Yenching University, a family residential area, the old professor Clausen-Wu, who is nearly 80 years old, was waiting at the door early in the morning.

Not long after, an imposing young man walked over with two young men, a man and a woman carrying large bags and small bags. They were Chen Ergou, Su Qiqi, and Chen Xiaohu.

Seeing the old man from a distance, Chen Ergou hurried over and said respectfully, "Hi, is this Professor Clausen-Wu?"

The old man beckoned kindly and said, "It's me. Young man, you must be Chen Ergou. I happened to watch your show recently. You are a remarkable young man."

Chen Ergou was overjoyed, "It's my honor that you have watched my show. My name is Chen Ergou. Professor, you can just call me Ergou directly. I heard that you were going to travel, so I specially postponed it this time." I am really sorry that the schedule is waiting for us."

Clausen waved his hand and said, "Okay, let's not talk about the polite words, it doesn't matter if it's delayed for a day or two. I'm also very interested in the pirate parchment you mentioned on the phone, let's chat in the room."

The three of them followed into the house, and an old lady came over to pour tea with a kind face, and the three of them stood up in surprise.

Clausen smiled and said, "This is my wife. The tea is not good tea. The room is a bit crowded, children, you can do whatever you want, and treat it as your own home."

Professor Clausen is a mixed-race child who was born and raised abroad. He came to China with his mother in the 1960s. Judging from his appearance, he is undoubtedly a foreigner, but in fact his mother is Chinese, and his surname Wu is the mother he followed. But after living in China for so many years, no matter what he says or does, he is no different from a pure Chinese.

After so many years, he accompanied the country through turbulent ups and downs, married a Chinese wife, and finally took Chinese nationality and settled in the country completely. I have also taught at Yenching University all my life, and studied history all my life, Chinese history, foreign history... It can be said to be highly respected.

Currently in the retirement stage, I only occasionally go back to school to give lectures. When Chen Ergou found him, he was about to take his wife on vacation, and usually he would not receive guests during this season. This time, if he hadn't heard that the purpose of Chen Ergou's visit was a parchment that was suspected to be kept by pirates, he would not have made an exception to meet him.

Chen Ergou introduced the next two attendants, and the old man couldn't wait, so he got straight to the point after simply drinking a cup of tea.

"Professor, may I film this visit?"

Clausen had already seen the camera Chen Xiaohu was carrying. Although it was a little strange, he didn't mind. He even joked with Chen Xiaohu: "Young man, make me look good on camera."

In a study room with a strong academic atmosphere, the eyes are full of books. Bookshelves as high as three or four meters go straight to the roof. There are probably thousands of books, large and small. If a scumbag came here, he might feel dizzy watching this battle.

Chen Ergou took out the parchment and handed it along with the knife, and the old man spread the parchment on the desk. Turn on the desk lamp, put on the reading glasses, and take out the magnifying glass from the drawer to study the parchment.

The parchment scroll was just that big, with several criss-cross lines drawn in the middle, and a set of Latin words below. The two sides look like the devil's contract, and there are incomprehensible symbols carved on it.

The information was pitifully scarce, but the old professor watched it for more than half an hour, and Chen Ergou and the three of them also waited quietly for more than half an hour.

If Chen Ergou hadn't been helpless this time, he wouldn't have brought Su Qiqi and Chen Xiaohu to visit him all the way, obviously hoping to get help from him. However, it was also at this time that Su Qiqi and Chen Xiaohu realized that Chen Ergou was actually trying to decipher the long-rumored map of the Moroccan pirate parchment, and they were extremely excited.

They are all young people, who can not have a heart of adventure and treasure hunting.

But they obviously couldn't intervene in the current situation.

After obtaining permission,

Chen Xiaohu has been carrying the camera all the time, and recorded the entire visit.

After more than half an hour, Clausen finally put down his magnifying glass and asked Chen Ergou, "How much do you know about this parchment?"

Chen Ergou looked forward to it, put down his teacup and said, "I don't know much. I once guessed that it might not be a sea chart, because I couldn't find a matching pattern after comparing a large number of existing sea charts. Land maps are more complicated than sea route maps. There are too many, and it is impossible to compare. I am not sure about paying attention, so I came to visit you specially."

By the way, I also talked about the map I obtained, the routine of Rohm, and the clues I found about the Berlin Conference in 1884.

The old professor fell into deep thought, and said for a while, "It's really hard work for you to discover so much information from such little clues. First of all, I can tell you that this parchment scroll is indeed of a long time, and the style of the painting is also from the Middle Ages, around the 18th century. Undoubtedly. Secondly, you come and see..."

Chen Ergou leaned over his head, and Clausen-Wu was pointing to a mark with a fly with slit wings, and said: "This is a very special detail, because there is a Latin word in the row of cipher texts below The meaning of the fly. Another mark is a pattern of a cave, which is also very obvious in the parchment. . . . It may be the secret of this parchment.”

Chen Ergou wondered: "Then what does the ray-like pattern on the back of the map mean? There are also a pair of closed eyes looming behind the star ray."

Chen Xiaohu's camera immediately focused on it, and gave the sheepskin roll a close-up close-up.

Su Qiqi also stretched her head out of curiosity and glanced again and again, and said, "It's really hidden, boss. If you hadn't reminded me, I wouldn't even have noticed that there are a pair of eyes behind it."

Clausen said with a smile: "That is an ancient constellation map, which may be related to Greek mythology. As for the meaning of closed eyes, please allow me to make a fool of myself. This line of Latin is a French rhetoric in the nineteenth century. The handwriting should be written with a quill pen, which at least shows that the person who wrote this parchment was an educated talent....Do you know what navigation in the 19th century relied on to determine its position?"

Perhaps the professor made a mistake, and he actually chose Chen Ergou in the exam.

Chen Ergou raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "Professor, do you want to test me? I don't know the details, but I have done a lot of data collection and surprise study in order to solve the riddle of the parchment. Probably relying on The latitude and longitude of the navigation and the length of the voyage are used to indicate the orientation."

Clausen nodded appreciatively, and said with a smile: "Very correct, so this also confirms your guess. This parchment scroll is most likely not a sea chart. These rays and the hidden closed eyes behind it should be related to ancient Greek mythology. related to one of the gods."

He put on his glasses again, and tremblingly went to the high bookshelf to search, "I'm getting old, and I forgot where I put it... I remembered, it's on the upper floor. Come on, boy, help me put that book away." Take it down." He pointed to a thick tome of Greek mythology on a high shelf.

This bookshelf is not short, at least 3.56 meters. Chen Ergou took a look, walked over, and took the book down with a light jump without using a ladder.

"Hey~~ Good skill." Clausen took the book with a smile and gave a thumbs up.

Chen Ergou said with a smile: "It's a small skill, I'm thankful for teaching you."

"Young people are full of energy. If I hadn't grown old, I would have been tempted by such parchment maps."

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