Chapter Thirty-Six: Looking South at Jincheng
Xiao Tianqi went straight to the third floor, found the Osmanthus Pavilion, and was about to push the door in, when the outstretched right hand stopped in the air, hesitated, and then knocked lightly on the door.
A woman's lazy voice came from inside: "Who, I won't pick up guests today." ”
Xiao Tianqi's voice was strong and powerful: "It's me, you laugh at Uncle Laugh." ”
There was no more noise in the room. Xiao Tianqi waited outside the house for a while, and then raised his hand and knocked on the door, when the door opened, revealing a woman's beautiful face.
"Uncle Xiao, how could he think of coming to the workshop to find me today?"
Xiao Tianqi scratched his head and said with a sincere smile: "This is not the New Year, Uncle will come to see how you are doing, and ask if you want to go back with Uncle for the New Year." ”
"No need. After saying that, the woman was going to close the door and send off the guests.
"Qing'er, wait, wait......" Xiao Tianqi smiled helplessly, and hurriedly blocked the crack in the door that was about to close. It wasn't hard for him to bang on the door with his physique, but he became cautious at this point.
"What else is going on with Uncle?"
"I heard that you are sick, it is not serious, do you want Uncle to find a doctor to come and see you and prescribe a few medicines?"
"It's not serious, it's not bothering. ”
Saying that Chang Xueqing was about to close the door again, Xiao Tianqi hurriedly stopped: "Uncle hasn't said a few words to you all year round, it's almost the New Year, you might as well chat with Uncle for a while today, it's all short words from parents, don't get in the way?"
Chang Xueqing sighed lightly and turned to go into the room.
Xiao Tianqi laughed, hurriedly entered the room, turned around and closed the door carefully, and then sat down at the table.
Chang Xueqing made a pot of tea and poured it for Xiao Tianqi. Then sat down opposite Xiao Tianqi, frowning.
Xiao Tianqi put his hands on his knees, looking at Chang Xueqing and smirking.
"How is Qing'er doing here?"
"Good. ”
"What about the school palace, is there anyone bullying you, talk to your uncle......"
"Nope. ”
"Ah......" Xiao Tianqi was choked back by Chang Xueqing's merciless words, touched his nose awkwardly, remembered something, and leaned on the table with his upper body and said: "I heard that there is a kid named Luo Yu over there in the school palace who pursues you, I heard that you are sick, and I made a special trip to deliver medicine to you last night." Is this true?"
"How can there be?" Chang Xueqing's tone was raised, "Senior Brother Luo is such a warm-hearted person on weekdays, how can you say that you have such thoughts?"
Xiao Tianqi smiled: "Then what are you doing to blow people out?"
"I ......," Chang Xueqing was speechless for a while.
"Okay, okay, Uncle knows. Uncle is so old, like this, Uncle grabs a lot in the valley. Qing'er is smart, it's normal to look down on it, hehe......"
Chang Xueqing twisted her head to the side and stopped talking.
Xiao Tianqi took a sip of tea and said, "Qing'er really won't go back for the New Year this year." Uncle specially went to southern Xinjiang to invite a few people who ran the rivers and lakes, who can breathe fire and play snakes, you must like it. ”
"Uncle Xueqing is kind and understands it, but he still won't go back this year. ”
"Hmmm......"
Xiao Tianqi held the teacup in both hands, looked at the woman in front of him who was getting farther and farther away from him, and smiled bitterly.
"Well, Uncle doesn't force you to ...... either"
Xiao Tianqi scratched his head, and said: "Uncle inquired that Yin Yu, the second son of King Qin, had returned to Shuzhou, and calculated the distance, I am afraid that he has already arrived in Xiayang City at this time." ”
Chang Xueqing forcibly suppressed the surprise in her heart and said, "How do you know?"
"Hey, hey, how can there be anything in Shuzhou that my uncle doesn't know...... Don't worry, Uncle won't do anything to him. Uncle wants to ask if you want to meet him?"
"Uncle can find him?"
Xiao Tianqi stood up suddenly, patted his chest and said: "As long as Qing'er wants to, Uncle will dig three feet into the ground and pull out this rabbit cub, and carry it all for him to bring this Zilan Workshop!"
Seeing that Chang Xueqing didn't speak, Xiao Tianqi thought that he had said the wrong thing, so he quickly changed his words and said: "Xiayang City is a big place, and it is not difficult to find someone. Uncle is a man of his word, and since he promised you not to hurt him, he naturally won't attack him. Uncle found a clean place at the foot of the Broken Hung Mountain and built a bamboo house for you, if Qing'er is interested, you might as well go there for the New Year, and Uncle will help you find Yin Yu back to that kid and ask him to go there. As for what happens after the two of you, Uncle will not interfere!
Chang Xueqing was silent for a while, and said, "Xueqing has thanked Uncle first, can I think about it for a few more days?"
Xiao Tianqi laughed: "Okay, okay." Qing'er, you can go whenever you think about it. Uncle has also explained everything to you, so I won't stay long. Uncle is outside Xiayang City these two days, and Qing'er can go to Sanmenxia to find Uncle if she has anything to do on weekdays. ”
Chang Xueqing stood up and saluted and said softly, "Uncle go slowly." ”
"Good. ”
Xiaotianqi pushed the door out, turned around and carefully closed the door again. Then he looked up at the magnificent top grid of the Zilan Sect, sighed, and went downstairs.
This group of people came and went in a hurry, just entered the city from the south of Xiayang City, stayed in the Zilan Sect for less than half an hour, and left from the east city gate.
An hour later, on the eastern outskirts of Xiayang City, Sanmenxia.
An iron tower-like figure climbed the stairs and came to the high point of Sanmenxia. The yellow sand here is everywhere, there is little vegetation, the whole ground is potholed, the strange rock protrudes, ordinary people can only rely on the strength of their feet to go up the mountain.
Sanmenxia has been a dangerous pass since ancient times, and in recent years, due to the majority of merchants, the road at the bottom of this gorge has been changed to a trade road. Now that we are entering the New Year, most of the pedestrians at the bottom of the gorge are wanderers returning to their hometowns. As for the scenery at the top of Sanmenxia, it is often forgotten.
At present, at the top of Sanmen Gorge, there is a burly man, with a red straw rope tied to his forehead, sitting on a stone slab, looking at the increasingly bleak scenery of the gorge, feeding the liquor to his mouth one by one, his eyes are full of desolation.
There is a stone tablet beside him, which is inscribed "The Empty Tomb of the Thirty-fifth Head of the Eldest Sun Family".
Behind this stele, more than 100 steles that have been eroded by yellow sand are lined up one after another along the road when the man came, looking south to Jincheng