Chapter 678 [Like a Dream]
Gongsun discovered the purpose of the golden basin, but Zhao Pu was still confused.
The Ninth Prince looked at the basin with disgust and asked Gongsun, "It's not a basin...... Is it a urinal? β
Gongsun glanced at Zhao Pu.
Zhao Pu urged him, "Hurry up, what are you for?" β
"You should be able to find the engraving outside." As he spoke, Gongsun took a handkerchief and carefully wiped the surface of the golden basin, looking for something as he wiped......
In the end, Gongsun found two words and showed them to Zhao Pu.
Zhao Pu leaned over and took a closer look, puzzled, "Chen Fu? β
Gongsun nodded.
On that golden basin, the word "Chen Fu" is engraved.
Gongsun went to look at another basin again, and soon, in the same position, he found the same font, the word "Chen Qian".
Zhao Pu raised his head, "The abandoned mansion where we dug the grave is the Chen Mansion...... Isn't the owner of those two tombs also surnamed Chen? β
Zhao Pu said as he looked at the two skeletons.
"These two people should be Chen Fu and Chen Qian." Gongsun said as he picked up a bone and showed it to Zhao Pu, "This is the position of the deceased's neck, do you see that the cut is flat?" β
Zhao Pu looked at it, nodded, and then frowned, "So these two people were beheaded?" β
Gongsun nodded, "And it's not a standing owl, it's a kneeling beheading." β
"So...... Was he put to death? Zhao Pu asked.
Gongsun nodded, "These two golden basins are used to pick up the severed heads. β
Zhao Pu looked surprised, "I've heard of the golden basin washing his hands, and it's the first time I've heard of such a thing as a golden basin leader......"
Gongsun squinted at him.
Zhao Pu didn't laugh anymore, so he asked, "Why did you use a crooked gold basin with a name written on it to pick up the head that came down?" β
Gongsun put everything back in its place, washed his hands, beckoned to Zhao Pu, and said, "I've just heard some legends about this, and I don't know much about this, but someone should know about it." β
"Who?" Zhao Pu was curious and walked out.
Gongsun smiled slightly, "Yin Hou and Tianzun."
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Gongsun and Zhao Pu walked from the house to the courtyard, and it happened that Zhanzhao and they returned.
A group of children entered the door chattering about the moves that Xiao Liangzi used just now, how high the kung fu of Tianzun and Yin Hou was......
Gongsun squinted at Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang, and that look - why did I hear such terrifying words as attacking, surrounding, and breaking through? What do these words have to do with my little fourth son?!
Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang raised their heads to look at the moon in the sky.
Chen Xing'er and Crescent Moon came to take a group of children to rest, and the disciples of the Tianshan Sect tossed for a day today, and they were also arranged to rest.
The rest of the people were chatting about the case in the small courtyard in front of the meow building.
Tianzun and Yin Hou felt that they had nothing to do, so they wanted to go to bed early.
However, before they left, they were stopped by Gongsun, "Old man, I have something to ask you." β
Tianzun and Yin Hou blinked, and Gongsun went in and took out the two washed gold basins.
Seeing the two crooked golden basins at a glance, Tianzun waved his hand, "Oops...... Don't put this thing on the table! β
Yin Hou also frowned.
Zhan Zhao was curious and asked his grandfather, "Grandpa...... Do you know what this golden basin is for? β
Yutang also looks at Tianzun.
"The rules of the previous Jianghu sect." Tianzun said, "It's not popular for many years. β
Zhan Zhao and the others all sat down and listened - it turned out to be the rules of the rivers and lakes, and they had never heard of it.
Jin Basin washed his hands and said that he would withdraw from martial arts from now on and would not mix the rivers and lakes...... This is the only one that has been used to this day. Yin Hou said, "But in fact, when the martial arts were more chaotic in the past, there were many sect rules. There are many kinds of golden basins, and there is a very complete set of customs, and washing hands in golden basins is just one of them...... This crooked gold basin is used to correspond to a ritual. β
Everyone looked at Yin Hou and Tianzun with wide eyes.
Tianzun raised his eyebrows, "The head of the golden basin." β
Zhao Pu opened his mouth wide to look at Gongsun, what did it mean - the master was actually right!
Gongsun also couldn't cry or laugh.
"Under what circumstances do you need to use a golden basin to behead you?" Zhan Zhao was curious.
"Betraying the sect leads to the destruction of the sect or heavy casualties." Yin Hou said, "Or deceive the teacher and destroy the ancestors...... In short, he did something unforgivable and detrimental to the interests of the sect, and he used this method to lynch him. β
"The head fell into the golden basin, and then the body was buried together with the golden basin containing the head, so that the deceased would not enter the martial arts again for the rest of his life." Tianzun held his chin, "In addition to kung fu in the previous rivers and lakes, witchcraft and poison techniques were very popular, and the martial arts of a hundred years ago were rampant until sixty years ago. In addition, the frequent wars in the world are not very peaceful, and there is no government to control them at all, so the larger sects have their own rules, and some even follow what the wizard says. β
"Later, after the unification of the world, the imperial court spent a lot of effort to govern the martial arts, and those crazy people had no place to stay." Yin Hou said, "Many bad habits, except for washing hands in the golden basin, have all been abolished. β
Zhan Zhao and the others all nodded, it turned out that this was the case, the martial arts rules of sixty years ago.
"What about the corpses?" Zhanzhao asked Gongsun, "How long have you been dead?" β
Gongsun said, "It's been a few years, it should have been sixty or seventy years or even hundreds of years ago." β
"That makes sense...... But there wouldn't have been these corpses in that place many years ago, would it? Zhan Zhao shook his head, "I asked the nearby residents just now, and they all said that there is no Xia Mansion Chen Mansion on the mountain at all, let alone a lonely tomb. β
"Indeed, if there is, someone must have found out!" Xiao Hou Ye said, glancing at the pit not far away that had not yet been filled, "Isn't there really someone who is idle digging tunnels and transporting some lonely abandoned houses?" What is the purpose? β
Yin Hou stretched out his hand, took the golden basin and looked at it carefully, shaking his head, "I can't see the source." β
"Sects that have used this kind of torture before...... It still exists, does it still exist? Bai Yutang asked.
Yin Hou and Tianzun both frowned.
"It should ...... Isn't it? Tianzun asked.
Yin Hou thought about it carefully and said, "Except for a few particularly large martial arts sects, the other sects have already fallen apart...... The sect of the year definitely didn't exist anymore, but the people in those sects were not there, so let's just say that, after all, it was only more than sixty years, and those who are now seventy or eighty years old may have experienced that period. β
Zhanzhao and the others frowned, and those who were seventy or eighty years old were still masters in the rivers and lakes......
"Did the old lady set it up?" Bao Yan asked.
"Speaking of old ladies......," Zhan Zhao asked Yin Hou, "To be able to control the eight Dao Masters of Xianyang Mountain and the Dao Aunts of Emei Mountain like this, this person should have quite a high level of soul dementorship, right?" β
Yin Hou spread his hands, "This time it's all an old monk...... They are all masters, and there may be other tricks besides spiritualism here. β
"Trick ......" everyone touched their chins.
Bai Yutang suddenly spoke, "Grandfather." β
"Huh?" Yin Hou looked at Bai Yutang with a smile, he liked Bai Yutang the most and called him grandfather with Zhanzhao.
Bai Yutang asked Yin Hou, "Can you ...... Perform a soul trick on me? β
Yin Hou was stunned.
Zhao Pu raised his hand, "I want to try it too." β
Tianzun raised his forehead, "You little children...... Why don't you try this, it's not fun at all! β
Lin Yehuo was also curious, "Can you really let a group of people enter the illusion realm, and you can't tell the difference between the real and the unreal?" β
Yin Hou touched his chin, looked at everyone, and asked, "Do you really want to try?" β
Everyone nodded.
Yin Hou looked at everyone again, and finally nodded, "Okay...... Go out first, close the door of the courtyard, knock on the door, and I will open it and you will come in. β
Everyone nodded, and a crowd poured out of the courtyard gate.
Tianzun shook his head and ran, "I won't play this, I'll go find Xiao Sizi for supper." β
Everyone waited at the door for about half a cup of tea, and there was no movement in the courtyard. Zhan Zhao leaned up and listened at the gate of the courtyard, and then reached out and knocked on the door.
As Zhanzhao knocked on the door, he heard footsteps from behind the door.
Zhan Zhao tilted his head and blinked, how did he think the sound of these footsteps was so familiar?
Then, I heard a "crunch" sound The door opened, and a beautiful woman dressed in red stood at the door, and said with a smile, "Zhao'er, are you back?" β
Zhan Zhao was stunned, Bai Yutang beside Zhan Zhao was also stunned, and everyone behind him wiped their eyes...... Who's in front of you? It turned out to be Hong Jiuniang.
Pang Yu reached out and touched Jiu Niang's arm, "It's really fake...... Ah! β
The little marquis was beaten after touching it, Jiu Niang crossed her waist and scolded him, "Looking for death, you are hairy, the old lady can be your grandmother, you little bastard!" β
Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang glanced at each other, and at this time, everyone had a question - when did Jiu Niang come?
"Why are you standing at the door!" Jiu Niang led everyone inside.
Pang Yu rubbed the bag on his head and said to Bao Yan, "Really! I must have really swollen head. β
Xiao Bao stretched his hand and touched the door of his head, really puffing up a bag.
It's just that as soon as they stepped into the courtyard gate, everyone was stunned.
Where they are now is in the small courtyard in front of the Meow Meow Tower, but in the Demon Palace!
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The location where everyone is at this time is halfway up the mountain of the Demon Palace, Jiu Niang's house, and Wu Yiwu is also in the courtyard, playing chess with a little old man.
Zhan Zhao looked at the old man with a shocked expression, "Little Golden Prince! β
The old man looked at Zhan Zhao with a smile, "Yo, Xiao Zhao'er is back!" β
Wu Yiwu was dissatisfied, "Just call you Jin Ye or not me?" β
Zhan Zhao's mouth opened wide, unable to believe and speechless at the same time.
Bai Yutang also frowned, and Xiao Jin Gong ...... That old man should be an elder in the Demon Palace who has been dead for many years, how could he appear?
Pang Yu pointed to the ground, "Look! There are feet and shadows! It's a real person! β
Wu Yiwu and Xiao Jin Gong showed inexplicable expressions, smiled and continued to play chess.
Bai Yutang patted Zhan Zhao lightly and motioned for him to look up.
Zhan Zhao raised his head, stunned...... I saw that the top was the Magic Mountain, and the lights in the majestic Demon Palace Palace on the top of the mountain were bright, as if I could hear the sound of old men and women drinking and chatting.
Zhan Zhao took two steps back and stepped out of the door, stopping abruptly and standing in place...... After going out, it is no longer the courtyard of Kaifeng Mansion, but the Magic Mountain, from the foot of the mountainside road, full of all kinds of mansions, surrounded by mountains under the mountain, and there are small villages on the official road of dense forests outside...... In the distance, is the brightly lit Changzhou Mansion.
Zhan Zhao took a step back, and Bai Yutang and the others behind him came out, feeling that they were dreaming!
"How do you wake up?" Lin Yehuo asked Zhanzhao.
Zhan Zhao stretched out his hand and covered one of his eyes.
Bai Yutang thought of the method that Zhan Zhao had taught him before, so he also tried it, but the scene in front of him was not blurred or produced water ripples because he closed one eye, it was still the same reality.
Zhanzhao reached out and grabbed Lin Yehuo's arm and squeezed it hard.
"Oops!" Huo Feng jumped up in pain and rubbed his arm to look at Zhanzhao.
Zhanzhao asked him, "Are you awake?" β
Lin Yehuo was speechless, and looked around, "No, it's still in the Demon Palace...... Anyway, why are you like this, pinch me and don't pinch your mouse! β
Zhan Zhao shook his head, "No, it's distressing!" Ruthless......"
The crowd looked to the sky.
Lin Yehuo shook his arm and said in his heart, You also know how to be ruthless.
Bai Yutang smiled, this cat is still sober even if he drinks * soup when he should be sober.
"But didn't you wake up even if it hurt?" Zou Liang asked Lin about the night fire, and by the way, he reached out and rubbed him.
Huo Feng scratched his head, "I'll go if it's evil!" β
Just when everyone was at a loss, they suddenly heard a voice coming, "Daddy, what are you doing?" β
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Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then ...... The scene in front of them gradually dissipated, as if the fog had dispersed, and the Demon Palace and Jiu Niang both disappeared in front of everyone's eyes faintly.
What shocked everyone even more was that they were still standing in place, not in the courtyard in front of the meow tower, but outside the courtyard, and the courtyard door was still closed.
They hadn't even moved their positions, and Lin Yehuo looked at his hand, and it didn't hurt anymore.
Pang Yu also touched his head, and the bag was gone......
The only thing that has changed is that the little fourth son doesn't know when he came, wearing this little nap bubble, holding a small cup in his hand, and dragging the hem of Gongsun's clothes with one hand.
Gongsun stared at his son, and suddenly squatted down and rubbed it around.
Xiao Sizi thought that Gongsun was tickling him, so he giggled and hid behind Zhao Pu, and the soy milk in his hand was almost spilled.
Gongsun pointed to his son and asked everyone, "Is this ...... Really? β
Everyone also tilted their heads to look at the little fourth sonβnot sure.
Xiao Sizi drank soy milk and said, "Zunzun just asked me for supper, we ate two pieces of cloud cake, and Zunzun asked me to come and see you." β
"What did you call for?" Zhan Zhao was curious.
"I said I was here to wake you up." The fourth child was curious, "Daddy, why are you standing there stupidly?" β
Bai Yutang asked the little fourth son curiously, "Didn't we move just now?" β
"Nope!" Xiao Sizi shook his head, "The soy milk was still hot when I came, and after watching it for a while, the soy milk was cold and you didn't move!" It's like you're asleep standing up, but your eyes are open. β
Everyone looked at each other.
At this moment, the courtyard door opened, and Yin Hou walked out.
Zhan Zhao and the others rushed to look into the door...... But there is still a pit in the door, there is still a pit in the meow building and the courtyard, there is no magic palace, there is no Jiuniang, and there is no little golden prince Wu Yiyi.
Everyone opened their mouths wide and looked at Yin Hou stupidly.
Yin Hou stretched out his hands, "You have to try it yourself." β
Ouyang stretched out his hand, no big or small, put his arm on Yin Hou's shoulder and said, "Old man, don't let outsiders know that you have this ability!" β
Yin Hou smiled.
Ouyang warned everyone present by the way, "Don't say anything about it, keep this for yourself!" β
Zhao Pu dragged away Ouyang, who was neither big nor small, and asked Yin Hou curiously, "Old man, where is the secret?" β
Everyone nodded, since when did you start using the Soul Technique?
Yin Hou pointed to his eyes and said, "This is the same principle as the Demon King's Eye, and the time I give you is not after you leave the courtyard, but before you go out." β
"In other words, when we went far away, we were already recruited?" Bai Yutang asked.
Yin Hou nodded, "Not bad." β
"How?" Zhan Zhao frowned and looked at his grandfather, what does that mean-you don't even teach me such a high-end recruitment!
Yin Hou reached out and touched his head, "This relies on internal strength, and you can't learn it." β
Everyone looked at him with raised eyebrows - except for the internal forces?
Yin Hou thought for a moment and said, "Talent." β
The crowd looked to the sky.
"Except for outsiders...... Is there any way to wake up on your own? Bai Yutang asked.
Yin Hou smiled slightly, "This ...... You have to ask your Master. β
Everyone was stunned.
Yin Hou said, "I don't know, I haven't been in the soul dementorship, usually I fool others." β
Everyone touched their chins.
"Your master is the only one who has been able to sober up on his own after being struck by my soul dementorship." Yin Hou said to Bai Yutang, "We played this when we were children, and we made a bet, as for how he broke the soul technique, even the Demon King doesn't know. β
Everyone maintained the expression of "finally seeing the world", and looked at Yin Hou stupidly with their mouths open.
"The main point of spiritualism is two." Yin Hou said, "The first is to be surprised!" When the old lady was rescued, she had already cast a soul charm on those who had been tricked. β
It dawned on everyone - I see.
"The second point is." Yin Hou said, "Spiritualism is not a divine art, and you can never let a person see something they have never seen before. β
Everyone touched their chins, "yes...... We've all been to the Demon Palace, and we've all seen Jiu Niang and Wu Yicao......"
"But we haven't seen the little golden prince." Lin Night Fire Road.
"Why haven't you seen it, you've all seen that painting...... Ahem. Yin Hou saw that everyone was glaring at him, and suddenly realized that he had slipped his mouth.
Zhan Zhao asked Bai Yutang curiously, "What painting?" β
Bai Yutang touched his head and said, "Oh, I've seen a portrait of Little Jin Gong in the Demon Palace before. β
Zhan Zhao squinted at him - are you fooling me?
"In addition to that, there is the need to have overwhelming internal forces." Yin Hou hurriedly diverted the topic, "These three points are indispensable. β
Everyone thought it was magical.
"Spiritualism is a kind of kung fu that varies from person to person, those who know it don't need to learn it, and those who can't learn it won't die." Yin Hou said, "This kind of kung fu can't be used indiscriminately. β
Zhan Zhao was worried, "Will it hurt you?" β
Yin Hou shook his head, "This won't be ...... But all martial arts in the world are the same. β
Everyone listened with humbly taught expressions.
Yin Hou smiled, "If you don't practice enough, you will be half-hanging, and if you practice too much...... You're going crazy. Spiritualism is especial, if you are not careful, you will harm others and yourself! β
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