Next to the rockery.

Yuan Sheng put down his wide sleeves and said to the girl, "Get up." ”

The girl staggered to her feet, her brows still cold.

Yuan Sheng glanced at Xiao Tingchen and introduced, "That's my brother." ”

Xiao Tingchen walked over and bowed slightly towards the girl.

Yuan Sheng pointed at the girl again, "The eldest lady of Tianxiang, Hua Chaojiu, is also a key person who secretly helps the teacher take care of the power...... It's not easy to get along with, so you'd better not mess with her. ”

Xiao Tingchen looked at the girl.

Beauty is beautiful, but there are some less fireworks on the body.

Looking at Qing Qing and cold, it is really not easy to get along.

Hua Chaojiu picked up the clothes that were hidden in the grass, "You killed all my maids, but you left me alone, you want to know everything about him from my mouth." ”

"Yes." Yuan Sheng admitted simply, "The eldest lady has been hiding in the dark for the past few years, and using living people to raise those mermaids for him, this kind of day is also very painful, right?" After all, the eldest lady is kind-hearted, and she refuses to kill in the past few days......"

"I've never been kind." The girl neatly vetoed.

"I'm super fierce" is clearly written on her little face!

But with that pretty face like ice and snow, there is an inexplicable feeling of cuteness.

She fastened her belt, "Follow me." ”

The brothers followed her through the hot springs and down the verandah to the end.

At the end is a quaint black wooden door.

The door is carved with delicate and intricate patterns, and the mermaid undulates on the black weak water, which is suffocating with ferocity.

The flower pushes the door open towards the wine.

Because of the countless mirrors inlaid in the corner, a beam of moonlight refracted into the door to illuminate the ground, and Xiao Tingchen clearly saw that behind the door was the weak lake in the underground palace.

Hua Chaojiu: "I live here to feed the mermaid for him." He wants to live forever, and all the secrets about him are at the end of the lake. ”

At the end of the lake was so dark that I couldn't see anything clearly.

Xiao Tingchen asked, "How are we going to get over?" ”

Weak water can't carry anything, Hua Chaojiu Qinggong can stand on the surface of the lake, but he and Yuan Sheng can't do it.

Hua Chaojiu covered the door, and the phoenix eyes of the water could not see the slightest emotion, "Think about those murals carefully." ”

Yuan Sheng sat cross-legged on the railing, got a pot of wine out of nowhere, and took a few sips with his head up.

His peach blossom eyes turned crimson, and he turned to Xiao Tingchen with a smile, "I don't like to use my brain, so let's think about these questions." If you have an answer, don't forget to tell your brother. ”

Xiao Tingchen didn't count on him from the beginning.

He stared at the wooden door carved with a mermaid pattern, thought for a moment, and said: "Legend has it that the soul rejuvenation incense only exists in the legendary Cave State, and to arrive in the Cave State, you need to pass through the mysterious Soul Burial Sea. The sea of burial souls is weak, and only large ships made of acacia trees can float on the sea. So, if we want to get to the other side of the lake, we can only find the acacia tree and make a wooden boat. ”

Yuan Sheng asked seriously, "The key is that the acacia tree, like the mermaid, is a mythical creature, where can we find the acacia tree?" ”

Xiao Tingchen was silent.

He lived for more than twenty years, and it is true that he had never seen the so-called acacia tree.

"That's it, tonight's harvest is not bad, let's go back to Wuyi Lane for the time being." Yuan Sheng glanced at Chaojiu with satisfaction, "As a captive, you have to go with us." ”

Hua Chaojiu seemed to have anticipated his plan, and walked towards the exit with an indifferent face, still unable to see the ups and downs of emotions.

Yuan Sheng stabbed Xiao Tingchen with his elbow, squeezed his eyebrows and said, "How is it, your sister-in-law is not bad, right?" ”

Xiao Tingchen laughed, "Walking so fast, she seems to be eager to leave with us." ”

Yuan Sheng was a little proud, "Of course. Let me tell you, when she was a child, she often dragged a sledgehammer to chase me and beat me, as the so-called beating is love and scolding, and I think she has been in love with me since that time. ”

The little face of the girl walking in front was as dark as water.

I used to think that Yuan Sheng was very annoying, but I didn't expect his brother to hate it as much as him.

Sure enough, it's not a family that doesn't enter the door, these brothers are cheap and narcissistic, I really don't know which woman in the world can stand them.

The three of them left the ground, and the flowers were covered with light veils, standing under the eaves of Tianxiang and refusing to move.

Yuan Sheng looked at her.

The girl is dressed in white and has crow hair up to her knees, and her beautiful and delicate face is hidden in her hair, which looks dusty.

Her embroidered shoes were hidden by her skirt, and her phoenix eyes looked coldly at the bustling night market streets, "Dirty." ”

Yuan Sheng raised his eyebrows, "Miss, do you know what a captive is?" To lose all rights, to no longer be on high ground, to obey my arrangements in everything, and to warm the bed of the master at all times, this is the captive. ”

Xiao Tingchen silently turned his head to the side.

Why didn't he remember that the captive had to help his master warm his bed?

Yuan Sheng is so shameless!

Hua Chaojiu was still unmoved.

The slender and delicate little hand gently grabbed the skirt, and her lips lightly opened: "It's dirty outside." ”

After a moment of stalemate, Yuan Sheng resigned himself to stepping down the steps and squatting down in front of the girl.

He wasn't angry, "Get on your stomach." ”

The girl lay on his back reservedly.

Yuan Sheng picked her up and headed towards Wuyi Lane.

Xiao Tingchen followed behind, feeling very uncomfortable.

obviously captured Sikong Chen's most important subordinate, but why couldn't he be happy at all?

There is always a feeling of being forced into a mouthful of dog food......

It's dawn.

Wuyi Lane is winding and quiet, the wind lamps under the eaves of the mansion are about to burn out, and the faint light before dawn faintly illuminates this ancient alley.

Xiao Tingchen casually followed behind, turned a few corners, and Xiao Mansion appeared in front of him.

Yuan Sheng stepped into the mansion with flowers and wine on his back.

Xiao Tingchen stood outside the mansion, at the end of the alley, a laurel tree with lush branches and a majestic crown.

This is the tree that the wine saved.

He stepped forward and leaned down to pick up a leaf that had been blown off by the wind.

The oval-shaped leaves are turquoise and crystalline, with distinct veins on them, exuding a light vegetal sweet fragrance.

If you look closely, the leaves of this laurel tree are not very different from those of other osmanthus trees.

Xiao Tingchen suddenly squinted, and a bold guess appeared in his mind.

He stuffed the leaves into his arms, swept into the Descending Crane Ting with light power, rummaged through the bookshelf of Su Liquor for a while, and finally turned out a dry osmanthus flower.

His family has always liked to collect all kinds of plants, and dried them and sandwiched them in ancient books for ordinary viewing.

This branch of osmanthus is the one that was broken down and preserved when the laurel tree bloomed at the end of the alley.

Osmanthus flowers have a graceful deep golden color, and even if they are preserved for many years, they still exude a sweet fragrance.

The round petals are crowded and clustered, which seems to be almost the same as ordinary osmanthus flowers, but if you look closely, there is a shallow crescent-shaped mark on each small petal, which is particularly delicate and moving.

Could it be that laurel tree......

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Let's unravel all the foreshadowing