Chapter Five Hundred and Thirty Seven: General's Grave
"So, Senior Zhao, can we go over now?"
After receiving Chen Xiaoyao's repeated assurances by patting his chest, Zhao Ping nodded slightly with an expressionless face. The rest of the matter became simple. The two began to move, and both walked towards the outline of the building a few hundred meters away.
Caution is always the right idea. Although they concluded that the front was the Judge's Temple, the two of them were still cautious and alert during the march.
The reason? I think everyone except idiots can guess it. That is, victory is right in front of them, and capsizing in the gutter is not what the executors want.
Hooray, hooray.
The moonlight was deep and the environment was dark. Except for the cool mountain wind that blew from time to time, the entire Yinshan Mountain fell into deathly silence.
Ta, da, da.
The two of them marched cautiously with the goal of building in the distance. During this period, neither of them spoke. They made as little noise as possible during the advancement to avoid attracting nearby lonely souls and causing unnecessary danger. They followed each step and were cautious.
The distance gets closer and closer, and the outline becomes clearer and clearer.
Since the building appeared directly in the field of vision, sure enough, they had an actual goal. Soon, the two of them passed through the central grove and came to a wide wasteland. The wasteland was large and wide, with sparse vegetation around it, which was relatively rare in the mountains.
Flat area, precisely because the space is wide
It is so wide that the view here is no longer blocked. Although it cannot be said to be a sudden view, but with the help of the moonlight, you can still see the shape of the building in front of you more clearly. The shape does look like a temple. If nothing else, it should be the Judge's Temple. A temple.
Located at the forefront of the wasteland.
Under the big tree, after observing the situation in the distance, the two looked at each other and nodded at the same time, but... when Chen Xiaoyao turned his head back and continued to stare at the building, behind him, the same moment Zhao Ping withdrew his gaze,
I glanced at something from the corner of my eye, something, something with only a faint outline due to the dark environment.
Yes, just now, the man with glasses accidentally discovered something. He saw a semicircular mound about a hundred meters in front of him. The mound was located in the middle of the wasteland, not far from the Judge's Temple opposite. To put it simply, it was
It is understood that the location of the mound-like thing is exactly between the Executor and the Judge's Temple.
As mentioned above, due to the unclear vision at night, it is difficult to notice the mound in front. Even Zhao Ping only accidentally discovered a trace of the outline when observing the Judge Temple.
Um?
Suspicion suddenly arose, and his thoughts fluctuated frequently. After discovering the mound alone, the man with glasses couldn't help but become confused. He immediately observed the mound while running his brain to analyze and make quick guesses, until an inexplicable sense of crisis came over his heart.
Until the whole person was enveloped in a sense of crisis...
Throughout the whole thought process, the man said nothing, only occasionally glancing at the back of someone's head.
Leaving aside the state of the man behind him, he stared for a long time with his eyes wide open. In addition, he walked through the woods to get closer to the target. After thoroughly confirming that there was a real temple in front of him, Chen Xiaoyao showed a satisfied smile and a smile of victory. He immediately flipped his hair and turned around.
He laughed and said, "Haha, sure enough, the Judge's Temple is ahead. Why are you still standing there? Senior Zhao, let's go!"
Yes, since I have been observing the temple for a long time, and there are no Li Qi in the Yin Mountain, there is no doubt that without Li Qi there would be no hallucinations. The absence of hallucinations means that what you see is true. Since what you see is true, then the authenticity of the Judge Temple
It was self-evident. So, after he understood all this, the young man did not hesitate anymore and immediately urged Zhao Ping and asked the two of them to hurry over. After all, the only soul-calling flag that could save He Fei was in the Judge's Temple!
If you don’t leave now, when will you wait?
However……
"Woo."
Listening to Chen Xiaoyao urging beside him, suddenly, Zhao Ping beside him showed pain on his face as the next second came, his body trembled, he suddenly half-knelt on the ground, raised his hand to hold his head and groaned in pain. Not only that, except for his body shaking, his mouth
In addition to groaning, the man's entire face turned pale after a few seconds, and beads of sweat fell down his forehead one after another.
Seeing the bespectacled man suddenly become like this, Chen Xiaoyao, who was urging him frequently on the side, was shocked on the spot. His instincts froze and he hurriedly knelt down and asked anxiously: "What, what is going on? Senior Zhao, what are you doing?"
What's wrong?"
"Hoo, ho, no...not sure, I suddenly feel dizzy and my body can't use any strength."
After hearing Zhao Ping's painful answer, Chen Xiaoyao frowned and then fell into silence. Judging from the opponent's condition, it didn't look like he was attacked by a locust. As a Taoist priest, he also knew that low-level locusts did not have the ability to attack mentally.
It looks more like a sudden illness, but a sudden illness? What kind of sudden illness will Zhao Ping have? Or will the executive who has always been healthy become ill?
What's going on?
Thinking of this, Chen Xiaoyao stared at Zhao Ping with suspicion, and looked directly at the man's face. After observing for a moment, he found that the bespectacled man's pale face and sweaty face did not look like he was faking it.
"Hoo, hoo, woo..."
At this moment, listening to Zhao Ping moaning from time to time, watching the man trembling one after another, and the other man kneeling in collapse, silent for a long time, Chen Xiaoyao touched his nose and then asked in a tentative tone: "Senior Zhao, are you sick?"
"It's hard to say, huh, anyway, I feel very dizzy right now and my body is completely weak. I don't know what's wrong with me..."
After saying that, without waiting for the young man to answer, Zhao Ping struggled to raise his head and faced Chen Xiaoyao with his pale face and continued: "I'm sorry, I can't go there with you, huh, huh, but it doesn't matter, anyway, the temple is right in front of you, you
Don't worry about me, hurry, hurry, hurry in and take out the soul-calling flag, and then let's go down the mountain together."
Chen Xiaoyao did not immediately respond to Zhao Ping's urging. Instead, after pondering for a few seconds, he changed the subject in a rather regretful tone: "Um, can't we go? We had agreed before that after entering the Judge's Temple, except for the soul-calling flags, there would be nothing else inside.
Good thing, I, Senior Zhao, will give you half of it. If you don’t go... Huh? Senior Zhao? Senior Zhao, what’s wrong with you?”
Before he finished speaking, he looked up and saw that Zhao Ping, who had just barely struggled under the big tree, was now completely unresponsive. He just sat paralyzed on the ground with his head hanging down, leaning against the tree trunk silently.
Zhao Ping's reaction shocked Xiaoyao again. Seeing that his call was in vain, he hesitated. The young man moved, walked closer, put his hand on Zhao Ping's wrist and took his pulse.
As the saying goes, there are nine doctors out of ten alchemists. There are almost no Taoist priests who often make elixirs who do not understand medical skills. It can even be said that Chinese medicine is inextricably linked to Taoism. Except for a large number of fake Taoist priests who only pretend to be in reality, all authentic Taoist schools
There are very few people who are not familiar with Chinese medicine. This is said to be true, and it is also true in reality. As a serious person, Ba Jing Mao
Mountain alchemist Chen Xiaoyao also practiced Chinese medicine under the guidance of his master during his studies. Although his master passed away and gave up halfway, he has mastered the basic knowledge. It is not a big problem to take pulses and diagnose diseases, just like He Fei earlier.
He had checked his pulse when he was unconscious. It can also be understood that taking pulse is Chen Xiaoyao's best method of medical treatment.
It was obvious that he had just made up his mind. Since he couldn't tell whether the bespectacled man was really sick or fake, he might as well just use the pulse counting method to detect it. After all, it is often easy to tell whether a person is sick by taking the pulse.
If Zhao Ping is not pretending to be ill but is actually ill, then his pulse will definitely be different from the normal pulse, and this is his best way to identify whether the man with glasses is feigning illness.
only……
The finger just touched the man's pulse. The next second, Chen Xiaoyao was stunned. His expression was shocked, and his expression instantly changed from suspicion to shock!
The reason is that through the pulse pattern, he clearly felt that Zhao Ping's pulse was chaotic and irregular. According to the concept of traditional Chinese medicine, this was not the pulse that a healthy person should have at all!
It seems that the man with glasses is not pretending to be ill. In that case, okay.
He stood up silently, turned around and left. Before leaving, he said something to Zhao Ping, who was in a coma.
Rush to the hospital!”
After saying that, Chen Xiaoyao didn't hesitate anymore, and immediately left the man behind the glasses and turned around to leave according to the bespectacled man's earlier request. He moved his legs and hurried towards the Judge's Temple, and his figure quickly disappeared into the night ahead.
Time passed by second by second, and the surroundings were silent, at least at the edge of the woods near the temple.
until……
Half a minute later, when Chen Xiaoyao's figure completely disappeared into the night ahead, a 'miracle' happened under the big tree. For some reason, Zhao Ping, who was originally pale and unconscious, suddenly opened his eyes. When he opened his eyes, his body also
He simply jumped up and then raised his head to look ahead.
Looking at Zhao Ping at this time, how could he still look sick? He was now extremely healthy and looked as usual. After a moment of observation, Xu was completely sure that the other party would not return. Then, the man with glasses moved and made a small movement.
His left hand reached towards his armpit and took out a small stone.
Snap.
As the pebbles fell to the ground, and a soft sound reached the eardrums, the man with glasses smiled at some unknown moment, staring into the night with the corner of his mouth slightly raised, revealing a sneer.
………
Somewhere in the Yinshan Mountains.
"Hoo, ho, ho!"
Tired to death, weak to weak, tortured by this extremely uncomfortable state, Yao Fujiang unexpectedly did not choose to rest, but kept moving forward and moving, relying on the waning moon above his head to identify the direction while walking hard, he did not know where to go
How long has passed, all I know is that the sky has darkened and the time has entered night.
He looked down at his watch and found that the time had now reached 18:09 at night. Seeing this, Yao Fujiang became more and more anxious. The main reason for his anxiety was fear. Yes, it was dark, and the entire Yinshan Mountain was completely covered by night.
package, this also means that from now on the situation will be more dangerous than during the day. Although it is not certain that the hawksbills in the mountains will be more active at night than during the day, human beings' natural fear of darkness still makes him feel guilty and frustrated.
In addition, there is another point worth mentioning, that is, no matter what, he walked for nearly a whole day. Yes, he walked over the mountains and ridges for so long, but unexpectedly he never reached the end, and he never found the target, Judge Temple.
There was no trace at all, not to mention that the two teammates who had been separated for a long time had not been encountered.
What's going on?
What is going on with him?
(Even if the communicator is interfered by the supernatural power of Yinshan Mountain and becomes unusable, even if remote communication is lost, how come there is still no discovery after walking for so long? Is it because the area of Yinshan Mountain is too large? Could it be... Could it be that those two people have already gone back?
?Choose to give up after searching to no avail and go down the mountain directly?)
(impossible!)
After thinking about it carefully and shaking his head, Yao Fujiang quickly denied the inexplicably pessimistic idea. It was impossible. It was indeed impossible. After all, he had been searching in the mountains for so long. Returning the same way he came from would undoubtedly be extremely frustrating and even frustrating.
Unwilling to be indignant, and recalling Chen Xiaoyao's determination to win before going up the mountain, no matter how he looked at the young Taoist priest, he would not give up easily, and the other party was most likely looking for it just as hard as himself. As for the glasses surnamed Zhao
male……
This thing is hard to say.
………
Is the guess correct?
The answer is yes. It is indeed as Yao Fujiang guessed. Putting aside the selfish man with glasses who is always afraid of death, Chen Xiaoyao really did not give up halfway. Not only did he not give up halfway, at this moment he can even be said to be only one step away from victory.
Success is close at hand, only the last few hundred meters remain.
The scene shifts to two hundred meters in front of the Judge's Temple.
Although he was anxious before leaving, since he left Zhao Ping, who was seriously ill, and entered the wasteland from the edge of the woods half a minute ago, the young man has changed. He has changed his walking state. He has become breathless and cautious, and his speed has begun to slow down. Every time he walks,
Be careful not to look left or right at every step.
There is only one reason, that is, I don't want to get out of hand, I don't want to capsize, and I have spent a lot of effort to get through all the way, but in the end, I capsized and fell into the water at the last ditch when I was about to win. No one would be happy with this outcome.
Chen Xiaoyao understands this truth, so the closer it is to the last moment of victory, the more cautious and extremely cautious it is.
Ta, da, da.
At present, he is walking towards the Judge's Temple while constantly observing his surroundings, scanning the wilderness with his eyes. He does not dare to be careless or relax. After all, he is still more or less affected by Zhao Ping's unexplained illness before he came.
Yes, Chen Xiaoyao is not an ordinary person. The young man also has his own set of logical principles. If Zhao Ping can accompany him, then at least he will not be so cautious at this moment. Based on his understanding of men, although he was indeed cautious at the beginning.
I once suspected that Zhao Ping was pretending to be ill for some unknown reason.
Because he chose to pretend to be ill, he had no choice but to believe that the other party was indeed ill until his pulse was detected. He suffered from an emergency for no reason and collapsed and collapsed inexplicably. However, it was also because the contrast between the actual results and the speculation was too great.
On the contrary, it made him feel more and more indifferent, and there was a vague sense of unknown uneasiness.
Putting aside the unfounded uneasiness for the moment, as the walking continued, Chen Xiaoyao unknowingly walked about a hundred meters away. Nothing happened during this period. Seeing this, he breathed a sigh of relief and looked forward.
, looking at the building opposite, sure enough, as the distance has shortened again, the shape of the temple has become clearer and more obvious under the moonlight.
(Huh, it seems I'm overthinking it. There's nothing unusual or dangerous. All I need to do now is enter the temple as soon as possible to get the things.)
After the observation, he took a long breath in his heart. Immediately, Chen Xiaoyao no longer hesitated, and his movement speed unknowingly accelerated a little, but the strange thing was...
As soon as he accelerated forward, he stopped suddenly after taking only a few steps, or rather a few seconds later.
He suddenly stopped in his tracks because he suddenly discovered something ahead of him.
As mentioned above, before entering the wasteland, his attention was always focused on the Judge's Temple in front, and he had not observed anything else. It was not until this moment, until he entered the wasteland that he was close, that the young man noticed something in front of him, a bulge.
What is out of the ground is a semicircular mound that is difficult to detect because it happens to be shrouded in the shadow of the Judge's Temple.
An inconspicuous mound.
Yes, as the distance gradually approached, it was only then that Chen Xiaoyao discovered that there was a steamed bun-shaped mound standing in front of the Judge's Temple.
"Huh?"
When I discovered this thing, I let out a sigh, and stopped instinctively. Then I was prompted by curiosity to look at it, and started to observe.
With the help of the moonlight above his head and the close distance, through observation, he visually determined that the location of the mound was about 50 meters directly in front of the Judge Temple. Of course, the distance was not the point. The point was that he was curious about this mound and the convex surface on the opposite side.
What exactly is a 'mantou'?
Confused in his heart, Chen Xiaoyao couldn't help but have the idea of wanting to get closer to browse and observe. After all, it was a dense night at the moment, and it was difficult to see the true appearance of the mound from a distance. Unless he got closer, it would be difficult to see the mound like this at present.
The only situation is that we can only know that it is a mound.
(How about... take out a flashlight and take a photo?).
While hesitating, Chen Xiaoyao suddenly remembered that he was carrying a flashlight, a cat-eye flashlight with excellent light concentration. It is said that this thing, like a small communicator, is a standard configuration for executors and is a must-have equipment for supernatural missions.
These things are all top-notch technological products produced by Curse.
Every team member will have these two things, but he has never used the flashlight since it was made. As expected, when thinking of the standard cat-eye flashlight, Chen Xiaoyao was a little moved, although he did not deny that in this Yinshan Mountain full of crises
There are certain risks in using a flashlight, but after some thought
, In the end, Chen Xiaoyao still thought that it would not be a big problem to use it near the Judge Temple. The reason is easy to explain. According to folklore, the Judge of the Underworld is a senior manager of the underworld. After every soul reports to the Underworld, all the sins committed during his lifetime will be punished by the judge.
Make a judgment and decide whether to go to hell,
Whether to ascend to heaven, whether to reincarnate, etc. are all decided by the judge. It is conceivable that with this deterrent, the ordinary lonely wild slugs must be afraid of the judge of the underworld. Draw inferences from one example. Since there will be no squirrels near the judge's temple, then
Why not use a flashlight? Besides, it’s just for taking a photo.
Driven by curiosity, I did what I thought of and reached out to take out the cat-eye flashlight.
Snap.
With a soft sound, and as the switch was pressed, in an instant, a bright beam of light shot straight ahead, shining directly on the steamed bun mound a hundred meters away.
Under the light of the light beam, the original appearance of the mound is fully displayed in the field of vision:
A tomb, a dilapidated ancient tomb that has been in disrepair.
The square stone tombstone erected in front of the mound is the best proof.
"call……"
As expected, although the distance was still very far and the words on the tombstone could not be seen clearly from a distance, Chen Xiaoyao breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that the opposite was just an ordinary tomb in a barren mountain. It turned out to be just a tomb. Maybe
Ordinary people would be afraid of barren mountains and graves, but as a Maoshan Taoist priest who dealt with locusts all day long, he, Taoist Master Chen, was already accustomed to these things, and he was as unconcerned as ordinary people seeing flower beds on the roadside.
This is the truth, but in fact he is still a little curious and has some doubts about the only solitary tomb erected in the Yin Mountain in front of him. According to his understanding of history, tens of thousands of Fengdu people were exterminated during the construction.
After being slaughtered in the mountains, no one collected the corpses of the people. They were almost all corpses in the wilderness, so in his opinion, there should be no graves in the mountains anyway.
Yes, but what is strange is that there is an ancient tomb here? Obviously, because no one has dared to come to Yinshan for hundreds of years, the ancient tomb must have been built by the captives at that time. If this is the case, then problems will arise, such as the owner of the tomb
Who is it? Why is there a tomb? Even Jianlu, who has no humanity and is like a beast, is willing to build a special tomb for him? And he deliberately built the tomb so close to the Judge’s Temple?
(this……)
The more Chen Xiaoyao thought about it, the more puzzled he became, and the more he thought about it, the more doubtful he became. The doubts aroused his greater interest, so he planned to take a closer look, look at the stone tablet, and see who the owner of the tomb was. After all, it was just a barren tomb.
Next, turn off the flashlight and stride towards the grave.
When he came closer, when he was completely opposite the tall tomb, Chen Xiaoyao immediately squatted down and looked at the tombstone, directly looking at the words engraved on the tombstone.
As a result, I guessed correctly. The tombstone was indeed engraved with text. As soon as I lowered my head, a vertical line of ancient writing appeared in my field of vision.
Then, Chen Xiaoyao froze.
He was stunned, frozen on the spot, and instantly fell into a sluggish state. His whole body was as if he had been cast a immobilization spell, motionless on the spot.
Then, my heart beat violently, cold sweat broke out on my forehead, and my body trembled inexplicably.
This is scary, and it is obviously an instinctive cowering reaction due to sudden excessive fear!
Why fear? Or what is written on the stone tablet that can scare a Maoshan Taoist priest who has always been fearless, not even afraid of worms?
I don’t know, I don’t know, the only thing I know is...
The camera moved along Chen Xiaoyao's field of vision to the front, to the stone monument opposite. When he took a closer look, he saw this line of text engraved on the tombstone:
The tomb of Tian Fengyuan, the commander-in-chief of Fengdu in Ming Dynasty.
There is also a small line of additional text engraved on the lower right corner of the tombstone:
He fought bloody battles to the death without surrendering. I admire his bravery and hereby erect a grave.
The grave of a Ming Dynasty general.
It's unremarkable, it's still just a tomb.
The strange thing is here. Why was Chen Xiaoyao so frightened when he found the grave of a general in front of him? The reason? The reason is very simple. The reason for fear is not that Chen Xiaoyao knew the commander-in-chief named Tian Fengyuan.
, not afraid of the opponent's power during his lifetime, but afraid of the tomb itself...