Chapter 18: If Ten Years
The little brother sat silently on the chair, his expression looked a little unnatural and a little helpless.
Zhang Qi looked for him and stopped talking, suddenly remembered something, ahhh β
The little brother's eyebrows moved, as if he was a little surprised, but he reacted instantly.
After a pause, he spoke softly, "Another key is in your hand." β
Zhang Qixun was stunned, "The key? What key? β
Seeing this, the little brother reminded him, "The ancient building at the bottom of the lake, the sarcophagus of the tower bell." β
Ancient buildings at the bottom of the lake...... Sarcophagus ...... A fragment flashed in his mind, and Zhang Jixun remembered that the four of them had found the clues left by Zhang Menyu inside the spire of the ancient building at the bottom of the lake.
Inside, there was a sarcophagus box with a bronze fox mask and an oval-shaped purple jade gilt box on the stone altar, and he was still complaining that it looked like a mutated ostrich egg.
But he hadn't opened the box since he got it, so he didn't know exactly what was inside.
"You said the key was in that little box?" Zhang Qixun looked at the little brother and asked him, "What kind of key is it?"
The little brother said: "In the mouth of the female corpse next to the blue-eyed fox corpse, the key to the dragon fish play bead inlaid with meteorite is almost the same, but it is in the shape of fire. β
Zhang Qixun remembered that the key was taken out by him from the mouth of the incorruptible female corpse.
He remembered very well that the handle of the bronze key was two strangely shaped fish, with their heads and tails interlocking like Taiji fish, and in the middle of the empty space was tightly inlaid with a dark green bead, the size of a glass ball.
The key looked like it was on the purple gold box held by the blue-eyed fox corpse after comparing the keyhole, and was later taken away by Wu Xie together.
Zhang Qixun wondered, "How do you know?" That thing seems to have been left to me by Zhang Menyu, could it be that those two keys are actually a pair? β
The little brother snorted and nodded, "I've seen it on the mural." β
Zhang Qixun silently pondered the words of the little brother in his heart and extracted the key information in them.
Meteorite, Arowana Key, Ghost Seal...... Bronze Door - His eyes suddenly lit up, he looked at the little brother happily, a little incredulous, opened his mouth, and stumbled: "Little brother, you ...... Are you ...... Agreed! β
The little brother nodded slightly, "If ten years later, you still remember me." β
If you still remember me in ten years, you can take the ghost seal and the key to Changbai Mountain and open the door.
This is the first time that the little brother has taken the initiative to mention that agreement.
This kind of thing is not counted in many cases, it is not like the scene of the shooting, it is said that it is executed, and whether it is really complied with or not depends on itself.
Just like the agreement between him and Lao Jiumen, they remembered it clearly, but they deliberately forgot it, and no one fulfilled their promise.
What happened in the past, the little brother has no intention of pursuing and condemning, because there is no meaning, and the word meaning itself is meaningless.
When meaning is spoken, the meaning itself has lost its meaning, and there is only the value of words, but not actions.
When the little brother said that sentence, he left room for both himself and the other party.
Even if Zhang Qixun and Wu Xie Fat didn't follow the agreement to go outside the bronze gate ten years later, the little brother still wouldn't blame or complain about anything, there are too many variables, and ten years is enough time for people to forget a lot of things.
In this bustling world, he walked alone like a passerby, and he was used to it.
Maybe it was the fetters in the blood of the same Zhang family, or maybe the sad appearance of the junior of the Zhang family in front of him was too dazzling, and at the time of parting, he finally let go of that little bit of desire.
Such a shallow desire has not appeared in his heart for a long time.
After the little brother's words were finished, his eyes returned to their previous extreme indifference, and the extra emotion fell gently on the heavens and the earth like snow, as if it was a flash in the pan, replaced by a kind of quiet and detached tranquility.
Zhang Qixun looked at the little brother steadily, and after the joy, there was a burst of sadness and distress, and he found that it seemed that only when the little brother was around, his feelings would be as obvious as the childish hairy little cub.
After thinking about it, he took out the small white stone in the shape of a triangular pyramid from his pocket, which had already made him into a misty blue translucent drop pendant that fit the shape of the stone.
He spread out the connection that this little brother took the initiative to leave to the world before he completely regained his memory, and spread it out in the palm of his hand.
"I'll keep this pendant with me all the time, it's like a mental suggestion, even though there may be something in that door that will erase my memory, but just seeing this, everything can be remembered."
It's like a person who has entered hypnosis and returns to reality under the stimulus of a specific thing or sound.
It was because he didn't know what would be inside the fake bronze door that he had to use this pendant to bind his memory, and forgetting without knowing anything was a very terrible thing.
Zhang Qixun didn't ask the little brother what he was going to do in the future, and he didn't have a long list of sensational statements.
It was only when he approached the gate of separation for the second time that Zhang Qixun stretched out his arms and hugged the god he admired the most, and whispered a solemn final goodbye in his ear.
"Goodbye, little brother!"
This is a long way to Changbai Mountain, and Wangjun cherishes it all the way.
"Okay." The little brother responded, raised his hand and patted Zhang Qixun's shoulder, "Take care." β
The mountains and seas have their own return dates, and the snow and rain meet at the right time.
This is far away from the mountains and rivers, and it is not a year to reunite again.
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In early December 2004, heavy snow closed the mountain.
After waiting in Nyingchi for nearly two weeks, the snow-blocked mountain road was finally opened, and he immediately took a long-distance bus to Bayi Town, and then transferred to a van bound for Metuo.
He was lucky enough to get in the car and listen to the driver's master and two other familiar passengers chatting, only to know that this was the last bus to Motuo this year, and if he wanted to go in the future, he would have to wait to see if he could meet the horse-drawn carriage or ox cart returning from the post office.
Some people say that going to Motuo is equivalent to going to the whole world, Motuo is also called Baimagang, in Tibetan, Motuo means "hidden lotus", it is one of the most mysterious places in the snow area, located in the depths of the world-famous Yarlung Zangbo River Grand Canyon, is a real pure land of Buddha.
Even in winter, warm and humid air currents from the Indian Ocean travel from the Brahmaputra Canyon from south to north, creating a world of fog and snow that meets snow and ice.
In fact, compared to other places with a harsh and extremely cold climate on the Sichuan-Tibet line, Motuo can be regarded as a pleasant climate, and due to the geographical location, even if it snows here, the heavy snow will not drift to the prefecture.
Although the van that Zhang Qixun was riding in was a little old, the driver took great care of it, and the maintenance was good, and the horn and lights were all there, which was very tenacious.
Motuo is a hidden small county town within the jurisdiction of Nyingchi City, because the highway of later generations has not yet been opened, there is only a section of dirt road here, rugged, from time to time a small mound of dirt and small potholes, bumpy and bad, barely able to walk.
When the snow melts at noon, the wheels will sink into the soft mud, so the three passengers on the car, including Zhang Qixun, need to go down together to help push them, and the clothes on their bodies are all messed up with mud and dirty.
Zhang Qixun wiped the sweat from his forehead, and the wet mud on his hands inevitably rubbed on his face.
Looking at the winding mountain road ahead, he sighed helplessly, he had already given up struggling, he was like this, and he was still paying attention to a hammer.
Zhang Qixun took the car from 10 o'clock in the morning, and pushed it until it was dark, and finally arrived at the destination, and changed to a local who was familiar with the road conditions to drive on the way.
Because you have been staring at the white snow-capped mountains in front of you for a long time, the retina will be stimulated by the reflection of sunlight, and it is easy to cause snow blindness.
Before getting out of the car, Zhang Qixun took off his cotton jacket and added another cashmere sweater to it, and then wrapped his clothes tightly, put on his backpack and said goodbye to the driver.
The temperature was cooler in the evening, and Zhang Qixun found the small hotel where he stayed the last time he came here, which was actually the courtyard of a Tibetan house, and asked if there was any extra room to spend the night.
There were no private guest houses in Motuo now, and the people of this era were still busy making money, and there were very few outsiders coming to this extremely remote area, and it would be a few years before tourism gradually developed.
The innkeeper was very welcoming, and brought him a big bowl of cooked stone pot chicken, as well as brown sugar glutinous rice cakes that could be eaten as snacks.
Zhang Qixun nested on the warm kang and grabbed the mutton while chatting with the master's family.
Looking at the wind and snow howling outside, the warm atmosphere inside the house made him a little drowsy, so he decided to stay for one night and go to Aning tomorrow.
There was no word all night, and the wind and snow were blowing.
On the second day, Zhang Qixun was woken up by the sound of snow clearing outside the courtyard, looked at the time, it was only seven o'clock, and the sleepiness was gone, so he got up and opened the door to go outside to help the shopkeeper and his wife sweep the snow for more than an hour, and then washed with hot water and ate breakfast.
While chatting, he asked the Tibetan couple about the location of the post office that appeared in the original episode, five or six kilometers away, also at the foot of Kalren Peak.
Zhang Qixun took out the map he bought when he came back here and asked them to help point out the route, thanked the Tibetan couple and returned to the house, pressed the two coins under the pillow, exposed a corner, and then said goodbye to them, put on his backpack and went out of the courtyard.
He still decided to go to find A-Ning first, she had been here for a long time, and there was still some information to exchange, he needed to know what would happen to this segment if he advanced the plot line.
Last night's snow wasn't really heavy, and the cold wind blew almost all the snow slag under the wall on the north side of the house, making the snow not very thick on the road.
Zhang Qixun followed his memory to the crowded tiled house, turned left and right in the alley, and strangely enough, he did not sense the existence of the safety buckle as before.
I couldn't help but feel a bad feeling in my heart, could it be that Aning's actions here have already attracted the attention of the overseas Zhang family? After all, the face he gave Aning...... It's Zhang Haixing's face.
Standing in front of the door of the small wooden tile courtyard, Zhang Qixun carefully observed the traces outside the door, but unfortunately the snow had covered all the traces, and there were only two rows of one-way footprints around him.
Sensing the danger to make sure that there was no one in the house now, and the wolf in the kennel was not there, Zhang Qixun looked around, and found no signs of the residents, so he stepped on the courtyard wall and climbed up.
The snow in the yard was also blown into a bunch by the wind, Zhang Qixun jumped down lightly, and walked quickly to the door, the windows of the house were covered from the inside by a thick felt cloth, and the lock on the door was still there, it was not ruled out that A-Ning had left here by himself.
If Aning left by himself, the house would definitely leave clues for Zhang Jixun, if not, Zhang Jixun's heart sank, it would be a little troublesome.
Feeling out a wire to pry open the lock, Zhang Qixun pushed the door in, and closed the door with his backhand.
The room was very dark, but it didn't have much impact on Zhang Qixun, the furnishings were still simple and neat, he reached out and touched the edge of the stove, the gray layer of the tentacles, it seemed that A-Ning had been away from here for more than a week.
There was no trace of a fight in the house, so Zhang Qixun came to the cabinet in the corner of the wall and moved the cabinet away, but there was nothing in the hole below.
It's still impossible to determine how A-Ning left, if Zhang Haike and they took A-Ning away, they could completely restore this place to exactly the same as before, A-Ning really didn't have the power to fight back against the Zhang family.
Zhang Qixun sighed, although A-Ning's human skin mask was a bit troublesome, it was precisely because of that face that there were many unwarranted speculations on her body, whether it was the Zhang family or the Wang family, they would have questions about her identity.
Unless the sky falls, the two sides will not get together and live in harmony unless they are killed.
Just like it is impossible to determine who is the real Wu Xie, with the factor of God, who can know if A-Ning is the real Zhang Haixing.
Why did Zhang Haixing, who was taken away by the Wang family, appear in Motuo, or she was not Zhang Haixing, let alone the Wang family, then her identity undoubtedly became more mysterious.
Both the overseas Zhang family and the fake Zhang Haixing will have concerns, they can't directly deal with Ah Ning like they can do with Wu Xie N.β, they need to dig something deeper from Ah Ning.
No matter what the situation is, Ah Ning's life will not be in danger, especially after Zhang Qixun appeared in Motuo with Wu Xie's face, the water in this pool is even more turbid.
The proud overseas Zhang family will inevitably take action, and Zhang Qixun is not afraid that they will stare at him, which is his intentional introduction.
In the process of going to Qinling for the third time to recharge the system, the system also revealed to Zhang Qixun some information about the ancient tribal group under the altar of the Divine Tree, and indeed as he imagined, another secret tattoo on his body had a very close connection with that tribe.
In other words, the weird flame tattoo on Zhang Qixun's body is a fusion version of the tribal totem and the shadow of a mountain.
And the previous tattoos have not fully emerged, according to the system, he actually has tattoos on his back.
[Meet at the right time, Changbai Mountain is far away, listen to the wind and snow for ten years, and finally wait for the spirit to return. γ
ββThe prologue of the Tibetan Sea Flower, the beginning of reincarnation, Zhang Qiling heard the last call of the world.
Thank you for the reward from the [20230126202030929] boss, compare your heart.
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