Xixia dead book

Chapter 118 The Decisive Battle at the Peak of Helan (3)
Everyone jumped out of the car and watched carefully.An exquisite two-story wooden house, small and exquisite, is really beautiful against the backdrop of the mountains behind.

It was noon at this time, and as soon as Tang Feng entered the inn, he smelled the aroma of food.The proprietress at the counter was about 40 years old, a half-mature lady, and she was very enthusiastic when she saw Tang Feng and others: "Several, are you planning to go to the mountains to play?"

Han Jiang nodded: "Miss Boss, can you still stay here?"

"Yes, the second floor is full of guest rooms. Although our place is not big, we have four guest rooms."

"Well, we want all four rooms."

"Four rooms? Are you planning to stay here?" Tang Feng didn't expect Han Jiang to stay here.

The proprietress was taken aback when she heard the words, but she quickly put away her smiling face and said, "This gentleman is so loud! Five of you want to live in four rooms?"

"What? Can't you?"

"Yes, of course. But two rooms are already occupied."

"Oh?" Not only Han Jiang was surprised, but everyone was also surprised.This season is not the peak tourist season, and the small inn in the deep mountains has already been visited first.

Who could it be?Everyone started to think about it.

Just as Han Jiang wanted to continue asking, Tang Feng tugged at the skirt of his shirt, smiled and said to the proprietress, "Then we need the remaining two rooms."

So the proprietress took everyone up to the second floor, and around the stairs, there was a guest room in the east, west, south, and north.The proprietress pointed to the west and north guest rooms, "There are already people in those two rooms, so you can stay in these two rooms for a while." After speaking, she handed the key to Tang Feng and was about to go downstairs, and then she seemed to remember What, turned around and put his hips on his hips, and said like a jingle, "This shop serves all kinds of drinks, pasta and refreshments, and you can also order dishes, frying, cooking, and mountain delicacies. As long as there is something on the menu, we can do it. But you must keep in mind the opening time, 7:8 am to 12:1 am is the breakfast time, 6:7 noon to [-]:[-] pm is the lunch time, and [-]:[-] pm to [-]:[-] pm is the dinner time.

After finishing speaking, the proprietress swayed her fat buttocks and walked down the stairs.Tang Feng allocated a room, let Makarov and Yelena share one room, and he shared a room with Han Jiang and Xu Renyu.Walking into the guest room, Tang Feng found that the room was small but neat and well-arranged. When the window was opened, one could have a panoramic view of the mountain view.

As soon as Tang Feng put down his backpack, Han Jiang asked, "I wanted to ask the lady boss just now, why did you stop me?"

"You ask like that, you are so fierce, who wants to talk to you." Tang Feng replied.

"Then you go ask!"

"I still want to ask you, why do you suddenly want to stay here? It's still early, and even if it's dark, we didn't bring a tent. Could it be that you want to ask the proprietress about something?"

"Is this reason not enough? We don't know the exact location of the Black Vulture Temple. If we rush into the mountain, we may find nothing. Why don't we ask for information here first." Han Jiang explained his reason.

"But now that Stechkin has come to Helan Mountain, maybe our old opponent Stephen is also here, and we may not have much time left." Tang Feng said anxiously.

"Do they also know about Black Eagle Temple?"

"Don't forget what we said in Maqu." Tang Feng reminded Han Jiang.

"You still have doubts..." Han Jiang finished speaking halfway, but both of them obviously understood what the other meant. 2
After settling down, a group of people went downstairs to eat.After eating and drinking enough, Tang Feng didn't see the people from those two rooms come out.Xu Renyu, Makarov and Yelena went back to their room to rest after eating.

Han Jiang was hiding outside the house smoking, Tang Feng patted him: "What are you thinking?"

Han Jiang exhaled a big and round smoke ring: "I became interested in the people in those two rooms, and I was very interested."

Tang Feng pondered for a moment: "Maybe you are thinking too much, maybe he is here to climb the mountain."

Han Jiang stood up and patted Tang Feng: "You said I was fierce, this time you go out. Show more courtesy to the proprietress, and get something out of her mouth."

Tang Feng felt nauseated when he heard this, but he had no choice but to go out and talk to the proprietress.When the two returned to the lobby on the first floor, Tang Feng smiled apologetically. He first complimented the proprietress against his will, and then began to say what the proprietress said.

"At this time, is business good?"

The proprietress was so excited by Tang Feng's compliment, she answered Tang Feng's questions: "It is reasonable to say that it is not the peak tourist season, so the business should not be good, but maybe I am lucky this year, no, the small shop is full! "

"Who are the people living in those two guest rooms? Why didn't you see them come down for lunch?" Tang Feng asked again.

The proprietress glanced at the upstairs and said: "The room to the south is a young couple. It's like a honeymoon. I'm the one who brought their lunch there."

"Newlyweds and honeymoon? Come to climb a mountain?"

"I mean, their sweetness is like a honeymoon. I don't know if it's really a honeymoon..."

"What about the one on the east side?" Tang Feng interrupted the proprietress in time.

"The one on the east side lives in a man."

"On a?"

"Well, just alone."

"Are you also here to climb the mountain?"

"It looks like it. But that person doesn't talk much, and his face is gloomy, even more gloomy than that one." As she spoke, the proprietress pointed at Han Jiang next to her.

Han Jiang immediately rolled his eyes: "It's true that you can be shot lying down! You talk, I'm leaving."

Han Jiang said he was leaving, but he was actually squatting at the door of the house with his ears pricked up, not letting go of every word the proprietress said.

"What does that man look like?" Tang Feng asked again.

The proprietress thought for a while: "It's hard to say, neither tall nor short, neither fat nor thin, and there is nothing special about her appearance. She looks like she is in her forties."

"How many days has this person been here?"

"I've been here for a few days. This man is a weird person. After he came, he hid in the house and didn't want me to deliver food. He went out to climb the mountain for two hours every morning, and then he stayed in the house all the time when he came back. He didn't talk to me. say."

"Oh?" Tang Feng looked up in surprise at the stairs leading to the second floor.

"That person should be in the room right now." The proprietress added.

Tang Feng fell into deep thought.After a long time, I suddenly asked the proprietress again: "Is there any special person coming to your shop recently?"

"Special people?" The proprietress didn't understand what Tang Feng meant.

"For example, foreigners."

"Foreigners? Didn't two of you come here just now?"

"Besides that, is there anything else?"

The proprietress shook her head: "There are no foreigners in this remote village, and I don't see many foreigners a year."

Tang Feng breathed a sigh of relief, and remembered the most important thing before he asked, so he continued: "Ma'am, are you a local?"

"That's right. I grew up at the foot of Mount Helan, and now my husband and I live in this small inn." The proprietress' accent is indeed local.

"Then have you ever heard of a place called Heijiu Temple in Helan Mountain?"

"Black Eagle Temple? Is it a temple?"

When Tang Feng heard that there seemed to be hope, he hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, it is a temple."

The proprietress thought for a while: "I have lived here in Helan Mountain for decades, and I have never heard of a place called Heijiu Temple. There are not many temples in the area around here!"

When Tang Feng heard this, his heart immediately turned cold.But he still didn't give up, and then asked: "If you think about it again, that temple may no longer exist."

The proprietress shook her head blankly: "I really don't remember any Black Vulture Temple nearby. Why don't you ask someone else?"

Tang Feng was extremely disappointed.ask others?Is there anyone else here?Tang Feng asked her about the nearby roads again, and the proprietress enthusiastically gave him directions: "Pass past our store, and then go to the mountains, but there will be no people. At the foot of the mountain, even the dirt road in front of the door is gone. Here How can there be any temple?"

Tang Feng thanked the proprietress, but he was muttering in his heart: "Could it be that we went wrong from the beginning? Misha's notes are not wrong. From this point of view, the Black Eagle Temple has long since disappeared, so the locals also I don’t know about Black Eagle Temple.”

Tang Feng walked out of the inn thinking wildly, and when he met Han Jiang, he asked, "Did you hear everything?"

"Yes." Han Jiang nodded.

"It seems that we have a bad start. This Black Vulture Temple is really hard to find."

Han Jiang thought for a moment: "Don't worry about the Black Eagle Temple, I'm curious about the mysterious man in the east guest room."

"There are also couples in the south guest room, we should also observe."

"Yes, see if I can see these people during dinner. If they don't show up, I'll have to find a way." Han Jiang muttered to himself.

"What can you do?"

"You'll know then."

The two checked the surrounding situation again, but found nothing special.Soon, the sun was setting and it was time for dinner.

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Tang Feng and his party came to the lobby on the first floor early, and they found the largest long table to sit down.The incandescent lights in the lobby were dim, Tang Feng glanced at a small square table next to him, and then looked towards the stairs on the second floor.At this moment, there was a sound upstairs, the sound of the door opening and closing, followed by a series of footsteps, and after a while, two young people, a man and a woman, came down.

When the two saw Tang Feng and the others, they were a little surprised and hesitated.However, they quickly returned to normal. The girl smiled and said to the boy: "More and more people come to climb the mountain."

"Yeah, I thought nobody was coming this season!" said the boy.

The two sat down at the small square table, ordered a few dishes, and ate with gusto.On Tang Feng's side, the five people were expressionless and silent.In the end, it was Han Jiang who broke the silence and asked the boy, "Boys, are you here to climb the mountain too?"

"Yes! What about you?"

"We are also here to climb the mountain. This is our first time here. We want to ask you the way."

"What a coincidence, it's our first time here!"

Hearing that it was their first time here, Han Jiang had no choice but to cancel the question he was going to ask just now.

After everyone finished their meal, everyone else went back to the house. Tang Feng and Han Jiang were still sitting in the lobby, staring at the stairs. "It seems that the mysterious guest in the East Room will not show up tonight." Tang Feng said disappointedly.

"I have a way."

Tang Feng didn't understand what kind of medicine was sold in the Hanjiang gourd. The two sat in the lobby for a while, but there was no sign of anyone.Han Jiang was about to go back to the house, but Tang Feng caught a glimpse of a picture hanging on the wall of the hall. The picture was crumpled and yellow, and it looked old.Tang Feng was completely attracted by this picture.Han Jiang walked up to him in confusion, stared at the picture, and slowly read a few traditional Chinese characters beside the picture: "He... Lan... Shan... Zang... Treasure... Picture..."

"What is this?" Han Jiang looked at Tang Feng in confusion.

"A treasure map!" Tang Feng murmured.

"Hmph, there is actually a treasure map in this place? It's still hanging on the wall?" Han Jiang felt ridiculous.

"This is a fake treasure map!" After 2 minutes, Tang Feng made a judgment.

"fake?"

"Hmm!" Tang Feng pinched the yellowed treasure map on the wall and explained, "Although this kind of treasure map looks very similar, if you look closely at the things drawn on the map, there are still loopholes. There are a lot of things, especially this piece of paper reveals the treasure map."

"What's wrong with the paper? It looks old." Han Jiang couldn't see anything.

"This kind of paper was only produced in recent years. It was deliberately made old and pretended to be paper from the Republic of China period. It was impossible to make such paper in the Republic of China. Now this kind of fakes often appear in the antique market, so I said This piece of paper reveals the treasure map."

Tang Feng was explaining, when suddenly a voice came from behind: "Can you study a piece of paper for so long?"

The two were startled.Looking back, under the dim light, the landlady appeared quietly behind them at some point.

Seeing that they were interested in the treasure map on the wall, the proprietress pulled them to the counter, pointed to the other two yellowed papers on the wall behind the counter, and said, "If you are interested in the treasure map, I will There are more here."

Tang Feng was dizzy when he saw it. Those two photos were also fake, they were completely made out of old paper and pretended to be old objects. "Boss, with all due respect, these treasure maps of yours are all fakes. They are printed on modern paper, and then made old, pretending to be old objects from the Republic of China period."

Unexpectedly, after Tang Feng finished speaking, instead of being annoyed, the proprietress was happy with a "thud": "Nonsense, I didn't say it was true. Who has the real treasure map?"

"Then you are..."

"Isn't this to add some atmosphere to my shop?"

"Increase the atmosphere?" Tang Feng was puzzled.

The proprietress explained: "You don't know, there is a legend about the treasure map that has been passed down from the older generation in our area."

"Oh?" Both Tang Feng and Han Jiang became interested.

"I also heard what my grandfather said. It was said that during the period of the Republic of China, when warlords fought, a group of strong men robbed their homes and accumulated a large amount of gold, silver and jewels. Later, this group of strong men were taken away by the government, and the escaped robbers accumulated them. His gold, silver and jewels are hidden in Helan Mountain." The proprietress said with a nose and eyes.

"So you have the legend of the treasure map here?" Tang Feng asked.

"Well, as long as I can remember, there have been legends of treasure maps in our village, but I have never seen them. No, I opened this inn in the mountains. In order to attract more customers, I came up with such a Trick, put these fake treasure maps in the store to create a mysterious atmosphere."

"I can't tell, Madam Boss, you are quite business-minded!" Tang Feng laughed.

"That is, how about my small shop is full just after opening?" The proprietress was quite proud.

"The guests from the east room and the south room didn't come just for this treasure map, did they?" Han Jiang joked.

"The young couple in the south room is definitely not, but when the man in the east room first came, he stared at the treasure map on the wall for a long time, and asked me several questions. Just that time, I still talked to him I said a few words, and then I didn't say anything after that."

"What question did he ask you?" Han Jiang asked.

"He asked me where these treasure maps came from. I didn't tell the truth at first, and lied to him that they were handed down from my ancestors. But like this brother, he saw that these treasure maps were fake." Pointing to Tang Feng.

"It seems that this person still has some skills!" Han Jiang said.

"That's why I said he seems to be very interested in treasure maps," said the proprietress.

Treasure Map?East House guest?The doubts in Han Jiang's mind increased again.

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Just after the clock passed 10 o'clock in the evening, Xu Renyu was already snoring like thunder.Tang Feng was also a little tired, but at this moment, Han Jiang stabbed him, he didn't understand what he meant, and followed Han Jiang out of the room.It was pitch black in the lobby, and there was no light on the second floor.Han Jiang told Tang Feng in a low voice: "I'm going into the east room right now. If someone inside finds out, I'll pretend to be drunk and say that his door is unlocked. Go over there and get me out; if I'm inside Make two mouse calls, and you go in."

Tang Feng was a little confused: "How did you get in?"

Han Jiang took out another piece of wire: "It's still the old way."

Tang Feng fainted: "It seems that you are a habitual offender."

"A real man acts without regard to trifles." Han Jiang said solemnly.

After all, Han Jiang tiptoed to the door of the east room, and listened for a while with his ear pressed against the wooden door. There was no sound inside, and he began to tinker with his wire.Tang Feng sometimes thought it was amazing, just one click, less than two seconds, the door of the east room was opened by Han Jiang.

Han Jiang opened the door of the east room a crack, and slipped in.Tang Feng stared nervously at the east room, and 5 minutes later, there were two small mouse sounds from the east room.

Tang Feng was nervously getting ready to break in and get Han Jiang out, but he heard two small rat calls.He wondered, didn't the people in the house notice the intruding Han Jiang?Suspiciously, he slowly approached the wooden door, stretched out his hand and gently pushed the door open, for fear that the creaking of the door hinge would wake up the people in the room.

"As expected!" Han Jiang's firm voice startled Tang Feng.

Immediately afterwards, a beam of strong light from a flashlight hit Tang Feng, and Tang Feng exclaimed in a low voice: "You are crazy!"

Han Jiang came over and closed the door, then quickly scanned the room with a flashlight, and finally dropped the beam on the bed.Only then did Tang Feng realize that there was no one on the bed, and the entire room was empty!
"What's going on here?" Tang Feng was astonished.

"When you asked the proprietress about the situation in the house in the afternoon, I thought that the man might not be in the house."

"Oh why?"

(End of this chapter)