Mystery One, Toyotomi's Secret Order

Chapter 13

On the mouth, it seemed that the dragon opened its mouth and was about to swallow the Pegasus.Both of them were stunned by this earth-shattering scene.After a while, he unconsciously put down the cup and unfinished food in his hand.

"They like to play kiss!" The old cowboy said humorously.

As soon as the cowboy finished speaking, a bright smile comparable to the sunshine in Texas instantly burst into Zhang Wei's face.

"What a kiss. Ha! The real dragon showed up just now, showing its teeth and claws, so that's what it means! Jason, thank you! You've done yourself a big favor!"

Zhang Wei separated and picked up the dragon key on the table.However, this time, turn the key in the opposite direction, hold the dragon's tail, and tap the top part of the dragon's mouth close to the keyhole.In an instant, a weak, crisp metallic sound came from inside the box.The wooden box was opened in front of Zhang Wei and Austin.

"Successful!"

Zhang Wei exhaled, feeling relieved.Austin smiled with unbelievable admiration in his eyes.

"Ryderman was right! He wanted me to believe that 'you are the perfect person for this.' A second ago, I was wondering if I should split the box. Thank God it didn't Do it. Tell me, boy, how did you do it?"

"Jason, thanks to...you and your mother telling me."

Zhang Wei looked at the cowboy with a smile and replied.

"Son. You're kidding me!" The old cowboy deliberately put on a straight face.

Zhang Wei knew that the cowboy was joking, so he responded without any haste: "No! What I said is true. You tell me that your mother opened this lock easily. I thought over and over again, if this is a very complicated lock, why didn't Madam tell you The method of unlocking. If she hadn’t forgotten it, it should be that the method of unlocking is very simple, and there is no need to tell you. But why are those experts helpless? I think there should be only one possibility, because they believe that it is "you" who did it Wrong and given the wrong key."

"Actually, I also doubted this possibility. But your explanation is very reasonable. In addition, this key has such a special shape, anyone who sees it must be impressed and will never forget it. And you insisted on seeing it with your own eyes and hands. I have played with this key. Therefore, I believe that the possibility of you making mistakes... should be very small."

Zhang Wei took a sip of his coffee and continued: "If all the assumptions...are not true. Then, there is only one reason; it is my own mistake, the lockpicker's mistake. But, where is the mistake? So I decided to re-examine this A key. Many things must be observed with the eyes. But not all. Some things must be felt with the hands and the heart!"

Zhang Wei raised his hand, brightened his fingers and flicked twice in the air, like plucking invisible guitar strings in the air.

"So, I touched it with my hand. It turned out that the front part of the key was a little worn. Normally, this should not happen. How can I use this part to open the lock? Besides, the size of this part is much larger than the head of the hole. Nobody would ever think of something to do with lockpicking, would they? It's a time when there's nothing to do. Your delicious meal arrives... when you're full and full, and then... the teaspoon and the key... touch again .I... suddenly remembered that the lock seemed to be empty. Could it be that... I was going the wrong way. This is not a mechanical lock. It is a... magnetic lock. The lock must be opened by the magnetic part of the key---also It’s the “dragon head” with the magnetic grip. So, that’s how it came off.”

Despite the excitement, Zhang Wei still did not forget the part where the dragon appeared.It would take me a lifetime to explain such things to a real cowboy like my master.

"So, without your coffee; without the horse's head teaspoon, I really can't open this box."

The old cowboy asked Zhang Wei to flatter him, and he was even more elated.

"Then I really have to make a contribution?!"

Of course Zhang Wei knows the principle of showing face to his master. This is the philosophy of life he learned from his father and good friend Jiang Long.

"Ha! Ha! Champ. You really are the first-class expert in Redman's mouth. None of the previous experts can compare to you. Who would have thought of this lockpicking method."

"It's not their fault. Experts always trust their own subjective judgment too much. I think they made the same mistake as I did before, trusting their own eyes and experience too much. Seeing this primitive wooden box, I have already made a subjective judgment in my mind about the Chinese Dragon Key, which seems to have nothing to do with it. I believe that you made a mistake and gave the wrong key. With such prejudices, it is of course difficult... to continue to explore and think …Find out the answer. Of course, my luck is also good, without God and your help, I would not be able to open him.”

"Son, you're so humble! This is Texas, not New York. No need to be so cautious...and humble!"

The old cowboy's blunt instruction made Zhang Wei a little embarrassed, and the atmosphere became tense.Seeing this, Austin hurriedly added: "However, this tune... I like it."

The loud laughter in the secret room quickly resolved the embarrassment.One old and one young are happy to start the next step of exploration.

map and compass

PrestonHollow (PrestonHollow, TX) 1940

After many years of waiting, I have now fulfilled my long-cherished wish and returned to the old childhood dream of my childhood.Old cowboy, this becomes a happy teenage cowboy, as excited as he can't wait to open his own Christmas present.As previously described, what comes into view is a compass about a foot square in size.Austin carefully took out the compass and slowly placed it on the table like a baby.

This compass made of high-quality nanmu has a large brass disc in the center. There are two concentric circles of different sizes in the middle of the copper disc. The diameter of the large circle is about 18cm, and the diameter of the small circle is about 12cm.Between the large and small concentric circles, it is divided into 24 different equal divisions, which are the heavenly stem plus the earthly branch: unitary, xin, xu, gan, hai, ren, zi, gui, ug, gen, yin, a, mao, b, Chen, Xun, already, Bing, Wu, Ding, Wei, Kun, Shen, Geng.

There are pictures of clouds around the disc, marked with words such as heaven and mountain top; among the clouds outside the big circle, there are words such as Jiayin, Genyin, and Kunzhong.

＜The 24 azimuths of the compass in the Ming Dynasty＞

After the compass was taken out of the wooden box, there was a folded thing underneath.

"Jason, can I take it out?"

"certainly!"

Zhang Wei carefully took this thing out of the wooden box and spread it on the table.Presented in front of my eyes was an ancient world map.Judging by the appearance of the map, it must have been a long time ago.The material of the map is oiled paper similar to that used to make Chinese paper umbrellas. Even after a long period of storage, the marks and patterns on it are still clearly identifiable.

In addition to the terrain descriptions of rivers, seas, mountains, and rivers on the map, which are different from those of today, there are also some simple text and pictorial descriptions.For example, on the land suspected to be in the Americas, there appeared some pictures of small people who may be aborigines. Zhang Wei speculated that they should be Indians; on the African continent, there were dark-skinned people, and there were images of giraffes and lions. In the Middle East, there are mosques and camels; in South Asia, there are elephants; in Southeast Asia, there are landmarks and animal descriptions such as giant lizards (Komodo dragons).

Compared with most ancient maps, this map has got rid of the way of horizontal table map, which can be described as a quite advanced cartographic concept.However, several major and incomprehensible omissions and omissions made Zhang Wei very puzzled.Ancient maps can be regarded as quite accurate in depicting the present world.Based on the situation and position shown on the continents and oceans on the map, the reasonable time for the completion of this map should be after Magellan (Ferdinand Magellan, 1522–1480) completed one orbit around the earth in 1521.Otherwise, how is it possible to have such an accurate geographical description?

But the biggest and most incomprehensible omission and error in this map is the omission of the Great and Little British Isles, once the powers of the sea and the countries where the sun never sets.Regarding this point, fortunately Zhang Wei is not British, otherwise he would definitely be very angry with this map.

The reason why Zhang Wei feels incomprehensible about this omission is that since ancient maps can roughly mark the positions of the three major oceans in the world, why did they omit the Great and Little British Isles separately?These two islands have been known since the time of the Roman Empire, let alone thousands of years later?

In addition to this major omission, there are many other unreasonable things.In general, it can be divided into three major categories:

First, on the map, the word "Korea" is marked on the Korean Peninsula.According to historical records, in 1392 AD, Li Chenggui, a general of the Goryeo Dynasty, overthrew the dynasty and established himself as a king (known as the Li Dynasty in history).At that time, the ruler of China's Ming Dynasty——Ming □ Zhu Yuanzhang once "listened to it, and changed his country's name to Chosun".Therefore, if this map was made in the [-]th century, in the middle of the Ming Dynasty in China, that is, after Magellan sailed, such obvious errors are extremely unusual and cannot be reasonably explained.

Second, according to Zhang Wei's inference, the credible age of map production should be after the Ming Dynasty in China.At that time, there were no Huns on the Mongolian Plateau in the north, because this ethnic group disappeared from history as early as more than 1000 years ago.But the map is marked with "Mongolia", "Slave", and "Tatar".Zhang Wei speculated that "fierce slave" might be a mistaken writing of the Xiongnu.In addition, the Mongols in the Ming Dynasty were divided into two groups, "Tatar" and "Wala". in the west.In the eyes of experts like Zhang Wei, historical errors and geographical misplacements are almost inconceivable.

Third, the map marked "Ryukyu