Chapter 103: Two Strange Books
So how did Mr. Zhao find a cave? It's still a mystery.
For some time after that, I used to stand by the boulder at the edge of the village and look intently at the grotto below. How could ordinary people have thought that the hole under this stone could lead dozens of miles away, and that there was probably a large amount of gold and silver treasures in it, as well as the monster that didn't know where it came from. It's almost like "The Chronicles of Narnia" where the four children accidentally open the closet and find that from the closet, they can lead to another strange world, in which they find talking animals, half-human, half-beast, etc. Under this boulder, that small hole, like the wardrobe in "The Legend of Namia", is the entrance to another mysterious world.
But how can I enter that world? Do you enter from that hole dozens of miles away? But the last time I encountered the situation, not only was there a danger of being attacked by various "monsters", but also how to deal with the super labyrinthine layout? For this reason, I have also thought of other ways to explore this extremely mysterious cave. One of them is to enter through a small hole under this boulder, of course, because the hole is too small and the structure inside is not clear, so people cannot venture into it. But is it possible to find a remote-controlled car with a camera strapped to it and put it through this small hole? However, once it was implemented, it encountered various technical problems, so this solution was not feasible.
In the end, it is still Sister Li who mentions yì, do you need to find a breakthrough from Li Xiaotong and Mr. Zhao? In other words, since these two people can find and easily enter and exit that mysterious cave, they must have found a unique way, and we can just learn from them.
I think what Sister Li said is very reasonable, there was no high technology at that time, since they can find and enter the cave, there must be a secret. The ancients did have a lot of extremely clever ways to deal with many things, and we modern people may not have come up with them. For example, in ancient times, how did people send a large ship into the water? They have many methods, one of which is to pave a road with wheat straw, and in the early autumn morning, there will be a layer of frost on the surface of the straw, and after this layer of frost, it will be very slippery. So, take advantage of this time, tow the boat to this special "wheat straw road", and you can easily tow the boat into the river.
Especially that Mr. Zhao, is a descendant of Emperor Jianwen, it is said that not only inherited the talents of Emperor Jianwen, but also learned a lot of amazing skills from those two ancestral books, in addition, he also followed the Yungu Zen Master for many years, and he is definitely a master of the world, and it is his extraordinary ability and wisdom that not only allowed him to survive in the troubled times, but also lived quite well.
As Sister Li said, starting from Mr. Zhao, you may find a way to enter that cave. But how? Sister Li had already thought about starting with the two books that were handed down by their ancestors. Because only from these two books can we see what skills Mr. Zhao has that ordinary people do not have. From these unique skills, you may be able to find out how Mr. Zhao found the cave.
When we told my cousin about Sister Li's idea, my cousin was as excited as a child, and even said "The future is terrible", he said that he didn't expect this method, and said that Sister Li really inherited the excellent genes of their family. Sister Li is a little embarrassed to praise, but it can be seen that this kind of praise in her heart is still very useful.
We were even happier that my cousin had these two books. Because when my cousin was doing research, he paid great attention to the collection and sorting of various historical materials. He often told us that a qualified historical researcher must have two skills: one is the ability to collect materials. Only by collecting enough information can we restore history from all angles in detail; Another ability is the ability to analyze data, to find a unique perspective, to study these data, for example, Ji Xianlin can analyze the pronunciation of "sugar" in different languages, where the sugar is produced, when it is, and what channels it is transmitted to China; Chen Yin Ketong guò studied whether Yang Guifei was a virgin when she entered the palace to prove that the Li Tang Dynasty had the blood of the Hu people.
Therefore, under the guidance of these two principles, my cousin always tried his best to search for various materials, and analyzed and studied these materials from different angles. When he read the account about Mr. Zhao, he noticed that the two books were mentioned in the text, and his cousin thought that since these two mysterious books were handed down by the ancestors of the Zhao family, they were probably handed down.
So he went several times to the county seat where Mr. Zhao had settled more than 100 miles away to find Mr. Zhao's descendants. The emperor lived up to his wishes, and after some hard work, he really found it. At first, my cousin thought that these two books were ancestral heirlooms of the Zhao family, and they would definitely be treated as treasures, and they would not be read lightly to outsiders.
After asking and asking, I finally found the patriarch of the Zhao family, an old man in his seventies. He cautiously inquired about the whereabouts of these two books, he was afraid that people would refuse, and he deliberately took out his Provincial Cultural Bureau consultant certificate, but what he didn't expect was that the old patriarch of the Zhao family heard that it was from the Provincial Cultural Bureau, and when he saw that his cousin was a typical scholar, he was very impressed, not only gave his cousin a positive answer, but also took the initiative to take out these two books and show them to his cousin.
The old patriarch said that these are indeed the two ancestral books of their Zhao family, but now it is a peaceful and prosperous era, and people are busy doing business to make money, so they are not much interested in this kind of ancestral book. If it's a medical book, maybe you can get a few secret recipes from it to make money, but in these two books, there are some strange things recorded, and no one is interested. It's just something handed down from his ancestors, which is just a souvenir, and he occasionally takes it out and looks at it, but he can't understand a lot of it, and he can't stand it. If my cousin wants to study it, just take it.
My cousin said that he remembered an English proverb at the time: "A person's garbage may be a person's treasure." These two books are really treasures for him. But he didn't expect that the baby would be so easy to get. However, he was also a little emotional, because it was these two books that ensured the survival and continuation of their family in troubled times, and their descendants ignored the value of these two books so much, how could it not be embarrassing.
After the cousin brought these two books back, he carefully took pictures and photocopied them all, then wrapped the original book, respectfully returned them to the head of the Zhao family, and asked him to keep these two books well, and said that he hoped that these two books would always be passed on in the Zhao family, because these two books were the "books of survival" of their Zhao family and their "books of luck".
Sister Li and I hurriedly asked my cousin if he had read these two books. My cousin said that he had not only read these two books in the general sense, but also tested them with various modern equipment such as ultraviolet rays to detect the age of these two books, and through the detection of these modern devices, he could also see a lot of information left in the books that could not be seen by the naked eye.
Listening to my cousin talk about this, I couldn't help but show off my knowledge, and interjected: "What my cousin said, I can understand, for example, a stain, to judge whether it is a trace of **, it is not visible to the naked eye, but it can sometimes be distinguished with ultraviolet rays, because if it is **, it will emit blue light when irradiated with ultraviolet light, and other stains will not." ”
Sister Li interrupted me coquettishly and said, "Okay, okay, what kind of crooked knowledge do you have, my cousin is talking about business, don't mess around."
I smiled embarrassedly, and said self-deprecatingly: "My cousin praised you so much just now, and I couldn't help but feel a little jealous in my heart, so I found an opportunity to show off my knowledge, and wanted my cousin to praise me too."
My words amused both of them. Although my cousin is an old man in age, somehow he is always so energetic, and he does not have the pedantic and strict sù of ordinary old people, and when I am with the two of us, I feel that he is very well integrated with us. Perhaps this is the charm of knowledge and self-cultivation.
My cousin seems to see that Sister Li and I are not on an ordinary relationship, but he seems to be happy to see the relationship between the two of us progress. He looked lovingly and smilingly at me arguing with Sister Li, which made me and Sister Li feel very warm.
My cousin took a sip of water and continued.
In that book, there are dense annotations and supplements written by Mr. Zhao. In the process of circulating this book, Mr. Zhao is the only descendant of the Zhao family who has written so many records in the book.
There is such an incident recorded in the book, which is a bit incredible.
At that time, because of the strict arrangement of the nunnery owner and the Zhang family, Xiao Xiao's plan to find the site of the Zhang family's tomb could not be realized, so he asked Mr. Zhao for advice on how to solve this dilemma. After three days of closed-door thinking, Mr. Zhao finally came up with a countermeasure that no one could have expected.
On the evening of the fourth day, he quietly called Xiao Xiao and made a request to visit the Jewish cemetery. This made Xiao Tong very puzzled, but he knew that Mr. Zhao must have his reason for doing this, so he readily agreed. Not only that, Mr. Zhao asked Xiao Tong if there were any confidant servants who had been particularly trusted, because after they arrived at the Jewish cemetery, they still had special "work" to do, and they needed helpers, but they had to be confidants, because this kind of news must not leak out. According to Mr. Zhao's request, Xiao Tong found two henchmen, and also brought two shovels, which made Xiao Tong mutter: Is it to dig the tomb of that Jew?
Xiao Yun still has an inexplicable sense of hatred for this Jew, because he probably knows the inglorious history of the Jew and his grandmother Zhang, and his dearest grandfather was almost killed by this Jew. But he really couldn't figure out why Mr. Zhao wanted to go to the Jewish cemetery at this critical moment, and what kind of medicine was sold in Mr. Zhao's gourd?