Chapter Seventy-One: The Final Farewell
When Shao Xi was sighing, Lao Wu had already begun to circle around the willow tree. After turning around, he saw that the soil was loose under the roots of the tree on the side of the wall, so he reached out and dug twice, until his fingertips touched something hard and flat, and he was sure that it was buried here.
It didn't take much effort to dig out a wooden box from under the tree, and when it was opened, it was an account book tightly wrapped in oiled paper, which was what Ye Ziyuan left for them.
Lao Wu put the account book stolen from the private treasury in his arms with this account book, and wrapped it in oiled paper and stuffed it in his arms. was about to call Shao Xi to leave, but saw him heading towards Ye Ziyuan's boudoir.
Shao Xi entered Ye Ziyuan's room for the first time, and when he looked up, the room was neat and bright, in addition to all the furniture, there was also a piano bed behind the screen in the room, on which a good fir guqin was placed, and it could be seen that Ye Ziyuan often practiced the piano on weekdays.
took a turn in the house, planning to pack up some of Ye Ziyuan's usual clothes before her death, so that she could burn them to the grave when she left Qingshan City. In a wooden box at the end of the bed, Shao Xi saw the night clothes worn by Ye Zi Kite on the night of the fire in Jiaku, and saw that the corner of the clothes had been resupplied by Ye Zi Kite.
"This stupid girl actually mended this outfit and treasured it." Shao Xi said to himself.
"In that case, let's take it and burn it to her!" Lao Wu stood behind Shao Xi and said in a low voice.
"Okay!"
After Shao Xi answered, he continued to sort out the neatly stacked clothes from the wooden box. Just after all the clothes were taken out, Shao Xi saw a flat cloth bag at the bottom of the box, took it out casually, and when he opened the cloth bag, he saw that it was a yellowed body cheats book.
Lao Wu also stretched out his head curiously to check, and when he saw the name of the cheats, Lao Wu showed surprise on his face, and shouted that Shao Xi had picked up a treasure this time.
"This is the cheats of the "Cloud Climbing Body Method"!"
"What kind of body method is the cloud climbing body method? Isn't it amazing? Shao Xi asked.
"This cloud climbing body method and I taught you the lifeless body method is all the way, but this cloud climbing body method is better than the lifeless body method, if this body method is cultivated well, don't say that it is over the wall and cross the house, even if it is a hundred zhang of the cliff, it only takes a few times to borrow strength to climb, this set of body method in the three key points of the body method in the 'high' word formula is really a wonderful superior body method."
"In this way, it's no wonder that the two of us chased her so hard last time, it turned out that this set of body techniques you taught me is not as good as others, it seems that her master is more suitable for eating this bowl of rice than you, don't brag about your body in the future."
Lao Wu's eyes rolled to the sky, and he said unconvinced: "Now you dislike it, you forgot when you begged me to teach you?" Without this set of body movements I taught you, you would still catch a fart thief. ”
Shao Xi started to be a little entangled with this "Cloud Climbing Body Method" in his hand, after all, this is Ye Zikite's relic, it stands to reason that it should be burned to her together, how can he keep it himself?
Lao Wu on the side seemed to see Shao Xi's thoughts, and without saying a word, he snatched the cheats from Shao Xi's hands and stuffed them in his arms.
"Don't think I don't know what you're thinking, if such a good body is burned by you, it's a tyrannical thing, or I'll help you keep it, if you practice diligently in the future, it will be difficult for anyone to catch up with you in many obstacles."
Shao Xi looked at Lao Wu's anxious look, and shook his head helplessly, let him go! This is also another thing that Ye Ziyuan left him.
The clothes were almost packed, and when the two were about to leave, Shao Xi glanced back at the guqin behind the screen, turned his head and discussed with Lao Wu: "I think this guqin is also the beloved thing of the purple kite, why don't you bring it and burn it to her with these clothes!" ”
Lao Wu had no objection to this, as long as it was Ye Ziyuan's favorite thing during her lifetime, it was reasonable for Shao Xi to burn it for her, so he walked to the qin bed and reached out to move the guqin.
When lifting the guqin from the piano bed, Lao Wu seemed to notice that something was wrong, and put the guqin back on the piano bed with his hand. Shao Xi wondered what this old guy was doing? So he walked over.
"What are you doing again, old fellow? It can't be that you can't even hold a piano, right? Why did you put it back again? ”
Lao Wu raised his eyelids and glanced at Shao Xi, pouted and didn't speak, just lowered his head and began to study the guqin carefully.
Shao Xi stood aside with his shoulders crossed, just wanting to see what this old guy was up to.
I saw that Lao Wu carefully inspected all the edges of the guqin, and then kept groping up and down at one end of the guqin, and finally seemed to have touched something. Listening to the sound of "click", one end of the guqin was actually opened by Lao Wu, and a long wooden box was pulled out of the guqin like a drawer.
Shao Xi also saw that there was something hidden in this piano at this time, so he asked, "Is there something hidden in this piano?" Don't know what's hidden? ”
Lao Wu took the wooden box out of the piano and put it on the table, opened the lid of the wooden box, and saw two things wrapped in silk cloth inside. After opening the flat package, the two of them couldn't help but be shocked at the same time, it turned out to be a book of swordsmanship cheats.
Lao Wu took the swordsmanship cheats and said excitedly: "Stinky boy, do you know what kind of swordsmanship this is?" ”
"The cheats are in your hands, and you actually came to ask me? Say whatever you want. ”
"This set of swordsmanship is the long-lost "Canghai Liuyun Swordsmanship" on the rivers and lakes, which was jointly created by Tian Canghai and Gu Liuyun, a famous couple on the rivers and lakes, and was also famous in the rivers and lakes for a while."
Shao Xi became curious, and couldn't help but ask Lao Wu, "Why did this set of swordsmanship end up here now?" Could it be that the purple kite is the descendant of their husband and wife? ”
Lao Wu shook his head, "Impossible!" He and his wife have no descendants, but in the early years, Tian Canghai lost his life due to a duel with someone, and even the Canghai Sword in his hand was broken into two, since the fight, Gu Liuyun has disappeared from the rivers and lakes, and no one knows where she went, but now it seems that this Ziyuan girl is very likely to be her disciple. ”
"The dead man ran to the art studio to make a joke? Can you stop making trouble? ”
"You know the! In this river and lake, a penny is difficult to beat a hero, you haven't tried the days of no money, of course, it is so easy to speak, I want her to be a woman living alone in the rivers and lakes, in order to make a living in this art workshop, why not? ”
Shao Xi was scolded by Lao Wu without saying a word, thinking about it, he has been taken care of by Lao Wu very well over the years, and he doesn't know the dangers of the rivers and lakes and the difficulty of survival.
"The move of this "Canghai Liuyun Sword Technique" is the Twelve Styles of Liuyun, and the sword technique is the Canghai Technique, according to the swordsmanship you are currently practicing, it will take at least half a year to upgrade the grade next time, if you can practice this swordsmanship within a month or two, you can upgrade to the next level in advance, this Canghai Jue has much lower requirements for grade improvement than the Drinking Feather Jue you have cultivated, it is the best choice for you to improve your strength in the short term, I think that the other long cloth bag should be the Liuyun Sword that Gu Liuyun used back then."
After speaking, Lao Wu stuffed the swordsmanship cheats into his arms, and the front of his clothes was bulging. Reaching out and opening the long cloth bag again, it was indeed a silver sword.
Lao Wu pulled the sword out of its scabbard, only to see a flash of silver light, and the whole room seemed to be illuminated a little more. There seems to be a flowing cloud floating above the blade, and the outside of the blade seems to be wrapped in mist, and the whole sword looks elegant and mysterious, warm and delicate.
Shao Xi's eyes were straight, this Liuyun Sword didn't look like it was half a point worse than his Emerald Feather Sword, and it would be a lie to say that he didn't like it.
Lao Wu put the sword into the sheath and pulled it with his hand, the whole sword and even the sword sheath were bent over, and when he released the strong sword, the sword returned to a straight appearance, Shao Xi knew that this was another soft sword with a body, which was most suitable for coiling around the waist.
Lao Wu raised his hand and threw the sword to Shao Xi, he couldn't burn this thing if he wanted to, so naturally he didn't have to worry.
Shao Xi took the Liuyun Sword and hurriedly coiled it around his waist. There are two swords coiled around his waist, which is somewhat uncomfortable.
"Okay, I can't imagine that there will be unexpected surprises today, so be it! It's time for us to leave this place of sorrow. ”
After speaking, Lao Wu picked up the guqin and left Lanxiufang with Shao Xi, but it was late at this time, and the two returned to the post house in desperation.
Shao Xi almost didn't sleep this night, everything that happened before was still vivid, and the tragic death of Ye Ziyuan kept appearing in front of his eyes. This kind of pain of missing a person was only experienced by Shao Xi when his mother died before the crossing.
In the blink of an eye, the night passed, and as soon as the sky was bright, Shao Xi and the others set off to the stone tomb of Ye Zikite on the outskirts of Nancheng.
When they came to Ye Ziyuan's grave, the incense and candle offerings were replaced with new ones, and the two burned some paper money in front of the grave, and burned Ye Ziyuan's clothes to her one by one. In the end, put the guqin in the fire, thinking that Ye Ziyuan would be very happy if he could receive this guqin in the other world, right?
"Purple Kite, the time I have spent with you is too short, I don't even know what you like the most, and now I can only send you all these things when you were alive, I hope you won't feel bored over there."
Shao Xi sighed deeply, "I have got what you left me, and the next thing is to fulfill your wish according to your ideas." I didn't kill the dog officer myself, not because I didn't dare, but because he should be punished as he deserved, and the crimes they committed were never something they could pay for with one of their own dog lives. I will go to Kyoto to find a way to file a lawsuit, and hand over these two account books to the Criminal Department, presumably they will jointly investigate this case with Dali Temple, Yushitai, Household Department, and Officials Department, and then the dog official will end up with a head on the ground and a full house of beheading. ”
"Purple kite, we should go, leave you here alone, I hope you don't complain about me, if you have a spirit in the sky and knowledge in the ground, let your soul travel with me through the rivers and lakes!"
After Shao Xi and Lao Wu got on the horse and walked out for a while, they reined in the horses and looked back at Ye Zikite's stone grave for a long time.
"Wait for me! I'll definitely come back to see you. ”
After saying this, he turned his head and rode all the way south......
There is a lonely grave in the green mountains,
A different kind of year.
Purple smoke wants to inherit lovesickness,
The kite flies to the edge of a twist of dust.