I was an alchemist in those years

Chapter 99: Morning Bell and Evening Drum

"That's easy. I'll ask someone to go to the hospital to buy a few bags of blood right away. It doesn't matter what type of blood you want." Yue Lei Ting said happily when he saw his eyes.

I shook my head regretfully.

"The blood you bought is useless. Thousand-year-old jade has spirituality. The origin of the blood in the hospital is unknown. The so-called nourishing jade with blood is to activate the ancient jade with blood. If the blood does not penetrate quickly, it will block the small holes. In this way, this white jade tofu will be useless."

"Then... what kind of blood do you want?" Gu Anqi asked in confusion.

I walked back and forth a few steps, sat on the sofa and thought for a long time, and suddenly asked meaningfully.

"Zhu Yuanzhang's construction of the imperial tomb is unknown. He wants to keep the secrets of the Ming Tombs. Who will tell these secrets?"

"Of course he will be the next new emperor to ascend the throne." Yue Qianling said disapprovingly.

"Yes! He will leave the secret to the succeeding emperor, that is to say, this white jade tofu is reserved for the next emperor."

"Aren't you talking nonsense? The country he conquered will not be left to his own descendants, but to outsiders."

"Then that is to say, only the emperor will know the secret of this white jade tofu, and only the emperor can..."

When I said this, I suddenly stood up from the sofa, and after a long while, I suddenly realized what I said.

"This is not white jade tofu, it should be blood jade tofu. Only the emperor knows the secret, so the emperor's blood must be dripped."

When I thought of this, I picked up the knife on the table without delay, cut my finger, and dripped the blood on the white jade tofu.

The blood dripped on the surface of the jade, and soon penetrated through the small holes on the surface of the jade. The white jade tofu, which was still bright and white just now, instantly reflected the blood-red fluorescence.

The fuzzy graphics projected on the wall have become extremely clear, but the projection from the Blood Jade Tofu is not one side, but words are projected around the room from four sides.

There was almost no sound in the room, and everyone was stunned by this strange scene.

"The clues of the Ming Tombs are indeed hidden in the white jade tofu. I didn't expect this mechanism to be so ingenious and unimaginable. If it weren't for the blood of Yan Hui, no one would be able to crack the mystery." Gu Anqi said with emotion.

Qiu Nuo quickly calmed down, looked at the words projected on the surrounding walls and said doubtfully.

"It seems that we haven't completely solved the secret of white jade tofu. The final clue should be hidden in the words on these four walls."

There are two seven character quatrains on the front wall.

One morning the bells fill the city,

Sit on the railing and watch the drums.

Qiu Nuo said calmly after repeating a few words on his lips.

"Morning bells and evening drums! Once the morning bells are all over the city, it means that the early morning bells can be heard throughout the city, and you can sit on the railing and watch the drums. Here, it means smelling, not listening, but watching...that is, standing and ringing the bells. where you can see the drum beating..."

"It's hard to think about it. This refers to Jingzhao, the ancient capital of the thirteen dynasties. The landmark of Jingzhao is the bell tower, and only half a mile away from the bell tower is the drum tower. These two buildings were built by Zhu Yuanzhang's order." Yue Qianling studied archaeology, and of course knew the ancient capital of Jingzhao like the back of his hand, so he thought of it very quickly.

"Jingzhao!" I whispered. "These two seven-character quatrains tell us the location. Could it be that the Fourteenth Tombs of the Ming Dynasty are in Jingzhao!"

The words projected on the left wall are also two seven-character quatrains.

The window contains the Xiling Qianqiu Snow,

Smile to see the white monkey fishing for the lonely moon.

"I know the first sentence. It's a poem in the famous "Quatrains" written by Du Fu in the Tang Dynasty, but the latter sentence laughs at the white monkey fishing for the lonely moon... I don't understand what it means." Gu Anqi said doubtfully.

"The combination of two irrelevant poems must have other meanings." Qiu Nuo thought for a while and said lightly. "First of all, the first sentence is Du Fu's "Quatrains", which describes the scene of heavy snow in the 24 solar terms..."

"Heavy snow! Solar terms!" I raised my head and said excitedly. "The two lines of poems on the front wall are to tell us the location, and these two lines are to convey the time. Heavy snow falls on December [-]th in solar terms."

"In this way, it's easy to explain by laughing at the white monkey fishing for the lonely moon." Yue Qianling said happily after taking the words. "The first sentence indicates the month and day, so the second sentence should be the exact time. It's twelve o'clock, and the monkey represents exactly three o'clock in the afternoon."

"Together, it's three o'clock in the afternoon on the seventh day of December. The location is in Jingzhao, but what are you going to do?" Xiao Lianshan asked with a confused face.

My gaze fell on the writing projected on the wall to the right.

Happily climbed to Kunlun to paint mountains and rivers,

Look at Beitou and count the stars.

I rubbed my chin and thought for a long time and muttered to myself.

"Fortunately climbed to Kunlun to paint rivers and mountains. Kunlun Mountain is a sacred mountain in legends. It is used in Shanhaijing. The sky does not ask how high it is. It is necessary to describe Kunlun Mountain by looking up. It can be seen that it is high. The meaning of the poem is to stand on Kunlun Mountain. Jiangshan, the momentum is extraordinary, the meaning here should be to climb high."

Qiu Nuo nodded and agreed with my analysis, and said calmly.

"Looking at Beitou and counting the stars, it will be clear at a glance if you stand on a high place and watch the stars. Beito's astronomy in ancient times refers to the current Beidou. What does counting the stars mean?"

"It's still counting. It's said that the more you learn, the more you think. How many stars are there in the Big Dipper? Big Dipper, Big Dipper, of course seven!" Yue Lei Ting spread his hands in a relaxed manner.

My eyes lit up, and I smiled helplessly at Yue Leiting.

"Brother Ting is right, the meaning of these two seven-character quatrains is height! You have to wait for a place, and height has something to do with seven!"

"What kind of clue is this, given the location, time and altitude?!" Xiao Lianshan rubbed his tired face and said weakly. "And the location is too general. After all, Jingzhao is also the ancient capital of thirteen dynasties. How can you find such a big place?"

Unlike the projected text on the previous three walls, the text on the last wall is four sentences of seven character quatrains.

Centenarians never had centenarians,

Weiyang Zhonglei smelled it when he was drunk.

Now look at Amba taking the country,

The imperial edict flew down among the five clouds.

I racked my brains and still couldn't comprehend the meaning of these four sentences, and the others were even more helpless. Since the clues related to the Ming Tombs are too easy to decipher, I have no idea.

But fortunately, I have deciphered the meaning of the text on the front three walls. At least I know that the Ming Tombs are related to Jingzhao, and the text mentions the Bell Tower and the Drum Tower. These two buildings were built by Zhu Yuanzhang himself. Let me imagine these two places. Will it have anything to do with the Fourteen Tombs of the Ming Dynasty?

I recorded all the words on the four walls in my heart, and then cleaned up the white jade tofu, so that others would never be able to know the secrets hidden by the white jade tofu.

When Xiao Lianshan turned on the light, he found me smiling and staring at Baiyu Tofu and Jiulin Cheng Ruipan, hesitating to ask questions.

"Yan Hui, this thing should not be very useful now."

"It's useless, brother Ting. I advise you not to worry about it. Some people have already made up their minds."

I know what Yue Leiting wants to do, these two rare treasures that can be said to be genuine at a price, Yue Leiting has long been coveted, but after listening to me, I realized what it means to say that the oriole is behind.

"I'll send it to the archaeological institute tomorrow morning." Yue Qianling put away the two cultural relics with a smile. "Don't worry, I will tell the Institute of Archeology that you donated it to the country, and maybe I will give you a bonus, haha."

Without further ado, I told Yue Leiting that he planned to leave for Jingzhao in the near future, and Yue Leiting also wanted to go with him. I guess this matter is really not up to him, and Wei Yong will not let him out of his sight.

It's right for Yue Leiting to think about it, tell me that Huo Qian happens to be in Jingzhao, if there is anything that can't be solved, let me go directly to Huo Qian.

At night, I went to the balcony alone, and the surroundings were silent. Thinking about it, it seemed that it had been a long time since I was so peaceful. A year ago, I was a great person, but now I hold a treasure that is incomparably rich, the battle of Gu Xiaotian Villa Finally, although I can't talk about being famous all over the world, at least I can be considered famous.

But the more this happened, the more I thought of Qin Yishou, why didn't he let me learn Taoism and metaphysics, and even cut off one of my fingers so resolutely, to be honest, I really hoped that he could be there on the day I won the competition, I really want to Get approval from him, even if it is a look.

I don't know what he is doing now, maybe he has never thought of me, but I have always missed him.

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