"Your mother loved exotic flowers and plants when she was alive. After I moved her here, I planted all her favorite flowers and plants around the tomb, so that she would not be alone even if I am not here."
Although Wu Mifeng did not mention a word of love, everyone could see from the decoration around the tomb that his love for Jiang Qingyu has transcended time and cannot be diluted even by the passing of time. The loquat tree in front of the courtyard, the meticulous scrolls, The garden in the backyard is all for Jiang Qingyu to live comfortably after his death.
With such affection, no one dared to doubt that Wu Mi Feng's feelings for Jiang Qing Yu were fake. He let Peacock light the incense stick, offered a stick of incense in front of the grave, and burned some flowers and paper, which was regarded as paying homage to his biological mother.
When they came out of the cemetery, while it was still early at noon, Yue Guanchao and the others said goodbye to Wu Mifeng, and were led by Wu Xuanyu across the mountain road and ran deep into the hills.
About two hours later, the hills were getting higher and higher, and the carriage circled up the Wuhuang Mountain Road. When they reached the top of the mountain, they saw that the road ahead was cut off and only the sea of clouds was left.
Located in the sea of clouds is the Emperor Shu Palace!
After the carriage stopped, everyone got off the carriage and stood at the end of the mountain road looking forward.
This place is very similar to the Xiandu Corridor Bridge they experienced. The sea of clouds is boundless, the golden light of the long day is diffuse and brilliant, the sky above the clouds and mist is vast, and the mountains and forests under the clouds and mist are chaotic and blurred, and cannot be traced. If you look far away, the mandala is The shrine seems to be located in the clouds of thousands of miles, covered by misty clouds. If you didn't know that it is a shrine, you would really think that it is the appearance of Jiuxiao Palace.
"How do you usually go to this place? Don't you want to go to the shrine to worship?"
Yue Guanchao looked ahead carefully, and just as he was about to walk into the mist, Xu Xiake quickly stopped him: "Brother Yue, be careful, there is a cliff below."
Then, the little Taoist priest picked up the stone and threw it into the clouds. After waiting for a long time, the stone did not touch the ground, which showed that there was really no covered bridge. Realizing this, Yue Guanchao moved back a few times.
"There used to be a corridor bridge here, and you could enter the canyon from here. Since the canyon was banned, the corridor bridge was completely demolished. If you want to get in and out, you can only rely on the rope bridge."
After saying that, she picked up the horn and blew a muffled whistle in the distance. In the blink of an eye, she saw the chains rumbling. It seemed that something was rising towards the clouds. By the time the thing lifted out of the clouds, she could already see a chain several hundred meters long. The rope bridge appears faintly in the clouds.
"Holy aunt, are you kidding me? According to the distance, the shrine is at least 800 meters away from us. Can a rope bridge hold people?" Yue Guanchao was very worried about the load-bearing capacity of the rope bridge.
"Don't worry, there are no less than twenty or thirty pillar peaks at a distance of 800 meters. These pillar peaks are equivalent to bridge piers, connecting the rope bridge section by section. Not to mention one carriage, even a dozen carriages can bear it. Thousands of people come to worship every year, and there is no sign of the rope bridge collapsing."
Then, she asked Wu Wei to drive the carriage into the cloud ropeway, and then passed through countless bridge piers through the clouds for thousands of meters, gradually moving away from the rope bridge and driving near the shrine.
When you look at the shrine from a distance, it looks like the Jiuxiao Palace. When you look at the shrine up close, the details are richer.
The entire shrine is located on the meadow at the top of the mountain. It is shaped like a Tai Chi yin and yang fish. The ground is paved with rammed earth and stone bricks. The palace walls are regular in yellow and pepper. There are four archways and gates surrounding the shrine.
Within the palace wall, eight gray-tiled golden owl courtyards are connected to each other, like pearls on a bracelet. They are arranged in a circle around the palace wall, and are arranged according to the hexagrams. A white stone avenue is built in the middle, surrounding a huge square in the middle.
In the square, the yin and yang fish are divided into two. The anode is located at the towering Temple of Heaven, the cathode is built with a heavy altar, and in the middle is the shrine for worshiping the Emperor of Shu. It has a round sky and a square square, with gold-painted green tiles, similar to the Mingtang.
After they walked into the gatehouse, they walked along the white stone horse path into the square. They were not here to visit the shrine. They simply skipped countless buildings and went directly to the second floor of Shuhuang Shrine. They stood on the highest corridor and looked behind the mountain.
Looking from here, you can directly see the thousand-meter canyon under the cliff.
The depth and width of this canyon are at least nearly a thousand meters. It can be seen that the forest in the canyon is full of mountains, ancient trees are towering, and shrubs are growing wildly. The poisonous miasma lingers on the treetops like misty clouds that cannot be dissipated. The five poisons have accumulated for thousands of years, creating extremely bright and exotic flowers. Grass.
Farther away, deep in the canyon, there is a hill that is obviously formed by mounds of earth. The mound is covered with towering trees, and it already has the meaning of integrating with the canyon forest. Yue Guanchao looks into the distance, and the river stretches. It turned into golden thin threads, splitting the green gauze curtain in the valley, and rushed out of the valley from the dense vegetation. It has an indescribable evil nature.
"How's this place?"
Wu Xuanyu asked several people on the side.
Song Siyuan frowned: "From a distance, life seems to be flourishing, but from a close look, it is dead and desolate. There are obviously all kinds of poisonous insects and beasts in the valley. They may not be visible during the day, but they must do evil at night. It is obviously a place where life is most prosperous, but it gives people A feeling that has long been cursed.”
"Back then, this Wushen Gorge was obviously normal? Why did it suddenly become full of poisonous insects? I don't believe it was some kind of witch god appearing."
Wu Xuanyu lowered his head for a moment and explained: "It's normal for you to think so. Wushen Gorge is indeed a bit strange. Thousands of years ago, the idea of sewing Chi You's head and Du Lu's head together was a bit too scary. Since then, After that, the canyon became like this, maybe it was related to the strange appearance of the corpse."
"Do you think the Witch God is still alive?"
Wu Xuanyu's guess, Yue Guanchao did not dare to judge the situation, and asked: "This is normal, right? You Gu people can make corpse Gu, and it is not uncommon to want the corpse to move."
The little witch shook her head and retorted: "That's different. After all, the Gu insect only uses insects to control corpses. If the Witch God is alive, it is extremely unlikely that it is the Gu insect's credit. Now think about it, there were so many corpses of clan members at that time. It can be selected, and there will never be a situation where the corpse cannot find a suitable head.”
She paused and said in a cautious tone: "At that time, the people of the Witch God Kingdom directly placed Chi You's head on Du Lu's body, saying that they were filling the head for the Emperor of Shu. However, if you say it the other way around, it can also be understood that it was filling the head for Chi You. Whole body."
"Replenish the body for...Chi You...?"
Song Siyuan murmured Wu Xuanyu's words, and a light flashed in her eyes: "What you said is indeed possible. The corpse of the Witch Emperor was put into the altar, and we don't know what happened in the past thousand years. It would be okay if it was just a corpse. Once it was raised, The unusual situation is very difficult for us. When the Lord of the Witch God Kingdom asks us to go to the canyon, we must be well prepared to avoid being caught off guard in the canyon."
"That's right!" She changed the subject and looked at Wu Xuanyu: "Do you have any books recording the history of the Witch King? Books handed down from ancient times are the best."
"What do you want these for? I've basically told you about the Witch King."
Yue Guanchao looked at Song Siyuan's frown and already knew what she wanted to do: "Witch people, do you have the custom of sewing up corpses?"
"As far as I know, the customs of Gu people are different. Some advocate water burial, some lofty hanging coffin burial, and some mountain burial. They are all different. Even if you pursue a whole corpse, it must be your own body and you will not sew up others. of."
Some people died, but not completely...
