It can be said that from the beginning to the end, Ren Wude and his wife did not know where Ren Kongque came from. They only knew that she was very important to the old Taoist priest, otherwise the old Taoist priest would not have guarded her for more than ten years.
After listening to Jin Qinghua's words, Ren Kongque subconsciously didn't believe that this was true. She had never felt that she was not her parents' child since she was a child. The old man and his mother were so kind to her right in front of her eyes. How could she believe it? She was filled with doubts and doubts in her heart. Asked: "Are you lying to me? You are so kind to me, even better than you are to A Liang. How could I not be your biological child?"
"You are indeed not our baby, but we have raised you for thirty years and have long regarded you as our biological child. However, since you took the initiative to ask, we have no choice but to answer truthfully. If you don't believe it, you can see Look at the piece of cloth inside, there is a document written by the old Taoist priest, which can prove that you were indeed brought here by us!"
After saying that, Jin Qinghua pulled out the piece of cloth from the brocade box. When the folded piece of cloth was opened, it was a square rectangular piece of fine-grained silk cloth. Inside was framed the jute paper they saw, with cinnabar ink written on it who the old Taoist priest was. Leave Ren Peacock to Ren Wude and his wife anytime and anywhere.
Finally, there are the fingerprints of Ren Wude and his wife and the signature of the old Taoist priest!
The evidence was so conclusive that Ren Peacock had no choice but to believe it. He put down the silk cloth with trembling hands. Thinking of his own experience of falling into the hole, his heart was filled with more doubts: "Mom, that means you don't know the real reason why I fell into the hole."
Unexpectedly that the old Taoist priest was so mysterious and would not tell the whole truth to the couple, Jin Qinghua nodded in acquiescence: "We really don't know, but you were really not at peace at that time. You often had a fever and talked nonsense. After the old Taoist priest came, he only said that if not If you solve it, you won’t survive to adulthood.”
"In order to save you, we had to discuss what to do with the old Taoist priest. He said that we should disguise you as a woman who fell into a cave, and then ask you to fly away, so that some people can't find you and avoid trying to harm you. At that time, I was still a little reluctant to give up. I repeatedly confirmed with the old Taoist priest that you would be fine, and then I was willing to agree to the old Taoist priest's words and feed you some random herbs to pretend that you fell into a hole."
She paused, pulled off her cuffs, and continued: "We have told you everything we can know. As for other things, you and I are just from the countryside. They don't know any mysterious calculations. It's impossible to know. Now, we don’t know why you have random thoughts, and we don’t know why someone used a magic barrier to kill you. We only know that following the old Taoist priest’s instructions can help you avoid trouble.”
"Mom, the master is here!"
Hearing A Liang shouting outside the courtyard, everyone knew that the old Taoist priest had arrived at the right time, so they simply invited the old Taoist priest into the room.
After the old Taoist priest arrived, Ren Peacock knew that he was here to answer questions, so he got to the point without saying much: "Master, can you tell me my origin now?"
After saying that, the old Taoist priest took the jade pendant and said seriously: "This jade pendant comes from the Yinping Witchland."
Before the old Taoist finished speaking, Yue and Song looked at each other. They were not surprised by this. They had already guessed what was going on when they saw the jade pendant. However, it was really puzzling that it was related to Ren Kongque. untie.
"Yinping Witchland, what kind of place is it?"
Ren Kongque had been told by Yue Guanchao that they were going to the Yinping Ancient Road. When he heard the news about the Yinping Ancient Road again, he became curious. Could it be that they really had a special fate that led them to meet in Yangquanyi?
The old Taoist priest said slowly: "The Yinping Witchland is located near the Yinping Ancient Road. To be precise, this place is older than the Yinping Ancient Road. It can be traced back to at least thousands of years ago. This is a paradise that is completely independent of the outside world... You guys , have you ever heard of "Peach Blossom Spring"?"
Yue Guanchao was confused and had no idea what the old Taoist priest was talking about. Only Song Siyuan nodded: "I know, Tao Yuanming of the Jin Dynasty once wrote an article called "The Peach Blossom Spring"."
"The Peach Blossom Spring" records a magical story. People from Wuling took a boat trip on the river and came across a peach blossom forest. Then they found a stone entrance deep in the peach blossom forest. , a world where he could live and work in peace and contentment. Later, after he came out of Taoyuan Village, he wanted to look back, but found that he could no longer enter. He thought he had encountered a ghost, so he was seriously ill and did not dare to look for traces. "
"Isn't that a ghost market?"
Yue Guanchao carefully considered Song Siyuan's words. The closest place to Taoyuan Village was probably the ghost market in the Capital City God's Temple. The entrance was not easy to detect. When he walked in, he found that there was a cave, which was indeed similar to Taohuayuan. It was even close to the same.
Regarding his opinion, Song Siyuan shook her head and retorted: "It's different. The ghost market is called a ghost market. In fact, people are active in it. In the final analysis, it's just people who have extended the activities of the human world underground. Compared with Peach Blossom Spring, the entrance to the ghost market is It's just hidden but not difficult to find, but Peach Blossom Spring is different, its entrance is even unpredictable."
"The Wuling man once marked the route with something, but when he went back again, the marker led him to a completely unfamiliar place. If the mark has not changed, this means that the exit of Peach Blossom Spring has actually disappeared. .”33
"Think about it, if the entrance to the ghost market would disappear and appear as living people changed, would you still dare to enter?"
Song Siyuan's words made the people around her shake their heads. If the entrance to the ghost market can disappear, then it is very likely that the people in the ghost market are not alive at all.
"Have you encountered the Ghostly Lost City?" Ren Peacock recalled the Peach Blossom Spring described by Song Siyuan, and recalled a legendary story that was very similar to the Peach Blossom Spring.
She paused and continued to explain: "I remember the old man said that during the suppression of bandits in western Hunan, there were bandits and civilians who were killed everywhere in Shanwan. There were so many corpses that they could not be buried, so they had to be covered with soil from the same place. They were particular about who the corpse was and just covered it up. Over the years, trees and flowers grew here, and over time it became a mass grave..."
This kind of mass graves are mostly hidden deep in the bushes and are not easily visible. When people actually see the graves full of grass, they have already walked into the depths of the mass graves and looked at the tall grass. With the bushes above the head and the bones and green graves scattered everywhere, it is easy for people to lose their way, just like a ghost beating a wall, walking in circles without realizing it.
What's more terrifying is not getting lost, but the hiding place at night.
At night, ghost cities will appear in some mass graves. During the day, these ghost cities are just ordinary graves. At night, a lively market will form near the graveyard.
Looking from afar, the lights are bright, the streets are lively, and pedestrians are bustling. If a pedestrian walks in, he will be confused by these scenes unconsciously.
Some people died, but not completely...
