"Last time, we talked about the new top scorer, Fang Qing, who went to see Aunt as the governor of the five provinces. Aunt Fang Qing recalled all the things she had done in the past and felt ashamed, timid, hesitant, and ashamed. She refused to go downstairs to see her nephew. At this moment, she was in the middle of the stairs, unable to go up or down.”
At the table behind Murong Yao and the others, the voices of two men could be heard.
" This storyteller sure knows how to talk. There are only 13 steps in total, and I've only walked five steps after listening to it for five days straight. What's the end of this? I've lost all my life in my shop."
"Then don't come tomorrow!"
"I can't not listen, but my heart itches like a cat scratching it.”
"Hahahahaha!"
“……”
In his later life, Murong Yao had seen the tin opera " Pearl Pagoda ". He knew that these were just the old-fashioned stories of talented scholars and beautiful women. It was nothing more than the story of a young man in trouble winning the top scholar title and privately deciding to spend his life in the backyard. He was here to kill time and let him talk however he wanted on stage.
Murong Yao and the rest listened for the entire afternoon and went to the toilet a few times. He hadn't reached the bottom of the stairs yet.
After dinner, everyone went to Boss Gong's shop. Boss Gong waited for them without eating.
"Young masters, I'm glad I didn't fail you.”
The three of them took a cursory look and saw that the rubbing was intact. They paid the money and hurried back to Three Family Village.
Niu Zheng's family was also home. Everyone spread out the picture. It was a picture, and everyone knew that it was a blueprint of Three Family Village.
At the bottom of the picture was a line of thin gold script: "For the fated person!"
This line of words was obviously different from the rest of the rubbings. It was added by a later person!
The pond in the middle of the picture was the most obvious. Everyone looked at the picture carefully. Murong Yao held his cheek and frowned."That's not right! Our Three Family Village clearly only has three exits, why are there five exits on this map?”
Niu Yunfeng pointed down and said,""There was an exit here in the village, but it was blocked because it was too close to the southwest one. You can see the repair marks on the wall during the day. As for the extra exit in the northeast corner, it doesn't look like an inverted triangle on this map.”
Murong Yao was also pondering. After a while, he pointed at the inverted triangle and said,""Is this the location of the small temple we went to this morning?”
"Yes!" Wei Wuji said with certainty. It was that small temple, but there was no exit there.”
Murong Yao said,"I still have to go to the field to take a look tomorrow!"”
However, there was one exit that was certain, and that was the exit from the back yard, which was in the west direction.
At the five exits, there were two words on them, but no one knew them. Everyone looked at Murong Yao.
Murong Yao smiled bitterly." Don't look at me. Although I graduated from university, I studied science. It's all about molecules, atoms, and electrons. I don't recognize these words either. They look like seal characters. We usually use these characters to carve seals. How about this? I'll bring them back to my father to read.”Everyone thought about it and realized that they really had to ask Murong Qing Shan.
When he returned home, Murong Qingshan was still awake. Murong Yao immediately took out a rubbing,"Father, we found this!"”
Murong Qing Shan took it and looked at it,"You actually found it!"”
"I found it, but it's not much different from not finding it! First of all, these words are difficult for me?”
Murong Qingshan said," These words are not difficult. They are just some ordinary characters. You refused to learn them properly when you were young. Other than a few brush strokes, you have no foundation in writing." These are all things from the heavenly stems and earthly branches. The two characters in the northeast were Hai Yi, Yin Jia in the north, and Yin Jia in the south. Chou Wu in the west, Xu Geng on the left of the south, The child on the right. However, something was wrong. It should be the arrangement of the heavenly stems in front and the earthly branches behind. Now, it was reversed. The earthly branches were in front and the heavenly stems were behind. You had to figure this out yourself.”
The heavenly stems and earthly branches were most commonly used by the ancients to record years. The Heavenly Stems had ten characters, namely A, B, C, D, E, Ji, Geng, Xin, Ren, and Kui. The Earthly Branches were 12 words: Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu, Hai. The combination of the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches could form 60 combinations, which were used for appointment for exactly 60 years. The ancients called it a Jiazi. For example," The 300th Year of Jiashen,"" The Gengzi Compensation,"" The Jiawu War,"" The Revolution of 1911," and so on. Of course, the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches were also related to the five elements and astrology, but it had nothing to do with the content of this article, so there was no need to add more details.
When Murong Yao returned to his room, these few words kept running through his mind. He couldn't get rid of them. The Chinese language was broad and profound, and these things were mysterious and profound. His foundation in this aspect was the worst. He felt sleepy and decided to talk about it tomorrow!
When he woke up for breakfast, Murong Yao went to the dining table with his panda eyes wide open. Murong Feng and the two girls also came over to eat. When they saw Murong Yao's expression, they came over to make fun of him.
When he saw Murong Yao, he suddenly remembered that his sister had also received a good education. He asked his sister to give it a try and said,"Sister, if the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches were reversed, what would happen?”
Who knew that Murong Chi's eyes would glare at him." The Westerners use the era. I don't know about these things!"”Murong Yao choked on his words.
Murong Yao laughed. He was also looking for a doctor in an emergency. Thinking about it, he would be talking to the foreigners about the heavenly stems and earthly branches. Wasn't it just playing the lute to a cow?
After dinner, the two girls and Murong Xi went to the clinic. Seeing that Murong Qingshan was about to leave, Murong Yao said,""Dad, can't you give me a hint?”
Unexpectedly, Murong Qingshan's eyes widened,""I studied the Confucian school of Confucius and Mencius. I don't understand these unorthodox ways!”With that, he left.
Not long after, Niu Zheng and Wei Wuji arrived. Last night, they had agreed to go to the small temple again. The two companions were very interested. The three of them took the rubbings and went to the place from yesterday. This house had been abandoned for a long time. Other than the temple, the doors of the other places were not locked. Many places were broken and the walls behind the house were intact. Murong Yao took the rubbings and compared them carefully, but he could not find anything. "I'd better go to the temple to take a look!" he said helplessly.”
There was actually nothing much to see in the temple. Other than the dust, it was almost clear at a glance. There was no wall there, so it was impossible to find an exit from here.
The three of them walked back unhappily. Murong Yao stopped halfway and turned to the two of them,""On the rubbing, there are only two words on it, but no exit. But what does this triangle mean?”
The few of them tried to figure it out for a long time, but they could not get to the point.
"Could this triangle be the direction?" Wei Wuji suddenly asked. The triangular arrow was pointing downwards. Was the exit underground?”
The remaining two blurted out,"It's a tunnel!”
The three of them returned to the small temple. After entering the temple, everyone looked at the ground. The ground was covered with green bricks. There was no sound of a hole when the bricks were knocked on the ground. The surrounding walls were also knocked. Murong Yao went outside again and used his footsteps to measure the surroundings of the temple. He did not find any walls. Finally, Murong Yao looked at the clay sculpture. The bottom of the clay sculpture was made of bricks. After everyone moved the table away, they knocked on the surrounding brick wall and finally realized that the sound of the brick behind the clay sculpture was slightly different. This time, the few of them were excited, but the rest realized that things were not so easy to deal with! Demolishing the temple was a big matter. None of them could make the decision. They could only go back and discuss it with the adults at night! At this time, Wei Wuji asked another question,""If we really found a tunnel, where does it lead to?”
"Since it's an exit, it can only lead to the outside of the wall!" Niu Zheng said.”
"Could it be that it leads to the back of the Blazing Mountain?"
"There are rocks below. Can we even dig this tunnel?”
Murong Yao pondered for a moment and said," I remember that Layman Zhang said this yesterday. The Great Compassion Buddhist Hall and this temple were built at the same time. Then, it's most likely that the two temples are connected! Of course, there was a prerequisite, and that was that they had to find a tunnel entrance here!”
This discovery made them extremely excited. They had finally made a breakthrough!
There was still a question lingering in Murong Yao's mind.'We have a rubbing in our hands, so where did this rubbing come from?' Where was his mother board?
He didn't talk about these questions. He didn't think they had much to do with the matter at hand. His mind was still thinking about the words on the rubbing. What did they mean?
Since he had nothing to do anyway, Murong Yao told his two companions the meaning of the words on the rubbing. The two of them were confused, let alone giving any suggestions.
The few of them were all talking at once, but there was nothing new. At this moment, Niu Zheng said,"Is this Wu the Wu of the 'Wu Gate Execution'?”
"Yes!"
"Then in the play,'It's already noon, push him out and behead him!'This afternoon too?"
"Yeah, wait!" Murong Yao suddenly seemed to have found something. As soon as this thought passed, he did not seem to have found anything.
"Niu Zheng, repeat what you just said!”
"It's already noon and we're going to execute him!”
It was 11:45 in the afternoon, which was the time to kill people in ancient times. To be precise, this was not the time to kill. It had to be delayed a little. The executioner had to pose, and the prisoner had to drink a bowl of beheading wine until 12 o'clock in the afternoon.”
Murong Yao's train of thought was disrupted by his two companions 'off-topic words.
Murong Yao said," My mind is a little messy. I want to go back and be alone. Let's go back!"”
Niu Zheng said," You guys go ahead. I'm going to the back of the mountain. They've been training for a few days, and I haven't been there for even a day. I have to go and get some rest!"”After saying goodbye to the two of them, he left.
Murong Yao and Wei Wuji were on their way back when Murong Yao suddenly remembered something and said to Wei Wuji,""Second Brother, Nanjing is currently at war. It's not time for the trading company to go to Nanjing to open a business. When the situation stabilizes, if you go to Nanjing, let me know. I have something to entrust to you.”
"Got it!"
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