Chapter 128 New Year (4K)(1/2)
"Collection of Du Gongbu" is named after Du Fu once served as a member of the Ministry of Inspection and Engineering. It has six volumes in total and contains more than a thousand poems and more than 30 articles.
"What Mo Si is pointing to is not the book itself, but the pages of one of them..."
Li Ang opened the book and slightly relaxed the restrictions on the ink thread, letting it emerge from the skin of his fingertips and crawl toward the book.
"Found it."
Mo Si finally locked on a page printed with the poem "Long Night Book",
Li Ang gently twisted the page with his fingers and found that it was thicker than the other pages, as if multiple pieces of paper were glued together.
"Could it be..."
Li Ang groaned as he pulled out the dagger from his belt, used the blade to gently dig in and pry open the corners of the book pages, and held both sides with both hands to slowly tear it apart.
Wow——
After the two pages were separated, a piece of old brown paper sandwiched inside was revealed.
Li Ang held the jade pendant at his waist with one hand, ready to activate the protective talisman at any time. With the other hand, he used tweezers to take out the piece of paper from the sandwich and placed it on the table.
The texture of the paper is similar to leather, and there is a ball of turbid ink on the surface. As the old paper is exposed to the air, the ball of ink gradually activates, swimming on the paper, disappearing and appearing.
"Alienation..."
Li Ang raised his eyebrows slightly. It was contrary to common sense. Inanimate dead objects with special performances were classified as [abnormal].
There is no specific rule for the formation and emergence of alien species.
Some aliens are extremely dangerous and need to be suppressed and controlled by the Academy and the Department of Prosecution at all costs.
For example, an iron rod that can continuously generate thunderstorms in the surrounding area;
Ivory chopsticks that will cause flesh and blood to rot when exposed to bodily fluids;
Some alien species do not cause much harm in themselves, such as a soft stone that can be used as a pillow.
Or a hemp rope immersed in sewage to quickly clarify the water.
Just as Li Ang was thinking about what kind of alienated object this yellow paper was and whether it should be handed over to the academy for containment,
The ink on the yellow paper gradually stabilized and turned into clear horizontal strokes and vertical strokes.
And these strokes are automatically pieced together to form lines of writing.
"The Imprisoned Heaven's Finger"
"Buddha's Angry Fire Lotus"
"Heavenly Demon Skill"
"Huntian Baojian"
...
"???"
Li Ang couldn't help but be stunned when he looked at the names of the secrets on the paper. He picked up the paper and checked again and again, and finally confirmed that these secrets only had names and no content.
"The title is a fraud, right?"
Li Ang's eyes twitched, "Are you just teasing me with this? What's the use of a bunch of empty exercises?"
As if he heard Li Ang's complaints, the handwriting on the paper changed again,
[Young man ○’s grades are not ideal...]
Li Ang's head was full of black lines, "Stop it, this thing is useless."
[My name is Yang Jian, I will be dead when you see this sentence...]
"A weird parchment, right?"
Li Ang rubbed his forehead. The content of the writing on the yellow paper changed repeatedly, but what was shown was what Li Ang had in his own memory.
For example, the names of martial arts secret books, story novels, pictures, even flying money in denominations of one thousand guan and two thousand guan, the approval slip issued by the academy doctor, etc.
It seems that this piece of paper will automatically display the text pattern that the observer wants to see?
What is this, a fully automatic reader, or a psychic card?
Li Ang shook his head. There was already a memory palace formed by fragments of memories from another world in his mind.
The yellow paper can only reflect what is already in the mind of the observer, and cannot be imagined or fabricated out of thin air to obtain information that does not exist.
Therefore, it is impossible to present "detailed strategies on how to quickly realize industrialization", or "the results of the next horse betting in Chang'an City", or automatically write homework.
It's not prophecy, it's not divination, it's just telepathy.
"According to the Academy's classification of aliens, this [psychic paper] does not have much direct harm to individuals or human society.
It's not the kind that will kill or injure others if touched.
It is also relatively simple to store and control. Nothing has happened since it has been placed in the pages of the book for so many years.
It should be the same as the Nightmare Bell in Zhenzhou, which is a fifth-level alienated object."
Li Ang said silently: "The question is why Mo Si is directed towards it."
Previously, Mo Si only had the desire to devour gold, silver and special metals.
Even in the Library Pavilion of the Academy and outside Dongjun Tower, there are no references to books or alienated objects.
"Could it be that this piece of paper was put into the book by the Sword Immortal himself?
These "Collections of Du Gongbu" were printed in the tenth year of the Dali calendar, that is, in the fifth year after Du Gongbu's death.
Li Taibai and Du Gongbu are good friends and confidants. Judging from the time, it is possible that after he returned from the endless sea, he put this alienated object into the "Collection of Du Gongbu"."
Li Ang thought: "Because I miss my old friends, do I put the alienated objects that can bring out the good memories into the poems and essays of my old friends..."
He paused and suddenly thought: "Wait a minute, if Mosi smelled the scent of this alienated object, that's why she became directional.
Doesn't that mean that I can use this characteristic to find other alienated objects left by the Sword Immortal himself?
Or even other tombs?"
"Master, it's time to eat."
The sound of firewood came from outside the study,
"Coming."
Li Ang put away the psychic paper and walked out of the study.
Judging from my experience during this period,
The powerful ink silk is fully qualified to become a first-level alien that is rare in number and can have a huge impact.
The secrets in other tombs must not be much different.
What's more, Mo Si swallows gold and silver without gaining weight, which is particularly weird and weird. It makes it parasitic in the body, which is always a bit uneasy. It is best to find other relics and even suicide notes of the Sword Immortal himself to find out the nature of Mo Si.
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Time flies, the new year is approaching, and the academy also gives the disciples a winter vacation.
Taking advantage of the holiday, Li Ang went to the bookstore again.
After looking around, I felt that the bookstore owner really didn't know the origin of those volumes of "Du Gongbu Ji". He only said that they were ancient books collected from Luoyang by his deceased father decades ago, but they had never been sold.
Go - after all, "The Collection of Du Gongbu" has been around for so long that even ancient books have little sales.
The clues are interrupted, so I have to enjoy the vacation.
The first New Year he and Chai Cuiqiao spent in Chang'an felt... not bad.
On New Year's Eve, there is a Nuo exorcism performance in Chang'an City, which is similar to the carnival in other world memories. People wear masks, play ghosts, Nuo weng and Nuo mothers, walk and dance, play and sing, and the lyrics mostly describe how righteous humans beat up people.
Monsters and monsters.
This is a custom that has been passed down from ancient times and is also practiced in the royal palace.
In addition, every household will light a fire in the courtyard, calling it "Ting Liao", and throw firecrackers and worn-out brooms into it.
Throwing firecrackers is for fun, and throwing brooms is probably to express good wishes such as a safe home.
Li Ang and Chai Cuiqiao spent the whole night shopping on New Year's Eve, waiting for the Haotian bell to ring. After the New Year arrived, they went to the homes of Song Shaoyuan, Yang Yu, Ji Linglang and others to pay New Year's greetings.
But the first day of the new year is not so exciting - in the early morning of the first day of the new year, all the middle and high-level bureaucrats in Chang'an will go to the imperial city to attend the imperial meeting.
Officials from various state capitals will come in person or send deputies.
Including the far-flung Jiyi Prefecture, as well as vassal countries and neighboring countries, they all send envoys to send gifts and congratulations.
The whole process is also extremely cumbersome, with the prime minister reciting New Year's greetings in parallel and the envoys from foreign countries reciting congratulatory messages.
As the newly appointed county magistrate, Li Ang also has to participate in this boring and lengthy activity.
After finally getting through it, he was invited to the palace again to observe the new princes and princesses born this year.
"Your Majesty and Queen, it's true. I'm not some god or bodhisattva.
Is it necessary to bring those babies who are several months old to me and let me pretend to praise them and say that they are healthy?"
To be continued...