The sky is getting brighter and brighter, and where the morning light breaks, golden clouds cover the sky.
The air here is slightly better, and the rancid smell is not that strong, but the moisture brought down by the waterfall makes Shen Xu's body feel a little uncomfortable.
The road is overgrown with weeds, but you can see traces of trampling in many places.
In this scene, it is obvious that few people usually walk, but recently it has been stepped on by many people, which can be considered as a way.
After walking all night, we finally went up the mountain.
It's even colder on the top of the mountain, and the dewdrops condense on the leaves, as if you can feel the coolness through the soles of your boots.
Dai Yu walked in the front, holding the horse in his hand, and said: "If we had known earlier that the road up here was difficult, we would not have led the horse."
As he spoke, he looked up at the compound and row houses that appeared in his sight.
Shen Xu followed him with his horse and glanced at the empty yard: "Those women and girls live here."
It is more spacious than expected, with houses connected side by side and separated by several courtyards.
The front house was burned down and was black and charred. In the spacious courtyard, tables, chairs and benches were scattered in a mess, and there were also dried and chewed bones on the ground.
"Haha," Shen Xu pointed at the doors and windows, "Zhiyan, look at it, the doors are all gone."
The sky was dim and dim, showing more and more the darkness inside.
Shen Lie looked over and said nothing.
"There is a medicinal fragrance over there." Dai Yu pointed to it and said.
In a small room in the back row, the light is not very good. If you go up a few steps, you can see many medicine jars piled up.
"There are too many, they can't take them away." Shen Shu said, "There is still someone to see a doctor."
He turned around and saw the cliff on the other side, leading his horse over.
There are signs of damage to the stone bridge at the cliff. Standing here, you can smell the huge stench on the opposite side.
But fortunately there was a waterfall and the wind was in the opposite direction today, so the smell was much lighter.
As for this waterfall, it may not be big, but it may be small, but it is not small. It washes down in a mighty way, forming a five-foot-wide white stream.
Shen Lie led his horse to a stop next to him and looked at the mess on the hilltop opposite.
"It's very quiet here. If it weren't for these bandits, it would be a nice, leisurely and elegant place to live," Shen Xu said.
Shen Lie nodded lightly: "Yes."
Shen Xu raised his head and looked at the top of the mountain. The faint morning light fell on his handsome side face, which was smooth and bright, and the curvature of his jaw was clean and neat.
Shen Lie paused and raised his head.
The two brothers were dressed in purple. The elder brother was wearing a robe with wide sleeves and a darker color. They just held the horse in the wind without saying a word.
After a long time, Shen Xu said softly: "This place was not like this three hundred years ago. This area was rich in mountains and rivers. Although it was not prosperous, there were occasionally a few small villages. The former Emperor Long Zhang wanted to build an imperial mausoleum for himself here. After digging out the mine, the Marquis of Kaiyang and the local officials wanted to take over the mine, so they had two stone statues built to guard the mountain, saying that they were dug out from here. The stone statues had a ferocious appearance, and it was rumored that anyone who saw the stone statues would go crazy. Silly, this matter was reported back to the imperial court, and the whole court was talking about it. Qin Tianjian wrote a prophecy, saying that this place was ominous. Emperor Longzhang sent an observation envoy to inspect, but before the observation envoy arrived at Chongyi, he was assassinated by Kaiyang Hou's people on the road. Already."
"In the last years of war, who would still take the emperor seriously?" Shen Lie said softly.
"Several officials were frightened and secretly wrote a secret letter and sent it to the capital. Emperor Longzhang was furious. When the border areas were in turmoil for many years and the country was in dire straits, Marquis Kaiyang simply rebelled. Emperor Longzhang sent people to suppress it, and the war continued here. We continued to fight until Emperor Hongde established our dynasty."
"Is it so difficult to fight?" Shen Lie frowned.
“If you cut the weeds without removing the roots, they will grow again when the spring breeze blows.”
Shen Lie didn't say anything. He was quiet for a while and then said, "What does this have to do with you coming here?"
"My father visited this place when he was young."
As soon as he heard these two words, Shen Lie's face darkened.
"He came to hunt down the remnants of the Qiao family," Shen Xu added. "He said that the tombs on the top of the mountain were too strange, but the situation was not good for him at that time. He only took a look at it when he came and went in a hurry. If he didn't crack it, he would always feel that It’s like a regret in life.”
"Is this the purpose of your coming here?" Shen Lie said coldly, "No wonder you didn't tell me all the way. It really has something to do with him."
"No, Zhi Yan." Shen Xu looked back at Shen Lie and said warmly, "I am also sincerely curious, because he mentioned that the shape of the tombs looked like something he had seen in an ancient book, and he even described it for me to see."
"Enough!" Shen Lie was angry, "You are half-dead, dragging your body with illness, and come all the way here, just for this ridiculous and ridiculous reason? Destiny? This is also the destiny you keep saying?!"
"And my cousin Youqing, she probably died here..." Shen Xu said.
Shen Lie sneered and turned to look at the cliff on the other side.
Shen Xu frowned slightly, looking at him like this, and sighed a little.
"Zhiyan..."
Shen Lie didn't want to speak, and he suppressed the anger in his heart.
The sun was getting higher and higher, and the warmth was baking. The guards who followed them were all quiet, looking at the figures of the two of them.
After being quiet for a long time, Shen Lie whispered coldly: "Since the tombs you mentioned are on the mountain, then go and see them. I have brought all the pen and ink. After I draw them, you can rest assured."
After saying that, he turned the horse around, threw the reins to the stone, and took the lead to walk up the mountain.
The guards looked at Shen Xu coldly, then turned to follow.
Shen Xu did not look back, looking at the waterfall over there, a faint bitter smile appeared on her gentle and elegant sick face.
"Good news! Good news!" The messenger came early in the morning, riding on the sun and driving his horse.
Qin Sanlang was leading the Zhaoyun soldiers who had returned during the day yesterday to practice. Hearing this, he looked back, curled his lips and smiled, but his reaction was dull.
The women were busy cooking and raised their heads when they heard any noise.
Overjoyed, many people immediately dropped what they were doing and ran away.
"What's the good news?" a little girl asked in confusion.
"It means victory!" Another little girl shouted happily.
The girl was stunned for a moment, overjoyed, and said with an excited expression: "Victory? Then Song Langjun killed those horse thieves?"
The fast-running women had already surrounded the messenger, and others followed and surrounded him.
Zhao Ning had been kneeling on the grass and knitting grass leaves. He had put his hands on his legs and raised his eyes to look over there.
The woman surrounded the messenger and asked, and then burst into cheers of joy.
