Chapter 209: Ancient Sect Writings
She didn't say these things, and if the police found out the reason themselves, she wouldn't mind pushing them, but now that they couldn't find a clue, it was their own business, and she didn't need to take the matter on herself. Tang Jue has been educated by her master Su Fengyin since she was a child, and she is used to the affairs of the rivers and lakes, and she will solve these things in person, but she will not use the power of the police. Moreover, once she says it, her identity and ability will inevitably be exposed, and it may bring endless trouble at that time.
For the next period of time, Tang Jue went to class on time every day, and the rest of the time was to go to the library and learn to drive. During this time, Bai Chengyu seemed to have disappeared, and he never appeared, Tang Jue was still a little worried at first, now thinking about his great ability, although the spirit world in his mouth is not as good as before, he may encounter enemies, but in this world, it is difficult to meet opponents, just with his strength to vomit blood and fall to the ground with such a powerful spider spirit with a gentle snort, others can't easily hurt him.
It's just that without Bai Chengyu's guidance, Lan Tian's progress has become very slow, he was originally a child, and he hasn't recognized all the words, and the things he learned for a while were all taught to him by Tang Jue when he was familiar with them, Tang Jue himself also knew nothing about ghost cultivation, although there were exercises given to her by Bai Chengyu, but she didn't know if the explanation was correct, so the two could only slowly explore step by step.
During this time, Tang Jue heard about a professor in the department who specialized in paleography, but this professor was old and rehired after retirement, and he only took a few graduate students, so he would not give lectures to undergraduates. And I heard that this professor has a bad temper and is very high-minded. It was difficult for others to ask to see him.
It took Tang Jue a long time to find out that the old professor's family lived near the flower and bird market, the old professor's surname was Ye, and he usually liked to go to the flower and bird market to take a walk when he was fine, and look at the so-called ancient books on the stalls. In order to inquire about Professor Ye, Tang Jue specially invited the senior brothers and sisters he brought to dinner.
However, these people are very arrogant, and they have a temper with the old man, and Tang Jue has made several appointments but is not available. So Tang Jue didn't invite either. Go to the flower and bird market to block the old man.
Professor Ye's usual schedule is very regular. Generally, I have breakfast and go to the flower and bird market for a walk, and then go back to eat and take a nap.
This day is Saturday, and Tang Jue squatted at the flower and bird market early in the morning. There weren't many people in the morning. Hawkers are in droves. Busy with the stall, she first visited the flower shop and pet store, and bought some cat food for the kitten Xiaohuahu. Then I witnessed a few college students coming to hang out and being slaughtered at a stall.
Those college students spent 8,000 yuan to buy a blue and white bowl with a gap, so they thought they had picked it up and bought it with Yuan blue and white flowers.
She herself was flipping through the ancient books on the stall, and one of them really looked like a rare book from the previous dynasty, if it weren't for the paper looking too new, Tang Jue wouldn't be able to find any flaws.
The stall owner saw that she had been looking through it and said, "Which one has my sister liked, I'll give you a discount later." ”
"Oh, how much off?" Tang Jue raised his head and smiled.
The stall owner was a dark-skinned young man in his twenties, not tall, but with a kind of worldliness that transcended his age. At this time, seeing Tang Jue's smile like a flower, he obviously lost his mind for a while, until Tang Jue asked again, and then stretched out his hand and gestured: "Do you think this discount is okay?" ”
"Eight-fold?" Tang Jue seemed to be very happy, "Thank you!" She put down the book, but her eyes fell on the old printed book beside her. The novice flipped out a book, which was written "Research on Western Xia Literature in Blackwater City", price: 25.8 yuan. She handed the book to the stall owner: "Well, that's it." ”
The stall owner and young man were a little dumbfounded, this girl is so beautiful, she looks like a rich person, how can she come to the antique stall to buy printed copies? You don't have to go to a bookstore to buy a printed copy!
Tang Jue looked at the eighty-percent new book and asked, "What was the original price of your book?" ”
The stall owner looked at the pricing behind him: "Yes, don't talk nonsense, you can just give twenty yuan!" ”
Tang Jue's eyes widened: "You still sell this old book for twenty yuan?" I don't know how many hands I turned. ”
The stall owner said: "I'm selling cultural relics, do you know about cultural relics, little sister?" That's the longer the more valuable it is! ”
"But are you an artifact? I really didn't know that we had computer typesetting and printing in ancient times! ”
"Gotta get it, you can say a price, for the sake of you being so beautiful, I'll let you!"
At this time, the surrounding people saw that there was a lively scene to see, and several people had already gathered around, Tang Jue was about to speak, when he heard the voice of an old man behind him: "The little girl also understands Xixia language?" Which school is it? ”
Tang Jue turned around, and at a glance saw Professor Ye who was standing behind him raising his eyebrows, and he couldn't help but feel excited, the big fish had finally taken the bait.
She smiled politely and made a look of not knowing the other party: "Old man, I can't hide it, I got a book, the text on it is very similar to Western Xia and Khitan, but I can't be sure what kind of text it is, so I want to buy some books and compare them." ”
"I see." The old gentleman touched his chin as if in deep thought.
Tang Jue has already paid the money, and no longer bargains with this small stall owner, the reason why she had a dispute just now is to attract the attention of Mr. Ye, now that the fish has been hooked, she will no longer rub shoulders with people for a few yuan, but the little stall owner is happy.
"I wonder what kind of book you got it?"
Tang Jue smiled: "This is not a place to talk, there is a teahouse in front, I don't know if the old gentleman is free, move to have a cup of tea." ”
Professor Ye's eyes showed a look of approval, this little girl had obviously been looking for her for several days, but now she was not in a hurry, and politely invited herself to tea.
In the teahouse, Tang Jue ordered a pot of Jin Junmei for the old gentleman. Professor Ye couldn't help but smile: "Your kung fu is very homely, and you even asked what kind of tea I like to drink?" ”
Tang Jue smiled, and did not show embarrassment because he was exposed, but slapped a sycophant without a trace: "The old gentleman is really sharp-eyed, I thought I was hiding it well, but it turned out that it had already been recognized." She stood up as she said and poured a cup of tea for Professor Ye Lao: "Student Tang Jue has given a gift to the teacher, please forgive me for taking the liberty of disturbing me!" ”
The old gentleman waved his hand, disapproving: "I heard about you." Well done! What a good boy! I'm curious. Why do you want to know so much about what is written in that book? ”
Tang Jue thought for a moment and said, "Don't hide it from the teacher, I got this book from the first teacher, and it may be a medical book." But I don't know a word on it. So. I'd like to ask the teacher to help me take a look. Tang Jue said, took out the book from the bag he was carrying, and held it in front of Professor Ye with both hands.
Professor Yip did not answer. Instead, he looked at the words on the cover first, pointed to the cover and said, "This is a manuscript?" ”
Tang Jue nodded: "Yes, look at it, which ancient country's script is this?" ”
Professor Ye took it and moved the quilt in front of him farther away, so as not to accidentally get the water on it. Then he took out his reading glasses from his pocket and put them on, turned the page and began to study it.
After a long while, Professor Ye's brows wrinkled deeper and deeper, and there seemed to be more wrinkles on his already wrinkled face, which made Tang Jue's heart very bottomless, and finally couldn't help asking, "Can you tell what kind of text this is?" ”
Professor Ye didn't answer, and after a long while, Tang Jue thought that he wouldn't answer, but suddenly heard him say, "It seems to be ...... It doesn't look like any text. He shook his head, "Strange, really weird." "I don't know what it is." ”
Professor Ye's face was full of solemnity: "Can you tell me how I got this book?" ”
"Oh, I found a rosewood box when I was sorting out Master's relics, and the lock on the box was a white jade puzzle at that time." She told how to find the box and how to put together the puzzle with the blue sky.
The old gentleman immediately became interested: "You say that a child can see how to put together that puzzle?" Where is that kid now? Maybe he'll be able to read the words. ”
"That child has been killed by child traffickers." Speaking of this, Tang Jue's heart was also moved, no one knows better than her whether Lan Tian is really dead or not, but Lan Tian is just a child, and he can't recognize all the Chinese characters, not to mention these ancient characters that few people in the world know.
"Ahh The traffickers are too rampant now. ”
Tang Jue nodded silently, thinking of Lan Tian's victimization, although Nangong Yi's blazing little snake burned Ling Yunzi that day, it was still difficult to solve the hatred in her heart, if it weren't for him, Lan Tian should be studying in school now! How can you follow yourself like this and not see the sun, and work hard every day to lose face in "Seventy-two Methods of Orthodox Ghost Path"?
The old gentleman thought for a while, hesitated and asked, "If you are not in a hurry, can you leave this book with me first?" I'll go back and check the information, and I'll let you know when I crack it. ”
At Mr. Ye's age and status, the only things that can arouse his interest are some difficult things for his appetite, and when he sees this text that he has never seen before, he can't help but feel a little happy. The words on it, I don't know but I feel familiar, but if I want to say I know, I can't pronounce a single word. It's really heart-wrenching!
Tang Jue hesitated for a moment when he heard Mr. Ye's words, and said: "Teacher, I won't tell you, I have a friend who has a strange disease, and every fifteenth full moon night, he will have abdominal pain like a twist, and he has visited many doctors, and no one can solve this evidence, when I got this book, I instinctively felt that there should be a way to save it in this book, so I want to decipher the words on this book quickly, if the teacher can have a way, it is no better." ”
"I see, no wonder you want to see me in every possible way." The old gentleman nodded, "I still know a few old friends in the academic world, and if I can't crack it myself, I can ask them to help." ”
"Well, please, teacher." Tang Jue left his contact information.
Professor Ye asked again: "Can you show me the box containing the book?" Maybe you can find the source from that. ”
"Hmm." Tang Jue nodded, "I'll send it to you when I go back." ”
A few days later, Tang Jue suddenly received a strange phone call, which was from Professor Ye.
"Don Jr., you know the library reference room, right? Come over and we've made some discoveries. ”
Tang Jue has been working hard to learn to drive and practice these days, and he has not been in the library reference room for a long time, when he received a call from Professor Ye, he agreed, and rushed over in a hurry. The reference room is still the same, but there is no Bai Chengyu in it, and now the one sitting in front of his bookcase has been replaced by Professor Ye, and several of his graduate students are surrounding him, Tang Jue suddenly has a feeling that things are wrong, and he feels very uncomfortable, Professor Ye just comes in, when will it be the turn of these irrelevant people to come in the reference room?
Seeing Tang Jue come in, a boy helped the glasses on the bridge of his nose: "Senior Sister Tang, I haven't seen you for a long time." It sounded like she knew her very well.
Tang Jue didn't have anything to do with this person, but he thought about inviting him to dinner at that time, and when he heard him talking to himself in such a warm tone at this time, his heart suddenly became very uncomfortable: "I wanted to invite my senior brothers and sisters to dinner, but I just wanted you to help introduce Teacher Ye, if there is anything that makes the senior brothers and sisters misunderstand, please forgive me!" ”
was stabbed by her, and the boy's face suddenly became unsightly. Professor Ye laughed: "You guys, you don't eat free food, and you learn from other people's sour and rotten gas!" Now you want to invite Xiao Tang to dinner, but people may not be willing! ”
Several people present suddenly became embarrassed.
However, after Professor Ye said this, he didn't care about them, but beckoned to Tang Jue: "Xiao Tang, come and take a look, I think these words are taken apart and synthesized by a few words, I broke them down, you come and take a look." ”
Tang Jue was confused for a while: "What do you mean by a few words being taken apart and synthesized?" ”
Professor Ye pointed to a line of words on the paper in front of him and said: "I think this book should be the way of writing of which sect itself, it may be a reference to the Tangut script or a text similar to square characters, you look at the title of the book, I came up with this name after dismantling and then piecing it together, do you still meet the requirements?" ”
Tang Jue looked at it, and wrote a series of radicals on it, and then after dismantling, a flash of inspiration flashed in her mind, this is a bit like the way of splitting the root of the five-stroke input method, but she can be sure that there is absolutely no such way as the five-stroke input method at that time, unless the author is crossing.
But now she didn't want to think about it, she only saw that on the paper in front of Mr. Ye, in addition to the partial structure of some words, there were also six complete words - the strange Qihuang Codex! (To be continued......)
PS: I'm delayed today because of something, and I'll start adding it tomorrow