9: Chapter 9: The White Waterfall of Tianchang Arrives, Li Chunfeng Predicts the Qing Dynasty's Entry into the Central Plains

Jiang Zhe's sentence:

[The Great Qing had no Renzi year]!

In an instant, his sister's hair stood on end, a cold wind of horror seemingly blowing past her!

Jiang Xiaoyu tightly covered her mouth, her eyes darting back and forth.

Looking at her calm elder brother, her perception of him was refreshed once again. Why was her brother so knowledgeable?

Even the school teachers hadn't given a reasonable answer, yet her brother had provided it during her secret livestream!

An immature thought surfaced in her mind: My brother couldn't have been possessed, right?

At this moment, after a brief silence, the livestream's comment section exploded!

"WTF?"

"Holy crap, I suddenly feel a chill throughout my body!"

"Can this damn thing even be explained by being 'knowledgeable'? This is clearly leaking heavenly secrets!"

"It's a script, definitely a script... My god, even if it is a script, I'm getting goosebumps. From 1636 to 1912, from the Bingzi year when the Great Qing was established to the Renzi year of 1912, it directly matches the 'Zi' in [No Zi in the Earthly Branches]!"

"I strongly suspect that this streamer Xiaoyu's brother is Yuan Tiangang—no, he's the reincarnation of Li Chunfeng!"

As the massive wave of comments fell, the number of viewers in the livestream reached a new peak—

From the original 30,000-plus, it rapidly grew to over 50,000, and the momentum showed no signs of slowing down!

Gifts were no longer just scattered hearts, but turned into [Sports Cars], [Carnivals], [Small Rockets], and so on, accompanied by many astonished comments:

[Holy shit, I'm kneeling before the master!]

[I'm a history student, and you just hit my G-spot!]

...

Inside an office at Gusu District First High School.

Suddenly!

The lights flickered for a moment, interrupting the shocked atmosphere on site.

"Bam!" The young history teacher who had been sending gifts slammed the table, startling Old Wang into clutching his heart. "Are you trying to kill me, Xiao Wang!"

The teacher called Xiao Wang excitedly pointed at the screen, then subconsciously rubbed Old Wang's chest to apologize:

"The end of a great cycle... he predicted it with precision!"

"This [Brother] used the Sexagenary Cycle to explain the beginning and end of a dynasty. This is absolutely incredible. The key is, I can't find a single point to refute!"

Old Wang looked down at the hand constantly rubbing his chest, his face full of question marks.

"If I didn't know better, I'd think you were hitting on me."

After calming down, Teacher Wang withdrew his hand. Realizing he had lost his composure, he repeatedly apologized with a laugh: "Sorry, I got too excited!"

At this time, the Chinese teacher snapped out of the shock. "Starting with 'Zi' and ending with 'Zi'. What a literary explanation!"

Even Teacher Zhao, the physics teacher who rarely spoke, couldn't help but marvel: "Expressing an ethereal prophecy using rigorous time coordinates is brilliant!"

Mr. Li, the math teacher, also couldn't help but clap lightly for Jiang Zhe, then said nonchalantly: "Every hexagram in the tui bei tu has a poem. He hasn't even recited the most crucial poem yet, and it's uncertain if he can explain it well. It's too early to be shocked!"

These words were like cold water being poured over them, causing the shocked teachers to compose themselves slightly and focus their attention back on the livestream.

Just then, Jiang Zhe in the video took a sip of tea and continued:

"What came before was the skeleton of the prophecy; the next four lines are the flesh and blood."

"One: The white waterfall descends from the long-standing heavens."

Jiang Zhe spoke with a relaxed expression: "Many people think [White Waterfall] refers to a literal waterfall. In fact, that's both wrong and right; the two words [Changbai] are the key."

"What does it refer to?"

Xiaoyu blurted out: "[Changbai Mountain]."

"Exactly. Next, if we break down [White Waterfall], it becomes [a waterfall can only flow down slowly over rocky cliffs], right?"

His sister nodded repeatedly.

"So, which place in our country fits this line?"

"Please refer to the route the Qing army took to enter the Pass!"

As her brother, he was almost directly prompting Xiaoyu.

Xiaoyu was stunned, her eyes filled with disbelief. "Shanhaiguan?"

He smiled. "So, how should this sentence be understood?"

After thinking for a moment, Xiaoyu couldn't help but swallow. She said with a shocked face: "Someone led his great army, starting from [Changbai] Mountain, crossed the [White Waterfall]—which is Shanhaiguan—and came to the Central Plains!"

Xiaoyu explained it in segments just like that!

Jiang Zhe feigned ignorance and asked: "Then what does [Heaven] mean?"

"The Son of Heaven of the Qing Dynasty!"

"And how does the complete explanation interpret this line?"

"Heaven → Changbai → Waterfall → Come." Xiaoyu was dumbfounded by her brother's guided explanation.

"Bingo!"

Following the astounding question-and-answer explanation, the livestream's comments instantly vanished.

Every viewer looked at the confident Jiang Zhe in a daze.

Heaven, Changbai, Waterfall, Come?

The Son of Heaven from Changbai Mountain, crossing the name composed of mountains, sea, and pass... which is exactly [Shanhaiguan]!

The Son of Heaven came from Changbai Mountain across Shanhaiguan!!!

At this moment, all the viewers felt a sense of lingering fear.

This was entirely as if Li Chunfeng had personally witnessed the Great Qing's entry into the Pass while performing divination in the early Tang Dynasty!

From where? From the heavens, or the earth? Looking down, or looking up?

In an instant, countless people felt weak in the knees. It was unbelievable!

"I... I'm getting goosebumps."

"This interpretation is simply flawless, damn!"

"It's good, I love watching this, but it's terrifying when you think about it!"

Not just them, even the history teacher Old Wang and Xiao Wang were so shocked by Jiang Zhe's train of thought that they were speechless. "This, this, this!!!"

Mr. Li, the math teacher, was a bit confused. "What is it, what is it? What does it mean? Why the faces? What was this sentence originally supposed to mean?"

Old Wang shook his head and said excitedly: "The original meaning was just [the new regime rises from Changbai Mountain]. But her brother's segmented explanation is so detailed, it directly proves that Li Chunfeng saw with his own eyes how the Qing Dynasty came, where it came from, and how it fell. I only now realize how shallow our interpretation of the tui bei tu was!!!"

"Hiss~~" Mr. Li was shocked. "Good heavens, seeing from the early Tang to the early Qing... this resonance between man and heaven... is truly hair-raising!"

Teacher Qian, the Chinese teacher, had a glint in her eyes. "Haha, if he studied literature, he would definitely be a master at creating exam questions in the future. Even liberal arts students wouldn't dream of getting a perfect score under her brother's watch!"

These words made the teachers chuckle.

At this time, Jiang Zhe's narration continued. "Two: The Hu people's Qi is not 'Gun'. How do you understand that?"

Xiaoyu responded: "The Hu tribes rise again!"

"Wrong! Completely wrong!" Jiang Zhe shook his head in denial. "Hu people refers to the Manchus."

"Is it not?" Xiaoyu looked puzzled. "That's what the teacher said."

"Qi refers to fortune, the national destiny!" Jiang Zhe waved his hand slightly. "Gun means [ceremonial robe], referring here to the Emperor's dragon robe. [Not Gun] means: [The Manchus can no longer wear the dragon robe.]"

"Huh? It can be interpreted like that?"

Xiaoyu was stunned by Jiang Zhe's interpretation.

Thinking carefully, 'Gun' indeed has the meaning of [ceremonial robe] or [dragon robe].

She couldn't find any fault with it!

"As for the next part, [The fence is mostly removed], I reckon with your head you won't know what it means either. Let me just explain it directly."

Xiaoyu turned around, picked up a pink inflatable hammer from the floor, and feigned a hard strike on Jiang Zhe's head.

"Stupid brother, I have a reputation to maintain too!"

This scene made the viewers laugh heartily.

Jiang Zhe grinned:

"This refers to the weakening of the Qing Dynasty's national defense, to the point where it suffered foreign aggression in its final years."

"The last line: [The young child is half-pitiful] implies that among the ten emperors after the Manchus entered the Pass, half of them—Shunzhi, Kangxi, Tongzhi, Guangxu, and Xuantong—were children completely under the age of ten when they ascended the throne."

"So we have this line: A young emperor on the throne, powerful officials in control, and the Qing court wavering."

As he spoke, a string of light blue prompts appeared above his sister's head.

[Tutored sister Xiaoyu in completing the deciphering of the 33rd Hexagram. Sister's curiosity about history +5, IQ +1]

[Reward Money: 6,000 Yuan!]

With a "ding-dong" from his phone, Jiang Zhe glanced at the arrived money and satisfiedly closed the tui bei tu:

"So, the complete meaning of the poem for the 33rd Hexagram is—the Qing Dynasty rose from Changbai Mountain, experienced the turmoil of three kings, passed through too many young rulers, and ultimately led to the wrong people seizing power. The result was the end of the national destiny in the next [Zi] year, which is: February 12, 1912!"

"After that was the end of the feudal dynasties and the arrival of the Republic of China!"

"This is Li Chunfeng's precise prophecy and my interpretation!"

After finishing this hexagram, gifts flew in the livestream; it was truly spectacular!

"He has completely memorized the history books, otherwise he couldn't possibly explain so many hexagrams of the tui bei tu!"

"So that's what [Not Gun] meant. As a history student, I've been learning it wrong all along."

"From geographical location to politics to historical materials, he explained it so well I can't find any fault. The key is, he makes it sound like a horror movie!"

"Is the tui bei tu really a book of prophecy? Did it really predict the final outcome of Huaxia?"

Even though Jiang Zhe hadn't finished the entire tui bei tu, the viewers couldn't stop reflecting.

A terrifying thought surfaced in their minds—

The tui bei tu might actually be real!

Now, the number of online viewers in the livestream reached a new surge, skyrocketing from 50,000 to 100,000!

At this time, inside the office of Gusu First High School.

Teacher Wang took a deep breath and said to the colleagues around him: "Her brother's theory is solid, his historical knowledge is rigorous, and his logic is extremely tight. This isn't just interpreting the tui bei tu; he's basically setting a correct standard answer for it!"

Xiao Wang, the history teacher, had a solemn expression, losing his joking manner: "He can even quote the [Wangji Hall] and [Wangsi Changbai Mountain] off the top of his head. Most people who study history don't even know about those. Her brother isn't damn well teaching a student; he's teaching us teachers!"

Teacher Wang glared at him. "Language!"

Xiao Wang quickly covered his mouth. "Sorry!"

Teacher Qian, the Chinese teacher, and Mr. Li, the math teacher, looked at each other. They hadn't been particularly fond of history.

Until Jiang Zhe appeared out of nowhere, using the tui bei tu as an entry point, and made them completely fall in love with national studies in a single night!

"By the way, what is the next hexagram in the tui bei tu?" Mr. Li couldn't help but ask.

Teacher Wang opened the bound volume of the tui bei tu and scanned it.

"The prophecy says: Hair on the head, clothes fear white, in times of peace, kings kill kings."

"The poem says: Peace sees blood flying again, five-colored patterns form inner and outer garments, floods tower to the heavens but the sprouts do not flourish, the Central Plains once saw a dream completely ruined."

Mr. Li asked again, "What is this?"

"The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom!"

"Holy shit, the biggest war of the Qing Dynasty, the biggest war in the world? It can't be real, right?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Mr. Li, Teacher Qian, Teacher Zhao, and the others all gasped.

The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom!!!

The war with the most deaths in any dynasty's history, reaching a staggering 100 million Huaxia citizens, far more casualties than the First and Second World Wars combined!!!

How could Li Chunfeng from the early Tang see major events happening in the 19th century through hexagrams?

"It can't be fake!" Teacher Wang looked solemnly at the author of the later compiled version of the tui bei tu. "This is the version annotated by Jin Shengtan from the late Ming and early Qing. Even if Jin Shengtan lived in the early Qing, how could he have predicted the events of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom?"

"You should know, the most widely circulated version on the market currently is this one by [Jin Shengtan], with a total of 60 hexagrams!"

Jin Shengtan (1608–1661) was a literary figure of the late Ming and early Qing.

He had once [annotated] the tui bei tu, which is the version on the market in this world today, and it is completely different from what Jiang Zhe is interpreting!

"The key point is—Jin Shengtan died in 1661, and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was in 1851!!!"

"Old Li, can you believe that Jin Shengtan could predict the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom???"

With Old Wang's confirmation, Mr. Li's scalp tingled, and the other teachers were even more horrified!

The tui bei tu couldn't be fake!

It could only mean...

The tui bei tu has been underestimated by everyone!!!