Chapter 63: Dao Xuanzi

Mr. Sun?

Shen Qingyi's heart was cold.

Xiao Song saw the three seal characters on the black card clearly, and his face changed.

Dao Xuanzi!?

One of the three masters of the Dao Gate, how could he die here?

Who killed him?

Who can kill this Innate Realm Grandmaster?

That must be an Innate Realm Grandmaster? Or a few sieges? - Fanyin Temple? Tiance Academy? Nestorianism? Big Food Teaching? East China Sea Thorn? ……

Is this a struggle between the various religions, or a grudge with the Sanqing Palace, or a personal enmity between Dao Xuanzi?

Xiao Song's mind is like thousands of horses galloping by, booming and booming, and his heart is also like rolling water - the news of Dao Xuanzi's death must be in an uproar!

He stood there with his torch in hand.

Xiao Yan looked at Shen Qingyi's face and was a little worried, turned around and stretched out his hand to help her, his voice was full of concern, "Sister-in-law." ”

Shen Qingyi pursed his lips and walked forward to the bones.

Xiao Yan immediately reached out and took the torch from Xiao Song's hand, "Uncle Song, I'll take it." Zhi Jin gave Shen Qingyi a shone, but the other hand was condensed by internal force, which always gave her a sense of danger, and she looked around vigilantly.

Shen Qingyi looked at the jet-black sign carefully, and sadness gradually appeared in his eyes.

This is the Taoist sign of the Sanqing Palace, which is not a person in life, and it will be returned to the Taoist tower of the Sanqing Palace after death. It is impossible for Dao Xuanzi's Dao card to be given to others.

The Taoist robe on the body of this corpse is a fine Jianzhou green brocade, which is woven with the dark pattern of the crane - the Taoist robe of the Sanqing Palace is woven with such dark lines, the collar of the Taoist robe is embroidered with three gold threads, symbolizing the three Qings, and the wide sleeves on both sides are embroidered with nine circles of silver threads - only the masters and elders of the Sanqing Palace can embroider nine threads, and Dao Xuanzi is the elder of the Taiqing Palace. There was no crown and hat next to the bones, only a Ganoderma lucidum head hairpin of sunken wood, and the hairpin head was engraved with the word "Qing". Directly in front of the bones stood a long sword, a black lacquered sheath, the tip of the sheath inserted into the rock about a foot and a half, the cyan hilt, and the word "Xuan" etched on the swallow.

Shen Qingyi has already determined that this corpse is Mr. Daoxuan Sun Sun, who has a friendship with her.

She knelt down towards the bones and sword with a sad expression, "Student Shen Qingyi, bow to Mr. Shen's remains." ”

Xiao Yan stared vigilantly at the sword in front of the bones, and then at the road signβ€”she had determined that these two things were the ones that made her feel dangerous.

She knelt down with Shen Qingyi, seemingly saluting the bones, but in fact she was only half an arm away from Shen Qingyi, and decided that as soon as something was wrong, she pulled her sister back.

Xiao Song also followed his left knee and knelt down half-kneeling behind Shen Qingyi's oblique side. This is the etiquette of a warrior to the bones of his predecessors.

Shen Qingyi bowed three times and bowed nine times to the bones.

This is the greatest etiquette, and it is only practiced to the emperor, parents, and teachers in special circumstances.

Xiao Song's eyes widened, could it be that Dao Xuanzi Yu Young Lady really has the grace of a teacher? ――It is impossible to teach martial arts, that is, to teach medicine?

Dao Xuanzi is one of the three masters of Daomen, and he is also a famous saint of medicine in the world, and the world is known as the "King of Medicine".

After Shen Qingyi bowed, he said to Xiao Song: "Uncle Song, Mr. Sun has taught me the way of medicine, and I must do my duty as a student to collect the remains for Mr. You go up first and sue SΓΉ Shiro, Mr. Sun died here. Remember, only sue SΓΉ Shiro. ”

Xiao Song's heart was shocked, this innate grandmaster had really taught the young lady the way of medicine!

He replied "yes", and his tone was a little more respectful.

As for the later orders, of course he understood that the death of Dao Xuanzi would definitely shock the Daomen, and this matter could not be easily leaked out of the mouth of the Lanling Xiao clan, as for how to notify the Daomen, that was a matter for the head of the family to consider.

He saluted Shen Qingyi, "Young lady, go up first." He turned around and swept up the hole.

Shen Qingyi was still kneeling in front of the bones, and Xiao Yan reminded: "Sister, don't touch this sword, and that card." She frowned, "I feel...... It's dangerous. ”

Shen Qingyi pondered for a moment, and said, "Ah Yan, the torch shines here." She pointed to the bones.

Xiao Yan shone the torch over.

I saw that under the five fingers of the white bones with the big sleeves of the wide coat, the word "card" was written on the ground on the left hand, and "take" was written on the lower part of the right hand, and the blood word was very small, if it wasn't for Shen Qingyi kneeling down and kowtowing, it would be really difficult to see.

Xiao Yan read according to the habit of reading from the right to the left: "Take cards? What does Mr. Sun mean? ”

Shen Qingyi raised his head and looked at the road sign tied with the black rope around the neck of the corpse, "Mr. Sun wrote down the card, it must be important." We did as the gentleman instructed us to take the road sign first. She stood up, "Ah Yan, you move Mr. Sun's bones three feet out." ”

Xiao Yan responded, "Okay." Mr. Sun's bones leaned against the stone wall, and when he removed the sign around his neck, he should untie the rope and take it off, and take it directly from his head, which is disrespectful to the elderly; The untying must be untied from the back, and if the knot is pulled to the front to untie, it is also disrespectful to the elderly. She got up and handed the torch to Shen Qingyi, knelt down and kowtowed to the bones, saying, "Mr. Sun, offended." With both hands, he carefully lifted the bones and moved them three feet from the stone wall. When he turned around, he saw Shen Qingyi standing in place with a torch, looking down at the ground, and shouted: "Sister? ”

Shen Qingyi turned around and said, "Mr. Sun left a word here. ”

Xiao Yan walked over in surprise, and saw a line of blood in the corner book where the bones were removed: "The relics are placed in this wall." ”

She looked above the word, and saw that there were three joints in the stone wall, as if a stone brick about three feet long and high was wedged on the stone wall, presumably there was a hole behind the brick, and the relics were in the hole.

Shen Qingyi squatted down, took a square handkerchief from Hufu's pocket, and dipped it on the reddish-brown blood on the ground.

Xiao Yan saw that the white handkerchief was stained with blood, and he was immediately shocked, the corpse was rotten into bones, it must have been a long time, this blood character looked like it was reddish-brown after drying, and there was still blood that didn't dry? This is so unconscionable!

Shen Qingyi put the handkerchief under his nose and sniffed it, revealing an expression that was really like this, "This is made of human blood and cinnabar mixed with insect repellent spices, and then made of special medicinal powder, which can keep the handwriting dry in a damp environment." Because that kind of medicinal powder can absorb moisture, Mr. Sun taught her to make it.

Xiao Yan immediately understood, "This is used to repel insects?" "No wonder there are insects and ants here, but the area around the bones is clean, and no wonder Mr. Sun's robe is kept so intact, although the good material does not rot for hundreds of years, it can't withstand the bite of insects." She couldn't help but praise: "Mr. Sun's medication is really clever. She said suddenly, "The two words that Mr. Sun wrote to take cards also have the function of repelling insects, right?" ”

Shen Qingyi nodded, "Not bad." ”

Xiao Yan looked at the word and said, "Sister, then should we take the cards first, or Mr. Sun's relics first?" ”

Shen Qingyi said: "I think that Mr. Sun wrote this line of words, the focus is to repel insects, not to inform the location of the relics." Since he wrote 'take the card', and this line of words only says 'the relic is placed in this wall', and does not write 'take the relic', it can be seen that the road card is more important than the relic. She thought to herself, with Mr. Sun's means, there must be a trick in this stone wall, if you covet his relics in vain, then eighty percent of them are asking for their own death.

She handed the torch to Xiao Yan, turned around and lifted the collar behind the neck of the corpse, pulled out the knot of the black rope from below, and suddenly said "Huh", "Ah Yan, take a closer look." ”

Xiao Yan moved the torch down and looked at it.

The card was originally worn close to the body, and it should have been taken out by Mr. Sun before he died and put it outside the clothes, but the tether at the back was still attached to the flesh - now it was attached to the bones - hidden under the collar, and Shen Qingyi had to open the collar if he wanted to take out the tether, so he saw two small blood characters written on the collar: "Xuanhe." ”

"Xuanhe?" Xiao Yan read out, "What do you mean?" ”

"Xuan?" Shen Qingyi stared for a while and said, "It should be that the word 'Xuan' on the road sign and the word 'Xuan' on the hilt of the sword coincide." ”

Xiao Yan felt that it made sense, only these two places had "mysteries".

Shen Qingyi took out the silver needle from the cuff of the hufu, loosened the knot of the tie, and untied the knot.

Xiao Yan suddenly said, "Sister, don't move!" I'll pick it up. She didn't feel at ease that Shen Qingyi would touch the sign that gave her a sense of danger.

Without waiting for Shen Qingyi to agree, she had already walked in front of the bones and took down the road sign with a rope.

Shen Qingyi's gaze softened.

Xiao Yan carried the jet-black Dao card made of unknown materials, walked to the sword, and carefully put the word "Xuan" on the "Dao Xuanzi" and the word "Xuan" on the hilt of the sword together.

She only felt a shock in her hand, and the sword in the scabbard seemed to "buzz"!

Xiao Yan's whole body tensed, but in an instant, he relaxed again, and a very strange look appeared on his face.

Shen Qingyi approached, "Ah Yan, what's wrong?" ”

Xiao Yan was extremely shocked in her heart, after the "buzz" sound, she felt that the feeling of threat on the Dao sign and sword that made her suddenly disappear.

She touched the Dao card and looked at the sword with a strange expression.

"Sister, it's strange that the feeling of danger is gone." She stared at the sword. The sword and scabbard give people a simple feeling, it should be very old, before she only felt threatened, now the threat has gone, she feels that this sword is really extraordinary, there is a kind of momentum when inserted there, she can't help but hold down the sword spring, draw the sword out.

The blade of the sword is like snow, and it falls like snow.

No, it was a snow silk that fell, and as the sword was drawn, it fell down.

The two of them snorted at the same time.

Xiao Yan lowered his head and picked up the white silk, only the size of a palm, and wrote dense small characters with an ink pen.

The two looked closer.

"I Sanqing Palace Dao Xuanzi, encountered a sneak attack by the Black Sect Aviye, killed the enemy and fell off the cliff, and fell here from the cave. I know that I am seriously injured and have no life, so I leave a book here. Those who honor my corpse should be destined. The Dao card and the scabbard are each sealed with a sword qi, which can be eliminated when combined. Take the card ten breath and do not fit with the sword, the sword in the card is angry; Those who do not respect me and draw their swords without permission, the sword qi will be unsheathed, and everything within ten zhang will be destroyed. ”

Xiao Yan wiped his cold sweat and said in his heart: "It's so dangerous! ”

Mr. Sun, this is really a lot of people's hearts.

Dao Xuanzi's Taoist cards and swords are valuable, if they are sent back to the Sanqing Palace, it is a great favor, whether it is to worship the Sanqing Palace or the Sanqing Palace to thank him, it is an exciting harvest. And this sword itself is also a rare sword, Xiao Yan felt cold when he held the sword, presumably it was sharp to cut gold and jade.

If the greedy come up and draw his sword, he will die as scum.

Or if you don't have respect for the bones, if you don't kneel down and bow, you won't be able to see the words written by Dao Xuanzi's hands. Even if you see it inadvertently, but you have no respect for the deceased, you must directly tear off the road sign or take it off from the top of your head, you will not follow the etiquette to untie the rope from the back, and you will naturally not see the words in the collar.

Shen Qingyi's expression was sad.

The ink book on the white silk said: "My relics are three volumes of Chinese medicine books, golden needles, knives and medical tools, all of which are given to my disciple Wu Xing Shen's seventeen Niang Qingyi." ”

Tears overflowed in her eyes, but it turned out that Mr. Sun regarded her as an official disciple!

"I hope that my disciples will inherit my medical Tao, help the world, and inherit it endlessly."

Shen Qingyi walked in front of Sun Daoxuan's bones, knelt down and said, "Qingyi obeys the master's teachings. "Kowtow three times, and when I looked up, my face was wet with tears.

Xiao Yan walked over and half-knelt beside her, without saying a word of comfort. To say, "Don't be sad, don't be sad" is pale, how can you not be sad and sad? "Sister, you met Mr. Sun here, which means that there is the fate of your master and apprentice in the dark, which is a great blessing. It's better than being discovered by a young person, destroying Mr. Sun's bones and relics, and ruining Mr. Sun's heart for you, so that you will never know that Mr. Sun regards you as a disciple and what he hopes for you. ”

As she spoke, she took out her handkerchief and handed it over.

Shen Qingyi took the handkerchief and wiped his face, and said in a deep voice: "You are right, this is my fate with my master. ”

The back of the silk book also wrote: "Dao cards, swords, and the rest of the things in the stone wall are all returned to the Sanqing Palace." If someone is destined to give it away, the Sanqing Palace and the Wutu family will be grateful. ”

When Shen Qingyi saw the latter sentence, there were tears in his eyes.

Xiao Yan raised his head, looked at the entrance of the cave, and said, "Sister, Uncle Song has come down." There was one more person in the back. ”

Shen Qingyi wiped his eyes with a handkerchief and put them in his clothes.

Xiao Song and Xiao Che jumped down one after the other, Xiao Song held a torch, and Xiao Che took a silk cloth and a roll of cloth belt.

"Young lady, Seventeen Langjun."

The two saluted Shen Qingyi and knelt down to the bones.

Shen Qingyi bowed to the bones again, collected the bones with his own hands, wrapped them in silk cloth, and wrapped them in a circle with a long cloth belt.

She said to Xiao Song and Xiao Che: "Mr. Sun still has relics in the stone wall. ”

The two of them held torches and escorted Shen Qingyi and Xiao Yan to the stone wall and saw the line of blood characters.

Xiao Yan stretched out his hand and pressed on the "stone brick", and used the word absorption trick to take out the stone brick. Sure enough, there was a hole in the wall, about three feet long, and there was a yellow-brown Taoist priest's traveling bag.

A dagger pressed a silk silk on top of the bag, on which there seemed to be words.

Xiao Yan took out the dagger first, and saw that there was also a word "Xuan" on the sheath of the dagger, and she didn't dare to pull out the dagger in her heart, maybe there was a sword qi sealed inside.

She carefully put the dagger aside, took out the silk silk, and wrote in blood on the silk: "My Sanqing Palace Dao Xuanzi, accidentally died here, and those who return my relics to the Sanqing Palace will be greatly grateful." ”

Xiao Yan and Shen Qingyi glanced at each other, and they both knew in their hearts that there were eight out of ten in this dagger. Nine is sealed with sword qi, if the person who takes the relic first, the person who sees this dagger will be ninety percent likely to pull it out, then he will die into scum.

Shen Qingyi said: "Since Mr. Sun has ordered so, let's not touch his relics." - Seventeen, you put away Mr. Sun's relics, and let's go up. ”

Xiao Yan replied and reached out to take out the Yunyou bag. This Yunyou bag is kneaded from leather, it is very soft, and the leather shoulder strap also has the word "Qing", which has been placed in the stone wall by the river for so long, it is also dry and clean, there is no mold, and the contents must be well maintained. She put the silk book in the bag, carefully placed the dagger in the bag, and lifted it to the shoulder.

Xiao Yan sat cross-legged on the stone again, breathed for a week, and the four of them went up.

Xiao Song hugged the bones and wrapped the first one to sweep the hole, Xiao Che inserted Dao Xuanzi's sword into his belt, and the second one went up with a torch in his left hand, and Xiao Yan hugged Shen Qingyi's waist and went up last.

When he came out of the hole, he saw a thick rope hanging down. Still in order, Xiao Song went up first, then Xiao Che, and finally Xiao Yan grabbed Shen Qingyi's arm and went up.

Xiao Cong was waiting on the edge of the cliff, gray-faced, and only when he saw her and Shen Qingyi did he smile, "Qingyi, Ah Yan, you guys are fine." ”

The author has something to say: about the desert underground river, this is not the author's fabrication, and underground rivers have been found in some deserts at home and abroad, such as the Badain Jaran Desert.

In addition, regarding the title of the emperor, the official title of the emperor in the Tang Dynasty was: ι™›xiΓ , such as in the court, and on other occasions it is generally called: saint. It's not called a saint, let alone a title like "Long live" or "Emperor". It seems that there was an official named Zhang Wansui in the Tang Dynasty, and no one said that he was taboo.

Therefore, when the people of the Tang Dynasty said "sage", they were referring to the emperor, not Confucius. (The status of Confucianism and Confucius in the Tang Dynasty was not as high as in the Song, Ming and Qing dynasties, and the governance of the Tang Dynasty was also Confucian and Xuan, with metaphysics referring to Laozi, Zhuangzi, and Zhou Yi.) οΌ‰

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