This bookstore was not much different from the luxurious bookstores in the real world. The only difference was that the books were more organized and had a gorgeous purple-gold skin, giving people a very dignified feeling.
The collection of books was also divided into dynasties, history books, poems, literature, and so on. Most of the books were available in the real world, but there were a few books that were different from ordinary books. They were pure golden in color, and other than the title of the book, there was a red mark on the back of the book, saying that it was not to be shared.
The more such a book was, the more it would attract the interest of others. I didn't touch the other books, but chose a few of these books and placed them on the desk. The first book I picked up was Eight Suo. It was said that this was a book that introduced the principles of the Eight Trigrams. It had long been lost. In the future, only mathematics could be used to deduce the formation of the Eight Trigrams. Although I knew nothing about gossip, I was still very interested in this book. However, I'm very sorry. I don't understand the traditional Chinese characters and the meaning of the awkward words. I can't interpret the contents of the book, nor can I point out the difference between the gossip in real society and the ancient gossip.
I put down the Eight Suo and took out the second book. The title of the book was the Classic of Mountains and Seas. This book also existed in the real world, but the Classic of Mountains and Seas in the real world was only a part of it. The Classic of Mountains and Seas here was the entire Classic of Mountains and Seas, and I knew many words. I was about to read the relevant records about the East China Sea's topography, intelligent life, and civilization, but for some reason, the words in the book began to automatically be encrypted. Many of the words had turned into a blurry black dot. I was puzzled when a middle-aged man beside me said,"There's no need to read it. This part of the book has not been deciphered for the real world. You can't read it yet." If you don't mind, can you lend me the book on the Three Graves?
I put down the book unwillingly and looked at the book I was holding. There was indeed a book called Three Graves. I really didn't know what this book was for, but the title of this book was too depressing. I couldn't figure out why I brought this book here. Thinking of this, I directly handed this book called Three Graves to this middle-aged man.
The middle-aged man thanked him.
I politely expressed that it was nothing. I couldn't watch it anyway. At this moment, I remembered to use my consciousness to look at this middle-aged man. I was so shocked that I couldn't speak for a long time. This person was actually Sima Qian.
I sat at the table, not knowing what to do. I just stared at Sima Qian in a daze. Sima Qian also smiled and said to me," Emissary Yuan, why are you so surprised to see me?"
Only then did I react. I hurriedly stood up and bowed. Calling me brother, uncle, or grandpa doesn't seem appropriate. I'll just say hello to senior like before.
Sima Qian still smiled and said," You're a modern person now, you don't have to follow the ancient etiquette." I see that the books that Emissary Yuan is holding are also ancient books. You have also studied history and history books?
I was a little embarrassed to say that I was just interested. I didn't dare to do research. However, Chinese history is indeed very interesting. I have also read your historical records and briefly read Sima Guang's Zi Zhi Tong Jian. These two books are considered by modern people as the two walls of history. Everyone especially admires you and Sima Guang. Especially after you encountered misfortune, you still insisted on writing books and became an inspirational role model for us modern people.
Sima Qian smiled and said," It's been a long time since I've heard others talk about my experiences. Actually, I couldn't let go of those experiences for a long time. I indeed had to bear a huge humiliation to complete the historical records."
"Your descendants and modern people all liked the historical records very much. The historical records have even become a tool for us to prove historical events in modern times. This book could be said to be second to none in terms of its contribution to Chinese history. All the Chinese should be glad to have a tenacious Chinese like you to record the history of China with a perfect historical record.
Sima Qian quickly waved his hand and said," I did put in a lot of effort, but the historical records are not perfect. It has its shortcomings like many other things."
I widened my eyes and said,"You mean, you also have some flaws in this historical record?"
It wasn't a flaw, but all history, including Chinese history, had some common problems. The first was that the winner took all, which was what people often said. History was mostly recorded by the victors, and the losers had little say. Moreover, the historical records and evaluations of a person were mostly based on one or two events. It was inevitable that such records and evaluations were biased. Third, there were even people who wrote history books who would deliberately distort the truth of events for certain purposes. People couldn't go back to the past to verify, so it was inevitable that many evaluations of historical events and historical figures were biased.
Can you give a few examples?
Sima Qian thought for a moment and said," There are a lot of them. I'll just give one from the historical records and another from outside the historical records."
I have recorded a story in the historical records about a beacon fire teasing a vassal. This story was also extracted from an ancient book called Shang Zhou Zhi. I saw that this story was very representative, so I recorded it in the historical records without careful research. This story has a lot of dramatic elements, and it was also talked about by later generations. However, after my later research, I found that this story was made up by later generations because they hated King You of Zhou. In fact, modern people only need to make a simple deduction to find that this story might not be true. This was because it had a very big flaw. Firstly, it was not funny that the dukes had brought their soldiers here. It was also very difficult to understand why a person could laugh after causing such a huge disaster. Second, before the arrival of the soldiers, there would usually be scouts. After the scouts learned of the situation, they would inform the vassals at the first moment. The vassals would no longer foolishly lead the soldiers and wait to be played. Third, there were beacon towers in ancient times, but they were only suitable for communication within a hundred miles at most. As for the communication between the vassal states, they still mainly used horses to send letters. It was impossible for the beacon towers to be lit here and all the vassals in the country would know. Based on these three points, modern people could also know through simple reasoning that the beacon fire playing with the princes should be fabricated by later generations.
In addition, I have read many records about Yang Guang in the Yuan Universe. Most of them recorded his cruelty, incest, and militarism. At the same time, they also described him as a famous fatuous ruler. However, from a historical perspective, Yang Guang had many merits, even though he had shortcomings. For example, he completed the unification of China, built the Grand Canal, unblocked the Silk Road, and carried forward the imperial examination system. Fortunately, your modern evaluation of Yang Guang has been partially reversed. Otherwise, Yang Guang would also be one of the emperors who had been wronged to a large extent.
I smiled and said,"You don't mention other emperors, but only Yang Guang. Is it because Yang Guang is the descendant of your grandson? Are you biased?"
Sima Qian also smiled and said, maybe a little. However, Yang Guang was indeed an ambitious emperor. His methods might be a little radical, but he was definitely not a useless fatuous ruler.
I then asked,"There are more than 400 emperors in Chinese history. Who do you like the most?"
Of course, it was Zhu Houyan from the Ming Dynasty. Although it was a short time, he was very straightforward and cute...
As we were chatting, Zhao Dan suddenly walked in from outside the bookstore. I quickly stood up and introduced her to my girlfriend. I pulled Zhao Dan and said that this was the famous Sima Qian.
To be honest, I didn't know how to introduce Sima Qian either. I could only pull Zhao Dan along and bow to Sima Qian. Zhao Dan was already so shocked that she could not close her mouth for a long time. Her consciousness and behavior had completely short-circuited.
In order to ease the awkward atmosphere, I could only tell Sima Qian in a self-deprecating manner that we modern people were still not used to this place, especially when we saw a famous person like you here. Sima Qian didn't say anything and only nodded with a smile.
After Zhao Dan heard my words, I don't know what he was thinking, but he respectfully bowed to Sima Qian. Sima Qian held his hands.
I've already delayed Sima Qian for a long time, so I got up and said goodbye to Sima Qian. At this moment, Zhao Dan had completely realized who she was looking at. She hurriedly took a piece of white paper and a brush from the side of the desk. Then, he said to Sima Qian embarrassedly, Senior, can you give me an inscription?
I didn't expect this. Although the things here can't be taken to the real world, it's still a very prestigious thing to have a copy of Sima Qian's calligraphy hanging in the study of my universe.
Thinking of this, I also cast a pleading gaze at Sima Qian. Sima Qian did not decline at all. After thinking about it, he wrote down the words 'Take history as a mirror' and signed Sima Qian's name. Zhao Dan and I thanked him profusely as if we had found a treasure. Only then did we leave the bookstore with satisfaction.
" I don't want Zhao Dan to go anywhere else. I'll let Zhao Dan slowly adapt to the universe. I don't want to cultivate a shopaholic. I advised her to stop here and talk about it next time.
Zhao Dan was still a little unsatisfied, but seeing that there were too many things to buy, she reluctantly agreed to my request. He was just a little worried about where to put these things.
I said, you don't have to worry about this. I'll take care of it. Let's just go out now. Zhao Dan re-evaluated the items she had bought. Then, she reluctantly left the mall with me. I finally finished shopping. Shopping was probably the most boring experience I had in the universe since I came here. I reckon that very few men like shopping.
It was already evening when they left the shopping mall. The lights were on, and the streets looked even more bustling under the neon lights. Zhao Dan and I strolled leisurely on the city streets of the universe. I thought of the entertainment methods in the real world, so I suggested going to a nightclub to play for a while. Zhao Dan asked curiously, is there a nightclub here?
I said, of course, and it's much more fun than the real world.
Zhao Dan was also interested. She held my arm like a little bird and I took Zhao Dan to a nightclub that I had never been to before. After all, I'm afraid I'll run into someone familiar when I go to Meigaomei.
The nightclub I randomly chose is also very stylish. It's called Happy Coast. Zhao Dan and I entered the nightclub hand in hand. The decoration style here was obviously very different from that of Meigao Meimei. Meigao Meimei was more mature, while this place was more unrestrained and exaggerated. The music was even more explosive, and there were even more people. Zhao Dan and I squeezed through the crowd to the bar counter, ordered two glasses of champagne, and then watched the performance on the stage with great interest.
The style of this performance was also very different from that of the Meigao Meimei. It was more formal there, but it was too tempting here. The beautiful women on the stage wore fewer clothes and danced an explosive dance.
After looking at it for a while, I regretted bringing Zhao Dan here. This place is more suitable for men. Zhao Dan was also a little dizzy from the atmosphere here. She looked at me with a scrutinizing gaze. I quickly brought Zhao Dan to the private room on the second floor. The soundproofing here was really excellent. Once we entered the private room, there was no noise from outside. The decoration style of the private room here was also a little more passionate.
I didn't call for a waiter. Instead, I used my mind to check the settings and functions here. As expected, there was something else here. I pretended to be profound and went to the control panel to set it to quiet night mode. The private room immediately disappeared and was replaced by a small island. The island was surrounded by a calm lake and there was a fairytale-like castle on the island. The scenery was very beautiful.
There was no moon in the sky, but stars. I flicked my index finger into the sky, and a firework immediately rose and bloomed above our heads.
Zhao Dan was dumbfounded. All of this could only happen in a dream, but it had become a reality here. When Zhao Dan saw the fireworks, she was as excited as a child.
Zhao Dan is smarter than me. She didn't even need my reminder. She also pointed at the sky and released fireworks like me. Moreover, she had learned the zither before, so the fireworks she released were actually very rhythmic. This was a true musical fireworks. Furthermore, I discovered that I could use my thoughts to set off fireworks in the style that I liked. This was too surprising. I first set off some commonly seen fireworks shapes, and then set off some specific shapes, such as elephants, airplanes, and so on.
Zhao Dan was pleasantly surprised and quickly asked me how I did it. " I told her that it's very simple. She just needs to use her mind to control it." Zhao Dan thought for a moment and shouted," Solar System." Nine balls of fireworks of different sizes really appeared in the sky. Besides the ball in the middle, the rest were all spinning along a bright line. It was as spectacular as the solar system.
This was quite creative. I didn't want to fall behind. After thinking for a while, I didn't shout. Instead, I pointed at the sky. Two human-shaped fireworks immediately appeared in the sky. One was my appearance, and the other was Zhao Dan's appearance. The first one was the two of them holding hands. The second firework was two people hugging each other.
I also pulled Zhao Dan into my arms. After that, I used my consciousness to let the controller in the room release fireworks randomly. Then Zhao Dan and I snuggled up to the balcony of the castle and enjoyed the unique fireworks feast.
This feeling was really wonderful. If I, the male lead, could be more handsome, then this would be a fairytale love scene.
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