Lu Xu, Ashina Chong, and Qiu Yongsi were studying some small magic weapon. Hongjun motioned for Mo Rigen to accompany Lu Xu. Mo Rigen glanced up and saw a charcoal stick between his slender fingers. He only waved his hand gently, indicating for them to talk later.
"What's the use of finding the meaning of the symbol?" Hongjun said.
"We can find the remaining five magic weapons of Acala." Mo Rigen said.
Hongjun heard this and turned to look at Li Jinglong. Li Jinglong was sitting in front of the table drinking tea. Hongjun said, "Jinglong, aren't you going to think about it?"
"I've checked." Li Jinglong said, "I didn't find anything. I think the two of you don't have to rack your brains all day long. If there's nothing, then there's nothing. If you can't find it, then forget it. Let nature take its course."
Mo Rigen said, "I'm not sure."
Qiu Yongsi, who was not far away, turned around and laughed, "Acala isn't worried. You're the emperor who's not worried, but the eunuch is."
Atay smiled and replied, "Otherwise, how can I leave with peace of mind?"
Hongjun found that his companions from the Exorcism Division had been studying several patterns these days since they went to Xing Jiao Temple. He said, "Why don't we go back to Chang 'an and find the president of the Chamber of Commerce and ask him again?"
After the Xie Yu case ended, Han Guolan returned to the Chamber of Commerce without anyone knowing. The president changed twice without anyone noticing. Li Jinglong said, "Forget it, I don't want to do business with him."
Li Jinglong was able to settle everything in his life, but every time he did business, he would be extorted to death. This was because he was used to spending silver like copper coins, and was not used to haggling with others. Han Guolan had already made him bankrupt with a sword. Now that there were five magic weapons, wouldn't he be extorted to death?
"He couldn't say more," Ashina Chong replied. "Based on what I know of him, it's good enough that he could remember this."
After listening to Li Jinglong's explanation, Hongjun gradually understood that Kun Shen's main purpose that day was probably to get information from Xuan Zang. He wanted to use his relationship with the Carp Demon to get some information from Xuan Zang so that he could find a way to resolve the war in the future.
On the other hand, Xuan Zang's answer was, "Evil can never triumph over righteousness. The Mahavairocana's teachings can subdue all demons." "Evil can never triumph over righteousness" meant that it could eventually defeat An Lushan. The Wheel of Mahavairocana's Teaching was none other than the Acalanatha.
However, to truly obtain the complete power of the Acalanatha, just the Sword of Wisdom alone was not enough. Kun Shen had previously guessed that he would need to gather all six artifacts. Thus, Mo Rigen and the others began to ponder over the information that Han Guolan had received in order to gather all the artifacts.
Han Guolan gave them five symbols, which looked a bit like the runes in the oracle bone inscriptions. One was a door-like symbol with many vertical lines; one was an extremely simple drawing that looked like an eye; one was an upward curve with an arc at the top and a few meaningless short lines on both sides; one was a sealed semicircle with a broken line drawn out.
The last one was a roundabout line with a flowing curve on the left side. Qiu Yongsi's handwriting had marked the words "Door, Eye, Slope, Moon, River" on the top to make it easier to distinguish.
It had been a long time, so it was easier said than done to find the remaining five artifacts with these few symbols.
"I think this looks like the door of the Dazzling Gold Palace." Hongjun held the door-like piece and said, "It can't be in the Dazzling Gold Palace, right?"
"It's far from it." Li Jinglong said, "The one on your door is like this."
Li Jinglong perked up and came over to draw the totem runes of the Chong Ming. The tail looked different.
"This is related to fire." Mo Rigen muttered, "But it's not the totem of the Zoroastrianism."
Atay finished flipping through the book and spread out the five diagrams, saying, "These five diagrams each represent a place."
"How can you tell?" Li Jinglong asked.
"Intuition." Atay replied. He looked at Li Jinglong and said, "Why don't you do it? I really can't figure it out. "
"He doesn't even know himself." Hongjun said with a smile.
Li Jinglong glanced at Hongjun with a smile in his eyes. He sat over and separated the five diagrams. Qiu Yongsi and the other two suddenly stopped what they were doing, as if they knew that Li Jinglong was going to teach and gathered around. Even Trandol couldn't help but be curious and turned to look at Li Jinglong.
Li Jinglong flattened the paper and said, "I'm sorry, I can't figure it out either. But according to my usual method of deducing cases, I think these five symbols can still be traced."
Everyone listened carefully. This was the first time Li Jinglong was teaching them deduction, so they didn't dare to be rash.
"First of all, these five symbols must have come from somewhere." Li Jinglong said, "Whether it's words or diagrams, someone must have recorded them."
Atay said, "This is also one of our entry points. Who left them behind?"
Hongjun could vaguely guess Li Jinglong's train of thought.
Li Jinglong looked at everyone and said seriously, "No matter who it is, we can be sure that he is illiterate. Otherwise, he would know how to write. It's impossible for there to only be one symbol. What would an illiterate person do if he wanted to record something?"
"Draw." Qiu Yongsi said, "Draw a simple picture."
"Would it be that simple?"
Atay shook his head and said, "No."
"When an illiterate person wants to record something, he wouldn't use very regular symbols. Instead, he would use a combination of lines without any order. For example, 'something is buried in the north of the mountain'. Most people would draw a bundle to represent something, then draw a mountain, connect it with lines, and draw a sun behind the mountain."
Li Jinglong said, "They are all individual symbols, which means that the person who left these symbols is illiterate and doesn't use symbols to express his meaning."
Everyone was silent. Qiu Yongsi said, "So these five symbols are all real."
Li Jinglong nodded and said, "Let's assume that someone saw these symbols at the place where the magic tool was sealed. He drew the symbols according to their appearance."
"That's the only possibility." Lu Xu immediately understood. This would explain why the clues left behind were neither a complicated combination of drawings nor a problem with words.
Li Jinglong said, "So these symbols must be in some place. Maybe it's on a stone, maybe it's in a temple. Finding the corresponding symbol means that we found the place where the magic tool was sealed."
Atay said, "Then we don't have to find the answer from the words."
Li Jinglong said, "Secondly, I can conclude that when Di Gong received this message, it must have already been in symbols. It can't be spoken orally. The person who left the symbols has also disappeared."
"Yes." Everyone nodded in unison. If it was spoken orally, Di Renjie wouldn't pretend to be mysterious.
"Where did Di Gong see it?" Li Jinglong said again, "That's the key."
"This is already impossible to verify." Mo Rigen frowned and said, "It's been a long time."
Li Jinglong said again, "Then how did Di Gong determine that these symbols are related to the Acalanatha magic tool?"
Everyone then realized that this might be the most crucial clue in the overall situation.
"Because he found one of them!" Hongjun didn't know why he had an epiphany.
Everyone was dumbfounded. They didn't expect that Hongjun would be the first to solve it!
"Yes." Li Jinglong was also surprised and said, "That's the only possibility."
There was no record of it in historical records. The Sword of Wisdom also didn't appear in the hands of merchants and was then bought by Di Renjie. If that was the case, there must be a record in the Exorcism Department. The only possibility was that Di Renjie got the news first and then found one of them.
Hongjun was also a little surprised. How did I suddenly become so smart?
Usually, when everyone pushed the case forward, Hong Jun would always be at a loss. The communication would always stop at a certain point. Usually, when Li Jinglong said the first half of a sentence, everyone would be able to guess the second half of the sentence. They would even communicate with their eyes, but Hong Jun was always at a loss. But as long as Li Jinglong analyzed it from beginning to end, Hongjun could follow the train of thought. It could be seen that he wasn't really stupid. He was just not used to the way they thought.
"But there's no record of it." Mo Rigen said, "The documents left by Di Gong have already been flipped through."
Li Jinglong said, "There's no record. First, it was destroyed. Second, he didn't want to write it. Which one do you think is more likely? "
"Yang Guozhong." Qiu Yongsi said.
For a moment, their thoughts started jumping again. But this time, Hongjun understood. Qiu Yongsi's three simple words meant that Di Renjie left a record, but it was erased by Yang Guozhong. Because Xie Yu was making a new Tianma, he didn't want any clues.
"Yes." Li Jinglong nodded.
From this piece of news, one could naturally infer even more. For example, when did Yang Guozhong learn that Di Renjie once had the whereabouts of the artifact? Was it before Li Jinglong obtained the Sword of Wisdom? Or was it after he obtained the Sword of Wisdom? How long did he observe but not make a move to snatch it?
But this didn't have much to do with the case, so everyone didn't pursue it. Mo Rigen said, "Xie Yu knows."
"But it's impossible for him to tell us," Li Jinglong said, "unless there's an exchange. Forgive me for being blunt, but I don't want to make any more deals with him."
Atay said, "There's still another way."
"Yes," Qiu Yongsi said, "Find clues based on the places and times Di Gong went to in his life."
Di Renjie lived for seventy years. He served as the Legal Officer of the Governor's Office in Bing Province, the Minister of the Supreme Court, the Imperial Censor, the Governor of Du Province, the Provincial Governor of Ning Province, the Assistant Minister of Dong Province, the Right Minister of Wen Province, the Provincial Governor of Yu Province, the Provincial Governor of Fu Province, the Provincial Governor of Luo Province … It was easier said than done to find clues from many places in his life.
Hongjun said, "It's best if he left a diary."
"The diary has been lost for a long time," Li Jinglong said, "but I think, at this time, we can roughly confirm."
Qiu Yongsi clapped his fan and laughed, "I really have to hand it to you! Chief Inspector! "
Li Jinglong laughed. Hongjun was still confused, so Li Jinglong explained to him, "I guess it was a few years before the Exorcism Division was established."
Hongjun said, "That's right!"
The Exorcism Division was established in the first year of Shen Gong, which was also the year Di Renjie worshipped the Prime Minister for the second time. This was clearly recorded in the case files. One year before that, Di Renjie was suppressing a rebellion in You Province. Five years before that, he was demoted to the position of Pengze County Magistrate.
"You Province …" Mo Rigen said, "Are we going to An Lushan's territory?"
"It could also be Pengze," Li Jinglong said, "These two places are the focus of our investigation."
Ashina Chong said, "I don't understand. Since Di Renjie has already gone there and retrieved the Sword of Wisdom, what's the point of us going there again?"
"Yes." Li Jinglong said, "Most of these sealed artifacts have similar characteristics. Whether it's a mausoleum, an ancient ruin, or a temple, they will more or less provide clues."
Everyone was suddenly enlightened. Hongjun finally understood why Li Jinglong always had a card up his sleeve. He could always plan every step of the future, and many things were under his control. He was never afraid of unforeseen events. Since the Chief Inspector already had a plan, everyone did not worry too much and began to tidy up the pile of papers. Li Jinglong made simple arrangements. After this vacation, everyone would temporarily split into groups and go to Pengze and You Province to investigate separately.
"This time, we won't be returning to Chang 'an for a long time." Li Jinglong said with a smile, "If you want to play, you can take the opportunity to play."
"But we won't be in Chang 'an for so long. What if something happens?" Hongjun said.
"Since Chief Inspector has decided." Qiu Yongsi put away the messy papers on the table and said with a smile, "Of course he has his reasons. There's no need to worry."
Hongjun began to slowly understand Li Jinglong, so he nodded.
That afternoon, it began to rain on the canal. The stuffy heat was swept away and replaced by a cool feeling. Hongjun woke up at noon and felt indescribably comfortable.
He and Li Jinglong were watching the rain in the room. As their ears rubbed against each other, they did it once without restraint. Li Jinglong pressed him against the railing at the side of the room. The two of them were completely naked and looked at the rain without any barriers. It was as if they had blended into the fresh nature and heaven and earth.
After they finished, Hongjun sat in front of the railing and looked at the green mountains on both sides of the canal. Li Jinglong's hair was loose and he gently kissed his neck and shoulders from behind. Hongjun suddenly said, "Are you trying to lure Xie Yu back?"
"En." Li Jinglong answered him casually and then kissed his ears and lips. Hongjun said, "Why?"
"Guess." Li Jinglong hugged Hongjun from behind and let him sit on top of him. That thing rose up again. Although Hongjun had done it with Li Jinglong several times, if it was too barbaric, it would still make him feel pain. Just as he was about to refuse, Li Jinglong hugged his waist and pulled him back. Hongjun had been tormented by Li Jinglong on the boat for the past few days and said, "Let me rest for a while …"
"I won't move." Li Jinglong said seriously, "I really won't move." As he spoke, he let Hongjun sit back.
Hongjun sat up with difficulty and straightened his waist slightly. Li Jinglong maintained this position and hugged him from behind. He rested his chin on his shoulder and the two of them looked out of the boat at the green mountains slowly passing by.
Hongjun felt extremely comfortable. It was as if in this open air wind, there was only him and him. They completely blended together.
"What else do you want to say?" Li Jinglong asked.
Hongjun could not be distracted at all, but Li Jinglong had the ability to do two things at once. He deliberately talked about serious matters with him at this time to tease him.
"I guess Xie Yu doesn't dare to go back." Li Jinglong bent his legs slightly and said, "But it has to go back, and it also needs to clean up the mess …"
Hongjun groaned, "You said you wouldn't move."
Li Jinglong said, "I'll change my sitting position. It's more comfortable this way …"
Hongjun realized that he and the boat were really fated.
"So?" Hongjun asked.
Li Jinglong said, "Kun Shen, your father, and Qing Xiong are all waiting for it to return to Chang 'an. Xie Yu's enemy is not only us."
Hong Jun leaned back and rested his head on Li Jinglong's neck. His naked back was pressed against Li Jinglong's warm chest, and he could feel Li Jinglong's strong and steady heartbeat. It was as if the heartbeat of Li Jinglong's strong and sturdy body was throbbing, and that warm light was transmitted into his body wave after wave.
Li Jinglong kissed him and whispered, "But I found something interesting."
"What is it?" Hongjun exhaled.
"Guess what I'm thinking right now?" Li Jinglong said with a smile.
Hongjun said, "You … want to move."
"That's right." Li Jinglong moved a few times. Hongjun hurriedly begged for mercy. He was a little tired.
Li Jinglong stopped and said, "You're thinking of something. Why don't you let me guess?"
Hongjun: "?"
"You're thinking about going to the bed and closing the floor-to-ceiling window. You're afraid people will see, right?" Li Jinglong said.
"How did you know?" Hongjun was indeed thinking about this.
Li Jinglong pulled his legs apart from behind and pressed his thumb on Hongjun's thing. Hongjun began to moan again.
Gradually, Hongjun found that he and Li Jinglong's minds were connected more and more. It seemed that because of the Mind's Lamp, he could sometimes detect what Li Jinglong was thinking. Just like when he was deducing the case, Li Jinglong's expression only changed, and Hongjun vaguely felt something.
Li Jinglong could always guess Hongjun's thoughts most of the time. Although Li Jinglong could always guess pretty close to the mark from Hongjun's expression in the past, now it was more intuition.
This intuition was even more amazing. When the two of them were talking about love and even when they were on the bed, Li Jinglong could feel it if Hongjun felt a little uncomfortable. Li Jinglong's satisfaction was even more so through the Mind's Lamp and directly affected Hongjun. Hongjun knew what Li Jinglong liked about his performance. Sometimes, he would take the initiative to cooperate with him, but most of the time, he was really embarrassed and embarrassed to say what Li Jinglong wanted to hear.