Urban Night Returner

"Our ancestors of the Xiao family used to do things like stealing graves and digging graves. This industry is called "Dou Dou". At that time, the years were chaotic and no one cared about it. In my generation, the number of people is dying, and there are wars everywhere. , life is hard, and I have to pick up this craft. Because there is an ancestral method of observing Fengshui, if you can find a tomb, someone will follow it. Including me, there are four people in total. People from the village, the nearby fights cannot be collapsed, There was nothing there, we just went far away. After working for about two or three years, the last time, there was a big fight.

That place is in Qionglai Mountain. According to local people, that place was passed by Dayu to control the floods, and before Dayu ascended to immortality, he hid golden books and jade slips there.Of course, these are all legends, and we don't take them to heart.We mainly saw the tomb in the mountain.

As a result, not long after we entered the mountain, the weather became cloudy with heavy wind and rain.We turned east and west, obviously we had a compass in our hands, but we still got lost somehow.Then I came to a place where the road under my feet was fairly flat, but the road ahead was rugged and steep, surrounded by woods.We were finding our way, and there was a fire ahead, moving towards us.We were afraid of bumping into people, so we all climbed into the trees to hide.At that time, I smelled a fishy smell coming from the wind, and then I heard the hissing on the grass, and I don’t know how many snakes swam by, big and small, poisonous and non-toxic, all mixed together, swimming like fleeing for their lives .As the flames approached, we saw a stele moving from the front, surrounded by flames, it must have been the flame we saw just now.The stele was carved out of a single block of stone, and it could move somehow, and the speed was not slow. Any snake caught by the stele would not move.I only heard the swishing sound in the wind, as if I was sucking something.When the stele was far away, there was a layer of snakes on the ground. It took us a long time before we dared to go down to have a look, only to find that the snakes on the ground had only a layer of dry skin left, and all flesh and blood were gone.

One of us, whose ancestor was a declining scholar, knew a few words, and had a few books at home, said at this time that this place must be the realm of Yin and Yang, and the monument just now should be the Yuwang Monument that Dayu erected when he was killing snakes here. .He said it with certainty, and we didn't know the truth or falsehood at the time, let alone where he knew about it. "

Zhong Lecen nodded: "Oh, "Zi Bu Yu"."

Xiao Shiqi looked up at him: "What?"

"The "Zibuyu" written by Yuan Mei of the Qing Dynasty records the stele of King Yu and the world of Yin and Yang."

"Oh——" Xiao Shiqi obviously didn't understand this matter for so many years. After thinking for a while, he said, "Zibuyu? Yes, it seems that he did say that name at the time, but we didn't understand it. But after he died, he I have counted all the books at home, but this one is not there."

"It's also called "New Qi Harmony"."

"Ah—yes, there is such a book. But I couldn't read a few words at the time, so it was sold."

Zhong Lecen didn't answer.Xiao Shiqi stared erratically at the front wall, nodded for a long time, and continued: "At that time, this person said that since there is a stele of King Yu, the place where Dayu kept the golden books and jade slips must be near here. He said that the golden books and jade slips What is recorded in it is Dayu's talisman spell to drive ghosts and gods and transform into immortals. If we can get this thing, maybe we can also become immortals. I think this is nonsense, but the golden book and jade slips must be valuable things. So I decided to look around here.

As for how we found that place, I am still in the dark when I think about it. I only know that we must have crossed the yang realm and entered the yin realm, because the further we go, the more difficult the mountain road is, and one person even fell and injured himself. We had to take turns carrying him on our backs.As we walked, the wind blew up again. When we looked back, there was a large python with the thickness of a bucket chasing us. At that time, we were so frightened that we couldn't care less about the road and ran for our lives. .I don't know how long we ran, but we got rid of the giant python, but when we stopped to take a breath, we found that we got lost again.We didn't dare to walk back and forth, because we were afraid of encountering that giant python again, so we had to move forward.This mountain road is extremely narrow, the cliffs on the top of the head meet each other, leaving only a line of sky in the middle, the vertical mountain wall is on the left, and the abyss is on the right. The mountain road is only half a foot wide. It fell down with a clatter.The four of us wanted to stop, but we were afraid that the giant python would catch up, and it would be even more difficult to escape on this narrow mountain road, so we had to bite the bullet and walk forward.After walking all night in fear, when the sky was about to dawn, they finally walked along the mountain road to a flat slope.Although this place is also a hillside, the ground is very flat, and it is covered with fluffy green grass, and some small flowers are blooming, which is completely different from the previous mountain road with no grass growing.There is a big stone in the middle of the flat ground, and the top is as flat as a millstone.We were so exhausted that we couldn't take care of so much, so we all sat down under the stone and leaned against the stone to rest.

I sat for a while and wanted to stand up. I propped my hand on the stone unintentionally, and suddenly felt a few words under the stone.I touched it for a long time, and found out that there are eight words: those who send it die, and those who see it are blind. "When he said this, although it was a memory, there was a nervous look on his expression.

Shen Gu sneered slightly: "You must have lifted the stone?"

Xiao Shiqi smiled wryly: "That's right. The more it is written on the rock, the more we want to see what's underneath. But the rock is too big, and no one can lift it, so we dig soil under the rock, trying to make it roll down the hillside Go down. At that time, I forgot to be tired or hungry. After digging for a full day, when it was getting dark again, the stone finally shook. The four of us pried desperately with sticks, and finally lifted the stone. Under the stone is a For the pit, we scraped the top soil a shallow layer, and then touched the hard thing below, like a stone slab. But when we brushed the soil away, we found that it was not a stone slab, but four pieces put together Each piece of jade plate is about a ruler square, and they are blue, red, white, and black, and the color is as moist as fat, and it looks like a high-quality jade."

Zhong Lecen and Shen Gu glanced at each other, Zhong Lecen said, "That's the jade used to set up the Four Spirit Formation in the Jinyu Mansion, right?"

"Yes. But that's only a small part of the four jade plates. At that time, where the four jade plates were joined together, there were carvings of Qinglong, Baihu, Suzaku and Xuanwu respectively. The figures were only about an inch square, and the blank places were inlaid with gold There are some strange patterns, and there are eight gold characters inlaid on the four sides, which is still "the one who sends out dies, and the one who sees is blind".

We were all crazy with excitement.How much are these four jade plates and the gold inlaid on them worth?Then there must be other treasures down there, maybe even more valuable than this one!So we lifted the jade board, and there was a tunnel underneath, with stone steps leading to the ground, so we walked down the stone steps.

The stone steps went all the way to the ground, and the walls on both sides were tallow candles as thick as arms, but no matter how we tried to light them with fire, they couldn't light them.And the more you walk, the colder you feel.At that time, I was more thoughtful, and quietly took out the double amulet handed down from my family and pinned it to the skirt of my clothes.

It is said that this substitute talisman was obtained by the ancestors with a lot of money.In order to save lives in case of any danger in the fight.We walked all the way to the bottom, and saw a stone room at the bottom. There was a box in the middle of the room, the size of an ordinary suitcase, and it was all made of gold. There was an unnamed animal embossed on the box, like a dragon. , but it’s not a dragon. It has a human face, but it has scales all over its body. Its eyes are inlaid with two different gemstones, one emerald and one pigeon’s blood red, each as big as an apricot pit. It's still the same eight characters, 'Those who send it die, those who see it are blind'. "

Xiao Shiqi breathed out, as if the narration made him very tired, closed his eyes, and continued for a long time: "We were all very happy when we saw this gold box. Gold in prosperous times, antiques and troubled times, gold was easier than jade in those days. Let go. And pigeon blood rubies are extremely precious, and one as big as an apricot pit is priceless. We went up to try to open the box, but there was no lock on the box, but we couldn’t pry it open. Later we used a dagger to pry it for a long time , prying off two daggers, the lid of the box was finally loose. At that time, I was the closest to the box, and I was about to open it, when suddenly there was a whoosh from behind, I dodged to the side, and a knife stuck to my ear and chopped Beside the box is the fella who broke his leg, and I helped him down just now.

Thinking about it now, we were killing each other with knives like we were insane.In fact, there are some things in the box that we haven’t seen yet, but we are all afraid of being captured by others, brothers who are usually good friends, but this meeting will definitely kill each other.The box was knocked down in the chaos, and when the lid was opened, I felt that my eyes suddenly went dark, and I heard other people's screams in my ears, but I couldn't see anything.I was so frightened that I crawled around looking for the exit, grabbed a round object, and forgot to drop it in the confusion, just climbed out from the steps, and I didn't even know how to touch the exit.

Climbing to the ground, my eyes were able to see suddenly, only to realize that what I was holding in my hand was the piece of jade inlaid on the box, and the four jade plates at the entrance were still on the ground. I picked up the jade plates, He ran away without even looking back.It wasn't until I ran out of the sky that I realized that the amulet on my body was gone.It seems that the double died in that stone room for me.At that time, it was dark, and I walked around without thinking. When it was dawn, I found out that I had come out, but I couldn't remember which way I took to get out.

When I got home, I was thinking about how to get the things out of my hands.In the end, I cut out the gold inlaid on the jade board and melted it into gold ingots. I saw off the smooth part of the jade board and sold it, leaving only four small pieces with patterns.Those jade boards were of good quality, and although it was a troubled time, they still cost a lot of money, so I took my family and left my hometown to start a new business elsewhere, and I will never do business again.

But for three years in a row, I gave birth to two children, both of whom died of bleeding from the seven orifices when they were about half a year old. Later, even my wife died, and I myself began to cough up blood and weep in the wind... I know, the eight children on the box A word should be answered. "

When Xiao Shiqi said this, he let out a long breath, and leaned his head on the pillow tiredly, lost in thought.Shen Gu said coldly: "At this time you met Zuo Mu, he said he could solve your calamity, didn't he?"

Xiao Shiqi smiled wryly: "Yes. I met him when I went to buy a coffin for my woman. I bought two coffins within a year, and everyone in the coffin shop knew me, so he stopped me and said that I have a baby. During the calamity, I didn’t listen to him at all. But he said behind my back that I would bleed to death in less than a month, which shocked me a bit. Because others only know that my family is dead, but they don’t know what bleeding from the seven orifices is. At that time, I was also a dead horse as a living horse doctor, so I invited him to my home and asked him what he could do to save the catastrophe. As a result, he asked me about my life in the Yin and Yang world, and asked me to take out four jade plates, Said that this is the way to pass the robbery. I didn't believe it at the time, I was afraid he was here to swindle my things, but he said that I will be due in a month, and he can let me pass this level first, and then he gave I have a talisman, and when I look at it, it is exactly the same as the substitute talisman handed down by the family. Only then did I know that the surrogate talisman of my ancestors was actually obtained from him. He was only in his thirties at that time. But the amulet has been handed down for two generations! Only then did I believe that he was really capable, so I took out the four jade boards and gave them to him. He used these four jade boards to set up formations in the old house, and as a result my body He got better soon, and later married a wife and had children, just like ordinary people. Zuo Mu has always lived in my house, but he would disappear for a while from time to time, appearing and disappearing. But these decades Here, his appearance has always remained the same as the first time I saw him, not half old."

Zhong Lecen listened quietly, and nodded: "It seems that he has used the method of nourishing yin a long time ago, but I don't know who was nourishing his yin at that time."

Xiao Shiqi didn't care about this, and continued: "Later, my business gradually expanded, and it was not good for me to stay in that place, so I wanted to change places. Binhai had just developed at that time, so I came in. But the competition was too fierce. Zuo Mu moved the Siling Jade from the old house and set up a fortune-making formation in the Jinyu Building. At that time, Zhengfan's second child was born prematurely and was in poor health. The doctor said that he might not live for a few years. Zuo Mu said Use this child to transfer luck and attract wealth... But I really don't know about nourishing yin or something, let alone why this child's bones are incomplete..."

Zhong Lecen nodded: "I understand a little bit now. But what about Shen Gu? What do you want to use him for?"

Xiao Shiqi knew that he couldn't hide it anymore, so he could only say: "Yes. I was very annoyed when Yifan did that, because he was already engaged at that time, and he was going to marry the daughter of the bank branch manager at that time. Would you agree to the marriage? But Zuo Mu said, if the child can be born on a cloudy day, it will be a natural spiritual weapon, which is perfect for suppressing evil. Although the Four Spirit Formation is effective, it will fail after a long time. When I first arrived in Binhai, the business was not good, and Zhengfan's children were not in good health. It was because the Four Spirit Formation in the old house was too old. If you say so, it will keep you safe for a long time. So he took away the jadeite I got in the Yin-Yang world, and asked Yifan to give it to your mother. Zuo Mu said, it is also a spiritual object, which can gather your spiritual energy. But he Don't let us bother you, saying that only when you are 30 years old can you use it as a spiritual weapon."

Shen Gu didn't speak, but the hands on Zhong Lecen's shoulders had already clenched into fists.Zhong Lecen held his hand lightly, and said flatly, "But Zuo Mu is dead, isn't he?"

Xiao Shiqi nodded: "That's right. He and Qingfan had a car accident abroad, and he died. I wondered at first why in a small car accident, Qingfan only had a concussion, but he died. It turned out that you broke the Yin Yang Array. But he said before his death that if one day the array in Jinyu Mansion becomes useless, it will be the end of our Xiao family's luck. But as long as you can stay in the house, you can keep the Xiao family safe." He smiled wryly For a moment, "I know, our Xiao family is sorry for you, but after all, you also have the blood of the Xiao family on your body. If this catastrophe does not go away, it will also be on you. You are also the Xiao family, and you cannot escape this fate. Yes—" Seeing that Shen Gu was about to speak, he quickly added, "You may not be afraid of death, but anyone who has anything to do with the Xiao family will be in this calamity. This Tianshi Zhong can't escape either."

Shen Gu was already planning to walk away, but when Xiao Shiqi mentioned Zhong Lecen, he couldn't help hesitating.Zhong Lecen said that he was born with a hostile spirit and was difficult for ghosts to get close to, so he was not afraid of doom.But it was about Zhong Lecen, he didn't dare to take the risk.Although Zhong Lecen was born in a family of celestial masters, he has no spiritual power. If it is really like what Zhong Leyang said, his fate will be bad. If it is because he is also involved in some kind of calamity, I am afraid he will not be able to make it through.

Xiao Shiqi saw that his words had an effect, and quickly added: "I'm about to die, and this matter is all my idea. If I die, you should vent your anger. As for the town house, Zuo Mu said, As long as you move to live in that house, you don’t need to do anything else. Most of Xiao’s shares and decision-making power must be given to Zhengfan, because he can do things. You can do whatever you want, if you think it’s not enough, I can give it to you again, as long as you live in that house, okay? Anyway, those people are also your uncles and brothers, so you can watch them die one by one?"

Zhong Lecen interrupted him: "Mr. Xiao, there is no need to say these words anymore. Shen Gu is not interested in your Xiao family's decision-making power. When it comes to uncles and brothers, don't say that no one has regarded him as a relative for so many years. Now, Mr. Xiao, aren't you still trying to use him? These words are just a joke. "

Xiao Shiqi's face was blue and red.Zhong Lecen said flatly: "Although you are not benevolent, Shen Gu is a policeman, but he can't stand by and watch people die. But we don't guarantee whether we can help you in this matter. If Mr. Xiao is convenient, we'd better go first Take a look at your house."

Xiao Shiqi breathed a sigh of relief.He has lived to this age, and he no longer cares whether he lives or dies, but he can't help but feel fear in his heart when he thinks of cutting off his children and grandchildren.As long as Shen Gu agrees to be the spiritual weapon of this town house, he can agree to any conditions.

"Okay, okay! Let's go back now."