Don't touch my tomb!

From the waiter in the shop, Qin Xiaocong and the others learned that not only Heshen Township, but the entire city of Jincheng has an indissoluble bond with cranes.

About 300 years ago, the mortal world was in a period of dynasty change, the soldiers were in turmoil, the people were in dire straits, and there were people fleeing famine and disaster everywhere.

At that time, Heshen Township was still a remote mountain village with few people, so it was rare that it was not attacked by war.One day, a fleeing couple came here unintentionally. They were overjoyed to see the peace and tranquility, fertile paddy fields and luxuriant products, so they decided to settle down here.

The couple lost all their wealth on the way to escape, leaving only two sons carried on poles. Due to long-term malnutrition, both children were pale and emaciated, especially the youngest one, who was dying and was about to die.

There was no shortage of food and drink in Heshen Township, but no medicinal materials. The couple was in a hurry, but there was nothing they could do.In order to find a way out for his son, the husband ventured to the city to find medicine, but he failed to come back alive.

The wife guarded the two sons for a while, but was bitten by a poisonous snake hidden in the water during a fishing trip, and died soon after.For a time, this already unfortunate family had only two children left.

The couple's two sons, the eldest named Jin Sheng, is only seven years old, and the youngest is called Jin Fu, who is only four years old.After his parents died one after another, Jin Sheng dragged the half-dead Jin Fu on for a while longer.

But Jin Fu was too weak, and he didn't receive timely treatment, so he was about to die.Although Jin Sheng was young, he was very resilient. He decided to take Jin Fu to the city to find medicine.

Unexpectedly, on the way into the city, when passing by a small island in the middle of a lake, the two brothers met a pair of cranes, one of which was dying, and the other kowtowed to a stone on the island until its head broke. blood flow.Later, a little boy in a white robe came out of the stone. The boy gave the crane a feather, and the crane put the feather on his dying companion, and his companion came back to life.The two cranes kowtowed gratefully to the boy, danced around him, and left the island after the boy disappeared.

All of this was seen by Jin Sheng. After the two cranes left, Jin Sheng followed the example of the crane and kowtowed desperately to the stone, constantly saying, "I beg the crane to save my brother's life." and so on.

Perhaps moved by Jin Sheng's sincerity, the boy in white robe appeared again and gave Jin Sheng a feather in the same way. Jin Sheng imitated the crane's practice and covered Jin Fu's forehead with the feather, and Jin Fu really came back to life !

It is said that the boy in white robe is the Crane God.Since then, the Jin brothers have lived under the protection of the Crane God.The two brothers depended on each other for life and worked hard to become stronger. Later, Jin Sheng grew up to be a general in the troubled times, assisting the founding emperor of the current dynasty to end the war.In order to commend Jin Sheng for his contributions, the emperor made him the Lord of a city. Jin Sheng chose He City where Heshen Township was located.

The relationship between Jin Sheng and his younger brother Jin Fu has always been very good. The two brothers have a very close relationship, and they often sleep together when they are adults.

Jin Fu was frail since he was a child, but he was gifted and intelligent. He was the most powerful military adviser around Jin Sheng, and he was also the first liberal arts champion since the founding of the dynasty.

The brothers of the Jin family are both civil and military, and they are all handsome and handsome. The matchmaker who talked about their marriage almost broke through the threshold.

Jin Sheng soon got engaged to a young lady of a family. Seeing that the wedding date was imminent, Jin Fu was bitten by a poisonous snake and was about to die.

Jin Sheng thought of the Crane God again, and he brought Jin Fu to the small island in the middle of the lake again, but this time no matter how many times he kowtowed, the Crane God never appeared again, and Jin Fu died just like that.

When Jin Sheng was distraught, the Crane God appeared again, this time he turned into a boy.The Crane God asked Jin Sheng to make a statue for him, set up a temple, and offer incense, so that he could bless Jin Fu to rest in peace and protect the people of Jincheng.

Jin Sheng complied, and the Crane God Temple sprung up in Jincheng, especially the Crane God Township, where the Crane God appeared. The Crane God Temple here is more magnificent than other places.The diamond rock used to shape the body of the Crane God in the temple is said to be the one where the Crane God lives.

This is where Jincheng people worship the Crane God, especially in Heshen Township, where almost everyone is a believer in the Crane God.The Crane God is also very effective. Whoever encounters misfortune, come to worship the Crane God, and it will always be resolved.Over time, the incense in the Crane Temple became more and more prosperous.

No one can tell when the loneliness of Crane Temple began.First of all, people's prayers cannot be answered in time, and some people's difficulties cannot be solved. More and more people doubt the Crane God.Some people even say that there is no crane god in this world, but it was just fabricated by Taoist priests to cheat money.

Although the Crane God is not as efficacious as before, people in Crane God Township are still used to worshiping when they have nothing to do.About ten years ago, the Crane God appeared again, and this time the whole Crane God Township was a sensation!

The Crane God walked down directly from the Sumeru Platform of the Crane God Temple.It is said that this time the Crane God is already an adult man, with fluttering white clothes and full of immortality, but no one present can see his appearance clearly.Crane God said that he encountered trouble in the process of practice and needed the help of believers. He asked believers to offer him the most sincere blessings to help him survive the calamity in practice.

It's just a blessing, what's so difficult about it?Under the appeal of several big believers of the Crane God, a large number of believers of the Crane God gathered in the Temple of the Crane God and prayed for the Crane God day and night.One day, thunder rumbled over the Crane Temple, and lightning kept hitting the Crane Temple, but none of them hurt the Crane Temple.

Some knowledgeable people said that this is the Crane God crossing the catastrophe, and everyone's blessings helped the Crane God escape the catastrophe, and the Crane God will definitely repay everyone's kindness after crossing the catastrophe.As a result, the hearts of everyone praying for blessings became more and more pious.

The thunder rumbled all night, and the entire Crane Temple was unscathed. On the second day, when the dawn of the East first appeared, there was a loud and clear crane cry in the Crane Temple, and many people saw a huge crane shadow coming from the crane. The statue rose up, and the crane shadow circled around the hall and then went straight to the sky, never to be seen again.

With such a miracle in sight, the believers' admiration for the Crane God became more and more intense.Misfortunes may follow one after another, and the believers who participated in the blessing began to have bad luck one after another. In the good cases, their families went bankrupt, and in severe cases, their families were destroyed.At this time, no matter how much they prayed, the Crane God never appeared again.

Later, a Taoist priest from other places came to Heshen Township. Hearing the story of the Crane God and his believers, he was shocked and said that the believers were all deceived by the Crane God. It was not a god at all, but a crane demon!This crane demon was originally going to be killed by the catastrophe, but borrowed the blessings of the believers to survive the catastrophe and survived for hundreds of years.But the believers who were borrowed by him became unlucky ghosts, and the days to come would surely be worse and worse.

At the beginning, the believers in Crane God Township were still skeptical, but then, several big believers of Crane God died suddenly for no reason, and disasters happened one after another in several families, and the crime of Crane God was confirmed in one fell swoop.

Angry believers rushed into the Crane God Temple, clamoring for the Crane God to come out and give an explanation, but only the cold statue of the Crane God faced them.The grief, anger and fear of the believers reached the extreme, and they began to smash the Crane Temple recklessly. In the chaos, no one knew who set a fire and wanted to burn the Crane Temple.

Desperate worshipers evacuated in droves as the fire blazed.At that time, there was a heavy rain in the world, which extinguished the fire that had just started.Even if the burning is not finished, the Crane Temple will not be able to be seen for a long time.

After that, the life of the believers who participated in the smashing and burning became more and more miserable. Their resentment towards the Crane God increased day by day, and the entire Crane God Township became more and more depressed amidst resentment and curses.

"...Anyway, from that day on, our situation has been getting worse day by day. It's evil, as long as anyone goes to the Crane Temple and doesn't scold him a few words, he will be unlucky, and the Crane God will become our god of plague. "The waiter in the shop sighed, "At the beginning, our owner also set up shop here because the Crane Temple was full of incense and tourists, who knew it would become like this. After coming and going, Crane Township became Plague Township, and everyone was even more reluctant. It's coming, don't you say it's unlucky?"

"So you people hate Xianhe?" Qin Xiaocong was so engrossed in listening to it that he forgot to drink a glass of wine.

"That's not true." The waiter showed a confused expression, "The local people think that the cranes have spirits, so they won't hurt them easily. But it's strange to say that after the Crane Temple was burned, the cranes in this place gradually disappeared. No, there are a lot more snakes, and most of them are poisonous. By the way, you two should take some realgar powder with you when you go out, it can prevent snakes."

He Lang asked, "Where is the Taoist priest from other places?"

"I don't know where I went. He is a master with profound cultivation, how can he stay with us forever!" The shop waiter said, clasped his hands together and bowed in all directions, "The priest of the spiritual cave blesses me not to be contaminated. The bad luck of the Crane God."

After worshiping, he smiled embarrassedly, "I can't help it, I'm afraid of this." He took out two triangular yellow talisman paper bags from his sleeve and handed them to He Lang and Qin Xiaocong respectively, "I'm talking about spiritual caves." The Taoist priest is the Taoist who exposed the true face of the Crane God. Many people believe in him now. Although the Taoist priest of Lingdong has left, he has kept his apprentice here. This is the anti-mold talisman paper I asked for from his apprentice. It is very good use."

The waiter looked at He Lang and Qin Xiaocong, "Is there anything else you two guests want to know?"

Qin Xiaocong said, "I'm gone, what about you?"

He Lang said to the waiter in the shop: "Go."

"Okay, take it easy, both of you."

After the waiter left, Qin Xiaocong picked up a yellow talisman paper bag he had left behind, put it under his nose, sniffed it, and immediately threw it aside, "It stinks! Can this thing exorcise evil spirits? Does the smell knock people down?" ?”

Seeing this, He Lang picked up another yellow talisman paper bag and sniffed it too.He didn't smell anything, but frowned slightly, "It's full of evil."

Qin Xiaocong pinched his nose and knocked out the yellow talisman paper bag in He Lang's hand, "Throw it away, it stinks to death!"

Instead, He Lang collected the two yellow talisman paper packets and opened one.

Ordinary talisman paper bags contain handwritten spells, or put some incense ash, and then blessed by people with high spiritual power, which can indeed have some effect of exorcising evil spirits.This yellow talisman paper bag is no exception, inside is a pile of gray-black powder.

As soon as the yellow talisman paper bag was opened, Qin Xiaocong couldn't bear it anymore, "It stinks, didn't you smell it?"

He Lang told the truth, "I really don't smell it." He even stretched out his hand to twirl the powder, and examined it carefully, "It's not like incense ash, but rather the powder made from some animal's scales."

"What animal's scales smell so bad?"

"Killed someone." He Lang said.

"What?" Qin Xiaocong was taken aback.

"Monster cultivators who have committed murders, for extremely pure spirit bodies, their bodies are unsmelly stinky." He Lang closed the yellow talisman paper and took out a new talisman paper to wrap them.

The stench finally disappeared, and Qin Xiaocong breathed a sigh of relief, "This talisman is filled with evil things, so there is something wrong with the Taoist priest? Let's go find his apprentice who stayed here?"

"That's what I meant, but." He Lang looked at Qin Xiaocong and found that his body was a little translucent again, "Before that, you have to rest first." Seeing that Qin Xiaocong wanted to refute, he continued, "I also Going to take a break."

All right.Qin Xiaocong shut his mouth resentfully.

Qin Xiaocong went into Yuli again to recuperate. He Lang called someone to clean up the leftover food and drink, and ordered someone to bring in hot water for him to take a bath.

Liufu came over again, "Young master is really wronged by this place, I'll help you take a bath."

He Lang glanced at Cong Yu who was quietly staying on the table, and shook his head at Liu Fu, "No, I'll do it myself."

Luk Fook reluctantly withdrew.

The condition of this inn is really simple, there is no separate bathroom in the room, only a screen separates the bathtub and the hall.

But when people are outside, they don't care so much about it.He Langkuan took off his coat and sat in the bathtub topless.

The piece of Cong jade flew up unsteadily, and came to He Lang's eyes, Qin Xiaocong's voice came from inside, "You look quite thin, I didn't expect you to be quite attractive."

At that time, He Lang's arm was resting on the bathtub, and Cong Yu fell onto his arm, and slid down his arm to his palm.

He Lang grabbed the dishonest piece of Cong jade in time, and said in a low voice, "Most people who practice martial arts are like this."

Cong Yu struggled twice in his palm, but did not break free, "Let me go, let me soak in the water for a while, and see that you are quite comfortable."

He Lang threw Cong Yu into the bucket next to the tub, and there happened to be half a bucket of water in it, still warm.

Qin Xiaocong was very dissatisfied with this kind of treatment, but he couldn't pick any thorns at the moment. He couldn't say that he felt uncomfortable because He Lang didn't let him take a bath with him, could he?

Qin Xiaocong stayed in the small bucket lonely for a long time before He Lang came out after washing.It's a pity that He Lang changed his clothes before he could appreciate other parts of He Lang's muscles, and he finally remembered to pick up Qin Xiaocong.

Such a poor and elegant appearance reminded Qin Xiaocong of his tomb owner.When he finds the murderer who killed the crane, he will have to inquire about He Lang's origin, maybe he really has a relationship with the owner of the tomb.

He Lang put Cong Yu beside his pillow and lay down himself.After he lay down, the lights in the room turned off automatically.

Qin Xiaocong opened his eyes wide in the dark, and called out "He Lang", but He Lang didn't respond, fell asleep so soon?

Qin Xiaocong was trying to see if he had really fallen asleep, when a strong sense of drowsiness hit him, and he also fell into a deep sleep.

This time, Qin Xiaocong slept extremely peacefully and comfortably.This can be said to be the most solid sleep he has had since he left the tomb. He always felt that there was a steady stream of spiritual power replenished into his body, and the feeling of weakness and powerlessness was swept away.

Qin Xiaocong hugged the person under him even more tightly. It was really comfortable. This feeling was a bit like when he was lying on the tomb owner to absorb spiritual power. No, it was much better than that time. , panicking, this hug is moderately soft and hard, but it's still warm!