The guy hurriedly said, "No, no, no." I'm just using an analogy. ”

Cheng Zhengzhi hissed and glared at him, "Then what do you mean?" ”

The man smiled bitterly and said, "When I was in the fifth year of Zhaozong, I had just married a bride, and the two of us lived like honey and oil, and once, when she had a toothache in the middle of the night, I went to the hill behind the house to find her some herbs to relieve the pain. Who knows, but only a few dozen steps away, suddenly lost in the fog. I wanted to go out, I couldn't find my way, I screamed desperately, but there was no sound at all. I don't know how long I turned in the fog, but when I finally came out, I had already come to the outside of the city. ”

As he spoke, he stopped and explained to Liu Xiaohua and the others, "This place is called Companion Tomb. We found it on the side of the big house, and everything inside the big house was stamped with the words 'Companion Tomb'"

As he spoke, he took out a small marigold from his arms and presented it to Zhou Qing, "This is what is in the big house, I just ran over and invited it to show the immortals." Saying that, let Zhou Qing show it to Liu Xiaohua. He also specifically explained, "I've been here for a long time, and I've tried many times, and I found that the things here have to be asked for by others voluntarily, so you give it to him again, and he can count it when he takes it." It's not good to hold it in your hand. ”

Zhou Qing took it and showed it to Liu Xiaohua.

At the bottom of the lamp, there are indeed two protruding words 'accompany the tomb'

Zhou Qing asked, "What's next?" ”

The guy continued, "When I first arrived at the Companion Tomb, I was shocked" and he said with a wry smile on his face: "I thought I had come to the place of the gods." I just think, in addition to the fairyland, where can there be such a brilliant place of golden walls? There was gold, there was wine, whatever I wanted, and everybody treated me with the best. In less than half a day, I had a fortune that I thought I would never spend in a few lifetimes, and I hurried to go home. I still remember the bride's toothache, and I just thought that I had been gone for a long time, and she must have been terrified. ”

He said coolly: "But as soon as I got out of the city, I got lost in the fog again." When I got out of the fog, it was a strange place. The accent is very different from my hometown. The clothes are not the same......"

Cheng Zhengzhi couldn't help but interrupt him: "I can't." How can you get out of the city with the gold, won't it turn into dry bones? ”

The guy was stunned for a moment, and asked rhetorically: "How does the immortal know that when he takes the gold and goes out of the city, it will turn into dry bones?" It was clear that he hadn't mentioned it yet.

"Huh?" Cheng Zhengzhi's expression froze for a moment. immediately looked back at Liu Xiaohua, and saw that Liu Xiaohua didn't speak, just looked at him with a smile.

He was slightly embarrassed, made a confident look, and said, "Although you haven't said it yet, you're about to say it." I have the immortal method, and naturally I have the method to realize it. ”

The guy didn't doubt it, and said in shock: "The immortal is really supernatural. But you'll know what I've said about the rest. ”

continued: "I asked someone, and I found out that I was actually on the Luhai beach. 108,000 miles away from home. By the time I returned to my hometown, it was already two years later. ”

He smiled, and this smile was indescribably desolate, "A person like me from a poor family suddenly has money, and there is not a day when he is not frightened. I didn't dare to spend a penny, I didn't dare to show anything, for fear that others would know that I had so much money on my back and would murder me. I didn't even dare to hire a better carriage. It was easy for me to see my own house from a distance, to see the figures curling in front of it, and the smoke from the roof. I almost went crazy with joy. But when I got closer, I realized that the figure was not my bride, but just a white-haired old man. ”

The guy said to Liu Xiaohua: "But I don't understand why I have only been out for two years, and the new house I built with my own hands has already changed owners." Became someone else's family of four? The old man didn't know who it was, he was deaf and dumb, and when I asked him where my wife was, he couldn't hear him. I had no choice but to go to the village and ask people and relatives I knew well. But I didn't expect that although the village was still the same village, I didn't recognize anyone.

I stood between the familiar houses with the gold and jewels in my arms, but I couldn't see a loved one. They all moved away, and none of them remained. I couldn't help but cry bitterly. The people in the village thought I was crazy. Gather around to see the excitement. But an old woman shouted my name and squeezed in from outside the crowd. ”

He indulged in the past, his face was sad and crazy, "I asked her, how did she know my name?" Did my wife leave me something to say when she moved out, and where to find her? She looked at me in shock, looked up and down, back and forth, and burst into tears. ”

The man laughed briefly, and the laughter carried endless sadness: "Immortal, my bride is in her best life, but in the blink of an eye, she has grown old like that. I just thought I had been out there for two years, but I didn't realize that it had been decades for them. ”

The guys present were all sad because they felt the same way.

The man muttered, "I found out that my parents have long since passed away, my friends are dying, and the bride has remarried to someone from the village many years ago." Even her children are already in their sixties and seventies. I longed to go home, but I found myself homeless. ”

He said this with a sad face, and stopped for a long time. Only then did he get rid of these feelings, and Shen Se continued: "After that, I left all the gold to the villagers......

He Wen'er exclaimed: "That ......" Linglong turned around and glared at her fiercely. She had to shut her mouth angrily.

The man said, "I only want to go back to the tomb on the road." I thought that there was nothing to be sorry for dying on the way to find a fairyland. Anyway, there is no place for me in the world. Unexpectedly, I easily encountered that fog again. Smoothly returned here. However, I soon discovered the strangeness of the Golden City, and then I realized that as long as I took what belonged here, it was equivalent to taking the money to buy my life. Even if you don't spend the night here and leave immediately, one day, whether intentionally or unintentionally, you will come back here one night. This time, I can't go away. After the night had passed, he could not leave the city for half a step. ”

"But didn't you give your gold to the people of your village?" Liu Xiaohua asked.

"Not all. The devil sent the gods to the earth, and I left a piece of gold. The man smiled bitterly: "Although I had good intentions, I left the gold to the people in the village, and I wanted the people in the village to live a better life, but I inadvertently harmed them." Originally, I still had a glimmer of hope, as long as they didn't come to accompany the mausoleum. Unexpectedly, these people still arrived here one after another. There are those who get lost when they return home in the evening, and there are those who get lost in the fields in broad daylight. One does not fall. No one can escape. ”

He said, 'poof', and knelt in front of Liu Xiaohua, "Immortal, do you know?" Sometimes I often wonder why I am so unlucky to keep that little money. It would have been nice to give them all then. I knew it was evil for me to think so, but I couldn't help it. Every day I regret why I left this gold, and I hate myself all the time after regretting it. My sins are so great that I don't deserve to be saved. But please save them. If you relieve the suffering of accompanying the mausoleum, it is also a merit. ”

The rest of the room knelt down and pleaded.

These people all came to the Golden City because of the haze, some people picked up money on the ground, some people took other people's money greedily, and some people were poor and poor and received gifts from well-wishers.

I've been stuck here ever since.

Speaking of these past events, the guys were all full of sadness, and a few older ones lowered their heads and pulled their sleeves to wipe the corners of their eyes.

He Wen'er whispered: "They are really pitiful. ”

Linglong just sneered: "It's really pitiful that you were harmed, but can you hurt people if you are pitiful?" ”

A few of the guys had their lips slightly furled, not daring to make eye contact with her. must have recognized the person who had harmed Linglong.

"Go on." Zhou Qing urged that guy. These things must have proved Liu Xiaohua's guess, but the most important thing is to get some information that they don't know yet. Find out what the city is all about.

The guy was dazed and said, "What did you say?" ”

Zhou Qing frowned and said: "Why is the city of Companion Tomb like this, you should always know the reason for this, right?" For example, how did this city come about? Who is the one who spills money at night? How often do these people come? Are there any city lords in this city? ”

With a bitter face, the man said, "All we know is that there is no Lord in the city." Everyone has their own way, and no one is in charge, but the others are unaware. ”

Cheng Zhengzhi said in disbelief: "You have been here for so long, you don't know who they are, you don't even know how often they come to this kind of thing?" ”

Speaking of the night watchman, the man had a look of fear on his face: "We don't dare to peep." At night, he slept with things that had been put on the grass he had put in his sleep. There have also been people who don't understand the rules and want to spy on Tianyan, and the next day it will become a puddle of meat mud. Who would dare to disobey? He also said, "Only the immortals have such courage." ”

He Wen'er looked straightforward and puzzled, and asked, "They hurt you, if you don't say that they are demons, forget it, how can you use words like 'Tianyan'?" ”

The guy muttered, "It's hard to say that. It doesn't sound like you say so. But he could not say anything else to refute it, but he blindly denied it, and refused to call those who watched the night evil wicked. Fear is ingrained in our bones.

Liu Xiaohua asked: "Who will clean up the gold, silver, pearls and jade that were sprinkled on the ground?" She remembers going out in the morning and there was nothing on the ground.

"Everything is cleaned up, and after a while, it is collected together, dissolved and made into gold bricks, and when enough bricks are saved, they are used to build buildings and houses." The man said, "When I came, there were only eighteen streets in the city, and now there are twenty-eight long streets. ”

Linglong was angry when she heard this, and sneered: "You have suffered greatly, but not only have you not tried to destroy this place, but have also helped it expand and make it more prosperous. While helping it, and then turning around, to harm your own compatriots?! Are you crazy? ”

The guy at the head was just silent.

The rest of the guys were a little uncomfortable, and one of them nodded and said, "But what can we do?" We are all poor people, too. It's not like the immortals have that ability. ”

After speaking, he accentuated his tone and repeated: "We are all poor people. It wasn't meant to hurt anyone. "The guys agreed.

Linglong said angrily: "You want to be free, people like to be trapped here?" Others have no grudge against you, but you always think about turning your sins on others, and you do harm to others in this way, and say that you don't mean to! I've never seen such a brazen person in my life! ”

As he spoke, he angrily took out the gold and threw it at them, "You don't die or grow old, and you deserve to be trapped here all your life!" This is your retribution! No matter how pitiful you are! ”

When the group of guys saw Jin Jin smashing over, they didn't dare to avoid it, and they all looked terrified. He only said, "We didn't mean to, so why should the immortals be so harsh on us?" We're just pitiful. The expression was very resentful and aggrieved.

Linglong was simply speechless. To the guy who was kneeling and still repenting for himself, he said, "In this comparison, it turns out that you are still a good person with a brain." ”

The other guys were unhappy and wanted to confess, but because of Linglong's identity, they didn't say anything more. Even so, the mind does not change. just whispered: "Ask the immortal to have mercy on one or two, the immortal thinks so now, just because the immortal has not suffered enough here, if the immortal falls into a situation like ours in the future......"

Linglong reprimanded: "Even if I am trapped to death, I will not shamelessly harm others!" Judge others less with your own thoughts. ”

The guys were silent. I just don't want to argue with her.

Liu Xiaohua asked the remorseful fellow and asked, "For so many years, no other monks have come?" ”

The man wiped his tears, shook his head, and said apologetically, "When you first came, I heard you call each other and thought you were a gang of beggars. I didn't think about the immortal family at all. Otherwise, he wouldn't have let that kid do anything to humiliate the immortals......" Hurriedly glanced at Linglong cautiously. I'm afraid she'll hate the house and Wu. asked Liu Xiaohua in a low voice: "I don't know the immortals, is there a solution?" ”

Zhou Qing said: "You don't know anything at all, you have no beginning or end, how to start with this matter?" We are monks, not bodhisattvas. Even if my uncle has the ability, he doesn't have a place to use it. ”

The guys were all suddenly lost.

Linglong was even more disappointed, it turned out that there were no useful clues on these people, and her hope of leaving was a little slimmer.

"Isn't there anything the immortals can do?" Those guys had a glimmer of hope and refused to give up the question.

Liu Xiaohua asked, "Which place is the big house you are talking about?" ”

As soon as he mentioned the big house, the guy immediately remembered something, and his eyes lit up and he said, "There is one more thing in the big house." I'm afraid it's useful. But I can't move here, so I have to ask the immortals to take a look for themselves. ”

It turned out that the big house he was talking about was in the center of the city. It looks like a very ordinary yard. But it's not gold, it's bricks. I don't know how long it has been around, and it looks in tatters. In contrast to the surrounding golden houses, it looks even more shabby.

Liu Xiaohua and a few people entered the big house under the leadership of the guys, and they saw what he said.

It was a life-size statue. It looks like it's a girl. Graceful. The whole body is carved exquisitely, and in a blink of an eye, she almost thinks that she is going to come back to life, but she has no face.

The man put the lamp on the table in front of the statue.

Presumably, this lamp was originally used to hold offerings here.

Liu Xiaohua stood by the wall for a long time and said to the guy, "You guys go back first." ”

The guys were reluctant to go. Hesitantly. But he didn't dare to disobey her words. In the end, I turned back and walked back step by step.

"I don't think it's weird here." Cheng Zhengzhi muttered, "How is it like a temple." ”

Seeing that Liu Xiaohua hadn't moved, she asked, "What are you looking at?" ”

Liu Xiaohua beckoned to him.

He hurriedly ran over, only to find a painting on the wall. Although the walls are mottled, there are still some intact places. It can be seen that it is a narrative painting.

The first painting depicts a group of people fighting against many people and winning the victory, which is also seriously wounded.

The second depicts the group standing in front of a temple dedicated to a young man wearing a mask made of gold and a splendid garment made of gold thread.

In the third painting, the content of the painting changes suddenly. There was only one person left in that group. He knelt before the statue of a young man, and in front of him was a mountain of wealth.

The fourth painting is almost indistinguishable from the third. The only difference was that the kneeling man had become a pile of dry bones.

"What do you mean by that?" Cheng Zhengzhi touched his chin and said, "I think, this is the story of a scholar and a female ghost." Do you know, there is a story in my hometown, which says that a scholar who was rushing to take the exam spent the night in a ruined temple and met a female ghost in the middle of the night, so the two of them did that. Let's draw it, they are a group of people, they may have met a group of female ghosts, but most of them died, only he held on, and brought the gold to the Bodhisattva enshrined in the temple, hoping that the Bodhisattva would save himself and destroy the female ghosts. Unexpectedly, he still died. ”

Linglong asked puzzledly, "What do you mean by that?" ”

Cheng Zhengzhi sneered: "You don't understand. No matter how much you ask, be careful of the female ghost! ”

Linglong glanced at him and asked, "Then you said, the painting is a man, why is the statue in the temple a woman now?" ”

Cheng Zhengzhi ran around the statue and found that the statue and the pedestal were one, connected to the ground, and it was a whole piece. It was never changed from somewhere else. "It's not easy, I'll know it when I see it." ”

Linglong was surprised and asked, "Then what do you say is going on?" ”

"The female ghost was not convinced, and replaced the Bodhisattva statue with her own."

Linglong felt that it was a waste of time to talk to him. He Wen'er was terrified by what he said. He stood a few steps against Linglong. Linglong shook off her hand in disgust, "You go away!" ”

Zhou Qing said to Liu Xiaohua: "What do you think of the little uncle? ”

Liu Xiaohua hesitated for a while but did not answer, but asked: "Do you think it is possible that the tomb is not a name?" ”

Cheng Zhengzhi suddenly pointed to the statue and said in surprise: "Little Uncle Ancestor, isn't that thing yours?" ”