regions": "The capital of Persia, Suli City... produced gold, silver, stone, coral, amber, chariots and canals, horse heads (agate)...
These Persian products were repeatedly mentioned in the history books of later generations, and some new products were constantly added. The minerals and spices included in them became the raw materials that alchemists rushed to use for experiments (the spices were generally used as auxiliary materials).
Since the Sasanian Dynasty of Persia (224-651) dominated western Asia at that time, controlled the western end of the Silk Road, and opened up the Maritime Silk Road, Persian products became very popular in the Central Plains and were used in medicine and elixirs.
In 1965, archaeological excavations at the time discovered a strange thing in the Eastern Jin Dynasty Tomb in Xiangshan. They were the size of rice grains, all red, and seemed to be 0.4 to 0.6 centimeters in diameter. Each grain varied in weight, and the big ones were as large as
0.468 grams, the smallest one is 0.275 grams, and the average weight per grain is about 0.372 grams. At that time, a total of more than 200 grains of this kind of thing were found, some of which had turned into powder.
Later I found out that this is the legendary elixir of life!"
As soon as Professor Wu said these words, the students in the classroom all became excited: "Holy crap, is there really an elixir of life?"
"Fake?" "Get one and eat it. Not to mention immortality, it's not bad to live for a few more decades!"
The classroom was noisy and suddenly turned into a vegetable market.
Professor Wu didn't stop him, and kept wiping his glasses for a long time. Ding Li was now quite familiar with Professor Wu, and knew that he was causing trouble, just like a storyteller deliberately trying to tell the truth.
Sure enough, when everyone was almost finished discussing, Professor Wu shouted: "Quiet, everyone, just be quiet!"
Most people were quiet, and some guys were buzzing.
Ding immediately stood up and shouted: "Shut up, everyone, and listen to Professor Wu's lecture!"
Immediately, the whole classroom fell silent. Firstly, it was because Ding Li was so angry, and secondly because Ding Li had a reputation for being vicious. Last time, two or three guys were so noisy that they were immediately grabbed by the neck and beaten by Ding Li.
Throw it out.
This incident caused quite a big disturbance. The boys were still angry and secretly found some members of the school basketball team to come out to deal with Ding Li. However, they suppressed Ding Li and threw him on the roadside.
As a result, it was found out that Ding Li was not a student of the school, and he dared to come to the school to beat people like this, which immediately aroused the anger of the people. If Professor Wu had not said a few good words for Ding Li, Ding Li would not be able to enter the school now.
Of course, today's universities are all open. Others can't keep an eye on him for a few days, but he still dares to come to me in two days. Hu Hansan is back!
Professor Wu smiled and said: "As for the elixir, just look at whether there are any immortal people now. The alchemists of the Qin and Han Dynasties and the Taoist priests in the future have been refining the elixir for so many years. How many people can live forever? Take it instead.
Those who take this kind of medicine will probably die faster. How many people have died on the medicine of immortality in history, including the famous Tian Khan, Emperor Taizong Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty, we will discuss these in the next subject!"