guile fairy

Chapter 50 Beauty Snake

The old man seemed not to notice their little moves and continued to ask with interest: "Do you know what the ancient southwest is most famous for?"

Both of them shook their heads, obviously not understanding Gu Southwest.

The old man shook his head and sighed: "The most famous thing in the ancient southwest is the beauty snake. It is a rare beauty. Legend has it that if you just take a look at it, your life will be worth it."

Fu Zhaozhao: "Is there any benefit from taking a look?"

The old man glanced at her and smiled, a smile with a somewhat unclear meaning.

"There are benefits, but they are not for you, but for men." At this point, he winked at Qi Guanshan.

All three people understood immediately.

Qi Guanshan coughed slightly and almost choked.

The old man laughed twice, and then continued to tell the story of the beautiful snake.

"If this mask of yours is real, it might have been peeled off the face of a beautiful snake. I don't know its specific purpose, but if I can find the place where it was unearthed, I might be able to figure out the mask's main purpose."

Qi Guanshan immediately asked: "Then do you know where this thing comes from?"

The old man played with the mask casually and put it down when he saw that there was nothing particularly interesting about it.

"I didn't know it before, but I did get some news in the past few days. There may be a tomb near a lake connected to the southwest. There may be burial objects related to the beauty snake in the tomb."

The old man took the last sip of tea, cleared his throat, and waved to the two of them.

"Although there is no big harvest tonight, you can still see things related to the beauty snake here, which is worth it. You two will have the opportunity to meet again in the future."

Then the old man put his hands behind his back and left slowly.

The two looked at each other's leaving figure. After a long moment of silence, Qi Guanshan broke the silence.

He gritted his teeth and said, "If it doesn't work out, let's find a chance to explore the tomb he mentioned!"

Fu Zhaozhao glanced at him: "What are you thinking? Tomb robbing is illegal." Then he asked: "You just said that the mask was made by Zhang Quan?!"

Qi Guanshan nodded: "What's wrong?"

Fu Zhaozhao frowned: "I remember Uncle Qi asked him to guard Kunlun Mountain. Why did he come back suddenly?"

Qi Guanshan: "I don't know about that. Not everyone can make this mask. I asked several people, and I happened to meet him. He said he could make it, so I gave it to him."

Speaking of this, Fu Zhaozhao suddenly remembered that Qi Guanshan's previous amnesia seemed to be related to Zhang Quan, and asked him how much he remembered related to the other party.

Qi Guanshan thought about it carefully, "I have remembered it intermittently during this period, but I didn't remember anything about him at all. It's probably not very important."

Fu Zhaozhao sighed, and then said: "Let's go."

"Where to go?!"

"Back in Midtown, I guess you've seen everyone involved with this mask."

Qi Guanshan still looked confused: "Who is it?"

"Zhang Quan!"

The two of them collected the empty stalls and headed back to Midu.

The floor where Zhang Quan lived was different from theirs, so Qi Guanshan still tried his best to find him.

Zhang Quan, who didn't know why he was looking for him, looked at the two people in front of him blankly.

"What...what's wrong? Is the mask not made to your liking?" he asked carefully. Qi Guanshan crossed his hands on his chest and said, "The mask is quite real, but there is one thing I don't quite understand." Then he pointed out the small flowers on the mask.

"I remember that the flower should not be included in the pattern I asked you to engrave."

Seeing that his little thoughts were exposed, Zhang Quan felt a little embarrassed.

Then he said sheepishly: "You have discovered this. In fact, this is a custom from my father's side. I learned how to make this kind of mask from him."

"In order to be different from other ordinary masks, a flower unique to my father's hometown will be carved on the side. I didn't react when I was making the mask, so I carved it on."

Zhang Quan thought at the time that the pattern was relatively small and would not be visible unless he looked carefully.

After being silent for a long time, Fu Zhaozhao asked, "Where is your father from?"

Zhang Quan: "It's in the southwest, but it shouldn't be called Southwest now, it's called Xin'an instead."

As he said that, he seemed to feel something was wrong, "Is there something wrong? If it doesn't work, I can make it again. It just wastes some time."

Fu Zhaozhao waved his hand: "It's nothing, it's not an important matter. By the way, didn't Uncle Qi ask you to help guard Kunlun Mountain? Why did you come back suddenly?"

Zhang Quan: "Other people were sent to the Kunlun Mountains. Master Qi said there were too many people and asked me to come back and rest for a while."

Fu Zhaozhao: "Then you should be free recently, right?"

Zhang Quan nodded: "Yes."

Hearing what he said, Qi Guanshan and Fu Zhaozhao looked at each other, and then said: "Since you are free, then come with us."

Zhang Quan: "Huh?"

Not long after, Zhang Quan, who looked confused, was carried out.

On the way, Zhang Quan finally knew where they were going this time. When he heard them talking about the beautiful snake, his expression seemed a little hard to explain.

Seeing him like this, Qi Guanshan guessed that the other party knew something about the Beauty Snake, so he asked him: "Do you know about the Beauty Snake?!"

Zhang Quan nodded with difficulty, but his expression was still very subtle, and said: "I know a little bit, I thought it was my father who told me to scare me before, but I didn't expect it to be true."

"What did you say?"

"When you didn't sleep when you were young, adults often said that if you didn't sleep, you would be captured by Grandma Wolf. Our situation was actually similar."

"But one thing is different. If we don't sleep here, we will be captured and made into a beauty snake. We will never see our parents again."

"If you say it this way, it will scare children more."

Obviously the other two people did not expect that they had just heard about this. Just when they were disappointed, Zhang Quan suddenly spoke about another thing.

"But speaking of it, I do remember that there seemed to be a tower in my father's hometown. The tower was built very high. It is said that a beautiful snake was once trapped inside."

When he said this, the other two people became interested.

Fu Zhaozhao asked: "Then do you still remember where the tower is?"

Zhang Quan nodded: "I still remember it, but I can't find it until I get to the place and look for it on the spot. I don't know where to start now."

Qi Guanshan nodded with satisfaction, and his expression became more kind when he looked at the other person. It was rare to praise someone.

"You are very good. If you get promoted, you can be transferred to my name and I will take care of you myself."

This was a rare good thing. Zhang Quan nodded with bright eyes, indicating that he would definitely live up to expectations.

(End of this chapter)