I leaned over to the window and looked through a slightly stained piece of glass. Next door was an interrogation room, and Yao Fei sat behind a desk, dressed in a uniform, with his eyes closed and motionless.

Shen Yunchen walked beside me with a serious expression, silently counting a string of small Nanmu Buddha beads in his hand.

"Have you talked to Huang Lao?"

"Well, I talked about it yesterday, and he will supervise the matter of the five-vein counteroffensive."

Shen Yunchen breathed a sigh of relief: "He really has to take action in this matter, otherwise I may not be able to suppress it." Those guys, all of them have deep interests with the forces of the old court, and cutting off people's wealth is like killing their parents. ”

"Collusion with illegal criminals is still so reasonable, if it is not rectified, I am afraid that the five veins will really become a den of thieves." I said with a calm face.

Shen Yunchen didn't know the stakes involved, but it wasn't so easy to do. The five veins were originally firmly controlled by Liu Yiming, and she herself was actually marginalized by the Big Three. Now that she has suddenly lost pressure, even if she is old enough, her authority will not be able to deter the entire society.

"Leave the matter to Huang Lao, I will concentrate on cleaning up the veins of the Qingzimen first. Now is the golden age of business development, and if you don't integrate the inside, it will leave huge hidden dangers. Shen Yunchen said business, put his face on the glass again, and looked at the next room.

I was taken to this remote police station by her early this morning, and Shen Yunchen told me that there was a way to find out who changed the booth today. I was surprised and asked her if she was planning to use criminal interrogation, but she said no, she preferred a softer approach.

Shen Yunchen told me that there were five people suspected of altering the "Three Visits to the Thatched House" booth. She has sent invitations to each of the five people, saying that the police are interrogating each other and that they need to assist in the trial.

"The base of the 'three visits to the thatched house', the mortise and tenon joint should have been slotted, but it was changed to a horse pin, which is the most critical change. There is a characteristic of the horse pin: when a huge object falls above, the wooden pin will slide out to one side, accompanied by a slight clicking sound - this click sound is actually two sounds, first the sound of sliding in the groove, and then the sound of the wooden pin detaching from the groove rail, which is very distinctive, and different from other mortise and tenon joints. I have prepared a set of confessions for the medicine not to be taught face-to-face. Following the trial of this set of confessions, the inner ghost naturally appeared. ”

Shen Yunchen said a little vaguely, but I thought about it carefully and immediately understood the mystery.

It's a very clever trap.

In the confession that the medicine is not a rehearsed confession, it will be mentioned "inadvertently" that he heard a special clicking sound when he smashed the jar - although he may not actually hear it in reality - if it was an innocent person, they would default to the base being a side-to-side groove and would not make much of an association with this detail.

But if it is an inner ghost, he knows that the base has moved his hands and feet, and there is a ghost in his heart, and when he hears this voice, he can immediately judge that it is from the retreat of the horse, and he must be very nervous. The voice is so characteristic that when it is heard by those who know how to hear it, there is a risk of exposure.

Knowing the inside story and not knowing the inside story, the reaction to this detail is different. By observing each other's expressions, you can easily determine who is the inner ghost. This is like saying that a tuberculosis patient coughs on the street, and ordinary people don't know the inside story and hold their heads high when they pass by, and the patient's attending doctor passes by, he knows the person's condition, and he is afraid of infection, so he quickly puts on his mask. So whoever wears a mask when he sees this patient must be a doctor.

The beauty of this is that when a person is interrogated, he will be vigilant and weigh the words, but when he thinks he is the interrogator, he is in an advantageous position, and he is completely defenseless mentally, and he can easily be caught in the confession.

Since ancient times, the interrogation methods have all been forced from above, Shen Yunchen did the opposite, the person in charge of interrogation was actually the person being interrogated, but he didn't know it. It's a big innovation.

I glanced at the window again, and the medicine was not silent in the room, and I felt like a desperate prisoner. In this scene, he is the best actor, and that paralyzed face can effectively hide all the emotions in his heart.

Soon the door to the interrogation room was pushed open, and a man walked in. He was only a carpentry researcher and had never interrogated prisoners, so he was a bit timid. Accompanied by a large police officer, the two of them will be in charge of the interrogation.

The reason of the police is that this case involves cultural relics, and there will be a lot of professional knowledge, and experts need to be on the side. This reason is reasonable, and the inner ghost will not be suspicious.

At the beginning of the interrogation, it was mainly the big police officers who interrogated them. He and Yao didn't rehearse it several times before, and you asked me to answer, and it was a matter of fact. All the conversations were pre-programmed, and after a few sentences, they quietly moved on to the technical details. The big officer turned his head to the side and said, "Oh, I don't know what he's talking about." You're an expert, why don't you ask? ”

As soon as he talked about the technique, the man came to his senses, and he didn't ask questions about the medicine continuously. The medicine is not prepared in advance, no matter what the other party asks, it is led to the preset position. He is Wang Erxiao, who is herding cattle, and he wants to lead the devils into the ambush circle of the Eighth Route Army.

"When I was pushing down the blue and white jar, I heard a click, the sound dragged on a little long, the front was muffled and the back was bright, which was quite strange." The medicine is not finally saying the key word.

"Could it be that you have broken the Raden screen in the back?" The man's face changed, and he stumbled down a few strokes on the paper, and began to inquire whether the Luodian screen had been scratched.

"It shouldn't be him." I say.

Shen Yunchen let out a sigh: "Fortunately, it's not." He is one of our best Ming and Qing dynasty furniture researchers, and if he is an internal ghost, the loss will be great. ”

She flicked the button, and an inconspicuous red light flashed in the interrogation room. Seeing this, the officer said to the man, "Let's take a break." Then he was taken out.

"He would be taken to the next break room by the police and stay there until everyone was interrogated." Shen Yunchen said. I nodded, it was a very delicate arrangement. If the five men find out that others are also involved in the interrogation, they may be suspicious, and it will be necessary to isolate them until the end is over.

Soon a second person arrived, and the big officer replayed the scene again, and it felt like going back in time.

In less than an hour, the interrogation of the first four people had been completed. They all behaved normally, and did not react to the clicking sound in the confession.

If the fifth person is the same, then this well-designed game will fail. Shen Yunchen and I glanced at each other, feeling a little anxious.

The fifth person is a handsome little guy with a separate head and a high nose, and his demeanor is quite elegant, and his surname is Zeng. He studied furniture design in Italy, and after returning to China, he was favored by the Shen family and worked in a subordinate design office. As soon as he entered the interrogation room, he stomped up Erlang's legs, and folded his ten fingers on his knees, looking very relaxed.

The big officer finished his routine and asked him to ask questions. Brother Zeng looked at the medicine with interest: "You are the boss of the medicine family, the one who went abroad?" ”

"Yes."

"That blue and white jar is actually your own, right? What didn't your family say about you? ”

Yao didn't raise his head and stare at him coldly. Brother Zeng smiled: "I understand, probably because of your virtue, the pharmacist drove you out of the country and turned to cultivating medicine, right?" ”

This is almost provocative, Brother Zeng doesn't seem to be very interested in teasing medicine, and he repeatedly makes disrespectful remarks. In the end, the big officer had to intervene to stop him and ask him to get to the point as soon as possible.

Brother Zeng is still quite good in the professional field, and he asked several questions in a row, ruthless and accurate. Shen Yunchen secretly told me that these questions seem to be ordinary, but in fact, there are traps hidden in them. You answer casually, and he can deduce evidence that is extremely unfavorable to you from the answer, so that you can't say that you are suffering. If it is a real trial, I am afraid that the crime has already been confirmed.

"Describe the details of how you approached the jar." The big officer began to lead into the trap.

"When I was pushing down the blue and white jar, I heard a click, the sound dragged on a little long, the front was muffled and the back was bright, which was quite strange." Medicine didn't finally get a chance to say this.

Brother Zeng was originally with his arm on the table, but when he heard this, he immediately sat upright. He glanced at the big police officer, found that the other party was making a record in the notebook, and hurriedly asked, "Do you say it again?" ”

"I said I heard a click, and it was dull and bright." The medicine was not repeated once, looking at him defiantly.

Brother Zeng said: "Are you sure you heard it right?" Not the sound of your toes hitting the jar? ”

"It's not."

Brother Zeng pondered for a moment, and whispered to the big officer: "This guy is tricky, not true, and has been taking us around in circles." I suggest that this record be deleted and focus on the blue and white jar itself. ”

His tone was very sincere, and his advice was very reasonable, with little to no trace. In the case of a general interrogation, the police would have readily agreed. Unfortunately, this was no ordinary trial. The identity of the interrogator dulled his alertness and allowed him to show his feet.

Shen Yunchen and I glanced at each other, there was no need to continue, this sign couldn't be more obvious.

"Hey, this kid was very promising, and he was the backbone of our international market." She said regretfully, but her eyes danced with sharp flames, and she did not hesitate to flap the button. The red light in the interrogation room flashed continuously this time, and the medicine didn't know to the big police officer, and the owner was caught. The two turned their heads at the same time and looked at Brother Zeng.

Brother Zeng didn't realize it, and he was still banging on the table over there, looking at the medicine with a sense of superiority, not knowing that his career was over.

The big officer politely announced a temporary break, and then invited Zeng Xiaoge out of the interrogation room. Medicine is not a gesture of victory by raising the index finger of the right hand and straightening the arm in our direction.

"Now, can't the medicine get away with the crime?" I asked.

"If it turns out that he was indeed framed, he should be released soon." Speaking of this, Shen Yunchen said hatefully, "This time I have to interrogate him well, who instructed him to do such a thing, and are there any fellow party in the five veins!" ”

No wonder she was frightened, the power of the old court has penetrated so deeply, and it can even influence the design of a major exhibition, and in the long run, the consequences will be unimaginable.

The two of us walked out of the isolation room side by side, and it just so happened that the medicine was also brought out. I greeted him and excitedly said to him, "This is a big catch, and you can clear your name." Hearing this good news, the face of the medicine is not happy. He shook his head slowly: "This surname is Zeng, there is a problem." ”

"Of course there is a problem, otherwise how could he be arrested?"

"I mean, he's mentally tough. You also heard it, this guy came up and provoked me senselessly, it's hard to explain. I didn't have anything to do with him before, and even if I was in the opposing camp, I couldn't do it as if I were an enemy. ”

"Maybe you're born with a nasty personality, right?" I guess.

Shen Yunchen said on the side: "Xiao Zeng is usually a little arrogant, but it is indeed not as exaggerated as today. ”

As we were talking, suddenly there was a panic in the distance, followed by a chaotic sound of footsteps, and a man shouting, "Doctor, call the doctor!" "We were all startled, and we ran three steps and two steps to that side. When I arrived at the office, I rushed through the door and saw Brother Zeng slumped on the bench, foaming at the mouth, his eyes twitching, and his limbs twitching violently.

"What's going on?" I asked the tall officer. He was also so anxious that he was sweating, saying that he had just brought Brother Zeng into the house, and he only handed him a cup of hot water, and he didn't touch anything else. After he drank the hot water, it was immediately like that.

I scanned the room and saw that the white porcelain teacup on the desk was still there, steaming inside, and hurriedly went over to close the lid, trying not to let my hands touch the outer wall of the cup, which was important evidence.

Poisoning and killing people in a police station? The old courtier's courage is inevitably too great.

Shen Yunchen stood at the door, and when he saw Brother Zeng's tragic appearance, he was completely stunned. She stepped forward quickly, trying to hold his arms, but he couldn't help but slide down the chair.

Fortunately, the scene of the crime was in the police station, and in just over a minute, a forensic doctor and several criminal police officers arrived first. Cordon off the scene, check the victim's condition, and deal with it in an orderly manner.

Brother Zeng had stopped his convulsions at this time, and the forensic doctor squatted down to check it, got up and announced that he was dead.

This announcement is really like a bolt from the blue, not to mention Shen Yunchen, even I can't accept it. I asked the medical examiner if I had been poisoned and died, and the medical examiner looked at me vigilantly and said nothing. The tall officer next to him dragged him aside, muttered a few words, and then said to me, "They have to wait for the autopsy report to come out, but the preliminary judgment has nothing to do with hot water." ”

He deliberately emphasized this point, because just now he and Brother Zeng were in the house, and they poured water, if the most suspicious person is him.

This sudden shock, Shen Yunchen and I naturally couldn't leave, so we had to wait for the autopsy in the waiting room. The medicine was not taken back early, and after this accident, his release time had to be delayed.

Shen Yunchen said: "Have you noticed? The symptoms of him and Yao Lai were almost the same when they died. ”

As soon as she reminded me of this, I immediately remembered it. This is also the case when the medicine is self-inflicted. "Old Chao Feng ......" I gritted my teeth and bit out word by word. The danger of this guy is that he not only unscrupulously makes counterfeits and cheats, but also frequently kills people.

"Could it be that our plan to invite you into the urn was leaked to the old courtier?" Shen Yunchen muttered to himself, but then shook his head again, "Impossible, only you, me, and Yao don't know the details of the plan, and even that big police officer was only arranged to cooperate with us the day before." ”

I suddenly asked, "When did you arrange for those five people to be interrogated?" ”

"Two days ago, it was the people from the Public Security Bureau who notified them separately, and they didn't know about each other."

"If Brother Zeng is a person from the old court, he will definitely tell the old courtier first when he receives this notice. Perhaps at that time, the old courtier became suspicious and decided to destroy the mouth. ”

"What Xiao Zeng received was an invitation to assist in the interrogation officially issued by the Public Security Bureau, to interrogate others, and not to be censored, Lao Chaofeng has no reason to be suspicious, right?" Shen Yunchen still didn't believe it, she frowned, "If you can see through this, wouldn't the old Chaofeng become a refinement?" ”

I shook my head slowly: "Maybe...... The old pilgrim did not need to be suspicious at all. Now his industry is in turmoil, and the five veins have also begun to be comprehensively investigated and rectified. Then what he has to do is stop loss! Kill Brother Zeng, let our clues be interrupted here, and we will no longer be able to follow the vine. ”

"You mean, the old courtier originally wanted to kill Brother Zeng?" Shen Yunchen's eyes were straight, and his hands were trembling slightly. Although she is the most proficient in business among the five veins, she still has too little experience in this kind of thing.

"Very likely."

I squinted my eyes, I knew too well the style of the old court. He was so suspicious that he even divided his men into five branches, and they parted ways with each other, dividing and conquering. Once there is any danger, do not hesitate to sacrifice one without hurting the rest, like a gecko with a broken tail. A chess piece like Zeng Xiaoge naturally gives up when he says so.

His death tells us that the inventory and rectification of the five veins is not as simple as imagined, and it will set off a bloody storm. No wonder Liu Yiming has never dared to make a big move, this is really going to die!

As Shen Yunchen told me before: In this era, everything is based on interests. It's all right for you to talk about ideals, morality, and beliefs, but when it comes to interests, the attitude is different. Cut off people's financial routes, kill your parents, and those people still don't want to fight for you?

Shen Yunchen and I laughed bitterly at the same time. I don't know if we lost or won this battle.

Three hours later, the forensic report came out. The victim had taken a capsule containing *** in advance, and after drinking hot water, the capsule dissolved, and *** leaked into the stomach and died. At the same time, the medical examiner also pointed out that even without drinking hot water, the capsules will break down within a few hours. In other words, the moment Brother Zeng stepped out of the door, his fate was already doomed.

The fortunate thing in the misfortune was that the poisoning in the police station was ruled out, which made everyone breathe a sigh of relief, otherwise it would have become a shocking case.

The follow-up investigation is very cumbersome, to check whether there are any remaining capsules at Zeng's home, to check his whereabouts in recent days, as well as the social groups he has usually come into contact with, and so on. Shen Yunchen, as the head of the Qingzimen, has the most say in these, and she decided to take the initiative to negotiate with the police.

As for whether the medicine is or not, we have issued a bail pending trial, and finally got him out.

Yao didn't hear about Zeng Xiaoge's death, and he couldn't help but be moved. He said that Brother Zeng's unusually provocative attitude before the trial probably wanted to convey something, but unfortunately he couldn't ask what the truth was.

"Shen Yunchen has gone to Zeng's home and office with the police, and may be able to find any clues." I say.

Yao Fei sneered: "Since the old Chaofeng is going to poison Brother Zeng, how can there be such a flaw?" It's useless. ”

"A dead horse should be a live horse doctor. On the bright side, at least one more nail was dug up in the five veins of the old court. ”

Medicine is not shrugging and disagreeing with this.

As we spoke, we walked out of the Public Security Bureau. As soon as he stepped out of the door, Yao didn't stop, said wait a minute, then closed his eyes and raised his head, took a deep breath of air, and his whole body was relieved. There was a rare hint of intoxication on his face, but it was fleeting, and he regained his rigid and indifferent face.

"By the way, I haven't thanked you yet." I said with a little shame. The matter in Hangzhou, in the final analysis, was that he sacrificed himself to save me, and exchanged the price of being in prison for the freedom for me to continue to investigate.

Yao didn't look at me: "Then you'd better find something of equal value." ”

I asked where Yao didn't plan to go next, to worship Liu Yiming? Visiting Huang Kewu? Or do you want to go back to the pharmacist and rest first? Anyway, the news of his return to China is now known to everyone, and there is no need to hide it. Who knew that the medicine didn't snap his fingers and said three words: "Four repentances." ”

How did he remember to go there? I thought about it and said okay.

The two of us went back to my small shop and were unlocking the lock, when the neighbor Aunt Wang poked her head out again and said to me diligently: "Xiao Xu, the two girls didn't fight last time, right?" "It made me laugh and cry.

When I entered the house, I cleaned it briefly, opened the window for ventilation, brushed off the dust on the cabinet, and charged the big brother who was thrown at home by the way. Medicine is not to look around and say that you don't know how to operate at all, and I'll help you make a business plan when you go back. I smiled bitterly and said that I don't have an air traffic control shop, I haven't done anything else in the past few months, and I was born and died.

"This is for you to plan for the future. Just a small store, the income is limited, and it has to be incorporated into a large system. ”

"Wait, you're going to sell me?"

"Shen Yunchen is the most business-minded and visionary person in the five veins, I have talked to her, and I may come back to help her. Your four repentances will also be put into this system in the future and play a role. "Medicine is not a serious thing to say.

Shen Yunchen and Yao are not this combination, but they are quite suitable, maybe they can really build an antique business empire! But I'm really not interested in any of that.

"Come on, let's talk about these things later, let's do the things in front of us first." I moved him a chair and boiled a jug of water.

Yao didn't nod: "You're right. Anyway, you don't understand, just listen to the arrangement when the time comes. ”

I stroked my forehead: "Let's get down to business, let's get down to business." ”

Yao didn't hear about me making a big fuss about the Hosoliu Camp in prison, but he only knew about it, and the causes, consequences and details were not clear. In addition, after I returned to Beijing, I heard a lot of secrets from Kido Kana, the library, and Huang Kewu, and I urgently needed someone to help me sort it out, and medicine was not the most suitable person.

If you think about it carefully, it is not my credit to be able to have today's situation, I am just an errand runner, and the real hero is not medicine. If he hadn't forcibly pulled me to cooperate and go to Wei Hui to uncover the secret of the five cans, I might have really run to see the old court. I can't imagine what will happen then, but it will be worse than it is now.

So I didn't hide it at all, and told the previous story as it was, from Qingfeng Lou to Shaoxing Yin Silversmith, from Xu Xin in the Ming Dynasty to the coordinates of the five cans. The only thing I didn't mention was the issue of seniority, which had nothing to do with the Fu Gong number, and it would be embarrassing to say it. It's hard to imagine what Yao Yao's expression would have been when he learned that I was his uncle by generation.

Now I have so much information that I have no clue and can only hope that his clear mind will bring a breakthrough idea to see what to do next.

After listening to my story, Yao didn't close his eyes and thought quietly for a while. I knew that his brain was running at high speed, so I didn't bother, I got up and made two cups of tea, Huangshan Maofeng. The tea was originally stored in the shop, and when I saw this, I immediately remembered the incident of the Hosoliuying. At the beginning, Liu Chengqian tried to deceive me in Huangshan.

I don't know if Liu Chengqian was caught later, this person is an outlaw, he is really in a hurry, but he can do anything.

Didn't the medicine pick up the cup, blow open the tea and take a sip, and said is there coffee, I pouted and rummaged through the cabinet for a long time, and found a small half bottle that was left at some point. The medicine is not a look, and Yi Xing said forget it.

He said to me: "I'll count it for you, Qingfeng Lou is a line, Yaojia is a line, the five blue and white character pots are a line, and the Fugong number is another line, as well as the whereabouts of Quantian Kunio, the changes in Ji Tianjun, and the experience of your Xu family, all entangled together, and it is too difficult to unravel them all." Every time he said a word, he raised one finger, and then ten fingers were not enough.

I nodded with a wry face. I've been receiving so much information lately that my brain is about to explode. It turned out that there were too few clues and nowhere to start, but now it is not a good thing to find that there are more clues, and it is even more chaotic.

Medicine is not the Tao: "We study business management, there is a Theseus principle. In Greek mythology, the kings of Crete built an extremely complex labyrinth, and at the center of the labyrinth was a minotaur-like monster named Minotaur. Countless heroes tried to break in, only to get lost and unable to get out. Later, a young man named Theseus entered with a group of threads. No matter what happened around him, he always followed the line and finally reached the center and killed the monster. ”

As soon as I heard it, I understood what he was trying to express: "You mean, we must grasp the main contradiction and let go of the secondary contradiction?" ”

"Yes, when you are faced with a bunch of complicated situations, you have to extract the core part and keep up with the thread. Otherwise, you want to take care of everything, and you will end up in a maze and you will never be able to get out of it. "Medicine is not just talking, it's like taking a class.

"What Qingfenglou's old grievances, what my grandfather's four stories, what the grievances of the Xu family and Ji Tianjun, are all secondary! What's the main thing right now? It is to salvage the Fu Gong as soon as possible, don't let the old Chaofeng grab the treasure first! ”

As soon as he said this, I suddenly realized that this was indeed the case. As long as you firmly grasp the core element of Fugonghao, other things can be solved.

In case I do fish things out on the day, no matter how clearly I find out about things, it will be useless.

Yao Fei said: "So the most important thing for you now is to organize a trip to the sea as soon as possible and go to the Fugong Account." ”

As soon as he reminded me, I remembered that it was almost time to call Dai Haiyan. If she can successfully analyze the coordinates over there, then most of our main contradictions will be resolved.

I said hello to Yao, turned around and went out, found a place where I could make a long-distance call, and called Dai Haiyan.

Dai Haiyan answered quickly: "I consulted the astronomy teacher, and I also tested it myself, and basically figured out the principle of the astrological technique." ”

"What is it?" I grabbed the microphone and asked eagerly.

Dai Haiyan said: "The star pulling technique is based on the angle between the stars as the fixed coordinates, you know this." As for how to measure the angle, the ancients had a set of special tools, called the star drawing plate. ”

"What's that?"

"I found a picture in the library, and it was actually twelve square planks, made of high-quality ebony. Each of these planks is of different size, the largest of which is about twenty-four centimeters long on each side, and is called a dodecreaboard; Each of the following pieces is reduced by 2 centimeters, and the smallest piece is about 2 centimeters long on each side, which is called a fingerboard. Another small square is made of ivory, with four corners missing, and the length of the four sides of the missing cut is one-quarter, one-half, three-quarter, and one-eighth of the length of the side of a fingerboard. ”

I wasn't very good at science, and the more I listened, the more confused I became, so I asked how to determine the position of this thing.

Dai Haiyan said: "There are several fixed coordinates stipulated in the star pulling technique, such as the North Star, the Lantern Bone Star, the Vega Star, the Busi Star, the Huagai Star and so on. When it is time to measure, the surveyor stands at the bow of the ship, holds the center of one end of the star-holding plate with his left hand, and his arm is straight, looking at the starry sky. In this way, the arms are parallel to the sea level, and the star plates are perpendicular to the sea level. ”

I just hate that the TV calls in science fiction didn't come to fruition, and I couldn't understand them intuitively. Dai Haiyan also understood, so she patiently explained: "For example, let's observe Vega, let's put on this posture to ensure that the upper end of the star-pulling board is exactly aligned with Vega, first use the eight-finger board, and the result is higher, change it to a seven-fingered one, it is still high, and then change it to a six-fingered one, just right." Then pull out a line from the upper end of the six-finger star board, and drag it all the way to the shoulder, the star board, the silk line and the arm form a right triangle, and the silk line is the hypotenuse. A few fingerboards are used to illustrate the angle between the sea level and the stars, which is a few fingers. After the decimal point, it can be expressed as four missing ticks. ”

It dawned on me: "If you estimate the height of the stars, you can calculate the latitude." ”

Dai Haiyan said: "That's right, for example, the phrase 'Northeast Vega Eleven Fingers Flat Water' means that you first use a compass to determine the northeast direction, and then use the star plate to calculate the height of Vega, if you use the upper edge of the eleven fingerboard to fit Vega, and the lower edge to fit the sea level, it means that it is in the right position." If not, you'll have to keep walking. ”

I could hardly suppress the excitement in my heart, the skills of the ancestors turned out to be so interesting. Those terms that seem like a book in heaven have become extremely subtle after such explanations.

"In fact, this is not only a coordinate function, but also a guide to the course. For example, if you measure the altitude of the North Star in the north direction on the first day, you measure the altitude of four fingers on the first day, and three fingers on the second day, which means that the ship is traveling in the direction of due south. The altitude of Vega in the northeast is six fingers on the first day, and five fingers on the second day, and the bow of the ship must be facing southwest—this measurement principle is infinitely close to the sextant, but the accuracy is not as good as the latter. ”

"What does it mean to 'open the chicken coop with a needle and six watches'?"

"The needle is the meaning of the route, and the ancients used the compass to indicate the direction of navigation, so it is called the needle road. Jiamao is the direction, pointing to the east. The whole sentence means that starting from the chicken coop - that is, the Keelung port in Taiwan - and walking eastward for 12 hours, this is the general direction. It's almost there, and then according to the angle of the stars in the next few sentences, calculate and fine-tune the course. ”

"Can you convert the exact location to modern latitude and longitude now?"

"You only gave me three sentences, and I can only carve out a large sea area for you, as if you didn't say anything. You remember that the more coordinates, the more accurate the location. At least four coordinates can constitute the prerequisites for going to sea for salvage. Dai Haiyan said unceremoniously.

I sighed softly, and sure enough, things didn't go so well. There is not much difference between looking for a needle in a haystack in the Pacific Ocean and a needle in a haystack in the East China Sea...... It seems that if you don't get all those five sentences, it's hard to lock the exact coordinates.

"I see, thank you."

"Don't forget the agreement between us, if you want to go to sea, I will follow you." Dai Haiyan reminded me.

"Definitely ......"

"I think there's something perfunctory in your tone." Dai Haiyan hit the nail on the head and pierced unceremoniously.

"How is that possible! My Xu family never deceives people, otherwise the sky will thunder. "I swear.

Dai Haiyan said: "There is no correlation between lying and thunder, I need more rigorous guarantees." "I said otherwise, I'll send you a notarized letter of commitment. Dai Haiyan thought about it and actually said that this is good.

I really can't get to the point of her.

I put down the phone and told the medicine that the new message was not. The medicine is not appreciative, and said: "This star-pulling technique is really good, very scientific." With the technical level of the Ming Dynasty, it is really rare to be able to think of such an ingenious method - this Dai Haiyan, is this the woman who helped you interpret "Qingming Riverside Map" last time? ”

"Yes."

"If you can think as rationally and methodically as she does, maybe we can take fewer detours."

I looked at his serious face and wondered if he would be able to put on such a lame face in the face of my "uncle" if I told him the truth about my generation.

Hey, forget it, the business can't be done, these things that compete for seniors to ask for a cheap mouth, let's put it aside, it's not cross talk.

I straightened my mind and said, "So the question now is, how do we get the remaining two jars?" If you can't get the jar, you won't have coordinates, and if you don't have coordinates, you can't go to sea - this is a thing, otherwise the medicine must know. If he is willing to say, how many things have been saved. ”

Yao didn't hear the name, and sneered: "He doesn't want to say it, no one wants to change it." My younger brother is determined to follow the old court. ”

"Uh...... Not really. In Tangwang Temple in Hangzhou, he didn't mention it to the old court when he met me. In the Hosolius, he also helped a lot. I always feel that the medicine doesn't seem to be exactly the same as the old court. ”

"That's because you still have value. In the end, the Hosoliu camp was destroyed, wasn't he the biggest profiteer? "If the medicine is not, I am speechless. His tone was stiff, "I advise you to give up your illusions, take them seriously, and don't be soft on the enemy." ”

I couldn't argue with him, so I sighed slightly.

The next week was busy and calm. The police searched Zeng Xiaoge's home, but they found nothing and did not find any valuable clues. On the contrary, it was the attack of the five pulses, which was carried out under the leadership of Huang Kewu and Shen Yunchen, and with the cooperation of Liu Ju in the official face, a clean-up operation of the cultural relics market was launched. The police have seized a number of antique shops, arrested many counterfeiting gangs and smugglers of cultural relics, and even arrested seven or eight teams of tomb robbers. More than a dozen professional and popular newspapers have carried special reports, foreign media have also paid attention, and even "News Network" has mentioned it, and the momentum is quite huge.

Most of these unlucky children are on the correspondence list of the Hosoliu Camp. The police followed the vine and found the melon, and there were five veins to provide technical guidance, which was like a bamboo, and one was accurate. The more brilliant the results on this side, the more blood will be lost by the forces of the old court. This offensive could at least damage his vitality, if not completely eradicate his strength.

This alludes to an ancient theory in the antique industry - the reason why fakes should be fake and genuine is because even they think in their hearts that truth is better than fakes. Therefore, no matter how powerful the counterfeit is, it will never see the light of day, it will not be on the table, and it will always be able to survive in the dark. The old court is thriving underground, but as long as it is dragged out of the sun, it will melt like ice and snow.

The so-called truth is the little sense of justice that exists in people's hearts, which may be weakened or dormant, but this is the right reason and the royal way of righteousness. As long as there is a real and fake duel, in the end, evil must prevail over good. This has nothing to do with power, means, or anything, this is the destiny of heaven.

During the week, I asked Kido to ask for more information from Japan, and on the other hand, I focused on finding clues about Gocan. Fang Zhen told me that he had sent a report to the authorities for future salvage of the wreck. But all these preparations must be based on the premise that I find the right coordinates.

I made a phone call to Nanchang every day, and Yin's mood was quite stable, lying on the workbench every day, and nothing changed. As for the medicine, it was not, but it was as if it was missing, and I never saw anyone again, so I didn't know what to do. This guy has no interest in personal relationships, so he doesn't have to deal with each other.

I was sitting in the store that day, in front of a small blackboard full of circles and line segments. I borrowed this blackboard from the elementary school next door. I wrote down the clues and characters I have learned so far one by one in chalk and connected them with each other, hoping to sort out my thoughts clearly. The things involved in the five cans are too complicated, both in the Ming Dynasty and in the Republic of China, both in Japan and in China, with all kinds of mysteries surrounding Qingfeng Tower, several mysterious characters missing, and the Buddha's head case. Every time I think about it, I have a headache, this is not something that a small blackboard can solve, and the electronic computer is almost the same.

I was immersed in a labyrinth when suddenly the glass case next to me trembled. The little jade Buddha in the cabinet trembled desperately and moved away from its original position, as if something big had happened.

When the Buddha moves his nest, there will be moths.

I hurriedly pressed the counter, looked down, and sure enough, it was the big brother in the cabinet who was loud. I picked up the phone and said "Hey", and there was the sound of smoke on the other side.

"Xu ...... Uh, make a wish. "Since I learned the truth about my generation, there has been a subtle change in what she calls me. The two of us haven't seen each other recently, and we're embarrassed to look at each other, as for how to define the relationship between the two, let's wait for this matter to come to an end. She took the initiative to call now, there must be something important.

"What's wrong? Old man Huang is okay, right? I asked with concern.

"It's fine. I called to tell you, 'Wei Chi Gong rode the Savior alone,' and he had fallen. ”

When I heard the news, I couldn't help but be overjoyed.