"Picture of emperors and empresses paying homage to Buddha?"
This news really surprised Lin Yi.
Before they set off for Xiangjiang and took over the Qin family's matter, they had discussed the ins and outs of this matter while searching for the whereabouts of the "Zi Yihou".
As a result, he got in touch with Mr. Wang Xiangfu, the young apprentice of shopkeeper Wengu Zhaiyue, who had witnessed this incident.
At that time, I came to the conclusion that this matter was closely related to the "Zi Yihou".
Unexpectedly, I have gone around in circles and come back again.
These two items have now been lost overseas and stored in museums in the United States. They were leaked out in the 1930s. After more than 20 years, the old story of "Zi Yihou" is brought up again. What is his intention?
"Any other discoveries?"
Lin Yi asked.
"That's all for now, this place is really hot right now, there are so many people around, I can hardly hold my phone."
"Okay, just hang up now and talk about it when you come back!"
"It's done!"
Both parties hung up the phone.
"Let's go back without further ado. The note left by Mr. Xu is very crucial. We must unravel the contents as soon as possible."
Bai Lu immediately booked the first flight back to Beijing for the two of them today, and as soon as they landed, they went straight to the Bai family courtyard.
As soon as the front foot entered the door, the horse trainer followed with the hind foot.
I have to say that his efficiency is really high. All the photocopies of "Jin Zhang Lan Pu" have been reprinted at a one-to-one ratio, and the electronic version has also been scanned for them to read at any time.
He had received the news from Lin Yi and came here specially to deliver the book. At the same time, he also delivered some personal letters between Mr. Xu Baijiao and his father.
These contents were simply too important for Lin Yi. After sending off Director Ma, everything was ready. Lin Yi and Bai Lu divided the work again and started deciphering work.
Bai Lu has previous experience here, and there is also an electronic version. Mr. Bai is also helping, so the efficiency has obviously improved a lot.
Lin Yi, on the other hand, read through the letters brought by Director Ma at a glance. A large part of the early letters were related to work. It can be clearly felt that as the two of them gradually became familiar with each other, the contents of the letters also gradually changed. become rich.
Especially in the week before Xu Baijiao's death, the two communicated twice.
Xu mentioned in the letter that he met a British-Chinese antique dealer at the Peninsula Hotel. He felt that this person was not simple and wanted to get in touch with him.
By the time the next letter came, Xu Baijiao had already mentioned that there was an organization or consortium behind the antique dealer, and they had been smuggling cultural relics.
He decided to have more contact with this person and find out their details.
Through these contents, combined with the account of the uncle in Xiangjiang, the whole story of Xu Baijiao's accidental death has begun to emerge in Lin Yi's mind.
The British-Chinese antique dealer mentioned in the letter is most likely the agent of the "Ziyihou" in Xiangjiang.
Their purpose was to get close to the "Secret Shopping Group". Xu Baijiao had long suspected them, but the other party hadn't noticed it yet, so they took advantage of it.
During the process of getting acquainted with each other, by chance, Xu obtained their internal ledger through some unknown means.
When I still couldn't decipher it, I made a copy of it first.
After the "Zi Yihou" found out about this, he took action immediately. Not only did he cause an accident and killed Xu Baijiao, but he also searched extensively for the lost ledgers.
There were two reasons why the interrogation came to an abrupt end. One was that they found the missing ledger, so they released those people.
Secondly, they did not expect that the "Secret Shopping Group" would react so quickly. In addition, the "Foundation War" that shocked the world had just ended. Seeing the result, the "Purple Yihou" could only flee in a hurry. Hong Kong.
Just when Lin Yi was still immersed in his own thoughts, Bai Lu beside him suddenly screamed excitedly.
"Yes!"
Lin Yi finally came to his senses.
"Translated so quickly? What is written on the note?"
Bai Lu turned her laptop around, hit the Enter key, and a line of words appeared on the screen:
"There is important information hidden in the "Picture of Emperors and Empresses Paying Respect to Buddha", so be sure to decipher it in time!"
Seeing these words, the three people present fell into silence at the same time.
It took a while before he finally recovered.
"Is there important information hidden in those two stone carvings?"
Bai Lu bit the corner of her mouth, moved the mouse, enlarged the pictures of the two stone sculptures, and displayed them on the screen.
"But why did he use the secret code used internally by the 'Zi Yihou' to write it? Mr. Xu himself only knows that "Jin Zhang Lan Pu" is the corresponding code book, and he is not yet able to use it skillfully, right?"
Mr. Bai nodded.
"What Lulu said makes sense. Only if you have been exposed to this kind of thing for a long time can you be able to use it freely. In such a short time, even Mr. Xu, a genius, would not be able to master it so skillfully."
Lin Yi looked at the note on the table and then at the stone carvings on the screen. After thinking for a while, an idea suddenly came to his mind.
"Is it possible that this sentence was not written by Mr. Xu, but was used by people within the 'Zi Yihou' to transmit information, and it happened to be intercepted by him?"
"It's possible!"
Mr. Bai asserted.
"This sentence may not be what Mr. Xu wants to pass on to us, but what the insiders of 'Zi Yihou' want to pass on to their own people."
Combining the landmarks of Luodu Longmen marked in the work notes and the contents of this note, it can almost be concluded that the "Zi Yihou" should have obtained important information through some means and prepared to disseminate the information bit by bit. The content is added to the ledger.
But this part was cut off by Mr. Xu Baijiao.
As for whether they had received the news internally, there was no way to verify it.
But what is the important message hidden in the "Picture of Emperors and Empresses Paying Respect to Buddha" written on it?
Just when the three of them were at a loss what to do, Wang Qiang and Qian Sheng rushed back in a dusty state.
"Good guy, it's true that the special forces are on a one-day trip to Beijing and Henan, but it makes me very tired!"
With that said, Wang Qiang picked up a large bag of things and placed it on the table.
"It takes more than a thousand kilometers to go back and forth in one day. The 'Shiro Visits His Mother' was not so rushed back then. Let's try it. We brought some local specialties."
The two of them sat down, and before their buttocks were even hot, they caught a glimpse of the pattern on the computer.
"What's going on? Are you doing research now?"
Bai Lu retrieved the translation content on the note and presented it to them. The two of them were stunned.
"Why is there still important information hidden in this stone sculpture? How many years has it been?"
"The key thing is that we can't see it now. There is nothing on the original site of Longmen Grottoes. Is it possible that we have to go to the other side of the ocean? It's not easy to get a visa there now!"
Lin Yi suddenly snapped his fingers.
"We don't need to go to Pennsylvania, I think we have to go to Cangzhou!"
Being audited, just got out of the way
(End of chapter)
