CHAPTER XXV

On the other hand, natto followed Chen Tang to an inaccessible place, farther away from the street and the crowd.

"Brother Chen Tang, where is this?" Natto asked the man she had just met as she walked, she didn't seem to have the heart to guess and the ability to doubt the people around her. This trust is terrible because there is no credible basis.

Chen Tang glanced at natto and smiled at her: "You'll see it soon!" There was a hint of mystery hidden in the words, like an invisible fishing line, trying to lure people into the bait.

Soon after, they saw a sharp point appear on the horizon in the distance, and when they continued to get closer, they saw that it was a tower. The body of the tower is built of bricks and stones, seven storeys high, open the door on all sides, it can be seen that it is very exquisite when it was just built, it is a pity that it seems to have not been repaired all the year round, and the mottled land is the traces of wind and rain and years. The tower is surrounded by rape flowers, but it is clear that they were not cultivated by man, but rather wild flowers that grew from the seeds of rape flowers that were left here some time ago.

It's strange here that Natto doesn't realize why such a tower could be built in such a deserted place. The surroundings are empty, the wind is strong, and it comes from afar and disappears into the distance.

"Brother Chen Tang, what are you bringing me here for?" Natto looked at the stone pagoda in front of him.

"This tower was built by the Shen family and the Chen family together to witness their friendship with each other, and it has a long history. Chen Tang's eyes shifted from the stone pagoda to natto:

"Besides, there's something magical about this tower!"

Natto asked curiously: "What a magical place, Brother Chen Tang, tell me quickly!"

"The name of this tower is Qifeng, and it was designed by a person named Zangfeng at that time. As long as the door of the top three floors and four sides of the tower is opened, no matter where the wind blows, it will always circle inside, and then slowly go out, which is also the origin of its name. The upper three floors are equipped with one hundred and eight, seventy-two, and thirty-six copper bells, each of which is hand-made by excellent local coppersmiths. Whenever the wind lingers inside and can't find an exit, it will drive the copper bell to make a sound, and the wind will also float out of the Qifeng Tower with the sound of the copper bell. Two hundred and sixteen brass bells vibrated together, making a loud sound that would follow the wind and be heard even by people from far away. ”

"Really?" Natto looked at Chen Tang's eyes lit up.

"Well, it's a pity that the door above is always closed, and the wind can't get in, so there is no sound of brass bells. ”

"That'...... Can't you go up and open it?" Chen Tang's words undoubtedly aroused natto's curiosity.

"You can, but I can't go up. ”

"Why?"

Because later, the Chen and Shen families stipulated that no one was allowed to enter the tower by the locals, and if they entered, they violated the rules they had made together. But natto, you are not from here, you can go up. ”

"I don't dare to go up alone......," Natto seemed a little scared when he heard Chen Tang say this.

"It's okay, just open the twelve doors on the third floor! I haven't heard the copper bell for a long time, and there are many people in the distance who are looking forward to hearing it, maybe you have done a great thing in natto!"

"Hmm......" Natto paused, "Then Brother Chen Tang, you wait for me here, I'll go up and open the door!"

Natto turned around and walked to the side of the Qifeng Tower, touched the largest door on the first floor, and then pushed it hard, the door creaked and dust kept falling from it. There was a rotten smell wafting from the tower, and it was black. Natto hesitated a little and walked in.

Because of the poor lighting, natto walks very slowly, and the stairs inside are also made of stone, making a hollow sound with every step. Natto silently counted the number of layers, until he reached the fifth floor, and when he walked to the side of the tower, he could vaguely see the faint light shining through the cracks in the doors on all sides. Natto was a woman after all, and at this time she was gradually a little scared, and the sound of her footsteps had a huge echo in it, and dust kept entering her nose and throat. But all this did not make her flinch, came to the first door, pulled the latch, slightly shaking, she used all her strength, a pull, the latch was pulled out, the door gap was bigger, natto grabbed the handle, suddenly opened up in front of him, and his vision was suddenly widened a lot.

Perhaps out of fear or perhaps excitement and nervousness, Natto quickly opened the other three doors, and immediately ran to the sixth and seventh floors, opening all the remaining doors. When the last door was opened, Natto stood outside the seventh floor, leaning on the railing to look out, and it was high and cold. Although the stone tower is high, it is not as far as the road, and you can't see the end of the world.

It was only a short wait, and before he could even enjoy the wait, a gust of angry wind rose from the endless end, pressed against the ground, and rolled over, and at a very fast speed, passed through the side of natto, and all of them got into the tower. The wind continued to blow, and I don't know which intersection the wind had run out, and there were a few crisp brass bells, which seemed to be pre-sounding, and then there was a huge sound like the wind, as if four hundred people were playing at the same time.

Natto's black hair danced in the wind, his dress also swayed, countless copper bells shook behind him, and the wind brought the sound to the vast sky when it came, and Natto enjoyed the moment, and waved his hand to Chen Tang below from time to time.

"What kind of sound is this?" In the distance, Ke was drinking with Chen Wan in an inn, and he also heard the copper bell from the Qifeng Tower.

"This ...... Could it be?" Chen Wan also heard it, looking surprised.

"The brass bell!" the brass bell rang!" the old man who was drinking suddenly shouted, dropped the jug in his hand, and rushed out the door. Many people in the inn showed strange expressions and walked out of the door, and suddenly the street was crowded with a bunch of people.

You can quickly pick up the flask with a blank face, but when you don't receive it, the flask falls to the ground and spills all the half-beaten wine. You can scold "" and immediately bend down to pick up the wine jug, it is the master's treasure, if it is broken, you can't explain it.

At this time, there was a lot of noise outside, and this bronze bell seemed to be the bell of their end.

"It really looks like the brass bell...... Who is it? Who will go...... The clansmen clearly prescribed...... It won't be? it won't be ......."

"Miss Chen, what are you talking to yourself, what's wrong with them, does this voice have any special meaning?"

Ke had just filled herself with wine, and a sentence interrupted Chen Wan's imagination, she frowned tightly, and looked at it: "Let's go back first, and I'll tell you while we go." ”

After saying that, Chen Wan walked out of the inn, she could hold the wine jug and thought of having to pay, only to remember that she didn't bring a penny at all, and after touching her whole body, she followed out awkwardly.

Slightly away from the crowd, Chen Wan spoke: "This matter also goes back to the incident that happened more than ten years ago!"

When you hear it, you think there is really an ulterior secret.

"In the center of the transition between the east and the west, in order to commemorate the friendship between the Chen and Shen families and the harmony between the people on the east and west sides, a long time ago, the two families built a tower together, seven stories high, called Qifeng Tower. When I was a child, I heard my grandfather say that the person who designed the tower was a person known as "Tibetan style" on the rivers and lakes, and they specially invited it from the outside at that time. It took two full years for the tower to be built, and during that time, the best local coppersmiths built 216 copper bells with their own hands, and Zangfeng personally loaded them into the upper three floors of the tower. As long as there is wind going in, it will stay in it for a while, and when it comes out, it will cause all the copper bells to shake, making a loud sound, and drifting with the wind in the east and west. ”

"That's why it's called Qifeng Tower...... "You can listen and think about the character of Tibetan Feng, after all, I don't have enough experience in the rivers and lakes, if the master hears it, he should be able to tell a rough idea.

"Hmm...... However, it didn't take long for the baby named Kirin Fruit to appear. For the sake of fairness, the two sides unanimously decided to put it in a box and put it on the seventh floor of the Qifeng Tower, and each sent two guards every day. However, one day after the box disappeared, the conflict between the Chen and Shen families intensified, and all the doors of the tower were locked, implying the end of friendship! My grandfather warned me not to go near there since I was a child, and my father said that it was an inauspicious place, and that it was a family rule, which was also a family rule, and that I could not get close to it for generations......!

Chen Wan seems to have something unspeakable, although she knows that this matter is not trivial, but she never thought that it was Natto.

"Isn't that nice, natto girl?" asked Chen Tang as Natto came down.

"Well, it's amazing. "Natto always has a big smile on his face, no matter who the other person is.

At this time, they suddenly heard faint human voices in the distance, and it sounded like there were quite a few people. After a while, two large groups of people appeared in the distance, and many people appeared from the east and west, all with weapons in their hands.

Natto was a little flustered: "Brother Chen Tang, what are they going to do......"

Chen Tang watched the two groups of people slowly approach, his eyes stayed in the direction of the east, and said, "Don't be afraid, it's okay." But there was an unspeakable secret in his eyes.

You can follow Chen Wan at the back of the crowd in the west, silently. Chen Wan didn't say a word, she couldn't speak, but she could already see that this was not a trivial matter.