The best little magician in the countryside

Chapter 73 The Legend of Xianhuang Village

Not only Jiang Chen, but also Luo Yanran was dubious about these legends before, but what she experienced today also made her want to find out.

It's not that I want to find out whether there is a phoenix here, but I want to know what is going on in this underwater space.

The big snake is dead, but the underwater space is quiet and comfortable.

Simply, they were not in a hurry to go out, but all sat down.

Seeing the interested gazes of Jiang Chen and Luo Yanran, Zhang Rou smiled slightly, and said with a smile: "Then I'll tell you the legends I've heard since childhood!"

"It is said that at the end of the Tang Dynasty and the beginning of the Song Dynasty, there were constant disputes in the world. In order to avoid the disaster of war, a large family in the capital came to Xianhuang Village."

"At that time, this place was a wilderness, but because of the high mountain and the emperor's distance, and the remote location, it was a place that no one cared about, so the big family chose to make their home here."

"It's a family in the capital, but after coming here, they didn't follow the previous habits. Instead, they distributed the money to those branches and most of the servants, allowing them to settle here and prosper."

"At the beginning, it was better, but when the village was almost built, the village was attacked by wild beasts one after another. The people in the village resisted with weapons and traps at first, but later, there were more and more wild beasts, and more and more Some even said they saw monsters eating people."

When hearing this, Jiang Chen and Luo Yanran looked quite disbelieving.

Wild beasts attacking villages, this happened no matter in ancient times or in modern times.

But to say that monsters cannibalize people is a bit of a fantasy.

But Zhang Rou had a serious expression on her face, and continued to narrate: "It is rumored that the monster is huge, twice as big as an elephant, and has two heads, and more importantly, it can transform into a monster." human form to deceive the villagers here."

"After many villagers were eaten, the whole village fell into panic. They all found the patriarch of the former family and wanted her to find a solution."

Zhang Rou paused, and added: "It's worth mentioning that the patriarch of that family is a woman. I heard that the woman is extremely powerful, and she seems to have something to do with Wu Zetian."

Jiang Chen touched his chin, and said with a smile, "A relative of the emperor?"

"You could say the same."

Zhang Rou nodded and continued: "After the female patriarch heard about these things, she ordered people to leave the village, claiming that she was looking for an expert. But in fact, it was true. After about ten days, it really A tall man has come."

"What kind of expert?" Luo Yanran asked curiously.

Zhang Rou said with a smile: "According to the legend, that tall man named Yuan is very capable. After he came, he wandered around the village first, and then went into the mountains."

"He entered the mountain alone. At that time, the villagers thought he was crazy. You must know that besides the monster, there are many wild animals in the mountain. Wouldn't it be death to go in alone?"

"For seven days in a row, the man surnamed Yuan never showed his face, but neither did those wild beasts and monsters. Everyone wondered whether he died with those monsters, but he appeared."

"When he came out, Mr. Yuan surnamed Gao was already skinny and took off his appearance. If he hadn't recognized his clothes, he would have thought that the monster had come out again. Everyone was very curious, so they went up to him and asked him what happened in the mountains. What, did that monster die?"

"He didn't explain anything, he just told everyone that the monster is bound, but if you want to really kill it, you have to ask the divine bird to suppress it."

"Is the divine bird also a phoenix?" Luo Yanran asked.

Zhang Rou nodded: "That's right, people in that period were very superstitious. In addition to the Tang and Song Dynasties, the Phoenix culture was extremely popular, and they all clamored for someone surnamed Yuan to help invite the divine bird to come down to earth."

"Later, a man surnamed Yuan Gao selected more than 30 men from the village and went into the mountain together, and told the villagers repeatedly that after they entered, the mountain would be completely closed, and no one else could enter."

"Naturally, the villagers believed in this and cooperated extremely. However, it has been a long time since Mr. Yuan surnamed Gao and the more than 30 men did not come out alive. It was just that one month later, on a full moon night, the villagers saw a big bird Falling from the sky."

"Did they see the Phoenix?" Jiang Chen couldn't help asking curiously.

Zhang Rou smiled: "It is said that they did see the phoenix, but it is impossible to verify whether this is the case. After all, there were no cameras in that era."

"What about after that?" Luo Yanran asked.

Zhang Rou spread her hands and smiled: "After that, the mountain returned to calm. The beasts and monsters disappeared, but the villagers still didn't dare to enter the mountain a few years ago."

"However, as time went by, people gradually weakened their fear of the mountains. Coupled with their curiosity about the past, they went to the mountains together. As for the story behind, there are many versions."

"Some of them said that they saw a phoenix flying around in the mountains. The colorful colors were exactly the same as the phoenix in mythology. Some people said that when it was cloudy and rainy, they saw a man surnamed Yuan sitting on the top of the mountain with a group of people beside him. A big bird like a phoenix."

"Didn't you find someone surnamed Yuan and those men?" Luo Yanran asked again.

Zhang Rou shook her head: "Someone went to look for them, but they couldn't find their traces after searching all over the mountains, and they didn't even see their bones. Someone also asked the matriarch, and the matriarch said that someone surnamed Yuan took them to become immortals." Become a fairy."

"How can there be any gods?"

Luo Yanran said and looked at Jiang Chen: "What do you think of this legend?"

With a cigarette in the corner of Jiang Chen's mouth, he was silent for a moment: "Most of the legends are based on real stories, and then embellish and exaggerate the real stories."

"You mean, most of this legend is true?" Luo Yanran frowned.

"Ah."

Jiang Chen spread his hands and smiled: "It should be true that the matriarch brought the family to move here, it should be true that there are wild beasts, it should also be true that a man with the surname Yuan is true, as for the so-called phoenix bird, it's hard to say, but most of it is fake .”

"Why are those real?" Luo Yanran asked.

Zhang Rou also said: "Has anyone seen the divine phoenix before, and if you look behind us, maybe it is real?"

Jiang Chen shook his head: "The previous ones are really easy to explain. During the Tang Dynasty, it was not uncommon for Wu Zetian to become the emperor, leading to women's rights. It was not uncommon, and it was indeed recorded in the history books that her family was scattered because of the war. Pass."

"This can also be verified from the expert surnamed Yuan. At the end of the Sui Dynasty and the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, there was a master of metaphysics, that is, Yuan Tiangang who co-created "Tui Bei Tu" with Li Chunfeng!"

"But the timeline is wrong. I remember that Yuan Tiangang died as early as the eighth year of Zhenguan." Luo Yanran said.

"The man surnamed Yuan Gao in the story should be a descendant of Yuan Tiangang."

Jiang Chen smiled slightly: "If you tell this story in this way, then it will be right."

"Then the phoenix is ​​real or fake, how do you judge?" Zhang Rou asked.

(End of this chapter)