Tang Dynasty detective

Chapter 657 The Mystery in the Yata Mirror

Li Canghai never believed that there was any elixir of life in this world, the reason why he agreed to the emperor's request was entirely because he could not refuse and had to do it.

At first, he didn't pay much attention to the three great artifacts, let alone what secrets he could discover from them.

But the appearance of Shangtong's magic box surprised him.

There is no elixir of immortality in Shangtong's magic box, but judging from the legend of the three major artifacts, the things hidden in Shangtong's magic box must be inextricably linked to the secret of longevity.

However, what puzzled him was, if there really was an elixir of life, how could the First Emperor die in the sand dunes at the age of fifty?
If Xu Fu didn't want the first emperor to live forever, why did he go out to sea to find immortals?Why leave so many legends behind?
If the elixir is just a lie, what is the purpose of Xu Fu leaving these clues?
More and more mysteries appeared in Li Canghai's mind. If he wanted to know the answer, he had to find out the secrets hidden in the three great artifacts.

Thinking of this, Li Canghai took the three artifacts one by one and checked them.

The Grass Pheasant Sword is three feet long and two fingers wide. The body of the sword is engraved with exquisite dragon patterns. It is cast in a special way, and it is still extremely sharp even after thousands of years.

But no matter how Li Canghai looked at it, the Grass Pheasant Sword was just an extremely sharp sword, nothing special about it.

Li Canghai shook his head, then picked up the Yata Mirror and looked at it.

This Yata mirror is similar in size to an ordinary bronze mirror, the difference is that the Yata mirror looks cloudy, but it can clearly see people's shadows.

And Qiong Quyu used it to open the magic box. Among the three artifacts, this is the only one that knows how to work.

This also made Li Canghai suspect that Shang had something to do with the sapphire board hidden in the magic box and the secret of longevity.

Li Canghai looked at the Yata Mirror over and over, then put it down in bewilderment, and picked up the sapphire board to look at it again.

The whole body of this sapphire plate is emerald green and crystal clear, except for the lines carved on it, there is no other special feature.

Li Canghai stared at the sapphire board intently, and suddenly felt dizzy.

Although the three major artifacts are related to the secret of longevity, there is no connection between the three. There is no clue at all.

Before he knew it, Li Canghai stayed in Sanqing Palace for a whole night.

The next day, the closed door was pushed open from the outside.

It was Di Qing who was worried that something might happen to him, so she followed Li Tan to inquire about the situation.

Pushing open the palace door, Di Qing saw the exhausted Li Canghai lying on the ground and sleeping soundly, while his hands were still holding the Yata mirror and the sapphire board, her nose was sore and she almost cried.

Li Canghai, who was asleep, seemed to hear crying in a daze, so he raised his head in a daze, but was surprised to find that Di Qing was squatting in front of him, looking him up and down with a pair of big watery eyes.

"Qing'er, why are you here?" Li Canghai asked in surprise.

Di Qing curled her lips and said, "It's not because I was worried about you having an accident, so I came to you! You are so lucky to sleep here alone like a pig! It's freezing cold, if you freeze your body What should I do?"

Li Canghai was slightly taken aback, knowing that Di Qing was concerned about him, a warm current flowed through his heart.

"Don't worry, I'm fine." Li Canghai smiled gently at her.

Li Tan coughed lightly, and asked, "Cang Hai, you've been here for so long, have you figured out the secret?"

Li Canghai shook his head. He casually handed the Yata Mirror to Di Qing, then got up, intending to put back the scattered artifacts on the ground.

"Canghai, even you can't guess the secret?" Di Qing raised the Yata mirror above her head and asked curiously.

Li Canghai thumped his numb legs, and said with a smile, "People from Dongying haven't figured out the secret after watching it for nearly a thousand years. I only watched it for one night, so how can I figure it out?"

"Canghai, how come there are so many stars in this mirror?" Di Qing asked.

"Stars? What stars?" Li Canghai asked casually, leaning over to pick up the Grass Pheasant Sword.

"Hey, look! So many stars, so beautiful!" Di Qing said.

Li Canghai turned around, and suddenly found that there were countless purple stars appearing under his feet, as Di Qing said, like an ocean of stars.

This is simply a star map, with three big dippers, 28 constellations, and a Milky Way in the middle!
Li Canghai stared at everything in front of him dumbfounded, but was extremely shocked in his heart.

It turns out that this is the secret of Yata Mirror!

Who would have thought that those dots in the Yata Mirror are actually a star map!
It is also a coincidence that there is a transom on the east wall of the Sanqing Hall, and at this time the sun is rising from the east, and the sunlight just shines in through the transom.

But Di Qing is a strange woman, full of curiosity about the Yata mirror, holding the Yata mirror swaying from side to side, unintentionally pointing the Yata mirror at the sunlight projected from the transom.

The light penetrated through the Yata Mirror, and only then did the star map hidden in the Yata Mirror come out.

"Canghai, what's wrong with you?" Seeing Li Canghai staring intently at the projections of the stars, Di Qing asked puzzled.

"Qing'er, don't move! Hold on a little longer!" Li Canghai said.

Di Qing didn't know what he was doing, so she could only stand there holding the eight-hand mirror high, looking at Li Canghai in a daze.

Li Canghai stared at the star map and asked Di Qing to move the Yata Mirror back and forth from time to time. He found that no matter how Di Qing moved the Yata Mirror, the star map on the ground was always missing a piece.

Li Canghai compared the size of the missing part, and found that it was very similar in size to the sapphire board he held in his hand. After thinking about it, Li Canghai placed the sapphire board on the ground where the star map was missing.

As soon as the sapphire board fills in the missing parts, after being irradiated by the light, it actually refracts thousands of rays of light.

And at this moment, Li Tan suddenly raised his head and pointed at the wall behind Di Qing, "Cang Hai, look there!"

Li Canghai hurriedly looked up, and was surprised to find that there was an ancient map refracted on the wall above Di Qing behind him!

The map is full of mountains, rivers and rivers, and the whole trend looks like a dragon, with some scattered writings constantly appearing on the map.

Li Canghai looked at those characters carefully, they were all ancient seal characters, except for a few scattered handwriting, the others were hard to read clearly.

But at this moment, a crisp sound suddenly reminded that there was a crack in the bluestone slab.

Immediately afterwards, for some reason, the bluestone slab burst open suddenly, and it was blown to pieces!

When the bluestone slab exploded, several people were startled, and the map disappeared instantly.

Li Canghai didn't have a pen and paper by his side, so in a hurry, he picked up the Grass Pheasant Sword and drew the map with a clearer impression on the ground according to his memory.

(End of this chapter)