"Didn't anyone really come back unharmed?" Xiao Lianshan relieved himself and asked seriously.

"No, I haven't heard from the older generation anyway." Zhang Siye flipped the fish on the bonfire and said casually. "But these rumors were all from the pre-Qin Dynasty, and they continued until the Ming Dynasty, and then I never heard of anyone seeing what palace at the bottom of the sea."

I think this rumor in Zhang Siye's mouth is mostly exaggerated and fabricated by later generations, but the two times he mentioned make me think of something, in the pre-Qin period, it should be said that Yingzheng built the Jieshi Palace, which can be seen that the Jieshi Palace was either built at the bottom of the East China Sea, or it sank to the bottom of the sea not long after it was built.

And the other time is the Ming Dynasty, after which no one has ever seen the Jieshi Palace, I guess this may be related to the construction of the Ming Fourteen Tombs by Qin, in other words, Qin single-handedly hid the Jieshi Golden Palace, if Zhang Siye's mouth of this rumor stripped of the apocryphal part, it is not difficult to see that the Jieshi Palace does exist.

"Think about it again, these rumors you heard, those who came back alive, did they say that the palace you saw at the bottom of the sea was called Jieshi Palace." I asked eagerly.

"Jieshi Palace?" Zhang Siye frowned, looked at me in surprise, and turned back to the ruins where we stood yesterday and said seriously. "You young man didn't listen to me carefully, I told you before that the Jieshi Palace was built on the shore, it was the palace of Qin Shi Huang, and it was collapsed by Meng Jiangnu's crying, how could it be possible to run to the bottom of the sea."

"......" I was stunned for a moment, and I had a feeling of wanting to cry without tears, and asked with a wry smile for a long time. So what do you always call an underwater palace? ”

"I see that you are all cultural people, why don't you even know this." Zhang Siye took off the cigarette stick at the corner of his mouth and looked a little disappointed.

A few of us looked at each other, and we were all at a loss, as if anyone except a few of us should know what kind of palace under the sea could actually be a household name.

"You...... Tell me, what kind of palace is it? ”

"East China Sea Dragon Palace!"

……

I lowered my head and rubbed my forehead, this time I worked harder, Gu Anqi and Yue Qianling next to me, and even Xiao Lianshan couldn't hold back, they all laughed out loud when they looked at me, I actually believed in the rumors that Meng Jiangnu cried about the collapse of the stone palace.

And it's the same as before, and it's the same, even the summary of what...... The sea of fire icebergs roll up the curtain of the sky, take the Jiao over the river to cross the moat, Pangu stands on the Ling Mountain, the sun and the moon are in the same sky, and the head of the whole is the way, I suddenly found that I can't ask Zhang Siye anything, otherwise I have to be surrounded by him.

I didn't see Wen Zhuo for a long time, and when I turned around, I found that he had been squatting on the shore with the child to play, and I didn't see that he actually had a childlike side, the weather by the sea was changeable, and when it was almost dark, the wind suddenly rose, and the sea was cold and the sea breeze was biting, Zhang Siye took us behind a sheltered rock.

The fish on the bonfire has been roasted, Zhang Siye distributed it to us, it is worthy of the old fisherman who didn't put any condiments, and the grilled sea fish is delicious and delicious, definitely more than the rumors in his mouth.

Wen Zhuo sat back beside me, and spread out his hand to rub a small amount of red grass that Xiao Lianshan had eaten just now.

"Look, what kind of grass is this?"

I saw that Wen Zhuo's expression was a little serious, picked up one and looked at it in the firelight for a long time, the red grass has three leaves, and there are semi-circular lines on it, and the three leaves together are just a complete circle, which is full of vitality in the sea water, but I didn't have long to put it in my hand, maybe because it was too close to the bonfire, and when the sea water on the leaves was roasted dry, the red grass withered and died in an instant.

I was stunned, looked up and saw Wen Zhuo's meaningful smile, I thought about putting the red grass in my mouth, chewing a few times and swallowing it, only a moment later, my body that was still a little trembling just now suddenly warmed up, I was taken aback and Wen Zhuo glanced at each other, and hurriedly took the grass and asked Zhang Siye.

"Tell me, what kind of grass is this?"

"Red grass, we also call it warm grass here, there are very few on this seaside, if you are very lucky, you may be able to meet it." Zhang Siye glanced at it and said disappreciatively. "Don't underestimate this grass, this is our fishing treasure, when you go out to sea and encounter the cold, you can keep this grass in your mouth to keep out the cold."

"You keep saying there's not much here? So where is it? I asked eagerly.

"Swallow Rock! The swallow rocks in the old dragon ditch, the red grass on the seaside are all flowing out of the mountains. Zhang Siye took a puff of cigarette and replied.

The child next to him may have heard Zhang Siye mention the name of this place, clapping his little hands and singing nursery rhymes cutely.

The swallow rock in the old dragon ditch, the river gathers into a stream, if you find the treasure in the water, the rice is full of grain and rich to the old ......

Zhang Siye smiled kindly, touched the child's head, handed him a grilled fish, and turned back to us.

"Our three-year-old baby here will sing this, it is this red grass, there is a place called Yanziji in the old dragon ditch, not far from here, there is water flowing down from the mountain, converging into a stream and finally entering the sea here, there is this red grass in this stream, but it also depends on luck, if you can find it, you are not afraid of freezing when you go out to sea to fish, so it is called rice full of grain and rich to old age."

Wen Zhuo and I looked at each other and smiled, after eating the fish, Zhang Siye sent us back to the shore, and when Zhang Siye took the child away, I said with a faint smile.

"Rest early tonight, and go to Swallow Rock tomorrow!"

"Go to Swallow Rock? Aren't you looking for the Jieshi Palace? What are you doing in Swallow Rock? Yue Qianling asked in surprise.

Wen Zhuo took out the red grass with seawater from his body and said unhurriedly.

"The real name of this grass is actually Yan Twins, the color is red and red, it grows when it encounters water, and it loses when it withers when it is dry, and it can withstand the cold and keep out the cold."

"Flame twins? Not...... Haven't you heard of this grass? Xiao Lianshan scratched his head and asked.

"Flame ...... Flame Twins! Could it be that this is the legendary Yan Twins who grew up on Bishan? Gu Anqi reacted and asked dumbfounded.

I nodded and replied with a calm smile.

"Yes, there are also records about Yan Twins in Shennong's Materia Medica, but because it is not easy to obtain, there are only a few strokes."

"What's so magical about this grass, it's not easy to get, didn't Zhang Siye say that Yanziji can find it?" Yue Qianling asked puzzled.

"It's because you can find it in Yanziji that you have to go, because this Yan twin can't be born in Yanziji in Laolonggou." Wen Zhuo weighed the red grass in his hand and said meaningfully.

"Grass should grow on the mountain, where can it grow if it doesn't grow on the mountain?" Xiao Lianshan looked dazed.

Gu Anqi took a deep breath and turned around and said to Xiao Lianshan very seriously.

"Grass should indeed grow on the mountain, in fact, the Yan twins also grow in Bishan, but Bishan can't be in Yanziji."

"That'...... Where is that? ”

"Bishan is at the bottom of the sea, it is one of the famous mountains in the East China Sea, and it is recorded in the ancient books of the pre-Qin Dynasty, but because few people have seen it, few people know about this famous mountain under the sea."

Originally, I began to doubt the inference that the Jieshi Palace was at the bottom of the East China Sea, until Wen Zhuo recognized the Yan Twins, which is obviously the grass that only the Bishan under the sea can have, and it is impossible to appear here, there must be some place in the old dragon ditch that can lead to the bottom of the sea, otherwise the Yan Twins will not be able to flow out with the seawater.

If Bishan really exists, then it is not impossible for the Jieshi Palace to be at the bottom of the East China Sea.

Early the next morning, we set off to go to the old dragon ditch that Zhang Siye said, not far from here, we have arrived at noon, as soon as we enter the old dragon ditch, the mountains are full of lush forests to make the mountains look vibrant.

The valley is steep and narrow, the gentle mountain is also replaced by the cliffs that stand upright like a knife on both sides, the more you go inside, the veil of the old dragon ditch is lifted layer by layer in front of us, the rouge forest barrier, between the emerald mountain screens, it is the weather is thousands, in the vast forest sea, on the cliff cut out by the magic axe, the mountain rocks are twisted and entangled together, and the pines are raised to the boundless sky.

We soon found the stream mentioned by Zhang Siye in Laolonggou, which flowed quietly through the rocks and grass, and only made the sound of gurgling water when there was a sharp bend or a large drop.

Wen Zhuo squatted by the stream and put a little dye with his fingers in his mouth, and looked up at me.

"It's seawater!"

It's not very far from the sea, but it's impossible for the sea to flow backwards, and it's all mountains, so I wonder where the sea comes from.

We followed the stream all the way up, maybe all the problems of finding the source would be solved, Gu Anqi and Yue Qianling searched carefully along the stream, and finally Xiao Lianshan found a piece of flame twins on the side of a stone in the water, which shows Wen Zhuo's conjecture and me, these seawater come from the bottom of the East China Sea.

After walking for more than an hour, the stream beneath our feet became more and more turbulent, and we could faintly hear the sound of the water hitting the rocks, and when we opened a bush, a clear spring gushed out of the steep rocks a hundred meters in front of us, pouring down from the stone wall, first like a curtain, and then like a waterfall.

It is a towering mountain, with a single peak standing among the peaks, and there are three large carved characters next to the rock wall.

Swallow Rock.

Here is the source of the stream, the meandering sea water is from the swallow rock in the middle of the mountainside, I once asked Zhang Siye why this place is called swallow rock, he told us here because of the stone peak abrupt in the middle of the ten thousand mountains, three sides of the sky, like a swallow wings to fly and get the name, at dusk, the sunset is full of sky, the waterfall is rolling, the red cliff is imprinted, showing the beautiful scenery of the sunset of the swallow rock.

However, I didn't see these scenes mentioned by Zhang Siye here, although the terrain was dangerous at this time, but no matter how you look at it, there is no form of swallows spreading their wings and flying, but it is the person who named this place that makes me more interested in this place.

Zhang Siye said that this place was not called Yanziji before, but it was actually given by Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, and the time happened to be not long before and after the construction of Shanhaiguan, which coincided with the time when Qin Yishou secretly built the Ming Fourteenth Mausoleum, Zhu Yuanzhang has never been here, let alone give the name to the nameless mountain, unless there is a very special reason here.

To solve these mysteries, you must go up to the cave halfway up the mountainside, but the rock wall here is like a ghostly axe, the cliff is steep and smooth, and the cascading waterfall is so steep that you can't even lift your head when you stand underneath.