After the wooden door opened, a cold wind blew in the tunnel, shaking the oil lamp in the lamp niche in front of the door twice and extinguishing it instantly. The Taoist priest with a grimace couldn't help but step back half a step, and while flashing his wrist crossbow as a warning, he didn't forget to touch the dragon. Ming Dao, after feeling that there was nothing unusual about Long Ming Dao, he put his mind down and began to look at the situation behind the door intently.
It was dark behind the wooden door. The nearest oil lamp was extinguished, which limited the field of vision. However, it vaguely felt that there was still a passage inside. The Taoist priest with a grimace took out his torch and lit the oil lamp behind him, then stepped into the wooden door. As soon as he entered, he was The sight in front of me was shocking.
When he first looked inside the passage, it seemed to be an ordinary tunnel. However, when the torch came close to the wall, the grim-faced Taoist priest discovered that there were countless white bones exposed in the soil of the wall. They were embedded in the earth wall layer by layer, as if the walls on the left and right were filled with Pile of human bones.
The Taoist Priest with a grimace looked forward again, and saw that the same was true for all the walls he could see. He held a torch and walked along the wall of bones for a while. There was still no end to the tunnel. Judging from this trend, the tunnel might have reached as far as the Protector Panlong. Below the temple.
The grim-faced Taoist stopped and felt that there was no need to go further, because at this time he had already guessed where this place was. In the battle of Xuanhu between the Northern Wei Dynasty and the Liu Song Dynasty, tens of thousands of Han, Xianbei, and Di people died after the city was broken. Because there was no time to carefully identify the people and Qiang people, they were all buried on the spot, and this must be the same place where the corpses were buried.
In ancient times, it was said that "the soul has good and evil, and a crowd is evil." With tens of thousands of corpses buried together, the evil spirits are naturally not trivial. Therefore, after the Panlong Temple for Protecting the Country was built, a Qimen Nine-Star Array was specially set up in the backyard. Its function is to To suppress the evil spirits underground, the tunnel and stone well left behind are the holes for the evil spirits to escape, so Vajrapani Bodhisattva is needed to suppress the wooden door. How can ordinary Arhat protectors suppress the torrential evil spirits?
The Taoist Priest with a grimace looked at the scene in front of him and felt that it was exactly what he expected. Besides, there would be nothing under the ground except numerous skeletons. Even some evil-suppressing magic weapons could not be taken away by himself. Tomorrow the three of them would When it comes to fishing, one more thing is worse than one less thing, and everything should be focused on the big thing.
Thinking of this, the grim-faced Taoist priest turned around and went back to the wooden door. After locking the wooden door again, he stepped on the fire extinguisher and walked out of the tunnel quickly.
Climbing out of the stone well, He Siniang said anxiously from above: "If the Taoist Master doesn't come back, I will have to go down to find you. What is it in the tunnel that takes so long?"
"It's just a pile of bones. I'll tell you the details after we get out of the temple. Let's retreat first."
The two of them quickly climbed out of the temple from the courtyard wall, and then went to meet Luo Laoqi halfway up the mountain. After they joined forces, the grim-faced Taoist described what they saw in the tunnel in detail. He Siniang and Luo Laoqi listened to everything Stunned, Luo Laoqi felt that there must be a treasure deep in the tunnel. He complained that Taoist Ghostface returned halfway without searching thoroughly, and had to yell at him to go back and search again. How could Taoist Ghostface let him do whatever he wanted, so he kicked and scolded him to stop him. With this thought, and then seeing the night getting darker and the plates already finished, he walked across the city overnight and rushed back to the Xuanhu City Inn.
A night of silence. In the early morning of the next day, the three of them got up and washed up and were about to go downstairs for dinner. Suddenly there was a knock on the door of the room. The Taoist priest with a grimace put down what he was doing and came to the door. He was wondering who would pay the rent yesterday. Knock on the door? Instead of opening the door in a hurry, he asked in a low voice: "Who is it?"
The knocking on the door stopped after hearing the news, and then a slightly green male voice replied: "Hewu passes the threshold, touch the plate (Hewu: fellow martial artist, partial to the same generation; pass the threshold: visit; touch the plate: meet) .”
When the grimace Taoist priest heard the man's voice, he was afraid that he would not dare to talk about his peers even when he was still young and his hair had not grown. He said without thinking: "I don't understand what you are saying. You are looking for the wrong door." Alright." After saying this, he gave Luo Laoqi and He Siniang a look, asking them to take precautions.
The man outside the door was speechless for a moment. After a while, another old voice said: "Tai Sui half-opened his eyes (he is young and ignorant). Lao Hai will be more considerate. I will come here when something really happens."
"Who are you?" the Taoist priest with a grimace asked again.
The old man replied: "There are thousands of treasures in the mushroom ridge. A copper coin is collected from all over the world. The sun, moon and stars are like chess pieces. They are placed on the plate to look for the dragon and see the heavenly official."
The Taoist priest with a grimace was surprised when he heard this. The person outside the door turned out to be Faqiu Tianguan? According to legend, the Xiahou family first originated from the Si surname in the Xia Dynasty, and was a descendant of Dayu. After King Wu of Zhou conquered the Yin and Shang Dynasties, he granted the title of Duke of Donglou to Qi. Later, in the Spring and Autumn Period, the feudal lords separated their kingdoms, and the Chu State destroyed the Qi State. Si Tuo, the younger brother of Duke Qi Jian, the king of the state, fled to the state of Lu. The king of Lu, Duke Lu Ao, called him Xiahou because he was a descendant of Yu and his ancestors in the early Zhou Dynasty granted him the title of marquis. It later became a surname.
In the Thieving Sect, the Xiahou family rarely uses the surname Xiahou in greetings, and more often refers to themselves as Si. The "Wan" in Jianghu means the surname, so the old man's words mean that the visitor is Xiahou in the Mushroom Sect. Home, and the next few sentences not only watch the stars and search for dragons, but also have the copper seal to ward off evil spirits. Who else is Faqiu Tianguan if not him?
The Grimace Taoist never expected that the visitor would be Faqiu Tianguan. This lineage kept a low profile and had always been the leader of the dragon. He was also the leader of the Mushroom Sect, which made it even more mysterious. However, the Grimace Taoist was unexpected. As expected, a series of questions also came to mind: Faqiu Golden Seal was not in his hands, why did Faqiu Tianguan come to his door? Moreover, didn’t the Fourth Master Xue, the captain of the Imperial Academy, say in the first few days that Faqiumen was preparing to go to Qinzhou? Why are you still in Xuanhu City now?
The grim-faced Taoist priest had doubts, but he still opened the door honestly. After all, Faqiu Tianguan's position in the Mushroom Gate was no joke. There were two people standing outside the door, an octogenarian old man with white beard and hair, dressed in a long robe and a gentleman's appearance. His face was kind-hearted, but his age was evident between his brows and his waist was hunched over. He felt like he was dying. Countless.
Next to the old man is a 17 or 18-year-old boy with tied hair. Although he is simply wearing a blue gown, the material is obviously more delicate and precious. In addition, the young man has starry eyes and sharp eyebrows. He has a unique vitality of young people and the old man. A sharp contrast was formed.
The young man looked very handsome at first sight, but his eyes were still childlike, mixed with a certain amount of arrogance. He was obviously a young man from a rich family who was not familiar with the world. The incomprehensible words he just called the door must have come from his mouth. The grimace of the Taoist priest was only in his eyes. He stayed on his body for a moment, then bowed to the old man and said, "Faqiu Tianguan came to visit, which really surprised me."
The old man also returned the greeting and said: "We are all from the same sect as Lao Hai, so how come we have the word Dajia? If it is convenient for us, Taoist Master, can we let the two of us come into the room to talk in detail?"
The Taoist priest with a grimace nodded. He could tell from the attitude of the old man's words that the other party was probably asking for something from the three of them during this trip, so he knew it in his heart. He raised his hand and said "please", and then leaned forward to greet the two old men. Let inside.
After entering the house, the old man first bowed and introduced their names: "This young man is Xia Houxiang, the current head of Faqiu Sect, and he is also the orthodox successor of Tianguan. The old man is his second uncle, named Xia Houyun, all heroes. It’s polite.”
"How dare you, how dare you, senior Xia Hou is considered a senior figure, how dare the juniors accept this gift."
The Taoist priest with a grimace had heard of Xia Houyun. He was called the "Iron-sleeved Ghost Hand" among thieves. He was famous for his ability to use various hidden weapons. Xia Houyun was the younger brother of Xia Houchao, the previous leader of Faqiu Sect. The man was named "Chaoyun Muyu". Regarding this name, their brother's father didn't know what he thought. He used the words of male love and female love as the name. This choice does not matter, the entire Faqiumen is directly related to Their generation was divided into families, and each of their subordinates joined together to form separate factions. Only then did the two factions, the first and the fourth in the world of shaking the mausoleum, come into existence.
The identity of Xia Houyun was not surprising to the three Taoist priests with grimaces. What really surprised them was the boy in blue shirt next to them. This man turned out to be Xia Houxiang, the master of Faqiu Sect? ! That day in Wenqing Town, when the name was spoken by the Mojin Colonel Xue Siye, the three of them all thought that this man must be a middle-aged man in his forties or fifties. Who would have thought that he was only a seventeen or eighteen-year-old man? juvenile? What happened to the Faqiu Sect that a young man who has not yet reached the crown is actually in power?
The old man also noticed the doubts of the three of them, and without any politeness, he went straight to the point and said: "Lao Chen's nephew, Xia Houtong, the previous sect leader, passed away at the beginning of the year. Now, Lao Chen's little grandnephew is in charge. There is a reason for our trip. That’s why I took the liberty to come here, just to meet you all as a lama."
"Are you a lama with us?" The grim-faced Taoist priest recalled the time when he asked for a master to be sent to Qiumen. He didn't say anything until he was accepted as a master, and even had his servants kick him in circles, almost kicking the shit out of him. Only a few years later, the bastard In exchange for the golden shell, Faqiu Tianguan actually begged him? He suppressed the pride in his heart and pretended to be stupid: "The three of us are just newbies in the world. How can we compete with Faqiu Tianguan as a lama?"
"You have a fallen leader of Xiling, a young girl who has left the family, and a descendant of the immortal family's Taibao. If this can be called Mangzi, then are there still Xiangjia (experts) in the Mushroom Sect?"
The Taoist priest with a grimace was speechless for a moment, and said to himself, old man, you have learned the details of the three of us thoroughly. Luo Laoqi and He Siniang have been wandering in the world for a long time, and it is not surprising that they are famous, but they were exterminated when they were young. This matter Not many people in the world knew about it, so how could the Xiahou family get the news? However, the grim-faced Taoist priest then thought about it. Xia Houyun even knew the whereabouts of the three of them clearly. He must have an extraordinary network of informants in the world. It would not be difficult to find out the lives of the three of them. It is impossible to say that he even went to protect the country with the three of them last night. Everyone knows that Panlong Temple steps on the plate.
The Grimace Taoist rarely interacts with his colleagues from the Mushroom Sect, and he doesn't have much idea of their power in the world. However, after chatting with Xiahou Yungang for a few words today, he understood that the strength of such a large sect is far beyond the reach of scattered thieves. , but the grim-faced Taoist priest who saw through the gap did not feel guilty, but became more confident, because he knew that the other party wanted something from them, and 90% of what he wanted was related to the ancient tomb in the Panlong Temple that protected the country.
