Endless route

Chapter 239 9. Cultural Relics Bureau and Wanying Xianhai Map

The hotpot was eaten slowly. During the meal, Zhai Mo asked in detail about the haunting of the museum. After all, this was not a trivial matter. He had to ask clearly no matter what, and even reported it now.

The ruins of the capital's commander-in-chief's mansion are huge, and Fuci City has countless records of gods and ghosts in its history.

The word ghost has too many meanings.

The ghost legends circulating in the market, folk superstitious feudal beliefs, real historical records, and strange phenomena in modern times... can all be summarized in terms of ghosts and gods.

The Cultural Relics Bureau has been exposed to these things all year round. Even the new young people have heard more or less stories from the previous generation and basically know what the gods and ghosts are.

You can't say it's completely false.

Let’s just say most of them are fake.

And it is not the same thing as gods and ghosts in the conventional sense. Under the suspenseful and bizarre performance, it may be any unimaginable reason and outrageous truth.

Zhai Mo asked several key questions.

He is indeed an expert in the industry. Once he got up to speed, these questions seemed very professional and efficient.

Ji Dao was startled by the question.

Because the order of Zhai Mo's questions was very knowledgeable, by the end of the questioning, most of the questions caused by folk superstitions could be screened out. It should be a standardized process.

Zheng Yun listened with great interest.

The role played by the official cultural relics bureau is not that simple. In his daily work, Zhai Mo may encounter "incidents of urban residents encountering ghosts" handed over from the police station, or be consulted on some historical and folklore issues in the case.

When encountering a problem that the Cultural Heritage Bureau does not understand, the Cultural Heritage Bureau will also consult authorities in relevant fields, such as history professors or private individuals who are proficient in a certain industry.

Many of these professors and private individuals are consultants to the Cultural Heritage Bureau, and many of them have been partners of the Cultural Heritage Bureau for many years.

Jianghe Pawn Shop is an example.

The pawn shop has an outrageous museum license and a subtle but solid foundation of mutual trust.

Using this method, the Cultural Relics Bureau can use some "small preferential treatment based on the compliance system" to attract all the talented people in the world to the Cultural Relics Bureau.

It can also be called ‘regulatory supervision’.

Many businesses really cannot live without these small preferential treatment. Once the preferential treatment ends, this industry with a long history and inheritance will be gone, so the relationship with the Cultural Heritage Bureau is very good.

The Cultural Relics Bureau also needs these talented people who can give advice when dealing with some special cases.

Zheng Yun remembered a story told by his adoptive father.

It is said that more than twenty years ago, several skinned corpses appeared in Fuen City, but no matter how many investigations were carried out, they could not be found.

The police station went to the Cultural Relics Bureau to inquire about the situation, and then the Cultural Relics Bureau directly invited several time-honored shopkeepers in the city who made lampshades, fans, screens, and drum skins to inquire about the situation.

Let’s not talk about the final result.

Let’s just say that the Cultural Relics Bureau’s decisive action, as well as the inquiry target that is so terrifying that it would give a child nightmares, are really precise and ruthless, and they couldn’t be more professional.

Zheng Yun was shocked at that time.

I thought my adoptive father was making up stories to scare me.

Now that I think about it, most people don't hear this kind of story. That is to say, the adoptive father is a person in the same industry, so he can hear a few things. Or, the adoptive father was also present at the time...

The end result was equally professional.

The shopkeeper of a time-honored brand that makes classical lampshades provided clues. He said that an employer came to the shop some time ago and said that he wanted to make a few lanterns to be placed in tombs. He also paid a deposit of more than 2,000.

And they were all handfuls of change.

At that time, the shopkeeper didn't think there was a problem. There were only a few time-honored brands in the city that could make Tongming lanterns, and this kind of folk-style lanterns had always been made in one place.

There are very few places where human skin is used.

But when the Cultural Relics Bureau asked, the shopkeeper suddenly remembered that the accent of the employer at that time was a bit special, and in the folk customs of that place, there was a saying that human skin was used to make lamps.

Use this clue.

The case was solved quickly.

It was really the employer who was responsible for the case, and she was also a woman. Her husband and son died on the construction site. A lame old man in her hometown coaxed her to make lamps, so she really started to do it.

Fortunately, in the entire Fuen City and surrounding areas, several time-honored brands that can make such lamps have close connections with the Cultural Relics Bureau, so no matter who this woman looks for, she will not be able to escape in the end.

These time-honored brands are the moat of the Cultural Relics Bureau. Just like taking over sites and cultural relics, the Cultural Relics Bureau also took over these intangible cultural heritages in a different way.

Very appropriate way to handle it.

Zhai Mo is usually responsible for this communication work, so I can tell that he must have some experience.

Zheng Yun didn't know the details of the work of the Cultural Relics Bureau, so he was very interested in Zhai Mo's methods and measures to deal with the ghost incident. Zhai Mo represented the Cultural Relics Bureau at this moment.

The Cultural Heritage Bureau’s thinking is indeed different.

Just like dealing with ordinary people's ghost cases, every question he asked was an efficient screening with a clear purpose.

under this problem.

Ji Dao could only evade the explanation, because they made up the so-called hauntings. The more they talk about it now, the less room they have for trying to "catch ghosts" later.

Let him ask a few more questions.

We can't catch this ghost today.

Unless the real ghost of Jianxiansi is brought out and given to him, people will definitely see something fishy at a glance.

"The questions you asked are not certain yet. We can only look for them slowly after arriving at the scene. However, the gods and ghosts are unpredictable, and it is not impossible to interfere with reality."

Ji Dao wiped the sweat from his forehead. He didn't know whether it was because of the hot pot or because he was a little defeated by the questions.

Still suffered the disadvantage of joining the WTO late.

He's really not good at lying and making up stories.

But no matter what, Ji Dao put away his contempt for Zhai Mo. He had to admit that Zhai Mo was a person in the industry.

"Well, being haunted is a nuisance."

Zhai Mo sighed worriedly. He still had the same idea and didn't think Zheng Yun and Jidao were lying to him.

Zheng Yun watched the two communicating word by word and nodded silently. Compared to Mr. Xu, Zhai Mo was indeed younger and better at communicating. He could learn a lot from each other.

To put it bluntly, it’s a cliche.

Communicating with him will not be so tiring.

After finishing the hot pot hastily, Zhai Mo was so preoccupied that he barely took a few bites. Zheng Yun wanted to pay the bill out of apology, but Zhai Mo still took the lead and paid for the more than 200 yuan.

Walk out of the hot pot restaurant.

There is an endless stream of tourists on the street, and the hot pot and barbecue restaurants on the street are crowded and lively.

"Let's go to the museum now. Thank you both for your troubles. I'd like to thank you both on behalf of the Cultural Relics Bureau." Zhai Mo adjusted his clothes and took a taxi on the street with a sad look on his face.

"..."

Ji Dao said nothing.

"It should."

Zheng Yun answered this sentence.

After Zhai Mo got a taxi, the three of them got in the car and went straight to the museum. The original capital commander's office was in the middle and north of Fuci City. It was not seriously damaged in the late Ming Dynasty. The overall preservation was relatively intact. You can see the towering city walls.

The area of ​​the capital's headquarters is vast.

The grand style is also very impressive.

Originally there should have been a capital commander's office like this in Fu'en City, but now only the old street of Jinhuai Road remains.

The taxi entered an alley.

The three of them got out of the car and walked towards the back door of the museum. Zhai Mo took out his ID and spoke to the security personnel. The back door opened a small gap, allowing the three of them to walk in from the edge.

The museum is closed at night.

The ancient buildings on the left and right were covered with a layer of darkness. The person in charge of security came over personally and led the way with a flashlight. He talked to Zhai Mo in a low voice and asked about the reason for coming in this time.

Pass through a string of backyard lofts.

There is a security checkpoint ahead.

The person in charge of security took them to the security office to register, and then they were officially allowed into the museum.

Zhai Mo asked about the recent situation at the security office and whether the museum was haunted. After this question, the expressions of two young people changed but they did not speak.

A division supervisor hesitated for a moment before telling him about a strange thing that happened some time ago. Two team members were patrolling near the rear hall of Jiasi at night. As a result, the ground suddenly shook, and there was suddenly no water in a well. human voice.

They continue to observe.

But it didn't show up again.

So I never reported it to the superior.

Zhai Mo's expression changed and he looked at Zheng Yun: "Sure enough, let's go take a look near the Fourth Back Hall now?"

"Can."

Zheng Yun nodded.

This time it was a match. They were the ones who caused the haunting in the first place. They knew who the 'ghosts' were better than anyone else, because the ghosts were him and Ji Dao.

The three of them immediately walked towards the target.

Ji Dao kept observing the surroundings and commanded that the internal structure of the Si Mansion was complex. Several main halls were converted into museums, while the small halls remained intact and kept their original appearance.

They first need to find the hall where the Immortal Gate is located, but they have only gone in at night. They know the environment and layout inside, but they don't know where it is in the museum.

The fourth apse should not be far away.

You can go there first and then look for it slowly.

They do have a clue, which is the jade. As long as they ask about the location of the jade, they can directly find the exit of the Immortal Sect, but their intention is too obvious.

"The Jiasi rear hall is one of the important areas of the museum. It was the main hall of the former commanding department. It stores a large number of important cultural relics. It is only open to the public on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays."

Zhai Mo introduced the situation.

"Are there any important cultural relics?"

Zheng Yun started asking around the corner.

"Looking at the arrangement from different angles, I personally think that the most important one should be the Wanyingxian Sea Map. It is the first ancient sea map in human history that comprehensively records the endless routes. The bureau has not studied it for decades. Crack.”

"That picture is very complicated, and many things are very detailed, but some of the contents are inconsistent with reality."

Zhai Mo explained roughly in a calm tone.

Zheng Yun fully understood this. The same situation existed in the Immortal Mansion of Immortality. Some things did not match the reality, and many places even seemed to appear out of thin air.

"You actually have this picture of the Immortal Sea?" Ji Dao suddenly interrupted when he heard this, his eyes widened in surprise.

"I know a little bit about this. When the Cultural Relics Bureau took over the Imperial Palace, this picture was on the record."

The security person in charge who was accompanying him answered.

"Yes, this map is a very important Haiwei heritage. It revealed a problem in the Ming Dynasty. If all the contents on the Immortal Sea Map are true records, then the endless route is likely to have forks. In modern times, This conclusion was reached in the last century, and it has not been confirmed until now.”

Zhai Mo nodded. Although he was worried about catching ghosts, he still talked about these things very carefully.

Zheng Yun also knew this.

Contemporary humans are exploring endless routes, and the furthest they have reached is W-42C, which is thousands of light years away from the earth and is about to reach the Perseus Cantilever of the Milky Way, which is so far away that it is unimaginable.

Just counting the mileage of the endless route, this is more than 84,000 nautical miles. At the current fastest sailing speed of unmanned detection ships, which is 30 knots per hour, it will take four to five months to arrive. .

But in fact, in the face of extremely dangerous sea conditions and various extreme weather, unmanned ships can only sail at turtle speed. From the 20th century to the present, only one of the ninety-seven detection ships entered the W-42C, and then quickly lost contact. .

In this route sequence W-42C, there is a letter C. This C represents a suspected fork in the road.

"..."

Jidao stopped talking, looked at Zheng Yun and shook his head. He obviously had something to say, but it wasn't very important.

Zheng Yun roughly understood what Ji Dao meant. He was surprised that the museum had this picture of the Immortal Sea, but he did not propose the idea of ​​taking a look, indicating that the Heavenly Palace should also have this picture.

"The ancients' purpose of recording routes and their drawing techniques were completely different from modern times. They called the Sea of ​​Mist Xianmen, the mainland Xianzhou, and the sea Xianying. The order of arrangement is also different from modern times. It may be due to measurement errors."

Zhai Mo added a little.

There is a reason why the Cultural Relics Bureau cannot decipher it, because the Immortal Sea Map is indeed complicated and there is no relevant appendix.

Zheng Yun thought thoughtfully. The existence of forks in the sea route should be regarded as a cutting-edge guess for sea route exploration. If it must involve Haiwei, it may have something to do with the Forsaken Land.

Everyone moved forward speechlessly.

Soon he entered the rear hall of Jiasi.

"This is the place."

The person in charge of security took them directly into a side courtyard next to the apse. There was a well in this courtyard.

See this well.

Zheng Yun's thoughts wandered for a moment. There was also a well in the Imperial Palace, and this well seemed to be connected to the Immortal Gate. Even if it was not connected, it was very close to the Immortal Gate.

Almost every fairy gate is related to a well.

Opening the fairy gate requires water, and it is normal to have a well. This is understandable, but the well in this place must be guarded by a mechanism, which may be a clue.

The last time they were haunted, it was because Ji Dao accidentally touched the mechanism, and until now, the Cultural Relics Bureau has not discovered that there is a fairy gate deep underground.

"I'll go down and take a look."

Ji Dao rolled up his sleeves and was about to take action.

"This well is forty meters deep, but the water level is only more than two meters. When we went down to take a look, we found that the situation down there was extremely complicated, and there was a dead end at the end. The Cultural Heritage Bureau has the underground structure diagram here. I can apply for it for you. "

Zhai Mo spoke immediately.

He also had good intentions.

"No, I'm just taking a look." Ji Dao refused directly, not wanting to attract the attention of the Cultural Relics Bureau to the underground.

"Didn't you find any strange phenomena or things at the beginning?" Zheng Yun asked indirectly.

"The wisdom of the ancients is difficult to fathom. Groundwater wells are crisscrossed and connected to the underground drainage channels of the entire Fuci Ancient City. The layout is exquisite but the archaeological value is relatively limited, so few people choose to conduct research in this area."

"But the museum has sealed all the main exits, making it impossible for outsiders to come in. This shouldn't be the reason."

Zhai Mo answered from the side.

The sewer environment is humid, and any cultural relics are soaked in water. There is really no research value. Except for some college students writing papers, few people do research on it.

Zheng Yun nodded.

If the underground structure is extremely complicated, the Immortal Gate may indeed be missed by the Cultural Relics Bureau. After all, these command and commission departments are all in charge of Triton, and Triton can always act as an agency.

Everyone watched Ji Dao jump into the well, support the wall of the well and slowly go down, and soon he reached the bottom of the well and entered the secret passage.

The person in charge of security hesitated to speak and looked at Zhai Mo several times, wondering whether he should send someone to follow him.

Zhai Mo shook his head slightly.

If it were anyone else, the museum's security department would have to send someone to follow them, but Zheng Yun and Mr. Xu greeted them, and Mr. Xu agreed to let them come, and there were no cultural relics underground, so there was no need to keep a close eye on them no matter what angle they were looking at.

"Let's go take a look around."

Zheng Yun looked at other parts of the Jiasi rear hall to give Ji Dao time while looking for the main exit of the Immortal Sect.

If nothing unexpected happens.

There should be other exits underground, but as Zhai Mo said, these exits were blocked by the Cultural Relics Bureau. If you want to reopen the exits, you should have to remove the blocking wall.