Records of the Cattle and Horses of Chang'an

Chapter 628 Bronze Tree

He had just walked around the strange tree three times, but didn't see a single word he recognized. For a scholar of the Jixian Hall and a diligent literary worker, this was a humiliation, a huge humiliation!

"This is a stone carving from my Xiou tribe."

Qi Qi Ge was almost instantly attracted by the stone carvings on the tree. After looking at it for a while, he couldn't wait to find the beginning.

The stone inscriptions were obviously carefully arranged like a painting, with some on the east and some on the west.

If she wasn't well versed in this, she would definitely not understand what was being said!

“This tree…”

Sensing the dampness in his philtrum, Jiang Shangxian touched his nose and sighed inwardly: It's started again...

She slowed down, concentrating on explaining to Cui Bian beside her, "This tree is different from the one in the mural. According to the mural, Ba Yao's body was placed upright in the tree. Although that tree was big, it wasn't as big as this. Especially the branches and leaves..."

"What's wrong?" Cui Bianxu stuffed another handkerchief into her hand with a look of heartache, then raised his head and squinted his eyes to look up. The bronze tree was too tall, at least ten meters, and the light from the lamp could not illuminate its top clearly. Only the forked branches could be seen.

As for the leaves...

Jiang Shangxian said, "There are leaves on it."

"Leaves?" Cui Bianxu was puzzled. Something he had never seen with his own eyes could not be concretized to a very clear degree by imagination alone.

Yingzi raised his head and continued, "Son-in-law, the tree in the mural has no leaves."

Jiang Shangxian rubbed her head in praise. "It's dim here, so I can't see that high up, but I can vaguely see that the tree has leaves. It looks like it's made of bronze. How can bronze have leaves? Could it be that when the craftsman cast this bronze tree, he also made these intricate leaves into the mold?"

"Xi Wen, climb up and take a look." Cui Bianxu pointed at a guard and motioned him to go up and take down a leaf.

Yingzi grinned and gossiped with Jiang Shangxian, "I heard from Master Fan that in the entire Cui Mansion, Xi Wen is the best tree climber. No one can climb better than him, not even Man Man can climb as fast as him!"

"So amazing~"

Jiang Shangxian echoed in the gentle tone he used when speaking to children, "Let Qiqige tell us a story later. There are so many stone inscriptions, so there must be many stories."

She was afraid in her heart, not to mention that Yingzi was such a young child. She had to find a way to provide psychological counseling to this girl when she returned.

Yingzi's eyes curved, and she nodded vigorously, pointing at the man on the tree: "Look, my lady, he climbs fast!"

She really liked the way her aunt used this child-like tone whenever she spoke to her.

"Well! That's amazing!" Jiang Shangxian watched Xi Wen climbing up the thick tree trunk quickly, at a speed so fast that it could be said to be walking on flat ground, and he expressed his sincere admiration.

Cui Bianxu coughed lightly and whispered in her ear shyly, "I can climb faster than him!"

This bronze tree is not smooth and has rust on it. In order to simulate a real tree during casting, it is not straight, but has various bumps and lines. It is very easy for martial artists to climb it.

This guy!

Jiang Shangxian was just about to give him a few compliments to send him off when he saw Xi Wen, who was about to chop the leaves with a knife, suddenly stop, and then the knife fell out of his hand and fell straight down from above.

"Get out of the way!" Cui Bianxu shouted loudly, put one arm around Jiang Shangxian's shoulders, and with the other hand grabbed Yingzi's collar and pulled him back ten meters.

As the long knife hit the ground with a clang, the frightened crowd looked up at the treetop again, only to see Xi Wen's legs still clamped on the tree trunk, but his hands had been freed, and he was doing something on his chest.

Li Sheng couldn't help but yelled, "Xi Wen, come down quickly!"

However, Xi Wen above him seemed to be unable to hear what he said and still maintained the same posture, making it impossible to tell what kind of change he had encountered.

"Oh no, get him down quickly, or he will die!" Qi Qi Ge, who had just come back to his senses from the stone carvings, finally discovered that they had actually let someone climb up the bronze tree. His face changed drastically and he kept urging them.

Upon hearing this, Cui Bianxu's face darkened. He took out the Flying Tiger Claw from his waist and hooked it towards Xi Wen above him. Unfortunately, the length of the rope was just a little bit off, and the claw fell about half a meter below Xi Wen's buttocks.

"Coffin, put that yellow-colored coffin on it!" Jiang Shangxian was so anxious that he turned around and around. He saw a big coffin next to him that looked like a room, and immediately had an idea.

This thing is at least four meters high and is next to the bronze tree. I'm sure you'll be able to reach it if you climb up!

After she said that, Cui Bianxu didn't waste any time and stepped onto the corner of the Huangchangtichou with his toes. However, before he could stand firmly, he heard a crisp sound from under his feet, and the cypress wood where he was standing cracked instantly.

This place is complicated and dangerous, and Xi Wen above is in an unknown situation now. Everyone's mind is on edge, and when the guards heard the noise, they couldn't help but step forward.

Cui Bianxu, who was on top of it, reacted extremely quickly. He jumped up again with the powerful strength of his waist, and the Flying Tiger Claw in his hand rushed towards Xi Wen on the bronze tree as fast as lightning.

"Got it!" Children have the sharpest eyes, and Yingzi saw the Flying Tiger Claw hooked on Xi Wen's butt at the first moment.

As Cui Bianxu landed on the ground again, the Flying Tiger Claw hooked Xi Wen down along with him. His body seemed to be under some kind of immobilization spell, and he was stiff and about to fall to the ground. Seeing this, Li Sheng quickly stepped forward and caught him.

The huge downward force caused him to slide back four or five meters, and finally his knees gave way and he fell to the ground with a thud.

Jiang Shangxian and the others were about to step forward when they heard Li Sheng say, suppressing the pain in his body, "Don't come over!"

Everyone paused and looked at Cui Bianxu in confusion. Everyone had already come down, and it was obvious that the two people were injured. Why didn't they let them go?

"Jiulang, Xiwen is not right. There is something on him."

There was a sense of difficulty in Li Sheng's words: "It seems, it seems to be a toad."

Toad?

That's the toad!

Jiang Shangxian and Qiqige turned their heads to look at each other at the same time:

“Let’s go!”

"Frogman Gu!"

The former thought that this toad could suck all the vitality out of a person, while the latter was shocked that such a thing could still be preserved here!

Qi Qi Ge's mind is now full of surprise and frustration.

It's like thinking that being first in the exam is already impressive, but not realizing that this was only because of the comparison with her classmates. After walking a few steps outside, she discovered that there was someone who was a genius, a genius unparalleled in history.

The gap between me and the genius is like a chasm.

Cui Bianxu, sensing something, frowned. If he wasn't still young and had delicate skin, his frowning would have definitely developed wrinkles. "Qiqige, go over there."