Kaifeng Monster

Chapter 25
It was late autumn, and it became very cold at night, and it was even colder in the mountains, and the wind became stronger the higher you went.Hongluan was so cold that her teeth were knocking against each other, Zhan Zhao was so careful, she stopped immediately, looked around, pointed to a mountain valley leeward of the wind, and said, "After driving for so long, I'm actually a little tired. Miss Hongluan, can we rest here for a while?"

Hongluan was taken aback, and immediately guessed Zhan Zhao's intentions, she was very grateful in her heart, nodded and said: "But it depends on Master Zhan's arrangement."

The two of them stopped in the valley, and Zhan Zhao gathered the fallen leaves and dead branches on the ground and lit a fire. The fire was radiant, and the surroundings immediately felt a little warmer.Hongluan let out a sigh of relief, rubbed her hands against the fire, and said, "This year seems to be colder earlier than last year."

Zhan Zhao said with a smile: "I think it's okay, your girl's body is weak, so you are more afraid of the cold."

Hongluan laughed and shouted: "Master Zhan, am I still afraid of the cold? You have never met our Duanmu Sect Master, she is really afraid of the cold for a reason."

Zhan Zhao was adding branches to the fire, and hearing what Hong Luan said, he couldn't help but froze, turned his face to look at Hong Luan and said, "Oh, why is she afraid of the cold?"

In fact, Duanmucui is afraid of the cold, Zhan Zhao is very clear about it, but for some reason, he just hopes to hear more about Duanmucui from Hongluan, so he deliberately pretends not to know.

Hongluan was afraid that Zhan Zhao would be bored with her, now seeing that Zhan Zhao was interested, she seemed to be overjoyed, and said, "I just heard what the disciples said, and I heard that the elders of Yingzhou wanted Duanmumen The master of the Duanmu sect was unwilling to accept demons from the lower realm. The elders came to invite him several times, but the master of the Duanmu sect became anxious and said, "I heard that people are mortal. The heaviest is Mount Tai, and the lightest is freezing." If I freeze to death, wouldn’t it be a joke for all beings in the three realms?” The elder was puzzled, and asked her, “Who did you hear this from?” The master of the Duanmu Gate said, naturally it was Sima Qian who wrote the “Historical Records” .”

When Zhan Zhao heard "the heaviest thing is Mount Tai, and the lightest thing is freezing to death", he couldn't help laughing when he heard Duanmucui pretending to put his hat on Sima Qian's head. You want to tell me that the elder was really blinded by Duanmucui? Has he never even read "Historical Records?"

Hongluan giggled and said: "Isn't that what you said? If you say that the elders in Yingzhou have thoroughly studied the theory of alchemy and burning of mercury, and the theory of ascending to immortals, they really haven't read Tai Shigong's "Historical Records". He was confused by the master of the Duanmu Gate, and when he left, he complained repeatedly that Tai Shigong had written some messy things... But he was too careful, and went to "Historical Records" for verification, and only then did he know that the original text is "or Heavier than Mount Tai, or lighter than a feather', he was so angry that he blew his beard and stared at his eyes... The incident reached the ears of Duanmu Sect Master, and the Sect Master knew that he could not get along, so he immediately packed his bags and went to the elder to resign. The elder originally wanted to be ruthless I scolded her hard, and now I see her smiling and willing to go, so it's hard to say anything about her."

Zhan Zhao was still laughing at first, but then the smile gradually faded away. When the flames of the fire were gradually extinguished, he finally came back to his senses. He used the wooden branch in his hand to stir up the fire, and said in a low voice :"clever."

With her arms around her knees, Hongluan said with emotion: "Master Duanmu Sect is in Yingzhou this time, and he can have a good winter. Yingzhou also snows, but it's not cold, and it's as comfortable as spring all year round. , I can also go to Yingzhou to spend the winter."

Zhan Zhao shook his head and said, "Yingzhou is the residence of the Shangxian, how can you go there at will?"

Hongluan sighed softly, her eyes lit up suddenly, as if she had thought of something, she said, "Master Zhan, what you said is not entirely true. As far as I know, ancient times were ignorant, and humans and gods were mixed together, such as the god Yu, who was in the world Water has been controlled for many years. It was only later for unknown reasons that there was a strict division of the three realms. Humans, ghosts, and gods are all in one realm. Irrelevant crimes--it is said that they are irrelevant crimes. There will be so many ghosts harming the human world. Therefore, there are actually paths between the three realms, and the road to the underworld that you often talk about is the road from the human world to the underworld."

Zhan Zhao raised his eyebrows and asked her, "Then what is the road from the human world to the fairy world?"

There was a smile in Hongluan's eyes, and said: "Master Zhan, why are you so confused, the three fairy mountains of Penglai, Fangzhang, and Yingzhou are the roads from the human world to the fairy world."

Zhan Zhao felt a little disappointed in his heart, and said: "If this is the case, then there is no difference between having a road and no road. From ancient times to the present, how many people can climb the three fairy mountains?"

Hongluan said: "It is difficult to climb the fairy mountain, but those immortals did leave a way for them to climb the fairy mountain - I heard that the immortals left three pictures in the world, "Penglai Picture", "Abbot Picture", "Ying Continent map", finding these three maps is equivalent to finding the way to the three fairy mountains."

Zhan Zhao's heart trembled, and he looked up at Hong Luan: "Then, where are these three pictures now?"

Hongluan showed a helpless look: "I don't know. From ancient times to the present, there are tens of thousands of pictures depicting the fairy mountain. Who would know which one was left by the Shangxian back then? We just treat it as Just listen to the legend."

Zhan Zhao lowered his head, the dancing flames cast uncertain shadows on his face, after a long time, he said softly: "It's almost time, let's go to the temple."

"Almost" time does not mean that it is "almost" time to go to bed, but that the monks in the temple are "almost" asleep.No need to throw stones to ask the way, Zhan Zhao and Hongluan leaped into the wall, at first Hongluan held his breath and walked slowly, but seeing that there was no movement around, he gradually relaxed.Zhan Zhao turned his head and said with a smile: "The monks in the temple are not martial monks, it's good to be careful, as long as they don't smash the tank or break in, they probably won't wake up."

The first destination is naturally the guest room on the west side where Zhan Zhao lived.The window sash is half open, and the interior furnishings can be clearly seen by the moonlight. The hair that fell that day has naturally been cleaned by the monks - now looking left and right, this is an ordinary guest room.

But the door was locked, Zhan Zhao pondered for a moment, and the Ju Que came out of its sheath.Hongluan hurriedly put her hands on the scabbard, and whispered: "Master Zhan, how can you use a bull's knife to kill a chicken? It's just to open the lock. A small thief in the market can do it. How can I not open it?"

Zhan Zhao came to a sudden: "I forgot, there is an expert Xihualiu here."

Hongluan's face became hot, she turned her head away from Zhan Zhao, took out a piece of talisman paper from her bosom, stuck it on the lock, and immediately recited the mantra silently.Not long after, the lock clicked and opened by itself.Zhan Zhao let out a sigh of relief, and was about to open the door to enter, Hongluan waved his hands, and stood in front of the door for a moment, with a look of disappointment on his face, and whispered: "Master Zhan, there seems to be nothing special in this room. "

Although Zhan Zhao didn't understand clearly, he guessed that just now Hongluan was sensing if there was anything unusual in the house, and said, "Let's talk in the house."

Hongluan nodded, and went into the room first, Zhan Zhao looked around, followed in, and closed the door with his backhand.

Although the moonlight penetrated, the house was still very dark.Zhan Zhao unconsciously remembered the palpitations when he woke up in the middle of the night, and said, "Miss Hongluan, that night..."

Before she finished speaking, Hongluan said nervously: "Brother Zhan, keep quiet."

Hearing what Hongluan said, Zhan Zhao felt a thud in his heart, and immediately kept silent. When he listened carefully, he didn't feel any difference. Looking at Hongluan, he saw Hongluan's serious face, slightly frowning eyebrows, as if there was something wrong. Thinking, tilting his head slightly, as if paying attention to something, Erqing raised his head slowly and looked up.

Zhan Zhao also raised his head to look up, there were wooden beams and pillars on the high place, at night, he couldn't see anything clearly.But fear always lies in the unknown, Zhan Zhao felt a little terrified, and asked her softly: "Miss Hongluan, what's there?"

Hongluan shook her head: "I can't see it, but I can hear certain voices—Brother Zhan, before I became a spirit, I was in the form of a red kapok plant, with the roots of the flower stretching out, breaking through the ground, sprouting, and sprouting. Although the sounds of branches and buds are subtle, I can hear them clearly. Brother Zhan, when we were outside the door just now, there was no movement in the house, but after we entered the house..."

"You mean that after we entered the house, you heard... the sound of flowers and plants stretching their roots, breaking through the ground, sprouting, and sprouting on the beams...?"

Hongluan nodded: "Master Zhan, trust me, I'm sure I heard correctly."

(End of this chapter)