Chapter 3 The Road of Ancient Books
After the six of them stayed in the infirmary for a while, the village doctor came in. After chatting a few words, the village doctor said that the village chief would only be able to sober up at night, and that nothing could be dealt with for the time being.
The six of them also understood that this was a matter of urgency, so they could only wait. They also asked the village doctor about Heishui Tan, but the village doctor was an outsider and knew the same as everyone else, that is, this was Xuanwu's place of residence. Other than that, there is nothing.
There was nothing to do for the time being, and the six of them couldn't be idle, so they went their separate ways.
This time, Hua Xi first entangled the wind and pulled the wind to fight, and Xue Ji saw this, so she could only retreat and choose the moon shadow.
Seeing that these two were not looking for themselves, Yueli took a book, sat in a corner of the medical hall and read it, and kept comparing while reading. Since the book has no name, the others don't know what Yueli is reading.
As for Wang Ling, she readily agreed to the village doctor's request just now and went to give a lecture to the apprentices.
Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it was the morning of the next day. Soon after the six of them woke up, they got good news - the village chief was conscious.
The six of them came to the village chief's house, and the village chief was still lying in bed as he was yesterday.
"Why are you here?"
The village chief's voice was still a little weak.
"Hmm...... We want to know something about Blackwater Tan. ”
"Blackwater Tan, I don't know...... However, there is a book cabinet over there, which contains a lot of ancient books from the village, which may be helpful to a few people. Put the keys on the table over there, and let a few of them do their own thing. ”
"Village chief, is he really sober?"
Faced with a similar scene, Yueli asked this question. It's not that she's funny, it's that there are two cabinets on the other side of the village chief's finger.
"I'm sick, but I'm clear. There was a cellar door in the middle of the cupboard, and from there, you could see it. ”
"Really?"
Suspicious, Yueli walked over and stepped on the floor, finding that there seemed to be space underneath. However, she noticed that the cellar seemed to be unlocked. The door, which was very similar to the ground, was a little upturned after stepping on it twice.
Yueli opened the cellar door and ...... There are three jars of wine in it. This is not a cellar at all, just an ordinary earthen pit!
"Village Chief, is this what you call the cellar?"
Hua Xi asked what Yueli wanted to ask.
"No, I remember the cellar is coming here?"
"Village chief, you can't be talking about the one you put the grain, right?"
"That's it. ”
"Hmm...... A few people, that cellar door in the kitchen...... Belch...... I'll open it for you. ”
The village doctor picked up the key on the table and went into the kitchen. And this direction is the direction that the village chief pointed out for the first time.
By the time the six of them entered the kitchen, the door to the cellar had been opened, and down the door was a staircase of dirt.
"That'...... A few of them will take care of themselves, and I will take care of the village chief. ”
"So...... He's still confused. ”
"Alas...... It seems that I am not good at learning!"
With that, the village doctor left the kitchen.
Walking down the dirt steps, the six of them came to a room that was not too big.
In the center of the room was an earthen kang with a futon on it, but it was cold. It's not that it didn't burn, but it was obviously cold not long ago. Seeing this, the six of them understood why there was no place similar to a bedroom on it, and the cellar was the village chief's nest.
There are two wooden stools near the earthen kang, one facing the kang and the other leaning on the kang. Obviously, one is for sitting and the other is for going to the kang.
On the wall at the entrance, there were several large vats, which, combined with the village doctor's words, were undoubtedly filled with grain. On the wall directly opposite the entrance, there is a picture hanging on it, on which is a Xuanwu, which is quite expressive. Next to the painting is a small table with some tributes on it.
In the lower right corner of that picture, there are two lines of text. Seeing these two lines, the six people were a little at a loss for what to say. Because those two lines are exactly the mysterious ancient words that the village chief told them before:
"On the night of the wind, snow, snow, and moon, the gods and beasts of the five directions gather. At the end of the snowy region, the Black Water Divine Turtle appeared. ”
Judging from the material of the painting and the inscription, this painting is definitely a work of two hundred years, not an ancient painting at all, and the word is not an ancient saying, it is written blindly. And according to this style, it is estimated that the person with the inscription is a god stick.
Next to the wall on the left, there is a clothes rack, which is not much to see. On the right wall is a small bookshelf with bamboo slips, paper books, and even stone tablets engraved with ancient characters at the bottom.
"This should be the ancient book that the village chief said. ”
"It's a lot...... One person in a row...... Who would be in the bottom row of ancient characters?"
Everyone else shook their heads, except for the Windfall.
"Okay, the last row...... I'll do my best, I don't know much. ”
In the end, Wang Ling, Yueli, and Yueying were in charge of the bamboo slips in the first three rows, Hua Xi and Xueji were in charge of the paper books in the last two rows, and Feng Yan could only hold the unrecognizable stone to the side to study.
At the end of the hour, the three of them finished reading the bamboo slips, although there were legends in them, but they were no different from the versions circulating in the north, and the three of them did not gain anything.
After a while, Xue Ji and Hua Xi stopped after reading three books by themselves.
"There are a lot of stories, but there is nothing about the Black Water Tan. ”
"Same. ”
"What about the other books?"
"You don't have to look at that, you can't have it. ”
Yueli didn't believe it, so she flipped through it. Then she believed it, and there was no other book in it. Because those books are recipes, account books, rosters or something, it is impossible to involve Blackwater Tan at all.
So, at this time, everyone pinned their hopes on the wind.
And the wind is now stumbling with the slate in front of him. His brow furrowed, and he struggled to recall the ancient characters he had seen, and then tried to translate the words that no one else could understand.
The others looked at Feng Yan's uncomfortable appearance, but they actually wanted to help. But none of them understand this, and they can't help it. They didn't dare to disturb Feng Yan now, for fear of interrupting his train of thought, so they could only do it in a hurry. In the end, they chose to look at the miscellaneous books on the sidelines.
Half an hour later, Feng Yan's brow finally relaxed.
"I've tried my best, and I've recognized everything I know, and I can't recognize the others. ”
As he spoke, the wind lay the stone slabs flat on the ground.
"It should be in this order...... There are turtles and guards on this piece, which should be the name of Xuanwu;There are turtles and black water on this piece, and it should be the meaning of Xuanwu living in Heishui Tan according to the location; there is black water and space on this piece, if you guess correctly, it should be about the specific location of Heishui Tan. Finally, there are villages, monuments, and tokens on this piece, although I don't know what it means, but what method it should be.
Turtle, Black Water, Space, Village, Monument, Token...... This intermittent information is a bit difficult!".
"Don't worry about the turtle and the black water, and I don't know what to say in the space, this village may refer to Xuanwu Village, so there may be clues if you find the stele in the village...... I still have to find it!"
After Yueli finished analyzing, several people went to look for clues again.