Guanzhong Tomb Robbery Notes

When I asked, the stone fairy seemed to come alive.

She looked at me with misty eyes, her expression full of grievance.

"I am not a ghost fairy, I am originally a mountain ghost in Nanshan."

"I was bewitched by Yu Shanqing using his ghost arts and was imprisoned here to help him practice."

"He took my soul away. I hope you can help me find it back."

The earliest record of mountain ghosts is probably "Nine Songs: Mountain Ghosts" written by Qu Yuan.

It tells the story of a mountain ghost dressed in ivy and pine moss around his waist, dressed as a witch, with his eyes full of affection, holding flower branches in his hands and going to welcome the gods. However, he was delayed because of the high mountains and long roads, and ultimately failed to see the gods, and felt despair and resentment.

According to Qu Yuan's poems, people believe that the mountain ghost is one of the mountain gods, but it has not been registered as a legitimate god in the heavenly court.

Others believe that mountain ghosts are mountain spirits that cultivate and transform into human form and then regard themselves as mountain gods.

Later, mountain ghost coins appeared in the Yuan Dynasty, and the term mountain ghost became widely circulated among the people.

The back of the Shan Gui coin is a Bagua diagram, and the front is a 27-character spell. There are two characters on each side of the spell, which is also called the Immortal Scroll.

The two characters on the left are Lei Ling, which are often mistaken for Zhen.

The two characters on the right are "Sha Gui" (kill ghost), which are often mistaken for "Shan Gui" (mountain ghost).

Therefore, because Lei Ling recognized the wrong character, the ghost-killing money was gradually called mountain ghost money, shocking mountain ghost, etc.

Anyone who has seen Mountain Ghost Coins should know that above the Ghost character on the right is a Mountain character and three circles.

In fact, this mountain and circle represent killing.

The three circles are the Taoist thunder balls. Place the thunder balls on the top of the ghost's head and then suppress it with a mountain to completely kill the ghost.

However, because the name of "Shan Gui Hua Qian" has been misused for too long, people have accepted it as the default name.

At that time, Professor Zhang told this as an interesting story, and I even asked out of curiosity whether mountain ghosts really existed.

Professor Zhang smiled and said, "I don't talk about strange things."

"There are things in this world that are inexplicable. Whether the world we live in was created naturally or by the gods, no one can say for sure."

“You don’t have to believe in weird things, but it’s best to keep a sense of awe.”

This is a relatively moderate statement.

I scoffed at it at the time.

But as I went through more things later, I encountered many things that could not be explained by common sense.

For example, things like possession and dreams are difficult to explain scientifically.

Well, there is also this thing in front of me that calls itself a mountain ghost.

As if seeing that I was slow to speak, her face turned into Zhang Nan's again, and her aggrieved look instantly made me feel extremely distressed.

I was in a trance and really thought the person in front of me was Zhang Nan.

"Sister Nan, don't cry..."

I couldn't help but go forward and hug her.

The sachet in her hand was also attached to her body.

The Buddha's relics in the sachet suddenly became hot, clearing my confused mind.

Click.

The stone fairy made crisp sounds.

In an instant, the stone statue was covered with cracks.

Cui Hao quickly pulled me back: "Brother, wake up, this is not Sister Nan!"

Bang!

The stone fairy statue completely shattered and turned into countless pieces of rubble that fell to the ground.

I woke up as if from a dream, staring blankly at the rubble on the ground.

"What happened to me just now?"

"You stood in front of the statue for half a minute, then said, 'Sister Nan, don't cry,' and hugged it. It was a very strange scene."

Cui Hao imitated what I had done just now while speaking, and it looked really weird.

Because he didn't hear the mountain ghost's words at all!

"Didn't you hear any woman talking?" I asked in confusion.

Cui Hao shook his head like a rattle: "No."

"Brother, are you possessed by a ghost? And why did this stone fairy suddenly break apart?"

"It must be the effect of the Buddha's relics."

I looked down at the sachet in my hand.

The sachet suddenly became hot and I woke up from the illusion. Then the stone fairy shattered.

"Is that ghost also scared out of its wits?" Cui Hao asked, looking around nervously.

I don’t know what happened to the mountain ghost.

I even hope that it has not died, so that I can ask about the news related to Yu Shanqing.

"Mouse, assemble that alchemy furnace."

"Let's see if there are any other finely crafted items. Take whatever you can."

"it is good."

Cui Hao went to search for items, and I walked to the broken pieces of stone that had shattered the stone statue of the fairy, wondering if we could continue communicating.

"Are you still there?"

hum.

A slight vibration sound was heard.

I looked in the direction of the sound and saw a mountain ghost coin among the rubble.

This mountain ghost coin is also made of white copper and emits a silver glow when exposed to light.

"Are you in the Mountain Ghost Money Shop?"

hum.

Spend money to shock.

I was sure that the mountain ghost was restrained in spending money, but I hesitated.

Should I take some money with me?

If it harbors malicious intent...

Or put the coins and relics together.

I reached out with the sachet in my hand, intending to place it on the money first.

Hey.

Spending money shook violently.

Then the sound of it popped up in my mind.

"Don't!"

"That would scare me to death!"

"My soul is not strong enough to communicate like this for a long time. If you carry me with you, I can communicate with you in your dreams!"

I hesitated for a moment, put away the sachet containing the Buddha's relics, and then grabbed the coin.

Spending money to start with is a bit cool.

The workmanship is exquisite and the characters are extremely clear. It should have been cast from the head mold of the first edition.

In the past, copper coins were cast using coin molds.

As the number of times the coin mold is used increases, the characters on the coins will become increasingly blurred, and the characters may even become blurred.

Because the first edition coins are more exquisite, the fonts are more perfect, and the quantity is rare, they are much more expensive than ordinary coins.

I put the coins in my pocket, and suddenly a strong cold wind blew in the brick room.

call!

The brick room quickly fell apart in the wind.

The originally fragrant medicinal aroma gradually turned into a foul smell.

Medicine cabinets and medicinal materials are rapidly rotting, and pots, pans, etc. that were once as shiny as new are also quickly oxidized and lose their luster.

Cui Hao, who was rummaging through the medicine cabinet, was almost knocked over by the foul smell.

"Hold!"

"The herbs suddenly started to rot, and the medicine cabinet turned into a mess of wood!"

"Good things become tattered before you even get them!"

Boom!

There was a loud noise coming from the direction of the cave we came from.

It seemed like the sound of something heavy falling, causing the brick room to tremble.

"Brother, is this place going to collapse?" Cui Hao asked worriedly.

I shook my head slightly.

The noise doesn't sound like a landslide.

It sounded more like something falling and hitting the ground.

Looking around the completely dilapidated brick room, I had a guess in my mind.

Perhaps, the closed stone door fell down.

This kind of plot often appears in ghost stories. Once the ghost is exposed or killed, the ghost's residence will go from being bright and beautiful to being dilapidated.

Maybe it's the same here.

I dragged Cui Hao back the way we came.

The originally tightly closed stone door fell to the ground and broke into eight pieces.

Cui Hao asked in surprise, "Was that the sound of the stone gate falling?"

"Brother, did you know that the stone gate would fall? That female ghost and you..."