twin moon

Chapter 40, Scene [-] Unexpected Part Three

The orange-red fire illuminated the night sky, and the fire quickly spread to dozens of shops in several nearby streets and alleys.After a while, horns were heard from the Fire Watch Tower in the city, and the Red Ling Guards who were responsible for the security of Nanshi also appeared in a team on Zitong Street and joined the crowd fighting the fire.

However, the two teenagers outside the pawnshop had no time to pay attention to the chaos in front of them.Jiang Yan knew that if there were no accidents, Ning Yue would never run around alone again.However, when he looked around, he could only see noisy crowds moving around.

"Isn't this the little white fox raised by Ning Yue?"

Qi Ziyin suddenly patted Liushenwuzhu's companion beside him, and stretched out his hand to point a few steps away.Looking in the direction indicated by the other party, the black-eyed boy immediately saw a group of white fur balls dodging in panic between the footsteps of the crowd.

Jiang Yan pushed aside the crowd around the hairball with all his strength, and hugged the white fox in his arms.The little beast recognized the young man, curled up its long tail, but seemed to be terrified, trembling all over, but still tried its best to pull the long tassels on his brocade robe with its pointed mouth, making a low sound sobbing.

The young man realized that the little white fox might want to lead him to find Ning Yue, so he immediately passed through the crowd and put it on the open space, squatted down and said in a low voice:

"Xue Ling, if you know where Yue'er has gone, take us to find her now!"

The white fox seemed to understand human language, and immediately twitched its nose to sniff, then jumped and rushed towards a narrow alley by the side of the street.Jiang Yan and Qi Ziyin looked at each other, and followed without hesitation.

Following the ball of white pompoms, the two zigzagged forward in the city, unknowingly they went out of Jinshuimen, and plunged into a dense old forest in the east of the city.Going forward for about four miles, the two teenagers who had already deviated from the official path suddenly saw a dilapidated old ancestral hall covered with moss and vines, which was almost dark green.

At that time, the twin moons were setting in the west, and there were occasional cries of night owls in the dark forest.After autumn, the air in the forest is cooler than that in the city, which makes people's hairs stand on end.There was an indescribably strange atmosphere near the dim ancestral hall.The little white fox didn't dare to go any further, but just clamped its big fluffy tail between its two hind legs, arched its back and curled up beside Jiang Yan's feet.

The black-eyed boy didn't expect that there would be such a large-scale but inaccessible ancestral hall hidden outside the city. He raised his hand to signal Qi Ziyin to pick up the white fox, while he continued to venture forward boldly.As soon as he walked around to the main entrance of the ancestral hall, he saw a light green color on the ground through the crack of the half-closed wooden door. It was the light gauze beanie Ning Yue was wearing today!

"Ziyin come here quickly, I found Yue'er!"

Jiang Yan buzzed in his head, and regardless of whether someone had set a trap in the ancestral hall, he kicked the door open—only the red-haired girl was tied hands and feet, and fell limply on the ground, with her forehead knocked. Broken skin.The blood oozing from the wound had just solidified.But the person who kidnapped her has disappeared.

The two frantically untied the girl and helped her up. Seeing that her chest was still heaving slightly, and it seemed that her life was not in danger, they breathed a sigh of relief.

The black-eyed boy let Ning Yue lean on his chest, and pressed hard on her cock with his thumb.After a while, the girl finally woke up slowly, but her face was full of horror, and she struggled like crazy.

"Don't be afraid, Yue'er, it's us, Ziyin and I!"

Under the comfort of her companion, the girl's slack eyes gathered again.The little white fox also obediently jumped from Qi Ziyin's arms to his master's shoulder, licking her cheek gently.After finally seeing the faces of the two companions clearly, Ning Yue finally couldn't bear the grievance in her heart, sobbing and crying on the spot:

"I thought I was going to die!"

"Yue'er, tell me first, who took you captive here?" Jiang Yan asked, stroking the other person's back, "Where did that person hide now, how could he take you alone? Was it left here?"

"I don't know where that person went." Ning Yue was just clutching her companion's cuff, as if she hadn't recovered from the shock, "Ziyin went to save you before, and asked me to go to the alley and wait for you to come out. Unexpectedly, a masked gangster came around from nowhere and captured me without saying a word. I desperately wanted to escape, and I bit him hard. The guy was annoyed and knocked me out past."

It was indeed the masked man in the pawnshop who kidnapped his companion!Jiang Yan guessed in his heart that the other party might just take Ning Yue as a hostage to help her escape.But no matter how he thought about it, he couldn't figure it out, since the masked man had already left the city, why did he take so much effort to bring the girl to such a remote place?However, it was absolutely impossible for the masked man to go too far at this time, so he wanted to find out the truth and instead searched in the ancestral hall, hoping to find some clues.

Half of this not-so-large ancestral hall has already collapsed. There are pagodas, square stone pillars and carved wooden beams on both sides of the entrance.Under the tiled surface of the hard mountain top, which is more than two feet high, there is only one clay sculpture of a general that has long been dilapidated, but still exudes some awe-inspiring majesty, and there is nowhere to hide people.

The young man raised his head, carefully distinguishing the regular script Yangwen stone plaque hanging on the beam in the middle of the ancestral hall, and murmured: "Shang-general-jun... the public temple? Why is this general's surname deliberately Scrape off?"

"It's probably to avoid taboo. I just didn't expect that such a place really existed outside the city?!" Qi Ziyin stared at the stone plaque above his head, but seemed to remember something.

"Ziyin, do you know the origin of this ancestral hall? Why don't you tell me about it—the other party will never think that we can chase all the way here, so he will carelessly leave Yue'er behind."

"But shouldn't the matter of arresting the robbers be handed over to Ting Weisi? There are so many bandits and bandits outside the city, if the masked man still has his accomplices, wouldn't it be very dangerous to stay? Why don't we go back to the city as soon as possible?" .” The young man in white heard his companion’s question, but shook his head hesitantly.

However, before the boy with black pupils could open his mouth this time, the girl shook her head first: "No, I can't leave now! That man took the short knife of Xiaoba, we have to find a way to get it back!"

Hearing this, the black-eyed boy couldn't help being surprised.Unexpectedly, his premonition came true so accurately, that masked man really came for Baipi!But what is so special about a mere dagger that would make people willing to kill people and set fire to it?
Seeing his companion's face change in an instant, the boy in white also realized the significance of the knife:
"About this general ancestral hall, I still heard from brother Zixiu. When I was a child, he always used these stories to scare me, so that I couldn't sleep all night - but when it comes to this ancestral hall, it should be as early as Ye It was built when the country was founded. The general on the plaque was also a loyal minister with outstanding military exploits. He commanded the most powerful army of the Ye Kingdom at that time, and even saved the life of my great ancestor Dehuan Duke Qi Sheng. "

"Even for such a prominent person, why is the ancestral hall so dilapidated and deserted? Could it be that this general has no heirs, and no one has come to worship him for thousands of years?" Jiang Yan couldn't help being surprised.

"To answer your question, I have to mention the most formidable place in this forest. It is said that just a few miles around this ancestral hall, deep underground, the general and his family, including three masters and servants, are buried. More than a hundred people, as well as the dead bones of tens of thousands of Ye Kingdom soldiers..."

Speaking of this, a gust of wind suddenly blew up among the dense woods, and the rustling sound was like countless ghosts moaning and crying in the dark.Qi Ziyin only felt a chill on his back, raised his eyes and glanced at the woods outside the ancestral hall, and then boldly continued:
"Thousands of years ago, the world was first settled, and rumors spread from somewhere that the general held an ancient map. After learning about this, the emperor Bai Jiangxi immediately sent a piece of imperial edict, which actually ordered Taizu De Duke Huan must send this picture to Yujing to seal it up within one month, otherwise he will send his troops south to meet Ye State with troops."

"Hey, what kind of map is it? How could the emperor make such a big move?" Jiang Yan smashed his tongue hard.

"It is said that this picture was left by the ancient ancestors. If you can understand the Xuanji on the picture, you can find the divine power of the ancestors that can change the color of the world and overthrow the country."

The white-clothed boy paused, "That's why the general said that the map is nonsense. However, Ting Weisi broke into the general's mansion and searched for the map while he was leading the troops on patrol. The crime of deceiving the emperor and disobedience has been confirmed. On the night when the map was found, all three hundred members of his family were thrown into prison."

"The divine power of the ancestors... I seem to have heard of it somewhere..." Jiang Yan stretched out his hand and rubbed his aching temple vigorously, "And then?"

"Until three days later, the general learned the news that his family had been arrested, and hurried back to the city with a thousand elites. However, he led an army of [-] in this forest, and the Taizu, who was waiting for work at ease, met. Duke Huan Thinking of the other party's contribution to the founding of the country, he planned to use his family as a hostage to try to persuade him to surrender. But the general still refused to submit, and killed nearly ten thousand people under Taizu's command with a thousand elite soldiers, and finally died here. Until his death, He still begged Taizu not to hand over the map. After all, divine power is beyond human control, and if this map falls into the hands of people with evil intentions, it will bring unpredictable disasters to the people and common people."

"What he said is not wrong. It seems that Duke De Huan really went too far. To please the emperor, he treated his best friend like this, and even killed him with his own hands!" Ning Yue, who was on the side, was also filled with righteous indignation stand up.

Qi Ziyin just shook his head helplessly:
"A man who is a king can't help himself. Back then, Ye Kingdom was single and weak. If he didn't hand over his plans, it would be treason. In addition, Bai Jiangxi gathered millions of princes and soldiers from all walks of life on the bank of Yugu Lake. If he rushed to war with him, Ye Kingdom There is absolutely no chance of winning. Afterwards, Duke Dehuan personally presented the map to Yujing. After returning to the court, he ordered people to melt down [-]% of the excellent weapons in Ye Kingdom and cast them into the big bell on the Bell and Drum Tower in the city. This finally earned Bai Jiangxi's trust, and laid the foundation for the prosperity of Ye Kingdom today. However, no one knows the truth of the past, and it is no longer important."

Ning Yue couldn't help but stare: "It's not important? Then what is important?"

The boy in white sighed and continued to explain: "

Although Duke Huan sacrificed his best friend, he saved thousands of people in the country of Ye from the disaster of war.After that day, it was Taizu who ordered people to bury the scattered bones here, and even built this ancestral hall specially for future generations to look up to.But he must never have imagined that today, this place would be regarded as an ominous place, completely forgotten in this forest, and no one would pay attention to it. "

Qi Ziyin's story is finally over.After Jiang Yan was silent for a long time, he sighed: "For his own beliefs, he did not hesitate to fight to the death, that general is really a hero!"

The young man in white also showed some regret on his face:

"Yes, it is said that the general died without resting his eyes. When he was carried down from the high mountain of corpses, although his body was full of feathered arrows, he was still standing with a knife, and his muscles were as firm as a rock. Refuse to fall."

"Standing with a knife and refusing to fall?!"

Jiang Yan suddenly recalled the scene when Xiang Baili entered the palace to choose weapons.Unexpectedly, the owner of Xiaotian on his back is actually the general whom his companions mentioned.And the indomitable hero who I always wanted to find out the origin of but couldn't find out, was buried under the ancestral hall in front of me!
The young man suddenly felt that something surged up in his heart, but the surge was indescribable.He involuntarily clenched Xiao Tianmo's long handle with his hand.It was as if the great soul from thousands of years ago was alive again with the help of the weapon in his hand.

However, when the three of them fell silent, the white fox in Ning Yue's arms raised its ears and rounded its eyes, and kept twitching its nose in the direction of the general's portrait.Immediately, the girl realized that the little beast seemed to have discovered something, and immediately stepped forward:

"Here—there seems to be a wind! It's coming from under this statue!"

Sure enough, gusts of air were blowing from under the base of the general's statue.It was hard to detect when the three of them were talking before, but once they quieted down now, the rustling sound could be heard very clearly.

Looking around, although there is a thick layer of dust on the ground of the entire ancestral hall, there is only a thin layer of dust on the statue of the general.The three children immediately realized that the statue in front of them could be moved, and immediately split up to search for a mechanism that might be hidden somewhere in the ancestral hall.

　Thank you for your attention to "Twin Moons", and hope that the wheat grown by the little raccoon can meet your appetite.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)