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After all, Professor Wang didn't go to Chutian every time he went to Shuixiehua, but asked Chutian to meet at the island coffee shop in the urban area.

Chu Tian thought that Professor Wang would find him as soon as possible, but he didn't receive Professor Wang's invitation until the fourth day. He felt a little strange, but he didn't take it seriously. After all, he was introduced by Liu Zhonghua. He was the first person Chutian respected, and no one could disbelieve him, but Liu Zhonghua's personality had to be disbelieved.

After Chutian and Fang Qing finished their lunch, they drove an off-road vehicle to the island coffee shop in the urban area. Fang Qing leaned on Chutian's shoulder like a bird. She had already resigned from Nanfang Newspaper. Work, she is now willing to admit that she is Chutian's little girl, she concentrates on learning cooking from Ke'er, and in her spare time, she also reads the history of ancient and modern emperors. Fang Qing is very smart, knowing that she will never reach the level Because of her superb skills, she decided to turn herself into a military advisor who assists Chu Tian and advises him.

In front of the coffee shop on the island, when Chutian parked his car, he couldn’t help but look at a Mercedes not far away. It wasn’t the Mercedes that aroused Chutian’s curiosity, but the license plate number of the Mercedes, Zhejiang A88V88, Chutian I know that people whose license plate number can reach this level are extremely rich or expensive, otherwise, who would spend so much money on this license plate number that shows their identity?

As soon as Chu Tian and Fang Qing stepped into the second floor of the coffee shop on the island, they saw Professor Wang and the others leisurely drinking coffee in the corner and reading newspapers. Chu Tian discovered that today, except for Professor Wang and two young Beside him, there was a woman in her 40s with a melon face, a black professional suit, and a very simple watch in her hand. Her piercing eyes made her look particularly capable and shrewd.

When Professor Wang saw Chutian and Fang Qing, he stood up happily, held Chutian's hand, and said, "Student Chu, I'm really sorry, I'm not acclimatized these days, and my spirit is not very good, so I haven't had a chance to go to the waterside pavilion." Huadu is visiting you. Today, your health has just recovered, and you are about to go to see you, but you feel depressed and unable to travel, so in desperation, I can only ask you to meet here, will student Chu be offended?"

"Professor Wang was joking. You are a senior and I am a junior. It is only natural for me to come here." Seeing Professor Wang's apologetic eyes, Chu Tian hurriedly spoke.

Professor Wang smiled calmly, and looked at Chutian approvingly. This Chutian was really unambiguous and polite, so he smiled heartily and said, "Then thank you, student Chu, for your generosity." Then he remembered something and pointed to the side. The woman dressed in black said: "Come on, let me introduce you. This is my assistant, Yu Xiaoli." Then she said to Yu Xiaoli: "Xiaoli, these are Chu Tian and Fang Qing. Talented girl, let’s communicate more.”

Yu Xiaoli stood up and quickly stretched out her hand. With a friendly smile on her face, she politely said to Chu Tian and Fang Qing, "Hello, please give me your advice."

Chu Tian and Fang Qing smiled slightly, and shook hands with Yu Xiaoli politely. Chu Tian withdrew Yu Xiaoli's hand, and a faint fragrance wafted over from his hand, but Chu Tian's heart suddenly moved, and his eyes couldn't help looking He glanced at Yu Xiaoli.

The coffee on the island is very strong and very attractive.

Fang Qing ordered a cup of mocha, and added half a portion of milk, but no sugar.

Chu Tian smiled slightly, and asked softly, "Can you drink it?" It was the first time Chu Tian saw a girl who could drink fast coffee.

Fang Qing smiled, and replied softly: "If you don't experience the bitterness, how can you experience the strong aroma of coffee?"

"Sure enough, she is a talented woman. Simple coffee has been interpreted as such a state by you. It should be like this for a girl." Professor Wang sighed softly.

While talking, a waiter came up with two plates of snacks, probably because the floor was too slippery, when approaching Chutian and the others, he staggered, the two plates of snacks in his hand fell forward, and the person also rushed forward Go, seeing that the snacks and people were about to fall on Chutian's table, the two young people who had been following Professor Wang immediately looked like nimble cunning rabbits, they stepped forward, and a young man caught the two dishes. For snacks, a young man supported the waiter, and all the actions were completed in an instant, and the tacit understanding between the two young people was very good, which made Chu Tian involuntarily admire.

The waiter blushed and apologized to Professor Wang and the others. Professor Wang waved her to leave.

Chu Tian looked at Yu Xiaoli slightly, but she seemed to have nothing happened, and her expression remained unchanged.

The two young people put the snacks on the table, and then sat back to their seats. When they walked past Chutian, they couldn't help but look a few more times, as if they were very interested in Chutian.

After drinking half a cup of coffee, Chutian ended the endless politeness, turned to the main topic, and said with a smile: "Professor Wang, I heard from President Liu Zhonghua that you want me to help you look at the text on a map? I don't know." Do you have it with you?"

Professor Wang patted himself on the head, and said a little embarrassedly: "Oh, talking to you, I was so happy that I almost forgot the real thing. I brought it, student Chu, please help me look."

Professor Wang nodded to Yu Xiaoli as he spoke. Yu Xiaoli immediately opened the briefcase next to her, flipped through it a few times, and carefully took out a sheepskin map. The two young people beside Professor Wang immediately stood up and scattered on both sides to guard, obviously not wanting anyone to approach and eavesdrop.

When Fang Qing saw the sheepskin map that Professor Wang handed to Chutian, she smiled mischievously, and joked, "Professor Wang, you carry this map with you. Aren't you afraid that it's a treasure map and someone robs you?"

Professor Wang smiled "haha", pointed to the sheepskin map that Chu Tian was holding, and said confidently: "I also found this map by accident. Look, if it's really a treasure map, I wouldn't regret being robbed, anyway, I can't figure it out, so it's better to let others have a headache to study it."

Fang Qing nodded suddenly. Even Professor Wang had no clue about the map, and no one in the entire Celestial Dynasty could find any clues. Even if it was really a treasure map, it was useless; but Fang Qing also knew, so It is really a valuable treasure map. Professor Wang will definitely protect it with all his life. This is the nature of the profession; just like myself, in order to dig out valuable news, I didn’t dare to go all out. Unfortunately, in the end, it fell into the hands of Chutian. Li, however, I am also willing.

Chutian touched the sheepskin map, glanced at the words on the map, and the color of the sheepskin, smiled slightly, and said lightly: "Professor Wang is probably going to test Chutian, right? This map is probably made by Professor Wang himself. right?"

Both Professor Wang and Yu Xiaoli were stunned for a moment, and they both became excited, and said in unison, "Why do you see that?"

"The characters on this map are not ancient characters, but a mixture of palindrome and pictographic characters. With Professor Wang's attainments, it's not impossible to see it?" Chu Tian said with a sigh as he put the sheepskin map on the table. : "More importantly, the sheepskin of parchment paper is generally treated with lime, sheared off the wool, softened with pumice, stretched to dry, and cut after drying; and this sheepskin map may be rushed, too late to be completely processed, so I also feel a faint lime smell and dampness."

Genius, absolutely genius.Professor Wang and Yu Xiaoli were shocked at the same time, while Fang Qing had a faint, proud smile on her face.

Professor Wang and Yu Xiaoli looked at Chu Tian in surprise, wanted to say something but didn't say it out. After a long time, Professor Wang's face became excited and happy, and he said, "Student Chu is indeed a talent. He has such eyesight at a young age. I'm really ashamed, Lao Wang really wanted to test Chu Tian's background, to see if it is necessary to take out a real sheepskin map, I didn't expect Lao Wang's tricks to be shattered in front of Chu classmate, I really admire Lao Wang." Then He said apologetically, "Because of the real sheepskin map, although I don't have a clue, I have an intuition that it is of great value, so I am so cautious. First test it with Chu, please forgive me. .”

Chu Tian nodded. It seems that the real sheepskin map should have a strong sense of mystery, which makes Professor Wang cherish and be so nervous.

"Then, do you know where the real sheepskin map is?" Fang Qing just asked this question for Chutian.

Professor Wang and Yu Xiaoli looked at each other for a few moments, nodded to each other, and then Professor Wang took out a copper box from his close-fitting clothes. After opening the box, another sandalwood box appeared. After opening the sandalwood box, A piece of white cloth appeared in front of Chutian, and Chutian was curious, could this be the real sheepskin map?No matter how you look at it, it's just a piece of white cloth.

Fang Qing was drinking coffee at first, but seeing Professor Wang's seriousness, she couldn't help being a little more curious, and looked solemnly at what kind of things would appear inside.

When the two young men saw Professor Wang take out the white cloth, their expressions became more serious and vigilant, ready to go.

Professor Wang put the white cloth on the table and slowly opened it layer by layer. Chu Tian and Fang Qing took a closer look, and there was a piece of sheepskin the size of a palm inside. This map is a bit small and the color is old. It's the beginning of the year.

Professor Wang slowly moved in front of Chutian like a baby. Yu Xiaoli also looked at Chutian with a solemn expression. Chutian glanced at Yu Xiaoli from the corner of his eye and always felt that she was looking forward to something more than Professor Wang.

The characters on the sheepskin map are really small. If it weren't for the twigs and vines drawn on the map, Chu Tian would have thought it was just a small piece of dirty sheepskin.

Professor Wang then passed a magnifying glass to Chutian, and Chutian took it, took a closer look, and said in surprise, "Could it be the ancient script of the Shui tribe?"

Immediately, the faces of Professor Wang and Yu Xiaoli were filled with excitement and nervousness, and they said in unison again: "Do you see that it is an ancient script of the Shui tribe?"

"I just happen to recognize one or two characters on the map." Chu Tian nodded, and said lightly: "Shui language belongs to the Sino-Tibetan language family, the Zhuang-Dong language family, and the Shui language branch. The ancestors of the Shui nationality once created their own characters, called It is called "Shuishu", which is similar in shape to oracle bone inscriptions and bronze inscriptions. It is an ancient script with a history of 2000 years, but it only has more than 400 single characters, and it is mostly used in witchcraft activities. These texts are all copied and copied without engraving printing, but the water scripts are basically the same everywhere.”

Professor Wang and the others listened carefully to Chu Tian's narration, and Fang Qing's spoon stopped stirring the coffee.

Chu Tian slowly put the magnifying glass on the table, and continued to say: "Perhaps it is for the convenience of migration. For thousands of years, the inheritance of "Shuishu" and the ancient characters of the Shui nationality is generally carried out in two ways, namely, Inherited from the ancestors and taught by apprentices. No matter which one is, it is only passed on to men, not to women, so more and more Aquarium characters are gradually being lost; I think the characters on this sheepskin map are basically the lost Aquarium Professor Wang is at a loss because of ancient characters."

Professor Wang nodded excitedly, and said happily: "Student Chu, you are right. It took us a lot of effort to determine that it belongs to the ancient script of the Shui tribe, and we also invited experts to interpret it. In half a year, we only interpreted a dozen or so characters. No matter how hard it is to decipher the ancient characters; I didn’t expect that student Chu could recognize one or two characters in it at a glance, which is really not easy.”

Chu Tian smiled and said humbly: "I just recognize one or two characters on the map. Although there are only a hundred or so ancient characters of the Shui tribe on this sheepskin map, if my guess is right, these hundreds of characters will be the characters on this sheepskin map. This map is the key to reading more than a hundred ancient characters of the Shui tribe.” Then he sighed and said regretfully, “That is really a waste map, no one wants it if it is thrown on the street.”

Yu Xiaoli couldn't wait to say: "Student Chu, if it takes a certain amount of time, can you explain it? Of course, Professor Wang will not let you explain it for nothing. How about 1 yuan per word?"

Professor Wang looked at Chutian nervously again, hoping that Chutian could bring him another surprise.

Fang Qing was secretly shocked, 1 yuan a word, this money is really easy to earn, but it is really not easy to earn.

Chu Tian hesitated for a moment, smiled slightly, touched his nose, and said flatly, "No, I read so many words just now, but I only recognize one or two. I'm afraid it's impossible to read them all."

Yu Xiaoli showed a disappointed expression, and sighed softly, but Chutian's inability to decipher it was already within their expectations. How could the young Chutian be able to decipher the ancient script of the Shui tribe that even countless experts and masters could not do anything about? Woolen cloth.

Professor Wang noticed Chu Tian's hesitant look, and his heart moved, but he didn't speak anymore.

Fang Qing thought of a good suggestion, and suddenly said: "It turned out to be an ancient script of the Shui nationality. I think, Professor Wang can go directly to the area inhabited by the Shui nationality in Sandu Shui Autonomous County, Guizhou Province. There are many masters of Shui script there."

"What is Mr. Shuishu?" Yu Xiaoli was stunned for a moment, and then asked.

Fang Qing smiled, and immediately revealed her demeanor of being well-read, and said lightly: "In the Shui tribe, "Shuishu" is an ancient language of the Shui tribe, and the Shui tribe calls it "Lesui (Lesui)", "泐" means writing, "Sui" means the Shui family, and "Le Sui" means the writing of the Shui family or the books of the Shui family."

Fang Qing paused for a while, then continued: ""Mr. Shuishu" are those who can understand "Shuishu" and "can talk to ghosts and gods". They are called "ghost masters" or "teachers". Experts and scholars We crown them with "Mr." to show our respect for them. This is because the mind of each "Mr. Shuishu" is a "living treasure house" of aquarium cultural knowledge." Then he sighed: "With time, Most of the folk "Mr. Shui Shu" who are more proficient in using them are over the age of seventy, and few of the younger generation devote themselves to the research of Shui Shu. Great difficulty."

Professor Wang glanced at Fang Qing approvingly. This woman is really talented, but it is a pity that she refused to be his assistant. Otherwise, with her help, he would be even more powerful in the archaeological field, and even go down in history.

Yu Xiaoli's eyes burst into a kind of light, and she said to Professor Wang: "Professor Wang, I think this method is feasible. Let's quickly arrange time to go to the place where the Aquarium residents gather and see if anyone can interpret it."

Professor Wang nodded, and said lightly: "Don't worry, it will be a while. Fate sometimes has to be there, and there is no time to force it. When I meet some experts here in Shanghai, we really have no clues. Go to Guizhou."

Chu Tian looked at Professor Wang apologetically, and said embarrassedly, "Professor Wang, I'm really sorry that I couldn't help you."

Professor Wang smiled and said meaningfully: "Chutian, you have helped me a lot, at least let me affirm its value again, I really hope someone can interpret it with me, let's go together Excavate, and let the treasures belonging to the country reappear in the world, if there are treasures at all."

Chu Tian smiled faintly. At this moment, he thought of the land of the aquatic tribe known as "beautiful as a phoenix feather". I wonder if the customs there are different?