Chapter 5: The Jasper Key
The three of them rode horses to a Zhuangzi, which was in the completely opposite way to Gu Shiyan's house. A rickety old man came out to take Dongfang Xuan and Jin Yuka's horses away, and Gu Shiyan sat still.
"Thank you." Jin Yuka put her hands on her forehead and bowed deeply, Dongfang Xuan expected that she would not stay, and hugged the sleeping Jin Yuru and nodded slightly. As soon as the reins were tightened, the horse spun in the snow and walked away without looking back.
On a magical day, Gu Shiyan was not in a hurry, but he was about to arrive home every time he used his legs and belly to get home, and riding a horse here was still too eye-catching, and he could see other people's yards no matter how straight his back was.
Gu Shiyan took Le off the horse, and the horse that had just finished running was steaming and couldn't hold the snow, so he patted the horse's back and let it go free. The horse without a bridle was a little uncomfortable, slowly pacing in circles, Gu Shiyan didn't look at it, and his steps on the way home were brisk. Even if the weather is bad, as long as you think that the destination is home, you can skip the hardships on the road.
Holding the jasper key and lying on the bed, looking at it repeatedly, it was no different from Dongfang Xuan's hand color, and the double ring was slightly stagnant, and it was estimated that there was also a magnet.
Since Zhenyuan Dart Bureau can control the dart master through Gu poison, he also knows the whereabouts of the red goods well, if the one in his hand is real, then Deng Dinghou must have a fake one in his hand. If this is a fake in your hand...... It's simply not possible.
"Knock-knock. Boom. Boom. The snow was squirming, and the voice of the watchman sounded like he was kept in the dark, "God! Cold! Freeze. "If someone is sleepless now, they will definitely laugh at whether they have drunk too much.
No longer bothered, he put away the key and lay down on the bed, although he closed his eyes, his five senses were magnified in the dark, and he heard the snow falling from the branches in the distance.
Farther away, a small white sedan chair was welcomed into the Zhenyuan dart game, the cold wind passed through from all directions, but the sedan curtain did not move like a mountain. Occasionally, the white-haired, white-faced and white-clothed man sitting in the center is revealed, and a hat made of white peacock feathers shows his status.
Deng Dinghou didn't come out to greet him, because he didn't feel at ease who guarded the thirteen jasper keys. The two of them steadily parked the sedan chair in front of the door, and the person on the seat slowly opened his eyes and stared at Deng Dinghou. As soon as the curtain moved, a white shadow came to the guest seat, and the fan closed, reminding the people at the door to turn around to look at him.
This number of roads is somewhat familiar.
Deng Dinghou opened the boxes one by one, and when he was on the seventh, a flying fan came over and smashed the boxes together. His hand was still in the air, and it wasn't until he tapped his knuckles lightly on a wooden box that he pulled Deng Dinghou's sanity back. The Shaolin boxing king's hand trembled a little at this moment.
"Where's the stuff?"
"I'll look for it, I know who it is."
The fan shook slightly, and the white hair on the sideburns moved slightly. There was no frustration between the words, and beads of sweat had climbed on Deng Dinghou's back. "Then I'll wait for the head of the dart to return to Zhao." A fluttering sentence fell on the table, and Deng Dinghou felt that he was alive again.
Put the twelve boxes into the box, and put the human-wide box in the palm of your hand: "Tomorrow at noon, I will wait for you in Ximing Temple." ”
A gust of wind under the corridor made the white-haired man raise his sleeves and cough lightly, causing Deng Dinghou to sit on the chair, looking at the broken jade on the table, this green color is really eye-catching.
"My lord, a pawnshop owner has sent a jasper key." Turning his head suddenly, a smile appeared on his stiff face, "Heaven will not kill me." Bring him up. ”
"My lord, someone asked to see him outside the door, saying that the things we lost in the dart game are in his place." A smile froze on his face.
"Take him to the side room." Now Deng Dinghou can't think anymore, or Deng Er spoke out to arrange things.
As expected, one was broken, and two were recovered, and Deng Dinghou kept rubbing his hands on the key, and now this jade is so worthless, and there are licensed goods everywhere.
"Deng Er stays, and the other brothers go back to rest, it's hard work." Overnight, Deng Dinghou's hair seemed to be gray, and he sat on the tiger-headed chair, like an old cat.
"Tomorrow morning, you call Manager Pang to collect the money in our account, not counting the title deed, Zhuangzi should be more than 36,000 taels, and everyone will share it."
Deng Er knelt down on his knees: "Big brother, I said that I would share blessings and hardships." ”
"Deng Er, you are my brother, brothers should not be like this, you live well for me." Placing the key in the pile of scraps, he held his shoulders and himself. "There are also those Zhuangzi, they can also be divided according to the distance, don't divide too much, leave some for Fang'er."
Deng Er buried his head and didn't say a word, and his cheeks were bitten hard.
"You saw him today, anyway, I'm his son." The Shaolin boxing king's eagle-like eyes have lost focus. "Go and rest, tomorrow will be busy."
Ignoring him, he got up and walked away, the two keys still lying in the rubble.
Back to the jasper key, there are now twelve in the majestic Shence Army, and one in an unknown small house in Chang'an.
"My lord, will you really be able to retrieve that treasure tomorrow? Minions are worried about ......"
"A broken key, no need to worry."
In winter, the sky also brightens later, and it is still blue. Gu Shiyan opened the door, and a flower newspaper fell from the crack in the door, the so-called most dangerous place is the safest. It opens to a map, with only four circles and a small poem in the middle, but unfortunately there is neither a name nor a direction on it.
"Santai Tiger is here, and his life's wealth is solvable with jasper." I think this is the key for this, but why is this letter so vague?
"Girl." Just now, when I had only paid attention to the letter, someone was already standing in front of the door, putting it away, and opening it.
"It's you." That's right, if you do something sneaky, the flying bell in this courtyard would have rang a long time ago. Gu Shiyan recognized at a glance that it was the strange scholar he met in the temple of Nashan standing in the courtyard. It's not because of the looks, this figure is really outstanding.
"Girl, Du came to be entrusted by his mother this time, and the things were returned to the original owner." The man opened the handkerchief in his hand and handed her the gold leaf.
"It turns out that it was your mother, a dignified seven-foot man, who would rather waste her time in a broken temple than serve her knees. This leaf should be my filial piety to my aunt. ”
The door was about to close, and the man took a step forward in a hurry, but he felt that it was inappropriate, and buried his head deeply, but his back was straight.
"What the girl said is very true, it is my Du Heng who is not filial, it is not easy for a woman, my mother is, and so is the girl, and this generous gift is also requested to be taken back by the girl. Miss Xie was blunt, and asked the girl not to mention the matter of the Weituo Temple to my mother, but my mother didn't know what to do. ”
It didn't make sense, Gu Shiyan closed the door, "Don't throw it away." He put away the key, wrote down the picture again, watched it turn to ashes in the brazier, and went out the window.
Gu Shiyan wandered around the street, bought sauce meat buns, and turned over the refurbished chess books, all of which were old styles that he had played. It's a good day, and it's finally snowing again.
"Good luck and bad luck are all fate, and the white horse is not up to anyone." Although this market is noisy, this sentence seems to be said by the person in Gu Shiyan's ear, and when he turned his head, it was the signboard of Liu Chunlai, the god operator. This fortune telling is false and true, this Liu Chunlai signboard dares to say that he has a glimpse of the heavens with his own life, which is a quasi-word. I met here today.
"People are not as good as the sky, and the sky is not as good as the sky." Although it was a prevarication, Gu Shiyan came to the stall and sat down. "Mr. Liu's guest question actually has a time when he doesn't line up."
"I'm only going to make one hexagram today, just waiting for you to come." Liu Chunlai moved the chair back to avoid the sun, put one hand on his lap, and gently rubbed the turtle shell with the other.
"Then the gentleman doesn't even know what I'm going to be?" Gu Shiyan doesn't come here often.
"Of course, I don't know."
"Mr. has a reputation, I'm afraid I can't afford this money, so let me be a fool."
"I don't charge money for this hexagram, you and I are destined, and you can hang the account with the girl's name."
"Mr. knows everything about the future, so he won't want to take my life back." It's a bit difficult to take your own life, but this kind of commitment can't be lightly promised.
"No, I don't care about the girl's life." Gu Shiyan was a little convinced by his straightforwardness.
"Now I do have a question, I wonder if you can help answer it?"
"Then this is a gift from me, please tell me."
"The water under the pavilion is empty, there is no lonely Hong, the wind rises and passes, and it is opened because of the rain. I don't know what to say? ”
The other person smiled and shook his head, "There are many places where there are ten thousand years of lotus and green smoke trees, but in Chang'an, there is only that Ximing Temple." ”
The lotus blooms for ten miles, and the birds fly under the green smoke tree. It's just that I don't know how to understand the last two sentences.
"I'm really ignorant, thank you sir for your advice." Gu Shiyan got up to leave, but for some reason he touched the sign holder on the table, and two pieces fell out, both of which were signed.
"It's rare, there are only two of them in my lot, and the girl called them all out at once."
"I haven't said what it is?"
"Such fortune telling is accurate." In the blink of an eye, Liu Chunlai had already put away the guys, got up and stood face to face with Gu Shiyan.
"A leaf boat is light, the shadow is flat, the monarch and the minister have a dream, and the ancient name is empty."
"Sir's witty words, but they are stupid and incomprehensible."
"When the water falls, you know its righteousness." Gu Shiyan has never believed in this, and the urgent need is Ximing Temple and the jasper key.
"Mr. Xie instructs." Walk more resolutely than the god operator, and it will be past noon.
Since the winter months, there are good people every day, even if this Ximing Temple is far away on the outskirts of the city, there are many people who come to queue. There are many inconveniences for the woman's identity to act in the temple, and when she went out today, she had already thought that there would be progress, and she had already been armed, but she was still recognized by Liu Chunlai at a glance. Being a man is also a gentleman's face, and his face really doesn't look like he has suffered hardship.
Gu Shiyan mixed in the pilgrims and came to the back mountain, the lotus pond is now empty, there is some broken ice on the edge of the pool, the water is extremely clear, and the lotus roots in winter are mixed in the mud, which is not easy to find. In the west corner of the lotus pond is a large tree, and the thickest part of the trunk requires four adult men to hold it.
The treasure is not open to ordinary pilgrims, which is one of the reasons why it grows so well, Gu Shiyan came here and spent twenty gold leaves to buy the incense cup. In a courtyard, two stone towers in the east and west, ordinary style, ordinary name, four things achieve magical harmony here.
The wind passes by as soon as it rises, and it opens up because of the rain. The wind and rain are a little obscure here, but the courtyard is only a twin tower, and it is only the time for a stick of incense to be swept through.
Originally, I wanted to enter the tower while the little novice was sending off guests, but I didn't expect this crowd of people to worship.
"It's finally opened, and I've been thinking about it for a long time, and every time I say that I've been rounded down, I've done things." Gu Shiyan heard the woman in brocade not far away, it turned out that this place had not been opened for a long time.
Oops, it's late. Ximing Temple is located on the mountainside, backed by a steep peak, the mountain is round and upright, like the hanging horse pillar of which immortal monarch. Gu Shiyan came to the top of the mountain, where he happened to overlook the overall situation. The believers of Ximing Temple have become the size of ants.
On the one hand, the mountain road is difficult to walk, on the other hand, the hanging horse pillar is famous for its shape, and it can not be appreciated from a distance.
As the so-called ascending high and looking far away, Gu Shiyan found a small sedan chair at the west gate of the east wing of the Shence Army on the official road. Even if there is no name plate, the pure white single sedan chair is equipped with two black samurai, which is really ostentatious.
On the tree with the highest hanging horse pillar, Gu Shiyan palmed down, and the trunk was smashed out of a palm-wide hole, about an arm's length deep, after putting the map and the key in it, he took out a black towel and covered his face, and went towards the black and white three sons on the sheep intestine path.
If the Bodhisattva has the appearance of me, the appearance of people, the appearance of sentient beings, and the appearance of the long-lived, that is, non-Bodhisattva, Gu Shiyan's Wuxiang step is all his own charm.
Fluttering on the night pearl on the top of the sedan chair, the sedan chair bearer was pressed to kneel down on one knee, but the sedan chair was still stable. The two internal forces collided and the roller shutter was stirred apart, almost flying sideways.
The two sedan chairs were almost sunk into the flesh, but fortunately, the iron mesh covered the surface, so that the face would not be hideous. With one palm upward, taking advantage of the cracked eyes of the pearl, he exchanged for breathing. A white shadow swept towards the pine forest to the east, and Gu Shiyan followed quickly. Seeing that it did not stop, he swung his sword and slashed away, and the white shadow suddenly flashed away, and after a while, a pine tree slowly fell to the ground, raising a burst of grass gray and old snow.
"There is no phase, there is no sword, and the dog's apprentice must also be a dog."
"Look for death." Gu Shiyan held a sword in one hand, stood on top of the broken wood, and found out the Ximen end that was attacking in the chaos with one kick, and after seven steps, there was more blood in the air.
"It's useless to kill me." Simon burst out laughing, "Use my life as your nightmare, quickly, quickly." ”
The two dead men in the pine forest finally arrived, and took the old man on the ground aside to protect him. Although they are two people, the realm of fists and palms is the bull head and horse face that disappeared in the battle of Qingcheng three years ago. The battle of Qingcheng is completely a matter of martial arts, why is it related to the Shence Army?
didn't have time to think about it, the two of them had already arrived in front of them, Gu Shiyan plucked onions on dry land, the broken wood under his feet cracked, and people rose into the air. His clothes flew and he went to the west gate with his sword.
"If you can die blindly, I will respect the elderly." Now the white robe is sticky with stumps mixed with weeping blood, the hat is crooked, but the mouth is very hard.
In the blink of an eye, Gu Shiyan smashed the white robe closely, and when the sword stopped, blood trickled out from the single coat. "Hahahaha, it's not good for young people to be too obsessed." In the flying wool, a letter smoke rose to the sky, and although the eyes and hands had stepped on the hyacinth, the yellow smoke still rose in this pine needle forest. There is not much time left for Gu Shiyan. The bull head and the horse face are still fighting.
Thinking of the palm of the Zhenyuan Dart Bureau that day, Gu Shiyan applied it to Ximenduan's chest.
Turning around and taking the four palms of the two of them, they were pushed backwards until their heels finally touched the roots of the tree, and they flipped up with the help of force, like a bullfight. One inch long and one inch strong, after opening up the distance, the attack of the two was defused by the immeasurable sword.
is a gentleman, when the sword is collected and the fist and foot are connected, it is a pity that Gu Shiyan is not a gentleman. Within three moves of the immeasurable swordsmanship, two lives have been taken. Looking at the sword body again, it was brand new, and it had not been stained with half of the blood, but the sword qi was enough to break the blade.
These two brute bulls have collided with the forest so much that they can't see the way. Things are slow, Gu Shiyan returned to the hanging horse pillar, and everything seems to have to be found from this stone tower.
In the evening, there were rumors of the tragic death of the commander of the East Wing of the Shence Army, and there were those who were brave enough to say that it was the manifestation of the Immortal Monarch.
In winter, it gets dark early. By the time the bell rang at the bottom of the mountain, the pilgrims had already returned home, and Ximing Temple was illuminated by incense lamps. At this moment, most of the monks were called to clean up the porridge stalls they had received during the day, and the small courtyard was quiet.
Gu Shiyan landed at the top of the tower, like an eagle aiming at its prey, but his strength was very good, he made a muffled sound on the ridge of the stone tower, opened the wooden door on the top floor, and came to the east tower.
The tower is hollow, a circle of stairs winds up, there is only one lamp on each floor, inserted in the middle of the stone steps, judging from the length of the candle, it should be changed every three days, and today is the last day. By the light of the day, the stone was white-gray, and the light of the fire was beating, and the face was shining and shimmering, mixed with fragments, interlaced with gold and silver, and covered with a whetstone.
Walking down the stairs, the shadows were sometimes slender and sometimes short, and from top to bottom there was nothing but seven lights.
When you come to the bottom of the tower, you will naturally look up, the stone steps are uneven, as if it was deliberate, and then to the center, the entire stone tower is stacked upwards.
The stone steps on the second floor are white, rising from west to east, and are scattered as auspicious clouds; Three to five floors of body, the candle flame through the lamp is like stepping on the South Sea gold beads, and then counting up, Gu Shiyan actually entered the tower from the dragon's eye. The Shence Army still has the heart to seize power, but what can this Song Tonghai do even if he is on the throne?
The dragon pattern Gu Shiyan didn't dare to extend it on paper, but fortunately, it was a trivial matter to remember a totem and the unforgettable Gu Shiyan. The whole tower is made of stone, so what is the use of this key?
The control force stepped on the tower indiscriminately, hoping to accidentally hit some mechanisms, but unfortunately nothing happened after a lap. Is this just an ordinary stone tower? But the heart of this chaotic minister and thief is clearly revealed, it can't be Song Tonghai who has nothing to do to sit here.
"Jin Wuwei assisted the judicial army in investigating the murder of General Dongxiang according to the order, and from now on, Jingyuan will be taken over by Jin Wuwei."
Someone approached, Gu Shiyan flashed into the auspicious clouds, standing against the wall, and the shadow was reflected behind him for a short time.
"Is there any change here?"
"General Hui, no one has entered or left the Jingyuan since it was sealed."
"Join the army, please."
"Please." It was Zhang Yun's voice, Zhang Yun was one of the few anti-Song factions in the DPRK, and it was because of this that he joined the army for five years. Gu Shiyan's heart sank, now that the incident at the east window is about to happen, he must leave here immediately. Since you have already invited Zhang Yun and Jin Wuwei, why do you want me to come?
As long as Zhang Yun is here, he will definitely be able to discover the secret of this tower. Remove the ring on your left hand, hold it in the palm of your right hand, re-cover the glazed tiles, and go around the top of the tower to hide from the four patrols in the courtyard.
While the guards were meeting, the stone tiles on the north courtyard wall were smashed, and the left ring was retracted along the silkworm tendon line in the right ring, and the four soldiers were about to pull out their legs to see.
"Do your duty, and don't act rashly." Zhang Yun's wide sleeves rose with the voice. In that case, you will certainly not be able to catch up with me. Gu Shiyan stepped out, but he didn't intend to take it back, and knocked down the corner of the six-story cornices before leaving.
"Let Team E chase after me, and the rest will come with me."