Tomb Robber: Chapter 5: The Shadowless Shepherd Boy
The theft of the imperial tomb came to an end with the gang of tomb robbers led by Ah Niu all surrendering to the law.
Once returning to Chang'an, Lin Chen and the others found that martial law had been lifted in the city, and the lives of the people seemed to have returned to normal.
The Midyear Festival is coming soon, and the convening of the Yin-Yang Provincial Conference is just around the corner. For everyone who is thinking of becoming a yin-yang official like a dynasty, this day of the Midyear Festival is undoubtedly the most important day in life.
Before that, there is one more thing that has not been done, and that is to restore the true body of the "Chaos King"!
Once with the bag of broken tiles he got from the cave, he returned to the Lin Mansion with Lin Chen. As soon as they entered the house, they were told that the barefoot gold had been smelted and ground into gold dust as instructed, and then handed it over to the first dynasty.
The five elements requested by Mr. Yigua have all been collected at one time - "Pear Blossom Wooden Bowl", "Hundred Flowers Night Dew", "Ashes of the Incense Burner", "Kaolin Mountain Soil" and "Barefoot Gold Dust".
"I didn't expect to have to go through so many things in order to collect these things!"
In just a few days, I have experienced a lot of things and met many nice people. β
Once he said a word to Lin Chen, recalling the bits and pieces of these days.
The "Pear Blossom Wooden Bowl" is the first thing of the five elements that he once obtained, and it was given to him by Mr. Yigua.
"Hundred Flowers Night Dew" is the dew of the Qingyang County Lord who collects hundreds of flowers in the palace, and once became attached to Qingyang, as a condition for exchanging flower dew, he also promised to fulfill the three wishes of Qingyang.
"Incense burner ashes" are taken from the hundred-year-old incense ashes burned by the incense burner in Lanruo Temple, and once not only got the incense ashes, but also received the incense burner from the old man in the temple.
"Kaolin Mountain Soil" was bought by the tomb robber Ah Niu with his life. As soon as Lin Chen saw the pottery fragments made of kaolin, he couldn't help but think of things and people, and thought of Ah Niu. Ah Niu is a good person, but unfortunately he went astray and lost his life.
"Barefoot Gold Powder", as the name suggests, is the powder of gold, which was obtained with the help of Lin Chen. For a big family like Lin Chen, it is naturally not a problem to smelt barefoot gold.
"Once brothers, gold, wood, water, fire, earth, and the five elements have all been gathered, the most important thing now is to find Mr. Yigua, hoping to complete the resurrection of the King of Chaos before the Midyear Festival. When the time comes, you can also wholeheartedly participate in the Yin Yang Provincial Conference!"
"What Brother Lin said is, without further ado, let's set off and go out of the city to find Mr. Yigua!"
Once packed the things of the five elements, set off with Lin Chen, and went to Mr. Yigua's house.
The two rode fast horses and came to the nomura where the hexagram was.
This was Lin Chen's first time here, and he looked left and right, counting the few huts here.
"It's a backwood, and it's rare to see a single person. β
"It's a bit remote here, and it's just these families, well, that's Mr. Yigua's house, I've been here before. β
He pointed to a hut in front of him and recognized it as the dwelling place of the hexagram.
There were some crops planted in the yard, and some of the melons and fruits on the shed were ripe and fell to the ground. The weeds at the foot of the house also sprouted out of their heads half a man, and it looked like it had been unattended for a while.
The two knocked on the door for a long time, but no one answered the door.
"Did you go out and didn't come back? Why didn't anyone open the door for a long time?"
"I don't know! The gentleman told me to come to him after I collected all the things of the five elements!"
While the two of them were waiting to no avail, a shepherd boy riding a ox came up to them and said to them, "Heyββ, are you here to find Mr. Yigua?"
Lin Chen replied: "Yes, little brother, do you know where Mr. Yigua has gone? He doesn't seem to be at home at the moment. β
The shepherd boy sat on the back of the cow, still playing with the dog's tail grass in his hand, "Mr. has something to go out!"
Hearing that Mr. Yigua was not at home, the two were a little disappointed, and they asked the shepherd boy when Yigua would return, and the shepherd boy replied that he didn't know.
"Where did the gentleman go?"
"I don't know. β
I didn't know about this question, and I said unceremoniously: "You little kid, why don't you know anything?"
This child is not easy to mess with, he saw that he once poured anger on his head, and said unceremoniously: "Whoever teaches you a little child must know everything? And who is an adult and who is a child is not certain, I think you are less than twenty, and you don't know anything about the elder." β
"Oh, you little broken child, why aren't you big or small? Who do you say doesn't know how to respect the elderly?"
"I said you! Do you know, I'm much older than you! By my age, you should call me Uncle Sheng!"
"Uncle? What a stupid thing you say to a little broken child? Hurry home and ask your aunt for milk!"
"Shameless guy, didn't your aunt teach you to pay attention to your words and deeds?"
Lin Chen looked at the two people arguing, it was really ridiculous, he pulled him for a while, asked him not to be like a child, and persuaded the shepherd boy in a good voice, "Little brother, we are friends of Mr. Yigua, this time we have something important to ask for here, if the little brother knows the whereabouts of Mr. Yigua, I hope he can tell us!"
The shepherd boy saw that Lin Chen was still a polite person, and his words became polite, "I think you seem to be a person who knows the number of etiquette, to tell you the truth, I really don't know the whereabouts of Mr. Yigua, but I know, why are you looking for Mr.!"
"Oh, little brother, do you know what we're looking for?"
"Aren't you looking for Mr. to resurrect the Chaos King?"
"What the little brother said is exact, and we are here for this!
"My master told me!"
"Your master?"
As soon as the shepherd boy talked about the so-called master in his words, he immediately showed a proud look, "Speaking of my master, that is the most powerful yin-yang sorcerer in the whole world, he is a person who knows everything and knows everything! He knows that you will not be able to find Mr. Yigua, so he specially asked me to wait for you here!"
Not only Lin Chen, but even Yi was shocked by the understanding of the "master" in the mouth of this shepherd boy about the purpose of their trip.
With doubts, Lin Chen asked, "Who is the master of your family?
"Come with me! My master lives deep in this back mountain! When you see him, you will know it!"
"Then there is little brother Lao to lead the way!"
Although they didn't know who the kid was going to take them to, the two felt that this person was definitely not simple, and even if they couldn't get it done, it wouldn't be a bad thing to meet him.
The shepherd boy rode a ox to lead the way in front, the road up the mountain was a bit rugged, and he walked very slowly, and once he and Lin Chen had to lead the horse and follow behind slowly.
The journey was a little long, and the three of them chatted.
"Little brother, let me ask you, is your master familiar with Mr. Yigua?"
"It's not just familiar! Mr. Yigua is still a student of my master!"
Don't look at this kid is still a yellow-headed boy, what he said is amazing!
"What? student?"
Once said in unison with Lin Chen.
The shepherd boy looked back at the two of them, "Why? Don't believe it? Then you can ask Mr. Yigua, and his answer will be the same as I said." β
The two of them knew that Mr. Yigua's divination skills were second to none, and his teacher was not ......
Halfway through the journey, the sun gradually sunk in the west, and the afterglow of the setting sun spread across the earth, and everything dragged on a long shadow.
The more I looked at it, the more I realized that the child in front of me seemed to have seen it before, as if it was when I first came to visit Mr. Yigua.
The memory of that day came to mind, and they did have a relationship!
He was the shepherd boy he had seen without a shadow at that time!
Once handed the reins to Lin Chen, asked him to help lead the horse, and ran forward to find out.
Sure enough, there is only him here, and there is no shadow!
"Who the hell are you?"
He stopped the shepherd boy and asked.
The shepherd boy knew that he had doubts about his identity, but he was not surprised, but said very commonly, "I am not human."
Once he stood in front of people and didn't let him go, Lin Chen also caught up, looked at him with a nervous expression, and asked what happened. once told Lin Chen about the strangeness, and Lin Chen was also wary because of this.
Seeing that they would not go forward, the shepherd boy said, "I am not a man, but I am not a bad man, and I know that you have scruples and fear that I will deceive you, and when you see my master, you will know all the things you want to know." If you still want to save the Chaos King, come with me! Otherwise, you can turn back, and I won't stop you. β
After saying that, the shepherd boy patted the cow on the back, motioned to bypass the two, and without looking back, walked towards the depths of the mountain.
Although the two of them were worried that there would be danger, they had no choice but to "take risks" and see who the owner of the shepherd boy was.
The mountain road winds and stretches into the depths of the mountain forest, and after half a mile of dense woods, the three of them come to an open field.
In this clearing, there is a small mountain house. The mansion is made entirely of bamboo, and you can smell the fragrance of bamboo from a distance. The exquisite elegance of the bamboo hut is in harmony with the comfortable surroundings, and it is like the retreat of the leisurely and elegant literati depicted in the poem.
"This is it!"
The shepherd boy climbed down the cow's back and let them in.
The maid in the house also greeted the guests at the door early, "Young Master Lin Gongzi, my master has prepared tea and has been waiting for the two of you for a long time!
The maid took the two of them into the door, and Lin Chen carefully noticed that this maid had no shadow!
Lin Chen pulled the sleeve of his coat and motioned to look at the ground. He whispered, "I've noticed it too!"
I came to a terrace, where there were three beautiful maids, who were squatting on the mats on the terrace, serving a man in white.
The man in white was lying on his side with his back to the guest, standing on one foot, his head resting on the maid's lap, and the three maids beside him, one was helping him pick out his ears, one was beating his legs, and the other was boiling tea on the side.
These four maids in the house were all born with the same appearance!
"Master!"
The maid called softly.
The man turned.
Once he saw the man's face, he exclaimed, "Brother!"