Moonshine & Valentine: His Excellency’s First Love (Love Knot) - Chapter 56

The ticket is at eight in the morning. Pippi woke up at six o’clock and found Helan Jingting was packing her luggage. She went to the bathroom and took a shower, then went to the study to find a national transportation map by province and stuffed it into her bag.

After finishing the cleaning, Pippi found Xiu Yan waiting for her in the living room holding the car key.

She was speechless, she hugged Helan Jingting tightly, gave him a strong look, and said, “Wait for me.”

He nodded and sent them out the door.

Going out is a downhill, and the car quickly descends along a small road. His figure gradually blurred, but there was no expression on his face. When the turn was about to disappear, he suddenly raised his hand and waved it, and Pippi burst into tears.

Just sobbing all the way to the airport.

After getting out of the car, Pippi wiped away his tears, tore the ticket, and said to Xiuyu: “I’m going to find King Yanzhao’s tomb. Would you like to follow me?”

This seems to be his plan. Xiuyu nodded: “The tomb is in Jixian, Tianjin. I’m going to buy a ticket to Tianjin.”

He was still wearing a pair of flip-flops, and behind his white shirt, he still drew a bird with ink and pen. The bird’s wings are black, like a crow, with an indifferent look, and a pair of sad eyes.

“Have you had breakfast?” Pippi asked.

“No.”

“I’ll buy it for you.”

He nodded and went straight to the ticket counter. Pippi found that he has been very rough these days. The beard is not shaved, and the hair is messy. It’s just that Xiujiu looks too beautiful, and all the shortcomings become style. He walked past it all the way, and passers-by, men and women, looked back frequently.

She bought breakfast sausages and meat buns. When I returned, I found that Xiuyan was already sitting on a row of chairs leading to security.

She handed him breakfast, along with a pair of disposable chopsticks and plates.

He raised his head and glanced at her, his eyes thorny. Then he disassembled the chopsticks and ate slowly.

She sat down, took a sip of soy milk, and tried to say, “Kuanyong is from Tianshui? Why did I hear Helan say he is English?”

“Don’t mention him?” He said suddenly impatiently.

“Sorry.”

For the rest of the time, I didn’t say a word until I got on the plane, got off the plane and boarded the bus to Jixian, driving on the highway for two hours.

They stayed at Yuyang Hotel in Ji County.

The hotel is close to Fujun Mountain. Put down your luggage and drive to the foot of Fujun Mountain. Xiuyan said, “I will take you up the mountain for a walk.”

Pippi looked at him and asked, “Have you… ever been here?”

He nodded.

“Helan has been here too?”

“Correct.”

“Do you know where Huabiao is?”

“This is a secret of the clan, even Zhao Song doesn’t necessarily know a lot. Helan spent a long time doing research. He found Hua Biao and hid it in the tomb of King Yan Zhao.”

Pippi blinked, “So, Helan has also been to the tomb of King Yan Zhao?”

“Yes. It takes courage to do this kind of thing. Fujun Mountain is also called Kongtong Mountain. It is a forbidden area for the fox clan. Not only is there Hengchun wood that restricts this clan, but there are also other things that might kill us. King Yanzhao’s tastes are great, he has many treasures in his collection, and his tomb is full of institutions.”

Pippi couldn’t help but stop and looked forward.

She felt that Fujun Mountain looked ordinary, not very high, not as steep and majestic as she had imagined. It was said to be a place where Taoism was prosperous. When the emperor asked Dao Guangchengzi, she felt that it was not immortal.

She waited for Xiu Yan to continue.

“In the second year of King Yanzhao, the people of the sea made some wonders for King Zhao, in addition to the Hengchun tree, there was also dragon cream.”

“Dragon paste?”

“It is said that there is a mountain of abbots overseas, and a dragon field is on the east of the mountain. Giant dragons often fight here, anointing blood like water. The sea people used carved pots to hold dragons and mortar to offer King Zhao. King Zhao sits on the Tongyun platform, With dragon cream as the lamp, it shines for hundreds of miles, and the smoke is purple.”

Pippi said: “The dragon ointment you said will also kill you?”

“No.” Xiuyi explained, “There is a shining stone on the west side of the abbot mountain. The stone is broken like a mirror, and the dragon is burnt to illuminate it. All things appear and the evildoers are killed. When Zhao Wang died, the craftsman pounded this stone into the mud as a protector. It is used as a coffin. So Helan went to the tomb alone, with only a flashlight. Anything that burns is fatal to him.”

After walking on the mountain for more than half an hour, arrived at Suoziling at the western foot of the mountain, Xiuyan pointed to a huge mound not far away and said, “Did you see the sealed pile? People in this area call it the Tomb of King Dou, but No one knows who King Dou is. Don’t you think it’s strange that this mound has a radius of more than 100 square meters without a tree on it? This is because the upper layer of the ancient king’s tomb was covered with glutinous rice slurry and lime. The mixed lime soil is moisture-proof, waterproof, and extremely solid. The roots of shrubs cannot absorb nutrients. Only grasses with very shallow rhizomes can grow. In addition, this Suoziling is a place where dragon veins gather, which is based on Feng Shui From the point of view, the ancient tomb has extraordinary momentum. It is in the east town of Yatou and looks towards Kyoto to the west. It looks like a blue dragon looking at its head and spitting out a mountain spring. It is a typical emperor’s tomb. Yan Zhao has been obsessed with magical magic throughout his life. , Will inevitably choose the most fengshui place as his return to immortality.”

Pippi couldn’t help but look at him with admiration: “Aren’t you a doctor? How do I think you are also an archaeologist?”

Xiuyan smiled faintly: “Speaking of archaeologists, from the perspective of archaeologists, the tomb of the emperor goes to the west, enters the cave from the west, and builds the tomb on the east. This is the typical tomb structure of the nobles before the Han Dynasty.— —Before I studied medicine, I used to give Helan a hand. He taught me these things.”

After that, he picked up half a tile from the ground: “Look at this kind of gluttonous tile, it is also common in Yandu.”

Pippi said, “Where is the tomb passage? Let’s start digging now, okay?”

Xiu Yan glared at her: “How can this kind of thing be done in the daytime? Wouldn’t you be afraid of being arrested if you destroy national cultural relics?”

After waiting for a whole day, no call from Helan Jingting was received. Taking advantage of this, Pippi and Xiuji went to the mall to buy tools such as engineer shovel, axe, and flashlight.

They first left the hotel to walk and eat on the street, and waited until midnight before going up the mountain to Suoziling.

Xiuyan quickly found the entrance to the thief hole dug before. The two dug with two shovels for two hours, and the shovels touched a huge stone slab. Xiuyan said: “The entrance is under the stone slab.”

Pippi took out a bottle of Erguotou from his backpack, took a sip with his head up, wiped his mouth, and picked up the shovel to dig aside. After a while, a bluestone slab measuring one meter square was exposed. Xiu Fei used a shovel to pry hard, and the stone slab opened a gap. He pushed hard and pushed out a small hole in a square.

A yin wind came out from inside.

There was only the sound of grass and insects in the mountains. With a scent of decay in the wind, Pippi replaced the flashlight with two new batteries. She looked at Xiu Fei, and her surroundings were miserable, as if countless ghosts gushing out of the hole and beating beside her.

She was frightened.

“Have you… been in last time?” Pippi’s legs trembled so much that he couldn’t help but press his body tightly against Xiu Yan.

“No. Helan didn’t let me in. I have been standing at the entrance of the cave to meet him. If you are afraid, wait for me outside.”

After that, he put the flashlight in his mouth and lightly jumped into the hole.

Of course Pippi was frightened, and her heart throbbed, but she stomped her foot, bit her teeth, and jumped off.

It turned out that the hole was not deep, it was just as tall as one person. When he jumped down, Xiu Yan also reached out and picked her up. There were some dirt and broken tiles on the ground, and he stepped forward and rattled. After only a few steps, they were blocked by a big rock in front, and the two had to go down to drill another small hole next to the big rock. This hole is really too small, it can only hold the shoulder of a person. Xiu Yan took off his coat and drilled in with his upper body naked. Pipi was smaller than him, took off his cotton jacket, and crawled in with only a tight short-sleeved T-shirt.

It was a tunnel that was more than 20 meters long, which was probably dug out by Helan Jingting. Halfway through the climb, the oxygen in the tomb was limited, and Pippi stopped in the middle and panted loudly. After a while, she suffocated her breath and continued to crawl forward desperately, and in a short while she reached the end of the tunnel. She burrowed out in disgrace, and the space was suddenly relaxed.

The tomb was full of dying breath.

The flashlight is only the size of the light, and she touched the Xiu Yan in front: “Is this the tomb?”

“Ok.”

The flashlight shone around, and they seemed to have come to an earthen chamber. Above his head is a huge row of nanmu. The ground was messy. One wall collapsed, and the soil outside squeezed in from the slanted giant wood, as if the entire tomb was about to collapse at any time.

Pipi smelled a rotten breath, and the thin air was suffocating. Xiu Fei was tossing around on the ground with an iron rod, and several bronze pots were clinked by the iron rod. He pondered for a moment, then suddenly shook his head: “It seems that this is not the main tomb, but the ear chamber-these things are all ritual vessels and food vessels.”

Pippi completely agreed with him. Although there were many pots on the ground, she did not see the coffin. Then, Xiuyan suddenly walked east: “Here, there is a small door here.”

The small door was also a hole, but it was half a person high. They got in, and Xiuyan shot it with a flashlight. Something suddenly reflected light. He yelled “Oh” and fell to the ground.

Pippi was nervous at first, thinking that he had seen a ghost, his hand shook, and the flashlight fell to the ground, and he didn’t care much, so he hurriedly went to Xiuyan: “Ah, what’s the matter with you? What happened?”

“Turn off…turn off the flashlight.” He groaned.

Pippi quickly turned off the flashlight. It was suddenly dark inside.

“Are you hurt?” she exclaimed, reaching out to support him.

“There is Zhaoshi nearby,” he said.

“Isn’t it that you have to light the dragon cream to see…you?” She wanted to say, seeing the “monster”, afraid that he would mind, swallowing these two words in.

“Maybe… the legend is wrong.”

“Then how did Helan get in?”

“His years of practice… is more than twice as long as mine.” He began to speak out of breath, and he fell to the ground, as if poisoned, his limbs stiffened and trembling constantly.

“You have to get out of here as soon as possible. I’ll send you out first.” Pippi slung his backpack, bent over to pick him up, and heard his throat gurgling, as if breathing was difficult.

Xiuyu was not too tall and he was very thin, but Pippi thought he was heavy. She tried hard to lift him from the ground, but she couldn’t do it after several attempts. Had to drag his arm hard. After more than ten minutes, he was finally dragged back to the original tomb.

Turn on the flashlight and illuminate his face. His face is blue and green, and his eyes are bloodshot, like a ghost. He grabbed her with his hand and said, “I guess it won’t last long. You have to hurry up…find Hengchunmu.”

When Pippi heard it, he felt the ice water topping: “You… will you die?”

“I feel very uncomfortable.” He groaned. “I don’t know what death is like. I have never died.”

Regardless of the three-seven-one, Pippi picked up his upper body and dragged it out: “The air here is not good, I will send you out first.”

“Leave me alone, go find the wood first.” He snorted anxiously.

“No! I want to get you out first!” she said, “Kanyoung is already dead. If you die again, Helan will be sad.”

She climbed into the corridor first, tied his hands with clothes, and dragged her out with all her strength. He could still move the first half of the journey, dragging the dirt with his fingers to move forward. Gradually he couldn’t climb anymore. His hands were soft, and even his head dropped to the ground, and Pippi refused to agree to talk to him. But she continued to pull him, little by little, and dragged him out for nearly an hour before finally dragging him to the entrance of the cave. When I looked up, I could see a corner of the sky, fresh air was rushing down, and Pipi took a few breaths. Then I realized that my back and upper arms were burning with pain. About just now I was just crawling, just trying to force, and my body was covered with mud and stones. Scratched scars every time.

She helped Xiufei to sit up, but his waist was soft, sliding down like a paralyzed patient. And he closed his eyes, panting weakly. There was a panic in her heart, she went to touch his heartbeat, where is his heartbeat. Breed foxes have only one body and one reproductive organ. When they are strong, they are more ferocious than anyone else. When they are weak, they are more vulnerable than anyone.

With an inspiration, she held his face and kissed deeply.

Xiuyan’s body shook suddenly, pushed her away, and stammered: “What are you doing?”

“Give you some Yang Qi.”

Yang Qi said that there was it, and he could sit up by himself immediately, raised his eyes, and stared at her in the dark.

She desperately kissed him again, this time, staying between his lips for a long time. He is very passive and does not respond.

“Okay,” Pippi wiped his mouth, “don’t think about it, I just treat you.”

He didn’t say a word for a long time, and after a while, he said, “The wood should be carved with a pattern of cranes. But as the years go by, the pattern may not be easy to find.”

“Is it a big piece of wood?” Pippi asked.

“No. Helan only found a small piece, they have been broken into small pieces. Each piece is only as big as chopsticks. You must be careful. Helan said that when he found the wood, the wood was soaked in dragon cream , Has been soaking for thousands of years. This thing can’t see the fire, it will burn when the fire is even higher. He originally wanted to get more things in this tomb, because Hengchun wood and Zhaoshi were taboo, so he didn’t dare to stay long. Left in a hurry.”

Pippi nodded, put the flashlight in his mouth, and returned to the tomb alone.

There was a deep cave in front. She was scared, but she had no choice.

The tomb is not big, and there are a few faint reflections from the flashlight. A closer look revealed that there were indeed some stones scattered on the ground, black and thin like mica, most of which were covered by thick black ash. Pick up one, wipe off the dust, and the surface is as smooth as a mirror. The flashlight shone brightly. Only then did she realize that Zhaoshi didn’t just ignite dragon cream to work. If it wasn’t for the dust on these rocks, I’m afraid Xiuyu would have been killed on the spot!

She picked up a few handkerchiefs and put them in her backpack. Then use the iron drill to look around for the legendary Huabiao.

The air in the tomb was still suffocating, and the things that had been buried on the ground for many years were turned over by iron drills, and a pungent smell was immediately emitted, which almost made her vomit. Pippi’s body was covered with goose bumps, she opened the MP3 in her pocket, put a lively song to ward off fear, and hummed. Despite this, he was scared to death. Keep silent, the tomb is so quiet that it breaks down; talk, afraid of awakening a thousand years of loneliness. Pippi didn’t believe in ghosts, but if fox fairies are real, surely ghosts too?

In the middle of the tomb is a decayed coffin. It looks like a rectangular wooden box. It can be seen that the coffin has been moved, and there are traces of iron prying on the edge. Although Pippi does not understand archaeology, he can be considered a museum. The ancient coffin in the Museum of City C is placed there, and the painted coffin lies peacefully on the stone platform. The tomb is ten times wider than the ear chamber. The owner of the tomb is definitely not small. If it was King Yan Zhao, there might be several coffins inside. She held the flashlight cat on her waist and looked carefully on the ground, and Mike Jackson’s rock music rang in her ears. It didn’t take long to find some pieces of rotten wood piled up on the corner of the stone platform. I picked up a piece of wood that had settled in my hands, covered with a layer of asphalt, like a dry chocolate bottle sold in a store. She scraped off the “asphalt” with a knife, revealing a small piece of wood carved with patterns. Over time, the lines have been blurred, and there is only a small part, and the specific shape is not visible. The asphalt was dark purple, a bit sticky, but it looked like the color of dragon cream in the description. But she was not sure that this was Hua Bianmu, and walked around the tomb again. Accidentally, he kicked a round object with a flashlight, and it turned out to be a personal skull. She was so frightened that she quickly closed her eyes, picked up a bronze cauldron and covered the skull without seeing her.

There are many things scattered on the ground: jade pieces, human bones, porcelain pieces, pearls, and some unnamed iron and bronze wares. Of course it is more fragmentary wood chips. These wood chips are also pitch black, small, and painted with patterns, but there is no paste on them. Pippi had to come back again to study the pile of wooden blocks on the stone platform, comparing the two. She inadvertently caught a glimpse of someone on the stone platform drew a large circle with charcoal, enclosing the pile of wood. In order to see what marks were left in the circle, she pushed the wood chip aside, and suddenly two words appeared in her eyes, one with many strokes:

“觽”.

The other character is someone else’s handwriting: “Jin.” Jin is very small and well-written, but it is sweetly packed with Qi.

Her chest seemed to be lit by a fire, even if she did not recognize the word, she would recognize his handwriting. What Xiaoju said suddenly flashed in her mind:

——Pippi, you can’t just sit and watch everything happen to yourself like I am powerless…

Yes, she can’t sit back and watch Helan Jingting’s death.

She picked up the wood chips one by one, put them in the prepared ice box, stuffed the box full, then put it in the bag, and crawled out of the original road.

The Xiuyan who was sitting in the pit was still pale.

Pippi asked, “Can you still stand up? I’ll go out first and pull you out from the outside.”

He shook his head.

“Hold on to this.” She handed a three-foot-tall iron braze into his hand, held his face, and kissed him again.

With this excessive Yang Qi, he barely stood up.

Pippi crawled out of the hole, wrapped his ribs with a belt, and pulled the Xiu Fei out little by little with the force of feeding.

The pit was originally in a very hidden place, and Pippi hurriedly filled it with soil, pulling down the vines outside to cover it. He helped Xiuyan walk to an open mountain road and called the taxi company.

Then she called the hotel again and asked the waiter to book her the earliest flight back to City C tomorrow.

“How many do you want to order?” The waiter skillfully tapped the keyboard.

“Two.”

Suddenly Xiuyan said: “One.”

She covered the phone and asked, “Xiuyu, won’t you go back with me?”

He looked at her and said, “I need to go back to my cave to practice.”

Pippi looked around: “Here? This mountain?”

He shook his head: “My cave is in Wudang Mountain. I will find a place to practice in this area first, and then set off to Wudang when my qi recovers.”

Pippi couldn’t help asking, “Then how long will you practice?”

“It will take thirty years at the earliest.” He smiled, “It seems we are going to say goodbye.”

“How come?” she said, “it’s only thirty years, and after thirty years I will only be in my fifties.”

Halfway through this, she thought of Mr. Aoki’s curse, and her face suddenly turned black.

Sure enough, it was a farewell.

“Then, maybe I can meet you in my next life.” She smiled calmly.

“First, I am not Helan, and I will not come to you. Second, I would rather you never meet us again, so that you will have a purer life without being disturbed by the fox fairy.”

He used the accent on the word “person”.

The guy from the taxi company said it would take about twenty minutes.

Pippi helped Xiuyan under a tree and let him lean against the tree.

After being silent for a while, she asked, “Helan came to this tomb more than once, right?”

He nodded: “How do you know?”

“The first time he came with him was a person named’Jin’.” Pippi paused and said, “It may be a woman.”

“Yes, I heard him say it.” Xiuyan said, “He once brought you here. ——I mean, hundreds of years ago. He said, you are very courageous and naughty. You have to follow He comes in together.”

Pippi was dumbfounded.

“As a result, you accidentally touched the anti-theft mechanism in the tomb, shot through your heart and died on the spot.”

Pippi’s face was suddenly changed color by being bluffed: “You forgive me, Xiu Yan, this is too funny, too dramatic!”

“No drama.” He said, “Helan said that you were a little scared at the time. In order to ease the atmosphere, he told you a joke. You were so happy that you accidentally bumped into the mechanism. In his anger, he took the Yan Zhao King Threw it out from the tomb, then cleaned it up, and put you in. Later, I accompanied him to offer sacrifices several times. He often said that he had met more than 20 of you, and counted this one dead. Most wronged.”