Chapter 9 The Truth of Xisha

Despite this, Jude Kao was overjoyed and sent an order to ask Jie Lianhuan to start preparing and find a way to secretly smuggle the alchemy furnace out.

However, as soon as Jie Lianhuan prepares, he finds that this is actually an impossible task.

What Jude Kao did not consider was that this alchemy furnace was much bigger than he had expected in advance, and the times had changed. Such things were impossible for China to be transported through customs at that time. If they were smuggled ships, they had to arrive in Zhejiang or Guangdong first, which was also very risky. The chaos in the southeast coast at that time was unimaginable to ordinary people.

They tried many methods, but they had no results, which attracted Lei Zi's attention. In desperation, Jude Kao had a crazy idea. He asked Jie Lianhuan to smash the entire alchemy furnace, saw it into more than 40 pieces, and then marked it, mix it in batches of silk exported at that time and transport it out.

This is simply an outrageous beastly act for the archaeological world, but Jude Kao doesn't care at all, because the value of this thing is meaningless to him, and what he wants is the information above.

This can also be said to be a coincidence. When Jie Lianhuan was in the sawn elixir furnace, he discovered that there was a very clever mechanism at the bottom of the bronze elixir furnace. It was through this mechanism that the mysterious figures on the silk books of the Warring States Period were finally untied.

As he said that, Uncle San took out two wrinkled photos from his broken bag and handed them to me.

I know that these two photos must be the alchemy furnace. These photos should be given to him by the foreigner. This matter is quite complicated, and without these photos, I'm afraid I can't explain it clearly. Now he has used them all on me.

I took it and looked again. I saw the first photo. It was a huge alchemy furnace displayed in the museum. When Uncle San said it, I didn’t know that this thing was so big, and it was simply a tall person. It was indeed an impossible task to smuggle such things abroad.

The second picture is the situation at the bottom of the alchemy furnace. I saw a bronze furnace bottom covered with patterns. In the center of the furnace bottom, a fist-sized bronze beast looking at the sky was cast, with its head tilted to the sky, which was very majestic. In terms of shape, it was of the best quality.

"This is the alchemy furnace restored in the museum. The second one is the inside of the alchemy furnace." Uncle San explained to me, "Xie Lianhuan discovered that the bottom mechanism of the ground furnace is a very clever water addition port. When refining alchemy, add water to the alchemy furnace. The furnace wall is hollow and there is water inside. Just turn the lid of the alchemy furnace. Turn the above figure to a certain position and you can open the machine under the sky-watching beast, and the ground water in the furnace wall will spray out from the mouth of the sky-watching beast. In this way, there is no need to open the furnace cover when refining alchemy."

I nodded and praised it, but such a mechanism is not special in China. Why is this mechanism the key to unraveling the silk book of the Warring States Period?

Uncle San said that the problem was not the function of this mechanism, but the operation of this mechanism. As he said that, he took out a magnifying glass and asked me to carefully look at the pattern at the bottom of the elixir furnace.

The photo is very small, so I looked at it carefully. I saw that there were many small relief spots on the bottom of the furnace, around the center of the Sky Beast, and there were many. It was dense and if you didn't look carefully, you would think it was copper rust.

"Is this?" I still didn't understand, so I asked.

"It's understandable that you don't know. The relief on the bottom of the furnace is an ancient star map."

"Ancient Star Map?" I was stunned for a moment, "is it a map that indicates the location of stars in the sky?"

Uncle San nodded, then took a picture of the map translated from the Warring States silk book to compare it to me: "This is the most clever part of this mechanism. The bottom of the furnace is an ancient star map. When the furnace cover rotates to the correct angle, the curve on the shape on the furnace cover will coincide with the six stars in the earth star map below the furnace, and the mechanism can be opened."

As soon as I heard this, I immediately thought of something, and then I suddenly realized: "The two figures can overlap. So, the strange lines on the silk book of the Warring States Period are actually a 'star chart'?"

Uncle San nodded: "That's right."

The celestial chart is a tool for stargazing. Because there are tens of thousands of stars in the sky and move according to the changes of time and seasons. It is very difficult to find specific ones from so many stars every time you watch, so there is such a celestial chart. Generally, it is a line connected by the arrangement of stars and stars. As long as you match the earth's Big Dipper on the celestial chart, you can turn the celestial chart with the scales of the compass and seasons, and those specific lines will coincide with the stars you are looking for.

I couldn't help but exclaim. Oh, this is not very difficult to think about, why didn't I think about it just now? This is also very logical. Stargazing in the Warring States Period was already very developed, and people in that era believed that the movement of celestial phenomena represented the movement of all things in the world, and that they could see some secrets of heaven from it. These secrets of heaven often indicate changes in the country. Major wars and disasters in the earth are generally not leaked at will. Tiemengsheng hid the star map he observed in the silk book, which is also reasonable.

This star map also appeared on the alchemy furnace. Perhaps this celestial phenomenon represents some special meaning, which made many people notice it at that time, and it was also very possible.

Uncle San nodded: "You guy has made great progress, and you are right. After these things were shipped to the United States, Jude Kao immediately discovered this secret. He thought of stargazing like you."

This is a very exciting discovery. It can be said that this is the first time in archaeological history that Jude Kao once again became famous. However, at this time he no longer cared, and he was completely addicted to the archaeological process: What does the astrological sign mean? Judging from the fact that it is hidden so closely, this astrological sign obviously indicates something extraordinary and cannot be known by others.

After overlapping the star map with the star chart, he found the specific six stars from the entire star map, synthesized the astrological map, and then looked up ancient books and wanted to know what this astrological map means in astrological techniques."

However, the ancient Chinese astrology was almost the same as Feng Shui, which was extremely complex and even more profound than Feng Shui, with almost no systematic information. The star map hidden in the silk book of the Warring States Period indicates what kind of secret is completely impossible to find.

The only way to unravel this secret at that time was to find the so-called masters, but this time it was not found in the United States. So Jude Kao asked Jie Lianhuan again to search for the people in China.

However, this time Jie Lianhuan failed to complete the task. In that era, those who knew some of Zhouyi Fengshui were beaten to the bullpen. Those who missed the net were trembling and no one spoke. It seemed to be sneaky and very inconvenient.

I searched for two years, but there was no result, and there was no progress in other research in the United States.

In desperation, Jude Kao had a sudden idea and his attention was once again focused on the Warring States silk book. He speculated that since there was this star map on the silk book, there might be records of the star map secrets in other spaces.

So, while he began to acquire Lu Huangsi in China, he had the idea of ​​selling the Warring States silk books. According to his experience, the Tushita usually did not leave the empty book. This silk book could not be only one volume. If the grandfather wanted to steal it, he would definitely take out the whole piece. The remaining part might still be in the hands of his grandfather.

At that time, Jie Lianhuan and Jude Kao had a very good relationship. He was so heartless that he helped Jude Kao go to his grandfather to inquire about the news. Unfortunately, my grandfather was very nervous and could not ask anything. In desperation, Jie Lianhuan came to ask his third uncle again. At that time, the third uncle was interested in the records in his grandfather's notes. When he drank wine and spoke too much, he told all the stories about his grandfather's story of stealing the silk book of the Warring States.

Hearing this, I couldn't help but say, "Uncle San, it turns out that foreigner knew about the blood corpse and ancient tomb. Did you tell me?"

Uncle San smiled bitterly and shook his head and said, "I really drank too much at that time. After the wine was over, I couldn't remember to tell him this. Later, when the foreigner talked to me, I remembered that my intestines were regretful."

I also smiled bitterly with him. This was really dramatic, but by the way, Jude Kao chose to resolve the relationship between the Wu family and the Jie family, and had already had this plan. The secret of this foreigner's behavior is really scary.

After Jude Kao received the news, he had the intention to re-excavate the blood corpse tomb. Unfortunately, he would not fight back, and he could not find anyone else. At that time, Sino-US relations began to warm up. He felt that the situation would change, so he waited patiently for a while, which made him wait for an opportunity. So he brought a group of archaeological people back to China and began to plan this action. So he had what the third uncle had experienced before.

You can guess what happened next. After Uncle San escaped from the tomb that night, Jude Kao also entered the tomb the next afternoon. Needless to say, this matter eventually turned into a disaster. When they opened the dark square at the bottom of the coffin, the king who flew out almost killed everyone in the tomb at that time.

Fortunately, a guy Jie Lianhuan found was quite clever. He exploded explosives at the most dangerous time and completely collapsed the inner room. Jude Kao, who was in the outer room at that time, was able to save his life. Unfortunately, he and his people were all buried in the ancient tomb.

The scene was extremely terrifying at that time. Jude Kao, who had witnessed himself, was hit hard and almost mentally ill. His understanding of China for decades was completely collapsed. After returning to Changsha, he immediately returned to the United States and fell seriously ill and almost went crazy. The study of the Warring States silk book was immediately terminated.

However, we know that this is only temporary. A year later, the second marine archaeological era came, and the wheel of fate began to turn faster and faster under the sea of ​​the Xisha.

Jude Kao's narration came to an end here, and the next thing happened after Jie Lianhuan went to find Uncle San.

His narrative can be said to have clearly understood the cause of this incident. I really didn't expect that Uncle San was involved in this incident so early, and the relationship between Aning Company and our Wu family was so deep.

After Uncle San finished speaking in one breath, he took a break and asked me if I had any questions or don’t believe me. I could ask him now.

I knew this was his angry words. Obviously, I didn't believe him just now, and he was still worried.

I thought about it and couldn't say it if I didn't believe it, but there are indeed a few things I don't know yet.

We have already known just now that Jude Kao had been in contact with Jie Lianhuan for a long time. The meeting at that time was just a reunion. And based on what I knew later, I speculated that the purpose of Jude Kao coming to Jie Lianhuan was probably to infiltrate Wen Jin's Xisha archaeological team, sneak into the tomb of Wang Zanghai at the bottom of the sea, and take out something for him. This thing is likely to be the snake-eyed bronze fish hidden in the secret of Dongxia Kingdom in Wang Zanghai.

So, it was revealed by Uncle San himself that Jude Kao knew about the blood corpse tomb. There was no doubt about this, but how did Jude Kao know about the underwater tomb, such a secret place? Could it be that Uncle San told him? This is impossible.###Chapter 10

Also, obviously, according to the words of San Shu, the origin of all this was the Warring States silk book. However, what is the relationship between Wang Zanghai in the Xisha and the Warring States silk book? Why did Jude Kao turn his attention to the Xisha?

When I asked these questions, Uncle San nodded and said, "You think of the key point. It is Jude Kao who really lets Jie Lianhuan get into the archaeological team, but your guess is only half correct. His own statement is to let Jie Lianhuan enter the ancient tomb. It is not for the sake of snake-eyed copper fish, but just asking him to take a picture of the corpse in the coffin."

As for why he did this, the foreigner refused to say it. At the same time, he refused to reveal where he got the information about Wang Zanghai’s tomb. When the third uncle asked him, he used an old Chinese saying. He pretended to be mysterious: "The secrets of heaven cannot be revealed."

"However," Uncle San came over and said, "I can guess something later, something that made me more or less guess. You can hear if it makes sense."

I nodded and said yes. He was on the bed and drew a few dots with his fingers. "I thought about it for a while. The foreigner returned to China and focused on the Xisha. It was a year after the incident in Changsha. From time to time, he knew that the existence of the undersea tomb should be in this year. Then, something must have happened in this year. Let Jie Lianhuan get this information.

"But we know that during that period, Jude Kao was greatly stimulated, and it was obviously unlikely that he could just know that there was an ancient tomb under the sea. He immediately cheered up and devoted himself to another thing. At that time, the things that could attract his attention should only be related to the Warring States Silk Book. Then, we can infer that that thing must also be related to the Warring States Silk Book. Jude Kao should have been attracted by the information of the Warring States Silk Book, and then noticed the Xisha incident that was connected with it.

"It is impossible to infer what this matter is. But based on what happened later, I feel that it is very likely that this foreigner met a person who should have entered the underwater tomb. It is very likely that he helped Jude Kao uncover the meaning represented by the star map in the silk book. This meaning must be related to Wang Zanghai's tomb, which made Jude Kao's interest turn to the Xisha. Therefore, Jude Kao came to China again. Find Jie Lianhuan's attempt to get into the archaeological team."

"Why can you definitely meet someone, not something else?" I asked.

Uncle San said: "That's because of the information. Jude Kao's information on the ancient tomb is too detailed and accurate. This must have been made by someone who has entered and sorted it out. It is impossible for any other situation to let him know so detailed."

I nodded, which makes sense, but why did the star map on the silk book of the Warring States Period have a relationship with the ancient tombs of the Ming Dynasty? This is really incredible. Did the iron-faced man look at this astrology and predict that a colleague would build a tomb in a thousand years?

If astrology could predict such trivial things, it would probably not be lost now. This still needs to be verified.

Then there was the Xisha incident. After that incident, the whole thing entered a chaos. The entire archaeological team disappeared in the ancient tomb under the Xisha sea, and only the third uncle came back. Jude Kao once thought that it was the third uncle who killed everyone. However, judging from the third uncle's subsequent performance, the third uncle had no idea about the inside story, and the whole thing became a huge mystery. The truth of the matter depends on what the third uncle said.

After resting for a while, Uncle San made a gesture and was about to continue speaking. I also cheered up and sat down.

He took a breath first, obviously he wanted to change his mood. The things he said just now were all about Jude Cao, and it was not painful or itchy. Now what I want to say next is his personal experience.

After sucking his breath, his face darkened, and his tone became very slow, and hesitated a little.

After thinking about it, I said to me first: "That's right, there are some things about Xisha. At that time, you were in the hospital in Jinan. My third uncle, I did lie to you. However, I had no choice. This matter has always been a heart-wrenching problem. I really don't want to mention it again. You have to understand me."

I nodded and did not answer. Uncle San lied to me, I had known it a long time ago, and I didn't want to blame him, I just wanted to know the truth.

Uncle San took a sip of water and continued, "Actually, the discovery of the undersea tomb was just a scene I played. As early as the early morning of that day, I had already settled Jie Lianhuan in. However, the place I went in should be different from the place you went in later, because Jie Lianhuan had very detailed information. We went directly into the core part of the ancient tomb at that time, because the foreigner's commission was to place the coffin chamber of Wang Zanghai's coffin."

"Do you mean the one among the three tombs?" I recalled the institution of the undersea tomb.

Uncle San smiled bitterly and shook his head: "No, the place you are talking about is just the first floor of the ancient tomb. This shipwreck tomb is so big that it is beyond your imagination. Wang Zanghai's coffin is buried deep at the bottom of the ancient tomb, and is in a very strange situation...it is hard to describe in words."

At that time, Jie Lianhuan obtained detailed information from Jude Kao. It can be seen that the original information in Jude Kao should be very authoritative. At the same time, Jude Kao provided an American camera and flashlight to understand Lianhuan. It is said to be the most advanced model in the world that year, very small and waterproof.

The information tells Jie Lianhuan that about half a mile left of the reef inspected by the archaeological team, there is a place called "Shatou Reef" by the locals. It is a reef forest, composed of dozens of main reefs and countless underwater reefs scattered in the ground. This reef is connected under the water. It is part of a giant coral reef plate. On one of the reefs, there is a water cave located below the sea level. Even when the tide is low, it will only reveal a trace. This is an operation port when the craftsmen broke the ship into the water and sealed the tomb during the shipwreck. From this, you can enter the coral reef plate, the huge shipwreck on the bottom of the sea. It is embedded in this reef plate, in the sea sand.

As long as you enter the coral reef cave, you can go all the way, enter the inside of the wreck, and how to walk. What you need to be careful of is detailed descriptions in the information. It is like this ancient tomb designed by Jude Kao.

Such detailed information is ordinary ancient documents. It may not be able to reach this level. That is why Uncle San thought that someone had probably entered the ancient tomb under the sea. It may be that although this person entered, he did not succeed, so Jude Kao had to ask someone for help again.

Originally, Jie Lianhuan had a self-knowledge and knew his weight. He would not agree to any request to go to the land, but Jude Kao's identity was different. First, Jie Lianhuan felt that he owed him. Second, over the past year, Jie Lianhuan has participated in many activities in the family, and finally took several steps, with different courage and skills. In addition, Jude Kao's conditions for opening the land were very high. He was at the age of blind confidence, so he finally agreed by a stranger.

After Uncle San learned that foreigners reconciled Jie Lianhuan had an affair. He originally wanted to try his best to oppose Jie Lianhuan joining the archaeological team, but many things happened afterwards, which made Uncle San feel that things were very wrong. In order to know the real purpose of the foreigners reconciliation chain, Uncle San took a risk. He persuaded Wen Jin to deliberately let Jie Lianhuan enter the archaeological team. On the surface, he was silent, but in fact he was secretly surveillance to see what he would do.

The matter was unfolding in such a strange way. There are still many hidden stories to say, but they are not important. Don’t talk about it here, just explaining what happened the night before the accident happened in the Xisha Islands.

That day was the first day when the archaeological team entered its end stage. The salvage work was coming to an end and the work was easy, so everyone drank some wine before going to bed and slept very well.

Jie Lianhuan was waiting for this opportunity, and there were only a few days left before the end of his work. He knew that the opportunity was not to be missed and he would not come again. So when he was sure that everyone was asleep, he pretended to get up and urinate, and actually found out the truth and waited for an opportunity to go into the sea.

He didn't know that his childhood playmate was named Wu Sansheng's wife slave. Now he is already a meticulous old man. Every move he made from boarding the boat was firmly seen by this person.

Speaking of Uncle San was also quite depressed at that time. He had already been very upset with Jie Lianhuan. He didn't know the purpose of Jie Lianhuan, so Jie Lianhuan was on the ship. For Uncle San, he was just a time bomb. He didn't know the power or when it exploded. It was a good time to talk about love with Wen Jin, but he had to be on guard against him.

Another reason is that it is quite concealed. Uncle San has not mentioned it positively, but I can hear it from Uncle San’s narrative that Wen Jin appreciates Jie Lianhuan very much. On the one hand, the young master knows how to please women, and his character is much worse than Uncle San; on the other hand, Jie Lianhuan’s appearance is not worse than Uncle San’s in many aspects. Novice like Uncle San’s relationship will inevitably be jealous.

So when Jie Lianhuan took action, Uncle San was ecstatic. When Jie Lianhuan had just put down his raft and wanted to row the fishing boat, Uncle San suddenly appeared and pressed him on the deck.

Uncle San's sudden appearance was unexpected by Jie Lianhuan. However, when he saw that it was Uncle San, he was not afraid, because if it were someone else, he might have been charged with defecting to Vietnam at that time. However, Uncle San knew each other's details and he could not do anything to him. So he asked Uncle San to let go.

However, Uncle San had long been resentful of him and had grudges. How could he let him go easily? He gritted his teeth and almost twisted his hand. He asked him what he wanted to do to join the archaeological team and go to sea so late.

This is a bit like taking advantage of the problem and venting his depression. Jie Lianhuan was stubborn at the beginning, but his heart became secretly angry. In Changsha, no one dared to treat him like this except his elders, so he lowered his voice and cursed.

Uncle San didn't take his tricks at all. When he heard him cursing, he pressed his head into the water until he rolled his eyes before lifting it up. After repeated repetition, Jie Lianhuan became depressed and had to beg for mercy.

Uncle San asked the question just now, and he told all the things about it.

After listening to it, Uncle San's eyes glowed and could hardly believe his ears. It turned out that there was a tomb under the sea with a shipwreck buried under the sea! This was really unexpected. The old man's notes also recorded the underwater ship burial that predecessors mentioned, but this kind of sea fighting was extremely rare. The old man himself only heard of it and did not explore it personally. And the vast sea under the sea, it was thousands of miles away, and it was tens of thousands of times more difficult to find a clue than on land. Now this foreigner knows so detailed, who is the sacred?

Thinking of the third uncle, he felt itchy and wanted to go down to the sea to check it out immediately. Then he let go of Jie Lianhuan and whispered: "It's just that? Then you said it a long time ago, what's my relationship with you, what's the relationship with you? Will I even steal yours?"

Jie Lianhuan was already depressed and said, "I hide this from my old man, of course I don't want you to know about it. Moreover, I am not familiar with you. I am afraid of causing trouble if I talk about it. You say it with your conscience, if I say it straight, will you let me join the archaeological team?"

Uncle San thought about it and had already relaxed a lot, so he said to him: "You are reasonable, but I remind you that Jude Kao is called the 'Bai-Headed Man' in Changsha. This person is not a simple person. I think this fight is not good. You should either let go for the time being. Let's go back and find some people to make a long-term plan. Or let me accompany you this time. No matter how you say, my cousin is not bragging, and his experience is richer than you."

Jie Lianhuan spat and said, "Everyone said that you, Wu Sansheng, are more energetic than monkeys. You really don't flatter you. If you want to make some incense, just say, we are grasshoppers on the same rope. At this time, what do you say, I can't say that I can't?"

Uncle San sneered in his heart when he heard this, and thought that the second generation ancestor could understand. So the two of them joined in and agreed to take each of them after entering, so that they would not drag down anyone, and they would not regret not taking it well after coming out.

Uncle San’s actions at that time were not driven by interests, and they were not glorious. It even made me feel like what the fat man did. It can be seen that Uncle San’s nature was not mature for a while.

After making a poisonous oath and getting some equipment, the two of them put down the rubber raft, went down the sea at night, rowed in the dark all the way, leaning against the compass, and soon, they arrived at the "Shatou Reef" that the foreigner said. Uncle San looked up and saw that just as the dark clouds covered the moon, the entire reef was covered with dust. He was shocked and said to Jie Lianhuan: "You really chose a good time, and even a hairy moon was gone. The dark clouds covered the bucket. The blind man entered the cave. Every time he went one, I would probably keep one in it. Let the tricks be bright, and you and I should do it yourself."
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