2 The mirror mutation on the Lingyan Pavilion in the Tang Dynasty
According to the information about Scalpel, Lei Aobai practiced swordsmanship, hammer, spear, and golden sword in his early years. It was not until he was thirty years old that he concentrated on practicing swordsmanship. He knew all the martial arts in the world and understood the essence of all the martial arts he had learned.
Melted into the swordsmanship. This move of his obviously came from the Eagle Claw Kung Fu of "Goshawk Fighting Rabbit", but in his era, the Eagle Claw Sect in Huaishang had not yet appeared. It can be seen that this man is a world-famous person.
A rare martial arts prodigy.
I didn't want to cause trouble, so I retreated immediately in order to neutralize his attack quietly, because the strange thing I thought of was related to Guan Baoling and had nothing to do with the mirror in front of me, and I didn't want to tell others.
In my heart, there are still many past events that are "privately shared" by Guan Baoling and I, secrets that I want to bury forever in my heart.
"Little brother, don't go!" Situ Qiushi stepped sideways, his gray robe flashed, his left hand was like a dragon's claw, and his right hand was like a wind tail, coming from left and right, forming a large net behind me that could not be avoided.
I didn't want to escape in the first place, I just wanted to avoid Lei Aobai's persecution for the time being. If I suddenly used the knife, I was afraid that both of them would be injured.
"You can't escape, boy - ah!" Lei Aobai let out a short groan, and was already knocked down by my Chinese wrestling "big back". He hit the mirror with a bang, and there was a buzzing echo.
Not acceptable.
Situ Qiushi's dragon and phoenix hand is a secret skill in the southern martial arts. It has been lost in the world since the Northern Song Dynasty. However, Scalpel still persevered to find these extremely obscure information, and listed in detail the fatal flaw of the dragon and phoenix hand on the right hip and
The left knee is like a phoenix's neck and a dragon's waist, and is the weakest link.
I kicked out with my right foot and hit Situ Qiushi's knee with the "arrow power" in "Jet Kune Do", but I only hit it as far as it went without exerting any force, causing him to retreat in spite of the difficulty. He needs to recuperate strongly.
Yu Lei Aobai was indeed willing to accept my kindness and retreated quickly.
"Little brother, you are good at martial arts." He smiled and raised his hands, palms upward, to show that he didn't mean much harm.
I smiled lightly: "Senior, what I'm thinking about has nothing to do with you, and I don't want to tell anyone at this time. However, I am very interested in hearing about your experience. Regarding this mirror, it seems that we have more common topics.
, isn’t it?”
Cold weapons have become obsolete, and martial arts will also become obsolete. Modern fighting techniques can train people like extremely sophisticated machines. As long as they see the enemy's flaws, they can immediately defeat the enemy with one move without any delay. This is what their brothers will always do.
It can't be done.
Lei Aobai got up. Under Situ Qiushi's gaze, he no longer yelled arrogantly, but stood back behind his senior brother honestly. After several fights, he must have understood that he is not my opponent.
"That's a very strange thing to say - little brother, I haven't asked you for my surname yet?" Situ Qiu was stroking his long beard and looking at me carefully.
"Please call me Feng." I nodded and introduced myself briefly.
"Then, I'll call you 'Brother Feng'. Actually, that matter really has something to do with you, please listen to me slowly." He frowned, kept tugging on his beard, and then raised his face.
After pondering for a few minutes, he slowly began to tell his story - the old man with sunglasses and the sword sharpener lived in the early days of the Tang Dynasty, and the strange thing that led them to enter the Bronze Mirror happened during the "Xuanwumen Incident"
In the past few months.
As we all know, among Li Yuan's sons, only the King of Qin, Li Shimin, has the most far-sighted vision, and his prestige in the world is also quite high. He is more qualified to take over the throne than Jiancheng, Yuanji and others. At this time, Li Shimin, who has escaped overseas,
The man with the beard wanted to invade the Central Plains, so he brought 30 million taels of red gold and 700 warriors and quietly entered Chang'an.
Li Shimin has been the target of all forces, so if the bearded man wants to seize the Tang Dynasty, he must first kill Li Shimin, so he found Situ Qiushi and Lei Aobai. "Twenty million taels of red gold, control of seven overseas islands" is his
He offered Situ Qiushi a reward, and promised that after successfully seizing the country, Hedong, Shandong and other places would be handed over to these two heroes, and everyone would share the territory equally.
This is the general background of the whole incident. In fact, such assassinations have occurred repeatedly in every dynasty and every generation. The farce of successful kings and defeated bandits is staged almost every year, which is not surprising.
The ambush location chosen by the two of them was Lingyan Pavilion, which was the only way for Li Shimin to go to and from the school military field every day. The seven hundred warriors brought by the bearded guest were dressed as pawns, traders, students, and farmers, starting at noon.
From then on, they took control of Weiyang Street in front of Lingyan Pavilion, laid out a dragnet, and prepared to kill the dozens of armored warriors Li Shimin brought with him.
For Lei Aobai, the matter of "assassination" was as simple as getting up in the morning and going to the kitchen to eat a bun. So when he sneaked into Lingyan Pavilion at noon, he didn't feel nervous at all. Instead, he looked around and slipped into the mirror-washing building.
He was not a beauty, and he was not interested in mirrors. It was just a particularly large mirror mounted on the front wall that attracted him.
It was the first time for him and Situ Qiushi to see such a big mirror, so they stopped and looked left and right.
The midday sun shines through the skylight and shines directly on the mirror, turning into countless dazzling haloes that dazzle both of their eyes. Naturally, Situ Qiu took out a handkerchief embedded with gold and silver threads and wiped those
A place where dust has fallen. For a craftsman who has spent his whole life sharpening mirrors, this action is the most natural. He has to repeat it tens of thousands of times in his life. And his junior brother Lei Aobai pulled out his long sword and used another bronze mirror as a tool to sharpen it.
The stone is sharpened slowly.
It was a very quiet noon, and the only thing accompanying them in the mirror-washing building was countless bronze mirrors, new or old, rough and ugly, or gorgeous and noble.
A strange thing happened at that moment. Situ Qiushi felt his hand put into the water, which was freezing to the bone, and he immediately retracted it. What was in front of him was a hard and silent mirror. How could there be water? Moreover, it was the season at that time.
It's just early autumn, even if there is water, it won't be so cold.
He turned back with a smile: "Ao Bai, it's strange, I think this mirror seems to be 'empty', but you can actually put your hand through it?"
In terms of the wisdom of people in the Tang Dynasty, the "empty mirror" may have been the most real feeling at that time, but he could see himself in the mirror, see the room full of bronze mirrors, and also see his junior brother Lei Aobai.
"Maybe it's just a momentary hallucination?" He couldn't help but laugh when he saw Lei Ao didn't even raise his head, thinking that he was too tired, so he was distracted. In order to finalize the final details of the assassination with the bearded guest, he hadn't slept well for several days.
, This is the disadvantage of being a senior brother. You will never be as heartless as Lei Aobai, just waiting to jump off a tall building in the air and stab Li Shimin in the chest with a sword.
After laughing at himself, he raised the handkerchief, only to find that the entire handkerchief was soaked, and one corner was still dripping with water.
In an instant, the sunlight became cold and biting, because he clearly realized that there was indeed water behind the mirror, and it was a pool of extremely cold ice water.
The wall with the mirror embedded in it is the north exterior wall of the Mirror Washing Building. There is no doubt that there is nothing outside the wall, only the slightly hot air in autumn. He has repeatedly observed the topography of Lingyan Pavilion and knows this clearly.
Incomparable.
"Ao Bai, take a look for me, what's in the mirror?" He turned around and greeted his junior brother for the second time.
Lei Aobai raised his head, his expression suddenly changed, and he was startled: "Aobai, what are you doing?"
Next, Lei Aobai suddenly turned his head and looked behind him, then quickly turned around, stood up and strode forward, letting his long sword fall to the ground with a clang.
Situ Qiushi reacted quickly and turned back immediately to look at the mirror in front of him.
The first narrative stopped here. The two of them were standing in front of the mirror. At this moment, they turned to look at the mirror, as if the scene a thousand years ago would be repeated here at any time. I felt the huge fear coming from their hearts.
Anyone else, when they clearly know that they are about to fall into the mirror world, will be inexplicably afraid and struggle desperately.
"What's in the mirror?" I repeated his words involuntarily.
"Yes, what will be in the mirror? I have been polishing mirrors for nearly sixty years, and there is only me in the mirror -" Situ Qiushi smiled bitterly.
"I have been sharpening swords for thirty years, and every sword is like a long and narrow mirror. In these thirty years, I have never seen anything weird there. Everyone says that long swords are good at hiding evil spirits, but I
I never believed it. What kind of demons and ghosts will turn into dead souls under my sword? But now, I believe it. There are really some things hidden in the mirror, but we can’t distinguish between good and evil, right and wrong, so we are
Imprisoned here. Senior Brother——" A ruthless killer like Lei Aobai suddenly hugged Situ Qiushi's shoulders and burst into tears like a girl.
I couldn't help but feel anxious for a moment. This narrative that had captured my memory stopped halfway. I didn't expect Situ Qiushi to have the storyteller's "enchantment" method. But for the sake of Lei Aobai crying sadly,
I could only suppress the uneasiness in my heart and persuade in a low voice: "You two, there is no Fire Mountain that you can't get through. Please continue talking?"
At this moment, the battle to break through the "earth vein" exit is still going on. Su Lun is separated on the other side of the crystal wall, and the six-armed monster will go crazy at any time behind the sealed door - but I can only continue to delay, in order to listen to that strange thing
endure the details.
"In the mirror, there is a girl, an extremely beautiful, extremely charming and extremely weak girl. I have never seen such a beautiful woman, with such a thin waist, such small lips, and eyes that can speak. When she walked towards
Mirror, the black fox fur on the body is constantly flying lightly——"
After listening to Lei Aobai's tearful description, my heart suddenly sank: "What else? What else? Where is she? In the mirror or in the mirror-washing building?"
He ignored my questioning at all and just looked up at the mirror: "She came to me like an epiphyllum blooming in the middle of the night. I have always longed for such a girl to appear in my life. In fact,
, I once dreamed of her. When I sharpen my sword to kill people, and the sword edge drinks the enemy's blood, she will appear in my world. I don't know her name, but I know that she is a fairy who comes from far away.
of heaven.”
My impatience continues to rise, and he, like Situ Qiushi, cannot explain the key points at the most critical moment.
"She was standing in front of the mirror, with a pool in front of her. I saw her rolling up her sleeves and starting to wash her hands with water. Her black hair was hanging down, half of it hanging to her chest. She was in the mirror, but she was
I wasn't in the mirror-washing building. At that time, I didn't understand what was going on. I just wanted to step into the mirror and stand with her forever." Lei Aobai left Situ Qiushi, staggered to the front of the mirror, put his hands on
Lift it high and press it against the mirror.
I took a long breath, tried my best to suppress my anxiety and asked Situ for truth: "Senior, what does that girl look like? Is there anyone else behind her? Or is she standing in a stone room?"
Intuitively, what they saw was Guan Baoling, but I can't explain how this happened.
"Two Tang Dynasty people were in an ancient building full of mirrors. Through a mirror, they saw people in a different world and a different time and space, and this person happened to be Guan Baoling - at that time, if Guan Baoling was standing in the bathroom of Xunfu Garden
If so, wouldn’t it happen that we are also facing an ancient bronze mirror? People from two eras are looking at each other across the two sides of the mirror. Did Guan Baoling also see them?”
These absurd, weird and unbelievable inferences surrounded me. I felt like my head was swelling rapidly, and strange thoughts kept popping up, occupying every space in my mind.
Among all the strange thoughts, the most sudden one is: "If the two sides of this big mirror lead to the Tang Dynasty and the earth line of 2007, will we accidentally pass through the mirror and enter an unreachable world?"
The prosperous age of the Tang Dynasty?" I subconsciously took a few steps back, really afraid that that assumption would happen in an instant and make me leave the current world.
Admittedly, the probability of that happening is so small that it can be ignored, but I still don't want to try it. After all, this is the world I really care about, and the operation to rescue Su Lun is expected to make breakthrough progress.
"Are you scared too?" Situ Qiushi's blank look made the hairs on my back crawl.
I immediately shook my head: "No, I just want to find out who that girl is?"
"Who is it? You know it very well, because I saw that you are also in there. You are looking for her, right?" Situ Qiushi squinted his eyes and smiled, but the smile could not hide the confusion on his face. I understand very well, he
There is still no reasonable explanation for the strange things that happened.
"I? Please tell all the truth concisely, don't tell half and leave half. You saw her, and then she disappeared, and then I appeared, looking for her everywhere, right? Right? Where did she go? You guys
Have you ever seen a wonderful underwater world? Or, maybe a huge glass box or something..."
I was a little incoherent, because the strange things that happened in Xunfu Garden were all related to the mysterious disappearance of Guan Baoling. If they could see Guan Baoling, they would definitely be able to see the world she went to after she disappeared.
"We can't get into the mirror. Although the handkerchief is still wet, we did pass through the mirror accidentally and pressed it into the basin in front of her. But now, we carefully groped every inch of space on the mirror, and it must be real.
It existed but could not reach out. When we looked at her in the mirror again, she seemed to have noticed something, and she tried her best to get close to the mirror and stared at us. Suddenly, she disappeared, and the stone chamber was empty. I was still thinking at that time, even if
Even the most advanced Qinggong in the world cannot move as fast as she does."
Situ Qiu pursed his lips, and the smile on his face became less and less.
Lei Aobai pressed himself against the mirror and sobbed silently. It didn't seem to be a comfortable thing for an old man of his age to cry over a woman.
"Ao Bai is lovesick because of that girl. He really shouldn't have entered the mirror building. The bearded guest once showed him a picture and said he had a 'misfortune at one glance', but he doesn't know when it happened. Now, we
Everyone understood that at that moment, Ao Bai's misfortune quietly came."
Situ Qiushi sighed and looked at Lei Aobai's back worriedly.
"What happened next? Did you see me rushing in? Then...what did you see after that?" That was just the beginning of the events at the Tower of the Dead and the Undersea Tomb of Gods. I hope to get more information.
I was really surprised that things took such a turn of events. When Guan Baoling disappeared, I searched every corner of Xunfu Garden, but I didn't expect that someone would be observing me from the opposite side of the bronze mirror.
.
"I saw that you were very anxious. You kept running in and out, obviously looking for her. Ao Bai said, I want to go in to find her. I don't care about anything important. I'm afraid that if I delay any longer, I will miss something and it will be a lifetime loss.
Regret. He took a dozen steps back and rushed towards the mirror, like a crazy bison. As a result, he disappeared into the mirror, and I rushed over with him. The two of us did not go to the stone room where the girl appeared.
But from then on, I fell into darkness and stopped in this inexplicable world. Now that I see you, Ao Bai will definitely feel that there is great hope to see that girl again. Brother Feng, I can’t figure out whether I should thank you or not.