Half an hour later, Tang Anshu, who was holding a wine glass, swayed to the door of the osmanthus house in the south courtyard, he raised his eyes and looked at the so-called osmanthus house, and then he understood that the entire south courtyard is collectively called the osmanthus house, in other words, the entire south courtyard is Shen Qingmeng's "boudoir".

The first card is the first card, and there is really a pie. Tang Anshu looked around and saw that there was no one, and directly pushed the door in, and when he pushed the door in, he saw Shen Qingmeng sitting at the stone table in the middle of the courtyard at a glance.

Although he hadn't seen Shen Qingmeng, he only needed one glance to know that this woman was definitely Shen Qingmeng.

Not only because he was beautiful and gorgeously dressed, but the way the woman looked at him had already given him a positive answer.

"Close the door and bolt it." Shen Qingmeng smiled, "I've been waiting for you for a long time. ”

Tang Anshu closed the door, walked slowly to the opposite side of Shen Qingmeng, shook his hands and clenched his fists, and said, "In Tang Anshu." ”

Shen Qingmeng stretched out his hand and motioned for Tang Anshu to sit down: "Please take a seat, you don't need to be on top, since I'm waiting for you, even if it's the first time we meet, we don't need to be so polite." ”

Tang Anshu sat down, Shen Qingmeng poured a glass of wine, and served it to him with both hands: "Please drink." ”

"Thank you." Tang Anshu took the wine and put it down, "I don't drink, and I'm not hungry, the girl still has something to say, I also know that the girl has been waiting for someone, but I'm not sure if she's waiting for me." ”

Shen Qingmeng smiled and asked, "Why do you know?" ”

"Is the girl trying to test me, or is she trying to make fun of me?" Tang Anshu looked at Shen Qingmeng and said with a smile, "Every time you go to see the cripple, you don't make any disguise, as long as the cripple speaks, everyone knows that you are his employer." ”

Shen Qingmeng, who was expressionless, took a sip of his wine glass: "Sir, this is to promote me, I am just a chess piece in the hands of others, not an employer, to put it mildly, I am a plaything in this Eight Kings Courtyard, and if I leave the Eight Kings Courtyard, I am just a bird in someone's cage, not even a person." ”

Tang Anshu heard the meaning of Shen Qingmeng's words, and seemed to be complaining, but this might just be a trap, so he asked bluntly: "Who is the girl talking about?" ”

Shen Qingmeng picked up the wine glass and looked at it carefully, with a confident smile: "Sir, before revealing the mystery, let's talk about things that everyone is interested in, right?" ”

Tang Anshu didn't answer, but said: "The girl said that he is Sun Sansun Dashuai?" ”

Shen Qingmeng put down his wine glass: "Let's talk about "Jinling Jane". ”

Tang Anshu was indifferent: "What "Jinling Jane"? ”

Shen Qingmeng smiled, got up and said, "It seems that I am waiting for the wrong person, sir, please go back." ”

Tang Anshu still sat firmly and asked, "What does the girl want?" ”

"I want you." Shen Qingmeng approached Tang Anshu, "Because of you, I may be able to find Jinling Jane." ”

Tang Anshu knew that he couldn't avoid it, so he had to say: "That's just a legend." ”

Shen Qingmeng sat down again: "Legends are not necessarily fake. ”

Tang Anshu said with a smile: "The legend of "Jinling Jian" is divided into two volumes, the first volume records the previous Ming Dynasty, some dynasties are not famous, but the battle method is peculiar, the next volume records the analysis of these battles, and before the Ming Dynasty, China has gone through dozens of dynasties, and the famous battles that occurred in these dynasties can not be included in all two volumes, not to mention the many non-famous battles? ”

Shen Qingmeng didn't look at Tang Anshu either, but said, "I don't understand what Mr. means." ”

Tang Anshu explained: "I mean, this legend is originally inconsistent, if the Jinling Jane really exists, and there are upper and lower volumes, then this upper and lower volumes can only be the catalog of the real Jinling Jane." ”

After listening to this, Shen Qingmeng did not continue the topic, but said, "Sir, I'm just curious, why were you hired to go to the prison to save people?" Although your name is not big now, after all, you are the heir of the Western Sichuan Dynasty, and the Arhat is not in vain, how could you do such a thing? Is it just to make money? I don't believe it. ”

Shen Qingmeng's words made Tang Anshu completely understand that she knew far more than she imagined.

It is true that Tang Anshu went to prison for "Jinling Jane", but he did not tell Wu Sihe and Liu Luoqu, because he didn't trust those two, so he wouldn't trust the unknown woman in front of him.

"Since the girl knows some inside information, I should also reveal some of it." Tang Anshu looked directly at Shen Qingmeng, pretending to have a frank expression, "I actually went to the prison to draw a map inside. ”

Shen Qingmeng sneered and asked, "What do you want to do with the map of the Prison?" ”

Tang Anshu said: "I'm not a rich person, of course it's for money. ”

Shen Qingmeng said: "I don't believe it. ”

Tang Anshu knew that the time had come, so he got up and hugged his fists: "Girl, I am also employed, what I just said is already too much, since the girl still does not want to be honest, then, I can only leave." ”

After Tang Anshu finished speaking, he smiled politely, raised his feet and slowly walked towards the door. At the same time, I hoped that Shen Qingmeng would open his mouth and tell the truth.

It's a pity that until Tang Anshu walked to the door, Shen Qingmeng was indifferent.

Just when Tang Anshu regretted that his trick didn't work, and picked up the latch, Shen Qingmeng finally got up and said, "Sir, tonight's third watch, we'll see you in front of the tavern where the lame man frequents." ”

Tang Anshu turned sideways slightly: "Three watches? ”

"Yes." Shen Qingmeng's tone was cold, "I will stand under the lantern at the door of the tavern and wait for you." ”

Tang Anshu nodded: "Okay, it's cold, girl be careful." ”

Shen Qingmeng bowed slightly: "Sir, go slowly." ”

"Stay." After Tang Anshu finished saying these two words, he opened the door and left.

After walking out of the osmanthus house in the southern courtyard, one question after another popped up in Tang Anshu's mind, in fact, these questions began to pour out the moment he saw Shen Qingmeng-

What is Shen Qingmeng's identity? Could the person behind her be Sun San?

If Shen Qingmeng's target is "Jinling Jane", it means that she may not be Sun San's person, because Wei Qiming's people are in prison and in Sun San's hands, Sun San may let Shen Qingmeng instruct the lame man to set up, but he will not let Shen Qingmeng interfere in the search for "Jinling Jane".

Therefore, Shen Qingmeng may not only work for Sun Sanyi?

Does Shen Qingmeng have any connection with the employer who hired him this time?

How did Shen Qingmeng know that his purpose was not just Wei Qiming?

After walking out of the Eight Kings Courtyard and sitting down in front of the wonton stall at the entrance of the alley in the distance, Tang Anshu asked for a bowl of wontons, and while the vendor was cooking freshly packed, he began to calm down and recall the past.

It turns out that there are so many people in the world looking for "Jinling Jane"?

Tang Anshu thought of this, and recalled that he was pulled back to the summer night before leaving Sichuan.

It was an extremely hot night, even if people stood there and did not move, doing nothing, sweat would continue to seep out of the body, so that the clothes were close to the skin, and people needed to pull and wave with their hands from time to time, hoping to bring even a moment of coolness.

And sweat-soaked shoes make people feel like they are stepping on a piece of mud.

Tang Anshu maintained this state, standing respectfully on the side of the recliner and slowly shaking the big pu fan in his hand.

Hu Shen, who was on the recliner, stared blankly at the gray sky, stared at the faintly visible moon in it, and lost his arms, as if he was not interested in everything around him.

I don't know how long it took, but just when Tang Anshu felt that he was about to faint, Hu Shen finally looked sideways and said, "Anshu, go get a bucket of water." ”

"Okay." Tang Anshu put down the pu fan, took two steps, and then stopped and asked, "Master, do you want to take a bath or wipe yourself?" ”

Hu Shen shook his head: "Don't do it, you fetch a bucket of water, light a lantern, and hang it on a tree." ”

Tang Anshu quickly completed everything, and Hu Shen said again: "Do you remember the box I asked you to bury under the tree when you were apprenticed?" Dig it out. ”

Tang Anshu went into the house and took a hoe, laboriously dug out the box, and after a simple cleaning, he came to Hu Shen with both hands.

"Turn it on." Hu Shen looked at the box and said.

Tang Anshu opened the box and saw that there was a key embedded in it, it was a blood-red key, although the appearance was the same as the key he usually saw, but it was very thin, and by the light of the kerosene lamp, he could also see countless strange lines on the key, like countless small snakes lurking in it.

Although Tang Anshu was curious, he didn't ask, just stood like that.

Hu Shen looked at it for a while, and finally raised his eyes to look directly at Tang Anshu, and asked, "Anshu, don't you want to know what this is?" ”

Tang Anshu shook his head: "Master has taught that if you don't say it, you don't ask, if you ask, you will be suspicious, and if you doubt, you will change, this is a big taboo." ”

"You can memorize this way of life, but it's one thing to remember these truths, and it's another thing to understand." After Hu Shen finished speaking, his eyes fell on the box again, "This key is the key to finding "Jinling Jane". ”

When Tang Anshu heard this, he was very surprised and asked, "Master, does "Jinling Jane" really exist?" ”

Hu Shen nodded slightly: "If I don't say it, I'm afraid you won't know in your life that the box I asked you to bury back then contained such an important thing." ”

Tang Anshu looked at the key in the box, wondering if this was the key to open a certain treasure house? And "Jinling Jane" is hidden in that treasure house?

"For this key, countless predecessors have disappeared one after another, and the once-famous Earth Master Guild has also collapsed, and now only a shell remains." Hu Shen smiled bitterly, "Back then, I was still a member of the Earth Teachers Association, but at that time, I was just a child who worked in Wanyan Pavilion. ”

Tang Anshu asked, "Master, what is the place of Wanyan Pavilion?" ”

Hu Shen explained: "Wanyan Pavilion is a warehouse used by the Earth Master Association to store all kinds of books, originally a tomb thief visited several times, has been dilapidated ancient cemetery underground palace, and was later selected by the Earth Master Association, with mudstone, basalt, limestone and other moisture-proof and heat-resistant rocks to renovate the underground library, which preserves a lot of rumored lost monuments, for the Earth Master, it is a real treasure house. ”

When Hu Shen entered the Earth Master Association, he was a child who didn't know anything, and the reason why he wanted to join the Earth Master Association was entirely because of the means played by the eldest lady in the family - Hu Shen's father was an official and businessman in the Qing court at that time, that is, commonly known as a red-top businessman, who was a rich party in Jinxi, with a wife and five concubines, among the five concubines, only Hu Shen's mother gave birth to a son, and the rest were all girls, and his eldest mother also had a son, but Hu Shen was not as good as his eldest brother in any aspect since he was a child.