The bamboo house is not very high, but it is not easy to climb up to the plaque. Qining returned to the house, brought a chair out, stood on the chair and raised his arms, but he was able to hook the plaque. He reached out and touched behind the plaque. It was empty with nothing, thinking that maybe the plaque Zhuo Qingyang mentioned was not this.
He moved the chair back. The night was getting darker and the wind was blowing in the woods.
Qi Ning walked around the academy, and there were four or five places where plaques were hung. Qi Ning always checked the surroundings to make sure there was no one there, and then tried to find a way to find them behind the plaques.
I searched all the plaques, but couldn't find anything.
He was even more surprised, secretly thinking that the plaque Zhuo Qingyang mentioned was not in this academy
However, he knew that although Zhuo Qingyang was over seventy years old, he did not have a wife or children. He also called Qionglin Academy his home and had always lived in Qionglin Academy. If there was something to hide, of course it would be as close as possible to him.
Or maybe someone was one step ahead of me and took away the things hidden behind the plaque
Qi Ning felt a shiver in his heart. This possibility was not impossible. The man who took away Zhuo Qingyang and disposed of several corpses was very fast and neat. He was naturally not an ordinary person. If he were the first to search for that thing , it is not impossible.
While thinking about it, I returned to the bamboo house again. I looked up at the plaque. It was unremarkable. After a moment of hesitation, I moved the chair out again, stood on the chair, raised my hand to grab the plaque, and pulled the plaque off. , with a "click", not only the plaque was pulled down, but also the door head was pulled, and several pieces of bamboo strips were also torn to the ground.
Qi Ning took the plaque and looked at it carefully. He even cut it carefully with a cold blade. He found nothing at all. He was a little frustrated and threw the cut plaque aside. He secretly wondered if Zhuo Qingyang was confused at the time. , casually speaking, in fact, this plaque has no secrets at all.
Suddenly I felt a tingling pain in my hand. I raised my hand and turned around to look, but I accidentally put one of my hands on the ground and happened to press it on a piece of bamboo strips. The bamboo shavings pricked my hand. I was a little annoyed and looked at it. At this moment, he caught a glimpse of a bamboo tube beside the bamboo strips and was stunned for a moment.
He just tore off the plaque and dropped it with the bamboo strips on the door. This house is made of bamboo, and there are slices of bamboo strips on the door. It is rare to see such a complete uncut bamboo tube. Qining reached out and took it, only to see that the bamboo tube was green in color and was a complete bamboo tube.
He was startled for a moment. Qionglin Academy was very old, and this bamboo house was also built for many years. It could be seen from the yellowed bamboo strips, but this bamboo tube was greenish in color and seemed to have been put on the door not long ago. , Qining's eyes rolled slightly, and now he understood why he hadn't discovered the bamboo tube just now. The bamboo tube was embedded between the bamboo strips. Although it was indeed behind the plaque, it could not be touched easily.
He looked carefully and found that both sides of the bamboo tube were blocked by bamboo films. He was a little surprised. A gust of wind blew, and the night wind was cold and cold. Qining knew that this was not a place to stay for a long time, and it was not good to cut the bamboo tube here. At that moment, he put the bamboo tube into his arms and then hurriedly left the academy.
After leaving the academy, he went straight back to the Hou Mansion. It was already midnight, and everyone in the house had rested. Qining returned to his room, lit a lamp, took off his coat, then sat at the table, took out the bamboo tube, and used the light to After taking a closer look, I discovered that one end of the bamboo tube was sealed with bamboo film. Although there was also a bamboo film on the other end, it could be seen that a small hole had been punched through the bamboo film, and then it was sealed with oil wax. At first glance, it seems to be blocked.
Seeing this scene, Qi Ning felt excited, knowing that the bamboo tube was probably what Zhuo Qingyang was referring to. He used a cold blade to open the sealing wax, poked a small hole, and looked inside by the light. The bamboo tube It was dark inside, but there was obviously something inside. He didn't know what was inside. He was worried that if he cut the bamboo tube easily with the cold blade, he might cut the things inside, so he used the cold blade to cut out a long piece of bamboo tube. He inserted the small wooden skewer through the hole in the bamboo tube, pulled it a few times, and then pulled something inside to the edge of the hole.
At this time, Qi Ning discovered that a thin thread was leaking out of the hole. He pinched it with his fingers and carefully pulled it out. He saw something being slowly pulled out from the inside. After it was completely pulled out, he discovered that it was a scroll. , couldn't help but be startled.
The scroll was only two fingers long, and was obviously made of silk. It was rolled into a shaft shape, and a black thread was tied in the middle of the scroll.
Qining let out a sigh of relief.
Seeing this scroll, he was almost certain that it must be what the assassins wanted to snatch from Zhuo Qingyang, and it was even what Jiang Suiyun was looking for after rummaging through the boxes.
For so many people to go to great lengths to obtain this scroll is certainly no small matter.
After pondering for a moment, Qining untied the black thread and slowly opened the scroll by the light of the lamp. At this time, he found that the color of the silk had turned a little yellow. It seemed that it had been a long time.
When the scroll was partially opened, Qining saw three big characters on the edge. Although he could see the three big characters, he didn't recognize them at all.
The font of these three characters was weird. Qining changed his direction and looked at it, but he couldn't tell which three characters they were. It felt like oracle bone inscriptions from ancient times.
Qining used the light to read the content in the middle of the scroll, and his head was dizzy and his eyes were dizzy.
He saw that the scroll was full of small irregular figures, which seemed to be words, but also seemed to be pictures, and some were more like runes. Qining's eyes widened and he opened the entire scroll. From beginning to end, there were continuous I can't recognize a single word, it's like reading a book from heaven.
"I'll wipe it!" Qining threw the scroll on the table, "What is this?"
His biggest suspicion before was that there might be a secret martial arts hidden in the bamboo tube, and the most likely possibility was that there was an extremely unpredictable swordsmanship hidden inside.
Qi Ning has benefited a lot since getting the sword map in his old house, and he has indeed become interested in the way of swordsmanship. If this scroll really is a set of swordsmanship, Qi Ning would really be willing to put in the effort to learn it. Qi Ning understands this fact.
But this scroll was like a heavenly book, and Qining couldn't read a word of it, which was a headache.
Of course, Qi Ning knew very well that Zhuo Qingyang refused to hand over the scroll at the cost of his life. Even Jiang Suiyun used the means of getting close to Zhuo Qingyang to obtain this object. This scroll was certainly not trivial, and the person who coveted it must be There are quite a few. Now that he got it by chance, of course he can't let anyone else know that this scroll fell into his hands except Zhuo Qingyang.
Of course, the fewer people who know that this scroll falls into his hands, the better. If one more person knows, he may be in more danger.
He thought that the words on it might be some real ancient texts. Just because he didn't know a word didn't mean that others didn't know them. There were several accountants in the accounting room of Jinyihou Mansion, and they were all well-educated scholars. They might know each other. The writing on it was just that the scroll was too strange and weird, and Qining was certainly not prepared to take the scroll and ask.
He found a pen and paper, and copied the three characters at the front of the scroll on three pieces of paper, copying one character on each piece of paper without letting the three characters appear together. He thought about waiting for someone to go to the accounting office after dawn. please teach me.
After a tiring day today, he felt a little sleepy. He put the scroll in the bamboo tube, went to bed, put it under the pillow, and fell asleep.
Early the next morning, thinking about what happened yesterday, he wanted to go to the accounting office, but someone had already come to report the matter. The palace summoned him, so Qining could only put the matter aside, tidied up, put on a marquis robe, and went straight into the palace. .
After being led into the imperial study by the deacon and eunuch, the little emperor was reading the booklet. When he saw Qi Ning coming over, the little emperor put down the booklet and looked at Qi Ning up and down, half smiling but not smiling.
Qi Ning also looked down at himself, feeling a little uncomfortable being looked at by the little emperor. He forced a smile and said, "Your Majesty, is there something wrong with me?"
The little emperor chuckled and waved. Qining came closer to the desk. The little emperor slammed the table and said loudly: "You are so bold."
Qi Ning was startled. Before he could react, the little emperor laughed and said, "Qin Ning, you dare to deceive me. Do you want me to chop off your head?"
Seeing him laughing, Qi Ning breathed a sigh of relief and said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, I am loyal to your Majesty, but I have not deceived you. I don't know why your Majesty said this."
"I have been informed that at the Jinghua Book Club yesterday, you were so majestic in your royal robes." The little emperor half-smiled but said, "They said that you are proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting, and that your skills are astounding, and you even made something that can reach heaven. , tell me honestly, is this the case?"
Only then did Qi Ning realize it, thinking that this was the reason. In fact, he also knew that the hot air balloon rising into the sky yesterday would inevitably cause a shock. The little emperor would definitely know it, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, I am working with Jiang Suiyun. I made a bet and came up with that idea out of desperation."
"They said you really flew into the sky. Is it true or false?" The little emperor asked curiously: "How did you do it?"
Qining knew that if the little emperor didn't understand this matter, he would never let it go, so he didn't hide it at the moment. He simply picked up a pen and drew the pattern of a hot air balloon on the paper, and then briefly talked about the principles of the hot air balloon. He tried to explain it in a simple and profound way, but the little emperor listened with interest and asked a few questions from time to time. When he roughly understood it, the little emperor was amazed and said: "How did you know that you can fly into the sky like this? I never knew."
Qi Ning smiled and said: "Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven, and he has learned the knowledge of governing a country. I...!" After a pause, he looked around to make sure there was no one there, then lowered his voice and said: "I used to be a beggar, wandering around. , I met a lot of people and heard a lot of stories. I just heard what people said about this hot air balloon. I have forgotten who said it. This time, I made a bet with Jiang Suiyun. I used it out of desperation. Not sure."
The little emperor nodded slightly and said with emotion: "There are many strange people and strange things among the people. Sometimes I also want to go among the people to increase my knowledge." But he knew that as the king of a country, ordinary people can have things at their fingertips, but he cannot After getting it, he immediately smiled and said: "They also said that you are proficient in all kinds of music, chess, calligraphy and painting. Hehe, Qining, I am a little suspicious of you now."
"Doubtful?" Qi Ning pretended to be aggrieved and said: "I am loyal to the emperor and dig deep into my heart. Is there anything else to doubt about the emperor?"
The little emperor stared at Qining and lowered his voice: "I know that you are not the real Qining, but I still doubt that you are not only Qining, but you are also not a beggar. Your origin is even more complicated than I thought. ." His eyes were bright and clear, but at this time his gaze was quite deep.