Chapter 53: The ruler makes the people slow, and the generals are in chaos
Jinling Library, located next to the Imperial College of Jin Dynasty, is said to be the largest paper library in the world.
For paper book lover Wang Wanrou, it is undoubtedly a perfect place to spend time.
After wandering among the vast bookshelves for a while, Cheng Jinyang finally found Miss Wang in a room filled with books. The latter was sitting quietly on a chair, reading a large thick book, illuminated by the light.
The silhouette is simply perfect.
And the thick book in her hand... to be precise, it was a bamboo slip.
Cheng Jinyang:???
Great, the magical Miss Wang actually read the bamboo slips. When will we fast forward to the turtle board to read the oracle bone inscriptions?
"When Sima Zichang wrote this "Historical Records", white paper had not been invented yet." As if she knew what he was thinking, Wang Wanrou explained calmly, "So what I read was bamboo slips."
"Could it be that what you are reading now is the original version of "Historical Records"?" Cheng Jinyang was shocked.
"Yes, what if that's not the case?"
When reading ancient books, you must read the originals. When it comes to pretending to read, I would like to call you, Miss Wang, the best!
"Look at this." Miss Wang placed a roll of bamboo slips in front of him.
Cheng Jinyang flipped through it and found that it was actually an ancient official script font carved on it with a carving knife.
"I can't understand," he said honestly.
"There is a translation on the paper next to it." Wang Wanrou said.
Wouldn’t it be enough to just read the translation?
Cheng Jinyang picked up the paper next to him and saw five big characters written on it:
The Anthology of Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty.
"What are you doing?" Cheng Jinyang asked in confusion, "You want to test me in ancient Chinese? Let me tell you, my history skills are actually terrible."
"What do you think of Han Gaozu?" Wang Wanrou asked meaningfully.
"I remember he seemed to be a gangster, what else could he do?" Cheng Jinyang said.
"Not all gangsters can become emperors." Wang Wanrou said.
Cheng Jinyang subconsciously wanted to say: "Not all milk is called...", but he thought that Wang Wanrou must not understand this advertising joke, so he held it back.
"Indeed." He said, "Except for Liu Xiu, the Great Druid of Emperor Guangwu of Han Dynasty who was born as a farmer."
Wang Wanrou:?
It is true that Liu Xiu, Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty, was a farmer. What does this great druid mean?
She snorted coldly and said:
"Glib, you should finish reading this first before talking."
Cheng Jinyang patiently read the translation in a few minutes, only to hear Miss Wang ask:
"What are your thoughts after reading this?"
"I feel like this person, if he wants to be successful, he really has to be more shameless than anyone else." Cheng Jinyang said truthfully.
As the emperor of the Han Dynasty, Liu Bang had countless dark histories, such as giving empty red envelopes to his father-in-law, such as letting Xiang Yu get a share of the pie, such as the Marquis of Huaiyin not using his weapons, and such as feeding his father to eat dumplings every day, etc., which can be regarded as worldly.
The crumbs, the king of crumbs.
On the other hand, Xiang Yu is very majestic and upright. The most typical example is that the Hongmen Banquet could not bear to kill Liu Bang and forcefully let the tiger return to the mountain, which almost angered the counselor Fan Zeng to death.
In the end, the heroic Overlord lost to King Chu. Although Cheng Jinyang also understood that history is about "winners and losers", he still couldn't help but sigh.
"Then do you think you are more like Liu Bang or Xiang Yu?" Wang Wanrou smiled slightly.
Her alluring smile was like a room full of flowers blooming, and the mountains and plains were filled with purple and red, as if all the truth, goodness and beauty in the world were concentrated... From these incoherent metaphors, it can be seen that Cheng Jinyang was completely stunned at this time, and his mind was spinning.
At least I can't think straight.
Then, the corners of Wang Wanrou's mouth slightly raised, changing from a gentle and perfect smile to a Dragon King-like sneer, mercilessly waking up Cheng Jinyang from his dream.
Although it's not perfect, Miss Wang's crooked mouth is also very beautiful!
"Oh, my peerless beauty is really troublesome." She took out a small mirror, moved the hair on her cheeks to the front, and then moved it behind her ears to take a closer look, and said intoxicatedly, "Even myself,
I often can't help but be fascinated by my own appearance. Alas, people often say 'Heaven is jealous of beauty', but why can beauty and wisdom coexist perfectly in me?"
"It's not perfect." Cheng Jinyang sighed, "If your character were more gentle and humble, then I would admit that you are the most perfect girl in the world."
"Huh." Wang Wanrou snorted disdainfully, "Humility? If a perfect woman like me continues to pretend to be humble, how will other girls in this world live?"
Cheng Jinyang:…………
"Indeed." He also had to admit that if Miss Wang got rid of her arrogance, she would really be invincible.
"Sigh." Wang Wanrou swept all the bamboo slips aside, then leaned on the table boredly and said, "This world is really getting boring."
Cheng Jinyang understood what she meant.
Miss Wang is actually the ultimate fun person, and many things can be revealed at a glance: she can guess the ending after watching the beginning of a TV series, and she can clear all the puzzle games as soon as she starts. Anything that requires brain use is like being played in front of her.
The solved crossword puzzle failed to arouse her interest at all.
Last Sunday, a few days after the princess sister's training ended, she proposed that it was too boring to stay at home during the day and wanted to participate in "Tianluo Attendance" with everyone.
As a result, after completing several missions, she soon became tired and irritated. She was usually absent-minded in commanding, and she didn't even bother to notify everyone in advance about "testing a new type of bomb", which almost caused an accident this time.
"Why don't you rest for a few days first?" Cheng Jinyang asked tentatively, "Tianluo's duty is actually just like this. Most of the time he is just fighting and killing, which is not interesting."
"Yeah." Wang Wanrou yawned, "This boring world, please destroy it quickly."
"I unintentionally said something against humanity!" Cheng Jinyang said helplessly, and suddenly his cell phone rang.
He took out his cell phone and saw that it was Miss Qingqing calling.
"Hello?"
"Jinyang! Is Wanrou with you?!" Chu Qingqing's anxious and frightened voice sounded on the phone.
"Oh, we are together." Cheng Jinyang explained, "She actually doesn't know about you, don't worry. I lied to you casually before..."
"No!" Chu Qingqing interrupted him in a hurried tone, "Hurry up and prepare to hide nearby! There was a serious civil strife in Jiankang City just now, and a large number of superpowers from all the major families have defected!"
Cheng Jinyang frowned and realized what happened.
Next to her, Wang Wanrou slowly sat up straight and her eyes brightened.
The next second, a piercing air raid siren sounded from outside, as shrill as a whistle from the depths of hell.