Chapter three hundred and twenty sixth parchment scroll
The phoenix travels on the phoenix platform, and the phoenix goes to the phoenix platform and the Kongjiang River flows by itself.
The flowers and plants of the Wu Palace are buried in the secluded paths, and the clothes of the Jin Dynasty are transformed into ancient mounds.
Beyond the blue sky and the three mountains, two waters separate Bailuzhou.
The floating clouds can always cover the sun, and the absence of Chang'an makes people sad.
——"Ascending the Phoenix Terrace of Jinling" by Li Bai
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After talking for a long time, it’s time to get back to the topic.
Bai Fu asked: "Then what does all this have to do with the secret room in Prince Yin's mansion?"
Boniadi said: "The Xuanwu Gate Incident happened suddenly. Khwarazmi and his young master fled in a hurry and left a box of parchment scrolls in the secret room of Prince Yin's mansion.
This box of sheepskin scrolls records what Khwarizmi has learned throughout his life, covering martial arts, numerology, Kanyu, astrology, alchemy, etc. It integrates the civilizations of the three empires of Persia, India, and the Tang Dynasty, and is his hard work.
Incomparably precious.”
Bai Fu asked: "Since these parchments were written by Khwarizmi himself, why didn't he write another one?"
Boniadi sighed: "It's not that he didn't want to, he was more than willing but not strong enough. At that time, Khwarizmi was already old, and the contents of this box of parchment scrolls were complicated and vast.
On the way to escape, he was frightened and wandering around. By the time the Khorazi secret general settled the orphan of Prince Yin in Suiye, he was already exhausted mentally and physically, and his oil and lamp were exhausted. After dictating three parchment scrolls, he passed away. He wrote these three volumes.
The volumes are named "Algebra", "Astronomy", and "Geography" respectively.
After these three parchment scrolls were returned to Persia, they shocked the entire food world. For hundreds of years, we have been looking for other documents written by Khwarizmi.
After discovering clues from Li Bai's poems, the Persian royal family ordered me to go to China to search for Khwarizmi's disciples or all his works.
After extensive investigation, we finally found clues to the secret room in Prince Yin's residence."
Sun Dashan smiled and said: "Young Master Bai, I will tell you the truth. Before His Majesty rewarded Prince Yin's residence to you, I had been inspecting Prince Yin's residence for several months.
There were many secret rooms and secret compartments in Prince Yin's house, but they were all empty. This is normal. After Prince Yin was executed, the palace must have been searched by the troops led by the King of Qin.
So, through friends from the Ministry of Punishment, Dali Temple and other places, I obtained all the information on the search of Prince Yin's residence at that time. The list of the house raids did not mention anything about this box of parchments.
I guess that with Khwarazmi's wisdom, he must have designed a top-secret secret room for Prince Yin. No one else knows about it except him and Prince Yin. And this secret room must be different from the usual designs in the Tang Dynasty.
Therefore, we focused our search on buildings and furniture related to the Western Regions, but after several days, we found nothing.
After the craftsmen from Prince Qing's Mansion came in to renovate the mansion, it was not so convenient for us to go in and out during the day, so my second brother dug a tunnel that was connected to the secret passage in Yanxi Palace.
In this way, we can disguise ourselves as craftsmen of Prince Qing's Mansion during the day and search calmly in the mansion.
Everything happened for a reason, please forgive me, Mr. Bai!"
Having said this, Sun Dashan raised his hand and bowed. Sun Dashan told him frankly, spoke eloquently, and made his advance and retreat well-founded. He explained the theft with good reason and evidence, which made it difficult for Bai Fu to refute.
Bai Fu thought to himself: "Compared to people like Tu Xingsun who do dirty work and backbreaking business, Sun Dashan is the old man in the world."
Seeing that Bai Fu's expression remained normal and showed no displeasure, Sun Dashan continued: "While digging the tunnel, my second brother dug an underground river.
Surprisingly, the underground river is like a moat, surrounding a copper wall. This copper wall is about several feet long and wide and forms a "mouth" shape.
According to our experience, there should be a secret room within the copper wall. However, it took us a lot of effort to find the entrance to the secret room.
Now it seems that the water of the fish marsh and the underground river are connected. If the Longkou drainage mechanism is turned on, the water of the fish marsh can be discharged into the underground river. If the water discharge mechanism is turned on, the water of the underground river can flow into the fish pond.
There is a secret door under the bluestone slab of Uonuma. Even if all the water in Uonuma is drained, we would not be able to discover it unless we believe that there must be a secret room under Uonuma.
This Khorezmi is really amazing, it can easily solve the water pressure problem in fish ponds and control the water flow on the palm of your hand."
Sun Dashan is also a great expert in tomb passage mechanisms. He sincerely admires the secret chamber designed by Khwarizmi and has great admiration for this foreign expert from a hundred years ago.
Boniadi asked: "We found the secret room, but have we found the parchment?"
Sun Dashan shook his head and said: "There is still one mechanism that has not been cracked."
Sun Dashan pointed to the center of the secret room and said, "The treasure should be placed here, but it cannot be opened."
Bai Fu used the light of the luminous pearl to take a closer look and saw a gilded brass wheel hidden in the center of the secret room.
The so-called "Zhuanlunzang" is an octagonal sutra storage cabinet, shaped like an octagonal pavilion with double eaves. The upper eaves of the pavilion are round, the lower eaves are octagonal roofs, and the upper and lower eaves are made of eight pavilions with double seconds and three eaves.
Details such as the mouth, hanging flower hanging tube, and tile work are all carved from copper and are all available.
There is an iron bracket standing in a groove on the ground under the Bible cabinet. There is a large wooden pillar in the center. This is used as a rotating shaft to rotate the Bible cabinet. There are several rows of numbers, scales and slots on the rotating shaft. It is speculated that it may be used to open the cabinet.
Door related.
Sutra cabinets often contain sutras and Buddha statues, and are indeed a good place to hide treasures.
Tu Xingsun sighed: "This Khwarazmi is very thoughtful. Even when he comes here, he will not show his treasures to others easily.
The number on the shaft is the key. Only when the number matches the card slot can the cabinet door be opened. Otherwise, the consequences will be disastrous."
Bai Fu said with a smile: "Sir, don't worry. At most, I can't open the cupboard door and take out the parchment. I haven't found it for more than a hundred years, so it's probably just a few days."
After the house is repaired in two days, I will close the door and you can take your time to investigate."
Sun Dashan's face was unusually solemn, and he said: "There should only be three or five opportunities for trial and error. If a mistake is made, the gears on the shaft will crush the treasures in the scripture cabinet into pieces.
To be more alarmist, if something goes wrong, this secret room will quickly close and trap us in the iron walls.
Bai Fu and Boniadi were shocked. They didn't expect that they had found the secret room and it was so dangerous.
Boniadi asked: "What does this number have to do with, the heavenly stems, the earthly branches, the astrological maze?"
Sun Dashan sighed: "It's all possible, so it's difficult to crack."
The four of them looked at me and I looked at you, all silent.
Sun Dashan took the lead to break the deadlock and said: "There is no need to be so pessimistic. With Bai Shaoxia's help, we will definitely get twice the result with half the effort.
It's almost dawn, we're here today.
Bai Shaoxia's suggestion is more prudent. The prince's mansion will be repaired in two days. Let's close the door and slowly investigate during the day. Maybe we can find some more clues.
In addition, Her Royal Highness the Princess is also asked to recall the life of Khwarizmi to see if there is any important information related to numbers."
As of now, that's all it can do.
The four of them returned to the fish pond and started to close the mechanism in the Dragon Head on the Panlong Pillar.
Just hearing the sound of a few hinges, the bluestone floor slowly rotated and rose, and the hole was closed. Then, several streams of water flowed into the fish pond, and the fish pond returned to its former peace.