Because of previous orders, in order to avoid disturbing the return of King Jinpeng's Yin body, Jinpeng tribe members were prohibited from going out at night. However, in order to avoid unexpected situations and unable to evacuate all the guards, only two guards were left on guard here.
However, it was already time for the changing of the guard, and the tribesman who took over had not yet arrived, which made the two of them a little anxious. Just when they were hesitating whether to send one of them to the back mountain to investigate, they finally saw two patrolmen coming back in a hurry, breathing heavily...
The contrast between the two people's bodies is obvious, one is thin and the other is strong, but the same thing is that they are both pale, a little out of shape, and they are mumbling something...
"It's coming... It's coming... Oops..." The two men didn't notice the two guards in front of them, and actually bumped into them. The strong one was okay, he staggered a few steps and then stood firm, but the thin one was about to fall backwards if his feet slipped.
"What's wrong with you two? Why did it take so long?" One of the guards reacted quickly and directly grabbed the arm of the thin man and pulled the latter back. When he saw that the man looked wrong, , also a word of concern.
"Ouch! You two may not believe it! King Jinpeng just... appeared!" The strong man turned his head and glanced behind him, then wiped his sweat and recounted what had just happened.
"Oh, I understand... I believe that you two are hallucinating because of your longing for each other!" After hearing this, the two guards regarded these two people as an excuse for the delay on the road. They just shook their heads and smiled bitterly, took the torch, and comforted them: "Look You don't look good... It's probably because you were in a hurry and the cold wind blew. It will be fine if you go back and have a good rest after dawn..." Then he pointed behind him at the place where they had just stood, "It's quite sheltered from the wind! We are the only ones tonight. A few people are on patrol, please hold on a little longer.”
The other person smiled evilly, patted the two of them on the shoulders in a pretense of mystery, and looked in the direction of King Jinpeng's residence: "If King Jinpeng really appears, you have to go back to his residence no matter what... If you see it, Remember to say hello to us..."
"Ah?" After hearing this, the two men glanced at King Jinpeng's residence, and a layer of white hair sweat appeared on their bodies.
"Why are you nervous? I'm just kidding you!" Seeing the two men's pale faces, the guard also felt that his joke was a bit too much. He hurriedly took off a wine bottle from his waist and threw it to save the situation. "It will get a lot colder before dawn. Let me bring it to you to warm your bodies!" After saying that, he turned around and left with the person next to him.
After the two said goodbye to him, they each drank a few sips of strong wine. Perhaps because the coldness in their bodies was removed, their faces gradually became rosy.
"I think what they said is right! The two of us must have been too nervous and had hallucinations!" After drinking strong wine, the strong man became a little more courageous, and suddenly felt that his cowardly behavior just now was very ridiculous.
The thin one didn't think so: "We might have seen it wrong just now, but we should never have heard it wrong! I still think it was King Jinpeng who appeared!"
The strong expression changed, but he still insisted on his own idea: "I told you that maybe the wild monkeys came to steal the wine, but you are overthinking it!"
"Obviously you were the first to tell me about the appearance of King Jinpeng when you saw that tender sprout. Why are you denying it now?"
"I didn't... didn't do that to comfort you!" The strong man felt guilty when he heard this, but he didn't want to say that it was because of fear.
While the two were arguing, a gust of cold wind suddenly blew up, making the white flags on the road rustle, sending chills down their chests and spines. Most of the warmth they had accumulated was instantly taken away by the sudden cold wind.
After a brief silence, the two of them were about to say something to ease the embarrassment, but suddenly they felt something appear in their peripheral vision. They hurriedly turned around and saw a figure in white appearing without warning, standing silently. In front of King Jinpeng's house.
Although the two of them were far away from each other and couldn't see the person's face clearly, their figure and back were exactly the same as that of the Golden Roc King. They suddenly felt that their breathing was stagnant and their teeth began to chatter unsatisfactorily.
The figure in white hesitated in front of the door for a moment, then let out a long sigh and floated into the door, as if he had never appeared before.
The two people in the distance looked at me and I looked at you. They just opened their mouths but couldn't shout. They ran away in the opposite direction, they were scared out of their wits...
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The deck chair in the courtyard was already covered in dust, and a gust of night wind suddenly made it creak and sway. Vaguely, Jin Tiaojiang seemed to see Jin Jinghong sitting on the recliner, waving to him excitedly and sitting down: "Brother! You are finally back! Don't leave this time!" Jin Tiaojiang subconsciously said : "Okay!" But the only answer to him was the twitching of white flags and the swaying candlelight.
He sighed, the sadness on his face became even stronger, and he walked towards the hall in despair. I saw that the originally crowded hall was now empty, and most of the furnishings had been moved away, leaving only a lonely mourning hall.
With trembling hands, Jin Tiaojiang picked up the tablet with the familiar name engraved on it, carefully wiped off the dust on it, then gently put it back in place, and finally clenched his fist and stopped looking at it. Just now in front of the tomb, Jin Tiaojiang had already talked too much. Now he didn't want to stay in this sad place for too long. After lighting three more incense sticks, he turned and left the hall and came to his former bedroom.
But the moment he opened the door, he suddenly had an illusion in his heart, as if he was still on a day more than ten years ago, and all the scenery and layout had never changed. It turns out that his Jinghong has been waiting for his return...
After a moment of nostalgia, Jin Tiaojiang also forced himself to calm down. He thought that if he was immersed in the old days and delayed his business, it would not be so easy to come here again! In order to verify his suspicion, he also hurriedly searched.
But he had been rummaging here for a long time, and apart from some of the books he used to read, he couldn't even see any trace of the material delivery records, which also gave him a headache.
"No... I remember clearly. Jin Chengcheng said that the record was in King Jinpeng's dormitory, but why can't I find anything?" Jin Tiaojiang spent a lot of time, and at this time he finally felt helpless. I couldn't help but become anxious.
Jin Tiaojiang stood in the room and looked around again, thinking that the material records were not extremely secret. It was impossible for Jin Jinghong to hide him. In this case... Could it be...
Thinking of this, Jin Tiaojiang hurriedly turned around and left the room. When he finally opened the door of a room that was once a warehouse, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth and he cursed secretly: "Jin Jinghong, you kid...you are still playing with your elder brother. This set!"
It turned out that although Jin Jinghong lived in Jin Tijiang's residence, he never rested in his dormitory. In order to maintain the original appearance of the room, Jin Jinghong actually changed the warehouse where he once stored books into his own room.
When Jin Tiaojiang walked into the room, he saw that the table was piled with various books in a mess, and neatly placed in the corner of the desk were the records of material delivery to Yangdu.
He sat down and opened the book to search, and finally found the record he wanted on a page: On the first day of Mid-Autumn, the captain of the Jinpeng tribe: Jin Dayong, the handyman of the Black Peng tribe: Hei Hongcheng, Hei Xiaohua, Hei Pangpang When sixteen people escorted the supplies to Yangdu... except that Jin Dayong's name above was crossed out again and changed to Jin Gui.
"This Jin Gui is extremely unreliable. Why would Jinghong send him on such an errand?" Jin Tiaojiang couldn't figure it out, but he continued to read and saw a familiar name, Hei Xiaohua.
Although he rarely came into contact with Jin Jinghong and Huang You, he secretly knew a lot about them, so he naturally knew that Hei Xiaohua was Huang You's adopted son. He also sighed silently, whether it was regret or for other reasons. .
Then came the introduction of various materials, but because there was no text like what he wanted to see, Jin Tiaojiang simply skipped it...until the next few words attracted his attention, the Little Five Elements Cauldron ( lost).
"Small Five Elements Cauldron? Is this the treasure the tripod the man mentioned is like this?" Jin Tiaojiang glanced back roughly, only to find that there was only one word "ding" in the whole article. He finally determined the name of the object, but about Jin Tiaojiang was very suspicious of the word "lost" written on the back of the small Five Elements Cauldron.
Because Jin Tiaojiang was worried that he would bring disaster to others, he had not been in contact with others since he woke up, especially because Huang You's incident had always bothered him, and he always felt that it was his fault, so even if he had hidden his identity , but did not dare to face Huang You.
But not long ago, Huang You suddenly came to the door with something and asked Jin Tiaojiang to do him a favor by name. Jin Tiaojiang originally wanted to refuse directly, but he couldn't say anything anyway, so he could only reluctantly agree.
Then he saw Huang You mysteriously take out something from his arms, and this thing was the "Black Dragon Tendon". Even though Jin Tiaojiang seems to be isolated from the world, he is very well-informed. Naturally, he has heard about the origin of this "Black Dragon Tendon". He knew that the origin of this object was unknown, and he was afraid that Huang You would cause trouble, so he frowned and asked about the whereabouts of this object.
Huang You was hesitant and hesitant at first, but when he saw that Jin Tiaojiang was about to see off the guests after a disagreement, he honestly told the truth about how he had deceived Linlang Market.
Jin Tiaojiang knew that Linlang Market was very respectable, and even if he suffered a loss, he would have to admit that he was unlucky. He finally felt relieved and helped Huang You properly handle the black dragon tendons and return them to him.
Huang You took the black dragon tendon with tangled eyes. He glanced at Jin Tiaojiang thoughtfully and left without looking back. It's a pity that this last look turned out to be an eternal farewell.
At that time, Jin Diaojiang naturally realized that Huang You should have figured out his identity a long time ago. Otherwise, with Huang You's character, how could he safely hand over the black dragon tendon to a stranger he had "never met" instead of Jin Jinghong...
Now that everything is connected again, the truth of the matter will naturally come to light...
