Cold Mountain Bells to Passenger Ships

Qin Su and Zhong Li Dao Li went to the snack street of Baifeng City to eat and rest, and went to the inn to change the clothes that were dirty and bloody. With a big jump, other passers-by are afraid to meet Qin Su's eyes for fear of getting into trouble.

When Sanniang was in the Emerald Valley, she noticed that her monarch's eyes were constantly scanning the injured abdomen and the stained white clothes of the son-in-law. The monarch has always loved cleanliness, and he couldn't bear the fact that his sweetheart was getting dirty, so Sanniang sent someone to arrange board and lodging first. There is a bucket of hot water in an upper room, two clean pajins hanging on the wooden shelf, six sets of clean new clothes stacked on the bed, square and neat, three hot dishes and one soup on the table, Qin Su Holding the house card and opening the door, he opened the door and said, "Did Sanniang prepare it?"

San Niang knew that it was not easy for Qin Su to enter the mansion as a consort, and deliberately left Zhong Lidao and him a personal space, and retreated after finishing the arrangement beforehand, Zhong Li said: "Yes, you sit and I will look at you Wound."

Qin Su took off his shirt, the bandage on his abdomen was stained dark brown with blood, Zhong Lidao sat on the edge of the bed and checked, "Wait, don't take a bath, the wound can't touch the water, I'll take a bath for you!"

Qin Su said: "It's okay, I will do it myself."

He went to the back of the screen and Ning Gan wiped the dust and blood on his chest and abdomen with a towel. After wiping it off, he was thinking about why he was so quiet when he came out and found Zhong Lidao lying on the bed and fell asleep. He was holding the poor sword, his black hair scattered , the neckline reveals fair skin, delicate facial features and a straight nose bridge, and the sleeping face is as beautiful as a fine brushwork painting. Presumably it is the use of the poor sword to consume energy.

Qin Su helped him remove the head crown, shoes and socks, and the outer shirt. Zhong Lidao tied his hair and a crown for this competition banquet. He usually wears a ponytail on the back of his head. Qin Su put the poor sword on He felt more secure in a place within his reach. He served his own rice with braised lion's head, and he ate the whole table when he was hungry.

ah!I ate all the dishes in a flash, or I'll order a table before Ah Li wakes up!

He looked at the bottomless rice bucket, cleaned it up, took it downstairs to the waiter, and went back to his room to sleep.

He found himself in the bedroom of the Hall of Heaven and Earth, surrounded by gorgeous bedposts, magnificent furniture ornaments, jade screens, landscape paintings, suet white jade inlaid gilt screens, opened the door, and the Xinghe Tianzun silently looked at the sky in the vast courtyard , Fairy Qiongguang sat in the stone pavilion smiling and chatting with other fairies, and Mo Xuan directed Song Quan to carry two large boxes of files.

Changfeng's silver hair shines brightly in the sun. He is practicing swordsmanship. Emperor Jinque is stroking his white beard and is studying Changfeng's swordsmanship. The peach blossoms in the garden are blown down by the breeze, and the sky is full of fragrance, which fascinates his eyes—

This was a dream, he knew he couldn't help staring at his mother, and tried to call her, even though there was no sound, he approached and reached out to touch Fairy Qiongguang's shoulder, but was stopped by a hand halfway, Changfeng still wore him His favorite silver and white embroidered golden back word dark pattern luxurious brocade, he said: "A Su, I have something to tell you."

With a solemn expression on his face, Qin Su thought: "Could it be possible that in this dream we can still talk to reality? Is this the present time or the past time?"

Chang Feng pressed his shoulder and waved his hand, and the scene changed to the snow-capped mountain gate where the north wind howled, and the huge gray and black wall of thoughts towered into the sky, a cold and familiar place, Chang Feng said: "When you think of the past here, I will follow you." Said that I wanted to go down the mountain to do something, but then you bumped into the wall and went down the mountain, I never went up the mountain to find you... Do you know about Gu carvings?"

Qin Su pondered for a while, and seemed to have seen it in the collection of books here before, and wrote: "It is said that there is an evil spirit that originally lived in Lei Ze and later migrated to Liyun Wasteland. There are few records in the books. This evil spirit is almost It hasn't appeared in a hundred years and no one has seen it with their own eyes, at least not even the master. He mentioned it a long time ago that it is evil and dangerous. Compared with long shadows and twisted people, it is a kind of illusory It is an extremely negative shadow that easily enters people's minds. People often commit suicide because of it, but at that time there was no clue to prove that it invaded. Lingering in dreams, as time goes by, people will not be able to distinguish between reality and illusion."

Changfeng looked at him solemnly. The two of them stood in the snowy mountain in Qinsu's dream. The black-haired Taoist robes were rolling in the snow and ice. Could it be that the senior brother wanted to tell me some secrets because he was in a dream?Is my dream being manipulated by others? Is my subconscious controlling the big brother?

Could it be that I have been poisoned by the white corpse?

Or was the wound in my abdomen infected by 梼杌's saliva, causing confusion in the dream, confusion and upside-down?

Could it be that the elder brother controls my dreams?

He guessed repeatedly, Changfeng in the dream said: "The Gu carving is actually me..."

Qin Su almost fell off the bed, and was hugged by Zhong Lidao next to him across his arms. What did the senior brother want to say?Why was it cut off just at the most important point?

Seeing Qin Su's uneasy expression, Zhong Lidao asked, "Did you dream about the past?"

I really can't hide anything from Ah Li, I haven't said anything yet!

Zhong Lidao patted him on the chest and said, "It's okay, that's all over, don't worry that I'll be by Brother Qin's side."

Qin Su said: "I'm fine, thank you Li."

The window was knocked, and Qin Su got out of bed and opened the window to see a chubby carrier pigeon. He took off the small tube on his feet and handed it to Zhong Lidao. It made Qin Su think of the heartbroken Lang Yingjie, hugging it and rubbing his little head distressedly, the carrier pigeon let him caress without knowing why, narrowing his eyes and purring comfortably

Zhong Lidao sat on the edge of the bed and looked at it. He lit a ball of green fire with his fingertips and burned the letter paper, saying: "Something happened to Gexian Bridge, I have to go back to deal with it."

Seeing the carrier pigeon looking comfortable in Qin Su's arms, he glanced at it, and the carrier pigeon shook its body in fright and quickly broke free from Qin Su's embrace and staggered and flew out.

Qin Su said: "What's the matter? It's serious? Let me tell him first about Pavilion Master Chu."

Zhong Lidao knowingly asked, "What are you talking about? I'll go to Puzhen by myself and come back after I've dealt with it."

Qin Su said: "Are you going alone? I will naturally go with you."

I thought it was a bit strange to say this, so I thought about it and said, "I'm afraid of danger, the two of us have a help."

Zhong Lidao smiled and said, "Can't you just say that you want to be with me?"

Qin Su looked at him and said honestly, "I want to be with you."

What he wanted to say in his heart, Zhong Lidao was shy at first, his earlobe was pink, the corner of his mouth bowed his head and snorted, he turned around, picked up his clothes and walked behind the screen, there was a sound of clothes rubbing against each other, Qin Su's figure on the screen swayed, Zhong Li Dao put on the indigo costume, and habitually twirling his wristbands, he said, "I asked Sanniang to stay and pass on the message, lest Chu Zijing be suspicious, let's ride faster."

Qin Su felt that Zhong Lidao was very concerned about the affairs of his own land, so the two rode horses all the way to Puzhen.

Qin Su couldn't tell Zhong Lidao about such a trivial matter, and Chang Feng hated Zhong Lidao so much that he would beat Lun to death as soon as they met. I always feel that this is the dream of the elder brother who was forced to a dead end by seeing something and trying to control himself.

In ancient books, the Gu carving is depicted as a thin and long limbs, with bald fur, black spots on the back, and a face like a wolf dog but with turquoise skin like a frog. The mouth is wider than ordinary beasts, with teeth growing up and down It is exposed, and there is a hyoid bone supporting the umbrella-shaped collar skin membrane around the neck, which will open up in a circle and make the rustle of rattlesnakes. This is his painted image.

I don’t know if he has seen it, but most of the time he hides in the dark like a high-level evil spirit, hiding in the Yin Temple to steal incense merits, and when he becomes strong, he leaves the Yin Temple to suck people’s prayers. There is no more record of how to do it.

The two of them rushed to Pu Town non-stop, and the moon and stars were scarce. When they arrived at the station, a woman carrying a lantern stepped forward and asked, "May I ask if the visitors are the owner and son-in-law of the Houxian Mansion?"

She has a strong accent, with braided hair on the side of her head, a turquoise stone on her forehead, black pulu, and cowhide boots. Her skin is dark, her eyes are black and white, and she is full of energy. Zhong Lidao pulled the reins and turned the horse's head Said: "Are you Zhumao from the southwest branch under Guo Zhao?"

Zhumao showed her snow white teeth and smiled and said: "Yes! It's really the owner of the small village. The subordinates have been waiting for you for a long time. Today, you are tired from the journey, so please come and have an early rest. The subordinates will come to greet the small village owner and his son-in-law to go to Songxian in the morning. bridge."

Zhong Lidao and Qin Su dismounted, Zhu Mao came over to hold the rein, Zhong Li said: "Come and find me after you finish your work."

Zhu Mao said: "Yes."

The two entered the small room in the backyard of the inn, and Zhongli said: "Brother Qin, take a bath first! I'll go out for a while and come back to change your medicine."

After finishing speaking, he left the room. The wound on Qin Su's abdomen was almost healed, but he took a bath very slowly, so he went to the public bath and sat on the bench in the cubicle with a tub of hot water to wash away the dust on his body. Wipe the dirt.

The compartment is just a thin wooden board to give people a little privacy, and the concealment effect is limited. Qinsu came to take a shower so late and thought that there was no one else. At this time, the travelers were lying flat. Qinsu stood up at a height of 1.8 meters. You can see the people next door.

But no one would be so perverted to watch other men take a bath. Some water was splashed on the top of his head, flowing from his forehead to his chin. Qin Su's hair was wet, and he heard a middle-aged man next door say: "Agou Don't play with water, don't play anymore, wash it quickly, you can see that you have spilled it to the next door!"

Qin Su is dumb, and his movements are very light. The sound of the children next door playing overwhelms his movements, causing the people next door to think they are the only ones in the bathhouse. The child continued to play in the water. The man should be his father, and said a little angrily : "Just playing around! I'll let Momogui catch you back and eat you!"

The child calmed down immediately, and said in a childish voice, "I don't want to touch ghosts! Daddy, I don't want to touch ghosts!"

His father said: "Then wash it quickly, raise your hand, the other hand!"

Listening to their father and son's conversation, Qin Su couldn't help laughing, dried himself, put on his coat and pushed the door out.

In the room, Zhonglidao’s table was filled with hot dishes, such as stewed ham with radishes and radishes, lotus leaf chicken, omelette with loofah, golden needle and wild carp soup. They were full of fragrance and were all Qinsu’s favorite dishes. Zhonglidao was looking down Seeing him come in, Juan put the dossier aside and said, "Have you washed it? Eat it while it's hot!"

Qin Su asked: "Ah Li did this by himself?"

Zhongli said: "I don't think the food here looks very tasty. Seeing that there are still ingredients, let's listen to Zhumao's description of the situation while cooking."

He pulled the chicken legs and put them in Qin Su's bowl, and Qin Su said: "A Li also eats, you didn't eat anything along the way."

Zhongli said: "I didn't eat it, didn't you eat it too?"

Qin Su smiled and said, "Let's eat together!"

The two were talking about the Songxian Bridge while eating, Zhongli said: "Recently, in Puzhen, many women and young girls have died in the lower reaches of the Tianjiang River. Even if the corpses are intact, they all have grim expressions, as if they were frightened by something extremely terrifying." Some of them had protruding eyeballs and vomited bile, but the family members of these people said that more than three months before their death, they said that they could not sleep well at night, and often sleepwalking and running around gave their family members a headache and worry."

Qin Su thought of the father and son in the bathhouse, and said, "Does Pu Zhen have a habit of rumoring ghosts like ghosts?"

Zhongli said: "Yes, it is a kind of short-haired humanoid ghost with pitch black and long hair all over its body. The four fat, short and happy babies cry to attract the attention of passers-by and eat them up. But they are low-level ghosts, so they are not difficult to deal with. It will lurk in dormitories, pavilions, warehouses and other places. The homicide occurred in the lower reaches of the Tianjiang River and within ten miles of the pier of Gexian Bridge. At present, 33 women have died. The victims are mainly women aged 21 to [-]. The murderer is It was done by men, and it was rumored that hallucinations or dream control techniques were used to make the victims look like they committed suicide."

He thought very quickly, and he divided the crime scene in one go. Qin Su couldn't help but nodded in admiration, and said: "Ah Li is really good, and he can organize it in one fell swoop, and said: "I was just thinking about the so-called ghosts Is it the legendary Gu carving? "

Zhongli Daoqi said: "Gu sculpture? I seem to have heard of it before, isn't this something imagined?"

There was a knock on the door, and a strong accent said: "Little owner, come down to collect the files."

Zhongli said, "Come in."

Zhumao entered the room and took out a wooden box, pasted the file that Zhong Lidao had just finished reading with three yellow symbols and put it in the wooden box, a burst of golden characters cursed around the wooden box, it was the seal of the Suowen seal. The dossier is top secret, so it's no wonder that Zhong Lidao came in to collect the paper as soon as he finished reading Zhu Mao.

Zhongli said: "Zhu Mao, have you ever heard of Gu carvings in your hometown?"

Zhumao said: "Gu carving? My hometown is called Yinfama. It is a monster that can eat people. Oh, it's auspicious! Just sit and I will come, son-in-law. The monsters haunt the desert and high mountains and become gods in the temple. Pretend to listen to people's prayers and know people's weaknesses to eat."

Qin Su helped her clean up the dishes, and Zhu Mao stepped back after explaining, Zhongli said: "Why did this yin-haired horse appear in the Central Plains all of a sudden in the southwestern area? If it is really the same thing as the Gu carving, it will take some effort." dealt with."

What he said was understatement, even the generals in the Heavenly Court would not want to deal with this Gu, the generals like to fight in the open and aboveboard, and he and Chang Xingying like to hide in the dark, like the twisted people, they like to sneak attack and scare people and he has no fixed shape, he can always Soon it was discovered that the opponent's mental gap took the opportunity to break through the invasion.

Qin Su always felt that there must be some kind of connection between the dream-controlling senior brother Changfeng and the Gu carving. It was hard for him to imagine the appearance of the senior brother being invaded by the Gu carving and committing suicide. Qin Su was very worried, Chang Feng was not Mo Xuan, he would definitely say anything if he had any dissatisfaction, and he would not be like Song Quan, who was upright and decisive, open-minded, and hated evil, never Will be involved with evil spirits.

Qin Su was worried about looking at the dark bed curtain above, so it would be better to contact the senior brother, but the Jade Valley, the boundary of Danyang Altar, is still in chaos, Chang Feng, as the deputy head of the Feng family, will definitely help Lu Weiran, so Will it disturb him?Qin Su was really worried, so he decided to go to Gexian Bridge early tomorrow morning to check the current situation before deciding whether to contact senior brother.

Before dawn, Qinsu and his party boarded a Zhumao carriage and headed for Gexian Bridge. The sky was gray and the street was shrouded in a layer of blue mist. The surroundings were quiet, only the dogs inside the walls could hear the carriage passing by a few courtyards. There were a few barks, and Qin Su couldn't help thinking that if they barked at Zhongli Dao, he would frighten them into pinching their tails. The post station is not far from Gexian Bridge.

Zhumao drove faster than Sanniang and arrived in about two sticks of incense. The shops were still resting and their doors were closed. The dark water of the Tianjiang River was flowing quietly, and the cold fragrance of grass and trees wafted through the air.

Zhongli got off the carriage and waved Zhumao, circled the purple gold mantra around the carriage and then disappeared, saying, "You stay here."

Zhumao knew that this was the monarch's protective circle, and said: "Yes, the owner and the son-in-law, please be careful."

Qin Su didn't go on the bridge, and stood on the bank with Zhonglidao for a while, Zhonglidao clapped his hands twice, Xiaolong appeared from his wristband, Zhonglidao said: "Go to the bridge pier and the river to see if there is any movement."

Xiaolong was very excited when he was called out. Ai rubbed Qinsu's arm against the tip of his nose. Qinsu raised his hand and patted him on the head: "Is he bigger than before?"

Zhong Lidao smiled at him and said, "Maybe it's bigger!" Then the purple pupil emitted a cold light and swept across it, Xiaolong jumped up intimidated and flew behind Qin Su, whining aggrievedly, Zhong Lidao squinted at it and said : "Not going down yet? Wait until I roll out the red carpet for you?"

It flicked its tail innocently, and flew into the river with a whoosh without stirring up any waves, only a few circles of ripples spreading, thump, thump, thump—

Qin Su thought he heard it wrong, it was like the sound of limbs colliding against a wooden board.

A puff of black and blue smoke rose from under the feet and quickly surrounded the surrounding scenery. Qin Su instinctively called out, "Ah Li?"

When he came back to his senses, he immediately raised his hand and said, "A Li, are you there?"

There was a whirring sound, followed by the same thumping sound, Qin Su lay on the ground and listened attentively—

dong dong!dong dong!dong dong!

Like the sound of many people running, Qin Su felt a chill in his hand and just about to reach out to hold it, the touch disappeared. For a moment, he thought he was holding Ah Li's hand, and he felt a little lost.

dong dong!dong dong!dong dong!

There was a neat row of footprints on the ground. The size of the shoe print was that of an adult, and it disappeared into the fog as if being swallowed up. He traced the size with his fingertips puzzledly. This print was a person, not the group The sound of people running.

Qin Su raised his fist and knocked on the ground, but there was no sound. When did I remember that this is the space made by the Gu carving?Where was Ah Li taken?The range that can be set for the inversion square is the height and width of the nine-story tower is about 1000 meters, and the east to west of the Gexian Bridge is 310 meters. The inversion square cannot be set to overlap, otherwise people will be transferred back to the original place, which is useless. I will go One step is five feet. Assuming that I have entered the setting space of the Gu sculpture since I got off the carriage, and I walked back and forth to the first row of willows, I walked five hundred feet. Then the reverse square boundary takes the carriage as the midpoint, and the farthest is Heading southeast... 21 steps away.

After completing the calculation, Qin Su raised his foot and walked one step at a time. When No.20 stepped down, the fog surrounding him was instantly washed away by the torrent. The hair and clothes on his body were dry, and the world was spinning for a while, and he couldn't keep his eyes open when the sun glared through the clouds.

There are more than 100 disciples standing densely by the bridge, all wearing apricot yellow Taoist robes, Taoist crowns, Tai Chi belts, Qingyun boots, and low-grade fairy swords on their waists. On the shore, Qingyun has the standard clothing of "road sign as ladder".

The young man in the lead was arrogant and mature, it was the young Chu Zijing, who pressed the thumb of his right hand on the hilt of Tianwen sword and said, "Bring that demon clan up!"

The crowd automatically divided into two sides to make a passage, and two disciples pressed a child with a crooked face from the center, and everyone else showed obvious expressions of disgust.

"What the hell! It's so ugly!"

"It's the Dongsha Demon Clan! It's no wonder that the original body will become a demon when he grows up like this."

"Ugly people do more mischief, this sentence is absolutely true!"

"I'm going to spit out my breakfast, it's so damn eye-sick, God please put an end to this evildoer!"

"The Regent's subordinates are such low-level people, they look disgusting, why don't these rubbish die quickly!"

"How can he still have the courage to live when he grows up like this? I admire him so much."

Chu Zijing looked at the ugly child condescendingly with eyes full of contempt, and said coldly, "Did you kill the people in Ziqing Palace?"

The kid raised his big and small eyes, and even his shape was one slender and one oval, with a flat nose and a protruding chin, and his face was covered with pockmarks. It was as if he had been run over by a carriage three or four times. His disciple showed a contemptuous smile and said, "Senior Brother Chu, why did you tell him so much? Just throw him into the Tianjiang River to feed the fish."

Chu Zijing said: "The demons can't be drowned. If they can't kill them with their innate demonic breath, tie them to the bridge and burn them with red lotus fire until they are wiped out."

The other disciples were very excited to watch the play. The child remained silent and let others manipulate him. His eyeballs were squeezed by the uneven and irregular muscles of his face. The disciples dragged the wooden stakes and locked them with chains, and set them up on the bridge. Others pointed at him, laughed and cursed loudly, venting their anger and hatred of defeat on the battlefield on the child.

boom!

The moment Chu Zijing flicked his sleeves, bright red flames shot up to the sky, the child struggled and writhed from the flames under his feet, this action caused the others to laugh out loud. It is impossible to extinguish any spiritual water.

Chu Zijing looked at the fuzzy air with a hint of mockery, the child wanted to shake the chain in pain, the execution scene was blasted by a burst of silver light, and the sawdust and gray smoke fell into the air, breaking into pieces The chains clanged and fell, and the red lotus fire was extinguished by the Broken Nebula Water Jue without any black smoke or extinguishing sound, only the sound of everyone's breath-holding breath in the air.

When the silver light dissipated, everyone was suspicious and angry to see who dared to extinguish Senior Brother Chu's red lotus fire!

At the head of Songxian Bridge is a man wearing a bronze mask, a tall and tall figure wearing a snow-white brocade robe, and a fairy sword on his back that is also shining with silver light.

Everyone was shocked to see the immortal in white fairy clothes descending from the sky and standing in front of everyone.