Following Chen Ziyun's sudden shout, the entire camp became lively, and everyone thought there was something wrong with security. Several guards quickly emerged from their hidden posts and rushed towards Chen Ziyun's tent.
After entering Chen Ziyun's tent, Ge Shu and Han Sen saw a face filled with joy, and their brows suddenly wrinkled.
"What's wrong?" Seeing the solemn looks on the two people's faces, Chen Ziyun thought something happened in the camp and hurriedly asked. When he figured out that it was a misunderstanding, Chen Ziyun smiled helplessly and said, "It's all mine.
Wrong, I was just thinking about a question and after solving the mystery, I got a little carried away."
Hansen didn't say anything, and he and Geshu turned around and exited Chen Ziyun's tent, waving to the approaching guards, saying it was nothing important.
After the two left, Chen Ziyun took a breath and said: "This so-called pillar of heaven is just an adjective. This is not a pillar that supports the heaven and earth. It is clearly the dividing point between the seasons of cold and heat."
The paper made a rustling sound, and soon eight words appeared on the paper: Spring Equinox, Summer Solstice, Autumn Equinox, and Winter Solstice.
At the vernal equinox, the sun will shine directly on the equator, and the length of day and night around the world is almost equal. After that, the direct sun point will gradually move northward. At the summer solstice, the sun will shine directly on the Tropic of Cancer, and then the direct sun position will return south. At the autumnal equinox, the direct sun point will move northward.
position, returns to the equator, and then moves south. Finally, at the winter solstice, the direct point of the sun reaches the position of the Tropic of Capricorn.
These four solar term dividing points are the four sky pillars in ancient Sanskrit poems. The so-called light traveling along the sky pillars refers to the position where the direct point of the sun shines.
Once the mystery of the Tianzhu is solved, the content of the whole poem will not be much difficult.
Chen Ziyun finally understood why Chan Seventeen asked Hansen to tell him that he must complete the mission of this trip before the summer solstice. It turned out that Chan Seventeen had already thought through the meaning of this ancient poem. The joy in his heart suddenly disappeared.
A lot.
Chen Ziyun smiled faintly and thought to himself, since you didn't give the answer directly, I guessed it, which means I'm quite good. Chen Ziyun finally used this mental victory method on himself.
Soon, Chen Ziyun understood all the meanings in the ancient poem.
In the first year of the fifth era, when the direct point of the sun moves from the equator to the Tropic of Cancer, something named dusk will appear in the so-called place of light. If you want to enter that place, you must be there during the summer solstice.
Days ago, this place might bring new life or destruction to people.
The general meaning is this, and only the details are worthy of scrutiny. And according to the information provided to Chen Ziyun by Zen Seventeen, Chen Ziyun has the ability to fully explain these words with obscure meanings.
For example, dusk rises. Chen Ziyun believes that dusk is the so-called city of sunset. The land of light should be the ultimate place of his trip. Chen Ziyun knows very well that the place he wants to go happens to be near the equator, here
It is the place where the sun rises earliest. This latitude zone with special significance is called the land of light, which is not an exaggeration.
In this way, the mystery of the ancient poem can be solved. But while solving the mystery, it also brings some other problems.
For example, among the data of Zen 17, there is data showing that the City of Sunset was built by the Queen of Sheba, but the author of the ancient scroll is most likely Yanshi. It can be seen from Yanshi’s suicide note that he lived
The era was hundreds or even thousands of years earlier than the Queen of Sheba. The contents of the ancient poems in the ancient scrolls were what he heard from others, which is enough to prove the antiquity of Sunset City.
It can be said that the authenticity of the information provided in Zen 17 regarding King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba cannot be proven.
But this is not a bad thing. From another perspective, perhaps some thoughtful people, in order to conceal the identity of the real builder of Sunset City, finally made up such a story to confuse the public.
As an archaeologist, Chen Ziyun is best at identifying the most reasonable explanations from complex historical data. He is naturally full of confidence in his own inferences.
If this inference is true, then there is another question. That is the deep meaning in the myths and legends about King Solomon and the hoopoe bird.
Chen Ziyun has never regarded the legend of the hoopoe simply as an ordinary fairy tale. After stripping away the direct relationship between the Queen of Sheba and the City of Sunset, the legend of the hoopoe is even more untenable. Perhaps this is
The legend of the hoopoe is also a fact that has been deliberately concealed. The hoopoe that "discovered" the golden land was probably a black bird.
After solving a mystery in the ancient scroll, Chen Ziyun relaxed a little. He raised his head and twisted his cervical vertebrae, only to realize that the surrounding twilight was thick and the sun was almost setting. In areas close to the equator, although the morning sun comes early, dusk comes soon.
quick.
"Boss, it's time for dinner." Wang Xiaowu's voice sounded outside the tent. The voice seemed cheerful.
Chen Ziyun walked out of the tent, his eyes suddenly opened wide. At this time, Wang Xiaowu had a smile on his face and was in a very good mood.
Chen Ziyun wiped his eyes vigorously and finally confirmed that he was not dazzled.
At this time, Wang Xiaowu was riding on a strange beast. At first glance, it looked like a horse, but Chen Ziyun could tell at a glance that it could never be a horse, because he saw that the animal's head
It has small antlers like deer antlers on its upper body. Not to mention, the animal's fur is like brown chocolate, but its hips and limbs have black and white stripes like a zebra's, and its ears are huge.
Wang Xiaowu held a handful of branches in her hand. When she stretched the branch to the animal's head, the animal stretched out a strange blue tongue, rolled the young leaves on it into its mouth, and chewed it.
"What, what's going on?" Chen Ziyun pointed at the strange animal in front of him in surprise, his words becoming a little awkward.
"This is the mount I picked up." Wang Xiaowu blinked his big eyes, showing his white teeth, and said, "I just found it in the woods. At that time, it was entangled in the vines and couldn't escape. I helped
It cut the vines, and then it came back with me." The monster seemed to be very docile. After hearing Wang Xiaowu's words, it turned around and licked Wang Xiaowu's palm.
"Giggle..." The palm of his hand felt slightly itchy, and Wang Xiaowu couldn't help laughing. He quickly stuffed the branch towards the monster's mouth.
"Uh..." Chen Ziyun's head was full of black lines. He thought to himself, why have I never encountered such a good thing? He turned his eyes to Ge Shu not far away, who stared at the monster and swallowed his saliva.
"What is this?" Chen Ziyun asked, "A hybrid between a zebra and a horse?" Although Chen Ziyun was knowledgeable, he knew nothing about the monster in front of him.
"This is the okapi." Han Su, who had his hands on his chest, glanced at Chen Ziyun, "It's a specialty of the primeval forests of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This is not a hybrid animal, but a close relative of the giraffe." At this point, Han Su sighed.