chewing dragon

Chapter 239
Qi Jingzhi laughed, and waved his hands proudly: "What is this? When you walk in the rivers and lakes, loyalty comes first! If you come to Linzhou in the future, just give me the name of Lu Qiyun, a guest from Linshan! Oh, there are also people who call me Of the Skinning Demon Lord."

The old Plaque Monster was not intimidated by the name, but instead beamed with joy, nodded and said: "That's a good relationship! Tonight is Master Daochenghuang's banquet, and it's not the little old man's turn to show up. Next time, Master Lu will pass by here again." , Whether it’s a tip or staying in a hotel, all the expenses are mine!”

Qi Jingzhi was taken aback when he heard that.

He was talking nonsense and perfunctory at first, but he didn't expect that this old monster would believe everything he heard, knowing that he had grown a lot of beard.

That expression did not seem to be fake, anyway, Qi Jingzhi watched carefully for a long time, but never saw the slightest flaw from that old face.

"Hiss... isn't this too sincere?"

Master Lu, the skinning demon, is the most kind-hearted, and it is rare to meet such an honest monster, so I feel a little bit unbearable.

Just as he was about to speak, he suddenly heard the sound of bones behind him, and when he turned his head, he saw a hardwood wheel with broken spokes, rolling unsteadily towards the stable, and in a blink of an eye he came close.

Qi Jingzhi's turn of the head really startled the Chefu boys.

These seven little monsters are not as big-hearted as the old Plaque monster, and they don't think that the young man's ghost-like, mighty spirit official looks so handsome at all, so they immediately let out a series of exclamations.

Seeing that the hardwood wheel staggered, he immediately lost his balance, slammed into the courtyard door crookedly, tumbling, and fell into the thick white long beard.

"Ouch!"

A few strands of beards of the old Plaque monster were twisted into the wheel, and he let out a scream under the pain, and all the long beards writhed violently like living things.

Caught off guard, his small body was thrown backwards by a soft force, and was caught in the hands of Qi Jingzhi, who had quick eyes and quick hands.

The hardwood wheel trapped in the beard was also pushed out. The old plaque monster lowered his head and stared, while pulling his beard away from the Spoke Boys, he said in a muffled voice, "Who am I?" So frizzy, it turns out they are the seven little dolls of the Fu family!"

It paused for a moment, and suddenly realized: "Huh? Why did your main body escape? Did the Xiema Bridge collapse, or did the water town animal head on the bridge break?"

The hardwood wheel rolled twice and leaned against the door frame beside it.

There are seven small faces on the seven spokes, all facing the young man on the back of the strange beast, calling out in unison obediently: "It's all thanks to Mrs. Benedict!"

These car spoke boys were already grateful, but seeing their benefactor's "true face" now, they shouted in awe and awe.

"A few trivial matters, what's the point?"

Qi Jingzhi smiled at them, and said emphatically, "What we said at Xiemaqiao earlier, we don't need to keep talking about it all the time!"

Who knows that it's okay if he doesn't smile, but when the Che Fu boys saw Engong's smile, they became more and more trembling.

The boy in the lead was the most courageous and the most alert. Hearing this, he glanced at the old plaque monster above his head, and then scolded his brothers: "Have you heard the order of your benefactor? From now on, how many of you Don't speak indiscriminately anymore! Especially Fu Wu and Fu Qi, they all shut their mouths tightly!"

"It's all up to Big Brother to decide!"

Four of the other six Spoke Boys immediately agreed in unison, while the other two pressed their lips together tightly, not daring to make a sound.

According to the ranking, the boy named Fuda hummed in satisfaction, then turned to look at Qi Jingzhi, with a worried look on his face: "Grandfather really wants to go in?"

Qi Jingzhi nodded, and said as a matter of course: "Now the Taoist City God is throwing a banquet, and I want to track down the murderer who killed the two road gods of Budaijian. I just happened to meet him, so how can I pretend not to know?"

"Master Lu is so righteous!" The old plaque monster above his head gave out an admiration, which sounded very sincere.

Hearing this, Fuda gritted his teeth and stared: "Our brothers are trapped in the mud at the bottom of the bridge, and Mr. Meng En acted righteously to be free. This kind of favor must be repaid, and we will go with Mr. Benedict tonight!"

As soon as the words fell, it jumped off the hardwood wheel first, like a wooden stick, and stabbed firmly on the ground.

The other six spokes also jumped down without saying a word, and stood in a row in front of the door of the Shema Inn, all of them with tight faces, and their sticks were slightly tilted back, as if they were raising their heads and chests out.

Seeing this, Qi Jingzhi couldn't help being startled, but for the first time, he took these seven little monsters seriously.

Upon closer inspection, he discovered that the spokes had a strange shape, with eight ribs, traces of vermilion lacquer remaining on the surface, and rusted copper nails with round caps on the upward, that is, the end facing the wheel.

Qi Jingzhi has also seen several palaces with extremely high specifications. The gates of those palaces are painted with vermilion lacquer and decorated with gold and copper nails, which are extremely gorgeous and magnificent.Maybe this hardwood wheel had a good time before it fell into the stream and buried in the mud.

Sensing the probing intent in his eyes, Fuda took the initiative to say: "I want to teach Benedict that our seven brothers are not ordinary car spokes. We were pinned under the bridge before and couldn't move because of the situation. Once we get out of trouble now , I dare not say how much help it can help, but I am not afraid of ordinary ghosts.”

As it spoke, it turned around in a circle, and then continued: "Once upon a time, there was an old man who passed the Xiema Bridge. He laughed when he saw our brother, and said that it is said in the "Tao Jing", that thirty spokes in total A hub is nothing but a car.”

"The old man said that there should have been thirty spokes on the wheel that our seven brothers were on, which corresponded to the 30 days in a month. The spokes and axles are there, and the slot holes on the hub are empty. This car is effective only when there is no mutual generation and mutual generation.”

Qi Jingzhi didn't expect Fuda to say such a truth, he was surprised and realized it.

The ancient sages have always attached great importance to driving and roads. Even Emperor Hong's family used Xuanyuan as the name. It is not surprising that a small wheel with such a preaching head was even written into the "Tao Jing".

Qi Jingzhi nodded and smiled and said, "You are right, but you said you are not afraid of ordinary ghosts, where did you start?"

Fuda showed the shape of a boy in brown clothes, grabbed a brother nearby, and held his hands horizontally in front of his body: "Please look at my benefactor, our brothers look the same, they are all red lacquer and octagonal. Brass nails."

Seeing Qi Jingzhi nod his head, Fuda's face showed a slightly smug expression: "I heard from that old man that the imperial court has rules of etiquette, and in the ceremonial guard of the lord of the country, spokes like ours are a must. It is similar to the honor guards of sticks such as Jinwu and Keshu."

"When the king's car is driving, the left and right guards hold the spoke rods in their hands. First, they are used to clamp the car, which can make the wheels move more smoothly. Second, they are also used as armaments for clearing the road and protecting the car. invasion."

"Because the copper nails at the end of the rod are shining golden, and they are inserted on the hub when clamping the car, the spoke rod got another name, called the golden hub wheel rod."

"Grandpa also said that those guards with golden hubs and reels and rods who accompanied the lord of the country were called the "Jiahu Squad". They used to be under the jurisdiction of the Gouchen Academy, but now they are the Luanyi Supervisor under Chi Yousi of the Town Demon Academy. "

Qi Jingzhi heard it talking lively, and couldn't help but wondered: "Could it be possible that the seven of you are actually gold-hulled reel sticks who came from Luan Yijian? It's really disrespectful to do so!"

As he spoke, he stretched out a hand to his waist seemingly unintentionally, and shook Chen Yuan's gold medal.

Fuda was immediately attracted by Qi Jingzhi's action, and his eyes fell on the gold medal, but his expression did not change at all, obviously he was illiterate.

I saw this little monster look away, and said a little dejectedly: "It doesn't matter what the Gochenyuan or the Zhenmoyuan is, if we have such a good life, we won't be abandoned under the Xiema Bridge... Now that even the copper nails on our bodies are rusted, how can we have the face to call ourselves a golden hub and a wheel?"

"Grandpa said that although the seven of us are also spokes, they are not the ceremonies of the lord of the country. They should be imitated by a wealthy family in the past. They are hidden in the wheels every day, so that the servants can take them easily when they are attacked. .”

Seeing the seven elves pity themselves for their life experience, they all looked a little embarrassed, Qi Jingzhi couldn't help laughing.

He had wondered before that why the hardwood wheel never became a spirit, but the remaining seven spokes on it each gave birth to spirituality. It turned out that there are such objects as spoke rods in the world.

This object was originally born out of a wheel, and it was regarded as a tool when it was used to clamp a car, but it was also included in the honor guard of the country's lord, and was controlled by the so-called guards of the clamping team. It has both the functions of a ritual instrument and a weapon. up.

As for why the wheel where the seven brothers of the Spoke family were hiding fell to the bottom of the bridge, and why only seven of the original thirty spokes remained, this was before they became spirits. It is difficult to verify.

Thinking of this, Qi Jingzhi couldn't help nodding and laughing: "I've seen the water and fire sticks used by the Yinmen in the City God's Yin Division, and they are best at dealing with undead. Speaking of the head, I think it will have some restraint effect on those road gods and road ghosts, but you can follow me in and gain a lot of experience."

Hearing this, Fuda immediately put down the brothers in his hands, and the seven Fuda spirits all showed the shape of children, obediently moved out of the way and lined up on both sides.

"Excuse me, get out of the way." Qi Jingzhi raised his head, his tone very gentle.

The old plaque monster had been listening silently for a long while, but at this moment he finally reacted quickly, or maybe he was already afraid in his heart. Seeing that the deer demon was about to enter the stable, he hastily put his long white beard back, revealing his The gateway to Shema Stack.

Qi Jingzhi bowed his head to pay tribute to it, stuffed Banban into his arms, and rode Bannu straight in.

He acted in such a high-profile manner, not because he was blindly conceited and underestimated the monsters on Meizhou Road, but because the so-called black road gods and white road gods he met recently were too weak. It can be seen in any fineness, but the Dao Chenghuang who doesn't know his roots deserves careful attention.

What's more, his mental state is now manifested, and his realm is not weaker than that of Chaozhou Evil Resisting Captain Xin Changji.

According to Qian Xiaoren, the ranking of the evil captain is still higher than that of the town demon captains of the counties, and he is No. 1 under the generals of the town.Of course, Xin Changji's family background has contributed to this, but it also shows that among the younger generation, in local counties and even within a state, the manifestation of the second state of mind is already extremely good.

With this level of cultivation, one should be cautious, but there is no need to be timid.

The main hall of the inn looked pitch black from the outside, and there was no sound coming out. When Ban Nu stepped over the threshold, a dim candle light suddenly lit up in front of Qi Jingzhi's eyes.

At this moment, most of the tables in the hall were empty, except for a small square table in the northwest corner that was already full, and the lamps on the table were glowing with emerald green flames, like ghostly phosphorescent fire.

Under the faint green light, one can see a strange-looking robe on each side of the small square table. It is obviously empty, but it stands up out of thin air, sitting on the table like a person.

Qi Jingzhi could see clearly that these robes were a gloomy green robe, a red wedding dress with black blood stains on the neckline, a coat with a fur collar that was wet and dripping down, and a sweater that exuded Prison uniforms that stink of carrion.

The four strange robes heard the movement, turned around and looked at the door with non-existent eyes.

After seeing Qi Jingzhi's face clearly, they faintly sensed the bad breath on the young man, and they quickly moved away their "eyes" and resumed their original sitting posture.

Fuda pushed the wheel, led the six brothers, and walked in right behind Bannu's ass.

Although they tried their best to put on the posture of guarding soldiers, they were too short and thin, so that they had no momentum at all, and they seemed to come to the banquet with the elders of the family.

Seeing that Qi Jingzhi was looking at the robes in the corner, Fu Da quickly walked up to him and introduced softly: "Grandfather, those are the clothes of the dead in the nearby mountains."

"Clothing is something close to the body. Once the owner dies, it is very easy to be affected by obsession and decay, and become the support of evil spirits and ghosts."

"These few dead people's clothes are shallow, and they can only be picked up by strangers to wear them before causing trouble. They are worse than seven of our brothers. If benefactor thinks it is an eyesore, we will beat them out with sticks!"

Fuda paused, and said confidently: "No matter what kind of clothes it is, they will always be taken to the river by the mothers-in-law and beaten repeatedly with laundry sticks. Now that they meet our brothers, they will only be beaten. Son!"

Qi Jingzhi lowered his head, seeing the seven car spoke boys all looking eager to try, he knew that they must have been imprisoned in the stream for many years, always watching them beating their robes, and now they are out of trouble, seeing these dead Renyi couldn't help but want to try it for himself.

Thinking of this, the young man couldn't help laughing and said: "You guys who come from clearing road ambulances may have restrained yourself from road gods and ghosts, so it's inevitable that people will be jealous."

"What's more, your brothers are born with such temperaments. Once you are free this time, you immediately want to run amok. It's no wonder that you have been suppressed under the stone bridge for many years, and no one is willing to rescue you."

(End of this chapter)