Chinese Almanac Master

Xiao Nanzhu can still recall the origin of the New Year’s Eve Extinguishing Demon Map, the scene when he and Hua Chao broke into the underground palace. Although there are more elements of coincidence in it, when you think about it carefully, there is a bit of spontaneity. There was a meaning of destiny. Although he gradually learned about the origin of the ancient characters and his own life experience, he was at a loss as to why the painting appeared there. The only ancient character expert who had promised to give him an answer, since After entering the mountainous area of ​​Province C, there was no further news, and except for the inscription of the painting that said New Year's Eve Destroying Demons, there was no clue for Xiao Nanzhu to grasp this painting, and even New Year's Eve himself couldn't give him any answers. .

"New Year's Eve Demon Extermination Map..."

I don't know how many times I have opened this scroll with my own hands, and I can say that I know everything about Xiao Nanzhu depicted in this painting. He was curious about putting the treasures together, because he also vaguely suspected that it had something to do with New Year's Eve itself, but after so many researches, he didn't find anything wrong, and just now when Gu Yu talked to him , he accidentally knocked the scroll placed on the bookshelf to the ground, and through the slightly awkward angle viewed from above, Xiao Nanzhu saw the unfolded scroll for the first time, but felt that it was the same as his first scroll. There was a slight discrepancy when I saw it for the first time.

The fiery god in red is turning his back on thousands of creatures, his palms and cheeks are still bloody and dirty, and there are also evil spirits in front of him. Previously, Xiao Nanzhu only acted resolutely on New Year's Eve to protect those affected people. He stood in front of them regardless of his own safety, but when Xiao Nanzhu couldn't help squinting his eyes, and at the same time put his finger on the picture scroll full of blood and horror, he suddenly realized that he might I only understood the painting from a subjective point of view, and selectively didn't pay attention to those details that could be called weird and suspicious.

As far as the eye can see, although the evil monster has a terrifying face and claws and claws, its eyes do not fall on New Year's Eve from the beginning to the end. On the other hand, New Year's Eve is covered in blood and has a strange figure. He stretched out his sleeves and made a strange gesture in the direction of the evil, and looking at the thousands of creatures under the clouds, the expressions on their faces were not so much fear and pain, but rather a mixture of fear and pain. I hate hatred and fear. As for who this hate, hatred and even fear is for, only when Xiao Nanzhu, who has some bad premonitions in his heart, looks carefully at the inscription on the other side, he finally knows what he has been ignoring before. what.

Because he preconceived that New Year's Eve was the party that slays evil spirits, and with the words on the signature, he always thought it was a picture scroll depicting New Year's Eve, killing all evil spirits and protecting living beings. Besides, the scene in front of him was enough to make Xiao Nanzhu suddenly wake up, and in a flash, he immediately thought of what happened after he and Ji Zai translated the last volume of the Calendar Sutra that day .

The last volume of the Lifajing tells the story of Huangdi Xuanyuan who created the first Lifajing in the Huangli calendar. Because the Lifajing was compiled into a book by the descendants of the Yellow Emperor and later Pengzu, many stories cannot be verified. However, Because Ji Zai himself was very curious about the story of their ancestors at that time, Xiao Nanzhu searched for him when he was idle and bored, and after such a search, he found the first god born out of calendar paper life story.

The Yellow Emperor created the almanac. The earliest almanac was just an almanac that recorded the cycle of yin and yang, the gossip and the five elements, so its effectiveness was limited. One day, the Yellow Emperor saw a wizard in his clan draw a portrait on the linen animal skin as a sacrifice, and he had a whim. I also made such a sacrifice, because the Yellow Emperor was born good at calligraphy, painting and humanities, and had the ability to express the beauty of the world and the beauty of the world. Therefore, when the cinnabar outlines the human figure on the linen cloth, a bright and beautiful god like the scorching sun will appear. born.

That day in the calendar became the name of this god, and the Yellow Emperor gave him a robe made of silk spun out by silkworms and a brocade robe woven of feathers from celestial birds, and also gave him everything that made people jealous, because this god He is powerful and perfect, so at that time, the clansmen of the ancient clans enshrined him, sacrificed to him, and entertained him with the best food, but one day, this god created by the Yellow Emperor was infected with violence and evil spirits, and became A bloodthirsty monster, and his final ending was to be beheaded by the Yellow Emperor himself.

If it was before, Xiao Nanzhu might not have taken this story to heart, but after experiencing the death and resurrection of Shangsi Festival, he knew that although the God of Calendar would also die, the new gods were also born out of death Above the gods, and the most important thing is that the first born calendar god recorded in the calendar has a special name, which is related to the picture scroll in Xiao Nanzhu's hand at the moment...

"Master Li...what's the matter with you?"

Gu Yu stared at him suspiciously, with a little embarrassment on his pretty face, obviously seeing that Xiao Nanzhu's mood was not quite right at the moment.But it was obvious that he was friendly with him before, so it didn't make sense to suddenly get angry with him in such a short while, and Xiao Nanzhu, who had a gloomy face, also woke up suddenly after being called out by Gu Yu, and it took a while to slowly move the scroll. He put it away and put it back on the bookshelf, and stood up straighter again.

"It's okay, you can take this book and read it yourself, and ask me if you have any questions."

His throat tightened inexplicably, Xiao Nanzhu said this to Gu Yu in a low voice, but his face did not turn for the better. Gu Yu originally wanted to talk to Xiao Nanzhu, but at this moment, he could only hold his hand silently. This ancient calendar book nodded and returned to the calendar. When the golden light flashed and the goddess of calendar disappeared, there was only Xiao Nanzhu in front of the bookshelf. After standing alone for a long time, he took the picture scroll again. Open it, but this time he didn't say a word for a long time.

A feeling of unreasonable irritability began to hang over his heart. He had rarely felt this kind of emotion before, but it was related to New Year's Eve. Thinking of the New Year's Eve before, he kept telling himself that he didn't know the origin of this painting, and he felt a bit of coldness in his heart that he couldn't explain clearly.

"New Year's Eve—New Year's Eve—"

Called the name of New Year's Eve twice in a row, but there was no response in the calendar. Xiao Nanzhu knew that if there were no accidents, according to the usual situation, New Year's Eve would come out to see him soon, but today it is obvious that the calendar teacher is not at home. , and after thinking about it, Xiao Nanzhu immediately called out again,

"Cold food—"

Suddenly raising his voice, Xiao Nanzhu knew that the other gods in the almanac would come out immediately once they heard his call, but as expected, after his voice fell, the white-haired almanac in black clothes appeared beside him In front of him, it seemed that he hadn't thought that Xiao Nanzhu would suddenly call him out, Han Shi was obviously in a hurry, when he saw Xiao Nanzhu looking at him with an unclear expression, Han Shi was stunned for a moment, and suddenly had an ominous premonition in his heart.

"Where did you go on New Year's Eve?"

Xiao Nanzhu's tone was obviously not quite right, Han Shi hesitated for a moment when he heard the words, should he tell Xiao Nanzhu what he knew, after all New Year's Eve has something to say first, it's not good for him to talk to Xiao Nanzhu like this now, but Seeing that his own calendar teacher was clearly in a bad mood, Han Shi hesitated for a moment before saying in a deep voice,

"The night before yesterday, I went to Binjiang Road with him. Some new monster was bred there after the snake mother. It seemed to come out of nowhere. We didn't know what it was. It was obvious when we went on New Year's Eve. It’s still fine, but as soon as it touches the black sewage, it is immediately infected with evil spirits and becomes a little abnormal... These days, he told us not to talk to you, the calendar master, and said that he would figure it out, so..."

"Now he is infected with evil again?"

His voice unconsciously sank a bit. Xiao Nanzhu was still thinking about the things in the picture scroll, but now he only heard the matter of going away. Han Shi seemed to be thinking of what Xiao Nanzhu said to himself before New Year's Eve. He liked what he said, so he didn't want any misunderstanding between the two of them, so he pursed his lips and hurriedly explained,

"At that time, the evil spirit was restrained in time on New Year's Eve, so it didn't cause any big trouble. He has always had this problem, so I don't think there will be any major problems this time..."

Halfway through the conversation, Han Shi stopped talking, because he obviously felt that Xiao Nanzhu's face was becoming more and more ugly. He didn't understand why the man in front of him suddenly became so angry, and soon Xiao Nanzhu Suddenly, he yelled at the almanac hanging on the wall in a deep voice,

"Ah Nian! Come out!"

……

The night was like water, and through the hazy mist, New Year's Eve in red was standing in the darkness.

There was no Ah Nian or anyone beside him, but the severe pain still surged up from his heart and lungs, causing waves of torment in his heart.

However, there is nothing that can heal this kind of pain. Although this pain has plagued him for thousands of years, he still feels the deep pain, and the only person who can bring temporary comfort can't see him at this moment.

"Master..."

He unconsciously read the name in his mouth, and New Year's Eve, who had been lowering his head, unexpectedly felt some indescribable sweetness suddenly grew on his bitter lips and tongue, which made him inexplicably want to pull the corners of his lips and whisper softly A smile, but soon when he raised his head again, a gloomy distorted but extremely gorgeous face appeared in the night.

"come out."

The gloomy tone was more terrifying than usual when he was unsmiling on New Year's Eve. He just stood alone on this towering steel bridge and stared at the dark river below, apparently not caring about anything that could hurt him. It is also the reason why, as the God of Calendar, Hanshi Qingming and even many calendar gods dare not offend or disobey the meaning of New Year's Eve, but at this moment, when it is said that he is infected with evil spirits, so it is obviously different from usual New Year's Eve came here alone again When the riverside brought back his nightmare, he finally recalled that night when he and Han Shi came here to check the situation, the things he saw that seemed to be hallucinations did not seem to be hallucinations.

"Are you finally willing to come to see me? Behind everyone's back, you are afraid that others will know your secret, right..."

In the thick black fog, Binjiang, which had already returned to calm, was looming. On New Year's Eve, he looked at the surging river water with a gloomy expression, but he couldn't tell what it was. He was alert and impatient, but soon the large black and smelly sewage seemed to suddenly become a mirror that could reflect things, reflecting some strange scenes that he almost forgot about on New Year's Eve.

"They all blame me, it's all my fault...it's all my fault... right..."

The bright red turned into clearly visible blood and tears. The eyes of the skinny young man in red were red, and the ends of his eyes looked like colorful flower petals wetted by rain. He tried hard to hug his cold body tightly, as if he wanted him to stop Going on, but in the end he just laughed tremblingly, and after clenching his palms tightly, the red-clothed boy with a face as pale as paper grinned with white teeth full of blood .

"My name is Xi, and the Xuanyuan family keeps saying that they want to destroy the demons on New Year's Eve. What they want to eliminate is the evil Xi and the evil that destroys people. Then I will slaughter him in the whole of China, so that he will have no chance to get rid of me... But good?"