Otherworld Qin

Chapter 42 Chapter 47

After Shengxuan left, Cai'er walked down the stairs gently, came to the cemetery, and then took out a Gu worm from the Najie, carefully inspected it there, it took a long time for the Gu worm to finally react, then It was a kind of induction to her companions, the little princess put away the Gu worms excitedly and searched for traces nearby.

The entire soil in this area has been turned by Sheng Xuan, so she didn't find it after searching for a long time. Cai'er simply took out the gossamer blade and turned the whole surrounding soil. Finally, she saw a stone door exposed, so she put away the gossamer blade. Urging his thoughts to try to open the stone door.

This stone door probably weighs a thousand catties. Although Caier's mental power is outstanding, she still can't move such a heavy object at her young age, so she had to call the poisonous bees to help, and then opened the stone door with difficulty. There will be a foul smell, but what you smell is a faint fragrance. After lighting a torch, you walk down the steps carefully, and find that there is an extremely wide tomb inside, and the amount of witchcraft materials such as herbs is so amazing , I am afraid it can be worth half of the collection of the temple.

Cai'er walked around here carefully, and took notes of all the materials. Suddenly, a faint light leaked from a stone door attracted her. If she hadn't come in for a while, she would not have noticed it. She hurried over and pushed it lightly. The stone door was opened by hand, but there was no candle inside, but it was very bright. The soft light was emitted from the top of the tomb. After looking up for a long time, I found that there was a circle of night pearls inlaid on the round dome, each of which was the size of a plum. And each one is extremely round, and there is a huge jade coffin in the middle, which is actually carved from a whole piece of cold jade. There are a large number of vanilla around this jade coffin. The price is priceless, the little princess hesitated for a long time and then withdrew her hand, believing that Si Si's body must be stored inside, it's better not to disturb her, gently exit the secret room and close the stone door, let this secret accompany the Lich Let them rest in the ground together.

After exiting this tomb, Cai'er continued to search around, and soon found the entrance of another tomb. Here, only a light stone door was used to block the door, so Cai'er easily opened it, and suddenly a stench wafted into her nostrils, almost making her vomit. She came out, covered her nose and fled far away, but the smell lingered for a long time, so she had no choice but to go to the tomb, took out a few herbs and lit them, and threw them in. It must be painful to vomit blood.

Just like this, the door was opened for a whole day to let in the air, and the smell was barely bearable the next day. Then Cai'er walked in with a torch, but she was stunned just standing at the door. It was ten feet deep, and a strange oil lamp was lit inside. The door was closed at first, but the oil lamp was not extinguished. In the huge space with a radius of nearly one hundred feet, there were rows of huge wooden frames neatly placed. There are also various materials on it, but these materials are not like the previous ones. There are rows of human bodies and bones here, and there are also a large number of Gu insects of various types. Such a huge collection may be worth more than half of the temple. , It's really hard to imagine that one person can get such a scale, but it also filled the place with a terrifying atmosphere. Cai'er just took a brief look and couldn't help but rushed out.

When she came outside the tomb, Cai'er finally couldn't help vomiting, and it took a long time before she staggered back to the small building, but when she arrived at the small building, she began to hesitate, because the rotten smell all over her body was unbearable, so she had to Then I went to the earthen house to get some water to clean it. This time I entered the earthen house again and found out that the seemingly simple earthen house also hides a lot of mysteries. First of all, she found an underground secret room in the compartment. , there turned out to be a tidy bathroom, and water was slowly sprinkled in a dexterous stone-carved lotus on the wall, and the water was drained out along the small hole as soon as it reached the ground. It's warm, there is a hot spring here?This made her even more surprised. After walking out of the bathroom, she found another underground secret room in the bedroom, where a large amount of food and cloth were stored, as well as neatly stacked seasonal clothes, all of which were brand new but slightly moldy. The smell of food, and the food is no longer edible. It seems that this was prepared by the Lich back then, and after his body became weaker, he no longer had the energy to take care of it. I am afraid that he has not been here for at least two years. Alright.

Cai'er tidied up all these things briefly, then found a brand-new padded jacket and cut off a foot of the hem to use as a bathrobe, and then took a hot bath and felt better on her body. Putting on a cotton robe and returning to the small building, she opened the box that the Lich left her, and then slowly began to look through the witchcraft secrets inside. She was surprised when she looked through it. There are probably no less than thousands of secrets stored here. , so many kinds of witchcraft almost cover the entire Sanmiao witchcraft, except for a few special witchcraft that only have simple descriptions, the rest are actually real secrets, and most of them are written by the corpse witch himself, which makes her even more Shocked, it wasn't until this moment that she clearly realized how far there was between herself and the Lich. If the Lich was serious that day, the two of them would not even be able to resist a face-to-face meeting.

Afterwards, Cai'er transformed the earthen house into a testing ground for her research on Gu techniques. During the day, she studied all kinds of Gu insects and poisonous weeds, and at night, she returned to the small building to study the secrets. She went to the tomb to feed them, but such a day made her feel extremely fulfilled, and she also felt how important it was that she didn't leave easily at that time.

After Shengxuan left Caier, he finally quickened his pace and headed towards Lone Bamboo, only to realize that the location chosen by the Lich Witch was so ingenious. If you want to find a way, there is only a narrow string of rocks protruding from the cliff for people to pass through, so there is no need to worry about people coming in from this direction, and people who have passed in the direction I walked in before have probably changed. Became a Lich's favorite.

After finally climbing up the narrow rocky path, there is an abyss at the foot, and the constant wind blowing on the mountain is even more frightening. I believe it is impossible to pass without the skill of Shengxuan. This section of the path is finally difficult to climb. In the past, I was surprised to find that I had passed the canyon, and the mountain became much gentler. I believed that one day I would be able to enter Guzhu.

Yunshan City, the easternmost town of Guzhu, was originally a small mountain town with few people, but now it has become a large-scale border trade town. Goods from all over the world are gathered here for trading. The horses and livestock from Sanmiao, all kinds of herbs from Sanmiao, and all kinds of wood from Jingman, even Nanming’s cloth and silk are sold, and the price surprised Shengxuan even more. The price is more than ten times the price, he couldn't help but feel moved, if the Qin Gang's business is done here, it may be a profitable business, of course, the most here are some daily applications produced locally, Shengxuan is in this place full of The mountain city with all kinds of cries turned and turned, so many novel things appeared in front of him, which made him dazzled.

The most important thing for Shengxuan now is to change his clothes, because his weird leather robe that has no hair on his side always attracts curious eyes. Finally, he found a clothing store. Just about to buy the style, the boss made him stay there immediately with a word, "This dress is made of strong fabric and exquisite workmanship. This is the craftsmanship of our most famous tailor in Yunshan. The price is also very reasonable. It only costs fifty silver coins. Is the young brother optimistic about it? Then pay for it."

Seeing the weird look in the boss's eyes, Sheng Xuan knew that he was deliberately making things difficult for him, because at first glance, he looked like a penniless poor boy, how could he take out fifty silver coins?But Shengxuan's dilemma is how much are these fifty silver coins?Nanming always calculates currency by taels, he held his mouth helplessly and said in a slightly blunt Guzhu language, "I'm sorry boss, I didn't expect the things here to be so expensive." When he was about to turn around When he was leaving, the shopkeeper grabbed him, "Don't worry, young man, if you buy it sincerely, I can give you a cheaper price. It doesn't matter if you don't have any money with you, you can use your leather robe instead, oh , I mean, seeing that you only have this thing on your body, you can barely exchange some money, so I will take care of you if I suffer a little, how about it?"

Cheng Xuan couldn't help being a little strange when he heard this, but he immediately realized that the fur robe he was wearing was made of the fur of wild animals hunted in the depths of the Dead Spirit Mountain. After turning around, "Haha, boss, are you kidding me? Just want to change those few clothes of yours for my leather robe?" Brother, don’t worry, everything is negotiable, I’ll add another cotton cloak for you,” he said, pulling a cloak beside him and holding it in his hand, “Look at how well-made this cloak is, if it’s usually worth thirty silver coins If you can’t buy it, I’ll exchange that suit and this cloak with you.”

Chengxuan was really moved, after all, his tattered attire was indeed a bit shabby, now is not the time in Nanming where he had to pretend to be a beggar when fleeing from disaster, who would want to be looked down upon by his tattered clothes?But he glanced at the boss's eyes and immediately changed his mind, "It will be spring soon, I believe that if you can't sell this cotton cloak, you may have to keep it for a year before you can sell it, the boss's calculation is really subtle. The boss blushed immediately, but immediately went to the side to pick up a pair of calfskin boots. A gold coin, how about it?" He glanced at the boots, and to be honest, he really liked them, the shoes he had traveled a long distance to Lone Bamboo's feet were already rotten, and he just patched them up with animal skins indiscriminately, but he Still unwilling to give in easily, he couldn't help but easily say "Forget it, I'd better find a leather goods store nearby and change the money before coming back." Then he turned around and was about to go out.

This sentence obviously made the boss completely anxious, he almost rushed over and hugged Shengxuan, "brother, don't worry, we can discuss it, why don't you see that I use these things plus a gold coin to talk to you Change, how about it?" It's just that one more gold coin is added, although he doesn't know how much a gold coin is worth, but Chengxuan has already seen that the suit he was interested in earlier would probably cost five taels of silver in Nanming. And the pair of boots jumped to a gold coin. From this point of view, a gold coin should be ten taels of silver, so it is one tael of gold. Judging from the speed of the boss's price increase, this leather robe can be exchanged for at least six or seven gold coins. , otherwise the boss wouldn’t be so anxious, he couldn’t help but smile, “It’s just a gold coin? Then I’d better go to a leather goods store.” Just finished speaking, the boss gritted his teeth, “Add three more gold coins, no more. If the little brother thinks it’s not enough If you are satisfied, go to the leather goods store, I just like the pattern of the leather on your back, I believe that at this price, you may not be able to get it at the fur goods store."

Shengxuan knew that the other party was telling the truth. Maybe this leather robe could be worth ten gold coins, but he could only get five in exchange for going to a leather goods store, and he really needed this suit, but he still didn't want to let the boss buy it. Taking too much advantage of himself, he stretched out four fingers and shook, "Those clothes and four gold coins are my bottom line." The boss obviously looked embarrassed, "Brother, this is too much, how about I What do you think of a belt, two sets of underwear, or three gold coins."

"Deal." Hearing this sentence, the boss finally smiled, and hurriedly called the buddy to take him to the back to change clothes, while he rubbed the fur with bright eyes, it was a rare adult snow deer For the fur, Shengxuan chose the entire back part. Such a piece of fur should be worth twelve gold coins here, and the other parts should also sell for some money. This kind of business is still profitable.

After the two of them got what they needed, the boss happily sent Shengxuan out, and parted by shouting, "Brother, you are welcome to visit my small shop anytime, as long as you ask Boss Jia of the Four Seasons Clothing Store in Yunshan City I know." Sheng Xuan just raised his hand as an answer, and then continued to wander around Yunshan City.

Sure enough, people rely on clothes and horses rely on saddles. After changing their clothes, the bosses suddenly became enthusiastic. It was already noon, and Sheng Xuan felt hungry, so he started looking for restaurants. Although he still had a lot of dried meat and fruits on his body, However, after all the hard work, you have to taste the local delicacies to reward yourself when you come to Lone Bamboo.

Shengxuan was finally attracted by a scent and walked into a restaurant. There were probably dozens of tables up and down in a three-story restaurant, and now all the seats were full. Xiao Er looked him up and down before accompanying him. A smiling face greeted him, "Hey, is there a guest officer?" He nodded slightly, looked around, and saw that some of the diners were shaking off their cheeks, and some were punching and ordering the big bowls of wine. One knew that they were all traveling merchants who traveled all over the place, and they were the only ones who could eat with such grandeur.

Xiao Er continued to laugh along with him, "Now it's time for dinner, so the small shop is full. If the guest officer doesn't mind, there is a shared table at the window." Sheng Xuan was really hungry at this time, so he didn't care, so he said casually, "It's okay. Okay." Xiao Er immediately led him over happily, nodded and smiled at the guests who were eating at that table, the person looked up at Sheng Xuan and then nodded lightly, Xiao Er saw that there was no objection, and then Invite him to sit down, "What do you want to eat, guest officer?"

"What to eat?" Chengxuan couldn't help but feel a little bit troubled, because he came here for the first time, so he didn't know what to eat. He happened to see a few dishes in front of the opposite person, and said casually, "Just give me something like him." Let’s have some.” Xiaoer said bluntly, “Okay, would you like some drinks, sir?” Cheng Xuan thought to himself with a smile, let’s forget about the wine, even though he had drunk it before, but he didn’t see any good in it. Taste, besides, I was out alone, and my alcohol capacity was really average, so I waved my hand and said, "Forget about the wine, you just need to serve those dishes quickly."

Seeing Xiaoer quickly go to the back to report the food, he leaned on the table and began to enjoy the scenery outside. In fact, there was no good scenery to see. The mountain in the distance was just passed by him, and the crowd downstairs was more There are all kinds of things, this small Yunshan City is simply a small United Nations, gathering businessmen from all over the world, even shouting in various ways, but most of them still use Guzhu language.

While watching, Xiao Er has already run over with the dishes, "Guest officer, your dishes are all ready, please use it slowly." Looking at the four brightly colored dishes, Sheng Xuan hurriedly picked up the chopsticks,,,,,, but There were no chopsticks at all, and only then did he realize that those people were actually grabbing with their hands, or tearing up the big cakes in their hands and gobbling them with soup. In desperation, Shengxuan had to look at his hands, and simply put them in the clothing store just now. He had washed his hands, so he simply grabbed a piece of meat and stuffed it into his mouth. As soon as he put it in his mouth, he felt the gravy was smooth, but before he chewed it, his mouth suddenly seemed to be on fire. He hurriedly spit out the piece of meat When he came out, his whole mouth was numb at this time, and he shouted vaguely, "Bring water quickly." This scene caused a burst of laughter from around, "Boy, it's not so easy to taste this unique delicacy in Qiling, don't you Don’t you know that this Qiling delicacy is so spicy here?”

Hearing the words of the diners next to him, Sheng Xuan was really speechless, if he had known earlier, would he still be in such a mess?Fortunately, this is not Guzhu's diet, otherwise he would really have the heart to turn around and return to Nanming, he couldn't stand eating such spicy food every day.

Xiao Er brought a large bowl of cold water, and Sheng Xuan poured it in as soon as he raised his head, but he still felt that his mouth was not spicy enough, but it was much better than before. Now when he looked at the four dishes in front of him, he immediately felt that this was poison. He didn't dare to take another bite, Xiao Er couldn't help laughing beside him, seeing him like this, he couldn't help laughing and said, "Guest officer can try this, this is not spicy." Cheng Xuan looked at him, feeling He didn't know how to lie to himself, so he reached out and grabbed a piece, tasted it carefully, it turned out to be scrambled eggs, although it was not spicy but sweet, he swallowed it reluctantly, he was really speechless, he thought he could have a good taste of the food here, but he didn't It occurred to me that there was nothing I could eat.

Of course I’m not reconciled to just leaving like this, but I’m really not used to the food here, and the person on the other side who was hesitating said, “You don’t look like a local, could it be that you are from Nanming?” How can you recognize yourself with just one glance when you wear clothes?But he still nodded and said, "That's right." "No wonder you can't get used to the food here. Your Nanming's diet is mainly light, and these are too violent for you," the man who said this shouted at Xiaoer "Xiao Er, bring this young master a steak of Nanming taste, another plate of winter bamboo shoots, a soup of assorted mushrooms, and a dish of four seasons and eight treasures." Xiao Er looked at Shengxuan, meaning to ask if he agreed or not, Don't let anyone pay the bill after finishing eating, Shengxuan hurriedly said, "Just give me one as the elder brother said." Xiaoer happily moved the dishes in front of him aside, and then quickly ran to the back to report vegetable.

Since he helped him, of course Shengxuan wanted to express his gratitude, so he chatted with that person, and only after this conversation did he realize that this person in front of him is a big traveler, although he said it easily, but Shengxuan listened It turns out that he not only has big businesses in Guzhu, Qiling, and Qingqiu, but also in Sanmiao and Jingman. He rarely comes to this border town on weekdays, but this time he has some business to discuss, and He came here because of him. Hearing this, Shengxuan couldn't help but think in his heart. If such a talent could receive his Qin Gang, wouldn't it be even more powerful?But he didn't think that with his current strength, he might be annexed by others.

When the meal was over, Shengxuan took out a gold coin, but was stopped by the other party when he was about to pay the bill, "Little brother, you are welcome, this meal is considered a big brother's treat, but don't rush to leave after eating, sit down with me and have a cup of tea. "Speaking and calling Xiaoer to serve tea, Xiaoer hurriedly brought a pot of hot tea, and the two continued to chat while drinking tea, "Little brother, I think you are from Nanming, I don't know what is the situation there now?" "Hearing this, Shengxuan couldn't help being taken aback, but he just ate someone else's meal, and now he is drinking someone else's tea, so he couldn't even report his name, so he said politely, "Don't blame me for not reporting my family just now, brother, I My name is Ye Shengxuan, and I came here because I caused some trouble in Nanming, as for the situation, I don’t know which aspect the elder brother is asking about?” The man shook his hand slightly, and smiled slightly, “Since you came out for refuge, I don’t think you have gone anywhere yet. Well, how about doing something here for me? I just want to expand the business in Nanming, and I lack people like you around me. I think it should not be difficult to solve it with our chamber of commerce taking care of you."

Is there really such a good thing in the world?This is like walking on the street and suddenly picking up a gold ingot. If Shengxuan didn't cause too much trouble, I'm afraid he would really agree, but why does the other party believe in him so much?Is it really intuitive?
Cheng Xuan smiled slightly, "Brother's words really moved me, but the trouble I caused in Nanming was not ordinary, I'm afraid I haven't dared to show up there in the past few years, so I really can't help my brother. "The man immediately became interested when he heard it, and couldn't help but sit up for a long time, and leaned against the table, "Oh? I'm very interested in what you said. I don't know what kind of trouble the little brother caused?" Shengxuan asked four He looked down, but didn't speak, the man smiled, "You can talk whatever you want here, even if you kill the emperor, no one will trouble you, unless you robbed the shops here, then I'm afraid it will be a big trouble. "

Hearing the assassination of the emperor, Sheng Xuan almost threw the tea bowl on the table, but immediately calmed down, and the man saw his reaction with a faint smile on his face, and then continued to drink tea, Cheng Xuan thought the other party was not paying attention Only then can I rest assured, thinking carefully about what the person said just now, it seems that robbing shops in this small mountain city is more troublesome than assassinating the emperor, Cheng Xuan couldn't help laughing, "Since the elder brother said so, then I will tell you the truth. Nanming killed a few corrupt officials, and now the whole country is arresting me, this trouble is not small." Who knows that the man couldn't help laughing and slapped the table with his hand, "Okay, you really are a heroic boy, I like you like this If you dare to do something, since you are fleeing, you must have nowhere to go. If you don’t mind, how about following me?" The little trouble is in Nanming, here is Lonely Bamboo, not to mention that my brothers have never been involved in a lawsuit in their hometown?" As he spoke, he waved his hand to the side, and those people nodded one after another, and it was only at this time that Shengxuan knew that he dared to feel sorry for the whole place. Almost all the people on the first floor were subordinates of this person, so he didn't know what kind of person he was. It aroused his curiosity and aroused his arrogance, so he simply said, "Okay, I will follow my elder brother's wishes."

(End of this chapter)