Chapter 379: Ghost Palace
Han Fatzi's illusion was denied by us, after all, as I had just guessed, Black Moon would not be in too much danger here. To put it bluntly, Black Moon is a cat, even if a cat with some intelligence is not a demon with intelligence like a human in the end, no matter how much he can think about it, he will not break through that category of his own, so the possibility of Wu Shi moving it is very small.
The black moon "meowed" as if in agreement with our words, as if it agreed.
Speaking of which, Black Moon didn't have a shoulder on my shoulder when he reunited with us this time, and it used to like to lie on top of me. Perhaps it grows up, and as time goes forward, it will further grow in its own wisdom that surpasses its peers, just like a child grows up to understand the world. It's a female cat, I'm a man, I must know what it means to be a man and a woman, although it's a cat, cough cough......
While chatting, Lin Yuexin asked, "What time will it be tonight?" ”
We just discussed going over later when there were fewer people, and the specific time has not yet been decided.
I'm not familiar with the situation on the Huangxiangjiang side, for example, when the square next to the Longtou Temple is the least crowded, if I am a local, I will naturally know if I come often, but unfortunately I am not, and neither are Han Fatzi.
Despite this, Huang Zhenyuan still inquired about the situation here before coming, and said calmly with her legs crossed: "At twelve o'clock in the night, the most cloudy hour will go." ”
As we all know, the zero o'clock of each day is the beginning of the day, at the end of the day and the beginning of the day, the gap is a point in time of the solstice, and the twelveth o'clock at noon is a point in time of the solstice. There are different names for this kind of yin and yang time, such as "yin time" and "yang time" are the most common, and "ghost time" and "human time" are said by many gods, because mentioning ghosts will increase the level of weirdness, so that they can achieve a deceptive effect. In the Tao, there is a technical term for the two solstice yin and yang hours in a day, the yin hour is called the "first month", and the solstice yang hour is called the "positive sun". If you hear someone tell you the names of these hours, that person really understands the things in the Tao, but with the integration of Taoist priests and modern society, many Taoist priests also say "yin time" and "yang time" like ordinary people, but these Taoist priests still understand "first month" and "positive day", and they can be tested with these two words called the hour.
Here to explain some of the origins of "the first month" and "the first day", in fact, there is a small allusion here: when Lao Tzu was walking around the world to preach, he met a woman on the road, and the woman said, "Jing Chu went to Wudu to be bitter", and Lao Tzu smiled when he heard the words, "The moon rises at the right time, and the day arrives at the right time".
This story tells that Lao Tzu went from Chu to the capital of Wu State, and a woman saw that he was old and felt pity for him and said that he had come hard. And Lao Tzu is very human, old but fairy-like, set off at twelve o'clock at night and arrived at noon, but it was only twelve hours. It is precisely because of this that "the moon is positive" and "the day is positive" by the people in the Tao as "the first month" and "the right day", one is to prevent the common people from knowing the things in the middle, and the other is that the Tao is right, thinking that it must be the right way first, so there are these titles.
I don't know why Huang Zhenyuan chose such a time point when the yin qi is strong, so I asked, "Twelve o'clock?" ”
Oni are particularly fond of the New Year's holiday, and there is no doubt about it. Although ghosts can also wander in broad daylight, after all, ghosts like shade and coolness, and this point in time is the time when ghosts are the most. Especially in this place of Huangxiangjiang, I don't know what kind of things will happen here at this point in time, and I can't help but feel nervous when I think about it.
In the face of my question, Huang Zhenyuan nodded solemnly, played with a small glass bottle on the table in his hand, and said casually: "The Mid-Autumn Festival has passed, the weather has turned cold, and when the night is full of cloudy air, people will be added to determine the cold, so there will be no one in the square outside at this point in time." I also inquired, and during this time, there were not many people in Longtou Temple Square when there were dead people. ”
"Xiaoyuan is right, we also came to talk to each other about things, and going to the other party's favorite time proves that we don't mean to embarrass each other, and it's much easier to talk about things." Lin Yuexin agreed with Huang Zhenyuan's words, she carefully considered her psychology, which is also the way she often deals with people as a businessman, which can be said to be her favorite.
I have no reason to refute the two of them, that is, as they said, this "New Year" is the most appropriate time.
At twelve o'clock in the evening, we all went back to our rooms to rest.
Although it was a rest, I didn't feel sleepy. After all, I'm about to face that ghost for hundreds of years, she is still the ghost who killed our friend, and the original scene is still floating in front of my eyes, revisiting the old place, and it would be really nonsense to say that I can still sleep. Sure enough, even after so long, I still haven't been able to get out of Tang Youshan's death.
However, while looking at the ceiling and thinking about it, before I knew it, I was "asleep"!
Suddenly falling asleep in my own mental condition may be a state of exhaustion, so I didn't refuse. Just said that it was to be able to fall asleep, but it turned out to be really. However, this is not my normal sleep......
"Get up~"
While my mind was already wandering in my dreams, an ethereal voice echoed in my head. I didn't have time to wonder if it was a dream or a reality, and I suddenly opened my eyes, but the scene in front of me was not the scene of the room I was sleeping!
I know, I'm in a ghost realm!
The sudden situation left me unprepared, and the other party's ability was beyond my imagination. At this time, it was too late to think about it, so he stood up directly and said in a thunderous tone: "Who! ”
But as soon as I stood up, my feet had turned into a white jade-tiled floor, and when I looked in amazement, I found that everything in my world was changing...... Soon, I was now standing in a splendid and solemn but deserted palace, surrounded by only some stone pillars of coiled dragons, and the whole floor was like a whole piece of white jade, and there was nothing left on the weighbridge except me. And when I turned to look forward, there was a golden dragon chair on a high platform with four steps, and the whole chair seemed to me to be a giant dragon head that was domineering and opening its mouth to devour the world, and I almost took a step back at first glance.
"Wu, why didn't you show up when you summoned me?"
I quickly came to my senses, knowing that on the edge of the Huangxiang River, I could think of no other ghost other than the Wu clan who could do this to me silently. Thinking about it, he said it with thunder, not only to let Wu appear, but also to dissipate the feeling of being shocked on his body.
In front of this deserted and solemn hall, everything that suddenly comes makes the visual shock, this shock seems to come from the bottom of my heart, a majestic aura seems to make people prostrate on it. Fortunately, I have seen the illusion of the soldiers in Miyu Village before, and now I can deal with it a little bit.
But the difference between the soldiers and here is that there are no people here, and there is nothing superfluous. In this environment, people will feel that they are a drop in the ocean!
With a sound, I steadied my mind and stared firmly at the dragon chair on the high platform. As I had guessed, a woman in a dragon robe stood in front of the dragon chair like an emperor!
This woman is not a human, but a ghost! She hides her yin qi very well, if it weren't for her appearance way being too weird, I might believe that she is a woman who shoots costume dramas, and she is wearing a dragon robe, it seems that she is playing the role of Empress Wu Zetian.
I haven't been able to smell whether the smell of her yin qi is the same as Wu's, and I haven't smelled Wu's, let alone really seen her appearance. Now the appearance of this female ghost is certainly very beautiful, but what makes people's hearts tremble is her demeanor at this time, standing in front of me like an emperor's oppressive force, it is difficult to breathe.
Fortunately, I'm a Taoist priest, because I know that she is a ghost, so I won't have so much shock in my heart, otherwise I might have collapsed my own thoughts in the things in front of me!
"Hello Mrs. Huang."
After stabilizing his mind a little, he respectfully put one hand on his chest.
Her surname is Wu, but Huang Xiang is her husband, and it is polite to call her Mrs. Huang. Besides, as a Taoist priest, it is impossible for me to condescend to her, and in that case I will lose the face of a Taoist priest. I didn't give in in Miyu Village before, and I won't give in here. Of course, if the other party uses strong means to make me do something that does not conform to the rules of the Tao, it is not my fault that I can't resist, which is different from giving in in my heart.
Hearing my humble and arrogant words, her cold eyes changed, and she didn't know why. Then he sat on the dragon chair and waved his hand lightly: "No need to be polite." ”
"Since you've come to me, you'll naturally know why we're here this time." I said, not using the honorific title "you" for her, but "you". Seeing that she didn't care about my words, I soothed a little and continued, "With your ability, I have nothing to hide from you in this beginner's path, and this time we came here to talk to you about something." Now I don't mean to embarrass me, and come here in person, maybe we can talk. ”
I don't use honorific titles for her because we are enemies ourselves, and in the end, it is the ghost who killed Tang Youshan, and I can't have too much respect for her. The initial greetings were just a necessary courtesy for the purpose of this visit, and we were enemies in addition to talking about things.
"If you think I'm your enemy, why do you have something to talk to me about?"
Wu's appearance is more imperial than I imagined, and every move and word makes me feel like a mountain.
It was not difficult to hear that she had spied on my mind, but I smiled at it, endured the shock in my heart and said: "As long as it is mutually beneficial, even the enemy has a reason to unite." Compared with the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the powerful countries dealt with each other but also had a union, everyone has their own needs, and this time the kid came to pull out a rat poop in the world you control. ”
I wasn't afraid of her, there was no need to act while she could spy on my mind.