genius divination

Chapter 501 Solve the Puzzle
In Su Xuanshui's hidden apartment, Long Bold and his party have been there for several hours.It's just that Fan Jiannan still didn't show up, which made them feel uneasy for a while.

Long Ge looked at Long Bold, who was a little restless, and frowned, "Can't you be quiet for a while? You're pacing up and down like this, and even I'm bored."

"Now Fan Jiannan doesn't know what's going on outside, how can I calm down?" Long boldly sighed, "You don't know, the situation is getting more and more serious now. Fan Jiannan offends everything he can offend Yes, the Yishu Council and the Witchcraft Federation are looking for him. But at this time, he is still messing around outside by himself..."

"Don't worry, Fan Jiannan is the most troublesome person I've ever seen. However, he has never suffered a disadvantage after tossing and tossing. Wei Rushan, Jubu Guizheng, these well-known masters in the art world, which one is not in his hands? Fell over?" Long Ge smiled slightly.

Zhang Qiulie also nodded, "That's true, even the first director was tricked by him. People from the Fan family can't be treated with common sense."

Feng Yuan was still worried, hesitantly said, "How about I give him a call?"

"Alright, ask where he is." Long boldly nodded.

At this moment, Fan Jiannan walked in with a smile, "I seem to be here! What do you think?"

Feng Yuan hugged him in surprise, "Are you okay? Why did it take so long to get rid of them?"

"I'm fine, and I talked to Jason." Fan Jiannan said slowly, "He is a diehard Laxius loyalist. Although my words may not be useful, at least he has begun to have doubts in his heart. I think It can be seen that he is also very disturbed. This anxiety stems from the secret that their chief wizard Laxius has been keeping. I think it may be useful to us at some point."

"Okay, just come back. Jiannan, so you really know the exact location of the Shiva Temple?" Long Ge nodded.

Fan Jiannan smiled slightly, "I know a little bit, but it's not so accurate. Speaking of this, I just want to ask you something. How much does Professor Long know about the ancient Indian calendar?"

Long Ge thought for a while, then frowned and said, "Although India has a long history, its calendar is quite chaotic. The "Partridge Sanskrit Book" divides a year into six seasons: spring, heat, rain, autumn, cold, and winter; The method of division is to divide a year into three seasons: winter, summer and rain. According to the "Ada Roshi Sanskrit", a year is 360 days, twelve months, and a month is 30 days. But in fact, the moon runs for less than 30 days a week. Day, so some months actually have less than 30 days, and Indians call it disappearing a date. About five dates disappear in a year, but it is still customary to call it 360 days a year.

Ancient Indian words also had various other calendar systems, which were very inconsistent with each other.In the Hindu calendar, there is also a difference between the end of the moon and the end of the moon. The end of the moon is a month from the full moon to the next full moon; the end of the moon is a month from the sun and the moon to the next moon.Both calendars coexist, with the former being more popular.

Hindu months are named after the stars in which the moon is full.The length of the year is determined by observing the heliodons of the stars. "Veda branch excerpts - astronomy" has invented the use of harmonic cycles to adjust the relationship between the year, month and day.A cycle is five years, 1830 days, 62 lunar months.There are two leap months built into one cycle.A synodic month is 29 days, and a year is 516 days.This crude calendar was used until about the first century AD. "

Fan Jiannan smiled wryly, "Can you put it in a more general way?"

Long Ge was stunned, and then smiled and said, "Then I will simply say, in order to study the movement of the sun and the moon. India has a division method of 27 constellations. It divides the zodiac into 27 equal parts, called "Nashatra". It means "moon station". The full name of 27 constellations first appeared in "Partridge's Sanskrit Book". At that time, Pleiades was the first constellation. In the epic "Mahabharata", Altair was the first constellation. Later Also changed to Aries β star as the first constellation. This system has been used until recently.

The division method of India's 27 constellations is equal, but the starting point of each constellation does not happen to have a brighter star, so they choose the highest star within the range of the constellation as the contact star, and each constellation is named after the contact star. name.India also has a division method of 28 constellations. The added one is located between α Sagittarius and α Aquila. "

Long Bold was slightly moved, "So the Indian calendar also involves the 28 constellations?"

Fan Jiannan seemed to know the answer a long time ago, nodded and said, "This makes sense."

"What's the matter with the inheritance of the Indian secret religion? You've been keeping secrets since XZ, and you're still holding back on it now? Aren't you whetting my appetite?" Long boldly said anxiously.

Fan Jiannan smiled slightly, "Don't worry, we will find out soon. By the way, Professor Long, how is your star map cracking work done?"

"This is the last one." Long Ge put a piece of paper with a lot of data on the table. "According to your method, we deciphered all the 28 constellations yesterday afternoon, and then rearranged the flying stars to reach a conclusion."

Fan Jiannan nodded and frowned for a while looking at the page.Then he walked to an enlarged map and used a ruler and compass to draw.After a series of complex calculations.He drew a circle at a certain location with a pen.

Everyone looked at him in surprise.Feng Yuan tentatively said, "You think the Shiva Temple is located at the location marked on the map. But the range you have drawn is too wide, right?"

"Because it is indeed this location." Fan Jiannan said slowly, "The data itself has no practical meaning. But once they are combined with a certain point in the Himalayas, it will be completely different. You can use the angle and distance of these data , to deduce the position of this particular point.”

"Equivalent to some kind of polar coordinates?" Long Ge's eyes lit up.

"Isn't that impossible? Can the ancients understand such advanced mathematical knowledge?" Long Boldly said in amazement.

Long Ge shook his head and said, "Very likely. The Greeks were the first to use the concepts of angles and radians. The ancient astronomer Hipparchus made a table for finding the chord length function of the chords to which each angle corresponds. And, once Someone quoted his polar coordinate system to determine the positions of the stars. Although the whole coordinate system was not finally established. Indian civilization is earlier, and it cannot be ruled out that they also have records of this.”

"The ancient people's research on mathematics and calendars is definitely not a joke. In fact, they have gone through sophisticated calculations. Just like my hexagram technique, it seems incredible accurate, but still can't escape a calculation. "Fan Jiannan nodded.

Long boldly sneered and said, "Maybe. My math grades in elementary school were a mess. So, for me, when I hear it's math, it must be advanced knowledge."

"But such a large area..." Jia Zixun frowned, "Should we search a little bit? This is in the Himalayas."

Fan Jiannan shook his head and said. "Maybe it doesn't need to. The reason I'm drawing such a wide range is because there's one thing we haven't figured out yet."

"What?" Jia Zixun frowned.

"This is recorded in the Shiva armband passed down from generation to generation by the Indian secret religion, and they pointed out a point, which is the highest point of the Himalayas." Fan Jiannan said slowly.

"Mount Everest? The highest point in the Himalayas, you mean the Temple of Shiva is on Mount Everest?" Long Boldly said in amazement.

Fan Jiannan shook his head and said, "Of course not. Mount Everest is only used to determine the origin of the polar coordinates. The angle and distance between the azimuths and the distance from this origin are the places where the Temple of Shiva is finally determined. That is what this line points to. s position."

"So that's how it is. You drew such a large area, I thought you were going to do a carpet search on Mount Everest." Long Boldly smiled wryly, "Is that ghostly place a human can go up to?"

"Now I have another problem. Only when this is finally resolved can we fully determine the exact location of the Shiva Temple." Fan Jiannan said slowly.

"Any more questions?" Long Boldly asked in a daze.

"The height of Mount Everest has not always been like this. As far as I know, its height is constantly increasing. The world's highest peak is still growing by 1 centimeters every year. That is to say, when the ancients set it up as a coordinate At the origin, we are not sure about its specific height." Fan Jiannan thought for a while.

"This is easy to solve." Long Ge suddenly slapped his thigh and said, "Look at the question you asked me just now. Regarding the ancient Indian calendar, since the Indian secret religion can use this to formulate their religious ceremonies, it must be when this calendar matures And the date that is widely used. In other words, we can use this approximate time to deduce the height of Mount Everest at that time. In this way, the problem is not solved?"

Fan Jiannan smiled slightly, "I think so too. However, I am not very familiar with experts in ancient geology. I am not some professor with the title of academician."

Long Ge was taken aback, and then laughed loudly, "Okay, you have been making trouble for a long time, you are waiting here for me to say this. Leave it to me, I do have a few friends who are engaged in geology. According to this calendar, it should be It can be concluded that this was before the first century AD. My friends have been engaged in geological research all year round, and should be able to provide the approximate height of Mount Everest at that time."

Fan Jiannan nodded and said, "That would be the best."

"Jiannan," Feng Yuan hesitated, and said in a low voice, "Now there are a few people in the Tianji Hall, all of whom belong to the Yishu Council. Don't you want to meet them? The main reason is..."

"What's the main thing?" Fan Jiannan asked with a slight smile.

"The main reason is that Fatty He, who went out to inquire about the news, said that your uncle is waiting for you in the Tianji Pavilion." Long boldly said slowly, "No matter what, Mr. Du has helped us many times, and he is your elder. I think you should have a good talk. You said that he is not controlled by the first director in the Yishu Council, but has considerable power, maybe he can help us."

Fan Jiannan was silent for a while and said, "I'm afraid this time is not as simple as you imagined. Although he is my uncle, he is also a member of the council."

"However, we are facing the enemy like this. Even if we find the Shiva Temple, there is a way to solve the crisis of days. But because of them, we can't leave Hong Kong at all, and we can't even show up in public. This is not a solution." Long Song frowned.

"Professor Long is right, so even though I have no choice but to go see him once." Fan Jiannan said slowly.

(End of this chapter)