I was an alchemist in those years

"I didn't see it. I really have some skills. I can think of all of this. It's not easy." I nodded in satisfaction with the corner of my mouth curled up.

Xiao Lianshan carefully turned the unicorn head engraved with nine and six on the Jiulin Chengrui plate to face the white jade tofu, and there were two idioms remaining.

"There are still two more sentences. Brother Ting said that you have already received a Ph.D., Dr. Yue, why don't you try the remaining two sentences together?"

"You like to show off anyway, so I'd better leave such a good thing to you." Yue Qianling never gave in.

"Brother Yanhui, let me try the five sons' entrance examination." Gu Anqi, who had been quiet all this time, pursed her lips and said.

"Okay." I nodded, Gu Anqi's attainments in metaphysics are not shallow, and she is smart, I believe she can figure out the secret.

Gu Anqi looked confident and said without thinking.

"Five sons' admission to the imperial examinations means that five sons have been ranked first, but Brother Yanhui said that these four idioms should be related to Fengshui. The five sons' admission to the imperial examinations refers to the titles on the gold list, the first in high school, and the corresponding number in the Eight Diagrams and Five Elements is three. So the number implied in the third idiom is three."

"An Qi is so smart, just as I thought." I smiled and nodded.

Xiao Lianshan said easily after turning the unicorn head engraved with three.

"Brother, the last one is missing now. No wonder Zhu Yunqi can't be the emperor. Zhu Yuanzhang's brain is really not good. He tried every means to arrange four idioms, and he deciphered three sentences in a short time. If it were you, you would be able to solve it." Be emperor."

"How could Zhu Yuanzhang be careless about clues related to the Ming Tombs?" I shook my head and said calmly. "Although the first three sentences were deciphered smoothly, the last sentence is the key and the most difficult sentence."

"The allusion of seven captures and seven moves comes from the Three Kingdoms. Zhuge Liang sent troops to capture the local chieftain Meng Huo seven times, and released him seven times, so that he would really admit defeat and no longer be an enemy." Gu Anqi thought for a while and whispered. "Zhuge Liang is an expert who can calculate and see the secrets of heaven. Could it be that the last number has something to do with Zhuge Liang?"

"I remember a sentence in the historical records about the seven captures and seven verticals. The military strategy of nine places and nine heavens is better because of old learning; the academic knowledge of seven verticals and seven captures is already profound. It means that Zhuge Liang used his soldiers like a god. Maybe it has something to do with the art of war. What about it?" Yue Qianling said.

I rubbed my forehead and thought for a long time in silence.

"Seven captures and seven vertical moves contain the techniques of vertical and horizontal, the study of latitude and longitude. There are many possibilities in this capture and one vertical move. Not to mention there are seven types. There are too many numbers that can appear, and I don't know where to start."

"Brother, when it comes to the art of war, I still know a little bit. I heard from our regiment leader before that Zhuge Liang invented something called the Eight Formation Diagram. It is said that the tactics Zhuge Liang used for seven captures and seven vertical maneuvers are the Eight Formation Diagram. You Think about it this way."

I took a deep breath, and now I can only treat a dead horse as a living horse doctor. In fact, what Xiao Lianshan said is not unreasonable. From the previous three sentences, it is related to metaphysics, and Zhuge Liang's eight formation diagrams are made by Qimen Dunjia. According to the evolution, according to the armor, it is divided into life, injury, rest, du, scene, death, shock, and opening eight doors.

I thought for a while and said in a calm voice.

"Seven captures and seven verticals, according to the distribution of the eight formations, seven captures are at the gate of death, and seven verticals are at the gate of life. Death is added to life. The Lord is mourning, seeking wealth, and reviving the dead from illness. This is a sign of recovery, and three Qi Yingli, death plus life is Liuyi to Zhen, named Sunrise Fusang, auspicious!"

"Sunrise Fusang, Fusang is in the east, and the number corresponding to east in the Five Elements and Eight Diagrams is eight." Gu Anqi said happily after hearing my deduction.

Xiao Lianshan quickly turned the unicorn head engraved with eight to the white jade tofu, and then turned off the light. Everyone looked at the white jade tofu on the table with anticipation.

Ten minutes passed, and the white jade tofu reflected the white light just like before. Although it was breathtaking, there was no other change after all.

I frowned, obviously one of the four numbers was wrong.

Xiao Lianshan was about to turn on the light when he was suddenly grabbed by Yue Leiting. Before the others could react, Yue Leiting turned the unicorn head engraved with eight to its original position, and then turned the unicorn head engraved with five.

"Don't move around, in case it breaks..."

I stopped in the middle of speaking, and slowly opened my mouth wide. Almost everyone in the room had the expression on my face, and my eyes were full of shock and joy.

After Yue Leiting turned the unicorn head engraved with five, the light emitted by the white jade tofu changed significantly. The previous light was emitted around the white jade tofu. The principle is very simple, because it absorbed the light of the night pearl below and reflected it.

But now the white jade tofu is like a projector, projecting from the front side to the opposite wall, and you can clearly see the blurred marks on the wall.

"Dad, you're really good, how do you know it's five?!" Yue Qianling asked excitedly.

Yue Lei Ting, who had been standing next to him and couldn't get in his mouth, touched his body and said triumphantly.

"You have too much knowledge, so you think too much, and you go around and get yourself involved. In fact, it is very simple, and you insist on making it complicated."

"Brother Ting, how on earth did you know?" I was also curious.

"Seven captures and seven attacks, who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one?" Yue Lei Ting asked back.

"Meng Huo!" Xiao Lianshan blurted out.

"Who is Meng Huo?" Yue Lei Ting continued to ask.

Qiu Nuo didn't understand what Yue Leiting meant and said calmly.

"Meng Huo was the leader of the minority nationalities during the Three Kingdoms period. He once rebelled against the Shu Han, and was later captured seven times by Zhuge Liang and merged..."

"Look, you've been detoured again, haven't you?" Yue Lei Ting said with a smile as he interrupted Qiu Nuo with a wave of his hand. "I'm not as knowledgeable as you guys, but it's not singing in the play, Gong Tianwei is too! The southerners will never rebel. Who is Meng Huo? five!"

"..." I was speechless, with a wry smile on my face, the thing I couldn't figure out after racking my brains was so simple.

Xiao Lianshan walked to the projected wall and looked at it for a long time. There was only a vague shadow from the white jade tofu on it, but nothing else, and he couldn't see what it meant at all.

I sighed thoughtfully.

"It seems that we still overlooked something. Although we have deciphered the four idioms, we can be sure that there should be some mystery hidden in the white jade tofu. It is projected in this way, but why is it a blurry thing? "

"Brother, what Brother Ting said is right, why bother. Since it is jade, if someone cuts it open, it will be clear what's inside!" Xiao Lianshan said anxiously.

"Don't, this craft is very delicate. It originated in the middle of the Song Dynasty. It is also called a chain jade set. It is composed of two jade stones, large and small. After they are made, they are combined into one and sealed with a special process. Once the external force destroys the jade stone, it will burn. The secret hidden inside They will also be destroyed together." Qiu Nuo calmly shook his head and vetoed it.

"Think again, think again, what did I miss?" I said as I walked back and forth in the room with my head down. "I remember the record in the funeral book about white jade tofu and Jiulin Cheng Ruipan: Jade is placed on the Jiulin plate, the night is charming and bright, its color is crimson, and the brilliance of the nine beads is comparable to the sun... Scarlet? Is it red?"

I suddenly raised my head, walked to the table and looked at it repeatedly for a long time and said in surprise.

"White marble is white and bright like suet, and the light reflected from the night pearl should also be white. Why is the color recorded in the funeral book but red? Red? How is it possible?"

Qiu Nuo thought about what I said, then walked over, took out a magnifying glass from his tool bag, and re-examined the white jade tofu.

"Brother Yanhui, it seems that we have overlooked something." Qiu Nuo handed me the magnifying glass excitedly. "This white jade tofu has very thin holes on it, extending all the way to the inside of the jade."

I took a magnifying glass and saw that it was indeed the case. There are nine rows of small holes arranged horizontally and vertically on the surface of the jade, which are cleverly hidden in the texture of the tofu, so it is difficult to find without looking carefully. The things above go in.

"Its color is crimson... Could it be that these small holes are left for the purpose of infusing blood? When the blood seeps into the jade, reflected by the light of the luminous pearl, the projected light turns crimson!" Qiu Nuo thought thoughtfully. said.