The Shadow Guard Chengdi

In the windy and snowy morning, the voice on the phone was colder than the whole bleak winter.

"...You guys, have you opened the coffin for an autopsy?"

Xie Jing's reaction was very different from what Qi Han expected.His tone was as tight as a string, and if he pressed it a little, he would either cut other people's fingers or break his own nerves.So the little excitement in Qi Han's heart fluttered away like a shivering bird on the treetops that was frozen by the cold wind.There was only a little panic left, and I didn't quite understand what went wrong.

Thinking about the words, Qi Han said carefully: "No, the research team was urgently established last night. The research equipment has not yet been in place, and the coffin is well preserved and no one has touched it."

"Qi Han, don't let them open the coffin." The air conditioner was clearly turned on in the room, but Xie Jing's hands and feet were cold.

As long as he thought about what happened after the coffin was opened, his heart seemed to be filled with pale snow, and his blood vessels were filled with piercing ice balls.

Even if he died, Xie Jing had never been so helpless.

"...I beg you."

He forgot how he made an appointment with Xie Jing, and also forgot what Xie Jing said later.Qi Han stared at the interface on the phone screen, he admitted that he approached Xie Jing every step of the way, but until now, he felt a kind of daze beyond his pre-control.

He wanted Xie Jing to be happy, not for him to beg him.

Distressed and sad.

Letting out a long breath, first inform Secretary Henry not to deliver research equipment for the expedition team for the time being.The history of Emperor Jin Ming was a big surprise. Emperor Jin Ming reigned for a short time, and his method of enthronement was not honorable.Immediately afterwards, he called Professor Cai and stopped all inspection work before he rushed over, otherwise the Qi family would withdraw the investment immediately.

Packing luggage, booking air tickets, and just handing over company matters when arriving at the airport.

He thought he was fast enough, but Xie Jing seemed to have been waiting for a long time.

At the airport where people come and go, Qi Han saw Xie Jing at a glance.His young man stood in the lively crowd, but he looked so abrupt that he was not from this world, like a long-dried blood stain on a pale paper.

The snowflakes falling one after another are like holding white flames, burning Xie Jing's anxious heart.The flight was delayed every minute and every second. Xie Jing sat on the chair with his forehead propped up. Qi Han couldn't see his expression, but felt distressed for no reason. He wanted to press him into his arms and cover his heart to protect him, but he was afraid of offending His sanity and pride.

In the end, he patted Xie Jing's shoulder lightly, got up and went to the airport restaurant to buy him porridge in a cup.

Fortunately, the snow did not fall heavily.When Qi Han came back with the porridge, the snow had stopped, and Xie Jing was talking on the phone with Ye Feina.

"...Mom, I'll explain to you when I get back, I'm a little busy right now." Xie Jingwei raised his head and leaned on the back of the chair, Qi Han sat down beside him, looking at the tired eyes of the person in front of him through an invisible wall .

"Well, I'm with Qi Han... Luggage..." Hearing Ye Feina mention it, Xie Jing remembered that he hadn't packed anything at all. After hanging up the phone, he took his wallet and rushed out. in the wallet.

Qi Han said: "Tell Auntie, I'll bring the luggage."

There was a slight smile on Xie Jing's lips, and he silently said 'thank you' to Qi Han, Xie Jing said: "Don't worry, Qi Han is ready."

In Feiyun County, S Province, Professor Cai is waiting there.The mausoleum is located on the outskirts of Feiyun County, close to Feiyun Pass. The location is hidden and low-key, and the road is not easy to walk.

The state protects the imperial mausoleums, and development and excavation are prohibited.However, the mausoleum of Emperor Jinming was so simple that it didn't look like an imperial mausoleum at all. The expedition team thought it was just the tomb of some princes and princes. Everyone was dumbfounded when they saw the quadruple coffin symbolizing the emperor in the center of the main hall.

Why is the emperor so poor! ! !The most valuable thing in the entire tomb is almost the coffin board!

If there were no jade slips describing the life of Emperor Jin and Ming and the murals on the walls of the palace, they would not have believed that this was the resting place of Emperor Ming.No wonder they have searched for many years but found nothing. This mausoleum is completely unethical and does not follow the ancestral system. Whether it can be found depends on fate rather than logic.

The drowsy Xi Hui paved the way under his feet.

The long corridor of the underground palace is like a passage going back in time, making Xie Jing think that the end of the road is Da Jin.

The murals in the main hall all describe wars, the flames of war ignited from all directions, spears, halberds and chariots, stream arrows and broken flags, and blood merged into a long silent river.Xie Jing was no stranger to the faces of all the soldiers, they had vividly existed in front of his eyes, and he could name everyone on this wall.

There is no gold, silver and jade, no complicated decorations, only the glory of soldiers dotted with silent chills here.

Touching the heavy coffin almost devoutly, Xie Jing actually absorbed a trace of warmth from the cold coffin.

"Professor Cai, wait for me outside." Xie Jing's mood was not right, Qi Han always felt that he seemed to be rejecting the people around him, as if he wanted to sink himself into the depths of the cemetery.

"But……"

Without extra thoughts to deal with this stubborn old professor, Qi Han said lightly: "If you keep on dawdling, I don't know when the instrument will arrive."

Professor Cai: "...the air in the tomb is not good, so don't stay too long."

24 The portraits of the shadow guards stand silently and faithfully around the quadruple coffins.Qi Han slowly approached Xie Jing next to the coffin. He wondered if the atmosphere in the tomb was too oppressive. He always felt that Xie Jing standing next to the coffin in a protective posture was very dangerous, like a lone wolf defending his territory.

When passing through the portraits, Qi Han stopped, his eyes went back and forth between a portrait and Xie Jing, the doubts in his eyes accumulated deeper and deeper.

The emperor is good at reducing strokes, and he loves to sacrifice appearance for god. 24 portraits, but only a few strokes, but they retain their truest charm.Ying Qi's portrait is not like what Xie Jing said, it lacks the harshness and coldness of the previous life, and is more gentle and harmless.

"Like me?" Xie Jing didn't look at the portrait, and didn't care about Qi Han's reaction, he just stared at the coffin, and only wanted to stay by the coffin.

Qi Han thought for a while, chose the appropriate language, and said, "It doesn't look like it."

Xie Jing tilted his head and asked curiously, "What's not like it?"

Approaching Ying Qi's portrait.The person in the portrait also has peach blossom eyes, but his eyes are too cold.Qi Han has seen many people. The man in the portrait is smiling, but the artist obviously knows this man very well. The man in the painting looks like he is smiling, but there is no smile at all.It looks like the soft peach petals falling in early spring, but the edges of the petals are sharp blades.Extremely deceptive, yet ruthless.

"Too indifferent."

"...What?" It was the first time Xie Jing heard such a comment, and his hand touching the coffin stopped.

Qi Han was seriously observing the portrait, frowned in thought, and said: "Gentleness is just an appearance."

Nodding his head, Xie Jing said lightly: "Well, continue."

"Cold-blooded, elusive." Qi Han added.

Xie Jing stood beside the coffin with his hands behind his back, looking at the other portraits expressionlessly.

After analyzing the portraits, I admire the painter even more. His paintings are like a biography, vividly describing the character of the characters.Qi Han said: "Like a wolf, fierce but loyal. As long as he can get his approval, he will become the most loyal guardian. And..."

His eyes with a bit of deep meaning, like feathers condensed by the moonlight, brushed on Xie Jing's body.Qi Han said softly but firmly: "He is as charming as you."

Hearing this, Xie Jing stared at Qi Han and smiled.

In an instant, he and the person in the portrait seemed to overlap.The eyes seemed gentle and cold, and the lips seemed to have a fake real smile.

The distance between them is not too far, Qi Han can see his figure reflected in those peach blossom eyes, like the icy river surface in early spring, with cold spring water flowing below, his figure fell into the deep water, about to drown in the cold water In tenderness.

"Mr. Qi is very good at talking." Xie Jing said with a smile.

They stayed in the tomb for a long time.Xie Jing carefully read each mural, read all the jade slips, and finally stopped by the coffin again.

The four-layer coffin is for a single person depending on the size.

Xie Jing had come to a conclusion in his mind, he didn't know whether to breathe a sigh of relief or sigh secretly, it really is the master's style.

The coffin should be empty, and there may be other things in it, but it cannot be the body of the master.

The master once said that he would be buried in the same coffin with Princess Jiaoyang.The coffin in front of him was the size of a single person, and it was too narrow for two bodies.

The words on the jade slips in the tomb were not written by the official historian, they were so ugly that they could not be mistaken, they were his master's handwriting, which forced Mr. Jiang to copy imperial decrees and approval documents every day.Princess Jiaoyang commented on the love poems written by her master, and said simply and bluntly: "There is no time to read the poems, and I want to reject this person when I see the words."

What made Xie Jing more sure that there was no body in the coffin were the words on the jade slip.It probably means that the emperor will keep his word, but you have suffered a lot after following me, and I really don’t want you to continue to follow me in the wind and sun, so just stay here and cool off, don’t think it’s shabby, it’s really not good enough thief.

From the handwriting to the tone of voice, it is the master's style, he has arranged everything first.

Combining the clues in the tomb and the memories deep in his mind, Xie Jing has already guessed where the real tomb is.With a long sigh, he never knew what to say to his master, so he could only sigh.

Distressed and admired at the same time, from hesitation and hesitation to willingness to die for him.In the beginning, someone kept repeating to him that King Su is your life and your only master. He forgot when he started to regard him as his life from the bottom of his heart.

Ask the expedition team to borrow a motorcycle, the sky is as dark as ink, but the guesses in their hearts are like a morning star.Xie Jing straddled into the car and saw Qi Han standing beside the car with worried eyes, but he didn't say anything.

This person has been silently accompanying him today, helping him silently.He should thank him, without him, maybe there is no clue to find the master.

"You want to follow me?" Xie Jing said.

Qi Han nodded.

This land is very remote and uninhabited, of course Qi Han will be worried, but their relationship is not good enough for him to express his concern.

Qi Han's eyes were like his family's little golden retriever, who wanted to sit on his lap to watch TV but couldn't climb up because he was too fat, so he squatted at his feet and stared at him pitifully.

Besides Di, there was another person who wanted Xie Jing to sigh.

"Come up."

Hearing these words, Qi Han's eyes lit up, like the first star that appeared in the night.

Feiyun Pass is located in the north of Feiyun County, and has always been the northernmost part of the territory.After being reborn, Xie Jing never dared to come here, he couldn't imagine the mood when facing this checkpoint.

On the city wall on the right side of the closed door, he found the answer.

This closed gate is the real monument of the emperor, on which there is an epitaph inscribed by His Majesty the Prince himself.Even after countless years of washing, His Majesty's handwriting is still several times better than the master's.

Don't make us landless souls.

There is only one sentence that the emperor wants to say to future generations.

He actually chose to come back here to fulfill his previous promise.

"I am with you."

There is no name or surname on the stele, because there are too many people buried here.But what each person who buried the bones wanted to say has been engraved on the stele by the emperor.

Xie Jing knelt in front of this special stele, with thousands of words rushing in his heart, and when the words came to his lips, they only condensed into one voice: "Master..."

His eyes were suddenly blocked by a hand, and Qi Han's voice rang in his ears, with a little helplessness.

"Don't be sad." Qi Han said: "I want you to be happy, and I don't want you to be sad."

The eyelashes in the palm are like a small brush, touching the palm lightly makes the apex of the heart itchy.

"I'm very happy, Qi Han." Xie Jing said with a smile, "This is my happiest day."

Pulling down the palm covered in front of his eyes, it was cold at night, Qi Han's hand was very cold, Xie Jing covered this hand in his palm, and said: "You don't know how much I thank you."

"Really." Xie Jing's hand was very warm, holding his hand, the warmth flowed from the touching palms to all the limbs.Qi Han said lightly: "Then can I ask for something in return?"

"can."

"Tell me a secret about you." Qi Han said.

Let me know you, get close to you, not as if I were in two worlds with you.

Xie Jing tilted his head slightly and thought for a while, then said, "Okay."

While waiting intently for the answer, Xie Jing didn't speak, but just led him to a place and stood still.The wind seemed to blow from a long time ago, the surroundings were barren, and the night was as calm as water.

Xie Jing let go of his hand, took a few steps back, saw that Qi Han was about to step up to follow, and said: "Don't move, stand where you are. The secret you want is right under your feet."

He glanced at the ground under his feet suspiciously. There was nothing special about it, and there was still some white snow on the black and yellow soil.

"What's so special about where I'm standing?" Qi Han couldn't see anything special no matter how he looked.

Xie Jing couldn't tell him that this was where he died.

It was also winter and the weather was extremely cold.

So Xie Jing just stood quietly with Qi Han for a while, and lazily replied to Qi Han's questioning: "Enlighten yourself."

He's already told his biggest secret.

There was a "click".Xie Jing turned his head and saw Qi Han put down his phone.

"what are you doing……"

In the new picture in the album, he and Qi Han are standing side by side, Qi Han leans slightly towards him, and he still has a casual smile on his face.

When Qi Han took a selfie, he held his phone up high, and the ground under his feet was also photographed.

"I can't comprehend it for the time being." Qi Han took off the scarf and put it around Xie Jing's neck, "Take a picture first, then go back and realize it slowly."

Xie Jing wanted to say something, but when the words came to his lips, he sighed again. This helpless feeling of not knowing what to say seemed familiar.