Jiapingguan Chronicle

"Isn't this what it should be? Whether he is a father or an emperor, shouldn't he do this?" Xue Ruitian frowned, "Listening to what Second Grandpa said, it feels like Emperor Yongjia did this himself, and he still feels quite proud? "

"Don't worry about this, we'll talk about it later."

Second Master Jiang was a little tired from sitting, so he stood up and stretched his arms and kicked his legs. He looked at the degree of drying of the sea chart, cautiously reached out and touched it, and shook his head at Qi Bo.

"Have you not done it thoroughly?" Qi Bo also stood up, walked to the sea chart, touched it, and stretched out his hand towards Xue Ruitian who was following him, "Give me a fire stick, and then put out all the candles in the room. ”

"Okay, Second Grandpa."

Xue Ruitian fumbled for a long time but couldn't find his Huozhezi. Shen Cha took it from Shen Haolin and stuffed it into his hand.

After all the candles in the room were extinguished, Qi Bo lit the fire folding tube, held it carefully up to the sea chart, and shook it up and down a few times on the concave and convex areas that had been smeared twice.

"Hey, this seems to have writing on it, not the ones we saw just now." Zhen Buhui swooped over to the chart and squinted at the writing on it, "Is it...fa?"

"It doesn't look like it." Jin Miaomiao also leaned over, looked at the glyph, and gestured with his hand, "Is it the Prime Minister of Xiangguo Temple? It doesn't seem to be right? What exactly is this character?"

"It doesn't look like running script. Is this... seal script?" Uncle Qi patted Second Master Jiang, "Can you read seal script?"

"The seal script can definitely be read, but it is definitely not the seal script." Jiang Erye shook his head gently and thought for a while, "Is it possible that it is a turtle shell script?"

"Is it a pictograph?" Qi Bo leaned over and looked at it again, shaking his head slightly, "It doesn't look like it, but I can't guarantee it."

Shen Haolin, Shen Cha and Jin Jing stood at the back of the crowd and could clearly see what was shown on the chart. The three looked at each other and nodded to each other.

"Is it that one?" Jin Jing asked in a low voice, "I'm not sure, I want to ask what you mean."

"How about we write a word on the palm of our hand at the same time to see if we are thinking the same thing?" Shen Cha touched his chin, "However, it shouldn't be necessary, I think we are all thinking about the same thing. "

"I'll count one, two, three. Let's just say that word at the same time." Jin Jing paused, "One! Two! Three!"

"Vahan!"

The three people's voices were very low, just enough for each other to hear. After speaking, they looked at each other and smiled at the same time.

"As expected." Shen Cha raised his eyebrows slightly, "Is there really anyone who can do this now? I heard that this is very difficult. Let alone ordinary people, monks may not be able to do this, right?"

"It's true, most monks can't understand it, but if it's the person we guessed, and he's the mantle of an eminent monk, it's reasonable to know this, isn't it?" Shen Haolin looked at it. Haitu nodded towards them, "Nine times out of ten, that's it, but are any of us capable of this?"

"There aren't many of us who worship Buddha. Copying Buddhist scriptures is probably too boring." Shen Cha thought for a while, then suddenly walked to the door and looked at the sky, then walked back again, "I thought that a person should be able to understand, but today is too It’s too late, please ask her to come over tomorrow.”

"Mrs. Ning?" Seeing Shen Cha nod, Shen Haolin sighed, "That's good, the old lady is well-informed and should know what this is talking about."

Xue Ruitian heard rustling voices behind him, turned around and looked at the three people behind him. Seeing that Qi Bo and Jiang Erye in front were still discussing, he quietly walked to the three people.

"What are you whispering about? Why don't you join the big guys?"

"It's nothing, we just thought about what this is." Jin Jing reached out and pushed Xue Ruitian, "Tell them to stop guessing, it's not what they think, and they won't guess it after a long time."

"Do you know? Then tell me!" Xue Ruitian came over, "Tell me, tell me!"

"Let's light the lamp first!" Jin Jing pushed Xue Ruitian's big face, "What do you mean it's pitch black?"

Xue Ruitian looked at Jin Jing, then leaned over to look at Shen Haolin and Shen Cha. He was pushed away by the two men. He shook his head helplessly and had to walk over and tell Mei Lin to light the candle again.

When the entire flower hall was as bright as day again, Qi Bo and Jiang Erye covered their eyes with their hands at the same time, then blew out the fire seals, and looked at everyone with blank faces, completely unaware of what was happening.

"Why are the lights lit?" Jin Miaomiao looked at Shen Haolin, Shen Cha and Jin Jing who were standing calmly aside, "What's going on?"

"You guys have been guessing and guessing, but you can't get it right, so don't waste your time. Why don't we tell you directly!" Jin Jing walked over and knocked on the board lightly, "My father-in-law and I, Xiaocha’s point of view is consistent, if nothing else, this should be ancient Sanskrit.”

"Ancient Sanskrit?" Second Master Jiang and Qi Bo looked at each other and nodded at the same time, "Yes, yes, yes, I just wanted to say this, but when the words came to my mouth, I didn't know how to describe it! "

"Yes, yes, it's ancient Sanskrit." Qi Bo patted his head, "I also had a fleeting idea, but I didn't catch it."

"Ancient Sanskrit?" Jin Miaomiao looked at his brother, then at the stunned Xue Ruitian, and finally at Shen Haolin and Shen Cha, "Does anyone still know this thing now?"

"It may be rare now, but it was very common in the previous dynasty." Seeing several children looking at him in shock, Mr. Jiang smiled and said, "Buddhism was very popular in the previous dynasty. And it has been popular for hundreds of years. Whether it is the royal family, a big clan, or a wealthy merchant, every household will build a Buddhist shrine and have a Buddha statue at home. Moreover, whether it is an imperial college, a private school, or a clan-run institution In all major academies, there will be a course on ancient Sanskrit."    "Does everyone have to learn it?"

"Yes!" Mr. Jiang looked at the chart and sighed softly, "Everyone must learn. Many children from poor families have no way to become officials in the court. The main reason why they go to the academy to study is to Learn this."

"That's it!" Jin Miaomiao looked at the chart, "Does this have to be illuminated with a fire lens to see it? Isn't it too troublesome?"

"It's not necessary." Qi Bo shook his head gently, "You won't need this water for the third time. I will mix a special water. When it is completely dry, it will appear permanently." He looked at everyone Waved, "Everyone, sit down and wait!"

"How long do we have to wait?"

"At least half an hour, and at most no more than an hour." Qi Bo smiled and saw everyone sitting down. He pulled Jiang Erye to sit on the imperial concubine chair and said, "Although many people in the previous dynasty learned from I have studied ancient Sanskrit, but after the founding of the Xia Dynasty, no academies offered ancient Sanskrit courses, and those private schools and imperial schools did not teach this. Moreover, Buddhism was not so popular in our dynasty. Although many people also Worship the Buddha, but don’t worry about whether you know Sanskrit, let alone ancient Sanskrit. Will there be people learning this now? Can someone help us explain what these words mean?”

"There should be some people in those clans who know how to do it. They just don't teach it to outsiders anymore. They can still teach it within their own family." Shen Cha waved his hand, "Don't worry, I have already thought about it. Probably Mrs. Ning will know this. Wait until the day tomorrow. , I can ask the old lady to take a look, but the premise is that the third coat must be finished, and the entire chart must be completely complete, otherwise, we will have to move this to the cellar to take a look."

"Don't worry, you will be able to see the complete chart in a moment. You don't have to wait until tomorrow." Qi Bo nodded, "By the way, this Mrs. Ning is..."

"Her natal family is a branch of the Langya Wang family. It is estimated that she has learned ancient Sanskrit."

"That's right." Qi Bo breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Zhen Buhui, who had been silent all this time, "What are you thinking?"

"Our prince should also be able to do it. Although I usually say that they only learn useless things, at critical times it seems..." Zhen Buhui smiled, "It's still somewhat useful!"

"That will definitely be useful." Jin Miaomiao nodded, "You can make a copy later and let the two princes take a good look at it."

"I think so too." Zhen Buhui nodded, touched his chin and said, "Let's confirm that the person behind the Qinglian Sect should be Master Falian. no?"

"Well, it's almost the same." Shen Cha nodded, looked at the chart again, and sighed softly, "If we crack this, we may be very close to the truth."

"I hope so." Zhen Buhui also looked at the chart, "Even if the mastermind behind this is really Master Falian, even if his purpose is revenge, there is no need to take revenge on us, right? ?”

"We are sitting here thinking about it, and we can't think of it even if we try hard. As for us, we should catch the person properly. Once we catch the person, we will know after a trial, right?" Shen Cha raised his eyebrows slightly, "As for what he can do? If we can’t talk, whether we want to tell the truth depends on our skills, right?”

"So confident?" Zhen Buhui chuckled, "He has lived for a long time and is not even afraid of death. What else can you threaten him with?"

"Why are you threatening!" Shen Cha chuckled, "Everyone has weaknesses, right? He has lived for so long, he will definitely not be without weaknesses, but he will definitely hide them well, as long as Wouldn’t it be great if we could find it out?”

"Okay, I'll leave this part to you. This is not what I'm good at." Zhen Buhui nodded and looked at Qi Bo again, "When will you adjust the water? Can you teach me?"

"Of course, but there's no need to worry, just let it dry first!"

"Since there is no need to worry about this, let's continue our previous topic!" Xue Ruitian looked at Mr. Jiang, "You haven't answered my question yet!"

"Your problem?" Mr. Jiang was stunned, "What is it?"

"I asked, does Emperor Yongkang feel that he is very proud? Does he think that as long as he takes Queen Kangshun to visit the young prince in Xiangguo Temple, he has fulfilled his father's obligation?"

"Almost, he feels very proud." Jiang Erye smiled, looked at Xue Ruitian's disgusted look, reached out and touched his head, "You can't think about him with normal thinking, do you understand?"

"Why? Because he has never enjoyed the so-called..." Xue Ruitian thought for a while, "Father's love, right?"

"It can also be said that not only has he not enjoyed father's love, he has also not enjoyed mother's love." Jiang Erye spread his hands, "I haven't told you that although not many of the letters from Emperor Yongjia's childhood remain, there are still so many Several books, very violent. How does he describe himself? He feels that he is a person who is not loved by his father and mother, and is despised by everyone, even his elder brothers and younger brothers. No matter how much I like him, I don’t want to associate with him.”

"That is to say, apart from feeling the love from Queen Kangshun when he grew up, he has never been loved or loved, right?"

"Yes!" Second Master Jiang sighed, "His mother came from a small clan, and was not particularly favored in the palace, but seemed dispensable. He has two younger brothers who are also twins. There’s a five-year age difference between him and me.”

"So, his mother loves his two younger brothers very much, but is not kind to him?"

"It was good at the beginning, but after having a younger brother, his mother poured all her love into his younger brother and completely ignored him, as if he had never existed. Think about it, five Before he was 18 years old, he was held in the palm of his hand, and all good things were given to him. He was already used to this, but if he was suddenly left out to this extent, he naturally couldn't stand it, and his state of mind would definitely change a lot. Now again In addition, there was an unwritten rule in the previous royal family that when the prince reached the age of six, he had to leave the palace and start a house to live on his own. In this way, he would receive less attention and his sense of presence would be even lower. .”

"Understood." Others feel sorry for themselves, right?"

"Well, this feeling is right." Jiang Erye smiled, "So, you can't see him as a normal person, he is actually sick. If Master Falian does not become a monk and lives in the palace, maybe My life is worse than living in Xiangguo Temple!"

"Being taken away at a young age, Emperor Yongjia would feel a little guilty. His son paid the price for the stability of the court, but if he stayed in the palace, he might be fresh for a while, and he would feel that he would be an obstacle and an obstacle. His relationship with Queen Kangshun made her dislike him." Shen Cha looked at Mr. Jiang, "Am I right?" Seeing Mr. Jiang nodding, she spread her hands towards Xue Ruitian, "Doesn't it sound familiar? Feeling? Essentially, they are all the same type of people.”