The four indigenous extras helped each other to stand up. Seeing this, Fan Menghua hid behind Xu Qiao. Feeling a little more confident, he glared at the four people fiercely.
The leader had bulging muscles all over his body and face covered with brightly colored dyes. He still looked aggressive, but anyone with a discerning eye could tell that he was a bit timid.
Xu Qiao glanced at a few people. He had just restrained these people and kept his hands back deliberately.
These moves were acquired through fighting on the edge of a knife in the world of the book. If they were to really fight, even though their current bodies were less powerful in other aspects, they would not be in the situation they are in now.
Think about what the program team just said, the subsequent clues should be found through the tribes where these indigenous people live.
The leading native took the spear handed to him by his companion and waved it towards Xu Qiao and his companions.
Hou Yingfan rolled his eyes when he saw the spear that was broken by Xu Qiao's kick. Who else do you want to threaten with this
Several natives stared at the broken end of the spear in silence for a while. They also felt that the scene seemed a little funny. They were struggling whether to put it away or not, when they saw Xu Qiao take a step forward. They couldn't help but take two steps back and looked at him vigilantly.
I can't bear to watch, four big and strong men are afraid of a delicate and weak beautiful boy
Sister, the word "fragile" is not appropriate here.
I am a fan of Xu Qiao. To be honest, his dark history is not that dark. Fighting, what boy has never fought
I can't say anything. After all, I am a public figure and I have to be careful about the impact.
Putting the matter together, the original arrangement of the program team was for these people to kidnap Fan Menghua. They needed to go to the indigenous tribe to complete the mission, rescue Fan Menghua and get the clues later.
But now that Fan Menghua is safe and sound, it seems that we can proceed directly to the next step.
Xu Qiao looked at the natives. Their faces were painted with oil paint, so it was impossible to tell whether they were Chinese or foreign extras. He asked, "Do you understand Chinese?"
The natives looked bewildered, mumbling a few words, and looking evasive.
This group of extras are quite dedicated.
Xu Qiao nodded: "Okay, I understand."
Natives: “…”
"Can you take us to your tribe?" Xu Qiao asked politely with a gentle expression on his face.
Several natives glanced at Xu Qiao's thin, white and long fingers. At this moment, those fingers were moving in a small range, and their movements were somewhat careless, which made them frown.
His eyes moved to Xu Siyi who was standing behind Xu Qiao, and he slowly showed a kind smile.
Silently retracting their gazes, the indigenous extras looked at each other with conflicted expressions.
On the other hand, the production crew was silent and the women were in tears. Who told you to use violent solutions so hard?
So, although the process changed a bit, the group still went to the indigenous tribe.
After passing through increasingly sparse trees, we came to an open space. The tribal camp scene in front of us looked quite realistic.
The houses on the flat ground are made of thick branches nailed to the ground to form a hut, and then palm leaves are placed on top. They look simple and full of primitive atmosphere.
A bonfire was set up in the center of the tribe, with a suckling pig roasting on it. Several natives sat around it adding dry branches, and waves of fragrance wafted into everyone's noses.
Thinking about the original arrangement of the program team, a picture flashed through the minds of several people. They ate compressed biscuits to help the natives work, while the natives gathered around the fire to eat roasted suckling pig. Damn! This gap is too big. The black-hearted program team can't tolerate it.
Xu Siyi turned his head and whispered in Xu Qiao's ear: "I'm a little hungry."
Xu Qiao raised the corners of his eyes and raised the corners of his mouth lazily: "Me too."
After that, Xu Qiao tilted his head and looked at the indigenous extras who brought them here: "Do you mind sharing?"
… Can you still say you mind? Who wants to be beaten again
The native forced a smile, grunted a few words, and pointed at the roasted suckling pig.
Fan Menghua looked excited and pulled Ying Wenlin to squeeze in between the seated natives.
Yu Feipeng and Hou Yingfan followed, and Xu Qiao and Xu Siyi also sat over.
The fat oozed out of the roast suckling pig's skin and dripped into the fire, sparks bursting out immediately. The meat was so fragrant that even old man Yu Feipeng couldn't help but stare at it.
The native who brought a few people here cut off the meat in grief and anger and gave a piece to each person.
Xu Qiao took a bite and found the pork skin crispy, the meat chewy and not greasy, and the taste was really great. Especially the meat inside, which seemed to have a faint seafood flavor.
I was a little hungry, and my hands opened the Ele.me app uncontrollably.
I can smell the aroma of meat through the screen... Oh, the people next door are cooking braised pork
Hey, there seems to be something in the roast suckling pig's stomach!
Not only did the barrage notice it, but several guests also noticed it.
The cut pig stomach was filled with crabs, prawns and other seafood.
The fragrance is stronger.
Xu Siyi pinched a crab leg, took out a whole crab and looked at it: "It's quite big."
Xu Qiao glanced at the crab and vaguely noticed that there seemed to be something strange on the crab shell. He paused and asked, "Is there something on the crab shell?"
Hearing this, Xu Siyi took a closer look and handed it to Xu Qiao: "There seems to be something engraved on the shell."
The program director sneered and thought that even if you found something on the shell, you can't figure it out, and you have to ask the program team for help. Just follow the process and complete the task.
When the other people heard the conversation between the two, they also pulled out the crabs stuffed in the pig's stomach, but they were all normal crabs, except for the one that Xu Siyi pulled out, which had a picture made up of dots and lines painted on its shell.
"What do the lines drawn on it mean? Teacher Yu, can you understand them?" Hou Yingfan stared at the crab shell for a long time, confused.
Yu Feipeng stared at the pattern on the crab shell. He felt vaguely that he had seen it somewhere before, but he couldn't remember where it was, and he couldn't help but frowned.
The pattern on the crab shell had been baked in the pig's stomach for half a day, so it was already a little blurred and incomplete. Xu Qiao took a closer look and said uncertainly: "This seems to be a river map."
Program team: “???” You know this too
"River Chart? What River Chart?" Ying Wenlin asked in confusion.
Xu Qiao took the crab, examined it against the light, and confirmed his idea: "The River Map in the River Map and Luo Shu."
Yu Feipeng took a look and gave Xu Qiao a thumbs up: "It is indeed the River Map."
The River Chart is a mysterious pattern passed down from ancient times. It can be said to be the origin of the Yin-Yang and Five Elements numbers in Chinese culture, and it contains profound mathematical knowledge.
It was originally a number array of black and white dots, representing ten different numbers. Black and white dots cannot be drawn on this crab shell, so hollow and solid dots are used to represent them.
"Does this have anything to do with the ore we're looking for?" Fan Menghua tucked her hair behind her ears.
Yu Feipeng said: "The production team hasn't told us where the ore we are looking for is yet. There should be clues on this crab shell."
Xu Qiao looked at the crab for a while and thought it was interesting: "I see."
You know this again? The director stared at the monitor, took two deep breaths, and was so angry that his liver hurt.
"The River Map uses ten black and white dots to represent Yin and Yang, the Five Elements, and the Four Symbols. The program team put an arrow here and there." Xu Qiao said, pointing to the crab shell where there were arrows next to several dots.
The cameraman diligently put the camera towards the crab shell, so that the audience in the live broadcast room could also clearly see the dots on the crab shell.
Sorry, I can't see anything from these dots.
So this dotted diagram is the River Map? I always thought the River Map was a map of mountains and rivers...
So what does the program team want to express by putting arrows in these places
"We are looking for an ore that can be used to make pigments. We are not sure whether this ore contains a lot of metal, so we tentatively determine that it belongs to the metal and earth elements. Look here." Xu Qiao pointed to the dot where the arrow pointed on the river map. "The arrow points to the number six, and the number six belongs to the water element..."
…
The patterns on the crab shells were small and crowded together, which looked a bit difficult. After telling what he could see, Xu Qiao looked up and saw Hou Yingfan and the others with inexplicable expressions, and was stunned.
"What's wrong?"
Fan Menghua coughed and looked around: "Do you... understand?"
Ying Wenlin and Hou Yingfan shook their heads awkwardly.
I don't understand either
I, too, was confused.
My grandfather taught me Tiansui Zhouyi and other things when I was young. I think I understood what Xu Qiao said.
Yu Feipeng has extensive knowledge of traditional culture and has also studied Zhouyi Bagua, so he understood Xu Qiao's explanation. He smiled and looked at Xu Qiao: "Not many young people understand this nowadays."
Xu Siyi looked at Xu Qiao with interest: "So what's the conclusion?"
Xu Qiao put down the crab and grabbed a handful of ash to clean the grease on his hands: "The stone we are looking for has a low metal content, belongs to the earth, grows by the water, and is located... in the northwest."
He did not study the Zhouyi, Hetu and Luoshu for the purpose of metaphysics or divination. He just came into contact with these things naturally when he was doing scientific research and studying mathematics.
The Book of Changes contains the seeds of combinatorial mathematics, the Eight Trigrams can be explained using binary system, and digitality is a prominent feature of the River Chart.
In ancient times, famous scholars of Yixue were often also mathematicians.
So why does Xu Qiao understand this...
Maybe it’s because his major is mathematics (uncertain voice)
I also studied mathematics, why don’t I understand? I cried
I feel that "Guofeng" always gives you some surprises inadvertently. The last issue not only talked about poetry, but also conveyed the idea of filial piety. This issue is not only about painting, but now it is also related to the River Map and Luoshu.
Fan Menghua and others were a little hesitant about how Xu Qiao got the clue so quickly.
Hou Yingfan glanced at Xu Qiao and said with a half smile: "Can a crab shell tell you so much? What if the production team deliberately tricked us?"
Yu Feipeng shook his head: "I think Xu Qiao's explanation makes sense."
Xu Siyi chuckled: "Since there are no other clues now, why not look for it according to what Xu Qiao said?"
Fan Menghua and Ying Wenlin thought about it for a while and expressed their agreement.
Seeing that everyone agreed to look for ore according to the clues Xu Qiao gave, Hou Yingfan curled his lips with a bit of dissatisfaction in his eyes.
He deeply suspected that the production team had given Xu Qiao some slack and had given him the script in advance. Otherwise, how could a normal person know this
The program director said that he was wronged.
This crab shell was designed by a special person. The original program flow was that several guests discovered the crab shell and needed to complete tasks for the indigenous tribe, and finally the wise elders of the tribe would give the answers.
Now... well, the money spent on extras is wasted, and they don't even have a chance to perform.