The iron-wrapped wheel rolled slowly on the dirt road. Because of the weight of Hei Taisui and Li Huowang's luggage, it was forced to grind out car tracks on the muddy ground.
Li Huowang, who was holding the reins and driving the horse, turned his head and glanced at the steamed bun that kept sticking out his tongue on the road next to him. He stretched out his hand, clamped a piece of flesh on the back of its neck, and carried it directly to the carriage.
"Bang Bang Bang Bang" The steamed bun's swaying tail is like a stick, knocking the wooden carriage loudly.
Pushing the head of the affectionate dog away with his hand, Li Huowang said impatiently: "Be calm!"
After that, he reached out and took out the note Tuoba Danqing had given him.
As in the past, an address was left here, but what is different from the past is that this time the note given to me by the other party did not clearly state what happened.
It was just a deliberate statement that two spies with yellow letters were found here, so that those who go there next time should be careful.
Li Huowang didn't know how strong the so-called yellow spy was, but he was sure that this matter would not be trivial.
Otherwise, Tuoba Danqing would not have said that after completing this work, he could be promoted from Guizu to Renwu.
He knew that this trip might be dangerous, but when it came to fear, Li Huowang was really not afraid. After experiencing so many things, he was already a little numb. If a person is not even afraid of death, then there is nothing to be afraid of. Li Huowang took out the dark blue talisman book again and opened it to read. The first page was a brief summary of the book.
"The ancestors saw the traces of fairy birds and spiritual insects in the sand, and knew that they all contained innate wisdom, so they heard about them and searched for them in detail..."
To put it simply, there was a man named He Dao, or a Taoist named He, who figured out a way to borrow the power of heaven and earth from the sounds of birds and insects.
The sounds that are summarized from the sounds of birds and animals in the sky and are used to mobilize the spiritual energy of heaven and earth are called talismans, and the traces that are found in the insect-marked star images to attract the spiritual energy of heaven and earth are talismans.
But just listen to what was said above. Li Huowang doesn’t think that the power of heaven and earth can backfire on him at a glance. God knows which power he borrowed from this chaotic world.
In this crazy world, everyone has their own logic, and most of them are contradictory.
Never mind the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, the Three Pure Ones, Three Corpses, and the Five Buddha Realms. He doesn't want to get entangled in whether it is true or false. As long as it can help him, he is willing to believe even if the Jade Emperor descends to earth.
"With the same stroke order, write four at the beginning, then fold the lower left and vertical, then make the word "Chou" under it, make the word "Double Fire" under the word "Chou", make four circles backwards and make the character "Lotus"..."
Although Blind Chen said that this talisman has huge hidden dangers, it is not that easy to use it.
When drawing a talisman, you have to read it carefully. If you make a mistake or mispronounce a word, the talisman will be invalid. What's more terrible is that after the talisman is drawn, you can't see that the bottom painting is correct.
If you want to master this talisman book proficiently, you may not be able to use it without spending a lot of hard work.
To be honest, Li Huowang feels that this thing is much more troublesome to use than "Da Qian Lu". Although "Da Qian Lu" costs a lot, it is really convenient to use.
A small strip of bright yellow turmeric paper was placed on the carriage. Li Huowang bit his fingertips and looked at the talisman book in his hand and began to copy it.
"...the essence of heaven and earth, the essence of sun and moon, the essence of heaven and earth, the brightness of sun and moon!"
After Li Huowang finished reciting in his mind, he held the talisman in his hand and patted the horse in front of him. The next moment, Li Huowang heard a thick whisper in his ears.
But before he could listen carefully, the black horse pulling the cart suddenly neighed, dark purple blood vessels bursting out of its skin, and it quickly started galloping.
The strong wind blew up the black gauze hat on Li Huowang's head, revealing his face that grew out of most of his face.
Hearing the creaking sound of the wheels, Li Huowang, who was holding the horse, couldn't help but become nervous. "If we keep running like this, the carriage won't fall apart, right?"
Fortunately, after a while, when Li Huowang took off the talisman from the horse's back, the horse slowly returned to normal.
But in just such a short time, the carriage had already traveled several miles. It was hard to be unhappy. This talisman was more useful than Li Huowang imagined.
Just when the black horse, dripping with blood and sweat, came to the river and drank heavily, Li Huowang wiped the horse's back with his hand, and a red liquid that looked like oil oozed out. He thought to himself: "This thing is really useless."
Is it a hidden danger?"
"Woof woof!" Suddenly Mantou bared his teeth and shouted at the roadside.
Li Huowang looked up and saw a footman jumping on a load.
Seeing the other party gradually moving forward, Li Huowang quickly chased after him in a carriage. Now that he was about to reach the place, it was unreasonable not to ask a local to find out.
"Hey, wait a minute, salesman!"
He glanced at the copper coin sword on Li Huowang's back, and then at the red Taoist robe on Li Huowang's body. The salesman with the hair on his chin wiped the sweat from his forehead with the back of his hand, put down the pole on his shoulder, and stared at Li Huowang's face.
The black gauze hat asked: "This Taoist master, what do you want?"
"I don't want anything, I just thought that since we are going the same way, we can go together. After all, it is safer if there are more people, so as not to encounter thieves and lose our lives in vain."
"Master Dao is joking. I don't know about other areas, but here, there are really no thieves. If you are afraid of thieves, it is better to guard against the animals in the forest."
"Can't? Then why did I hear that this place is not peaceful?" As soon as Li Huowang dropped the hook, the other party immediately bit it.
"That's also a county matter, and it has nothing to do with us. There are merchants in the county, so we don't need our salesmen." The salesman looked indifferent.
"Oh? I'd like to hear the details. I'm a newbie here, so I really don't know much about it."
But when Li Huowang asked this question, the other party stopped talking. His expression was a little frightened, as if he was tabooing something.
Li Huowang didn't press for questions, but looked at the things on the other party's pole, "What do you have in this full pile?"
Seeing that the business was done, the salesman immediately became energetic. "I am a food salesman, so of course I buy food. I sell all kinds of soaps, dumplings, and lactose."
When Li Huowang bought most of the different foods in his pole basket and asked again, the other party hesitated for a moment and finally was willing to speak.
After sneaking a few glances at the surrounding woods, he leaned close to Li Huowang and lowered his voice and said: "I'm telling you, don't talk nonsense outside. I heard that Cangshui County is just ahead.
It’s haunted.”
"Haunted?" Li Huowang was stunned for a moment. He really didn't expect that he could hear this from other people.
"Yes, wasn't it the Ghost Festival celebrated on July 30th a few days ago? Oops, it turns out that the Lord of Hell forgot to close the gate of hell! The things in the underworld have all escaped."
Li Huowang didn't believe a word of the nonsense the other party said. This guy knew that the Lord of Hell had forgotten to close the gate of hell, so it would be too unworthy of him to be a salesman here.
"Just tell me what happened in Cangshui County earlier, and don't add any extraneousness."