Volume 2: The Journey of the Dead Chapter 171 One Hundred and Fifty-Five: Searching for Poetry
Qiu Shaohu guessed that the "place of gathering knowledge" mentioned by Yangzhai Hanke may be referring to here. The huge Kangjing, in line with this characteristic, is nothing more than the imperial examination room, the imperial court library, the royal Hanlin Academy and other few places. However, the library pavilion, the Hanlin Temple and other places are all inside the palace, and they are heavily guarded, making it difficult for outsiders to enter. I'm afraid that even if you are a poor guest, you can't go in and out of here freely and find anything from there.
Even in Qiu Shaohu's cognition, even if he is merciful, he does not have this ability.
The dual realm cultivation of mercy and ink, looking at the current world, is of course extremely rare, but you must know that above the current court, there are also Taishi Duan Houxing and Taifu Xiahou Ceyong, these two genuine first-class masters have been in charge for decades, and these two people are the real cornerstone of today's Zhao Kingdom. The subordinates of the hundreds of workers in the court, working day and night, and tempering their mental strength, are the foundation of the Heavenly Dao, which is not under the practice of Shinto, which is also the confidence of the secular empire to gain a foothold in the world.
The palace is large, and it is difficult for ordinary people to enter. There is also an examination room that can be considered for birth. For each imperial examination, the Ministry of Rites organized a specific location as a requirement for the examination. But on weekdays, it is just an ordinary room, and in order to prevent students from cheating, before and after each exam, they must be checked several times to ensure that nothing is left. I'm afraid there, there is nothing that Yang Zhai Hanke is looking for.
The only thing left is the Ride Tower. On weekdays, it's just a place for people to visit, and there is a restaurant business on it, so it's much easier to enter. And on the tower, there are the handwriting of literati everywhere, if Yangzhai Hanke wants to find something from this word, it is reasonable.
Qiu Shaohu wanted to see what Yangzhai Hanke came to Kangjing for. Mysterious voices, the appearance of the moon disciples, the plots of the Shinchi Sect, and the actions of the Yangzhai Hanke...... These things are connected like chains, and right now, the only key is the huge tower in front of you.
As for the other hand, Qiu Shaohu also wanted to see if his enemies had left any handwriting here. In the previous investigation, it was only known that the enemy seemed to be related to this imperial examination, but no matter how he searched, there were no more clues. So for the moment, he also has some hope.
I used a clairvoyant mirror to check the surroundings from a distance, and saw that there was no one else around, and even if I passed this time, I would not be discovered. Qiu Shaohu also quietly breathed a sigh of relief, while putting away the clairvoyant mirror, he took out the wolf skin and the lock helmet, and at the same time carried the trap box full of various weapons and props on his back, and popped out the flying claw hook lock from the arm guard, and suddenly hooked the eaves of the first floor of the tower, and swept himself over.
Like a shadow, Qiu Shaohu quietly landed on the eaves tiles without making any sound. As soon as he stood firm, he smelled a lot of smells, which were flowers, sandalwood, fruit, wine, and food...... All kinds of aromas are mixed together, not only do they choke the taste, but they are harmonious with each other, such as the sound of the flute and drums, and the harmony of the piano and the strings, which is harmonious and pleasant.
Qiu Shaohu knew that today's test scholars had just inscribed poems here, and at this time, it should be shortly after they left, and there was still the afterglow of the feast in the tower.
It was precisely because of this that Qiu Shaohu hurriedly asked Wei Shuo to take care of the injured Yu Tong, and after bidding farewell to them, he immediately rushed here. After all, since the new scholar has just inscribed a poem, the new talent and the old book atmosphere precipitated here echo each other, and maybe there are some other changes.
Qiu Shaohu thought like this, and turned over from the eaves and entered the second floor. The first floor is completely a staircase for people to go up and down, and when you reach the second floor, the scene here is completely unfolded in front of your eyes.
It was dim, and there were candles on the wall that had not yet been completely burned, faintly emitting curling green smoke. The table of golden silk nanmu is neatly cleaned up on this floor, exuding a faint fragrance.
Qiu Shaohu's eyes are like amber, and the clear yellow color reflects every corner of this place, and the night eyes look around, and all the details cannot escape his observation.
On the wall next to it, there are countless poets' ink treasures, which have been added from generation to generation, and there are thousands of poems accumulated here. If you have to check them one by one, I'm afraid you won't be able to see them all in a year.
For Qiu Shaohu, the easiest way is, of course, to take out the star map and see if Yangzhai Hanke has ever been here. But after experiencing some things before, he realized that even if the other party crossed the barrier of time, he could still perceive himself, and he didn't dare to easily spy on such a master.
Among them, the underworld has already involved the heavenly machine, and the calamity is not something he can bear at this time. This is also what Lianmo told him, but when it comes to things that are beyond his understanding at this time, he must be cautious.
However, at least there are other ways to see if it is safe to do so.
He directly took out the compass and first measured the feng shui around him - in fact, it stands to reason that this is completely superfluous. There can be a prosperous number of tourists here, and there has been an endless stream of literati for a hundred years, how can there be a bad feng shui? But for the sake of prudence, even if it is an extra move, Qiu Shaohu also feels very important. If there is any hidden danger that you have overlooked, it is a big loss.
Feng Shui probe is correct, and he directly divined a hexagram, which is a Ding hexagram, Yuan Jiheng, but it is not bad.
Then, in order to be safe, he drew lots again to see if he could draw good or bad, or if he could draw lots, which was not bad.
But after that, he directly took out three copper plates and counted them again......
In the tossing back and forth, he used all the magic tricks he knew, and the results were good and bad, but there were basically no signs of great evil, and he slowly put his mind at ease.
But even so, he didn't dare to act rashly. This time, he seemed to be a little too cautious.
In order to make sure that something happened, he finally took out the Beacon Dragon Sword while holding the star map to protect himself. In case something happened, Qiu Shaohu believed that with the ferocity of this broken knife, it would be enough to cut off all the ominousness.
The decision has been decided, and Qiu Shaohu has only then urged the star map to show the past scenes.
Everything is like a white horse passing through the gap, vicissitudes of life, a long time, passing by in a snap of a finger, in the scenes shown by the star map, it is dizzying.
Qiu Shaohu stared at these flashing scenes, looking for the former figure.
I don't know how much time has passed, little by little, the moonlight in the sky, unconsciously tilted, can already shine through the window string on one side, shining on Qiu Shaohu's body.
Qiu Shaohu's eyes immediately froze, staring at a figure in the crowd on the tower at a certain moment.
Even if he still couldn't see the face clearly, Qiu Shaohu could still recognize that this was Yangzhai Hanke.
Qiu Shaohu looked at the other party in the picture, he had to be more careful this time, he didn't plan to directly see what Yangzhai Hanke was going to do, but as long as he could see some clues and follow the clues to check, he would not make a mistake.
But the passing Yangzhai cold guests did not stop here, but went directly up the steps to the third floor.
"Isn't it here?" Qiu Shaohu followed the path that the other party had walked, followed the same footsteps, and walked towards the upper floor. After reaching the third floor, there are many musical instruments that have not yet been taken away, and it seems that it has not been long ago, and there are also grand songs and dances played here.
I saw the figure of the other party in the past again, but Yangzhai Hanke still didn't stay and continued to walk up.
"I'm going to see where you're going in the end." Qiu Shaohu was not in a hurry, and continued to walk up the star map.
After repeating like this, later, until the eighth layer, the figure of Yangzhai Hanke has completely disappeared so far.
How to find it left and right, I can't find any clues.
But right now, a portal appeared in front of Qiu Shaohu's eyes.
This is the staircase leading to the ninth floor at the top, which has been isolated since the emperor issued an edict to assign this place to the new scholars to inscribe poems. The door is densely packed with locks, which are made by royal craftsmen and cannot be opened without the permission of the emperor, so as to prevent others from entering.
"Could it be that Yang Zhai Hanke has entered the ninth floor?" Qiu Shaohu was surprised, "How did he get in?" ”
But in any case, there was no trace of the other party in the entire eighth layer of the star map, and the only possible explanation was that he did go to the next level.
But how to solve the door lock in front of you? You must know that this kind of mechanism created by royal craftsmen is definitely not easy to open, and don't even think about breaking it with brute force.
And even if he really uses the method of destruction - for example, using the Fenglong knife in his hand at this time, I am afraid that there will be an uproar the next day, and the Zhaoguo Imperial Court will inevitably investigate deeply, and then there will be constant trouble.
"By the way, you can try that." Qiu Shaohu thought of the unlocking lock that Minghao gave him before, originally using it, Qiu Shaohu had opened the door lock in the cellar before, but he didn't know that it was useful at this time.
Take out the boxy mortise and tenon lock and try to disassemble it in front of the portal. But this time, the mortise and tenon joints are tighter, and it is more difficult to open. Sometimes, it even took him half a day to open a little.
It seems that the difficulty of opening the lock also changes with the difficulty of opening the lock.
But in the end, Qiu Shaohu still removed the last mortise and tenon joint and opened it completely.
At the same time, I only heard a "click", and the portal in front of me also opened all the mechanisms at the same moment, slowly opening in front of my eyes.
Qiu Shaohu quietly breathed a sigh of relief, put away the opening lock at the moment, and walked into it with the star map and the Beacon Dragon Knife.
On the last floor, the windows are open, and from then on, you can see the entire scene of Kangjing.
On each wall, there are poems engraved everywhere by the former scholars, divided according to the year, and the wall next to them is left by this year's new scholars.
Qiu Shaohu glanced at it more, but saw that among the scholars this year, the names of Lan Qizhuo and Chi Xin were on the list, and these two were also the top two in the previous guess list.
However, he didn't see An Jin's name.