When the book-traveling little detective meets the two-faced prince

After reading it, Lin Lezhi turned to the front of the stone tablet and put the wedding candle back to its original place.

The stone statue is very delicately carved, from the face to the clothes and even the accessories. Although the stone statue is not painted, it can still be seen from the shape of the clothes that it is a wedding dress.

Under the illumination of the dragon, phoenix, flowers and candles, the expression on the statue's face is very gentle.

It must be that Li Weisheng carved the stone statue into its current appearance in order to fulfill his promise with He Yuqing.

He is also a man who values ​​friendship and loyalty.

"Miss Wan'er just said that this matter started twelve years ago. Did other things happen in Yulong Village afterwards?"

Sun Wan'er nodded and said truthfully, "When the River God Festival first started, Yulong Village would select eligible girls from the village to offer as sacrifices to the River God every other year. However, after the festival had been held a few times, no one in the village was willing to offer their own daughters as sacrifices, so they sent their daughters out of the village in advance. Finally, they had no choice but to buy corpses of girls from outside the village."

"So that's how it is." Lin Lezhi murmured softly.

Although Lin Lezhi promised Sun Wan'er to investigate the case, it has only been a few hours since he arrived here and he really has no clue.

It is difficult to infer anything useful based on the existing clues alone.

Suddenly, Lin Lezhi suddenly thought of something, raised his head and looked at Sun Wan'er and said, "The stone tablet records that Li Weisheng built this Hongzhu Temple at the place where he met He Yuqing, so the Jade Dragon Waterfall must be nearby."

"Yes, it's not far behind the Red Pearl Temple."

No wonder, when I was walking in the woods with the bride just now, the terrain was always going downhill and I could hear the sound of huge flowing water. It turned out that we had gone around to the downstream of the waterfall.

Thinking of this, Lin Lezhi turned around and walked out the door.

"Where are you going?"

At this time, the bridegroom who had been standing nearby and had been silent suddenly spoke up.

Lin Lezhi spread his hands and said, "Of course we have to go to Yulong Waterfall. The exit is surrounded by villagers and it is difficult for us to get out. They will come in at dawn to make sure we are not dead. By then, let alone going to the waterfall, being kicked out of the village would be the least of our worries."

Just as Lin Lezhi was about to push the door open and go out, Xiao Jianniang's voice came from behind him again, and it sounded very speechless in her voice.

"It's dark outside and foggy. You don't think you can find any clues by going to the waterfall."

Lin Lezhi stood there in a daze.

Yes.

How could he forget this? There wasn't even any electricity in the village, and it was dark everywhere. If he accidentally fell into the water again, it would be so embarrassing.

Lin Lezhi smiled awkwardly and said, "No, I was joking. It's cold in the deep forest at night. I just wanted to go out and find some branches to make a fire and dry my clothes."

After a moment of silence, Xiao Jianniang said, "I'll go with you."

Thinking that there would be nothing wrong in having one more laborer, Lin Lezhi readily agreed: "Okay, then I'll trouble Xiao Jianniang." When mentioning Xiao Jianniang, Lin Lezhi deliberately emphasized the words.

The corner of Xiao Jianniang's eye twitched, "What did you call me?"

"Nothing, I just think you look good in your bride's dress, I was complimenting you."

Seeing Xiao's sullen face, Lin Lezhi knew that his goal had been achieved. He was so happy that he quickly changed the subject and said to Sun Wan'er, "Miss Wan'er, we will be back soon."

Sun Wan'er smiled and said, "Okay."

When we came outside, it was already late at night, the temperature had dropped, and the fog was even heavier than when we entered the woods.

My clothes weren't dry yet, and now it was even colder.

Lin Lezhi did not stray too far from the Hongzhu Temple for fear that the villagers would come looking for him and Sun Wan'er would be in danger.

Following the wild survival tips he saw on the video account, Lin Lezhi squatted down and tried his best to find some relatively less wet branches.

But this overly long hair is really too troublesome for a modern person.

Lin Lezhi looked at the torn clothes on her body, and simply tore off a long piece of cloth, grabbed her hair and tied it into a ponytail, tying it behind her head.

Lin Lezhi dug through several bushes in the dark to look for fallen branches, and finally found a large number of relatively dry broken branches that had fallen from the tree. Lin Lezhi did not look back, but squatted on the ground and shouted, "Xiao Jianniang, this way."

"Xiao Xu."

Ouch!

The voice came from behind, and Lin Lezhi was so scared that he almost dropped the branch in his hand.

When did this Xiao bride come behind me? She was not here just now.

Is this person walking silently?

Because he was frightened, Lin Lezhi didn't hear what Xiao Jianniang said. He turned to look at Xiao Jianniang and asked, "What did you just say?"

"Xiao Xu, my name."

Xiao Xu?

When he heard Sun Wan'er call him Mr. Xiao just now, Lin Lezhi didn't think much about it, but when he said his name was Xiao Xu, Lin Lezhi was a little unsure.

Because not long ago, he discussed his own ideas with a female author at home, and the name of the protagonist of his own crappy novel was Xiao Xu.

I was stuck on that book for a long time because I heard that most of the novels with the theme of two men were written by girls. In order to get closer to girls, I wrote a novel with the theme of two men.

After opening up the circle, I discovered that there is something fishy going on within the circle of the double male protagonists.

At first he didn't even understand the meaning of Danmei, until he learned about it and felt that he had too little knowledge, including stories about blackened imprisonment, childbearing, bestiality, immoral and taboo literature, etc.

I know everything I should and shouldn't know.

As one of the few male authors who writes novels with two male protagonists, he is naturally treated like a mascot.

Having achieved my goal, I gave up on that book and focused all my energy on other novels. I even named the book randomly, calling it something like "Once the Crown Prince Lost His Country, He Became a Caged Bird".

It probably tells the story of the Yunqiang Kingdom being defeated by the Northern Qi Dynasty. During the peace talks, the Yunqiang Kingdom sent its nine-year-old crown prince, Nan Rongyi, to the Northern Qi Dynasty as a hostage. Nan Rongyi and Xiao Yihuo, who was not loved by his father, met in the palace.

The two were of similar age and quickly became friends.

The name Xu was given to Xiao Yihuo by his mother, but in the palace only Nan Rongyi knew his other name.

Thirteen years later.

The Emperor of Northern Qi ignored the peace treaty and attacked the Yunqiang Kingdom with a strong army. He took over all the people and land of the Yunqiang Kingdom. Except for the hostage Crown Prince Nan Rongyi, all the royal family of the Yunqiang Kingdom hanged themselves in the Yunqiang Palace.

In order to prevent future troubles, the Emperor of Northern Qi issued a secret order to Xiao Yihuo.

On the surface, it was to humiliate Nan Rongyi and marry Nan Rongyi to Xiao Yihuo.

But in fact, one was to test whether Xiao Yihuo had the intention of collaborating with the enemy and rebelling, and the other was to eliminate the last trace of bloodline of the Yunqiang Kingdom.

If Xiao Yihuo did not take action, the Emperor of Northern Qi would have done so.

In order to prevent Xiao from getting into trouble, Nan Rongyi set herself on fire in the house on her wedding day. When the fire was out, only a charred corpse was left in the house.

Xiao Yihuo had no intention of rebelling, he just wanted to fulfill his mother's wishes and live a peaceful life.

However, due to his father's temptation and the death of his best friend, Xiao Yihuo began to decide to rebel. He successfully seized the throne three years later and sat on the supreme dragon chair, bringing an end to war in the world.

Tonight, the girl came to chat with me, just to talk to me about the ideas behind this pitfall novel, and asked me to complete this pitfall novel and give them a good ending.

It couldn't be such a coincidence that I would be transported into the book I wrote and meet my own son.

If he was really Xiao Xu, how could he appear in this remote place?

Seeing that Lin Lezhi was lost in thought, Xiao Xu asked, "What are you thinking about?"

Lin Lezhi came back to his senses and thought this was a good opportunity to test him. He looked at Xiao Xu and asked, "I'm wondering which Xiao is yours?"

Xiao Xu was silent for a while, then took out the fire starter from his arms.

He casually picked up a branch nearby and neatly wrote a big word "Xiao" on the ground.

Lin Lezhi couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Fortunately it wasn’t Xiao.

Xiao Xu's eyes darkened, and he said bluntly: "You look relieved."

Lin Lezhi quickly said: "You are mistaken, I am cold, hurry up and pick up a branch."

With the help of the light from the tinder, Xiao Xu saw Lin Lezhi's appearance clearly. A moment of shock flashed across his eyes, but Lin Lezhi was picking up branches and did not see the expression on Xiao Xu's face.

Xiao Xu blew out the fire stick, and gathered the branches on the ground with Lin Lezhi, and asked, "Since you asked me a question, can I ask you a question as well?"

Lin Lezhi picked up the branches on the ground, thinking that he would be able to warm himself by the fire soon, and happily responded, "You ask."

"Are you...really Jiang Lian'an?"