Two days later, it happened to be August 15, the Mid-Autumn Festival reunion festival.Zong Chengyue tugged at his father's hand and tugged at his mother's kiss, "My sister said that I want to eat moon cakes in the Mid-Autumn Festival." ”Mooncakes?
In the tent in the afternoon.Wei Xi took Xiao Qi, who came with him this time, to mix a pot of moon cake fillings with the existing ingredients, and made puff pastry.Zong Xu took the guards to cut down a tree nearby, dried the moisture in the wood cut with a torch, and then took the knife and came out of the cake mold for a few months.In the middle of the afternoon, Zong Chengyue ate the mooncake he had been thinking about.A lot of moon cakes were made, and there were more than 30 people in their group, and each person could get two leftovers.So even if it is thousands of miles away from Shangjing City, or on the bank of the Tianhe River, where few people come, everyone also eats hot and fragrant moon cakes.And it was made by the Emperor and the Queen Mother.Blissfully a mess!
It's a sunny day during the day, and it's still sunny at night.The bright moon shone brightly above the dark blue sky, and a silver glow fell on the ground, which was also sprinkled on the sparkling water surface of the Tianhe River.During the day, Tianhe didn't see any abnormalities, and if there were no abnormalities at night, they wouldn't be able to cross it anyway, and they should go home.Wei Xi came out of the tent, and Zong Xu, who was sitting at the table facing the water of the Tianhe River and admiring the moon and watching the water, heard the footsteps and turned around, "Yue'er is asleep?"
”"Hmm," Wei Xi nodded and sat down beside him, first looking at the round and chubby moon hanging in the sky, and then at a piece of silver light in the Tianhe, "Is there anything abnormal?"
”Zong Xu shook his head.Wei Xi handed over a piece of cut fruit, "Don't worry, there are still two hours before the fifteenth moon passes." ”The two of them quietly admired the moon for half an hour, and Xiao Qi stood beside Wei Xi and suddenly listened intently, "Madam, the sound of water seems to be louder than before." ”Zong Xu and Wei Xi sat up straight when they heard this.The two had just taken a few steps forward and were about to get closer to listen, when a guard who had been sent by Wei Xi to do things hurriedly ran over."
Sir, madam, the water level is only detected below, and the water level is falling!"
Zong Xu and Wei Xi couldn't help but glance at each other when they heard this.Could it be that this passage in the water only appears on a full moon night?"
Probes every quarter of an hour.""
Yes."
The guards left in a hurry, and Wei Xi took Zong Xu's hand and looked at the water below, which didn't seem to have changed at all.But the sound of water that only Xiao Qi could hear was now clear to them.The sound was like the sound of a large hole suddenly appearing in a place where water was supposed to flow, and the surrounding water suddenly rushed towards the big hole.As time passed, the sound of the water grew louder and louder.The guards in charge of detecting the water level came every quarter of an hour to report, and without exception, the water level was falling all the time."
The surface of the water has changed!"
Luo Sheng would stand beside Zong Xu, looking at the water below from time to time while protecting.This will see that the surface of the river, which had not changed for the first two days, has already stirred up waves.The waves crashing against the cliff wall on the shore are the sound of surging water one after another."
Daddy, mother?"
Zong Chengyue was woken up by the louder and louder slapping sounds, opened his eyes in a daze, didn't see his mother who was supposed to be sleeping next to him, and didn't cry, but groped his way to put on his shoes, got out of bed and opened the tent door and walked out.Wei Xi waited for his son to approach before he heard his shout, turned around and beckoned, "Yue'er was woken up?"
”Zong Chengyue squinted his eyes and nodded, "It's so loud, mother, what is the sound?"
”"It's the sound of the water crashing against the stone wall."
As soon as this explanation was finished, a wave that was bigger than the previous one suddenly slapped over, and the sound made Zong Chengyue cover his ears violently, "It's louder than the fireworks that my sister let me see during the New Year." ”Wei Xi put his hand on his son's little hand again, and listened to Xiao Qi and Luo Sheng, who were standing in front of him, exclaim almost at the same time, "There is something in the water!"
”The water is getting more and more turbulent, but the more you can vaguely see what is revealed in the clear water.It was a huge stone pier that meandered into the depths of the river, standing under the water for an unknown number of years, and only appeared on a rare full moon night when the water level dropped."
Is this the passage into the Tianhe Water Department?"
Zong Xu looked intently at the stone pier that had gradually emerged from the water, and was silent for a moment after hearing Wei Xi's words before nodding, "If nothing else, it should be it." ”Wei Xi looked at the cliff that was higher because of the drop in the water level and frowned, "How do you go down?"
”Luo Sheng immediately spoke when he heard the voice, "Master, madam, my subordinates will take people to explore the way with a sliding rope first." ”Zong Xu stopped him from behind him as he prepared to place the sliding rope, "Don't worry, the water is still a little fierce, wait a minute." ”It was nearly half an hour.The current on the water surface only then became gentle, and there were no big waves crashing on the stone wall, so Luo Sheng took two people to tie the sliding rope and went down to the first stone pier under the stone wall.Just as he was about to walk along the stone pier, one of the people he brought down suddenly said, "My lord, there are words on this stone wall. ”Luo Sheng heard the sound and looked back."
Xuanwu falls, and the ladder of heaven appears.It's the middle of the night, and the dawn is out. ”Twelve vigorous and powerful characters are engraved on the smooth stone wall, but the words used are not unique to the Tianhe Water Department, but the words of Dayong.After Luo Sheng finished reading the twelve words, he finally set his eyes on the sixth word.It's just that in the mouth at the bottom right of the word, there is a circular depression, the size of a palm.He stretched out his hand and touched it, and there was some unevenness inside, touching the lines of rare water waves.He took another piece of fire and blew it, and then shone it inside."
My lord, shall we move forward?""
Wait," Luo Sheng was still looking at the circular depression, looking left and right, up and down, "I always feel that this round thing has a bit of an impression, maybe I have seen it sometime."
Don't worry, let me think about it first. ”He intuitively felt that this round depression was important!
Seeing this, the other two people also walked over, and then saw the circular depression where Luo Sheng's fingers were still picking."
Huh," one of them suddenly leaned closer, "I remember that the jade talisman that the Queen Mother and Her Royal Highness used to play with seems to be in this shape."
I was guarding at the time, and I remember that the jade talisman was also engraved with water waves.My lord, could this have anything to do with the jade talisman?
”Luo Sheng's mind suddenly brightened up for a moment.Xuanwu, Xuanwu, the Queen Mother and Her Royal Highness played with the jade talisman, wasn't it taken out of the stone carving Xuanwu by the Queen Mother, who was still the queen back then?
That's right!