Chapter 8: Dark Tide
On the sea level filled with night, with the turbulent dark tide, a wooden ship shuttled from the waves, and sailed towards the legendary Datang at a very fast speed. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
The situation seemed to be critical at every moment, but the crew walking on the deck did not panic at all, accompanied by the command of the middle-aged man wearing a hat on his head, and dealt with the demon called the tsunami in an orderly manner.
In such a spectacle of fighting with nature, if you look closely, you will find that these crew members wearing hats are not from the Central Plains of the Tang Dynasty, and the eight-petal chrysanthemum pattern on the string of the ship tells the identity of the comer all the time.
Turning his gaze to the cabin, there was an old man sitting cross-legged on the tatami mat in the dim room, as if practicing some kind of thaumaturgy, and every piece of muscle and muscle trembling was accompanied by a piercing ghost roar, and the naked eye could see that the head of a hundred ghosts condensed by a black flame seemed to want to break free, and the smell of it was really numb.
It wasn't until about a stick of incense had passed, and the candle flame in the room was lit again as the old man finished the whole room, and then he looked at a shadow outside the door and said hoarsely.
"Michiko, come in and talk about something. ”
The woman outside the door heard that the clogs on her feet had faded, and then she walked from the shadows, as if she was kneeling on the tatami mat and bowed to the old man.
"Teacher, I heard that you asked me to come over and have something to say. ”
"Well, yes, do you know what the purpose of our visit to Datang this time is?"
Michiko shook her head, looked at the serious appearance of the old man in front of her, pursed her lips and replied: "I heard that the sect master said that he wanted to explore the cultural and geographical environment of the Tang Dynasty, but the teacher asked Michiko to bring the Jiuju Shenwei, which proves that things are far from being so simple." ”
The old man nodded, his eyes showed a little approving, and then he continued to respond coldly in a moment.
"Naturally, the sect master will not explain the goal of this trip to you in front of the disciples, so when there is no one around, allow me to explain it to you here. ”
After that, his fingertips lightly picked up and saw a bamboo slip fly out from under the coffee table, and landed in Michiko's palm for a moment, but he frowned tightly when he saw the two clouds of smoke.
"Not long ago, the spies in the Tang Dynasty came to report that they had caught a ragged peasant, and learned from his demeanor and words that the mausoleum of the first emperor of the Qin Dynasty had a new clue again. ”
"The dungeon, the man-eating demon, and... A purple palace in the mountains?"
Michiko looked up at the old man in surprise, obviously unable to understand the description in the letter.
"There is only so much information, after all, the peasant was already delirious when he was caught, and the words he said can only be recorded here and pieces. ”
"I know you are still skeptical about the importance of this mausoleum, but I don't know if you have heard of the treasure of the world. ”
Hearing the teacher's words, Michiko's smoke frowned even more.
"I heard that it was the most beautiful jade in the world that year, and was later carved into a jade seal by the first emperor, but since a war, the jade seal disappeared with the death of the first emperor. ”
"In the fourth year of the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, Li Jing, a member of the general, brought the treasure to the emperor Li Shimin of that year, so that this heirloom jade seal carved by He's bi can be regarded as having eyebrows. ”
"Hehe, fake!"
The old man stroked his beard, reached out and took the bitter tea handed by Michiko and sneered.
"In the early days of the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, the people's hearts were unstable, and Emperor Taizong was afraid of turmoil among the courtiers, so he secretly ordered Li Jing to go out to find a stonemason to carve a fake jade seal back to Chang'an to report, and then privately did not stop the search for the real jade seal. ”
And the stonemason back then, knowing that after carving the jade seal, he would be beheaded and disposed of by Li Jing in order to keep it secret, so he handed a secret letter to his wife on the last day, so that if the family was in turmoil in the future, he would use this letter to threaten Li Jing to keep his wife and children safe. ”
"And after decades to the present, his heir has become a loyal member of my Jiuju lineage, which is why he has handed over such an important letter to us. ”
As he spoke, the old man smiled mockingly, and then listened to Michiko ask again.
"Teacher, why are you sure that they haven't found the whereabouts of the heirloom jade seal after so many years?"
"Hehe, when the Qin Dynasty fell, the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang experienced three catastrophes, and even if the ground was almost razed to the ground, there was no trace of the jade seal of the country. ”
"And now, suddenly there is news from the Imperial Tomb Underground Palace, where do you guess the jade seal will be?"
Michiko understood what the old man meant, and nodded thoughtfully, but at the same time continued.
"That's... Legend has it that the tomb guards specially set up in the Han Dynasty can watch us take out the jade seal from the tomb?"
"Well, it's up to Michiko to be able to do it, after all, I won't be in front of everyone, but one thing is for sure, those old guys will be handled by me. ”
"And your goal is first and foremost to find someone, someone who heard that the entrance to the dungeon was discovered in the first place!"
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On the outskirts of Chang'an City, in a courtyard standing on the top of the peak, two figures walked in as the maid respectfully opened the door of the mansion.
"The two young ladies will wait here for a while, and I will inform the master of the house later. ”
As the maids turned to leave, one of the more cheerful women reached out and stabbed the more elegant woman on the other side.
"Qingyue, what did you say the old man asked us to come over? Finally, he and Da Niu found an eagle's nest at the bottom of the mountain, and they were about to take it back and cook bird eggs!"
The woman who was called Qingyue glanced sideways at the eldest sister beside her, sighed deeply, and then tidied up the cuffs and collar for her, barely having the appearance of a silk woman.
"Sister Zhan, listen to my advice this time, don't say anything crazy about going out every day after you go in, otherwise our father will be angry again when he hears it. ”
"Actually, I don't think it's a big difference if you don't talk about it, how can you not know what your daughter looks like, and it's uncomfortable to hide it!"
"Alas... How do you say hello......"
Qingyue seems to have no way to deal with this sister since she was born, after all, this is the master who can beat a group of boys down when she was a child, and she knows how to practice martial arts and dig bird eggs all day long, if it weren't for the family's intention to restrain her, I'm afraid that she would be able to live as a savage in the early years!
Or the preference of her mother who was born in her early years, Qingyue has not been in good health since she was a child, but she is better than reading books and never forgetting, and she has begun to help her father with business and clan affairs at a young age.
Qingyue has never looked down on her when she is with her savage sister, after all, the bird eggs or strange things she picked up since she was a child, this sister is to replenish her sister's body.
Therefore, she has relied on and valued this silly sister very much since she was a child, and naturally she is more arrogant than others......
"Two young ladies, the master said that he would wait for you in the study. ”
When the maid returned, she didn't dare to look up at the two, but immediately felt that the eldest lady patted her shoulder and was dragged away by the second lady, which caused the maids in the courtyard to laugh.
"Old man, if you have something to say, we'll have to do it later... Woo!
Meeting the patriarch was a serious matter, and when Qingyue saw that her sister was about to cross the rules again, she quickly covered her mouth, and then quickly nodded respectfully to the middle-aged man seat.
"Alas, the family is unfortunate, I think I have been the head of the family for so many years, how can I raise such a thing!"
There were seven other people in the room, and when they heard the sigh of the middle-aged man at the head, they couldn't help but laugh together.
"Patriarch Qu, Ling Yuan is lively and innocent, she should be happy, why is she so sad!"
"What's more, now that there are tasks handed over to the two children, isn't it also a good time to hone their temperaments?"
In this way, the middle-aged man shook his head with a wry smile when he heard the advice, and then stretched out his hand to stop the conversation of the people around him, and then called the two over.
"Come on, there's a task for you to complete......"