Jiaohua

Chapter 104 300 years ago ([-])

The sky is getting brighter and brighter, and at the dawn of the morning, there are golden clouds and clouds.

The air here is slightly better, and the rancid smell is not so strong, but the moisture brought by the waterfall washes down, making Shen Yan's body feel a little uncomfortable.

The road is overgrown with weeds, but it can be seen that there are traces of trampling and folding in many places.

From this scene, it is obvious that few people walk on weekdays, but it has been stepped on by many people recently, which can be regarded as opening a way.

After walking all night, we finally went up the mountain.

The top of the mountain is even colder, and dewdrops condense on the leaves, as if you can feel the coolness through the soles of your boots.

Dai Yu walked in the front, holding the horse in his hand, and said, "If we had known earlier that the road up here would be difficult, we would not have led the horse."

While speaking, he looked up at the compound and row of houses that appeared in his sight.

Shen Yan led the horse and followed behind him, glanced at the empty courtyard: "Those women and girls live here."

It is more spacious than imagined, the houses are connected side by side, separated by several courtyards.

The house at the front was burnt, black and scorched, and the tables, chairs and benches in the spacious courtyard were messy and there were dried and gnawed bones all over the floor.

"Haha," Shen Yan pointed to those doors and windows, "Zhiyan, look, the doors are gone."

The space is faint, revealing more and more the darkness inside.

Shen Lie looked over and didn't speak.

"There is a scent of medicine over there." Dai Yu pointed and said.

In a small room in the back row, the light is not very good, and a few steps up the steps, you can see many medicine jars piled up.

"There are too many, they won't be able to take them away." Shen Fan said, "There is still one to see a doctor."

He turned his head, saw the cliff on the other side, and led the horse over.

There are traces of broken stone bridges on the cliff. Standing here, you can smell the huge stench on the opposite side.

But fortunately there is a waterfall, and the wind direction is opposite today, so the smell is much lighter.

And this waterfall is not big, but it is not small, and it washes down in a mighty way, a five-foot-wide white line.

Shen Lie led the horse and stopped beside him, looking at the mess on the opposite hill.

"This place is very quiet, if there were not these bandits, it would be a good place to live in a leisurely and elegant way." Shen Wen said.

Shen Lie nodded lightly: "Yes."

Shen Yan looked up at the top of the mountain, the faint morning light fell on his handsome side face, it was smooth and bright, and the curve of his jaw was clean and tidy.

Shen Lie paused and raised his head.

The two brothers wore purple clothes, and the elder brother wore a robe with wide sleeves, which was also darker in color. The two of them just held the horse against the wind without speaking.

After a long time, Shen Yan said softly: "This place was not like this 300 years ago. This area is rich in mountains and rivers. Although it is not prosperous, there are occasionally a few small villages scattered here and there. The former Emperor Longzhang wanted to build a mausoleum for himself here, digging After leaving the mine, the Marquis of Kaiyang and the local officials wanted to swallow the mine, so they made two stone statues of Zhenshan, saying that they were dug out from here. The stone statues have hideous faces, and it is rumored that anyone who sees the stone statues will become crazy , The matter was reported back to the imperial court, and the whole court discussed it. Qin Tianjian wrote a letter to accept the prophecy, saying that this place was ominous. Emperor Longzhang sent an observation envoy to patrol, and the observation envoy was assassinated by Kaiyanghou on the road before he arrived in Chongyi. .”

"Who cares about the emperor during the last years of war?" Shen Lie said softly.

"Several officials were afraid, so they secretly wrote a secret letter and sent it to the capital. Emperor Longzhang was furious. At the time when there were years of wars in the frontier and the country was facing hardships, the Marquis of Kaiyang simply rebelled. Emperor Longzhang sent people to suppress it, and it has been fighting here. They continued to fight until Emperor Hongde established his dynasty."

"Is it so difficult to fight?" Shen Lie frowned.

"Cut the grass without eradicating the roots, and the spring breeze will regenerate."

Shen Lie didn't speak, but was quiet for a while, and said again: "What does this have to do with you coming here?"

"Father was here when he was young."

Upon hearing these two words, Shen Lie's face darkened.

"He came here to hunt down the remnants of Qiao's family," Shen Wen said again, "He said that the tombs on the top of the mountain were too strange, but the situation was not good for him at that time. It's like a pity in life."

"Is this the purpose of your coming here?" Shen Lie said coldly, "No wonder you didn't say anything all the way, it really has something to do with him."

"No, Zhiyan." Shen Fan looked back at Shen Lie, and said warmly, "I'm also sincerely curious, because he mentioned that the shape of the tomb group looks like he saw it in an ancient book, and he even described it for me."

"Enough!" Shen Lie was furious, "You are half dead, dragging your sick body and traveling all the way here for this ridiculous reason? Fate? Is this the fate you keep saying?!"

"And my cousin Youqing, probably died here..." Shen Wen said.

Shen Lie sneered, and turned to look at the cliff on the other side.

Shen Yan raised his eyebrows lightly, looking at his appearance, he sighed a little.

"Tomohiko..."

Shen Lie didn't want to speak, the anger in his heart was forcibly suppressed by him.

The sun was getting higher and higher, and the warmth was baking, and the guards who followed were very quiet, looking at the figures of the two of them.

After being quiet for a long time, Shen Lie said in a low voice coldly: "Since the tombs you mentioned are on the mountain, let's go and see them. I have brought the pen and ink with me. After drawing them, please feel at ease."

As he spoke, he turned around leading the horse, threw the reins to the stone, and walked up the mountain first.

The guards looked at Shen Wen coldly, then turned and followed.

Shen Yan didn't look back, looked at the waterfall over there, showing a faint bitter smile on his gentle and elegant sick face.

"Great news! Good news!" The orderly stepped on the sun early in the morning, driving his horse and galloping.

Qin Sanlang was leading the training of the Zhaoyun soldiers who came back during the day yesterday. Hearing this, he turned his head and smiled, but his reaction was flat.

The women were busy cooking, and raised their heads when they heard the sound.

Overjoyed, many people immediately put down their work and ran away.

"What is the good news?" A little girl asked in confusion.

"It means winning!" Another little girl exclaimed happily.

The girl was stunned for a moment, overjoyed, and said excitedly, "Victory? Did Mr. Song kill those horse thieves?"

The fast-running women had already surrounded the messenger, and others followed one after another, surrounding him there.

Zhao Ning has been kneeling on the grass weaving grass leaves, with his hands on his lap, looking up at the other side.

The woman surrounded the messenger and asked, and then there was a burst of joyful applause.

"Victory! Victory!"

"It's time to go home! We can go!"

"Great!" Someone cried out, "Great!"

Su Ju was beside Zhao Ning, and also choked up: "Master, that's great!"

Zhao Ning looked calm, with a cloth covering his face.

After covering her mouth and nose, the beauty of her eyebrows and eyes became obvious.

"En." Zhao Ning said softly, "That's great."

"Master?" Su Juren looked at her.

Zhao Ning lowered his eyes and looked at the blade of grass in his hand.

Unexpectedly, not as happy as I imagined...

She herself is unbelievable.

(End of this chapter)