Everyone carried water bags with them, but Shi Xuanming's water bag was filled with wine. Shi Xuanming also knew that everyone knew that his water bag was filled with wine. When Chang Sheng asked for it, he casually grabbed the water bag and handed it over.
Changsheng took the water bag, then reached out with his right hand, extended his spiritual energy through the air, and grabbed a porcelain bowl left by the Japanese pirates in the northeast corner of the stone room.
Everyone didn't know what Chang Sheng was going to do, so they all looked at him with doubtful eyes.
Changsheng poured the wine into the porcelain bowl, then took out the copy of the map that Da Tou found out from Mitsubishi Mori last night, pointed at the three red circles on the map and said to everyone, "These three red circles are all drawn with cinnabar. Yes, cinnabar is insoluble in water. If you want to write with cinnabar, you must mix it with wine. There is a characteristic in the things written with cinnabar. As time goes by, the alcohol will gradually evaporate, and the cinnabar will gradually become mottled and fall off."
Hearing Chang Sheng's words, Yang Kai was the first to understand his intention, "Do you want to soak the map in wine and determine whether the three red circles drawn with cinnabar were drawn at the same time or one after another through the speed of cinnabar dissolution?" Drawn?”
"Yes," Changsheng nodded, "If the red circle of the ugly cow is dissolved first, followed by Chenlong, and then Maotu, it can mean that Mitsubishi Forest paints and writes every place it destroys. It can prove that the red circle on the map is just a mark made by Mitsubishi Mori and has no other deep meaning."
Da Tou took advantage of Chang Sheng's pause to take over the conversation, "If these three red circles dissipate at the same time after being exposed to wine, it means that they were drawn at the same time by the old guy who summoned the donkey."
"Well," Chang Sheng nodded again, "Since they were drawn at the same time, it is unlikely to be a memo mark. Mitsubishi Sen probably had other purposes, and he might even have drawn it deliberately for us to see."
After Chang Sheng finished speaking, he folded the map and flattened it, then carefully dipped the red circled part into the wine.
Since the cinnabar had dried completely, it did not dissolve immediately after being exposed to the wine. Everyone stared at the porcelain bowl intently, holding their breath and carefully observing the subtle changes in the three red circles.
After soaking for a moment, Changsheng shook the porcelain bowl slightly. As the wine in the bowl sloshed, the three red circles faded and dissolved almost at the same time.
Seeing this, everyone took a breath of cold air. At this time, they could already conclude that the three red circles were drawn at the same time. Then Changsheng continued to shake the porcelain bowl. After a while, he took out the map and spread it out for comparison. The three faded red circles are the same color, indicating that the remaining cinnabar on them is roughly equal, and it is concluded that the three red circles were painted at the same time.
The reason why Changsheng used wine to test the red circle was mainly to dispel Datou's doubts. In fact, he did not think the matter was so complicated. The unexpected result of the test confirmed Datou's worries. Mitsubishi Mori drew on the map The red circle is really meant to lure everyone to Silla.
"If you hadn't considered things carefully and discovered the clues, we would have suffered a big loss this time in Silla." Changsheng turned to look at Datou.
Hearing Changsheng's praise, Datou felt a little embarrassed, "Your Majesty, you are serious, you are really careful. I am just guessing. Besides, even if these circles are drawn together, it is not necessarily a trap. Or maybe it was just an impromptu drawing by that old guy."
Seeing Datou's polite refusal, Shi Xuanming curled his lips and scorned, "Excessive modesty is hypocrisy."
Datou wanted to refute, but Changsheng waved his hand to stop him, "Don't argue, let's clear things up first."
Hearing what Changsheng said, everyone turned their attention to him again. Changsheng organized his thoughts and turned to speak, "The ugly cow is still here, but Mitsubishi Sen has already painted this place. Why do you think he wanted to do it?" Do you want to draw a red circle here in advance?"
After waiting for a moment and no one answered, Yang Kai said, "There are two possibilities. One is that the Japanese mage thinks that they have a magic weapon in their hands, and it is not difficult to kill the ugly cow. He thinks that he is bound to win, so he drew it in advance. Red circle."
"Do you think this is possible?" Chang Sheng interrupted with a smile.
"Not likely, the most likely is the second possibility," Yang Kai shook his head and said, "The second possibility is that the Japanese mage suspects that our trip to the East China Sea is just a plan to lure the tiger back to the mountain, and the purpose is just to lure away the seven major families. We will come back after a shot, and will not really go to Japan. At this time, all the seven major families have been lured away by us, and only the Japanese pirates who came to Middle-earth in the early days are left in Middle-earth. This Japanese Japanese pirate may have guessed that we The purpose of bringing the tiger back to the mountain is to gain time to search for the earthly branches. We also know that if this is the case, we may encounter us at any time in the next period of time, and the prince is traveling with the four of us. If we really meet on a narrow road, they will definitely be in trouble."
Yang Kai paused for a moment before continuing, "This Japanese mage also made the worst plan. If they really encounter us and they lose, this map will fall into our hands." , he drew three locations on the map, and his only purpose was to lead us to Silla. If there were only two locations, Chenlong and Maotu, we wouldn’t necessarily rush to Silla first, and if we don’t go there in the near future Silla might not be able to meet Japan’s seven major families.”
After Yang Kai finished speaking, everyone nodded, and Yu Yi said, "What Yang Kai said makes sense. I suspect that after learning that we robbed the ship and sailed eastward to the sea, the Japanese pirates who came to China in the early stage and the seven major pirates who arrived in China later The family had serious disagreements. The Japanese pirates who came first, including Mitsubishi Mori, believed that we were just returning the tiger to buy time, and would not really go to Japan, so there was no need for them to leave China and return to their home country. And the seven major families I just came here not long ago, and I didn’t know much about our style of doing things, and I was worried that we would really go to Japan to assassinate their emperor, so I decided to go back to China to rescue them with the idea that I would rather believe it than believe it wasn’t true.”
Changsheng nodded and raised his head, "It makes sense, keep talking."
Yu Yi said again, "Mitsubishi Mori is the group of Japanese pirates who first came to China. It was precisely because they were ineffective in doing things and suffered many losses when fighting us that the Japanese Emperor sent seven major families to help them. Therefore, I doubt these two The Bo'er Japanese pirates were not united and disliked each other. It was precisely because they had been secretly competing with each other that after the seven major families rushed back to rescue them, Mitsubishi Mori led his troops to continue to search for and attack the Earthly Branches. He may want to use this to prove to their emperor that they can kill the Earthly Branches even without the seven major families."
"Continue." Changsheng nodded.
Yu Yi continued, "What I said are all speculations and have no evidence. I feel that the seven major families who are rushing to Silla should have no agreement with Mitsubishi Mori and others before setting off, and they will not set traps in Silla. When we surrendered, Mitsubishi Mori tried to lure us to Silla, perhaps just out of the blind man's mentality of crossing the river. He would not let others have an easy time if he was unlucky. If we rush to Silla in the near future, we are likely to encounter the seven major families. We will definitely fight to the death. As for Mitsubishi Mori, who is already dead, no matter who wins or loses between us and the seven major families, he can benefit from it. If we lose, the seven major families will avenge him. If the seven major families If the big family loses, it won't be too shameful for him to be killed by us. After all, even the seven major families can't defeat us, so it's normal that he can't."
After I finished speaking, Chang Sheng and the others all nodded, and Da Tou asked curiously, "How come you, a nun, understand human nature so well?"
"Amitabha, the Buddha's Dharma is boundless, and the clear mind reveals one's nature." Yu Yi clasped his hands together.
"Hey, you're a real man, we've all said it, it's your turn." Datou pushed Shi Xuanming.
"What did you say?" Shi Xuanming asked casually.
"You can say whatever you want," Big Head said.
"Can you still drink this bowl of wine?" Shi Xuanming pointed to the bowl of red wine.
Datou frowned and said, "Tsk, we were talking about business, didn't you listen just now?"
"Listen, listen," Shi Xuanming nodded repeatedly, "You are all right, but even if we know that the Japanese mage wants to lure us to Silla, we can only rush over and we can't just watch. The Earthly Branches there were killed by Japanese pirates."
Hearing Shi Xuanming's words, everyone was speechless. What Shi Xuanming said did make sense. What everyone had inferred before was just the ins and outs of the whole thing, but the end result was the same. They still had to rush to Silla as soon as possible to protect the earthly branches.
After a moment of silence, Changsheng spoke in a deep voice, "These families that came to Middle-earth later were very powerful. We fought very hard against one of them. Fighting against seven major families at the same time, it can be said that a moth flies into a flame and narrowly escapes death."
Seeing Changsheng's worries, Datou hurriedly expressed relief, "I know that there are tigers in the mountains, but I prefer to go to the Tiger Mountains. What's more, the tigers are from our side. I feel that I can fight them."
Having said that, Yang Kai and others did not agree. It is a good thing to have fighting spirit, but it is not enough to fight against the enemy alone. The gap in strength between the enemy and ourselves is too huge.
"We will discuss this matter later," Changsheng stood up, "It's already dawn, go out and look for the earthly branches."
Everyone nodded in agreement, and then everyone walked out of the stone room with their weapons in hand.
Everyone was stunned when they came out of the stone room. At this time, the fog in the mountains had not completely dissipated. A hunched figure stood in the fog on the east side of the square...
