XXXVII. Sky Lantern Trail • In the depths of the lake

Guo Yu and Xian Yuyan's abdominal pain was like a knife, and the beads of sweat the size of beans went straight down, almost screaming.

In an instant, Hui Lin's eyes turned to joy, to be precise, a kind of smug joy.

"Oops. Senior brother's tea is really not delicious!" Guo Hua said pretending to be aggrieved.

"Hmph—since you ask me, you don't talk well, and think about something!"

Hui Lin squinted at them, and at this time, the setting sun had already dyed the surface of the lake red, and the light of the lake reflected in the pavilion, reflecting on Hui Lin's handsome face. What a beautiful monk.

"Hehe, I know that Senior Brother has a way to help us!" Guo Hua rubbed his stomach and said mischievously.

"The lake is just right, so I'll drink tea first. Go and get a piece of stuff that is close to you, preferably shoes, or a hat or a headscarf. Hui Lin said slowly.

When Guo Yu and Xian Yuyan heard this, they all understood that this was to find someone by secret method, and the two of them were overjoyed, hugged their fists and thanked them, and hurriedly turned around and left.

When Hui Lin saw it, she snorted again, and when the two of them walked away, she sang, "There is another object that needs to be used!"

Both of them turned a corner, and looked back at Hui Lin in the pavilion across the shore of the lake, waiting for him to shout out what he wanted to use.

After waiting for a while, I saw Hui Lin drinking tea there, looking at the lake.

"You senior brother, you are hypocritical enough. Xian Yuyan muttered, and suddenly covered her stomach with her hand, for fear that Hui Lin would make a mystery again.

"Hahahaha. Most of these apprentices taken in by my master are talented and intelligent, and they were famous as prodigies when they were young, and they followed Master to become monks early, so they are not involved in human accidents. Only Senior Brother, Hui Lang is the most serious!"

Guo Yu knew that his senior brother was playing tricks on himself, and he and Xian Yuyan hurriedly returned to Hui Lang.

"Hahahaha, what's the hurry! Within three days, Du Huan will be fine, but it is not easy to find him. ”

In front of the two of them, Hui Lin poured a cup of tea on the stone table, and the tea flowed in a strange shape, which was a divination method that Hui Lin was good at, and it was very effective.

Guo Yu didn't understand it, but when he heard what his senior brother said, he believed it, but he was still anxious to ask what kind of object he needed!

"You, you're just greedy for tantric martial arts, some Buddhist scriptures, and you should also practice them well. Look at the way you panic. ”

Guo Yu laughed mischievously. Hui Lin thought for a while, and then said, "Well, I thought about it just now, but it should actually be two." The most important thing? Do you know? Back then, Gao Xianzhi once brought 100 vines from Qiuci, and 50 vines from Daming Palace and Xingqing Palace.

Only in Xingqing Palace, one survived, and the rest were not suitable for water and soil phenology and died. This one survived, thirty bunches of fruit every year, no more, no less, the grape particles are hypertrophied, sweet and delicious, and it retains the original taste of the grapes in the Western Regions, which is incomparable to other grapes in Chang'an City.

Go and pluck three strings with me. ”

"Is there any special use for the grapes in this Xingqing Palace? There are a lot of them in the East Market and the West Market. ”

Guo Hua grinned and asked with a wry smile, he knew the rumors of that grape, although it was not a problem for him to enter and leave Xingqing Palace, but the grapes, not to mention the number of strings, were counted one by one, and when they were to enjoy the moon in the Mid-Autumn Festival and pick, they would definitely be discovered.

"It must be the grapes produced by the vine of Qiuzilai, and there must be a section of the vines on the vine, Du Huan has lived in Qiuci for many years, and he can use it, and now there are only vines in Xingqing Palace in the whole Chang'an. Why don't you two go to the Western Regions overnight? The last thing is also very important, go find a Kong Ming lantern. Hui Lin said matter-of-factly, continued to fill the pot with water, and poured herself a full cup of tea.

"Alright. You can go, but you don't have to be in a hurry, this matter has to be done at night, just come back before curfew. ”

Hui Lin saw that the two of them were still holding their ears and not moving, hehe Yile and told the two to leave.

Hui Lin said that she was not in a hurry, but the two of them were still a little impatient. Although the senior brother has never said which ethnic group is using this totem, it is certain that this is the same group of people who killed Tian Mosang and others, and they kidnapped Du Huan, it must not be for money, and there is a possibility of killing Du Huan at any time.

The two went out of Ximing Temple, found a carriage and horse shop, rented two fast horses, and went straight to Dufu.

Explain the reason, in order to save Du Huan, let alone a pair of shoes, the Du family can't wait to put Du Huan's shoe cabinet on the horse for the two of them, and put a scholar's scarf, an official hat when he was in the Western Regions.

Kong Ming lantern, I went directly to the grocery store and bought it.

and the vines were plucked. It's not difficult to do this, but when picking, it's not enough, and it's difficult for those eunuchs and palace maids.

The two rushed back before the door of the Ximing Temple was closed, and the sun had just set.

Hui Lin has returned to her monk's room, which is a single courtyard, facing three rooms in the south, with Hui Lin's bedroom, hall, and study, and on one side of the side room lives the acolyte who takes care of Hui Lin.

Hui Lin had expected that the two of them were in a hurry to succeed, and they must have not used tea and rice, so they ordered the monks to prepare more fasting meals.

Seeing that the two of them were coming, they checked the things they had to procure, and there was no shortage of them. Hui Lin took out the three bunches of grapes, gave them to the acolytes to be cleaned, put them in a copper plate, and brought them up.

Guo Yu and Xian Yuyan looked at each other, but they didn't dare to think about anything in their hearts, for fear of being teased by Hui Lin again.

Hui Lin picked a grape, slowly put it in his mouth, looked at the two of them and said: "Eat! You haven't been to the Western Regions, I'm afraid you won't have the opportunity to enjoy the reward of the Emperor Taishang in the past. ”

In fact, the two had already guessed in their hearts that Hui Lin wanted the grapes of Xingqing Palace to eat for themselves, but they didn't expect him to be so frank and direct.

Guo Yu and Xian Yuyan were happy, and then they picked grapes and ate them.

The moment the teeth bite through the grape skin, a fragrance that has never been seen before goes straight to the heart, and it is worth it! This trip is not worthwhile, this trip is not worthwhile.

Although it was only a meal, with the authentic grapes from the Western Regions from Qiuzi, the three of them also ate very happily.

After the curfew sounded, the entire Chang'an City fell silent.

When the three of them came to the courtyard, Hui Lin called Guo Hua and tied Du Huan's scholar's towel to the base of Kong Ming's lantern.

Guo Hua took out the vine's whiskers and handed them to Hui Lin. When Hui Lin saw it, her face did not change, and she handed it to the acolyte again, instructing him to find a place to throw it away.

Guo Yu took a look, it turned out that this bearded vine was also lying to me. Hey, the monks don't speak, and the senior brother doesn't talk.

Kong Ming lantern, also known as sky lantern, is not big, more than a foot high, made of snow-white fine silk. Hui Lin took the Kong Ming lantern from Guo Hua's hand, leaned over the lamp in the monk's hand, and lit the candle in the lamp.

Hui Lin chanted the incantation, and the Kong Ming lantern slowly rose, and when it was more than ten feet above the roof, it stopped climbing, and gradually found a direction, and slowly floated over, just like a child who found something and tracked the past.

Guo Yu and Xian Yuyan couldn't help but look at Hui Lin, their hearts were full of respect, looking at the trajectory of the lights floating, not drifting with the wind, but discovering something.

Kong Ming Lantern went all the way to the south, and the three of them floated up, following step by step on the rows of intermittent tile roofs.

In Chang'an under the bright moon, the houses are like the gentle waves of the sea, reflecting the cold moonlight, which is very beautiful.

It should have been half an hour, and the houses and mansions that had been traveled gradually became sparse, and even some other businesses and granges appeared, which was to the southwest of Chang'an City, although there were also neighborhoods here, but the residents have always been scarce, and now the war is torn, even more so.

Guo Hua and Xian Yuyan couldn't help muttering in their hearts, this lamp has led us back again, although it can be determined that it is not in the original ward of Guiyifang, but the general direction is about the same, which is equivalent to a big detour.

Everyone followed the sky lantern to a deserted courtyard, about 20 houses, forming a huge manor, should not have been inhabited for a long time, under the moonlight, you can see that some places are missing roof tiles, showing a deep hollow.

The cold moonlight makes this deserted house that exudes a damp atmosphere even more secluded and terrifying.

The sky lantern went around a few circles over this decadent and gloomy courtyard, and slowly stopped, not moving.

Guo Yu and Xian Yuyan looked at each other, and couldn't help but get nervous.

Hui Lin twisted the mantra and walked slowly down the courtyard in the silver-gray moonlight, the bluestone trail in the courtyard has been covered by wild grass, and the foothold is very cramped.

Guo Yu and Xian Yuyan also followed, and they really couldn't think of any place to hide people in such a courtyard.

Hui Lin stretched out her hand towards Mingyue, the lamp immediately fell into his hand, Hui Lin handed the lamp to Guo Yu to hold, and took out a bamboo tube from the skin bag around his waist, which contained a few sandalwoods, Hui Lin took out a sandalwood and lit it with the candle in the Kong Ming lamp.

Hui Lin recited the incantation, and the tiny sandalwood, wisps of incense, flowed out a pillar of smoke, and when it approached the ground, it gradually turned into a colorful brilliance, winding like a snake.

The smoke snake was restrained and restrained, not gorgeous, but it was full of brute strength, twisting its body, looking for it, and swimming into the depths of the courtyard.

Hui Lin secretly added a spell, and where the smoke went, the grass retreated, revealing a two-foot-wide ground so that the three of them could walk.

After passing through a corridor, the smoke came to a halt at the water's edge, and it seemed that something was blocking the way.

"What, is this smoke snake also afraid of water?" Xian Yuyan muttered to Guo Yu's shoulder.

Hui Lin heard Xian Yuyan's whisper, looked around, and said without looking back: "It's here!

"Ah-didn't the master say that Du Huan would not worry about his life in three days, why had he already thrown his body into the lake at this time!" In this deep and terrifying deserted mansion, Xian Yuyan lowered his voice and shouted.

"In the lake, it's not necessarily a corpse!" Hui Lin continued, observing the water.

The two also followed Hui Lin's gaze to look forward, walked through the cramped trails, corridors, here is suddenly bright, under the moonlight, more than ten acres of lake, sparkling, falling bright moon, tree shadows and the reflection of the tall tower in the distance, there is no cave.

Such a beautiful lake garden, and this decadent deserted house formed a huge contrast, the beautiful scenery, so that people temporarily forget the gloomy and horror of the courtyard.

"There's a tunnel at the bottom of the lake, and there should be some mechanism to bring the entrance to the surface of the tunnel. Hui Lin muttered, turning her head to look at Guo Xuan. It's like saying, it's up to you to do these tricks.

"Senior brother, can you find out where the entrance is?" asked Guo Xuan.

"No, the water surface blocks the way of the smoke snake! This lake seems to be at least ten acres wide and one zhang deep, I can empty the entire lake of water, but that will cause changes in Chang'an City, disturb the people, and it will be very troublesome!" Hui Lin replied unhurriedly.

Guo Hua understood what his senior brother meant, took out a shiny copper box from the leather bag he carried, opened the lid, and a simple Xiao Sinan appeared.

Guo Hua took Sinan and walked around the feasible lakeshore despite the heavy grass exposure. Wherever the entrance to the lake is, there must be a mechanism on the shore that connects it, and under ninety percent of this mechanism, it is either copper or iron. The small Sinan is used to find iron frames, chains, winches, etc.

After some searching, the moon shadow slanted westward, but it was unsuccessful.

Xian Yuyan was a little impatient, and hurriedly stepped forward, just about to ask. saw Guo Hua take out another bamboo tube.

Guo Xuan unscrewed the lid of the bamboo tube, and pulled out a small stick that emitted a faint blue light, the light wriggled, and when he looked closely, it was densely packed with some small glowing things like corn, which should be some small insects. The wind blew and there was a smell of patina.

Guo Hua unscrewed the other end of the bamboo tube again, and there was nothing to see, only a strange fragrance, wisps of wisps, wafting into Xian Yuyan's nostrils.

Guo Hua put the stick crawling with small insects, approached the section that emitted a strange fragrance, and in an instant, those small insects that were glowing with fluorescence suddenly flew up, as many as thousands, like a mist sprayed out of the sun, very beautiful.

"What is this?" Xian Yuyan was puzzled.

"This is the copper-loving moth, a very old bug, they live by eating nectar, but they have a special habit of copper, they like to stick to copper, secrete mucus, corrode copper, eat it. Because they have a special perception of copper, some big copper mine owners have this one!"

After listening to Guo Hua, Xian Yuyan looked at the small stick in his hand, and it was indeed a copper rod, the surface was already pitted, and a layer of slimy things were attached, and the smell of patina came from there, it seemed that what Guo Wu said was true.

Those copper-loving moths were divided into more than a dozen strands, like smoke and mist, floating around on the surface of the lake and the shore of the lake.

Suddenly, several similar moths, like arrows, shot at one place, and landed on a crooked-necked tree on the shore that was falling to the surface of the lake.

The remaining strands of moths also flew over quickly, forming a large piece of light on the trunk of the tree.

Guo Yu beckoned everyone, performed light work, like a phantom, and approached the ancient tree, only to see that the insect light, the smaller and smaller it gathered, seemed to be trapped in the trunk.

The tree is dark, the light of the moth can not illuminate, Guo Yu shook the fire fold, on the old ancient tree, a secluded tree hole, the moth, is drilling in.