Weird past in the countryside

Chapter 103 It's the Gentleness That Bows Her Head and the Shyness of the Cool Breeze

I calmly told everyone how I went to see Ling Yunfei, and everyone was deeply moved.

At the end of the talk, I showed everyone the Mo Chi Sword.After seeing it, the master nodded frequently: "It's really a good sword. If you have a part of Ling Yunfei's martial arts and match it with this sharp weapon, you will really be like a tiger with wings added."

I smiled wryly and said, "Am I still a tiger? Mice are not as good as they are chasing them all over the world."

Everyone laughed loudly.

Master returned the sword to me: "Just watch it, and my words will prove to be correct in the future."

I put the sword in my waist and said to the master: "Should we hurry up and find the entrance of the underground palace? It seems that Xiao San has always been ruthless. When I came back just now, I saw that there were ghost corpses gathering on the other side of the road. "

Master nodded: "Well, it's not too late. Later, you will lead me to take a look around the pond and lake. We still need to make a fuss there. Fortunately, Ling Yunfei said that he will give us time."

"But I've been to that pond and lake twice. Except that the scene is very similar to the entrance of the underground palace, I didn't see any entrance?" I asked suspiciously.

The master pondered for a moment, and said: "The construction process of the underground palace seems very secret and complicated. You have to think about it carefully, and don't let go of some details. It is very likely that the important breakthrough to enter the underground palace lies in those details."

After listening to the master, I scratched my head and recalled all about the underground palace.

Suddenly, the master asked: "Yangzi, I remember Ling Yunfei recited a poem before entering the underground palace, right?"

I nodded: "That's right."

Master asked again: "Do you still remember?"

"Of course." I said slowly in my mouth: "There is a faint white jade plate, full of hatred and speechless. Guan Ning went with the wind, and the Ming Dynasty was already disabled. The general waved his golden weapon to illuminate the mountains and rivers alone. I have nothing left to report to the country. Only for future generations to see .”

Master slapped his thigh: "This is it."

Yu Ling'er said: "Brother, when Yang Yang returned to his previous life, I also heard this poem, but does this poem have any special meaning?"

Master said very positively: "I guess there is, we might as well analyze it."

Mu Zhuer said: "I think this poem is just an expression of Ling Yunfei's mood after he was depressed back then. He is full of hatred, and a kind of helplessness for the imminent collapse of the Ming Dynasty, and he has nothing to do with serving the country. But there is nowhere to display it, it can only be a kind of artistic conception for future generations to comment on."

I praised: "Wu stick, this poem is good, your comment is even better."

But the master shook his head: "I'm afraid it's more than that."

Qi Wantong interjected: "I think, if there is anything worth analyzing in this poem, it can only be in that line, which is the faint white jade plate."

After listening to it, everyone chanted repeatedly: "Yinyin white jade plate, faintly white jade plate..."

"Think about it, everyone, and brainstorm. The only breakthrough now is this sentence. As long as you understand the reason behind it, you may be able to find the entrance to the underground palace." Master asked everyone to think about the meaning of this sentence. .

"White jade plate, white jade plate?" Xiaoyue thought to herself, "Could it be a kind of precious porcelain or jade in the underground palace?"

I shake my head. "No, if this poem was uttered by Ling Yunfei, it has a meaning. He hadn't entered the underground palace at that time, so naturally he wouldn't know what's in the underground palace. Moreover, he blurted it out at that time, so this white jade plate must be the one he wrote at that time. something you can see."

"What did you see at that time? Could it be the moon?" Qi Wantong said.

"The moon, the moon in the sky, yes, the moon, I remember, it was a full moon in the sky at that time, Senior Qi, you are so smart." I danced excitedly.

Mu Zhuer has a lot of research on ancient poetry. When he heard me say this, he slapped his head: "Oh, I'm so stupid. This line of poetry feels familiar to me when I hear it. It turns out that's how it is."

I asked, "What happened?"

The wooden stick said: "The word white jade plate was mentioned in Li Bai's poem called "Gu Lang Yue Xing". moon."

"If the white jade plate is the moon, does that mean that the underground palace must be opened when the moon is full?" I asked again.

Master nodded and said, "It must be so."

I asked anxiously: "Then what date is it today, and how many days will the moon be full?"

Qi Wantong said: "Today is the fourteenth, and tomorrow is the fifteenth, the night of the full moon."

The master said: "Great, it seems that our luck is good. Tomorrow night, we will go to see what happened. If we are lucky, we will directly enter the underground palace."

Yu Ling'er asked: "Then, what are we doing during this time?"

Master spat out two words: "Rest."

Yes, it looks like everything is going well with our operation.It is very rare to be able to set aside a day of precious rest time for Master and the others. You must know that their bodies are no longer strong enough to support the actions that consume too much energy. During this day, applying the medicine will probably greatly relieve them. pain.

After having a plan for the next step, the patriarch arranged two rooms for the master and the others. The master and the others were not polite, and fell asleep after entering the room.

I lay down for a while, but I couldn't fall asleep. My body had basically recovered, so I got up and walked out of the room.

I saw Mingzhu sitting on a piece of bluestone in the stockade, her eyes staring blankly.

I walked over and said, "Mingzhu, what are you thinking about?"

Mingzhu obviously didn't realize that I was passing by, she was startled when she heard the voice, and when she saw me, a smile appeared on her face: "Why didn't you sleep for a while."

I patted my chest: "I'm fine, I don't need to rest."

Mingzhu said happily: "Is it really alright? Then can you chat with me?"

I said, "Okay, chat with me for free until you are satisfied."

Mingzhu smiled when she heard it, and my heart fluttered again when I saw it.This is not to say that I have any unreasonable thoughts about Mingzhu, because this smile is so beautiful, without any impurities, it is purely natural.

Mingzhu asked: "Is it dangerous for you to go tomorrow?"

I said: "It should be very dangerous. No one has entered the underground palace for hundreds of years. There must be many uncertain factors."

"Then why go? Are the things inside really that important?"

I glanced at Mingzhu, her deep eyes looked into the distance, and her long eyelashes flickered.I suddenly couldn't bear it in my heart. After all, they live a good life here, but we have to do something in their territory. Besides, it is unknown whether our actions will affect their future lives.

I asked Mingzhu: "Mingzhu, will the people in your village object to our going to explore the underground palace?"

Mingzhu shook her head: "People in our village listen to the patriarch. The patriarch said that you may find out the secret of our longevity. We all want to know this secret."

I suddenly remembered something, and I said to Mingzhu: "Mingzhu, I have a question, it has nothing to do with this underground palace, it's about your village, if you don't know, you can ask?"

Mingzhu looked at me sideways: "Ask, why are you so polite?"

I faltered and said: "The inner one, that is, the people in your village have lived for hundreds of years. During this period, no one...has no children?"

Mingzhu heard this, her pretty face blushed.

When I saw it, I hurriedly covered it up: "Ah, what I mean is, if you can give birth normally, then the population will definitely prosper in the past few hundred years. I am afraid that the resources in this five-mile radius cannot bear it."

Mingzhu lowered her head and said, "You're right. During these hundreds of years, we could only maintain immortality, but none of us gave birth to children. Since we moved here, not to mention newborn children, only the few who were happy Sister-in-law, the baby miraculously disappeared in the end, we were all surprised, but no one knew the reason."

I nodded: "So it is."

Mingzhu nodded: "So, people in our village sometimes feel that life is worse than death. Birth, old age, sickness and death are not terrible, but the fact that we cannot continue our lives is the most terrible thing. You say that people who have lost the ability to reproduce can still be called human beings? Just like dead people What's the difference? It's better to be called the living dead."

After constant contact with Mingzhu and the others, I gradually understood their mentality.

I asked again: "Mingzhu, hundreds of years ago, you were not too young at this age, and you were so beautiful, didn't you think of finding a husband's family?"

Mingzhu lowered her head all of a sudden, her face that had just recovered turned completely red again, her face full of shyness.It made me think of Xu Zhimo's poem naturally: the most is the gentleness of bowing the head, like a water lotus, shyness that cannot withstand the cool breeze.Said "Treasure", said "Treasure", in that "Treasure", there is sweet sadness.

For some reason, I really want to say how much I cherish to Mingzhu, and may happiness be with this beautiful girl forever.

(End of this chapter)