"Little bastard, stop being so arrogant. People are kind-hearted. There are many places now that are not very peaceful and the wind is very tight. You'd better stay less involved with those people. Otherwise, don't regret it if you suffer a loss.
"
When it was time to take a break, the old man called me into the study. Wang Kui and Wang Kui had already left. Seeing the old man's stern expression, I had a hunch in my heart that he seemed to be preparing for a showdown with me. I didn't know if it was with me.
Wang Kui and the others are related.
"Hutou, I know you have resentment in your heart. Do you know why I don't want to tell you the truth? It's not that the secret is so important. In fact, I'm afraid that you will be more resentful after hearing this. I don't want to do it because of this.
Let this alienate you from me."
I took a deep breath. It seemed that he was really ready to confess. I was really curious about his secrets. If I had the opportunity to hear him tell them personally, I would be very happy. "If you don't tell me, I will be confused in my heart."
I’ve always had a pimple.” I said it directly, and it seemed like that was all I could say.
"Okay, I'll tell you now why I asked you, Wang Kui and the others to go to Nanling in the first place." The old man tapped his fingers lightly on the table, then stopped suddenly, stared at me and said, "Actually, I was
Taking advantage of you."
My heart skipped a beat. Is this premonition about to become a reality? In fact, I have thought of this for a long time. The old man does things vigorously and resolutely, and he will never be sloppy. If he doesn't want to tell me, he will tell me directly. In the past few days,
He was always hesitant and hesitant, there must be something that worried him, and now that he said it, it seemed that he had done something excessive.
"Actually, where you are going, the Dragon Hunting Notes are not there at all. I have known about this for a long time, and I am the only one who knows."
Shui Yue mentioned this possibility when we came out, but I didn't believe it at all. The bronze coffin on the last water blooming golden lotus must be the Dragon Chaser's own. Judging from the traces, it seems that no one has ever opened it.
I've been here, and if there are any notes on chasing dragons, they must be in them.
But what the old man said was true. If he hadn't obtained some evidence, he wouldn't have said it with such certainty. "How do you know?" I asked directly.
The old man nodded, pinched the beard on his chin with his fingers, and said with a sigh: "Do you still remember what happened in Qinling? I found evidence in the Sancai coffin."
The old man slowly explained the reason. It turned out that when he opened the coffin, he discovered that the coffin had actually been visited by someone a long time ago. What he found inside was not only a bronze dragon sculpture, but also a piece of yellow cloth with a paragraph written on it.
Story, you will understand everything after reading that story.
As he said that, he fumbled and took out a cloth bag from the coffin, opened it and saw that there was indeed a piece of yellow cloth. I took it and looked at it carefully. This yellow cloth was obviously a cloth used by the ancient royal family. From the patterns and fine workmanship on it,
, I judge it to be a product of the Tang Dynasty.
After reading the handwriting on it, I did not read the content but just took a quick glance and basically confirmed my guess. The font on it is cursive and has quite the style of Wang Xizhi. Everyone knows that in the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Taizong Li Shimin liked Wang Xizhi very much.
Wang Xizhi's calligraphy style was followed throughout the entire Tang Dynasty.
As for the content on the scroll, I couldn't help but be stunned after reading it. This scroll was actually written by Yang Junsong, a state minister in the late Tang Dynasty. The general meaning is that in the Tang Dynasty, someone did the same thing as us.
I also entered the tomb of the dragon chaser, but I didn't find the dragon chaser's note. I later found the thing in another place.
I suddenly remembered the thing about the ten-layered coffins, and I suddenly discovered that several of the legendary characters appeared in the scroll. Is it a coincidence? No, I think my long-standing suspicion may actually become a reality.
"Since you know that the dragon-catching notes are not in Nanling, why did you ask us to go there?" I asked, this is the most important question, I have never been able to figure this out.
At this moment, I suddenly thought of what he just said, that he was using me, and I couldn't help but have a very uncomfortable thought in my heart. Is that really the case?
"I'm using you." The old man repeated again, with a bit of guilt in his tone. "Because you are my grandson. At that time, many people were looking for me, but they couldn't find me, so they had to target you.
, as long as you know your whereabouts, you will be noticed no matter where you go."
I sighed secretly in my heart. I didn't expect that the idea I just had would become a reality so quickly. "So, you asked me to go to Nanling with the so-called 'key' to help you attract the attention of those people, and you
I can hide from everyone and go to the real place to find the dragon chasing notes, right?" I quickly thought of this. This is definitely in line with the old man's behavior. If this is the case, then I will really be beaten by him.
After using it ruthlessly, it is naturally a bit hard to accept.
I really hoped he would say no, but in the end he nodded and admitted directly. "Yes, I used you to attract their attention to Nanling, and then I went to Yanggongling. I doubt the real dragon-catching notes.
Just hide there, my plan is to build a plank road to cross Chencang secretly."
To be honest, his approach can be regarded as very cunning. It is difficult for anyone to imagine that this would be a game, so it is a very good idea for him to do this. But I feel very unhappy. If he and I were two
Forget it if you don’t know someone. The key is that we are relatives. It is very uncomfortable to be used by relatives in this way. There is no way to raise too much resentment, let alone revenge, but there is a feeling of anger in my heart.
I can't release it, just like a mouthful of water stuck in my throat. I can't spit it out or swallow it, so I can only endure it.
"Then you are not afraid that I will die there? Or do you not care? Just like Wang Kui said, you can sacrifice everything for success."
"Of course not. Do you think I am such a ruthless person?" The old man looked a little excited. I knew he valued family ties very seriously, but it was unlikely that he was like that. What I said just now was just impulsive.
I can't take back what I said now, so I can only slow down my tone and ask: "Then you didn't have any plans at that time?"
"Of course I didn't originally plan to let Xiaoyue go, but then you brought some people over, and they were all very capable, and Wang Kui and the others were following you, so I felt free to let you go. But I didn't expect what was going on there.
The environment is so complicated. I already know the story from Wang Kui. It was indeed my underestimation. If you want to blame me, you should."
I felt better after hearing what he said, but there was one thing that still bothered me. I wanted to ask again, but in the end I couldn't help but ask: "What about the monkey? You already know the person who betrayed me many times."
That’s him, right?”
The old man stared at me for a while, and finally nodded helplessly.
"Then why didn't you tell me earlier? If you had told me earlier, maybe so many things wouldn't have happened, and maybe not so many people would have been hurt."
The old man didn't answer, but his face was a little sad. I suddenly realized that maybe he was deliberately avoiding this matter. The reason? Of course it was guilt.
Sure enough, it seemed that he didn't want to mention the past, but he finally explained it. The first half was basically the same as what I knew. The monkey's grandfather was actually the person who was forced by He Tao and Zhang Yinzhu to frame the old man. The old man was angry
Then he shot him in the chest, but it was on the right side. The old man was merciful. After all, he had been with him for many years. Even if he made an irreparable mistake, he would not bear to kill him.
Monkey's grandfather committed suicide in the end, partly because of guilt, and partly because he felt that he would not be able to get out of the Qinling Mountains due to his injuries, so he wanted to kill himself early. However, there was another surprise that the old man said. Before his death, Monkey's grandfather
Zhang Yinzhu was shot once, also on the right side of the chest, but Zhang Yinzhu escaped. After all, he had so many subordinates. However, he died within a few years of his escape. It was said that he died of lung disease. I think
It may also have some direct relationship with that shot.
I can't say who is right or wrong. Just like that sentence, nothing is right or wrong, and people are divided into good and evil. These things cannot make people hate much. But after listening to the second half of the old man's words, I finally understand the hatred of monkeys.
Where did it come from? The cause was the death of his father Li Tai, and it turned out to be the old man's responsibility.
When Grandpa Monkey died, Li Tai was less than ten years old. When Li Tai was about fifteen years old, his mother also died of illness. The old man felt soft-hearted and took him over to raise him.
Li Tai's death was about twenty years ago. The accident happened in a pre-Tang Dynasty ancient tomb near Luoyang, Shaanxi Province. The tomb was of high standard, and it was estimated that it belonged to an official somewhere in the Pre-Tang Dynasty.
But there is something strange about this tomb. There is a pond above it. There is a big banyan tree growing in the pond. Its branches and leaves occupy almost half of the entire pond. The ancient tomb is ten meters under the pond.
The distance of ten meters is extremely deep. Even digging a hole is extremely difficult. In addition, there is a pond above. If you dig deeper, water will definitely seep in. Fighting like this is very difficult.
It was done. But how could this trouble the old man? In the end, he got through the hole.
However, before entering, the three guiding incense sticks could not be lit. This is a taboo among local rats. As the saying goes, "If all three sticks are long, someone will die." The timid Li Tai suggested
The old man gives up this fight. No matter how fat the fight is, it is better to avoid this too dangerous thing.
But at that time, the old man was in his ferocious years, he was bold, and he did not take the rules passed down very seriously. In addition, the old man's financial situation also had some problems during that period, and he urgently needed a sum of money to relieve the pressure.