Kyushu · Endless Nagato

Chapter 51 False (3)
No matter what, now everyone finally has time to digest their own concerns.Although He Luo has always been wary of humans, they are friendly enough to Bai Qianyun's friends.Xue Huaiqing seems to be very suitable for associating with Heluo, a straightforward race. She quickly got along with several Heluo pharmacists, and began to learn some simple nouns while following them in the underground veins to find possible pharmacists. Medicinal plants and minerals.Although there are many barriers in language, their common knowledge allows them to communicate smoothly. An elder named Shikui Adi—called "Su Xing" in the Luo language—is especially fond of her. Plus, the old and the young often stay in the underground mine for a whole day.

An Xingmian simply put aside all her troubles and began to learn the Luo language with Heluo as her teacher.He was originally talented, so he quickly skipped the entry stage and was able to use some more complicated dialogues.He seemed to want to immerse himself in a certain state, so that he could temporarily forget all the unpleasant things.

But at night, his sleep began to become restless.As the name suggests, An Xingmian is a very sleepy guy. He starts to feel sleepy before his head touches the pillow, and he can fall asleep immediately after lying down.But now, he can't fall asleep all the time, is always haunted by all kinds of strange dreams, and often wakes up suddenly after the nightmare, and finds that he is sweating profusely, and the sheets and quilt are sweaty.

He began to think that this was probably due to the restlessness after his belief in Nagato was shattered.But slowly, he felt that it didn't look like it, because if it was really a disillusionment of faith, it should be a kind of complete sinking and giving up, instead of always having some... vague uneasiness like now.

He has been trying to catch the source of this uneasiness, trying to figure out where it comes from, but he still can't get it.But if he wanted to completely let go, he couldn't do it at all. The feeling of "something seems wrong but I just can't find it" was like a cat's paw scratching his heart, which made him very uncomfortable.

Just when An Xingmian was trying to find out where the uneasiness came from, a piece of exciting news came to him: Tang He and Bai Qianyun finally woke up one after the other.After several months of deep sleep, the effects of the Gu poison passed, and the two finally regained their sanity.Of course, his body is still very weak, so he can only stay in bed temporarily and be taken care of by someone arranged by Li Fuchuan.

Although Tang He woke up first, it was inconvenient for him to visit Tang He at this time, so he could only go to see Bai Qianyun first.Although Bai Qianyun still looked sluggish, when he saw An Xingmian coming in, he was refreshed and punched him hard.

"I was turned into a living dead because of you, so I have to beat you up!" Bai Qianyun laughed and cursed.

An Xingmian's body was not strong, but Bai Qianyun hardly felt any pain from this punch, which showed that the opponent's strength was far from recovered.He felt sore, but with a pained expression on his face, he sat down by the bed, briefly told the story of the burning of Qianyun Hall, and also told the secret of the crypt, and finally said: "Brother Bai , I am really sorry for you, Qian Yuntang for me..."

"What is my brother talking about?" Bai Qianyun waved his hand nonchalantly, "You think I opened Qianyuntang just to make money? In fact, I want to win my breath and do something big. Now brother, you can actually provoke the emperor, That's really a big deal, even if I'm buried right away, I'll feel radiant when I think about it."

The more generous and heroic Bai Qianyun was, the more uncomfortable An Xingmian felt. Instead, Bai Qianyun turned around to comfort him, asking him not to be too obsessed with Nagato and Zhang Haoge: "I've always felt that Nagato and Zhang Haoge are suffering. There is no point in repairing. If Nagato has nothing to do, it’s okay, why do you need to tie yourself up with something like belief? Besides, even if Kyushu is really going to be destroyed, it’s not known when it will happen , Maybe I won’t see it in seventeen or eighteen lifetimes. Even if it’s really imminent, it’s not too bad to live a better life now, wouldn’t it be better to relax?”

An Xingmian was speechless, so she could only change the topic and told Bai Qianyun about her experience in the Illusion Forest a few days ago, especially exaggerating the battle between the corpse dancers.Hearing that the latter was amazed and envious.Seeing that he was still very tired, An Xingmian didn't stay any longer, told him to take a good rest, and left his room.As soon as the door was closed, a maid came to him: "Miss Tang, please go over."

An Xingmian was stunned, and unconsciously wanted to escape, but in the end she followed the maid.He knocked on the door anxiously, and Tang He's voice didn't sound sad: "Come in."

He went in.Tang He was leaning on the bed, holding a bowl of soup with a strong bitter taste in his hand, frowning and sipping.After An Xingmian entered the room, she put down the medicine bowl and smiled softly: "You are thinner than before, be careful not to be blown away by the wind."

An Xingmian still dragged a stone bench cautiously and sat down, and found that He Luo's stone bench was surprisingly short, it was more like squatting than sitting.He simply stood up: "When I saw Brother Bai just now, the first thing I said was sorry. Now I really hope that I don't have to say such a thing to you, but unfortunately, I still have to say that."

Tang He shook his head: "You don't have to say that. You can't stop my brother. He looks amiable and easy to talk, but once he makes up his mind, he won't be able to pull back a hundred cows. Sit down, here I'll tell you the details."

She patted the edge of the bed.An Xingmian was not used to such a gentle and kind Tang He, he hesitated for a moment, carefully sat down next to the bed, and told the ins and outs of Zhang Haoge's death.After Tang He listened quietly, tears slowly welled up.

"This is him, and this is what he will do," Tang He said in a low voice. "Perhaps it is not a good thing for people to be too persistent. The long door monk has practiced for a lifetime, but there is still no way to pass through that door."

She slowly wiped away her tears, and raised her eyes to look at An Xingmian: "So you must not follow his old path. I would rather never be a long monk from now on, than be trapped in this quagmire of people's hearts and cannot extricate myself. I have already Without him, you are the only family member left in this world."

She gently leaned her head on An Xingmian's body, An Xingmian was so flattered that she dared not move.This scene should have been what he longed for, and this was the first time Tang He admitted that An Xingmian was an important person in her life, but this scene made him feel extremely bitter, and vaguely, Another girl's face floated up in my heart, and it became more and more clear.

He was startled suddenly, carefully moved Tang He's head away little by little, put it on the pillow, and said softly: "You have a good rest, I'm going out first, and I'll see you at night."

Tang He hummed, closed his eyes, and stopped talking.An Xingmian walked out, feeling unbelievable about the change in her heart, but after thinking about it, it seemed a little natural.Suddenly, he remembered that he hadn't seen Xue Huaiqing for three or four days, and he was very eager to see her soon.At such a moment full of depression, he only wanted to see Xue Huaiqing.

He simply did what he wanted, and really went to the pharmacy where Xue Huaiqing often discussed issues with He Luo.As soon as he arrived at the door, a He Luo who looked a little dumbfounded just came out of it. After asking him why he came, he said to him: "Miss Xue and our stone Adi Su went to the NO.17 in the southeast. The mine is gone, I even forgot to bring lunch, I am going to deliver food to them, the freshly made sage tail soup is very fragrant."

An Xingmian looked at him holding a bowl in his left hand, a bowl in his right hand, and a small bag that probably contained dry food was strenuously wrapped around his shoulders. He was walking cautiously for fear of spilling the soup, and laughed dumbfoundedly: "Get a basket , Put the soup pot, empty bowl, and dry food together, won’t it save trouble?”

He Luo put down the soup bowl and patted his head: "You're still smart, why didn't I think of that?" He rummaged around to find a small bamboo basket, and just put everything in it just as An Xingmian said, this time it saves effort too much.But before he could take a step, An Xingmian grabbed him and took the basket from his hand: "I'm just going to find them, so I'll go for you and fill an extra bowl for me. Your rat tail soup I also like to drink it, it’s really delicious in the world.”

Carrying a bamboo basket on his back, he walked out of the residential area of ​​the underground city along the road, and entered the deep tunnel leading directly to the NO.17 mine.The underground city of Heluo is more than just a city. They have built a transportation network extending in all directions in the underground camp, which can easily lead to various mines, and the lighting along the road is also very good. The NO.17 mine is one of the mines that has been mined to a certain extent, and there are many associated ores scattered in it. Although there is no value for mining and smelting, it is suitable for refining medicine, so it is the pharmacists of the Heluo tribe who often use it. Go to the mine.

An Xingmian found Xue Huaiqing without much effort. She was lying on the ground regardless of her appearance, as if she was studying a clump of grass and leaves growing from the cracks in the ground.Adi Suxing, a highly respected stone, was sitting at the side, making gestures and gestures to communicate with her.He suddenly noticed An Xingmian's arrival and was a little surprised.

"Hello, Adi Suxing," An Xingmian said respectfully, "I'm here to deliver food for you. Today I have a good rat tail soup."

Adi glanced at him, then looked at Xue Huaiqing who was getting up from the ground, and laughed: "The male guinea pig came to look for the female guinea pig, and the old guinea pig must be on the sidelines."

He filled himself a large bowl of soup, held two Heluo's special soft noodle balls - similar to human steamed buns - and walked away with a smile.An Xingmian scratched her scalp in embarrassment, looked at Xue Huaiqing, and found that the latter's face was also a little reddish, and she couldn't feel her heart moving.He suddenly discovered that although Tang He's awakening made him happy, when he saw Xue Huaiqing, he could get a unique sense of joy. First rays of sunshine.

In order to hide his embarrassment, he brought up the bamboo basket again: "The idiot He Luo who brought you food didn't even think of using a basket to pack everything. He Luo's brain is really not easy to turn... What's wrong with you? This What's wrong with the basket?"

He found that Xue Huaiqing's expression was very strange.She looked at the bamboo basket in An Xingmian's hand and fell into deep thought, as if there was something weird about this basket.But this is just an ordinary bamboo basket that He Luo found casually, it can be seen everywhere, and it is not unusual at all.

"Don't talk to me yet!" Xue Huaiqing waved his hand at him, "I thought of something, but I couldn't think clearly at once, let me use my brain. These days, I have always felt that something is wrong, I have been hanging in my heart..."

An Xingmian was taken aback, and quickly put down the inexplicable bamboo basket in his hand, and sat down on a stone beside him.Only then did he know that Xue Huaiqing, like him, also had some inexplicable doubts and uneasiness in his heart, but it was difficult to outline them clearly.But now, this unremarkable bamboo basket seemed to remind her of something, so even if I was holding my breath and suffocating to death, I must not disturb her.

After a while, Xue Huaiqing said: "These days, although it is very comfortable to test and make medicine with the Heluos, I can't be completely stable, and I always feel that something is wrong. Since the day I met From the eunuch pretending to be bearded, I kept thinking over and over again, what is wrong with the whole incident, and what always makes me feel inappropriate. I didn’t realize it until you picked up that bamboo basket just now.”

"What's wrong with this bamboo basket?" An Xingmian couldn't help asking.

"Do you still remember what you told me when you found the library cave?" Xue Huaiqing said, "At that time, you sighed and said: 'Think about the long-term monks back then. , carry the books here and hide them basket by basket.”

"Yes, that's what I said. Is there something wrong?" An Xingmian still didn't understand.

"I told you about my adoptive father back then, but there are some details that I don't think are important, so I didn't tell you all about them. I'll tell you again now. That's what Xu Mizi told me when I was in Ten Thousand Snakes Lake. Yes." Xue Huaiqing pulled the topic away at once, An Xingmian didn't know why, but she still listened patiently.When Xue Huaiqing talked about the long door monk carrying a big basket who was followed by Xu Mizi in the 11th year of Shengde, he stood up suddenly, and he understood Xue Huaiqing's thinking a little bit.

Xue Huaiqing recounted the details of Xu Mizi's pursuit of the long-door monk, Lu Yu's hidden identity of the Jinwu Guard who arrested people, and the Jinwu Guard's attack by the mysterious woman Tianluo, etc., and then said: "Is this a coincidence? 32 years ago The Jinwu Guard and the Changmen Monk appeared, and 32 years later, the eunuch had to deal with both the Jinwu Guard and the Changmen Monk. Could there be some causal connection between these two events?"

An Xingmian didn't answer, and said after a while: "Actually, I'm the same as you. I'm not at ease these days. I always feel that I overlooked something. I finally remembered just now. When we caught that eunuch , His performance before and after is a bit inconsistent, probably it is such a subtle difference that makes me worry about it all the time."

"What's the difference?"

"Do you still remember? When you caught the eunuch, he only wanted to save his life, and told his subordinates, 'Whatever they say, listen to them'. It can be seen that he was not worried about leaking the secret at that time. Because the secret is the emperor's Yes, with the power of the emperor, there is probably a way to catch us wherever we flee. But later, when you brought up the incident about Xing Wanteng, he immediately became extremely panicked and dared not say anything, even willing to die In our hands, isn't such a forward and backward transition a bit abnormal?"

"It's really strange," Xue Huaiqing pondered, "I wasn't particularly scared at first, but after I pulled out Xing Wanteng, he was immediately frightened. It seems that compared to the underground volcano that destroyed Kyushu, the Jin Wu who returned home Defense is what he has to worry about."

An Xingmian clapped her hands fiercely: "I thought of it! This probably shows that he is not worried about us knowing the secret of the library cave, but Xing Wanteng's secret must not be revealed. Because - it may involve another person, Another person besides the emperor."

"As for what he said, 'I don't want to try his methods', if you think about it carefully, it may refer to the emperor, or it may refer to someone else. I am afraid that it is because the methods of this 'other' are far more vicious than the emperor, that he is so afraid , would rather die than betray."

An Xingmian and Xue Huaiqing looked at each other, apart from suspicion, there was also some panic in their eyes.This was originally a series of impeccable chains of evidence, pointing all the charges to Tianzangzong, to the long door monk, to the great secret that destroyed the world.But now, they discovered some inconspicuous flaws.Such a flaw may not seem like a big deal at first glance, but to An Xingmian, it may become a life-saving straw.

"We all need to think about it and sort out these timelines," An Xingmian said.He sat down, picked up a small stone, and began to write on the ground.Xue Huaiqing leaned over and found that what he wrote was a timetable.The timetable is not exact, because the time points involved are pitifully small, only three in total.

"In August of the 11th year of Shengde, the Jinwu Guard chased and killed the mysterious girl Tianluo, but was attacked instead."

"In September of the 11th year of Shengde, the Jinwu Guard killed Shen Zhuang's wife and children to replace the corpses of Nv Tianluo and the baby."

"In July of the 17th year of Hongjing, the body of the eminent monk Nagato ignited spontaneously. Afterwards, the emperor found evidence that Tianzangzong tried to trigger an underground volcano with the book cave, and began to arrest the monk Nagato on a large scale."

(End of this chapter)