The Demon Soul is Coming

(Volume [-] "The Wind and Cloud of Absolute Ji")

The third day of March, Shangsi Festival.

The Shangsi Festival started in the Zhou Dynasty. It was originally set up to commemorate the "ancestor" Fuxi. <Zhengchang, watching incense burning in the Peach Palace; a slight wind blows along the river, and the red dust is flying all over the ground!

In the traditions of many places in China, there is a custom of "meeting men and women" on the Shangsi Festival on the third day of March. On this day, men and women like to have sex in the countryside, and many strange customs such as hydrangea throwing and group marriage are also chosen on this day.In Liu Sang's last life, the paintings of men and women on the cliff paintings of Zuojiang in Guangxi and the pictures of men and women on the bricks of the Han tomb in Chengdu were mostly scenes of "meeting men and women" on the third day of March. It is also slowly disappearing, but in this era, it is still prevalent in many places.

In addition, on the third day of March, there is also the habit of worshiping gods in temples. Since there is no Taoism that integrates various mythological figures in this world, the gods worshiped in different places are also different.

Ten miles away from the western suburbs of Ningyun City, there is also a temple dedicated to the Queen Mother of the West.

However, this Queen Mother of the West is not the same as the "Mother Queen" in Liu Sang's previous life. In his last life, with the integration and changes of various myths and stories, the Queen Mother of the West became the Haotian Golden Mother who leads the fairies in the world, but Here, the Queen Mother of the West in people's minds is still the same as that recorded in the "Shan Hai Jing". The leopard tail, tiger teeth, good whistle, and fluffy hair wear a hoopoe. She is a half-tiger, half-human god who protects the mountain. penalty.

According to legend, the Queen Mother of the West was born in response to the golden energy on the third day of the third month, so the festival is held on the third day of the third month.In many places, in addition to worshiping the ancestor Fuxi, the Queen Mother of the West will also follow.

Early in the morning, Liu Sang took Mo Mei to climb the mountain, went to the West Queen Mother Temple to worship a few times, and offered incense.

For some reason, during the more than 300 years of the Great Qin Dynasty, the First Emperor always prohibited people from offering sacrifices to gods on a large scale.Even incense is not allowed.Considering that in the history of the previous life, such as Tianshidao and Taipingdao often used religion to riot, Liu Sang wondered if it was because the first emperor had foresight.Or does he feel that offering sacrifices to gods is not beneficial to farming?

Although the first emperor himself worshiped heaven and earth in the early days, he never worshiped any gods.Later, the heaven and the earth stopped offering sacrifices, and even large parts of temples in various places were demolished.However, after the collapse of the Great Qin Dynasty, due to the uniqueness of the Mohists who emphasized "non-life", although temples in various places have gradually risen, there have not been large-scale religious activities. But because of the burning of books and burying Confucianism by the first emperor, what does Lian Zhou Li include now?Not many people have figured it out.

Holding Xiaomei, I walked around the mountain.Seeing that he was not very interested in playing, Mo Mei knew that he was still worried about Xia Yingchen, so she didn't say anything, just quietly accompanied him.

In fact, Xia Yingchen didn't leave for long.It has been less than half a month now, but the wait is really long. Jue Yi Continent was originally a dangerous place. Liu Sang didn't know whether she was alive or dead now, and whether she would come back safely.

But no matter what, even if he finally chooses to leave.He still has to wait here until she comes back safely.

"If I'm back, why do you have to leave?" Before the lady left, the snow lotus-like smile caused ripples in his heart.

<At the end, the fog rises quickly and dissipates quickly, which is a good weather.In the mountains, the fragrance of flowers in the sky is different from the fragrance of flowers in summer and autumn. It is clear and light, and seems to be absent, just like Xia Yingchen's cool and warm voice, fleeing from the fragrance, seeing the faint and tender voice. The slightly blooming color, that indescribable beauty, is just like her rare smile.

Liu Sang led Xiaomei and walked among the mountains and flowers. With such a fine weather and such a fine day, he should have put aside everything and wandered freely with her, doing something "the weather is really nice".Standing there, he finally made up his mind, turned around and looked at Mo Mei: "Little Mei, I've already made up my mind, I'm going to Juejizhou."

Mo Mei raised his head slightly, and looked at him gently: "But you don't know where the Three Corpse Mountains are! Although Hezhou is connected by Yugong Jiuzhou Zhongqing and Xu Erzhou, but in Kyushu, these two states are actually separated. It is the smallest, but Jueji Continent is bigger than He Continent."

Liu Sang said: "Maybe when we get there, we can find out where the Three Corpses Mountain is."

Mo Mei naturally knew that it would not be so easy. There were many Mo Xias in Jueji Province. If she couldn't find the Mountain of Three Corpses even by using Momen's intelligence network, then even if she went to Jueji Province, she would not be able to find out.

Although she knew this, she did not dissuade her, she just looked up and said softly: "Brother Sang, I will go with you."

Liu Sang said: "Xiaomei..."

Mo Mei said: "I know, even if I stop you now, you will still go in the end, so you must take me with you. If Brother Sang leaves like this, I will be worried about you just like you are worried about the princess. , and will chase you to Juejizhou in the end.”

Liu Sang said: "However, Juejizhou seems to be very dangerous..."

Mo Mei said: "If you want to talk about danger, there are dangers where there are people, not to mention that we Momen people are not afraid of danger." The girl knelt down carefully in front of him and lifted his robe.

Liu Sang said: "Xiaomei..."

The girl was quiet, but raised her pretty face gently, and said with a smile: "Brother Sang, today is the Sacrifice Festival." Holding something, she slowly put it in her mouth, carefully rising and falling.

Liu Sang caressed her hair bun, she was intoxicated...

***

In the evening, Liu Sang brought Mo Mei back to Ningyun City.

Now that I have made up my mind to go after Juejizhou, I will let go of my mental burden and have a lot of fun this whole day.

In fact, even in Juejizhou, it is difficult to find Xia Yingchen, but one has to do something.

Back at Hou Mansion, Fang Zi passed by the back garden, but saw Xia Zhaowu walking over stiffly and angrily.

Liu Sang thought, what happened to her?

Who offended her again?

"Someone is looking for you." Xia Zhaowu said expressionlessly.

Someone looking for me?Someone is looking for me, as for making you so angry?

When thinking so.A pretty shadow rushed over, and Liu Sang immediately knew why she was so angry.

That pretty shadow threw him to the ground, and said with a grin: "Mr. Sang, do you miss me?"

Liu Sang sighed...it was this fox-tailed lady again.

Mo Mei just followed up, and seeing Hu Cuier throwing Brother Sang to the ground, she thought to herself that she was really bold, when she was in front of others.But there is no way to do such a thing.

"Dogs and men and women." Xia Zhaowu muttered bitterly, and stepped on his feet heavily as he walked far away.

Hu Cui'er looked at Liu Sang with a narrow smile: "Mr. Sang, do you want to know where the Three Corpses Mountain is?"

Xia Zhaowu immediately stopped there.

Liu Sang was also surprised and delighted: "You know?"

"Well," Hu Cuier pressed his chest. "The slave family has already found out."

Liu Sang said, "Where is it?"

Hu Cui'er leaned down shyly: "If you kiss the slave's house, the slave's house will tell you."

Hey, don't make trouble, okay?Liu Sang stared at her.

Hu Cui'er looked at him with a grin.

Liu Sang continued to stare at her.

She continued to look at him with a grin.

Xia Zhaowu rushed over angrily: "Are you two finished?"

Hu Cui'er smiled coquettishly, and hugged Liu Sang: "It's not over."

Liu Sang lay on the ground, pointed at her head, and looked at Zhaowu's sister-in-law: "It's none of my business!"

"My family has done so much research for you, so naturally there must be some benefits," Foxtail Lady smiled like a flower, "That's why I'll tell you if you want to kiss me."

Xia Zhaowu looked at Liu Sang bitterly: "Why don't you hurry up and kiss her?"

Liu Sang called: "Hi. I'm your brother-in-law."

"That's right, you are my brother-in-law," Xia Zhaowu muttered, "Didn't you go off to meet other girls?"

Mo Mei's face turned red all of a sudden.

Liu Sang thought to herself, don't meet Xiaomei.Could it be with you?

In desperation, he held Hu Cuier's cheek and kissed it, and then thought about whether he was betraying his appearance?

The fox-tailed lady wagged her tail happily.Xia Zhaowu stared at her viciously: "Where is the Mountain of Three Corpses?"

Liu Sang also looked at her... You better not lie, my sister-in-law will get angry.

Hu Cui'er smiled coquettishly: "I'll tell you that. I also asked my grandfather to use his astrology technique to find out a book written by my fox tribe in ancient times. It turns out that the Three Corpse Mountain is an ancient name, and now it is already I have changed my name to Peng Saw Mountain."

Mo Mei lost her voice: "Peng Zhanshan?"

Hu Cui'er solemnly said: "Well, Peng Saw Mountain... Sister Yingchen's trip to Peng Saw Mountain is probably very dangerous. She probably knows the danger of this trip, although there are still two months before the heavy five, she But he has already set off ahead of time, just to hone himself in Juejizhou."

Liu Sang and Xia Zhaowu looked at each other, Xia Zhaowu said in a low voice, "Then what is Pengsaw Mountain, and where is it?"

Mo Mei whispered: "Peng Saw Mountain is the place where Fusang Sect was established. Fusang Sect has been established in Jizhou for more than 200 years. With Fusang Emperor as the supreme god, he has great influence. Most of the bloody storms on Jizhou are related to It is related to the Fusang Sect. The leader of the Fusang Sect, 'Dongsheng' You Youxu, is one of the seven great masters. He is ruthless and murderous. Although he seldom shows up recently, his twelve disciples are also doing all kinds of evil. These twelve disciples call themselves the Fusang Twelve Saints, while others secretly call them the Fusang Twelve Demons, and most of them have stepped into the realm of masters, and none of them are easy to provoke."

He also said: "Our Mo sect can't develop in Juejizhou, largely because of the existence of the Fusang Sect, and Mount Pengsaw is not only the famous mountain of the Fusang Sect, but also the place where You Youxu retreated. In addition, There are rumors that You Youxu was born in the Yinyang family's Golden Crow Valley, whether it is true or not, we don't know for the time being."

Liu Sang was startled. In this way, what the lady is going to is an important place of cults with great master masters in charge?

The more Xia Zhaowu listened, the more worried she became... Sister!

***

After dark, Liu Sang made some preparations in the room, and told Xia Xia to work harder when he was not around.

He has decided to go to Juejizhou.

Since the Mountain of Three Corpses is the most important place of Fusang Sect, and according to Xiaomei, it is a cult, which makes Liu Sang even more worried.

The Mo Sect also has some forces in Jueji Continent. He and Xiaomei went to Jue Ji Continent together, so he might be able to use the Mo Sect's relationship.Find a lady and do a little favor.

In short, he was unwilling to wait here no matter what.

When telling Xia Xia, Luan'er rushed in in a hurry: "Master Fu Ma."

Liu Sang hurriedly asked, "What happened?"

Luan'er's face was pale: "Second Miss, she, she..."

With a thought in his mind, Liu Sang immediately guessed why Luan'er was nervous, and couldn't help but smile wryly...

***

It's still early in the morning.Xia Zhaowu slipped out of the Hou Mansion with the package on her back and headed for the city gate.

But a person turned out from the dark.He looked at her helplessly.

"Brother-in-law?" Xia Zhaowu's eyes widened.

Liu Sang said: "It's so early in the morning, where are you going? Could it be that no one met with you yesterday, and you can't stand the excitement. You want to run away from home and find a good man..."

"Go to your head!" Xia Zhaowu kicked him.

Liu Sang moved away, and said angrily: "If you are going to Juejizhou, what can you do if you go there alone?"

Xia Zhaowu said bitterly: "Did Luan'er tell you? I peeled her skin after I came back."

Liu Sang sighed: "Luan'er is also worried about you, how can she rest assured that you will go to Juejizhou alone like this?"

Xia Zhaowu: "Hmph!"

At this time, Mo Mei also turned from the side.

Xia Zhaowu stared at them: "You two..."

Liu Sang said: "Let's go find your sister, you stay at home!"

Xia Zhaowu cast a slanted glance at him: "Take the little lover to find the wife, how are you?"

Liu Sang...uh...

At this time, don't make complaints about this, okay?

Mo Mei persuaded: "Princess, the princess is no longer here. If something happens to you, what will the Marquis do? Besides, we are going to Juejizhou, and there is Momen's sub-rudder to rely on. You alone Run over like this. Even if you know that the Three Corpses Mountain is Pengsaw Mountain, do you know where Pengsaw Mountain is? The princess is going to climb the mountain on May [-]th. Before that, how can you find her? Jue Jizhou is not Hezhou."

Xia Zhaowu rolled his eyes: "Forget it..."

Seeing her move, Mo Mei was overjoyed.

Xia Zhaowu said, "I'll go with you."

Liu Sang said: "Hello..."

Xia Zhaowu threatened him: "Either you take me with you, or I will go by myself. Anyway, I will go." She also thought that she just ran to Juejizhou like this, and the place was unfamiliar. , It is true that I can't find my sister.

Liu Sang had a headache for a while, this girl is really not that easy to persuade, besides, even if she is persuaded this time, she will run away again tomorrow when she has a whim.But if she is allowed to follow, leaving aside other matters, what will happen if the female assassin is really the lady and her mother?

My sister was fighting with my mother, and she was watching?

Or follow one to fight the other?

While hesitating like this, a delicate smile came from behind: "I'll go with you too."

A fiery red fox jumped up to the top of the wall, then fell down again, turning into a young girl wagging her fox tail.Xia Zhaowu said angrily, "Why are you joining in the fun?"

Hu Cui'er shook her fox tail: "I'm just going to join in the fun."

Liu Sang thought, forget it, no one knows what the future will be like, it is meaningless to think so much at this time, since everyone is going, let’s all go, there must be a car in front of the mountain There is really no way, so we will talk about it later.

***

Now that he has made up his mind, naturally there is nothing to delay.

After making some preparations, Liu Sang and Xia Zhaowu left letters respectively, and left Ningyun City together with Mo Mei and Hu Cuier.

Although Ningyun City is relatively peaceful, most of Hezhou is already in turmoil.If you want to go to Juejizhou, the road is long, and the post stations everywhere have been cut off.

Fortunately, Momei's flying armored bronze figure is really amazing, it can transform into a wooden armored spaceship, carrying them from the sky, and flying to the north, its speed is much faster than riding Yingzhao.

The main energy source of the Mohist institutions is the magnetic core, also known as the ink core. This magnetic core can not only interact with magnets and magnets, but also can use the ubiquitous magnetic force between heaven and earth.Liu Sang is very curious about the production of magnetic cores. It is not easy for the Mohists who did not develop steam power and electric energy to design speeding cars and spaceships, but this flying armored bronze figure is even more wonderful than ordinary speeding cars and spaceships.

It's a pity that the production method and principle of Mohe belong to the Mohist secrets, and Xiaomei can't disclose it to him, but it is conceivable that although this kind of power is energy-saving and environmentally friendly, its production process must be extremely complicated, which also makes the wooden armor organ Although the development of Confucianism is far superior to that of Liu Sang's previous life, when Confucianism was the only one in ancient times, it cannot be truly popularized.

The spaceship transformed from the Flying Armor Bronze Man was gliding above the clouds. Since it was originally designed and used on the battlefield, it was not a specially made man-carrying tool, and the place for people to rest was too small. As Liu Sang A big man is naturally embarrassed to squeeze with three girls... although he really wants to squeeze. <The cold is still there, the air in the sky is already thin, and he sat there cross-legged, quite cold.

It wasn't until the sun gradually rose to the mid-heaven and the dazzling sunlight began to get warmer.

As the fragrant wind blows around him, a young girl rushes to his side.With all the turmoil like this, Liu Sang knew it was Xia Zhaowu without guessing.Xiaomei was quiet and quiet, she wouldn't look like this. As for Hu Cuier, if it was her, she would have thrown herself on his back long ago.

Xia Zhaowu came to his side and stared at him hard.

Those vicious eyes made Liu Sang's scalp numb, and he couldn't help asking: "What's wrong?"

Xia Zhaowu opened his mouth and closed it again, but stared even harder.

Liu Sang thought, did she find out that I did something bad?But besides having an affair with Xiaomei, I didn't do anything, did I?Even if you have an affair with Xiaomei, you are my sister-in-law, not my wife, and my wife hasn't spoken yet, why are you staring at me?

Xia Zhaowu gritted her teeth: "That..."

Liu Sang: "What, what is it?"

Xia Zhaowu stomped her feet hard.

"What's the matter?" Liu Sang asked carefully... He was afraid that she would kick him off.

Xia Zhaowu said: "You taught me how to control qi and let go!!!"

Liu Sang: "Oh...ah?"

Xia Zhaowu bit her lip: "Can't you?"

Yes, yes, but Miss Zhaowu... Is this an attitude of asking others for art?

This girl is really arrogant...

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(Note: Regarding "Fusang", it must be explained that when modern people mention these two words, it is easy to think of Japan, but in ancient Chinese culture, "Fusang" has nothing to do with Japan. In " In Shan Hai Jing, Fusang is the name of the sacred tree, and it is the place where "the ten days are bathed". The "Fusang" is associated with Japan. It probably started from the martial arts novels at the end of the last century? My personal impression should be that it is related to Gu Long It is related to the novel, I guess because in Chinese mythology, the hibiscus tree is "the place where the sun comes out", and Xiaoriben once claimed to be "the country where the sun comes out". But anyway, until the Republic of China, the word "fusang" was not It has never been used to refer to Japan, and Japan did not call themselves "Fusang". In ancient China, Japan was basically called "Waguo". The Taoist "Fusang Emperor" also refers to the East Wanggong, that is, Mugong.)