The congestion in the capital meant that Coaster drove for more than two hours before arriving at the gate of the Forbidden City just before dark. After getting off the car, the old professor went to contact someone, and several students stood in front of the palace gate chatting.
Cao An behaved very strangely since he got off the bus. The dazed and silly look on his face was gone. Instead, he opened his mouth and looked up blankly at the huge Forbidden City complex in front of him. The capital city was covered in gray haze at night.
The smog seems to be particularly heavy above the Forbidden City, making it feel very depressing and unnatural.
Not long after, the old professor came over with an angry look on his face, and some students asked what was going on.
The professor sighed and said: "I contacted Director Liu before and made it clear that we would go in tonight, but I just called him and Director Liu refused and said that it was not possible today. The Forbidden City would not allow anyone to enter or exit at night.
, our trip was in vain.”
Someone asked in surprise: "Have you not been here once before and you were allowed in? Why can't you do it this time?"
The old professor spread his hands and said: "Then who knows? Director Liu only said that today is not suitable, even if it is tomorrow or yesterday, but today is absolutely not allowed to go in. Okay, okay, it's a waste of time."
Well, if you want to go out for a walk, just take a stroll, and if you want to go back to school, get in the car with me."
Several students shrugged and got into the car helplessly. A couple held hands and said goodbye to the professor, saying they were going to Wangfujing for a stroll. Cao Haoran hesitated and said to the old professor: "I haven't been to the capital yet.
Well, Professor, let’s not go back to school yet.”
The old professor nodded and asked Han Shuhua: "What about you, are you going back with me?"
Han Shuhua stretched his waist and said boredly: "There are no classes in the evening, why are you going back so early? I'll go back to school later."
Coster drove away again and only stopped in front of the Forbidden City for more than ten minutes. Han Shuhua turned to Cao Haoran and said, "Where are you going?"
"I don't know either. I've stayed in school since I came to the capital and haven't been anywhere. I just took a walk."
Han Shuhua suddenly came over mysteriously and whispered: "How about we sneak in and take a look?"
"Where to go?" Cao Haoran asked blankly.
"The Forbidden City, where else can we go? I heard that the palace is very mysterious at night, but it's a pity that few people go in." Han Shuhua was a little nervous when he spoke, with an inexplicable impulse in his small eyes.
Cao Haoran was startled and said: "Are you kidding me? Didn't the professor say no one is allowed in today?"
"Listen clearly, what I said is secretly, secretly, do you understand? It means not letting anyone know, without anyone knowing," Han Shuhua said with his eyes shining a little.
Cao Haoran was silent for a long time and said silently: "It's really not in line with your status as a beauty to do this."
No matter whether a woman is as beautiful as Diao Chan or as mean as Zhong Wuyan, she cannot escape one certain attribute: curiosity.
Once a woman's curiosity emerges, it is a dangerous sign. If a beautiful woman is curious, that's fine. Any male creature around her will be immediately defeated.
Although Cao Haoran didn't want to visit the Forbidden City and thought the place was eerie, he couldn't help Han Shuhua staring at him with his big, watery eyes. Helplessly, Cao Haoran dragged the fool Cao An to follow Han Shuhua and fall.
"How to get in?" Cao Haoran raised his head and asked a little worriedly as he looked at the tall palace wall.
"The Forbidden City covers an area of more than 700,000 square meters and has a construction area of about 150,000 square meters. It should not be difficult to find an entrance to such a vast place. We can always find a place for people to enter by walking around the city wall. Just be patient.
"Han Shuhua was eager to give it a try, and took the lead in leading the two men around the city wall.
Twenty minutes later, it was completely dark, and the two-meter-high city wall still kept the three of them out. After more than half an hour, their legs were numb, and they still could not find the entrance. In the end, nearly an hour passed.
When I was young, even the instigator, Han Shuhua, was about to give up. If I continued like this, I would fall down from exhaustion before entering the Forbidden City.
At this time, Cao An, who had been silent all the way, suddenly frowned and walked forward suspiciously. Cao Haoran quickly followed him: "Brother An, what are you doing? It's not the time to get sick, why are you so stupid again?
At this time, if you wander around and lose yourself, where can I find you?"
After Cao Haoran complained for a few words, Cao An suddenly walked to a wall and stood still. He stretched out his right hand and slowly groped the wall.
Han Shuhua stared at him suspiciously and said to Cao Haoran in a low voice: "You...your brother, why do you make people feel a little panicked? Is he always so strange?"
"It used to be normal when I was at home. He was always acting stupid. But since I brought him to the capital, he has become a little bit weird. He would hit his head against the wall when nothing happens. It hurts when he hears it." Cao Haoran was about to push Cao An
He was pulled back, but he saw a nine-square grid shape suddenly appeared where his hand had just fumbled.
The nine grids were small and appeared on the wall. There were very strange patterns in the grids. Neither of them could understand it. However, Cao An came closer and took a few glances and suddenly said: "This is the Nine Palaces Diagram of Heavenly Secrets."
"
Cao An suddenly turned around and asked, "What do you mean?"
"If we use geometric problems to explain it, this nine-square diagram represents a certain unlocking method. In ancient times, it was equivalent to the current code lock. I have only seen introductions in some books but never seen it before."
After staring at the wall for a long time, Cao An suddenly stretched out a palm and gently pressed it on the grid on the third right. "Creak" the brick on the wall was suddenly pressed by him. Not long after, Cao An's palm
He pressed it again on the middle grid in the west, and the result was the same. Another brick was pressed in. When Cao An touched the third wall brick with his palm, there was a tremor on the wall, and then the middle one of the wall suddenly moved to one side.
Move it sideways to reveal a hole that can allow one person to pass through.
"Uh-huh." Cao Haoran and Han Shuhua looked at Cao An in surprise at the same time. They were stunned and speechless for a long time.
"This is definitely a man with a story. Do you really know nothing about him?" Han Shuhua asked with a frown after being silent for a while.
"I picked it up, can I know where it went?" Cao Haoran bit his lip and said with an extremely surprised expression: "For sure, Brother An was definitely not an ordinary person before he fell into the water."
Even if Cao Haoran has never seen the world, he can tell through some clues that his brother An definitely has a story, but who would have known about his past before he was not stupid?