The fall of the Dian Kingdom was in the middle of the Han Dynasty, and there were great contradictions in the country, and some people split from the Dian Kingdom. These people went into the mountains and lived in isolation; Since then, these people have slowly disappeared from history, and later generations only know about them from the sporadic records in the "橐 (the old work "槖", sound camel) (the right half of the 罅 + owing) drinking different examinations.

This group of people separated from the ancient Dian kingdom naturally formed a tribal group, and they had a very strange ritual, which used the strange tank suspended in the water to drown the living in it, and raised fish with the dead. Fish that eat human flesh every day have several times more strength than ordinary fish. When the fish grows up, they should take the tank out of the water on the night when it is the full moon, burn the human bones inside, and use it to sacrifice to the six jade beasts, and then eat the fish in the tank in soup. It is said that eating this fish, which is fed by dead people, can prolong life.

The old shopkeeper of the coffin shop somehow got these things, whether they were ancestral or found by himself, I don't know for the time being. It is likely that he mastered this evil ritual and found the ruins of the pre-Qin period under the coffin shop, which is equivalent to finding a very hidden place. In order to better conceal and not be exposed, he used the legend of a person who died when he slapped the coffin, so that the nearby villagers had a sense of fear of his shop, and they did not dare to approach it easily; It wasn't until after his death that these secrets were revealed. However, whether the old shopkeeper of the coffin shop is the murderer or not, these will have to wait for the people from the Public Security Bureau to come, and then do a detailed investigation and collect evidence.

After listening to Professor Sun's words, there happened to be a braised fish in the meal, and I was so nauseous that I couldn't even eat the rice. The more I thought about it, the more disgusting I became, so I simply stopped eating, and I said to Professor Sun: "You are simply the Sherlock Holmes of the East, I have been studying it for a long time, and I don't see a reason." High, you're so tall. ”

Professor Sun's attitude this time was much better than the last time, and he said to me at the moment: "Actually, I have seen someone in Yunnan who has collected such a strange jar, which was bought from Nanyang many years ago, and I never imagined that this kind of evil art has been poisoned in some parts of Southeast Asia. Do you remember the last time I said that Lao Chen saved my life, and that was also in Yunnan. ”

Although this disgusting and murderous evil art is strange, it has nothing to do with us directly after all, and we have already achieved our goal by finding Professor Sun; So what Professor Sun said just now, let's just listen to it. Shirley Yang and I were about to ask Professor Chen for something, and I didn't think about how to speak for a while, when I heard Professor Sun mention Professor Chen, so I asked him to elaborate.

Professor Sun sighed: "Alas, what is there to say, it's a shame to say, but anyway, so many years have passed. At that time, Lao Chen and I were sent to Yunnan for rehabilitation, Lao Chen was more than ten years older than me and took good care of me. I had some kind of style problems at that time, and I got along with a local widow, and I don't want to say that you should know how bad it was at the time. ”

I pretended to listen seriously on the surface, and smiled secretly in my heart: "Old man Sun looks like a farmer working in the field, he doesn't look like a professor at all, and I can't imagine that there will be such a romantic joke in the past." Even this romance has been explained, from this it can be seen that he is a person who can't help it, and it is not too difficult to trap him, the key is to find a breakthrough. ”

I only heard Professor Sun continue: "At that time, I couldn't withstand the pressure, hanged myself in the cowshed, kicked the stool under my feet away, and felt uncomfortable, and I didn't want to die, I regretted it very much, and I began to be very nostalgic for life again." But it was too late to regret it, my tongue was half sticking out, and I was about to finish, when Lao Chen rushed over and saved me. If there was no Lao Chen, where would I be now. ”

I knew my chance had come. Professor Sun recalled the events of that year, touched his heart, and talked more, and took this opportunity to quickly say that Professor Chen's current condition has worsened tenfold, and asked Shirley Yang to take out the rubbings of the heterogeneous keel for Professor Sun to see, and told him why we came to beg him, even for the sake of Professor Chen's face, to make an exception and leak some secrets.

Professor Sun's face immediately changed, he bit his lip, hesitated for a long time, and finally said to us: "I can take this rubbing back to help you take a look at it, and analyze what is written on it." But don't confide in anyone about this matter, it's not convenient to talk about it here, and when we return to the Gutian County Guest House tomorrow, you will come to me again. ”

I was worried that he would change his mind again after turning around, so I asked for the rubbings of the heterogeneous keel back, and agreed with Professor Sun that I would show him after returning to the county guest house.

After dinner that day, Shirley Yang and I had to take the road back to Gutian County first. Before he could leave the village, he was stopped by the blind fortune teller who was running the train with his mouth. The blind man asked me if I wanted to buy his "(Enjoy Order) Zi Mi Di Eye Map", which was sold to the family, and as for the price, it was easy to discuss.

If I hadn't seen the blind man, I would have forgotten about it. I know that his book "(Xiangdan) Zi Mi Di Eye Map" is actually a feng shui map, which is of little use, the material of the real book is more special and valuable, and the content of the map itself is similar to the Book of Mountains and Seas, and it does not have much significance. Besides, the blind man's Xibei goods, which are eggs at first glance, are not genuine at all, so I said to him: "Old man, do you still want to sell this picture to those who know the goods?" ”

The blind man said: "That's natural, the knower will set a price at will, and the old man will be willing to cut his love; Those who don't know the goods, even if they promise a thousand dollars, it is in vain. This artifact must not fall into the hands of the laity. The old man touched the bones and broke the appearance for Your Excellency that day, and found that Your Excellency had seven snake locks, and was born with the appearance of a majestic prince. Looking at the current world, who can be worthy of this "(Xiangdan) Zi Mi Di Eye Map", who else is you. ”

I said to the blind man, "If that is to be said, then I am afraid that you will not be able to sell this atlas." Because this is simply a fake, those who know the goods are not willing to buy it, and those who don't know the goods do not sell it, so you better keep it for yourself as soon as possible. Also, don't talk about the princes anymore - our family may have had pigs and monkeys before, but there have never been any pigs and monkeys, and if I were a pig monkey, I should go to the zoo. ”

The blind man saw that I had seen through this fake picture, so he begged me to take him to Beijing on the basis of the love of all his peers, and tell people fortunes in the capital to touch the bones, and resell some bright weapons that lay eggs, so as to respond to the call of the imperial court and run to a well-off life.

I think the blind man is really a little pitiful, and I am moved by compassion. After discussing with Shirley Yang, he agreed to his request, and promised to return to Beijing to find him a place to live near Panjiayuan, and let the big golden tooth take care of him. And the blind man's mouth can run away ****, which can be a good trust for us to do business in the future.

But I tell the blind man, the capital is no better than anywhere else, if you pick up the fortune of whoever you tell the fortune again, and say what the other party can do in the future, it will not work, and it will not work for you to depress the hat of inciting the masses to revolt.

He nodded again and again and said, "You don't need to say these truths, the old man will naturally pay attention to them." That crime is absolutely unbearable, once the court investigates it, let alone ask the old man to be beheaded. When he arrived in the capital, the old man picked up the words that made a fortune when he met him. ”

So I took the blind man back to the Gutian Guest House. If there is a word, it will be long, and if there is nothing, it will be short. The next afternoon, when Professor Sun finally returned, he immediately asked the blind man to wait in the guest house, and asked Shirley Yang to meet Professor Sun in a restaurant in the county seat.

In the restaurant, Professor Sun said to us, "The reason why I didn't tell you about the different characters of the dragon bone last time was because I had a lot of concerns at that time. But yesterday I thought about it all night, even for the sake of Lao Chen, I can't help but say it; But I want you to be careful and not to cause too much trouble. ”

I asked Professor Sun, "I don't quite understand, what do you have to worry about?" Why can't these thousands of years ago be made public today? ”

He shook his head and said, "It's not that I can't say it, it's just that I haven't had the time to say it." I have very limited information, and these heterogeneous dragon bones are ancient confidential documents, which record some things that are little known or even recorded in the annals of history. Although the method of cracking the Book of Heaven has been mastered, due to the distance between the ages, it is very difficult and complicated to understand and verify the contents of these cracks. And there are a lot of fragments in these keel texts, it is difficult to see the well-preserved, once the cracked content and the original text are ambiguous, even if there is only one word accurate, the error will be big......"

I said to Professor Sun, "You told us about these business things, and we don't understand them. We came to you thousands of miles to find out about the dust beads, and the keel rubbings brought by Shirley Yang are hoping that you can help us interpret them and see if there are any clues about where the dust beads have landed. ”

Professor Sun took the rubbing, watched it for a long time, and then said to me: "According to the regulations, these are not allowed to be said to the outside world, and this is why I scared you last time; Because this information is not yet mature, it is irresponsible to publish it. But this time, for the sake of Lao Chen, I didn't care about any regulations, so I let it out today. If you want to ask about the dust beads, I know very little about the dust beads, but I think it may be some kind of symbolic ritual vessel, shaped like an eyeball, which first appeared in the Shang and Zhou dynasties. In the unearthed keel ciphertext of the Western Zhou Dynasty, there is no clear information as to what period the dust beads were, by whom, and where they were obtained. Like the rubbings you have brought are similar to those I have seen before, and I am not sure that the symbol on the keel is the dust bead. But I can tell you for sure that this eyeball-like and vortex symbol represents the phoenix in the Zhou Dynasty ciphertext, and the information recorded on this rubbing is the description of Fengming Qishan by the Western Zhou people. ”

My mind was full of questions, so I asked, "Phoenix? Isn't that an animal made up by the ancients? Is there really anything in this world? ”

Professor Sun replied: "This is not easy to say, because this kind of dragon bone heavenly book records all the very important data files of the ancient ruling class, ordinary people cannot know the content of it, so I personally believe in the content recorded in the dragon bone ciphertext." But then again, I don't think there is a phoenix in the world, maybe it's a ciphertext within a ciphertext, a hint within a hint. ”

I asked: "Are you saying that this content seems to describe a phoenix, but it is actually a substitute for a certain event or item, just like in some war movies we watched, some of the national army members privately called the chairman of the committee called the old man, and when the old man was mentioned, everyone knew that it was Lao Jiang." ”

Professor Sun said: "Your analogy is very inappropriate, but the meaning is somewhat close. In ancient times, Fengming Qishan heralded that there was no way, and the rising Zhou Dynasty replaced the declining Shang Dynasty. The phoenix, a fictional spirit animal, can be said to be a symbol of auspiciousness and wealth, and it has specific meanings in different religious contexts in various historical periods. But as for what it means in the Dragon Bone Heavenly Book, it's hard to say; I should not be mistaken by the fact that this eyeball-shaped symbol represents a phoenix is also based on the rest of the text in the same article on the keel. ”

I nodded, "That's right, because the dust bead itself has another nickname called phoenix gall, and this name has not been spread from nowhere, it seems that there is some kind of connection between this eyeball-shaped ancient jade and that fictional creature phoenix." Professor, is there any clue about the tomb or location in the ciphertext of this rubbing? ”

Professor Sun said: "It's not that I don't want to tell you, it's really nothing, I will help you write the translation on paper, and at a glance, you can see that this is just a text of the ancients describing Fengming Qishan's sacrifice to the sky." This kind of thing has always been highly valued by the emperor, and you can pray for the foreshadowing of the phoenix to give orders to the heavens and achieve great things; Just like when we open a restaurant now, set off firecrackers, hang red banners, and ask for an auspicious lottery. ”

Shirley and I fell into the fog for five miles, thinking that there would be the whereabouts of the dust beads in this precious rubbing, but in the end there was only this kind of content. I asked Professor Sun to write down the translation in the rubbing, and read it several times, but it really didn't mention any location. It seems that this thread, which has been shelved for decades, has been broken again to this day.

If you look for new clues, it will be like looking for a needle in a haystack. I couldn't help but grit my teeth when I thought of my anger, and the green tendons in my brain jumped. Shirley Yang on the side also bit his lip, his whole body trembled slightly, and tears rolled in his eyes.

Seeing that the two of us were depressed, Professor Sun took out a photo and put it on the table: "Don't be so depressed, take a look at this photo I took yesterday, maybe you will go to the deep mountains and old forests in Yunnan, and you will have some gains there." ”