Chapter 38: The Secret of the Map
On the second day, everyone had eaten first, Luo Beihong and Duan Xiliu took Tu Yuxuan to wander around the back garden of the state government, Zhang Quanyue had already seen that this girl was a hostage, although he was a thorn, he also knew about the rivers and lakes, so he pretended not to know. Tian Chengzhi, Ye Zixuan, and Hao Yufei did not leave Xiao Han an inch by the pen "Fun" www.biquge.info pavilion, Zhang Quanyue welcomed Xiao Han into the living room, and the three of them waited outside the hall.
Zhang Quanyue took out a piece of worn-out parchment and put it on the table. Xiao Han picked it up and found that the parchment had been yellowed for some years, and dozens of lines and some strange symbols were drawn on it. Xiao Han looked at it for a long time, but couldn't see anything, turned his head and asked, "This is the map for finding the key?"
Zhang Quanyue nodded and said, "Exactly." Xiao Han smiled bitterly: "What is drawn on this? It's a line and a symbol, I can't understand it." Zhang Quanyue breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "I don't understand either, but since you have a map, you have a goal to find something, and if you think about it slowly, there will always be clues." ”
Xiao Han pouted, babbling, speaking lightly, this is like a ghost drawing, where to find clues. He picked up the map again and looked at it for a long time, with many triangles and circles drawn on it, as well as dozens of black lines that zigzag. The figures are marked with numbers on the top, and a poem is written at the bottom: Hengmen is lonely and looking for me, and the mountains and clouds do not roll up the rain and are thin. The ten fingers in the hand are long and short, and it is difficult to walk without gold empty-handed. I hope that the king will be kind to the concubine,
Dare to be selfish and angry. The hundred-year-old owl becomes a wooden charm, and Nafu Yingxiang jade is a cup.
Xiao Han read it several times, and he didn't understand it, this poem seemed to be written simply, but it had a deep meaning, according to his understanding, it must be combined with the numbers on it. Zhang Quanyue looked at him embarrassed, and said: "The map was obtained by me, and the key has naturally not been taken away, it is not easy to crack the map, and we are not in a hurry, as long as you can crack the secret before the year and get those fine works." ”
Xiao Han saw that he didn't give a specific time, and he was going to Shaolin Temple again, and it was estimated that it would be the New Year, so he thought for a while: "According to my speculation, the Zhao family is now sending people to infiltrate Jiangnan, just to start their hidden work and collect the situation in Jiangnan." According to what I said before, the Zhao family can't take care of my Jiangnan Kingdom for a while, and you can rest assured that this matter still needs to be considered in the long run. ”
Zhang Quanyue knew that this matter made him embarrassed, and said with a dry smile: "So, how long will this matter take?" Xiao Han knew that he was dissatisfied, and hesitated: "I still have to go to Shaolin Temple, and when I come back, I will hurry up to do this, and I hope that the adults will complete Haihan." Zhang Quanyue sighed, shook his head and said, "Okay, just according to what you say." The two studied it together again, but there was no clear conclusion.
Xiao Han thought it was a Tibetan poem at first, but he read it several times left and right, but he didn't come up with a smooth sentence. Look at the mountain peaks above, messily marked with "Yuan Gui Shen punishes me Yan Yan" eight seal characters, Xiao Han asked Zhang Quanyue, Zhang Quanyue has never seen it, and ordered someone to turn out the Book of Changes and check it for a long time, the two of them don't know much, so they have to do it.
Since he couldn't think of it, he simply didn't want to, Zhang Quanyue still had official business to do, and he couldn't accompany them anymore. Xiao Han happened to be quiet and met with everyone, Luo Beihong and Duan Xiliu saw that he was preoccupied, and knew that there must be something important, so they didn't ask much. Tu Yuxuan's eyes were full of hatred when he looked at him, Xiao Han knew that this girl hated himself to death, and said with a wry smile: "People are in the rivers and lakes, and they can't help themselves, and Miss Tu can't complain about me." Tu Yuxuan didn't talk to him and turned her head away.
Xiao Han smiled bitterly, and had to leave with Tian Chengzhi and the others. There was nothing to do in the afternoon, Xiao Han hid in the guest room, took out the map and studied it for a while, but he had no clue, so he had to put it down. Then he took out a cheatbook that he had in his collection and read it for a long time. This booklet is called "Crossing the Law of the Green Feather Volume", the text is even more difficult, after reading for a long time, Xiao Han memorized the first page, and this booklet has thirty pages, thinking that it will take more than a month to memorize, Xiao Han is very frustrated.
In the evening, Zhang Quan made an appointment to return to the office, and the two got together to study for a long time, but they still had no clue. Zhang Quanyue was also very frustrated, and it was not good to urge Xiao Han again. Xiao Han took the opportunity to propose to go to Shaolin Temple to do business first, and although Zhang Quanyue was reluctant, he agreed. Xiao Han returned to the guest room, thinking that he was carrying parchment, his own martial arts were not good, and if he robbed the road again, once he lost it, it would be a big deal. Xiao Han ordered Tian Chengzhi to find pen and ink, painted it according to the above appearance, and looked at it after painting, but it was nine points similar. The maps of this era are rough, and the lines and triangles are very irregular, like ghost drawings.
Xiao Han rolled the parchment paper into a ball, handed it to Tian Chengzhi for safekeeping, took a copy of it himself, and memorized the cheats for an hour before falling asleep.
Got up early the next day, said goodbye to Zhang Quanyu, and set off again in the carriage they had hired. Xiao Han wanted to find a nearby place to smuggle in directly, but Duan Xiliu told him that the two of them still had something to go to Jinling, and Luo Beihong nodded. Xiao Han is not easy to shirk, he is idle anyway, and he is idle wherever he wants.
The coachman was not very happy, but Zhang Quanyue doubled the car fee for him, and the coachman was so happy that his eyebrows fluttered and the whip crackled. The carriage galloped all the way and flew straight to Jinling. Chizhou is about 500 miles away from Jinling, because with three girls, the speed is not fast, only more than 100 miles a day, according to this speed, it takes five days to Jinling. During the day, Xiao Han chatted with them in the car, and at night, Xiao Han memorized the cheats. Along the way, Luo Beihong's attitude towards Tu Yuxuan was surprisingly good, and he didn't know what his idea was. Tu Yuxuan was still silent, looking very depressed, thinking that she didn't see her sisters come to save her.
Duan Xiliu is still hippie and smiling, not playing with Ye Zixuan and Hao Yufei, the two girls have a good impression of him, the three of them mingled, talking and laughing, it was very lively, and later, the sound of their slapstick actually overshadowed Xiao Han's storytelling. This made Tu Yuxuan very impatient, Luo Beihong saw that she was unhappy, and immediately stopped Duan Xiliu. Duan Xiliu listened to his senior brother's words very much, and immediately shut up, Xiao Han saw it interestingly, and couldn't help laughing, but Luo Beihong laughed so much that his face was red.
Tu Yuxuan suddenly kicked at her, and said angrily: "What are you laughing at?" The space in the carriage was narrow, Xiao Han didn't have time to dodge, and he was kicked, Hao Yufei was immediately annoyed, stretched out his hand and pointed at her, "What are you going to do?" Ye Zixuan hurriedly pulled her, Tian Chengzhi was also anxious, and he was about to draw the knife immediately.
Xiao Han hurriedly stopped them, smiled bitterly and said, "Miss Tu beat me, there is a reason to beat me, you all sit down for me." Tian Chengzhi obeyed him, but Hao Yufei was indignant.
Xiao Han rubbed his legs and said, "Miss Tu, you can't talk about everything but a single word, why are you kicking me?" Luo Beihong looked at Tu Yuxuan's face and said embarrassedly: "Brother Xiao, I think it was a misunderstanding just now, don't care." Duan Xiliu said happily: "Brother Xiao, such a beautiful woman kicks you, does it have to be reasonable?"
Xiao Han knew that the two were excusing her, and said with a wry smile: "Count me unlucky." Tu Yuxuan suddenly scolded: "It's my bad luck, the rivers and lakes are vast, how could I meet such a good person as you?"
Xiao Han didn't want to mess with her, so he snorted coldly and simply closed his eyes. Luo Beihong and Duan Xiliu glanced at each other and smiled bitterly. Tian Chengzhi saw that he ignored him, and he didn't hear it, so he shrank aside with a knife and pretended to sleep. Ye Zixuan and Hao Yufei got together and bit their ears, not knowing what to say.
The carriage went all the way north, passing through the state, and four days passed in a blink of an eye, and the coachman suddenly shouted in front of him: "Young Master Xiao, the front is Jinling City." ”
Xiao Han hadn't seen what the ancient capital looked like, so he immediately lifted the curtain, and Tian Chengzhi and the others also looked out together. I saw a tall and majestic city wall standing in front of everyone, with flags fluttering on it, and hundreds of Tang soldiers holding spears guarding it. The tall city gate was wide open, and more than a dozen soldiers guarding the gate stood in two rows outside the gate. Ordinary people and businessmen wearing different costumes came in and out, which seemed to be very lively.
The carriage went straight to the city gate, and it was not known what the coachman had shown, but the soldier at the gate just waved his hand and let it go. Entering the city, Xiao Han looked at everything in front of him and was stunned.