Chapter 228: The Secret of the Chicken
I pointed to the three-eyed unicorn on the family letter and business card, and asked Akai Yoshitaka if he knew the meaning of this symbol, Akai Yoshitaka shook his head, saying that in the family letter brought back by Akai Nobunari, he left this logo, and in the letter, he asked that the descendants of the Akai family must use this pattern as the family crest.
"Because, the ancestors repeatedly emphasized that this emblem is extremely important, and it is related to whether the Akai family can regroup and restore its former glory." Akai Yoshitaka still didn't hide anything in front of us. "For a long time, I thought that this pattern was related to the treasure, and after tracing it for a long time, I realized that the three-eyed unicorn is the symbol of a mysterious organization, composed of twelve unknown people, so I deduced that the ancestors attacked Jinxi back then, and the things they were looking for should be related to this mysterious organization."
The rumors about the eye of the earth are very taboo, even people like Ye Jiuqing and Feng Cheng who have experienced strong winds and waves firmly believe that those twelve people have the ability to change the dynasty and the world, presumably Akai Nobunari should have discovered something, but the only thing that can be determined now is that this secret is hidden somewhere in Jinxi.
"The rumors of the Ji family's treasure have been around for a long time, let's speculate that Akai Nobunari may really find it, but, in his letters, the location of the treasure was lost, Jinxi is not big, but it is more than enough to hide a treasure, and without a clue, it is not easy to find a person who has disappeared for hundreds of years." Ling Zhihan said.
"It's not that there are no clues, the family letter of the ancestors, although the second page is damaged and difficult to restore, but in the first page I found two lines related to treasures." Akai Yoshitaka said, pointing to the letter in front of us. "For the treasure circulated by the Ji family, everyone knows it on Jinxi Road, and the most widely rumored is that the northern rat eats the moon and chases the fire fox, but in fact, there are two sentences in this sentence, and no one has found the treasure for a long time, I speculate that the second sentence has not been passed down."
I was secretly shocked in my heart, and sure enough, as we thought, there should be two sentences for the complete clue to the treasure.
"What's the second sentence?" Tian Ji asked innocently.
"The stone monkey broke through the sky and entered the Golden Palace."
Akai Yoshitaka didn't even want to blurt out, just after speaking, the others looked at me together, from the first sentence we cracked, it was a bearing coordinate composed of stars, but this coordinate needs an exact place to bear, logically, this place should be hidden in the second sentence.
Feng Gong repeatedly told him that Akai Yoshitaka was a person with a deep foundation in the city, and he had sophistication that was not commensurate with his age, but he said this unknown second sentence, which was equivalent to showing all the hole cards.
"We met in Pingshui, such an important matter, but you did not hide and tell it, aren't you worried that even if we crack the secret in the middle, we can go back on our heads and swallow this treasure privately?" The palace lord asked coldly.
"Let you know that you might as well tell you the truth, in the first sentence, the northern rat and the fire fox, in fact, allude to the twenty-eight constellations of the Void Sun Rat and the heart of the moon fox, these two constellations just one north and one east, I have visited many people, I learned that this is an extremely ancient mechanism in the Central Plains, is to use the point of the intersection of the stars to mark the location, but there are very few people who understand this kind of mechanism, and if you want to meet the correct position, there are very few." Akai Yoshitaka replied easily.
"There are people outside the world, and you know that there are very few people, but after all, someone will understand, in case these two sentences are known by those who understand, won't you have wasted your efforts." Gong Jue smiled faintly.
"Since it's a coordinate, you need a map to refer to, and without a map, it's useless to have a coordinate." Akai Yoshitaka replied.
"Isn't the secret of the map hidden in the second sentence?" I asked, a little surprised.
"I don't want to hide it from you, I didn't study this treasure overnight, I only broke the meaning of the first sentence, but the second sentence was puzzled, but the only thing that is certain is that the mystery hidden in the second sentence has absolutely nothing to do with the map."
"That's because you can't break through the realm, since you don't know the meaning of the second sentence, how can you be sure that it's not a hidden map?" Ling Zhihan asked.
"It doesn't matter." Akai Yoshitaka confidently picked up the teacup. "What I said to you tonight, I have already said to many people, don't say that the people of Jinxi's generation who want to dig treasures know, I'm afraid that the entire Liaodong and even the Central Plains, people who eat this bowl of rice have heard of it, what is the meaning of the second sentence, I don't care, tell you this, just want more people to know, more hope, after all, in the end, the people who break the secret of these two sentences will return to me."
"Why?" We looked at each other and asked, puzzled.
"Because without me, even if I decipher the meaning of these two sentences, I would not have been able to find that treasure." Akai Yoshitaka had a confident gaze that scanned us.
Now I finally understand why he has no fear, if I guessed correctly, Akai Yoshitaka still has something important in his hands, so he casts his net everywhere, and he is not eager to find the treasure, even if he doesn't look for it, there should be a lot of people rushing to it.
The only thing Akai Jialong had to do was to wait quietly for the news, as Feng Gong said, this person was really old, came out of the courtyard by the sea, and on the way back, Tian Ji pulled his collar and said.
"This Japanese son looks at the long Si Swenwen, like a weak talent, but those hands are not simple."
"What do you see?" I asked back.
"The hand that holds the knife, and it is a long holding of the knife." The field chicken stretched out his hand in front of us and pointed to the calluses on it. "This was left by me when I was a soldier when I was training daggers, and I left calluses after only one year, but just now I saw Akai Yoshitaka's hands, which were very rough hands, and at a glance I knew that they were the marks left by holding the knife for many years."
"Dongying is still martial, his ancestor was once the overlord of the city and conquering the city, and it is not surprising that he has practiced swords since he was a child, but you have to be careful of this person, it seems that the path is not right." Feng Cheng's voice was grim in the back. "He said that it was just to retrieve the remains of Akai Nobunari, I don't think it's that simple, Akai Yoshitaka is the same as his ancestors, he came for the treasure."
"Akai Nobunari has been attacking Jinxi for three years, and he should have discovered the exact location of the treasure, so he will do everything to capture Jinxi, but why did the Jinyi guards who appeared fight hard and held on to it?" Ling Zhihan muttered to herself.
When I heard this, I suddenly walked in my footsteps, thought for a moment and said: "Could it be that the Jinyi guards who suddenly appeared also know where the treasure is, they are not guarding Jinxi, but guarding that treasure?" ”
"It doesn't make sense, since Jinyiwei knows where the treasure is, why don't you take the lead and take the things inside, what's more, why should these Jinyiwei of unknown origin be guarded?" Tian Ji shook his head and said.
"Why don't you speak?" I looked at the palace lord, who had been silent since he came out of the courtyard.
"Let's crack the first sentence, and I can meet the correct position of the two stars of the Void Sun Mouse and the Heart Moon Fox, the key should be in the stone monkey breaking the sky and making trouble in the Golden Palace, this sentence." The palace lord said to us with a frown. "I thought about this second sentence all the way, and I didn't have a clue at first."
"Do you still remember the bamboo stick that Ji Tianhua gave us?" Ling Zhihan suddenly asked.
"Yes, I've almost forgotten about it, and there happened to be a monkey standing on a stone on the bamboo stick." Tian Ji took out a bamboo skewer from his body. "Could this second sentence have anything to do with this bamboo stick?"
"Akai Yoshitaka said bluntly, it is not overnight that he studies this treasure, he can comprehend the first sentence, it is enough to see that this person has recognized people, but for so long, he does not understand the mystery of the second sentence, and it must be difficult for us to make progress for a while." Feng Cheng walked up from behind and said.
"Although Akai Yoshitaka told him, but he still hasn't said anything, we don't know anything about this person's origins, since this treasure is widely involved, we are afraid that this transaction will be next." I nodded. "Knowing oneself and knowing that the other is victorious in all battles, since we have to deal with Akai Yoshitaka, this person has a thorough understanding, and now we basically don't know anything about this person."
"I'll take care of that." Tian Ji said confidently.
"What can you find out if you don't know each other well?" Gong Jue asked.
"How can you underestimate people, don't ask how to inquire about you, anyway, I must find out what he is." Tian Ji's breast is full of bamboo and smiled.
"Okay, I'll leave this to you." Tian Ji made a promise, as long as the words came out of his mouth, I never doubted it, and then turned my head to look at Feng Cheng. "Uncle Feng, there is another key in this matter, that is, the commander of the Jinyi Guard mentioned by Akai Nobunari in his letter to his family, what happened back then, it is difficult for us to figure out now, Uncle Gong is well-informed, I have to trouble you to see if you can ask something from Uncle Gong."
"And what are you going to do?" Feng Cheng nodded and asked.
"Du Yi only left a file, let's come to Ji Yijie, this person is probably related to the Nine Dragons Boat of the Moon Palace, whether he knows it or not, the Ji family should be implicated." I took the bamboo skewer from Tian Ji's hand and said. "Ji Yijie went out of order after finding this bamboo stick, and Ji Tianhua said that during that time, Ji Yijie kept going to the ancestral mountain, I guess, he should have found something, maybe it is related to the treasure of the Ji family, I want to take Gongjue and Zhihan to the ancestral mountain of the Ji family to see, I hope to find some clues."
We agreed that we would meet at Feng Gong's house three days later, and after Tian Ji and Feng Cheng left, Gong Jue suddenly asked me with a smile.
"Do you really believe that the elm head of the field chicken can still find out the news?"
"Feng Gong knows Tian Ji." I tugged at my collar and smiled faintly. "But in front of us, Feng Gong pretended not to know."
"I thought you didn't see it." Ling Zhihan's voice was gentle. "I remember that Uncle Gong asked Brother Tian a word at that time, and I guessed that maybe Uncle Gong should know Brother Tian's family."
"This kid is willing to tell me everything, but he doesn't want to mention his family affairs in front of us, and he keeps it secret, I don't know why." Gong Jue didn't have any doubts, the three of us lived and died together, and we never questioned each other, but I didn't understand why Tian Ji refused to talk about things related to his family. "In addition to Feng Gong, there is another person who should also know him."
Gong Jue didn't say it, but I knew very well in my heart that that person was the gold lord, but for Tian Ji, Gong Jue and I would never have the slightest doubt, and we would never ask more about what he didn't want to say.