The old madam is very happy today. Among the new female slaves who arrived last night, there was a girl who only cost her six taels of silver. She is only ten years old, but she already has some obvious charm.
Ever since Chen Shuangguan was taken away by the man with the grass root in his mouth, Yexiang Tower had become a lot colder for a time. But now when he saw the little girl, he once again had the confidence to restore the past scenery. At that moment, he arranged for the maid who was most familiar with the work around him.
, take the girl back to the room and clean her up.
The person who sent the girl only left the name "Xiao Sanjia" and said nothing else. After hearing this, the madam became even more happy, Xiao Sanjia was even better than Chen Shuangguan!
Color armor, sound armor, dance armor!
That night, they arranged for the crying girl to live in the largest and most luxurious single room in Yexiang Tower, and assigned two maids and four guards to take turns guarding the room.
But even though it was so strict, in the middle of the night there was still a person with three inches of grass roots in his mouth, stepping through the door as if he was in a deserted place.
The girl lay on the bed and sipped. She couldn't figure out why she kindly gave the cake to the man but still sold herself to a brothel.
"Why, are you still blaming me?"
The visitor smiled and sat beside the bed, reaching out and patting the girl's back.
When the girl saw the person in front of her clearly, she backed away in horror and squatted on the edge of the bed wrapped in a quilt, shivering.
"Why?"
The girl burst into tears, looking at the evil man in front of her who repaid kindness with revenge, feeling extremely puzzled.
"No reason, just to repay the favor of the half piece of cake you gave me."
The man smiled and said: "Half a piece of cake in exchange for half a life. In the first ten years, this life belongs to you completely, and after ten years, the half will belong to me. But there is no need to thank me, because I have always been a good person."
The girl was even more frightened.
Lu Sancun stretched out his slender hands that made women jealous, kneaded his fingers into a secret, and said three points in succession:
"From now on, Xiao Xiao will be your name. Forget all the troubles and troubles in this world, and step into the world from now on!"
A breath of air circulated, surrounded by a few wisps of green smoke. If Xu Qingmu was here, he would be very familiar with it. This was very similar to the civil and military fortune that the old beggar gave him back then. But the man in rags in front of him just made a casual move.
Lower your luck.
One luck governs appearance, one luck governs voice, and one fortune governs embroidery and dance.
The green smoke is gone, and the three armors are completed.
Looking at Xiao Sanjia who was gradually unconscious, Lu Sancun was a little happy. So what if Xu Qingmu's character failed when he was surrounded and suppressed by Siyue Lake?
Between the heaven and the earth, everyone is a chess piece, and all the nineteen roads are ambushed and killed.
...
One morning in Siyue Lake, tens of thousands of heavy warriors armed with swords and halberds surrounded the entire lake. As an order was passed down, the siege and killing began.
In just one hour, Siyue Lake was soaked in blood.
Corpses lay everywhere, no one was spared.
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In the afternoon, Xu Qingmu and others finally arrived at the foot of the legendary and terrifying Book Burial Mountain.
The county magistrate had already received a secret letter from the Siyue Lake magistrate, and he had brought people to greet him at the mountain pass early. Xu Qingmu and others changed the boat to a car at the dock at the previous stop. A group of people came on horseback, which was quite a bit dusty.
Servant feeling.
The county magistrate was named Chaojiu. He was an old minister of the previous dynasty, and he was a first-grade clerk. After King Xu Yan's cavalry overthrew the dynasty, in view of Chaojiu's clean and honest officials, and the lack of civilian officials in the dynasty, he named Chaojiu the chief minister. But this dynasty
Jiuque immediately wrote a letter, saying that his family had gray hair and that he needed someone to take care of him, so he took the initiative to resign. He just became a small county magistrate at the foot of Shengjian Mountain, which was then called Shengjian Mountain.
Xu Qingmu looked at the person in front of him. He was only over forty years old, and the clothes he wore were all made of low-grade fabrics. There was no trace of the luxury of an official.
When a group of people were walking towards the Yamen, Xu Qingmu noticed that Chaojiu always walked sideways, hunched over, and seemed a little reserved. However, the young man didn't take it to heart, and just regarded it as a matter of personal habit.
A group of people had a meal at the Yamen. It was not Shanghai-style, but it could be regarded as some "mountain delicacies". After all, it was close to Burial Book Mountain, and there were still a lot of game on the mountain.
Xu Qingmu was a little curious and spoke: "The county magistrate, if you don't say that the mountain is haunted, why do some villagers dare to go up the mountain and hunt the wild beasts on the mountain?"
Chaojiu paused, seemed a little embarrassed, and said:
"Reporting to you, sir, our mountain village is short of supplies. Some of the guys are forced to make a living, so they have no choice but to go up the mountain, just to capture some of the mountain charms and sell them to make a living. Alas, they are all poor people."
"Then since there are man-eating ghosts in the mountains, why not invite some Taoist priests to come and do something to drive them away?" Xu Qingmu then asked.
Chaojiu poured Xu Qingmu a glass of wine and said slowly:
"Young master, I don't know. A few years ago, we did invite experts who can eliminate evil spirits and hauntings. But that time, more than nineteen people, including the expert, died on the mountain, and their deaths were extremely miserable. Since then,
, then no one will take over this job.”
Xu Qingmu understood clearly.
Xu Qingmu was not afraid of ghosts, but he didn't like to deal with them. After the battle in Fengdu City, he had a strange attitude towards these harmful ghosts. I heard that a few years ago, King Xu Yan personally ordered that things
The two-chamber masters entered Fengdu one after another and practiced the practice for thirty-nine and twenty-seven days, saving a hundred thousand souls from death. Even the "soul-breaking flag", a treasure in the west chamber temple, was somewhat damaged.
However, Xu Qingmu very much agrees with what his elder brother Chunyang Taoist said:
"Ghosts are just shells that have lost their humanity. Why should we be afraid of a dead thing? The most poisonous thing is the human heart."
After everyone finished eating, they took a short rest at Chaojiu's home. Seeing Chaojiu from Yamen's house busy taking care of his two parents, who were already grey-haired, they sighed in their hearts, he was indeed a filial son as rumored in the temple.
Taking advantage of the break, Xu Qingmu asked where the noble son at home was going, and Na Chaojiu sighed:
"I got a strange disease a few years ago. I went around biting people like a madman, and then I died."
Xu Qingmu looked at some of the exorcism props left in the courtyard, as well as some taller talismans and Taoist talismans, and had some questions.
"Is it contaminated by evil spirits?"
"I don't know." Chaojiu moved his stiff leg, and Xu Qingmu realized that the reason why he was walking sideways was because this leg was obviously much smaller than the other.
"Maybe so. I've looked for several Taoists to look at it, but to no avail."
Xu Qingmu comforted him, and the two sat on the kang and drank tea with each other.
"By the way, sir, I heard that you guys are going to go up the mountain? Please say something more. This mountain is indeed dangerous. Although the rumors in the world are exaggerated, they are mostly true."
Xu Qingmu smiled and shook his head to express that it was okay.
At this time, County Magistrate Chaojiu no longer spoke out to dissuade him.
It wasn't until the early morning of the next day that the group of people set off for the top of the mountain under Chaojiu's kind reminder again. Chaojiu was a little worried and specially arranged for two strong domestic slaves to lead the way and pick something easy to walk on.
You can also save some footwork on mountain trails.
Cao Tong pouted all the way, obviously unhappy. But he didn't want to stay at the foot of the mountain alone, so he had no choice but to follow. He was even more dissatisfied with the arrogant princess Xu Luo.
Xu Luo, who is known as the most playful person, blinked and provoked from time to time, which made Cao Tong even more annoyed.
"It's just because I have a good father."
Xu Luo still heard this small murmur, and this time it was terrible. He hugged the fat man Shen Xiuqi's arms and started crying, insisting that the fat man should vent his anger for him. Xu Qingmu stood calmly between the two of them, with a smile on his face. The tendency of fighting.
Of course the fat man was embarrassed to go. Firstly, they knew each other and had been familiar with each other for a long time. Secondly, Li Chengru had always been very fond of Cao Tong. If he really stepped forward to kill Cao Tong, maybe a flying sword would come over and he would be killed. Delaminated skin.
Seeing that the fat man refused to move, Xu Luo cried even more: "Do you also like that little witch?"
The fat man bared his teeth and scratched his head.
Cao Tong took the opportunity and said: "So what if you let Fatty come? Can you still do it?" Then he said with a smile:
"Besides making me spit on my face, what else can he do?"
Li Chengru stretched out his hand and gave a thumbs up. This girl's words not only disgusted Xu Luo, but also humiliated the fat man. She really has some style!
Everyone was secretly thinking that it was indeed a quarrel between women, which was more lively than a big man talking. There were no curse words in every sentence, but every word was heart-breaking.
A group of people chatted between the two girls and quickly reached the top of the mountain. The two servants stopped there and refused to move forward, warning everyone that going forward would be the ruined temple where ghosts often haunted. After that, he went down the mountain without looking back.
Qinghu Zhang Ning never believed in ghosts and gods, so he stepped out with his ax in hand and took the lead to walk towards the ruined temple higher up.
The "乂" soldiers also followed one after another, surrounding Xu Luo and others. Xu Qingmu looked at Li Chengru and said:
"What did you find?"
Li Chengru clasped his hands behind his back and sniffed the air with his nose like an old god: "There is a magic circle."
As everyone got closer and closer to the ruined temple, a chill rose from the soles of their feet. Cao Tong, who had always been at odds with Xu Qingmu, also subconsciously leaned closer to Xu Qingmu. Looking at the trembling Cao Tong, Xu Qingmu couldn't bear it and lowered his voice. He said in a comforting voice: "Why don't you go first to Baijing Secret Cave and wait until we get down from the mountain to let you out?"
Cao Tong, who was a little hesitant, was about to agree, but Xu Luo said: "Go ahead, coward."
Cao Tong rolled his eyes and walked forward bravely.
It was only when we arrived in front of the ruined temple that we could clearly see the scene inside. Although it was a bit dilapidated, there was no cobweb dust. It seemed that someone had deliberately done something here. There was half a stone statue in the temple, the head was missing, and the clay statue of Guanyin had a full body. It was a crack, but the lotus platform below was intact. There were three tribute vessels on the platform, the size of the mouth of a basin, but there was nothing inside.
Li Chengru reached out and picked up a scrap of red cloth on the ground, twisted it with his hands, and said to Xu Qingmu:
"Some kind of magical circle talisman, written on personal clothing, and there are some blood stains on it. I think it is a spiritual circle or something like that."
"spiritualism?"
"Yes, although I haven't studied much about magic circles, I am extremely confident in this type of unique magic circle, because I also tried it back then." There was some sadness in Li Chengru's eyes, but it was quickly suppressed.
"And it should be a human sacrifice type of magic circle."
Xu Qingmu looked thoughtful and turned over his hands to take out a yellowed talisman. It was given by Chunyang Taoist before leaving, and it was called the "Xunyin Tiaoyang Talisman".
This talisman is quite effective in places with heavy Yin energy. If it encounters ghosts and other ghosts, it will burn with strong fire. I have carried it with me for so long and I have never had a chance to use it. For the senior brother who is afraid of his henpeck,
Xu Qingmu also had no confidence in his heart.
He hung the talisman in mid-air, and after a while there was no change at all.
"It's no use?"
Xu Qingmu thought to himself, but at this moment, the dark wind was rising around him.
A crowd of people gathered together. Although it was broad daylight, the temperature could feel like it was getting colder. The strange thing was that the "Yin-seeking and Yang-seeking Talisman" hanging in the air did not change at all.
"Is this talisman invalid?"
Xu Qingmu, who was surrounded in the middle, frowned. Suddenly, as if thinking of something, he reminded everyone: