In the next ten minutes, Zhang Heng pointed out the sounds of eighteen characters one after another, and roughly explained the meanings he understood using body language. However, he could not understand the characters he did not recognize, so he shook his head and stopped.
Came down.
"My little brother is a great talent. I haven't been able to let go of this article since I saw it twenty years ago. Ten years ago, I met this humble disciple like me. Tu Qi wanted it to be engraved on the wall of the palace. I hope it can be
I am destined to solve my doubts, but in the past ten years, I have watched countless people, but no one has ever recognized even a single word. Today, I finally got what I wanted. I don’t know how to thank you at the moment. "Old man.
He sighed and said, his emotions were ups and downs greatly.
Zhang Heng was unable to put his emotions into it, but he was also a little curious about the content of these words. He didn't pay attention at first, but now he has deciphered eighteen words. He heard that the old man had already learned thirteen words before, and only three words overlapped.
In other words, twenty-eight words have been explained now, accounting for a quarter of the content.
Then he said: "Old man, can you tell me the words you knew before? I'm very curious about this ancient text."
"Of course. Most of this is due to my little brother. Let me introduce myself first. My name is Tang Lin. This is my disciple Zhu Jiuben. Jiuben is the director of this ancestral hall." After speaking, the old man picked up the tea cup and smiled.
Hehe looked at him.
But Zhang Heng just said: "Hello, Mr. Tang, and hello, Manager Zhu." Then he urged the old man to seize the time to sort out the deciphered text together. He could not keep the squad leader and his sister waiting for too long.
Tang Lin opened his mouth wide and had a strange look on his face. He really didn't expect that this young man had never heard of his name, and he didn't care about the identity of the head of the Nine Books. He couldn't help but think that maybe he just had the kind of talent.
Only with the mind can one understand the ancient meaning and recognize these ancient characters.
Because Zhang Heng has just explained that although his Chinese is better than foreign languages, he lost more than 50 points in the Chinese subject of the college entrance examination. He barely passed the exam. He has no knowledge of classical Chinese at all. He can only recognize these words by feeling.
, this is a bit mysterious.
"Okay, let Jiuben help us, and we'll sort it out." Tang Lin was very serious. He had an indescribable obsession with Zhong Dingwen, and wanted to solve it more than anyone else.
———————————————————————————————————————————I very little brother, what do you usually read at home, do you read a book? "Xiao Yin asked, sitting in front of the Eight Immortals table, placed melon fruit cakes, tea and water on the table, tea and water
Naturally, there was no shortage of these, so everyone started chatting, but the topic centered on Zhang Heng, who had not returned yet.
"Yes, your brother must be good at Chinese." Li Xing in red followed.
Xiaoyi was naturally happy when everyone asked about her brother, but she still replied honestly: "My brother never reads at home, nor does he watch much TV. Now he just likes to surf the Internet."
Uh! This is actually nothing. This is also the life style of most young people, but the contrast is a bit big. How can you recognize ancient characters that everyone cannot understand if you don't like to learn.
Xiao Yin thought for a while and then said: "I remember Zhang Heng was not very good at Chinese. He usually struggled to pass the test."
"No way, you said that if Zhang Heng doesn't recognize a word in it, then we will eat and drink here..." Yan Dayong pointed to the table. Although it was just tea and cakes, they were all high-end goods.
Ah, just this tea set alone would be hard for anyone to buy, and it might be much more than that.
"This shouldn't be possible." The round-faced woman was also a little uneasy. She had shamelessly ordered a few more plates of pastries because they were so delicious.
"Don't worry, I believe him!" The one who spoke was actually the woman in white who had never spoken before.
Guo Yan smiled and said: "I believe him too!"
Xiao Yin looked at the two in surprise, and heard the woman in red express her belief. Needless to say, Xiao Yi, of course, she should have believed it, but because Zhang Heng was a classmate for three years, combined with her impressions in the past three years,
The most anxious person, otherwise I wouldn’t have asked Xiaoyi if Zhang Heng could read at home. Before, I just thought that Zhang Heng had been studying Chinese at home recently, but now it seems that this is not the case at all.
At this time, a staff member came in and said, "Brother Zhang will be delayed for a while. The manager asked me to come and inform you that the banquet has been arranged. In half an hour, everyone will be invited to join us."
Just a quick meal."
As soon as this employee left, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Since the members arranged meals, it means that Zhang Heng must have helped. Otherwise, even if the employees were of high quality, it would be impossible to treat everyone to dinner, right?
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But it was only nine o'clock in the morning, so it was too early to eat at this time!
Not to mention the deliberations here, Zhang Heng has reached a critical moment. Twenty-eight words, plus seventeen more words to be determined, after some deliberation, Jingzhen got some completed sentences.
, but it is still not easy to explain. These short sentences are too profound. No matter how you explain them, they feel unreasonable, but they still feel possible.
"Wonderful, this is probably written by a hidden ancient sage. It can be said that every word is precious. If all of them are deciphered, there is a high chance that it will be comparable to the Tao Te Ching, the Book of Changes and other classics handed down from generation to generation." The old man walked around the room excitedly.
They were spinning in circles and couldn't stop. They held each other's hands and pinched their own fingers without even realizing it.
Zhang Heng sat cross-legged on the wooden pagoda for a long time without moving. Zhu Jiuben next to him filled him with tea, showing great respect. If this scene were seen by other people in the circle, they would probably be shocked.
As for Zhang Heng, he didn't think anything was wrong. After all, he was also a guest. It was normal for the host to help pour tea. It was like this in the village. Seeing the tea being filled, he felt thirsty for a moment, so he drank heavily.
After eating, I fell into deep thought again. The old man was wandering around the room, and the middle-aged manager was waiting on the side. For a while, this ancient room fell into a strange atmosphere... I don’t know how long it took,
Zhang Heng suddenly slapped the book and shouted: "I guessed it, this article talks about a five-element fortune-telling method."
"Quick, little brother, please tell me what you guessed." The old man grabbed it and asked eagerly.
Zhang Heng nodded and followed the train of thought and said: "Look, Mr. Tang, these three characters are water, wood, and earth respectively. There are also five and ming characters here. I think the connection is the Five Elements Ming Shu, the five behaviors:
Metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. If I can find the words gold and fire in them, it will almost prove that my guess is right."
"The Five Elements Book of Fate? Could it be that this is a masterpiece similar to the Book of Changes!" the old man said ecstatically.
Zhang Heng naturally knows about the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, because it is inseparable from superstition. Old people often ask knowledgeable people to calculate the five elements of their children's names, birth dates, etc. He has also watched the TV series "Feng Shen Bang", which also contains Jin Zha.
, Mu Zha, I have heard of it in the Book of Changes, but I have never seen it, and I can’t tell whether Lao Ru’s comparison is right.
Later, the three of them looked for the characters for gold and fire together, but they couldn't find them. It was probably because they couldn't recognize them even if they found them. The lines of these fonts were too messy.