Déjà vu
I looked at the two rows of distorted shadows on the ground and said in amazement, "Really! Do you recognize the meaning of these characters? ”
Gao Moli shook his head lightly and said, "To be exact, these two lines are not words, but more like some kind of symbol. ”
The place where the strange symbol was reflected was the butterfly's abdomen, and I curiously turned the jade butterfly over and looked at it carefully. I saw that the butterfly's abdomen was carved with six legs, these legs were curled up at the sides of the body, and there were two rows of longitudinal textures in the center of the abdomen.
We don't know what these symbols mean, but the fact that they are so invisibly engraved on the belly of the butterfly is certainly an extremely important piece of information.
"You take it, I'll go find a piece of paper to draw these symbols." After that, I handed the butterfly jade pendant to Gao Moli.
His hands were thick and warm, in stark contrast to the cold jade pendant.
I walked over to the desk by the window, which was a messy display of archaeological research materials. I flipped through the pages, found a ballpoint pen and a blank piece of paper from under a drawing, grabbed it and hurried back to the couch.
Gao Moli sat down to the place where the sun was shining and put the jade pendant into the sunlight again. The bright light passed through the warm and translucent jade butterfly, and those strange symbols were once again presented on the concrete floor.
I spread the paper on the coffee table and carefully traced the symbols like a schoolboy who had just learned to write.
The symbols vary in size and form, some resemble the roots of a tree, some resemble swimming snakes, and the surroundings are sleek, long or short...... I depict it very carefully, and it often takes several glances to copy a symbol.
The dust in the air floated and rose in the beam, and Gao Moli held the butterfly jade pendant in one hand, and the shadows of the two lines of symbols remained motionless, as if embedded in the ground.
The more I wrote, the more familiar I became with these symbols, but the more I tried to think about it, the more I couldn't figure it out, and finally I was a little confused, and the speed of copying slowed down.
Gao Moli had been watching me record those symbols, and as the content on the paper increased, he hummed and reminded, "Did you find it?" We seem to have seen these characters. ”
"I feel familiar to me, but I can't remember where I saw it, do you remember?"
Gao Moli pondered for a moment, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he said, "Remember, the jade coffin of the King of Dian!" On the inner coffin engraved with the pattern of phoenix nirvana, there are similar symbols. Although there are a lot of characters and subtle differences in morphology, it is certain that they should belong to the same type of characters. ”
After being reminded by Gao Moli, I also remembered that there were indeed similar symbols on the jade coffin of the Dian King engraved with five pictures of the rebirth of the phoenix Nirvana. Those characters were densely engraved around the pattern in the form of reliefs, and at that time I was completely attracted by the words "Fifth Reincarnation", and I only had a cursory glance at such strange characters, although I was impressed, but not profound.
How could the characters on the jade pendant of the funeral butterfly in the Ming Dynasty be so similar to the characters on the jade coffin of the King of Dian more than 2,000 years ago? Is there some kind of connection between the two? Or do these weird symbols mean something?
For a while, we couldn't guess what these weird characters meant, so we had to continue copying.
The strange shape, the extremely rare blood, the strange taste, the strange symbol hidden in the bottom of the belly, and the sudden death of the second uncle...... I vaguely feel that there is an unknown secret hidden behind this butterfly jade pendant!
And the breakthrough of this secret is in the actions of the second uncle of Hei Niu before his death. If the black bull comes back, I have to ask him well.
It took a cup of tea for me to completely copy the two lines of characters hidden in the belly of the butterfly.
Afraid that there would be a mistake, I picked up the white paper from the coffee table and handed it to Gao Moli for him to check again.
Gao Moli put the jade pendant on the coffee table, took the white paper, and said, "There is no mistake." Just now, every time you put pen to paper, I can see it clearly. ”
Even so, he put the blank paper in front of his eyes and looked at the characters on it with an admiring gaze.
I sat next to him, looking at his serious appearance, a strange thought suddenly came to my mind, and I asked Gao Moli curiously: "Do you know how to write?" ”
Gao Moli didn't answer, but the corners of his mouth moved, as if he was smiling, he took the pen in my hand sideways, turned the white paper with the characters in turn, and skillfully wrote the word "Yunnan".
Although the word "Yunnan" is in the corner of the paper, the handwriting is vigorous and handsome, like a knife carved sword sculpture!
"It's so well written!" I joked, "You can sell your word for money!" Or, when we're done, you write every day, and I'll take it out and sell it for money! Guaranteed to earn a gold medal! ”
Gao Moli replied seriously: "Okay." ”
As soon as the words fell, the door of the small courtyard opened with a "clang", and the black bull carried a large plastic bag of things, hurriedly rushed in, and closed the door heavily.
Gao Moli and I got up from the sofa at the same time and looked into the courtyard.
The black bull looked flustered, with beads of sweat the size of beans hanging on his forehead, looking like he had been chased to the end of the road.
I panicked and asked, "Tracked?" ”
The black bull panted and walked into the house, laughed, and said, "It is true that he was tracked, but it was not a person who chased Lao Tzu, but a leper dog in the village!" Damn, when you see a living person, you bite and almost tear my trouser leg apart! ”
There are two rows of peanut-sized holes in the legs of the black bull's pants, which are supposed to be caused by the torn canine teeth.
Gao Moli sat down again, and Hei Niu put a large bag of food on the coffee table, looked at us, and asked, "Huh, what's the situation?" Didn't my brother sit there when I left? In the blink of an eye, why did you two sit together? He glanced at the white paper on the coffee table and said with a smile: "This is still practiced?" Enough to have Yaxing! ”
"Your uncle! Can you say a few words? I handed the white paper tracing the characters to Black Bull: "Look at this." ”
Hei Niu touched the sweat on his forehead, took it and looked sideways, looked vertically, turned the white paper around, but didn't see why, and asked, "Old Su, what is this?" Words don't look like words, paintings don't look like paintings, it's just a ghost drawing. ”
"Look at this again!" With that, I took the butterfly jade pendant to the sun, and the two lines of characters on its abdomen were reflected on the ground again.
The black bull stared at it with wide eyes and asked in surprise, "There are characters on this butterfly?" What do these characters mean? ”
I shook my head: "I don't know. However, it and the jade coffin of the King of Dian must, to a certain extent, have some kind of connection! ”