The Golden Bough and the Dog Verse 78

This time, unlike the time when the clouds stopped, they took the shortcut that the smoke groped out, and they bumped all the way, and finally reached the cliff before Tang Xian fell apart, and finally reached the cliff when the daylight was about to be replaced by twilight.

The rain had completely stopped, and the clouds in the sky were slowly shrinking. The setting sun on the horizon showed itself at an inopportune time, piercing out an unwilling twilight of daylight.

A few people stood under the ancient ginkgo trees on the cliff, looking across the cliff, and the continuous ridges could be seen meandering and extending, like a sleeping dragon, and the residual moisture rose from it, forming a steaming cloud.

In the middle of the mountains, the huge Earth Dragon Pond receives the last rays of the sunset, gathering a looming auspicious golden light above.

Green smoke fills the air, and the aura overflows.

It was the Nine Peaks that flowed in the sky, and the true dragon breathed purple qi.

It is rumored that the immortals will also be tempted by the treasure of feng shui.

The fact is that there are no immortals in it, only the corpses of the emperors of the past dynasties, and the gloomy living dead who live underground for a long time.

Tang Xian and Yanxia had seen a lot of this magnificent scenery, and they were not distracted at this time, and the twins and Yunxuan who saw it for the first time were already shocked.

There was a wind blowing, blowing the ginkgo branches and leaves overhead, and the rain and dew fell on several people, waking people up from their distraction.

Tang Nianzhi muttered to himself: "Is this the imperial mausoleum......?"

"Not really." Shaking her head to keep her head awake, she walked to the edge of the cliff, narrowed her eyes, and threw her eagle claw hook at the huge rock protruding from the opposite side of the cliff.

The dark iron silver hook clung to the rock, she struggled hard, and after confirming that it was firm, she tilted her head and said, "Go." Who comes first? ”

With the help of their eagle claw hooks, they had to fly several feet to the cliff opposite the spring.

Yanxia couldn't bring two people at the same time, Tang Xian and Yun Xuan had to come one by one.

"Let's go first, let you talk to the twins a little more." Yanxia squatted down and said to Yun Yuan, "Close your eyes, no matter how scared you are, don't cry." ”

A few feet ahead, there is a spring at your feet.

Inside, too, because of the fog accumulated by the torrential rain, the naked eye can only see the black cliff wall nearby, and the flowing clouds that rotate deeper, and then below, the white expanse is impossible, and the bottom cannot be seen.

It is daunting.

After getting closer, I could feel the biting chill rising from the endless abyss, condensing into a cold invisible hand, grabbing the person's heart, silently and forcefully pulling the person down.

When Tang Xian was carried by Yanxia for the first time, she closed her eyes the whole time, and after landing on the ground, her knees became weak, and she sat on the ground for a long time to ease up before she could lift her steps.

Worried and frightened Yun Yuan, she squatted down and grabbed Yun Yuan's shoulders and said, "If you are afraid, I will send you back to find the carp and them......"

"Don't be afraid!" Yun Yuan didn't go forward, not knowing the horror of the cliff, afraid that Tang Xian would drive her away, so she hugged her neck in a hurry and said loudly, "I'm not afraid, and I don't cry!" ”

"Then come here!" Smoke held out his hand to her.

Yun Yuan took the initiative to approach Yanxia for the first time, and when she was tied in her arms, he obediently hugged her tightly and closed her eyes hard.

After making all the preparations, I saw Yanxia tugging on the eagle's claw hook, staring at the boulder opposite with her eyes like an eagle, taking a deep breath, and jumping towards the cliff!

Tang Shu closed her eyes in horror!

She guessed that Tang Xian's process of leaving the imperial tomb must have been very difficult, and after seeing it with her own eyes, the shock in her heart doubled a hundredfold.

This scene, just looking at it, is already making people tremble.

Will it be able to pass smoothly?

If the rope breaks and falls, will it break to pieces?

Will it hit a cliff and hang in mid-air?

What if you're unlucky enough to catch an eagle or a flock of birds?

……

There are so many terrible things that could happen!

In her memory, Tang Xian would never dare to do such a dangerous thing.

When she was young, she played on the swing at home, and when she swinged a little higher, she would be scared, and she would be laughed at by her father and mother every time.

How dare she?

"It's done!" An ethereal voice was sent to his ears by the flowing clouds, Tang Shu opened his eyes tremblingly, and saw a few feet away, on the distant cliff separated by clouds and mist, Yanxia was untying the rope on Yun Yuan's body.

Tang Shu's tears suddenly filled her eyes, she turned around, grabbed Tang Xian's arms, and said loudly: "You must come out!" ”

Tang Xian knew that she felt sorry for herself, so she smiled and nodded to her.

Tang Nianzhi on the other side was also frightened, and together with Tang Shu, he hugged Tang Xian one by one, and repeatedly and tirelessly instructed: "I must come out!" Let's go home! Never come to the capital again! ”

There were only these few words of farewell, and Tang Xian repeatedly promised, "Well, in just three days, I will definitely come out." There's smoke to help me, don't worry. ”

"Okay?" Yanxia jumped back briskly and said, "Let's hurry, there is a person on the other side, and after waiting for a long time, I guess I will think that we have left her behind." ”

Tang Xian nodded and let go of the twins.

Tang Nian reluctantly retreated, but Tang Shu hugged back hard after retreating.

Tang Xian thought she was coquettish, patted her on the back a few times, and heard her whisper with anger: "When I go home, I will sue my mother, saying that you secretly raised another sister outside!" ”

After speaking, she let go of Tang Xian as if she was nothing.

Tang Xian, whose eyes were confused: "...... Yes? ”

Chapter 64: The Imperial Tomb

Xiaoling is remote, the rear is a cliff, and there are no guards patrolling at night, so that Tang Xian and several people can enter smoothly.

After passing through the dense forest to Xiaoling, when we approached Hai, it was already the prescribed time to go to bed.

The door of the palace was closed, and it was dark and silent inside.

Fortunately, Smoke's eyes were comparable to those of Nighthawk, and she silently led the two of them inside.

"I want to take him there to live." She pointed to the luxurious palace that stood quietly in the distance.

There is a spare palace above each mausoleum in the imperial mausoleum, and there are maids to clean and wipe it every day, bright and spacious, and empty all year round.

Occasionally, the descendants of the royal family come to worship their ancestors, or are punished for being imprisoned in the imperial tomb, and they live here.

Yanxia wants to touch the light of the clouds and live there.

There are all kinds of water, melons and fruits in it, which is much better than Tang Xian's small broken yard.

"It's in the palace above." Thinking that Tang Xian couldn't see it, the smoke was clearly lit.

Tang Xian said: "No, if someone finds traces of use, the maid in charge of cleaning will be executed." ”

Yanxia pursed her lips and shook Yun Yuan, who was holding her in her arms, to ask for her opinion.

Yun Yuan leaned over her shoulder to Tang Xian, and her voice was very small, "I listen to Mao Mao." ”

Yanxia turned her arm away from Tang Xian, and muttered, "I was hugging you all the way, you are good, you have always been against me......"

Complaining is complaining, the girls here are miserable enough, and Yanxia doesn't want them to give up this idea because of their own sin.

After identifying the direction, continue to walk towards Tang Xian's small courtyard.

She held Tang Xian, who had poor eyesight, in the crook of her arm, and held Yun Yuan in her arms, and Yun Yuan was still holding the lame civet cat that was returned by Tang Shu in her arms.

The three of them stuck together and walked a short distance, and Yanxia suddenly stopped with a "shh

Tang Xian was extremely nervous because she couldn't see, so she grabbed her hand and arm and listened quietly, and heard a suppressed cry of sorrow in the sound of the wind.

Like weeping and complaining, in the quiet night, it is like a crying soul who has died in vain.

It didn't take long for her to recognize it and said softly, "It's Concubine Qiao." ”

He entered the palace three years earlier than Tang Xian, and was good at dancing and music, and his original dance of praying for immortals was particularly pleasing to the old emperor.

When she was alive, she had to jump. She can't rest after death.

In the years she was in the imperial tomb, she would go to the tomb every two days to dance, until one day she made a mistake and was killed, or when she was old, she could no longer dance on her legs.

After all, she will also go to the tomb tomorrow, which will collide with the day when Tang Xian went to bed.

"Oh." Yanxia took the two of them to avoid Qiao Guifei and continued to move forward, and before they had gone far, the tanuki in Yun Yuan's arms suddenly stretched its neck and barked.

"Meowβ€”"

The shrill sound echoed in the night, and the vague whimper hidden in the grass stopped.

Yun Xuan covered the civet cat's mouth and wanted to speak, but was stopped by Yanxia.

In the night, the wind howled for a while, and the faint sobs resounded.

It is not uncommon for wild cats to appear in the mausoleum in the deep mountains and valleys, and wild dogs can even be seen in the mass graves of the corpses of the palace people in the southernmost part.

Apart from this accident, the three of them did not meet anything else.

In front of the small courtyard of the wooden gate, Yanxia learned a few night owl calls, and soon, there was a very light footstep behind the wooden door.

"It's me." Tang Xian said in a low voice.

The wooden door opened, and the three of them quickly entered the house.

"Mother, you're back! I guess one of you and Yanxia must be back tonight, and I thought it was Yanxia again...... Have you found Mrs. Meng? Have you ever met a bad guy? Suffered a lot, didn't you? I've been worried about it for months......"

It was Liu Tao who went to open the door, and it was at the end in order to close the door.

It was Rue Xiang who lit the dark lamp, and when she only recognized Tang Xian's figure in the dimness, she was already overjoyed, and hurriedly stepped forward to support her, asking as she walked.

There was no need for Tang Xian to reply, she babbled: "Eunuch Kang came over this morning, and he saw a disfigured terracotta figurine, but fortunately he didn't dare to touch it!" You don't know how crazy he is, and he says that even if he is sick and dying, he has to go to sleep in the tomb......"

After entering the house, she helped Tang Xian to sit down, put down the lamp, turned around and said, "Liu Tao and I didn't dare to close our eyes all night, so we waited with our ears pricked up...... Belch! ”

The joy of reunion after a long absence came to an abrupt end after seeing an extra third person.

After Liu Tao, who came back from closing the door, came in, she was also dumbfounded, "Where is this, where is this little girl?" ”

The appearance of Yun Yuan shocked the two maids as if they had suffered a collapse.

Yanxia put Yun Xuan down, moved her numb shoulders, and said casually: "My father-in-law's sister, it's okay, with me watching, you can do whatever you want." ”

Yun Yuan was looked at by strangers, and leaned over to Tang Xian embarrassedly and secretly grabbed her sleeve.

Tang Xian felt it, touched her hand and held it, and said, "Her name is Xuanxuan, you just don't know about her existence, everything is smoke...... I found Mrs. Meng outside, and she promised to intercede with her father and brother. Wait, when the disaster in Qingzhou is over, maybe we can get out......"

Since entering the imperial mausoleum five years ago, the two maids had not seen a child for a long time, and when they heard that Tang Xian had found someone to ask for help and saw the hope of leaving the imperial mausoleum, the two of them felt a mixture of disbelief, shock and surprise, and their throats were suffocated, and they couldn't help but have red eyes.