"Little Qingzhi, this time, can you promise me that you will never break your word?"

"There are no 'accidents' you call them, and there are no useless waits for me."

Du Rong spoke very seriously, as if he had made a decision, but I couldn't understand it.

"Du Rong, you ......"

"Can you?" Du Rong interrupted me coldly.

I hesitated and nodded, "Yes, I promise you, I will definitely come to you during the Shangyuan Festival." ”

Du Rong squinted at me, and saw that my expression was firm, and he thought that there should be no more problems this time, so he lightly withdrew his gaze.

"Seriously, why do you want me to spend the metaverse with you?" I couldn't hold back the curiosity in my heart and asked.

Du Rong glanced at me, then picked up the teacup and drank it slowly.

"Heaven must not be divulged." In the end, Du Rong only said such a prevaricating fool's words.

I gritted my teeth, "If I knew which woman would be able to take care of you in the future, I would have tied her up in front of you right now." ”

Du Rong looked at me with a fearless smile, "Okay, let you do it yourself." ”

The corners of my mouth twitched, and I froze.

I can't fight, I really can't fight.

I turned my head away, and I kind of took the initiative to admit defeat.

"Little Qingzhi, do you know the legend of Qiyuan Lake?" Du Rong suddenly asked.

I wondered, "How do you know about so many inexplicable rumors?" What did you learn during those years at the White Crane Academy? ”

"Do you want to listen?" Du Rong didn't answer my question and went straight back to the original topic.

"Listen, of course." How dare I not listen.

Du Rong cleared his throat and began to speak, "It is rumored that in ancient times, Qiyuan Lake was bigger than it is now, connecting the four seas and reaching all directions, and it is the place where the Dragon Palace is located. ”

"There are too many gold, silver, jewelry, coral treasures in the Dragon Palace. There are gold pillars, jade bricks, pearls and gemstones, and there are streamers shining every night, which is beautiful. ”

"Since ancient times, beautiful scenery with beauties, good moon and fresh breeze, there is a beautiful dragon girl living in this dragon palace, the twelfth daughter of the dragon king, Princess Zhuyan."

"Did you watch "Strange Tales of Mountains and Seas"?" How do I feel so similar to a section I used to sneak through a forbidden book together?

Du Rong, he can't be deliberately fooling me, right......

Du Rong looked at me with a smile and did not deny it.

I "......"

"The following story is a bit cliché, do you still want to hear it?" Du Rong asked me.

"Listen." I said, "I like vulgar drama the most." ”

Du Rong raised his eyebrows.

"This princess of Zhuyan is playful, arrogant and willful, and once took advantage of the inattention of the maid who took care of her, and secretly ran to the shore of Qiyuan Lake to play. Her Royal Highness the Princess, who was in her prime of life, had never seen such a prosperous mortal world, and she was amazed in her heart, so she coveted the mortal world. ”

"Princess Zhuyan stayed in the mortal world for a year, during which she fell in love with a scholar with clear eyebrows, the scholar's family is not rich, and she makes a living by selling paintings every day, Princess Zhuyan in order to improve the family environment of the scholar, she will cast a spell every night to take a pearl from the Dragon Palace to the scholar, and the scholar's life is gradually out of poverty, and even won the imperial examination. He and the princess soon got married, and on the day of the wedding, the clouds and snow were flying, and the red silk was all over the sky, as if they were the golden and jade good fate arranged by God. ”

However, after three years of marriage, Princess Zhuyan has never given birth to Lin'er, and the scholar's mother searched for famous doctors, but to no avail. The scholar's mother was anxious, she listened to the neighbor's slander, and ordered the scholar to find a master to tell the fate of the princess Zhuyan if there were children and grandchildren, and the scholar did not dare to disobey the old mother's words, so he left a letter and set off. ”

This trip didn't take long, and the scholar soon returned with a kind old monk. Princess Zhuyan heard that her husband was returning, and rushed out very happily, but as soon as the old monk saw her, he revealed her identity, and asked the princess and the scholar to immediately cut off the dust and not see each other again. ”

Naturally, the scholar and the princess refused to agree, and the scholar angrily drove the old monk out. That night, the old monk found the princess, and he said that he wanted to make a bet with the princess, and he bet that the scholar would treat the princess really sincerely. ”

"If he loses, he will help the princess break the boundary between the immortals and give birth to a child, but if the princess loses, he will leave the human world and draw the dragon tendons from her body to him."

Princess Zhuyan naturally believed in her husband, so she agreed to the bet.

Early the next morning, the scholar stabbed a dagger engraved with pictures and texts into the heart of the princess, who was still asleep.

"I really can't bear to do it." I sighed, "What a beauty." ”

Du Rong chuckled: "People can always find the most suitable excuse to achieve their goals." But a pillow person, how can you not bear it? "Ninety-nine Chinese

I looked at him fixedly, and suddenly smiled.

"Red faces are always dry bones, and deep affection is inevitably sad. Storyteller, your story isn't over yet. ”

lost his mind in an instant, and Du Rong lowered his eyes.

Taking a sip of tea, Du Rong recalled, and continued to preach, "The reason why the scholar did this was originally a lie made up by the old monk. ”

"The old monk said to the scholar that there are countless gold and silver jewels in the Dragon Palace where the princess of Zhuyan is located, and there are countless rare and foreign objects, not only that, but there is also a treasure buried in the depths of the Dragon Palace, which can make any birds and beasts in the world, insects, fish, flowers and plants detach into immortals, and the scholar can fly to the upper realm as long as he gets this thing."

"However, if a mortal wants to go to the Dragon Palace, he must use a dagger stained with the blood of the dragon clan to open the undersea passage."

The scholar was moved, so he plunged the dagger into the princess's heart.

"In the end, the monk won the gamble, he drew the princess's dragon tendons, and brought the princess back to the Dragon Palace."

"Is the old monk the Dragon King?" I asked.

Du Rong nodded, "The Dragon King found out early in the morning that his little daughter had moved his mortal heart, but he didn't do it immediately, he knew that mortal love was the most unreasonable, the more he blocked, the more entangled the little daughter and the mortal man would be, it was better for him to personally reveal the ugliest side behind the love to the little daughter, so that she would die." ”

"Pulling out the dragon tendon is a severe punishment for the youngest daughter, and the dagger is called blowing smoke."

"The past is like smoke, like the chime breeze blowing on the tip of my heart."

"The dragon clan moved away from the bottom of Qiyuan Lake, leaving only the glorious palace of golden pillars, jade bricks, and piles of gemstones."

When Du Rong said this, he didn't talk any more, he drank the water in the teacup and looked up at me.

"It's over?" I always felt like something was missing.

"It's over." Du Rong nodded.

"What about the shameless scholar? What happened to him in the end? I asked.

Du Rong just smiled lightly, "Who knows, the stories that have been circulated in ancient times are probably all broken." ”

I forced my frenzy and took a deep breath.

"Du Rong, in the future, it's better not to tell me a story like this, I'm afraid that I won't be able to help but cut you down one time."

Du Rong looked at me innocently, "What if I forgot at first whether it was 'broken' or not, but I had already told half of it?" ”

"Then you can stuff it back in!"

Du Rong laughed, he stood up, and pushed open the window behind him.

"Little Qingzhi, the time has come." Du Rong slowly moved away from the window.

Night, stars, evening breeze.

Endless chime source spring water.

As Du Rong's story was told little by little, the sky changed from day to night. There are no colorful glow and warm clouds on the lake, and there are no passenger boats and boats, only the stars fall on the dark and quiet lake, like an ethereal dream.

It seemed that someone was weeping, and the sound of the falling tears was mixed with the wind, faintly, but it was not really heard.

At this time, the bright moon in the sky has moved to the center, and the light moonlight is sprinkled on the lake, and the lake water suddenly shakes, and spun rapidly, and in a stunned effort, half of the water in the lake has disappeared.

After another moment, the lake gradually stopped.

"Look closely." Du Rong pulled me to the window, and he approached me and whispered a reminder.

I set my eyes on the lake, and gradually, the image of the eaves of what appeared to be an attic palace appeared in the lake, and the bright moonlight shone into it, and the carved beams and painted buildings appeared under the water.

"I've heard of the phantom of Chi Yuan before, the empty building and the remnant dream, I only listened to it as a book, but I didn't expect it to be true!" I looked at the scene in front of me in shock, but before the words of exclamation fell, the water of Qiyuan Lake suddenly rose, and gradually, all those palace buildings disappeared into the night.

Du Rong went up the window and pulled me back to the table.

"Every ten years, the water of the lake here drops, and here," Du Rong pointed to our wing, "is the only place where you can see the whole process of that wonder." ”

"It turns out that this attic was built by your family." I understood in an instant.

Du Rong nodded calmly, "That's right." ”

"Well, the legend ......," I looked at him quizzically.

"I didn't make it up."