Chapter 71: The Mystery of the Fire

Ning Jiang saw that these five meanings have their own unique knowledge, and they are deeply righteous, although in the eyes of many people belong to the "lower ninth rate" or "side door left road", but they are all loyal and righteous, originally had the intention to recruit, and they were not polite at the moment, after receiving their knees, they were then helped up, so far, this "Qinchuan Five Ghosts" is the first batch of subordinates he recruited.

Next, Ning Jiang stayed here for another day, and at the same time, he asked Wuyi to bury the bodies of the poisonous son, Nandu Yingweng, Su Panrong and others, and did not reveal to the outside world that they had died here, and Wuyi naturally complied.

That day, after talking about astronomy and geography with Qin Baopu, Ning Jiang was in the room here, studying the blood-colored crystal found from the corpse of the poisonous son.

Qin Wuyan took a cup of tea, came to his side, and said softly: "Master! ”

Ning Jiang nodded and asked her to put the tea down.

After accepting Wuyi, because there was no maid by her sister's side, Ning Jiang asked the little girl to follow her sister and take Qin Wuyan with her.

Because it is underground, there is no light source, and it is all lit by torches. Fortunately, it is well done in terms of moisture and moisture protection, and it is not uncomfortable to live here.

Ning Jiang glanced up at Qin Wuyan, and saw that she had changed into a green coat, dressed as a maid, and her appearance had changed, so she smiled and said, "You are changing like this, walking on the road, how can your three righteous brothers and little girl recognize you?" ”

Qin Wuyan was blessed and said: "No matter how the slave family is disguised, only the eyes cannot be changed, as long as they recognize the eyes of the slave family." ”

Ning Jiang smiled: "This is a good way!" So he asked Qin Wuyan to stand in the firelight, staring at her eyes, and writing down the color of her pupils, interpupillary distance, etc., so that she could recognize them at a glance.

In the firelight, Qin Wuyan's eyes reflected the light of the water spirit.

Looking at Qin Wuyan's eyes, and looking down at the blood-colored crystal in his hand, Ning Jiang's heart moved slightly, and he took Qin Wuyan out of the stone tomb and came outside. At this time, it was noon outside, and he placed the blood-colored crystal in the sun, and the sunlight passed through the diamond-shaped crystal, emitting a rainbow-like brilliance, and fell to the ground, speckled and speckled with nothing.

He thought about it, and asked Qin Wuyan to find a mirror, so that the rainbow light fell on the mirror and was refracted out.

He was like this, with Qin Wuyan's cooperation, constantly adjusting the distance, and suddenly said, "This is it!" ”

Qin Wuyan knelt on the ground holding the mirror, looking at the rainbow light falling on the ground, only to see that all the spots had been connected together, forming a strange pattern of twisting and bending.

She said, "Master, this is ......"

Ning Jiang said: "A kind of text in the Xiling Golden Mirage Cave!" The Miao people themselves do not have a written language, about a few decades ago, the Golden Mirage Cave briefly controlled the 27th Cave of the Three Desolations and Nine Ridges in Xiling, and tried to create the Miao script, so that the 27th Cave of the Three Desolations and Nine Ridges could use the same script, but soon the Golden Mirage Cave was killed by the handsome ministers sent by my Great Zhou, and this kind of Miao script was not used, only a very small number of Miao witches used it. ”

Qin Wuyan said: "Master recognizes it?" ”

"Hmm!" Ning Jiang looked at the golden mirage Miao Wen on the ground and said, "It's written ...... Heavy snow, night, Shizhou! ”

He groaned, "Heavy snow...... It should refer to the 'heavy snow' in the 24 solar terms, and the 'night' naturally goes without saying, this 'Shizhou'...... The Great Zhou Dynasty did not have Shizhou ......"

Qin Wuyan said: "Could it be the Shizhou Bridge on the Wuding River, a tributary of the Huang River?" ”

Ning Jiang's heart moved, and he smiled: "I'm afraid so!" Then his eyes flickered.

On a snowy night, Shizhou Bridge ...... It seems that the poisonous prince and Qian Tai and others actually have another purpose for entering the Central Plains, what do they want to do?

"Heavy snow" is coming...... Looks like we need to take a look......

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Ning Jiang stepped forward, came to Qin Baopu, and arched his hand: "Xiaosheng plans to leave here tomorrow, and I have come to say goodbye to my seniors." ”

Qin hugged Pu and said: "Ning Gongzi intends to leave in the spring of next year, it is still early at this moment, why are you in such a hurry to leave?" ”

Ning Jiang sat down opposite him and said with a smile: "There are some things, I plan to go to Wudinghe, and then I will go to the capital, and I will enter the country as soon as spring begins." ”

Qin Baopu said: "Since you have other important matters, I won't keep you." He took out a wooden box and said, "Take it with you." ”

Ning Jiang said: "This is ......"

Qin Baopu said, "Have you ever heard of 'Skyfall Streamer'?" ”

Ning Jiang groaned: "I have heard a little, it is rumored that this thing is wrapped in a meteorite outside the sky, a hundred years ago, there was a stone from outside the sky flying, the famous craftsman Zhao Hongkuo cut it open, and got the mysterious flow of gold inside, which is the 'sky meteorite streamer'." This Heavenly Meteorite, as long as you add a little, you can cast ordinary mortal iron into a treasure soldier with extremely high hardness but tenacity, and even some other uses. ”

Qin Baopu said: "What is contained in this wooden box is the Heavenly Fall Streamer. He opened the wooden box, Ning Jiang looked, and saw that it contained mercury-like flowing gold, and it was indeed the skyfall streamer, in the life before he was reborn, he also got a little bit by chance, and asked someone to make a doll for him.

Ning Jiang knew that whether it was this world, or another time he knew, there should be no such metal, whether it was this world or another world, the only liquid property at room temperature and pressure was mercury, but this day's meteorite was obviously not mercury.

As for adding a little more, it can improve the quality of the weapon a lot, but it is a bit like "chromium" in another world, but "chromium" is not liquid at room temperature.

In fact, Ning Jiang had some suspicions that this meteorite came from this world, and the "other world" other than the other world before he crossed over, of course, he didn't have any evidence.

Qin Baopu said: "Although this heavenly meteorite is a strange thing, it is also a source of disaster, and the poisonous prince and others are all here for this heavenly meteorite." The old man is old, and his life is not long, and it is really a tyrannical thing to leave it with me and be buried with me, so it is better to leave it to you to dispose of. ”

Ning Jiang said suspiciously: "The poisonous prince and the others went into the mountain to search, since the seniors got the news in advance and let Qin Mo and them leave the mountain, at that time, why didn't they let them take the skyfall streamer away?" ”

Qin Baopu shook his head and said: "The husband is not guilty, he is guilty, they carry this thing, not only is it difficult to keep it, but sooner or later they will get into trouble because of it." ”

Ning Jiang said: "Seniors aren't afraid that I will get into trouble?" ”

Qin Baopu smiled: "Are you afraid of getting into trouble?" ”

Ning Jiang also smiled: "What did the seniors say? You're welcome, so I took the whole wooden box.

He knew in his heart that this day's meteorite was indeed a rare treasure, and it was really a waste to stay here and bury it underground, but ordinary people carrying it was indeed a scourge that set themselves on fire. However, no matter how hard he tries, war is inevitable after all, and since the whole of China will be swept away by the fire sooner or later, it will not be a spark.

He said: "I don't know why this heavenly meteor is in the hands of my predecessors?" ”

Qin hugged Pu and said: "Do you know the loyalty and filial piety of the Daomen? ”

Ning Jiang said: "Guan Dou is loyal and filial? ”

Qin Baopu said: "Guan Dou Zhong and filial piety, is a very famous sect in the Taoist sect back then, the exterior is mainly Zhaizhi, and the internal is based on casting and alchemy. ”

Ning Jiang arched his hand and said: "Disrespectful! And said: "Then this loyalty and filial piety is now ......."

Qin Baopu sighed: "This matter is a long story! The old man's original surname was Mei, and he was well-known, and when he was in his thirties, he took over the loyalty and filial piety of Guan Dou. I have a wife, always gentle, who gave birth to a daughter for me, and because she was born on a snowy day, I named her 'Snow'. Cher has been smart and lively since she was a child, and by the time she was 14 years old, she already had a skill, and her husband loved her very much, and Cher herself was also filial. ”

The fire was beside the stone table, and with a snap, a little spark burst out. Ning Jiang looked at Qin Baopu and waited for him to continue.

Qin Baopu said: "When Xue'er was sixteen years old, she went out for the first time and went to walk the rivers and lakes. I think the son also knows that the so-called walking of the rivers and lakes is just to take the letters of the elders and visit the various sects that have friendships. Because Xue'er was originally a smart person, and her martial arts were also good, in this peaceful and prosperous era where even scholars and scholars who had no power to restrain their chickens often traveled out, the old man naturally didn't have too much to worry about, who knows, Xue'er returned after going out for three months, but her temperament changed greatly......"

Ning Jiang said: "How has it changed?" ”

Qin Baopu said: "She has become far more excited and mysterious than before, and at the same time, there are many young men and women of unknown origin who come to her from time to time, these people have never met her before, and after meeting, they often just talk a few words, and then they become intimate." And these people are also mysterious, although it can be seen that they are all well-born, but they all have an inexplicable excitement. For this reason, I have repeatedly warned Xue'er to stop associating with these people, but she not only did not listen, but told me to stop caring about her, she said that this world comes from fire, and will eventually be swallowed by fire, and all family and love are like this world is an illusion, and only God's will is the truth......"

Ning Jiang was moved: "Zoroastrianism? ”

Qin Baopu sighed: "At that time, the old man didn't know much about Zoroastrianism, I was loyal and filial, and I was a famous and decent sect in the Daomen, and the so-called Zoroastrianism was just an evil way in the barbarian land, how could I take it to heart?" It wasn't until Cher said this that I was really worried. Until that night, I followed her in secret, until I came to a wilderness, and I saw that she and many men and women were constantly kneeling in front of the campfire in the wilderness, and the flames were rising and rising in the night, strange and inexplicable. Suddenly, a flash of fire rushed out and fell on one of the girls, and the girl was overjoyed, and the other women, including Cher, were disappointed. I saw the girl covered in fire, and walked into the fire step by step, and I watched her burn and turn into ashes, and then I saw that the girl, as if she was reborn from the fire, was born as a baby in the fire, and then grew strangely, and when she came out of the fire, except that her skin was more delicate, as if she had never been stained with earthly filth, and her appearance and figure were the same as the woman who was burned to ashes by the fire. ”

Ning Jiang groaned: "Reborn from the fire...... Maybe what the predecessors saw was just some kind of trick used to deceive others? "A man who is burned alive to ashes and then reborn from the fire is unheard of.

Qin Baopu shook his head: "The old man was originally a Taoist person, and he never made a small number of things like gods and ghosts, and he did know that most of them were deceitful, and some seemingly magical spells, once the principle of it was clarified, was actually not so exaggerated, and the old man never believed in such a thing as rebirth." However, with the old man's eyesight, he couldn't see the woman's means at all, and even, at that moment, the whole person was shocked by her. ”

Ning Jiang sighed: "With the ability of the predecessors, if you can't see through it, then I'm afraid it's really not an ordinary trick." "Just look at Qin Chuan's five meanings, but he taught them alone, you can know that Qin Baopu himself is well-informed and powerful. What's more, as Qin Baopu said, when it comes to the trick of pretending to be a god and playing ghosts, it has always been the head of the Daomen, and it has always been the people in the Daomen who coax others, when will it be the turn of others to coax the Daomen?

But that's not a trick...... That's an exaggeration!

Reborn from the ashes...... No matter how you think about it, it's impossible!

He looked at Qin Baopu and said, "What happened later?" "I was already very curious.

Qin hugged Pu and said: "The woman walked out of the fire naked, as if she had changed into a person, and her posture was noble. All the young women, including Cher, bowed to her, and the young men bowed down one by one, crawling forward and licking her toes. I seemed to see the woman, and to me, her eyes seemed to be bursting with flames, and I was thrilled to see her. I didn't dare to stay longer, so I quietly returned home, thinking in my heart, as soon as Xue'er came back, I would force her to leave those people no matter what, who knows, before dawn, there was a fire in the house, I panicked out of the house, and saw Xue'er with those people, as well as a bunch of mysterious masters into the house.

"I led the people to resist hard, but they were defeated, and my family members were killed one after another. My wife, seeing Xue'er taking the lead in killing, rushed forward in a panic to pull her down, but who knew that Xue'er had no family affection at all, killed her with a knife, and then ran towards me. I was shocked and angry, and asked her why she had to kill even her own mother, but she looked like a madman, and laughed and said that all of us were a test of her will by the gods. Then, with a knife stained with her mother's blood, she forced me to hand over the Skyfall Streamer, which she said was a treasure left by the gods of heaven in this filthy world, and that she had dedicated it to the goddess of good. Then I saw the woman who had been born again from the fire last night coming to me in the midst of the flames, smiling, and asking me to give her the treasure of God. At that time, everyone in the family had been killed, from top to bottom, from old to young, even the babies born on my brother and sister-in-law's side. ”

With a snap, the fire burst out of the furnace again, eerie and eerie, as if a ghost was about to emerge from it......