Jiapingguan Chronicle

Chapter 146 Desert Flower

"Haolin, you've learned badly, you never treated me like this!" Xue Ruitian expressed his dissatisfaction, "When did your mouth become so poisonous?"

"I've always been like this, it's just that you don't know it." Shen Haolin looked at Xia Jiu who was learning boxing from Jin Miaomiao and Hongye, "You, you should really take care of your brother, the county prince listens to you After that incident, I was sad all afternoon, and just now I was acting like a baby with Cha'er!"

"He's just looking for an opportunity to act like a spoiled child." Xue Ruitian rolled his eyes helplessly, "He's just a child, and children know what is sad or not, sad or not, and their emotions change very quickly. There is a gust of wind and a gust of rain, the front feet are unhappy, and the back feet are happy, there is no rule to follow!" He raised his chin, "Look, isn't this a good game? How can you tell that you are sad all afternoon?"

"Take a look at yourself. How can you look like someone else's brother? You don't care about your brother's feelings at all!" Shen Haolin curled his lips in disgust, seeing him drink up another bowl of wine, and advised, "Drink less, Maybe you'll have to carry the red leaves back later."

"One red leaf, one golden seedling, these two girls are addicted to alcohol, and they will die after seeing alcohol. You didn't see it, and the jar of wine was empty before the banquet. But..." Xue Ruitian mysteriously Smiling, "Don't worry, the two of them will never get drunk today!"

"So sure? Could it be that you did something in the wine?" Shen Cha narrowed his eyes, "Be careful when they find out, they will punish you severely!"

"Come anyway, Master Ben is afraid of the two little girls?" Xue Ruitian rubbed against Shen Haolin and Shen Cha, and said mysteriously, "Let's not talk about this, I have a very important question to ask you guys , Have you heard of the desert flower before?"

"Desert flower?" Shen Haolin shook his head slightly, "What is it? I have never heard of it."

"I know." Seeing that Shen Haolin and Xue Ruitian were all looking at him, Shen Cha lowered his voice and explained, "I heard from the master when I was young."

"Master? Master Huilan, Jin Miaomiao's master?"

"En!" Shen Cha nodded, "At that time, the master was afraid that I would be bored lying in bed, so he told me a lot about what he saw when he was young. When the master was young, he visited many places and saw many things. Anecdotes and anecdotes, this desert flower is one of the most mysterious."

"So, is this desert flower really a flower?" Shen Haolin rubbed his chin, "The kind that grows naturally?"

"Yes, it is that kind of flower. It is a unique flower in the northern desert. It is said to have a very magical power. There was a rumor that people who have desert flowers can see the people or things that they want to see most in their hearts. , but the legend is just a legend, and no one has really seen this kind of flower with magical power. When the master was young, he also had the idea of ​​looking for the desert flower, so he found an opportunity to go to the desert. When I was walking in the Northland desert, I met an old man and asked him about the rumors about this flower. The old man said that the desert flower is indeed real. In the deepest part of the desert, there is a huge In the ancient city, there is a small pond in the underground palace of the ancient city, and the desert flowers are planted in the pond. But the master searched for a long time, but couldn't find the location of this ancient city, so he had to give up." Shen Cha looked at Xue Ruitian, " Brother Xiaotian, how did you know about Desert Flower? How did you think of asking this?"

"When I went back at noon, I wanted to look for..." Xue Ruitian raised his eyebrows, "You know, I was looking for any clues that could prove some changes in the past, but I couldn't find any. Since that incident, Our exchanges are even less, and there is no other contact except for the annual ceremony. It's just... I found a map in my father's handbook, and the place drawn on it is very likely The ancient city that the master mentioned is because my father drew a flower on the ancient city. So, I have a bold guess..." Xue Ruitian approached Shen Haolin and Shen Cha, and said in a low voice, "Your father, I Dad, and the two sitting on the top, have they all been there?"

"They have been there? Why do you think so?" Shen Haolin frowned slightly, "Is there any hint about this in the old master's handbook?"

"I'm also not sure if it's a hint." Xue Ruitian picked up the wine cup, took a sip, and said, "On the page with this map, my father wrote a paragraph on it, which probably means that He uncovered a mystery that has troubled him for many, many years. Although this truth is very painful to him, the past has passed. What he has to do is to cherish the present and live a good life. And this passage is written in Three months before that incident happened, so..." Xue Ruitian sighed, "Although you have been persuading me to think in a better direction, but now..."

"You mean to say that Uncle Xue has always suspected that his aunt has a relationship with Prince Jin, but he has not found any conclusive evidence to prove it before. He accidentally found out about the existence of the Desert Flower, so he went to find the Desert Flower. Hua, learned the truth about this problem that has been troubling him. And this truth probably confirmed his guess, he was very painful and rational, and decided to abandon the past, ignore the past, and continue to live a loving life with his uncle and mother." Seeing Xue Ruitian nodding, Shen Cha turned his head to look at Qin Zheng and Yan Bo again, "Could it be something else?"

"Probably not." Xue Ruitian flatly denied, "The first few letters on this page and every subsequent page record content related to feelings. Otherwise, I would not believe that the truth he said is not consistent with the truth. Mother has something to do with it. Do you say... I am my father's son?"

"Nonsense, you look so much like the old Hou Ye, how could you not be his son?" Shen Cha rolled his eyes, "Thinking too much!"

"Cha'er is right, you just think too much, and this is your biggest problem. Since Cha'er said that this thing is real, let's go find it." Shen Haolin patted Xue Ruitian and comforted, "But before we look for it, we have to do some homework. After all, none of us have ever been to the deepest part of the desert. We must be fully prepared. Otherwise..." Shen Haolin paused for a while, "Uncle Qin just said , the three of us are the backbone of Jiapingguan City, every move is related to the safety of the city, we must not act recklessly. Therefore, in the short term, it will not be possible."

"It doesn't matter when we go. After all, we have been waiting for so many years, so we are not afraid of this moment. Besides, I didn't put all my hopes on this little desert flower. Of course it's good to find it, but I can't find it." It doesn't matter." Xue Ruitian nodded, "I was just thinking, the two of them..." He looked at Qin Zheng and Yan Bo, "What role did they play in the past, whether it was the flower of the desert or the truth of the incident that year , should all be aware of it, but their choice is to keep silent, what is there to hide."

"If the contents recorded in the old master's handbook are all related to Aunt Xue's feelings... I can understand why they keep silent. Although they are good brothers, they can't get involved in the housework of good brothers. They are also not qualified to make irresponsible remarks, after all, they are bystanders, not part of the story. And the most important point..." Shen Haolin sighed, "You can't expose your family ugliness, understand?"

"Well, if you say that, I think it's understandable." Xue Ruitian curled his lips, "Going on, I have other discoveries. Besides the desert flower, there are other things in that ancient city. I found it on the map I found a mezzanine inside, and there was a picture inside. I looked carefully and guessed it was a treasure map. The place where the treasure is hidden is in the ancient city. However, I guess if they went, they should only find the desert Zhihua, the place where the treasure is hidden has not been found, or else..."

"Perhaps, they discovered the treasure map by accident after they came back from the ancient city. After they discovered it, they also wanted to go there again to see what secrets were hidden in this ancient city, but because of something that was delayed, they decided to go back It didn't work either."

"Brother, Brother Xiaotian, these are not the point." Shen Cha waved his hand, "We can throw aside the treasure and the desert flower. The most important thing is to find out where this ancient city is. We can't even find the ancient city." Now, what kind of desert flower, what kind of treasure, are all whimsical!" She stretched out her hand and patted Xue Ruitian's shoulder, "Keep a normal mind, brother Tian, ​​the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment!"

"I will!" Xue Ruitian nodded, "I believe in you too, you will never let me down!"

"What won't you be disappointed? The three of you are really good, but you will hide yourself!"

The three people who were very engaged in the chat raised their heads when they heard the voice, and saw Hongye and Jin Miaomiao walking over with wine glasses.

"Didn't you two have fun over there?" Xue Ruitian raised his eyebrows, "Why are you here?"

"Those boys are really rowdy and noisy. My head was blown out by them. Let's come over and wake up." Jin Miaomiao pulled Hongye and sat opposite Shen Cha and the others, "But, very Strange, why do I feel that the wine today is particularly strange? The two of us drank three jars, but there is no smell of wine at all, did your Majesty mix water in the wine?"

Shen Haolin and Shen Cha looked at Xue Ruitian who turned around and laughed at the same time, and shook their heads helplessly. It was not His Majesty who poured water into the wine, but this Lord Marquis.

Seeing the reaction of Shen Haolin and Shen Cha, Jin Miaomiao and Hongye instantly understood what was going on. The two put down the wine cups in their hands, picked up a cushion each, and threw it towards Xue Ruitian.

Seeing that the situation was wrong, Master Xue quickly leaned back to avoid the attack of the cushion. Before Hongye and Jin Miaomiao could make another move, he quickly jumped up from the ground and began to run around the house.Jin Miaomiao and Hongye didn't move too slowly, they carried the cushions and chased behind, and a fierce chase began.The group of people who were punching were immediately attracted by these three people, and clapped their hands to cheer Jin Miaomiao and Hongye, and some even took the opportunity to trip Xue Ruitian and set up obstacles for Xue Ruitian.

"Boring!" Shen Haolin shook his head, "Childish!"

Shen Cha smiled and nodded in agreement, seeing that everyone's attention was attracted by Master Xue, she winked at Ying Wu.

"Boss!" Ying Wu quickly ran to Shen Cha's side, "What are your orders?"

"Come here with your ear!" Shen Cha whispered a few words next to Ying Wu's ear, "Search quietly, don't be found out!"

"Yes!"

(End of this chapter)