Between the vast sea of ​​clouds

The room is dim, surrounded by shadows, surrounded by hundreds of oil lamps from above, flickering on and off, like many beating eyes.

The stones were smashed to pieces, and the snow-white foam spread all over the ground, pouring into the underground pool.She slashed down with the hammer, smashing the stone statue in front of her.

It's all trash, it's all trash!

So many years have passed, why, why is it still not like it!

She caressed the face of the last stone statue, her rough fingertips traced the hollow eye sockets, that face was always in her mind, and the broken bow handle fell into the gravel, and she wiped the stains on the stone statue with a flannel cloth. Dust, jewels inlaid in the hair of stone statues shine brightly in the dark room.

If not, then she will not be able to catch up with Wanghai Yan, her hard work and management for so many years...

The hand covering the stone statue trembled slightly, no, absolutely no.

She was fascinated by the face of the stone statue, and after a while, her eyes fell on the half-covered picture scroll on the wooden board.

No matter, among thousands of people, there can always be one similar.

Even if it's only five or six points, she knows that it's still not...

Before dawn, the noise of people can already be heard outside the inn. As the Wanghai Banquet is approaching, merchants from all over the world have gathered in Chengzhaoli, Chenzhou Prefecture, and there are also large and small theater troupes. Which theater troupe joined, it was even more lively.

Li Yan always liked to be clean when he was studying, but now that he was in such a place, he was so noisy that he couldn't sleep every night, so he got up early in the morning and went outside for a walk.There are already some people sitting in the teahouse downstairs, and they are energetically asking the waiter to refill tea.

She glanced at a familiar figure and couldn't help feeling a little dazed.

My lord... Is this an addiction to pretending to be a bookseller?

Zhao Yuan happily ate his snacks, patted the table and said, "Boss Li, your idea is really good! Come on, come on, let's see how this story is written."

Qingping took a book and turned a few pages, then praised: "Not bad, not bad, the world is afraid of ghosts, but this story is more penetrating in writing about ghosts than people. Reading it on such a hot day makes my back feel a bit chilly."

"Hahahaha... Look at this again! This is a story I wrote when I first arrived in Hezhou. You can read it. At that time, there was a rumor in Cangwu County that the county treasury was stolen, and all the tributes in it were looted and destroyed. Kong, I don’t know if it’s true or not, but it’s still interesting!”

Qingping read the article carefully after hearing the words, Zhao Yuan looked at her expectantly, she slowly raised her head, and said with some hesitation: "The story is a good story, but it just involves the court, so it's not good?"

Zhao Yuan grabbed a handful of melon seeds and said, "I went to the government? How can I do that? My story was changed according to rumors. There are many scenes in the Cangwu County government. It's hard to change!"

"Hey, that's really a pity." Qing Ping said with a smile: "Ms. Zhao's stories come from the folk, combining fiction and reality, but they are actually better than those love stories. But if this is the case, it will be difficult for the troupe to rehearse."

Zhao Yuan spat out, and said: "The plays performed by the theater troupe are all about poor young ladies from aristocratic families. If you marry this one today, you will marry that other tomorrow. It doesn't make any sense to talk about it! I don't care if I don't line up!"

Qingping glanced at the page again, and said with a smile: "Miss Zhao is an open-minded person. From what you can see, what kind of story is good?"

"If you want me to tell you, Mo Heng's book is pretty good, and the theater troupe always likes to rehearse, but—" She lowered her head and picked up the tea cup, and said in a low voice: "Nowadays, all the books sold in bookstores have been edited, I don't know Boss Li. Have you read the story before it was deleted or edited?"

Qingping's smile remained the same, but he tightened his hand holding the teacup, and said, "I would like to hear more about it."

The sound of the flute upstairs was thrown to the highest level, and suddenly missed the sound, leaving behind a coy sound, which caused the downstairs vendors and passers-by to burst into laughter. The flute player lost his breath halfway and closed the window angrily.

Zhao Yuan smiled and said, "It's that Biluo City!"

A peach blossom tree outside the window was in full bloom, and Wu Yue folded a branch and put it on the table, pressing it on the silk-enclosed invitation card.

"In other words, Chenzhou has brought the Sea-Watching Banquet ahead of schedule this year?"

The servant behind her said: "Miss Hui, the messenger did indeed say so. Many chambers of commerce in Hezhou are already preparing to leave for Zhaoye."

Wu Yue opened the invitation with a flower branch, and said: "This is strange, didn't Chenzhou just report to the imperial court that the flood has not been eliminated, why did it turn around and hold a sea-watching banquet, thinking that things are not messy enough?"

The servant said: "Well, I don't know the little one."

Wu Yue pondered for a moment, then frowned suddenly, and said, "Who is making noise outside?"

"It seems that Miss Tang is leading people to fly kites by the lake."

"Nonsense." Wu Yue walked out quickly, and said: "This kind of season is not dry yet, what should I do if it is not so slippery? Go and call the master, it is simply lawless!"

When Wu Yue walked to the lake, he saw a girl in brocade clothes surrounded by servants from a distance, banging on the door of the east courtyard.When she got closer, a sharp-eyed servant saw her and kowtowed to salute. Wu Yue held back his anger and asked, "Wu Lan, what the hell are you doing!"

Wu Lan blinked, pointed to the east courtyard and said, "Auntie, the kite that my father and I made fell into it."

Wu Yue tugged at her braid with a cold face and said, "Is the book finished? Why don't you listen to Mr.'s words and stay in the study, why come here to fly a kite?"

Although Wu Lan was young, she was very intelligent. She said: "I have finished reading, so I am not afraid that my aunt will test me. It's just that my grandfather made the kite. Please ask my aunt to take it out for me."

Wu Yue looked at her immature face, suddenly lost his mind, and when she realized it, she had already responded, and ordered the housekeeper to get the key.

The housekeeper replied: "Miss, there has never been a key to this yard."

Wu Yue said: "No key? Then tell me how to open this door, is it really going to be smashed by it?"

Now Wu Yue is the master of the house and in charge of all affairs of the Wu family. The housekeeper dared not disobey, so he had to ask a few craftsmen who unlocked the door to open the door, stood aside and said cautiously: "Miss, there has been no one in this yard for many years. Go in, first ask the servants to go in and clean up, and you can go in later."

Wu Yue has lived in the Wu family for so many years, except for the servant's room, there is no place she has never been to.The east courtyard is by the lake, but because it is close to the ancestral hall, it serves as a place to store sundries.

The Wu family has lived here for generations. In such a huge family, there will always be troubles, and there are always some private places that cannot be set foot at will.The door opened, and the ashes fell on the ground first, Wu Yue covered his mouth and said, "Wu Lan, where did your kite land—"

She poked her head out of her arms, pointed to the kite hanging on the far corner of the eaves and said, "Auntie, it's over there!"

Wu Yue followed her fingers to look, and couldn't help being startled.

In the overgrown grass in the courtyard, there stood a lonely pavilion. The pavilion was very low, sealed on all sides for some reason, and painted all over with black paint. Several old bustards jumped out from the bushes, squawking and flying towards the sky.

This situation was really frightening, the servants didn't know whether to go in or not, they looked at Wu Yue eagerly, Wu Yue said decisively: "Take the young lady down, and then call some people over to tear down this pavilion for me."

The housekeeper tremblingly said: "This... this is not good, the east courtyard is so close to the ancestral hall... do you want to ask the old lady for instructions?"

Wu Yue glanced at her and said, "Is it up to me, or to you?"

The butler shrank his head and hurried to find someone.When the people arrived, they followed Wu Yue's wishes and removed the wooden boards that sealed the pavilion. Wu Yue thought it was too dusty inside, so he stood outside the door and waited. Suddenly, the housekeeper came out and said, "Miss, there seems to be something wrong with this board."

Wu Yue said: "What's wrong?"

The butler pulled someone over: "Tell Miss what you know!"

"Yes, yes." The woman wiped the dust off her face, and said, "Miss Hui, this board seems to be made by Hailiu. My little grandparents live by the seaside of Minzhou, and have gone to sea several times with the elders in the family. , have seen this sea willow."

"Well, let's continue." Wu Yue said.

"Although this sea willow is valuable, there is a saying that the sea willow is a ghost tree that grows from the body of a drowned person in the water. It grows in deep water that does not see light. It is very dark and easy to attract ghosts."

The housekeeper hurriedly said: "The board of Hailiu looks a bit like..."

Wu Yue said coldly: "What does it look like?"

The butler swallowed, and said, "Like... like a coffin board."

"Miss! Go in and have a look, there is a—"

Wu Yue pushed the housekeeper away and strode into the courtyard.

The wooden boards of that eerie pavilion have been demolished, and a picture of Taiji is painted on the ground in the pavilion, and a red coffin is being erected on the Yin-Yang Eye.

Wu Yue narrowed her eyes slightly, raised her hand to stop the servants from approaching, she stepped forward to push open the coffin, there were no bones inside, only a spirit tablet and a jade box.After brushing off the dust, she saw 'Wu Yi Zhibit' engraved on the memorial tablet, she put away the jade box and turned around and said, "Go and get Wu Ji."

"Bi Luo City?" Qing Ping asked the buddy to bring more tea, and then he said slowly: "This story is probably false, how can there be such a place."

Zhao Yuan sneered and said, "Boss Li, you are wrong. From my point of view, the Biluocheng incident is probably true!"

Qingping's pupils shrank, he waved his hands and said: "You can't talk nonsense about this, if people find out, we will get into some lawsuits."

Zhao Yuan has been eating and drinking for the past few days, which is really embarrassing.Just wanting to show off his ability, he said: "As the saying goes, 'Green waters and green mountains pass by, and Chenzhou has thousands of mountains'. This Chenzhou is said to have hundreds of thousands of mountains, and it is not a problem to hide a city. What's more, there is no wind without waves, and there are rumors. Everything has its roots. I traveled all the way according to the places and places mentioned in this and that "Qing Jia Yi Zhi" and found that this Mo Heng is very familiar with the customs and customs of the six states. Although it tells some weird stories, it is a rare story. It’s not just nonsense when knowledge is integrated into the time.”

She couldn't help sighing: "This Mo Heng is also a capable person, who has traveled to so many places. After reading thousands of books and traveling thousands of miles, I will not be able to make it ahead. It is still possible to travel more."

Qingping lowered his head to drink the tea, but only sipped the scum in his mouth, only to realize that the tea in the cup had bottomed out.

If this is true, there are still a few things that don't make sense.

She put down the cup and smiled at Zhao Yuan: "The treasury of Cangwu County has always been closely guarded. How did it get stolen? There are still many puzzles. Please ask Miss Zhao to explain it again for me."

The author has something to say: a little bit, make a sunflower!