Chapter 31 The Book of Snake Heaven
I was stunned and tried to ask, "You mean, that very old notebook was brought out by Zhao Chen from the mountains?" β
"So." Qiao Qiao looked at me: "I want you to tell you all the process of entering the mountain, I want to see what Zhao Chen is doing." β
I was so confused that I carefully recalled every detail of entering the mountain with Zhao Leprosy, and I really couldn't figure out where he got this thing. "It's a long story." I sat Qiaoqiao on the sofa, and I paced while thinking about my memories and recounting the process of entering the mountain.
Qiaoqiao listened attentively, she was a very smart girl, and when she listened, she would ask questions at any time if she had any questions, and she picked out every detail. We were chatting when suddenly the door lock rang and someone was opening the door. With a wink, I quickly folded the page of manuscript and stuffed it into my pocket. Zhao Le's voice came from the entrance outside: "Qiaoqiao, I'm back." β
When he walked in and saw me, he immediately frowned, and his tone was very unkind: "Why are you here?" β
Qiaoqiao said: "I asked Luo Dao to come." β
Zhao Yu looked at me sullenly, and then looked at Qiaoqiao, he asked for an explanation.
Qiao Qiao said bluntly: "Ah Chen, you have been very strange lately, can you tell me what happened?" β
Zhao Yi smiled: "It's nothing, it's normal." Rice, if you're okay, just leave, I won't keep you. β
I was upset by his attitude, and I nodded and turned to leave the house.
With such a short pair of eyes with Zhao Le, I knew that something must be wrong with him. Zhao Le, I grew up with him, and I still have some understanding, this person is very thoughtful, and he hides everything in his heart and is reluctant to say it. His current attitude just shows that he has a secret.
Still, as long as there is a clue, I have a way of knowing what the hell he is doing.
On the way back, I talked to Xie Ling on the phone, briefly explained the matter, and he asked me to take the manuscript and look at it. When I got to his house and saw the bell, I handed him the page of vellum. As soon as Xie Ling took it, his face changed slightly, and he looked at me: "Do you know what the picture on this paper means?" β
I shook my head.
Xie Ling said: "In Taoist legends, there are four ways to become an immortal, one of which is called autopsy. As the so-called dissolution of the elephant, the snake flies. I don't know much about this kind of autopsy into immortals, the form is the most complex, and the way to become immortals is a bit like a cicada, shedding the body and soul into immortals. To achieve this state, one must first decompose one's own body, and this picture depicts a way to dissect immortals. The person depicted in the picture cut off his head to achieve the purpose of autopsy, and the layers of white clouds below indicate that Cheng Xian drove away in the clouds. β
"You mean, the person who recorded this piece of vellum has become an immortal?"
"It's hard to say." Xie Ling shook his head: "Such a picture doesn't show any problems, it is likely that it is just a desire for people to become immortals." Besides, I've never seen anyone dissected into an immortal with my own eyes, and I've heard of it, but I've never seen it with my own eyes. I can't understand this way of becoming an immortal. However, this text is very interesting. β
He turned the vellum paper to the front, pointed to the curved words of the dragon and snake on the paper, and said: "I have seen these words in a very old ancient book, it is a very secret text, also called the snake text Tianshu, which has been lost for a long time. This kind of writing is extremely complex, and a single symbol can record and represent many meanings, a bit like ancient classical Chinese. If you don't have an in-depth understanding of this text, you can't decipher it at all. β
"What is this writing for?" I asked.
Xie Ling said: "This is to record the process of becoming an immortal and the realm after becoming an immortal. Becoming an immortal, I can't understand that kind of superb realm, but it must be a different kind of life than a human being. Human writing has its limitations, and it is already difficult to record the activities and thoughts of human beings themselves, and sometimes there are many things that cannot be expressed in words at all. When elevated to a higher life, to record the thoughts and lives of that life, human writing will seem even more overstretched, naΓ―ve and low-level. Therefore, a civilization has a unique text of civilization, this serpentine heavenly book, as the name suggests, records the things of the heavens, and records the things of the gods. β
"Do you understand?" I asked.
Xie Ling smiled: "Let's put it this way, people who understand this kind of writing have either become immortals, or they are ...... Lunatic. β
I gasped and blinked, "Why do you say that?" β
Xie Ling did not continue the topic, staring at the red pen on the vellum paper and staring at it. I said next to me: "If you don't understand, someone understands, at least the owner of this kraft paper understands, and the person who writes his thoughts in the original text with a red pen circle also understands." β
Xie Ling sat on a wicker chair, holding the page, with a stern expression. After a while, he said: "This page belongs to your little fellow?" β
"yes. You know, his name is Zhao Chen, and his nickname is Zhao Leprosy, how can he understand such strange and strange words? This kid dropped out of school at an early age, didn't read books or newspapers, and said something unpleasant, I wondered if he was semi-literate. "Pit Pill Residence Technique.
Xie Ling nodded, thoughtful: "That's kind of interesting." I'm more interested in how he suddenly learned the script than how he got to it. Don't go to him again, I want to take this brown paper and find a friend to identify the year and provenance first. β
Now I am in a hurry, there is no news from my second sister-in-law, and Zhao Lein has a problem again.
After waiting for two days, the person who solved the bell was completely gone, and the phone could not be found. I communicated with Qiao Qiao in private, and she told me worriedly, Zhao Lein became more and more weird, closed the door and didn't let her in, and there were often strange noises from that room in the middle of the night. Qiao Qiao sometimes smashed the door in anger, Zhao Yi came out of the room with a tired face, he told SΓΉ Qiao Qiao, if he came to harass again, he could only consider temporarily separating and finding another place to live. Qiao Qiao cried and asked him not to toss, Zhao Yi said, Qiao Qiao, you have to believe me, the person I love most in my life is you. For you, for us in the future, I have to get ahead, don't worry, what I do is the right thing.
When it comes to this, what else can Qiaoqiao say, so she has to let Zhao Lein do it.
Now I have no clue about everything at hand, I have a bad heart, I can't hold my breath when I encounter things, and I am restless all day long.
Zhao Lean let him toss first, I am most concerned about the safety of my second sister-in-law, and Li Damin has seen half of the appointment for a week, and there is no news. I couldn't sit still and called Li Damin. Li Damin answered the phone politely, he always speaks in a gentle manner, and he does not see any evil. As soon as the phone rang, he smiled and said, "Anxious, right?" I hurriedly shook off the New Year: "Master Li, hello, how is my second sister-in-law now?" "Li Damin told me not to worry, my second sister-in-law has received the best treatment and is in good condition now. I asked weakly, I'll see her in a few days. Li Damin smiled: "Luo Dao, I heard that you have seen my apprentice?" β
My heart tightened: "Gan Jiu? yes, see? β
"Real people don't tell lies, it's boring, you say yes." Li Damin laughed.
"Su Li? Yes, I saw him. β
Li Damin said: "My apprentice is very interested in you, saying that your physical body is a little strange, and I will arrest you to study." β
As soon as I finished saying this, my brain buzzed, is this what Su Li meant? This child thought he was an overdeveloped child, why was he so vicious.
I didn't speak, I already had a bad premonition. Li Damin said: "I don't like coercion, we are all equal, and we have to be considerate of each other and think about each other, right?" I found your second sister-in-law and provided her with the best treatment, Luo Dao, should you do something for me? β
"Say it." I said.
Li Damin smiled: "Three days later, you come over, drink tea with our master and apprentice, and take your second sister-in-law back by the way." β
I know that this trip may be more than lucky, but this trip must go, and I can't tell Xie Ling, he will definitely stop me. But for the sake of the second sister-in-law and the second brother's family, I let it go.
The next day, Xie Ling suddenly appeared, and when he saw me, he looked very tired, and handed me the brown paper: "Basically checked." β
"Tell me."
"Let's talk about the paper first, I took it to my friend's real yΓ n room for testing, this kraft paper was identified as a product of the Harbin Paper Mill in 1939 before the liberation, and it was a high-quality paper in Chinese mainland at that time."
I was intrigued: "So, this page was formed during the Anti-Japanese War?" β
Xie Ling continued: "Speaking of ink, the ink used on this page is a special plant material, and the specific composition is unknown, but the oxidation process dΓΉ shows that the ink written on it was around 1940. β
I suddenly thought: "In other words, the owner of this page got these kraft papers in 1939 and began to write the book of heaven in 1940?" β
Xie Ling nodded: "Combined with your experience in the mountains, it is likely that these kraft papers were obtained by Zhao Chen by accident in the mountains, so the owner of these manuscript papers is about to come out." β
A name popped into my head: "Daochang Chen?!" β
"Not bad!" Xie Ling said: "When you found Chen Daochang's body, there was no head, and his actions were very similar to autopsy, but you described that the corpse was black and shiny, and Gan Jiu also mentioned that Chen Daochang was materialized and reborn. Materialization, you know what it means? β
I shook my head and stared at him.
"Materialization is also sitting, and the body is immortal after death. Chen Daochang's corpse is exactly how he died. First of all, it is certain that since he is objectified, it cannot be an autopsy. But from the heavenly script on the kraft paper, Zhao Chen's weirdness, I feel that Chen Daochang seems to be a corpse into an immortal, which is the weirdest place. And I have a very strange feeling......" Jieling paused.
I asked urgently, "What?" β
"That is," Xie Ling said with his hands behind his back: "Daochang Chen has not only become an immortal, but also in a very alternative way, ordering Zhao Chen, wanting to cross him to become an immortal together." β