My daily mountain driving, I met a fox at the beginning and got married

"Nine gates?"

"Yes, in Tanzhou, if you don't know about the Nine Gates, then you are really out of date. These Nine Gates are the nine largest families in Tanzhou. A hundred years ago, these Nine Gates almost controlled the entire Tanzhou!"

"Is it that powerful? Nine noble families control Tanzhou? Tanzhou was also a big place a hundred years ago, right?"

"Of course. In ancient times, Tanzhou was a big city. And it is said that in ancient times, Tanzhou had nine city gates, and each city gate was controlled by an aristocratic family. It is no exaggeration to say that anything you do in Tanzhou will be related to the nine gates."

"No way, is it so scary?"

"Haha, brother, you are from another place, right?" The man explaining the Nine Gates smiled proudly and continued, "In the beginning, these Nine Gates were all tomb robbers. Do you know what tomb robbery is? It's tomb robbing!"

"Ah? These nine families are all tomb robbers?"

"Not anymore. They cleaned themselves up a long time ago. They each have their own business. Each business is very extensive, but they are not involved with each other. The nine great families directly took over all the business in Tanzhou, whether it is the underworld or the white world!"

"No wonder there is such a big scene today. It turns out that these nine gates are more antique than antiques! What about now? Do they have such great power now?"

"What a joke! The country has the most power over this city. But we can't underestimate the Nine Gates family, because all the businesses in Tanzhou are still inseparable from the Nine Gates family. So if you don't know the Nine Gates, then you really don't count as a Tanzhou person."

The people who were listening to the noise nodded as if they had understood something. They turned to look at the long line of funeral processions and asked in confusion, "So... why don't they ask the funeral company to come? Wouldn't it be tiring to carry the coffin themselves?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a middle-aged man in a yellow Taoist robe next to him say in a deep voice: "This is the burial ceremony of their Nine Sects. It has never changed from ancient times to the present, and it will not change even now. This is their heritage!"

The passers-by turned to look at the Taoist priest at this time, especially after seeing the Taoist robe he was wearing, they couldn't help but take a few more glances.

After all, these days, it is not difficult to see a monk, but it is still quite rare to see a Taoist priest.

This Taoist priest not only has unique clothes, but also has a unique appearance.

The most special thing is the eyebrows above his eyes.

The eyebrows are in a straight line, and the two eyebrows are connected together, which is very peculiar.

There is not even one person like him among ten thousand.

He was Lin Jiu from Maoshan. He had just settled the corpse that had stayed overnight at the Yin-Yang Inn and was about to turn around to Longhu Mountain when he passed by here.

Seeing Jiumen being buried at this moment, he couldn't help but stop and take a look.

Especially when he saw the nine gates being buried together, he couldn't help but be shocked.

Lin Jiu traveled all over the country for many years and had heard of the reputation of the Nine Gates, but he had not heard much, so he could not say that he knew much about it.

There has never been such a scene even in the past three hundred years, right?

Lin Jiu shook his head slightly, took a quick look, then turned and walked in the opposite direction of the funeral procession.

……

At this time, in a taxi on the outskirts of Tanzhou City, Huo Xiuer was anxiously looking at the map on her mobile phone.

It is less than five kilometers away from Shenglong Mountain. In another ten minutes or so, we will be able to catch up with the Jiumen burial.

Just as Huo Xiu'er used two fingers to zoom in on the map, the screen of her mobile phone suddenly switched to the caller ID - [Brother Haoxie].

"Hmm?" Huo Xiu'er asked in confusion, wondering why he called her all of a sudden? Didn't he say he was busy?

However, Huo Xiu'er didn't think too much and answered the phone directly: "Brother Haoxie, why did you suddenly remember to call me?"

At this time, Hao Xie's voice came from the other end of the phone: "I just finished some things, and then I have something to ask you. What are you going to do with that talisman?"

Huo Xiuer frowned suspiciously, then took out the general talisman from the Gu Bell from her bosom: "This...if nothing goes wrong, it should be handed over to the archaeological team for research. After all, this is a very old object. Although it is a piece of yellow paper, it has not been damaged for so many years. Except for the handwriting becoming a little blurred, it is very well preserved! I think it should be a very valuable choice to hand it over to the archaeological team for research."

At this moment, Hao Xie could not help but frown: "Give it to the archaeological team? That would be a waste of natural resources."

"Ah?" Huo Xiu'er looked puzzled. "How can it be considered a waste of natural resources? Isn't this just a piece of talisman paper?"

Hao Xie on the phone couldn't help but sigh: "I took a look at the talisman today. The person who drew this talisman should be a master-level footman. There is still a faint spiritual power flowing on the talisman. If it can't be fully utilized, wouldn't it be a waste of heaven's gift? But you shouldn't encounter any corpses, forget it, I'm just asking, nothing else."

Huo Xiuer asked in surprise and amazement: "Is he so powerful? Then... is he as powerful as your mysterious friend?"

The mysterious friend was naturally referring to Zhang Tang. Hao Xie thought for a moment and replied, "I don't know. My mysterious friend might be more powerful, but the person who drew this talisman should not be much worse. After all, anyone who can leave a name in "The Legend of Corpse Driving" is at the level of being recorded in history."

"Is that so..." Huo Xiuer couldn't help but flip the talisman paper in her hand again and asked curiously, "What if I encounter a corpse? Can this still be used?"

Huo Xiu'er asked this question purely out of curiosity. After all, she was going to attend Jiumen's burial ceremony soon, and she happened to hear Hao Xie mention this matter.

Hao Xie said slowly on the phone, "If you really encounter it, remember to stick this talisman on the forehead of the corpse, but remember to be careful. If the corpse touches it, you will be poisoned."

"Of course, there is no need to be too anxious. The spiritual power contained in this talisman is quite profound. Most mutated corpses will instinctively feel fear of it and will not resist too violently."

"However, it is always better to be cautious and not capsize in the gutter."

Huo Xiuer couldn't help but smile when she heard this, and then asked curiously: "Brother Haoxie, I remember hearing stories when I was a child. Those footmen had to recite some formulas when handling corpses. Is it true?"

"If I encounter this kind of thing in the future, do I need to recite any mantras?"

Hao Xie on the other end of the phone was slightly stunned, thinking that even if I told you the mantras, you wouldn't be able to make use of them.

However, when it comes to using the Great General Talisman, he remembered something else, so he said, "I don't have a formula, but I can teach you a few tricks, all of which are recorded in "Strange Tales of Driving Corpses". If you encounter this kind of mutated corpse in the future, maybe you can use it."

"Do you want to learn?"

Huo Xiuer was immediately excited when she heard this. Although she didn't know where to find a corpse for the experiment, she nodded and said excitedly, "I want to!" when she thought about learning the skills of the legendary walking master.

"But...Brother Haoxie, is there any other trick like this in your book "Strange Tales of Driving Corpses"? "

Hao Xie smiled and said, "This book covers everything!" "Ordinary corpses, those that died of normal causes, don't pay too much attention to them. But if it's a corpse that doesn't decay for a long time, it must be the invasion of evil spirits."

"At this time, you can splash it with black dog blood, which can disperse the evil spirit in its body to a certain extent. Then feed it with black donkey hooves, which can directly stop the mutated corpse from moving!"

"Black Donkey Hoof, you should know that we often use this thing when we rob tombs!"

"Also, I can tell you some tips on 'lighting incense', which are also quite useful. Light three incense sticks and insert them into the rice..."

"As for the formula, I can teach you a few simple ones. Although you may not be able to master them, they are still useful when paired with the Great General Talisman. The formula is as follows..."

"As for the hand gestures, I won't teach you. You won't be able to learn them even if I teach you."

"Of course, if the corpse you encounter is too strong... then I advise you to just take care of yourself."

What Hao Xie said were not profound techniques, but just some small tricks. Some of them were circulated among the people, but have been lost now.

Therefore, it would be okay to tell Huo Xiuer about it. As for whether she can use it, that is another matter.

Moreover, these are not considered confidential and there is no need to worry about them being leaked.

As for the unique skills of corpse-driving and paper-making, Hao Xie would definitely not teach them to others without Zhang Hao's permission.

Besides, he himself hasn't learned it yet, so he doesn't have the ability to teach others.

Huo Xiu'er just treated it as a joke at this time and didn't take it too seriously. She just nodded and said with a smile: "Okay! Next time when I go archaeological excavation, if I come across a monster corpse, I will try your method!"

Hao Xie nodded, took a look at the mixed paper paste, and said quickly: "Okay, you continue to be busy, I have work to do here, so I won't talk about it for now."

After saying that, Hao Xie hung up the phone.

Huo Xiu'er stared at her phone in a daze, then looked at the general talisman in her hand, then folded the talisman and put it in her pocket.

This is something passed down from ancient times. To put it bluntly, it is a cultural relic.

It goes without saying that an archaeology enthusiast has an attitude towards cultural relics. Just like Professor Jin, he was about to die, but he still wanted to see the Kuiliang Tomb.

Huo Xiuer shook her head, glanced at the driver and asked, "Master, how long will it take?"

"Almost there, only five minutes left!"

……

The Jiumen burial procession started at three in the morning and did not arrive at the Shenglong Mountain cemetery until eight in the evening.

The pit for burying the coffin in this cemetery had already been dug, and they were just waiting for the time to come to start the burial.

At this time, except for the coolies, all the people from the Nine Gates were sitting together, seemingly discussing something.

Since the last Nine Gates meeting, this should be the second time that the people from the Nine Gates have gathered together.

"Is everyone here?" Zhang Wenshan glanced at everyone and asked in a deep voice.

Aunt Huo, the head of the Huo family, shook her head and said, "Xiuxiu hasn't arrived yet, but I heard that she's almost there and is taking a taxi."

Hao Sanxing at the side also echoed, "I don't know what my nephew is busy with. I haven't been able to contact him these past two days. Forget it."

Zhang Wenshan nodded. Although this burial was a rare formal burial ceremony for their Nine Sects, after all, the head of their Zhang family, Zhang Qilin, did not show up. So as the acting head of the family, he could not say anything when someone from other families was absent. He could only try his best to remind them.

Coincidentally, as soon as Huo Xiuer was mentioned, a voice as sweet as a lark came from the crowd.

"Grandma, here I come!"

A pretty figure squeezed out from the crowd, it was Huo Xiuer.

However, there was some fatigue in Huo Xiuer's eyes at this time. She stood next to Aunt Huo, which made Aunt Huo feel distressed.

"Why did you come just now?" Aunt Huo asked as she helped Huo Xiu'er button up her mourning clothes, "Have you finished your work with the archaeological team? Did you come back secretly?"

At this time, Chen Wenjin next to Chen Sipi also cast a glance over and looked Huo Xiuer up and down.

Because she had been busy with the burial of Jiumen these days and had no time to pay attention to the affairs of the Kyoto archaeological team, she didn't know what had happened to Huo Xiu'er and the others.

I just thought to myself, didn't they go to Kuiliang's tomb? If we calculate the time, shouldn't they be exploring Kuiliang's tomb now? Can she come back at this time?

She was also planning to tell the people in the Nine Gates that Huo Xiuer couldn't come because of something.

At this time, Huo Xiuer nodded and said, "Well, the archaeological team is fine for the time being. They have temporarily withdrawn from Miaojiang. There will be no new tasks in the short term."

Chen Wenjin frowned when he heard this. How could the Kuiliang Tomb project be completed so quickly?
So he hurriedly asked, "What happened? I heard from Professor Jin of your second team that the location of Kuiliang's tomb has been found. It will take at least two months to completely understand the Kuiliang Tomb, right?"

Huo Xiuer curled her lips at this time. Thinking of the experience of going to Kuiliang Tomb, she was still scared and her scalp was numb, so she explained: "Don't mention Aunt Wenjin, that Professor Jin almost tricked us to death!"

"We almost all died in Kuiliang's tomb this time!"

"Ah!" When the people from the Nine Gates heard Huo Xiu'er talking about this matter, they all looked over in surprise.

Jiumen knows tombs too well. Generally, small tombs do not pose much risk, or even no risk.

Only ancient tombs and large tombs would have extremely dangerous mechanisms, or completely unimaginable monsters, like water monkeys and forbidden women.

But even if they had never been to that kind of big tomb, they had more or less heard about it, but the Kuiliang Tomb... they had never heard of it. There shouldn't be such a thing, right?

"What happened? Is that tomb dangerous?" Chen Wenjin asked.

Huo Xiuer nodded, and then said: "I also got the news on the way that there is a tomb guardian beast in that tomb. It is a very rare death worm, and it has been tamed by poison. It is very large, at least ten meters long!" (End of this chapter)