Chapter 287: Paradise in the Mountains
Sima Hongyan couldn't hide the amazement in his heart, and walked to the top of the highest boulder, and when he looked back, the entire green fairyland was in full view, as if it was a paradise surrounded by mountains. It's just that there are no trees here.
Looking at this wonderland hidden in the mountains in this basin, Sima Hongyan felt a sense of déjà vu in his heart, and after thinking for a while, he recalled that this seemed to be an underground volcanic mountain pass!
Sima Hongyan was very curious about how Nanfeng Lonely Shadow found such a place, but she wanted to visit it first. Anyway, there is time, and it is the same to ask later.
At the highest point of the stack of boulders, there are several stone houses behind Sima Hongyan, Sima Hongyan curiously went into the middle one to take a look, and found that it was not small, there were thirty or forty square meters, stone tables, stone benches, and stone beds were all available, and the polishing was very smooth, it seems that not only someone had lived here before, but also lived for a long time.
Sima Hongyan's fingers wiped on the stone table, a thick layer of dust, it seems that no one has lived here recently.
Sima Hongyan walked out of the stone house, and Nanfeng Lone Shadow was waiting at the door, and asked her with a smile, "How is it?" Do you still like it here? Sima Hongyan nodded, smiling, this fairyland-like place was the human residence she dreamed of, so she did not hesitate to take the stone house at the top as her own.
Sima Hongyan looked down from a high position, a few horses had already gone to the edge of the small lake to drink water on their own, and Shi Jinyan and several people were looking for the stone houses they liked, and several people were interspersed back and forth in the various stone houses, picking and choosing.
Sima Hongyan saw that these stone houses were divided into three floors, so he shouted to the few people who were still going back and forth at the bottom: "Don't pick at the bottom, leave those to the ten red sleeves, the stone houses on the second floor are much larger than the ones below, don't you come up and take a look?" ”
When Xiao Hongying heard this, she ran up the stone stairs for the first time, and the other sisters followed. Sure enough, the second floor of the stone house was much larger than the one below, and after a while, everyone chose their own room.
The household utensils were all tied to the horses in bags, and the rest was to clean up after finding their own rooms, and everyone unloaded their things from the horses, dragged them into their own rooms, and began to clean their own rooms. Don't look at the fact that they rarely do these menial jobs, but everyone is extra serious and decent.
Zhong Liying has grown up in the mountains since she was a child, and she has long been used to doing these menial jobs, and she finishes cleaning up the fastest, and then goes to help the other sisters. Xiao Hongying's hands were the clumsiest, and she was so busy that she didn't even finish half of it, so Zhong Liying came to help her first.
However, Sima Hongyan's younger sisters didn't know if they had discussed it in advance, or if they had a good heart, in short, no one went up to the highest place, and left it there by default to Sima Hongyan and Nanfeng Lonely Shadow.
Sima Hongyan thought that these sisters were deliberate, and deliberately left her and Nanfeng Guying alone at the top. It seems that everyone knows about her relationship with Nanfeng Lonely Shadow, and deliberately avoids it. This made her feel a little embarrassed, but in her heart she was secretly satisfied with the result.
Nanfeng Guying didn't even have any opinions, but he didn't live next door to Sima Hongyan, but lived in another stone house separated from Sima Hongyan.
After cleaning up their own little world, everyone began to visit each other's rooms, as if these ordinary stone houses were full of mysteries, obviously nothing special, but they still looked at them one by one.
The lonely shadow of the south wind led everyone to a rather large stone room at the bottom, this stone room was more than three times larger than the other stone rooms, and the innermost corner was full of bags of things, and there were also bacon and dried meat hanging around, as well as a lot of potatoes, sweet potatoes and vegetables.
There was a stove in the other corner with a huge iron pot on it. However, the iron pot looks like it was a long time ago, and it is quite old. The stove looked like it had been used for a long time, and the stone platform had long been smoked by the smoke and fire. Zhong Liying was very curious to raise the iron pot and look at it, and said curiously: "It can still be used!" ”
Xiao Hongying asked, "There is no water source here, we can't drink water in the same pool with the horses, right?" ”
Nanfeng Lonely Shadow smiled and said, "You guys come with me!" ”
Led everyone to a stone wall not far from the boulder stone house, on the surface there was nothing special about the stone wall, who knew that the lonely shadow of the south wind suddenly turned around, and disappeared in front of everyone out of thin air. Everyone didn't care about it just now, but suddenly a big living person suddenly disappeared, and they were all startled, and they didn't know what happened on the spot.
At this time, Nanfeng Lonely Shadow suddenly had his head emerging from mid-air, and said with a strange expression: "Come here!" A head floating in the air and still talking to herself, the women only felt strange and magical. Sima Hongyan walked a few steps forward curiously, only to find that there was a path between the stone walls, but these stones were exactly the same color, and what they saw in their eyes was like a complete piece.
Knowing what was going on, Sima Hongyan smiled and beckoned to the sisters, and several people followed the lonely shadow of the south wind into the path sandwiched between the mountain walls. The magic between heaven and earth is really much more clever than the artificially built mechanism.
After walking a short distance, you can hear the sound of gurgling water. The path is not long, it is winding and twisting, walk not far to come to a small cave, there is a ray of sky light above your head, from the side of the mountain rock a stream of water slowly flowed down, it seems that the amount of water is not large, but when it flows to the ground, it can form a stream like a "whoosh" flow, as for the flow to where, no one knows.
Nanfeng Guying said: "It is estimated that there must be a big spring near here, which is connected to the underground water vein, and this small stream is estimated to be diverted from the spring." The water here is clean and we didn't have a problem drinking it. ”
Sima Hongyan couldn't bear it anymore at this time, and asked him, "How did you find such a magical place?" I'm afraid this question is also a question in the hearts of several other girls, and when they heard Sima Hongyan ask, they all looked at Nanfeng Lonely Shadow curiously.
Nanfeng Lonely Shadow looked up at the sky, and instead of answering, he said: "It's going to be dark in a while, let's go back and make a fire to cook, I'll tell you when we eat!" ”
Everyone returned to the stone house, Sima Hongyan and his sisters were busy fetching water and cooking together, and Nanfeng Guying cleaned up a stone house that looked like a dining hall and lit the lamp.
The stone table in this stone room is so big, enough for ten people to sit around and eat, it seems that there are not a few people who lived here before, and they all eat around this stone table.
The skill of cooking is a skill in the women's army, so any person's cooking skills can be independent, although there are only some rice, jerky, potatoes or something, but after the cooking of Sima Hongyan and these people, it is still fragrant and mouth-watering.
The lonely shadow of the south wind is even more magical, I don't know where to conjure a jar of wine, but the shape of this wine jar is like a triangle, and it doesn't look like something from the Central Plains.
The five girls' curiosity is getting heavier and heavier, but Nanfeng Guying promised to tell everyone the beginning and end when they eat, so they couldn't help but didn't ask again.
Actually, the food was quite ordinary, but everyone ate it very happily because it was a meal that everyone made by themselves. The wine poured out of the triangular jar tasted slightly sweet and a little spicy, but it had a different taste.
Everyone ate very quietly and quickly, and after eating, Xiao Hongying cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks, and Zhong Liying made tea for everyone. However, Sima Hongyan didn't drink tea, but had a soft spot for that strange wine, and she still continued to drink when others drank tea.
At this time, the sky had gradually darkened, and the valley that had been full of green was suddenly covered by a thick night, and the surroundings were so quiet that even the sound of insects could not be heard.
Seeing that the five women were all looking at themselves expectantly, Nanfeng Guying said: "Actually, you can all see that this should be a relic of the ancients, I don't know how many years ago, there was a group of people who lived here for a long time. I don't know for what reason, it could be a migration, or maybe there was some disaster, and the people here are leaving. When I first came here, I searched carefully, and there were no bodies here to prove that they had left on their own. ”
Taking a sip of tea, Nanfeng Lonely Shadow continued, "I was able to find this place because I stumbled upon a map! I don't know where the map came from, so I can't tell where it came from, but you know the person who gave me the map. ”
As soon as he heard that it was someone he knew, Sima Hongyan was stunned for a moment, and immediately recalled in his mind that anyone he knew might give Nanfeng Guying such a map, and after thinking for a long time, he had no clue, looked at Nanfeng Guying and shook his head.
Nanfeng Lonely Shadow said: "Do you remember the Gonggong Jia next to Emperor Yanrong that I mentioned to you?" ”
Reminded by Nanfeng Guying, Sima Hongyan immediately recalled what Nanfeng Guying had said to Yan Hong and her at that time in Tianling Mountain, this Gonggong Jia was the eunuch who discovered the secret of Emperor Yanrong's death.
"He gave it to you? Why didn't you tell Yan Hong about it at that time? Sima Hongyan asked strangely.
Nanfeng Guying replied: "At that time, His Royal Highness the Ninth and you were only interested in the cause of death of Emperor Yanrong and General Sima, and I don't know what secrets are in this map, if I say it rashly, it will inevitably cause unnecessary trouble to myself." It's a royal matter, and I have to be more careful. ”
Nanfeng Lone Shadow is indeed true to say this, but Sima Hongyan understands that if he is really targeted by the royal family, there will basically be nothing good.
"After I got the map, I studied it for a long time before I discovered the mystery in the map, so I found this place according to the map. But this place is the same as when I found it, I lived here for a month to find out if there was any secret hidden, but in the end I found nothing. ”