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Chapter 55 The Shocking Secret
Lantian community, in the secret room of the study.

Wang Tairan was concentrating on reading the first volume of "Notes on the Tomb of the Book", his expression was a little strange, as if he found something incredible in the book.

"Old Wang?" Liu Xing stepped forward.

Wang Tairan didn't make a sound, but raised his hand and pressed it, signaling Liu Xing to be quiet, while he continued to read "Notes from the Tomb".

Liu Xing said again: "Lanlan almost had an accident, you don't know yet, do you?"

Hearing this, Wang Tairan suddenly raised his head and asked anxiously, "What's wrong with Lan Lan?"

Liu Xing said truthfully: "Lan Lan was almost kidnapped by five strange men the night before..."

"What?" Wang Tairan immediately stood up from the soft chair, extremely anxious, "Where is Lanlan now?"

Liu Xing patted Wang Tairan on the shoulder, and comforted him: "Don't get excited, Lan Lan is fine, someone rescued her that night."

Wang Tairan breathed a sigh of relief: "Who wants to kidnap Lan Lan..."

In the middle of speaking, suddenly, the doorbell rang at home. Wang Tairan and Liu Xing walked out of the secret room together, came to the living room, opened the door and found that the captain of the criminal police team Guo Tieming and Professor Juan were standing at the door.

"Old Wang, you are finally home!" Professor Juan walked into the hall and asked inexplicably, "Where have you been these two days? The police didn't find you all day yesterday."

Wang Tairan frowned: "The police have something to do with me?"

"Mr. Wang, I'm Guo Tieming, captain of the Tianhai City Criminal Police Team. I'd like to know something about you in person. I don't know if it's convenient. It's mainly about Lanlan's kidnapping case and "Notes from the Tomb."

""Book Tomb Notes"?" Wang Tairan was stunned for a moment, "Come in."

Guo Tieming, Professor Hu An, and Wang Tairan took their seats in the hall, while Liu Xing watched from the sidelines.

"Lan Lan was almost kidnapped the night before, and the four suspects have been arrested by our police." Guo Tieming went straight to the point, "After interrogation, the purpose of these four suspects to kidnap Lan Lan was to obtain the "Book Tomb Notes" in your hand. .”

Wang Tairan's expression was solemn: "Who are these suspects? What do you want this "Book Tomb Notes" for?"

Guo Tieming said: "The four suspects are just thugs hired by others, and they don't know the truth. I only know that someone paid a huge reward of 100 million to help them rob "Book Tomb Notes". The auction price of "Book Tomb Notes" 90, there must be tricks in it. Mr. Wang, is there any problem with this "Book Tomb Notes"?"

Wang Tairan focused his eyes slightly, pondered for a moment, and asked, "Apart from the kidnapping case, have other similar cases happened recently?"

Professor Juan interjected: "The book coffin of Tianhai University was stolen last night..."

"What?" Wang Tairan was startled, "The book coffin was stolen?" After a moment of astonishment, he sighed, "It seems that someone else has discovered the secret of "Book Tomb Notes"!"

Hearing this, the other three were startled for a moment, and Liu Xing asked curiously, "What's the secret in "Book Tomb Notes"?"

"I only recently discovered this secret..."

Slowing down, Wang Tairan recalled: "Last month, when I was reading "Notes on the Tomb", I found that there are many strange things in this novel. For example, the frequency of personal pronouns in the novel is very high, and often do not write Instead, use 'he' or 'it' instead of a person's name or a place name. Later, I did some research on "Book Tomb Notes", and unexpectedly discovered that it is a poker novel!"

"Poker novel?" Liu Xing was curious, "What?"

Wang Tairan explained: "The poker-style novel means that each page in the novel is like a playing card. After the arrangement of these pages is disturbed, different stories can be formed. This kind of novel can be like shuffling poker. You can reshuffle the pages of the book like a card, and each time you shuffle, you can get a new story."

Surprise appeared on Liu Xing's face. There is such a bizarre novel. If the pages are arranged in different order, you can read different stories?
At this time, Wang Tairan picked up "Notes from the Tomb of the Book", tore off the binding thread of the novel, and spread the more than 300 pages of "Notes from the Tomb of the Book" on the table like playing cards.

Wang Tairan introduced: "Ordinary people read "Shu Tomb Notes" in the order of page numbers, first read page 1, then read page 2, then read page 3... until the last page. If the story is read in this normal order of page numbers, "Book Tomb Notes" is just an ordinary fictional story."

After a pause, Wang Tairan turned around and said, "However, if you read "Notes on the Tomb of Shu" with the order of page numbers shuffled, you won't be able to read another completely different story! "The real story, which contains the secrets about the book tomb!"

Liu Xing asked: "What kind of story is the "Book Tomb Notes" after the order of the page numbers is disrupted?"

Wang Tairan took out the first five pages of "Notes on the Tomb of the Book", and introduced: "The first five pages of "Notes on the Tomb of the Book" contain five plots in total. On page 1, the protagonist learns that the emperor wants to burn the books of the Ma family. On page 2, the protagonist travels 3 miles north. On page 4, the protagonist buries the books of the Ma family in a book tomb in advance. Since Taimen County is 500 miles north of the capital, so , it can be inferred that the book tomb of the protagonist is buried in Timon County."

Liu Xing nodded. When he read "Notes from the Tomb", he read the plots in this order.

"If you mess up the order of the page numbers, the plot will also be messed up and become another story. For example, if you read the story in the order of page numbers 1, 3, 4, 5, 2, the situation is completely different."

Wang Tairan continued, "If you read it in the page order of 13452, the story of "Book Tomb Notes" becomes: the protagonist gets married in Luzhou (page 1), and the protagonist learns that the emperor is going to burn the books of the Ma family (page 3 ), the protagonist went northward for 500 miles (page 4), the protagonist buried the books of the Ma family in a book tomb in advance (page 5), and the protagonist went to the capital to face the saint (page 2). Therefore, in this story, the book tomb is buried in Yuzhou, not Taimen County in the first story before."

After a pause, Wang Tairan asked, "Have you found any problems?"

Liu Xing was stunned, and had an idea: "Yuzhou, is it Yufeng Mountain?"

"Not bad!"

Wang Tairan affirmed, "More than 800 years ago, Yufeng Mountain was called Yuzhou, and the place name was not changed until 50 years ago."

Liu Xing heard a clue: "Old Wang, you mean that the "Notes on the Tomb of the Book" is related to the tomb of Yufeng Mountain?"

Wang Tairan nodded: ""Notes on the Tomb of the Book" is not an ordinary novel, but a novel that hides the secrets of the tomb. This novel uses a special writing technique, so that different page numbers present different stories .If you follow the normal page number order, you can only read the ordinary story. But if you read it in a different page number order, you may find the burial place of the book tomb."

"According to the content of the "Book Tomb Notes" after rearranging the page numbers, there are a total of eight tombs, one of which is buried in Yuzhou, which is Yufeng Mountain. If the records in the book are true, it means that there are seven other similar tombs. The book tomb in Yufeng Mountain!"

As soon as these words came out, both Professor Juan and Captain Guo Tieming were shocked.

There are seven book tombs?

Liu Xing asked: "Where are the other seven book tombs?"

Wang Tairan shook his head: "If you want to know the locations of the other seven tombs, you need to arrange the correct page order of "Notes on the Tombs". This novel has more than 300 pages in total. I spent 30 days and only sorted The first 50 pages. If you can arrange the more than 300 pages in the correct order, you may be able to know the location of the other seven tombs."

Hearing this, Liu Xing suddenly had some expectations in his heart. If there are really seven book tombs, he will be able to read more good novels!

What novels will be stored in the seven book tombs?

Will there be other works by famous martial arts masters such as Jin Yong Gulong, such as "Yi Tian Tu Long Ji", "Swordsman", "The Legend of Condor Heroes", "Xiao Li Fei Dao Series", "Peerless Twins" and so on?
Will there be classic masterpieces, such as "Water Margin", "Liao Zhai", "Journey to the West", "Feng Shen Bang" and so on?
The answer is naturally unknown at present, unless the correct page number sequence of "Shu Tomb Notes" is first arranged.

Thinking of this, Liu Xing suddenly admired Wang Tairan a little bit more. He is indeed a master who has studied reading skills for more than 80 years. He was able to discover such a shocking secret from "Book Tomb Notes" and read novels in a chaotic order of page numbers. .

If it is an ordinary person, even if he reads "Book Tomb Notes" for a lifetime, he may not be able to discover this secret from it.

"Mr. Wang, when did you know the secret of "Book Tomb Notes"?" Guo Tieming asked.

"About 30 days ago." Wang Tairan recalled, "But at that time, I was just skeptical, not sure."

"Have you ever told anyone else this secret?"

"No, you three are the only ones who know this secret."

"This is strange." Guo Tieming was puzzled, "The person who kidnapped Wang Lanlan came for "Notes on the Tomb of the Book", and the person behind the scenes probably also knows the secret of "Notes on the Tomb of the Book". Who is this person? "

Wang Tairan thought for a while and said, "If there is one, it should be from the Appreciation Association!"

There are currently only four batches of people handling this "Notes on the Tomb of Books". The first batch is Liu Xing, the second batch is the book appraiser of Jianshu Building, the third batch is Cai Fugui, and the fourth batch is Wang Tairan.

It is impossible for Liu Xing and Wang Tairan to kidnap Wang Lanlan. Cai Fugui is suspected, but he may not have the courage and strength.After screening, the biggest suspect is the book appraiser.

It’s just that there are not many book appraisers who participated in the book appraisal work of "Book Tomb Notes", and after "Book Tomb Notes" was included in the library of the Reading Alliance, many book appraisers had the opportunity to come into contact with this novel and conduct related research .

It is estimated that there are at least 200 book appraisers who have been in contact with "Book Tomb Notes".

However, the secret of "Book Tomb Notes" is not something ordinary book appraisers can discover. To be able to see such a hidden secret from the novel must be a top book appraiser who is very proficient in book appraisal!
The book appraising level of this book appraiser is not lower than that of Wang Tairan, and he is probably a high-level figure in the book appraising association.

After sorting out these clues, Captain Guo Tieming left first, deciding to seize this clue and start an investigation immediately.

Both Liu Xing and Professor Juan chose to stay, and they planned to work with Wang Tairan on how to arrange the page numbers of "Book Tomb Notes"!

After arranging them, we may be able to know the burial place of the second book tomb.

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PS: The "poker novel" also exists in our real life.

The novel "Work No. 151" created by French writer Zapota is the world's first poker-style novel. The book has [-] pages, no page number, blank back, and no binding like playing cards.Each page has an independent story, and the whole book together becomes a book.Read in different page order, you will get different stories.It is said that "a book can never be finished in a lifetime". →_→

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