Walking out of the room, a crackling sound of firewood sounded from the side.

Lu Yanqing heard the sound and looked at it, only to see that Song Yuanzhen had woken up at some point, and was sitting in front of the stove with firewood; The mist in the pot was steaming, and a smell of meat came to his face, which shocked Lu Yanqing's expression.

"Confucian, are you stewing snake broth again?"

Walking closer, Lu Yanqing couldn't help but swallow his saliva secretly, and greeted Song Yuanzhen in a loud voice.

Song Yuanzhen smiled kindly when he heard this, and bowed slightly, "There is still a lot of snake demon meat left, it can't be wasted, and the rest will be sold to the restaurant for some silver, if it is broken, it will be a pity." ”

"What the Confucian master said is extremely true." Lu Yanqing agreed, and then put aside the topic and said: "By the way, Confucianism, the style of the small wooden cylinder containing the map yesterday is so exquisite, and the carving on the cylinder seems to be some kind of text, what clues may you see?" ”

As he spoke, Lu Yanqing poured out the fragments of the small wooden tube from the purse on his waist and handed it to Song Yuanzhen.

Song Yuanzhen took it and took it in detail.

After a while, I saw Song Yuanzhen's old eyes glaring, and suddenly his face was shocked, and his tone trembled slightly:

"This ...... What is engraved on this is actually the Confucian pattern created by Xiao Jin Confucian saint eight hundred years ago! ”

"Oh, Xiao Jin Rusheng? Confucianism? ”

Lu Yanqing frowned, and his face was puzzled, which was very strange to him.

"That's right!" Song Yuanzhen nodded solemnly, and then explained: "This Xiao Jin Confucian Sage is a person who cultivates both Confucianism and martial arts, and is known as the first cultivator in the world. ”

"But the word immortal is ethereal, Xiao Jin Confucian sage pursued for nearly a hundred years to no avail, so he created the Confucian pattern according to the Taoist talisman, intending to find another way, but it was ineffective, and then he disappeared"

"Could it be that the place this map points to is where the mausoleum of Xiao Jin Rusheng is located?" Lu Yanqing crossed his arms and guessed boldly.

"Not impossible." Song Yuanzhen stroked his goatee, and a fiery look flashed in his eyes.

If the place pointed to by this map is really the mausoleum of Xiao Jin Confucianism, there will definitely be a Confucian inheritance in it, which is a big temptation for Song Yuanzhen.

Song Yuanzhen has been seeking a breakthrough in the realm of Confucianism for more than 30 years, but he has never been able to touch the Great Confucian Path, if he can get the inheritance of Xiao Jin Confucianism, he will definitely be able to help him!

Even if the map does not point to the mausoleum of the Confucian saint of Xiao Jin, it must be closely related to Confucianism, after all, Confucianism was lost as early as 300 years ago, and only some documents still record the fact that Confucianism existed.

"Yanqing, the old man has decided, I will go into the mountain with you today to explore."

After weighing for a moment, Song Yuanzhen made up his mind.

If he doesn't give it a go, I'm afraid he won't be able to get to the realm of Confucianism in this life, and he doesn't want to die of old age with this shortcoming.

"Confucian, have you thought about it?"

"You've figured it out!"

"Okay, then I'll take you there after breakfast."

……

Spring Evening Mountain, foothills.

A tent made of cowhide stands out in the woods.

In front of the tent, three men in the prime of life were roasting a sturdy wild boar leg over a bonfire, sizzling with oil.

At this moment, one of the stout Scarfaces complained, "It's all to blame on that snake!" If it hadn't snatched the map, we would have gone home a long time ago, so how could we have slept in the open in this place where cows don't? ”

Looking at the slightly browned wild boar leg that has been roasted, Scarface can't raise the slightest appetite, how can this be a delicious meal fried by a cottage chef? He is used to eating fine grains, how can he still eat these coarse chaff.

"Okay, the third child, don't complain, it's not that I haven't seen the picture, it only indicates Chunxi Mountain, and nothing else; When we find the ancient tomb, wouldn't it be wonderful to exchange the gold, silver, and jewels in it for silver, and go to the goulan tile shop to have a good time? Bitter first and then sweet, don't be anxious. ”

Another emaciated man with a thief's eyebrows and eyes spoke out in relief, and when he mentioned the Goolan Tile, his face suddenly showed a lewd look.

As soon as the words fell, another resolute-looking man asked loudly: "Thin monkey, are you sure that the picture only indicates Chunxi Mountain?" ”

"It's nature!" The emaciated man swore and affirmed: "Big brother, don't you believe me? ”

"What are you talking about? Big brother, I naturally believe in you; It's just that the scope of this Chunxi Mountain is so wide, trying to find the ancient tomb is tantamount to looking for a needle in a haystack, and I wonder if there are any hidden clues on the map that have not been discovered by you. ”

Li Hongqiang frowned and thought in a deep voice.

Since the person who made the map wanted the latter to find the location of the ancient tomb, how could he only give a vague clue about Chunxi Mountain, which made Li Hongqiang a little puzzled.

"Big brother, this ...... I don't know. But I'm sure the paper only indicates the location of Chunxi Mountain, and the rest is nothing. After snatching the map from the farmer's house, I hurriedly glanced at it and sent someone to deliver it to you, but I met the snake demon halfway through......"

"It doesn't matter." Li Hongqiang waved his hand disappreciably, "It's only a matter of time before you find the ancient tomb, and it's not a rush; Anyway, the ancient tomb can't run in this mountain, and sooner or later it will be ours. ”

"The eldest brother is really open-minded, and the younger brother admires and admires." When the thin monkey heard this, he patted his ass.

Li Hongqiang just smiled and did not respond, and then plunged the knife into the wild boar's leg, and said in a deep voice: "The meat is cooked, eat enough and go up the mountain." ”

……

After breakfast and a brief cleanup, Lu Yanqing walked out of the house with Song Yuanzhen and walked straight to the west of the city.

On the way, passing by Fuxi Restaurant, Song Yuanzhen sold all the remaining snake demon meat in exchange for one or two silver.

These two pieces of silver are Lu Yanqing's three months' money, Lu Yanqing never expected that this demon meat would be so valuable.

After getting the silver, Song Yuanzhen gave the silver to Lu Yanqing, Lu Yanqing hurriedly refused, but he couldn't stand Song Yuanzhen's hard stopper, so he had no choice but to accept the silver.

After walking for an hour and a half, Lu Yanqing and the two came to the foot of Chunxi Mountain.

At this time, Song Yuanzhen was already tired and panting, and his head was full of fine sweat.

And Lu Yanqing didn't feel the slightest tiredness, but walked vigorously and lightly, and his demeanor was calm, which made Lu Yanqing himself a little secretly surprised, but he didn't expect the original owner's physical strength to be good, I think it should have been exercised by walking the streets and alleys all year round.

In order to take into account Song Yuanzhen's physical strength, Lu Yanqing offered to rest in the shade for a while, and Song Yuanzhen agreed with this.

The two of them found a big tree to cool off, took the kettle from their waists and poured it twice, and immediately felt a lot more comfortable.

It's May, and the weather is gradually losing its spring, and the breeze is carrying a touch of heat and dryness, but it doesn't make people feel stuffy.

Just as Song Yuanzhen was looking around, the cowhide tent must have attracted his attention, and Song Yuanzhen said softly when he had nothing to do: "There seem to be other people in this Spring Xishan Mountain." ”

When Lu Yanqing heard this, he followed Song Yuanzhen's gaze and looked into the distance, and also found the existence of the cowhide tent.

"It should be a tent set up by a herb picker or a woodcutter, although this Spring and West Mountain is remote, but the medicinal herbs and forests in it are still very rich."

Song Yuanzhen bowed his head slightly and didn't say anything more.

After resting for a quarter of an hour, the two got up again and climbed towards the forest.

The slope of this spring mountain is gentle, and it is not difficult to climb, but this also makes its scope very wide, and it takes three or four hours to roughly explore the whole mountain.

The search lasted until noon, but the two still found nothing, so they had to rest by the stream for a while, eat some dry food prepared in the morning, and regain some strength.

"Transparent but not shining, the water is full of waves? What does this mean? ”

Lu Yanqing looked at the note in his hand and frowned deeply, even if he was in the mountains, he had never found a place that matched these two code words.

Song Yuanzhen, who was on the side, took a bite of the baked cake and smiled gracefully, and then slowly said after swallowing the baked cake: "Yanqing, don't be anxious, there are nearly half of this Chunxi Mountain that have not been explored, maybe the place that these two secret words refer to is in it." ”

"Confucian, having said that, you and I have never understood the meaning of these two poems."

Lu Yanqing smiled helplessly, these two secret words were too vague, and they were really confusing.

Song Yuanzhen groaned for a while, and gave his own understanding: "Let's not talk about anything else for the time being, but this place must be adjacent to water, let's first find a place that meets the requirements of 'water waves in the sky', and then check the meaning of 'transparent but not dazzling', maybe it can be easier." ”

"What the Confucian master said is very true, since this is the case, after resting, let's continue to search along this small river."

"Okay."

It's noon, the weather is hot, the two have just eaten dry food, and they plan to rest for a while before setting off to search.

Song Yuanzhen leaned against the trunk of the tree and fell asleep, while Yu Zhuqi held the map in his hand and figured out the meaning of these two secret words, but he didn't know that the two of them had been targeted by the other three people more than ten meters away at this time.

"Skinny Monkey, are you sure that the note in the young man's hand is the map you mentioned earlier?"

Li Hongqiang, who was hiding behind the bushes, frowned and asked in a deep voice, how could there be such a coincidence in this world?

What's more, wasn't the map swallowed by the snake demon? How could it end up in the hands of that young man?

The thin monkey squinted his eyes through the gap in the bushes and looked at the note in Lu Yanqing's hand, and said softly with a little hesitation: "The size of the paper is quite similar, but the color is slightly different, this distance is too far, I can't see it clearly." ”

"Big brother and second brother, we're horse bandits, don't you just grab that note and take a look? Why be so cautious? Scarface said impatiently, a hairy boy, an old immortal, in his opinion, there is nothing to be afraid of.

"No way!" Li Hongqiang sternly refused, "The origin of these two people is unknown, you must not act rashly, you must know that this is the boundary of Jingzhao Mansion, if you provoke someone who should not be provoked, you and I will only end up with a dead end!" ”

"Big brother, what should I do?" The skinny monkey asked.

"I think they seem to be looking for something, so I might as well follow them and look around. If what they are looking for is also an ancient tomb, we can make a profit, and if we don't, we will not delay our search for the tomb, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone. ”

As soon as Li Hongqiang said this, he immediately won a burst of sycophants from Scarface and Thin Monkey.

After a while, they saw Lu Yanqing and the others get up and walk downstream along the river, and Li Hongqiang and the three hurriedly followed......