Both of them were almost woken up and stood up suddenly.
"Brother!"
The junior sister was facing him, but pointed at the open space:
Cob
"Where is Third Senior Brother?" "Don't worry!"
Lin Jue was also surprised and confused, and looked around.
The rain had stopped at this time, but there were still traces of rain in the surrounding soil and grass blades, and the air was still moist. Only the small area they were in was dry.
The surroundings were empty, and what happened last night seemed like just a dream.
But how can one dream of losing a senior brother?
Moreover, not only was the third senior brother missing, but also the third senior brother's horse and his luggage were also missing.
"嘤woo~"
The fox also jumped up, riding the wind lightly, jumped several feet high, stretched his neck to look around, and then landed lightly, telling them that he did not see the third senior brother. Lin Jue frowned, and his first reaction was, could it be that the third brother was there last night?
Senior brother agreed?
It's really hard to tell.
Although based on his understanding of the Third Senior Brother, he felt that the Third Senior Brother’s ambition was in the world, and he would not easily find a way to tie himself down, let alone put a shackle on himself so early, but if he thought about it carefully, the Third Senior Brother did
Nothing seems to be surprising at all.
But even if he agreed, given his character, he didn't send his little sister to the Taoist temple. How could he leave without saying goodbye?
So I couldn't help but wonder, had the third senior brother been tricked by me?
a moment later
Two people and one fox stood on the hilltop nearby, looking up.
Although it was a little late when I arrived here yesterday, this mountain valley still vaguely matches the one in my memory.
another moment
Lin Jue stood about dozens of feet away from the two of them when they woke up, facing a pomegranate tree. There were still more than a dozen pomegranates on the tree. He went up to check and saw that there were pomegranates on the tree that had been picked recently.
Traces. The junior sister was chanting the Appearance Mantra not far away.
in a moment
The two returned to the place where they woke up and watched the fox digging fiercely on the ground nearby, quickly digging out a hole and digging deeper and deeper.
But there was only dirt and nothing in the cave.
There are no graves here either.
The senior brothers and sisters looked at each other, really confused.
"Senior brother..."
"Don't worry. Although the person last night had some different ideas from ours, he didn't seem to have a bad heart. The third senior brother is also good at fighting and has rich experience in the world, so he is not so easy to be harmed. I guess the third senior brother is also embarrassed.
He rejected her, found a reason, or for other reasons, so he left here temporarily." Lin Jue comforted her.
"Maybe Third Senior Brother thought she was good-looking and got married to her." Junior Sister also analyzed.
"It's possible."
"It's also possible that she was lured away."
"It's possible."
"It's possible that he was eaten!" the junior sister added.
"This is unlikely." Lin Jue frowned and said, "Third senior brother is not a soft persimmon. Even if he was killed, how could he remain silent? Moreover, there was no plot to kill him, and he also took away all the horse's luggage, but he just
The two of us and our luggage left behind?
"It makes sense!" The junior sister thought for a while and nodded repeatedly, "Then what should we do?"
"Let's wait here for a few days. Maybe the third senior brother will come back in a few days. Maybe at night, those pavilions and palaces will appear again."
"What if you don't come back or show up?"
"If I can't wait..."
As Lin Jue said this, he suddenly remembered, reached into his arms and searched for the place where he slept last night. Sure enough, he found a hairpin and picked it up.
This is a walking stick, hollow and pure gold, with fine snowflakes hanging on it from a thin chain.
"There must be something unexpected happening, but there is no need to worry. Anyway, we are going to the capital, and we also have to go to Xiyue to help Princess Hua carry a message. We just want to ask the Lord of Xiyue Mansion."
"It would be great if Sixth Senior Brother was here."
"yes."
The Sixth Brother's Immortal can do divination and predict good and bad fortunes, which is something that his seniors cannot do.
"But don't worry. Aren't we on our way to Qingyan County to find Empress Lianhua? Legend has it that Empress Sleeping Hua can also answer people's questions and make divination calculations. Maybe we can ask her about the situation when we get there.
Brother’s safety.”
"Yes!"
The junior sister then breathed a sigh of relief.
There are countermeasures for both near and far.
Lin Juebian also sat down.
At noon, I picked pomegranates to satisfy my hunger.
Fortunately there is no rain today.
Before I knew it, it was dusk again.
The coolness of autumn was getting a bit heavy, and there was a cold wind in the wild. The two of them sat cross-legged together, silently waiting for the grass and trees around them to sway.
Fuyao and Caili came out one after another. One caught a big rabbit and the other caught a toad. They put them both in front of them and sat waiting for their praise. Night fell slowly.
There was only the cold wind and weeds in the wind all around, not to mention the pavilions and palaces, not even a piece of rotten tiles.
*,.."
Lin Jue closed his eyes and waited here for three days.
During the three days, Fuyao and Caili hunted for them in this barren mountain and grassland, provided them with food, and used the pomegranates on the tree to quench their thirst. If they were thirsty, they could climb two mountains and there would be a small path.
A stream from which water can be obtained for drinking.
But the third senior brother, Princess Hua, and her pavilion and palace have not yet come back. I don’t know where they went.
Don't know why.
"Alas, I also prepared a letter for Third Senior Brother, but I haven't had time to give it to him yet." Lin Jue said, standing up from the ground, with a futon made of weeds under him:
"Let's go first. Third Brother knows where we are going and where your Taoist temple is. Even if we can't find him, he will come to us when he gets out of this matter. Even if it's just to appease us.
Even my heart will come to look for us."
"oh."
The junior sister also stood up with him.
The two packed their bags, summoned the paper donkeys, and set off on the road immediately.
"Senior brother, there are only two of us left now." The little junior sister looked left and right and couldn't help but said, "Yes."
Indeed, there were only two of them left out of the original eight.
There are also two donkeys, as well as a fox and a cat who are always playing around. "But don't worry, no matter what happens, I will send you to where you want to go." "Yeah..."
The junior sister's voice is not high either.
With one person missing, the world seems to have become wider, and there is no edge in sight. The two led the donkey through the grassland, their clothes wet with dew, and they walked slowly and slowly. They didn't go far,
Met the red fox again.
Lin Jue was very grateful to it, so he stopped to thank it, and then asked it: "I wonder if there is a city where people live together here? It is a place built with stones where many people live." "嘤嘤!"
This fox also howled, its eyes flashed, and after thinking for a long time, it looked towards the direction of the sunrise, raised its paw and pointed. Lin Jue looked in that direction.
It was obviously unrealistic to cross the grassland and go straight there, but he remembered that the way they came was from east to west. "Thank you."
The two then continued to move forward.
Follow the path through the grassland, walking back the way you came, but in the direction you came from.
Reaching a fork in the road that he had walked through before, Lin Jue chose to go in another direction.
Facts have proved that this judgment is very correct. Less than half an hour after they walked, the road gradually widened and they saw business travelers again. After walking for half an hour, they saw a village on the roadside. The two asked them for directions.
You know, there is a county seat just ahead.
And it’s Qingyan County where they are going.
After walking for another hour, a small town appeared in front of us. I took the donkey and took a closer look. The word Qingyan was written on the city gate. "It is indeed Qingyan."
Lin Jue walked to the door, showed his ultimatum, and entered the county seat.
Because it was getting late and they didn't know how to get there, they didn't rush to the Yaohua Empress' cave. Instead, they found a nearby inn and asked for two rooms. They asked the waiter to bring hot water and wash themselves.
Had a shower and put on clean clothes.
After all, I have been walking and sitting in the wilderness for a few days.
When I came downstairs after taking a shower, I felt refreshed all over. The dry clothes stuck to my body and I felt a little lighter. It happened that my junior sister was also walking down.
Her newly washed hair is not dry yet, but it is no longer dripping. Instead, it is slightly moist and draped on her back. This makes this junior sister, who is already fair and beautiful, feel extra clean at this time, and her face is smooth.
There is a bit of pink inside.
As soon as their eyes met, the two sat down in the lobby.
"Senior brother, how come your hair dries so fast?" The younger junior sister couldn't help but look at him and asked seriously. "Because I know how to control water."
"Water Control..."
"Now there are only two of us left. If you want to learn, I can teach you on the way."
"May I?"
"What's wrong with this? I have prepared several spells for you. I wrote them down and left them for you." Lin Jue whispered. "! So this is what you left for your senior brothers!"
"Smart, junior sister!"
Without saying a few words, the waiter came over and asked with a smile: "What do you two Taoist priests want to eat?" "What's delicious in the store?"
"Can the Taoist priest eat meat?" "We eat meat."
"That's alright! Although the shop is not big, there are gods in the temple, and there is a good cook in the shop. His specialty is steaming pots and gourd chicken from the capital." The waiter said proudly. "I see you.
He’s very good at talking.”
"Thanks to the Taoist Priest for being so considerate..."
"Then I'll listen to you. Let's get a steaming pot and a gourd chicken." Lin Jue acted very generously, "I have something else I'd like to ask you for advice." "Ouch!"
These two dishes are both big dishes, and the guy is a little happy:
"The Taoist master really thinks highly of me. If you have anything to say, just ask me. I will tell you everything I know and tell you everything!"
"Do you know that there is a barren mountain to the west outside the city, with only weeds and no homes, about dozens of miles wide?" Lin Jue asked the third senior brother about it first. "To the west?"
The guy thought about it and said, "It seems there is." "Is there anything strange in it?"
"I've never heard of anything strange. It's just that that side of the river seems to be the Weishui River. People who were doing business originally went that way and took a boat to the capital from there. Later, there was a period of time when the pier seemed a little strange.
In Taiping, no one goes there anymore, they all go from another county."
"I see."
Lin Jue didn't get what he wanted, but he wasn't disappointed. According to his guess, the third senior brother should be fine.
But he still asked again: "I heard that there was a story about a Qin girl here, but I don't know how to know it."
"Nv Qin?" The waiter thought for a moment, "But the Qin girl who was rumored to have married a scholar in ancient times?" "Exactly."
"I've been listening to it since I was a child!" the waiter said happily. "If the Taoist wants to hear it, I'll tell the Taoist. Let me tell the chef first and stew the meat for the Taoist. It just needs some heat to scare the two Taoists.
Wait, little man, I will just let the two Taoist priests kill time."
After saying that, he turned around and shouted twice to the kitchen at the top of his lungs:
"Steamed pots, gourd chicken, and the two Taoist priests who came from afar are here to show their appreciation. The ingredients should be sufficient!" Lin Jue couldn't help but smile when he heard this.
Although I knew in my heart that if the waiter yelled like this, the people in the kitchen might not follow it, or this was simply their usual trick to please the customers, but it sounded really comfortable. The waiter took out the bench and sat down next to it.
.
"It is said that many years ago, we had a scholar here, maybe walking at night or something, and arrived at the door of a large house. Seeing that the house was well repaired, he knocked on the door and asked for some food, but the maid went back
After the ticket was reported to the owner, the owner invited him to come in as a guest.
"And the master is a woman who is as beautiful as a flower. We all call her Qin Nu." Qin Nu entertained him warmly and gave him good wine and food.
"After eating, Qin Nu told him that she was the daughter of King Qin and was betrothed to the state of Cao. However, she died before the marriage. She had been dead for decades and became a ghost and has been living here. "Qin
When the girl saw that he could come here, she thought she was destined and wanted to marry him.
"But because of the difference between yin and yang, the dead and the living cannot interact for a long time. They can only be husband and wife for three days, and they must break up after three days, otherwise there will be disaster." This man said it better than the woman in red said a few days ago.
There are some details, and there are some discrepancies, which should be due to rumors.
And it is true that mortals and ghosts cannot be combined for a long time.
"But three days later, they were reluctant to part, so when they were about to say goodbye, Qin Nu asked her maid to fetch a box, opened the box and took out a gold pillow, handed it to him as a token, and then asked the maid to deliver him to him.
Go outside the door.
"As soon as the man went out, he couldn't see any house after taking a few steps. There was only a tomb behind him. He ran out of the tomb in a panic. When he lowered his head, he saw that the golden pillow in his hand was still there!" Junior Sister
Holding the colorful fox in his arms and pretending to listen attentively, a fox was lying on the bench, also with a pair of round eyes open.
"Later, it seemed that because of poverty, this man took the golden pillow to the market to sell. It happened that Princess Qin was traveling and passed by. She saw the golden pillow and thought it looked familiar, so she took it over to check. "This is a look! It's amazing.
!
“It’s my daughter’s burial gift!
"Princess Qin immediately asked this man where he got it, and almost arrested him and beheaded him. The man told Princess Qin what happened. Princess Qin was very sad after hearing this, but she was also suspicious, so she just listened to his story
It seemed like it was real, so he asked someone to push away Qin Nu’s grave, and then opened the coffin to take a look...
"Guess what happened?"
The waiter grinned as he spoke and looked at them, but without really waiting for them to guess, he immediately said: "Although Miss Qin is dead, her body is not rotten. After undressing and checking, it turns out that they are married!" And that!
There was no sign that the grave had been dug or robbed!
"Ask him about girl Qin's past, and he can answer them all!
"The princess finally believed it, so she took the man back to the palace, made him the Prince Consort, and rewarded him with many treasures. People here say that it was from then on that people called the son-in-law the Prince Consort, and later on
Gradually it became the name of the emperor’s son-in-law.”
The junior sister listened carefully and opened her eyes wide. It turned out that this was how the prince-in-law came.
Lin Jue was thinking.
Chapter completed!