Dragon Fate of Shan Hai Ji

In the early morning of the second day, when he left the camp after breakfast, Zhao Yuan suddenly found that King Dingnan was standing outside the tent not far away, with his hands behind his back, looking at him solemnly.

Zhao Yuan smiled politely at him, Dingnan King walked slowly in front of it, took out something, Zhao Yuan subconsciously took it, it was a piece of jade strung with a gold thread.Zhao Yuan was a little stunned, and King Dingnan said indifferently: "Wearing this thing on your body is said to have the effect of calming the nerves. I don't know if it will be useful to you." He turned and walked away.

In the evening of the next day, the team arrived at the boundary of Xianlu Prefecture. Le Yue asked the soldiers about it. After entering Xianlu Prefecture, the first city they passed was called Shoucheng, and Lingshuang Mountain was right next to it.

When the chariots and horses passed the official road around Shoucheng, Le Yue lifted the curtain of the car and looked out, and he saw a green mountain standing under the setting sun.It is said that in the previous dynasty, a hermit once lived in seclusion in this mountain. Following the example of Tao Yuanming, he planted chrysanthemums all over the chailan shabby courtyard.It provoked many people to look for flowers, among which the first-grade chrysanthemum blooms particularly well in this mountain, named Lingshuang, so this mountain was renamed Lingshuang Mountain.

People who admire the fame and enjoy the flowers come and go, and the hermit is no longer a hermit, but a celebrity in the world.Later, this person won the imperial examination, became a high-ranking official, and owned the most luxurious mansion in the most prosperous place in the capital, but it was difficult to grow chrysanthemums as good as when he lived in seclusion in the mountains.One day more than ten years later, he passed by this place for inspection and went to the mountains to see his former residence. Flowers." He also inscribed this exclamation on the stone wall beside the pool at the foot of the mountain, so the nameless pool was named Nianhua Pool.

Le Yue and Zhao Yuan listened to the allusion with straight eyes, and Lin Qing told Luo Lingzhidao who told the allusion in surprise: "I never thought you would know this kind of thing, you are no worse than Du Shudai."

Luo Lingzhi smiled lightly and said, "This allusion is recorded in "The Record of Strange Tales from the Four Seas", I just happened to read it."

Le Yue glanced at Ying Ze worriedly, the old dragon was resting with his eyes closed, and didn't respond to the name.Le Yue couldn't help touching the formation book and the "Taiqing Jing" hidden in his arms. Master Qing Yao had been to this place before, and there might be some traces left behind.

Le Yue made some calculations. He, Luo Lingzhi, and Sun Ben couldn't use the invisibility technique. It was absolutely impossible to sneak to Lingshuang Mountain under the eyes of King Dingnan, but he really wanted to go and see for himself. , so he stopped the carriage, went directly to King Dingnan's chariot and said, "I have been entrusted by someone, and I need to take a detour to Nianhua Lake at the foot of Lingshuang Mountain. I wonder if the prince will agree."

King Dingnan agreed very happily, and ordered to camp and rest near here today, and leave tomorrow, and he did not send soldiers to follow him.

Lin Qing wondered: "It's strange that Du Ruyuan's father is so relieved of us."

Le Yue said: "Because Prince Du knows that we won't take the opportunity to slip away."

Lin Qing recalled the matter of King Dingnan giving Zhaoyuan jade slices: "That's right, Du Ruyuan still followed his father in obsession. This King Dingnan acts very strangely. I don't know what he is thinking."

Le Dao said: "In short, King Dingnan has absolutely no malice towards us, and he should help us secretly. If you can't figure out other things, you don't need to waste your energy."

Lin Qing said with bright eyes: "Le Yue, your words are becoming more and more powerful now!"

They walked while talking, Luo Lingzhi was quiet as usual, Sun Ben also rarely talked, Zhao Yuan didn't follow Le Yue, but walked with Ying Ze behind everyone.

Le Yue told it to look at Ying Ze, Lingshuang Mountain was a place Qing Yao had been to, if the old dragon suddenly went mad, the consequences would be disastrous.

Lingshuang Mountain seems to be on the edge of the city, but it is quite far away when walking.Along the way, Lin Qing searched the surroundings carefully with spells, but still did not find the aura of goblins or earth immortals.After about half an hour, they finally arrived at the foot of the mountain, and Lin Qing couldn't help asking: "What if the grandson of the earthworm is no longer here?" She raised her hand and pointed to the sky, "Here, the earthworm is right, There are quite a few people staring at us along the way."

Le Yue looked up, and there were a few black spots hovering in the distant sky.In the past, it was always a pleasant thing to see birds flying in the sky.It's totally changed now.

Le Yue said: "Let them stare, we have nothing to be afraid of being watched anyway."

Lin Qing said coldly: "But if I find out that they indiscriminately injure innocent people again, don't blame my whip for being cruel."

Le Yue looked around: "The most urgent thing is to find Nian Huatan first."

Sun Ben said leisurely: "Leave this to Mr. Sun." After a whistle, Fei Xianfeng flapped his wings and flew into the air, making two clear cries.

After a while, the surrounding trees and the trees on the mountain suddenly trembled. On the branches of the trees, in the crevices of the rocks, and on the vines hanging on the mountain wall, monkeys with yellow and gray hairs, big or small, popped out, poking their heads, Staring, scratching ears, scratching cheeks, grabbing leaves, swinging on a swing to look here.

Flying Pioneer circled in mid-air and made a few creaking sounds, and the monkeys immediately pointed in a certain direction.Two or three little yellow-haired monkeys jumped down from the branches of the trees on the mountain wall, scrambling to run a few steps in that direction, Le Yue and others followed immediately, turned a few turns, and a small road ahead stretched into the gap formed by the mountain wall.One part of the mountain wall on the right side was flattened, and the three characters Nianhuatan were engraved on it.

There is a creek flowing out of the crevice, and the path pierces through the creek (…), and at the end is a clearing surrounded by mountain walls.There is a pool of water in it, which should be Nianhua Lake.

It turns out that the water in the pool is living water, because of the unique topography of the place. The stream flows out of the rocks, first pours into the pool, and then flows out of the slit on the other side.The pool water is therefore exceptionally clear.

As soon as he stepped into this place, Zhao Yuan noticed that there was spiritual energy flowing near the pool, and there seemed to be more than one breath.The monkeys who led the way jumped onto the mountain wall, picked a few berries from the vines, squatted by the pool, washed them, and presented them obsequiously to Le Yue and the others.Lin Qing didn't answer, she squinted her eyes while staring at an empty place beside the pool: "It has the breath of the Yu clan."

A beam of light popped out from her fingertips and flew towards that place, splashing as if hitting an invisible barrier. Lin Qing flicked her fingers again, and there was a cracking sound in the empty air, and three bursts appeared instantly. figure.

The three figures were all dressed in yellow-brown clothes, two men and one woman, one of them was taller, with handsome eyes and sculpted brows, and a handsome appearance, and a thin shirt that looked like silk, chic and elegant.The other is not tall and stocky, wearing a drab coarse cloth, with a plain face.The girl looked no more than sixteen or seventeen years old, with a soft face, red eyes with tears in her eyes, trembling while clutching the brown dress, she did not have a cowardly air.

Lin Qing raised her whip: "Hey, you two little birds, let go of that earthworm quickly, or don't blame me for being rude!"

Le Yue was curious: "I didn't expect that the grandson that Mr. Qiu was talking about turned out to be a granddaughter."

Zhao Yuan whispered: "It's the grandson, that girl is not an earthworm." He pointed at the honest and simple young man in brown clothes, "He is."

Le Yue suddenly felt overwhelmed, the handsome young man took a step forward, cupped his hands and said: "I don't know why you came here, I'm afraid you have misunderstood our brothers and sisters. We are here to solve some housework. I don't mean to embarrass this Brother Qiu."

Lin Qing raised her chin: "You liar, you didn't do anything wrong, so why hide?"

The handsome young man said coldly: "Shangxian Qilin's words are wrong. The world is not peaceful recently. We feel that there is a strong spiritual force approaching. I don't know if it is an enemy or a friend. Why not hide for a while?"

Le Yue felt that something was wrong with the situation in front of him. Brother Earthworm looked quite healthy, but the girl seemed to be bullied by someone.

Lin Qing sneered and said, "I'm good at finding reasons, but unfortunately your real body clearly exposed the truth—you two little thrushes are planning to hide and use this earthworm as rations."

The expression of the thrush youth changed, and the girl who had been secretly wiping her tears suddenly jumped up: "Shangxian, please don't say that! I will never hurt Aqiu no matter what, I will definitely never hurt him ..."

The tears on the girl's face slid down like broken pearls, and she choked up endlessly.The thrush youth turned to face her, and said coldly: "Qianyi, after listening to the words of the Great God of Qilin, you should understand, right? You and him seem to have no good results, and it is good for everyone to stop thinking about it as soon as possible."

The girl bit her lip and shook her head vigorously.The earthworm youth stands in front of her, puffing out his chest: "Zi Shushi, I believe that Yi'er will never hurt me. Even if she eats (?) one day, I will be willing. Please help us."

Lin Qing grabbed the whip and was left to hang aside, her eyes widened.Le Yue pulled her back two steps with a berry in his mouth, and gave her a berry.

Zhao Yuan asked softly, "Are Xiong Huamei and Mr. Qiu's grandson rivals in love?"

Lin Qing took a bite of the fruit sullenly: "It looks a bit similar."

Fei Xianfeng nodded.

Luo Lingzhi thought deeply: "I don't think so. Judging by his appearance, he doesn't seem to be jealous, but rather like a strict elder disciplining younger generations."

Sun Ben said: "I agree with Brother Luo."

Lin Qing snorted and said, "It's as if the two of you understand each other very well. I feel like a rival in love."

Sun Ben bared his teeth: "Do you want to take a gamble?"

Just as Lin Qing uttered the word "good", the thrush girl named Qianyi already fell to her knees in front of the thrush youth Zishu with a plop: "Brother, please! Promise me to be with Aqiu." ..."

Zi Shu said coldly: "It's absolutely impossible."

Qianyi broke down in tears.

Sun Ben showed a smug smile.

Lin Qing turned her head away and pretended not to see it.

The earthworm youth also knelt down and begged together, but Zishu's attitude was still tough.Le Yue and the others felt entangled and sighed.Ying Ze bit the berry and commented, "Love is so boring."

Zishu shook off Qianyi's pleading hands, bowed to this side and said, "Let the others watch the joke."

Lin Qing immediately said: "Ah...no, I should be the one who said I'm sorry, and there was some misunderstanding just now..." She looked curiously at the earthworm youth and the thrush girl, "The question is a bit abrupt, what is it..."

Zishu briefly explained the whole story.

A few months ago, his younger sister Qianyi injured her wings and fell nearby, but was rescued by Qiu Chang, an earthworm practicing by the Nianhua Lake.Qiu Chang applied medicine for her to heal her wounds, and took good care of her, so Qian Yi gradually fell in love with Qiu Chang, and asked her elder brother to allow her to marry Qiu Chang.

Zi Shu lowered his eyes: "Our brother and sister and Brother Qiu are opposite to each other. My sister and her marriage will definitely not have a good result, so I strongly oppose it. My sister ran away from home, and I came to arrest her, so we started arguing." He suddenly After a pause, he asked, "I don't know what's going on here?"

Le Yue said: "We are here to find someone. Does Brother Qiu know an old man named Qiu Ming?"

Qiu Chang bowed and said, "Qiu Ming is the ancestor of the family."

Le Yue hesitated for a moment, walked up to Qiu Chang, and took out the bead left by Mr. Qiu from his bosom.The moment the beads were handed to Qiu Chang, they shone brightly.

Qiu Chang's face changed color: "This... this is the natal Lingzhu of our ancestors, why is it in your hand?"

Le Yue said: "Lingzu has passed away, I entrusted me to take this spirit pearl with Brother Qiu, and he also told me to tell Brother Qiu, I hope you will devote yourself to cultivation and become immortal as soon as possible."

Qiu Chang took the Lingzhu with a trembling hand, and finally asked the question Le Yue expected: "The patriarch was a good man all his life, and he never had any enemies with his family. How dare he ask why he died?"

Le Yue was silent for a moment, then said with difficulty: "When we saw Ling Zu, he had already been killed, leaving only his soul to report to us."

Qiu Chang said tremblingly: "Dare to ask, what letter did the family ancestor report for you?"

Zi Shu, who was standing with his arms folded, said expressionlessly: "Looking at this young man's expression, Brother Qiu's grandfather should have died at the hands of my Yu Clan."

The faces of Earthworm Youth and Qianyi lost all color in an instant.

Zishu continued: "Among the great gods, there is a dragon god. It cannot be something else to tell the ancestors. To tell you the truth, I have also received the news that any mistakes made by the great gods will be suspended temporarily. Dodge. I heard that Fengshen has sent his men to clean the road ahead. The battle between dragon and phoenix is ​​imminent, Qiu Chang, that's why I kept saying that it is impossible for you and Qianyi to end well together."

He walked around the frozen Qiu Chang, pulled Qianyi back a few steps, Qianyi staggered to the side with him, looked at him with blank tearful eyes: "What does the dragon and phoenix war have to do with us? We are not phoenixes, huh?" Qiu is not a dragon..."

Zi Shu looked at her cruelly: "Do you think that the death of Qiu Chang's grandfather was caused by Fenghuang himself?"

Qianyi's gaze finally turned to despair, her precarious body could no longer stand still, and she fell to the ground.

Ying Ze squinted at Zi Shu: "Junior, you are not an ordinary thrush."

Zishu bowed and said, "The younger Zishu is the head of the feather spirits in Xianlu Prefecture."

Ying Ze nodded slightly: "Sure enough, no wonder this place is so hidden, this earthworm still has a small life."

As soon as these words came out, Qiu Chang, who was standing stiffly holding the Lingzhu, seemed to have a little reaction.

Zishu continued to bow and said: "Not all the Yu clan want to participate in this matter. Junior boldly say that the grievances between dragons and phoenixes have nothing to do with us, and most of the Yu clan don't want to be involved."

Lin Qing pointed upwards: "But what happened to those in the sky?"

Zi Shu said expressionlessly: "Most are not all. The phoenix is ​​the head of the feather clan, and the phoenix god who protects the veins also controls the luck of the mortal world. It is reasonable for some feather spirits to cling to them. The head of the Luzhou Yuling may also be reluctant to prevent conflicts between the feather clan and other clans in this state, but if he really wants to go his own way and insist on participating, I will not stop it."

Lin Qing said: "It makes sense. If I were you, I might not want to offend both sides, and choose to be wise and protect myself."

Zi Shu cupped his hands and said: "Thank you, Great God Qilin, for your understanding." Pulling up Qian Yi, "My sister and I will leave first."

Qianyi stood still, her tearful eyes still staring at Qiu Chang infatuatedly.Zi Shu pulled her to his side forcefully: "Qiu Chang, from now on, you and your sister-in-law will act as if you have never known each other."

Qiu Chang suddenly reached out and grabbed Qianyi's arm: "Please allow me to be with Qianyi, Zijun."

Zishu frowned and said: "Qiu Chang, let alone the fact that you are against Qianyi, but just talking about the new blood feud between you and the Yu clan, you shouldn't say such crazy things."

Qiu Chang straightened his back, and said word by word: "The one who killed my grandfather was neither Qianyi nor Zijun. I only have a blood feud with the murderer. Qianyi and I really love each other, even if we are different."

For a moment, a strange look glowed on his simple face.

Qian Yi showed unbelievable joy, broke free from Zi Shu's hand and threw herself into Qiu Chang's arms.

"Aqiu Aqiu, even if the sky falls, even if I am expelled from the Yu clan, even if Lingshuang Mountain and all the mountains in the world fall, even if the Nianhua Lake and all the lakes dry up, I will always be with you .”

Zi Shu's entire face turned green.Le Yue, Zhao Yuan, Lin Qing are all quiet (?).

Ying Ze snorted, "Little lover is really nasty."

Sun Ben crossed his arms and sighed: "Brother Huamei, it seems that you can't stop me."

Zi Shu was silent with a gloomy and complicated expression on his face.

Qian Yi pulled Qiu Chang to kneel again, and looked at him beggingly: "Brother."

Zishu murmured: "You were overwhelmed by a momentary emotion, I hope you won't regret it in the future."

Qiu Chang said firmly: "I will not regret it."

Qianyi held his arm tightly: "I definitely won't either, Nianhuatan will protect us and keep Qiu Chang and I inseparable forever."

Zi Shu covered his forehead and sighed: "Forget it, I just treat you as my sister. Whether you live or die in the future has nothing to do with the Yu Clan." Then he stared at Qiu Chang coldly, "Since you don't care about the opposites, If you insist on being with Qianyi, if there are problems in the future, don’t blame me for not reminding you.” He flicked his left sleeve, and a stone by the nearby pool was shattered, “But if you have other intentions, maybe one day you dare to I am sorry, this stone is your fate!"

Qiu Chang repeatedly agreed.

Zi Shufu let out a long sigh, and bowed to Le Yue and the others: "Great gods, let me take my leave first. I will try my best to ensure that the Yu Clan in Xianlu Prefecture will not participate in this matter, and I hope that if you start a war with the Feng Clan, Don't implicate the innocent Yu clan."

Lin Qing immediately said: "Don't worry, we are not Fenghuang, and innocent people will not do such immoral things."

Zishu thanked him, but didn't even look at Qianyi and Qiu Chang who were kneeling on the ground, turned into a thrush, flapped his wings and left.

Qiu Chang supported Qian Yi to stand up from the ground.Luo Lingzhi smiled and said: "Although Miss Qianyi's elder brother claims that he has nothing to do with you, he said that to Brother Qiu Chang, which shows that he cares for you."

Qian Yi wiped away the tears and showed a shy smile: "Well, I know that my brother has always been hard-spoken and soft-hearted. He loves me the most, so he won't really ignore me."

Along the way, I finally came across a happy event where lovers finally get married. Le Yue was also quite pleased, but when he thought of the old man Qiu Ming, he felt a little heavy in his heart, so he clasped his fists to Qiu Chang and said, "The matter of reminiscing ancestors is, in the final analysis, caused by We stand up, I'm really sorry."

Qiu Chang solemnly put the beads into his arms: "I will take revenge on my grandfather. The old man was killed before he reported to you, and has no direct relationship with you. I will definitely find out who the murderer is!"

Qianyi grabbed Qiu Chang's arm worriedly.

Lin Qing raised her whip and said: "No matter who it is, it is Fenghuang who instructed this matter. We will definitely kill them and seek justice for you. Don't worry."

Qianyi showed timidity on his expression, and changed the topic: "Yes... yes, this matter can be discussed in a long-term way. Now that we are finally together, I will accompany you in whatever you do. In a hurry? Hurry up and leave, I heard from my brother that the land in this area is going to the heavenly court to report the news of some important person, and maybe the war will eventually involve the generals in the sky, I hope you all have a safe journey."

Le Yue and Zhao Yuan stared at Ying Ze stiffly, they were afraid that the old dragon would go crazy, so they didn't tell the land along the way to report Ying Ze's whereabouts to the Heavenly Court.Unexpectedly, in order to drive them away, the thrush girl casually revealed this matter.

Ying Ze was looking at the side mountain wall with his hands behind his back, without any abnormal reaction, maybe he didn't pay attention to hear this sentence.