Strange Records of Xijing

When Gao Zekai said this, both Su Yan and Pei Jingxing were taken aback.

"Discussion? Do you have a clue?" Pei Jingxing was very skeptical. Aside from Zhao Shimin who was running around in the barracks, the three of them were almost together these days. Could there be any clues that he ignored but was noticed by Gao Zekai? arrive?

Gao Zekai smiled triumphantly: "Before leaving, Master gave me a map. This map was drawn by the abolished prince. It is absolutely unmistakable."

Pei Jingxing was very angry: "Since you have a map, why didn't you take it out earlier?"

He knew that Jin Yong was one of Zhang Feiran's favorite generals, especially as Jin Yong was born and bred in Northwest China and was proficient in Hu language, Zhang Feiran was willing to entrust Jin Yong with many tasks.Now that Jin Yong died tragically, although Zhang Feiran didn't show it on the surface, Pei Jingxing knew that he deeply regretted the death of his beloved general, so he played the Zizhuxiao in the cold wind at night.

Gao Zekai glanced at Pei Jingxing indifferently, and said coldly: "Pei Street Envoy, don't forget that we followed His Majesty's order and secretly entered the ancient city in the northwest to search for the secret treasure left by the deposed prince, so as to save him. Your Royal Highness, although I feel sorry for the death of Jin Yong and others, they sacrificed for His Majesty and the Crown Prince. As the saying goes, the reward of eating the king and being loyal to the king, they deserved their death."

Pei Jingxing said angrily, "False reason!"

Although he had never worked with Jin Yong and others, but he was also a military officer, seeing that Gao Zekai had no regrets for the death of Jin Yong and others, he couldn't help feeling cold-hearted——

Gao Zekai, as a disciple of the National Normal University, under the guidance and permission of the National Teacher in the past two years, has gradually entered the eyes of the royal family, and even came into contact with the supreme emperor of the Zhou Dynasty, the officials of Xijing, which one is not good for him? Treat each other face to face?Even the military officer who is very repulsive about cultivating Taoism has to sell Gao Zekai a little bit of face for the sake of the emperor and the national teacher.

Now that the world is peaceful in the Zhou Dynasty, even if there are occasional small disputes on the border, it will not affect the prosperity of Xijing.Because of this, apart from the early days of the founding of the People’s Republic of China and the reign of Emperor Wu, the prestige and status of military officials was far behind that of civil officials. right.Gao Zekai was well-known in the court and opposition parties in Xijing. His attitude this time actually reflected to a large extent the attitude of the Korean and Chinese officials towards military officials.

Although Pei Jingxing, as the envoy of the Jinwu Guard, was in charge of the public security of Xijing, he was very dignified when he said it out, but in the eyes of many civil officials, he was nothing more than a watchdog of the royal family.In addition, both of Pei Jingxing's parents died when he was young, and his mother's family was not in Xijing. If it weren't for the fact that he had an uncle who married the Princess Minglang, those aristocratic families with eyes above their heads would look down on him even more and make things difficult with him.

As the saying goes, the death of the rabbit and the grief of the fox, Pei Jingxing has experienced a lot in Xijing, and now in the northwest, seeing Gao Zekai still in such a posture, he feels more and more chilling for those aristocratic families and civil servants in Xijing.

Although Su Yan has a well-known reputation among Taoists and ghosts, and even got a nickname of "Ghost Seeing Sorrow" at some point, but after all, he is a famous commoner, so naturally he can't empathize with him.

However, although Su Yan couldn't look at him, he clearly felt the desolation in Pei Jingxing's heart, and couldn't help but said: "The three of us are not familiar with the Northwest, if Taoist Gao can tell Zhang this matter earlier General, perhaps we have found the ancient city by now."

Gao Zekai was naturally disdainful. Although he seemed to respect Zhang Feiran on the surface, it was only out of consideration of the situation. In his heart, he didn't value these military officers.He smiled immediately and said: "General Zhang and the others have been looking for half a month, but they have not gained anything, and even lost a general. I think we don't bother them anymore."

The implication is to completely bypass Zhang Feiran and others, and act secretly.

After all, Pei Jingxing is no longer the impulsive brat he used to be. He knows that he and Su Yan are tied to the same boat with Gao Zekai now. If there is another dispute between the two of them now, then it is impossible to find the ancient city back then.

Pei Jingxing put down the loss and resentment in his heart for a while, and after regaining his composure, he was the meticulous Pei street envoy again.

Thinking of Gao Zekai's actions these days, he couldn't help saying: "Before you set off, you said that the way the national teacher gave you to enter the ancient city is this map?"

Gao Zekai smiled: "As expected of Pei Street Envoy, you really know everything well. However, you are only half right."

"Half?" Pei Jingxing thought for a while and asked, "This map can only lead us to the Holy Land. If we want to enter the Holy Land, do we need other methods?"

Gao Zekai applauded and praised: "Street Envoy Pei is really smart, you can guess what the other half is doing."

Pei Jingxing couldn't help smiling bitterly. When he was young, he and Gao Zekai climbed trees together to dig out bird eggs and went down to the pool to catch bastards. Now they have become companions who guess and guard against each other. Things in this world are really uncertain.

Seeing Pei Jingxing's deflated appearance, Gao Zekai felt somewhat complacent, and said, "Actually, the Street Envoy Pei also knows this method."

"I know?" Pei Jingxing couldn't help being startled, carefully recalling whether Gao Zekai had revealed his flaws these days.

After Su Yan lost his eyesight, the other four senses became extremely sensitive. He found that Gao Zekai's voice fluctuated from high to low, fast to slow when speaking. Rather than talking, it was more like singing a ballad with a strange tune.His heart tightened, and he suddenly remembered the song that the fox girl sang in the mountains, and shouted: "Map!"

Pei Jingxing was thinking hard, when suddenly he heard Su Yan's words, an unclear map appeared in his mind, and he immediately woke up.

He glared at Gao Zekai, gritted his teeth and asked, "Gao Zekai, what are you doing!"

Gao Zekai's little trick was seen through, he was not in a hurry or shy, instead he replied generously: "It's just a small ecstasy, why should the Pei Street envoy be so panicked? You must know that the ancient city was occupied by the deposed prince After all, there are countless traps, large and small, but we don’t know anything about them. Moreover, there was not only one Taoist priest beside the abolished prince, but the formations and traps set up by those Taoist priests, even Su Daoyou and I couldn’t do it. It's safe, let alone Pei Street Envoy? I just want to find out Pei Street Envoy's ability before setting off, so I can have a good idea in my heart."

Gao Zekai spoke from the bottom of his heart, as if he really tried to test out of the overall situation.But Su Yan and Pei Jingxing are not stupid, especially Su Yan, who said angrily: "It's not the first day you know Pei Jingxing, you don't know what he is capable of? If he wasn't there back then, he would be a half-faced ghost It's not that easy to close the case."

Gao Zekai sneered: "You Daoist Su said this, how many lives have been taken by the half-faced ghosts in Xijing? The Jinwu Guard guarded Xijing for His Majesty, but they were helpless. If it wasn't for me..."

"You're there?" Su Yan interrupted Gao Zekai unceremoniously, "I remember that at the last moment, I was the one who pulled out the wraith occupying Shen Hongying's body, right? The one who acted with me was Pei Jingxing. Daoist Gao What about you? Oh, I went to find your master and sent rescuers."

Su Yan usually looks indifferent, even if someone with Pei Huaiyu's status came to make friends, it took a long time to become friends.His purpose in coming to Xijing is very simple, to represent his master and defeat the national teacher.Su Yan spent the night in Taixuan Temple, except for the entrustment he accepted to maintain his daily expenses, he practiced silently by himself at other times, and rarely cared about other people's affairs.

But Pei Jingxing was an exception.

It was rare for Su Yan to be so eloquent and aggressive, at least in Pei Jingxing's memory, this was the first time.And such a precious first time was for him, Pei Jingxing.

Joy came over, but Pei Jingxing saw more profoundly than Su Yan. After all, they were still on the same boat. They came here under the emperor's order and carried the life of the prince on their shoulders. If they didn't succeed, then what was waiting for them in Xijing would be death. .

Thinking of this, Pei Jingxing stretched out his hand and patted Su Yan, signaling him to be calm.Afterwards, he turned his head to look at Gao Zekai: "Master Gao, you are right, we are now tied to the same boat, whoever is unlucky, others will not be able to catch it. I know the situation in the Holy Land better than you , and you have the map leading to the Holy Land and the key to enter the Holy Land, instead of us guessing and holding each other back, we might as well take this opportunity to be honest and save time."

Gao Zekai naturally walked down the steps given by Pei Jingxing, and said with a smile: "That's true, I just tried this way just now, with Fellow Daoist Su here, naturally there will be no accidents to Pei Jie."

Su Yan noticed the contempt for Pei Jingxing in Gao Zekai's words, just about to speak, but remembered what Pei Jingxing said earlier, so he had to hold back for the time being.

Now that he agreed, Gao Zekai didn't hesitate anymore, and directly took out a palm-sized object from his pocket, opened it twice, and put it on the table. It turned out to be a silk map.

Su Yan put on a cloak, got off the bed, and sat at the table under Pei Jingxing's guidance.Meanwhile, Pei Jingxing stood in front of the table with Gao Zekai, staring at the silk map in a daze.

In the end, Su Yan felt that the atmosphere was too quiet, and asked, "What is drawn on the map?"

Pei Jingxing took a look at Gao Zekai, then turned his head and slowly explained to Su Yan: "This map is very strange. There are four dragons entrenched on it, and there are several beasts lying beside the dragons."

"Beast? What beast?" Su Yan asked again.

"I can't tell, tiger's head, sheep's body, and ponytail." Pei Jingxing looked at such a map and felt that one head was as big as two. He looked at Su Yan and asked, "Do you Taoist priests know this?"

Su Yan searched carefully in his mind, then shook his head: "I've never heard of it."

Gao Zekai studied under the national teacher since he was a child, and Su Yan couldn't catch up with that condition even if he flattered him. Although he can't be called a comprehensive book, Gao Zekai's knowledge can be said to be the most extensive among the three, but even he, after getting the map In the past ten days, I have been unable to think of any results.

Gao Zekai had no choice but to speculate with common sense: "These four dragons may be a hint. Are there any places near here related to snakes or dragons?"

Pei Jingxing looked at him: "At least during the few months I was here four years ago, I never heard of it."

Gao Zekai just wanted to speak, but he remembered that he said not long ago that he wanted to bypass Zhang Feiran and others. If he asked now, wouldn't it be a slap in the face?

For a moment, Gao Zekai was a little embarrassed to speak.

Su Yan couldn't see Gao Zekai's face, he reached out and groped on the map, and asked, "Who drew this map?"

"I found it from the Bainiaochao phoenix clothes given to the abolished prince by the former emperor," Gao Zekai replied. "A concubine of the abolished prince was from that tribe. The abolished prince knew that there was a holy place, so he took it as his own. I own it, and then seal the road leading to the Holy Land, leaving only this map.”

Both Pei Jingxing and Su Yan were quite surprised. You must know that the two of them fought hard to snatch this Bainiaochaofengyi from Huapi, but they didn't want it to fall into the hands of the national teacher.Moreover, the national teacher was able to find out the map hidden in Bai Niao Chaofeng's clothes, and it is very likely that he knew this secret a long time ago.

So, has the national teacher been secretly observing their every move?

After being an oriole for a few times, Pei Jingxing and Su Yan finally understood the bitterness of the mantis.

However, neither Pei Jingxing nor Su Yan are people who care about every detail. It is useless to worry about such a trivial matter now. It is better to focus on finding out the secrets in the map.

"If the map was drawn by Prince Fei, then this person should be from the Zhou Dynasty." Su Yan analyzed, "Dragon has been a totem and a symbol since ancient times. The emperor is called the real dragon emperor, and the emperor wears The clothes are dragon robes, the chairs are dragon chairs, and only the emperor is qualified to wear clothes embroidered with five-clawed golden dragons."

"But it's just a dragon," Gao Zekai continued, "The dragon is only one step away from the real dragon, and if you succeed in crossing the catastrophe, you can become a real dragon and fly into the sky. The waste prince is only one step away from the dragon chair, but here is What do the four flood dragons represent?"

Pei Jingxing looked at the two people who were deep in thought, and said, "The map is for people to see. The deposed prince must know where the Holy Land is, why draw a map?"

Gao Zekai's eyes lit up: "You mean, at that time, the deposed prince probably knew that he would fail, so he specially left a map for future generations?"

Pei Jingxing did not answer directly, but continued: "I only know that if the deposed prince wants future generations to be able to find the Holy Land through this map, then he must not be able to comply with most people's ideas."

Both Su Yan and Gao Zekai were taken aback.Indeed, when they saw Jiaolong, they would naturally think of the identity of the abolished prince, and then delved deeper into the meaning.However, Pei Jingxing jumped out of this set of inherent thinking and looked at the meaning of these four dragons from another angle.

Pei Jingxing pointed at a dragon on the map: "The most precious thing in the desert is the water source, and the most scarce thing is the water source. No matter how great a city is, it cannot be separated from water. The real dragon represents the emperor and cannot be drawn at will, but the dragon is There is no such concern. Think about it, what can a dragon do?"

Su Yan spat out eight words: "Swallow clouds and spit out fog, stir up wind and spread rain."

"That's right, these four flood dragons most likely represent the four rivers in the desert!"

Gao Zekai still had doubts: "But how can we confirm your guess?"

Pei Jingxing replied: "Of course I asked someone who is familiar with this place."

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