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He Xigu understood, and smiled immediately: "Remember, Chu Dake, you are our Gui Fang's benefactor. Although Gui Lao has a bit of a weird temper, he will definitely do his best to help you."

Chu Huan asked with a smile: "Old ghost master, why is it that only the old ghost understands your ghost dialect among the ghosts?"

He Xigu explained: "The old people have said that when the Xiliang Kingdom was not yet strong, the countries in the Western Regions had trade with the Central Plains, and the Jingulan Desert was the only way for trade. At that time, Xiliang and the Central Plains had trade relations. The relationship between the Central Plains is also good, and there are mutual exchanges. At that time, the trade routes were very prosperous. We Guifang knew that there was such a powerful ancient country in the East, so we organized a caravan to come to the Central Plains for trade." Speaking of this, he sighed softly: " It is said that at that time, the Central Plains were very warm and friendly to foreign guests, and the imperial court even set up a special office to handle business matters with the countries of the Western Regions."

Chu Huan knew that what he was talking about was the period of the former Dahua Dynasty.

Any empire will have a time of great prosperity. It traded with the countries of the Western Regions. At that time, Xiliang was just a small country. If you want to come to the heyday of the Great Hua Dynasty, it was also a bright pearl in the East.

"Our ancestors were all merchants who came to the Central Plains for trade. They worked so hard, and it took them a few years to go back and forth." He Xigu sighed: "At the beginning, the distance was far away. Not many people dared to take risks, but the merchants who returned from the Central Plains brought back the rich products of the Central Plains, and the huge profits were unimaginable. Because of this, more and more ghost merchants came to the Central Plains. "

Chu Huan said: "The Central Plains is vast, with mountains and rivers, and beautiful scenery, so after your ancestors came, you didn't want to go back?"

He Xigu nodded and said: "In fact, Xiao Lao has never seen his own homeland. To Xiao Lao, Xiao Lao was born and raised in the Central Plains, and he ate rice from the Central Plains and drank water from the Central Plains. They are from the Central Plains. Moreover, after our ancestors came to the Central Plains, they also married women from the Central Plains, and it has been passed down through generations. Although Gui Fang’s blood flows in our veins, it is also the blood of the Central Plains people.”

Chu Huan knew that this must be the case. In the mansion in Luo'an, the Janice sisters were pure Westerners. Their skin was whiter than snow, their noses were straight, and their eyes were sunken. Although the appearance of He Xigu also had the outline of Westerners, they It also has the appearance of a Central Plains person, which is quite different from the pure Western Regions appearance of Sister Janice.

"I just heard the old people talk about our homeland. We ghosts belong to the people in the desert. Our country was also built in the desert. Naturally, its prosperity cannot be compared with that of the Central Plains." He Xigu said slowly: "Mr. After seeing the vast land and resources of the Central Plains, people will stay in the Central Plains after making enough money after making two trips. They will live in the Central Plains and pass it down from generation to generation. They are used to the gorgeous silk of the Central Plains on board, learn to taste tea, and admire the Central Plains. Etiquette quickly adapted to life in the Central Plains, but they are still from Guifang, and although they enjoy a good life, they still miss their homeland from time to time, so the traditional heavenly sacrifices of Guifang have been passed down from generation to generation."

"Heaven Festival?"

"All the countries in the Western Regions will have their own guardian gods." He Xigu said: "The guardian god of our Guifang is the incomparably powerful python god. Bless us. But to preside over the heavenly sacrifice, there must be a priest. We call him a ghost elder. It is said that in our home country, there will be a special family engaged in sacrifice. Except for the family specialized in sacrifice, no other family can host."

Chu Huan wondered: "Could it be that there is such a family in the Central Plains?"

He Xigu said: "At the beginning, there were not, but the number of people living in the Central Plains gradually increased, but they were unable to hold sacrifices. Later, they begged the King of Ghosts to send priests to the Central Plains to preside over the sacrifices. It is said that in order to get the Lord's Agreed, they donated a huge amount of property to the king, and finally the king selected a few priests from the family of priests to come to the Central Plains, this is the old ghost clan!"

"So that's how it is." Chu Huan nodded thoughtfully. The Guilao family is a sacred family in the eyes of Guifangguo. No wonder he is the head of the sixteen cave masters. At that time, I still have the color of respect.

"Back then when the countries of the Western Regions came to the Central Plains for trade, the most ghosts stayed in the Central Plains, and most of them were concentrated in Anyi." He Xigu explained: "Although ordinary ghosts can marry women from the Central Plains at will, ghosts The old clan must marry a ghost woman to keep their blood pure, otherwise it will be disrespectful to the python god, and every generation of ghost elders will be proficient in ghost dialect, not only that, those spells that ordinary ghost people cannot understand Even the old ones understand."

Chu Huan raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "So, I want to learn the ghost dialect, and I want to find the old ghost, so I found the right person."

He Xigu said solemnly: "Dake, there are dozens of countries in the Western Regions, and many of them have similar languages ​​and even the same pronunciation, but sometimes the meanings are very different. If the person you want to ask for advice is indeed a ghost The dialect, even the ancient ghost dialect that has been handed down very early, the old ghost should be able to interpret it, but... if it is not the ghost dialect, the old ghost may not be able to answer it."

After all, He Xigu is Lao Jiang. Chu Huan wanted to find Lao Gui. Of course, he knew that it was impossible that the imperial envoy was only interested in the dialect of ghosts. Asking about Gui Lao's situation, at that time, He Xigu felt that Chu Huan might have some problems that needed to be solved by a ghost person who knew the ghost dialect, but he didn't know anything about the problems Chu Huan encountered. up.

Of course he didn't know that although Chu Huan was taught the [Mantra of Suppressing Demons] by the ghost master, Chu Huan couldn't understand the spell-like language at all. ], He Xigu was able to understand part of the formula, which gave Chu Huan the feeling of piercing through the clouds and mist to see the blue sky.

For the sake of [Mantra of Suppressing Demons], Bishamon has kept Master Ghost under house arrest, and Master Ghost passed away because of this. Ashido even interrogated Chu Huan in secret, trying to get the formula of [Mantra of Suppressing Demons] from Chu Huan without telling Bishamon , and the Danan brothers did not hesitate to betray A Shiduo, and even killed each other. They tried their best and took huge risks to get the [Mantra of Suppressing Demons]. No matter how stupid Chu Huan was, he knew this [ Demon Suppressing Mantra] must be no small matter.

If you want to know what kind of mystery is hidden in the [Mantra of Suppressing Demons], you must first understand its meaning. Now that Chu Huan has no idea what the [Mantra of Suppressing Demons] is saying, how can he know what kind of mystery it hides.

Although He Xigu said so, Chu Huan was not disappointed. In fact, he just had the mentality of killing a mouse by killing a blind cat. It would be a great thing if he could learn the meaning of [Mantra of Suppressing Demons] from Gui Lao , But even if you don’t know it, it’s not a rare thing. After all, [Mantra of Suppressing Demons] is not a trivial matter, and it’s not easy to understand its secret easily.

Chu Huan is actually a very patient person.

If it hadn't been for accidental knowledge that Guilao might be able to interpret the [Suppressing Devil's Mantra], Chu Huan was still waiting for Nuo Guluo to wake up.

There are two people under the ghost master's seat, Nuojuluo and Shubojia, Shubojia took Liu Meiniang to nowhere, and Nuojuluo has become a living dead, and now he is recuperating in the mansion in the capital.

Chu Huan didn't know when Nuo Juluo would wake up. If he couldn't learn the content of "Suppressing Demon Mantra" from Guilao, Chu Huan's other hope was Nuo Juluo.

Nuo Jiluo is someone close to Master Ghost. Since Master Ghost taught him the [Mantra of Suppressing Demons], it is of course impossible to leave behind this obscure formula that puzzled Chu Huan.

Of course he had other plans.

The person who can help me understand the [Mantra of Suppressing Demons] is most likely Nuojuluo or Shubojia.

If Nuo Jiluo wakes up, I believe he should tell himself what he knows about the [Mantra of Suppressing Demons], and the ghost master named himself [Naga] at the beginning, and accepted him as a disciple for no reason, which made him even more so. Becoming a Dharma protector of Buddhism, besides that, he also bestowed three Buddhist scriptures "The Mantra of Clearing Heart", "Bodhisattva Sutra" and "24 Dharma Signs Naga Chan". Big mystery.

Chu Huan believed that the ghost master would not just ask himself a riddle without giving him the answer. Nuo Jiluo could not wake up, and he believed that one day Shu Bojia would come back.

"Old ghost master, I will definitely give you a satisfactory answer to the matter of ghost Fang." Chu Huan looked at He Xigu sincerely, "I hope that you ghost Fang can live a peaceful life from now on, and I also hope that ghost The people of Fang and Qin can live in harmony."

He Xigu said solemnly: "Although we Guifang and the people of Qin have some misunderstandings, the old man will do his best to improve everything."

"That's good, that's good." Chu Huan nodded with a smile, "Old Ghost Lord, you can rest here for two days, and I'll send someone to escort you back later."

He Xigu hurriedly said: "Dake, I'm afraid Daqimeng Mountain still has a lot of things to deal with, the little old man wants to go back to the mountain tomorrow, look...!"

Chu Huan thought for a while, and he also knew that He Xigu was in a hurry to go back to the mountain. After all, the Department of Hubu would soon go to clear the population of Guifang. It was not a bad thing for He Xigu to go back to the mountain to prepare first. : "So, I will send a team of people to escort you to Daqimeng Mountain tomorrow!"

He Xigu said gratefully: "Thank you Dake, after returning to the mountain, I will make some preparations first, I only hope that Dake can handle the matter at hand smoothly, and come to Daqimeng Mountain as soon as possible!"

After bidding farewell to He Xigu, Chu Huan went back to Xingyuan. In fact, he knew that the next thing would be very busy. Apart from drafting the papers and submitting them to the capital, the most important thing was to deal with the affairs left by the Huang family.

Chu Huan has three things to do on this trip to Anyi. The first thing is to find out the mystery of Shen Yiwei's murder. Fortunately, this most difficult task has been completed. A big conspiracy was killed in the cradle, and the second thing was to quell the chaos of the Huang family. Now that Yusuo Lake has been captured, Huang Zhigui was killed, and Huang Tianyi was captured, it can be regarded as a great success.

The last thing is to liquidate the property of the Huang family. From the very beginning, the Taiyuan Department of Household Department has been handling this matter together with Chu Huan, but the head of the Department of Household Department has been killed in the Yinyun Hall, and the main person in charge has died. , things became difficult, and Chu Huan had asked Yuan Chongshang to redeploy manpower from the Department of Housekeeping to handle the matter.

The emperor also counted on the property of the Huang family to be cleared out quickly, and the confiscated money and food would be used to quell the Tianmen Rebellion in the southeast. Things that can be completed within a month. After all, when the Huang family took control of Anyi, they established a huge business network. Seven out of ten merchants in Anyi have economic ties with the Huang family. The Huang family is an official family, so they cannot understand In business, there are many merchants who are their agents, and many shops are closely related to the interests of other merchants. Searching Huang's shop will inevitably hurt the interests of other merchants. If you are not careful, you will cause a lot of trouble The storm is coming.

For the current Anyi, the most important thing is to get through this extremely sensitive period calmly.

Chu Huan had also been afraid in the past. If the response this time was unfavorable, if the Huang family really colluded with Tianmen Dao, then Anyi Dao would really be in danger.

The foundation of Tianmen Dao is ordinary people. Those people who live in poverty are confused by Tianmen Dao. Now in Anyi, there are already many Tianmen Daoist secretly existing. Tianmen Dao can incite these people to rise up at any time. The town has been in business for many years and has formed a great influence among the gentry and aristocratic families. If Tianmen Dao joins forces with the Huang family, it will be like if the common people and gentry all fight against the imperial court. This is the most terrifying point of Tianmen Dao and the Huang family.

If there is a conflict with the merchants in Anyi because of the liquidation of the property of the Huang family, it is likely to cause unpredictable changes. After all, the hearts of the people in Anyi are not stable at this time.

The Taoists of Tianmen and the remnants of the Huang family may take the opportunity to instigate provocations at any time. Although Chu Huan is not proficient in accounting, he is still very clear about the stakes. It is also cautious, that is to mobilize the most capable manpower as much as possible to properly handle this matter.

Chu Huan knew very well that although the Huang family was pacified and General Mu was dead, it would take a very long time to deal with these follow-up matters, and it might not even be possible to leave Anyi in three or two months.