Chapter 244: Complementing the performance with a crown
Mu Wan tried her best to move lightly, but she was too anxious and the movement was still very loud. She almost broke the door and entered. Dai Luan, who had not yet rested, sat at the table and trembled. She raised one foot and
The buttocks are squeezed together
On the bench, she was so startled that her knees hit the edge of the table. The only candlestick shook violently, and the whole room flickered on and off. Ignoring the pain, Dai Luan quickly stretched out her hand to steady the candlestick, and the melted wax splashed onto her hand, and gave it to her again.
It's hot.
“Hiss—it hurts, it hurts, what’s the fuss about?”
Dai Luan didn't know whether to cover her hands or legs first. The tips of her fingers were still stained with black mud, and there was an open plaster on the table. Mu Wan muttered before entering the door and asked her why she wasn't sleeping so late.
"My ears hurt!" Dai Luan rolled her eyes at her, and she stopped talking, "It's so itchy. Shan Hai said that wounds heal like this. Keep your voice down, and others will fall asleep."
"Where did you get this mud?"
"Gaoyue-kun gave it to me before I left. He told me it could relieve itching and remove scars."
"...When? By the way, you dare to use what she gave you."
"You were the first to leave, and we didn't even react. This was something she gave me after you left and before I left. And why shouldn't I use it? I actually think she's pretty good and won't do any harm.
I……"
"After all, it's something of unknown origin... Are your legs and hands okay?"
"Wow, you man, why didn't you ask me if my ears were okay? This is a blessing from you."
This is a question worthy of detailed discussion, but Mu Wan couldn't wait to see the package. Dai Luan also noticed the strange-shaped things she brought back from somewhere, and closed the medicine bottle and came over to look at it.
Under the candlelight, Mu Wan unfolded the thick cloth layer by layer. It took a long time, and the layers inside became newer, but she still noticed familiar patterns in it.
"What on earth is this?"
"It said it was sent from Xueyan Valley...brought by Mr. Ye Yue."
"Ye Yuejun? When? Just now?" Dai Luan hit her, "Why didn't you tell me!"
"I knew you said that. I also asked, but she seemed to be in a hurry to go somewhere else, except to deliver things, and didn't have time to say hello to us. Don't rush me yet, I have to see what this is. Ah... look at this piece of cloth
.”
"What's wrong? It's floral cloth. It looks quite old."
"This is the mattress I used when I was a child. Look here, there is still a pool of saliva stains that haven't been washed away..."
"Are you sure you didn't pee in the middle of the night..."
"Okay, shut up."
"Keep this too? I get a new one every few months..."
Mu Wan couldn't help but return the white eyes he had given her before.
"What do children from rich families know? We were very poor at that time. This was originally a snow awning with a soft lining for my mother. She later changed it into a coat for my brother. It was even more difficult at that time, and he didn't
You have to choose, don’t mind this flower. Then
It couldn't be put on anymore, so it was changed into a small mattress for me when I was just born. Ah... this layer of cloth seemed to be a quilt cover. It had been torn for a long time, and my mother had deformed the sewing and couldn't cover it. Later I let it go
She still refused to throw it away, so she stuffed it into a box to take up space."
Dai Luan could not understand it more and more.
"So...your mother sent you a piece of old cloth in Xueyan Valley? What kind of show is this going on?"
"I have no idea……"
Mu Wan was still unpacking the package layer by layer. As the outside became thinner and thinner, the hard stuff inside was about to be exposed. Dai Luan turned her head and suddenly found a curved envelope on the ground. She didn't know where it was sandwiched.
The layer fell out.
"Is this a letter from your mother to you?" Dai Luan bent down and picked it up.
Mu Wan's busy hands suddenly stopped. She took the letter from Dai Luan and took a look at it.
"No...my mother can't read a few words. This cover says it was written by Chi Li."
"I just saw it, but maybe she ghostwritten it."
Mu Wan hesitated for a moment, glanced at the half-unpacked package on the table, and then looked at the letter in his hand.
"Then, help me open it and let me see what's written in the letter. You must be careful. They wrapped it so tightly. I guess it's something valuable."
"Okay."
Mu Wan hurriedly pushed the package over and hurriedly opened the envelope. For some reason, she was quite calm when she saw those delicate words. But when she was about to open the envelope, she felt an obvious uneasiness. To be honest, she felt uneasy.
Send her a letter, then
It is a very difficult thing. From the past, she has only been able to write to Gu Li. After all, by the time the reply comes, she will not know where she will go. Therefore, if she can ask Liu Dao Wuchang to send something to her along with something, it must be very important.
Important, very important.
She opened the envelope with trembling hands, and there were two pieces of paper. She first scanned the last signature on the first piece, which was written by Chi Li herself. Then she scanned the beginning on the right, and there were only four large characters in the first column.
Seeing the words is like seeing the face.
While Mu Wan was reading, Dai Luan was unpacking the bag. She complained while untying it, saying that the cloths were either too cumbersome to wrap around, or tied too tightly, and were simply knotted. These cloth knots were all over the package, which was detrimental to the contents inside.
It acts as a buffer for protection, but it is a pain for those who unpack it. Dailuan’s hands hurt when he was able to buckle it, and he wanted to use a pair of big scissors to cut it all off.
Taking it apart, Dai Luan slowed down her movements.
"Well... I said, this is a sword, right?" Dai Luan gestured, "But it's not long, so it's definitely not an umbrella."
"It's a sword...no, not a sword!"
Mu Wan's voice trembled, and Dai Luan couldn't help but look at her. It was not only her lips that were trembling, but also her hands, or the whole arm. Mu Wan was so excited that her face turned a little pale, and she couldn't tell
Whether she was happy or sad, all I knew was that she was not normal. She was shaking violently, and Dai Luan could hear that she was trying her best to calm down her emotions.
Dai Luan couldn't guess what was written in the letter, but Mu Wan suddenly slapped two pieces of paper on the table, pulled the cloth bag over, and wanted to untie it quickly. As the saying goes, you can't eat hot tofu in a hurry, the more anxious she became.
, the hands became more and more confused. Dai Luan hurriedly took the package back.
"Okay, okay, let me do it. Have you read the letter?"
"Not yet. Hurry up, hurry up..."
"I know, I know—"
It was obvious that this was a knife or a sword. It was longer than a dagger, and it should be a wakizashi. The cloths fit very well in the end, which showed that they were wrapped very carefully. She untied the layer that fit the most,
It was also covered with strips of cloth. These strips looked very old.
It was dark gray, not dusty at all, but had a strong sense of history. Although it looked like it would break when pulled apart - it was actually very strong. When Dai Luan tried to untie it, she found that it couldn't be pulled apart at all. So she realized
, the cloth strip is also part of the wakizashi.
If you look closely, you will see that there are some detailed words written on the cloth strips. They are very long, strange symbols, written in a spiral shape around the entire wakizashi sheath, even if they pass over the junction of the cloth strips and several pictures.
A closely-attached spell. It was written with a very fine pen. It was almost impossible to make out it without putting your eyes on it. I just thought it was some imaginary spell.
Line. If you look closer to the candlelight and look carefully, the characters seem to be written in cinnabar, but because of the old age, even the colors are not easy to read. However, the symbols are still complete and have not faded or been damaged. Not a single word of Dai Luan has appeared.
It was unrecognizable, that twisted, worm-like thing seemed not to belong to any kind of writing in the world.
Let’s talk about those talismans. They should have been white before, but due to time, they turned into a dull yellow. However, they were not damaged in any way, they were just very old. She had not seen the runes on them. Several talismans were tightly packed together.
It fits tightly on the sheath, as if it has merged into a part of the cloth. And those fine words are hastily wound around them like thin ropes.
The handle of the knife is even more bizarre. I don’t know whether the material is wood or metal, but its weight is somewhere in between. The metal skin inlaid on it is very mottled, but the texture is still clearly discernible. It’s just that the texture is too strange, there is no trace of it.
It’s aesthetically pleasing. Generally speaking, the patterns on the handle and blade have a kind of symmetry. Even if they are not symmetrical, they are
It has special texture patterns. But this one has no ribs. Dai Luan can't tell whether the pattern is vegetation, birds, animals, or clouds. He only feels that it has fallen into strong acid and been corroded into irregular and ugly bumps.
But if you look carefully, you can detect traces of careful carving. To put it another way, it is like "seriously talking nonsense".
Where the tassels should have been, there hangs a string of small round bells, as bright as gold. When you lift it, it makes the rustling sound of a swarm of insects flapping their wings.
"Mu Wan, this knife is so strange." Dai Luan looked back and forth, "I have never seen this kind of workmanship. Why can't it be pulled out... Is it rusty, so it's stuck in it? Come and take a look
Look, what kind of craftsmanship is this?”
Mu Wan didn't respond for a long time. She thought she was still reading the letter. She fiddled with it for a long time but couldn't pull the knife out of the sheath, so she gave up. It was possible to use brute force to crack it, but she was worried that she would not be able to compensate for it if it was damaged.
Mu Wan still didn't move. Dai Luan put down the knife and looked at her. It turned out that she had finished reading, and her hands stiffly framed the two thin papers. She shouted twice more, but Mu Wan still didn't move, just like the paper
It was very heavy, and it was already very difficult to lift. Her eyes kept looking forward without blinking. At this moment, her hands did not tremble at all, but Dai Luan suspected that she had even stopped breathing.
"……Ha ha."
She suddenly laughed twice, which made Dai Luan feel nervous.
"Um, can I take a look?"
Seeing that Mu Wan didn't respond, Aluan tried to take the paper out of her hand and read it with the last light of the short candle.
Scanning the first half of the letter, Dai Luan was shocked. She suddenly understood why Mu Wan had reacted so violently just now. The first half of the letter was very ordinary, casually talking about the current situation in the valley, everything was in order. Then she said that Chili wanted to do something for her.
When my mother moved her tomb and pried open her old tomb next to the headmaster, in addition to a piece of a woman's hand bone, there was also a wakizashi.
"It's the Demon Sealing Blade, the Demon Sealing Blade, Mu Wan!" Her voice could not be suppressed, "Oh my God! It turns out that your master really knew where it was and hid it! Did Lord Shuangyue know? Did they discuss it?
?It’s actually delivered to you, that’s great…”
No wonder the wakizashi couldn't be pulled out. If it was a demon sword forged by Shura, everything would be explained. She excitedly patted Mu Wan's arm twice, but she didn't respond. So Dai Luan continued to look down.
It's an obituary.
Before she could see clearly who she was talking about, the candle on the table struggled twice and burned out. At the same time, Mu Wan suddenly fell off the chair.
"What's wrong with you? Wake up! What's going on? Someone, come here quickly -"