"Yan Ling Sword Ghost?"
Song Xing thought of the blue-faced ghost holding a wild goose feather knife, and felt that the name was quite appropriate.
"What book is this "Hundred Demons Book"?" Song Xing asked.
From what Mr. Zhu Da said, apart from "History of Strange Objects", there seem to be quite a few books about strange objects in the world.
Mr. Zhu Da touched his shiny head, shook his head and said: "The Book of Hundred Demons was written by a strange man Zheng Sixiao decades ago. Zheng Sixiao once sacrificed his life in Taixue to take the Hongxue Hongci Examination. When the Yuan army invaded the south, he once He offered resistance strategies to the Southern Dynasty, but they were not adopted. After the fall of the Song Dynasty, he wandered around the world. This Mr. Zheng seems to have a weird physique, that is, he is particularly prone to attracting strange things. However, he is very lucky and can avoid danger every time. "
"Each time after escaping from death, he would draw the strange things he met with his vivid paintings. Over time, this book "Hundred Demons Book" was formed, which was passed down to later generations."
After Mr. Zhu Da finished speaking, he stood up and walked into the tiled house. After a long time, he walked out with a book in his hand. He turned to a certain page and handed it to everyone to watch.
Song Xing looked at it and saw a lifelike blue-faced ghost with horns on its head, blue-faced fangs, and a wild goose feather knife in its hand. It turned out to be the blue-faced ghost.
Next to the blue-faced ghost, there are also several lines of words: In March of the thirty-seventh year of Xiangxing, I visited my hometown of Yuhuang Mountain. It was night, and thousands of Yuan soldiers were stationed at Yuhuang Mountain. The blue ghost appeared, holding a long sword, and entered the military camp. Thousands of arrows were fired at him, which could not hurt him. Killed thousands of Yuan soldiers, feasted on their meat, and hid after hearing the crow of roosters.
It is said that this blue-faced ghost appeared in Yuhuang Mountain not far from the West Lake more than ten years ago. He killed thousands of soldiers at one time and even ate human flesh. He looked like a ghost.
Song Xing touched his chin, "It looks similar to that strange thing, probably the same one. Mr. Zhu Da, this strange man has encountered countless strange things in his life, has he ever encountered two strange things at the same time?"
Mr. Zhu Da shook his head, lowered his head and looked at the "Hundred Monsters Book" in his hand, and said coldly: "Everyone will almost die if they encounter one monster. Even people in the world or the army will definitely die if they encounter two."
Song Xing asked again: "But the thirty-seven members of the Longmen Escort Bureau, together with the widower, died because their internal organs turned into yellow sand. They are completely different from the abilities of the Yanling Sword Ghost. How can it be explained?"
Mr. Zhu Da stopped what he was doing and raised his head, with some doubts in his eyes, "I have never heard of a strange thing that can turn human internal organs into yellow sand. I have read so many books. Do you know what that strange thing looks like?"
Chi Xin on the side said angrily: "You already said that if you encounter two monsters, you will definitely die. Where can we go to see what they look like?"
"Don't you know what he looks like?" Mr. Zhu Da frowned, as if he encountered something difficult. "I'm going to look through the book. You guys stay here, don't move around."
After that, he put the "Hundred Demons Book" under his arm and hurriedly entered the tiled house.
Song Xing originally thought that Mr. Zhu Da would come out soon, but everyone waited for half a day and didn't see him come out.
Chi Xin murmured: "Is this old guy not knowing the origin of that strange thing, being embarrassed to come out, and deliberately leaving us here?"
Yin Susu shook her head: "It shouldn't be the case. Didn't Mr. Zhu Da tell you the origin of Lan Mian's Yan Ling Sword Ghost just now? Maybe the monsters that killed the Longmen Escort Agency are not common."
Song Xing stood up, looked at the jagged rocks around him, thought for a moment and asked, "Miss Yin, Mr. Zhu Da has been living in seclusion on Feilai Peak for twenty years and never leaves the mountain. Do you know why?"
Yin Susu noticed that Song Xing seemed to be observing the layout of Mr. Zhu Da's courtyard. Although she felt strange in her heart, she still followed his words and said: "I heard my uncle say that twenty years ago, my uncle met outside Lin'an Mansion. Mr. Zhu Da, who was seriously injured and dying, rescued him out of kindness. Later, I learned from Mr. Zhu Da that he encountered a strange creature, and everyone who was traveling with him was killed, but he was lucky enough to survive."
"My uncle once asked him what kind of strange thing it was, but he refused to tell me. He just said that he would not leave Lin'an Mansion for the rest of his life. Once he left, he might be discovered by the strange thing. So my uncle looked for him on Feilai Peak. He settled in a secret place and stayed there for twenty years. The strange thing is that, for some unknown reason, my uncle never had any contact with him since then."
Song Xing's eyes moved, "Since your uncle has not had any contact with Mr. Zhu Da in the past twenty years, why do you know that he is knowledgeable about many strange things, and why do you recommend him to you?"
Yin Susu was stunned for a moment, but she had never thought about this. She blinked and guessed: "Perhaps I heard it from my uncle when he rescued him. The theory of strange things has been heard occasionally in the world in recent years. But it’s so mysterious that my uncle may have asked me to find Mr. Zhu Da because he was worried that I would be entangled by that strange thing.”
Song Xing nodded, feeling that what Yin Susu said was reasonable. The theory of strange things was extremely mysterious.
After all, his niece had been to Longmen Escort Bureau and teamed up with others to kill a strange creature. It was normal for Li Tianyuan to have such worries.
At this time, Song Xing noticed that the book that Mr. Zhu Da was reading before was placed on the recliner. A breeze blew, turning the pages to reveal the title: "West Lake Tour Notes".
Zhang Cuishan also saw the book and said curiously, "I never thought Mr. Zhu Da would like to read this kind of book."
"West Lake Tour Chronicles", at first glance, was compiled by literati. It records the stories, anecdotes, culture and social features of the West Lake in Lin'an.
Zhang Cuishan joined Wudang Mountain for more than 20 years. Under the guidance of Zhang Sanfeng, he practiced martial arts in addition to martial arts. Although he could read and write, he still had no interest in these literary matters.
"It's a pity that the unparalleled beauty of Lin'an West Lake can no longer be seen since the Yuan Dynasty took over." Song Xing sighed with emotion, and also stopped paying attention. He was wondering if he could get some books about it from Mr. Zhu Da later. Take a look at the book of weird things.
However, seeing as the old man had a weird temper and seemed difficult to deal with, he was willing to let them in just for the sake of Tianying's teaching Li Tianyuan.
Everyone waited for a long time, and it was almost dark before they saw Mr. Zhu Da walking out with a happy face and holding a book.
It seemed that they had made a discovery, and everyone's spirits suddenly lifted.
"I rummaged through the collection of books and finally found a clue in this collection of Ear Talks."
Mr. Zhu Da looked happy, spread out the book in his hand, and stood it up in front of everyone: Guizhu Diyangyi is a place where the people are mixed, and there are many illusions, which can change people's feet with wood. Outside of barbaric Yunnan, people with copper heads, yellow eyes, dark faces and ugly faces can exchange mud, sand and stones for the internal organs of humans, cattle and horses. If they disobey, they will be killed.
"Ear Talk Collection is not a book that records weird things. It mostly records some absurd and strange rumors among the people. What it says here is that in places like Yunnan and Guizhou in ancient Dian, there was a tribe called Diyang, and the people there were good at sorcery. , can replace a person’s internal organs with soil, sand and stones, causing harm to people’s lives.”
Mr. Zhu Da put down the book in his hand and explained the meaning of the written records of the Diyang tribe in the book.
Zhang Cuishan was dissatisfied when he heard this: "Yungui has a lot of witchcraft since ancient times, but those are just deceptive things. How can people have witchcraft?"
Song Xing did not refute immediately, but instead showed a thoughtful expression. He had seen too many magical scenes. Although he was surprised by the appearance of strange things in this world, he was not surprised.
When Mr. Zhu Da heard Zhang Cuishan's words, he sneered and refuted: "Boy, I may not be able to match your Wudang sect in terms of martial arts, but when it comes to the study of weird objects, even your Wudang sect is no match for me. Let me ask you, Strange objects have appeared in the world for decades, so do you know what they are? Why do weird objects appear in the world?" (End of this chapter)
