What the hell is this
Qiu Yutong lay on the low bed by the window, lifted the tortoise shell, and observed it carefully against the sunlight.
The night before yesterday, he and Liu Bitao were driven into the dry well of Bailu Courtyard by Tu Wuwei of the Beihai Sword Sect, and happened to find this turtle shell. It wasn't until the next morning that he stepped on Liu Bitao's shoulders and climbed out, and then hung Liu Bitao out with a rope.
But after he came back, he pondered for several days, but he couldn't figure out what the tortoise shell was.
This tortoise shell is only half the size of a palm, fan-shaped, and is a small part of the entire tortoise shell.
The tortoise shell is black and shiny, and it seems that it has been carefully rubbed by many people over the long years, but the lines on it are still very clear. These zigzag lines are very complicated, apparently carved by people, and a Suzaku is also carved on the edge of the tortoise shell.
The aura of the tortoise shell was extremely weak, and it was wrapped in the dead aura of the corpse at the bottom of the well. No wonder no one found it. If it wasn't for the decay of the corpse into bones, which weakened the death aura, I'm afraid the third senior brother's "Spiritual Breath Talisman" specially used to track the breath of spirit beasts would not be able to find it.
Qiu Yutong muttered: "How could this kind of thing be in the belly of a little maid?"
He thought about it for a long time, but he still couldn't figure out why, so he simply stopped thinking about it. He put down the turtle shell, yawned, and was thinking about taking a nap, when a crisp sound came from outside the door.
"Arong, Arong! Look, what good things did I bring here?"
Qiu Yutong had a headache, and Liu Bitao walked into the main room happily, holding a small wine jug in his hand: "A Rong, you must have a good drink with me today."
Looking at this bouncing and beautiful boy, Qiu Yutong couldn't help twitching the corners of her mouth.
After he rescued Liu Bitao, the kid's attitude changed completely. From the previous picky nose and straight eyes, he now came to the door with food, drink and play every two days. It seemed that he had unilaterally regarded Qiu Yutong as a Brothers.
"Young Master Liu, you'd better keep drinking for yourself." Qiu Yutong said lazily.
"How many times have I said it, Arong, you can just call me Bitao, why are you so humble." Liu Bitao pursed her lips, rolled her eyes around, lowered her voice, and said mysteriously: "A few days ago , I found a good place in the palace, you must have never seen such a beautiful place. Let me show you, okay? Okay?"
Qiu Yutong couldn't resist him, and there was nothing wrong with her left and right, so she was half dragged and half dragged out of the door by him.
The two of them walked all the way to the northwest corner of Daning Palace, at first they could meet three or two eunuchs and maids, but gradually it became more and more secluded, almost no one was seen.
Qiu Yutong muttered more and more as she walked, this direction...is it possible
is that place
Isn't that place sealed off by Lu Xiao
Liu Bitao dragged Qiu Yutong along for a long time, and finally stopped under a tall vermillion wall. This high wall is more than two feet high, the wall skin is peeling off mottled, and the fluffy weeds at the base of the wall are half the height of a person.
Liu Bitao enthusiastically pushed aside a pile of withered grass, revealing a dog hole about a foot in size: "A Rong, look!"
Qiu Yutong: "..."
Liu Bitao smiled triumphantly: "How is it? Didn't expect that, did you? Are you surprised?"
Qiu Yutong rubbed her temples and sighed: "Young Master Liu... Bi Tao, the good place you mentioned is Qingshuang Yugui Garden?"
Liu Bitao blinked: "Yes. I heard that this Qingshuang Yugui Garden is extremely beautiful, and the snow praying platform inside is all piled up with large pieces of white marble. I have always wanted to go in and have a look, but it is a pity that His Majesty is enthroned. Afterwards, the garden was sealed off. Fortunately, I found this dog hole, hehe."
Qiu Yutong raised her head to look at the high palace wall, but she was a little moved.
After Lu Xiao put the old emperor under house arrest, he started construction work, and built this huge Qingshuang Yugui Garden and the tall snow praying platform in the garden.
At that time, he also asked Lu Xiao why he built this garden, but it was useless.
At that time, how did Lu Xiao answer
Lu Xiao smiled slightly: "Master, after I built this garden, I can pick the best sweet-scented osmanthus in autumn and make the best sweet-scented osmanthus cake in the world. As the prince of a country, I don't have too many hobbies, don't you?" Can't even this little wish be fulfilled?"
The most delicious sweet-scented osmanthus cake in the world... Qiu Yutong secretly swallowed hopelessly, and said lightly, "If you like it so much, it's fine."
Soon after, the garden was repaired.
At that time, it was late autumn, and the golden yellow and white sweet-scented osmanthus flowers hung all over the branches, shining like clouds and clouds, and the whole Daning Palace was shrouded in a deep fragrance.
It's a pity that before I got Lu Xiao's sweet-scented osmanthus cake, I flew up.
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Qiu Yutong was ecstatically thinking about the past, when her arm was suddenly shaken vigorously.
When he came back to his senses, Liu Bitao was staring at him with dissatisfaction: "Arong, why are you in a daze, let's go."
"Uh, how to get there?... Drilling into a dog hole?"
"What do you think?" Liu Bitao lay down on the stomach and burrowed into the dog's hole, "Arong, come in quickly! It's so big here! It smells so good!"
Qiu Yutong looked at the dog hole: "..."
Well, no one here knew him anyway. Besides, he did miss this garden a little bit.
As soon as you enter the garden, you will be greeted by the rich aroma of sweet-scented osmanthus.
At this time, the sun was setting and the warm crimson afterglow gently enveloped the whole garden.
The garden is already very dilapidated, with withered and yellow weeds reaching almost to the waist, but the osmanthus trees all over the garden are still very green, with large golden pink and white osmanthus dotted among them, with a faint fragrance floating.
"So beautiful..." Liu Bitao murmured.
Qiu Yutong also sighed very much: "Yes."
It was prettier before.
Liu Bitao suddenly took his hand and urged: "Come on, let's go to the Qixue Terrace!"
Qixue Terrace... Qiu Yutong was dragged forward before she recovered her senses.
The garden was so huge that the two of them ran for a long time before Liu Bitao stopped panting.
He raised his head and widened his eyes: "This is Qixue Terrace? It's so high!"
Qiu Yutong looked up at the huge building, and said softly: "Nine feet nine."
The huge high platform in front of me is all piled up of large pieces of white marble, the whole body is white and flawless, with a layer of soft light in the afterglow of the setting sun, it hardly looks like a human creation.
"My God, it's so beautiful. Let's go up and have a look." Liu Bitao came back to her senses, and led Qiu Yutong to the bottom of the high platform.
It's a pity that an iron chain as thick as a wrist locked the gate of Qixue Terrace.
Liu Bitao showed a disappointed look: "It's locked, you're stingy."
Qiu Yutong said lightly: "There is nothing to see up there, there is only a pavilion."
"You haven't been up there before, how do you know?" Liu Bitao muttered, while tugging on the iron chain vigorously, the iron chain naturally remained motionless.
Qiu Yutong raised her head, staring at the lonely high platform in a daze, without answering.
This snow praying platform was built by Lu Xiao according to his description.
At that time, he thought that he would not walk so fast and would stay in the human world for a long time. Maybe ten years, maybe twenty years, even fifty years, a hundred years... He has even made preparations to pray for rain and snow for the people on this high platform, and bless Chen Chao with good weather.
"Forget it, forget it, forget it if you can't go up." Liu Bitao was disappointed for a moment, but soon cheered up again, pulled Qiu Yutong, and sat down on a flat place nearby.
This flat ground is backed by the snow praying platform, and surrounded by a large area of dense osmanthus trees, which is very pleasant.
Liu Bitao took out the rice wine and side dishes from the bag, and said with a smile, "Since we can't go up, let's eat here, it's not bad."
The rice wine was really delicious. Qiu Yutong took a sip and exclaimed, "Not bad."
At this time, the sun is setting, and there are large expanses of crimson sunset glow in the sky, reflecting the long osmanthus forest, which is both gentle and lonely.
Liu Bitao drank the rice wine and looked at the sunset in the sky when she suddenly sang a song softly.
"South of the sky, north of the sea, Yuqin Destroyer under Shuo Xuecheng... Yuqin Destroyer, can't be chased, who is the former immortal now..."
Qiu Yutong was stunned: "What are you singing?"
Liu Bitao blinked her eyes: "Children's song, haven't you heard it? It was taught to me by my grandma when I was young, and everyone can sing it. This song is about things in the cultivation world, about immortals, Sing more if you have nothing to do, maybe you can get a little fairy air."
Qiu Yutong nodded: "I see."
The Chen Dynasty advocated self-cultivation, and all major families hoped that their children could join the best sect, even the royal family was no exception. It is not surprising that the common people compose some nursery rhymes based on the legends of the cultivation world.
"South of the sky, north of the sea, Yuqin Destroyer under Shuo Xuecheng... Yuqin Destroyer, can't be chased, who is the former immortal now..." Qiu Yutong followed Liu Bitao, humming a nursery rhyme softly.
In a trance, he seemed to have returned to that peaceful cultivation world.
"Arong, what do you mean by this song? It's about Tiannanhaibei, about Shuo Xuecheng, and about Yuqin..."
"The south of the sky refers to the Nanshan Temple, and the north of the sea refers to the Beihai Sword Sect." Qiu Yutong paused, and then said again, "The Yuqin Destroyer under the Shuo Xuecheng... refers to the Shuo Xuecheng, and the Yuqin sect." Qin Palace."
Liu Bitao's eyes widened: "Arong, you are so powerful, you know everything! Are these sects the sects of the cultivation world? Who is the immortal?"
"Nanshan Temple, Beihai Sword Sect, Shuo Xuecheng, and Yuqin Palace are also known as the four major sects in the cultivation world. Immortal Venerable should refer to Qingheng Immortal Venerable. He had the ability to penetrate the heavens and the earth, but for some reason, he fell in the secret realm of the blood prison, and the sword destroyed people." Qiu Yutong explained, "I don't know the details, I listened to the teacher... the elders said."
Liu Bitao looked at Qiu Yutong with admiration: "Arong, you know a lot. By the way, last time you flicked that old-fashioned sword, are you a child of a martial arts family? Then how did you get sold? Hook... that kind of place? Your swordsmanship is so good, what a pity."
Qiu Yutong really didn't know how to answer, so she had to avoid the important point and said lightly: "The way of swordsmanship is boundless. The trick I saved you that day..."
He stood up, casually broke off a thin osmanthus branch, and pushed it obliquely in the air. It was a force of four or two: "...it's called the shift of the stars."
Qiu Yutong drank two more glasses of rice wine, and was already a little tipsy at this time. After making two gestures, he couldn't help but let out a soft whistle, and turned around to dance the sword.
The sky gradually darkened, and the stars in the sky gradually brightened.
In the sweet-scented osmanthus forest where the night is like water, the white robes are twirling and fluttering, and the sword lights flicker, like stars falling from the sky, and like peach blossoms falling in late spring.
"Okay! Come like a thunderbolt and stop the wrath, and let it be like the river and sea condensing the light!" Liu Bitao didn't know swordsmanship, but he was a child of an aristocratic family, and he couldn't help applauding loudly when he saw the dazzled place.
Qiu Yutong danced vigorously, doing whatever she wanted, and came up with strange tricks one after another. These moves are all evolved from his self-created "Nine Questions Sword Art", which are more light and elegant, but less of the meaning of killing Xiao Se.
There is no way, this body is too weak to control the "Nine Questions of Sword Art", so I can only slightly change it, let's talk about it.
"Clang!!"
Suddenly, there was a crisp sound of the flagon shattering behind him, as if Liu Bitao had dropped the flagon in shock.
Then, it was Liu Bitao's stammering voice: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."
Before Qiu Yutong came back to his senses, a cold and slender hand had already firmly grasped his wrist.
The opponent's hand was so strong that it was like an iron hoop. Qiu Yutong could almost hear the rattling of the thin wrist bones. Under the severe pain, the five fingers involuntarily loosened slightly, and there was a soft "pa-cha", and the osmanthus branch fell to the ground.
Lu Xiao stared at him with a pair of dark eyes, and asked sharply: "Where did you learn this sword technique?!"