Uncle Meng nodded slightly, and said with a smile: "Yes, this time you have made a lot of meritorious contributions, I will go and tell Master Hou first when I go back, and reward you with a house." ”

"House?"

"You are on an errand in the White Tiger Camp, and you will be loyal to the young son in the future, and you will naturally have a bright future." Uncle Meng stroked his beard and smiled: "You are now a riding school, I can assure you that within two years, you will definitely become the deputy commander." ”

Qin Xiao hurriedly said, "Thank you, uncle." ”

"It's not impossible to do a good job, and it's not impossible to become a commander in the future." Uncle Meng patted Qin Xiao on the shoulder: "In the future, I will settle down here and buy a house, this time I will give you a house first, and there will be many benefits in the future, it depends on whether you can do things." ”

Qin Xiao said: "Uncle is so loving, he goes to the soup and fights the fire, and he will not give up. ”

Uncle Meng nodded, Qin Xiao's attitude made him very satisfied, and after thinking for a while, he lowered his voice and said, "By the way, I almost forgot something." Liu Wenxuan went to Wutuo with you, why didn't you see anyone else when you came back this time? and Zhao Yi, who is a henchman under Cheng Chao, should also come back together. ”

Even though Qin Xiaodang went to Tang City with Liu Wenxuan and Zhao Yi to inquire about the news, he later said that there was no news.

Uncle Meng was surprised: "No news? ”

"Uncle, they should be in some big trouble." Qin Xiao said: "But we don't have any clues. ”

Uncle Meng nodded slightly, and suddenly asked, "Before Liu Wenxuan left, were there any strange signs?" ”

Qin Xiao thought for a moment before he said, "One night, I saw him holding a compass looking at feng shui. ”

Liu Wenxuan is proficient in feng shui and looks at the appearance of heaven and earth, and after Qin Xiao found out that Liu Wenxuan was good at feng shui that night, he always doubted the purpose of Liu Wenxuan's westward journey.

"Yes, he's good at Feng Shui." Uncle Meng sneered in a low voice: "He didn't go to Wutuo with you to protect the caravan, but for another purpose. ”

"Another purpose?" Qin Xiao had the intention to get some words out of Uncle Meng's mouth, and wanted to know what Liu Wenxuan was going to do, but he also knew that this old guy was very cunning, and he couldn't ask more.

Uncle Meng said: "His so-called feng shui is to look at the cemetery. ”

Qin Xiao was surprised: "Look at the cemetery? Uncle, Liu Wenxuan went to Wutuo to see the cemetery, so ..... Why? ”

"Don't you know, there is a group of people in this world who make tomb robbing a career." Uncle Meng said: "This kind of person is also called, known as Captain Touching Jin and General Faqiu. In troubled times, many soldiers and horses were poorly paid, so they would send people to dig up ancient tombs and use the treasures they had obtained as military funds. ”

Qin Xiao was shocked and said, "There are still such people? ”

"There is no one in this world." Uncle Meng smiled faintly.

"Uncle, Liu Wenxuan is also a captain of the Golden School?"

"Not really." Uncle Meng shook his head and said, "However, this person is proficient in geography and feng shui, and can identify the location of the ancient tomb. He stopped talking, glanced at Qin Xiao, saw him staring at him, and said with a smile: "You should know that whether it is the Central Plains or the Western Regions, the change of dynasties, many emperors and generals will be buried after death, they enjoy wealth when they are alive, and they naturally hope to continue to be prosperous and rich in the Netherworld after death, so in their mausoleums, it is inevitable that there will be many exquisiteness." ”

Qin Xiao smiled and nodded.

"Among the mausoleums, some will be buried with living people

There are many treasures in it. Uncle Meng said: "Some emperors and nobles will spend a lot of manpower and material resources on the mausoleum after their death, but they are worried about their death. Tombs can be destroyed, so they usually choose their tombs in extremely secret places. The choice of cemetery is naturally extremely important, not only to hide, but also to pay attention to feng shui, the Central Plains pay the deepest attention to this, and the exchanges with the Central Plains outside the customs are also affected. After a pause, he continued: "The territory of the Vedic people outside Kunlun Pass was snatched up, and in the territory of the Vedic people back then, there were many tribes and even ancient countries, and they were deeply influenced by the culture of the Central Plains, so many ancient kings were also very concerned about their tombs. ”

"Uncle, do you mean that Liu Wenxuan went out with the caravan to excavate the ancient tomb?" Qin Xiao had already guessed a few points.

Uncle Meng bowed his head and said, "It should be so." Do you know that in the caravan, Liu Wenxuan had already arranged for his people to be among them? ”

Qin Xiao thought that he really didn't know at the beginning, when the Death Wing of the Wild West attacked, the situation forced the few people under Liu Wenxuan to hide after all, and they were forced to take action, but they had all become the ghosts of the Death Wing of the Wild West.

"Liu Wenxuan is the henchman of the old marquis, and he has been sneaky all these years." Uncle Meng's tone was not without disgust towards Liu Wenxuan, and he sneered: "He is secretly recruiting people just to assist him in stealing and digging ancient tombs. ”

Qin Xiao suddenly remembered the disappearance of the White Tiger Camp mentioned by Geng Shao.

Someone in the White Tiger Camp secretly left the camp and has not been heard from since, as if it had evaporated from the world.

Could it be that those missing people were secretly recruited by Liu Wenxuan and became helpers in tomb robbing?

"Uncle, the Yuwen family is not short of silver." Qin Xiao said: "Why do you want Liu Wenxuan to dig up ancient tombs? This..... Is this what the old marquis meant? ”

Uncle Meng said in a low voice: "I am very clear about the big and small things in the Hou Mansion, but I don't know much about Liu Wenxuan's affairs. Touching his beard, he sneered: "If he really digs the ancient tomb for the Hou Mansion to obtain treasures, then it's okay, it's all for the Yuwen family, not only will I not blame him, but I will help him." But over the years, not only has he not been able to bring back a single treasure, but the Hou Mansion has to secretly allocate a huge amount of money to him every year, and I can't even ask where the silver is used. ”

Qin Xiao nodded slightly and said, "Uncle, if that's the case, then Liu Wenxuan's tomb robbery is probably not just for the treasure." There is no income for a few years, but it has been spending a lot of money, is there another purpose? ”

Uncle Meng thought about it, and finally said, "That's it, we don't have to think about it." He sneered: "Liu Wenxuan's trip to Wutuo must be to find the ancient tomb. Zhao Yi and him, maybe they really discovered the unknown ancient tomb, but when they robbed the tomb, maybe something happened, and the two of them were afraid that they had died in the ancient tomb. ”

Qin Xiao thought to himself that this was not impossible.

Uncle Meng learned about the general situation from Qin Xiao's mouth, and then took Qin Xiao to the canteen, just before arriving at the canteen, the young son Yuwen Chengling had already come over and said, "Uncle, father asked you to go over." ”

Uncle Meng nodded to Qin Xiao, didn't say much, and left with Yuwen Chengling.

Qin Xiao entered the dining hall, which was a rather elaborate elegant hall, with a long screen in the elegant hall, with Fat Fish and Ning Zhifeng on the left, and Tang Rong alone on the right.

After Qin Xiao entered the house, he thought about it for a while, and finally arrived at Fat Fish

Side.

"The food is still hot, eat it while it's hot." Fat Fish greeted.

After Qin Xiao sat down, the maid on the side served the meal for Qin Xiao, and the fat fish had already put down the dishes and chopsticks, and sighed: "It's still a delicious meal at home." ”

"Brother Wang, will you go back to the eldest prince first, or will you go back to the White Tiger Camp later?" Ning Zhifeng also put down the dishes and chopsticks and asked.

Qin Xiao said: "Wait for the eldest prince to come out and see if there are any orders, if there is nothing to do, I will go back to the White Tiger Camp." He added: "The two brothers have a hard trip, but they have to rest for a few days." ”

"I don't know what happened to Zhao Yi." Ning Zhifeng sighed: "I just hope that he and Deputy Commander Liu will go well and will be able to come back as soon as possible." Fat fish, without him on the side, always feels that something is missing. ”

Fat Fish smiled bitterly: "With him on the side, he can still quarrel and quarrel, but now the quarrel is gone, and it is deserted." ”

Qin Xiao knew that these people were often together, so they naturally had a brotherly relationship, and Zhao Yi's life and death were uncertain, which was indeed worrying.

"He has never been absent from the mountain worship over the years." Ning Zhifeng said: "I only hope that he can come back before the sacrifice of the mountain." ”

"Sacrifice to the mountain?" Qin Xiao seemed to have heard Yuwen Chengchao mention it, but he didn't remember it much.

Fat Fish said: "Every year on October 26, we will worship the mountain god at the foot of Changling Tiandu Peak, and it will be about 20 days, this time we will be considered smooth, and we can rush back in time to participate in the mountain sacrifice." ”

"Is the mountain festival very particular?"

"That's nature." Ning Zhifeng said with a smile: "The Yuwen family and many ancestors of Xiling families have been born and raised in Xiling for generations, that Changling is the ancestral mountain of Xiling, and the legend is that when the ancestors died, they would be buried in the Changling Mountain Range, and the ancestors of the Yuwen family were also buried on the mountain. As the saying goes, relying on the mountains to eat the mountains and relying on the water to draft water, a long time ago, many people could not survive, they could go up the mountain to hunt and collect fruits to survive the difficulties, and Changling is also a barrier, which can prevent the barbarians from the north from coming to intrude, so in the heart of the Xiling family, Changling is a sacred mountain that protects Xiling, and it must be sacrificed. ”

Qin Xiao asked, "Tiandu Peak is in the territory of Yuwen County?" ”

"Actually, it's not far from Fengganfu City." Ning Zhifeng said: "After leaving the city, it takes less than two days to go northwest to the foot of Detiandu Peak. ”

"Then the Xiling family is going to come over to worship?"

"It's a festival every year, but it's a big festival every five years." Fat Yu said: "Usually sacrifices, all families send people over casually, and it is good to burn incense and worship at the foot of the mountain, but if it is a five-year festival, the patriarchs of each family will be present, and the scene is very lively." This year just coincides with the five-year festival, and the patriarchs of the gate valve families in the three counties of Xiling will come over, and our Yuwen family is the landlord, so naturally we have to make more preparations in advance. ”

"In this way, Changxin Hou and Changren Hou will also participate in the mountain sacrifice?" Qin Xiao asked.

Ning Zhifeng said with a smile: "It's okay to be without others, to worship the mountain gods, but there can't be three old marquises, if any one of them can't be present, it can't be carried out in a hurry." However, the people of Xiling attach great importance to the sacrifice of the mountain god, and if anyone is absent or delayed, they will definitely be criticized by others, so no one will dare to be absent at that time. Brother Wang, this year's sacrifice to the mountain god, the White Tiger Camp is definitely going to the guard, you are the White Tiger Camp Riding School, naturally you are also going to the bottom of Tiandu Peak, ordinary people are not qualified to see such a spectacular scene, this time you are blessed. ”