Logically speaking, the ancients would have some background or reason for making anything. They would not just make something out, and they would have some oral punishments. But we all know nothing about it.

Six Paths?

Why are there six paths, not five paths, and seven paths? Could it be that these six paths of stone strips refer to the hexagram position in the Book of Changes?

Thinking of this, I couldn't wait to tell Daya and Liuye. I thought of a possibility that these six stone strips may be the hexagrams in the Book of Changes. There are sixty-four hexagrams in the Book of Changes. Simply put, a hexagram is divided into six lines, and each line is divided into yin and yang. I guess these six stone strips are most likely an ancient hidden lock, and the method of unlocking is a specified hexagram.

I said a lot, and Liu Ye felt a little vague. After thinking for a long time, he looked up and asked me, did you say that there are at most sixty-four changes in these six stone strips. If you want to eliminate the hexagram that appears now, there are still sixty-three arrangements?”

I nodded: "If you do not consider the order of the same hexagram and follow the order of the stone path, you can understand it this way. The current protruding stone strips of the six paths can be regarded as pure Qian hexagrams, that is, the six lines are all Yang."

Daya has some foundation for the five elements and the Eight Trigrams. After all, there are these theories in traditional Chinese medicine dialectics and treatment, so Daya understood a little. After looking at the box, he looked up and asked me: "Let's Liang, according to what you said, what would be the hexagram for opening this box?"

I laughed and said two words firmly: "Big."

"Big?" Liu Ye and Da Ya both asked questions in almost unanimously.

I smiled and nodded. Liu Ye looked at me and asked in confusion: "Big Bruce? Could it be that you mean the 'big Bruce' carved on the stone slab of the small sarcophagus?"

"Daguo is the 28th hexagram in the Book of Changes, and the name of the hexagram is Zefeng Daguo. The upper hexagram is Dui, the lower hexagram is Xun, and the four yangs are in the middle. Apart from this, I can't think of any other possibility for a while." I explained while staring at the six stone strips on the box.

After hearing what I said, Liu Ye and Daya thought it made sense and nodded frequently to express their agreement.

Liu Ye looked at me with appreciation: "I can't tell, you are quite delicate. I think what you said makes sense. Generally, the stone carvings or murals of ancient people have hidden mystery, and the puzzles are hidden in the paintings. I personally believe that your judgment is correct."

When Daya heard Liu Ye say this, he nodded and patted my shoulder: "Let's Liang, I think this is reliable. When you see this guy doing this, you will know that he is not an ordinary person. These twists and turns are probably possible. Otherwise, try as you say, and if you don't work, you'll get it down."

If the Ze wind is strong, the upper hexagram is Dui, and the lower hexagram is Xun. If Dui is missing, Xun is determined at the bottom. The first and sixth lines are both yin lines, and the rest are yang lines. Look at the stone strips on the box, they are all protruding, convex is yang, and concave is yin, which means that the first and last lines should be pressed down.

I glanced at Liuye and Daya. At this time, everyone was nervous and gasping and didn't dare to make a loud noise. I reached out and gently pressed the stone bar where the first line was, which was the last one. I gently pressed the finger, and sure enough, the stone bar was pressed down. It seemed that there was something like a spring inside, but it didn't pop out after pressing it. Seeing this, I was a little scared. Since it didn't pop out, it means that I didn't change it after pressing it. It seems that there is only one chance. If I make a mistake, I probably won't have the chance to open it normally.

The two beads that came out were green, one was darker in green, while the other was relatively shallow.

The three of us held our breath and repeatedly twisted each bead carefully with our hands. We felt that these two were the beads we had been looking for. There seemed to be something engraved on the surface of the beads. In addition to these two beads, there was also a yellowed brochure in the cloth bag.

I picked it up and flipped it out. After reading a few pages, I grinned and handed it to Big Tee, who was waiting beside me.

Big Ya was very excited. After opening the book, she frowned and looked at it more seriously than me. She just grinned quickly. After flipping it a few times, she solemnly handed it to Liu Ye again.

Liu Ye looked at us with some confusion. He didn't know why we were so uninterested in this book. He just flipped through it and stopped reading it. Seeing Daya taking the initiative to hand it to her, she put down the beads in her hand, took them, opened them, turned over a few pages, and laughed with a "puff".

In fact, it’s not that Daya and I are not interested in this book, but because the words inside are like ghost-drawn talismans, and there are not many words that I know, so I can only hand them over to Liuye. Only Liuye may be able to recognize these ghost-drawn talismans.

Liu Ye frowned and looked through for a while. After a long time, he raised his head and told me that there were at least four kinds of words in this booklet. Some of them were very rare and difficult to identify. It would take some time for her to translate them accurately. However, there was no reference book at hand, so she could only wait until she returned to Beijing to translate them completely. However, she recognized the words on the cover and wrote "Da Xuan Sanren".

Daya and I were also shocked when we heard this. Unexpectedly, this booklet was so difficult. Daya blinked her eyes a few times, smiled and asked Liu Ye: "Girl, what are you talking about just now? What kind of scattered people?"

Liu Ye smiled: "Di Xuan Sanren, 'Di' is a right and wrong 'right' above, and the bottom is the word 'heart' below. Xuan is a mysterious 'Xuan'. The explanation of the word 'Di' in "Shuowen Jiezi" means resentment. And Xuan, the often-called heaven and earth yellow, has the meaning of heaven. Sanren should be a self-proclaimed person who practices Taoism. To put it bluntly, it is the Taoist name of a alchemist who practices Taoism, and the meaning is 'a person who hates heaven'."
Chapter completed!