Before this, Changsheng had always thought that the map in the hairpin was used to find some kind of artifact. He never thought that the map was actually related to the dragon vein. The theory of dragon vein has always been believed by Taoists and Confucianists. Everyone knows that the dragon vein is related to the destiny of the country and its energy. , but this map is the continuation of the Dragon Veins of China. What does it have to do with the Japanese? Why do they value this map so much? Where did they get this map? What do they want to do with this map?
Changsheng only unfolded the map a little at this time, revealing only this column of small characters, but he was not in a hurry to fully unfold the map, but called Song Cai who was waiting outside.
Song Cai walked in and Changsheng waved to him. When Song Cai approached, Changsheng picked up the silk on the table and handed it over, "Shopkeeper Song, look at this."
Song Cai had previously participated in the siege of Changsheng in Yizhuang, but now by some strange combination of circumstances, Changsheng became his boss. Song Cai was already frightened and cautious, but when he saw Changsheng handing him something in the hairpin, he became even more worried. Terrified, he waved his hands repeatedly, "My boss, you can't do this."
"Don't be suspicious when you employ people, and don't use people when you are suspicious. There is nothing you can't do." Changsheng said casually.
Hearing what Changsheng said, Song Cai was so moved that he took the silk with trembling hands. Because the silk was very thin and tightly rolled for a long time, it had become somewhat sticky. Except for a small part where Changsheng unfolded, other areas were still stuck together. .
Song Cai did not unfold the silk completely, but carefully examined the visible parts. After a brief period of careful identification, Song Cai put the silk back on the table and turned to look at Changsheng with a shocked expression.
"What do you think?" Changsheng asked seriously.
Song Cai was very nervous and coughed twice to calm down, "Go back to my employer, this silk is indeed from the Qin Dynasty, and the handwriting on it was also written by the Qin Dynasty."
Seeing Changsheng looking at him with raised eyebrows, Song Cai hurriedly pointed at the silk and explained, "Most of the silk used in the Qin Dynasty was produced in the Chu State. The Chu silk was silvery white and extremely slender, because the silkworms in the Qin Dynasty were much thinner than the current silkworms. The silk produced was naturally finer. Thousands of years later, the silkworm species in the Qin Dynasty had long since disappeared, and the silk used for silk at this time was very thick and tough."
When Changsheng nodded slowly, Song Cai pointed to the row of small seals and said, "The saying of Kyushu first began in the Qin Dynasty. Look at this ink mark. It would take thousands of years to make it so deep."
Song Cai is the shopkeeper of the Taiping Inn, and his daily job is to learn about the past and present. He has no doubts about his judgment, "What else?"
"Are you referring to why this map fell into the hands of Japanese people?" Song Cai asked.
"Let's talk." Changsheng took the square stool beside him and put it next to Song Cai. After sitting on the wooden chair, he pointed to the square stool and motioned for Song Cai to sit down and talk.
Song Cai was quite frightened to receive such courtesy. After thanking him, he sat down cautiously and said, "My boss, do you know that there is an alchemist named Xu Fu beside the First Emperor?"
"The one who took five hundred boys and five hundred girls to find elixir for Qin Shihuang?" Changsheng asked.
"Yes, it is this person," Song Cai nodded. "According to legend, this person was the most trusted alchemist of the First Emperor. This person led the boys and girls to sail eastward and never returned. It is said that the Japanese were the ones who made the connection with Japan, which was not yet civilized at that time. Descendants of Aboriginal people.”
"You mean this map is real?" Changsheng asked.
"I think it's true," Song Cai nodded sternly, "As the most trusted alchemist of the First Emperor, Xu Fu, with the support of the First Emperor, is entirely possible to detect the specific location and continuation of the Nine Provinces Dragon Veins."
"The Japanese care about this map very much. In order to get it, they would not hesitate to break into the Dali Temple Prison." Changsheng said.
Since he didn't understand Chang Sheng's intention, Song Cai didn't rush to answer the question.
"I think the Japanese came to our Tang Dynasty with this map and they must have no good intentions. What do you think?" Changsheng asked casually.
The country of Japan is what people in the Tang Dynasty call Japan, and Japan is what Japan calls itself. Song Cai knew that the Japan that Changsheng was talking about was the country of Japan, so he nodded seriously, "What the boss said makes sense, the Japanese are not kind people."
Time was very tight, and Chang Sheng did not waste any time. He stretched out his hand and completely unfolded the silk.
In order to avoid suspicion, Song Cai quickly tilted his head to the side.
There are a large number of vertical and horizontal zigzag lines on the map, representing the directions of mountains, rivers and rivers. Apart from these dazzling and messy lines, the names of mountains, rivers and rivers are not clearly marked on the map. The most conspicuous ones are thirteen dots of different colors.
These thirteen dots of different colors are distributed in different areas of the map. There are six colors in total, two white, two green, two black, two red, four yellow, and one gold.
The golden dot is obviously larger than the other twelve dots of different colors.
Not long ago, he had heard from a rat demon that the twelve earthly branches were associated with the golden dragon. Therefore, the moment he saw the map, Chang Sheng knew that this map was indeed a map of the continuation of the dragon vein. As a member of the Taoist sect, he naturally knew the twelve earthly branches. The five elements belong to
Among the five elements, Shen Monkey and You Rooster belong to gold, and gold is white.
The five elements of Yinhu and Maotu belong to wood, and wood is green.
The five elements of Rat and Pig belong to water, and water is black.
The five elements of Chou Ox, Chen Dragon, Wei Sheep, and Guard Dog belong to earth, and earth is yellow.
The twelve dots of different colors on the map are undoubtedly the locations of the twelve earthly branches.
And that big yellow dot is naturally the dragon vein where the golden dragon is located.
"Look at this map again." Changsheng handed the map to Song Cai without hesitation.
Song Cai became more and more frightened when he saw this, and he was also moved in his fright, because Changsheng's move showed his absolute trust in him.
At this point, he had to watch it even if he didn't want to, not to mention that everyone is curious, and he was no exception.
Changsheng's choice to believe in Song Cai was really helpless, because he couldn't do this by himself, and he had to rely on Song Cai's help for the next thing. However, his choice to believe in Song Cai was not blind, because it was only him and Song Cai. The two of them knew that if the news leaked out, it would be Song Cai's fault.
The Song family is a very big family, and Song Cai also has a wife, children, and children. Having a family is a burden. People who are burdened do not dare to act recklessly, because they need to think about their families at all times.
The most important thing is that Taiping Inn has a great reputation, and Song Cai has gained both fame and wealth, so there is no need to betray and leak secrets.
In addition, there is another very important reason, that is, Song Cai is a businessman. Businessmen are the best at weighing gains and losses, and will never make irrational actions in a moment of enthusiasm.
After a moment, Song Cai looked away and said seriously, "My boss, give me a day, and I can make a fake that looks like the real thing."
"We only have one hour." Chang Sheng said in a deep voice. Who is in what position is ultimately determined by the mind and structure. Through his unabashed actions, Song Cai guessed what he wanted him to do.
"One hour," Song Cai thought anxiously, "It's too hasty. I can't do it alone. I need help."
Without waiting for Changsheng to answer, Song Cai hurriedly said, "This matter is very important and cannot be known to others. My boss, I'm sorry for you, please help me."
"Okay." Changsheng nodded.
"Let's go back to the inn." Song Cai left his seat and stood up.
"You go back first, I will rush over after half a stick of incense." Changsheng said.
Song Cai nodded in agreement and left in a hurry.
Changsheng simply tidied up, put out the fire and closed the door. He called the policeman on night watch and the servants re-locked the door together.
After leaving Ni Mansion, Changsheng immediately used his body skills to rush back to the Yushitai. Without leaving the door, he climbed over the wall from the northeast and landed in the courtyard where Yu Yi lived.
The moment it landed, Yu Yi noticed it, and the sound of a sword being unsheathed was heard in the room.
"I," Chang Sheng whispered, "get dressed and open the door. I have something urgent."
Yu Yi didn't light the lamp, put on his clothes and opened the door. Chang Sheng walked in sideways, trying to be concise and concise, "At the 3rd hour of the fourth watch, two men and one woman will break into the Dali Temple Women's Prison again. I need you to do three things." First, adapt to circumstances, and ensure that they can escape unharmed without letting them find out that you are helping them. Second, the woman among the three has an agreement with me, and you have to look for a suitable opportunity, where The two men nodded slightly at him without noticing. Third, you have to follow them after they enter the women's prison. Their purpose is to rescue a prisoner in the women's prison. You can't let them rescue the person without seeing help. After taking the person away, one of the men will give a hairpin to the female prisoner, and after the female prisoner opens the hairpin and returns it to the man, you can let them go."
What Chang Sheng said was clear and precise. Yu Yi understood it easily and simply repeated it, "I want to help them escape without letting them know that I am helping. I want to find opportunities to nod to the woman. I can't let them rescue the prisoner. , to force them to give the hairpin to the prisoner to open."
"Correct, at the third quarter of the night, you must bring the Hanyue Sword." Changsheng nodded.
"At the third quarter of the fourth watch, bring the Hanyue Sword." Yu nodded.
"Okay, I'm leaving first." Changsheng turned around and went out, climbing over the wall.
When we rushed back to Taiping Inn, all the waiters on the third floor had been sent away by Song Cai, who was busy alone in the room.
Seeing Changsheng's return, Song Cai immediately ordered errands. In order to ensure that the fake could be mistaken for the real thing, Song Cai went to the extreme details. Everything was available in the Taiping Inn. The silk silk was directly made of Qin Shi silk. If there was no blank, he destroyed a piece of Qin Shi's. Clothes, carefully cut and then soaked in potion to fade.
The ink used in the Qin Dynasty was also different from that at this time, and was collected in the same way. A roll of bamboo slips in the Qin Dynasty was destroyed, washed with rice water and salt, the ink on the bamboo slips was washed off, and then steamed over high heat. After it was completely dried, it was Remove the rice flour and salt to get the desired black ink.
This process is the most time-consuming, but with the help of Immortality, it directly uses pure Yang Qi to quickly heat up.
The Taiping Inn has transparent colored glass. The authentic product is placed under the colored glass, and the light shines from below. The fake silk is pasted on top of the colored glass, and the hard-earned ink is directly dipped in it to restore and copy the mountains and rivers according to the original. This cannot be faked. It's easy to spot if it's fake.
This is probably not the first time Song Cai has done something similar. His writing is very steady and his lines are smooth. Antiquities are the main way for Taiping Inn to make money. The shopkeeper may not have to make fakes, but he certainly does things similar to restoration.
At the beginning of the fourth update, 90% of the fake production was completed, leaving only the most important step, which was to re-point the location of the dots.
At this time, the two of them discovered that only two of the thirteen dots were black dots, and there were five other colors: gold, yellow, white, green, and red.
Fortunately, there is still a lot of time left, so hurry up and prepare. After a quarter of an hour, you will be ready and start marking.
The general direction cannot be changed, otherwise it will not be consistent with the Yin Yang and the Five Elements. It only needs to be slightly upward. The slightest deviation on the map will be thousands of miles away in reality.
Changsheng finally learned Song Cai's meticulousness. Just when he thought he was done, Song Cai pointed out that the smell was wrong. There was white phosphorus hidden inside the hairpin of the Iga family. There was no smell of white phosphorus on the fake that the two of them had made.
White phosphorus was hastily found and heated and roasted with pure yang energy, which not only left the smell but also made the ink stains old and mottled.
After doing it, Song Cai frowned and looked at it, and then re-rolled it and put it into the hairpin after confirming that it was all right.
It was nearly the third quarter of the fourth watch. Chang Sheng did not dare to delay at all. He took the hairpin and jumped out of the window. He followed the wind and ghostly steps to the extreme, and finally arrived at the big locust tree before three quarters. Place the hairpin under the tree and half-bury it in the soil.
As soon as I put it away, I heard footsteps coming from the north...
