Chapter 47: Nine Palaces Numbers
Xionggui wanted to ask Liu Qingquan for advice, but was frightened by Tan Xiao's gesture of using a sword to block his opponent's move. "What else do you want to say?"
Tan Xiao walked over and studied the stack of manuscripts carefully. Although Xiong Gui was talking nonsense, his words just now reminded Tan Xiao and gave him some ideas.
As soon as Tan Xiao turned around, Xionggui shook his head and whispered to everyone, "The king's wrath."
Everyone: “… ………”
Tan Xiao stared at the manuscript paper. Mu Fei used many divination methods. He had been looking at the hexagrams just now, but because they contained so many things, it was really difficult to guess, and he had no idea what Mu Fei was calculating.
As soon as Xiong Kui mentioned the River Map and Luo Shu, Tan Xiao suddenly thought, what kind of thing would require so many divination methods? And they were calculated repeatedly.
If it wasn't the case at hand, but a heavenly book, would it make sense?
After all, Mu Fei didn't have any major cases on hand at the moment. The runes at the bottom of Yunmeng Lake were still very popular, and many people continued to pay attention to them. It was possible that Mu Fei was researching them privately.
The male viper's words finally woke the dreamer up.
Tan Xiao also saw the pattern at the bottom of Yunmeng Lake in the news at that time. He wondered, if he were to interpret it, what kind of divination method would he use? His eyes slid across Mu Fei's pile of manuscripts and fell on the Nine Palaces.
Mu Fei's algorithm includes the Nine Palaces, which also originated from the River Map and Luoshu. The pattern on the bottom of the lake is relatively regular, so if it were him, he might also consider starting with the Nine Palaces.
In order to verify his idea, Tan Xiao took a blank piece of manuscript paper, found the screenshots in the news, and started calculating.
When the mages saw this, they all knew they were experts and thought, there is a way!
"Is Director Mu calculating the runes of Yunmengze?"
"It's really possible! There are many people in Xuanmen who have been trying to deduce this image these days. Some have read ancient books, some have drawn talismans, and some have even offered a reward. Did Director Mu think of taking a hexagram directly?"
"Just look at the calculation results and you'll know."
Tan Xiao has converted the pattern into numbers. By comparison, although the arrangement order is different, it is consistent with the content of Mu Fei's manuscript paper. It can be concluded that Mu Fei was deducing the pattern at the bottom of Yunmeng Lake before he fell into a coma!
She first evolved it into the Nine Palaces, obtained numbers, and then calculated and evolved various other hexagrams.
"I was only thinking about the case that Mu Fei was working on!" Liu Qingquan slapped his head, feeling deeply annoyed, wondering why he didn't think of it.
This is the case where those involved are confused. Everyone’s first thought must be Mu Fei’s own job.
"What's the current situation in Yunmeng Lake? You haven't found out anything internally?" Tan Xiao asked, remembering that this matter had been widely reported in the outside world, and the people from the 404 Office were actually investigating in Yunmeng, but no one knew what the result was.
"No, Yunmengze is too big, and there are so many different races and species there. We don't know how long it will take to visit them all. And we can't see any harm from the pattern yet, so we'll just put it on hold for now." Liu Qingquan said. There were not enough people and too many cases, so this was the situation.
Speaking of harmfulness...
"Then is there any connection between this and Director Mu's coma?" Duan Yang looked around and asked carefully, "Does anyone have any clues?"
The orange cat in Elder Aquarius's arms playfully moved the manuscript paper. The elder hugged it and reached out to tap on the paper.
"I understand what the elder means. If there is a connection, then the premise must be that Mu Fei has discovered the clues and even solved the meaning of the runes. If we also try to solve it, we may have the answer." Liu Qingquan understood and said, "Let's follow Mu Fei's idea and give it a try."
That makes sense.
There are many hexagrams here, and I don’t know which hexagram Mu Fei chose in the end.
"Fortunately, we have a lot of people here. Why don't we each take one and deduce it on our own?"
An old wizard made a suggestion, and everyone responded with a roar. They all set up their positions, rolled up their sleeves and took a hexagram to study.
Tan Xiao did not move, as interpreting the hexagrams was not his strong point.
"Master, what's wrong? Let's do some divination together?" Duan Yang didn't know why Tan Xiao was in a daze.
"No...um, where is Sister Mu's cell phone?" Tan Xiao asked.
"Here, here." Xiong Gui took Mu Fei's cell phone from the bedside and handed it to Tan Xiao.
This is Mu Fei's work phone, and there is no password. Tan Xiao swiped it open and scrolled up, and found that the most recent apps were WeChat, photo album, calculator, gossip and horoscope software, etc...
I can't see anything. It's all normal and required for the calculation.
But the others deduced the hexagrams and came up with different answers. There were all kinds of opinions, and one person came up with the answer: "Well, it turns out that the dry season of Yunmeng Lake next year may be advanced."
Xionggui was staring at the accessories on Tan Xiao. Tan Xiao was always wearing a bunch of cultural and creative products, and Xionggui's first choice was the peacock jade. "Could this be..."
"Oh, this is a gift from Kong Xuan." Tan Xiao originally planned to put it away, after all, it was a cultural relic, but Kong Xuan was not happy and insisted that he wear it on his body like a keychain.
Tan Xiao even thought that if he ever met an expert like Mr. Ji who could tell the authenticity at a glance, he would probably be handed over to the country.
After hearing what Tan Xiao said, Xionggui's eyes turned wisely and he said, "I read in history books that the Chu people made the Heshi Bi, and Qin Shihuang got it and made it into a royal seal, which was engraved with "Mandate from Heaven" and "Long Live and Prosper". Later, when Qin Shihuang visited Yunmeng, he threw the royal seal into the water. There was a rumor that the royal seal that was lost and recovered eight years later was a fake, and the real one is still at the bottom of Yunmeng Lake. If this is really related to the Yunmeng Lake Heavenly Book, I will accompany Lingzi to Yunmeng Lake and take back everything that belongs to Lingzi!"
Tan Xiao: "...You read a lot of different books."
I am willing to read all kinds of history, both official and unofficial, and I think I have read a lot of novels as well.
But the important premise is not clear. Even if you go to Yunmengze, is it to find the imperial seal? It is to find a way to find out what happened to Mu Fei.
Tan Xiao decided that he couldn’t wait any longer and couldn’t be afraid of affecting everyone’s signal just because there were too many people here.
He held the Crane Seal in his hand and chanted the incantation: "Great God!"
The other old wizards hadn't reacted yet. After all, they had never seen such a short summoning formula. It was equivalent to having a speed dial on a mobile phone. A divine light flashed at the scene, and a figure appeared in the room in mid-air.
Kong Xuan was wearing a black coat. He did not wear a crown today, but simply braided his hair. He also held a gel pen in his hand, which he put into his sleeve when no one was paying attention.
He slowly stepped down and stepped on the male snake's head: "Why did you call me?"
Everyone was caught off guard: "!!!"
Ah! What!
What happened just now! Why did someone suddenly dial the number and appear in a second?
The action stopped halfway through and everyone was stunned. What happened?
"I'll come and solve a problem," Tan Xiao smiled at everyone, "Can the great god help me take a look?"
Everyone: You spiritual masters, please don’t go too far…
Kong Xuan's interpretation of the hexagrams was not very good. As he said, you don't need to worry about anything else, just start to read it. But not very good is relative. He looked at Mu Fei's situation, understood it in his heart, took the manuscript paper, and started to calculate out of thin air.
"She has already figured it out." Kong Xuan pointed his finger, and saw the numbers in the nine squares changing and combining. A group of numbers jumped out and were arranged together, and the ink words fell on the paper again.
"This?" Everyone was stunned. Mu Fei used the pattern to get the numbers of the Nine Palaces, and then used the numbers to get the hexagrams, but in the end, she abandoned the hexagrams and went back to calculate the Nine Palaces?
Tan Xiao looked at the numbers that Mu Fei had calculated and said, "What is this... Wait!"
He thought of the software that Mu Fei had used recently and opened WeChat on her phone again.
Duan Yang saw him open WeChat, his pupils trembled, "No way, no way..."
Tan Xiao searched for the number in the address book, but found nothing under Duan Yang's excited gaze.
"I was scared to death. I was thinking, it might be the Dragon King's QR code as netizens said?" Duan Yang thought that was too shocking.
"Try another phone, what if you're blocked?" Kong Xuan said.
Others said timidly: "It can be searched even if it is blocked, right?"
"No, you mean deletion..."
In fact, they didn’t particularly understand the functions of WeChat, and they talked about it at once. Some even took the opportunity to say that they couldn’t delete people on WeChat, which was very strange.
Tan Xiaozhen tried his own phone, searched the number, and a WeChat message immediately appeared on the screen.
The avatar is a shimmering water surface, and there seems to be a shadow under the water.
WeChat name: [Yunmeng Xiaofang]
Region: Yunmeng, Chu Province
Personal signature: May all the beautiful fate in the world come as expected.
Everyone: “…I’ll go!!”
Duan Yang almost screamed: "Add it, add it!"
Tan Xiao clicked to add the person to the address book, but the other party’s settings made it impossible to add the person.
"Is it this guy?" Tan Xiao looked up at everyone and was also shocked. "What's going on? He posted his WeChat ID and then blocked everyone who added him? He's really putting himself in the black room?"
I don't understand, what kind of logic is this?
"Classmate, you are still too young to understand the subtext." Duan Yang said anxiously, "That's it, it's obviously a blind date, just like posting personal information and contact information at those blind date corners. Posting the contact information at the bottom of Yunmengze shows that I can gain a foothold in such a place, which means I am very capable. After that, you can decipher my information, which means you have passed the initial threshold. Then we can chat again, and if we get along well, I will take you to Yunmengze to be your wife!"
"Sister Mu is not a monster." Tan Xiao muttered, blind date, chatting till the sun went down, this must be a telecom scam!
"It doesn't discriminate against human-demon love, and our Director Mu has a storyteller, so it's very popular, right?"
"I just don't know the other party's identity. Could it be a dragon? If it is, it makes sense. In the past, human wizards had to embarrass themselves and sacrifice brides to them. Now they have to find it themselves..."
Tan Xiao: "..."
What the hell, how come the arrow turned around and stabbed him again.
Tan Xiao said awkwardly, "It shouldn't be a dragon. There are several swallow-tail iron shackles in Yunmeng Lake, so how could a dragon cause trouble? Besides, Sister Mu must not have been with him for long. If she finds something like this, she will definitely report it immediately. How can she have time to chat?"
That’s true, but such details cannot be investigated now. We can only be sure that Mu Fei’s coma is indeed related to the Yunmengze incident.
"In short, thank you all so much, thank you spiritual master and Your Highness. I will check the identity of the owner of this WeChat account right away." Liu Qingquan expressed his gratitude solemnly, and the others said they were not worthy of the honor.
Since this matter is really related to the Yunmengze pattern, and since the owner of the WeChat account can leave a message at the bottom of the lake and collect souls remotely through WeChat, he must be a very powerful person in Yunmengze and even in the demon cultivation world. This must be a serious case.
"It's okay. Just tell me if you need anything. I hope Sister Mu wakes up soon." Tan Xiao was also worried about Mu Fei. It was winter vacation here anyway, so he didn't mind taking a trip.
The male snake was hesitant to speak at Kong Xuan's feet. It also wanted to go...
…
Tan Xiao said goodbye to his old acquaintances including Duan Yang and Liu Qingquan and went home. After waiting for another two days, the 404 Office contacted him, hoping that he could take over the case.
Liu Qingquan smiled bitterly: "We checked the WeChat account, but there is no trace and we can't locate it. Water monsters are naturally free to float and are hard to grasp. This beast must have a high level of cultivation. Now the old magicians in the responsible unit are accepting Mu Fei's cases. If I can ask the spiritual master to go with me, it would be great."
"I know. It's OK." Tan Xiao said, "Let's make an appointment. I'll pack my luggage."
Liu Qingquan had already prepared everything and sent the train number. As long as Tan Xiao agreed, he could buy the ticket.
After Tan Xiao agreed, he went to find Tan Chunying and said that he wanted to travel to Yunmengze with some classmates.
"Oh, sure. People from Chu Province have never been to Yunmengze, so you can go and take a look." Tan Chunying became curious, "But in the past, you usually went out only after finishing your homework, right?"
Tan Xiao was speechless for a moment.
"Well, relax a bit. You don't have to finish writing it all at the beginning." Fortunately, Tan Chunying was originally dazed, so she laughed a few times and it passed. She even remembered something and made fun of him, "Is there anyone you like among your classmates?"
Tan Xiao: "..."
"But if your school catches you in a premature relationship, you'll be punished..."
Tan Chunying was still talking, and Tan Xiao ran upstairs, "Don't talk nonsense!"
As soon as he went upstairs, he saw Kong Xuan standing at the stairs. He showed an expression that should be helpless, "My mother, ah..." He found the suitcase, packed the travel supplies, and finally the outfit. He wrapped the mask in bubble paper, put it in a wooden box, and then put it in the suitcase.
"Great God, just live in the mask and follow."
Kong Xuan raised his eyebrows and said unhappily: "Why? Can't I go with a substitute?" Why does he have to live in the mask and not let him out?
Tan Xiao said pitifully, "No, because Senior Liu Qingquan is going with us this time, so he can just take the shady route. I'll take the high-speed rail, and I have to go through the procedures to get my ticket reimbursed. It's better to have less trouble. I don't want to reimburse both of us."
Kong Xuan: “…”
Kong Xuan said reluctantly: "Okay..."
Before Tan Xiao left, he took with him the secret book of Paijiao given by Panlongxiang. Since he was going to Yunmengze, he might be able to use it.
It is quite close to Yunmeng City from Nanchu City by high-speed rail. After getting off, take a taxi to the hotel to check in.
Tan Xiao was pulling his suitcase and checking in at the front desk. He took a quick look and found that there were a lot of old men and women in the hotel. Perhaps they were hosting some elderly tour group?
Two uncles were handling paperwork behind Tan Xiao and started chatting with him, "Young man, you are from Nanchu as well, right? We are in the same carriage on the high-speed train."
Tan Xiao was stunned for a moment. He couldn't remember it at all, but the other party did have a Nanchu accent, so he said politely: "Well, what a coincidence."
"It's especially nice to meet fellow villagers when you're outside. Are you out here alone?" the old man said with a smile.
"Yes, we are here to travel during the holidays, are you two here too?" Tan Xiao asked politely. Compared to his lightness, these two uncles not only dragged suitcases, but also carried particularly large backpacks.
"No, we're here to shoot birds." The old man pointed at the people coming and going in the hotel, "I guess all of them are staying in this hotel."
"Ah?" Tan Xiao didn't understand. What was bird shooting? Hunting?
"Hey, it's bird photography! Bird watching!" The old man got excited when he said this. "Is this your first time in Yunmeng? Then you better hurry up. This is the best season for bird watching in Yunmeng. Every winter, hundreds of thousands of migratory birds come to Yunmeng to spend the winter. Yunmeng also holds a bird watching festival. We come here every year."
Tan Xiao remembered that, yes, Yunmeng is a bird watching resort, and it is indeed the time of migratory birds. The old man also said that there was a bird watching festival, so there must be a lot of tourists. Tan Xiao felt a little worried. It shouldn't be a problem, Yunmeng Lake is so big.
"It's okay if you don't have any equipment. I tell you, just rent a telescope." The old man said enthusiastically, "When you go bird watching, remember to keep your distance and don't make too much noise. They are all wild birds. As for clothing, it doesn't matter if you don't have camouflage uniforms. As long as you don't wear anything bright red, you won't attract attention."
Tan Xiao looked at his suitcase. His other clothes were fine, but his robe was red... There was nothing he could do about it. The classic color combination of Chu Wu's uniform was black and red.
Bird watching is a major feature of Yunmeng tourism. The old man enthusiastically shared his experience and took out his tablet computer to show Tan Xiao the bird photos he had taken in Yunmeng in previous years. There were spectacular photos of flocks of birds dancing under the sunset, as well as close-ups of birds in great detail.
"So beautiful!" Tan Xiao was attracted by the natural beauty. Such dense flocks of birds cannot be seen in the city, especially when the old man swipes, the next photo will be a close-up of some bird.
This large bird flapping its wings has white feathers all over its body, except for the black outer edges of its wings, which even have a metallic luster in the sun. Its legs are a conspicuous red, and its slender body looks fairy-like, elegant and charming, as if it flew out of a Chinese ink painting.
"What kind of bird is this?" Tan Xiao couldn't help but ask. The charm of this bird was simply amazing, showing its graceful demeanor with extremely simple colors.
"This is called the Oriental White Stork!" The old man was an expert and answered immediately, "There are only a few thousand of them in the world, the largest in China. Look at the color scheme, it's known as the giant panda among birds."
The black and white color does look like a panda. The old man showed Tan Xiao some other photos of Oriental white storks he had taken. "If you want to see them, pay attention to the shallow waters. They forage for food in the shallow waters."
"Okay, thank you." Tan Xiaoxin said that if Sister Mu was rescued, she could really set aside some time for bird watching, which seemed very interesting. "You took such a great photo. This bird is so beautiful!"
As soon as Tan Xiao saw the words fall to the ground, the box he had placed next to him fell heavily to the ground with a bang.
The old man was shocked: "Hey, how did it fall? There's no computer or anything in there, right?"
Tan Xiao: "..."
"It's okay. I kicked it accidentally." Tan Xiao lifted the box up. "I'd better go up and put the box down first. Thank you. See you later."
"Oh..." The old man scratched his head and said to the young fellow, "Wait a minute, do you want me to send you a picture? I see you like the Oriental White Stork very much..."
Before he could finish, he saw the fellow villager suddenly quicken his pace towards the elevator in a panic, "Thank you! No need to bother!!"
