Chapter 37: Deciphering the Secret Words (Part II)
Chapter 37 Interpreting the Secret Words 2
Besides, the words prescription, medicine, and scatter may be confusing, and they may also allude to inheritance. It depends on whether you read the title page or not; After all, it makes sense to add a medicine word before prescription, medicine, and powder.
Liu Shenwei said before that the book with "those who are destined to get it" has appeared in many versions.
Li Jiancheng's hesitation comes from this. But he didn't show it, after all, he had said all the big words before, no matter what, in order to see the boiling recipe, even if he dragged it stiffly, he had to round the words.
When Liu Shenwei heard Li Jiancheng's words, his eyes lit up and he felt that what he said was reasonable, but he still asked Li Jiancheng how he came up with this inference.
After Li Jiancheng said his analysis of the title page, Liu Shenwei nodded heavily and said, "Then do what Da Langjun said." He turned his head to look at Liu Honglang and said, "Go and open the pages." ”
Liu Honglang only checked a few pages at this time, and after hearing Liu Shenwei's words, he hesitated and said, "Father, don't check it anymore?" ”
"Let's split the pages and check them, it's faster." Li Jiancheng reminded softly.
Liu Honglang was stunned for a moment, and nodded with a tangled face: "......" If you want to say that you are quite smart on weekdays, why do you look so stupid when you meet this Li Xiandi.
The movement of his thoughts did not delay Rang Honglang's action, he took out the paper cutter from the drawer under the table, and prepared to start with the book.
Li Jiancheng hurriedly said: "Brother Zijiao, let's come, anyway, this is also an antiquity, because there are a lot of books at home, and my skills in binding and repairing books are still good." As he spoke, he took the paper cutter in Liu Honglang's hand.
Li Jiancheng was a doctor of archaeology in his previous life, so naturally he would not violently dismantle the book, he carefully untied the rope that held the book in place, and then put the rope aside, thinking that when it ran out, he would restore the book to its original state.
Of the three people in the room, the first person divided a third of the pages, and in order not to deface the book, he took a blank piece of rice paper and wrote it down with a pen where the Chinese characters appeared, and then placed it on the ground according to the page number.
There were too many pages, so I had to find paste and stick the paper on the wall.
However, because I am not sure that I will be able to arrange the pattern the first time, I can just use a little paste on the corner of the paper so that the paper does not fall off the wall.
After several test rehearsals, I couldn't see why, and finally Li Jiancheng said with a flash of inspiration: "Try it on a line of ten sheets." The words on the title page are crossed lines. ”
Several people began to toss again, and Liu Honglang stepped on the stool that fell on the table and rearranged the papers.
But this time Liu Honglang did not jump off the stool, but turned around and said, "What can you see?" ”
Liu Shenwei shook his head, and Liu Honglang let out a sigh of relief and said, "It seems that this is not right!" ”
However, Li Jiancheng believed that his instant flash of inspiration just now, so he squinted his eyes and slowly retreated.
He didn't stop until he had retreated to the opposite wall, unable to retreat any longer. Then he said to Liu Honglang: "Brother Zijiao, you dodge it." ”
Liu Honglang looked at Li Jiancheng's appearance, his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly jumped from the stool, down to the table, and then from the table to the ground.
As soon as his feet landed, he came to Li Jiancheng's side in three steps and two steps, followed Li Jiancheng's example, and squinted his eyes.
After watching it for a few breaths, he didn't see the reason, so he looked at Li Jiancheng lightly and said, "What do you see?" ”
Li Jiancheng's expression was a little strange at this time, but he still said, "Wait a minute." Then he walked over to the table and drew lines on the marked paper.
After he connected the last word, he touched the brush and said, "You can see what the word is, right?" ”
Liu Shenwei nodded, frowned and did not speak immediately.
But Liu Honglang couldn't help but curse: "Which old thief is this old thief who is bored and full!! ”
Because, the word Li Jiancheng even came out is - hemp boiling is scattered here.
Liu Shenwei waved his hand, glared at Liu Honglang and said: "Such a ring of passwords, if there is no Da Langjun to make a move, we can't solve it even if we want to." How could it be a joke!! ”
He immediately turned his head to look at Li Jian and asked, "Da Langjun, your opinion is ......, after all, we don't understand this." With uncertainty in his eyes, he scolded Liu Honglang just now, just because he also felt that this was like a joke, but he was unwilling in his heart and didn't want to admit it.
Li Jiancheng saw Liu Shenwei's thoughts, nodded firmly, and said: "If you ......, you haven't heard about the previous businessman played by Doctor Liu, everyone who sees it will think that Ma Boiling is in this book." ”
Liu Shenwei's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he blurted out: "That is to say, ......, the turmoil of looking for books before was deliberately done by someone!" ”
"Maybe ......, if you find the recipe for hemp boiling in this book, that's it." Li Jiancheng didn't talk too much this time.
Liu Shenwei saw that after Li Jiancheng replied with such a sentence, he stopped talking, his eyes flashed on the page, and he proposed: "I have heard someone talk about a kind of invisible word, although I don't know how to write it, but I can see it when I roast it with a fire, or let's try it." ”
He thought that no matter how smart Li Jiancheng was, his age was here after all, and it was normal to not know this.
"No need, this is post-dyed yellow pickle juice, and those techniques can't be used." Li Jiancheng is a thousand years later, no matter how biased he is, he still understands some chemistry.
There are many ways to write invisible characters, but based on the fact that the chemistry of this era was not developed, there were not many materials available, and there were such things as alum water, alkaline water, oranges, and milk.
The alum water is written on the paper, and you can't see it when it's dry. But if you paint something with color, such as ink or something, you can't paint it where you have written, so it will be visible.
The lye water writes the words invisibly, and sprays ginger soup to show the shape.
Or use lemons and oranges to make it invisible, and then roast it over a fire to show its shape.
As soon as Liu Shenwei heard Li Jiancheng's words, he asked, "Da Langjun knows how to write invisible characters?" Without waiting for Li Jiancheng to answer, Liu Shenwei said again: "I don't want to know how to write this kind of character, just to confirm, since Da Langjun knows, where is this boiling recipe." After speaking, his face was gloomy and anxious.
"Since we said it was here, let's take a look." Liu Honglang said as he stepped forward to get the pages, but because the movement was too big, he knocked the rope that tied the book to the ground.
Li Jiancheng's eyes instantly burst into light, and he rushed over to pick up the book rope, he suppressed the excitement in his heart, and slowly unfolded the book rope that was rubbed together. (To be continued)