Chapter 16 Chapter 15 Flame Mountain, Misty Ouyang House

In the early morning of Lanzhou City, firecrackers blared outside the gate of Xue’s house. The old man placed live pigs and sheep in front of the carriage, burned incense and worshiped them, and then smeared the blood of the live pigs and sheep on the horses, praying that the road would be safe from danger. Gee had a lucky start.Xue Gui went out and thanked Mr. Du and whispered a few words to him, and Mr. Du shouted loudly: "The Xue family is leaving!" A few stomps in the back followed the shout of Mr. Stomp and immediately shouted, and then Mr. Stomp got in the car and drove the cart forward until he reached the Cordyceps Hall before stopping to escort Feng Wanchun, Shi Miaomiao, and Ouyang Yanyun Take it, and then go west along Hong En Street.

There are quite a lot of rules in this walk. Not only must Mr. Stove be able to speak a lot of jargon, but he must also judge the situation and have a good eye.Unlucky words cannot be said along the way, and the "stomp" must follow one direction.If it’s not that there are no inns, ordinary small inns will never live in, and they will often choose some larger inns to live in, so that everyone can get a better rest. In addition, these large inns usually have people behind them. The bandits will not come to rob. The caravan of the Xue family is even more special. Xue Gui is a man of righteousness and is quite famous on this ancient silk road, so ordinary bandits and strongmen will not come to snatch it.They started from Lanzhou, passed through Qinghai, and arrived in Xinjiang.During this period, Feng Wanchun had been sitting in front of the car and had a great time chatting with Mr. Du, and they became very acquainted. Feng Wanchun was originally a straightforward person, so it was naturally much easier and more convenient to communicate with.

And Shi Miaomiao and Yan Yun were sitting in the car all the time, Yan Yun took out the simple technique of disguise that Shi Miaomiao taught him from time to time to study, Yan Yun was not stupid at all, and he would soon be able to She dressed up just like Shi Miaomiao, except that her voice could not change as freely as Shi Miaomiao. After a few days, the caravan finally arrived in Urumqi, Xinjiang, and several people changed into horses and rushed towards the Flame Mountain.The road was unbearably hot, surrounded by a lifeless desert, and occasionally there seemed to be a few red mountains burning in the distance.

"Yan Yun, is this Huoyan Mountain really a burning mountain?" Shi Miaomiao said while riding a horse with a black veil covering her head. "Well, yes! There is a burning mountain not far from the place where we train the monkeys!" Yan Yun said vividly, "Grandpa said that the fire there has been burning for hundreds of years!" "There really is!" Shi Miaomiao said incredulously: "I remember that it was written in the book: 'There is a Sihari country on the west road, which is the place where the sun sets, commonly known as "the end of the sky", and there is a "flame mountain" , there is no spring and no autumn, and the four seasons are hot. "Flame Mountain" has eight hundred miles of flames, and there is no grass around it.If you cross a mountain, even your copper brain and iron body will turn into juice! "'"

"Of course not, otherwise, I would really be unable to live!" Yan Yun also wore a black veil on her head. The sun near the Flaming Mountain was extremely hot, and she was completely exposed to the outside, making it extremely easy to get sunburned. "Haha, yes!" Shi Miaomiao rarely smiled so brightly. "You two girls should save your energy and talk less, or you will get burned in a while!" Seeing the two girls talking so lively, Feng Wanchun couldn't help jokingly said. "Hey, Master Feng, sister Shi and I are all fine! You look so dark, be careful if you get sunburnt!" Yan Yun, a tricky and weird girl, was not polite when she spoke.

"Our old Feng can bear the heat!" Looking at the sun above his head, Feng Wanchun shook the wine bag hanging on the horse and said, "This hot day makes our old Feng have no wine to drink. How am I doing?" "Hey, Master Feng, don't worry, I will bring you the best wine in the wine cellar when I get to my house!" Yan Yun comforted Feng Wanchun and said, "Have you never heard of the grape wine luminous cup? Bring it to you!" "Hey, you girl really understand my old Feng's thoughts, that's it! Let's hurry up, I'm drooling because of you talking!" Feng Wanchun said, gently pinching the horse's belly , "Yan Yun, come on, let's race horses and see who is faster!"

"Okay!" Yan Yun urged the horse to follow. In this vast desert wilderness, the two horses galloped forward one after the other. The steam from the desert gradually blurred the shadows of the two horses. Miaomiao gently urged the horse forward, she was always worried about how to tell Yanyun the truth. In the evening, when the sun was setting, it shone on the red mountain ridge in the west, as if the mountain and the flying clouds in the sky became one piece, and it was hard to tell which was the sky and which was the earth.After they turned over a huge sand dune, a huge courtyard appeared in front of their eyes.A few miles to the west of this courtyard is the red Flaming Mountain ridge, and on the right is a steep and lofty mountain. The courtyard has eight entrances, back and forth. To top the two or three into the spacious.

"The old house of Ouyang's family is in front!" Yan Yun pinched his lips and blew lightly, and in an instant, a group of dogs barked from the courtyard below the sand dune, as if echoing Yan Yun's whistle. After a while, several young men in black clothes ran out from the gate of the courtyard with their dogs in their hands. They looked up and saw Yan Yun among the three standing on the sand dune to the south, coming towards this place, and a young man ran to Yan Yun. Yun said beside him: "Miss, you are finally here, the old master and the others arrived here two days earlier than you!"

"Ah? Old master?" Yan Yun frowned and said, "What old master?" "Miss, are you alright! The old master of our family!" Before the young man could finish his sentence, he saw Yan Yun lightly clamped on the horse and galloped down the mountain. I saw three people walking out slowly surrounded by several young people.Yan Yun couldn't believe his eyes, the person walking in the front was the old master Ouyang Leihuo in the youth's mouth, and on his left was his father Ouyang Yanlei, and the woman on the right, Yan Yun, had never seen him before. But it feels vaguely familiar.

"Yan Yun, you are finally here!" Ouyang Leihuo said as he came up to take over the horse's reins. Yan Yun jumped off the horse, threw himself into Ouyang Leihuo's arms and cried loudly, "Grandpa, is it really you? Am I dreaming?" "Silly girl, of course it's me!" Although Ouyang Leihuo yells at others on weekdays, he always loves Ouyang sister and brother, no matter how willful they are, he will not get angry. "At that time, Yanying said that you had passed away, and I..." Yan Yun couldn't stop tears from falling down like strings of broken beads.

"Okay, silly girl, don't cry, come and meet your parents!" Ouyang Leihuo said and pointed to the two people behind him, Yan Yun then threw himself into Ouyang Yanlei's arms and said: "Father, I thought Yuan Shizhai You're still inside after it burns!" "Yan Yun, it's okay! Everything is over!" Ouyang Yanlei patted Yan Yun's shoulder lightly and said, "You mother and daughter haven't seen each other yet, have you?" Yan Yun turned her head to look at Jin Sumei, Jin Sumei opened her arms and hugged Yan Yun tightly, but Yan Yun remained in Jin Sumei's arms without any response.When she was in the old house of Pan's family in Anyang, Yan Ying once told her that the woman in front of her asked her to go back, if she didn't go back, she would die.A mother can do this to her daughter, what else can't she do? At this moment, Feng Wanchun and Shi Miaomiao came to the door along with several young people with dogs. Ouyang Leihuo laughed and said, "Oh, girl Shi and Master Feng are here!" "Ouyang Shibo?" Shi Miaomiao and Feng Wanchun were both startled, their eyes met, they glanced at Ouyang Leihuo and said, "You didn't..." "Haha, my old man's fate is hard, how can he die so easily!" Ouyang Leihuo said, stepped forward to hug Feng Wanchun and said, "I won't die for a while!" "That's right, Shibo, you are lucky!" Feng Wanchun echoed. "Okay, everyone don't stand at the door, let's go in!" Ouyang Leihuo said and greeted everyone to enter the yard. There are many rockery in Ouyang Leihuo's yard, which looks like a rich family's house in Beiping City. It must have been Jin Sumei's hand. What I have done has not changed for so many years. When Shi Miaomiao looked at Jin Sumei, she felt even more confused. Jin Sumei was always holding Yan Yun's hand and walking inward, but Yan Yun's face was expressionless, completely different from the lively look before. people.As Shi Miaomiao walked in, he wondered why Pan Jun was never seen. It stands to reason that Pan Jun should have arrived. Could it be that something happened in Lanzhou City? A group of people walked to a hall in the second courtyard, Ouyang Leihuo immediately ordered his servants to prepare food and drink. This was the first time that Ouyang's family had such a complete gathering in more than ten years. If Yan Ying came back, everyone would be there. Done.Thinking of this, Ouyang Leihuo was overjoyed. Jin Sumei's mother and daughter were sitting at the side of the hall. Although Yan Yun was still unwilling to pay attention to Jin Sumei, Jin Sumei's eyes were full of love and affection: "Yan Yun, I'm sorry, my mother has not been by your side for so many years!" Yan Yun glanced at Jin Sumei and said coldly, "I'm used to it!" "I know you have always hated your mother for leaving you and Yanying to Japan so cruelly back then!" Jin Sumei tried her best to let Yanyun know her state of mind at the moment, but Yanyun ignored her at all.She stood up and said to Shi Miaomiao: "Sister Shi, come with me, I'll take you to see things!" "Okay!" Shi Miaomiao stood up and smiled at Jin Sumei, then was dragged by Yan Yun to the third courtyard, bypassing the corridor in the courtyard, she led Shi Miaomiao into her room.This boudoir is very elegantly furnished, with carved pear wood tables, mahogany bookshelf chairs, a large bed made of golden nanmu, and there are several pots of blooming flowers in the room, which Miaomiao has never seen before. "Yan Yun, what is this flower?" Shi Miaomiao felt that the flower bloomed so amazingly that one had to admire it. "Hey, sister Shi, do you like this flower?" Yan Yun said with a smile, "Then you come with me!" As Yan Yun said, he lightly pressed a mechanism in the corner, and a crack appeared on the ground.Yan Yun went in first, and Shi Miaomiao followed closely behind Yan Yun along the tunnel. Obviously, this tunnel has been dug for a long time, leading directly to the steep red stone mountain on the east side.When they walked out of the tunnel, there was a large flat sandy field in front of them. On the opposite side of the sandy field was a burning flame that was several meters high. On the sandy field in front of them were the incomparably bright flowers that Shi Miaomiao had just seen. "Sister Shi, this flower is called Tianbaohua. It originally grew in the Western Regions, but a passing businessman gave me some later. This kind of flower is extremely tenacious, and it is the only one that can survive the scorching heat of the desert!" Yan Yun squatted in a Said in front of a Tianbao flower. "Yan Yun, what is this place?" Shi Miaomiao asked in confusion. "Hey, this is the place where Yanying and I trained the monkeys since we were young!" Yan Yun took Shi Miaomiao's hand and walked to the side and said, "Sister Shi, look below!" When Shi Miaomiao stood there and looked down, it turned out that Yan Yun had unknowingly brought him to the top of the mountain to the east of the compound, down to a cliff hundreds of feet high, and the Ouyang family's house has since It is very clear to see everywhere, and the servants who are busy in the first courtyard can see clearly what they are doing. "Sister Shi, this is for you!" Yan Yun said as he handed his little monkey-summoning flute to Shi Miaomiao. "This... Yanyun, give me this, then how do you summon the monkey?" Shi Miaomiao looked at Yanyun in surprise and said. "Hey, sister Shi taught me the disguise technique, so I'll teach you how to control animals!" Yan Yun said with a smile, "And I don't need this flute in the future!" Yan Yun nodded as if confirming and put the flute After stuffing it in Shi Miaomiao's hands, he took Shi Miaomiao back to the courtyard. "Yan Yun, do you hate your mother?" Shi Miaomiao asked while sitting in Yan Yun's boudoir.Yan Yun was silent for a moment and said: "You may not know what kind of life I lived when I was a child. After growing up, my younger brother kept arguing for my mother. When we found it, we found that my mother would even order others to kill me for myself. I!" "Yan Yun, maybe your mother has too many difficulties and can't help herself!" Shi Miaomiao said softly, "You should try to understand her and understand her difficulties!" "Maybe!" Yan Yun smiled slightly at this point, and said, "Actually, what I don't understand the most is Miss Duan. She knows that what Yan Ying did was wrong, why is she still with him. Even in At the same time, I don't believe that she will really betray Pan...Brother Pan Jun!" Yan Yun originally wanted to say "Brother Pan", but changed his words when he thought that he might really not be worthy of Pan Jun. "Actually..." Shi Miaomiao hesitantly sighed and said seriously, "Yanyun, I want to tell you something, whether you believe it or not, this is the truth!" "What's the matter?" Yan Yun looked at Shi Miaomiao in surprise, wondering if what she was going to say had something to do with Pan Jun? Shi Miaomiao approached Yan Yun and whispered a few words in her ear. Yan Yun was dumbfounded when he heard what Shi Miaomiao said. After Miaomiao finished speaking, Yan Yun shook his head in disbelief and said, "This... How is this possible?" Shi Miaomiao nodded helplessly, and said with a long breath, "Actually, I also hope that all this is not true!" At this moment, the ground suddenly shook violently, followed by rumbling sounds, Yan Yun and Shi Miaomiao looked at each other, and then Yan Yun hurriedly pulled Shi Miaomiao out of the door.As soon as he opened the door, he saw a red object flying over his head impartially. Shi Miaomiao grabbed Yan Yun with quick hands and eyes. The red object hit the ground heavily but was still burning. Yan Yun With lingering fear, he turned his head and smiled at Shi Miaomiao, and then the two walked out the door again, only to see countless small burning stones rolling down from the top of the mountain in the east, falling on the nearby yard or on the roof keep burning.At this moment, many disciples had already gathered in the courtyard. After the shaking stopped, they each took fire extinguishers and ran up to the roof to extinguish the burning stone.Shi Miaomiao let out a long breath, looked at Yan Yun in shock and said, "What's going on?" Yan Yun smiled and said: "In fact, this kind of thing often happens. Small earthquakes often shake down the burning stones on the top of the mountain in the east. Not surprising!" Only then did Shi Miaomiao feel relieved, looking at the mountain top to the east, he felt a vague premonition in his heart. The dinner started late at night. This day was the most gathering of the Ouyang family in more than ten years, and it happened to coincide with the Mid-Autumn Festival night, so it was extra grand. Ouyang Leihuo had been directing his servants to work. The purple clay teapot from Jingdezhen that Yanying used on the day he was 100 years old was found in the box. After so many years, he has never used it once.Today's atmosphere reminded him of that night again. He thought of this and took a sip of tea, then called a disciple beside him and said, "By the way, you go to the wine cellar to get all the old wine out, let all the disciples drink it for me today! " "Yes, old master!" The little apprentice laughed and called the two companions to go to the wine cellar to bring a lot of old wine. The dinner party was held in the courtyard of the Second Entry Courtyard. The courtyard was decorated with lights and festoons, filled with red lanterns. There were more than a dozen tables in the courtyard, and the host's table was at the front. Ouyang Leihuo, Ouyang Yanlei, Jin Sumei , Ouyang Yanyun, Shi Miaomiao, Feng Wanchun and others sat around the table, and the remaining dozen tables were all disciples and servants of Ouyang's family. Thinking about it, there were hundreds of people. As soon as the banquet started, Ouyang Leihuo stood up and raised his glass and said: "Today is the most complete gathering of my Ouyang family in more than ten years. After so many years, my old man crawled over like mountains and seas of swords and never died. , I have been wondering what the reason is. I just found out today that it was the fucking waiting for today. It just so happens that today is also the Mid-Autumn Festival, come, everyone, drink up this cup!" Everyone around stood up and raised their glasses one after another. When they were about to toast, a person suddenly shouted from outside: "Grandpa, I'm afraid there is still one person missing!" The sound was very loud, Ouyang Leihuo was stunned, and quickly put down the cup in his hand, only to see Yanying leading a girl walking slowly in from the courtyard, followed by six or seven people in black Chinese tunic suits Japanese youth. "Yanying..." Ouyang Leihuo stepped forward with a smile on his face, grabbed Yanying's hand and said, "This time, they are all back, all are back!" Ouyang Leihuo pulled Yanying to sit beside him, Yanying looked around and sneered. "Now my Ouyang family has all the talents!" Speaking of which, Ouyang Leihuo raised his wine glass and drank it down, and the rest of the people also raised their wine glasses one after another, only Yan Yun sat and held the wine glass tightly in his hand.After everyone finished drinking and sat down, Yan Yun stood up humbly, who knew that Yan Ying also stood up, raised his glass and said, "Sister, thank you for taking care of me on behalf of my mother for so many years, I respect you for this glass of wine! " "Hehe!" Yan Yun said with a sneer, "It's hard for you to remember this, where is Brother Pan?" "I said sister, don't you call Brother Pan one by one, okay?" Yanying put the wine glass on the table and glanced at Shi Miaomiao, "Has Pan Jun ever cared about you? If so, why?" When you were in Anyang, let you heal the drug abuse of that surname?" "Shut up!" Yan Yun was irritated by Yan Ying's words, and poured a glass of wine on Yan Ying's face.Yan Ying was not angry either, and gently wiped the wine off her face and said, "Didn't you ask me where Pan Jun is?" "Where is Brother Pan?" Yan Yun stared at Yan Ying and said. "I'm here!" A voice came from inside the room, and Pan Jun slowly came out from the back room, which surprised Shi Miaomiao, Feng Wanchun, Yan Ying, and Yan Yun.Originally, Yanying just obeyed her mother's order to trick Feng Wanchun and his party to Xinjiang, but she didn't expect that Pan Jun was really here. "Pan Jun, why are you here?" Feng Wanchun stood up and looked at Pan Jun suspiciously. Pan Jun smiled slightly and said, "Master Feng, maybe you want me to appear in Xinjiang the most and you don't want me to appear in Xinjiang." You are all in Xinjiang!" Feng Wanchun smiled and said, "Pan Jun, what do you mean?" "Master Feng, I think you should know what it means better than us!" Shi Miaomiao stood up and said, "When Pan Jun asked you to investigate me, he actually asked Guan Xiu to investigate you too!" Pan Jun smiled slightly: "Actually, before I doubted Ziwu, I doubted you, Master Feng. Later, because Ziwu took on everything by himself, I was indeed negligent at that time. But the more I thought about Ziwu, the more I I found it strange. Ziwu said that you suddenly seemed to be a different person a few years ago. So I wrote to Guan Xiu to investigate you. When we left Anyang, I got on the carriage of Geng Nian. Before leaving Geng Nian once said to me that maybe you are a traitor, I asked him if he was sure? He told me nine out of ten!" "Later when we left Anyang, we encountered Japanese people. Miss Shi and I diverted the group of Japanese people away, and she handed me something. That thing is the place you often use to light cigarettes. That is Things that appeared at the scene of the Shijia fire in the Xiangxi water system. After contacting Guan Xiu’s previous investigation of you and Ziwu’s words, I became more suspicious of you. It’s just that I was really hard to be sure at the time!” Pan Jun said eloquently, “If If you are really a traitor, I am afraid that you are hiding the deepest. If I have few doubts by your side, you will definitely notice it. So..." Pan Jun glanced at Shi Miaomiao, only to see Shi Miaomiao take it out of his arms. Make a colorful object and put it on the table. "Sister Shi, this is..." Yan Yun asked curiously. "This is the worm Gu of the Shi family in the Xiangxi water system. It turns into worms when it sees blood, and turns into eggs when it encounters soil and wood!" Shi Miaomiao said lightly, "And its biggest purpose is to confuse people's minds and make people lose their sense of humor for a period of time." memory!" "Yes, when Miss Shi told me everything, I had completely doubted you, Master Feng, but I was afraid that such suspicion would make me show my feet in front of you, so this is the only way!" Pan Jun held tightly Clenching his fists, he said, "I really don't want to believe that Master Feng, you are a traitor!" "Brother Pan, why did you appear here? Could it be that you..." Yan Yun turned his head and glanced at Ouyang Yanlei and said. "He came with us. He had been hiding in the house before!" Ouyang Yanlei said calmly, "When I was in Lanzhou City, I met Pan Jun at the ruins of Yuanshizhai. At that time, he was with an old man. Beggars together. When I saw him, the poison in his body suddenly exploded. Who knew that after a while, he completely recovered his memory. After he remembered the previous things, he guessed my identity at once. In fact, after so many years, I I have been investigating the fire that happened seventy-two years ago, and I have gradually discovered that there is a person who is always hiding by your side." "Haha, Pan Jun, I didn't expect you to put so much thought into me!" Feng Wanchun suddenly stood up and said with a sneer, "But Pan Jun, it's too late, you know too late!" A group of young people dressed in black looked around and smiled slightly: "Don't do it yet!" Seeing the group of young people in front of him sitting motionless at the table, Feng Wanchun's smile immediately froze on his face, and he shouted again: "Don't do anything!" But still no one left their seats. "Master Feng, are you calling them?" Pan Jun clapped his hands lightly, and saw a few fire disciples push out four or five young people who were tied up from behind. "Why...how did this happen?" Feng Wanchun couldn't believe his eyes, and looked at Pan Jun in surprise. "Hehe, in fact, this is all Pan Jun's plan. He knows that once he leaves the Cordyceps Hall, you will definitely do something!" Ouyang Yanlei said lightly, "So that night, Pan Jun asked that old beggar to play a scene with him. A hijacking scene!" "So that's the case. No wonder I didn't find that old beggar's body when my sister Shi and I went to Yizhuang!" Yan Yun glanced at Shi Miaomiao and said. "I think Master Feng must have been very surprised at that time, because my disappearance was completely unexpected to him. So he left the Cordyceps Hall overnight and went to the secret contact place of the Japanese. He must have thought that it was General Yanying who had been following us all the time. I stole it!" Pan Jun said lightly, "So he was going to contact Yanying to find out my whereabouts! This is why I finally determined that you were a traitor. But what you didn't expect was that Yanying didn't If you don't believe me, how could he tell you the truth? So you arranged these people in Ouyang's house in advance!" "After we came back, they were arrested!" Ouyang Leihuo stood up and said, "The person who kept in touch with me and finally rescued Sumei and sent her to Japan should be you, right? , Feng Wanchun!" Feng Wanchun sat on the chair obsessively, like a deflated rubber ball. At this moment, he felt his head faint. He barely opened his eyes. Feng Wanchun also felt dizzy for a while, and then all passed out on the ground. Pan Jun was startled, looking at these people lying on the table, only Yan Ying, Yan Yun, Pan Jun, Duan Er'e and the few Japanese brought by Yan Ying did not faint at the moment.Yan Ying smiled and said, "Feng Wanchun is nothing!" "Yanying, this...could it be you?" Yan Yun said fiercely. "Sister, no one in this family is more familiar with the wine cellar than me, I rushed back here earlier than any of you, even Feng Wanchun, and drugged all the wine in the wine cellar! "Yan Ying said confidently, "I'm afraid you, Pan Jun, didn't think of that either!" "And now this place is completely surrounded by the Japanese, you can't leave anymore!" Yan Ying looked at Pan Jun and said. "What exactly do you want?" Pan Jun stared into Yanying's eyes and said. "Of course it's the final secret of the insect repellent master!" Yan Yun walked towards Pan Jun as he said that, but at this moment Yan Yun kicked up, Yan Ying quickly dodged Yan Yun's kick and turned his head Said to Yan Yun: "Sister, don't force me to take action!" "Okay, Yan Ying, I want to see what you have learned from the Japanese after so long!" Yan Yun looked at Yan Ying coldly.