The grimace Zhang's scolding was really effective, but I saw a shiver from the kaleidoscope and smiled bitterly twice: "Third brother, don't I want to say it." Saying this, he pointed to the three wrong gold, silver and iron pipes coiled into vines. You see, the three iron cans are scattered in three directions, northwest, northeast, and due south. And these three iron pipes are interlaced with different patterns, of course, each of which represents a different meaning. After saying that, he glanced at us with his eyes.

I leaned in front of the wrong gold and iron pipe and took a closer look, only to see that there were a lot of gold and silver ornaments scattered on the iron pipe to the northwest, and there was a rusty swirl pattern inlaid in it, which was sealed in blue-green rust similar to bronze, and some of them could not be seen. The iron crutches in the northeast direction are also scattered with a lot of gold and silver ornaments, but the inlay in the middle is different, it is a pattern that looks like the word "one", because it has been weathered for a long time. The last iron pipe facing due south is the same ornamentation, the only difference is the inlaid pattern on it, I can basically see what the shape of this pattern is, it is similar to the word "water" in the oracle bone inscription. It is a pattern of three lines overlapping like water waves, which is very vivid.

"What is this? I could read that there was a word for water written on the iron pipe due north. "I'll look at it and ask the kaleidoscope.

Kaleidoscope smiled, looked at Grimace and Black Cloak, and seemed to ask if they knew the reason.

"Since you have written the word water, what element or something does it represent?" Black Cloak said hesitantly.

Grimace Zhang nodded, and then looked at the kaleidoscope with a smug and disgusting face: "Come on, I don't have so much patience waiting for you." ”

Kaleidoscope smiled playfully: "Third brother, look at you, don't I want to say it." He swished as he spoke. Since the eldest nephew can see that the iron pipe due south is written in an oracle bone script similar to "water", then I won't talk nonsense. As you can see, the northwest pattern is a spiral pattern, which can also be said to be a whirlpool, which represents the "wind". The pattern in the northeast is a horizontal line, as if it were a "one", which represents the "earth". Together, it is the "wind" in the northwest, the "earth" in the northeast, and the "water" in the south. I don't need to tell you the rest, right? ”

I heard the kaleidoscope say this, and I slapped my thigh to understand what was going on, it turned out that these three pipes represented "gossip".

Bagua, a philosophical concept in Chinese Taoism, is a set of philosophical symbols composed of three sets of yao. Its profound philosophy explains natural and social phenomena.

According to historical records, the formation of Bagua originated from Hetu and Luoshu. It was invented by Fu Xi, the head of the three emperors and five emperors, and Fu Xi began to draw gossip in Tianshui Hexagram Taishan, and opened the sky with a painting. In Chinese culture, it is used as a tool to deduce the relationship between various things in the world, space, time, and other things, just like the "Yin and Yang Five Elements". Each hexagram represents a certain thing. Qian represents the sky, Kun represents the earth, Xun represents the wind, Zhen represents the thunder, Kan represents the water, Li represents the fire, Gen represents the mountain, and Dui represents the Ze.

But my brain hesitated again, no, the direction is wrong, according to the sorting method of the gossip, the Xun hexagram (wind hexagram) should be northeast, and the direction of the pipe is northwest. Speaking of the Qiangua symbolizing "earth", the correct direction should be due south, but this pipe is facing the northeast position. The last Kan hexagram (water hexagram), the correct direction should be due east, and this time it moved to due south, which made me very puzzling, and then, a thought flashed in my head, it must be a kaleidoscope translation error, and then sneered: "What you said is not right, if this is in the wrong order according to the arrangement of the Bagua diagram, you take a closer look." ”

I thought that this sentence could give the kaleidoscope a reversal, but I never expected that a trace of contempt and a slight ridicule appeared on the kaleidoscope's face, and he glanced at it with his eyes and snorted coldly: "Big nephew, I know it but I don't know why." You should think carefully about the construction age of this place and then draw conclusions, you Uncle Wan and I will not make mistakes on this kind of issue, you children should study more. ”

As soon as this guy finished speaking, he realized that he had lost his mouth, and hurriedly looked back at Grimace Zhang, who was about the same age as me, and saw that Grimace Zhang was already looking at him gloomily. He hurriedly quipped: "Third brother and third brother, I lost my mouth." ”

I'm also angry after listening to it, what does it mean to know it but I don't know why, this obviously means that I asked a meaningless question, you are really confident, you are still not convinced when you say you are wrong. I snorted angrily: "Don't be so arbitrary, can I still admit the wrong location of this gossip?" ”

Kaleidoscope waved his hand: "Big nephew, what you are talking about is the arrangement method of "innate gossip". And what is placed in this tomb is "acquired gossip", do you understand? ”

When I heard him say this, my head was confused for a while, I hesitated for a moment, and stammered, "What... What acquired gossip? ”

Kaleidoscope smiled and waved his hand, and told us about the origin of this acquired gossip and innate gossip.

Congenital Bagua, also known as Fuxi Bagua, is said to have been made by the Fuxi Clan's view of things and images from 7,000 years ago. The hexagram order of the innate eight trigrams is: one Qian, two dui, three li, four shocks, five Xun, six kan, seven gen, and eight kun. That is, the directions are: due north, northwest, due west, southwest, northeast, due east, southeast, and south.

The acquired gossip, also known as the gossip of King Wen, is said to have been made by Ji Chang, the king of Wen of Zhou, three thousand years ago, according to the innate gossip of the Fuxi clan. The gossip of the day after tomorrow is due north with the separation hexagram as the north, and the order of arrangement is: one kan, two kun, three earthquakes, four Xun, five qian, six dui, seven gen, and eight li. The orientation is also different: due south, northeast, due west, northwest, southeast, due east, southwest, due north

The kaleidoscope explains like this, making me really cloudy, mountain and foggy, what is born and acquired, it is almost the same as listening to the book of heaven. What is surprising is that the "illiterate representative" who should have been angry in an instant Grimace Zhang waited for the kaleidoscope to talk to the last moment and did not stop him. After the kaleidoscope finished speaking, he was stunned for a moment before he took a puff of his cigarette: "It's over, it's time to talk about the use of this thing, right?" ”

Kaleidoscope nodded: "Third brother, you just asked us to stand by there, did you knock on this pipe indiscriminately?" ”

The grimace was stunned, hesitated for a moment, and nodded slowly: "What's wrong?" ”

The kaleidoscope sighed: "Third brother, you also heard the annoying Tao Xun sound that echoed in the tomb just now, if I am not mistaken, this Tao Xun sound is from you who touched the mechanism by mistake." ”

Before the kaleidoscope could make a move, the grimace glared at him with a sinking face: "What's the matter, are you blaming me?" ”

Kaleidoscope saw that the signs were wrong, and hurriedly retracted the words: "How dare I, how dare I." If it weren't for the third brother, you to destroy these three stone statues, then we might have to be trapped here. ”

"So how should this tube operate now?" Grimace asked as he smoked a cigarette.

Everyone stared at the kaleidoscope, only to see the kaleidoscope pick up the three masks, drop a finger and point to the coded secret similar to the "phone number" on it, and sighed: "You know the ancient five tones and twelve rhythms, this is a recorded musical score, and the number with this phone number is the ancient musical notation charter recorded in the form of "secret score". ”

Five tones, namely Gong, Shang, Jiao, Zheng, Yu. (i.e. 1.2.3.5.6 Brief Notation) and the Twelve Rhythms is an ancient musical rhythm term, which is an ancient method of pitching. That is, a system that divides an octave into twelve semitones that are not identical using the method of thirds of profit and loss. The laws from low to high are: Huang Zhong, Da Lu, Tai Tuan, Jia Zhong, Gu Xi, Zhong Lu, Rui Bin, Lin Zhong, Yi Ze, Nan Lu, Wu Cai, Ying Zhong. For example, among the top ten famous songs in China, the guqin song "Guangling San" is a music without shooting key (that is, 1.1.3.5.6 simple score), and the guqin song "Yangguan Three Stacks" is a music in Ruibin tune. (i.e. high semitone on 5). It is a way to express different musical emotions and artistic expressions.