Liu Shenghan sighed repeatedly. Bai Ya sat down slowly, pinched the bridge of his nose with his thumb and index finger, trying to calm down his emotions. He also felt that this behavior was simply unreasonable. If the monarch were here, he might have broken the bridge of the old man's nose with one punch.
"What exactly happened?" Shenghan asked calmly, "Please tell us, while we were away, what exactly..."
It was only two or three months ago... The king no longer goes to court.
The Mother of the Nation knows only so much. Although she is directly commanded and controlled by the God of Fragrance, the information she can learn is getting less and less. It seemed that unknowingly, he tightened his trust in this little girl, and he didn't know if it had something to do with Bai Ya and the others. The candles that can allow the king to sleep peacefully and dream of returning to his identity as a commoner and being reunited with his family have long been exhausted. However, the God of Incense did not ask her to tell the king about this, and she never revealed the candle-making process. He only told her that the raw materials were limited and had been used up long ago. Let alone the Nine Heavens Kingdom, even if the entire human world is turned upside down, it will be gone if it is gone.
then what should we do? How can we stabilize the increasingly haggard and manic monarch? All major and minor matters were gradually handed over to the cabinet, which were all important members of the Xiangyin Sect. The young mother finally realized that the God of Fragrance did not want to help the monarch, and that the monarch's increasing madness was also part of his plan. Now that the plan is coming to an end, he will naturally kick out the useless king and naturally take the power of Xiangji Kingdom into his hands. As for why he took this slow approach, it was because he needed time. It is impossible for faith to be deeply rooted in people's hearts overnight. The spread and precipitation of any culture is a silent process, even if it is a cult. What? Drugged? That's not okay. Just relying on drugs won't last long and will hurt your body. To let the power of faith take root in the human body and maintain the function of human labor is the most perfect and gentle robbery.
Xiang Shen and several of his men developed a new medicine.
This medicine has an excellent numbing effect. As long as you inhale some, it can immediately isolate the pain from the body and make people feel better at the same time. Its original recipe was a certain folk anesthetic, but now dozens of raw materials have been added and more than a dozen processes have been added. He finally mass-produced the medicine into a balm and distributed it in batches to devout believers. Plucking a little of this stuff and burning it in the stove can bring out the fragrance even more.
One of the important raw materials is called Wuxiaying. This is something that the mother of the country only found out later. Xiang Shen always does a good job in keeping secrets, and even the place where the medicine is made is extremely hidden.
After the kind-hearted monarch became like this, he vented his grievances on the mother of the country. He beat and scolded her day and night, and drove her out of the previous palace. He said that if it were not for him, the mother of the country would not be treated as she is today. The mother of the country could only smile bitterly after hearing this, unable to say anything at all. The God of Fragrance did not give her any new instructions. It was as if he had given up on her, so she had no choice but to swallow her anger.
In just a few dozen days, a person can become so fast. Whenever the mother-in-law felt that she could no longer hold on, she would tell herself that he had been very kind to her before...he just thought it was a dream. Forget it, what are you fussing about? What's more, as the purity of the ointments has increased recently, he has been spending more and more time in incense.
By the way, the name of that ointment refers to the incense of forgetfulness to believers. But in private, when the incense god calls it, he clearly calls it soul-taking incense, and I don't know what the significance of it is.
"Do you have that kind of fragrance here?" Liu Shenghan asked her.
The mother of the country shook her head, regretfully
Said: "Those things will never be given to me. They consume people's will and energy, and once they smell it, they can't live without it. I'm afraid that because I'm still useful, you won't give it to me." They smell delicious, and I won’t be allowed to touch them.”
Jun Aoyan was still angry. She said: "I think you should run away now. Anyway, the palace is not that strict. We will find a way to take you out so that you don't have to suffer in the palace."
"You think very simply." Bai Ya felt ridiculous for this idea, "The territory of the Southern Kingdom is full of fake gods' informants. Where can she go?"
"Follow us. Let's go home together and let her live in a new place. Or she can hide from my dad first."
Before Bai Ya could say anything, the mother of the country expressed her position. She said sadly: "Miss Jun is interested. However, whether it is the leader or the king, they are all kind to me. I can't just leave like this. What's more, Bai Shaoxia is right, no matter where I go They can always find me wherever I go. If I follow you, it will only be a burden, so I won’t bother you."
The other three people also sighed. Although it seems a bit hateful that iron cannot become steel, this is also a personal choice. The mother of the nation grew up in such an environment. If the morning glory were taken away from the branches it is clinging to, it would just lie weakly on the ground, unable to withstand any wind or rain. If you leave like this, you will rot in the ground. They knew it, so they said nothing more.
"Well, there is one thing. I wonder if it will be helpful to you." The mother of the country suddenly said again.
"What happened? What else do you know?"
"Originally, the leader of the cult has prepared a third mission for you."
"Ah... Indeed. If we bring back the body of Gechen Kingdom's Prince Consort, I'm afraid we will have to do it."
"This mission is also extraordinary." The mother's expression became serious, "Moreover, it is also related to Ge Shenguo."
"Because they are allies? Because the two gods have a good relationship?"
"Indeed. This third mission was originally for you to find a lost guqin..."
"Ah." Liu Shenghan exclaimed briefly.
The other three people all looked at her, their meaning written on their faces: What's wrong, you know?
Liu Shenghan nodded and said honestly: "I did hear it - another Liudao Impermanence told me, Lord Xueyue. If this task really falls on us, speaking of it... it will still be a bit troublesome. "
"What kind of troublesome method is this?" Jun Aoyan was puzzled, "Is it difficult to find it?"
"This piano... does have a lot to say. The leader asked you to find it. On the one hand, he made it clear that he would not let you complete it; on the other hand, even if you did it, he and the God of Song would also benefit. That piano, the legend They were beaten by dead men.”
"dead?"
So the mother of the country and Liu Shenghan pieced together the rumors about Qin bit by bit. Qin is a guqin with five strings, but it is different from ordinary guqin. The general guqin literally means "the qin of ancient times". Strictly speaking, this piano appeared in this generation. I can’t tell exactly what age I am, or how many years ago it is accurate. It can be as short as a few decades or as long as hundreds of years, but in any case it cannot be regarded as the title of "ancient". And the ancient nature of this qin lies in its wood - the wood is the finest nanmu, golden nanmu, and it is seven or eight hundred years old. This wood cannot be soaked in water and cannot be burrowed by ants. Its color is light orange-yellow with hints of gray. The wood is warm and delicate, and its texture is elegant and quiet.
Under the sun, it can shine with a faint golden light, like clouds and jade silk, which is so beautiful that it is breathtaking.
It's a coffin.
This coffin was originally lying in the tomb. The owner should be a musician or a music lover. Because there are thirteen mother-of-pearl products placed in the coffin, exuding a delicate and beautiful luster. Some knowledgeable people say that this is the Qin emblem. The thirteen zither emblems have symbolized December since ancient times, and the remaining one represents the leap month. As for the identity of this corpse, there are really different opinions, and there is no definite conclusion. Because it is very special, there is no tombstone or other burial materials that can indicate the identity. What's even more special is that she is a woman. But perhaps it was precisely because she was a woman that people at that time felt that she should be nameless and unworthy of such a glorious burial, and there were no mechanisms in the tomb.
In fact, she was buried with many things, but the moment those things were seen again, they all suddenly turned into dust in full view of the public and scattered in the wind. The people who dug the tomb rushed to hug them frantically, but in the end they only got one. Scratch the dust. This is nothing new. Many tombs that have been buried deep underground for many years, isolated from the outside world, will dissipate when exposed to a large amount of fresh air. What's more, the discovery of it was just a coincidence. It was just a group of people mining. They didn't expect this to happen, so they were naturally unprepared.
In the end, all that was left was the big coffin. With experience in burial objects, there is a lot more preparation to open the coffin. Her body was well preserved in such a coffin. It can be seen that she must have been very young when she died. But no one could tell how she died. No wounds could be found for the external injuries, and no poison could be found for the internal injuries, but there were dark red and brown traces on the bottom of the coffin lid. Could that be blood? Why is it up there? Is it the blood of the coffin owner? But she clearly had no wounds.
This nameless female corpse is lying here, and no one has done anything to it. But before the court sent anyone, on the seventh day after the coffin was opened, something unexpected happened - the lid of the coffin was gone and replaced by a guqin.
What's even more incredible is that the girl's body is also missing. Two miners said that they were convinced that the piano was made from this coffin, because the coffin originally had colorless paint, and due to the expansion and contraction of the wood due to heat and cold, broken lines appeared, like the rare plum blossom break of the guqin. And this shaped guqin has exactly the same plum blossoms. But the piano was decorated with new antlers and frost, a mother-of-pearl emblem, a jade-inlaid instrument, and five silk strings. Today's piano has seven strings, and it has been "seven" for two to three hundred years. They were probably dressed according to the year the girl was born.
How could this body disappear? This coffin board suddenly transformed into a complete piano overnight?
There was no one guarding the tomb at that time. Both the latest and first arrivals said they had not heard any movement or seen any strange footprints. The body evaporated, leaving no ashes behind. There is no leftover material left in the tomb of this harp.
. If the person involved hadn't insisted that this was definitely the coffin board, and there were some inconspicuous scratches on it with a mining pick, people would have suspected that someone had stolen the beams and replaced the pillars with the built-up piano. But even if the piano is made, how can it be put in quietly? Not to mention how to transport the body and the original board, just predicting when someone will dig this tomb is a difficult task for the best Feng Shui masters, onmyojis and fortune tellers in the country. . Besides, no one even knew there was a coffin here.
The whereabouts of the female corpse and the origin of the guqin are both mysterious and mysterious matters.
