"Forty miles outside the city, there is a village called Taohua Village. There is a mountain in Taohua Village, called Taohua Mountain. There is an official road to Changjing, which passes under this mountain. It seems that it started three years ago, at night
When businessmen pass by this mountain, or when local villagers walk down the mountain and come back from work on the mountain, they will occasionally see a pavilion on the mountain full of charming women." Wu Nuxia raised her eyebrows as she spoke.
He glanced at the Taoist and saw that the Taoist was still calm and showed no unnecessary fluctuations in his expression, so he continued -
"Some people were frightened, others couldn't resist the temptation, and there were businessmen from other places who didn't know the situation and thought they were approaching Changjing. That's it, so they walked in."
"Have you been killed?"
"I don't know what to say."
"What's wrong?"
"Anyway, these people woke up one night and slept under the peach blossom trees on the barren hills. Apart from back pain, they didn't have many major problems." The woman said, "But that was three years ago, and the demons who acted there at that time may have done something wrong.
It's not very deep yet, and it doesn't appear very often. Although there are already rumors about the beauty, many lustful people who are not afraid of death and want to experience something strange will go there to look for it. Men from nearby villages often go down the mountain at night.
You can wander around, but you still need a lot of luck to come across it.”
"Please have tea."
Song You brought her a cup of tea.
The woman took the tea cup, took a sip, and then continued:
"If you ask me, the monsters there are quite particular, well, not necessarily particular, but they are very restrained. They never suck people dry in one breath, but only make your back sore for a period of time. It is still the same now. But later on, those monsters may have had sex
Breathing in too much has become a climate. It appears once every twenty or thirty days, then once every ten days, or even once every few days, causing harm to more and more people. It still doesn't suck people every time.
Yes, but I can’t help those men who go there often. These people are addicted and can’t control themselves. Slowly, people in the nearby villages died.”
"Where is the government?"
"The government has noticed it a long time ago, but there were not many people there at first, and no one died. The government didn't pay much attention to it. They sent people there several times but couldn't find it, so they didn't bother to care about it. They just hung a sign on the nearby road.
Just tell passers-by that there is a ghost on this road and draw attention to it. But at that time, many people were already looking for it, so who cares about this thing? Even when the officers and soldiers went there, some people told them not to mind their own business.
Woolen cloth."
Wu Nuxia paused, then looked at Song You curiously, and asked closer, "Is this kind of thing really so addictive? It can make people even risk their lives?"
Song You's expression was very calm: "Since he is a demon, he may have other abilities."
"Then are they considered voluntary?"
"Maybe, maybe not." Song You paused, "No matter what, it won't do if it kills people."
"oh……"
Wu Nuxia drew a long tail, her eyes were filled with curiosity, but she did not forget the business and continued: "Later, the government sent officers and soldiers, and also went to the folk monster hunters, and even before the list was published, they
I went to find the masters of Tianhai Temple, but the monsters and thieves there were very serious. Every time the court sent people there, no matter whether they were officers, soldiers or strangers, they could only see a barren mountain. I have never even heard of any powerful Jianghu.
People passing by the mountains have seen them, and they seem to pick out soft persimmons."
"Barren Mountain? Isn't it Peach Blossom Mountain?"
"At the beginning, some people suspected that the peach trees there had become evil and they were all chopped down, but there was nothing they could do..."
Wu Nuxia touched her chin, her eyes flashed with the ferocity of the Jianghu people, and her heart also pretended to be the Jianghu people's way of handling things: "In my opinion, even if it is a wild ghost in the mountains, it is hidden very deep. If you want to rely on it,
If the officers and soldiers get rid of them, I'm afraid they will have to hollow out the mountain."
"Maybe."
The idea of this heroine is very simple, but it is also an effective way to catch monsters and eliminate ghosts in this era.
Where is it haunted?
Digging graves.
Is the mountain monster on the roadside trying to rob you?
Burn the mountain.
Simple and crude.
Wu Xia took another sip of tea and said: "I think this is the most troublesome one. The main reason is that I can't find the monsters at all. If I can find them, I won't hit them with my sword!"
But I just heard the Taoist next to me say:
"It's not difficult."
"Um?"
"If the heroine's information is correct, I think they should have the ability to identify intruders. The first difficulty is how to hide their own moral character and blood."
"You can?"
"I am good at this."
"confident?"
"Eighty to ninety percent."
"Then go try it."
"It's a bit late today, and we can't finish the forty miles before dark. Besides, today is the last night that Sanhua Empress will hunt mice at Ye Yuan's maternal home. I have to send Sanhua Empress to Ye Yuan's maternal home."
"You decide."
"The next one is Minister Zhou's mansion. I'm going to tell Minister Zhou that Mao'er is tired and needs to rest for a few days before going..."
A soft and thin voice came from beside me:
"Meow~"
"Oh, it's a lie. I lied to Minister Zhou." Song You added, "We will set off tomorrow afternoon and should be able to arrive before evening. I wonder if the heroine's time is convenient."
"deal!"
"Please help the heroine to reveal the list."
"No problem! You are better at catching monsters and ghosts than I am, so just leave all these chores to me!"
"Thank you, Heroine."
"gone……"
Wu Nuxia picked up the tea cup and drank it all in one gulp, then put it down and left.
But as soon as I walked to the next door, took out the key and opened the door to my own house, I heard a faint female voice coming from the next door:
"Are you going out to catch monsters?"
"almost."
"What about Sanhua Empress?"
"It's not convenient to take Sanhua Empress with me this time. But the main reason is that we have put a lot of money at home, which Sanhua Empress has earned with hard work. We have to pay for the house, so we can't have it stolen, so I think
Please Sanhua Empress, please stay at home and guard the house."
"OK!"
"But it's not easy..."
"fine!"
"..."
Wu Nuxia shook her head and opened the door.
Just pretend you didn't hear it.
…
The next afternoon, outside Changjing City.
The two of them rode out of the city.
"I revealed the list without reporting your name. If I reported your name, the government would have to ask you where you live, which would be very troublesome. Don't worry, we are fellow villagers and will not trick you."
"So much the better."
"Can we get there before dark?"
"Able to."
"Then your leg strength is pretty good."
Wu Nvxia dressed up in men's clothing and lay on the back of her short yellow-maned horse. She turned to look at Song You: "There is a horse but not around. Tsk, how pitiful..."
"Walking is better than walking."
"Fortunately, I walked slowly and was tired."
"..."
Not far away, the woman also climbed down from the horse and walked with Song You - the horse was short, her body was strong and her movements up and down were silky smooth, but she just looked funny.
The green mountains are very far away, one after another, and a winding loess road disappears and appears between the green mountains.
It's not a rut, but it's flat and easy to walk on.
The two of them rode farther and farther away.
The sun was setting in the west, and the sky was dark with dusk.
Song You was the only one left on the road.
Suddenly I heard the sound of horse hooves.
The yellow-maned horse trotted back carrying the heroine, slowly slowing down. The man on the horse said: "It seems that I haven't found the wrong road yet. Peach Blossom Village is ahead, and Peach Blossom Mountain is not far away."
"good."
"Can I recognize a woman like this?"
"I can recognize it, but I can't see clearly at night. I don't think they necessarily distinguish between men and women by their appearance. However, female heroes are martial arts practitioners, and their yang energy is heavier than that of ordinary men and women. When covering up, they should leave a little more
Some, in the eyes of demons and ghosts, the heroine looks like a man."
"awesome!"
"..."
Song You raised his hand.
So many folk experts and Buddhist monks have been here, but they have found nothing. The demons and ghosts that harm people in Peach Blossom Mountain must be hidden very deep, and they have to come out on their own.
I saw an extra ray of spiritual power on Song You's fingertips.
The spiritual power is like a shooting star, the middle is like snow, emitting white light, and the outside is like frost, illusory and semi-transparent.
Winter is the end and all things are collected.
The spiritual power of the winter solstice has the functions of accumulating vitality, terminating processes, and dormant and hidden.
"..."
Silently, the spiritual power dissipated.
"hiss!"
The woman suddenly shuddered and trembled.
"Why is it so cold suddenly?"
"alright."
"alright?"
"Um."
"Am I a man now?"
"Yang Qi is greater than Yin Qi. In the eyes of ghosts in the night, if you can't see the face clearly, you will think it is a man."
"It's awesome, Taoist priest..."
This sentence comes out again, as if it comes out casually.
The two figures continued to move forward.
As soon as we arrived at Peach Blossom Village, we could see many peach trees planted by the roadside. Some of them had already grown leaves, and some still had pink peach blossoms. The peach blossoms looked even redder under the sunset.
"This whole area is planted with peach blossoms. The peaches in Changjing in the summer are basically supplied by several villages around here." Wu Nuxia introduced him, "I came here to buy peaches last year.
Buying on the side is much cheaper than buying in Changjing City, but I didn’t come to Taohua Village, I went to the other side of the mountain, called Xiantao Village.”
"Xinghua is about this time, right?"
"It's almost the same as these days."
"I heard that the apricot blossoms in Changjing are very famous."
"I haven't seen it."
"That's it..."
The two of them talked quietly and walked through Peach Blossom Village. They saw the only mountain with no peach trees or peach blossoms, only countless bare tree stumps, which was Peach Blossom Mountain.
Sit and pretend to rest and eat some solid food.
It gradually became dark.
Suddenly there seemed to be a light.
Looking back, I saw that a pavilion had appeared out of thin air on the barren mountain. It was brightly lit and there was a woman standing upstairs, looking at them from a distance.
"I really saw it."
Wu Nuxia lowered her voice and said.
"yes."
Song You's voice is very ordinary.
"I thought that even if your method worked, we might have to wait here for a few days. It seems that more people have died recently, fewer people are coming, and they are also starving."
"The heroine is smart."
"hey-hey……"
Wu Nuxia grinned and then led the horse over with a relaxed expression, looking left and right.
The building has two floors and is quite classically beautiful.
Decorated with lanterns and colorful lights, the lights are bright.
Before I even reached the door, I heard a greeting from upstairs. It was delicate and soft, as if whispering in my ears, making my bones weak:
"Sir, would you like to come in and take a look?"
"Come in for a drink?"
Not many people in the world are afraid of ghosts.
Especially those who are young and highly skilled in martial arts.
Wu Nuxia had no fear, she just raised her head and looked at the woman upstairs with bright eyes.