Su Bai put his hand on Gong Yan's shoulder. He just stood behind him. This man who looked like a reborn military general was already full of tears. The weak look of a man was the last thing a man wanted to face. Su Bai
He knew this inexplicably, so he just stood behind Gong Yan without saying a word.
Gong Yan finally wiped away his tears: "Okay, let's not talk anymore. Things are already like this. As you said, we don't have many choices, but at least we have to face it. If I don't even have the courage to face it,
No, I don’t have the dignity to continue to protect the Dragon Vein with my clan members.”
Su Bai suddenly thought of something: "Now that the patriarch cannot speak, am I the only one in the world who knows the exact location of the twelve dragon veins?"
"This is what we want to know too." Cui Ying and the other four walked out.
Gong Yan nodded: "Yes, although our tribe has been guarding these twelve dragon veins for a long time, we only know the general direction of where these twelve dragon veins intersect, but it is unclear. We only know a rough idea.
All along, only the clan leader and Su Su know best. Although I am the clan leader now..."
He smiled bitterly, the situation was already like this, Su Bai was stunned: "Then I am the only one left."
"The twelve dragon veins are simple to say." Gong Yan said: "But the mountains are complex, and besides each main peak, there are countless side peaks. These can be regarded as the scope of the dragon veins. Our tribe moves in these mountains and arranges them everywhere.
Mechanisms, but few people know which mountain is the key to the underground."
"But Su Su said that it took your clan hundreds of years to open up the underground passages under these twelve dragon veins. The twelve dragon veins can communicate with each other. You can usually come and go freely through these underground passages.
Cui Ying said: "In this way, you should all know."
"It seems that Susu didn't tell you that she and the clan leader took another special passage." Gong Yan said: "That is the special treatment for the clan leader and the candidates for the clan leader. The reason for doing this is to keep the secret.
The fewer people who know, the safer it is, so..."
Gong Yan spread his hands: "The current situation is special, and I don't know how that special passage is set up."
The clan leader didn't have time to take him through a special passage. The clan leader's current situation did not allow him to explain anything. Yue Qing said: "In this case, it is a good thing. Now only Su Bai knows the situation at that time, and also
Only Su Bai has a chance to get there, congratulations, you have become Tang Monk meat now."
Subai's lips moved, but before he could say who it was, someone rushed into the courtyard and stammered: "Gong Yan, no, patriarch, the old patriarch is dying..."
Gong Yan immediately jumped up and rushed straight to the clan leader's room. Several older clan members had gathered around the clan leader's bed. Seeing Gong Yan coming, he spontaneously got out of the way. Gong Yan rushed to the bedside and held the clan leader's hand.
Hand, when he saw Gong Yan coming, the patriarch's eyes were very comforting. Originally, the injury on his neck was not a serious injury, but the patriarch had been suffering from a serious illness for a long time. Today's incident has aggravated the patriarch's condition.
The patriarch raised his hand and stroked Gong Yan's face. Although he couldn't say a word, these hands subtly conveyed his feelings. Gong Yan vaguely felt that the patriarch felt sorry for him and that he would have to bear his burden.
Gong Yan held the patriarch's hand and said, "Captain, I can rest assured that I will fulfill my ancestor's last wish. And Gongshan, I will never give up on him and I will take good care of him."
A gratified smile appeared on the patriarch's face, and he looked sideways at Subai. Subai was a little confused, but was pushed by Yue Qing, and his body involuntarily came to the patriarch's bedside. The patriarch looked at him with his mouth slightly open.
, squeeze out one word: "Drive..."
Subai's mind turned around and he immediately thought: "The patriarch wants to say an exorcism song?"
The patriarch nodded, and when he wanted to speak again, he could no longer take a breath. When Su Bai saw this, he just wanted to comfort the patriarch and said casually: "Don't worry, patriarch, I have kept the exorcism song and the flute well, and I will definitely not lose them."
Yes, after all, it was what Susu left to me."
The patriarch's eyes blinked, and Su Bai was puzzled: "Not only do you have to keep it well?"
The clan leader smiled slightly. Gong Yan felt that the hand he was holding had lost all strength and was about to slip from his palm. He held it and looked at the clan leader again. His eyes slowly closed, and the corners of his mouth
Smiling, breathless...
Several elders standing beside him had wiped away tears. Gong Yan sighed: "You are good to go."
Su Bai gasped, and another living person disappeared in front of his eyes. Su Bai wiped his tears, quietly stepped aside, and walked out with Cui Ying and others. Now, it was the Gong clan people
time.
In the yard, Gongshan was squatting in the corner, holding a small branch in his hand, his butt raised, and fiddling with something. Cui Ying walked over: "Gongshan, what are you doing?"
"I'm poking that bad bug." Miyayama's voice was like a child's. He raised his head and said, "That bug is really ugly, and it has a black shell on it."
"There are no insects here." Cui Ying persuaded patiently: "Gongshan, go see the clan leader."
Miyayama seemed not to have heard anything and just poked the place with a stick: "Bad bug, bad bug..."
Bai Moxuan's heart moved: "Gongshan, what's the name of the bad bug, and what kind of bug is it?"
"His name is..." Gongshan raised his head, with a confused look on his face: "He has a name, his name is... Why can't I remember..."
Gongshan's facial features were all twisted into a ball. He held his head with both hands, looking very painful. Snot and tears spurted out again. He looked really unsightly. Cui Ying sighed, took out a tissue and wiped it away for him.
With dirt on his face, he looked back at Bai Moxuan: "What exactly do you want to ask?"
"The bad bug has a black shell on its body, so why does it sound like a masked man?" Bai Moxuan said: "The most important thing is that the bug has its own name."
Xiaoshan understood: "Are you trying to say that maybe Miyayama knows the name of the masked man?"
"This is just my feeling." Bai Moxuan said, "How about giving it a try?"
Cui Ying nodded, she approached Gongshan, and took out another piece of candy from her pocket: "Gongshan, be good, here is this for you, can you tell sister, what is the last name of the bad bug? You see, my name is Cui Ying, so I
My surname is Cui, so what is the name of this insect you don’t like?”
Gongshan took the candy and eagerly opened it to eat. He shook his head and said, "His name is Liu Changqing."
"What?" Cui Ying wanted to ask more carefully, but Gongshan refused to say anything anymore. He just pointed at his belly: "The bad bug's name is written on his belly..."
Su Bai had no choice but to be convinced by Bai Moxuan: "This way you can relate to it, but the masked man is really a harmful insect."
Cui Ying stood up: "There is no doubt that the surname is Liu. Unfortunately, the name Gongshan is not clear and we cannot determine which two characters it is. What should we do next?"
"It depends on what the other party is doing. If they still don't give up and stay here, we can only continue the stalemate until they are sent away." Xiaoshan clasped his hands on his chest: "Several of them were injured by the agency. This
It has curbed their actions to a certain extent.”
"Yes, I have given the order to let the old and weak woman stay here." Gong Yan had already cheered up and walked out again: "The elders will arrange the funeral affairs of the clan leader, and I will take the younger ones with me.
I will fight shoulder to shoulder with you."
"We have disturbed the snake, and the other party may not be fooled." Bai Moxuan said: "The only one that can interest them now is Su Bai. Gongshan has told the masked man that only the clan leader and Subai know the map of the twelve dragon veins. How about
, let the news go out, the clan leader has passed away, let them see the clan leader’s funeral, and they will naturally focus on Su Bai. "
Su Bai wiped his sweat: "Are you going to sacrifice me?"
"What are you afraid of? We will protect you. Because of your fearless spirit, the other party may not be able to find a needle in a haystack for a while. Gong Yan and the others can rearrange the layout to make this place more indestructible." Cui Ying said carelessly: "
Your sacrifice and dedication will never be forgotten."
Gong Yan was obviously very satisfied with this plan. After all this series of things, it would be great to have some time to breathe. Su Bai had long known that he was being used as cannon fodder, so he hesitated for a while and reluctantly agreed.
, Gong Yan said: "According to our rules, a water burial is to be held, why not make the noise louder?"
"Of course it's good," Cui Ying said.
Mentioning the clan leader's funeral, Gong Yan's mood dropped to freezing point again: "Suddenly I felt a little lonely. In the past, the clan leader and Su Su always stood in the way of anything. At that time, I didn't realize the great responsibility, but
From today on, I have to stir up all this."
Xiaoshan said: "Everyone has a growth process. It is not too late to start from now."
At that moment, everyone decided to make the patriarch's water burial ceremony more formal and public. On the day of cremation, they deliberately chose to do it in the open ground with thick smoke billowing up. It was expected that those people would also notice that during this process, Xiaoshan was not
He stopped and walked back and forth, looking around, and finally found a few suspicious figures on the top of a nearby mountain: "The snake really moved."
"That's good." Bai Moxuan said: "I'm just afraid that we will put on a show, but there won't even be anyone watching the show."
After the clan leader's body was cremated, the ashes were placed in a white porcelain container and held in Gong Yan's arms. Gong Shan also came and was dragged by the elder. He was completely lost in his mind and had no idea what was happening in front of him.
Cremating the person who loved them the most, he reached out to touch Cui Ying from time to time: "Tiantian, I want Tiantian..."
Cui Ying took out a candy. In this situation, she had to be quiet after all. As soon as she put the candy on Gong Shan's hand, she heard Gong Shan look behind her and murmured: "Bad bugs"