Commander's Destiny

Chapter 24
Bai Wuyan responded: "What you said is very possible, but there may not be any channel, maybe it is the self-circulation of mountain spring water. This autumn is getting stronger, the sky will be late, and the water is too cold, we still go first Let’s take a look at the village on the opposite side.”

Although Yao Jingli was also a little curious and wanted to prove her conjecture, but she was not good at swimming, and even if she was good at swimming, it would be inconvenient for a girl to go into the water, so she could only count on the other two.However, the situation is not very clear now, Bai Wuyan doesn't want to go into the water, and he can't continue to argue, so he can only follow him to the opposite village.

When everyone approached, they found that there were only ruins left on the peninsula, and there were no villages, let alone people.The thatched cottage in front of me has only mud walls, and I don’t know how many years of wind and rain have changed its shape.Walking into a brick and tile house, the eaves and tiles are incomplete, and the beams are rotten. It seems that another gust of wind will collapse. The house is covered with cobwebs and thick dust has accumulated.In some courtyards, only broken foundations and destroyed low walls can be discerned.Several people searched the entire dilapidated village, but they couldn't find anything written or painted, and they didn't know what year it was, or who lived here.

Just when everyone was at a loss, a brown weasel suddenly jumped out from behind the low wall.This weasel might be a cub, small in size but very flexible, he just looked at Bai Wuyan for a moment, then ran into the woods behind the village and disappeared from everyone's sight.

Just as Bai Wuyan picked up the white jade gourd, he suddenly encountered this spiritual animal and was awakened unexpectedly. He took a sip of his wine and said, "I don't think there will be anything discovered here, why don't we keep up with it?" It, maybe this thing can lead us a way."

Yao Jingli seemed to understand, and echoed, "Brother Bai, do you think that weasels usually build their lairs near the graves?"

"That's right, let's go, let's go to the forest behind the village and have a look." After saying that, Bai Wuyan put away the white jade gourd, and took the lead to chase after it.

Jiang Qianfeng and Yao Jingli trotted all the way, followed behind Bai Wuyan, and the group chased for a while, but they didn't see the shadow of the weasel, but found an altar-like platform built of white marble in front of a small mound.The high platform is very large, covering an area of ​​about [-] square meters. It is divided into two floors. The first floor is square. There is a spherical stone pillar at the four corners, and there is a stone pillar in the middle of every two stone pillars. There are steps where you can climb onto the stage.The second floor is built on top of the first floor and is circular. There is a gap at each of the four corners of the first floor, and there are steps to go up.It is impossible to verify what this high platform was used for before, but now there is only a stone tablet standing on it.The stone tablet is not in the middle of the high platform, but it is as tall as a person, and there are four large characters on it: "Monument of Duke Tao".

"Why is the sky round again, who is this Tao Gong?" Bai Wuyan thought in his heart, and asked secretly, before he knew it, he had already walked in front of the stone tablet.There is a line of small characters on the lower side of the front of the stele. It is already late at this time, so it is not very clear.He took the torch from Jiang Qianfeng, lit it, and took a closer look at the stele.The small characters and big characters are both from the official script of the pre-Qin period, and the nine characters written are "17 people from Taoyuan Village respect and stand".

Suddenly Jiang Qianfeng shouted: "Master Bai, there are many words on the back of this stele, come and see it."

Hearing this, Bai Wuyan hurried over, and saw that the back of the stele was engraved with running script from the Wei and Jin Dynasties. It seemed that it should be an epitaph, but it was named No.1, to the effect that he returned from an official position when he was young. When my family passed by Poyang Lake, I borrowed a fisherman's fishing boat for a night cruise on a whim. I lost my way on the way and was caught in a whirlpool when I was walking up the stream. I woke up the next day and strayed into Taoyuan Village.No outsider has ever entered Taoyuan Village, but everyone is still very enthusiastic about his visit by chance. After learning about his knowledge and personality, they taught him a lot of tricks in life and cultivation.After living here for a period of time, he still returned to his hometown and continued to be an official. However, during this period, he could not forget the cultivation life in Taoyuan Village in the valley, and finally came back, and continued to live and practice here with everyone. .

In addition to the main text, the whole inscription only has the word "Yuanliang" inscribed, but after reading it, everyone knows who this Tao Gong is.

Bai Wuyan closed his eyes, tried to feel the energy fluctuations around him, and then said to everyone: "It's getting late today, let's continue exploring tomorrow, it's better to go back to the tile-roofed houses in the village to rest .”

When Jiang Qianfeng heard that he wanted to go back, he couldn't help but think of the grilled fish that Bai Wuyan had promised before, and hurriedly urged: "Master Bai, you can't go against your bill, you said you wanted to catch a few fish and roast them for me to eat." .”

Yao Jingli smiled when she heard this, and echoed, "Brother Bai, don't forget to bake some for me too. I want to try Brother Bai's cooking too."

"Okay, okay, you two are indispensable, I will show you when I go back." Bai Wuyan thought that he must have done a lot of sins in his previous life, and he didn't know how much he owed them. Now he looks like these two little ghosts The duties of the head of the family, teachers and bodyguards are not over, and this adds another role of cook.

On the way back, Yao Jingli deliberately slowed down, leaned into the ear of the listless Bai Wuyan, and asked softly, "Brother Bai, did you find anything just now?"

"How do you know?" Bai Wuyan was shocked, he obviously didn't do anything, how did she notice it?
(End of this chapter)