Chapter 695: The Past
There was such a big movement tonight, and so many things happened one after another, Uncle Xiang and the others definitely didn't fall asleep.
They are not from the Yulun Realm, and they can't join the activities of Yichang and others singing and enjoying the scenery, so they are all shrunk in the room at this time, and they should be waiting for dawn.
When Song Qingxiao and the two came over, the sound of a few breaths in the room was held at once.
'Bang bang-'
Several rapid heartbeats intersected, and it was obvious that the three uncles in the room had realized that something was wrong.
"Open the door."
Song Qingxiao opened his mouth to speak, and his voice came into the room clearly, but he didn't get a response from a few people for a while, as if he was ready to pretend to be deaf and dumb.
Xiang Si's face showed a hint of impatience, her strength was not as good as Song Qingxiao, she had to bow down in front of the alliance, and it was just a matter of selling cuteness and coquettishness to survive, but there was no need to suppress herself in front of others.
"I'll slam the door open, kill two first, and leave the oldest one to come down and interrogate?" Her voice was crisp and sweet, her appearance was pleasant, and she smiled when she spoke, but her words were so cruel that the two young people who heard it suddenly shook their bodies, and made a sound of 'Xi Xi Suo', as if they couldn't sit still, and were ready to get up and open the door.
I only heard a few 'knocks', and the originally closed door was pulled open.
In the night, the barefoot youth stood there, looking worried.
There was no light in the house, but with Song Qingxiao and Xiangsi's eyesight, they could see the scene in the house clearly at a glance.
The three people in the room had different expressions, except for the young man who opened the door was a little scared, the other young man with a broken wrist was a little calmer, and on the bed on one side, Uncle Xiang sat up with his back against the wall, with a look of resentment in his single eye, and looked coldly at Song Qingxiao and Xiang Si who entered the door, and at the same time stared at the young man who opened the door without permission with a gloomy gaze, obviously blaming him for not being able to hold his breath.
"Your injury back then," Song Qingxiao's eyes fell on Uncle Xiang's face, and he compared his fingers: "You were scratched by the ghost of the sacrificial 'Huimen', right?" ”
She got straight to the point, and Uncle Xiang's pupils constricted, the muscles on his cheeks twitched slightly, and instinctively subconsciously reached out to cover the disfigured half of his face, showing a painful look on his face.
Tonight's special time, coupled with Song Qingxiao's questioning, evoked Uncle Xiang's memories many years ago.
"Fifty-seven years ago, I was 14."
This old man did not die in a catastrophe back then, his psychological quality was wonderful, and coupled with the fact that others were old and refined, these years of experience made him learn to read people's faces and be very good at distinguishing timing.
Song Qingxiao's questioning did not intend to play Tai Chi with him, but went straight to the point, and did not give him a chance to avoid and ease at all.
After the 'Dragon King Festival' during the day, Qinglu returned to his soul and made such a big move, these two people dared to go alone, coupled with the murderous momentum on Xiangsi's body, let this old man know that he couldn't avoid this level tonight.
Although Song Qingxiao's expression was gentle, Uncle Xiang could feel that she was even more terrifying than Xiangsi.
After all, there is an old saying: a dog that barks does not bite.
It is naturally inappropriate to compare Xiangsi to a dog, but there is nothing wrong with this principle at this time.
Uncle Xiang and Song Qingxiao entered the Nine Dragons Cave all the way, and they knew that this girl was not an ordinary person.
Yichang attaches great importance to her, and when such a big incident happened tonight, the people of Yulun Realm didn't stop them from moving around, but it is conceivable that either they can't control it, or they just let them do it, and it's not yet time to 'execute' them.
Uncle Xiang hoped that it was the latter, but he vaguely felt that the former was more likely.
If Song Qingxiao asked at this time, in fact, he already knew in his heart that this day would come sooner or later.
However, he is cunning and abnormal, at this time, he is pulling around, deliberately delaying time, and he also wants to let the people in the Yulun Void Realm find out that something is wrong and hurry up to save his life.
Song Qingxiao's plan in the old man's heart was clear, but he didn't break it, but let him continue:
"Our local area has always been very poor and does not belong to the key development zone."
Since ancient times, it has been neither a cultural center nor a transportation center, but its development has been limited because of its remote location.
"We don't have any special names here, we don't have anything to offer, the only thing that is the most distinctive thing is the mountains and rivers here."
It has blocked the development of the local people, but countless legends have been derived from ancient times to the present, which is very moving.
The two girls did not interrupt his narration, although Xiang Si knew that the old man was stalling for time, but sometimes the clues of the task needed to be obtained from these details.
Compared with Song Qingxiao, who began to inquire about local legends from the boat all the way and analyzed the mission clues interspersed in the story, she was restricted in the Yulun Realm.
Although at the beginning, her conditions for entering the mission scene were better than Song Qingxiao's, but because Yichang and others were very vigilant, she didn't know much useful information at all, and finally learned about the existence of the black cocoon, but Song Qingxiao probed deeper than her.
Therefore, at this time, she listened carefully to Uncle Xiang's words and did not make a sound.
"The locals are poor, and in my older generation, they can't afford to eat." Because of the inconvenient transportation, backward conditions, and the different beliefs of the local people, even if the new empire was established, the local area was still very poor.
"At this time, the new person in charge is newly transferred, and the new official has three fires in office, vowing to make some achievements, so after some research, we will prepare to develop tourism according to our local characteristics."
When Uncle Xiang talked about the scene back then, the gaze in that one-eyed became long, as if he had fallen into a memory.
These situations, Pin Luo even talked about it when he was on the ship, but Pin Luo said that it was different from when Uncle Xiang mentioned it, they lived in different eras, this matter was experienced by Uncle Xiang himself, and he told it, and he felt it deeper.
"The most famous local one is the Nine Dragon Caves on the Heishui River." Although the locals believe in different gods, there are also various legends, and even some neighboring villages will pass down some legends with completely different contents, and each other will sneer at each other's beliefs and legends, and look down on each other.
But only for the legend of the Yellow Emperor killing the Nine Dragons, everyone's legend is the same.
It is precisely because of this that the locals are convinced of the Yellow Emperor's killing of Kowloon, and they avoid the Kowloon Grottoes when they travel on weekdays, fearing accidents.
When the order for the development of tourism was issued, the local city hall sent officials down to carry out preliminary preparations, and wanted to invite a team of locals as tour guides to go deep into the Kowloon Caves and study the development route.
As soon as the news spread, there was an uproar in the local area, and many villages joined forces to oppose it and ban traffic.
Uncle Xiang seemed to recall the scene of the year, and when he said this, he paused for a moment.
But in the end, the opposition was invalid, and there must be brave men under the heavy reward, and under the temptation of money and promise, a boat sailed into the Kowloon Cave with the local guide and staff, and this entry was the beginning of the story.
To this day, Uncle Xiang is thinking, if there was no new official in office, and the city hall did not make plans to turn the local area into a tourist attraction, what would this land become today?
Maybe the existence of the Nine Dragons Cave is still undisturbed, maybe he will not enter this legendary Yulun Realm by mistake, he will not be blind and almost lose his life, he will not meet Yichang and others, and he will naturally live this life safely and smoothly.
"The ship went in and never came out."
Three days later, the people below couldn't hold back, reported the matter, sent a special person to deal with it, and once again spent a lot of money to find the locals to lead the way, ready to find the missing person.
"My father is also one of the leaders of this group."
For generations, the Xiang family has been engaged in the work of treasure picking, specializing in dealing with the Heishui River, which everyone fears.
The more afraid the local people are of the Nine Dragon Caves, there are always some people who are not afraid of death from other places who will spend a lot of money to sneak into the river, trying to find something that others have not discovered, and the existence of this kind of person is one of the economic resources of the Xiang family.
The more they deal with the Nine Dragon Grottoes, the more aware the Xiangjia naturally understands the crisis.
But even more terrifying than ghosts, more terrible than evil spirits, is poverty, and for the poor who need to provide for their families, money is more precious than life.
Because of the loss of human life, and it was a boatload of people, the city hall paid a lot of money, and at this time, Xiang's father was naturally very excited.
He has more advantages than others, and his family has been in and out of the Nine Dragon Caves for several generations, dealing with corpses, in addition to finding out some of the circumstances of the Nine Dragon Caves, and at the same time cultivating a stronger courage than others.
This group of people was very lucky, perhaps because they found the 'experts', and after the search and rescue boat entered, they quickly found the boat that the staff was riding on that day, and pushed it out into the Kowloon Cave, completing the task.
But the latter situation is exactly what Pin Luo mentioned to Song Qingxiao, in just a few days, the ship is so rotten that there is almost no trace of the new ship, but it looks like an old ship that has been jolting for decades.
The people on the ship disappeared mysteriously, there was no blood, no traces of fighting, as if they had been lost by some mysterious force, no one was alive, no corpse was dead.
As soon as this incident came out, it caused a sensation in the local area.
The legend of Kowloon is once again on the rise, and the Xiang family has become a well-known local figure.
"During that time, all kinds of big people visited my house." This should be one of the few moments of the Xiang family, Uncle Xiang mentioned it at this time, although it was just a few sentences, but it can be imagined that the scenery and fame of the Xiang family at that time can be imagined.
It's just that Uncle Xiang's face is not glorious, but vaguely with a bit of irony:
"After promises and temptations from above, my Abba decided to go on another expedition."
After the first time he went deep into the Kowloon Cave and survived, Xiang's father was greedy, and the municipal center promised that after the matter was over, he would be rewarded with a sum of money, and at the same time some preferential policies would be given to the Xiang family, so that the Xiang family, who was originally engaged in the treasure picking industry, could turn over in one fell swoop.
Xiang's father did not resist the temptation, gathered the strong men in the village who were familiar with the water, brought the people sent from above, and also brought his son, who was already fourteen years old, and entered the Nine Dragon Cave again with all his preparations.
But this time, I don't know whether it was luck or misfortune, when the boat came in, it happened to be the time when the water in the Nine Dragons Cave was going backwards.
The boat followed the current into the middle of the Nine Dragons Cave, and at the same time traveled towards the Nine Springs, and was swept into the Nine Springs by mistake.
And that night happened to be the day of the 'Dragon King Festival' ceremony held by Yichang and others every three years in the Yulun Realm.
The prohibition shrouded in the Nine Springs opened, and the ship pierced through the fog and entered the rumored Yulun Realm.
Hearing this, the story finally gets to the point.
That night, like tonight, was the time for the ghosts to 'return to the door'.
"I remember that the moon was as bright as tonight," Uncle Xiang, who was sitting on the head of the bed, lowered his body and stretched out his head to look out of the house to look at the sky: "When the boat entered the lake, I heard that the water at the bottom of the boat was not right, as if something was moving." ”
However, at that time, the people on the boat did not care, and they all thought that there might be fish in the water.
At that time, everyone was immersed in the joy of discovering a fairyland, and they would have thought that what they had entered was not a fairyland, but a hell of death.
After a while, the sound of the water stopped, and everyone thought that the fish were walking away, and when they were relaxing their vigilance, a woman suddenly appeared in the water!
When Uncle Xiang said this, his voice paused.
Both young men held their breath and did not dare to speak.
Combined with the moon and atmosphere tonight, everyone can almost imagine what a terrifying scene it must have been when a group of people came in on a boat 57 years ago and saw a woman emerging from the water.
Uncle Xiang said that he had forgotten all these past events, but when he mentioned them at this time, he remembered every detail very clearly:
"The woman was dressed in a dark red wedding dress, her hair was scattered, and half of her body was buried in the water."
When he said this, his hands trembled, and he instinctively wanted to touch his waist and take the pipe he hung on his waist, but he couldn't pull it off after several attempts, and finally hung helplessly at his side and clenched into a fist.
It was in the water, but the woman was walking on the ground, and the waves slowly lifted her up, as if she were obeying her command.
That night, the fog was heavy, and her appearance was so strange that all the people on the ship realized that something was wrong.
The woman's strange eyes fell on the boat, and many people felt chills rise from their feet when they saw her, and many realized that this woman was probably not human.
This is the Nine Dragons Cave, where the rumored evil dragon is entrenched, except for the immortals who suppressed the soul of the evil dragon in legend, the living will die as soon as they enter.
In a panic, many people immediately jumped out of ship and wanted to escape, "But you can imagine how powerful the water of Jiuquan is." ”
Uncle Xiang said this, the young man with a broken wrist hugged his arm, even if his hand had been treated, but he left a scar that would never heal.
The person who jumped into the river was suddenly corroded by the demonic energy in the river, and Uncle Xiang's father was also among the people who jumped into the river.
He was so proud of his water that he wanted to go down to the river first, and then pick up his son, but as soon as he entered the river, his body began to decompose, and he suddenly let out an extremely painful wail.
"The lower half of his body quickly turned into water, like a snowman."
The flesh and blood disintegrated under the powerful demonic energy, melting into liquid, and the crimson blood spread, and these people were like piles of snowmen, quickly melting in the sunlight.
Uncle Xiang's father was still holding his son in the upper half of his body and wanted to carry him into the water, but at this time the life-saving thing became fatal, and under the reversal of the situation, he desperately grabbed his son and wanted to borrow his son's body to climb into the boat.
The lower half of his body corroded rapidly, quickly reducing his body soaked in water from the waist down to nothingness.
The body hanging on the string of the boat began to expand rapidly and turn purple, and a violent scream sounded in Uncle Xiang's ears.
The father, who had lost his mind under the pain, didn't expect this at all, he just clung to his son with the instinct to survive.
The dying man was so powerful that he was almost dragged into the water.
I have seen the scene of other people being decomposed and melted in the water, which was a great shock to Uncle Xiang in his youth, he was so shocked that he couldn't even scream, and when he saw his father strangled by his neck, he was unable to break free, and even almost dragged into the water-
Between the rippling waves, the face of a gloomy woman with a blue and white color slowly floated out of the water.
She stretched out a hand and pushed it towards Uncle Xiang's face.
Uncle Xiang's hand instinctively compared the posture that Song Qingxiao had compared to on the Heishui River at that time.
Contrary to Song Qingxiao's initial guess, it was the yin ghost in the water who pushed Uncle Xiang back at that time.
"Her hands are cold." The ice was hard to describe in words, and when his fingertips touched his forehead, he even heard his skull be like a crispy marshmallow, which was sunken in when pressed and made a crunchy sound.
A piercing chill instantly permeated the young Xiang's body, and he didn't even feel the sharp pain, only heard the sound of 'swish'.
The fingertips were like sharp knives, plunging into the flesh with great ease, breaking through the bones and pushing him back.
That power was so great that he even got rid of the coercion of his father, and let him fall into the ship.
As the 'hand' withdrew, the bone in his forehead was torn apart with a 'click', and a large stream of blood gushed down, covering one of his eyes.
Under the cold air invaded the body, the sharp pain hit after realizing it, and Uncle Xiang fainted.
"When I woke up again, I saw the people of Yulun Realm, and Lord Yichang saved me."
When Uncle Xiang said this, his face showed a strange look, and he glanced at Song Qingxiao meaningfully: "At that time, he was just 40 years old. ”
'Shhh ’
'Shhhh
Two gasps sounded one after another, it was the young man with the broken wrist and another young man who opened the door for Song Qingxiao.
This incident had a great impact on these two young people, Song Qingxiao and Xiangsi had already guessed the secret of the reincarnation of Yichang and others, so they were not surprised, so when Uncle Xiang said this, the two of them were still calm.
"Do you know where the people of the Yulun Realm come from?"
When Uncle Xiang said this, he raised his chin slightly, and tried his best to put on a posture that wanted Song Qingxiao and Xiang Siyang to beg, as if it was a supreme honor for him to know the true origin of the people in the Yulun Realm.
Double more in one, 5,000 words~!
(End of chapter)