{"id":470137,"date":"2021-01-13T16:48:38","date_gmt":"2021-01-13T15:48:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idventure.de\/en\/?page_id=470137"},"modified":"2023-10-13T05:05:58","modified_gmt":"2023-10-13T03:05:58","slug":"china-hints","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/idventure.de\/ja\/china-hints\/","title":{"rendered":"Detective Stories &#8211; Kaifeng 982 Hints"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<strong>In case you get stuck, we recommend\u00a0 checking the information on this page in the order suggested below<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_accordion active_section=&#8221;9999&#8243;][vc_tta_section title=&#8221;Professor Jackie Lee &#8211; 1&#8243; tab_id=&#8221;1601651675525-bbb86230-54a2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Read her introduction. There is important information there. <\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=&#8221;Professor Jackie Lee &#8211; 2&#8243; tab_id=&#8221;1601651793682-ce2f923e-130d&#8221;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She provides Dan\u2019s contact information. Try using it. <\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=&#8221;Professor Jackie Lee &#8211; 3&#8243; tab_id=&#8221;1601651824494-8a9b74a3-6485&#8243;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Send a message to Dan. You will receive important information from him. <\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=&#8221;Professorin Jackie Lee &#8211; Answer&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1601651862282-858d7d85-6017&#8243;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As soon as you contact Dan you\u2019ll receive two important pieces of information.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Check the map and find a city close to his current location.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Check his twitter account to gain some important insights into his thinking<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">If you don&#8217;t have a X account(twitter)\u00a0 please use this file for a reference<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/idventure.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Marc-Silvers-@MarcSilvers5-X.pdf\">Marc Silvers -@MarcSilvers5- &#8211; X<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=&#8221;Excavations &#8211; 1&#8243; tab_id=&#8221;1601651942878-907ca291-9d9a&#8221;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Read through Dan\u2019s tweets regarding the artifacts that were discovered in the excavations and when they were discovered.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=&#8221;Excavations &#8211; 2&#8243; tab_id=&#8221;1601652078067-b496b590-d415&#8243;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is important information about Bao. <\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=&#8221;Excavations &#8211; 3&#8243; tab_id=&#8221;1601652115983-d57f8c6b-2c62&#8243;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It seems he had been killed. But where and when?<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=&#8221;Excavations &#8211; Answer&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1601652231238-7bae0e3a-34a7&#8243;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bao&#8217;s remains were found in the mountains, in a town destroyed by an earthquake that happened at the same time as the assassination. He was likely on a trip at Lian&#8217;s request as he had money with him. It appears he had nothing to do with the murder.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_type=&#8221;entypo&#8221; i_icon_entypo=&#8221;entypo-icon entypo-icon-flashlight&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;Yiji &#8211; 1&#8243; tab_id=&#8221;1565351766036-1366bbcb-992e&#8221;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yiji is mentioned in Lian\u2019s letter to Bao. <\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_type=&#8221;entypo&#8221; i_icon_entypo=&#8221;entypo-icon entypo-icon-flashlight&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;Yiji &#8211; 2&#8243; tab_id=&#8221;1565351766210-ebb24924-c8e1&#8243;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Read the Wikipedia article. <\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_type=&#8221;entypo&#8221; i_icon_entypo=&#8221;entypo-icon entypo-icon-flashlight&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;Yiji &#8211; 3&#8243; tab_id=&#8221;1565351766265-af90ecd5-9ff5&#8243;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The affair with the concubine, who became pregnant, would have had a big impact on Lian\u2019s situation. <\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_type=&#8221;entypo&#8221; i_icon_entypo=&#8221;entypo-icon entypo-icon-flashlight&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;Yiji &#8211; 4&#8243; tab_id=&#8221;1565351766312-bbd0ccfc-9f46&#8243;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Check Rouland Rushi\u2019s painting. <\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_type=&#8221;entypo&#8221; i_icon_entypo=&#8221;entypo-icon entypo-icon-flashlight&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;Yiji &#8211; 5&#8243; tab_id=&#8221;1574766434876-bb80e6f2-58dd&#8221;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lian would have been able to retain her good status by giving birth to a boy. <\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_type=&#8221;entypo&#8221; i_icon_entypo=&#8221;entypo-icon entypo-icon-flashlight&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;Yiji &#8211; 6&#8243; tab_id=&#8221;1603902205538-025e4ea8-c5d6&#8243;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you compare the Chinese birth chart with Rouland Zodiac&#8217;s sign, you will discover that she had given birth to a son. This appears to be what Bao&#8217;s journey was about.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_type=&#8221;entypo&#8221; i_icon_entypo=&#8221;entypo-icon entypo-icon-flashlight&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;Yiji &#8211; Answer&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1574766434688-888eba56-d4a6&#8243;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lian tried to purchase a child to maintain her comfortable position and planned to murder Lai afterwards. Without a child, her prospects would have deteriorated quickly. But as Bao could not accomplish what she had intended (he was killed near his destination. city Xian, on August 15th and had both the letter and the money on him), Lian had no interest yet to commit the murder at the time. Also, look closely at the coins. The coins that Lian gave to Bao are authentic (can be compared to the coin on the auction) and look different from the coins found on the murderer.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_type=&#8221;entypo&#8221; i_icon_entypo=&#8221;entypo-icon entypo-icon-flashlight&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;Battle at Yellow River &#8211; 1&#8243; tab_id=&#8221;1574766434297-e46d082d-3408&#8243;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Check the historic notes for who led the Tangut army during the battle. <\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_type=&#8221;entypo&#8221; i_icon_entypo=&#8221;entypo-icon entypo-icon-flashlight&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;Battle at Yellow River &#8211; 2&#8243; tab_id=&#8221;1574766434091-c053dfd1-b245&#8243;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Check the letter concerning the assassination and figure out who wrote it.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_type=&#8221;entypo&#8221; i_icon_entypo=&#8221;entypo-icon entypo-icon-flashlight&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;Battle at Yellow River 3&#8243; tab_id=&#8221;1574766433872-517b98cc-d9db&#8221;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Check both town watch\u2019s reports about the captured messenger and the preacher. One report has the letter with the encoded name and the other has the key to decode it. <\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_type=&#8221;entypo&#8221; i_icon_entypo=&#8221;entypo-icon entypo-icon-flashlight&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;Battle at Yellow River &#8211; 4&#8243; tab_id=&#8221;1574766433638-d5c82c6a-f33c&#8221;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The captured messenger had the letter and the preacher had the fake coins. Check the coin. It is inauthentic and was made in Tangut. <\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_type=&#8221;entypo&#8221; i_icon_entypo=&#8221;entypo-icon entypo-icon-flashlight&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;Battle at Yellow River &#8211; 5&#8243; tab_id=&#8221;1574766433112-93c1b3c8-02e2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The coin has a square hole through it and is decorated with dragons. <\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_type=&#8221;entypo&#8221; i_icon_entypo=&#8221;entypo-icon entypo-icon-flashlight&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;Battle at Yellow River &#8211; 6&#8243; tab_id=&#8221;1574766430427-991120b2-49fc&#8221;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Place the coin on the original letter so that the dragons are facing north and write down the three letters you find. This should help you decipher to whom this letter was addressed.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_type=&#8221;entypo&#8221; i_icon_entypo=&#8221;entypo-icon entypo-icon-flashlight&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;Battle at Yellow River &#8211; 7&#8243; tab_id=&#8221;1574766751653-197ff406-3e90&#8243;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The letter was addressed to Fang Daoguang (3 Chinese characters &#8211; <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u9053<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u65b9<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u5149<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">). But did he receive it?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-357814 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/idventure.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_20200613_230028_2-270x360.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"270\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/idventure.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_20200613_230028_2-270x360.jpg 270w, https:\/\/idventure.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_20200613_230028_2-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/idventure.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_20200613_230028_2-105x140.jpg 105w, https:\/\/idventure.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_20200613_230028_2-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/idventure.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_20200613_230028_2-500x667.jpg 500w, https:\/\/idventure.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_20200613_230028_2.jpg 864w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_type=&#8221;entypo&#8221; i_icon_entypo=&#8221;entypo-icon entypo-icon-flashlight&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;Battle at Yellow River \u2013 8&#8243; tab_id=&#8221;1574766751436-b19d0e42-6a06&#8243;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The messenger was delayed because of the destroyed bridge, so Fang Daoguang never received the new plan for the ambush.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_type=&#8221;entypo&#8221; i_icon_entypo=&#8221;entypo-icon entypo-icon-flashlight&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;Battle at Yellow River &#8211; Answer&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1574766751191-5b418cec-da92&#8243;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The rebel Toba and Vice Chancellor Fang Daoguang were plotting to assassinate Xiao Lai in front of his army &#8211; each with their own motive. Toba decided to change the ambush strategy and sent a message to his co-conspirator. But as the messenger was late and captured by the town watch, this letter never reached Fang. As such, when Xiao Lai was assassinated and replaced by Fang Daoguang as commander of the army, Fang was unaware of Toba&#8217;s change of plan, the fact that he will meet his army earlier and as a result was killed in battle. So they had both planned to assassinate Xiao Lai, but in front of the army and had no reason to kill him the day before the army left for Tangut.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_type=&#8221;entypo&#8221; i_icon_entypo=&#8221;entypo-icon entypo-icon-flashlight&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;The offender&#8217;s identity \u2013 1&#8243; tab_id=&#8221;1574766750627-cdaaf7aa-6857&#8243;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Check the drawing of the village and the mountains on Stanley&#8217;s auction (www.stanleys-art.com).<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_type=&#8221;entypo&#8221; i_icon_entypo=&#8221;entypo-icon entypo-icon-flashlight&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;The offender&#8217;s identity \u2013 2&#8243; tab_id=&#8221;1574766750134-4a429bdc-99c6&#8243;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Check the map for information about the drawing.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_type=&#8221;entypo&#8221; i_icon_entypo=&#8221;entypo-icon entypo-icon-flashlight&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;The offender&#8217;s identity \u2013 3&#8243; tab_id=&#8221;1574766749582-097e2eee-38d9&#8243;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Xiao Lai appears to have been from Tangut, which means he persecuted his own homeland and actively stunted it\u2019s growth. <\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_type=&#8221;entypo&#8221; i_icon_entypo=&#8221;entypo-icon entypo-icon-flashlight&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;The offender&#8217;s identity \u2013 4&#8243; tab_id=&#8221;1574766978616-66dcf0da-a931&#8243;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Check the marriage letter. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_type=&#8221;entypo&#8221; i_icon_entypo=&#8221;entypo-icon entypo-icon-flashlight&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;The offender&#8217;s identity \u2013 5&#8243; tab_id=&#8221;1574766978414-27247f0c-4220&#8243;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Xiao Lai\u2019s symbol is the tiger (similar to the stamp). The two Lai brothers were estranged due to their opposing political beliefs.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_type=&#8221;entypo&#8221; i_icon_entypo=&#8221;entypo-icon entypo-icon-flashlight&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;The murderer\u2019s identity &#8211; Answer&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1574766978231-992a2bf4-a267&#8243;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It seems that Xiao Lai&#8217;s brother Qilian is the only possible remaining suspect. This is despite the town watch having declared his innocence. But do we have any evidence that points to his guilt?<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_type=&#8221;entypo&#8221; i_icon_entypo=&#8221;entypo-icon entypo-icon-flashlight&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;Key evidence &#8211; 1&#8243; tab_id=&#8221;1592342734884-0f111a5d-8bfe&#8221;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What is the brother\u2019s occupation?<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_type=&#8221;entypo&#8221; i_icon_entypo=&#8221;entypo-icon entypo-icon-flashlight&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;Key evidence &#8211; 2&#8243; tab_id=&#8221;1592342899641-dfb24d1d-b7a5&#8243;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Which three letters were addressed to him? Who wrote them and when?<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_type=&#8221;entypo&#8221; i_icon_entypo=&#8221;entypo-icon entypo-icon-flashlight&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;Key evidence &#8211; 3&#8243; tab_id=&#8221;1592342944978-e40cbc9b-7500&#8243;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can see that Toba wrote two letters on the same day: one was addressed to Qilian Lai and the other to Fang Daoguang. Can you spot the differences? <\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_type=&#8221;entypo&#8221; i_icon_entypo=&#8221;entypo-icon entypo-icon-flashlight&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;Key evidence &#8211; 4&#8243; tab_id=&#8221;1592342997738-e39fb3bc-38ae&#8221;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Check the auction on stanleys-art.com. There is special note for collectors.\u00a0<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_type=&#8221;entypo&#8221; i_icon_entypo=&#8221;entypo-icon entypo-icon-flashlight&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; title=&#8221;Key evidence &#8211; Answer&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1592343051883-2e093ba1-f0c6&#8243;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It seems that Qilian Lai presented the order for the \u201ctraitor\u201d stamp from Toba referring to his personal signature stamp. But in doing so, he made a crucial error &#8211; he used paper that was only used within the Song Empire, whereas different paper was used in Tangut at the time. This can be noted by comparing Toba&#8217;s two letters from August 1st<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The one outlining the ambush which matches the historically documented facts of the battle was definitely written by Toba. The second letter (the order of the stamp), although bearing the same date, was written on different paper and using different calligraphy. It is highly unlikely that Toba would write two such different letters on the same day. Accordingly, the main evidence is the forged letter \/ the order of the &#8220;traitor&#8221; stamp. More evidence pointing to Qilian Lai can be found on the resolution page.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_accordion][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]<div id=\"mpc_textblock-46a59b5de2e68c\" class=\"mpc-textblock mpc-init \"><p><strong>\u00a0The complete case solution can be found below<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/idventure.de\/solution-china\/\">https:\/\/idventure.de\/solution-china\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In case you get stuck, we recommend\u00a0 checking the information on this page <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":106,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-470137","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/idventure.de\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/470137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/idventure.de\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/idventure.de\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idventure.de\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idventure.de\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=470137"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/idventure.de\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/470137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":475926,"href":"https:\/\/idventure.de\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/470137\/revisions\/475926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/idventure.de\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=470137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}