I collect cultural relics in the human world

Chapter 98 The number of turtles, elephants and awnings
"What is this?" He Si knew that she had been deceived again, and she returned to her seat angrily.

"It's true that despite lightning strikes and artillery attacks, the wooden pagoda has never caught fire. It's because of the fire-proof beads. There is no water at the bottom of the tower. It has not sunk for thousands of years. It's because of the water-proof beads. However, the wooden pagoda has experienced thousands of years, and there is no ash or dust. Even though there is dust, there are no insects, because there are dust-proof beads.”

"No," He Si rolled her eyes at Qin Jian and said without mercy, "There is a pagoda brake more than ten meters high on the top of the Yincheng wooden pagoda. It is made of all iron and consists of lotus flowers, phase wheels, treasure bottles, It is composed of orbs, etc., with an iron shaft in the middle, inserted into the beam frame, and eight iron chains around it, which are introduced into the ground along the octagonal corners of the tower, which is the lightning rod of the wooden tower. The bottom of the wooden tower is a stone base more than 4 meters high, which prevents While sinking, it can also prevent groundwater and flash floods, and it is a water shelter. As for the insects, that is the contribution of the maws in the tower. The wooden tower provides this group of creatures with a shelter to thrive, and naturally they also get feedback from them. They are all eaten up, this is mutual benefit and symbiosis, win-win cooperation.”

"Oops, I forgot that Ah Si is an expert." Qin Jian smiled nonchalantly, not at all embarrassed by being pointed out for his mistakes.

"Also," He Si looked at the old fox and added, "we have to thank the tower keepers of all generations for their hard work in order to remove fire, water and dust."

"Yes, yes." Qin Jian's expression remained unchanged and his heart did not beat.

He Si became anxious and changed her tone: "What exactly is it? Even you, an expert, don't know about it, right?"

"Asi doesn't need to use provoking methods. I just see a lot of cultural relics with unknown powers. If we really talk about cultural and erudite knowledge, it is not as good as Liu Rui, let alone computer data. However," Qin Jian changed the subject, " I have visited this pagoda several times. The first floor is dominated by the statue of Sakyamuni Buddha, the second and fourth floors are followed by the "Huayan Three Saints" ritual, and the third and fifth floors are combined to build a mandala. Tantric Buddhism of the modern times, and precious cultural relics from the Liao Dynasty have been recovered in the pagoda. They are all Buddhist classics and indeed have the meaning of reincarnation."

"So..." He Si prolonged her tone, as if she had thought of something, "Buddhist culture emphasizes the release of life, and turtles, which represent immortality, are often released. Moreover, I have been to some temples, and it is common to see giant turtles carrying stone tablets. Turtle sculpture, do you think this could be the reason why turtles appear in dreams?”

"That's Bixi."

"I know," He Si quickly changed her words, "but she looks like a turtle."

"No, what I saw in my dream was not Bixi."

"How do you know." As soon as He Si finished speaking, he suddenly thought of Xiao Shitou's true identity - Suanni, and immediately stopped talking.Long gave birth to nine sons, Suanni and Bixi were brothers. Qin Jian already raised Bixi's brother, so naturally he would not admit his mistake.

"Don't be discouraged," Qin Jian couldn't see the girl's dejected look and comforted her, "The suspects have been identified. What does it matter if we don't know the cultural relics? We'll know once we catch the person."

Yes, the prisoner has been locked, but that person has the ability to follow his words. They suffered a loss when they first met. Now they can neither find the source of the cultural relics nor have good countermeasures. Thinking of this series The problem made He Si even more frustrated.

Qin Jian saw through He Si's uneasiness and still smiled: "Why, are you afraid that you can't beat me?"

"I would like to ask Teacher Qin whether this battle is a civil fight or a martial fight."

Qin Jian didn't expect He Si to ask this question, so he was stunned for a moment before replying: "Ah Si said this, it seems to be a literary argument. But Fan Chu often said that there must be a road before the car reaches the mountain. I think this sentence is right. , let’s go and see.”

After Qin Jian finished speaking, seeing He Si still frowning, he couldn't help but persuade her: "Let's go, we can take a lunch break. Maybe we can find some clues in the dream."

"It's better not to fall asleep." He Si curled her lips and stood up, walking towards the door. Suddenly a thought flashed through her mind very quickly: "By the way, will Lin Zexu's handwriting manuscript be written on the tortoise shell?" superior."

"Of course not..." Qin Jian's face suddenly changed before he finished speaking.

He Si thought she was right and quickly asked: "What's wrong? It's really on the tortoise shell."

"No, but Ah Si gave me a new perspective. Maybe we will solve the mystery of this cultural relic."

"What is it!"

He Si's depressed mood improved instantly, but Qin Jian just shook his head mysteriously: "Let me go back and make sure first."

"go together."

"He Si."

Before Qin Jian could find an excuse to refuse, He Si was already stopped.

"He Si, the professor will be here in the afternoon. We will have a short meeting at noon to go over the work plan. You..." Han Jun glanced at Qin Jian, smiled sheepishly, rubbed his hands and asked, "You convenient?"

Although she was extremely curious about what Qin Jian was talking about, He Si nodded immediately. After all, the project was important.In the past few days, I had been preoccupied with the old man and the giant turtle, and had forgotten my main business.Seeing Han Jun's cautious look, He Si felt guilty in her heart.

"Brother, please set a time."

"It's not too early now. Let's take a moment. How about we meet at 01:30?" Han Jun said and added, "Mr. Deng helped us book a conference room on the third floor so that we can have a group meeting."

"I'm interested," Qin Jian looked back at Deng Chensha who was still eating slowly, nodded to Han Jun, and finally turned his eyes back to He Si, "Then I'll leave first, pay attention to safety, wait for you to be busy Come find me again when you’re done.”

The tall man turned around and stepped silently on the marble floor. Every step made Han Jun's heart beat with fear. He stood there and watched Qin Jian's back go away before he dared to ask He Si: "What's going on? Boyfriend? Are all the things on campus online true?"

"What's real or fake?" He Si shook her head, made up her mind to pretend to be stupid, and then ran towards her room.

"Hey... the female college student was not admitted." Han Jun's words fell behind He Si, and naturally there was no response.

It was 12:30 at noon. According to Han Jun's arrangement, He Si could still take a nap for an hour, but Fan Yu had no room to rest. He and Lin Chaohui sat face to face, with a cup of instant noodles in front of them. , a ham sausage, a braised egg and a bottle of mineral water.

"Lin, it's said that the entire network is monitored and connected. Why is it so difficult for you to find someone?"

Lin Zhaohui looked resentful, took a sip of noodles, and looked at the simple drawing in front of him. He still couldn't think of how to complain - in the center of the white paper, there was a fairly regular oval shape with two curled up lumps on it. The lines look like instant noodles poured onto braised eggs.But Fan Yu insisted that this was an old man, that braised egg was his head, and the two lumps of noodles were his white hair and beard. This was too bullying.

No, Lin Zhaohui looked at the computer that was reading the screen information frantically and took another bite of the braised egg. This was too much for bullying the robot.

"Lin," Fan Yu started to mutter again before he could swallow the instant noodles in his mouth, "Don't be dissatisfied. You said there is something wrong with my painting and I admit it, but I asked you to follow suit last time. Zhongming, you said there was no signal and I lost track of him. Then I asked you to look for Lin Huan, but there was no signal again and you couldn’t find him. Please tell me whether your system should be upgraded."

"I reported a budget at the beginning of the year, but you didn't give it."

"Ahem," Fan Yu choked, pretended to take a sip of mineral water, and educated him earnestly: "That's because Director Deng feels that the effectiveness of this system has not been fully exerted. He needs to understand the current functions first, and then upgrade. It’s not too late.”

“One of the upgraded functions is to estimate how a person will look when they grow old based on their current appearance, so there is no need to rely on Fan Chu’s simple drawings for identification.”

"Eh!"

As soon as Fan Yu raised his voice, he heard a delicate female voice from behind: "Xiao Lin, if you criticize me like this, you won't give the leader any face at all. It will be difficult for you to get promoted in the future."

"Did you hear that?" Fan Yu was just about to say that Liu Rui had spoken a human word today when he heard a female voice speak again: "Especially for a petty and care-taking man like Fan Chu."

The noodles that slipped into his mouth almost spurted out of his nose. Before Fan Yu had time to refute, the sound of Liu Rui's high heels had already come close to the two of them, and her hands with silver-gray nail polish picked up the painting on the table. After looking at it from far and near, I couldn't help it anymore: "Hey, Fan Chu, I've been doing abstract art recently. Don't tell me, the painting on this instant noodles has quite a taste."

"What does it smell like?" Fan Yu finally freed himself from the coughing fit and said in a hoarse voice, "Look again."

Liu Rui frowned and looked up and down at the painting in her hand again, then looked at the computer that was frantically doing facial recognition, and asked doubtfully: "This nose is not an eye. Could it be the person who painted it?"

Lin Chaohui nodded gloomily upon hearing this.

"Oh Xiao Lin, I just wrongly blamed you," Liu Rui touched his hair and said disgustedly: "This machine of yours has also done evil. I'm afraid that one day its resentment will become a reality..."

"Then none of us can run away." Fan Yu wiped his mouth and interrupted Liu Rui's sarcasm, "Sister Liu didn't come here specifically to appreciate my paintings."

"I'm not that excited." Liu Rui threw the paper back on the table. When it came to work, she became more capable. "I have checked all the cultural relics in the wooden tower. Except for the image of reincarnation you mentioned, the other connections are far-fetched. , should not be the origin of this incident."

"Sister Liu didn't take any beauty sleep in the middle of the day. Could she just bring this news?"

"Of course not," Liu Rui flipped her hair charmingly and stood against the table. Lin Zhaohui immediately moved a small chair.

"I found something very interesting."

"What?" Lin Zhaohui and Fan Yu widened their eyes at the same time.

"Jade turtle shell."

Lin Zhaohui and Fan Yu frowned at the same time. Fan Yu asked: "Why, instead of bronze, it is changed to jade?"

"What do you know? This is the latest research. Do you still remember the slanted tubular jade found in the Hongshan Culture?" Liu Rui tapped her pearly nails on the table twice. "Experts believe that this jade should be called The jade turtle shell was used for divination in ancient times.”

"Divination?" Fan Yu's tone became slower, obviously thinking of something.

"Doesn't it make sense? In fact, not only the Hongshan Culture, but also jade turtles were excavated at the Lingjiatan site in Anhui. It's just that I was disturbed by your description of the image of the old man at first, and I didn't think of this aspect. Now it seems that that The old man is Zeng Bin, and the giant turtle under his feet is the cultural relic itself."

"But why divination?" Unlike Fan Yu, Lin Zhaohui only has excellent computer skills and lacks knowledge of ancient cultural relics. He couldn't keep up with Liu Rui's ideas for a while.

"What do you think is the original origin of divination?"

"Turtle...tortoise shell?" Lin Zhaohui said very uncertainly.

"Yes, the ancestors of the Yin and Shang Dynasties began to use tortoise shells for divination. Many tortoise shells have been unearthed in our archaeological discoveries. Their common feature is that they all have traces of burning. Why?"

"I've seen this in the Legend of Mi Yue," Xiao Lin scratched his head. "They burned the tortoise shell to make it shatter, and judged good or bad luck through the cracks."

"Young man, have you read The Legend of Miyue?"

"Yes, they extracted tortoises and elephants from the natural phenomena of heaven, earth, and humans, and created omens from the turtles and elephants, which are the cracks you mentioned." Liu Rui ignored Fan Yu's teasing, and his face gradually showed excitement. Expression, "Omens have the function of predicting all things because they can replace all things. What you call utterances is the ability that evolved from divination."

Lin Zhaohui's face showed an expression of originality and disbelief, but Fan Yu completely figured it out: "To be more precise, the worship of turtle spirits has always existed in our ancestors' culture. Turtle shells can bypass gods and ghosts. It can tell the past and the future, and the person holding the tortoise shell is the messenger of the gods. Through the spirit tortoise, he can inform the world of the gods' will, predict all things, and determine all things. This is the origin of the ability to speak Dharma."

"It seems that you have also found out." An old voice appeared around several people at this moment.

"Teacher Qin!" Before Liu Rui and Fan Yu could speak, Lin Zhaohui, who had been confused about his direction in the rain and fog, revealed excitement in his voice.

Lao Chaofeng nodded in greeting and asked, "Is there any news about Zeng Bin?"

Like a puppy that couldn't take credit, Lin Zhaohui's face fell.

"You can't blame Xiao Lin. You said this picture," Liu Rui tried hard to pick up the painting with her thumb and index finger and showed it to Lao Chaofeng. "It would be strange to find it."

"But I have asked my classmates to use their system to calculate what Zeng Bin looked like when he was [-], [-], and [-] years old, and searched it in the system simultaneously."

"Hey brat, why didn't you tell me about this!" Fan Yu pretended to fight, but then heard Lin Chaohui say: "Teacher Qin, could the cultural relic this time be the tortoise shell itself?"

"It's possible," Lao Chaofeng said without saying anything. "To determine the good and bad luck of the world and make the world unified, there is no greater person than the tortoise. That's why a divine creature is born and a sage follows it."

"Then what else is possible?" Liu Rui heard the implication.

"Biography of Guice."

"You said Historical Records..." Liu Rui suddenly realized, "Could it be the text of Historical Records?"

Fan Yu shook his head: "However, tortoise shells are easy to obtain, but it is difficult to circulate authentic works on paper. I think Sister Liu's speculation is closer to the truth."

Lao Chaofeng was not arrogant, and readily accepted Fan Yu's reason: "Yes, He Si asked about the place where Lin Zexu's pamphlet manuscript was carved, and I remembered the tortoise shell carving. I couldn't think about it enough, so I came to you first. Now I hear Come on, it is indeed more likely that Liu Rui said it."

"But tortoise shells are the items of the ancestors of the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties, but the historical records were written in the Han Dynasty, and many of them were copied. Although they are incomplete, most of them are still passed down to this day. Isn't it easier to obtain than the items of the ancestors?"

"Xiao Lin," Liu Rui glanced at him charmingly, "you have to learn more from Fan Chu in this regard. Archaeological discoveries as early as the last century include the Erlitou Culture, Longshan Culture, and Fuhe Culture. Appeared, do you know why?"

"Because the ancestors valued divination?"

"Because contrary to what you said, it is easier to obtain ancient things like tortoise shells than classics."

"Easy to get?" Lin Zhaohui looked incredulous.

Fan Yu shrugged: "Do you know about the discovery of Oracle?"

(End of this chapter)