Chapter 66
Zang Yushan finally regained his fighting spirit and imitated the antidote for Fang Zhongjin.
But this antidote is not something that can be made in a moment.
In the few days that Zang Yushan locked himself in the pharmacy, Fang Zhongjin completely became an idle person.
This Wudang faction was also polite, and set aside a clean guest room for him to rest.
In addition, three meals a day were sent by the little Taoist priest in the outer court, and no one came to entertain him.
The four sons of Wudang have their own idiots, perhaps because they are all cultivators, their temperaments are even weaker.
Although there was one more outsider in the inner courtyard, since the senior brother Zang Yushan did not give orders, the other three sons did not think of coming over to say hello or entertain one or two.
Fang Zhongjin sat alone in the room for a long time, and he was really depressed, so he wanted to come out for a walk.
The architecture of this Wudang inner court is also ingenious enough, it is surrounded by the main hall of the outer courtyard on one side, and a cliff on the other.
Fang Zhongxin Jin saw that he was walking freely in the inner court, and no one came to stop him, so he boldly walked in the direction of the cliff.
This inner court actually occupies a very wide area, which shows that the Wudang faction was also prosperous at the beginning.
It's just that now, except for the occasional little Taoist priest from the outer court coming in. The only remaining four sons of Wudang always act separately most of the time and do not disturb each other.
Fang Zhongjin walked in a roundabout way on the empty dull path, although there was no one to lead the way, he just advanced in the direction of the cliff, and finally saw such a huge flat land.
It's just that this flat land has now been occupied by someone. This person is none other than Ying Wenchang, who ranks second in Wudang.
Fang Zhongjin stood in the distance and observed, and saw Ying Wenchang shaking off a huge piece of linen cloth on the flat ground, holding a brush to write and draw on the linen, not knowing what he was doing.
After a while, a white dove flew in his direction.
The white pigeon had a letter strapped to its feet, apparently a carrier pigeon that had been trained.
Ying Wenchang took out the letter paper on the pigeon's leg. It was a piece of yellow paper with dense fly-headed small letters.
Ying Wenchang frowned and looked at the small words on the paper for a long time.
Then he crouched down and wrote a lot of words on the hemp cloth on the ground.
Every time I write a few words, I take out the yellow paper and compare them. Squatted down in a different position and continued to write a few words.
It looks like copying the words written on yellow paper on linen.
Fang Zhongjin changed his angle, and found that what was painted on this linen cloth was actually a huge Kanyu map.
The map depicts the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and Ying Wenchang is obviously writing and painting on the edge of each large town.
Fang Zhongjin was shocked: What do ordinary people want to write and paint on the Kanyu map?
Is Ying Wenchangdi, the second in the Wudang faction, a big man in the imperial court? Or is he a spy sent by another country?
When Fang Zhongjin was puzzled. Ying Wenchang found out about Fang Zhongjin's arrival.
He was originally squatting, and suddenly looked up at Fang Zhongjin.
The look on his face was neither panicked nor annoyed, and he just said as if nothing happened: "Is this out for a walk?"
With that, he bowed his head and continued to write and draw on the huge linen cloth.
Obviously, with this calm attitude, if Ying Wenchang was not sophisticated and calm, he would not be a spy of other countries.
Fang Zhongjin also made a calm and calm appearance, nodded and said, "I've been in the house for a long time, and I can't be depressed." Come out and take a walk and relax. ”
While saying ordinary words, he pretended to be bored and walked towards Ying Wenchang.
A pair of eyes also seemed to casually read the pattern in the linen cloth on the ground.
What is drawn on the linen cloth is indeed the map of the Ming Dynasty.
The criss-crossing on the map is indeed the various post towns of the Ming Dynasty.
And Ying Wenchang is in various towns and post stations with inexplicable numbers such as "a few taels" and "a few rooms".
The location of each post station is different, and the numbers of "how many taels" and "several rooms" are also different.
Ying Wenchang casually asked Fang Zhongjing: "But Master Fang Xiao sees that Poor Dao is acting suspiciously, does he want to report Poor Dao to the official family?"
Fang Zhongjin saw that Ying Chang's face was flat with a little banter, obviously not afraid that Fang Zhongjin would see his strange actions.
Among the four sons of Wudang, Ying Wenchang is the one who has always been hostile to him.
Even now that Zang Yushan, the head of Wudang, has agreed to imitate the antidote for Fang Zhongjin, Ying Wenchang's tone of voice to him is still mocking.
Fang Zhongjin knew that this was a request, so he said politely: "Wenchang is really joking." ”
Ying Wenchang said again: "Boy, if you are really smart, then guess what I marked on the map?"
These words are in the heart of President Fang Zhongjin.
He had long been curious about the things marked on the map, and Ying Wenchang seemed to be "teaching", but in fact, he also saw Fang Zhongjin's thoughts.
If Ying Wenchang took the initiative to explain his behavior, then he was not so angry. It's just that Ying Wenchang acts above board, and he doesn't want to be like a meticulous work in the eyes of others.
He took the initiative to test Fang Zhongjin, wanting to wait until he couldn't see the reason before explaining.
Fang Zhongjin carefully walked around the linen cloth, seeing that although the numbers in the "few taels" marked on each town were different, they were roughly within the same range.
The magnitude of the values is lower in the south and higher in the north, and lower in the east and higher in the west.
After adding the size of this value, the answer is already self-evident, Fang Zhongjin asked politely: "How many taels are these 'taels' talking about the price of rice in various places?"
Ying Wenchang nodded, although Fang Zhongjin guessed correctly, Ying Wenchang didn't feel surprised.
What is really strange is Fang Zhongjin: Kanyu map plus rice prices in various places. This is even more data that will only be collected by the conspiracy. But seeing that Ying Wenchang is so calm, I really don't know what he is plotting.
Fang Zhongjin went to look at the number of "several" again. Although this figure is also available in every municipality, it is not as accurate as the previous price of rice.
There are about "a dozen" in small remote places. The larger towns are irregular, some with a dozen or so, others with just one or two.
Then the clue stops on this quantifier. What kind of things use the quantifier "between"?
Fang Zhongjin took two steps back and dropped the entire picture into his eyes.
Only then did he discover a rule, there was no number greater than fifteen in the "between" of the frontier land.
And there is no number greater than thirty in the "room" of the big towns.
Fang Zhongjin flashed and said, "This second value, does it refer to the number of each inn room?"
Ying Wenchang couldn't help but glance at Fang Zhongjin, this number was a little difficult to guess, but in the end, Fang Zhongjin guessed it.
He nodded and said, "That's right, you've guessed it again!"
In fact, each post station in the Ming Dynasty had a system, with no more than 15 rooms in the small post station and no more than 30 rooms in the big post station. This is a rule established to avoid extravagance and waste in various post stations.
If Fang Zhongjin hadn't traveled to many places, he might not have known so many details.
Fang Zhongjin saw that he had guessed correctly, and squinted his eyes for a while, and suddenly his face changed, and he said loudly: "Not good!"
Ying Wenchang showed a complicated look in his eyes at this time, and said in his heart: You finally see it!