Chapter 589: Puzzle solving
An old man and a young man drank tea and chatted, time passed quite quickly, and the old monk Daoyan also hurried over.
Prince Ma handed over the treasure map: "Oh, Yang Hao got it out of the secret vault of the British Imperial Museum, I don't know if it's true or not, you can take a look." ”
Dao Yan cultivated the closed-mouth meditation, so he didn't speak, took it silently, looked at it carefully, touched the treasure map with a few special movements, and finally nodded.
Prince Ma was overjoyed: "Haha, it's genuine!" ”
Yang Hao also breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "It's good if it's true, otherwise my trip to the UK will be a waste of time." ”
At this time, Dao Yan took out another treasure map from his arms, which looked far more dilapidated than the one Yang Hao took back, but judging from various details, these two treasure maps should be two parts of a whole.
Dao Yan stitched the two treasure maps together, his fingers trembled a little, and finally turned around and gave Yang Hao a very serious Buddha salute, which was regarded as a thank you.
Yang Hao hurriedly turned to the side: "Master, don't be so polite, to be honest, this matter has something to do with Xiaohuan, and it can be regarded as my business, but at the moment, this treasure map is still incomplete." ”
Prince Ma and Dao Yan looked at each other, the latter nodded slightly, and Prince Ma explained: "There are indeed two pieces missing, one of which should still be in the hands of the Bliss Pure Land Sect, and the other piece is the one related to your sister, the current whereabouts are unknown, and we have not found any clues." ”
Yang Hao thought about it, and finally took out the relics that his grandfather asked the old village chief to pass on to him: "Old Ma, master, this is the relic that my grandfather asked me to transfer to me, I think it should be related to Xiaohuan's matter, but I can't figure it out alone, you can help me take a look." ”
Prince Ma hurriedly took it, first looked at the sentence on the note, 'The tiger and rabbit meet in a big dream', and muttered: "If I remember correctly, this should be Yuan Chun's sentence in "Dream of Red Mansions". ”
Yang Hao nodded: "Well, that's right, it's a pity that I can't understand the mystery here, do you have eyebrows?" ”
"This sentence has no beginning and no end, how can you participate in any mystery, there should be other clues, let's take a look at this snuffbox first." Prince Ma said, and carefully picked up the snuffbox that had already been cut by Yang Hao, and looked at it carefully.
After a while, he frowned and said: "This thing is really a little antique, with my eyesight, this snuff bottle is really an old object in the Qianlong period, as for the pattern and inscription on the front, I seem to really have a little impression, it seems that I have seen something similar in the relics of my ancestors." ”
Yang Hao nodded: "Old Ma, your vision should be fine, why don't you think about it carefully?" ”
He really believes in Prince Ma's vision in this regard, after all, this ancestor is a genuine prince, and the study of antiques is a family heirloom, and a small snuffbox in the Qianlong period should still be accurate.
Prince Ma pondered for a while, Dao Yan also took the things over and looked at them, but in the end he shook his head, saying that he couldn't help, he was a master of Buddhism, martial arts, and Buddhism were all majors in the profession, but in terms of antique appraisal, there was no right to speak.
Suddenly, Prince Ma slapped his thigh and said excitedly: "Grass, there is!" ”
He trembled and picked up the snuffbox with his hand, looked at it carefully, and then explained: "I remember, I'm afraid this thing is really my ancestor's thing, it is estimated that when the ancestor entrusted the treasure map to your sister's ancestors, he also gave this snuffbox to the past, and the mechanism in it should also be created by my ancestor to let your sister's ancestors hide clues." ”
Yang Hao rolled his eyes: "Old Ma, to the point, I just want to know what this thing is, as for how it came to be and why it didn't have it, I'm not interested." ”
Dao Yan also nodded, looking deeply approving.
Prince Ma was so depressed that he wanted to vomit blood, but he could only jump to the conclusion: "The pattern on this snuff bottle is the Haiyan Hall built by Qianlong in the Old Summer Palace, and if the words are complete, it should be the words 'Yuanming Haiyan'." ”
Yang Hao blinked his eyes and asked, "Okay, Old Summer Palace, Haiyan Hall, does this thing mean that the treasure map is hidden in Haiyan Hall?" ”
Prince Ma frowned: "Since the British and French forces burned the Old Summer Palace, this once glorious royal garden has gone through hardships, and the Haiyan Hall is now only a ruin, and it is not easy to find a small treasure map from there." ”
Yang Hao scratched his head: "There must be a clue, I guess the key is in the note inside, otherwise why did you hide a note in it in the first place, do you think this is the truth?" ”
A word woke up the dreamer, Prince Ma's eyes suddenly widened, and he took the note in front of him like a whirlwind, and then jumped high and laughed wildly: "Hahaha, I understand, I understand!" It turns out that this is what the mystery in this means.,I know where it's hidden! ”
Dao Yan grabbed Prince Ma's arm and shook it gently, Prince Ma sighed and honestly stopped jumping.
"Hey, old monk, I know you're anxious, you have to get it, I'll explain it to you." Prince Ma shook his head and explained: "It's actually very simple to solve this puzzle, you should know what is the most famous landscape of this Haiyan Hall, right?" ”
Dao Yan slapped Prince Ma on the shoulder, and the meaning couldn't be more obvious - sell less guanzi, otherwise you will be cut!
Prince Ma had no choice but to make a bitter face, glared at Yang Hao and said, "Yes, you kid really has no eyesight, so you don't know how to cooperate and ask a few words, so that the old man can pretend to be a good man?" ”
Yang Hao rolled his eyes: "Damn, I advise you to hurry up, otherwise Master Daoyan will whip you." ”
Prince Ma pursed his lips and helplessly explained: "The most world-famous thing in Haiyan Hall is, of course, the bronze statue of the 12 zodiac beast heads in the Old Summer Palace, this time you should be able to guess the meaning of the sentence on the note, right?" ”
"The tiger and rabbit meet and dream back." Yang Hao read the sentence again, and suddenly realized: "Oh, I understand, this means that the treasure map is hidden in the position where the tiger head and the rabbit head meet?" ”
Prince Ma smiled: "Hehe, after all, you are not too stupid, but how can there be any place to meet, the original bronze statue of the twelve beast heads did not have long legs, and they all have a fixed position, so the burial place should be in the middle of the tiger head and the rabbit head." As for whether the treasure map is still buried there after so many years, let's dig it up and find out. ”
As soon as he finished speaking, Dao Yan took out his mobile phone and booked a direct flight ticket to the capital without saying a word.