Dragon Pattern Roll Set

Bai Yutang was dragged by Zhan Zhao away from the pile of unnamed graves, and walked into the deep mountains and old forests.

Although Zhan Zhao has never had a sense of direction, it is useless to have a sense of direction at this moment, because there is nothing around that can be used to distinguish the direction.Even the daylight was blocked by the weird dense forest and the hinterland of the narrow valley.

Bai Yutang was led a few steps away by Zhan Zhao, and held him back, "Cat."

Zhan Zhao stopped and looked back, but he couldn't see the cemetery anymore, so it's probably safe, right?

Bai Yutang found a clean stone to sit on, dragged Zhan Zhao to sit beside him, and asked, "What's wrong with the iron coffin locked with chains?"

Zhan Zhao looked around and sighed.

Bai Yutang looked at him slightly puzzled.

Zhan Zhao crossed his arms and looked at Bai Yutang, then moved, as if he found a more comfortable position to sit, with one leg resting on the rock and his shoulder leaning against Bai Yutang, "I'm very happy to tell you a story. I heard it when I was a kid."

Bai Yutang was also in the same posture as Zhan Zhao, with his hands resting on the handle of the long Yunzhong knife, leaning against Zhan Zhao, "What story?"

"When I was very young, I heard it from the funeral flower." Zhan Zhao said quietly.

"How small?" Bai Yutang seemed to be concerned about Zhan Zhao himself.

"So small... I didn't know what love is until I heard that story." Zhan Zhao smiled slightly.

Bai Yutang turned his head and looked at Zhan Zhao's side face, "That's a very warm story? The current atmosphere doesn't seem to fit well."

"Then will you listen?" Zhan Zhao asked back.

"Listen." Bai Yutang replied slowly, "I can't get out anyway."

Zhan Zhao began to say, "Burning Life Flower didn't do funeral business before. He was born in an ordinary family. His father was a poor scholar. He didn't teach him anything except teaching him to read and write."

Bai Yutang was a little surprised, because of the strange name of the burial flower, this person can be said to be the most mysterious and weirdest existence in the world. Some people even say that he is a person who can communicate with the Yin and Yang worlds. How could he be born so ordinary?

"His surname is not buried. Of course, these are not important. He doesn't even remember what his real name is." Zhan Zhao continued, "When he was seven years old, his father died and his mother wanted to remarry, but he couldn't. Take him, so... her mother became cruel, took him to the woods, and threw him away."

Bai Yutang frowned slightly and shook his head.

Zhan Zhao continued, "After the funeral flower ate the last cake his mother made for him in the forest, he probably knew that his mother didn't want him anymore, so he felt that he couldn't live alone. The old woman said that when a person dies, he will go to the Underworld, cross the Naihe Bridge, drink Mengpo soup, and reincarnate in the nine cycles of reincarnation."

Bai Yutang couldn't laugh or cry.

"So he thought, where is the underworld? Where can I find Po Meng to drink soup and cross the Naihe Bridge? Can I have a better pregnancy in my next life?" Zhan Zhao said, "So...he started digging the ground."

Bai Yutang looked at Zhan Zhao and asked, "Does he want to dig all the way to the underworld?"

Zhan Zhao shrugged slightly, "Is he only seven years old?"

Bai Yutang nodded, motioning for Zhan Zhao to continue.

"He dug from dawn to dusk, and then he fell down." Zhan Zhao said.

Bai Yutang was slightly surprised, "What does it mean that it fell?"

"He suddenly dug through the floor and fell down." Zhan Zhao said, "Sometimes it may be some kind of providence. There is a tunnel underground in the place he dug."

Bai Yutang became interested, "Then what happened afterwards? What adventure did he have?"

Zhan Zhao said, "He kept walking along the tunnel, thinking that he had already arrived at the underworld. When he reached the end of the tunnel, he saw a river and a bridge."

Bai Yutang wanted to laugh, "Isn't it true that we have reached the bridge of Naihe?"

"He walked onto the bridge and found that the bridge was a small island leading to the center of the lake." Zhan Zhao said, "He walked to the small island. There were only two things on the island, one looked like a torch or a lamp, and the other ...is a long and square platform."

Bai Yutang continued to listen.

"He took out the torch and lit the tall lamp, and the surrounding area became brighter." Zhan Zhao said slowly, "He found that the platform turned out to be an open coffin."

Bai Yutang frowned slightly, "Did you fall into the tomb?"

Zhan Zhao said, "He pushed hard on the coffin lid...the lid slipped to the other side."

Bai Yutang was curious, "Who is in the coffin?"

"No one." Zhan Zhao said, "There is only one roll of portraits."

"Portrait?" Bai Yutang breathed a sigh of relief, luckily it wasn't some kind of fraudulent corpse, so as not to frighten the young man.

"The Burial Flower opens the scroll." Zhan Zhao raised his face and looked at the blue-black night between the gaps in the canopy, "There is a man on the scroll."

Bai Yutang looked at Zhan Zhao.

Zhan Zhao turned his head and said seriously, "I've seen that volume of portraits, he kept it all the time."

"What kind of person is that?" Bai Yutang asked.

"Very beautiful!" Zhan Zhao said earnestly, "Really! It gives people the feeling of being very young, very noble and elegant. Wearing black clothes and short black hair, she doesn't look like a Han Chinese. She is very thin and big. Eyes, thin lips, looks cute but feels a little gloomy, he should be a taciturn person."

Bai Yutang looked at Zhan Zhao, "And then? What does this portrait have to do with whether you understand love or not, and those coffins locked with chains just now?"

Zhan Zhao moved again, took out the remaining Yunpian Cake to share with Bai Yutang, and continued, "Under the portrait, there is a long, long story."

Bai Yutang ate the cloud cake and listened carefully.

"So, the person in the portrait is a very famous person!" Zhan Zhaolue smiled mysteriously.

Bai Yutang looked at him, "Who?"

Zhan Zhao asked, "Have you heard of the Tuo Priest Dynasty that stood side by side with the Eagle Dynasty?"

Bai Yutang nodded, "I heard my master mention..."

"By the way, Tianzun knows those two people just like my grandfather." Zhan Zhao rubbed his chin.

"Which two people?"

"Xuan's and Luo's." Zhan Zhao said.

Bai Yutang was surprised, "I heard from my master that he said that Xuanshi is his good friend and Luoshi is a jerk."

The corner of Zhan Zhao's mouth twitched, "My grandfather said the same thing, but..."

"The Luo family is a great hero in history." Bai Yutang said, "The Xuan family is the representative of evil, and the Mou Dynasty usurped the throne."

"The one on that portrait is Xuan's." Zhan Zhao replied.

Bai Yutang was very surprised, "Xuan passed away in his early twenties, and his life was short... In history, he fought and died fighting for the throne with the Luo family, but my master always said that Xuan was not interested in the throne. But every time When he mentioned this the first time, he began to swear at Luo Shi, saying that he deserved to regret it for the rest of his life."

Zhan Zhao snapped his fingers lightly, "Grandpa is a little calmer than Tianzun. He said that both of them are kings at heart. Originally, sibling rivalry could have been avoided, but it's a pity that Luo Shi was too stupid when he was young."

"Then what exactly happened?" Bai Yutang became curious.

"Xuan and Luo are half-brothers, you know that?" Zhan Zhao asked.

Bai Yutang nodded, "Everyone says that Xuanshi is jealous and good at plotting tricks, but Luoshi is an upright hero...Of course, I can't let my master hear this, he said being upright is because a person is so stupid I really can’t find any other advantages, so make do with it.”

Zhan Zhao smiled, "I gossiped about that episode very carefully, most of which were told by the funeral flower, and I forced my grandfather to tell some."

Bai Yutang listened with great interest.

"Xuan and Luo grew up together. They are very close brothers. They are two years apart. Luo is indeed mighty and brave, versatile in both civil and military affairs. He is perfect, but he is young and frivolous, because he is almost invincible. , so extremely arrogant. Xuanshi was weak since childhood, and his martial arts were not very good, but he was very, very smart. Xuanshi has always regarded herself as assisting King Luoshi, and the two cooperated seamlessly."

Bai Yutang nodded, "Then why did you turn against each other later?"

"These two brothers... how should I put it, the relationship is actually more than brotherhood, do you understand?" Zhan Zhao raised his eyebrows.

Bai Yutang was a little surprised, "The two brothers came to taboo?"

Zhan Zhao spread his hands, "I heard from my grandfather that the problem lies with Luoshi. When Xuanshi was 16 years old, Luoshi uttered the truth after drinking. When the two finally pierced the window paper, their father saw it."

The corners of Bai Yutang's mouth twitched, "This...your grandfather also unexpectedly gossips."

Zhan Zhao smiled and continued, "Thus, the problem arose. The old emperor separated the two brothers who had been inseparable all this time, and he imprisoned the second eldest, Xuan."

"Why?" Bai Yutang was puzzled, "Luo is older, he is the one who made the mistake."

Zhan Zhao nodded, "In fact, the old emperor has never liked Xuanshi. For one thing, Luoshi looks very similar to him, and has the domineering aura of a king, so he can inherit the throne. Because of her beauty, Xuanshi's mother was snatched by the old emperor." She came here, she originally fell in love with the general she thought, but later the general died, so her parents saw that the emperor liked her, and immediately sent her to the palace. But the Xuan family was born in less than a month, and looks a little like the Luo family and the old emperor They don't look like each other, so there are rumors that Xuan is not the real prince, so many of you don't respect him very much."

But Bai Yutang said, "It's better not to be brothers, we can be together in an open and aboveboard manner."

"The old emperor locked up Xuan Shi and only let him read books. He was locked up for four years, from the age of 16 to 20." Zhan Zhao said, "Xuan Shi was not released until Luo Shi got engaged to a royal woman. .”

Bai Yutang frowned.

"After Xuan was released, Luo began to deliberately keep a distance from him. What happened four years ago should be regarded as ignorance..." Zhan Zhao said, "The two of them entered into a strange Mo family, Xuan Shi ignored Luo Shi, and Luo Shi purposely made love to the princess in front of Xuan Shi."

Bai Yutang smiled lightly, shook his head, "Childish."

Zhan Zhao continued, "Has your master ever told you that Luo Shi and Tianzun had a fight?"

Bai Yutang was slightly taken aback, "Why?"

"Xuan's relationship with Tianzun is very good, and Luo's asked the demon king, so the demon king took Tianzun and my grandfather to stay with them for a while. Xuan's is smart and knowledgeable, and Tianzun gets along very well. The two may be a bit too much Intimacy, so Luo Shi is jealous."

Bai Yutang sighed, "Is it on purpose?"

"Grandpa also said yes." Zhan Zhao smiled, "Grandpa said, Xuanshi is a rare smart person in the world. Although he is weak, he has a terrifying personality. In fact, he slipped out of the place where he knew how to be imprisoned, but He didn't come out."

"Oh?" Bai Yutang was surprised.

"Xuan's was locked in a palace. Although surrounded by mountains, there is actually a tunnel that can lead to the outside. Both Luo's and Xuan's know which tunnel, which is equivalent to the secret place they used to play games when they were young. Luo's is Because he knew that he could escape from this place, he didn’t run into too much with the old emperor because of Xuan’s being imprisoned.” Zhan Zhao said, “He thinks that Xuan’s will definitely sneak out, and the old emperor’s health is not very good, basically he is not in good health. After leaving the palace gate, the Luo family has the final say on the entire imperial city, even if the Xuan family escapes, no one will tell the old emperor."

When Bai Yutang heard this, he nodded and understood, "But the Xuan family didn't come out?"

"Yeah!" Zhan Zhao nodded, "He lived in there alone for four years, and Luo Shi sent someone to invite him, but he didn't come out. So, the two of them didn't meet each other. It was clear that the road was connected, but neither of them went ahead. Go find another."

Speaking of this, Zhan Zhao asked Bai Yutang, "What do you think?"

"Xuan's is out of self-esteem. Due to his background, he should have been very inferior and sensitive since he was a child. Unfortunately, Luo is like an arrogant and ignorant child." Bai Yutang thought for a while and asked, "My master and What happened after Luo Shi had a fight?"

"Naturally, the Luo family can't defeat Tianzun, but grandpa said that on that day, the Luo family put on the agenda the marriage with the princess that has been procrastinating, and the entire imperial city began to prepare for the wedding." Zhan Zhao said.

"What about after that?" Bai Yutang suddenly had an ominous premonition.

"Xuan didn't say anything. He wooed the tribe and started to fight for the throne with Luo. He was cruel and merciless. He was serious." Zhan Zhao smiled bitterly. It turns out that his biological father was really that general, and he died at the hands of the old emperor."

"So wonderful?" Bai Yutang asked, "The adoptive father turned into a father-killing enemy? Isn't the lover the son of the enemy?"

"En!" Zhan Zhao nodded, "The Xuan family finally deposed the crown prince, monopolized the power, and pissed off the old emperor, becoming the object that everyone in the imperial city despises but fears."

Bai Yutang listened fascinated.

"I asked my grandfather if Xuanshi ever loved Luoshi, and whether his behavior was for power or for other purposes." Zhan Zhao said, "Grandpa said that Xuanshi was born to be a king, this is his nature. , indelible! He didn't fight, just because he loved Luoshi. But as violent as love is, when betrayed and humiliated, so is hatred. When Xuanshi felt that Luoshi no longer loved him, she chose to be decisive. And hate, completely turning myself into a 'bad guy'."

Bai Yutang frowned, "Where's the Luo family?"

"Grow up." Zhan Zhao said, "After being kicked out of the altar, I realized how naive I used to be and how deep love was, but it was too late, the two aspects were already in conflict, The hatred is so deep that it cannot be undone, and in the end, there is only a decisive battle between you and me."

Bai Yutang listened with his face up, "The battle back then was very famous. Later, the Xuan family was the loser, while the Luo family was the victor. The end of the war was that hundreds of thousands of people celebrated the Luo family's victory, but according to your Say, at that time, Luo's heart should be bleeding, right?"

"Hehe." Zhan Zhao smiled wryly, "Xuanshi disappeared forever in the end, and grandpa doesn't know where he went, but the Demon King said that Xuanshi is dead, and the end he gave himself is that there are no bones left."

"Really dead?" Bai Yutang frowned, as if feeling a little pity.

Zhan Zhao nodded.

"He didn't leave any information?" Bai Yutang asked.

"No!" Zhan Zhao shook his head, "A fire burned everything related to me, and disappeared completely, as if it had never existed in this world, and even one thing that could be used as a tribute to Luo Shi Nothing remained."

Bai Yutang shook his head, "Actually, they both went crazy in the end, right?"

"I think so too." Zhan Zhao said helplessly, "Grandpa said that the original Luoshi was arrogance and conceited people, but Xuanshi made him grow up. After the war, the Luoshi was mature and stable, as if he had been completely reborn. He really became a perfect king, but..."

"It's just that he can't be happy anymore?" Bai Yutang asked.

"Yeah!" Zhan Zhao nodded, "All Luoshi's childhood ambitions have been realized, and Xuanshi is a 'villain', Luoshi has every reason to forget him and start again, his reason and the real environment allow him to do so , but he just couldn't do it."

Bai Yutang frowned, "The Luo family also died young..."

"He spent the rest of his life looking for traces of Xuanshi." Zhan Zhao said, "The crypt where the flowers fell is actually in the valley where Xuanshi was imprisoned..."

Bai Yutang suddenly understood, and asked, "Is that the road that can lead to the outside of the valley? It was the road that changed the fate of the two of them. Luo Shi must regret that he didn't go to find Xuan Shi through that road."

Zhan Zhao nodded, "Luoshi put that picture there and built that tomb, and he actually prepared it for himself. He hopes that one day Xuanshi can come back and die with him in this tomb. It's a pity , Xuanshi never came back, and Luoshi also encountered mudslides and landslides when he was on a tour... In short, he died outside."

Bai Yutang frowned, "No wonder..."

"Bangshenghua didn't know many words when she was a child. After stumbled and stumbled to finish reading, she suddenly didn't want to die." Zhan Zhao said, "He followed the tunnel out of the valley and was adopted by a businessman who went into the mountain to cut trees. That businessman is He specialized in coffin business and had no heirs, so he kept the funeral flowers by his side... The funeral flowers grew up day by day, and he was very interested in all funeral-related things, and he also liked to dig graves all over the world. Accidentally dug for a lifetime."

Bai Yutang suddenly asked, "Could he be..."

"Although he has a gloomy and weird personality." Zhan Zhao smiled, "but in fact he is just shy. His greatest wish in life is to find the bones of Xuanshi and Luoshi one day and bury them back to the original place. that valley."

After Bai Yutang finished listening, he didn't make a sound.

"Why don't you ask what is the connection with those coffins?" Zhan Zhao asked, "It has something to do with the experience of burying flowers later..."

Before Zhan Zhao finished speaking, Bai Yutang stretched out his slender fingers to press on his mouth, and gave a soft "shh", "Let me experience the story of Xuanshi and Luoshi, and I'll talk about the rest later."

Zhan Zhao looked at him, "Then what did you experience?"

Bai Yutang looked at Zhan Zhao, "Did you hear this story when you were very young?"

Zhan Zhao nodded.

"What about after listening?" Bai Yutang didn't seem to care about the unnamed tombs or the iron coffin, but asked Zhan Zhao seriously, "If you were the Luo family, what would you do? Or if you were the Xuan family, what would you do?" What will you do again?"

Zhan Zhao thought for a while, then shook his head, "It's really hard to say..."

Bai Yutang listened quietly.

Zhan Zhao seemed to be a little emotional, "Anyone can be Luo Shi. When they love, they don't understand at all, and they do a lot of stupid things one after another. But when they understand, it's too late, and love has already gone. But then again, not everyone Everyone is Xuanshi, but if there is no Xuanshi, Luoshi may not grow up for the rest of his life, and the two of them may still not be together! Sometimes, it may not be until they can't be together that they will understand the truth How much you want to be together..."

As he said that, Zhan Zhao asked Bai Yutang, "What about you? What do you think? Do you think that for many people, love is the kind of regret that they want to start over after they miss it, but there is nothing they can do?"

Bai Yutang stared at Zhan Zhao for a long time, didn't answer, and asked instead, "Compared to Luo Shi's childishness, Xuan Shi is extremely crazy, the world's evaluation is not wrong, why did Master and Grandpa help Xuan Shi, calling Luo Shi a bastard?" Woolen cloth?"

Zhan Zhao blinked, "Is this... I actually think Luo Shi is the one who started it."

"Luo didn't say a word when he should have said a word." Bai Yutang said, "Xuan's anger is actually very humble, and it can be extinguished with a single word."

Zhan Zhao leaned over and listened sideways.

Bai Yutang put his lips against his ear and whispered three words.

A gleam of light flashed in Zhan Zhao's eyes, and when he looked back, Bai Yutang's pretty face was slightly turned to one side, sending him a gentle kiss.Fingers gently caressed the contours of Zhan Zhao's neck, "If we can't be together, the ending can only be separation."

Zhan Zhao listened quietly.

"So if you don't want to be separated, you have to be together..."

Bai Yutang didn't finish his sentence, but Zhan Zhao gave him a tight hug, "Yeah! Together!"