Chapter 73 New Clues (Part 2)
While we agreed, we followed Luo Xiazi into the east room. He lifted the bedding on the kang in the east room, and buckled it on a kang near the window, and a wooden board was lifted up. Luo Xiazi reached into the hole of the kang, touched it, took out a blue cloth bag, gently patted the dust on the bag, held it on the table, and carefully untied the bag layer by layer. A box with a dark metal look inside was revealed.
The blind man Luo stared for a while, rubbed his hands on his pants, and opened the box like he was touching a baby. The scholar and I leaned over and saw a small sword tied with an ancient red rope and a black hanging talisman in the box. The scholar and I couldn't help but scream "ah". The black hanging ornament we know was the token of the Holy Dragon Sect's disciple! It seems that the sword Luo didn't tell lies, and his master was indeed a Holy Dragon Sect's disciple.
Under the copper coin sword and the holy dragon talisman, a line note with the ink-bottomed red character was placed flat. Jing Luo nodded and agreed, and I wiped my hands and gently picked up the note. The notes were not thick, the cover was slightly faded and folded, and the five red regular scripts of "Tianyan Essay Records" were neatly written on the cover. When I opened the notes, I found that the content was regular script written with a black ink brush, written in an ancient style, from right to left, at the beginning, some of the methods of practicing Qi and practicing practices and some experiences. The middle part was basically the use of some Taoist techniques, as well as some strange things that Luo Xiazi's master encountered in his life and some strange stories he heard. The final part was changed to the cinnabar red character, and the font became like an ant crawling around.
The scholar rubbed his eyes, stared for a while, and then shouted: "These are all ghost painting talismans, and I can't recognize a word about Sajia."
The blind man Luo smiled bitterly: "Don't talk about you, I've been watching you for decades and can't recognize a word at all. This is the legendary ghost text, which should be the secret that the master used to record when he was in the Holy Dragon Sect."
I stared at this note and thought to myself that the Holy Dragon Talisman should be true, which means that Luo Xiaozi's master was once in the Holy Dragon Sect. I remember that when the Fourth Master and we entered the bedroom of the Longfengdu Old Master in Yunmeng Mountain, the Fourth Master discovered the Holy Dragon Talisman on the body of Mr. Long, so he identified his identity. But the Fourth Master also told us at that time that the hanging talisman of the Holy Dragon Sect is usually passed down by the master or the son, and then after withdrawing from the Holy Dragon Sect, the Holy Dragon Talisman cannot retain the Holy Dragon Talisman. Unless... it can only be retained for life unless it is the head of each generation. Is Luo Xiaozi's master the head of a certain generation? It should not be possible. Luo Xiaozi just said that his master was once a member of the Holy Dragon Sect, but later violated the rules of the sect because he saw a secret. It seems that his master was probably not the expelled sect like Luo Xiaozi knew, and it was probably the one he had secretly ran away.
Seeing through but not saying it out loud, I pretended not to know and asked Luo Xiaozi: "Master Luo, can you tell the honorary teacher about the title of honorable teacher?"
"I have been following my master since I was a child, and the master has never told me his name. Once I asked him, he suddenly fell silent, looked at me, but didn't say anything for a long time, and finally sighed deeply, saying, 'How can you talk about a person who lives to live?'. He repeated this sentence several times, which scared me so much that I never dared to ask again. All of us from all over the country called him "Taoshi Master Tian". After the master traveled to the west, the tombstone was also engraved with "Taoshi Master Tian".
I saw that Luo Xiazi was serious about his words, not like he was lying. However, for Luo Xiazi, this note was considered a "major secret". Today he told me, and I don't know what he was selling in the gourd. Could it be that it was just to find out the mystery that had been holding him in for decades?
"Let's do this, Master Luo, we brothers have a fight. If you can trust me, I will take the second half of this note and take it back for Professor Xu to see. He is proficient in history and ancient characters, and maybe he knows it. Don't worry, I will definitely keep it properly and keep it confidential for the identity of respecting teachers. Just a circle of 'ferromagnetic' around us will never be spread." I plan to take these back and let Lao Xu see if he knows it.
"Zhong, Zhong! I believe in you."
Seeing that Luo Xiaozi agreed, I left and took out my cell phone to take all the ghost texts in the second half, and then took a photo of the holy dragon hanging talisman. After doing this, the scholar and I were also drunk in the mood, so we found an excuse to leave. We rushed back to find Lao Xu to study.
After leaving Luo Xiazi's house, the scholar and I didn't take a taxi. We walked and chatted: "Scholar, you are a stern person. If you drink some cat pee, you won't know the southeast, west and north. What should you say and what shouldn't be said? Don't you know what to say?"
"Damn, you haven't drunk alcohol. If you get drunk, you won't keep your mouth shut. The Sa family didn't know that the turtle grandson of the turtle can drink so much. Not only did they not drink too much, they also kept talking." The scholar muttered: "But it's a blessing in disguise. If the scattered scattered by the Sa family, would Luo let us read this ghost writing notes? The Sa family is considered to have made meritorious contributions. If it were the same as merits and demerits, Mr. Xia, don't be stern."
"It's great to know the mistakes to improve. You must really keep your mouth in the future. You should have some experience along the way. All the things we have experienced are extremely strange. If that legend is true, it may involve the safety of the whole world. You must not spread this matter before you find out. If outsiders know, the mild ones will treat us as mental illnesses. If the severe ones are, they may be targeted by the ghost clan, and then they will be dead!" What I said is true, and the situation is indeed the case.
I saw the scholar being a little silent. I felt that it might be a bit heavy, so I found a topic: "Banren, do you think what Luo Xiaozi said is true or false?"
The scholar thought for a while and replied, "Shajia thinks what Luo Xiazi said is true. After seeing his master's black jade ornament, it is indeed exactly the same as the one on Long Siye's neck, and it should be the Holy Dragon Talisman."
"Well, I just considered this issue. If the Holy Dragon Talisman is true, either Luo Xiaozi's master is a certain clan leader of the Holy Dragon Sect, or he is a disciple who directly defected without leaving the resignation procedures." I said to the scholar.
"Shajia thinks the latter is more likely. Luo Xiaozi and his master are the same. After doing something sorry for the organization, they will apologize to the boss steadily. Even if the boss is not indifferent to his old love, he will have to go to HR to go through the resignation procedures. It's really not particular." It seems that the scholar's alcohol has really passed now.
"It's just a situation. Since Luo Xiazi's master is a genuine Holy Dragon Gate, the ghost text he left behind in "The Essays of the Heavenly Acts" is likely to involve the "ultimate secret". Let's go and find Lao Xu quickly to see if he can find anything."
The scholar and I didn't dare to delay, so we directly sent a text message to Lao Xu: "I caught a big fish when I went out today. The variety is rare and the taste should be extremely delicious. Go home quickly to help stew the fish." This is a text message sent according to the code language designed in advance, which means that there is a major discovery today, and it involves very important information. Lao Xu needs to come back quickly to study it.
Seeing that it was far away from Luo Xiaozi's home and there was no one following him, the scholar and I quickly stopped a taxi and headed straight to the scholar's home.
As soon as I entered the door, Lao Xu was already waiting for us on the sofa. He is a scientific researcher, and he is pragmatic and serious in doing things. Without saying much nonsense, I briefly explained the situation today to Lao Xu, and then showed the photos taken from my mobile phone to Lao Xu.
Lao Xu didn't say anything, pushed his glasses, stared at the photos on his phone and started research. The scholar and I were beside him, and he didn't dare to show up and smoked silently. Unexpectedly, after smoking three cigarettes in a row, Lao Xu took the phone away, closed his eyes, and said, "This text has no connection with the various known ancient texts, and it should be said that it is a natural line. If this is the so-called ghost text, I cannot decipher it in the predictable time, not only me, but even the ancient philology experts, few people can recognize these."
"Wouldn't that be a waste of water from the bamboo basket? She thought you could know some ghost writings?" said the scholar.
"I'm afraid this can only be found when the Fourth Master and the Bai Clan Chief." I think, even if the Fourth Master does not know Guiwen, then the Bai Clan Chief, as the current Holy Dragon Sect, can speak ghost words, so he will naturally know these ghost stories.
But where are the Fourth Master Long and the Chief Bai Clan are now?
The three of us were like deflated balls, all of us laying on the sofa. We smoked while thinking about countermeasures.
"Shajia thinks it really doesn't work, so I will publish a missing person notice in our newspaper. Maybe it can be forwarded by the circle of friends, and maybe the Fourth Master can see it." said the scholar.
"Can you be more reliable? How do you write the newspaper? You might as well just write the title of the second page headline, 'Let's pay a lot of money to find masters of ancient text deciphering, and those who are proficient in ghost texts are preferred'." Lao Xu teased the scholar.
"You said this, it's really a matter. Go back and get this done."
"Can you be more stable and talk about serious matters? I cut out a small part of discontinuous text from the photos taken by Xia Nan, and then sent it to several domestic ancient philology and history professors who have a good relationship with me to see if they have any clues." Lao Xu said.
"Well, Lao Xu is right about this. I think I can also send a screenshot of a few words to the Cao family in the northwest. After all, Mr. Cao is knowledgeable and has many capable people. Let him see if he can help decipher ghost texts, or whether he can provide us with some new clues, or even if he can contact the Fourth Master or the Bai Clan Chief." I said.
"Yes, yes, Mr. Xia, you have a good idea. Hurry up, leave this matter to the Sa family. The Sa family is willing to be the voluntary liaison officer in the Central Plains and the Northwest region." The scholar has been fighting with Liu Qing these days. When he heard the Cao family in the Northwest, his ears immediately stood up and volunteered to be our liaison officer.
"Without any further, you two will act separately and implement it quickly. I will go to Luo Xiazi in the past two days to see if there are any other valuable clues." I said.
Chapter completed!