Chapter 23: The Tomb of the Fox Fairy
Chen Zhi looked at the printed materials in his hand, which described an incident that happened in F-City, Shandong.
In August 1977, the No. 16 Middle School of F City, a high school student, named Guo Jinping, visited Taoshan Youqi Temple with his classmates one day. Thinking it was the tomb of an old monk, he collected a bouquet of flowers and offered it. After offering flowers, I looked up and saw that there was an ancient jujube tree on the tomb, a red jujube was knotted on it, it was as big as a melon, bright and dripping, it was very attractive, I couldn't help but pick it up and eat it, and felt that it was as sweet as honey.
After eating, Guo Jinping suddenly felt that his whole body was smooth, his seven orifices were refreshing, and his thoughts were springing. So he hurried home, and after returning home, he closed the door and only took 3 months to create a 150,000-word long chapter hui novel "Boundless Wind and Moon", and the content of the novel turned out to be a love story between a fox fairy and a man.
Afterwards, someone asked him: Why did you, a teenager, write such a talented and esoteric chapter hui novel? This is very inconsistent with your age and experience. Guo Jinping's answer was: He dreamed every night, and a beautiful woman told him such a story:
During the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, Li Bangzhen, the inspector of the Imperial History, had studied in the Jinniushan Academy when he was a teenager, but because he was bored in his childhood, he entered the academy for many years, and he was still illiterate, which caused his father and master a headache.
When Li Bangzhen was young, he moved to Taoshan Academy to study in the west of Youqi Temple. One day and night, he was reading at his desk, and suddenly met a young woman who came to visit, the woman called herself Hu, and after the two exchanged names, they fell in love, and since then they have quietly met every night. The woman knew Li Bangzhen's suffering, and one night, she used the red pill in her abdomen to show her mouth, so that she could swallow mouth-to-mouth, and Li Bangzhen suddenly felt that her whole body was smooth and refreshing. The next day, when I read the poem, I read ten lines at a glance and recited it at a glance.
Soon after, it was discovered by the old monk in the temple, and the old monk knew that the beautiful woman was a fox who had cultivated in the mountains for many years. The old monk secretly instructed Li Bangzhen: If you meet a beauty again, you will swallow her red pill in the dark, and the future is unlimited.
The young Li Bangzhen didn't know what to do, so he did according to the plan. The woman lost the red pill and scolded: "Bo Xinglang!" He hid his face and wept and went away. The next day, Li Bangzhen found a white fox in the bamboo forest behind the temple, which had died. Li Bangzhen thanked the grace of the beauty of education, built a tomb for it behind the temple, and set up a stone tablet next to the tomb, which was engraved: Hu's tomb.
Li Bangzhen has been ranked first in the imperial examination since then, and he has been on the list, soaring to the top of the list, and then becoming the prime minister. 50 years later, one night, the old prime minister suddenly felt a dream: the beauty suddenly came, the two hugged each other, the beauty cried and cried, and asked for the red pill of the year. Li Bangzhen refused, and the beauty suddenly turned into a white fox, and the corpse was rotten in an instant, and the stench was overwhelming. Li Bangzhen vomited and accidentally spit out the red pill he had swallowed that year. And the white fox immediately jumped up and quickly took the red pill away. Li Bangzhen was taken aback, and when he woke up, he knew that it was Nanke's dream.
But since then, the official movement has ended. At the right time when Yan Shifan's father and son were traitorous and rebellious, Li Bangzhen was implicated by him and almost entered the official prison. After he hung up his crown and went into hiding, he returned to Taoshan Youqi Temple, where he studied in his youth, in an attempt to meet the beautiful woman again and relive the old love. But alas, he never saw the young woman again.
After reading this information, Chen Zhi and Fat Wei glanced at each other.
Chen Zhi asked the leopard master: "Are you asking us to find this fox immortal tomb?" But is this legend credible? This writer named Guo Jinping probably made up this story for the purpose of promoting his novel. ”
"We looked at Guo Jinping, who was only 16 years old when he wrote this novel, and it is unlikely that he could have written such a complete novel. And the Li Bangzhen mentioned in the book is real in history, in the lonely history we found, there is Li Bangzhen's autobiography, the time and place are all consistent, and this story is mentioned in it, but he was poor in his old age, and no one believed it. And this wild history is something that the writer named Guo Jinping will never see. Master Leopard said affirmatively.
"My God, there are really immortals? That fox fairy sister looks old, right? Fat Wei looked at Chen Zhi with a smile.
"The most important evidence is this" The leopard master pinched his cigarette, took out a black thing from the edge of the box, and carefully handed it to Chen Zhi. Fat Wei was about to get it, but the old somersault glared at him, but he didn't dare to stretch out his hand.
Chen Zhi took it and took a look, this thing looked like two pieces cut out of ancient bamboo slips, black, I don't know how many years, with Juanxiu's handwriting engraved on it, Chen Zhi seemed to be a little familiar, but he couldn't understand it.
"The inscription on it is the ancient Qin style" Leopard Ye said: "The content of the text is: Nine-tailed Sky Fox, there is Su's family, when the Shang Dynasty founded, Feng Xuanhu Jun, because of the great crime against the sky, demoted to Qingqiu, and died in the land of Qilu, when more than 9,900 years of life, the Divine Tomb is ten thousand hectares, and the concubine Bai Qian is the main sacrifice. ”
The leopard master raised his eight-character eyebrows and looked at Chen Zhi solemnly and continued: "The land of Qilu is the place name of Shandong during the Warring States Period. According to this calculation, the earliest time of the death of the nine-tailed sky fox should be the Warring States period, and the Bai Qian recorded above should be the mausoleum keeper of the nine-tailed sky fox god tomb, and it is likely that the white fox woman mentioned in the novel, that is, the owner of the fox fairy tomb. ”
"Where did this bamboo slip come from? Is it credible? Chen Zhi asked.
"This was given to me by someone I trust very much, and we basically confirm that this bamboo slip is part of the Fengshen Journal." The leopard master said.
After hearing this, Chen Zhi nodded and fell into deep thought.
At this time, the old somersault suddenly spoke, "Ghost knife, are you saying that Chen Zhi needs a good knife, right?" ”
Ghost Knife nodded.
Let's go pick one! Old somersault pulled out the key.
Chen Zhi and the ghost knife stood up and went to the back with the old somersault, Fat Wei just wanted to get up, but was stopped by the leopard master, "You stay" The leopard master had a smile on his face, but there was murder in his eyes.
Fat Wei sat back, but his hands unconsciously clenched into fists.
"Brother," Leopard Ye said and pressed Fat Wei's shoulder, "Chen Zhi, I completely trust." But I didn't have much to do with you before. I know something about you, you're a righteous person, and that's good. From today onwards, I will trust you, and I will take care of your mother, but don't live up to my trust, otherwise you will not be able to bear the consequences. "Master Leopard's voice is very soft, the speed of speech is very slow, and there is a smile on his face.
"I know, don't worry", Fat Wei used to hate others threatening him the most, but this time he didn't say a word, he knew that in front of the king of Hades, don't play with personality.
Chen Zhi and the others came back, and the ghost knife picked out a small dagger for him, saying that it was called "Baipi", which was made during the Wei period, and the same piece of iron was used for the fish intestine knife. It was short and small, far worse than the big long knife of the ghost knife, and Chen Zhi was very dissatisfied.
"Tomorrow you will go to Shandong, Uncle Jin will go with you, and we will take care of all the equipment. Anything that is dug up in the tomb is yours except for the spirit stones. The leopard master said, waving his hand and motioning for the old somersault to take them out.
"Okay, Master Leopard, you are really a cheerful person, please be good! Tomorrow we'll go find that fox fairy sister for you! Fat Wei heard that all the bright objects dug up belonged to him, and he couldn't close his mouth with joy. And just like that, the group left the villa.