Just remember

The boat traveled ten miles and entered the river leisurely.

The surface of the river widened suddenly, and the green hills on both sides became farther and farther away, and finally turned into a majestic blue surrounded by clouds and mist.

"What the hell did you two do? It made Hang Mingzhe come to look for me overnight." Bailang was full of doubts. Now that the bamboo raft was on the right track, he didn't have to struggle to hold on, at least he could control the direction, so he finally had time to ask the ins and outs .

But Chun Jinran couldn't tell the truth, so he had to prevaricate with half-truth: "What else can I do, let's solve the case, but the case was solved, and Mr. Hang San was afraid that I would have an enmity with the murderer's family, so he sent me away overnight. "

Bai Lang has a solid heart, and when Chun Jinran said this, he believed it. Although the details were ambiguous, fortunately, he didn't have Chun Jinran's fanatical desire to seek the truth: "You are too, and you know that the other party is not a good person. , why bother to provoke. There are so many bloody incidents in the rivers and lakes, how can we get justice one after another, and all cases will be solved, besides, the murderer may not be extremely evil, and the dead may not be innocent."

The friend hit him right, Chun Jinran felt uncomfortable when he heard it, and smiled helplessly: "Yeah, I won't do such stupid things in the future."

Bailang glanced at him suspiciously, and sneered: "Forget it, if you can calm down, you won't be the Xiaochun I know."

Chun Jin ran a black line: "Who gave me this nickname!"

Bailang didn't expect him to react so strongly, and looked at Pei Xiaoyi innocently.Seeing this, Chun Jinran glared at him fiercely, and the latter turned his head and looked at the vast river, looking like a majestic tree facing the wind, wanton and unrestrained.

Chun Jinran gritted her teeth bitterly, and was rubbing people round and flattened in her heart, but Bailang asked in confusion: "Jinran, what is that thing hanging around your waist?"

Chun Jinran thought that this is the jade pendant that Qi Wanguan found from the dead man in the southwest cave. Although Qi Wanguan finally swallowed it privately and gave it to him because of the repayment of the debt, Bailang and the others have seen it before.But when she lowered her head, she found that the jade pendant around her waist unexpectedly had an extra red ear.

Looking closely, where is the red ear, it is clearly a corner of red silk, because the silk is wrinkled and slender, it looks like a red ear at first glance.

Chun Jinran pinched the red silk in bewilderment, and pulled it lightly, but the red shaft didn't move, but Chun Jinran felt something strange, so he increased his strength and pulled, accompanied by a tight friction feeling, the red silk unexpectedly It was all ripped out!

Look at the waist pendant again, without the cover of red silk, revealing the incomplete true face.I saw that the jade pendant was cut off at the middle, leaving only the upper half, and the lower half was missing, the cut was unexpectedly neat, and there was a round hole in the middle.Looking back at the shape of the half jade pendant and red silk, it's no wonder that Bailang couldn't recognize it for a while.

Apparently, someone had a method to cut open the jade pendant, then dug a hole in it and stuffed it with red silk, and finally spliced ​​and glued the jade pendant together.It's simple to say, but the jade pendant is so brittle, that person can successfully finish all these, and the jade pendant is flawless after sticking, and there is no crack at all.

As for why the well-glued jade pendant suddenly broke, Chun Jinran thought about it. It could only be that when he was stunned, he fell to the ground and fell to the ground, or they were on the way to the stone room. to something else.

The red silk was spread out in the palm, and there was a map.

The moment he pulled out the red silk, Chun Jinran already had a premonition, but at this moment, he was calm.There is only infinite emotion left - the world is not only impermanent, sometimes, it is also very magical.

"What is this?" Bailang put down the penny and leaned over.When Chun Jinran pulled out the silk, he was already stupid. After all, it was the first time he saw someone pull out a handkerchief from his waist pendant, and he thought what a trick it was.

Pei Xiaoyi also sensed something was wrong, although he didn't get close, but kept his eyes fixed on this side.

Chun Jinran took a deep breath, and then exhaled slowly, before saying, "If I'm not wrong, this should be Chiyu."

White jade saffron silk, red silk reflecting red light.

If he had been willing to look at the waist pendant to the sunlight before, the secret might not be hidden long ago.

Bailang was so excited that he almost fell into the river: "Red, red, red?"

Pei Xiaoyi walked forward in a few quick steps, took the red silk and looked at it carefully, his eyes narrowed suddenly, and he slowly uttered four words: "Wuqi Daze."

Chun Jinran hurriedly snatched the red silk. Although he had expected it to be the map where Zhu Fanghe buried the secret books and treasures, he was excited for a moment and hadn't had time to identify it. Now that he took a closer look, it was the fog dwelling in the Daze. The direction of the mountains and rivers, the veins of the rivers, There are too many similarities with the topographic map of mountains and rivers drawn by Jing Wanchuan!

"It turns out that Jing Wanchuan wasn't completely lying," Chun Jinran pondered, "Chiyu's secret really lies in Wuqi Daze."

Xu Shi heard from hearsay that Xu Shi really found some kind of clue, but it may be that his knowledge is really limited, so Jing Wanchuan didn't really go looking for it, but based on these false and true news, he helped the Hang family make a real clue. Fake game.

Shocked by Chiyu's reappearance, Bailang finally figured out the ins and outs. At this time, he recognized that it was the jade pendant they found on the unnamed corpse in the Southwest Cave. Here, why is it broken to reveal the silk map inside, but the map of Wuqi Daze, the jade pendant engraved with Zhu characters, the red jade, and the map of Wuqi Daze appear in the red jade, all of these are logical. Connected.At this time, Chun Jinran suddenly said, "Jing Wanchuan didn't lie completely", which made him confused for the second time: "What did Jing Wanchuan lie about? Didn't he say that Chiyu was in Wuqi Daze? Proof, is it true?"

Chun Jinran was caught off guard by the question, she just patronized Chiyu's affairs, and forgot that she was an ignorant person.Jing Wanchuan must not talk about the layout of the Hang family, so all he can do right now is to change the subject: "Brother Bai, the two of us want to go to Wuqi Daze by water, can you help arrange it?"

With the map in his hand, Bailang naturally knew that his friend was going to go to the southwest again, but: "The place of fog habitat is extremely dangerous, last time a dozen of us almost died there, do you really want to go there?" ?”

Although it was to change the topic, Chun Jinran did not expect Bailang to cooperate so much: "You don't object to us being alone, but you are worried about our safety. It really is..." Surprised by Chiyu, the first reaction of a normal person should not be to divide and divide. Enjoy it!

But Bailang shook his head hastily: "You put your heart in your stomach, I won't tell anyone about this."

Chun Jinran felt hot in his heart, but he was still puzzled: "Even your master isn't going to tell?" It's rare for Chiyu to share such a big matter without asking for a seat, so helping to keep it a secret is absolutely invaluable. Everyone is going to keep their mouths shut?

It really is.

Bai Lang not only nodded, but even emphasized: "Especially Master, you must never tell. It is rare that the world is calm now, and all sects and sects are living their lives in peace. What's the use of it, it's better to enjoy a few days of happiness."

"What about you," Chun Jinran said sincerely, "Don't you want these?"

Bai Lang smiled and shook his head: "I want to hurry up and marry a wife and have a big fat boy."

Chun Jinran smiled, and suddenly understood that this is the Bailang he knew. He does not want to be alone in the world, but only wants to be safe and happy. To a certain extent, it would be nice for him to be a little brother fishing by the river, but in fact he doesn't need to be. Into the rivers and lakes.

People have their own aspirations, you can't force them, sometimes you force them but you can't get them, and if you don't ask them, they just fall into your hands.

Just like Chiyu to Qi Wanguan, he and Pei Xiaoyi, what they wanted most was the Lord Qi, but in the end they made a mistake and let them take advantage of it.But this time going to the southwest, treasure hunting and so on are secondary, and the main thing is to hide from Hangzhou bandits.If it is true as what Hang Mingzhe said, it is impossible for the Hang bandits to let them go so easily, and with the current power of the Hang family, there is no place for them to hide in the world.So leaving the Central Plains was a choice, and besides, Chiyu turned out to be born, isn't this God's will?

Half a day later, the bamboo raft docked at a pier, and Bailang asked them to wait there. About an hour and a half later, they brought a six-person medium-sized boat that could really ride the wind and waves. The boat had prepared dry food and two boatmen.

The boatman is a disciple of the Canglang Gang. He has been escorting cargo ships all year round. He has rich experience. Bailang found the local Canglang Gang's steward.This place is very far away from the Canglang Gang's headquarters, and the local stewards rarely have the chance to see Qiu Tianhai, let alone the disciples, a few times a year.Besides, Bailang only told the steward that two of his distant relatives were going to the southwest to collect medicinal materials, he didn't say much else, and the steward didn't ask much, let alone ran to Qiu Tianhai was gossiping, so from the root, the possibility of leaking secrets was minimized.

The wind blows the willows, and the sound of the waves bursts.

Under the boat, Bailang cupped his fists and said loudly, "Sincerely, Brother Pei, have a safe journey."

The two people on the boat didn't say thanks, they just said: "Brother Bai, we will meet later."

The rivers and lakes are so big that there are thousands of people.The rivers and lakes are so small that mountains and rivers always meet each other.

After January, southwest, Lizhai.

"Wuqi Daze?" Ava put down his wine bowl and shook his head in confusion, "I've never heard of it."

Chun Jin is embarrassing, the first stop after they return to the Southwest is to come to find their old friends, of course, if the old people can remember the old friendship, find someone who is familiar with the local terrain or simply go to battle and take them to follow the map, that is Better yet.But after three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, they finally found a chance to open their mouths, and the answer they got was indeed such that they couldn't love it.

"Don't be kidding me," Chun Jinran still tried to maintain a smile on his face, "this place is already in the Wuqi Land, and then you tell me that you have never heard of Wuqi Daze, if you have any difficulties, There is no way to help guide the way, just talk to us directly, it’s really unnecessary.”

Awa is straightforward, and stood up excitedly: "If you haven't heard of it, you haven't heard of it. If you know it but lie to you that you don't know, then who am I!"

Chun Jinran didn't seem to be evasive at first glance, but he really didn't know, and was also a little confused.

But Ava came back to it, and said with a puzzled look: "What did you just say this place is called? The Mist Habitat Realm?"

Chun Jinran was stunned, feeling something was wrong: "Isn't it?"

Ava's expression was confused: "We don't know what to call a land or a land. This place is a stockade, so it is called a stockade. If it is not a stockade, it is a forest, a wilderness, what you are talking about, the fog dwelling or something... It is likely that you Central Plains people started it yourself." Yes." Finally, after thinking about it, as if to affirm his words, he added, "You Central Plains people like to do these useless things."

Chun Jinran was embarrassed, knowing that this was a long-standing grievance accumulated over the years, so he hurriedly avoided this sensitive area, and asked a different way: "Then do you remember the river we asked you about last time we came?"

Awa thought for a while, then nodded, obviously remembering.

Chun Jinran immediately asked: "The lower reaches of that river lead into a cave, and after passing through the cave is the Wuqi Daze. Do you know if there is another way to get there?"

Ava frowned, really depressed.He obviously wanted to help his friend with enthusiasm, but he didn't know about his friends' problems one by one, which made him feel frustrated and embarrassed.

This is a tribal youth with a very simple and pure mind. Chun Jinran doesn’t know if all the locals are like this, but at least in Ava, he can’t see any hypocrisy, only sincerity and magnanimity, so the other party is depressed when asked , the person who asked the question also blamed himself.In the end, he had a heartbreak, took out the red silk and handed it over, and said bluntly, "It's the place marked on the map. Do you know how to get there other than by water?"

Jing Wanchuan's topographic map of mountains and rivers is detailed, but only waterways are marked.Of course, this is easy to understand. I just wanted to lead them into the cave, and it is impossible to draw a second path.As for the map on the red silk, it doesn't show you the road at all, it just outlines the mountains, rivers and rivers, and there is no jungle. Wuqi Daze said both.Then the cartographer drew a very random sign in a place intertwined with mountains and rivers. If you know it, this is where the treasure of the secret book is.

The road to the dark river cave must not be walked any further, so Chun Jinran asked Ava about it. He always felt that there must be other safer ways to get there.

Awa, who took the red silk, examined it carefully for a long time by the light of the fire, wishing to engrave every stroke on it into his mind.Finally, after the branches in the bonfire exploded with a moderate crackling sound, he suddenly realized: "Isn't this the Dragon Devouring Swamp!"

Chun Jin is embarrassed, the land boundary has no name, but the name of this swamp is rather literary, and it also eats dragons. He doubts that even Ava can write this word!

Seeming to see Chun Jinran's distrust, Ava quickly explained: "It's also the name you people from the Central Plains gave. You said that Long Fei would be swallowed up wherever he went, so he came up with such an awkward name."

"Has anyone from the Central Plains been there?" Chun Jinran's eyes widened in disbelief, "When?"

Awa was taken aback, and vaguely felt that this matter seemed to be more serious than he thought, so he quickly became serious, and said cautiously: "A hundred years ago, I can't tell the specifics, anyway, I heard what the older generation said. A hundred years ago, people from the Central Plains traveled thousands of miles to be buried here. They seemed to think that our Fengshui is good. Later, the people from the Central Plains left and left behind a lot of gold and silver treasures. They even carved a stone tablet, saying that it was done in the Central Plains. , In this way, the relationship can be...what the hell is going on?"

"Eternal existence?"

"Yes, this is it! Oh, can't you guys talk properly?"

Chun Jinran can't laugh or cry, the cultural difference is really not something that can be explained clearly in a few words.But it turned out that even the stone tablet was true, how much of what Jing Wanchuan said was true or false?

The stele was not in the stockade, but in the back mountain, where it was randomly thrown at the foot of the mountain like broken stones.According to Ava, if the elders hadn't blocked it, they would have smashed it long ago.Perhaps the wish was good when the monument was erected, but after a hundred years, only stones will remain forever, and they and the people of the Central Plains are in the same situation.

After finally finding the stele, the record on it is exactly the same as what Jing Wanchuan said, except for "Dragon Swallowing Marsh".These three words are clearly engraved on the stone tablet, but what Jing Wanchuan said from the beginning to the end is "the fog dwells in the Daze".Chun Jinran thought for a moment, and then understood——Jing Wanchuan didn't really find Zhu Fanghe's secret books and treasures, and I'm afraid he didn't want others to find them either. What red jade, he simply kept a hand, waiting for the future to grow.

"Ava, how can I get to this Dragon Devouring Swamp?"

"How do you want to go?"

"what?"

"You can walk through the woods, climb over the hills, walk on the avenue, or run on the path. The straight road is short but difficult, and the detour is long but smooth. It's all up to you."

"..."

Chun Jinran had the illusion that he was not looking for the way but ordering food in a restaurant.

The author has something to say: The next chapter will be the finale, which will be three years later~~ And we are detectives, right~so, friends, have a mental preparation, everyone will be happy to meet tomorrow, let's HE roar~~~