Well of Mystery

Although the rain on the mountain sometimes comes and goes, it doesn't mean to stop.In the blink of an eye, the sky was already dark. If you don't hurry up and go down the mountain, I'm afraid you will have to spend the whole night in this wilderness.

Thinking that tomorrow is a good day to move, and no matter what, I have to get together with everyone in Xuanjing Apartment again, Bai Xiuqi proposed to go down the mountain as soon as possible.And Jiang Chenglu also had his own little plan in mind, so the two put out the fire, put on raincoats and stood under the eaves.

In the heavy rain at [-] o'clock in the afternoon, the surrounding area has begun to be covered with a layer of gray and black. The dilapidated pavilions and overgrown grasses all exude a gloomy and strange atmosphere.

Bai Xiuqi shuddered, and was about to urge Jiang Chenglu to leave quickly, but saw A Jiang raised his head, frowning and staring motionlessly into the distance.

"Look, there's light there," he said. "It's the light from the powder I sprinkled in Longhong Cave earlier."

Of course, Bai Xiuqi still remembered the magical dyeing powder, which meant that the mountain spring in Longhong Cave was connected to somewhere on the top of the mountain.Make a bolder guess—there may be some internal connection between the Taoist Temple and Longhong Cave.

"Let's go and have a look."

He followed Jiang Chenglu into the rain, and soon found that the water on the cobblestone path began to glisten.They followed the light back to the source, passed through two or three small courtyards all the way, and came to the front hall of the Taoist temple.

"What's going on here..."

This is the first time in Bai Xiuqi's life that he has witnessed the wreckage left after the bombing.

The main hall of the Taoist temple with a brick and wood structure was bombed and collapsed, and a huge crater was dug out of the ground.Around the crater, thick old trees were lying on the ground.Some are still tenaciously alive, and some have long since remained only a piece of wreckage.

The white glowing water flowed out from between these old trees. After searching carefully, Bai Xiuqi found that it was actually another well.

Different from the Seven Star Well discovered in the back mountain before, the well in the front hall of the Taoist temple is wide and low, and there is no trace of the well rope on the well circle, which seems to be not used for daily use.

This is not a dry well. Days of rainfall during the rainy season has caused the water level to skyrocket.Glowing groundwater is constantly overflowing from the wellhead.

"Two wells, a cave with spring water..." Jiang Chenglu touched his chin and began to ponder: "I kind of understand what the marks on the foreign devil's map mean."

"I think these places are connected waterways. The waterways criss-cross in Fuxi Mountain and then lead to a destination." Bai Xiuqi expressed his guess: "Those Japanese soldiers want to pass through these waterways and enter Where they really want to go."

"My family." Jiang Chenglu helped him complete the sentence: "After all, I still want to ask for my autograph."

"I don't know if they want to come." Bai Xiuqi frowned and thought deeply: "Generally speaking, there are often many treasures in the Dragon Lord's water mansion. If they are all snatched away..."

"Hey, what's the use of just thinking about it?" Jiang Chenglu patted Bai Xiuqi's shoulder, and compared Bijing: "How is it? Are you interested in going inside?"

"Now?" Bai Xiuqi was stunned.

Although he swallowed the dragon soul.There is no longer a danger of drowning.But sneaking into the deep well at night, Bai Xiuqi admitted that he was not yet mentally prepared for this.

In the end, the two of them unanimously decided that it would be more appropriate to wait until the end of the rainy season.

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Around seven o'clock in the evening.The two finally returned to the foot of the mountain along the original road.

As soon as he left the Qingshi path, Xiao Yu stopped as soon as he said.Looking back, it turned out that the rain clouds only covered the part of Fuxi Mountain. It must be very strange to see it from a distance.

"If the mountain is not high, there will be immortals, and if the water is not deep, there will be dragons."

Bai Xiuqi suddenly remembered such an old saying.

When we returned to Xuanjing Apartment, the soul fires above and below had already been lit, and the originally deserted huge building suddenly had an illusion of being lively.

The two casually took a few mouthfuls of dinner, Jiang Chenglu reminded the bathhouse that the water would be cut off and he had to get up to prepare the toiletries, but Bai Xiuqi held down his shoulder.

"Don't worry. Do you want to take a bath in another place?"

Jiangcheng Lu was taken aback for a moment, and immediately realized: "You mean the next door?"

"The fox installed a jacuzzi for me, and I can enjoy the scenery while taking a bath." Bai Xiuqi made a gesture: "Like it."

"But the new house hasn't been opened and the firecrackers have been set off, so it's not very good to live in." Jiangcheng Lu was a little hesitant: "It's not very auspicious..."

"This is a feudal superstition! Did you set off firecrackers when you moved into this shabby house?" Bai Xiuqi seriously criticized: "I climbed the mountain for a day, and now my back is sore. Not only do I need to take a bath, I also need to take a bath tonight." Just sleep over there, come or not, it’s up to you.”

As he said that, he turned around and was about to walk out the door.

It was really a coincidence that the moment he turned around, the pile of books used to pad the door panel in the room collapsed again with a "wow", and the door panel slid all the way to Jiangcheng Road's feet like a sled.

"Come, come, of course, I beg Bai Da to take you in."

It is said to be taken in, but such a big-name guest is really rare.

There was water in the bathtub, and Bai Xiuqi was busy tidying up the sheets and quilts in the bedroom.Jiang Chenglulai was dozing off on the sofa, but just as the bath water was full, he jumped up from the sofa with a whoosh, took off his clothes all the way, and finally plunged into the bathtub.

"Comfortable--"

Hot water with a faint aroma of pomelo leaves comes from all directions, dispelling the remaining chill on the mountain.Jiang Chenglu was so happy that he patted the surface of the water a few times, and then tried to dive his head into the bottom of the water, trying to spit bubbles.

When Bai Xiuqi brought his change of clothes from the next door, he opened the bathroom door to see this scene.He was silent for a few seconds, then closed the door and prepared to return the same way.

"Don't go, don't go!"

Only then did Jiang Chenglu get out of the water in a hurry, stepped out of the bathtub, and grabbed Bai Xiuqi's clothes with one hand: "I'm here to test the water temperature for you. Also, you forgot to put a non-slip mat in the bathtub. But it’s okay, it’s okay with me supporting you, come on!”

Bai Xiuqi was grabbed by him, unable to move, she could only turn her head and stare: "...it's really shameless."

"Hehe, shameless children have a lot of sex."

Jiang Chenglu still smiled shamelessly, and successfully dragged Bai Xiuqi into the bathtub like a water monster.And almost as soon as he fell into the water, Bai Xiuqi turned his defense into an offense, strangled Jiang Chenglu's neck and turned over and pressed him on top of him.

"Don't you remember what I said?"

The condescending Bai Xiuqi pushed back her wet bangs with one hand: "Tonight I will show you what it means to be a master of how to train your dragon."

"I'm so scared." Jiang Chenglu performed exaggeratedly.But his right hand dived underwater and patted Bai Xiuqi's butt with malicious intentions: "Are you not afraid of pain anymore?"

"Of course I'm afraid."

Bai Xiuqi was very frank: "Compared to the decades when you guarded the tomb on the mountain, what is this little pain?"

"……you really……"

This time it was Jiang Chenglu's turn to be speechless, he just stayed there for a few seconds, then suddenly stretched out his hands to hug Bai Xiuqi tightly, and pressed them firmly into his arms.

There is no sweet talk, no intimacy, just a quiet but eager hug, which seems to last until the end of the world.

That night, the real plum rain still visited the land around Jiulihuai.

At first the sound of the rain was dense, like whispers between lovers.With the humidity and heat that make people blush and heartbeat.Between tossing and turning.The sound of rain gradually picked up.The water droplets hit the flowers, plants, branches and leaves, shyly stretching out the new greenery.

When the clouds and rain thicken, the trickles converge into a gurgling oasis, flowing down against the glass, walls, people's skin and back... The whole world is shaking like dancing.Make a sound of joy, a sigh, and a sound of deep love when the love is strong.

I don't know how long it took, when the sound of the rain in the ear went away and sounded again, Bai Xiuqi moved her eyelids and reluctantly opened a slit.

Of course it was pitch black all around, but there was a faint light coming from the darkness.

He turned his head and saw a large floor-to-ceiling glass window not far away.Outside the window is the endless vegetable field in the rain, like a calm and frozen ocean.

Various sensations in the body are awakening bit by bit—sweetness, exhaustion, and gluttony, but unexpectedly there is no soreness or pain.

Bai Xiuqi turned his body, and he felt that the hardness of the door panel was no longer under his back.At the same time, a pair of strong arms were holding him in a semi-restrained manner.

The upside-down picture of the past few hours.They are being awakened little by little by the body temperature of each other.Jiang Chenglu's skin was still slightly cool, but it felt good to the touch now.

Yes, that's not the only thing that's "not bad".

In fact, from falling into the bathtub to being half-dragged and half-carried onto this bed, it felt "okay".

This guy Jiang Chenglu must have done his homework behind his back——Bai Xiuqi thought it was a bit funny when he thought of him sneaking online to look up all the missing things with an expression of "how can I not do this?"

Looks like it could be properly encouraged tomorrow.

Just as he was thinking about this, the bedside table in the darkness suddenly lit up, and it was the phone ringing.

Afraid of waking up Jiang Chenglu, Bai Xiuqi hurriedly grabbed his phone to take a look, it was the family tree photo sent by the grave relatives in his hometown as promised.

As for the introduction about the past life, Bai Xiuqi had already listened to it a lot when he was on the mountain just now, and looking at it now, there is not much special about it.However, there was one thing caught in the family tree, which really surprised Bai Xiuqi.

It was another black-and-white photo, but it was no longer a large collection of group portraits—Bai Xiuqi in a medieval robe and Jiang Chenglu looked at each other and smiled, and between them, a six or seven-year-old boy was holding tightly Bai Xiuqi's fingers raised his head to stare at Jiang Chenglu vigilantly.

Could it be that this boy is...

Bai Xiuqi's heart skipped a beat, and then he realized that the next picture was the back of this picture.

On the yellowed and moldy photo paper, there are a few lines of strong blue-black writing——

"You owe my life, and I will pay your debt. Because of this karma, after hundreds of thousands of kalpas, you will always be born and die."

"You love my heart, and I pity your face. Because of this karma, after hundreds of thousands of kalpas, I am always bound."