The team made almost a turn through most of the mountain, including the place where the meteorite fell according to the folklore. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 After investigation, the ancestors determined that the so-called several acres of mountain forests burned by the meteorite fall were caused by ordinary fires, and there were no traces of meteorite impacts at all. After a few more days of searching, the ancestor's team found a cliff in the depths of Mopan Mountain, and went down the cliff to the bottom of the valley, and finally found the bones of the missing man. There were dozens of them, most of them had turned into white bones, and only one seemed to have been thrown off the cliff not long ago, and before it was completely decomposed, the ancestor crouched down to examine the corpse carefully.

But at this time, the people in the Soshan team were already frightened by the pile of white bones together, and I don't know who shouted, "There are beasts, and the heavenly spirit cover has been bitten open." Immediately the ranks went into disarray. Only then did the ancestor discover that all the corpses had a hole the size of a bowl on the skull, and the corpse that had not yet decomposed, the white brains in the hole above the head had dried up, emitting a disgusting smell.

The ancestor stopped the panicked crowd, pointed to the bones and said to them, "Where are the beasts? You see, the hole in the top of the bones was not gnawed by a fierce beast, but was cut with a sharp axe and sawed open with a small saw. If you look at this corpse, there are no signs of biting, but there are marks on the arms of being bound by ropes, which were all killed. ”

The ancestor took people to transport the corpse back to the prefect's yamen, and after discussing it with the prefect of Han, he already had a plan. It was clearly a horrific murder, but it seems that the killer was not trying to make money, because not many of the people killed could have robbed money. And drilling holes in everyone's skulls is by no means the behavior of ordinary robbers, and it looks eerie.

The ancestors believed that there had never been a victim in the town of Chengning, and that the unusual situation there suggested that the killers might have been in this town, or at least related to it. If you don't enter the tiger's den, the ancestors are ready to disguise themselves and explore the secrets of the town.

The ancestor pretended to be a merchant who traveled on his feet, and the Han prefect sent two guards with strong martial arts to pretend to be men, and the three of them rushed all the way to Chengning Town. After that, more than a dozen officials dressed up as caravans were arranged to answer in the back.

Due to the close proximity of Mopan Mountain, Chengning Town is located in a remote area, and there are not many passers-by who pass through the town. But the size of the town is not small, there are about 1,000 families living in total, but most of the families moved here later because of the war more than a decade ago.

When the three ancestors arrived in the town, it was already dark, so they found a relatively large inn to live in. The guys in the store are very attentive, they are busy serving tea and pouring water, the room is properly arranged, and after a while, a few side dishes and a few pancakes are prepared, and the ancestors are invited to eat.

The ancestors noticed that the inn was not small and only the three of them lived, and the restaurant in the outer courtyard had already been on the door because there were no guests. The shopkeeper was in his thirties, burly, with a full beard, not like a businessman but like a horse bandit. When the shopkeeper saw the three of them sitting down, he came over with a wine jug, saying that he had prepared a little thin wine to wash the dust for the guests.

The ancestor invited the shopkeeper to sit down, and the guests and hosts exchanged two glasses and began to talk. The shopkeeper looked rude, but he was a master who could speak well, and after a few glasses of wine, he kept asking the ancestors what kind of business they were doing, where they came from, and whether they were the only three people who went with them. The ancestor said that he was doing the medicinal materials business, this trip was from Jiangning, and he was going to go to the capital to enter a batch of medicinal materials outside the customs, and by the way, the ancestors of the secret Jinchuang medicine were transported over to sell, because he was not familiar with the road, he took the wrong way when he came out of Laizhou Mansion, and saw that the sky was about to get dark, so he borrowed it for one night in this town.

After speaking, he took out a delicate porcelain bottle from the baggage, handed it to the shopkeeper, and told the shopkeeper that his own Jinchuang medicine has a miraculous effect on stopping bleeding and removing stasis, and it is even more good for mosquitoes and snake venom.

The shopkeeper took the medicine, opened the bottle cap and smelled it, the strong fragrance was refreshing, refreshed, knowing that it was a rare good thing, he hurriedly thanked him, went to the counter and took another jar of wine, and beckoned everyone to drink it well, and the wine was given away in vain.

The Ancestor glanced at the two men in disguise, and motioned for them to work together to bring the shopkeeper down. The two comprehended the intention of the ancestors, and everyone took turns to fight, you have a bowl, and I salute a bowl. Although the shopkeeper had some alcohol, he couldn't stand everyone's drinking, and after a while, his face was already full of redness and his eyes were confused.

When the ancestor saw that it was almost over, he began to inquire about some useful information, and while pouring him wine, he asked him: "Shopkeeper, I don't know what medicinal materials are produced near Chengning Town, if there are good ones, I can spend more money to collect some and take them to the capital by the way." ”

The shopkeeper took a sip of the wine bowl and said: "When King Yan went south, this piece was a Shura battlefield, not to mention Chengning Town, Mopan Mountain was razed to the ground for hundreds of miles, and there was no grass. After the shopkeeper finished speaking, seeing the disappointed look on the ancestor's face, and drinking some more wine, there was nothing to cover his mouth, and he continued: "Although there are no medicinal materials, there are many of us who have cultivated to become immortals. ”

The ancestor asked suspiciously, "Since Mopan Mountain was destroyed in the war, where is there a place to cultivate immortals?"

"You don't know this, there is a ghost immortal master on our Mopan Mountain, but he is a famous living immortal. The shopkeeper's pretense said mysteriously.

The words of the master of the ghost fairy made the ancestors fall into contemplation, the ancestors of the ghost immortals are not strangers, the earliest Wang Chongyang put forward the idea that the immortals are divided into five categories, namely the heavenly immortals, the earth immortals, the human immortals, the gods and the ghost immortals. The difference between the immortals and the immortals is that the immortals ascend to the heavens in the day and enter the thirty-six cave heavens, while the immortals who return to the eighty-one yang heavens, the difference is only that the immortals are more detached and do not care about the world, while the immortals still have to manage the things of the heavenly court. Earth immortals and human immortals are lower immortals who are still in the world but have cultivated their immortal true bodies. As for this ghost immortal, there has always been controversy, one theory is that the wandering soul in the underworld has cultivated the Tao, but it cannot go to the Nine Heavens Holy Land, and can only wander in the human world and the underworld. Another theory is that those who have attained the Tao among the earth immortals and human immortals, and those who are in charge of ghost affairs in the lower ghost realm are called ghost immortals.

The ancestors never believed these statements, but today the shopkeeper mentioned the ghost fairy master on Mopan Mountain, and he was immediately interested, but he had to say more words, and he had to provoke the shopkeeper.

The ancestor put on a look of disbelief and said to the shopkeeper: "My family has been in the medicinal material business for several generations, and there are also ancestors who have gone to cultivate immortals to seek the Tao, I have never heard of any ghosts and immortals, if ghosts can be cultivated into immortals, what else do you want to do in this human reincarnation path?"

The shopkeeper saw that the ancestors didn't believe it, and said with a red face: "Our ghost immortal master of Mopan Mountain is a strong immortal of Taoism, let me tell you, he was originally a Taoist priest who cultivated in Penglai, and the world was forced to become a big boss in Qingyun Village of Mopan Mountain. But the ghost immortal master is not a person who is greedy for fame, Yan Wang is successful, he has already disarmed and returned to the field, and built a Taoist temple on Mopan Mountain to cultivate immortals, not asking about mundane things, only seeking to cross people. ”

"Sir, don't you know, back then, the Ghost Immortal Master and his brothers were nine deaths, in the first battle of Laiyang, Dengzhou Wei was surrounded by enemies ten times his own for fifteen days, and in the end, more than 300 people were killed by 2,000 people, but the eighty-seven brothers of Qingyunzhai did not die a single one, I was pierced by a spear at that time, and I still came back to life. ”

The shopkeeper knew that he was speechless, so he quickly stopped talking, picked up the wine bowl and took a sip. The ancestor has already understood a rough idea at this time, it turns out that the ghost fairy master is a mountain bandit who surrendered, but it is estimated that there are so many people on Mopan Mountain, and Zhao'an is a low-level military attaché, and the shopkeeper said it well, what is not greedy for fame, disarming and returning to the field, maybe it is a deserter halfway, and he can no longer fall into the grass on Mopan Mountain, so he repaired the Taoist temple. Later, Chengning Town was destroyed in the war and was able to be rebuilt, and it is estimated that most of the residents here are mountain bandits from Liang and settled down.

The ancestor hurriedly picked up the wine bowl, arched his hand, and saluted the shopkeeper with a bowl, and said sincerely: "It turns out that the shopkeeper is still a righteous man from the dragon back then, and the knife head licked the blood, it is really disrespectful and disrespectful, there are more than a dozen bottles of gold medicine in my guest room, and they will be put here by the shopkeeper for a while. ”

The shopkeeper took a sip of the wine in the bowl, waved his hand, and said with a smile: "How many years ago is the old thing, where is it worthy of praise from the gentleman, and it is so expensive? At that time, I was only in my early twenties, and I didn't have much ability except for a single strength, and I didn't have a big boss, so how could I come back?"

The ancestor saw that the shopkeeper was chatting, and hurriedly asked: "Shopkeeper, I still know a little bit about this medical way, not to mention that this spear pierces the abdomen, that is, he was stabbed twice in the thigh, and he can't stop the bleeding and treat in time on the battlefield, and he can't save his life, how did this big boss save you back?"

"This shouldn't have been said, but today I have a fate with Mr., and it doesn't hurt to talk about it, the Venerable Master of the Ghost Immortal has the ability to re-grant the mandate of heaven, not only can he continue his life but also exchange his life for his life. Before each battle, the Venerable Master would give each person a wooden sign with a spirit rune written on it, and he would also perform a life-sustaining ritual. That time, the spear was poking at the wooden sign in front of my chest, and the head of the spear was only pierced more than an inch deep, and if I went in a little further, I would not be able to come back with this life. The shopkeeper's red eyes were red before he finished speaking.

"The Venerable Master of the Ghost Immortal has such a magical skill, but I don't know what is the difference between this life extension and life exchange?" the ancestor continued to pour wine for him, asking what he really cared about.

(The pigeon flies high with an evil bell, and the bell rests without knowing its wings; the man walks away with an evil shadow, and the shadow disappears without knowing where it is.) Therefore, the fool walks high and flies, and the flat ground is a sea of suffering; Autumn insects and spring birds are free together, why bother with sorrow and joy; old trees and new flowers contain business, and Hu Wei is vain and don't say goodbye. --"Caigen Tan")