Origin Chapter 91: Old and dirty

Wang Xinran is not very familiar with this kind of thing, and asked casually, "Is the seal used by Taoists when they draw talismans?"

"Yes, but Taoist priests need to use the seal in many places, not only when drawing talismans." Wu Zhongyuan adjusted the angle and looked at the words on the seal. Since the words on the seal were all reversed, it was necessary to distinguish and compare them. troublesome.

"Can you let me take a look?" said Lv Jiahui on the side.

Wu Zhongyuan glanced at Lv Jiahui and handed the French seal over. Lv Jiahui's specialty is underwater archaeology, and he is only a dropout from the archaeology department. Lv Jiahui is more professional than him.

As soon as the master makes a move, he will know if there is any. Lv Jiahui took the seal and read the words on the seal smoothly, "Tai Chi Jiutian Shenxiao Yanyu Academy Director Wu Jiaozi."

Reading the text on the French seal, Lv Jiahui added, "This French seal is carved from plagioclase jade, belonging to the Dushan jade species, produced in Nanyang, Henan, and is one of the four famous jades in my country. The technique is rough and vigorous, and the edge is powerful. It is a typical carving method of Han Ba ​​Dao, which should be from the hands of craftsmen in the Han Dynasty or the next two hundred years. Frequent use."

When Lv Jiahui said this, Wu Zhongyuan had already fallen for the five bodies she admired, but what he didn't expect was that Lv Jiahui had not finished speaking. After a short pause, he continued, "There is mottled cinnabar at the bottom of the utensil, and the utensil has There is no color on the whole body, which also shows that it was not buried in the soil before, but kept in a relatively dry space.”

After Lv Jiahui finished speaking, Wu Zhongyuan looked at Wang Xinran and Zhang Shukai. The two did not show obvious surprise to Lv Jiahui's observation and judgment. Anyone who can enter the 18th Bureau is a top talent in a certain field. It seems that it is normal for Lv Jiahui to be like a family, and it is abnormal if she cannot explain why.

"What do these words on the French seal mean?" Wang Xinran asked Wu Zhongyuan.

Wu Zhongyuan said, "The previous ones are the grades of the Taoist priests. There are nine grades of Taoist priests, which are a bit similar to the ancient nine-grade official system. Lu. The last three characters should be the Taoist name of the Taoist priest."

"This Taoist priest is called Wu Jiaozi?" Wang Xinran asked.

"You can't say that either. Wujiaozi is just the Taoist name of this person, not his name." Wu Zhongyuan explained.

Wang Xinran was not very interested in this kind of thing, and did not ask any further questions, but continued to take out from the backpack, this time took out a bundle of climbing ropes, followed by some light sticks, and then took out a belt Gail's small china bottle.

Wang Xinran took out the porcelain bottle and shook it, making sure there was something in it, then took off the stopper and smelled it, "It's a very heavy medicine."

Wu Zhongyuan had seen a similar vase before. The vase he handed to Zhao Ying was of this style. If nothing else, the vase contained medicine pills.

In addition to these, there is also a small first aid kit in the backpack. After opening it, it is found that the contents inside are quite a bit less. Like this kind of first aid kit, there are grooves for special items inside, and some items are missing. , according to the shape of the groove, it can be seen that the gauze, disinfectant, hemostatic medicine and cardiac acupuncture are missing.

After inspecting the first aid kit, Wang Xinran's expression became very solemn. This discovery was bad news for everyone, indicating that there are unknown dangers in the underwater space.

After inspecting the contents of the backpack, Wang Xinran tilted his head to look at the Black Dragon Pool. At this time, the water was still very calm. The battle between the leprechaun and the black dragon had ended, but it was still uncertain who would win.

"The space under water is probably related to this black sloth," Wang Xinran said. After speaking, he asked again, "You are also half a Taoist. Do you have any impression of this black sloth?"

Wu Zhongyuan shook his head, "I am a little impressed, but not very impressed. I seem to have seen these words somewhere, or maybe heard of them somewhere.

"Wu Jiaozi, Wu Jiao," Wang Xinran said to himself, and suddenly seemed to remember something, "Is it related to the golden horn and the silver horn?"

After speaking, seeing Wu Zhongyuan frowning, he remembered that King Golden Horn and King Silver Horn are goblins in Journey to the West, and gave Wu Zhongyuan an embarrassed look, "You have no sense of humor at all."

"You better contact the experts at headquarters, they may be able to find out this person." Wu Zhongyuan said.

"What can you find out with just one dao name?" Wang Xinran said casually.

Wu Zhongyuan replied, "You have overlooked a very important point. This Taoist priest gave a first-grade tao, and this level of tao is usually only awarded to a generation of masters or Taoist great virtues."

After Wu Zhongyuan finished speaking, Wang Xinran nodded, "That's right, it's impossible for an ordinary Taoist priest to use a pure gold compass."

"You don't know much about the people in the Taoist sect," Wu Zhongyuan said. "The real high Taoist wouldn't use gold to build a compass. The compass used by this Taoist priest must not have been made by himself. It is most likely given to him by someone in power. , don't forget this when you explain the situation to the headquarters, this person may have some connection with the person in power back then."

While Wang Xinran was trying to contact the headquarters, Wu Zhongyuan said, "Taoism is divided into three branches: Yuqing, Shangqing, and Taiqing. When conferring the husks, they are respectively assigned the positions of Fengyun Institute, Thunder Institute and Yanyu Institute. This Taoist priest is the head of the Yanyu Academy, which means that he is a high Taoist of the Taiqing faction."

Wang Xinran nodded.

Lv Jiahui on the side looked at Wu Zhongyuan suspiciously, "How do you know so much about these things? Are you really a Taoist priest?"

When Wu Zhongyuan was considering how to answer, Wang Xinran replied, "He is not a Taoist, but he was raised by a Taoist."

Wang Xinran got in touch with the headquarters and informed them of the relevant situation. The headquarters gave two suggestions. One is that the life and death of the black dragon and the leprechaun are currently unknown, and the conditions for launching are temporarily unavailable. The second is to wait for the headquarters to verify the identity of the Taoist. All the things the Taoist uses are brought from the water, which means that the underwater space is most likely related to the Taoist, and the identity of the Taoist is confirmed. Go into the water again.

Next, Wang Xinran red assigned the task to the colleagues who participated in the mission. Except for the four people who were ready to go into the water, the rest were responsible for cooperating with the marine police to completely close the area to prevent Zhao Ying and others from retreating quietly after they succeeded, because Zhao Ying and others all carried diving equipment. They might dive out of the waters of Heilongtan and escape from elsewhere.

Lv Jiahui is studying the golden compass and the porcelain vase, hoping to analyze more valuable clues for Wu Zhongyuan and Wang Xinran's reference, and her research has indeed yielded results. The back of the golden compass is engraved with "Inner" "Material supervision and manufacturing" four small characters, the internal material supervision is an institution of the Han Dynasty court, the responsibility is to manufacture all kinds of items needed by the royal family for the royal family. And the bottom of the porcelain bottle containing the small pills also has small characters "Jianye Fire Workers". Jianye was the capital of Wu State after Sun Quan proclaimed himself emperor. These two things came from Jiangbei and Jiangnan respectively, indicating that the Taoist priest had a wide range of activities during his lifetime.

In addition, the order of the establishment of the Three Kingdoms is that the Wei State was the earliest, in 220, followed by the Shu State in 221, and the Wu State was the latest in 229. According to the text on these two artifacts, it can be inferred that they were both manufactured before 220, because after the establishment of the Wei Kingdom, the Internal Affairs Supervision was renamed the Internal Affairs Office.

Zhang Shukai is also intensively researching. He is good at fighting. He is good at water, especially underwater. The main object of his research is the first aid kit in his backpack. By observing the use of first aid items in the first aid kit It can be deduced what kind of dangers Zhao Ying and others have encountered underwater. Apart from this first aid kit, he did not let go of other sundries. The bundle of climbing ropes were **** in a hurry, indicating that they may have been used before, as well as those light sticks for lighting. There are ten sticks in total, ten sticks are a comparison The whole number, although it cannot be concluded that the deceased did not use light sticks before his death, but the possibility that the deceased did not use light sticks is very high. If this is the case, there may be lighting facilities in the underwater space, which can explain Why did the deceased bring a light stick but didn't use it.

The three are busy separately, and Wu Zhongyuan is also busy, but he is busy in a daze. In fact, he is not in a daze. He is thinking. The appearance made things confusing, and it was difficult to determine the real purpose of Zhao Ying and others' trip. They may have come to find the spirit stone, or they may have come for the pills in this porcelain bottle, in exchange for Lin Qingming cooperation, they have reason and motivation to do so.

Thinking of this, Wu Zhongyuan took the porcelain bottle from Lv Jiahui and put it in his backpack.

Wang Xinran had finished communicating with the headquarters at this time. She noticed Wu Zhongyuan's actions, but did not stop her.

Ten minutes later, news came from the headquarters that there was indeed a Taoist priest named Wujiaozi during the Three Kingdoms period. He said that Wujiaozi may not be known, but there are many people who know this person's name. This person is the Three Kingdoms The famous Taiqing High Road of the period, Zuo Ci.

Those who have read the Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms will be familiar with this person. Zuo Ci is well-known in the Three Kingdoms period. The old urchin Zhou Botong is a bit like, he likes to play around, and he likes to tease the princes with magic, to tease one to offend the other. In the end, Cao Cao wanted to kill him, Liu Biao wanted to kill him, and even Sun Ce wanted to kill him. The place to play, the person also went into hiding.

After reading the historical information about this person from the headquarters, Wang Xinran looked at Wu Zhongyuan, "Could that space be his tomb?"

"It's possible." Wu Zhongyuan nodded. The French seal is to a Taoist priest, and the ID card is to modern people. Without an ID card, it is impossible for everyone to carry it with them.

"But the warrior we're looking for is a woman." Wang Xinran said.

"The woman may also be down there," Wu Zhongyuan said.

Wang Xinran was puzzled and tilted his head in doubt.

Wu Zhongyuan said, "Zuo Ci has an apprentice named Ge Hong. In the Taoist classics, Ge Hong is one of the Four Heavenly Masters in the Heavenly Court and ranks among the Golden Immortals. The apprentice is so powerful, but the master is not as famous as the apprentice. The root cause is that this person is not doing a proper job and likes to play everywhere. Another very important reason is that this person is practising the art of the house, that is, although this person is cultivating Taoism, he likes beautiful women. ..."