Ghost Blows Out the Light

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The Kingdom of Dian was destroyed in the Han Dynasty. In the middle period, there were great conflicts in the country. Some people split from the Kingdom of Dian. These people went to the mountains and lived a life isolated from the outside world. Since then, these people It gradually disappeared in history, and the understanding of them in later generations is only from the sporadic records in "橐歑引异考试".

This group of people separated from the ancient Dian Kingdom naturally formed a tribal group. They have a very weird ritual, they use that kind of strange tank hanging in the water to drown the living and feed the dead. Fish, a fish that eats human flesh every day, is several times stronger than ordinary fish. When the fish grows up, it is necessary to take the tank out of the water on the night of the full moon, burn the human bones inside, and use it as a sacrifice to the six gods. Respect the jade beast, and then eat the fish in the tank with soup. It is said that eating this kind of fish fed by dead people can prolong life.

The old treasurer of the coffin shop in the stone tablet shop, somehow got these things, whether they were inherited from his ancestors or found by himself, I don’t know for the time being, it is very likely that he mastered this evil ritual, and found the pre-Qin treasures under the coffin shop. Ruins, this is equivalent to finding a very hidden place. In order to hide it better and not expose it, it is convenient to use the legend that a person will die when he touches the coffin, so that the nearby villagers have a sense of fear for his shop, and they dare not approach it easily. , These secrets were not revealed until after his death, but whether the old shopkeeper of the coffin shop is the murderer or not, we have to wait for the people from the Public Security Bureau to do a detailed investigation and collect evidence.

After hearing Professor Sun’s words, there happened to be a braised fish in the meal. I was so disgusted that I couldn’t even eat the meal. The more I thought about it, the more disgusting I became, so I decided not to eat it. I said to Professor Sun: “You are simply from the East. Holmes, I've been studying below for a long time, but I didn't see why, tall, you are really tall."

Professor Sun's attitude towards me this time was much better than last time, and he said to me immediately: "Actually, I saw someone collect such a strange tank in Yunnan before, and it was bought from Nanyang many years ago. Unexpectedly, this kind of sorcery has been poisonous in some places in Southeast Asia. Do you still remember what I said last time, did Lao Chen save my life? It was also in Yunnan."

Although this disgusting and cruel sorcery is weird, it has no direct relationship with us after all. We have achieved our goal if we can find Professor Sun, so we just listen to what Professor Sun said just now. I and Shirley Yang Zheng I wanted to ask him for something about Professor Chen, but I didn't know how to say it for a while, but when I heard Professor Sun mentioned Professor Chen, I asked him to elaborate.

Professor Sun sighed: "Oh, what can I say? I'm ashamed to say it, but it's been so many years anyway. At that time, Lao Chen and I were sent to Yunnan for reformation. Lao Chen was more than ten years older than me. At the age of [-], he took good care of me. At that time, I had some style problems, and I fell in love with a local widow. I don’t tell you, you should know how bad this incident was at the time.”

I listened with a serious appearance on the surface, and secretly smiled in my heart: "Old man Sun looks like a farmer working in the field, he doesn't look like a professor at all, I never thought there would be such romantic jokes in the past, even this romance story The confession has been made, and it can be seen from this point that he is a person who can't pretend to be troubled, and it is not too difficult to trick him, the key is to find a breakthrough."

I only heard Professor Sun continue to say: "At that time, I couldn't bear the pressure. I hanged myself in the cowshed and kicked the stool away. It was too late to regret it, half of my tongue was sticking out, and it was about to be over, at this moment, Lao Chen rushed over and saved me, if there was no Lao Chen, where would I be now."

I knew the opportunity was coming. Professor Sun recalled the events of those years, touched his heart, and talked more. Taking this opportunity, I hurriedly explained that Professor Chen’s current condition was ten times worse, and asked Shirley Yang to take out the keel of the different text. The rubbings were shown to Professor Sun, and we told him why we came to beg him, even for the sake of Professor Chen, let us make an exception and leak some secrets.

Professor Sun's expression changed immediately, he bit his lips, hesitated for a long time, and finally said to us: "I can take this rubbing back for you to have a look at and analyze what is written on it, but you guys should Don't tell anyone, it's inconvenient to say more here, after we return to the Gutian County Guest House tomorrow, you can come find me again."

I was worried that he would change his mind again in the next day, so I asked for the rubbings of the different keels, and made an agreement with Professor Sun to show him after returning to the county guest house.

After dinner that day, Shirley Yang and I wanted to take the road back to Gutian County. Before we left the village, we were stopped by a blind fortune teller who was full of trains. "Eye Diagram", the goods sell well, as for the price, it is negotiable.

If I hadn't seen the blind man, I would have forgotten all about it. I know that his book "Eye Map of Yanzimi" is actually a Fengshui map, which is not very useful. It's worth money. The content in the picture itself is similar to Shan Hai Jing, and it doesn't have much meaning. Besides, the blind man's book looks like a Xibei product that lays eggs, and it is not genuine at all.

I said to the blind man: "Old man, do you still want to sell this picture to someone who knows the goods?"

The blind man said: "That's natural. Those who know the goods can make a price at will, and the old man is willing to part with it. Those who don't know the goods, even if they promise a thousand pieces of gold, it will be in vain. This fetish must not fall into the hands of the common people. After breaking the appearance, I found out that Your Excellency has locked the seven orifices of the snake, and was born a majestic image of the princes. If you look at the world, whoever is worthy of this "Mianzimi Diyan Map" will give up to you."

I said to the blind man: "If you want to say this, I'm afraid you won't be able to sell this atlas, because it is a fake at all. Those who know the goods are not willing to buy it, and those who don't know the goods are not willing to sell it. You should keep it for yourself as soon as possible." Well, let’s stop talking about the feudal lords, okay? There may have been pigs or monkeys in our family before, but there have never been any pig monkeys. If I were a pig monkey, I should enter It's the zoo."

Seeing that I saw through this fake picture, the blind man begged me to take him to Beijing for the sake of fellowship, where he would tell people's fortunes and touch their bones, and resell some magic weapons for laying eggs and so on. Yes, it is also good to respond to the call of the court and run to a well-off life.

I felt that the blind man was really pitiful, so I moved my heart, discussed it with Shirley Yang, and agreed to the blind man's request, and agreed to return to Beijing to find him a place near Panjiayuan, and let Da Jinya take care of him. Take care of him, and the blind man's mouth can run away from an aircraft carrier, which can be a good trust for us to do business in the future.

But I told the blind man that the capital is no better than other places. If you tell someone's fortune again, you will pick up the big one, and say that the other party can be a prince, prince and head of state in the future. The hat is done.

The blind man nodded again and again: "I don't need you to explain these reasons, the old man will naturally understand, that crime is absolutely unbearable, once it is investigated in court, at least I will ask the old man to be executed, and when he arrives in the capital, The old man only picks up the words of meeting to make a fortune."

So I took the blind man back to the Gutian guest house. If there is something to say, it will be long. Meet in a restaurant in the county seat.

In the restaurant, Professor Sun said to us: "The reason why I didn't tell you about the keel variant last time was because I had a lot of worries at the time, but I thought about it all night yesterday. I’ve said it, but I hope you will act with caution and don’t cause too much trouble.”

I asked Professor Sun: "I don't quite understand. What are you worried about? Why can't things from thousands of years ago be made public?"

Professor Sun shook his head and said: "It's not that I can't say it, but it's just that I haven't had the time to say it. The information I have is very limited. These different keels are ancient confidential documents, which record some little-known things that have not even been included in the history books. As for the matter, although the method of deciphering the heavenly scriptures has been mastered, because the ages are too far apart, how to understand and verify the deciphered content is very difficult and complicated, and there are many keel variants. Incomplete, it is difficult to see a well-preserved one, once there is ambiguity between the deciphered content and the original text, even if only one word is inaccurate, the error will be huge..."

I said to Professor Sun: "You told us about these business matters, but we didn't understand. We came all the way to find you, just to know about Muchen Bead and the keel bone that Shirley Yang brought. Wen Ruopian, I hope you can help us decipher it to see if there are any clues about where the Muchen Bead fell."

Professor Sun took the rubbings, looked at them for a long time, and then said to me: "According to the regulations, these are not allowed to be disclosed to the outside world. This is the reason why I frightened you last time, because the information is immature, and publishing it is not good for history. Responsibility, but this time for the sake of Lao Chen, I don't care about any regulations. I will go all out today. You want to ask Muchen Bead. I know very little about Muchen Bead. I think it may be some kind of symbolic The sacrificial vessel, shaped like an eyeball, first appeared in the Shang and Zhou dynasties. In the unearthed keel cipher texts of the Western Zhou dynasties, it is not clear when the Muchen Bead was made, who made it, and where it got the material from. Information, like the rubbing you brought, is similar to the ones I have seen before. I am not sure that the symbol on the keel is the much dust bead, but I can tell you with certainty that this one looks like an eyeball and a vortex The symbol of phoenix in the cipher text of the Zhou Dynasty means phoenix, and the information recorded on this rubbing is the description of Fengming Qishan by the people of the Western Zhou Dynasty."

I was full of doubts, so I asked Professor Sun, "Phoenix? Isn't that a kind of animal made up by the ancients? Did it really happen in this world?"

Professor Sun replied: "It's hard to say, because this kind of Dragon Bone Book records very important files of the ancient ruling class, ordinary people can't know the content, so I personally believe that the Dragon Bone Secret Text records content, but then again, I don’t think there is a phoenix in the world, maybe this is a ciphertext within a ciphertext, a hint within a hint.”

I asked Professor Sun: "You mean that this content seems to describe the phoenix, but it is actually a substitute for a certain event or object, just like in some war movies we watched, some **** privately manage the chairman of the committee. Call it the old man, and when you mention the old man, everyone will know that it is Lao Jiang."

Professor Sun said: "Your analogy is very inappropriate, but the meaning is a bit close. In ancient times, the Phoenix called Qishan, which foreshadowed that there is a way to conquer the injustice. The rise of the Zhou Dynasty replaced the declining Shang Zhou. The Phoenix This fictitious spirit beast can be said to be a symbol of auspiciousness and wealth. It has specific meanings in various historical periods and under different religious backgrounds, but as for what it means in the Dragon Bone Book of Heaven, it is hard to say Now, I deduce that this eyeball-shaped symbol represents a phoenix, and I also deduce it from the rest of the text in the same chapter on the keel, so there should be no mistake about it.”

I nodded and said: "That's right, because Muchen Bead itself has another name, called Phoenix Gallbladder. I don't know where this name came from. It seems that this ancient jade in the shape of an eyeball is different from that kind of jade." There is some kind of connection between the fictional creature Phoenix. Professor, is there any clue about the ancient tomb or the location in the cipher text of the rubbings?"

Professor Sun said: "It's because I don't want to tell you, it's not true at all. I'll help you write the translation on paper, and you can tell at a glance that this is just an ancient article describing Fengming Qishan. This kind of thing has always been highly valued by the emperor, and if you can pray for the omen of the phoenix, you can be entrusted to the sky and achieve great things, just like when we open a restaurant now, set off firecrackers, hang red banners, and ask for auspiciousness."

Shirley Yang and I were in a fog, thinking that there would be a lot of dust beads in this precious rubbing, but in the end there was only this kind of content. I asked Professor Sun to write down the translation in the rubbing and read it several times. There is indeed no mention of any location. It seems that this thread that has been shelved for decades has been broken again until today.

If I look for new clues again, it will be no less than finding a needle in a haystack. I can't help gnashing my teeth when I think of my anger, and the veins on my forehead jump up. Shirley Yang beside me also bites her lip, trembling slightly, tears rolling in her eyes.

Seeing the two of us downcast, Professor Sun took out a photo and put it on the table: "Don't be so depressed, take a look at the photo I took yesterday, maybe you go to the deep mountains and old forests in Yunnan, and there will be some reward."

(Volume of the Yellow River, end)