Chapter 99: The Mystery of the Stele
Li Jing naturally knew that the existence of the underground palace of the skull is not only history, but also has a strong mythological color.
Liu Bang, the founder of the Han Dynasty, built mountains with gold as stones and paved rivers with silver bricks to suppress the Nine Cauldrons. As long as you can find Nine Cauldrons, it can not only inherit the magnificent fortune of the mainland of China, but also the gold and silver that Liu Bang swept the world and stolen from countless vassal families.
Since the fall of the Han Dynasty, countless princes have not given up looking for the location of the underground palace of the skull. Unfortunately, they have searched and searched again and again. The flowers have bloomed and faded, and they have never fallen.
It has been hundreds of years since today, and the craze for pursuit has subsided, and it is more about looking at it as a story.
Now, the clues about the underground palace of the trap are in front of you, how can you not be excited?
Compared to Li Jing's excitement, Yang Shuang became much calmer.
He thought of the jade plaque he got from Yang Qing, which carved the topographic map on it, and it was speculated that it was the location of the underground palace of the sect. Therefore, Pan Cailian, as a secret spy of the Tang Dynasty, actively searched for it.
So, what is this stone tablet? Could it be a map?
Yang Shuang's eyes were placed on the stone tablet again.
I saw that this stone tablet was half a meter square and was more than ten centimeters thick. Except for the ancient Loulan texts engraved on one side, there were no other patterns or textures, so it was impossible to be a topographic map.
So, what does this stone tablet have to do with the underground palace of the trapped tripod?
"The green dragon holds a tree, the vermilion bird creates fire, the white tiger casts a order, and the black trunk camel monument. Those who get the eight tripods will win the world." Yang Shuang couldn't help but recite the words on the monument.
Suddenly, he realized a problem and said, "The pharmacist, the Jinshiwei of Wei tried every means to get a stone tablet. It is likely that it is needed by the Emperor Cao Cao of Wei. Cao Cao of Cao's hobbies are not to be said, and he is good at tomb robbing. What Cao Cao wants shows that this stone tablet is related to the underground palace of the trapped tripod."
"That's right! But the content on the stone tablet is not famous?" Li Jing said in confusion.
Yang Shuang expressed his doubts: "Although the ancient Loulan text on this stone tablet is obscure and difficult to understand, some people finally know it. The stone tablet was robbed on the way back to Wei State, but with Jin Wei's caution, he should have copied the contents on it long ago and sent it back to Wei State for Cao Cao to see, right?"
Li Jing understood Yang Shuang's meaning and agreed: "That's right! Since Cao Cao knew the contents of the stone tablet, why did he try every means to find the stone tablet? This only shows that the stone tablet has great significance! The above words may be confusing the public or riddles, and more importantly, the stone tablet itself."
"That's right! I always feel that this stone tablet is strange. What's wrong?" Yang Shuang murmured to herself. After looking at it for a while, she couldn't help but move it with her hands.
And this movement instantly made Yang Shuang understand.
Yang Shuang couldn't help but laugh and said, "Pharmacist, I know the weirdness is there. Come on, smash it!"
"Damn it? Your Highness, since this stone tablet contains a secret, wouldn't it be a pity to smash it?" Li Jing said.
Yang Shuang pointed to the translated text and smiled: "Pharmacist, look at this passage. Is it possible that a man named Qinglong picked up fuel, a man named Zhuque made fire, another man named Baihu cast the utensil, and the last man named Xuanwu hid the cast utensil in the stone tablet?"
Li Jing was stunned and immediately had a picture in his mind.
Start the furnace, burn the fire, add charcoal and make iron...
The naked man sang a song, hey hey...
The picture feels very strong.
"Your Highness, your imagination is really rich." Li Jing smiled bitterly, and he really couldn't get in touch.
Yang Shuang did not continue to play the puzzle, but said, "I didn't tease you. I suspect there is something hidden in this stone tablet. Of course, I have other evidence."
"The density of stone is 2.6 grams per square centimeter, while the density of steel is 7.8 grams per square centimeter, which means that the same volume of steel is three times that of stone." Yang Shuang explained.
Although Li Jing couldn't understand the density, he understood the last sentence.
He immediately moved the stone tablet and found clues, and suddenly realized: "So that's it. No wonder I was curious about why this thing was so heavy. I thought the stone was weird, and it turned out that the root of it was!"
Yang Shuang continued, "Look, there is a crack at the bottom of the stele, which means that the stele was pried off, and the text on it is to untie the secret words that contain things in the stele. The Jinwei untie the secret words, so he transported the stele back to Wei."
After such an analysis, Li Jing felt it was reasonable.
"Then I smashed it?" Li Jing was still a little hesitant.
Yang Shuang nodded and said, "Smash!"
Li Jing was no longer polite, so he immediately found a hammer and entered it crazily at the stone tablet.
After a while, I knocked on the surface of the stone tablet and found that something was indeed hidden inside!
After thoroughly cleaning it out, it was found that it was an object of strange shape.
The shape is round, but the circle is divided equally into nine areas, each with a notch, making the whole shape look like a gear.
Moreover, the material of this gear object is cold and scratched with a dagger, but there is no trace at all.
Li Jing was knowledgeable and immediately recognized that this thing was meteorite.
"Your Highness, the making of this thing is extremely exquisite. This is the first time I have seen it!" Li Jing praised.
There were no insert beds in ancient times, so it was indeed very difficult to make such a gear-shaped fine utensil.
But the more difficult it is, the more precious it is. Such a large gear-like object is like an important part of opening a certain mechanism. Could it be the key to the underground palace of the tripod?
It is possible, very likely.
"Pharmacist, I guess this thing is the key to opening the underground palace of Kuangding. If we can open the underground palace of Kuangding in the future, we will send it." Yang Shuang smiled.
Li Jingying said: "There are keys and no maps. For hundreds of years, too many people have wanted to find the whereabouts of the underground palace of Kuangding, including Liu Bang's descendants, but they have not found them. It is also difficult for us."
Yang Shuang nodded.
If he can get a map, it means that others must have other maps in their hands.
When Liu Bang ordered Xiao He to supervise the construction of the underground palace of the trapped tripod. Even if all the civilians and soldiers were killed, there would definitely be fish that missed the net. Not to mention others, Xiao He was just a fish that missed the net.
If Xiao He's descendants could be found, could he find clues?
Just as Yang Shuang was thinking secretly, Li Jing suddenly picked up the translated paper and said, "Your Highness, look, the words "Qinglong", "stele" and "die" in the words we made Meng Qiankun go through are exactly the words "Qinglong", "stele" and "die". Will he notice anything?"
In order to be cautious, the two randomly selected four words.
Yang Shuang thought for a while and said, "I was worried just now, but with just four words, it is difficult to guess the underground palace of the skull. So Meng Qiankun doesn't have to worry for the time being. What I am worried about now is the man in black who escaped last night. The enemy is in the dark and waiting for an opportunity to move, but it is not safe after all."
"Why would you like to design to draw it out?" Li Jing asked.
Yang Shuang replied: "I am just thinking about it. Leave this matter to the pharmacist!"
"Okay!" Li Jing had a great strategy, so he naturally had a way.
After Li Jing left, Yang Shuang looked at the gear objects and took them to the garden pool of the royal palace, making sure that there was no one around, and threw them in directly.
Only Yang Shuang knows the whereabouts of the gears. If it is really the key to opening the underground palace of the trap, then Yang Shuang must get a share of the pie.
Return to the living room.
Yang Shuang had just sat down, and Han Qinhu came to report.
"Your Highness, the allied mission sent by the Tang Dynasty to enter Beijing."
Chapter completed!