Chapter Eighty-Five: Heavenly Machine Pavilion
Tianjimen has always been mysterious, but it is not a communication with the outside world, the sect has offices in every country in the Eastern Continent, and some of the larger cities have branches, as long as the starting price is paid, and it is not all difficult things to buy useful information.
Looking at the faΓ§ade in front of you, the three big characters of the Tianji Pavilion are vigorous and powerful, and the door is open and unguarded, which is not afraid of people to make trouble and welcome guests. Jiang Hai was in a dilemma, should he enter or not? This time, he came to buy information, and he should have entered the door, but when he rummaged through the package given by his uncle just now, he found that there were only forty taels of silver in it. Thinking of what he said at the time, it was really a little silver tael, forty taels no more than one cent and no less than one cent.
"What's the matter, why don't you come in when you're at the door?" Sima Lan asked suspiciously, seeing him behind him.
"Nothing, thinking about something. "The extremely perfunctory answer can't say that you don't have any money, that's a very shameful thing.
Sima Lan entered it, Jiang Hai could only follow, but she was praying in her heart, Tianjimen, you should charge as little as possible, otherwise you will buy overlord information.
When you enter the pavilion, you will see rows of cabinets, with small drawers on the cabinets like pharmacies, and there are walls on all sides, especially the one facing the door, which is divided into four rows from top to bottom.
The notes pasted on each drawer are also interesting, the first row is heaven, earth, Xuan, Huang, Yu, Zhou, Hong, and Huang. This made Jiang Hai feel weird, a person who sells information has some extremely fantasy labels on these cabinets, I don't know what it means, is it really a heavenly machine?
And the second row is Qian, Kun, Zhen, Xun, Kan, Li, Zhen, Dui. How could Jiang Hai not know what this was, it was gossip! The so-called Wuji gives birth to the extreme, and the pole is Taiji, Taiji gives birth to two yi, and two yi gives birth to four elephants, and the four elephants perform gossip, and eight eight and sixty-four hexagrams. It's strange again, is this also related to information?
Turning his gaze to the third row, the label was actually a song.
The spring rain shocks the spring and the valley sky, the summer is full of mangs and the summer and the summer are connected,
Autumn dew, autumn frost, winter snow and snow and winter small and big cold.
This is the twenty-four solar terms of heaven and earth, and I don't know what to say when I only see the headaches of the rivers and seas.
The fourth layer is even more weird, except for the parts that are covered by the man who looks like the shopkeeper, what people can see is an irregular pattern like graffiti, at first glance, it's nothing, but after looking at it for a long time, Jiang Hai has deep doubts in his heart.
Although the first three layers of the bull's head are not in the horse's mouth, they are also tall and spiritual, after all, they are some mysterious rules between heaven and earth, and this last layer should also correspond, but what does this mean? I believe that no one can know unless the painter himself comes, but the strange thing is that he seems to have seen it, and he has an extremely faint impression in his mind, but it is a mess of paste to find out, and he only has a glimpse or two.
The shopkeeper saw that there was a business coming, but he just bowed his hand slightly: "If you want to know anything, please choose according to the prompts." β
The labels on this cabinet are all just hints, not only Jiang Hailian was born in the big family, but Sima Lan, who should be well-informed, is also confused? The two glanced at each other, and they both saw from each other's eyes that they couldn't start.
Seeing this, the shopkeeper could only say: "It turned out to be two new customers, let me explain it to you." β
"You see, the first layer is the eight characters corresponding to the eight directions, and the second row is also eight corresponding to the five major empires of the Eastern Continent, the three great leaders. The third row is the twenty-four counties, of course, different spheres of influence will be different. As for the fourth row, this is the Tianjimen since its establishment to the present day, I don't know what it is, anyway, it can't be used. β
"And this has been preserved for hundreds of years?"
"More than 500 years. There was a slight knock on the door from the backyard between the shopkeeper's answers, and he immediately asked, "Do you have an eyebrow now?" You pick a moment, and I will answer for you later." β
With that, he walked into the backyard, where there was a door covered with a thick cloth, and it was impossible to see what was inside.
Sima Lan continued to look at the dozens of characters, while Jiang Hai carefully looked at the irregular figures, trying to see what was wrong with them, especially when he heard what the shopkeeper said, even if it existed for hundreds of years, it must have the meaning of its existence, maybe hundreds of years have passed, and they themselves may have forgotten their original meaning.
After watching it for a long time, I didn't remember where I saw it until the shopkeeper came out, and the boss went out with a smile on his face as if he had encountered something good, and his attitude towards the two of them was much better.
"I don't know what the two distinguished guests want to ask, but the villain will answer them for you one by one. β
Seeing his attitude, Jiang Hai wondered if the other party was going to slaughter him, and reached into his arms with one hand to grope, wanting to take out all his belongings, afraid that he would have no money to settle the bill at that time.
A moment of fumbling alarmed the little guy in his arms, and the fetus shook a few times reluctantly, as if it was angry because it was disturbed. This action made Jiang Hai's small vault bulge Several items inside were seen by the shopkeeper, who was obviously stunned for a moment, although it quickly recovered to its original state, but it was still captured by Jiang Hai.
"Shopkeeper, you can do it, I will pestering you like this, and don't think about how to kill me. Jiang Hai first pressed the little guy hard, then took out the money bag, and spread out the silver in it, only a few ingots of white flowers.
"Where, where! I am honest in business, fair and there is no such thing as stealing customers. The shopkeeper hurriedly waved his hand to dispel Jiang Hai's concerns, and then said: "Coincidentally, these two are the two thousandth customers of my Tianji Pavilion, and they can get three consultations for free, as long as they are not peerless secrets. β
"That's a good feeling, although the shopkeeper can rest assured, it won't be any golden taels. β
"Alright, you two, please. β
Jiang Hai looked at Sima Lan, who shook his head and signaled Jiang Hai to make his own decisions, Jiang Hai said: "Recently, there have been many poisoning deaths in various parts of the empire, and the Red Blood Army found a few porcelain bottles at the place of origin, which are poisonous?"
After listening to Jiang Hai's first question, the shopkeeper showed embarrassment, looked left and right for a moment, and then sighed: "This is a military secret that should not be revealed, but the two of them are honorable and tell the truth, I just hope not to tell a third party." β
"That's nature, shopkeeper, please. Jiang Hai knew from his expression that this matter was not simple as he had guessed, and he also admired the supernatural powers of this Tianji Gate, and even knew such secrets, and dared to say it.
Then he also felt a trace of the fluctuation of his true qi, and an invisible qi shield was raised around him, this was for fear that the news would leak and cause unnecessary trouble, this person was not simple, and he shocked Jiang Hai with a slight show of his hand.
"There was no poison in those porcelain bottles, the place where the incident happened was simply miserable, the plants and trees were all dead and dead, and even the soil three feet deep underground was black, which showed how poisonous it was. However, the vicinity of this porcelain vase is full of life and greenery, so I conclude that it may only be an antidote or a poison-avoiding pill, and I don't know if it was the murderer who fell for the time being. β
Jiang Hai listened carefully and was a little frightened of this Tianji Gate, and when he said this, there were two possibilities for this matter. One of them was that they had news from inside the Red Blood Army, and the second was that they arrived at the scene earlier than the Red Blood Army, no matter which one it was, it was an extremely terrifying thing, and it was indeed an organization that had mastered everyone's secrets and claimed to know the heavenly secrets.
After thinking for a while, Jiang Hai asked the second question: "Where does the porcelain vase come from or which force will use it?"
"That porcelain vase can be made by ordinary people, so I can't start from here, but I can give you a hint as compensation for not being able to answer. β
"The most powerful poison used in this Eastern Continent is naturally the Poison Sect, but if that force is the most proficient in medicine, it is undoubtedly the Shennong clan, do you think that the poison is so violent but can be dissolved by the things in the porcelain bottle, and the owner of the porcelain bottle will be an ordinary person?"
Jiang Hai frowned, "Shennong clan?"
"Yes, it is the descendant of the Shennong clan who tasted the herbs, and now in the Shennong Valley, but the clan has not interacted with the outside world for thousands of years, if you can negotiate with that clan, you may be able to get what you want, and Shennong Valley can be found by just looking for a groom. β
"And one last question!" the shopkeeper said and looked at Jiang Hai carefully, as if he had flowers on his face.
Jiang Hai didn't think he could see through his disguise, but his attitude had obviously changed since he entered the house, and there must be some reason for it, but now he was thinking about how to ask the third question. In fact, there is nothing to ask, and there is only one doubt that should be understood, so he said: "The last question, the four rows of prompts should not have been placed like this since the beginning, I want to know the story." β
"Your guests have good eyesight, yes! It wasn't like this at first, and the hyphens have changed. The gossip in the second row was originally the four elephants, and the heavenly machine in the fourth row was in the first row, and the eight domains in the first row were originally ranked third. And the 24 solar terms were originally at the end, and as for when they changed, it was about 500 years ago and close to 600 years. I don't know exactly what happened, but there should be a record of the department, and if you want to know, you have to work hard to wait?"
"No, I'm just curious about some of the problems with this arrangement, so I'm just going to ask, after all, I can't waste this opportunity. "By the way, can I ask a little question? It doesn't involve anything. β
Jiang Hai asked the fourth question again, thinking that he would refuse without thinking that the shopkeeper would agree directly. "You ask. β
"If it weren't for this special time, I would have asked how much silver the information was worth?"
The shopkeeper smiled and didn't answer, just stretched out four fingers.
"Forty taels of silver?"
He continued to shake his head.
"Could it be four hundred taels?"
The shopkeeper had to open his mouth, "Forty taels...... Gold, there should be too many things involved!"
This made Jiang Hai also didn't expect so much, the ratio of gold to silver is very high, stunned for a moment The two said goodbye, he didn't stop but walked into the inner courtyard again, and the door of the store was empty, completely ignored.