To be more specific, it was an ancient and exquisite bronze plate.
Wei Yuan took in the details of the bronze plate.
The main body was sunken downwards, used to hold water, and the plate was engraved with words of sacrifice and prayer, and the whole was full of gluttonous patterns.
The Shang people worshipped ghosts and gods, and often held various large-scale sacrificial activities.
Before the sacrifice, there was a ritual of washing hands, and the person offering the sacrifice had to pour clean water on his hands. In the Western Zhou Dynasty, in addition to the plate, there was also a matching Yi, which poured water and the plate collected the used water. Until later generations, when large-scale sacrifices became less and less, this etiquette was instead used in more solemn Chinese weddings.
The short memory scene ended quickly.
Whether it was the bronze ware or the old man setting up the stall, they slowly disappeared.
In front of me was still only An Xuyang and the pale woman in red.
......
After a moment.
Wei Yuan and Jue said goodbye to the old couple and left.
Walking on the road, Wei Yuan was still recalling the things he saw in the old man's memory.
The Taotie pattern appeared in the late Shang Dynasty.
When he was solving the matter of Wu Xian's medicine, he saw five special bronzes cast during the reign of King Di Xin of Shang through the small tripod where Wu Xuan lived. Now he could vaguely perceive that this bronze plate and the bronze jue of the Shang king should be the same kind of thing, both cast by Di Xin at that time.
Recall it now.
Among the five bronzes, the plate, tripod, jue, and short sword are already known.
Among them, the Taotie bronze plate represents the ritual of washing hands, which is the etiquette before the sacrificial vessel.
The Dan Ding contains Wu Xian's medicine, and in the Age of Gods, the witches of Wu Xian represented the special status of conveying the will of God to people, representing the connection between people and gods.
Jue is a wine vessel and a very precious sacrificial object.
The black bird of heaven descended to give birth to the Shang Dynasty.
On Su Yuer's short sword, there is a pattern of the black bird flapping its wings, which is obviously a ritual object. The Shang Dynasty was a place of worshipping ghosts and gods, and there were quite a few fierce and barbaric blood sacrifices. These blood sacrifices required the use of weapons as ritual objects to complete the last step.
Each of the four bronze artifacts represents a certain part of the sacrifice.
So, what will the fifth bronze artifact be?
Wei Yuan couldn't help but ponder, but it was difficult to determine whether his guess was correct. The last bronze artifact may very well represent the identity link of the sacrifice used in the sacrifice, but it may also symbolize a certain "emperor" revered by the Shang people, and an item symbolizing that ghost and god.
Both of these may make sense, and both can cooperate with the other four bronze artifacts to form a system.
It seems that there is no way to guess it until the last bronze artifact is found.
Wei Yuan regretfully gave up the idea of guessing the last bronze artifact and turned his attention back to the old man who was setting up the stall. During this period, he had "seen" this old man twice in a row, once in the memory of the little boy who bought the mirror spirit, and once in the white-haired old man just now.
They both met this old man on the way home from school, and the latter's appearance and demeanor were exactly the same.
But there was a full fifty years between them.
Was it because of his high cultivation and long life span that he could still maintain his appearance, or was it that the old man setting up the stall was not a human at all. Humans are affected and disturbed by life span, but for most monsters, it is not difficult to live for fifty years without changing their appearance. It is more likely to be some kind of transformation spell and sleight of hand.
Just like the "fairy in the painting" just now.
Even if she will always keep the appearance in the painting, she can use "sleight of hand" to grow old with An Xuyang, so that other people living around her can't see anything unusual. From this point of view, it is normal that the "old man" has not changed in fifty years.
Selling spiritual things to children twice, which may breed evil spirits.
There is no need to mention the mirror spirit.
Even if An Xuyang had not fed the painting with food, when the spirituality in the painting developed naturally, there would be a considerable probability that it would naturally absorb the essence of the people around it and turn into a monster, not a monster, so the old man who set up the stall was 100% problematic.
In addition, the old man also had one of the five bronze artifacts cast by Emperor Xin.
It was reasonable for Wei Yuan to find him.
But how to find him?
Call the police?
No, ordinary members of the action team may not be able to detect this guy, and the degree of danger is still uncertain.
Wei Yuan's thoughts fluctuated in his mind, and he decided to do a divination tonight.
In order to prevent being detected by the other party, he had to enter the dream and rely on Wuzhiqi's own divinity to eliminate interference.
Wei Yuan was thinking and organizing his thoughts. Jue beside him asked curiously, "What are you thinking about?"
Wei Yuan came back to his senses and replied with a smile, "Me? I'm wondering where I bought that ancient painting just now."
"The person who sold this painting to him must be no ordinary person if he could breed spirituality."
"That's true."
Jue nodded in agreement:
"I rarely see this kind of thing under Kunlun Mountain."
In other words, are there actually many of them on Kunlun Mountain?
The corners of Wei Yuan's mouth twitched, and he once again had a full understanding of Kunlun's assets. He looked at the girl next to him. Just now, he actually had an idea in his mind, that is, Jue would come up with six numbers, and then use these six numbers to make hexagrams, and then Wei Yuan himself would interpret the hexagrams.
In this way, the process of 'divining the secrets of heaven and getting instructions' is completed by Jue, who is a celestial maiden.
Wei Yuan only needs to interpret the hexagrams obtained by Jue like a conclusion.
Such a hexagram must be extremely difficult to be disturbed and influenced, almost equivalent to cheating.
However, after thinking about it, Wei Yuan gave up this plan.
This will make him form a habit and dependence, and he will ask Jue for help in the future. Forming a habit is not terrible, but there is one thing. Under normal circumstances, most beings have no way to interfere with Jue's divination, but once the interference is detected, it means that the other party is stronger than Jue.
In fact, Jue is not as powerful as Wuzhiqi.
Wei Yuan's eyes fell on the black hair of the girl next to him.
Now it was dark, and the street lights were lit one by one. The night was mottled by the light, and it fell on the girl's black hair, as if a layer of glimmer was scattered.
Even if there was only a little possibility, Wei Yuan did not want to involve her in that unknown danger.
He thought.
As for Wuzhiqi...
Wei Yuan's mouth twitched.
Danger?
In this era, is there anyone who can beat that monkey?
Even if there are only a few, Wei Yuan does not think that he will directly provoke such a high-ranking existence. At most, he will disturb the practitioners who are related to him but not so strong. Among this part of existence, there may be those who are stronger than Jue at the moment, but they can never be stronger than Wuzhiqi, the Lord of Huaiwo Water in the ancient times.
That guy even King Yu had to bring a group of people to seal.
No, maybe there is...
Wei Yuan paused and thought seriously.
Power outage and Internet outage may count as two.
Jue gently threw a khaki detective hat in his hand, wearing modern clothes, and Wei Yuan stood on the side of the road waiting for the traffic light. This is a city with a population of one million. In her memory, this is almost completely unfamiliar and completely novel. She has read a lot of books recently and likes a sentence in them.
If the goddess is fine, the world will be surprised.
Yes, it is really enough to surprise them all, and it is a great cause that is not inferior to Kunlun.
Wei Yuan thought of something and suggested with a smile:
"By the way, since it's a rare trip, do you want to eat outside?"
Jue thought for a moment and said, "Okay."
Before Wei Yuan could speak, she took out her phone very skillfully, clicked with her fingers, opened the food app, and looked for those highly rated stores. The light of the screen was reflected in her black pupils. The girl frowned and gently touched her lips with her fingers. She looked like a modern girl who was worried about what to eat. This level of skill made Wei Yuan stunned.
'Have you found your old friend? '
Wei Yuan's mind rang with his own questions.
The past words settled in the memory, broken and softened by the impact of time. Wei Yuan suddenly saw a silver screen light in front of his eyes. When he came to his senses, the car with lights on honked and ran quickly across the hot asphalt road exposed in the daytime.
Jue waved the phone in front of Wei Yuan and said:
"Let's go to this one. I've wanted to go there before, but I never had the time."
Wei Yuan saw that it was a popular hot pot restaurant nearby.
The food tasted good, and the service attitude was also very good. After mixing the dipping sauce, Wei Yuan chose the sesame sauce sauce, but Jue seemed very curious. He put several saucers in front of him, one with sesame sauce, one with oil sauce, one with dry sauce, and one with nothing. He wanted to eat the original taste. The hot pot was boiling, and the meat was added. While waiting for the meat to be cooked, Wei Yuan looked at the detective hat in the girl's hand and asked curiously:
"By the way, Jue, is your flower shop business doing well? I see that you seem to be, um... quite well-off..."
Jue waved his hand to signal Wei Yuan to wait, staring at the hot pot nervously, silently counting the seconds. When the seven seconds were up, he reached out and put down his chopsticks, picking up the tripe in one go, Then he breathed a sigh of relief and answered:
"Huh? No, there aren't many customers."
"Then..."
Jue said: "Because the kid from the special operations team said so."
"What did he say?"
"It can be reimbursed."
The girl looked at the embarrassed museum owner curiously, as if she knew something, and was stunned for a moment, and said in surprise:
"Yuan, is it not possible?"
Wei Yuan: "..."
He exhaled and said seriously:
"In fact, I prefer the feeling of making money step by step, which will give me a sense of accomplishment."
"If it is something that is not earned, it will make me feel ashamed."
Do you believe me when I say this?
Is it too late to apply now that I am not actually a 24-year-old museum owner?
Jue was surprised, put down her chopsticks, and said, "Yuan."
She recalled the books she had read and said seriously, "You are really a person who has gotten rid of vulgar tastes."
Wei Yuan: "..."
......
After a hot pot meal, Wei Yuan paid the bill with the reason that "this is the detective's reward for his right-hand man". The two walked back to the old street. After saying goodbye to each other, Wei Yuan watched the lights of the flower shop turn on, then turned around and opened the door and returned to the museum.
At this moment, he still grasped the breath of the old man who saw him setting up a stall.
Before falling asleep, he recited Wuzhiqi's name, and then fell asleep peacefully, waiting for Wuzhiqi to appear in the dream, and then he performed divination and divination. However, contrary to his expectations, Wuzhiqi, who often appeared in his dreams, did not get a response this time. Until the next morning, when Wei Yuan opened his eyes, Wuzhiqi did not appear in his dream.
Wei Yuan frowned slightly, thought about it, and sent a message to Wuzhiqi.
After waiting for more than ten minutes, it was still unread.
Wuzhiqi is a natural god and does not need to sleep.
The reason why he did not touch the phone can only prove that his attention was occupied by something else.
For example, the computer.
Wei Yuan looked at the time. It was already the next day, and the corners of his mouth twitched.
He probably knew what happened to Wuzhiqi.
He definitely touched that thing...
Civilization series.
Ignorance is fearless. Tsk, he is still young...
Wei Yuan expressed his feelings with the mentality of an experienced person.
Generally speaking, if you are into it, especially if it is the first time, then when will Wuzhiqi reply to his question.
It depends on how long the battery of the special operations team can last.
He put down his phone and prepared to go out and prepare some talismans. At this time, the phone rang slightly. Wei Yuan was a little curious, lowered his head, and saw the flashing icon.
This is not Wuzhiqi, but Nujiao's reply-
The question about how to find an ownerless sacred mountain and confer it.