Truth Will Conquer
Hong Yiu Lai, Group 4: Fiction, Ying Wa College
t was the time of the Warring States Period. There were six states, which were Qin, Han, Wei, Zhao, Qi,
Chu and Yan. The sate of Qin then emerged herself as one of the dominant powers of the Seven Warring
States by the 3rd century BC, and eventually defeating the other major states and unifying China under its
rule in 221 BC. It wrote a new page of Chinese history.
The emperor of Qin, Ying Zheng, became the first emperor of a unified China in 221 BC. After
unifying China, he and his chief advisor, Li Si passed a series of major economic and political reforms.
Unfortunately, due to the rapid reform, the people suffered a hard life. Riot always happened.
The Emperor,
Ying Zheng died during one of his tours of Eastern China, on September 10, 210 BC. Theoretically, his eldest
son, Fusu would normally become the next emperor. Therefore, he asked Fusu to come near to his bed.
"
Listen carefully, The Great Wall was built not only for protecting my empire, I have hidden a secret in
it."
"
So what is the secret about the Great Wall?" asked Fusu.
"
My dearest son, the secret is hidden on......reflects......"
Unfortunately, he died before completing that sentence. At that time, nobody said a single word. Sound
of air and the leaves falling down could be heard clearly, but carrying only with sadness. Distressing look
crosses through everyone's faces.
On the other hand, the chief of the eunuch, Zhao Gao, had already planned to assassinate Fusu since he
believed that if Fusu was enthroned, he would lose his power. As a result, he decided to support Ying Huhai to
be the second emperor of Qin, which actually became his puppet emperor. At the same time, Fusu discovered
Zhao Gao'a plan. He ran away with his family immediately. Even so, they still cannot get rid of the troops sent
by Zhao Gao. At last, Fusu decided to sacrifice himself in order to save other family members. He gave his
necklace and a piece of paper to his loyal servant.
"
Take my son to a safe place. After that, give him this necklace. Please also give him the paper. I have
already written down all the family missions. Please help my son to finish them." said Fusu.
The servant only knew that his master had ordered him to take his son to a safe place. Therefore, he
ran and ran, from day to night, without getting any rest. After two weeks, they arrived at place called Hong
Kong.
After they were settled down, the servant started to read the paper given by Fusu.
"
My father had told me that there was a secret hidden in the Great Wall. Please, the one who receive
this piece of paper, help my son to find out he secret. The clue given by my father is "the secret is hidden in
something, and something reflects." In case my son died before finding out the secret, please pass it to the next
generation with the necklace, until it can be solved. This is our family mission, all the family members was born
with this mission. This is our responsibility!"
Unluckily, Fusu's son died shortly because of a lung disease. He then passed the mission and the
necklace to his son. Not as what expected, his descendants still couldn’t manage to solve it. Many of them Went
to the Great Wall, and tried to find it. Nevertheless, all of them failed, until the year 2006......
Historian and Archaeologist, Adam Ying, was the eighty-fifth generation descendant of Qin Shi Huang.
He was also a professor of Chinese History in the University of Hong Kong. He always wore a necklace. Many
of his students were curious about that, since the pendant of the necklace was made of bronze. There are some
Chinese words which were written in Small Seal Script, an archaic form of Chinese calligraphy, on the pendant.
It means "Truth lies at the bottom of a well." On the other side, there was a mirror. Adam had tried hard to find
out the secret. He had sent this necklace to many laboratories. Nevertheless, all the results showed that it was
only a normal piece of bronze. No special intrigues were made on it. Since he couldn't find any clue in the
necklace, he decided to go to the Great Wall.
One of his colleagues, Albert Li, was known as a freak of the Great Wall and a famous Archaeologist.
When he noticed that Adam was planning to go to the Great Wall, he immediately took the initiative to
recommend himself to Adam and go with him. Adam thought that with the help of this friend, the possibility of
solving the secret will be increased. From this cause, he told Albert about his family mission.
Before going to the Great Wall, they both did some sorts of research. Due to "Burning of books and
burying of scholars" done by Qin Shi Huang, many important information about the Great Wall written in the
Qin Dynasty was lost. Hence, they tried to find pictures, information and reconstruction plans made in the Ming
and Qing Dynasty. Because of the reconstruction project done during the Ming Dynasty, the Great Wall had
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