I have to say that the details of these two stone carvings restored by Mr. Wang Xiangfu can be called high-definition versions.

The two fakes that threw out the American Museum were more than a dozen streets.

No matter which of these details were missing, they would not be able to unlock the code hidden in the Emperor and Empress Buddha Map.

Especially the star-holding board in the hand of this maid.

Star-pulling board, made of high-quality ebony.

There are twelve square planks, the largest of which is about 24 centimeters long on each side, and the smallest one is about 2 centimeters long on each side.

Another small square made of ivory is notched at the four corners, and the length of the four sides of the notch is one-quarter, one-half, three-quarter, and one-eighth of the length of the smallest piece above.

To use it, the observer needs to hold the bottom of the plate with one hand, stretch the arm forward, and pull the end of the rope in front of the eye with the other hand. At this time, look at the upper and lower edges of the square plate, level the lower edge with the horizontal line, and the upper edge reunites with the measured star, and then according to the number of fingers belonging to the plate used, the index of the height of the North Star is obtained.

The angle between the star and the sea level is used to determine the current position.

Judging from the star-drawing board in the picture, it is not a working state, but is held in the hands of the maid, with both hands overlapped, and it is impossible to operate the star-drawing board to determine the direction.

However, there is a detail in the picture that was captured by Lin Yi.

There are a total of twelve star-pulling boards from bottom to top, each piece is about a finger thick, counting from the bottom to the top until the eighth piece is stacked neatly, and by the time of the ninth piece, the square plank has undergone a slight deflection, and the top boards have returned to normal.

"Look at this location!"

Lin Yi pointed to the restored map on the screen of his mobile phone and magnified it several times, and the details of the star-pulling board appeared.

"From this point of view, we can work backwards to where the observation point is."

"That's not right! Big brother, there's still a problem here. ”

Qian Sheng suddenly interrupted Lin Yi's words.

"Tell me."

"Since this star-pulling board is the same principle as our 'Celestial Star Feng Shui', both of which use the Twenty-eight Nakshatras of the Big Dipper to determine the good fortune of Feng Shui, then the position of the Big Dipper is different in the four seasons, how can we determine the location of this observation point?"

There is no problem with his words, because there has been a saying since ancient times: the handle of the bucket faces east, the world is spring, the handle of the bucket faces south, the world is summer, the handle of the bucket faces west, the world is autumn, the handle of the bucket faces north, and the world is winter.

Although the ancients had a relatively one-sided understanding of the world, they did have a certain amount of research and summary on the changes in the stars.

Depending on the season, the bucket handle is pointing differently, and the observation point that is pushed back backwards is naturally different.

Lin Yi didn't care at all and shifted the picture on the phone and stayed on a maid.

"Look, what can you see that you can't?"

The three of them stared at the phone screen for a moment.

The maid on the screen was standing beside Empress Wenzhao, and she couldn't see anything special from her clothes and makeup, but the few things she was holding in her hand attracted Qian Sheng's attention.

"Lotus? Lotus? ”

Lin Yi smiled and nodded.

The maid in the photo is holding a lotus flower, and the two lotus canopies are clustered around Empress Wenzhao.

"When the lotus blooms, it is generally from June to September, 'the bucket handle faces south, and the whole world is summer', so the observation time of this star-pulling board is at a certain time in summer."

"I obeyed the eldest brother, you really don't let go of any clues, I'm not complimenting you, if I come with Brother Qiang, I'm blind, and we can't see that I'm ugly."

"Don't put a high hat on him, save him pride."

Wang Qiang took Lin Yi's mobile phone and carefully studied the pattern on it.

"It's really lotus flowers and lotus flowers, but people observed them in the summer, and now it's almost winter, let's compare them with this thing, can it be accurate?"

"The operation of the Big Dipper has its own rules, as long as we find the current position, we will not worry about finding the previous observation direction."

When Wang Qiang heard this, he opened his mouth and laughed.

"That's a good dare, if you don't say that this 'wilderness general' is a peer with us, they all say that their peers are enemies, I can't see it, isn't it obvious that the seniors pointed us out a way to get rich?"

"Don't shout, are you afraid that others won't know what's going on?"

"Then should we go directly to Bishan now, or should we continue to walk?"

"Don't, it's all here, just follow the guys and go shopping, this ticket isn't cheap, is it?"

Wang Qiang said that his eyes had been taken away by a group of young ladies wearing Hanfu in front of him.

"It's all here, so let's take a stroll and see if there's anything new to discover."

After visiting the Longmen Grottoes and returning to the hotel, the group found a soup restaurant downstairs, and after eating a supper, they returned to their rooms to rest.

When they were about to separate, Lin Yi also specially told everyone to put the "General Order" next to their pillows to see if they would have the same dream as him.

Lin Yi went back to take a shower, lay on the bed, and wrote down all the information he got in the grotto tonight in his notebook.

With these contents, you will be able to cope with it when you go to Bishan tomorrow.

After making the record, I leaned down at the window and smoked a cigarette, emptied myself, and immediately lay back on the bed.

He took out the "General's Order" in his hand and looked at it again and again under the lamp.

In the afternoon, I had been dreaming, and I felt as if I hadn't slept, and now I had just finished eating, and I was sleepy, and I soon fell asleep.

After a while, that familiar scene reappeared in his dream.

In front of him was still the tall and boxy city, and there were guards patrolling back and forth on the walls, and whenever he wanted to focus on a certain point, that position would immediately become very blurred.

It felt as if he could hear the voices of the guards on the city wall, but as long as he was concentrating on the sound, there was immediately a resonant sound of "buzzing" in his ears, and he couldn't hear anything.

Just as Lin Yi was concentrating, holding his breath and trying to obtain information from the outside world, someone behind him suddenly reached out and pressed it on his shoulder.

Frightened, his whole body was shocked, and when he looked back, it turned out to be Wang Qiang, who was talking with his mouth open, but he couldn't hear a word, so he could only point to his ears and wave his hand.

After a while, Qian Sheng didn't know where he suddenly appeared, and he was equally surprised to see the two of them.

The three of them stood facing each other like this, and they could clearly feel each other's presence, but it was very difficult for them to communicate with each other.

The voice couldn't be heard, the gestures couldn't be seen clearly, Lin Yi was so anxious that he scratched his ears and cheeks, and anxious and nervous emotions came to his heart, and when his voice came out, the person had already woken up from the dream.

When he reached out and touched his forehead, his forehead was covered with sweat, and the sheets under him were wet.

(End of chapter)