Chapter 231: The Origin of the Runes

What a big shelf!

Xiao Tao frowned slightly, at this point, if there is anyone upstairs that he doesn't know, he will live for twenty years in vain. Bayi Middle School?wen.com?? (1) ?.? 8 (8) 1 Z (1) Although .COM didn't like the old man in his heart, he still walked up, and the old man was also his duty, so there was no need to care about the old man's attitude.

"Lei Yuan, you just stay here. When the old man saw Lei Yuan coming up, he immediately spoke.

Hearing this, Lei Yuan stopped, nodded in obedience, and retreated.

On the second floor, there were more guards in the corridor, and when they saw unfamiliar faces, they immediately stared at them, but Xiao Tao didn't care about their gaze, and followed the old man into a conference room calmly.

Stepping into the conference room, Xiao Tao saw a large conference table, Vice Premier Qi was sitting in the innermost seat, other provincial officials were sitting in order, and an old man who looked like an expert was present, and Pan Changlin was also sitting with the old man.

As soon as Xiao Tao came in, the conference room was quiet, but there was still a person who showed a surprised look, that person was the expert, the expert helped his glasses, looked at Xiao Tao seriously, and his half-black brows wrinkled.

This old man is not simple, he is Mr. Sun Yuanyang, an expert of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, and he is a great authority in the antique world, and his fame is much greater than Pan Changlin.

Vice Premier Qi kept smiling and looked at Pan Changlin without saying a word, Pan Changlin nodded with a cautious look, pointed at Xiao Tao and said: "Premier Qi, this is my junior brother Xiao Tao, although he is very young, he has a lot of research on runes. ”

At that time, Yue He recommended Pan Changlin to come in to identify the national treasure, and naturally he was willing to get Vice Premier Qi, otherwise Pan Changlin would never have had the opportunity to be in the same room with the national leaders.

Before the return, the identification of national treasures has long been identified by authoritative figures such as cultural relics experts and archaeological experts from many countries, and Vice Premier Qi has already had a number of authoritarian conclusions in his hands, coupled with the top experts from the State Administration of Cultural Heritage to come to appraise, the identification conclusions of national treasures have been certain, and there are no more new ones.

Pan Changlin only came to the appraisal on behalf of local experts, and to put it bluntly, he was walking around the field, and everyone present knew the nature of this aspect, and when Vice Premier Qi reported the work of this trip to his superiors, he also needed a local appraisal conclusion.

Pan Changlin, as everyone expected, concluded that the conclusion was decent, and did not identify the new appearance of the national treasure, but he raised the question of the runes on both sides of the Four Dragons and Jade Venerables on the spot, which was the only puzzle that the national treasure had not been solved.

At that time, Sun Yuanyang, a top expert from the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, was very unhappy, and argued with Pan Changlin for this matter, Sun Yuanyang thought that the runes on the Four Dragons Jade Venerable were just decorative symbols and could not be cracked, and Pan Changlin was just grandstanding.

However, Vice Premier Qi was a little interested, after all, everything about the national treasure had already been identified by foreign experts, even if Sun Yuanyang and Pan Changlin came to appraise it again, and Vice Premier Qi was quite disappointed.

Vice Premier Qi hopes that after the return of the national treasure, it will be rediscovered by the Chinese people, and a new appraisal conclusion will be used to repay the expectations of the people of the whole country, as well as to inspire patriotic overseas Chinese.

Therefore, Vice Premier Qi instructed on the spot to do everything possible to decipher the runes on the national treasure.

At that time, everyone present was silent, the Four Dragons Jade Venerable had been lost overseas for many years, and it had already been identified by experts all over the world, and if the runes could be cracked, they would have been cracked a long time ago. And Vice Premier Qi is now giving this instruction, which is simply an impossible task for the officials of Linzhou Province, and even the top experts of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage have no problem, where do they go to find more top cultural relics experts?

Pan Changlin waited for five minutes, and when Vice Premier Qi's smile faded away, he stood up and recommended Xiao Tao, and Yue He also took the opportunity to cooperate, and explained that he had brought people downstairs and waited for Vice Premier Qi's meaning.

Vice Premier Qi immediately made a decision, Xiao Tao was brought up, although everyone was already mentally prepared, but they were still shocked by Xiao Tao's youth, but most of them were moody, not as good as Sun Yuanyang.

Xiao Tao is so young, Vice Premier Qi naturally doesn't have any hopes, but people have already been brought to him, so he can't drive people down, so he will be treated as a dead horse and a live horse.

So, Vice Premier Qi raised his hand and said with a smile: "You can start." ”

Pan Changlin pointed to the Four Dragons Jade Venerable on the table, and said to Xiao Tao: "Senior Brother Xiao, I have seen the runes on both sides of the national treasure, I can't understand it, you can help the eyes." ”

Pan Changlin knew that Xiao Tao didn't know much about cultural relics, so he directly signaled him to see the runes on the national treasure, so that there would be no waste of time, there were still many people waiting to see the national treasure outside, once the national treasure was identified, it would be put on public display in the counter of the city museum, and the national treasure would be officially settled in the Shanyang City Museum.

Xiao Tao nodded, walked over unhurriedly, and lay on the Four Dragons Jade Venerable.

Everyone looked at Xiao Tao in surprise, all the high-ranking officials present were high-ranking officials, even Pan Changlin, the vice president, was also at the deputy department level, not to mention a national leader like Vice Premier Qi.

Not to mention ordinary people, even ordinary officials have to tremble when they walk in, the official authority here is not ordinary, and the momentum of Vice Premier Qi alone puts a lot of pressure on people.

However, the young man in front of him was neither humble nor arrogant, and he was still calmly studying the national treasure, as if he was looking at the items in his own home, and his official authority and momentum did not seem to have an impact on him, which made many people present look down on him.

Yue He was also a little surprised by Xiao Tao's performance, he didn't expect Xiao Tao to be young and courageous, he didn't have stage fright at all on such a major occasion, he didn't embarrass him, and he was a little comforted in his heart, even if Xiao Tao had no achievements, he didn't care.

After reading the large and small runes on both sides of the Four Dragons Jade Venerable, Xiao Tao stood up straight, but he didn't say a word, and looked at Vice Premier Qi calmly.

The people present are basically veterans with clear hearts, Xiao Tao did not express his opinion, he was clearly asking for the consent of Vice Premier Qi, I am afraid that Xiao Tao's opinion is different, or what secret is involved?

However, except for Pan Changlin's confidence in Xiao Tao, other people's thoughts were also fleeting, Xiao Tao was too young and not an expert, how could he crack the runes that countless experts couldn't decipher?

Vice Premier Qi had a smile on his face, still raised his hand, and said, "Please speak." ”

In the next second, the faces of almost everyone present changed drastically, and even Vice Premier Qi's smile froze.

"If I'm not wrong, the runes on these four dragon jade venerables should be a kind of sacrificial inscription of a certain tribe in the Spring and Autumn Period!"

Xiao Tao slowly said his answer, and then glanced at the audience, only to see that the expressions of the two people were more special, one was Pan Changlin's excited gaze, and the other was Sun Yuanyang's thoughtfulness.

"So what is the significance of this sacrifice?" asked Sun Yuanyang.

"The few runes on this represent earth, wind, water and fire. Xiao Tao pointed to the runes on it and said slowly: "The ancients believed that earth, water, fire and wind are the "four greats", and in Buddhism, earth, water, fire and wind are the four major elements that make up matter. ”

"The ancients believed that earth, feng, water and fire are everything that makes up the whole world, and they are the most original elements between heaven and earth, so this kind of rune is not uncommon in some ancient sacrifices. ”

Xiao Tao has been studying the magic weapon made by Peng Shan recently, and there are four basic runes on it, among which Xiao Tao has basically mastered the fire rune and the wind rune.

In the beginning, people's understanding of all things in heaven and earth was not as thorough as it is now, and they did not know why it rained, why it thundered, and why there was fire during the day, so there were all kinds of speculations.

To put it bluntly, the ancient sacrifices were just a kind of reverence for the heavens and the earth at that time.

Just like the original word-making, the original rune was summed up by the people at that time in the Heaven and Earth Reason, so this kind of rune is easy to hook the aura, and the master of the secret realm can even start the wind out of thin air and make a fire out of thin air through the rune, of course, there is no need for these Xiao Tao to say it here.

"Earth, wind, water, fire?"

Sun Yuanyang frowned slightly, and once again reached out and took the Four Dragons Jade Venerable and studied it seriously. He himself is a great authority in the archaeological field, and he is naturally proficient in some ancient characters such as oracle bone inscriptions, which are in a sense very similar to some hieroglyphs such as oracle bone inscriptions.

To be precise, the original hieroglyphic earth, wind, water, and fire evolved from these runes.

After looking at it for a long time, Sun Yuanyang raised his head and said with some surprise: "Sure enough, these runes are very similar to the earth, wind, water and fire in hieroglyphs. ”

"It's nature. ”

Xiao Tao nodded and said: "In fact, in ancient times, there were runes first, and then there were words, and many of the original words were simplified and evolved from runes, and the ritual of sacrificing heaven and earth was there at the earliest time, before the birth of words, this kind of rune was used to worship the heavens, so it was also called Fengwen or holy text, the ancients believed that this kind of writing was used by the gods, so mortals could not use it. ”

"Do you mean that this kind of rune is the earliest writing, born before the official writing?" Sun Yuanyang was a little excited.

"Not bad. Xiao Tao nodded.

"I see, I see. Sun Yuanyang muttered in his mouth, excited and incoherent, it is no wonder that if this kind of rune was born before the original writing, then the research value of this kind of rune is even higher, and these experts can even study more of the culture of the social environment at that time from these runes, which is of great historical significance.

Seeing Sun Yuanyang so excited, everyone in the entire venue couldn't help but look at Xiao Tao, this young man knew so much, so that Sun Lao was so excited?

Vice Premier Qi couldn't help but glance at Xiao Tao more, and secretly remembered this young man, originally Vice Premier Qi let Xiao Tao in just to wipe off face, after all, Pan Changlin recommended it in person, he couldn't help but agree, he never thought that this little guy had real skills.