Chapter 5, the second level of the pavilion

Xu Ke slowly walked up the wooden stairs, and as he walked, he looked at the old man Shuiyue sitting below. I saw that there was another square table in front of him, and the table was still full of dishes, and the gaiwan in his hand had turned into a wine glass. He was holding a wine jug and pouring wine into the cup, and Xu Ke only glanced at the wine jug, and knew that it was his favorite Chang'an famous wine "Fenyang drunk".

"It can't be that the old man Shuiyue is fooling me again, right?" With a nervous mood, Xu Ke walked up to the second floor.

There is no door on the second floor, but there is a high threshold across it. Xu Kemai crossed the threshold, only to see that the inside was exactly the same as the first floor, just a round room, surrounded by red mud walls, with a huge pillar in the middle, except that in the corner of the house, a huge bronze mirror was placed.

Xu Ke learned a good job this time, and as soon as he came up, he was in a hurry to find the wooden ladder upstairs, but after looking for a long time, there was only a ladder downstairs, but there was no upstairs.

"It seems that if you want to go to the next level, you can only start with this bronze mirror," Xu Ke thought and walked in front ......of the bronze mirror.

This piece of bronze mirror, about one zhang high, about four feet wide, the shape is simple, the color is mottled, the mirror surface is smooth and smooth, and the concave and convex concave and convex on the frame are engraved with words. Xu Ke approached and carefully looked at the ancient mirror, only to see that the upper end of the mirror was engraved with auspicious clouds and colorful patterns, and below the flowing clouds were eight ancient characters in seal style. Xu Ke read when he was young, and he knew a little about ancient books, and vaguely remembered that it was "the mirror of confusion and the flower of shimmering".

The left side of the ancient mirror frame is engraved with the cross of "A, B, C, D, 戊 Ji Geng Xin Ren 癸" from top to bottom, and the right side of the frame is engraved with the 12 characters of "Zi Chou Yin Mao Chen Si Wu Wei Shen Youxu Hai". Xu Ke stretched out his hand to touch it, only to feel that the mirror surface was smooth and abnormal, but the frame was thick and rough and full of antiquity.

When Xu Ke touched the word "A", he saw that the square word block was trapped. He couldn't help but be startled, and looked around carefully, but he didn't hear the sound of the machine. He pressed down another "B", and with the sinking of the "B" block, the "A" block that had sunken before popped out again.

"It seems that at most, you can only press one word block on the left," Xu Ke pondered, and then went to the right to find a "卯" character and pressed it......

After the two words "Yi Mao" sank together, Xu Ke suddenly felt that the ancient mirror trembled, and his figure in the mirror was like a burst of water lines, and it gradually rippled and scattered, but a middle-aged beauty with a purple shirt and a long skirt swayed appeared in the bronze mirror. The middle-aged beauty was slightly restrained, and her right hand beckoned from afar, as if inviting him to come forward.

Xu Ke couldn't help but walk closer and reach out to touch the mirror. No, as soon as his fingers touched the mirror, he felt a strange warm current, and he suddenly felt that his whole body was crisp and comfortable. At this time, the mirror surface was also integrated with his fingers, Xu Ke couldn't tell what was his finger and what was the mirror of the ancient mirror, but he felt that there seemed to be a strange force in the mirror, and the mirror in front of him had become invisible. Xu Ke took a step forward, and the person had already walked into the mirror......

"Brother Wu is sick, come and save me!" Before Xu Ke could react, he heard a familiar voice, shouting to him for help. He looked up and was surprised.

I saw that Murong Yan's thin body was tightly entangled by a banyan tree demon. The banyan tree demon was headed by the top of the tree, the trunk was the body, the roots were the feet, and the branches were the hands, and at this moment his face was smiling, with Murong Yan in his hand, he had already staggered past him, and was striding in the opposite direction of him.

"Evil beast, Hugh hurts my Yan'er!" Xu Ke didn't think twice, he hurriedly pulled out the Kunwu sword on his back, and turned around with a move, "Break the gold potential!" The sword qi burst out, stirring up gusts of wind, and stabbed straight towards the banyan tree demon.

After all, Xu Ke has been practicing swordsmanship for more than six months in the Shuiyue floor, and the sword momentum at this time is not comparable to the original. The banyan tree demon turned around and blocked with his right hand, only to hear a "click", and a large section of the branch had been cut off by Xu Ke's sword qi. Seeing that the situation was not good, the banyan tree demon hurriedly threw off Murong Yan and ran away wildly.

Xu Ke's second potential "water breaking potential" was ready to go, he saw Murong Yan fall from the air, hurriedly threw the long sword, walked forward, opened his arms, and gently held Murong Yan in his arms.

At this time, the banyan tree demon had already fled far away, but Murong Yan was still lying in Xu Ke's arms. When she saw that Xu Ke had hugged her for a long time, she refused to let her go to the ground, she was shy in her heart, her face was crimson, her little hand gently beat Xu Ke's chest, and said with a smile: "Brother Wuzhi, don't let me down quickly!"

"Uh...... Oh, I'm sorry, Yan'er!" Xu Ke suddenly realized at this time, and hurriedly put Murong Yan on the ground gently. He scratched his forehead and asked:

"Yan'er, where is this? Why did you get caught in a tree? That banyan tree is really a demon?"

"This is outside the walls of our house!Brother Wuxi, let's go quickly, in a while, my father's people may be chasing after him!" As soon as Murong Yan finished speaking, she hurriedly took Xu Ke's hand and was in a hurry to leave......

Xu Ke picked up his Kunwu sword, put it back into its sheath, and carefully looked at the surrounding situation. Only then did he realize that this place was exactly that day, when he escaped from Tianbao Pavilion, he happened to meet Murong Yan on the way where he was trapped in the branches of the banyan tree.

However, Xu Ke clearly remembered that day, Murong Yan skillfully used the art of disguise for herself, and she disguised herself as a man, and she was just an ugly teenager, today, how did Murong Yan become her original beautiful appearance? She is also lightly dressed and powdered, so good-looking! Moreover, although the banyan tree has thick branches and is huge, it is just an old tree, how can it become a banyan tree demon today?

Looking at this seemingly real and illusory place, Xu Ke couldn't help but stretch out his right hand and scratch his forehead, and fell into deep thought for a while......

"Oh, brother, let's go, why are you still stunned!" Murong Yan saw Xu Ke hesitating, and hurriedly urged.

"Here...... Is this really the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion......? Are you really Yan'er?" Xu Ke said suspiciously. If he believed it, he knew that this must be another illusion. But if he didn't believe it, he saw that Murong Yan's demeanor, words and expressions were the same as the real person, which was very different from when the old man of Shuiyue pretended to be Li Junxian when he was in the first layer of the pavilion, because he would rather believe that it was true.

It's just because he realizes that he has too

It's been a long time since I've seen his Yan'er. In Xu Ke's heart, the "time" of more than six months in the Shuiyue floor before, although it was an illusion, was still so real.

Now that I see Yan'er who thinks about it at first glance, how can I not be overjoyed?

"Brother Wuxi, what's wrong with you, don't you even know Yan'er?" Murong Yan said sadly, and when she spoke, her face showed a look of grievance when she was neutral. The girl's face really changes, if Xu Ke is not in a hurry to say comfort, there will be a "Begonia Spring Rain" to come out immediately.

"Ahem!How can you be?,Naturally, you're my sister Yan'er!Let's go, Brother Fool will take you away,......" Xu Ke hurriedly replied.

"Okay!" Murong Yan burst into tears and said with a smile.

After walking a few steps, Xu Ke asked again, "Yan'er, where are we going?"

"Brother Wuxi, where do you want to go?" Murong Yan asked rhetorically.

"Where do I want to go?" Xu Ke couldn't help but secretly think to himself, according to the scene of the day, he would find an ox cart and carry him and "Xiao Yan" back to the inn, but then, he heard that the second brother Zhu Wuneng had been taken away by the boss, and then, he would be woken up by a group of guests the next morning, he fled from Chang'an City with "Xiao Yan" in a hurry, and finally entered Yushan by mistake......

"Why don't we go to Yushan?" Xu Ke replied immediately. In his heart, the dozens of days and nights he and Murong Yan spent in the Yushan Yulu are a permanent treasure in his memory, if God can give him a chance to choose again, he would rather end up in the mountains with his Yan'er in this life.

"Okay, then let's go to Yushan! But, Brother Wuxi, where is Yushan? Isn't it fun there?" Murong Yan said excitedly, her face already full of innocent smiles.

"Yushan, that's a place I never want to leave......" Xu Ke sighed.

The two walked along Chang'an City Avenue all the way to the east, and gradually, the city gate was in front of them.

Xu Ke approached and looked again, but saw that the "city gate" was not a gate, but a huge ancient mirror.

"Yan'er, be careful!" Xu Ke stretched out his hand and shouted, only to see Murong Yan's fluttering figure, but he had already crossed the mirror and gone to another world.

"Sure enough, it's still an illusion!" Xu Ke shook his head and stepped into the mirror......

After passing the mirror, Xu Ke raised his eyes to look around again, and sure enough, he returned to the second layer of the Divine King Pavilion, and standing in front of him was the ancient mirror engraved with words.

"Yan'er, where are you?" Xu Ke searched left and right, imagining that Murong Yan was still here.

"Your Yan'er, where is it in Tianbao Pavilion......" A middle-aged beautiful woman in a purple shirt and long skirt with a cloud bun slowly walked over and smiled at Xu Ke.

Xu Ke glanced at her, and saw that she seemed to be similar to the woman waving in the ancient mirror, so he immediately asked:

"Dare to ask this fairy sister's surname, where is this?"

The middle-aged beauty replied leisurely: "I am the 'Mirror Flower Niangniang', and this place is the Mirror Flower Building in the Divine King Pavilion." ”

Xu Ke asked again: "I asked Jinghua Niangniang, I obviously saw Yan'er just now, I don't know where she went?

Jinghua Niangniang said: "The Yan'er you see is both Murong Yan and not Murong Yan; everything you have experienced is both an illusion and not an illusion. ”

Xu Ke scratched his forehead, confused and ignorant, so he had to ask: "Dare to ask Niangniang, since it is an illusion, how can it not be an illusion?"

Jinghua Niangniang said: "Isn't everything in the world a dream? It's just that you mortals are addicted to it and can't know it!"

She saw that Xu Ke still didn't seem to understand, so she smiled and said, "What you just entered is a dream of Murong Yan." ”

"Dreams? I just ...... It's been in Yan'er's dream?" Xu Ke couldn't help but ask.

"Exactly!" said Mirror Flower Niangniang with a smile.

"Unexpectedly, Yan'er actually had such a strange dream!" Thinking back on Fang Cai's experience, Xu Ke couldn't help but sigh.

"However, in her original dream, you just passed by her, watching her fall into a desperate situation, and you abandoned her. And you entered her dream this time, but it changed her dream, and it also forgot a trace of regret in her heart......" Jinghua Niangniang said softly in a slow voice.

At this time, she raised her slender jade hand and kept stroking the smooth mirror, and the mirror made of copper and iron became soft as silk satin in her hand, and it fell together, like rippling water.

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Almost at the same time, in the courtyard of the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion, in a fragrant and elegant inner room, Murong Yan picked up a bronze jade bowl and drank the hazel bowl full of medicinal juice inside. As soon as she finished drinking, she slapped the table and shouted: "Bitter death, bitter death! Second brother, what did you put in the medicine, why is it so bitter!" After speaking, she hurriedly picked up a celadon bowl next to her, and drank a large mouthful of Baihua nectar tea on her back. After drinking, she complained to herself.

"Third sister, how many people dream of your bowl of medicine! If those people in the rivers and lakes who have unscrupulous intentions know, you have hundreds of years of Tiger Treasure Xiong Dan in your body, maybe they will rush to bite your neck and drink your blood! Haha!" Murong Huan, who was sitting opposite Murong Yan, laughed.

Murong Yan stuck out her tongue and said in fear: "No, second brother, don't scare me! If you say that, I won't dare to go out next time!"

Murong Huan waved his hand and said with a smile: "Lie to you, third sister, look at your guts, you are still going out to explore the rivers and lakes at every turn, but I am afraid that you will fall into the gutter before you reach the edge of the rivers and lakes!"

Murong Yan said disapprerovingly: "Second brother, don't look down on people, the little sister will go out next time, and when the time comes, let the second brother also take a look at the little sister's methods!"

Murong Huan raised his eyebrows and said jokingly: "What's the matter? Now that the third sister has your disease-free brother, her courage will be stronger? Even if someone wants to drink your blood, she is not afraid?"

Murong Yan picked up a few candied fruits from the fruit bowl on the table and threw them on

On her second brother's body, her mouth puffed up and said, "Second brother, you are the worst! Didn't you just say that no one will drink my blood! Hmph! Next time, next time I won't play with you again!"

After that, Murong Yan took out the jade flute from her arms again, and saw that the jade of the flute was crystal clear and ancient, and the flute body was blue, which was the "marrow clearing" magic flute given to her by Xu Ke.

"Hey, the big girl won't stay anymore!Little sister, you've only seen your disease-free brother a few times, what's the matter?, now that you have a lover, you forget your second brother!" Murong Huan said with a smile.

"Second brother!" Murong Yan was told by her second brother, and she was suddenly ashamed and anxious, and stood up and came to beat him with a flute.

At this time, the two brothers and sisters were playing in Murong Yan's boudoir, which was a funny thing. Murong Huan dodged and jumped, even begging for mercy, where was there the appearance of being domineering, thunderous and incomprehensible in front of outsiders, standing proudly between heaven and earth......

After all, Murong Huan was just a young man who was only twenty-two years old. He also has a frankness and simplicity in his heart, but his frankness and simplicity are not seen in this world except for his sister.

"Okay, okay, second brother begging for mercy, can't you beg for mercy? If you fight again, you will break this seven-tone magic flute, and when the time comes, the love token will be gone, don't blame your second brother!" Murong Huan escaped two steps and said with a smile.

Murong Yan didn't dare to really fight, but when she heard this, she hurriedly put the jade flute into her arms carefully. At this time, the brother and sister re-seated, and Murong Yan poured her second brother another cup of Huayu tea, and asked, "Second brother, you said that this seven-tone magic flute is a holy relic of the demon clan, and what is the name of the 'marrow clearing' magic flute of the disease-free brother." Since this flute is a sacred relic of the demon clan, how can there be one in the hands of my brother who is not sick?"

Murong Huan took a sip of hot tea and said, "Then you have to ask him, but I forgive him and he doesn't know what the seven-tone magic flute is." According to my "Catalogue of Heavenly Treasures," the seven-tone magic flute is a four-star spiritual weapon! Those who reach the four-star instrument have spiritual ears! It is said that the 'pure marrow' is the first of the seven tones, and it should already have spiritual consciousness. However, that night I played on Jinding Mountain, and although I subdued a tiger spirit, I did not feel the spiritual sense in the flute, which is really amazing!"

Murong Yan said: "Second brother, isn't it also recorded in the book, if the spiritual weapon is sealed for a long time, the spiritual sense will gradually be sealed, if it is not for a coincidence, find someone who matches its numerology, or cast the magic of the golden immortal, I am afraid it will be difficult to restore the true nature of its spiritual sense." ”

Murong Huan nodded and said, "What the third sister said is very true! ”

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The brother and sister chatted for a while, and Murong Yan's personal maid Chunchun suddenly walked in and said, "Miss, second young master, Master Dongshan is waiting outside the door, I have something to report to the second young master!"

Murong Huan was reluctant to be the boss in his heart, but the "Dongshan" in the maid's mouth was one of his right-hand men after all, so he had to get up and follow the maid out of the room at this time.

After a while, Murong Huan turned back and took his seat, Murong Yan poured him full of tea and asked:

"Second brother, what's the matter?

Murong Huan sighed: "Ahem, it's the eldest brother, I will definitely ask you to go out to meet the guests." Dongshan was also forced to have no choice, so he had to come to me for help......"

Murong Yan was surprised: "Big brother asked me to go out to meet guests? Big brother is really, I'm a girl's family, who else does I have to go out to meet!"

Murong Huan said: "Because of that one guest, he made a special trip to my Tianbao Pavilion to name and ask to see him...... That's you!"

Murong Yan hurriedly said, "It's that one again...... King Jin?!"

Murong Huan took a sip of hot tea and said leisurely: "Except for this Prince Wuzhu, who has such a big face to force the eldest brother to beg you out?"

Murong Yan stood up anxiously and walked around the room a few times, she was irritable, and said helplessly: "Second brother, how can this person be like a dog skin plaster, the ghost will not go away, and he can't get rid of it!"

Murong Huan half-leaned back in his chair, just drank tea, praised the fun of Huayu tea, and said with a smile: "Third sister, don't worry, I have ordered Dongshan to just refuse it! In my Tianbao Pavilion, no matter what king he is or what kind of king, he will not want to go crazy!"

Murong Yan said anxiously: "Second brother, how many times has he been here? he was polite before, but now he will force the eldest brother, how can he be so faceless and skinless!"

Murong Huan smiled and said, "If I'm not mistaken, he came to my Murong Mansion as a guest, and today is the sixteenth time. Third sister, his heart for you can also be ......"

Murong Yan glanced at her second brother, turned her back, pouted, and ignored Murong Huan.

Murong Huan continued: "Third sister, do you know that this person is already thirty-seven years old, but he looks like he is twenty and zero. This person not only looks better than Pan An and looks like Song Yu, but his scheming is not simple, it is said that he has planted party henchmen all over the court, and his cronies have been all over the world. This person...... But you can't be underestimated!"

"I don't care, I don't care! No matter how good he is, what does it have to do with me! Anyway...... I don't want to see him!" Murong Yan said hurriedly.

At this time, the maid Chunchun hurriedly ran in again, her face was red, her head was lowered, she was obviously wronged, and she snorted: "Miss, second young master, the eldest young master sent Steward Fang over and said...... Say no matter what, please come to the front hall for a while!"

"How can this be reasonable!" Murong Huan put the teacup on the table, and Huo Ran got up, his face was already completely awe-inspiring. He strode out of the room like a meteor, leaving behind a resounding sentence:

"Third sister, don't worry, I'll go and send him away!"

After Murong Huan went out, Murong Yan sat back on the chair and took out the jade flute in her arms again, which already carried her girl's body temperature and breath. She gently stroked the "marrow-clearing" magic flute, and sighed faintly:

"Brother Wuxi, where are you? Last night, the west wind blew the pond water, and the moonlight penetrated the screen window, Yan'er seemed to dream of you again!"

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