In the evening of the day when the king of Nanmian went out of the palace to worship the Buddha, the bored north stood in front of the window of the guest room to watch the scenery. After a day of hustle and bustle, the Nanmian City outside the window is lying quietly in a red afterglow; The occasional gust of evening breeze carried the residual heat that had not yet dissipated, blowing through the lush coconut and banana groves, blowing away the curling smoke from the chimneys of several houses, and stroking off the cotton wool on many red cotton trees.

A few strands of cotton wool with seeds fell onto the windowsill stained red by the sunset. Looking at those few strands of cotton wool, Bei Juese suddenly felt that his fate was actually just like them, and he couldn't help but go with the wind, but he didn't know where he was going to drift. Thinking of this, he blew open the cotton wool on the windowsill, turned around and walked back to the bed, and continued to fiddle with the red wedding dress that had been laid out on the bed and had been basically cut.

Just when Bei Juese was concentrating on fiddling with the wedding dress, an elephant car came towards the inn, and on the edge of the elephant car sat a middle-aged man dressed as a palace man, followed by two saber and yellow-shirted warriors on horseback.

The elephant car stopped in front of the inn, and the middle-aged man jumped out of the car and hurried into the inn.

Not long after the middle-aged man entered the inn, Dong Wushu came to knock on the door of the north. After opening the door, in addition to a Dong Invincible standing outside the door, there was also a middle-aged man he didn't know.

Bei Juese looked at the man suspiciously, and was about to ask a question, but Dong Wushu had already walked straight into the room with the man, pointed to Bei Juese and said, "He is the other owner of the red cotton jade pendant." ”

The middle-aged man hurriedly walked to Bei Juese, crossed his hands over his chest and put them on his shoulders, bent down and said respectfully: "The distinguished guest from afar, the villain was ordered by the King of Nanmian to specially invite the distinguished guest into the palace. I hope you can bring a red cotton jade pendant and enter the palace with the villain. ”

Bei Juese glanced at Dong Invincible, and saw that Dong Invincible nodded to him. He saluted the middle-aged man back and said, "Okay, Mr. Trouble, wait a minute, and I will enter the palace with you as soon as I pack up." ”

"The villain is waiting for the guests outside the gate." The middle-aged man owed himself and retreated to the door.

Bei Juese went to turn out the wooden box in the baggage, opened it and was about to take out the red cotton jade pendant alone, but Dong Wushu stopped him and said: "Take the entire wooden box with you, and act when you enter the palace." ”

Bei Juese nodded and put the jade pendant back.

Wrap the whole wooden box with a cloth, follow the back of Dong Wushu to the door of the inn, and sure enough, I saw a middle-aged man standing next to the elephant car and waiting. When the middle-aged man saw them come out, he crossed his hands over his chest and bent down to salute, and then opened the white gauze tent and invited the two of them to get into the car.

When the elephant chariot pulled the East Invincible and the North Absolute to the Nanmian Palace, the sky was already completely dark. The middle-aged man asked the two to get out of the car, and Bei Juese jumped out of the car and saw a closed palace door standing in front of him.

When the guard guarding the door saw the middle-aged man, he hurriedly saluted, and then hurriedly opened the door. The middle-aged man led the East Invincible and the North Absolute into the palace gate, and a long corridor full of torches appeared behind the door. The promenade is very characteristic of southern cotton, with a railing surrounded by green bamboo, a roof made of coconut leaves, and red cotton trees, coconut trees and banana trees are planted on both sides of the promenade.

After walking through the corridor, up a long stone staircase, through two spacious lobbies, and through another corridor, the middle-aged man led the East Invincible and the North Absolute to a house with a hidden door and bright lights and candles inside. He leaned against the door and whispered inside, "King, the guests have been brought." ”

"Please come in." A male voice came from inside.

The middle-aged man pushed open half of the door and made a gesture of please. Dong Invincible and North Absolute walked sideways into the door, and the middle-aged man immediately closed the door from behind.

The layout in the room is very simple, looking at the arrangement, Bei Juese suddenly felt a sense of déjà vu. That's right, I remembered that Concubine Yun's Xiangyun Palace was almost like this, and it was also hung with heavy light yarns. The middle-aged man stepped forward to hang up all the light yarns, and the place behind the light yarns was like Concubine Yun's Xiangyun Palace, with only a square bamboo table and a few cyan bamboo chairs, the only difference was that there were several large bookshelves around this room, and each bookshelf was full of books.

Wearing a plain robe and only using a hairband to tie his hair, King Nanmian sat on the chair facing the invincible east and the north, at this time he was a little less domineering and a little more easy-going than what he saw during the day. He smiled and raised his hand to the bamboo chairs on the left and right, and said, "Two guests, please take a seat." ”

What the King of Nanmian said was the official dialect of the Ming Dynasty, which was more standard than the two natives of the East Invincible and the North Peerless.

The middle-aged man hurriedly stepped forward to pull out the bamboo chair for the two of them, and poured two cups of hot tea for the two. After he poured the tea, King Nanmian waved his hand gently, and he withdrew knowingly.

After the middle-aged man withdrew, King Nanmian asked straight to the point: "May I ask if the two of you are the invincible and the northern invincible who sell the red cotton jade pendant at a high price?" ”

Dong Wushu replied, "That's right, it's us. I am the East Invincible, and this is my junior brother Bei Jue. ”

King Nanmian looked at the two of them carefully, and asked in a tentative tone: "Do you two really have a red cotton jade pendant?" ”

Dong Wushu smiled and said, "If we don't have a jade pendant, how can we draw that lifelike red cotton jade pendant?" King Nanmian, you don't believe us, do you? He looked to the north, "Senior brother, wrap the cloth for me." ”

Bei Juese handed the cloth bag to Dong Wuxin, who poked his hand into the cloth bag and groped for a moment, took out the red cotton jade pendant and held it up in front of the Nanmian King, and said: "Nanmian King, take a closer look, this is the red cotton jade pendant?" ”

The red cotton jade pendant was close in front of him, and the king of Nanmian was stunned at first, and his eyes gradually widened. He snatched the jade pendant and looked at it carefully, and then stood up and asked excitedly, "Where did you get this jade pendant?!" ”

Bei Juese glanced at Dong Invincible and did not make a sound. Dong Wushu watched the reaction of King Nanmian with interest, and unhurriedly took out the white jade pendant engraved with the words "Yuehua Yingxue" from the wooden box, and said, "In addition to the jade pendant, we also have this jade pendant." ”

King Nanmian took the jade pendant with trembling hands, his face changed again and again, he watched the jade pendant touch the familiar words "Yuehua Yingxue" on it, his breathing became more and more rapid, and finally he screamed out uncontrollably: "The jade pendant and the jade pendant are my deceased wife's belongings, where did you get them?!" ”

After that, King Nanmian's face sank obviously, and he asked coldly, "Are you tomb robbers?" You're going to rob my dead wife's tomb?! ”