Lan Yue watched with interest as Shen Zhui Is it possible that the Arctic Temple in that grass weir field is our target?"

Lan Yue took a sip of the fragrant tea served by the waiter and was satisfied. Then she said slowly: "What do you think is better than a place on the seaside that is sparsely populated and haunted?"

After returning to the room, Lan Yue asked Shen Zhuixing to take out the jade pendant again. The two of them studied the text on it carefully. The text on the front was "Incarnation of the Golden Que, the Demon-dwelling Heavenly Lord. Wandering in the nine heavens, rising to the world" and the portrait of Emperor Zhenwu. On the reverse side, In addition to the image of the Big Dipper, there are also sixteen characters: "Start from Beichen, end at Yaoguang, reach nine feet, and the sun is at the extreme sun." The two of them looked at it for a long time and had no clue. They could only draw a preliminary conclusion. The words on the front It seems to be just a reminder that everything is related to Emperor Zhenwu. The Big Dipper on the opposite side seems to indicate a certain time and a certain direction. Nothing else can be figured out anymore. We can only wait until we get to the specific place to see.

The next day, the two got up early and set off eastward. It was already past the Egzhong solar term, and the summer solstice was a few days away. It was the hot season. The two walked and walked. When they arrived at Caoyan Field, the sun had already set. They asked passers-by about the situation. The North Pole Palace is still a long way away from here, and there are ponds and swamps nearby. It is very dangerous to walk at night. If you fall into it, you may lose your life. So the two found a farmhouse to stay and inquire about the situation.

There were very few houses near Caoyan Field, so the two had to walk some distance back before they found a family to stay at. The hosts, whose surname was Gu, were a middle-aged couple in their forties. Their son had gone fishing with others. The two of them stayed together, probably because they saw that their son was the same age as them. He was very enthusiastic and refused to accept any money from them, and even killed a fat duck to entertain them.

Lan Yue asked him about the situation of the Arctic Palace, and Uncle Gu started to explain it in detail. It turned out that Caoyan Field was just a beach on the seaside, surrounded by endless tidal flats, swamps and reeds, and was uninhabited. During the Southern Song Dynasty, Suddenly a group of people came to station here and built this Arctic temple. According to the old man, there were always people handling the temple in the early days of its construction and it was not open to the public. However, farmers cutting grass nearby saw that there were often people coming in and out of the temple, and even I also saw a large ship parked on the nearby sea, and people on it transferred to small boats and came to the Arctic Hall. After the Mongols conquered the Southern Song Dynasty, the Arctic Hall gradually lost its popularity and was only used as a jungle temple for Taoist friends all over the world.

Shen Zhui The temple property belongs to all Taoist friends from all over the world, and all French disciples of Taoism can live in and manage it, so there are often traveling Taoist priests who come to place orders."

Shen Zhuixing heard this and laughed and said, "You know so much, Taoist Lan, why don't you just move in tomorrow and help them manage, and even become their leader, so I can take advantage of you, wouldn't it be nice?"

After hearing what he said, Uncle Gu still believed it. Lan Yue glared at Shen Zhuixing and said to Uncle Gu: "Don't listen to his kid's nonsense. You should continue talking. Legend has it that Zhang Shicheng started the rebellion from here, right?"

Uncle Gu continued: "That Zhang Shicheng is from Taizhou. He joined the salt gang when he was young and sold private salt in the nearby area. He was repeatedly hunted by officers and soldiers. However, with his strong martial arts and familiarity with the terrain, he always succeeded every time.

Escaped. That year, he was caught up by officers and soldiers again, but this time the number of officers and soldiers could be three

There were more than a thousand people, but Zhang Shicheng's Salt Gang was killed and injured. In the end, only eighteen people escaped here. The officers and soldiers surrounded the entire Caoyan Field and must capture Zhang Shicheng alive. Zhang Shicheng had no way out and fled.

Arctic Temple. Three thousand soldiers surrounded the Arctic Temple and were preparing to launch the final attack.

Suddenly, thick fog fell from the sky, covering the entire grass field, and it was impossible to see the faces of people facing each other. Then, there was a creaking sound underground, the ground shook slightly, and then a red light was printed in the courtyard.

Then the temple opened wide, and a group of dark people rushed out with bracelets that glowed red.

Originally, only eighteen people from Zhang Shicheng fled here. Now I don’t know where so many people came from. Many of them held fire-breathing things in their hands, making amazing noises. The leader was Zhang Shicheng. He held a pair of golden lights.

Every time the ring is sent out and withdrawn, one yuan of soldiers' heads must be taken??????"

"That's a life-threatening golden ring!" Hearing this, Shen Zhuixing suddenly shouted excitedly. Suddenly he saw Lan Yue looking at him with suspicious eyes, and said with a smile: "Uncle Gu, you said it very well.

continue!"

Uncle Gu continued: "Everyone knows what happened later. Everyone said that Emperor Zhenwu appeared and lent Zhang Shicheng heavenly soldiers and generals and weapons to rebel."

Lan Yue then asked: "I heard people say that the recent generation is haunted, what's going on? Is it related to the North Pole Palace?"

After hearing this, Uncle Gu seemed a little scared and whispered: "It's true. I've seen white shadows flashing through the reeds at night. Sometimes in the dead of night, I can vaguely hear many female ghosts.

The sound of crying together. Some time ago, Maemura

Li Dazi's cow ran into the reed pond of the grass weir farm and disappeared. He and his brother-in-law went in to search for it, but they didn't return home all night. The next day, someone found their bodies lying on the beach fifty miles away.

, there are no wounds anywhere on the body.”

Shen Zhuixing asked: "Could it be possible that they drowned?"

Uncle Gu said: "What's strange is that the two of them are very good at water, and they travel together. Besides, even if they drowned, they should have died in the swamp of the reed pond. How could they reach the sea dozens of miles away?"

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Lan Yue said: "We will find out when we go there during the day tomorrow. It won't be haunted during the day!"

Uncle Gu advised worriedly: "It's better not to go to this kind of place during the day. I looked over there when I was collecting reeds. The mountain gate is not open all year round, and I don't know if there is anyone there now. There are no ghosts during the day, but

What if there is a demon? You two young masters are so beautiful, it would be a bad idea to be entangled by a fox fairy!"

Shen Zhui

, come on, you can perform for Uncle Gu a spell that you are good at, that urgent as a rule??????"

Lan Yue glared at him angrily and said: "It's getting late. Uncle Gu has been busy all day and it's time to rest. I'm tired too. You can go out to catch ghosts at night. I'll go to bed first."

." With that said, he went back to his room to sleep and never listened to Shen Zhuixing's nonsense again.

The next morning, after drinking the barley porridge cooked by Aunt Gu, the two said goodbye to the Gu family. Before leaving, they forced a piece of silver to Brother Gu. Uncle Gu refused to accept it. Lan Yue told him that the two of them might come in the future. He wanted to stay there permanently and keep it for future use, so Brother Gu reluctantly accepted it.

The two of them walked towards the North Pole Palace. Shen Zhuixing said: "You put so much effort into getting him to accept the money. I don't think you need to say that much. You can just stuff the money into the quilt on his bed."

Lan Yue said: "A person's character determines what he will do. Uncle Gu's character is loyal and honest, and he is not greedy for cheap. If you stuff the money into his quilt, just in case he thinks you dropped it, What should I do if I go back to Caoyan Field to look for you with my money? What if the idiot Li I mentioned earlier is killed by a ghost? "

Shen Zhuixing was speechless and quickly changed the subject: "Do you think there are ghosts in this world?"

Lan Yue said: "When people die, they become ghosts. I'm not dead, so how can I know? However, many ghostly things can also be explained by human affairs."

Shen Zhuixing asked: "What about?"

Lan Yue replied: "For example, Uncle Gu said that the two idiots Li died on the beach dozens of miles away. It is possible that they were killed, thrown into the sea, and then swept to the beach fifty miles away by the waves."

Shen Zhuixing asked: "How can you explain that there are no wounds all over your body?"

Lan Yue said: "A martial arts master with a little internal strength can use his internal strength to break a person's heart without seeing any external injuries. You should know this better than me."

"Also," Lan Yue continued, "Uncle Gu said that when Zhang Shicheng rushed out of the mountain gate, some of his men were holding fire-breathing artifacts. I guess they may have used firearms, Momen's firearms. Those extra people also had He might be someone from the Mo Sect. It seems that the North Pole Temple is inextricably linked to the Mo Sect at that time, and the people who first built the North Pole Temple were most likely from the Mo Sect."

Shen Zhui Zhang Shicheng must not be able to hold on to Gaoyou. So Ji Tan Zonglai said that the treasure of King Wu is actually the treasure of Momen." Then he asked: "Do you think the treasure may have been discovered now?"

Lan Yue said: "Probably not. Otherwise, the jade pendant you are wearing will be useless. But it is also possible that someone, like us, suspects that this place is related to the Momen treasure, and even finds some secret passages."

Shen Zhuixing asked: "Why?"

Lan Yue said: "You see, this place is a low-lying land by the sea, with swamps and crisscrossed swamps. No one who knows a little bit about Feng Shui will build a temple here. Aren't you afraid of it sinking over time? The only explanation is that there are foundations underground, then There may be a secret passage."

Shen Zhuixing asked again: "Why is Momen built here?"

Lan Yue said: "We can't just look at the geography, but also take into account the situation at the time. Zhang Shijie, the Momen tycoon at the time, may have wanted to build this place into a secret anti-Yuan stronghold."

While chatting, the two looked at the surrounding scenery. They saw thousands of acres of reeds as straight as the sea, with elk and cranes coming and going from time to time. Shen Zhuixing said: "You said that the white shadow and the woman's cry that Uncle Gu saw might be... Are there any silhouettes and cries of white cranes here?"

Lan Yue said: "That's not necessarily true. Uncle Gu has lived here for decades, and he can still distinguish the cry of the white crane from the cry of a human being."

Shen Zhui
Chapter completed!