Paper Maker

Chapter 146 The General's Tomb

If you say that this ghost lantern is good, if it shines, it will never go out.Sitting with Cao Qilong, I flipped through this book page by page. The more I read it, the happier I was. The book is divided into three parts. The first part is about paper binding. The binding method and usage of paper figurines, and even a few paper figurines are specially designed to deal with water and fire. You must know that water and fire are the mainstays of paper figurines.The middle part is about the drawing and usage of talismans. There are many talismans in front of us, including the detailed arrangement of the four spirits used by Yin Cheng.The last part is the formation method, various materials, the arrangement and usage of various formations, and it is written in great detail.

It was a blessing in disguise, and Cao Qilong and I really picked up the treasure this time. With this thing, Cao Qilong and I must have greatly increased our strength. The series of thrilling things just now have been forgotten by Cao Qilong and me. Lantern read page by page.

It's not suitable for two people to read a book. Cao Qilong suggested tearing the book in half, but I think it's fate to get this book. I let Cao Qilong read it first, and I'll tie a few more paper figurines with me so that In the future, when things happen, I won't be chased by people like before.

But Cao Qilong threw the book in my hand, saying that I was too bad at paper-making, so he should just go and make paper first, and then read it after I finish reading it.I had no choice but to read slowly, page by page.

I don't know how long it took, I was completely immersed in the world of the book, Cao Qilong pulled me, and I finally realized, "How long has it been?"

Cao Qilong said that he had tied hundreds of pieces of paper, and he couldn’t do it anymore, so he called me. I apologized immediately and asked Cao Qilong to read a book. , and now I am so hungry that I am going to faint."

Cao Qilong didn’t say that I still don’t feel hungry. Now when I stand up, my whole body hurts, and my back hurts to death. My stomach is also screaming “cuckoo”. I don’t pay attention when I’m not resting. I can't even stand up straight.

Cao Qilong only found some flour in Yin Cheng's house, but we dare not eat it. The flour from thousands of years ago has not changed like this ancient city, but Cao Qilong and I dare not eat it out of caution. Who knows if those ghosts have changed? , or stained with corpse poison or miscellaneous.

We had no choice but to leave Yin Cheng's house with Cao Qilong. Cao Qilong took a bed sheet and tied it into a bundle. He packed many things we could use into the bag, carried it on his back, and dragged me down the mountain.

The mountain is not high but just enough to see the whole city. Because there are many ghost lanterns in the middle of the city, the street is illuminated brightly. From here, it looks like a winding spider web. The county government is working on these spider webs. The edge of the city is also like the central point of a spider web, from which all the streets emanate and gradually narrow.

This scene is very familiar, as if I have seen it somewhere, my heart moved, and I searched carefully in my mind to see if I could find this scene.

Seeing that I didn't leave, Cao Qilong looked back at me: "Let's go quickly, go down the mountain and ask the old man with a hunchback to see where there is something to eat."

I waved my hand to Cao Qilong, telling Cao Qilong not to rush me.After thinking about it for a long time, I asked Cao Qilong to bring the lantern over, and then found the former paper spirit book, flipped through the formation, found the simplest nine palace map, and compared it against the whole city.

If the county government office is the center, then it is Zhonggong. The farthest to the east should be Xungong, the entrance is Zhengdong, Zhengong, the lower left corner is northeast, it is Gengong, and the foot is due north, it is Kangong. Xidui Palace, Southwest Kun Palace, and Zhengnan Li Palace are all covered by a mountain behind the county magistrate. I couldn't see the simplest Nine Palaces because half of the palace was blocked.

The whole mountain draws a straight line from the southeast to the northwest, and half of the central palace is hidden in the mountain. The sky above the main palace represents yang, which is the yang eye in the Yin-Yang diagram, and the earth below is yin, which is the yin eye. .

All the things were connected in series at once, and I grabbed my thighs and said, "I'm still not convinced that we are two losers, but I understand everything! I understand!"

Cao Qilong looked at me depressedly: "Brother? Are you in a daze?"

I ignored Cao Qilong, and said to myself: "I said why the ghosts here have not dissipated for thousands of years, I said why the seven coffins Yin Cheng did not break him, so it is so! So it is so! That mysterious dog day The Taoist priest is really dangerous, he killed so many people, he really wanted to enter the mountain!"

Cao Qilong asked: "What happened?"

I showed Cao Qilong the shape of the entire Nine Palaces, and then said: "The ancient city must have been built under the leadership of an expert. Look at the three evil stars of Tanlang, Pojun, and Jumen, and Youbixing are all hidden in the mountains. Lu The four lucky stars of Cheng, Wenqu, Wuqu, and Zuofu were all designed in the city. The only bad thing is that the county government can only occupy the dark side, and the designer uses the royal atmosphere to shake the central palace. Yin Cheng is sure I knew that's why I didn't break the seven coffins, because there is a dark eye there, as long as the yin gathering array is not broken, the whole city can't have yang energy, and these fucking bastards can't dissipate, and the seven coffins It is possible to become a corpse ghost. The evil paper-making general must be counted on. Yin becoming these ghosts will not destroy the feng shui here, because there is no way to go to hell! The ghosts can only wander, break the seven coffins, remove the gathering Yinzhen ghosts cannot be reincarnated, they have to disappear, only in this way can we guarantee that the ghosts will still wander here for thousands of years!"

Cao Qilong rolled his eyes: "Please speak humanly."

I thought to myself: You are better at piercing paper than me, but you are much worse at formation.I can only fill my brain temporarily and tell Cao Qilong: "You know Jiugong."

Cao Qilong nodded, and I said again: "There must be something strange in this mountain. There must be an entrance on the side of the mountain. This is a big formation. The evil paper maker wants to enter the mountain, but he is afraid of something, so he puts the evil eye here. Changed, that is, the county government, so because the mountain is the same formation, the outside changes, and the inside will also change, so he weakened some things in the mountain through the evil eye of the change, and entered the mountain. And the changed Yinyan has given this place another advantage, that is, it has kept the ancient city in its original state for thousands of years, and Yin Cheng's family is on this mountain. He didn't want to move the seven coffins, because you also know that ghosts can't live in this world forever, and Nian Cheng will disappear before being reincarnated, but there is no reincarnation here, so Yin Cheng can only use four spirits Trapping those seven coffins gave the ghosts outside a chance to live for a thousand years!"

Cao Qilong thought for a long time, understood what I said, and asked, "Why can't I reincarnate here?"

I said: "Because this is the underworld! Do you still remember what Huang Daxian said? The Santu River has long been assigned to the underworld, and we should be around the Santu River now!"

Things have completely exceeded my imagination. The problem here is much more complicated than I thought. This ancient city must have been built when it was still in Yangjian, and there must be something buried in the mountain to prevent that evil papermaker Kill everyone in the city to break the balance of the entire Jiugong formation to weaken the things in the mountain. You must know that the three evil stars of Tanlang, Pojun, and Jumen were all designed by the designer in the mountain, and the danger in it is self-evident. Yin Cheng must know something, that's why he set up the four spirits array in order to maintain the balance here.Whether it's the Xiezhi papermaker or Yin Cheng, they are masters that we can't match. There must be a reason behind every little thing we do, but Cao Qilong and I are messing around like blind men, and we are not dead. It is really a blessing in misfortune.

Cao Qilong was fascinated again after reading it, and said a little angrily: "What's the use of thinking so much, if you don't go find something to eat, the two of us will join that hunchbacked old man's team immediately."

I said lightly: "I hope that the Yin Judgment Formation under the seven coffins is not destroyed by us." Then leaning on my back with my hands, I limped after Cao Qilong.

The ghosts in the city saw that we were more friendly now. I asked a few ghosts and found the old man with a hunchback. When I saw the old man with a hunchback, I asked, "Where can I eat here? It's best to grow in the ground, and dry food is not necessary." gone."

The hunchbacked old man took us to the east of the city, where a few acres of fields are located, and there is a river on the edge of the field. The river is four or five feet wide, and it is flowing slowly towards the side of the mountain. I asked the hunchbacked old man, "Where is this river?" What river is it?"

The hunchbacked old man said: "The river is called the Santu River, and it has been more than half dry. Going down is the mountain, and the other side of the mountain is the Wangchuan River!"

I asked the hunchbacked old man again: "You are a storyteller and you know a lot of things. My little brother would like to ask if there are any strange things in this mountain?"

The hunchbacked old man said: "There is nothing strange in the mountain, there is only a general's tomb. As for the general's tomb, I don't know what it is. I only know that the general's tomb is a general in the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty. There used to be a hole to enter, but the person who entered I have never been out, it is said that the mountain is haunted by ghosts, and then the county magistrate blew up the entire cave, and there is no way to go in again."

I was overjoyed, it was exactly as I imagined, and what I imagined was because of the change of the Jiugong formation, which caused a change here. All the houses, plants, etc. have been preserved in this space for thousands of years. , I saw that there are still many plants growing in the field, including a large number of crops such as rice, corn, and potatoes.

Cao Qilong dug a few pieces of potatoes and yams, picked up a few handfuls of firewood and started a fire, threw the potatoes and yams into the fire, and smelled a tempting fragrance after a while.

There is no salt or sugar, but Cao Qilong and I ate the thousand-year-old potatoes and yams, not to mention how fragrant they were. We devoured the meal so hard that I almost lost my breath. After eating, Cao Qilong and I were going to find a house to stay at random. Because Yin Cheng didn't break the formation mostly because of these ghosts, and the story told by the hunchbacked old man is almost believable.

Cao Qilong was already sleeping on the bed snoring like a cow, but I couldn't sleep at all. Part of the reason was the pain in my body. My whole back was bruised, and my internal organs were aching. I don't know if I injured that internal organ.

The main reason is that I don't know what to do next. The old man with a hunchback said that there is a general's tomb in the mountain, which was in the Zhenguan period. You must know that the whole country was in chaos during the Zhenguan period. There is a great campaign of things, followed by Fang Yiai's treason case, which involves a wide range of people, and it is definitely not something that ordinary people can handle to set up such a large array of nine palaces. , such as Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng are good people, but how can the general invite these big shots?
On the other side of the mountain is the Wangchuan River. The result is in front of me, but I can't find it. There are still seven corpses waiting in the county government. A large part of the reason for the underworld is because of the tombs of these seven uncles or the generals in the mountain. And directly did not manage the place, what should I do?What is there in the mountains?That bastard papermaker definitely didn't go to Wangchuan River, but entered the general's tomb. Is there anything in the general's tomb that is worth leaving the teacher and risking God's punishment or going to hell to kill the entire city to find it?

All this is like a mystery, a mystery I have to face, why is it so difficult for me to find Lin Xiaoqi, Huang Daxian also said that the time has not come, what is the reason in me that made God drive me here? I have to solve these troubles before I can find the underworld ship?Could it be that my mother is Jin Chanzi, and I can't succeed in my second descent?

My mind was filled with one question after another, and I fell asleep after thinking about it. I don’t know how long I slept. In my dream, I suddenly dreamed of Grandpa and Ma Zhenren. Grandpa and Ma Zhenren were looking at me with a smile on my face. He hurriedly asked his grandfather and Ma Zhenren what was going on here, but his grandfather and Ma Zhenren didn't answer, they just read a poem and then flashed away.

When I woke up, I found that Cao Qilong was still sleeping, hugging the quilt, stopped snoring, drooled all over the bed, tapped his mouth, I don't know what he dreamed about.Remember the poems of Grandpa and Ma Zhenren: Wang Chuanhe is in constant love, and life and death are hard to meet.

These two dead old men have no shape at all. Since they died, they have been the first-class vicious bureaucrats, sister!Next year's Ghost Festival will not burn anything for you, let's see how you feel!
Walking on the street, my heart was in a mess, I was not in any mood, but the hunchbacked old man ushered in front of me. Seeing my sad face, the hunchbacked old man asked me what was going on. I told the hunchbacked old man that I was going to Wangchuanhe, but here Things are really messed up.

The hunchbacked old man asked me if I was thinking about the general's tomb, and I nodded.

There was a strange smile on the hunchbacked old man's face: "If you want to fully understand this place, you have to look for the county annals. The county annals are the history of a county. You can start with this county!"

That's right, everything here must be recorded in the county annals!Turning my head around and thinking about it, I knew what was wrong with the old man. Isn't the county annals of the uncle in the warehouse of the county government? Didn't I go in to cause trouble for myself?Aren't those corpses and ghost babies just waiting for me to go?
With the wind blowing, I sighed and said that this is the so-called fate, the gap that you can't cross!Even so, I still have to discuss with Cao Qilong before deciding whether to go to the county government office, after all, others are just brothers, so I can't ruin his life in vain.

Cao Qilong heard that I had to go to the county government office to look for the county magistrate, and looked at me with a look of insanity: "Yesterday, you ate the most potatoes, or do you think you have a long life?"

I didn't say a word, I just sat in front of the chair and looked at the table quietly, I might really be overwhelmed!Cao Qilong slammed over the leftover cold potatoes from yesterday: "Grass! Isn't it just a corpse! Let's just walk away!"

(End of this chapter)