Volume 2: The Lake of Reincarnation
In the ancient texts about recording spirits, there was a record: "There is a reincarnated lake on the east bank of the Huai River, and outsiders can enter it, and you can see the people of the previous life." ”
When Gu saw this text, he not only had the idea of finding this mysterious realm, so he embarked on a journey to the east.
I only walked east on foot for more than a month, and even if I asked around, I didn't have any news or clues about the Lake of Reincarnation. Gu sighed: "Legend, in the end, legend." ”
So he planned to return, but that morning, the fog was so thick that he could not see a foot away. Gu said, "There are no rivers, where did such a big fog come from?" and continued to move forward while complaining. After a few hundred paces, a lake blocked the way, and strangely enough, there was no trace of fog in the lake, only a fog along its shores. "It's weird. Gu let out an exclamation.
"In other words, when I came east, I had never encountered such a big lake on the road, this lake was at least 100 meters from east to west, and at least 200 from north to south. Gu thought as he walked along the shore of the lake, talking to himself as he thought.
"If you don't have a boat, how can you get there?" Gu squatted on the shore of the lake and became worried.
Because he couldn't cross the lake, Gu temporarily stayed on the shore of the lake. At about nine o'clock in the evening, suddenly there was a sound of overturning the river and the sea outside the tent, like a dragon escaping the ground, the Vermilion Bird roared angrily, Gu was awakened by this loud noise, and shrank in the tent and did not dare to make a sound. After a while, Gu listened attentively, and everything returned to calm, without the slightest noise, and the atmosphere was quiet and peaceful. Because of fear, Gu didn't dare to come out, so he half-sat on the ground and waited until dawn.
In the six-hour scene, I suddenly heard the rooster crowing and the dog barking, and heard the sound of ox carts passing by, and what was even more surprising was that there was a sound of young adults talking and laughing together. Gu thought he was dreaming, patted his face, it hurt, and was sure that this was not a dream. Ran Gu still didn't dare to go out.
Gu was at a loss, worried and afraid, when suddenly, there was a gap in the tent that shone brightly, and the light hit Gu's face, making Gu unable to open his eyes, and his body instinctively shrank into the corner of the wall.
"Run, run, run, there's someone in there. "It's the child's shout.
In less than half a minute, Gu heard the voices of people all around the tent, and they were talking about it.
Gu boldly walked out of the tent, and in front of him was a group of people who didn't know what dynasty and generation, the most different appearance characteristic from Gu was that their men's hair was not braided, but wrapped in coarse cloth on the top of their heads. In the distance, the great lake of yesterday is gone, replaced by rows of cottages and houses, farmers working in the fields, women calling their husbands to eat in the way of Qianmo, and the old children are full of smiles.
"Where are you, from here, how did you get here?" someone in the crowd asked.
"I'm from Jinzhou, but I don't know how I got here. Gu replied respectfully.
"You must be from outside, aren't you?" asked the old man.
"Ah, exactly. ”
"Dare to ask Emperor Chongzhen if he is still in the world?"
"Emperor Chongzhen?" Gu was puzzled.
"Emperor Chongzhen has long been history, and now even the Ming Dynasty has long since fallen. ”
"Ah...... Huh?" there was nothing on the lookers that did not fail to marvel.
"Now, isn't it the world of King Li Zicheng?" someone asked again.
"No, King Li Zicheng was defeated by Wu Sangui and the Jin soldiers, since then the Jin soldiers entered the customs, changed the country name to the Qing Dynasty, since the entry has gone through nine generations, Shunzhi, Kangxi, Yongzheng, Qianlong, Jiaqing, Daoguang, Tongzhi, Xianfeng, Guangxu. ”
After speaking, everyone was stunned, and they all said that they didn't know that they had gone through so many changes in the world.
A cadre invited Gu to his home as a guest, Gu happily went, they asked about the major events that happened during the reign of the kings in the future, Gu answered one by one, and the audience was in an uproar and sighing.
After Gu got acquainted with them, he learned that the ancestors of these people were the people who were killed during the Chongzhen period of the Ming Dynasty, and because of the great battle between King Li Zicheng and the official army, they fled and fell here, and the memory of the dynasty only stayed in the Chongzhen period.
The villagers placed Gu in the best house, and someone came to deliver delicious food for three meals a day. At dusk, Gu stood at the door, browsing around, only to see the green mountains and green waters in the distance, the birds singing and the fragrance of flowers, and all families were cultivating and planting together, helping each other. Children and the elderly frolicked with each other and had a great time. "What a paradise. Gu exclaimed.
"I really never thought that the copywriting records in the ancient books turned out to be true, I want to stay here and live forever, after all, the outside world is becoming more and more unpeaceful, there are wars in the north and south, stay here and isolate from the world, with such a simple and mellow person as a companion, so happy. It's just that as a spirit master, I am destined to drift, and after a long time, my physique will gather spirits, and once the spirit seed breaks the balance, this paradise will no longer exist. It's time to say goodbye to them. ”
When the villagers heard that Gu was leaving, they kept it again and again, and when they saw that it could not be recovered, some elders said: "Go here for three miles, there is a cave entrance, only one person is allowed to pass through, keep walking along the hole, don't look back, listen to the ancestors, if people turn back, they will be devoured by the gods, and their souls will be scattered, and they will become lonely ghosts." When you see the light, it's the outside world. Gu nodded.
"Dare to ask if anyone here has ever been out?" Gu asked.
"Yes, I just went out and never came back. Therefore, the people here have an unwritten but abiding rule in private - no one in the village can approach the entrance of the cave, so we don't want to send it anymore, and take care of it. ”
"That being the case, then I will take my leave. "After the Gu salute, return from the top.
As the villagers said, the cave is only allowed to pass through one person, it is very narrow, it is pitch black all around, after walking for a while, Gu's pupils began to glow, to be precise, Gu saw the "River of Light", the so-called "River of Light", is a yellow flash that only people with the physique of a spirit master can see, if you look closely, you will find that those yellow lights are composed of one after another glowing insects similar to meandering earthworms, they are the original origin of the generation of spirit seeds, that is, all spirit seeds are slowly differentiated from it. "Light River" seems to be beautiful, but in fact, it hides a murderous intention, and in its interior there is a guardian "quality" that devours people's thoughts, which is a kind of "light river" guardian who can disguise itself, and the "quality" maintains the basic balance of the light river, and at the same time, it often devours the thoughts of intruders, so that the soul is scattered and turns into the nourishment of the "light river". There is some truth to the advice of the villagers, but one thing is not accurate, that is, mortals will be eroded to death even if they do not look back. As a spirit master, Gu has long been familiar with the "River of Light", Gu itself has the "Gu" to resist the erosion of "quality", "Gu" is the natural enemy of "quality", and Gu was swallowed by the dark spirit of "Gu" in his right eye, so he changed his name to Gu and became a spirit master.
Finally, when I saw the light at the entrance of the cave, when I came out, I saw that the entrance of the cave disappeared by itself, and when I looked around, I saw the big lake again, and it was surrounded by a thick fog, and it itself could see the far north shore with the naked eye, and the end of the east and west, and there was no trace of fog at all.
"What a strange lake of reincarnation. Before the Gu voice fell, suddenly there was a loud sound of the sky falling apart, and the earthquake trembled, like thunder, but I saw that the big lake sank little by little, until it was completely gone, and after a while, the thick fog suddenly disappeared, and the sun was shining all around, and in the place of the big lake, a forest rose, and there was a sheep intestine path looming between the forests.
The Gu Idiot looked at it stunned for a while, and suddenly laughed: "When I came to look for the Lake of Reincarnation, I walked this way, and it was this forest that I passed." ”
Gu looked at the forest, the road, and sighed: "There is indeed a place in this world that is called." Xanadu', there is isolated from the world, where the people are simple, where they are happy, there is no gunsmoke and battlefield, there is also a luxury dream, but in my lifetime I can see the customs there, and there are no regrets in this life, this mysterious place, even the god of nature is deliberately protecting, it seems that there is really some personal feelings, it doesn't matter, if you live there for a long time, I'm afraid it will also contribute to your ignorance and shallowness, in the future, you can never see this again' The Lake of Reincarnation', if there are really strange things in this world that my humans can't solve, I still have a heart of awe from time to time. ”
After speaking, Gu tightened the wooden box on his back and walked towards the sheep intestine path......