Black Myth: Tang Dynasty

Chapter 178 Gongmen monk, court mage

The old man slowly told the story of Zhaofuhe.

"It is said that during the reign of Taishi in the Western Jin Dynasty, there was a scholar named Liu Boyu who always liked to recite Cao Zhi's "Luo Shen Fu" in front of his wife Duan. !"

"Later, Duan couldn't help but ask, why did your husband praise Luoshen and blindly look down on me? Could it be that he thinks I'm not as beautiful as Luoshen? If I die, I'm afraid I won't become a water god?"

"Liu Boyu thought his wife was just talking angry, but she didn't think that that night, Duan would throw herself into the river. For the first seven days after her death, she still entrusted Liu Boyu with a dream, saying that you like the water god, and now I am."

Li Daoxuan couldn't help being attracted by this story, and asked, "And then?"

The old man smiled and said: "Don't worry, the leader of the small road. Later, Liu Boyu dared not cross this river all his life, and this place is also known as the Jealousy Jin."

"Then why is it called Zhaofu River now?"

"This is because the river has had various mysteries since then. If a young and beautiful woman crosses the river, there will be waves on the river, but if an ugly woman crosses the river, it will be calm."

"Over time, there has been a saying in this place, which says that if you want a good woman, stand by the mouth of the river, and a woman stands by the water, so that you can show your ugliness."

"Before getting married, take the bride to the river to take a photo to see if there are any storms and waves to judge the beauty and ugliness. Slowly, the jealousy of the woman becomes the photo of the woman's river."

Zhang Qianyang asked suddenly: "Old man, it sounds like the Zhaofu River is not scary. Why are women now strictly forbidden to cross the river, regardless of whether they are beautiful or ugly?"

There was a trace of fear in the old man's eyes, and he said: "That was before, even if a woman crossed the river, it would not be a big storm, but I don't know when it started, as long as a woman crossed the river, there would be stormy waves, turbulent waves, and no one can beat them." Survive!"

Li Daoxuan glanced at the woman disguised as a man, no wonder she wanted to pretend to be a man, if she was dressed as a woman, the boatman would never let her on the boat.

But since she is a monk, why does she have to cross the river by boat?Is it to draw out the dirty things in the river?
Zhang Qianyang asked again: "Old man, what happened to the thick fog just now?"

"That's something that has only happened in recent years. Sometimes the Zhaofu River will suddenly produce thick fog. People in the fog can't tell the direction, and they will fall into the river in a daze and lose their lives. Fortunately, the fog just came. Hurry up, it disperses quickly, that golden light must be cast by an immortal!"

Li Daoxuan smiled slightly, the person who cast the spell is obviously standing in front of you.

At this time, the boatman finally came to the shore and shouted: "Get on the boat, it's still the old rule, five pennies per person, women don't cross the river."

People boarded boats one after another, wanting to hurry across the river and leave this place.

In fact, if this is not the shortest way to Liling City, many people would not take the risk of walking this Zhaofu River.

Many people have even started to regret it. If they had known earlier, they would rather go around for dozens of miles than go here. The fog just now was too scary.

Li Daoxuan and his master also boarded the boat, there were quite a few people, and it seemed a bit crowded. There were seven or eight people on a fishing boat more than two feet long, and the boatman was having a hard time rowing.

The handsome young man disguised as a man sat down next to Li Daoxuan, and wanted to strike up a conversation several times, but seeing Li Daoxuan closing his eyes and resting his mind, he could only hesitate to speak.

Zhang Qianyang is very familiar with himself. He has already had a heated chat with the people next to him, and even earned some dried fruit and snacks for nothing. While eating, he said to the boatman, "Old man, is business so good every day?"

The boatman sighed: "The Taoist priest is joking. Usually, not many people dare to come here on the Zhaofu River. Only my family is on the ferry. During this time, there are more people crossing the river, but most of them are foreigners. They come to Liling City. Participating in the Xianyue Conference."

"Xianyue Conference?"

"In fact, it is a porcelain appreciation conference. Liling City is rich in ceramics. Every year in early March, a porcelain appreciation conference will be held. In order to attract people to come, many mages and strangers will be invited to perform various acrobatics and illusions. Over time, there will be a porcelain appreciation conference. The name of the Xianyue Conference."

Zhang Qianyang smiled at his apprentice and said: "It seems that we came at the right time, and we can still watch the fun when the time comes."

In fact, they all know that real monks often disdain to perform in the street, and those so-called mages are mostly quacks.

A person who is ignorant and incompetent is a warlock.

But it doesn't matter, anyway, it's just to watch the excitement.

Everyone chatted enthusiastically, but they didn't notice that the sunlight in the sky was getting weaker and weaker, and the sun had hidden in the clouds at some point.

The old boatman rowed more and more wrongly, it has been a quarter, why haven't he reached the other side?
Not only that, the harder he rowed, the farther the boat was from the other side. After a while, the old boatman was panting and sweating profusely.

Others also began to realize that something was wrong.

"What's going on, it seems to be getting farther and farther away from the other side?"

"Water, the water seems to be rising!"

"Look at the back, it seems that there is a vortex sucking us back!"

……

There was a lot of discussion among the people, with panic in their voices.

I saw that the water flow was no longer as calm as before, forming vortices, like chains, firmly binding the ferry.

Li Daoxuan was still resting with his eyes closed, meditating and adjusting his breath, as if he was unaware of the outside world.

He didn't make a move immediately, because he wanted to see what this monk disguised as a man would do in this situation.

He had a vague premonition that perhaps the other party's identity was not simple.

Sure enough, after seeing Li Daoxuan's indifference, she gritted her silver teeth, stood up, and said: "Everyone, don't panic, with me here, I will definitely not let this water ghost succeed!"

The voice is clear and crisp, it is a woman's voice.

Like a stone stirring up a thousand layers of waves, after she said these words, the Zhaofu River completely set off waves.

Layers of waves rolled, black clouds gathered in the sky, and the howling wind made the boat wobble, like a flat boat in a storm, which might capsize at any time.

"No, she turned out to be a woman, it's over, God Zhaofuhe is angry!"

"It's all her fault, we are all going to die here!"

"Uuuuu, I don't want to die..."

"The Goddess of the River, calm down, we are not with her, if you want to take her, take her away!"

……

When the female monk heard these words, her eyes froze for a moment, showing a bit of disappointment, but she still cheered up and comforted everyone.

"Everyone, don't panic, I am a member of the Gongmen, and I specialize in dealing with these dirty things..."

But no one listened to what she said. The old boatman rowed hard, but the oar in his hand suddenly broke. He lost his strength and fell into the river.

The next moment, his body was sucked into the water, swept away by the undercurrent, and he was about to lose his life.

Without any hesitation, the female monk jumped into the river with a plop.

A moment later, she carried the old boatman and flew out of the water. Her long hair was loose and there was a bloodstain on her shoulder. It seemed that she had experienced a struggle.

Regardless of her injuries, the female monk immediately gave the old boatman a elixir to help him dissolve the Yin Qi in his body.

Then she got up and shouted: "Everyone, don't panic, I am a magician sent by the imperial court!"

After finishing speaking, she took out a handful of copper coins, sprinkled them into the river, made seals in her hands, and silently recited the mantra.

The next moment, these copper coins seemed to come alive, shining with clear light, swimming around in the water like fish, searching for the evil spirit hidden below.

A strange light flashed in Li Daoxuan's eyes. These copper coins are interesting. They seem to have a trace of incense and fire power on them, as well as the blessing of dragon energy, which can do good damage to evil spirits.

It was the first time he saw a monk in the imperial court make a move, and he was very curious.

I don't know the people in the public sect, what is the method?

(End of this chapter)