Under the moon, by the lake.
Han Yu walked with a sad expression.
He walked all the way to the lake, looked at the lake, and stood there for a long time.
But in the end, I still haven't taken that step forward.
When he came, he wanted to die, but when death came, he chickened out.
Then he squatted down and cried.
Crying until my face was filled with tears.
I don't know how long it took, but a slender and white hand gently patted his shoulder.
"Master." A gentle, female voice sounded from behind him.
Han Yu was stunned when he heard the sound, wiped his tears a little, and then turned around.
Then, he saw a beautiful woman wearing an orange-red coat with long hair shawl.
Although this girl has no makeup or hairpin, she is still extremely beautiful. She is like a fairy in heaven, without any trace of the dust of the human world.
"Girl...you..." Han Yu hesitated for a moment and was about to ask the other party something.
Sudden! The face of the woman in front of me started to change...
Her eyes began to bleed.
Dark red blood gushed out of his eyes and slid across his white face.
Her beautiful face grew full of hair at a speed visible to the naked eye, a mane that was very close to the color of her clothes.
In the end, her entire head gradually deformed and turned into the shape of a beast with a sharp mouth and long ears...
"Why do you want to harm me! Why do you want to harm me!"
When Han Yu came to his senses, the fox-headed woman had already strangled his neck with both hands and kept shouting these words at him in a sharp voice.
"Uh-ah..."
Han Yu woke up with a feeling of suffocation.
The moment he woke up, he felt covered in sweat, his throat was tight, and his heart was beating as fast as a galloping horse.
Shocked and dizzy, it took him nearly two minutes to gradually calm down.
Then he looked around, and then he remembered... After he left the palace and returned home, he did not go to bed because he was too worried and afraid. Instead, he ran to the study and held a candle to think at night.
He wanted to figure out where he had made an oversight tonight, and even more...he wanted to figure out... what the emperor would do with him next.
Unexpectedly, in the process of thinking, he fell asleep on the bookcase without realizing it.
Of course, because there was something on his mind, he actually slept neither long nor deeply.
Han Yu had had the nightmare just now... more than once.
Twenty-six years ago, Han Yu betrayed the Immortal Queen Yuwei to Guan Hengzi in order to achieve a "smooth rise to the top". For nearly a year, he often dreamed of this scene.
In his dreams, Han Yu would always go back to the Dongting Lake and see the fox demon who kindly helped him... But every time, the fox demon changed into a terrifying appearance and demanded his life. .
This dream did bother Han Yu for a while, but that day... is long gone.
If Han Yu was a kind and honest boy from a poor family when he was rescued by the Great Immortal Yuwei, then Han Yu when he betrayed the Great Immortal Yuwei was a man who was gradually infected by the officialdom but still had a clear conscience and knew regret and guilt. people.
So, now Han Yu has long been a person who doesn't care about anything except his own ambition.
Family members, students, colleagues, princes, emperors... In his opinion, no one is disposable. The importance of these people is only linked to their "use value".
Therefore, Han Yu, who suddenly dreamed of Yuwei Daxian demanding his life again tonight, did not arouse any feelings of "remorse for his repayment of kindness" because of what happened in his dream when he woke up.
He never thought at all: Perhaps, this dream was the last chance and a revelation given to him by God... There was a power in the dark telling him that good and evil will be rewarded, and it will be safe to turn around.
If Han Yu could, through this dream, regain some of his unexhausted conscience in his youth and stop in time, maybe he would still have a way to survive.
After all, the main problem back then was Na Guan Hengzi, and Han Yu was also bluffed by Lian Meng and finally failed to resist before surrendering Yuwei.
Now Yuwei Immortal has suffered the calamity of her "fame deceiving her destiny" and lost most of her Taoism; Guan Hengzi has also been deposed by the people of "Taihao Sect", and there is still the calamity of Shuangxie to be dealt with in the future. Woolen cloth……
As for Han Yu, if he can sincerely repent, maybe there will be some opportunity in the future that allows him to atone for his sin of repaying kindness with revenge, and Tamao may be able to forgive him by doing so. This opportunity came to fruition smoothly.
It's a pity that there aren't that many "what if..."s in the world, and I can't assume and expand them all by myself.
At present, Han Yu not only did not think about "atonement" or "stopping", but he also got another kind of inspiration because of this dream.
He felt: Is this dream telling me... In this desperate situation, only ghosts and gods can save me?
As the saying goes, it’s better to seek medical treatment in a hurry. The more Han Yu thought about it, the more reasonable it became. He immediately called the servants standing guard outside the house and asked them to turn on the lights again (previously, the candles in the room had been burned out after Han Yu fell asleep. Now, The room was dark), and he ordered his servants to get yellow paper, incense candles, copper coins, and some cinnabar. He was about to "invite God" in his study.
You may be surprised to see this. Master Han, can he still do this?
Harmful, in fact he doesn’t know how to do it, he is just “trying”.
Of course, if he only has the above-mentioned things, there is no need to try them. He knows that there is no chance.
The reason why Han Yu had the confidence to try to "invite the gods" was because there was another key item in the study - a jade pendant left by Guan Hengzi.
Here is a hint in our book: This jade pendant is actually an ordinary jade pendant, not a magic weapon, and it is not even worth a few dollars.
It's just that after Guan Hengzi deceived Han Yu, in order to make the "play" appear more real, he left this jade pendant to Han Yu, saying... "If you don't become famous within ten years, you can rely on this You want to settle accounts with me, but if you are indeed a very human minister in the future, this is the token that the old Taoist has deposited with you. When I come to retrieve it, it will be your turn to repay your kindness."
After farting, Guan Hengzi left without even mentioning "how to use" this jade pendant to settle the score with him if the other party failed to succeed in his career. Han Yu was also confused at the time and did not ask further questions, so this matter Just let it go.
Later, when Guan Hengzi's evil deeds were exposed and he was about to be killed by the old Taoists, he begged for mercy and swore an oath that he would never ask Han Yu for anything again. He also emphasized that Yuwei was not dead either. He hadn't made any irreversible mistakes yet... so he saved his life and was punished by losing his moral integrity and being expelled from the school.
So far, in fact, the jade pendant in Han Yu's hand has become completely useless, and he can just throw it away.
But from Master Han’s perspective, he began to have a prosperous official career just a few years after betraying Yuwei Immortal. He naturally felt that this was due to Guan Hengzi’s transaction between the two, so he had no confidence in Guan Hengzi’s abilities. He was convinced that he would keep this jade pendant as a treasure left by the Immortal family, but...he really didn't want the other party to come to him one day to "repay his kindness".
Tonight, in despair, I thought of Han Yu who prayed to gods and ghosts. Through his dream, he thought of the "Great Immortal Guanhengzi", and then he took out this last "life-saving straw".
Although this jade pendant is useless, Han Yu firmly believes that it is a magical thing. With the help of this trick, he may be able to contact Guan Hengzi, or contact some other immortal leader... ...In short, it is better than sitting still and waiting for death.
In a word, regardless of whether it works or not, try the head office, right?
So, after Master Han brought the materials needed to "invite the gods" to his servants, he sent them all out and ordered them to stay away from the study. They were not allowed to come close to eavesdrop, and they didn't care about what they heard or saw. Don't come in... I'll go out by myself when it's all over.
After finishing the explanation, Han Yu personally confirmed at the door that everyone had left and gone away, then returned to the house and began to "set up the formation."
Although Mr. Han was not familiar with the Qimen Bagua, Taoism and Immortal Techniques, he still had some exposure to the "Three Changes" and could draw a Bagua array on paper, so he followed the instructions he had seen in the village when he was a child. For the impression of the performance, I drew a Bagua array on yellow paper with cinnabar-ground ink, and placed a copper coin on each of the eight hexagrams. I lit a candle on the east, west, south, and north of the array, and placed an incense burner on the north side. , inserted three sticks of incense, and finally put the broken jade pendant into the formation as an eye.
Don't look at it, it seems like there isn't much to do, but doing this can really tire Han Yu's body, which has been pampered for many years.
He set up the formation and rested for a few minutes, then came to the front of the formation, clasped his hands together, and muttered: "The sky is Lingling, the earth is Lingling, the Supreme Lord has come to show his spirit~"
Everyone...
In this parallel universe, you can eat whatever you want, but you can't move the array randomly, and you can't recite the mantra randomly.
Regardless of the fact that these gangsters are just pretending to be clever and performing on the street, they all know that they have to do it in broad daylight, and what they say is deliberately unclear and incomprehensible...
It would be better for you, Han Yu, to do this alone in your study at midnight on the eve of the Zhongyuan Dynasty, when the dead animals gathered in the capital... The key point is that many of your settings in this formation are "wrong".
This is just like some people who clearly don't understand computers but still like to DIY, adjust this and that, until the computer worth tens of thousands of dollars crashes every day... If you mess around, something will happen.
Sure enough, Han Yu's actions not only failed to attract the "gods" he wanted to seek, but also attracted other things...
…………
An hour ago, the palace.
We know that Zhu Qi was a relatively responsible emperor, so when he learned that Brother Sun was "illiterate", although he had already concluded that "Han Yu framed Sun Yixie" based on his previous observations and reasoning He was 80% or 90% sure, but he still didn't do anything to Han Yu on the spot. He just asked Han Yu to go back first, and then he repeatedly verified the issue of "Sun Yixie is illiterate" with Shuang Xie and Ling Huxiang who stayed behind. .
As a result, it took him half an hour to discover that the "Celestial Protector of the Country" whom he had just canonized was not only illiterate, but also probably hypocritical, mentally retarded, stupid, forgetful, timid, lustful, greedy, and despicable. Shameless...the negative attributes are too numerous to describe.
But one thing is certain, this person, Huang Donglai, Linghuxiang, and others who are with them are indeed loyal ministers. Their primary purpose is to solve the crisis of the Thirteen Dead Animals. How can they compare with Han Yu who always regards Compared with people who put personal interests, party struggles, and power struggles first, these gangsters are more trustworthy.
So after tonight, Zhu Yao felt more relieved about the Hunyuan Star Gate.
To make a long story short, after chatting with the emperor, Sun, Huang, and Linghu, accompanied by several eunuchs and imperial guards, prepared to leave the palace and return to the post house.
Coincidentally, halfway through, they met Fudozi who was also going back to the inn, and the four of them came to the same place.
Huang Donglai also asked: "Uncle, I haven't seen you all day. What are you and the Imperial Master busy with in this palace?"
"Let's set up the formation." Fuzi replied directly as he had nothing to hide.
"Ah?" Huang Donglai immediately asked, "The palace is so big, how did you two start setting up the formation? Is it possible that you are planning to set up hundreds of formations in the imperial city before the Ghost Festival?"
Hearing this, Fudozi waved his hand, then stretched out a finger: "Just one."
"Oh? Where is it?" Huang Donglai asked naturally.
Fudozi shook his head again: "There is no need to 'pose', the 'formation' is already there, we only need to use weapons to set it up, use magic to start it, and use people to control it..."
"Also..." Huang Donglai was still confused and muttered.
Sun Yixie came to his senses at this time: "Oh~ Could it be that... the architectural layout of the Forbidden City itself is based on a certain formation?"
"That's right." Fudozi nodded, "Three hundred years ago, when this city was built, some experts at that time considered that a catastrophe like today might happen one day, so they came up with this idea."
"Damn it, haven't we already won?" Huang Donglai said, "With a formation as big as a city, no matter what the dead animal is, he will die."
"Alas..." Fudozi sighed, "Come from the east, we cultivators must know eight words in our hearts. Do you know which ones they are?"
Huang Donglai thought about it, and the first sentence that came to his mind was a line from an old movie he had watched: "Uncle, is it...'The vastness of the world, the righteousness will last forever'?"
After listening to this, Fuzi actually laughed, and immediately replied: "No, it's 'The Tao is one foot high, the devil is ten feet high'."
"Huh?" Huang Donglai was retorted by these words, and he wanted to complain at that time, "Then let's go get a pedicure."
But after all, he didn't dare to say it in front of Fudozi.
"You can live longer by remembering these eight words I said." Fudozi said, "As for the eight words you mentioned, just tell them to outsiders. If we talk about them all day long, I’m afraid I won’t live to see the day when I can achieve enlightenment.”
They were walking and chatting like this when suddenly...
"Huh?" Fuzi didn't know what he noticed. He stopped suddenly and frowned. Then he quickly raised his hands and pinched his fingers. After finishing the calculation, he turned around and asked the person next to him, "What time is it now?"
Several imperial eunuchs on the side were also stunned by his question. However, as personnel on duty, they were quite sensitive to time. After being stunned for a few seconds, they quickly answered: "Hui Tianshi, it should be Zi Shi." ”
