Ping An Biography

Many things are difficult to tell the truth from people's mouths, and different viewpoints from different perspectives can be completely opposite.Zhang Ning insisted that this kind of evil spirit incense is non-toxic, the reason is very simple: he is suspected to have something to do with Jianwen's survivors, if it is confirmed that the current emperor's grandfather was poisoned to death, what is Zhang Ning's impression in front of the emperor? ?

Regardless of the angle, Zhang Ning objectively believes that at least the two bottles of evil spirit incense he got are non-toxic.Because he observed that believer in the "temple" at first, and he was actually not bad in nature. How could a person with a bit of conscience take other people's money and give two bottles of poison to people for medical treatment?

"What does it smell like?" Zhang Ning uncorked the bottle and took a sharp sniff. Looking back, he said, "It does have a scent. Do you want to smell it? Don't worry, 'Butang' has smelled it all right." , it won't be a problem if you smell it lightly."

After hearing this, Yan Ruofei had no choice but to take it, first reined in the horse, carefully sniffed it, nodded and said: "It is indeed this kind of thing."

Zhang Ning said with a smile: "Brothers who are not acclimatized can drink the divine water. He may not want to hold this bottle to ward off evil spirits, so give it to me. Didn't Governor Du say that there are poisonous insects in the forest that may cause people to bleed to death? The people who teach it can ward off evil spirits by selling incense ash for money, and I just use it for prevention."

So within two days, Zhang Ning took the bottle and sniffed "to ward off evil spirits". As expected, he was fine.Yan Ruofei also had to admit: "Although the smell is the same, maybe the congregations used by the believers to swindle money are prepared differently. Otherwise, to ward off evil spirits and kill people, we will not be able to win the trust of the believers."

This also made sense, so Zhang Ning didn't argue with him.

Governor Du knew the location of Heifengya on the map, but he had never been there. After obtaining the consent of Zhang Ning and Wu Yong, he found a guide, and a group of 20 people went there.According to the plan, they first went to Heifengya to investigate the so-called ghost king's resurrection place, and then went to Yongshun Division to seek the assistance of the local consolation envoy, Mrs. Peng.

The name of the place is not very auspicious. Sure enough, when everyone found the place, they felt that it was not a good place.

At this time, the group of people was in a long and narrow valley, with cliffs on both sides, and the road was the vent.The wind was blocked by the high mountains on both sides, and it could only blow from the exit of the valley, which made people feel light and light as if they were about to fly.

The pebbles and sand were blown head-on by the strong wind. After a while, Zhang Ning felt his mouth was full of sand. He spit out a mouthful and raised his sleeve to cover his mouth and nose. He squinted his eyes and looked up at the scene above.I saw some birds hovering on the stone wall, the sky was bright, and the underground wind and sand were heavy gray, which made the shadows of those birds look black, like crows and vultures eating corpses.

"On the left... on the cliff to the south is the ghost temple! The ghost king came out of it..." the guide shouted.

Zhang Ning looked up in the direction he said, and he saw a building, but he couldn't see it clearly, so he shouted: "Find a place to avoid the wind." He looked around and ran to a place in the north Behind the big rock, the building is on the opposite cliff, and it can just be seen from this direction.The people also led their horses and carried their things and came to shelter from the wind.

Just avoiding the good wind, Zhang Ning couldn't help shivering. The wind in this autumn is quite cold, and maybe this place is too cloudy.

The sound of "peh peh" was heard around, and it turned out that it was not just one person who had sand in his mouth.Zhang Ning looked up curiously at the scenery on the stone wall, and saw a depression on it. Coincidentally, there was a house in the depression on the stone wall, and the eaves were clearly visible.There are still many sarcophagi hanging on other places on the stone wall, and only the outline can be seen, which is probably a few years old.Zhang Ning observed carefully again, and saw a sloping road on the stone wall, leading to the ancient temple.

"Is there no monk inside?" He asked casually.

The guide said: "Let's not talk about monks, there are not even living things! I heard that some people went up there two years ago, and they were smitten by the king of ghosts. They died that night when they returned home."

Yan Ruofei interjected in a timely manner: "There is poisonous gas."

Zhang Ning heard from the guide that there were no living things, but he clearly saw birds flying in.At this moment, he suddenly saw a thing like a dirt dog rushing along the slope quickly, Zhang Ning hurriedly pointed and said loudly: "What is that?"

Everyone heard the sound and looked over, but unexpectedly the animal ran very fast and soon disappeared in the ancient temple.

"Livestock are the most intuitive, and they won't go in if it's poisonous." Zhang Ning looked back at the crowd and said, "I've seen ants move before..."

Everyone looked at each other in astonishment after hearing this, but Zhang Ning said seriously: "It hasn't rained yet, and the ants will know that the rain will flood their home, so hurry up and move, I don't know... the ancient temple above, since there is There is definitely no danger for animals to come in and out. Whoever goes up to explore the way will be rewarded with ten taels of silver."

After he said that, he turned his attention to a few followers, because Yan Ruofei and others looked down on ten taels of silver, and they insisted that it was poisonous.Unexpectedly, none of the attendants answered, and some of them turned their heads away in a hurry, as if they were afraid of being called by Zhang Ning.

"50 taels." Zhang Ning said, the situation still hadn't changed, and he added, "100 taels..." Anyway, the government pays, so it may not be easy to repay the bill if it is more, 100 taels is already a lot of money for ordinary people Yes, no one answered.There must be a brave man under a heavy reward, and it seems that it doesn't always work.

Zhang Ning pointed to the group of people angrily, and said, "Okay, I'll go, I'll go up and walk around myself."

Wu Yong hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed Zhang Ning's sleeve: "Don't go into danger. Since we have come to see the situation, we will go to Yongshun Division first and ask the consolation envoy to send someone to find a way."

Zhang Ning said: "Stand on the ground and take a look and leave. Are we here for sightseeing or to play? Let's not come here for the first two days. If you encounter something that doesn't exist and get scared, what can you do?"

"Amitabha, offend you..." A strong man muttered to the mountain in awe, but Zhang Ning stopped him, and he said with a bitter face: "Don't blame us, the locals say there is evil spirit, go up None of them survived... We have wives and children, who would not be afraid to send their lives to such a miserable place?"

At this moment, Xu Wenjun said quietly: "My boss let me go, your life is more expensive than mine."

Zhang Ning hurriedly turned around and looked at her, only to see that she also raised her head showing a brave look. Zhang Ning was moved, and said angrily: "A group of big men are not as good as a little girl! The key is to be yourself." The people raised by the family are reliable! Come on, Wen Jun and I will go up and have a look, I don’t believe in this evil!”

Yan Ruofei hurriedly said, "Mr. Ping'an, don't be arrogant."

Zhang Ning said: "I told you. Look for yourself. Not only do birds fly in, but they also fly out. It's really poisonous that can kill people, but the birds can't be poisoned? Wen Jun, come with me."

Wu Yong hurriedly stomped his feet and said: "Zhan Zhuli, hurry up and hold the gentleman." After hearing this, Zhan Zhuli walked up, Zhang Ning said seriously: "Are you going?" Zhan Zhuli suddenly showed embarrassment.

The crowd couldn't persuade him, but Xu Wenjun silently picked up a lot of things on the horse's back, packed them on his back, and walked to the opposite side closely behind Zhang Ning.The two people, one tall and one short, quickly went up the slope without stopping.

As he was walking, he suddenly heard Xu Wenjun from behind say: "Grandpa told me that we are working in Zhang's family, and I will never get married in the future. He said that the more we know, the less we can leave. In the future, we can only be bosses." My little concubine... I didn't expect to die together..."

After hearing this, Zhang Ning turned around and said, "What nonsense are you talking about, and what kind of gods and ghosts do you believe in? Oh, you haven't read the books of sages, and sages don't talk about power."

In fact, not only Wenjun is afraid, why is Zhang Ning not afraid?But he is not afraid of ghosts, it is really a kind of fear of the unknown, there may be some kind of mechanism poison in the strange ancient temple, the less he knows about it, the more he will have a kind of fear.Fortunately, with Xu Wenjun by her side, this girl is very clever, agile and agile, and she should be able to handle normal situations.

The point is that he really wants to prove that Emperor Yong Le was not poisoned to death, and he has never seen Yong Le being killed in the history books.Those people in the imperial court are messing around, and finally let me take the blame?The last thing Zhang Ning wanted was to be blamed for something... The ancient temple seemed dangerous at first glance, but isn't the prosperous power field dangerous?

In this world, the most dangerous thing is nothing but the same kind.

Climbing up from the stone wall, the wind in the ancient temple in the stone depression is not strong, the wind is quiet, and the whistling seems to come from a distance, but it is quiet nearby.Zhang Ning stood at the gate and looked inside cautiously. There was a "da da" knocking sound behind him, and Wen Jun was using flint to strike kindling.

Zhang Ning sniffed carefully, and felt that he could vaguely smell a very weak fragrance, which was very similar to the smell of incense ash given by the evil cult.He thought to himself: This place must have been visited by followers of the evil sect, otherwise it is impossible for an ancient temple without people to have this smell.Since the believers dare to come here to play tricks, it is impossible for there to be any evil things, everything is made by people!

Maybe people will think that it is the followers of the cult of evil spirits to use "divine objects" to suppress the king of ghosts, but can Zhang Ning believe this?

After ruling out evil things and blaming people for the cause, what Zhang Ning is worried about now is whether the smell is really poisonous.What Yan Ruofei said is not unreasonable, maybe different ingredients can turn non-toxic things into poisonous ones.

"Someone has been here recently." Zhang Ning turned around and said, "You can see that there is no dust on the ground, but the eaves and windows are full of sand, which proves that the ground has been cleaned, because those people don't want to be seen with their footprints."

Wen Jun nodded, silently handed over the torch, and pulled the fire seed of the fire fold.

"Gah!" A sudden cry startled the two of them, and saw a dark bird flying away from it, probably because the flames frightened it.

Seeing this, Zhang Ning pondered for a moment, and said, "Let's go in and have a look? It's best to find some incense ash and bring them back as evidence."