Mystery

Wu Xie ran back and forth all morning, but did not find Zhang Qiling.And when he was about to despair, he met him inadvertently.

However, it was a bit unexpected.

"Ah!" At noon, Wu Xie came back to the house out of breath.He thought that the person standing in his room was just a servant, but he didn't expect to see Zhang Qiling carefully. "You... you..." Before Wu Xie could say anything, he saw the sudden wound on Zhang Qiling's wrist.

He immediately stepped forward and grabbed Zhang Qiling's wrist, and the latter didn't resist, just said softly: "It's about to change."

"What?" Wu Xie woke up suddenly from his grief, now is not the time for him to care about these scars.Zhang Qiling took out the ghost seal from his arms: "Your ending."

"Mine? What does it have to do with me?" Wu Xie always felt that he was participating in a stage play, and no matter what happened, it didn't matter.Someone gets hurt today, someone dies tomorrow, it's just what happened in history.All he has to do is to find clues of "immortality" in the hidden history of the Zhang family.

"Those who enter the Bronze Gate truly participate in all evolutions." Hearing these words, Wu Xie understood what he was doing before.

He really entered the bronze door.

And the time he was sleeping was the time when a protagonist in the story left.Not only him, everyone is sleeping, but they have their own memories at that time.

But why does Zhang Qiling need to be here?

Just to guard against people like yourself?

"You said my future... has changed..." Wu Xie asked, "What do you mean?"

"The kings of the Eastern Xia Dynasty in the past are not human beings," Zhang Qiling began a rare long talk, "every time the generation is changed, the one who returns is actually the same person, and his appearance will return to his youthful appearance."

"That's why the Zhang family is willing to support the King of Dongxia in the last dynasty..." Wu Xie had a little thought.

"Because he holds the secret of immortality."

"I secretly went to check on the last king of Eastern Xia before he was buried..." Zhang Qiling turned Wu Xie around and stroked a certain part of his spine, "This place has been cut."

"This place will kill people if you are not careful," Wu Xie said helplessly, "It seems that the cause of his death..."

"No, he died of old age," Zhang Qiling continued, "but he is already paralyzed."

Wu Xie actually knew that somewhere on his back was slightly green. He thought about what he was forced to do, and said, "Is he taking Miluotuo regularly?"

"Maybe," he rummaged through Wu Xie's room, "but certainly not everyone can. People have died before taking Miluotuo."

Wu Xie understood that the Zhang family already had this "tradition."

"But how did these miluotuo come about?" Zhang Qiling ignored Wu Xie, Wu Xie thought he was tired of talking so much, but after a while he took out an old book and threw it to Wu Xie.

It turns out that this guy also has a lot of things he doesn't know.

Wu Xie opened it and found that it was not a book, but Zhang Qiling's handwritten notes.Although his handwriting is hasty but powerful, Wu Xie's understanding of him has been somewhat subverted.The above are all abbreviated records, but the complexity can be seen at a glance.After Wu Xie translated it into his own language in his mind, an unacceptable fact surfaced.

In the Qin Dynasty, it was an era when the Zhang family was prominent but unknown.

The history of the Zhang family began in ancient times and continues to this day.Because there is no historical record, later generations thought it was a family that existed only in the past hundred years.

At that time, the King of Qin was looking for a way to live forever, and he used thousands of alchemists to search for rare things in the world.After the patriarch heard about it, he had some thoughts in his heart.He searched for a place where heaven and earth gather energy and hide it secretly, and finally found here.But I didn't expect to find the dynasty that "destroyed" a long time ago—Dongxia.The Eastern Xia people have more advanced technology and a longer civilization than the earth age.Looking at it now, the bronze tree and the bronze door are the best proof.

It stands to reason that this place has long been occupied, and the Zhang family should leave, but who knows that the patriarch has another plan in his heart.

When the outside world was already dark, thousands of elite members of the Zhang family sneaked into Dongxia and bloodbathed the night city.

Although the battle was victorious, the casualties were heavy.And the patriarch didn't care so much, he went straight to King Dongxia.Pressing the question failed, but he accidentally discovered the imprint on his back.He ordered someone to kill and take it, but he didn't expect it to be a jade seal.

Ghost seal.

The only key to open the bronze door.

When he stepped into the bronze gate, he realized that it was the tomb of King Dongxia.

At first, Dong Xia's life was in front of him, and he thought he was hallucinating.And when he saw tall buildings covered by dark clouds in the distance, he knew that it was the place he had to go.

There were fewer and fewer people on the side of the road, and the cold was overwhelming.There was gradually more dust in the air, and it felt uncomfortable to inhale, so he held his breath until he reached a safe place.He pushed open the door, thinking there would be some trap, but he didn't expect there to be nothing.He carefully looked around and found that the structure of the house was obviously unreasonable.

His steps up the stairs became unusually light.He didn't expect that one day he would be so nervous.And when he got to the end and saw a coffin, he was really horrified.

He was frightened not because of the coffin, but because of the person sitting on the coffin.

He is exactly the same as the King of Dongxia who he personally killed.

And what the man said made him gasp.

"Did he hurt when you took his keys out?"

"Why didn't he come? Did you kill him?"

"Looks like I'm really dead this time."

However, the patriarch was still a formidable character after all, so he immediately calmed down and drew out his sharp sword to attack that person.What vicious and terrifying corpse change has he never seen?What surprised him the most was that the man didn't resist at all, and the blade directly pierced his heart.

"Why...don't you hide..." He actually started to worry about the ghost in front of him.

"Because I'm really dead this time..." The man smiled, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised, helpless and helpless.

The man pulled out the sword himself, dripping with blood.

"Are you really seeking immortality?"

"Actually, I hate you very much, utilitarian and cruel, don't you?"

"But I've lived too long..."

"But I still exist, as long as I'm still inside the bronze door."

"As long as you are willing to surrender to my already weak Dongxia, all this will be yours."

"As long as you are willing to wait quietly."

The original Miluo Tuo was the corpse that had not decomposed.

"So the Zhang family belongs to Dongxia..." After reading it, Wu Xie felt very complicated, "It's a pity that it has also fallen now."

After Wu Xie finished speaking, he suddenly thought of something, and hurriedly asked, "Is that patriarch still alive?"

"He will lose his memory every time he is reborn," Zhang Qiling said without answering him directly, but Wu Xie already understood, "The ghosts of Dongxia are still alive."

The person in front of him was the patriarch of the year.

And I am the "undead".

I didn't expect that they would also be changed by time.The selfish and reckless patriarch of the past has now transformed, but the majestic and courageous King Dongxia has now turned into his own appearance.

"Brother, what are you going to do?" Wu Xie lay on the bed feeling very tired, "Ghosts, I don't want to have anything to do with this in my next life."

"It's time to end."

Zhang Qiling approached Wu Xie and covered his eyes.I remember the last time he did this, it was in front of the bronze tree.

Wu Xie's tears wet his palms.He lightly let go, turned around, not daring to look at those misty tearful eyes.

Even with his eyes closed, the light could still penetrate, presenting a bright red in front of his eyes.

Wu Xie didn't understand why she wanted to cry.

What else does he miss?

He convinced himself over and over again in his heart that no matter how difficult the next step was, they would get out alive.

In fact, there is nothing terrible about death, what is terrible is the eternal separation.

He still wants to stand in the sun again,

Zhang Qiling must be by his side.

After Wu Xie woke up, she changed into casual clothes, took the only equipment she had, and stood alone in front of Zhang Qiling's gate.

I don't know if it was a tacit understanding, but just as he stood in front of the door, the man opened the door, and after being surprised, there was still a familiar calm in his eyes.

"So you're ready too." Wu Xie saw that he was wearing the familiar clothes.

Zhang Qiling looked at the smile on Wu Xie's face, and looked at the tiredness in the smile, which reminded him of the first time he saw Wu Xie.

What was he like then?

The eyes are fearful and calm, but unfortunately there is no goal or hope.

But his current transformation has made him farther away from the former King of Dongxia.

This distance is victory.

"I took a closer look at the notebook." Wu Xie leaned against the door frame, "The ancient building should be inside the bronze door within the bronze door... Alas, why is it so complicated..."

"Besides, when Dong Xia was completely destroyed, the king of Dong Xia killed the original patriarch due to his own mistake in decision..."

"In other words, if there is the patriarch's undead in the bronze gate here, then you are the original patriarch..."

"If not, I'm an undead," Zhang Qiling already knew the answer, "same as you."

"No wonder I don't have any memories of the past," Wu Xie said helplessly, "It seems that my grandfather and my father are really kind-hearted... Pick up any wild boy and bring them home..."

Zhang Qiling smiled, this smile was more natural than before.

Wu Xie hooked his shoulders, imitating Fatty's tone and pulling him away now. "To save nights and dreams." Wu Xie was inexplicably relieved when he thought of Fatty, Xiaohua, and Zhang Qiling who were still waiting for him.

The Bronze Gate is not far away.In the past few years, almost no one has come here, and the weeds in the crevices of the stones are especially luxuriant.

"The unknown is interesting." Facing the familiar Bronze Gate, Wu Xie already had a deep sense of conquest in his heart.But the short distance behind the door and the gloomy scene still make people shudder.

Still a town.

All the houses have white chiffon tied on the eaves, blowing up in the wind and intertwining each other.There are plain paper strips pasted on the windows and doors, nothing is written on them, the color is already a little yellow, and it will shatter into pieces if touched lightly.The lion in front of a big family's door was broken into pieces, and the dark red wooden door was painted with a few large strokes of white.In a small field next to it, there are still a few stumps of white flowers, most of which are made of paper. In the dry waterway beside the road, there are a few soaked paper boats that have almost melted into the soil.

They are still standing high.Wu Xie looked up and found that this was an even older dungeon.A long time ago, there was not so much dense fog under the stone roof, and the sun could still shine in, and the light was sufficient.But unexpectedly, the stone top is not a complete mountain, but has been dug out with holes, gradually decreasing from the middle to the surrounding.

"There." Zhang Qiling pointed to the distance.Wu Xie looked over and found that he was referring to the Zhang family ancient building that no longer existed.

They walked down the stone steps and saw something on the way.Upon closer inspection, it was a sitting bone.

The clothes on Bai Gu's body can still be vaguely seen to be the clothes of the servants of the Zhang family, but the color has changed.There was no trace of trauma on his body, and he was in perfect condition. Wu Xie wondered if he had been sitting here for decades.Thinking about it this way, a chill ran up Wu Xie's spine.Zhang Qiling didn't come up with any answer either.But when they were about to leave, they felt that something was wrong.

When Wu Xie went down, he accidentally brought the bones down.He thought that his clothes had accidentally caught it, but when he looked down, he found that it had grabbed his clothes.Its empty eyes were fixed on Wu Xie, and its other hand seemed to be about to be raised.

Fortunately, Zhang Qiling had quick eyes and hands, and immediately drew his sword and cut off the hand holding Wu Xie, and pulled Wu Xie to his side.His hand accidentally touched Wu Xie's back close to his waist, but Wu Xie dodged it sensitively.

Only then did he remember that Wu Xie had said on the way here that he had a blue mark on his back.

Could it be that the change just now was also due to this reason?

Wu Xie realized what he did just now, and probably guessed the reason.

Subtle vibrations came from all around, slowly becoming more and more clear.That was the sound of a heavy horn, the sound of the horn after the bronze door was opened.

"Ah!" A series of small whispers sounded in Wu Xie's ears, or in his mind.A huge mental shock almost made him faint, but fortunately Zhang Qiling helped him in time.

"The king is back."

"But I feel so strange."

"He's not."

"Then why do I feel..."

"He's not the original king."

"changed?"

"In this case, Guixi does not belong to him."

"Bring it."

"Grab it."

……

"kill him."

"What's wrong?" Zhang Qiling asked with concern.Wu Xie realized that he couldn't hear these voices, so he repeated those "auditory hallucinations" to Zhang Qiling.

Thousands of bones came out from behind the dilapidated houses.

This is something scarier than corpses...