Chapter 4: The Legend of Cats and Ghosts (4) - Request
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"Everyone thinks that the 'holy book' is just a book, but who would have thought that it is actually a wooden plank? Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info" He paused and said, "I heard from the old prince that the thief who sold the holy book showed off to him, saying that he snatched it from the old man Qiao in Wuli Qiao Village outside the city, and he hid the wooden plank he grabbed in the cemetery of Qiao Village. In order to avoid the tracking of the Demon Sect, it took ten years to return to Kaifeng, and after digging out the plank, he wanted to make a move as soon as possible! He knew that the old prince liked to collect objects from the rivers and lakes, so he took the initiative to find the door. ”
Qin Yujiu said secretly: Old man Qiao is my father's friend! It seems that the person who sold the wooden plank to the old prince must be one of the people in Feiying's gang.
Gao Zunhui held his chin, watched Qin Yujiu's face change, and said with a smile, "Later, the old prince's board was also lost, and it is said that it was snatched back by the Demon Sect. But in my opinion, I'm afraid it will end up in the hands of the incense thief!"
Chris asked with some confusion: "It is said that there is a debtor and a debtor, and the Demon Sect just needs to find those few people who stole the holy book, why do you want to kill the entire Flying Thieves Association, why are they so cruel?"
Qin Yujiu's fists were clenched, his heart was churning, his eyes were full of thousands of emotions, excitement, regret, and remorse...... It took a long time to control his emotions, but when he opened his mouth, his voice was extremely fierce: "Demon Sect...... Demon Cult ...... They're a bunch of killers who don't blink!"
Seeing that Qin Yujiu was furious and hateful, he was really trembling with anger. Chris and Gao Zunhui glanced at each other, knowing that there must be something hidden in it, and the room fell silent for a while.
Qin Yujiu closed his eyes suddenly, gritted his teeth, and it took a while to calm down his emotions, and when he opened them again, there was only clarity and silence in his eyes. He hugged his fists at the two and apologized: "Qin has lost his temper, let the two of them laugh." Then he said to Gao Zunhui, "What Gao Xiaogongzi said is right, the holy book in the old prince's hand was indeed stolen by me!"
When it comes to this, it seems that there is no need to hide it.
Qin Yujiu thought to himself, today I just wanted Ouyang Feng to help investigate the mystery of this "holy book", who knew that he would kill this tall boy halfway.
This person is a real person who does not show his face, and he knows so many secrets. And just now he was talking about things with "incense thief" in and out of his words, just to remind me that he had a handle in his hands. As long as he wants, he can use it to hold me hostage at any time.
He glanced at Ouyang Feng and said in his heart: Who knows if this move is the meaning of Gao Xiaogongzi, or is it instructed by Ouyang Feng?
Ouyang Feng may have Lan Yuanxiao and the Queen Mother behind him, needless to say, just this little son of the Queen Mother's own family, I'm afraid I can't deal with it. Don't look at his idle appearance on weekdays, in the final analysis, people are in the officialdom, and it's not easy to clean me up?
The strength of these people can be seen from the thunderous means of Li Qing on Salmon Island alone. I originally wanted to take advantage of the relationship in the palace, so I went to find Li Xian. Although Li Xian is the person next to the emperor, he is too greedy and he really doesn't like it. But now it is Lan Yuanxiao who can talk about the limelight and almost overshadow Li Qing. There is Lan Yuanxiao inside, Ouyang Feng and Gao Xiaozi outside, which is very convenient for finding the holy book. Now I have a request for them. At this time, if you don't put your heart into your heart and show sincerity, how can you talk about the next step? He sighed and said, "The theft of this wooden board in the Dongping County Palace's mansion that day was purely a whim of Qin, and I learned later that this was the 'holy book'. ”
Seeing that Qin Yujiu put everything on the bright side, Gao Zunhui smiled and said, "I heard that someone came out with thirty Nanzhu back then, and asked someone from the Flying Thieves Club to come forward to steal the holy book. Thirty Nanzhu! That's a lot of money! That's a lot of rumors, so there are many rumors that this holy book contains a hidden treasure map, and there are all kinds of rare treasures in the treasure, and those who find it will be rich and rival the country, and they will be inexhaustible for a lifetime! Some people also say that this book contains the secret books of the magic skills of the Demon Sect, and once practiced, they can dominate the martial arts!"
Chris secretly said in his heart: Could it be that this movable type board was not only used for printing in the Song Dynasty, but also really hidden a shocking secret in it?
Seeing that his niece showed a hot look when she heard the treasure, Gao Zunhui said secretly: "What a little money fan! Isn't the yellow and white things you have gathered enough?"
He continued: "Of course, the old prince is not interested in martial arts cheats, and he is bent on believing that there is a treasure map in the wooden board. When he first bought the treasure, he asked a number of skilled craftsmen to try to disassemble the plank. It's a pity that it took several years, and no one could untie it, and the prince was so angry that he almost ordered someone to smash it. But he thought about it and felt that it was bought at a great price, and he was really hurt and a little distressed, so he finally gave up. It was thrown away in the treasure building for years. The prince knew that I had always liked kitsch things, and it happened to be my birthday, so he took me to visit the treasure house. This time, the old prince's idea of finding a treasure map was hooked up again, and he invited me to come to the house again to help him come up with ideas. When I went to visit, he suddenly changed his mind and said that he didn't want to look for treasure. I felt that something was wrong, so I naturally asked in every possible way. He then told me that it was someone from the Demon Cult who came to the door and snatched the plank. He was afraid of the people of the Demon Sect and did not report to the authorities...... Of course, only I know about it!"
Chris's eyes stared at Qin Yujiu, as if to say, this is probably Brother Qin's means!
Qin Yujiu nodded and said, "The Demon Sect is fierce and evil, and the people in the rivers and lakes are afraid of them, let alone ordinary people." "At that time, I just wanted to scare the old prince with the murderous name of the Demon Sect, firstly, to let him tell everything he knew, and secondly, to make him dare not report to the official. However, it seems that the old prince has been scared too much, and many things have not been explained clearly, and now I still heard more details from the mouth of Gao Xiaogong. I didn't think that the "holy book" was hidden in Qiao Village, and it was indeed the most dangerous place and the safest. I can't think of it, and I'm afraid the people of the Demon Sect can't think of it either.
He pondered here, and overheard Ouyang Feng say: "Perhaps, we should go to Qiao Village to look for it again, maybe other boards are also hidden there!"
Qin Yu said in his heart: His brain is reversed quickly, which is a good idea!
Gao Zunhui frowned and asked, "How do you know that there are other boards, and how many pieces of this 'holy book' are there?"
Chris thought for a moment and replied, "Brother Teng said, at least four pieces!"
Tao said that Brother Teng was her brother-in-law in Qingzhou, Gao Zunhui thought to herself. He shook his head helplessly, thinking to himself: You really call people brothers everywhere. ”
Qin Yujiu picked up the wooden board on the right side of the red box, rubbed his fingers in the lower left corner, felt the concave and convex notch, and said: "When this wooden board first fell into my hand, I found that the Chinese characters arranged on this wooden board could not be written, and there was another row of small characters here, but it was not Chinese characters. ”
Chris and Gao Zunhui leaned over and took a clear look at the light cast in from the window.
Chris asked, "What kind of text is this?"
"This is Persian!" Gao Zunhui said.
"Does Gao Xiaozi recognize Persian?" Qin Yujiu asked in surprise.
"A little bit of it. Gao Zunhui looked at the text carefully and translated: "The Book of Giants...... This is probably the Manichaean Hercules Sutra. ”
"Isn't it a demon cult? how did it become Manichaeism again?" asked Chris in surprise.
How did the Book of Giants become the Book of Hercules? This is simply incredible. At the beginning, Qin Yujiu asked someone to distinguish the small characters on the wooden board after several twists and turns, and although the man knew Persian, he couldn't tell what the giant book meant. Later, he also asked many people to look up the meaning, but they still found nothing.
Gao Zunhui said: Manichaeism has been introduced to Middle-earth from Persia in the Tang Dynasty for hundreds of years. But it has never been tolerated by the Central Plains culture, and the people in the martial arts regard it as a heresy and call it a "demon religion". This Qin official seems to have a deep blood feud with the Demon Sect, so it is better not to mention the matter of Manichaeism in front of him.
He glanced at Chris and said, "Whether it's the Demon Sect or the Manichaeism, I'll go back and talk to you in detail, don't interrupt!" I want to say that this giant book is likely to be a scripture recited by people in the Demon Sect, and the treasure map and secret book are just conjectures from the outside world. However, the person who let the Flying Pirate steal the book in the first place was very suspicious, and he did not really want the holy book, but deliberately provoked a grudge between the two. In other words, I think he'd love to see this martial arts catastrophe. ”
This is said very cleverly, and the whole inference is also reasonable, Gao Zunhui knows the other party's pain points. This statement both downplays the function of the holy book and deliberately leads to unverifiable conspiracy theories. After finishing his words, Qin Yujiu seemed to be hit by his words, and he couldn't move for a long time. He has always been obsessed with avenging his father and brother, but he has never delved into the cause. Now that Gao Zunhui said this, he thought about it carefully, and suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.
Chris immediately understood the deep meaning of the little uncle's words. When he told the story of Adam and Eve being tempted by the serpent, the little uncle was able to tell the source of the story, which shows that he also knows a lot about foreign cultures, and it seems that he will discuss the matter with him when he goes back.
However, Chris's attention has never left the wooden board brought by Qin Yujiu, probably because he has been with Brother Teng and Mo Dai for a long time, and now he has a lot of experience in fiddling with these small objects with ancient mechanisms, she touched and touched, pondered for a long time, and said with speculation: "Whether it is the 'Giant Book' or the 'Hercules Sutra', it should be the name of the scripture...... In other words, your piece is engraved with a name, and it should be ranked first. ”
Chris took out the piece he bought from the wooden box again, and muttered: "I remember the last time I touched it like this, and I ......pressed it like this again," Chris said, and touched the place with the sun and moon pattern again with his fingers, and pressed it hard, and heard a "pop", and the black wooden block in the cross groove popped out.
"Is there really a mystery in this thing?" Gao Zunhui stared wide-eyed, his mouth open.
Qin Yujiu smiled self-deprecatingly, and said in his heart: When I saw that the board could move that day, I am afraid that my expression was more exaggerated than that of Gao Xiaogong.
Chris nodded and said, "When I first got this board, I consulted Brother Teng, and he was the one who discovered the mechanism here!"
Gao Zunhui thought to herself: I heard her say that this sworn brother Teng Chuliang is the valley master of Xianyue Valley, and he has a blood relationship with the female giant of the Mo family, and he is also unique in mechanical skills. Maybe in the future......
"Help me hold it!"
This niece has never been polite, Gao Zunhui is used to her sudden interruption of his thoughts, he shook his head helplessly, and had to take it.
Chris turned his head to look at the piece in Qin Yujiu's hand again. She found that the tenons of the cloud and star were on the underside of the two planks. She said to herself: It's like playing a puzzle, it seems that these are the two pieces on top.
"Is there really a mystery in this thing?" Gao Zunhui stared wide-eyed, his mouth open.
Qin Yujiu smiled self-deprecatingly, and said in his heart: When I saw that the board could move that day, I am afraid that my expression was more exaggerated than that of Gao Xiaogong.
Chris nodded and said, "When I first got this board, I consulted Brother Teng, and he was the one who discovered the mechanism here!"
Seeing her hook her fingers, Gao Zunhui immediately handed over the wooden board in her hand.
Chris carefully aligned the two boards together.
Sure enough, it's tenon to tenon!
Large and small circular protrusions stuck into the tongue and groove, and half-moon protrusions of different thicknesses also stuck in the opposite concave hole, just to hear the sound of Kerala, which should be the sound of those layers of pinstripes interlocking with each other.
She slowly let go of her hand, and the two boards were really connected, tightly fitted, motionless.
The crowd was stunned. Some people probably guessed it a long time ago, but when they saw such an exquisite mechanism operating in front of them, they also deeply admired the craftsman who made this strange thing.
Chris pointed to the incense case next to him and said, "Put it here, I want to see how the words on the board can move?"
Xiangling took away the vase on the incense case, and Qin Yujiu and Gao Zunhui carried the long wooden board together and gently placed it on several cases. As Chris's fingers flicked up the small black pieces, the words on the board also moved, some moving left and right, some up and down, and even a few of them were sunk into the board and disappeared. And those Chinese characters whose meaning is unknown began to be rearranged.
Everyone watched with wide eyes, and the small squares on the wooden board all shifted positions, and the Chinese characters gradually formed into sentences one by one.
Books of the Song Dynasty were typeset vertically, with text arranged from right to left.
Chris tried to read it out: "The Pure Wind Messenger subdues the demons ......" She said in her heart: If there is no punctuation, how can the sentence be broken?
Before she could continue reading, the little uncle read aloud: "Pure Wind Messenger, subdue all demons, with five types of demons, five clear bodies, two forces and ......" He paused and said, "It's broken below." ”
Chris looked at it and thought to himself: it seems that the next sentence should be on the wooden board below, and it must be found and then connected in order to be coherent. (To be continued.) )