PS: There is a mistake in the previous article, the statue of Pu Lao was not counted, so the statue has been collected.

Judging from the results of the investigation obtained temporarily, although Qi Lezi has all kinds of problems, the essence of the person is not very bad, and it is similar to what he said himself, but after all, the investigation time is still short, and some deep-seated situations may not have been found out.

It was impossible for Meng Zitao to use him rashly, anyway, he was not in a hurry, so he asked Director Zhao to help continue the investigation, asked a few more questions, and then left with his things.

With a major discovery, Mencius was eager to rush home and put the statue and beads in the card slot of the pedestal to see if he could solve the mystery.

But now it's useless for him to be in a hurry, because there are too many things, not to mention that there are still some things that have not been dealt with in the capital, and before leaving, Cheng Xinfu will definitely say hello. However, since you have been waiting for so long, there is no need to rush.

took a taxi to Cheng Xinfu's house, and the old lady warmly welcomed Meng Zitao into the house.

When Meng Zitao took his seat, Cheng Xinfu said: "I heard Xiaochao say yesterday's incident, what is the situation now?"

Meng Zitao said everything he could, and then said: "Master Cheng, I don't have anything to do here, I'm going to take a night plane back to the capital." ”

Cheng Xinfu said: "Go back so soon, play in Sanyan for a few days and then go back, I'll let Xiaochao accompany you." ”

Meng Zitao waved his hand: "No, I've been busy lately, and I have a bunch of things to deal with, and when I have time in the future, I'll come to Sanyan to see you." ”

"It's fine. ”

"By the way, do you have anything you want me to bring to Master Jiang?"

"It's nothing, let him have time to come to Sanyan to play. ”

The old lady interjected: "Jingping's legs are inconvenient, how can you let him come over?"

Cheng Xinfu scratched his head: "Yes, then when my leg is healed, I will go to the capital to see him." ”

Meng Zitao smiled beside him and didn't say anything about the treatment he was treating Jiang Jingping.

"Master Cheng, if it's okay, then I'll go first. ”

"So fast? ”

Meng Zitao politely excused himself and was about to get up, but saw the old lady winked at Cheng Xinfu.

"Is there something wrong with you?" Mencius asked.

Cheng Xinfu said: "We have something we want to trouble you. ”

"What's the matter?"

"My brother put a box in me when he died, that box is some years old, I tried several times and didn't open it, I wonder if you can help me take a look?"

"Okay. Meng Zitao agreed, but he felt strange, isn't it just a box, why hide it.

Cheng Xinfu quickly explained the reason: "It's just that I have a request, can you not spread the news of this box?"

"Don't worry, I'm not going to talk about it. It seems that there is some secret in that box, which makes Mencius have some expectations.

Cheng Xinfu trusted Meng Zitao very much, and with this guarantee, he asked his wife to take out the box.

It is an ordinary-looking box, and the whole box is made of eight wooden planks of different shades of color.

Cheng Xinfu said: "This box does not have a lid in the traditional sense, the wooden board can be moved, and the box can only be opened when it is moved to a certain position. I tried several times and didn't succeed once. ”

Meng Zitao looked at the box and asked, "Didn't your brother tell you how to open it before he died?"

Cheng Xinfu shook his head: "No, he just put the box with me and let me keep it well, don't mention it to anyone, as for other things, he hasn't told me about anything else." I suspect that he died because of this box. Actually, I didn't even want to take out this box, but this accidental injury scared me, and I wanted to open this box as soon as possible in my lifetime, so as to find the real cause of my brother's death. ”

Meng Zitao said, "Let me ask a presumptuous question, how did your brother die?"

Cheng Xinfu said with a gloomy expression: "He was murdered, if Jingping hadn't found a clue, the murderer would probably still be at large." ”

Meng Zitao asked again: "Didn't the murderer say why he had murderous intentions?"

Cheng Xinfu shook his head: "No, that person committed suicide when the police arrested him, and he didn't leave any text messages." The police didn't find any useful information, and the matter was closed, and we didn't know why he killed my brother all the time. So, I can only hope for this box now. ”

Meng Zitao smiled and asked, "You didn't let others open it?"

Cheng Xinfu said: "Don't dare, I'm worried that it is a priceless treasure inside, which will cause us to be killed." ”

"You're not afraid that I'll be greedy too. Meng Zitao said with a smile.

Cheng Xinfu smiled: "I still have this bit of eyesight." ”

After a few idle words, Meng Zitao turned his attention to the box: "Didn't your brother say anything about this box?"

"Nope. Cheng Xinfu shook his head: "Oh, what did you call it eight...... Gossip box, but this box doesn't look like gossip. ”

Meng Zitao said: "The gossip box does not mean that it looks like gossip, but the way to open it is related to the direction of the gossip representative, in the gossip box, 'kan' refers to this plank, 'kan' represents the north, the first step is to push it, then after the box is straightened, the first step is to push the plank to the north, and so on, all eight steps are right, you can open the box." ”

Meng Zitao gave a demonstration when he explained, and finally let Cheng Xinfu and his wife figure it out.

Meng Zitao continued: "In addition, this gossip box also has a title, called 'Eight Links', why does it have this title? In fact, it is because if the way it is opened is wrong eight times, the contents inside will be destroyed. So, if you've tried to open it eight times before, I'd suggest you just open it violently. ”

"Ahh ”

The old lady complained: "Tell you not to mess around, you just don't listen!"

"I don't know. Cheng Xinfu pondered: "I seem to have tried to open it five or six times in total, whether it was five or six times, I can't remember a little, but there are definitely not eight times." ”

Meng Zitao said: "If the number of times is small, I can still give it a try, but now it will definitely not work." ”

If he tries a few times, he can try once or twice with the help of his ability to see if he can find the right way to open it, which he can't use now.

Cheng Xinfu looked a little sad: "Is there really no other way?"

Meng Zitao said: "The safest way is to find the right opening steps, other methods are too risky." By the way, do you have any relics of your brother here, maybe you can find some clues in them?"

Cheng Xinfu said: "I still have some left, but there is nothing related to gossip in it." ”

"I'll go get it. ”

"If you have a lot of things, let's go together. ”

The old lady is old, don't have an accident because of moving things.

So, the three of them walked into the room where the sundries were piled up, and the relics of Cheng Xinfu's younger brother were placed in a cardboard box, not many things, just some photos, old objects and the like, and the reason why they were left was that Cheng Xinfu wanted to keep a souvenir.

Meng Zitao rummaged through it, and there was indeed nothing meaningful to open the box.

"My brother doesn't have the habit of fiddling with gossip, and the only gossip mirror used at the door is that I helped him ask for ......."

Before he finished speaking, Meng Zitao hurriedly asked, "Is that gossip mirror still there?"

"You mean, the clue is on that gossip mirror?" Cheng Xinfu also reacted and said: "My brother's house is still there, but the gossip mirror on it is gone, I asked my eldest brother to take a look." ”

Cheng Xinfu called his eldest brother, and it took several calls to get through, and as soon as he told the matter, the next thing was to wait.

After a while, Cheng Xinqiang called and said that the gossip mirror had been brought by him, and the back of the bronze mirror was indeed engraved with numbers from one to eight, which corresponded to the previous hexagram names.

Meng Zitao asked him to read the hexagram name, and pushed the plank one by one according to the numbers, and after eight steps, he only heard a "click" sound, and a small wooden board inside popped out, revealing the contents inside.

Meng Zitao took out the contents of the contents, and there were only two things in total, one was a very characteristic flower crown jade, and the other was a piece of fur that I didn't know what it was, and there were some very unique portraits of people painted on the fur, it looked like you were dancing. Other than that, there is no more information.

"Just these two things?" Cheng Xinfu was a little incredulous, just these two things, as for putting them in such a tight box?

Meng Zitao couldn't figure out what the meaning of these two things was, but he could recognize the origin of the two things, which should be related to the ancient kingdom of Yelang.

Everyone should be familiar with the name "Yelang".

One day, around 140 B.C., the leader of Yoro, who was drinking around the fire with his relatives and friends, welcomed a group of strange guests. They don't wear animal skins, they don't wear seabas, they are completely different from the people of Yoro, they wear noble and beautiful clothes.

The leader of the envoy was named Tang Meng, and he brought gifts that Duotong and his people had never seen before, as well as the unbelievable knowledge of Duotong, and for the first time he heard that there was a territory that could not be walked, and there was a huge village with tens of millions of soldiers. Tang Meng's words, Duotong and his people were skeptical.

Tang Meng returned and reported to the emperor what the envoy Yelang had seen and heard, and Sima Qian recorded it according to the truth and included it in the "Historical Records".

However, just a few decades later, this Yelang Kingdom, which Sima Qian once called "the largest", suddenly evaporated from the world and disappeared without a trace.

The explanation in the history books is that the last Yelang Wang Xing tried to expand the territory of Yelang, and there was a war with some other surrounding Fang countries, and he did not obey the mediation of the imperial court. As a result, Chen Li, the newly appointed warden of the Han court, went deep into the hinterland of Yelang, decisively killed the last king of Yelang named Xing, and wittily quelled the rebellion of his vassals and affiliated tribes. Since then, Yoro has not been seen in historical records.