Chapter 232: Stone Plate
Akai Yoshitaka is still outspoken to us, but in my eyes, it is more fearless, and I have been speculating about what the four people around us are holding in their hands.
Akai Yoshitaka told us that after searching for Gong Yu to no avail, he learned that Gong Yu also had a closed disciple Gong Jue, and for more than a year, he had been trying his best to find it, but he had never been missing.
"There is a saying in the Central Plains, it is called to wait for the rabbit, so I spread the secret of the treasure, not in the hope that brainstorming can help me find the answer, but in the hope that this matter can finally reach the ears of the two masters of the mechanism who have reached the peak, and the two will definitely be able to decipher the mystery above, but even so, if you want to find the ultimate treasure, sooner or later you will take the initiative to come to me."
It dawned on me that it was no wonder that Akai Yoshitaka and we met in Pingshui, but he told everything without concealment, it turned out that from the moment he saw us, he recognized the palace lord, and the rest of the matter became simpler, he only needed to arrange for someone to pay attention to our every move, and we would eventually take him to the place where the Void Sun Mouse and the Heart Moon Fox meet.
That's why Yoshitaka Akai is here with you.
"You have done everything for the camp step by step, since we have found the place for you, what deal do you still need to negotiate with us?" I asked coldly.
"Since it's a deal, it's important to be honest, so I apologize to you first." Akai Jialong's head was buried slightly, and his straight body was bent a little. "I haven't told you all about my ancestors."
Akai Yoshitaka said politely, it should be because there is a request for people, and it seems that we are still useful.
"What else did you say?" Ling Zhihan asked.
"The ancestor Akai Nobunari asked the deputy general to bring back to Dongying's family letter, in fact, it is not two pages, there are three pages in total, the ancestor repeatedly emphasized in the letter that there is a treasure in Jinxi that can return the Akai family to glory, all the secrets are recorded in the letter, but the whereabouts of the treasure are damaged on the second page, and there is no way to know."
"Three pages? What is the third page? I asked.
Akai Yoshitaka took out a wooden cylinder from his body, took out a picture scroll from it and handed it to me, after unfolding it, Ling Zhihan turned on the flashlight, and it turned out to be a magnificent palace built on the seashore.
"Jieshi Palace!" I quickly recognized that the palace was in the same location as where we stood today.
Akai Jialong nodded, very calmly told us, this picture scroll without any words, depicting the disappeared Jieshi Palace, at the beginning, no one knew the meaning of this picture scroll, and later after consulting the literature and checking repeatedly, it was confirmed that this palace was the Qin Dynasty period, and Lu Sheng was responsible for building the Jieshi Palace in Jinxi.
Therefore, the descendants of the Akai family speculated that the treasure that Akai Nobunari left in the family letter may be related to the Jieshi Palace, which is also the reason why Akai Tsuyo went to the Central Plains, originally thought that the treasure was in the location of the picture scroll, during the war of aggression against China, Akai Tsuyo spent five years digging here, but unfortunately until the groundwater was dug up, nothing was found.
"Since the clue to the treasure is hidden by a trick, I guess if you want to find the treasure, you may have to use a trick, so I have to ask you for help." Yoshitaka Akai bowed to us politely. "Akai just wants to bring back the remains of his ancestors, and the treasures of the Central Plains will definitely not be coveted, and I hope you will help."
I sneered in my heart, since Akai Nobunari, the Akai family has never broken the idea of treasure, Akai Yoshitaka said in his mouth that he didn't covet it, he just wanted to use us to explore the place where the treasure was, but this place may be related to the Nine Dragon Boat of the Moon Palace, and we also want to uncover the secret of the Jieshi Golden Palace.
I spread the picture scroll of the Jieshi Palace on the ground, lowered the flashlight and carefully examined it, Tian Ji held the probe shovel motionless, and the other black-clothed people were in a stalemate.
"Don't worry, the place hasn't been found yet, and I won't do anything about unloading the mill and killing the donkey." I whispered.
"There are only five people, and they still want to turn the sky upside down, and Lao Tzu's hands are itching." Tian Ji didn't care about scolding.
Gong Jue's hand suddenly pointed to a place in the scroll: "Our current position is here." ”
In the picture scroll, the place we are in is the Guanhai Pavilion, which does not belong to the palace complex of the Jieshi Palace, in the original appearance of the Jieshi Palace at the beginning, it is almost no different from now, but there is a circular pattern in the Guanhai Pavilion.
"There used to be something here, but the Jieshi Palace disappeared before the Eastern Han Dynasty, so I'm afraid this thing has long been missing." Ling Zhihan sighed and said.
"Wait!" I frowned, a little surprised. "Jieshi Palace is in the literature, it is the palace of Qin Shi Huang, and it is Lu Sheng who is responsible for building the Jieshi Palace, from the clues we currently have, it seems that Jieshi Palace is not as simple as a palace, whether it is Akai Nobunari or the ancestors of the Ji family, the treasure clues they left behind all point here, is it ......?"
"Qin Shi Huang asked Lu Sheng to build the Jieshi Palace, the real purpose should be twofold, one is to hide people's eyes and ears, so that everyone thinks that the Jieshi Palace is a palace on the coast of the East China Sea, and the other is to ...... Leave a clue to where the real Jieshi Golden Palace is located! Gong Jue also reacted.
"What is there in the real Jieshi Golden Palace that can make Qin Shi Huang go to such great lengths to cover up?" I nodded, shocked.
"It doesn't matter what it is, if the clues of the Jieshi Golden Palace are here, every grass and tree may contain deep mysteries, and now there are only ruins of ruins here, and I am afraid it will be difficult to trace useful clues." Ling Zhihan sighed regretfully.
"Zhihan is right, look at this circular pattern." I lowered the flashlight and illuminated the picture scroll, where we are standing now, Guanhai Pavilion is impartial, just at the intersection of the Void Sun Mouse and the Heart Moon Fox. "The pattern on it is very detailed, and it must be an extremely important thing."
"What should I do then, it's equivalent to a broken clue." The palace lord looked at us and asked.
"You should forget, I once said that what the ancestors brought back to Dongying was in addition to the family letter and the portrait of the golden silk mask and Jinyiwei, there was another thing." As soon as Akai Yoshitaka finished speaking, a man in black behind him took out a stone plate from his backpack. "I have compared it with the picture scroll of the Jieshi Palace, this stone plate is the picture scroll, placed in the Guanhai Pavilion, my father is for this reason, digging three feet of ground here, but I still don't understand the mystery of this stone plate."
By now I finally understood why Akai Yoshitaka was so calm, and the most important things were always held in his hands, no wonder he had said more than once that even deciphering the clues of the treasure would not help without him.
Gong Jue took the stone plate, and found that it was carved with a map of the whole territory of Jinxi, and this round stone plate looked like an object used for decoration, but the strange thing was that the stone plate was composed of two layers of round stones inside and outside.
The map is carved into the inner circle, not only with clear lines, but also with place names inscribed in every place, and the outer edge can be rotated around the map, but there is no text or special place on it, just a very narrow groove.
The palace lord placed the stone plate according to the direction in the portrait of the Jieshi Palace, pondered for a long time and said: "There must be a reason why this stone plate is placed in a specific position. ”
"There is a map of Jinxi on it, maybe this stone plate is used to indicate the location of the treasure." Ling Zhihan said.
"There is nothing to indicate, and the stone plate seems incomplete." The palace lord nodded.
"There's a groove in the outer circle, so I should put something in it." Tian Ji and the black-clothed man opposite each other, but it is estimated that he is still thinking about his golden palace in his heart, and he can't help but be distracted.
"I also speculate that this stone plate is incomplete, there are two sentences in the family letter, the first sentence has been cracked by you, and there is one sentence left, the stone monkey breaks the sky and makes trouble in the Golden Palace, I guess this sentence may be related to the stone plate." Akai Yoshitaka said.
"The Golden Palace may refer to the Jieshi Golden Palace, but how can the stone monkey break the sky?" I frowned and thought for a long time, and suddenly pulled the corner of the chicken's clothes. "Give me the bamboo sticks that Ji Tianhua gave us."
Tian Ji handed over the bamboo skewers, I hesitated for a moment, put one end into the narrow groove, and the size was just the same, which shows that the ancestors of the Ji family not only participated in the construction of the Jieshi Palace, but also knew the hidden secrets, and took away the vital bamboo skewers.
However, it seems that the ancestors of the Ji family may not know all the secrets, otherwise they would not only take away the bamboo sticks, but leave the stone plates that complement each other, but this move also invisibly interrupted the secrets of the Jieshi Palace.
Now the two things are one, but we still don't know how to use them.
"The following is the map, the bamboo skewer is inserted in the outer circle, will it be related to the shadow, at a specific time, the location of the bamboo skewer shadow on the map is where the treasure is?" Ling Zhihan asked the palace lord.
"In the hour, the monkey is the Shen time, but one hour is equivalent to two hours now, and this sentence does not clearly indicate the number of minutes of the Shen hour, and within two hours, the length and direction of the shadow will change greatly." Gong Jue didn't even think about it, and shook his head in denial. "And the bamboo sticks are too long, and the shadows at any time are outside the map of the stone plate, so it shouldn't be relied on to mark the location of the treasure."
"The key should be in this sentence, the word "breaking the sky" with unknown meaning." The chickens were a little anxious. "Also, I wanted to ask before, why is there a small hole in the middle of this bamboo stick, what is it used for?"
"These two things are used to hide the whereabouts of the Jieshi Golden Palace, it is really so simple that we can understand, Qin Shi Huang will not go to great lengths to build an entire palace to cover up, it seems that it has to be slowly scrutinized." Ling Zhihan said.
"The fact that the clue is here shows that this place has a special meaning." I was reminded by Ling Zhihan's words, and I carefully looked at the whole picture painting of Jieshi Palace under the flashlight again. "The entire Jieshi Palace covers an area of more than 150,000 square meters, why does this stone plate have to be distributed in the Guanhai Pavilion?"
"It's facing east, just enough to overlook the East China Sea." Gong Jue thought for a moment and replied. "Since it is a sea viewing pavilion, of course it is used to enjoy the sea view."
"...... with sea view"
I walked a few steps forward, with the help of the moonlight waves of the East China Sea, why not build the sea pavilion on a high place, from the picture scroll, the towering palace is an excellent place to view the sea.
Could it be that you can see something special here......