Strange Tale of Qingluan

The square tables are neatly placed on the field with yellow-green grass sprouts. There are eight tables in total. There are four benches in front of each table. At this time, there is no one in front of the table. Maybe it is still early. The host Just opened the stall Zhang Luo good sake.

A faded and dilapidated flag hangs crookedly on a high place, which naturally says the signboard - Delicious Barbecued Pork Noodles.When Su Zhongming got off his horse, he saw the signboard and couldn't help but read out: "It's delicious... BBQ pork noodles..."

The owner of the stall immediately came out of the tent when he heard the sound. When he saw the two guests, he smiled warmly and yelled, "Delicious char siew noodles! Two guests, let's have a bowl!"

Su Zhongming replied, "One bowl!" After thinking for a while, he added, "One bowl, not one bowl for each person!"

The owner of the stall hurriedly stepped forward to clean the table for Su Zhongming, then walked into the tent again, started to cook noodles, and the cooking smoke overflowed from the gap and slowly rushed to the sky.

The soft raw noodles, after being immersed in boiling hot water, become as tough as a swimming dragon in a short while. Pick up the hollowed out pot and spoon, put it into a bowl with a small hole, and pour the big pork The hot soup made from bones, put a little marinated thick sliced ​​char siu, add red oil and green onions and coriander, half red and half green, immediately make this broken bowl become a thousand pieces of gold, and the smell of meat is fascinating.

The stall owner presented this bowl of noodles to Su Zhongming: "Guest officer, your noodles are ready."

Su Zhongming leaned over slightly, sniffed, and couldn't help but sink, immediately grabbed the pair of chopsticks, regardless of whether the chopsticks or the bowl were clean, he picked up the noodles and ate them voraciously, and after only one bite, he yelled: "It really is Delicious char siew noodles!" Gobbled it up and continued to eat.

I don't know how many mouthfuls he took, Su Zhongming suddenly turned around, and said to Li Xuan: "Hey, are you really not going to eat? We'll be on the road later, don't say you want to eat, after passing this stall, there won't be any more !"

After hearing this, the owner of the stall interrupted cheerfully: "The guest officer is very right! If you miss my place, there will be no one selling pasta in the next five or ten miles!"

Li Xuan replied calmly: "I'm really not hungry, you can eat well, and you can eat as many bowls as you like."

Su Zhongming smiled and greeted the owner of the stall: "Boss! Cook me another bowl later!"

The stall owner responded happily with a 'yes'.

After breakfast, Su Zhongming was exhausted, and it was very reluctant to continue galloping on horseback. After Li Xuan paid the bill, he had to lead the horse and take a slow walk with him.

Traveling on the road for several days in a row under the stars and the moon, I can't remember how many times they stayed in the post station and the inn. The two finally entered the peninsula and headed for the deep mountains and old forests.

Su Zhongming was puzzled, and asked while following Li Xuan: "We finally came to the peninsula, but you didn't see the city, but you came to this kind of place... You, you must be penniless. Sleeping out tonight?"

Li Xuan led the horse forward without changing his expression: "I brought enough money when I left Jinghongdu, so you don't have to worry too much."

Su Zhongming shouted: "Then why did you come to this deep mountain and old forest? Could it be... what treasure is hidden here?"

Li Xuan glanced back at him, and said calmly, "You really guessed right."

Su Zhongming was overjoyed, and hurriedly blurted out: "Is there really a hidden treasure?! Then! You came here to dig for treasure?!" After looking around, he continued: "What kind of mountain is this? How many treasures will be hidden?"

Li Xuan stopped immediately, raised a hand, pointed to a darker mountain in front of him, and replied, "Did you see that mountain? Its name is Dingjun Mountain, and the ancient royal tomb of Shaole is there. There."

Su Zhongming raised his left hand, put his five fingers together, covered his brow bone, looked into the distance, and said, "So that's the tomb of the king." Recalling that Li Xuan once said that he wanted to call back the old department, but seeing this situation now, Su Zhongming couldn't help worrying , murmured: "I used to swear that I would bring back the former subordinates. We came all the way, but we only saw this mountain of dead people, and not a single descendant of Shaole..."

Li Xuan replied: "That's just my hope. Now, even if there are descendants, I don't dare to admit it boldly. Kou Xin is very cruel. Anyone who admits that he is a descendant of Shao Le will punish the nine clans."

Su Zhongming sighed: "But this way, it will be even more difficult for us to find a descendant of Shaole..." He followed Li Xuan closely into the deep mountain, and only climbed over a mountain to enter Dingjun Mountain.

However, having been away from his hometown for many years, and only visited Dingjun Mountain once when he was a child, Li Xuan could no longer remember where the royal tomb was in Dingjun Mountain. Su Zhongming in the mountain was more like a led sheep, he followed Li Xuan helplessly around the mountain forest, and finally collapsed from exhaustion in front of a dilapidated stone tablet, unable to move forward.

"I can't walk anymore, let's take a rest here!" Su Zhongming groaned all over, and sat down slowly while supporting the stone tablet, shouting in a rough and powerless manner.

Li Xuan took out a water bag from the bag hanging beside the horse, and handed it to Su Zhongming: "Drink some water?"

Su Zhongming just glanced at it, then immediately snatched it away, drank it gurglingly, unable to hide the pain of dry mouth, and returned it to Li Xuan after drinking enough, wiped his mouth, suddenly felt that the stone tablet he was leaning on was very radiant, turned his head After looking at it, I saw that although the stele was covered with stains eroded by rain and green moss, the edges were so neat and unnatural.

He couldn't help being surprised, and asked Li Xuan: "Are the stones in your hometown different from those in other countries? Are they naturally so straight, as if they were cut?"

With his back to Su Zhongming, Li Xuan replied while hanging the water bag: "Aren't all the stones the same everywhere?"

Su Zhongming was even more surprised: "But, look at this stone..."

Li Xuan hurriedly turned around, went to Su Zhongming's side, raised his head, looked carefully from the top to the heel of the stele, and couldn't help but be stunned: "This is not a stone! This, this should be a tombstone." Then, he walked forward , raised his hand and wiped out the stone tablet.

Su Zhongming was stunned: "We! Found it?! The location of the royal tomb! This is it?!"

On the stone tablet, only the center is pitted and uneven. It must have been carved with words, but was deliberately chiseled away, leaving only a blank stone tablet.

With such a sign, Li Xuan was sure: "This should be the entrance to the royal tomb."

Su Zhongming was overjoyed: "It's so lucky!" But after thinking about it, he walked around the stone tablet, and the joy that had just emerged quickly sank, and he said in frustration: "What's wrong, there is nothing, only A broken stone tablet...couldn't it be destroyed by Kou Xin?"

Li Xuan knocked on the back of his head: "Don't talk nonsense, be careful of lightning strikes."

Su Zhongming ignored the pain, snorted softly, and replied: "If I want to chop, I'll chop you. It has nothing to do with me."

Li Xuan didn't say a word, he cared about the quarrel, after knowing that this was the tombstone, he took out some fruits and some steamed buns from the bag, put them on the open space in front of the tombstone, folded his hands together, and bowed to the tombstone.

Su Zhongming turned around, put one hand on his hip, and looked around for a while, not letting go of every plant and tree, wanting to ask for other clues.However, no matter how many times I look at it, there is nothing special between those plants and trees, and I can't help but feel lost again.

Li Xuan suddenly said: "It's getting late, it's not convenient to go down the mountain, shall we sleep here tonight?"

Su Zhongming was stunned: "Here? But it's very empty here, how can I sleep? What if the beast comes? Anyway, I don't want to."

Li Xuan said helplessly: "Then let's look around and see if there is any place to sleep."

Su Zhongming nodded.

Then the two wandered around the mountains and forests again. In order to return to the tombstone of the king's tomb, they marked the tree trunks along the way. After searching for a while with no direction, they finally found a cave and spent the night in the cave.

Lying on the hay, Li Xuan put his hands on the back of his head as a pillow, and Su Zhongming was the most handsome, pillowing his back. They were silent for a long time, but neither of them fell asleep.

Su Zhongming opened his lips and said: "We found the tombstone. The presence of the tombstone proves that the tomb is nearby, but there is no sign around it. It may be covered by weeds and trees. Tomorrow we will bring tools. Go there and look for it carefully, tell me, how about it?"

Li Xuan replied without hesitation: "You're right, it's not impossible to be covered, but there are so many vegetation around the tombstone, it's hard to get rid of it for a while, and if you choose the wrong place, it will be troublesome. Why don't you remove the tombstone first?" Check the weeds closest to the tombstone for signs."

Su Zhongming agreed with a 'hmm'.

In the cave, it became quiet again. Su Zhongming slowly thought of Li Zhen who was still in his swaddling arms, and couldn't help muttering: "I don't know how Xiaozhen is doing in Wenguo. Are you sleeping now? Are you eating well? Didn't cry?"

Li Xuan replied: "The Queen Mother will take care of him, don't worry too much."

Su Zhongming answered immediately: "The queen mother is sometimes busy and tired! The queen mother is too busy and tired, so she can't take care of Xiaozhen..."

Li Xuan had no choice but to persuade him: "You think too much, there are still many people in the palace, someone will take good care of him!"

Su Zhongming glanced at his mouth in dissatisfaction: "A qualified father should be very warm. If you are so cold, you'd better stop being his father and replace him with me."

Li Xuan was even more helpless, but after all, he was married, so he endured it and didn't quarrel with him. After a moment of silence, he said: "Usually, if you miss me as much as you miss Xiaozhen, then maybe I can fly away happily." God."

Su Zhongming stretched out a hand, patted Li Xuan lightly, and blurted out: "What nonsense! When you're not around, when will I miss you? Since these days, we've been together every day. I want to see you as soon as I see you." I'll see you directly, and I don't need to miss you at all."

This is also...

Li Xuan agreed in his heart, taking advantage of the moonlight shining in from the entrance of the cave, he glanced at Su Zhongming, and said involuntarily, "Are you cold? If it's cold, come here."

The cold air in the mountain forest was heavy, Su Zhongming naturally felt the cold, so he crawled to Li Xuan's side, Li Xuan hugged him tightly, his breath blew to his ears, the two of them reported tightness to each other, exchanging body temperature Exchange, weave warmth together, close your eyes, and fall into a dream together.

Early the next morning, the two of them left the cave, at least in the nearby small stream, washed their faces and rinsed their mouths with the stream water, and then returned, following the marks made on the tree trunk the night before, they quickly found the tombstone smoothly.

As soon as he arrived in front of the tombstone, Su Zhongming was taken aback—it was just that after one night, all the sacrifices that had been placed in front of the tombstone disappeared without landing, just like a big dream, but Su Zhongming clearly believed that he was not Not dreaming, can't help but wonder.

"It's strange... why did the sacrifices we put up last night disappear...?"

"Maybe, it was eaten by animals in the mountain forest. It's normal not to see it."

"Are you too calm? If a small animal crawls here to eat, it just grabs a fruit and runs away, but now even the steamed buns are gone..."

"Maybe it was because the wind was too strong last night, and the steamed buns were blown away. Maybe, the little animals were so hungry that they even ate the steamed buns? Don't think too much, we still have steamed buns and fruits, so just serve them up .”

After Li Xuan finished speaking, he took out three fruits and three steamed buns from his bag, placed them in front of the tombstone, bowed together, turned around, and faced Su Zhongming: "Let's go, look around for more. Are there any clues?"

Su Zhongming nodded, responded with an "um", and then followed Li to turn around, but he had only taken two steps when he sensitively heard the rustling of weeds behind him.

At this time, there was no mischief, so he thought it was the small animals in the mountains that were lured by the food and crawled out. He couldn't help but think of those fat hares, and he couldn't help but think of roasted rabbits.After several days of vegetarianism, he couldn't help but want to taste the wild game in the mountains, so he quietly turned around, rolled up his sleeves, raised his hands, and followed the sound carefully step by step.

When he got close to the tombstone, he was suddenly taken aback—a human hand suddenly protruded from behind the tombstone and reached for the steamed bun in front of the tombstone.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhuhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Hearing the sound, Li Xuan rushed back immediately, and at this time, that hand was also withdrawn tremblingly.

Holding the hilt of the Changwu sword tightly with his right hand, Li Xuan questioned: "How can there be ghosts in broad daylight! Who are you! Don't hide furtively, otherwise, my sword will not recognize people!"

As the words fell, a man in gray clothes with disheveled hair climbed out tremblingly, kowtowed and begged: "Two... two masters! Be merciful, be merciful, the little... the little one didn't intend to steal the sacrifice... ..."

Li Xuan ordered: "Put the sacrifice back!"

Hearing this, the man hurriedly covered the fruits and steamed buns wrapped in his clothes, kowtowed again, desperately, and begged: "Master! These steamed buns and fruits should be rewarded to the younger ones? The younger ones have neither money nor money. Parents, there is only one brother, so please give me a way out... Please... Please..."

Su Zhongming saw that the man was about to bruise his forehead, couldn't bear it, so he blurted out: "Really! Take it, take it! Don't do this kind of thing again, beware of ghosts chasing you!"

The man was finally willing to raise his head, stood up with a smile on his face, and thanked him: "Thank you, sir! Thank you, master!"

Su Zhongming looked at him for a while, and said strangely: "You look quite strong, the mountain is so big, why don't you know how to cook some game?"

Hearing the words, the man couldn't help but look vicissitudes and bitterness on his face, sighed, and said: "You don't know, the little one and another brother are hiding in the mountains because they are afraid of being caught, but they are also afraid of being discovered. I was told that I didn’t even dare to catch wild rabbits and pick out poultry eggs! I just went out for a stroll last night and saw steamed buns and fruits here, so I ate them..."

Su Zhongming was even more curious: "Avoid the limelight? Avoid creditors?"

The man became excited: "It's worse than the creditor!!! If you are caught back, you will lose your head!"

Li Xuan interrupted: "Could it be that you offended Kou Xin by taking the guts of a leopard?"

The man replied: "That's not true. It's just a long story. If the two masters want to hear it, you can follow the younger one to the residence. It's not convenient to talk here." With a bag of dry food, the thief smiled: "However, you also know that even if a servant dog goes to work as an errand, it must be fed enough, right?"

Li Xuan raised his guard, and couldn't help squinting his eyes, casting cold eyes on the man. The man seemed guilty, and hurriedly lowered his head, not daring to look at the burden again.

Su Zhongming hurriedly moved Li Xuan aside, turned his back to the man, leaned close to Li Xuan's ear, and said in a low voice: "I think he looks pitiful and honest, why don't you just let him go, maybe you can get some help." Get some news."

Li Xuan folded his arms coldly, and said coldly: "Some old slippery people also succeeded by this. His origin is unknown, who knows if he is a habit of stealing."

Su Zhongming had no choice but to lightly poke Li Xuan's side face with an index finger: "Idiot! If I were in this line of work, I would definitely not snatch things from the dead on the territory of the dead. Set up an ambush on the mountain road! Now he doesn't even have an ambush, he must be just a refugee, and we have a lot of food in our hands, so giving them a few is considered a relief?"

After Li Xuan listened, he pursed his lips and did not answer.

Su Zhongming turned around, met the confused man, and simply said, "Lead the way, I'll treat you to buns."

Hearing this, the man couldn't help being overjoyed, he hurriedly thanked him again: "Thank you, Master!" Then he said enthusiastically, "Master, please go this way."

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Write the final ending of the finale today

After finishing the final ending, I will start writing the side story

About to rush to write five extra articles...orz