Museum of Demons

Zhang Hao said that it came from the Longhushan Library. The dossier that Zhang Daoling sealed the tiger had already been brought down the mountain and brought to Quanzhou to be sent to the museum, but Wei Yuan waited for a long time and could not wait for the second wave. Action team members.

It was getting dark outside.

The setting sun is like fire, reflecting on this old street.

Afterwards, the sky gradually darkened, and the originally fire-like sunset also carried a hint of darkness, until the last darkness, only a sliver of sunlight fell on the earth, day and night began to alternate, and the ghosts and monsters began to gradually wake up. Start activities where no one knows.

In Sakurajima, this is called the time of encountering demons.

And Shenzhou also has various legends after nightfall.

In the West, there is a saying that people turn into werewolves, vampires, and demons after nightfall.

Yin and Yang alternate, and there will naturally be weird things.

But Wei Yuan didn't think that those sinister ghosts dared to come to this old street. Not to mention anything else, the Overlord Spear had the remnant evil spirit of the number one man in the Shenzhou Army. Which ghost would dare to close his eyes?

Wei Yuan looked at the time and guessed that today would not be possible.

Get up and get ready to pack up and cook.

But when he got up, Wei Yuan paused slightly, heard the sound of footsteps, and then the door of the museum was pushed open, Wei Yuan saw a gray-haired old man walking in, with a kind face and wrinkles left by the years, It looks like an old man who can be seen everywhere.

It's just that he was wearing a simple gray robe, with a jade pendant hanging from his waist and a round crown. Wei Yuan recognized that it was the crown of a warlock of the Han Dynasty, and the old man asked politely: Mr. ?”

Treasurer?

Surprised in Wei Yuan's eyes, he nodded and replied, This store is indeed opened by me now.

Old sir, you are...

The old man bowed slightly and smiled: A passerby, Lu Yuan lost his way, and wants to ask for a glass of water from you to soothe his throat and rest his feet. Will it disturb you...

Wei Yuan took a deep look at him and said with a smile, Of course not.

Since the store is open, it is natural to welcome visitors from all over the world. Please sit down, old man.

Wei Yuan invited the old man in.

The old man was sitting on the sofa for entertaining guests, and Wei Yuan was also sitting opposite the old man. The water ghost covered up his death, and honestly drank the normal water. The old man looked around at the things in the museum, and asked with a smile, Mr. , don’t know what business to do?”

Wei Yuan didn't know what the old man's plan was, he was touched and replied:

Collect some antiques, listen to some stories, and leave some traces of people.

The old man smiled and said, So that's the case, it's an elegant profession.

His voice paused, and said:

Take the liberty to come here, old man, I also have a story here, so I take it as a repayment.

I don't know if you can see Mr. Xiao.

Wei Yuan stretched out his hand and said, Please tell me.

The old man seemed to have sorted out his thoughts, and then slowly said: Since Mr. Xiao is collecting ancient relics and stories, he should know a lot of things. The tiger is the king of the mountain, and the king of the mountain knows it. But do you know where this statement came from?

Wei Yuan replied: Because the tiger has a king character on its forehead.

The old man nodded and sighed, Not bad.

But Mr. Xiao, do you know that the tiger's forehead was not king at the beginning, but three. Later, by chance, someone added a sum and became king. What I want to tell you is this story. .”

He stretched out his hand, with an illusory breath in his palm, and said, Mr. Xiao has supernatural powers.

How about you watching while the old man is talking?

Wei Yuan glanced at the old man, and let the water ghost and the soldier who drew the sword retreat quietly, then stretched out his finger, and pressed it on the old man's wrist as if feeling the pulse. , can break free at any time, the old man raised his glass with the other hand and drank, saying:

The story begins at the end of the Western Han Dynasty.

This has nothing to do with any history books. There are no so-called princes and generals. In the beginning, it was just a young man who was hunted down by wolves, and a tiger who was named a mountain god during the Han Dynasty.

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The land is born in accordance with the fate of the country and is with the country.

It will also lose mana along with the decline of the national fortune.

Tiger no longer remembers what his initial experience was like, but he only remembers that he was once respected by the people at the foot of the mountain, sacrificed to him, and won their benefits, so he no longer hurt others, and even cared about that little affection, occasionally helping to sacrifice to his own Residents, kill those beasts that endanger life.

So in the Han Wu period, he was granted the title of mountain god by the state.

On that day, the people at the foot of the mountain built a temple for him, and lifted a stone-carved tiger statue from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain in one breath, and held a grand sacrificial ceremony. He was very happy to see it, and, this time He has two subordinates, one is the young Biqi, and the other is the Jinyu Bird who was psychic when the overlord died at the end of Qin Dynasty.

Tiger, who had always been alone, suddenly felt that this was not bad.

Then the years passed by, and the people continued to sacrifice to him, and he also protected the peace of the place, killing demons and demons.

On weekdays, drink with Jinyu Bird, talk about dreams with Birch, and visit friends in other mountains and rivers.

For meat, the beasts in the mountains are rich enough in taste, and their blood is strong enough.

Such a life is hardly inferior to that of a god.

But the land is different from the gods after all. With the passage of time, the big man also began to decline, and the mana of the tiger itself began to become weaker and weaker. It's just that he was originally a beast and monster for many years, and he can still maintain his own existence. And die.

But the other mortals, who were named friends of the land of the mountain gods by the country because of their meritorious deeds, kept dying, just like the day when people die, the land only will die one day. The tiger didn't care about this kind of thing until one day, the big man The dragon's veins changed drastically, her luck shifted, and the world changed dramatically.

The land only ushered in the end.

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And because of the death of a good friend, the tiger got drunk all night, but was woken up by the noise. When he went out to have a look, he saw a group of elite soldiers chasing and killing a young man. The familiar Yan Han luck.

As a mountain god and warrior god once supported by the great man, the tiger showed up without hesitation.

He easily dispersed the elites who caused the changes in the fate of the world and saved the young man.

Everyone was so shocked by Huwei that they collapsed to the ground.

The fierce tiger sticks to the earth's creed and never kills.

He just rolled up the young man with a tiger tail, threw it on his back, and roared furiously, carried the young man over mountains and ridges to a place that was safe enough. The young man was pale, but he still spoke loudly. After thanking the tiger, he swore There must be rewards in the future, and he will be named the king of all beasts.

The tiger dismissed it, but it was due to the luck of the young man.

He took care of the young man for a period of time, and even taught the latter the art of war and martial arts.

The dragon's veins of the great Han have shifted, and under the overturned nest, there are no eggs left. In many places, only some are in panic all day long, while others are bold and unrestrained, still drumming and singing, drinking and partying all day long. The tiger and many places only protect this young man, The latter has never been discovered by the chasing soldiers.

Although the young man had a daughter-in-law's name, his personality was extremely bold and unruly.

He and many people only talk about brothers and call Tiger his elder brother.

The young man's name is Liu Xiu.

Leave after the injury is healed.

Afterwards, Tigers and other places are still only in the mountains and rivers that were originally sealed, but no matter how open-minded the character is, they can only see through their own life and death. The fierce tiger is also depressed in his heart, and he looks up to the sky and roars from time to time.

After that, the person who caused Yan Han's luck to shift found him.

The man's name is Wang Jujun, and his name is Wang Mang.

Wang Jujun and the black-armored man transformed by the tiger talked about seven days and seven nights, and explained what kind of world they wanted. Although the tiger is a beast, it also feels that if such a world can be achieved, it seems to be worse than before. The appearance of Li is much better, at least those people who worship themselves will live better.

But it is very difficult to do what he said, almost against the sky.

But at this time, Wang Jujun threw out a solicitation that the Tigers could not refuse.

He is willing to re-establish only sacrifices, so that the tiger does not have to watch the souls of his friends who have been friends for hundreds of years disappear. The man in black stretched out his hand towards him, and calmly smiled:

How? Do you want to create a new world with me? It will be called Xinchao.

The Tigers agreed.

So Wang Jujun kept his promise and sacrificed the ground again, so that many friends of the tiger survived. The tiger also told Wang Jujun one by one about the art of war and martial arts he knew. , personally trained soldiers for him, and accepted nine disciples, all of whom were heroic for a while, and were worshiped by Wang Mang as Nine Tiger Generals.

Tigers stabilize the world for him.

But he never expected that the one who stood in Wang Mang's hostile camp in the end was his brother Liu Xiu.

Wang Mang had a heart-to-heart relationship with the tiger, and he was grateful for his life, and even saved many of his friends.

And that young man once regarded the fierce tiger as his elder brother, and became brothers to each other.

The fierce tiger didn't want to see the two fight each other, so he went to find the young man, hoping that the latter would stop, and the tiger was willing to guarantee him with his life that he would be safe...

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The old man took a sip of water, and his voice paused slightly. Wei Yuan already knew the direction of the story, so he didn't speak. The water ghost was a little dazed, and subconsciously asked: Then did that young man agree?

The old man sighed:

How could you agree?

His voice paused, and he said: But not long after the tiger returned, Liu Xiu found Jin Yuniao, and promised Jin Yuniao all kinds of rewards, asking Jin Yuniao to bring the tiger alone, saying that he After thinking about it, I decided to agree to Big Brother's proposal.

The water ghost was stunned for a moment, and then said firmly: This must be a fraud!

Has the tiger gone?

A trace of complexity appeared on the old man's face, and he said, I've gone, why didn't I go?

At the banquet, Liu Xiu persuaded each other to drink, exchanged glasses with each other, and was overjoyed.

The fierce tiger drank several jars of fine wine that day.

He never gets drunk, but that time, he was drunk.

While he was drunk, Wang Mang's army was defeated. All the generals he taught died in battle. The name of General Nine Tigers, who was once a famous general in the world, did not even remain in history. Wang Mang also died in the end. The new dynasty He died in an instant, and then Liu Xiu also died, and he fulfilled his agreement, adding a vertical stroke to the tiger's forehead, and thus became a tiger.

The water ghost couldn't help but click his tongue and said:

How long have you been drunk?

What wine, so strong?!

Wei Yuan thought about it, and said:

Di Xi, a native of Zhongshan, can make a thousand-day wine, drink it, and get drunk for a thousand days. What Liu Xiu gave him to drink is Zhongshan wine?

The old man said: Mr. Xiao is profound.

That's indeed a thousand-day drunk. An ordinary person can drink a glass of wine and be drunk for a full thousand days. What's more, after drinking several jars, even the mountain gods have been drunk for decades. Just woke up.

The old man took a sip of wine and said: He went away with the heart of brothers not fighting anymore, so in those decades of sweet dreams, what he saw should be Wang Mang opening up a new dynasty, and he and Liu Xiu , and friends all over the world drinking and singing together, the world is peaceful and peaceful.”

Unfortunately, Thousand Day Drunk will also have a day of sobering up, let alone a dream...

He sighed, and continued to speak unhurriedly.

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The tiger slowly woke up.

The alcohol was too strong, and he didn't seem to be able to recover from it.

But for some reason, I vaguely remembered that Liu Xiu seemed to have grown old all of a sudden.

The originally vigorous young man turned into a gloomy, majestic and domineering look, not like him anymore.

He felt that he was dead drunk, and this dream was too long.

But anyway, the matter was settled, and He no longer had to be caught between his brothers.

Tiger was overjoyed, and planned to tell Wang Mang about this, and also guaranteed Liu Xiu's safety with his life, but when he entered the world, he found that everything had changed. He found that the things he was familiar with and the people he was familiar with disappeared. , He learned of Wang Mang's tragic death, and he himself died drunk when his friends and the monarch needed him most.

The tiger almost went mad, looking for Liu Xiu with red eyes for an explanation.

But then I found out that Liu Xiu had also died.

Suddenly, he didn't know where to vent his hatred. The tiger walked aimlessly and went to the village under his protection without knowing it. When he sobered up, he finally recalled the only scene he saw when he was drunk. So old that he didn't look like his brother back then, the gloomy emperor stretched out his hand, his brows could still vaguely see the high spirits of the year, and his finger slowly slid down his forehead.

Sorry, brother...

Even if you hate me when you wake up, Axiu will admit it.

With the national destiny of the Eastern Han Dynasty as a feudal land, it is no longer a mountain god, but a tiger.

A child ran past singing a song,

There are three beams on the tiger's head, and Liu Xiu is erected in the center. This year save me Han Liu Xiu, and next year I will make you the king of beasts.

The head is big, the ears are small, the tail is wagging, and there are brocade hairs all over the body. Its teeth are like a hacksaw and its claws are like knives. It is often a hero in the mountains. Pedestrians are afraid of it, and woodcutters are fascinated by it. Loyal ministers and filial sons are fascinated by it. There is no escape.

When Tiger heard the last sentence, when the treacherous officials and thieves were doomed, suddenly an indescribable feeling emerged in his heart. He saw the familiar Wang Mang again, closed his eyes, took a deep breath, stood up abruptly, and strode forward. leave.

Also this time, He prescribed a blood meal.

The old man sighed, looked at Wei Yuan, and said:

If it was Mr. Xiao, he learned that the monarch died of drunkenness, and it was his brother who did all of this. The person who saved his life died tragically because of the person he saved, and the most important thing, no matter Whether it is a benefactor or an enemy, or a king or a brother, they are no longer in this world, what will you do?

Wei Yuan didn't answer.

The old man sighed: In the end, he was alone, wearing the battle armor of Wang Mang's army, with Wang Mang's new dynasty flag tied behind his back, and rushed into the army that exterminated the Nine Tigers like he was looking for death, desperately fighting to the point of exhaustion.

If you don't dodge the attack, don't run away, and get caught in the end, you are looking for death.

Shocking the barracks would have killed him, but because of his relationship with Emperor Guangwu, and the king character on his eyebrows is closely related to the luck of the big man, the general and celestial master who finally captured him just sealed him and followed the example of King Yu. The mountain was exiled from the human world...

He is the beginning of all stories and legends, the original source.

From then on, all tigers can call themselves tigers.

The title Lord of the Mountains has other explanations in ancient times, but since Guangwu, it refers to him and only him.

I don't know Mr. Xiao, how do you feel about this story?

Wei Yuan didn't inquire about the real body of the old man, thought for a while, and replied: Loyalty and righteousness are difficult to balance. You can't destroy the prosperous world created by brothers because of loyalty, and you don't have the face to just live like this. Wearing armor, raising a flag, rushing to die, this It is the wind of Qin and Han, if it were me, I would probably make such a choice, on this point, I can understand him.

The old man stared at him and said, That tiger...

Wei Yuan said: I am not qualified to intervene in past grievances, and I can understand His choice.

But in this era, He is no longer restrained. He prescribed blood food and killed many people.

His voice paused, and he said calmly:

Put to death!

PS: Today's second update... 4,800 words, a little late~

Just imagine the story, not the official history, just read the story.

The saying that tigers are fierce tigers did first appear in Shuowen Jiezi in the Eastern Han Dynasty

Zhongshan Wine is recorded in Volume 19 of Sou Shen Ji and Volume 10 of Natural History~