I was sitting on the stairs of the attic, thinking about the form of Tian Fengjia's hexagram paintings in my mind, and suddenly I felt that the shape of the fourth row of bookshelves somewhat ruined Tianfengjia's hexagram paintings, but I couldn't explain why.
I couldn't help but walk over and my eyes fell on the densely packed ancient books.
After standing for a while, I finally found the source of the problem. Other bookshelves have eight large grids, but this bookshelf in the fourth row only has seven grids.
This situation is unlikely to be caused by the old man's mistake.
Suddenly, the wood carvings on the edge of the bookshelf caught my attention.
Grandpa's collection of books is placed on various bookshelves according to different dynasties, and the old man uses the Tai Sui system to record the years. This line of wood carvings indicates that the bookshelf stores ancient books from the Western Han Dynasty to the Eastern Han Dynasty.
It stands to reason that there should be a little distance between "Zhaoyang Dahuangluo" and "Shangzhang Kundun" to indicate that they refer to two years. However, what is presented to me now is that the spacing between the nine characters is the same.
wood carving characters.
I found other bookshelves for comparison, and my suspicions were confirmed to be correct.
The light of the mobile phone was dim, so it was of limited use for observing details, so I touched it with my hands. Sure enough, between "Zhaoyang Dahuangluo" and "Shangzhang Yudun", I touched a crack. It was very subtle. If I hadn't felt
There is a problem with the word spacing. I probably think it is the texture of the wood itself.
I knocked it with my hand, and the sound was hollow.
I tried to push "Zhaoyang Dahuangluo" and "Shangzhang Kundun" up and down, and sure enough, a hidden grid appeared.
There is a dark yellow silk brocade box hidden in the secret compartment.
I took out the brocade box and opened it. Inside was the page of Wang Yangming's manuscript that I had previously judged to be a fake and an ancient book.
Why is this manuscript placed in such a hidden place?
I was stunned for a while, and then my eyes fell on the ancient book.
The cover of the ancient book looks like mold, with several strange symbols drawn on it, like the title of the book. The paper behind the title page is a naturally aged dark yellow, like Guanyin paper, but it doesn't seem like it, because judging from the age of the paper
, it must be at least eight hundred years old, and Guanyin paper first appeared more than five hundred years ago. The paper is densely covered with strange symbols written with a brush. The stitching on the edge of the ancient book is new, as if to prevent the paper pages from getting
Scattered and sewn together.
This makes me very confused. Even if a book of such an old age is damaged, it should be repaired by someone specially, rather than stitched together casually.
This is still minor. What shocked me was that my grandfather actually made an annotation on it. On the reverse side of the ancient book, the old man wrote "Zhou Yong photographed Tige".
I couldn't help but become more confused. The stitching and annotations were particularly inconsistent with the old man's style.
The old man has a paranoid cherishment of ancient books. Not to mention annotating them, he would not even fold a corner of the ancient books.
But at this moment, I heard slight footsteps outside the study door.
I subconsciously turned off the light source of my mobile phone and hid behind the bookshelf.
The door of the study room was pushed open, and the candlelight in the back hall dedicated to ancestors filtered in a little, and two figures were reflected on the ground.
"I did do something wrong back then, but why are you still unwilling to let me go now? I've already lost my wife and children, so why do I have to take my grandson with me too?" It was grandpa's voice, hoarse and astringent, "Yes.
, if you go to Wawu Mountain and find the piece of black jade, you may be able to solve all these mysteries, but isn’t Chen Yurang’s lesson learned enough?”
Chen Yurang? This is the name of the professor.
"Give up. This should never have happened in the first place."
I have never seen grandpa so depressed, and the other man never spoke.
The two were silent for a while. The man seemed to have handed something to Grandpa, and then left. After reading it, Grandpa sighed deeply and walked out of the study.
The study became quiet again, and I sat there blankly, my mind going blank.
After returning to my room, I sat on the bed tiredly, but there was a storm in my mind.
What does it mean that you have lost your wife and children? Could it be that something unexpected happened to your father? But isn’t he alive and well? Grandma is also well!
Who was the person who entered the study with grandpa? It was obviously not grandma. There was no sound of the door opening outside tonight. Could it be one of Wen Xiangyu, Zhang Jisheng and Chen Mo?
The grandson is also on board? This is obviously talking about me. Could it be that something is going to happen to me?
Also, what does the sentence "Go to Wawu Mountain and find the piece of black jade, and you may be able to solve all these mysteries" mean?
Suddenly, I thought of the photo that the professor gave me, and quickly found it. After a closer look, my father in the photo was indeed holding a black object in his hand. In my memory, the father in the secret passage and the ice coffin was indeed holding something black.
Holding a black object.
Is this the black jade that the old man mentioned?
Countless questions came to me, but I couldn't answer any of them. I felt as if I had fallen into a bottomless abyss, falling continuously with no end.
I rubbed my head, stood up, turned on the computer, and imported the photos of ancient books and Wang Yangming's manuscripts that I had taken in the study into the computer.
I carefully read the contents of the ancient book page by page.
Ancient books are full of strange symbols, and none of the symbols are the same. I checked a lot of ancient texts on the Internet, but I didn't find similar words.
Fortunately, grandpa's comments occasionally appear on it, so I don't understand it at all.
The ancient book is roughly divided into chapters based on sixty years. After each chapter, there is a picture. The picture is very detailed, but the symbol content is very short, only a few words.
Suddenly, I discovered the three words "Wawu Mountain" in my grandfather's notes.
I turned on my phone and searched on the web, and the geographical location displayed was in Sichuan.
I remembered that Zhang Jisheng said that the professor also visited Sichuan a few years ago. Could this be the place he went to?
I continued to turn back a few pages, and an illustration made me stop. I expanded the photo little by little, and in the ever-expanding picture, the Bagua Golden Rooster picture appeared vaguely in front of me.
My heart skipped a beat.
For a moment, I seemed to see earthworm-like creatures crawling out of the computer one after another.
'You're right, it's us who are wrong.'
The contents of the professor's letter appeared in my mind again.
I calmed down and continued to read the contents of this ancient book, but found nothing more.
The sky has turned white, but I am still not sleepy at all.
I thought again of the Wang Yangming manuscript that I had previously judged to be a fake, and re-examined its contents:
"I know that my deadline is approaching, so I won't keep it secret for fear that I won't be able to do it. However, it is so mysterious that it is difficult to believe it. In the middle of the year of Bingyin, I was demoted to Longchang, and I lived in a barbaric place. The path to becoming a saint was inaccessible.
It is difficult to gather all the turmoil in my heart, so I seek tranquility and sleep in the countryside for a long time. Suddenly in the middle of the night, I enter a strange dream. I hear the teachings of saints and sages, see the rise and fall of temples, observe the suffering of the people, know many foreigners, and experience the vicissitudes of the human world. I honor my path.
, I am ashamed of my leakage, and I will wake up after a while. I have thought about this dream for several days, and it has become more real, as if I have enlightenment, experience and explore, and prove the Five Classics and the Four Sons.
, the way of the saint is as smooth as the road. This is called "the purpose of great enlightenment and investigation of things to achieve knowledge, if someone talks about it while sleeping", although it is absurd and weird, it is not deception. It will be observed by future generations of fellow practitioners. - Wang Shouren, Gengxu, Renyin Year