"but!"
Sun Daqiao's eyes rolled wildly: "Knowing people, knowing faces, but not knowing hearts. No one can be sure about this. If you ask me, we should first figure out the matter of the Rat Fairy worshiping the moon."
"Second Uncle, didn't you say that all the corpses are covered by the Golden Rat Society? If these killing methods are the same as the Golden Rat Society, can we use the killing techniques to determine who they are?"
Yue Guanchao had just looked at it very carefully. There was indeed a round-headed and fat-headed totem in the neck of the corpse. Since it was determined to be someone from the Golden Rat Society, it meant that it was someone from the Golden Rat Society who had done the evil. The killing method was so special. There can't be any clues.
Yue Qingshan shook his head, with a rather ugly look on his face: "The Golden Rat is a gangster and not a gangster. It doesn't dare to kill people and sell goods. This Golden Rat Totem is only used to brighten the manzi. It will not be used on Piaozi. .”
"So far, I can only confirm that it was done by people from the Golden Rat Society in the past. As for the killing methods they used, I don't know anything. Besides, even if these people really used Golden Rats, The method of killing that he knows has been changed by them in the past twenty years, and it is really difficult to find the real murderer through this. "
"Then, we can only listen to Sun Daqiao first and investigate from the point of the Mouse Fairy worshiping the moon." 33
Yue Qingshan nodded to everyone: "There are still three days until the full moon, so we just take advantage of this opportunity to visit old friends."
"Old friend? You also have old friends in Yueyang."
Yue Guanchao became curious and urged his second uncle to reveal the identity of his old friend.
"If I remember correctly, this Taoist priest is probably the Taoist priest I knew when I was young."
These words made the people around him curious, and Sun Daqiao looked at him with strange eyes: "Brother Yue, are you referring to the time when we were young and went to Yueyang to steal the tomb of the Prince of Chu?"
"right!"
What Sun Daqiao said aroused everyone's curiosity. Yue Guanchao said: "You two, stop hiding it and talk about it quickly. Maybe you can ask for help or something."
Sun Daqiao thought for a moment, then pretended to be mysterious, stroking his beard and said: "To be honest, we only escaped the disaster by listening to Taoist Master Jin's words..."
Decades ago, after several years of development, the Golden Rat Society accumulated a lot of good reputation in the world by digging graves, robbing the poor and giving to the rich. Heroes from all walks of life warmly welcomed us.
Because the Golden Rat will have the rules of the Rat Immortal to bestow gold. Whenever a tomb is dug up and a treasure is found, the nearby people must be helped. For them, if the Golden Rat comes, it means that the tomb of the powerful gentry will suffer. People like them can also take advantage of it and make a small fortune by relying on the money given by the Rat Fairy.
The Golden Rat Society came to Yueyang after a long journey, all because of a jingle circulated in the rivers and lakes: the river monster is suppressed under the White Fish Tower, the Dragon King sleeps in Dongting Lake, high-rise buildings rise in Yueyang City, and the prince is buried on Kamakura Mountain.
Yue Qingshan didn't know who this jingle came from, nor how long it had been circulating. He only knew that local beggars, children, jugglers, and jugglers knew this sentence, and even a three-year-old baby could catch it.
It stands to reason that the east and west winds, horses and cows mentioned in the words have nothing to do with each other. If they can be collected together and compiled into proverbs, they completely represent the four major legends of Yueyang.
Rumor has it that the reason why the spire-topped tower in Yueyang Lake, which is about tens of feet high, remains standing is because it suppresses a thousand-year-old turtle. This old turtle is as big as a carriage, has terrifying claws, and its shell is full of thorns. Before the White Fish Tower was erected, he often made waves in Dongting Lake, or transformed into clouds, rain, thunder and lightning to affect the weather, or overturned boats and engulfed fishermen. It can be said that he did many evil things.
One day, this thousand-year-old turtle angered the Dragon King in Dongting Lake. In anger, the Dragon King broke off his horns and transformed into a white tower, completely suppressing the old turtle under the tower. After that, Dongting Lake was calm and the old turtle was never seen again. The turtle stirs up trouble.
The Dragon King of Dongting Lake also broke off his horns and transformed into a hornless dragon. He sleeps at the bottom of the lake all the time, guarding the white fish tower transformed from his horns.
These two things combined are the river demon suppressed under the White Fish Tower and the dragon king sleeping in Dongting Lake.
As for the tall buildings in Yueyang City, it refers to the Yueyang Tower.
If there is any building in Yueyang City that is the oldest, it must be the Yueyang Tower. The Yueyang Tower's antiquity does not mean that it is very old or is old enough, but that it has gone through several dynasties, been destroyed and rebuilt many times, and is always new.
Since the Yueyang Tower was first built in the Jian'an year of the Eastern Han Dynasty, this pavilion has always stood in front of Dongting Lake as if it was chosen by heaven. Even if it was destroyed by lightning, fire and war several times, it can still be renovated and rebuilt in peacetime. The latest renovation, It's already the first year of Emperor Xu's reign.
It has stood by the lake for nearly two thousand years. Many people have rumored that the Yueyang Tower was actually built to suppress the water monsters in the lake. Every time it was burned down, it was because the water monsters in Dongting Lake wanted to break through the town and attract external forces to destroy the Yueyang Tower. If the Yueyang Tower is really burned down, the water monster in Dongting Lake will no longer be able to stop it.
Under the influence of this legend, keeping the Yueyang Tower intact has become the responsibility of Yueyang officials in the past dynasties. Whenever the Yueyang Tower is destroyed, someone will rebuild the Yueyang Tower. If the emperor ascends the throne or a dynasty changes, the Yueyang Tower will even be overhauled. , to tell the world that the new emperor loves his people like a son.
It can be said that Yueyang Tower has become the oldest imprint of Yueyang City. As long as Yueyang Tower is there, no matter how many wars, destruction and reconstruction Yueyang City has experienced, the original memory can be found and the dust-laden history of thousands of years can be rediscovered.
The last prince buried on Kamakura Mountain refers to the prince of the Chu Kingdom. As for the surname of the prince of the Chu Kingdom, it has long been unknown. Currently, there is a rumor in the market that this prince was killed by a traitor in his mother country and had no choice but to leave his hometown. After he left, the treacherous ministers each supported the princes who were in their own interests to compete for power, hoping that their favorite prince would succeed him as king.
The old monarch knew all this and knew that the exiled prince was not around, so he deliberately encouraged these princes to fight among themselves. Until these princes were defeated, he secretly notified the prince to come back and take over the throne. How could he have known that the traitor would know in advance? After hearing the news, he sent a killer in advance to assassinate the exiled prince.
In the end, the prince luckily escaped the assassination of the traitor and returned to the country. When the old king found out about this, he was furious and ransacked the homes of all the traitors who had harmed him. This was regarded as revenge for the prince. However, although the prince came back, he was also killed. The minister's assassination wounded his body, and he died within two years.
The old king was so sad that he had to register the prince as the prince, bury him with generous gifts, and make the prince's descendants the new prince.
The place where the prince was buried was Kamakura Mountain outside Yueyang City.
This story does not mention any names, and it is a story from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Nothing can be verified. We only know that the old monarch felt sorry for the prince's early death, so he built a tomb for the prince as a monarch, and buried gold and silver treasures in it. So that he can maintain the dignity of the king.
The Golden Rat Society came to Yueyang this time to excavate the tomb of the Prince of Chu. However, Kamakura Mountain was huge and rugged, and they didn’t know how to find it. They had to place their hopes on the local people. People's descriptions barely confirmed that the Chu State Tomb was located on the top of Kamakura Mountain.
On the day when the tomb was dug, everyone from the Golden Rat Society took the guy to Kamakura Mountain. On the way, they met a young Taoist priest who was chased by tigers and wolves.
The people in the Golden Rat Society are all grave diggers, and they have the strength and means to drive away the wild beasts. Seeing that the young Taoist priest has an immortal spirit, and he doesn't look like a chicken-footed Taoist who is cheating and abducting him, after thinking about it, he decided to save the Taoist priest's life. , skinned the tiger and ate its flesh, dug out its bones and cramped its muscles, and then returned to the West as a soul.
The young Taoist priest thought he was certain to die. After being saved, in order to repay their kindness, he decided to use Yi Shu to divine fortune for them.
The results of the hexagrams showed that what they were going to do this time was very sinister, and they had to be prepared to go without returning. Yue Qingshan didn't believe it at first. After arriving at Kamakura Mountain and digging up the tomb of the Prince of Chu, he saw the entourage After numerous casualties among the gang, they believed the young Taoist priest's words and stopped thinking about digging the tomb of the Prince of Chu.
Afterwards, Yue Qingshan and the others were seriously injured. When they went down the mountain, they had no choice but to enter the Temple of Mercy on the mountainside of Kamakura, where they met the young Taoist priest again.
At this moment, Yue Qingshan realized that what the young Taoist priest said were all sincere teachings. After all kinds of annoyance, he opened his heart to the young Taoist priest and frankly said that they were members of the Golden Rat Society. The young Taoist priest had always known the reputation of the Golden Rat Society for robbing the rich and giving to the poor. Seeing that Yue Qingshan saved his life again, he felt a hero cherishing the hero. Seeing Yue Qingshan, he asked him about the future, and he simply divined the divination for the Golden Rat Society to see the future direction.
The hexagram shows that mountains and rivers are coming back, the road ahead is almost exhausted, it is used in Qianlong, everyone disperses and returns home, which means that there is no way forward for the Golden Rat Club. If they want to survive, they must completely stop their activities, break up the gang, and save their own lives.
Most members of the Golden Rat Society did not agree with this divination result. However, given that the young Taoist priest was so clever and clever, they did not dare not to take it seriously. Yue Qingshan had no choice but to continue to ask what the young Taoist priest's intentions were and why he was allowed to be in the Golden Rat. The congregation was disbanded at its peak.
The young Taoist priest did not lie. He bluntly said that the greater the reputation of the Golden Rat Society, the more intense the flames will be. It seems that the momentum is strong, but it is just the end of the war. It is best to use this opportunity to dissolve the congregation and escape from the customs to avoid trouble in the future. Upper body.
As for what kind of disaster it is, the young Taoist priest only needs to let them see peace and chaos.
At that time, the Taiping Army had been completely wiped out, and even the remaining troops had been killed by the Hunan Prosecution Bureau. Yue Qingshan had been walking in Yueyang for many days, and had truly felt the news in Hunan, and also knew that the government was dealing with the things left over from the past. Problems, and even began to beckon to suppress civil unrest and eliminate the remnants. Their Golden Rat Society is now so famous, and they have personally robbed the tombs of the royal family. If the government is free to deal with them, it can almost be said that they can be killed one by one.
The situation is indeed as the young Taoist priest said. After the end of the war, the light will shine again. As long as the government frees up its hands, they will completely cease their activities.
Yue Qingshan, Sun Daqiao, and Chao Bingzhong felt like they were facing a formidable enemy. After discussion, they decided to divide the money and disband the Golden Rat Society. After that, everyone went their separate ways to seek their own happiness. The three of them also disguised themselves and fled outside the customs.
Some people died, but not completely...
