Chapter 3158 Her relationship with you
After so many years, and despite being washed away by wind and rain, the stone tablet has not changed at all. Nan Yan lit a stick of incense and was about to clean it up when she found that the area around the stone tablet was very clean, without a single weed.
She frowned slightly: "Hmm?"
Ruoshui, who was not far away, heard her voice and immediately straightened up and asked, "My Lady, what's the matter?"
Nan Yan thought for a moment, then turned around and pointed at several stone tablets beside them and said, "Those tablets also represent the ministers that Emperor Gao trusted the most during his lifetime. You should pack them up. I'll go over there and take a look."
"yes."
Ruoshui then took Yuntong to wipe several other stone tablets.
Nan Yan turned around and walked further away.
The road under her feet was overgrown with weeds and usually no one walked on it. But after so many years, Nan Yan still remembered that when Arslan appeared here, he took her to a remote place, where they saw a stone tablet that had been eroded by wind and rain and the inscription was almost unrecognizable.
Soon, Nan Yan arrived here.
The stone tablet was still there. Nan Yan could even barely recognize the characters of the Kingdom of Dian engraved on it - Princess Tana.
However, she did not come here for this stone tablet.
She walked to the stone tablet and stood still. She looked back and saw that Ruoshui and the others could no longer see this side. Then she turned around and said slowly, "Come out."
It was quiet all around.
Not to mention that there was no one there, there wasn't even a trace of disturbed wind, as if everything had frozen.
Nan Yan's face was calm, as if everything was under control. She said slowly, "If you don't want to see me, that's fine. I won't tell anyone. But are you here just to clean up that stone tablet?"
Still no response.
Nan Yan sighed and said, "If that's the case, then I won't force it."
After saying that, he turned and left.
But just as she turned around, a low, somewhat old voice came from the side: "Does your Majesty know who that stone tablet belongs to?"
When she heard this voice, Nan Yan's brows frowned involuntarily.
She turned around immediately.
This place is a little more remote than the location of the stone tablet of Concubine Qin and others. You can even see the lush greenery at the foot of the mountain and the lake surface covered with mist. The mist is rising and starting to fly upwards, and a lot of mist is gradually condensing around.
In the mist, a tall figure slowly walked towards them.
Seeing this person, Nan Yan's brows furrowed even tighter.
This is an old man dressed in black.
Before, she entered Xingluo Lake and met Luo Xingwen and his four elders in Tiangang Lianhuanwu. Among them, the one in black was the most taciturn and didn't say a few words from beginning to end. Compared with Li Chen and Fang Zhen who followed Zhu Chengjin to Jinling later, and the cunning and suspicious Fu Zhiqiu, this person was the one with the least presence.
So much so that the moment she saw him, Nan Yan almost couldn't remember his name.
The old man seemed to be aware of his insignificance. Facing Nan Yan's silence, he smiled faintly and said, "I am Shi Tianlu."
“…”
Nan Yan looked at him and didn't say anything for a while.
From the moment she saw Concubine Qin's overly clean stone tablet, she guessed that someone had come to clean it, but it couldn't be someone from the Imperial Tomb Temple. If Master Shangshan had sent someone to clean it, they should have treated all the stone tablets equally. But it was obvious that someone had come specially to clean Concubine Qin's stone tablet.
She also guessed that although Luo Xingwen and his men had left and dispersed, it was impossible for such a large Tiangang Lianhuanwu to have no one left behind.
Therefore, this stone tablet was most likely taken care of by an old friend of Concubine Qin.
However, this black-robed elder Shi Tianlu was so inconspicuous that Nan Yan was unable to react when she saw him and heard him speak.
After staring at him in silence for a long while, Nan Yan finally said, "Elder Shi...?"
“…”
"Why is it you?"
Shi Tianlu looked at her calmly, with a hint of a smile on his face: "Your Highness, do you think it shouldn't be me?"
“…”
After hearing this, Nan Yan felt that it was not the case.
The four elders of Tiangang Lianhuanwu and Luo Xingwen are all sworn brothers of Concubine Qin.
Li Chen and Fang Zhen are dead, and the remaining Luo Xingwen, Fu Zhiqiu, and him are all likely to come.
I just didn't expect it to be him.
What was even more unexpected was that he could actually come here.
You know, the Imperial Tomb Temple is on the island next to it. That place is Master Shangshan and his disciples with superb martial arts skills. Even when Tiangang Lianhuanwu was at its peak, they didn't dare to set foot here. How come at this time, everyone dispersed and left, and he came here instead.
And, I really came here.
Seeing Nan Yan's doubtful look, Shi Tianlu smiled slightly and said, "Your Highness, there is no need to doubt it."
“…”
"Master Shangshan has guarded the Imperial Tomb Temple very well. Luo Xingwen once considered taking over the Imperial Tomb Temple, but he was never able to get past him."
Nan Yan asked, "If that's the case, then how dare you come here alone? And how did you get here?"
Shi Tianlu said: "This is the darkness under the lamp."
“…”
"We certainly don't dare to touch the Imperial Mausoleum, but we've been controlling the surrounding waters for so many years, we're all too familiar with them."
After hearing this, Nan Yan didn't ask any more questions.
However, she heard something from Shi Tianlu's words and squinted her eyes and said, "It seems that this is not the first time Elder Shi has come here."
Shi Tianlu said: "When people get old, they like to recall the past and think about old friends."
“…”
“Some old friends can no longer be pursued.”
“…”
"Only here can I think about her past..."
As he spoke, his gaze turned to the stone tablet in the distance, which was now too far to be seen.
Nan Yan also followed his gaze.
But soon, she looked at him again.
The old man's silence is rewarded with dark eyes that are so deep that they seem to contain thousands of words. Looking into his eyes, it seems as if you can see many stories.
I think these stories must contain sadness and separation.
But there must have been happy times too.
Otherwise, how could a person still be obsessed with it after so many years?
Nan Yan said, "Just now, Elder Shi asked me if I knew who this stone tablet belonged to. The inscription on the stone tablet is very clear. Why did you ask this question?"
Shi Tianlu looked at Nan Yan and said, "The inscription tells us her identity."
“…”
"What I'm asking about is her relationship with you."
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