Chapter 102: Grave Keeper 1
According to two notebooks, Xiao Fan and his party finally came to the extremely remote Mona Village in Yun Province.
Behind the village is a rolling mountain range shrouded in white mist. Even in the notes, the place where Dad appeared last is most likely the location of the Longquan Mausoleum.
There are countless gold and silver treasures buried in the mausoleum, which is normal.
However, it is rumored that the Longquan Mausoleum is guarded by ghost servants.
Twenty years ago, there used to be a group of strong fighting groups, they only fought big fights, and they returned with full rewards every time, and their reputation was sensational.
The big fights mentioned here only refer to the tombs of dignitaries, royal relatives, and even emperors and generals.
Therefore, those who are a little capable of gold touches like to patronize such cemeteries. On the one hand, there are many rare things, and on the other hand, they can make their own reputation.
They went to fight again according to the route on the fragment, but in the end there were only two people who went back, and these two people washed their hands in golden pots and left the rivers and lakes, and they could no longer be found. There are all kinds of public opinion.
But the paper couldn't contain the fire. After all, the story of the Longquan treasure was spread out, which attracted people who wanted to find the treasure.
At the same time, the 'Grave Keeper', a character who has been rumored for a long time but never seen, also really appeared in the circle.
Twenty years later, people are still looking for the whereabouts of the Longquan Treasure Fragment, as well as the traces of the two who immediately retired after returning alive.
Sitting in an open-air bridge-crossing noodle shop in Mona Village, Xiao Fan ate a lot, and a bowl of noodles quickly bottomed out.
He waved and told the boss that he wanted another bowl, then turned his head and looked at the middle-aged man beside him who was drinking with a sip.
Xiao Fan tapped the table with the head of his chopsticks, which directly interrupted the middle-aged man to talk about Kaikai according to the contents of the notes.
"Uncle Liu, you said so much on the way, but you haven't told me whether my father disappeared here."
When he was ten years old, his father left a letter saying that he was going to find his grandfather and disappeared without a trace.
Ten years have passed, and now he is twenty years old, and his father has never come back.
Now he is also following in his father's footsteps and looking for the two of them, based on the notes passed down by his grandfather and father.
I really don't understand why the three generations of the Xiao family are looking for a series of people.
If I explain here this time, I really die young, and what is even worse is that they are all broilers before and after death!
After a long time, Liu Baike looked at Xiao Fan from the yellowed notebook, and shrugged, "I don't know how to tell you."
Xiao Fan…!
"Uncle Liu, what do you mean by this? Before you came, you made it clear that you would help me find the reason for my father's disappearance. You are lying to me!" Xiao Fan slapped the table and glared at him. .
The commotion was a bit loud, attracting the attention of people around, including locals and foreign tourists.
Young people are impulsive! Liu Baike pinched his eyebrows with a headache, and explained in a good voice, "Nephew Xiao, based on the incomplete notes left by your father and your grandfather, I tried hard to find out that he came here last, but he went to which one. Mountains, am I not researching, why did I lie to you."
The fighters have a habit of recording everything they have been to and seeing, and then try their best to pass it on.
Although it was passed on in the end and the notes were incomplete, it was also the most important source of information.
Xiao Fan was dubious, "Really? You didn't lie to me?"
When he was a child, he thought his family was in the antique business, but when he grew up, he realized that the ancestors of the Xiao family were a big family. Still on the front line.
The two disappeared because of the Longquan treasure.
"Your father and I have been friends for many years, and you don't know it. You can't trust others, but you can't trust me." Liu Baike shook his head funnyly, he pushed the glasses on the bridge of his nose, Continue to look down and study the notes.
Privately, he didn't really believe Liu Baike, because this person is very duplicitous.
However, Liu Baike has experience in going to the tomb, and he doesn't know anything. He just wants to find out where his grandfather and father are by taking notes. Together, it is the result of careful consideration.
Of course, he also has the ability to protect himself.
"Yes, go over there, you will see a stilted bamboo building full of plum blossoms, just ask the mother-in-law." The strong local accent requires careful identification to know the specific meaning.
After thanking them, the two of them walked along the bluestone passage, and they saw a very beautiful hanging building in the distance.
Shortly after they left, three men and women in casual clothes sitting in the store looked at each other as if they were traveling, and got up and left.
Don't forget to add a few side dishes.
After double-checking that she was full, she turned her head and shouted, "Qiu Yu, give dinner to Granny Hua, and tell her that there are a lot of bugs coming these days."
After she finished speaking, she turned her head to look at the gloomy weather outside and said, "If it rains, you don't need to come back, just sleep at Granny Hua's place for a night."
"Okay, Amu." Qiu Yu put away the comic strip, took the basket, and jumped out of the backyard. If you take a shortcut, you will soon lead to Granny Hua.
They speak the local language, and now there are no outsiders, other locals hear it, and they all smile.
And chatting with each other, from the direction of looking at the Diaojiaolou, one can guess that they are talking about Xiao Fan and the others.
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The stilted building is very delicate and beautiful, and there are several strings of red lanterns and some corn peppers hanging on the second floor.
A yard is encircled below, and the lower fence is covered with all kinds of vines. Looking in, you can see the budding flower bones on the branches of plum blossoms.
Xiao Fan and Liu Baike stood in front of the wooden door, hesitantly facing the road, "This grandmother is probably here, right?"
There are also stilted buildings nearby, but they are a little far apart and concentrated. This place is relatively remote and quiet.
They are here to secretly investigate the treasures of Longquan and find the route up the mountain, and they don't want to disturb the villagers, so it is best to rest in a place away from the crowd.
Xiao Fan knocked on the door and asked loudly, "Hello, does Granny Hua live here?"
After half a minute, I heard a creaking sound, and a little girl who was about their waist height opened the door, tilted her head and looked at them curiously.
She has two braids, and wears eye-catching silver national costumes, big eyes, Qiong nose, small mouth, some three-dimensional and deep facial features, some healthy and energetic wheat color, she is a natural beauty blank.
Xiao Fan bent down and looked up, smiling handsomely, "Children, may I ask, does Granny Hua live here?"
Qiu Yu turned her head to look at Liu Baike, then back at Xiao Fan, and then nodded.
Xiao Fan and Liu Baike looked at each other and smiled, not looking in the wrong place.
Xiao Fan said again, "The two of us are traveling, and we have nowhere to stay until the evening. Now I want to stay at Granny Hua's house, can you help me and tell her."
He took out a colorful lollipop from his pocket.
Qiu Yu’s face was moved, but in the end she shook her head and refused.
This made Xiao Fan a little surprised, a child, even a child in the mountains, could resist the temptation of snacks!
"I'll ask Granny Hua." Qiu Yu blinked her big eyes, replied in unskilled Mandarin, turned around and ran back.
Soon, she ran back and repeated, "Mother-in-law Hua said, you can stay, but the price of a night's stay is not cheap."
Xiao Fan raised his brows and affirmed, "Don't worry, no matter how much money, we will do it, and we will never fail!"
Qiu Yu led them in and stepped on the stairs. Liu Baike looked around the scenery and couldn't help but admire, "This place is simply a treasure land of Feng Shui, formed by the geographical location of mountains and rivers. With Zuo Qinglong and right White Tiger, the best house in front of Suzaku and back of Xuanwu."
"Is it so exaggerated, how come I don't see any difference?" Xiao Fan looked around, stunned that he couldn't see what Liu Baike said about the shape of a white tiger and a green dragon.
Although Liu Baike is not so good at the ability to fight, but in the circle, he is still a little famous for his ability in metaphysics, and many people will take something from him to protect themselves before taking action.
Otherwise, he would not choose to cooperate.
Turn a deaf ear to the conversation between the two behind her, Qiu Yu quickly took them to the reception hall on the second floor. The furnishings were almost all wood carvings, and they looked very elegant.
And an old man with black hair and white hair was sleeping on a rocking chair with a very old opera playing on the radio next to him.
I couldn't understand what I was singing, Xiao Fan thought, he really is a laity.
But looking at Liu Baike shaking his head, he was very addicted, thinking that he should understand it, and it is not ruled out that it is pretending.
"Mother Hua, they have already arrived." Qiu Yu ran behind Ning Qiu, and helped pinching her shoulders.
Xiao Fan and Liu Baike were still trying to introduce themselves when they heard the flower mother say lazily, "Put down the deposit of five hundred yuan, and Qiu Yu will take you to the guest room. No dinner, if you want to eat it, it will be another price."
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Well, every penny counts.