Thin Mei·Love Fragrance Quilt

Chapter 137

On this day, they did not go to the mountains to look for prey or lure "prey".What Zhuo Rui found in the ruined temple seemed to make Tang Tianxiao even more excited.

But as long as Qian Mei didn't wander around in the mountains, she would breathe a sigh of relief, and when she hurriedly followed to see, there was indeed something unusual in the ruined temple.

The craftsmen who were in charge of dredging the secret passage had all withdrawn, and a lot of gravel and new soil were piled on the ruins of the ruined temple, but they were surrounded by Tang Tianxiao's cronies and attendants, and no one was allowed to enter or leave.

Zhuo Rui seemed to be sure that Tang Tianxiao would come, he had already waited there, hurriedly greeted the ceremony, and said: "Your Majesty, there may be something pickled in the secret passage."

Tang Tianxiao turned his head and said to Ke Qianmei: "The inside is very dirty, why don't you stay outside?"

Ke Qianmei smiled and said: "The emperor is rich in gold and jade, let alone go in and be defiled. Why don't the emperor stay outside and his concubines do it for him?"

Tang Tianxiao gave her a blank look.

But Qianmei held his lapel, giggling, and followed him step by step.

After three or four days, there was still a sulfurous smell in the ruins.

But Qianmei pinched her nose and walked to the original location of the secret room, looked at the bluestone wall foundation that had been blown into pieces, and said with emotion: "This place almost became my grave!"

Tang Tianxiao glanced at her, "Why, are you scared?"

"What's there to be afraid of? I'm not afraid even if I die."

Tang Tianxiao snorted, and under the guidance of several personal guards, he bowed his waist and stepped into the secret passage that had been cleared.

But Qianmei followed closely, and said with a smile, "Don't you believe it?"

Tang Tianxiao lit the torch and looked at the excavation marks on the four walls of the secret passage, and said perfunctorily, "Yes, I believe it."

But Qianmei could hear that he didn't mean it, and said in a whisper: "It's just dynamite, and it was blown up to the bone in a short time, so I can't feel the pain. From now on, I won't be me anymore." , I don’t know whether it’s lonely or lively, so what’s so scary?”

Tang Tianxiao walked forward quickly, and commented: "It should be excavated by hand. Although this place is not considered a deep mountain and old forest, it is absolutely impossible for ordinary people to dig such a long secret path without letting outsiders find out."

Zhuo Rui echoed: "It's really not easy."

But Qianmei didn't care about the origin of this secret way, and continued: "I don't know if people have a soul. There is no best thing. If you die, you will turn into smoke and dust. If you have one, I will definitely ask for it. After drinking the mother-in-law soup, I forgot everything, and floated happily among the mountains and rivers like a cloud."

Tang Tianxiao walked forward even faster, causing Ke Qianmei, who was holding his lapel, to stagger.

He continued to ask: "How long is this artificially excavated secret passage?"

Zhuo Rui said: "It's right in front. After passing through the cave, most of those mountain paths will be natural."

This artificially dug secret passage is extremely cramped, and even two people find it difficult to walk side by side. The torches held up high licked the rocks at the top, and the shadows of a group of six or seven people were cast into one place by the firelight, and it seemed that it was difficult to breathe.

But Qian Mei staggered, and couldn't keep up with Tang Tianxiao's footsteps. She supported the stone wall and drove forward, and sighed: "Actually, it's better not to have a soul. Otherwise, before I find Meng Potang, I want to see you again." Without you, it must be very uncomfortable.”

Tang Tianxiao couldn't bear it anymore, stopped and shouted at her: "Are you finished? Shut up!"

The higher his voice was raised, he roared out in this secret passage, but it spread far away, and in a certain direction in front, his last two words kept echoing:

"To shut up……"

"To shut up……"

"To shut up……"

Ke Qianmei covered her ears and finally shut up.

Tang Tianxiao grabbed her hand, held it behind her, and continued walking forward with a sullen face.

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The front suddenly opened up, wet and cool air rushed towards the face, and there was the sound of water, but I don't know where it came from.

Zhuo Rui raised the torch high, pointed to the strange rocks around and said: "This is here. I took people to find this cave for a day, and found two other secret passages. One seemed to be hovering in the mountains, But the trend of the other line is very similar to the one in the legend..."

Tang Tianxiao suddenly interrupted him and asked, "Where is the inscription on the Wei Taizong inscription?"

When he said this, he felt that the palm of Ke Qianmei who was holding him was cold. He looked back at her and said softly: "The secret way is very boring, let's not go to see it. The emperor of Wei is over. The situation where the world has been divided for more than a hundred years is a well-known iron-blooded emperor, but he is also a seed of infatuation, I really want to see what anecdotes he left behind!"

But Qianmei knew that he was suspicious of her, so she didn't want Zhuo Rui to mention that important secret passage in front of her, so she lowered her eyelashes and forced a smile: "Well, I want to see it too."

Tang Tianxiao took her by the shoulders, helped her to move forward, and reminded softly: "Be careful of your feet. They are all black stones, covered with moss, very slippery."

But Qian Mei agreed, looking down at her feet as she walked forward slowly, wrapping her arms around his waist tightly all the way.

It was only early autumn, and he was only wearing unlined clothing. The warmth from his skin was clearly transmitted to her fingertips through the fabric, smooth and active, strong and powerful.

Her fingers gradually warmed up.

After a while, I walked up to a rock with a slightly higher terrain, and I saw a huge stone like a stele above it, with many words carved densely.

Due to the age and the humidity inside the cave, many writings have been corroded and unclear.Zhuo Rui made people hold up two torches and identify them one by one from top to bottom, and it was only a rough idea.

The inscription on the head of the stele is "Jian Xun Fang Ji". The inscription on the stele should be left by a close follower of Wei Taizong Tuobaxu, but judging from the year, it should be left by Wei Gaozong after he accepted Zen.

This inscription narrates Tuobaxu's glorious deeds of striving to dominate the world, and also mentions his rough life experience of losing his father and brothers when he was young, but it also narrates the heart-wrenching love between him and Daqi Princess Xiao Baomo .

"Xiao Baomo?"

Even Ke Qianmei has heard of this person, "Isn't it the Princess Anping who was predicted to be a subjugated evildoer in Southern Qi at that time? It is said that she was arrogant and domineering, and she had a lot of power, and she was in trouble with her brother Qi Emperor Xiao Baorong. In the matter of Lun, he fell in love with Tuobaxu later, and he did not hesitate to poison Emperor Qi, and handed over the great country of Southern Qi to his lover... But her fate seems to be not good, and there are even unofficial records that Tuobaxu grew tired of it for a long time , threw her into a prostitute's house, ravaged her to death..."

Tang Tianxiao smiled disdainfully: "How can this historian's writing be trusted? Let alone those unofficial histories! It's nothing more than a few sour old masters who don't see women doing big things even guessing and deceiving people! According to here, here... "

But Qian Mei was short, standing on a large square stone in the middle and watching, and she was not as familiar with Central Plains cursive script as Tang Tianxiao, so she was struggling to lift her neck, so she lowered her head and rubbed her neck and asked, "What do you say here?"

"This is very complicated. It seems that the Princess Anping is not a princess of the Qi royal family, but the daughter of Emperor Liang who once usurped the Southern Qi. She fell in love with Tuoba Xu, but was given to Tuoba by the Southern Qi. Xu's older brother Wei Taizu Tuoba Ke married. This princess was so powerful that she not only escaped, but also became the princess of the Southern Qi Dynasty. When the North and the South were at war, even Wei Taizu died because of her... Later Tuoba Xu attacked Qi , the soldiers approached the city, and Qi Emperor Xiao Baorong, who was tricked by Tuobaxu, committed suicide, and Princess Anping disappeared. Tuobaxu, who won the world, never married, and looked for her for ten years."

"did you find it?"

"Should... have you found it? Qianmei, look at his last two sentences, 'Swirling steps on the waves, dusty socks, curling slowly, looking around', isn't that what you saw above?"

"No, I didn't find it."

But Qian Mei is not as knowledgeable as Tang Tianxiao, but at this time she is quick to respond, "These few sentences are exactly like the words Cao Zi used to mourn the dead Concubine Mi, referring to the situation where Concubine Mi's soul falls into a dream after her death."

But Qian Mei looked at the mottled stele in a daze, and said slowly: "I'm afraid that this heroic and unparalleled young emperor, although sitting in the world, has... lost his love forever, right?"

Tang Tianxiao's spine shivered for no reason, and he shivered, and fell silent for a while.

Zhuo Rui didn't feel moved, and said: "No wonder there is such a temple here, and... there are so many institutions! Tuobaxu changed the name of Xiangshan to Jingshan. It has something to do with the Princess Anping, so I practiced here. Could it be that such a heroic emperor who is rampant in the world spent the rest of his life in this temple in the deep mountain?"

The few guards looked up at the inscription without knowing it, and inexplicably felt that the air was soaring, the wind was blowing under their armpits, and even this secluded and dark cave was extraordinarily spacious and majestic.

At this time, Ke Qianmei said: "He is so pitiful."

Tang Tianxiao turned to her and said, "What are you pitiful for? He is the overlord of a generation, the supreme ruler of the world, and he can choose all the paths by himself."

Ke Qianmei said: "Everyone is dead, and the path he most wants to take is gone. Where can he choose?"

She paused, and then said: "The princess Anping is also pitiful. She ruined her family and country for her sweetheart, and after her death, there is no peace. She forcibly got a dirty name after her death, and she will leave a bad reputation for thousands of years."

Tang Tianxiao's face was not very good-looking, and he said: "How can it be so miserable? The official history only mentions that Emperor Qi died for the country on the day the city was destroyed, and the matter of Princess Anping was not mentioned at all. Thinking about such a character as Tuoba Xu, since he likes Anping Eldest Princess, how can she tolerate history books leaving unfavorable records for her? It’s just that this Eldest Princess is too legendary, and all kinds of unofficial legends have been circulated in the market, but there is nothing I can do about it.”

But Qian Mei didn't speak, her boots unconsciously rubbed on the big square stone under her feet, but she suddenly froze.

"This... there are words on it!"

The ground was covered with moss, and everyone just looked around without paying attention to the ground. After hearing the words, they all looked underground, and they found that there were traces of vertical and horizontal strokes among the moss, which was not natural.

Several guards stepped on and scraped off the moss on it, gradually revealing a complete painting.

The title of this painting is "Tian Xun Fang", although it is drawn and engraved wantonly with swords and swords, the font is bold and horizontal, and it is beyond compare. "Fang Ji" was written to interpret the "Tired Looking for Fang" at the foot.

But the painting is a crabapple.

A few Xifu Begonias, luxuriant and majestic, vigorous and gorgeous, have reappeared in the world after 400 years, and it can still be seen that his painting style is luxurious and detached, which is extraordinary.

There are two lines of characters left at the signature of the painting, which are also clearly identifiable.

"Tired to find fragrance, tired to find fragrance, the man has gone, where to find fragrance! Tuobaxu's unique writing."

Everyone stared at the last handwriting left by that generation of emperors, unable to speak for a long time.

Tuobaxu was able to paint on stone with a sword, so he must have been in the prime of life at that time, but he left such a masterpiece, which makes it impossible to guess what kind of path he took after finishing the painting.

Monk?Martyrdom?Or, just a feint, so that Wei Gaozong, who succeeded him later, would no longer look for him?
Nothing can be deduced.

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Tang Tianxiao was the first to stand up, heaved a sigh of relief, and sighed: "The love has always been deep, but the relationship is shallow!"

As soon as the words came out of his mouth, he already felt very ominous, so he frowned and shut up hastily.

But Qianmei could hear clearly, and didn't look up, she just looked at the word "juebi", and said suddenly: "Actually, I just wanted to send you out of the ruined temple, so I stayed there myself. But I don't know why, when I saw you , I knew that you wanted to go out with me all of your heart, and suddenly you just wanted to go out with you, together..."

Tang Tianxiao felt as if his heart had been invaded by ice water, and then suddenly poured by boiling water. He didn't know whether it was cold, hot or painful.

He held her hand, his eyes were already as bright as pearls, so moist that even his eyes had warmth.

But Qianmei pulled away his hand, rubbed his eyes, and said with a smile: "It's wet and sticky here, it's really uncomfortable to stay here, and it's not interesting at all. I'll go out first, and you can slowly study some 400-year-old secrets." !"

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