After visiting all the exhibition halls on the first floor along the signs, the seven-person team stepped on the dark-colored anti-slip carpet and arrived at the second floor.
Compared to the wooden elven antiques, the second floor was mainly about the history of the Xia people, which originated from the Yin Dynasty and was even older.
The leader, Li Yiyi, was so lively that she was almost anxious. The visitors who came in and out felt that the short-haired girl seemed to be eager to glance at all the display cases, as if she was in a hurry to do something else and had to race against time.
Chen Yinglong and Liu Wei were only willing to stop in front of the showcase that they were interested in. It was enough to look at the rest of the cultural relics.
Only Saer had the most detailed observation. He looked at it slowly and thought about it carefully. Even Esther, who was holding the little guy's hand, was affected. She slowed down her pace and slowed down the pace of viewing, carefully examining the various items in the display cabinets on both sides of the corridor.
Soon, Seer noticed something interesting about the museum.
After stopping, Sayre pointed to the instruction board hanging next to each showcase."Sister Esther, why are there only Sharwin and Elven languages on them?”
"Ah?" When Li Yiyi heard this, she turned to look at Sai Er." Is there?”She turned around and looked at the instruction card beside her. She tilted her head in confusion." Sigh, it's true."”
"What…is the problem?" Sun Si was puzzled by Saier's words." Aren't all the museum like this?”
Saer shook his head gently and explained to everyone what was wrong."The explanation board for the museum in Beautiful City is in three languages.”
" Huh?!" Chen Yinglong remembered now that the little guy was right." Yes, there's also Gweilan.”
"Then…what's the problem?" Li Yiyi spread her hands. She couldn't understand the meaning of this.
" That's easy to say." Wang Xiao, who traveled during the long holidays, knew a thing or two about this." This place is only for us and the locals to visit. We only need to use Elvish and Xia Wen."”
" The comprehensive museum... and some well-known tourist areas in the city," Wang Xiao said logically when it came to tourism." They will add some Gweilan so that they won't be unable to understand it.”
"Here, at most, we'll only get some tourists from Serene. There's no need to get a tri-language notice board.”
" Yes, yes." Liu Meng suddenly realized and sighed." Not to mention Celan, the entire Pingzhou's official language is the Elven language…There's also the Xia language. There's really no need for a three-language label."”
After getting the answer, Seer didn't stop thinking. Instead, he had a new question.
Regardless of whether it was the teachers teaching or the textbooks, they all seemed to be using Xia dialect…To be honest, other than when they returned to the village or when they were in the dormitory with Esther, they basically didn't speak Elvish.
Oh right, there was also the superintendent…Usually, during the second period of history class, language and literature would be taught. At that time, Mufa would also teach Elvish.
However, it was still mainly in the Xia language…For example, if there were not a few elven tourists in a group, one would not even be able to hear the tone of the elven language in the museum.
Looking at the instruction board, Sail was even more confused. Since everyone was speaking the Xia language, why did they add the elven language?
To make it convenient for Serene's Traveler? Sai Er scratched his head. This statement was a little far-fetched.
"What now?" Seeing the little guy's confusion, Sun Si couldn't help but reach out and gently rub Saier's little head." What are you thinking about? You look so sad."
" I think..." Saying what he was thinking, Sail was a little conflicted." Everyone is speaking in the Xia dialect, so it's unnecessary to leave the elvish markings..."”
The voice that came out of Saar's mouth made the entire visiting team fall silent.
Even the other visitors in the exhibition hall were puzzled. Why did the big children who were making a scene just now shut their mouths and not make a sound?
" Oh." After a long time, Li Yiyi snapped her fingers and sighed." Good question, good question."”
Hearing this, Saier immediately turned to Li Yiyi, his eyes full of hope.
" Uh... don't stare at me." Embarrassed by Saier's passionate gaze, Li Yiyi turned her head away awkwardly." I was just sighing. I don't know how to answer..."
Everyone gathered the contempt in their eyes and aimed it at Li Yiyi's face so that she would shut her mouth obediently and stop talking nonsense.
" Ahem, I think," Liu Meng thought for a while and made a bold guess." It should be a respect for the elven culture?"”
" Maybe," Sun Si agreed as he recalled the elementary school textbooks he had read." It's about respecting different cultures. It's mentioned in the books."”
Wang Xiao and Li Yiyi also nodded decisively, having a positive attitude towards Three Blades 'words.
At this moment, someone expressed a different point of view.
"You can't think too one-sidedly."
If one was not familiar with whose voice it was, they might think that the superintendent had returned to teach.
Without waiting for his cousin to mock him, Chen Yinglong said indifferently,""In the past, the Xia people also had various language families. However, as history progressed, they gradually disappeared and became unified.”
" Well, what we are talking about now is all new words." As he spoke, Chen Yinglong poked his lips with his index finger." Although the north and south divided by the Jing River still have their own dialect.”
" But the basic languages have long been standardized." Chen Yinglong crossed his arms and wanted to see the instruction board, but it had been covered by the visitors." There are only Xia dialect and elvish."”
"Many languages were wiped out during the unification of the ancient dynasties and became history.”
No one noticed that behind Chen Yinglong, many visitors stood still and listened to his speech.
They nodded from time to time, expressing their admiration.
" Therefore, keeping the elvish language and even setting it as the basic language is definitely not because of respect.”
" Brother Chen is right." Liu Meng couldn't help but give him a thumbs up." That's right."”
"Sigh, where did this habit of giving thumbs up come from?”Li Yiyi suddenly reacted." Ancient times? When?"
" Federation, Gwelland." Esther replied quickly.
Chen Yinglong was speechless. Li Yiyi…Was she really listening to what he said just now?
" Sigh, let's not talk about that first." Sun Si also started to express his opinion." I think it might be lifespan!”
"Oh?" Ester let out a rare grunt and looked at the confident Sun Er.
" Elves live for a long time, and it's difficult for rulers to change the inheritance of their language," Sun Si said confidently." Their longevity is enough to witness the rise and fall of a dynasty.”
"How could the race they formed abandon their own language because of the ruler's coercion?”
"Yes!" Li Yiyi walked forward and patted Sun Si's shoulder in relief." Silly child, you've finally become smarter."”
Sun Si couldn't be bothered to argue with her and decisively turned his face away.
" Erzi is right." Liu Meng scratched his chin and started to make his own deduction." Besides, sprites…It's not that difficult to learn Xia Wen over the long years."”
" Yes," Ester said emotionally." You don't have to force yourself to learn."”
" Sigh." Li Yiyi pretended to be sad and sighed softly." When my ashes are scattered into the sea one day, Student Esther is still a young man. Time is great-"
Chen Yinglong had no choice but to close his eyes and lower his head."That's enough. Don't be so annoying.”
Li Yiyi stuck out her tongue and strode out of the exhibition hall that she had been in for a long time. She continued to look for new cultural relics to admire.
Everyone did not stay any longer and followed Li Yiyi.
"Students nowadays are really good at thinking.”In the exhibition hall, a young man stretched and found a seat to rest.
"Calling her a student? How many years has it been since we graduated?" His friend who was traveling with him laughed." But don't say that. What he said made sense.”
They had listened to the conversation of the seven students clearly.
" Yeah," the young man who was resting smiled playfully." He matured much earlier than us."”
The young man's friend didn't respond much. He only responded and sat down beside him. He had to learn what he needed to learn.
The students who continued to tour the second floor of the museum didn't think about the secrets behind the language. Instead, they focused on the changes in the history of Summer State.
In order to control the Shuanghe region, Emperor Wu Rui of Great Xia had planned and fought for five years to eliminate the Di tribe in Xiling and set up Dingyuan Town, opening up the land route connecting Pingzhou.
The Left General, who was in charge of commanding the army, was conferred the title of Duke Dingyuan. Only the unique title of Duke with a different surname could show his supreme glory.
However, compared to this Duke Ding Yuan, Licheng, and even all the people of China, they were more familiar with the Emperor Wu of Kang-Wu Cheng and Wu Xijue.
Actually, people preferred to call him "Wu Wushuang". Even if "Wushuang" was just a word he had changed himself--only "Wushuang" could cover his military career.
The repaired battle drum of the Wuwei Army in the showcase made a heroic spirit rise and gallop in the hearts of the spectators.
" Impressive, impressive." Liu Meng retracted his rough hand that almost touched the glass of the showcase and shook his head repeatedly." There's even such a thing."”
" It's a restoration…Bah, it's a replica." Li Yiyi could not help but feel disappointed when she read the label on the instruction board." It's really not going to be exhibited."”
" These weapons are authentic, right?" Sayre stood on his tiptoes curiously and looked at the neatly arranged swords and halberds." So much…rust?”
" At the end of the summer, the army no longer carried bronze weapons," an elegant lady who passed by them warmly told the little guy." These are indeed rust.”
"Wow, thank you, Auntie." Saer smiled sincerely at the lady's kindness.
The lady smiled back and strolled away.
" Wu Cheng is really amazing." Li Yiyi couldn't help but exclaim when she recalled what was described in the classical novels." He drove away the demons, entered Chang 'an, eliminated all the vassals, ascended the throne, and finally abdicated…"
" He doesn't have any children…" Sun Si reminded him softly." He can only choose to abdicate…"
" To be able to become an emperor of a generation, it's not simple after all." Wang Xiao was also very emotional." In thousands of years, Dingyuan only produced this one emperor.”
"Do you think the emperor is mass-produced in the factories of the Republic?”Li Yiyi rolled her eyes." It's very rare to have one, understand?”
While everyone was talking and arguing, Chen Yinglong was thinking silently in front of another showcase. He didn't pay much attention to those heroic stories. He thought of something else when he looked at the cultural relics of Xia Mokang.
Elves…migrated to Summer State during the Kang Dynasty.
Although these relics were mainly made up of people, they also reflected the history of migration.
" Go up the River of Rainwater." Esther held Saier's hand and walked to Chen Yinglong's side." Follow the east of the foothills and reach the frontier of Dingyuan.”
" Uh…Ah?!" Chen Yinglong came back to his senses after his thoughts were interrupted." Yes, that's it.”
In the Kang Dynasty, the wood elves followed these ancient descriptions and arrived at Dingyuan according to the Xia merchants.
Thinking about it carefully, after thousands of years, the Xia people had long abandoned classical Chinese and adopted new words that were easy to understand. Only the elves were left in the world, and they still remembered these ancient words in their hearts.
"No wonder, no wonder." This time, Chen Yinglong couldn't help but sigh. What Sun Si said was not without reason.
Even after leaving Pingzhou for thousands of years, the elves would still remember the words of their ancestors. How could such a long-lived and civilized race abandon their mother tongue?
"No wonder?" Chen Yinglong's sigh confused Sai Er." What is Brother Chen thinking about this time?”
"Language." Ester reminded softly.
" Oh..." Sail quickly understood what he meant." Actually, this... I also have some... opinions."”
"Hmm?" Chen Yinglong was a little surprised." Tell me?”
" I've read some advanced textbooks in Grandpa Zhang's library," Saier recalled the contents he had read in a hurry." There's a saying-"
"The differences create conflict, and conflict leads to thinking.”
Chen Yinglong and Esther fell silent. They felt that…the format of this sentence was very familiar? However, after thinking about it carefully, she couldn't remember where she had seen it.
Just like that, the three students, two adults and one child, stood in front of the showcase and pondered quietly.
"Advanced teaching materials?" After pondering for a long time, Chen Yinglong still couldn't figure it out." Then I can only borrow it."”
Before Esther could speak, she was still thinking. At a certain moment, her mind suddenly became clear and she came up with the correct answer.
"Mission."
"Mission?" Chen Yinglong and Sayre looked at the calm Ester at the same time.
" The purpose of the Republic," Ester nodded and answered," supervision and self-discipline, self-discipline creates freedom; Power controls war, and war maintains peace. Strength spurred communication, and communication brought progress.”
"This…this?" Chen Yinglong could guarantee that he had never heard of this before.”
"One year, teaching." After giving a short answer, Ester didn't say anything else.
" I'll learn it in a year... Mm." Sai Er nodded, his heart filled with anticipation.
Then I'll wait a year. Yinglong smiled bitterly in his heart. It wasn't good to come into contact with advanced teaching materials too early.
At that time, he would think about the mess of language.
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