The tall man didn't know what to investigate, and he looked around and left and right along the way, but his expression was very solemn. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info shuttles through the crowded and lively morning market, and from time to time he bumps into a few pedestrians, and he doesn't care at all, which is inevitably eye-catching.

As he was walking, the figure of a blue-robed young man came into view.

The blue-robed young man walked through the streets, carrying some miscellaneous things in his hands, mostly some ingredients for the house, and two fresh fish that jumped from time to time. Another object was mostly wrapped in linen, revealing only a small section, which seemed to be a simple sword hilt, and the style was quite bizarre.

This person is Shen Du, who has just come out of Jing Shuzhai.

At first, the tall man didn't pay much attention to him, just glanced at him hurriedly, and then skipped it.

However, when his gaze swept over Shen Du's hand, the long strip that was half covered by the linen, his face suddenly changed slightly, and his gaze froze, as if he had found something amazing.

The tall man stared, barely hesitated, and his body involuntarily followed, through several crowds, through the stacked carriages and horses, and followed Shen Du from afar.

The market is lively, people come and go, all of them carry their shoulders, and there are endless shouts and shouts, and the voices of people are boiling, and it seems quite noisy.

Shen Duwu walked among the crowds, against the background of this bustle, but he didn't notice that someone was following him.

In a short time, he walked through the market and returned to the inn.

As soon as he arrived at the inn, Shen Du carried a lot of ingredients and entered the back kitchen.

The fat old Zhu was standing in front of the cutting board to cut meat, he pressed the bright pork in one hand, held the knife in the other, locked his brows, and looked extremely focused.

The light of the knife was as bright as snow, like snowflakes whirling and falling, and with the sound of falling knives like the sound of horses' hooves, slices of pork were cut and stacked on top of the cutting board.

Lao Zhu was concentrating on this, but he didn't notice Shen Du coming in at all.

There are also two little cooks on the side, each doing their own work.

One of them noticed Shen Du coming in, hurriedly came over, and said with a smile, "Mr. Shen." ”

Shen Du nodded and handed him the ingredients in his hand: "This is just bought, you go and put it away." ”

"Okay. The little cook nodded in response, and then walked away with a few ingredients.

Shen Du lowered his head, covered the Zhongxiao sword casually, and didn't bother Lao Zhu much, so he went out of the back kitchen.

When he came to the counter, handed the rest of the money to the shopkeeper, he went back to his room.

......

Not far beyond the Longfu Inn, at the corner of the street.

Several men in strong clothes gathered together, and from time to time they poked their eyes into the inn.

The tall man who had followed Shen Du was impressively in the ranks, and at this time he was twisting his eyebrows and said, "You and I have seen the hilt of the sword a few times, the style is special, and there are few similarities. Judging by its appearance, it should be quite probable. Moreover, if there is no place to see people, a sword is good and dignified, and it is very much to cover it up. ”

"Wang Protector, but I see how that person looks like a scholar, how can he ...... without the power to restrain the chicken" A young man with a scar on his face hesitated, and then said.

The tall man known as the King Protector glanced at him and interrupted, "Isn't the Flowing Mountain Swordsman also dressed as a scholar?"

The young man with the scar was speechless.

"Anyway, I finally have some clues, but I can't just let it go. After a pause, the Protector said, "You go on and look around, and I'll keep an eye on the man here to see if I can find anything." ”

Everyone looked at each other for a moment, and then arched their hands and said, "Yes." After saying that, they dispersed.

Wang Protector looked left and right, showing a little caution on his face, and then changed his expression, walked straight to the inn, striding meteors, really like a dignified guest officer.

......

Shen Du sat at a desk, with the dark cyan fragment in front of him, and in his hand he was flipping through the "Ancient Dream Talk" he had just bought.

Originally, he was looking for clues to find some fragments of text, but looking at it, he couldn't help but be attracted by the content of this book, and after a while, he read it intently.

This "Ancient Dream Talk" was written by a strange person called "Shouqiu Sanren" a long time ago, and after several dispersions, I don't know how many copies it is in Shen Du's hands.

This book is a description and speculation of ancient events by the Shouqiu people after consulting many classics and miscellaneous discussions, and it is mainly ancient. Because it involves a lot of bizarre things about ghosts and gods, and mixed with personal speculation, it inevitably seems a little absurd, so it is named "dream talk".

According to the book, since the opening of heaven and earth, so far, the so-called "ancient" can be roughly divided into "antiquity", "middle antiquity" and "early antiquity".

The years of the three ancients are no longer examinable, but according to Shi Hai's hook and sinking, some important reasons can be known, or they can be true.

The division between antiquity and medievality is based on the sudden reduction of the legend of ascension in countless texts.

The Shouqiu people noticed that there were many mystical sayings such as ascending to immortals in the classics and miscellaneous stories that described a certain period of time, and they were becoming more and more prosperous, and the celestial phenomena were becoming more and more vast. After this period, there were few rumors related to Ascension, and most of them were vague and contradictory.

Jinghong ancestor who is regarded as the "ancestor of Dan vessels" in the Daomen, it is rumored in the secular world that he has soared to the fairy world, and is in charge of the world's Dan utensils law, which is also known as "the way of Jinghong" with the way of Dan utensils. ”

According to the Shouqiu Sanren, the ascension of Jinghong Ancestor is the last example of the legend of ascending to immortals with a detailed description. At this point, the rumors of the frequent ascension came to an abrupt end, and the Thai price plummeted by half.

After Jinghong, it was the beginning of the Middle Ages.

Since the Middle Ages, the account of "Ancient Dreams" has been mediocre, except for many well-known gods and strange anecdotes such as "Demonic Spirit" and "Separation of Good and Demon", there is nothing special.

There are only rumors about Great Xia, and the account of this book is slightly different.

Great Xia is the supreme sect that rules all countries in the legend, "under the whole world, it is not Xia Tu", what it says. Today's world-wide Xia language begins in Great Xia.

But so far, apart from rumors, there is no conclusive evidence of the existence of Great Xia, and the royal family of the Song State has not paid tribute to the so-called Great Xia, and the envoys of Great Xia have never been here. Many people think that Great Xia is just a rumor, or it has long been lost in the sea of history.

In the "Ancient Dream Talk", it is recorded that Bactria seems to exist in two periods, one in the middle of the Middle Ages and one at the end of the Middle Ages. Most of the anecdotes mentioned in later classics refer to the Great Xia that existed at the end of the Middle Ages, and there are very few accounts of the previous Great Xia, but it is not known how it is.

Shen Du looked through a lot, and couldn't help but feel that all kinds of strange stories had broadened his knowledge. But this is a "dream talk" after all, and it is not easy to judge how reliable it is.

He shook his head slightly, and casually flipped another page.

This time he turned over, but Shen Du was suddenly stunned, and then his face showed surprise.