[The book continues from the above, and the last book said that Mo Han saw Hanquan's toy rattle, so he thought about the passage of time, whether the merchant drum made of the hundred fantasy map has been made into another kind of drum - rattle. Mu Qing reminded her, and also felt that it was reasonable, and decided to investigate the department stores in the city, and at the same time, she also started with the rattle to find the whereabouts of the Hundred Illusion Map. led out the palace master to walk around, and stayed to eat with great hospitality. Mu Qing meditated on the fact that the Salt Gang was powerful, and he must have known a lot of little-known rumors about the rivers and lakes, so he asked if there was such a magical drum in the city. Unexpectedly, Old Man Gong recalled and told Mu Qingming an exciting news to them. In the city of Kunming, there is really such an object. 】

The sunset is in the western mountains, and the sky is gorgeous, but it is not so dazzling. The sunset softens the sunset, not as dazzling as the morning glow, but it also has this unique beauty.

In Shala Alley, the wind is still whirling. It was a little more cold and cold in this small alley than during the day. The yin wind that crisscrossed the alley also let out a sharp howl.

At first glance, the sound of the wind seems to be a man's laughter, and it is as if thousands of people are crying in unison. Hearing this, the old man of the palace who walked into the alley with a servant and his daughter couldn't help but frown, and said, "Why is this Shala Alley always gloomy. Every time I come, as long as I am blown by the wind in this alley, I feel the same as going to the grave. ”。

Speaking of this with a little complaint, Old Man Gong originally wanted to say something, but when he saw the daughter beside him, he immediately held back his words, and changed his words: "I don't know what Young Master Mu thinks, but he wants to live in this kind of place." There are so many good houses in the city that I don't live in, and I just come here to buy a house, and I'm also a weirdo. ”。

As soon as they finished speaking, the three of them came to the door of the Mu family's small courtyard.

The closed wooden door, which has only recently been newly painted, is brightly colored and stands out from the surrounding ruin and desolation.

Without waiting for the palace master to speak, the servant had already stepped forward and knocked on the closed door of the small courtyard of the Mu family.

After a while, the courtyard door slowly opened, and a strong wind rose, blowing the cuffs and hems of the palace lord's robes and swaying. Miaotian came out from behind the door, and when he saw that it was the palace master and the palace lady standing opposite, he immediately showed politeness and said with a smile: "It turned out to be the palace master and Ling Qianjin, what a rare guest." ”。

At the same time, he turned sideways and stepped out of the way, welcoming the Gong family in.

After another moment, after the guests and hosts in the main house of the Mu family's courtyard took their seats one after another, Miao Yuton tea came up. Mu Qingming looked at the old man Gong on the opposite side and said with a smile: "Old man Gong and Miss Gong, please; This is the best Pu'er, as well as the small snacks made by my family's Miaole, try them all. ”。

Miao Le also walked in with some pastries and fruits as he spoke. After placing it, he retreated with Miaoyu and helped Mo Han in the kitchen cook.

In the main room, only Miaobi was left standing beside Mu Qingming.

"Qi's tea?" Gong Xiaoyun, who raised the teacup and took a sip, raised her eyes to look at Mu Qingming.

"Exactly, who is Miss Gong drinking?" Mu Qingming nodded and asked with a smile.

"yes." Gong Xiaoyun was not modest, and said bluntly: "We all know that the Qi family has a unique method of drying tea, so they use the method of direct sun exposure, so there is a 'sun flavor' in the tea, the surface of the tea cake is red, the soup is also a little red, and the soup quality is thin." Although today's tea soup is thin, it has a clear aroma, and it is obviously the tea of the Qi family. ”。

After listening to what she said, Mu Qingming turned his eyes to look at the old man Gong, and said with a smile: "Master Gong, it is not bad for your daughter to be a tea doctor, or a detective in the provincial police department." ”。

Old Man Gong laughed a few times and said, "Young Master Mu is too exalted to her, she just likes to drink tea." However, I heard that the provincial police department is going to be abolished, and after the abolition, it will be changed to a police department in the Kunming Municipal Office, so Master Mu's work will not have any impact, right? If you don't be that consultant, come to my palace house, and I promise that I won't treat you badly. ”。

Mu Qingming hadn't been looking for Zhao Liang for a long time, and he really didn't know about it. However, Zhao Liang still sent him his salary on time, and it didn't seem to affect him if he was dismissed or not, and after thanking him at the moment, he asked: "Why did the old man of the palace remember to come to me to sit down today." ”。

After a pause, Mu Qingming glanced at the sunset outside the house, shining on the bluestone slab in the courtyard of the courtyard, slightly reddened, and then invited the palace master: "Since you are here, we will have dinner together and taste my family's cooking skills." ”。

"The cook at home has marinated a lot of delicious bacon and ham, and I thought I wanted Young Master Mu and Mrs. Mu to try it, so I sent some to you." After the old man said this, he was about to shirk it.

I saw Mu Qingming on the opposite side raise his hand in time, interrupted the palace master, and said, "The palace master should not shirk." In the past year, our family has received a lot of generous gifts from the palace family, shouldn't we return the gift to you? If you want to shirk it again, whether it's bacon or ham, you take it all, and I won't accept anything. ”。

"How's that going to work?" The old man Gong is also an acute man who is cold on the outside and hot on the inside, and immediately shouted urgently: "You have saved the life of the little girl, you have to take these thank-you gifts as a matter of course." Otherwise, the people on the rivers and lakes will scold my palace for being ruthless and unjust. ”。

Mu Qingming looked at the anxious old man who was blushing a little and smiled, thinking that he was a little funny, so he pushed the boat down the river and said, "Then stay and have a light meal, this is the exchange of courtesies." ”......

After a long time, the hot dish is served. Master Gong couldn't shirk it, so he also stayed with his daughter.

And Mu Qingming kept him, but he was also a little selfish. The Salt Gang is powerful in the rivers and lakes, at least in the city of Kunming, from the government to the common people, they have to give them face.

The people in the gang are also all over the city and outside the city, and they are very well-informed. Just left the old man in the palace and asked him if he had heard of the rattle made of the Hundred Illusion Map.

After pushing the cup and changing the lamp for a while, Mu Qingming and the old man of the palace chatted a few more words about the topic of collecting antiques, and then said in a roundabout way: "I heard that there is a drum in the city, probably something like a merchant's drum, but the sound of the drum made by shaking it will make people hallucinate and see beautiful things." The salt gang is powerful, and the protégés are all over the city and abroad, has the old man ever seen or heard of such a treasure? ”。

After three glasses of wine, the old man of the palace, who was already black-faced and slightly red, blinked vigorously to make his vision less blurry, and after thinking for a while, he laughed heartily a few times, and said in a disdainful tone: "It's really such a thing, but it's just a vain name and it's not a treasure at all." ”。

When Mu Qingming heard this, some joy flashed in his eyes.

Sure enough, it was expected by Mo Han, and it was right to leave the palace master. But how can it be said that this thing has a false name, this has to be asked.

Mu Qingming turned his head to look outside the house, the land that had been shrouded in night became dark, and he asked, "Has the old man of the palace seen this thing?" Why is it just a vain thing? ”。

After saying that, Mu Qingming turned his head back and looked at the old man of the palace who still had a drunken look on his face.

"You're asking the right person. When I was younger, I was not the head of the salt gang, and my father first made me a salt seller who walked around the streets with a small flat pole in order to train me. At that time...... "The old man Gong, who had not finished speaking, opened his mouth and burped a long wine, which immediately attracted the disgust of his daughter Gong Xiaoyun, and gave him a blank look.

Old Man Gong didn't care, and after laughing, he said: "At that time, there were many salt shops in Kunming, and if I wanted to sell the salt, I could only go to the villages and towns outside the city. Outside of Kunming, I have been to several nearby villages. I remember seeing such a thing in the ancestral hall of a village on the edge of Dianchi Lake, where the whole village is surnamed Han. The drum noodles are still made of snakeskin. The people in the village said that it was a sacred object, and that if you shake it, you can see gods and fairies. Therefore, with the blessing of the gods, their village has not had natural disasters for many years. Several floods did not submerge their village. ”。

As soon as he heard the surname Han, Mu Qingming suddenly thought about whether it was Han Damao and their village.

But at the moment, he was more curious, why did the old man say that the drum had no divine power, but it was in vain?

When Mu Qingming got up and filled the wine again with a wine jug for the slightly drunk palace old man, he thought back to the old palace man in the past, and said, "I was a teenager at that time, and I was curious about everything. As soon as I accidentally heard that there was such a magical treasure in that village, which was never revealed, I immediately became interested and wanted to meet the immortals. So they sneaked into their ancestral hall quietly at night. The courtyard door of the ancestral hall was locked, and I climbed over the wall to get in. But the door of the ancestral hall was not locked. As soon as I opened the door and entered, I saw the drum, which was enshrined in front of the ancestral tablet on the ancestral hall. ”。

The dragon lockers around him, and his daughter Gong Xiaoyun all focused their eyes on the old man Gong. Looking forward to the old man Gong, continue to speak.

I didn't think that the old man of the palace suddenly didn't speak, but just raised the wine glass and took a sip, smashing it and smashing it. The face full of drunkenness was a little more comfortable.

"I was very happy at the time, and I couldn't suppress my joy, but when I picked up the rattle, it was no different from a rattle, except that the silver-gray glossy drum surface had some diamond-shaped scales, and I shook it vigorously, but nothing happened." Speaking of this, the disappointment in the eyes of the old man suddenly appeared: "His grandmother's, at that time I knew that myths are all lies, how can there be any treasures that are not treasures, but just rattles made of snake skin." The fairy didn't see it, but the sound of the drums woke up the sleeping dogs in the village. If I hadn't run fast, I would have been beaten to death by the people of the village as a blasphemous. ”。

"In this way, when I escaped, I was injured and bitten by the village dog." The old man rolled up his sleeves, revealing the old scars on his arms, and showed them to Mu Qingming and them.

It was indeed a wound left by a canine tooth, two round wounds, across his arm. I'm afraid that the dog just bit it and let go. Otherwise, you must take a piece of meat from him.

Even so, decades have passed, and the ugly scar is still there, which shows that the dog that bit the old man of the palace that day was extremely heavy, presumably it was already bleeding at that time, and the wound was deep and the bones were visible.

Mu Qingming took a closer look at the two scars, and secretly exchanged glances with Mo Han.

The snakeskin drum and rattle, as well as the legends that have been passed down from generation to generation in the village, all seem to prove that the drum is the hundred illusions that Mu Qingming is looking for.

The reason why the old man shook the rattle and didn't see the illusion may be because time has passed, and the magic power on the drum has been restrained. And the old man of the palace is not a strange person, so he can't inject qi into it to activate the restrained magic power, so he didn't get his wish.

Mu Qingming decided to sneak into the ancestral hall of this village first to have a look, no matter what.

Is it a drum made of a fantasy map? Find out what happens next, and listen to the next breakdown.