"General Yoro?" I looked at the ghosts and immortals in confusion.

"The legend of the general Yelang is that he is a Ba man, called Ba Pei, stationed in a place called Bishan in the east of Yelang country, it is rumored that he has repeatedly performed miraculous feats when he conquered the surrounding tribes, and then died in the war with the Han Dynasty, and the king of Yelang was buried in Bishan in recognition of his merits."

"Han Dynasty? General Ba? Anxious? "If you extrapolate from the chronology, this Ba general named Ba Pei is likely to be a member of the Yelang Kingdom with Yu.

The Ghost Eight Immortals continued: "The old man of this ancient tomb has been looking for several years, because this tomb was completely built in accordance with another set of burial methods, so he drilled all over those places, but he still couldn't get the point. This time, if it wasn't for the stumbling upon an ancient tomb with a hidden head burial on the side of Bishan, the old man would have doubted what was recorded in the bamboo slips. ”

I was already interested in my heart, and I thought for a while and said, "Then according to your rules, how can we cooperate with each other?" ”

The ghost eight immortals smiled and said: "Xiwa, I don't have any requirements for this cooperation, I only need one thing, and you can do the rest." ”

"Oh?" My curiosity grew sharper.

The ghost eight immortals said slowly: "Speaking of which, the old man's age should not go to the ground, but because the old man has experienced an accident a few years ago, now he is not a ghost or a ghost, and life is better than death." ”

After speaking, he slowly unbuttoned his kaftan to reveal his muscles. I let out a soft cry of horror, only to see that half of the Ghost Eight Immortals' body was covered with pangolin scales, and the other half of the body had blood vessels that were swollen, and the skin was a miserable white, which looked particularly hideous in the candlelight, as if the blood vessels could burst at any moment.

Pangolin oh no ghost eight immortals sighed lightly: "The old man found the tomb of the Warring States period in Yuanling a few years ago, everything is going well, according to the rules of our Tufuzi should not be too desperate, the old man should not have this kind of greed when he is old, and it is also destined to have this calamity, at that time, I don't know why I went to the mouth of the meat dumpling, how do I know that the meat dumpling does not know what corpse poison is in the mouth, only to see a puff of black smoke, at that time, the old man I was not in a hurry, was sprayed, When I came back, I felt that something was wrong with my back, and then this kind of carapace began to grow on my body, and then more and more, and now the whole left side has been crawling with this kind of shell, and it is very itchy at night, and now the shell is almost growing to the heart, and I guess I will get it at the bottom. ”

I said, "So what are you looking for?" ”

The ghost eight immortals said: "That set of bamboo slips records that when General Ba Pei was buried, there was an ancient artifact Yupei who was buried with him, and it is said that this thing can cure the strange poison in the world, and the old man came to ask Brother Chen for help for this matter!" ”

After a long conversation that night, the ghost eight immortals said that the tomb was a bit dangerous when they left, and he also found a Miao master from Xiangxi.

In the evening, I discussed it with Tuesday Mao and the others who came back from listening to the play, and Tuesday Mao thought about it and felt that this was more reliable, so the matter was settled.

A few days later, one of the Eight Immortals' subordinates came to inform us that the Eight Immortals had something to do with the Ghost Eight Immortals, and that we would meet at the Wanfu Inn at the Old Crow's Mouth Pier three days later.

I and Tuesday Mao the second morning to clean up, the restaurant handed over to Lan Meizai to take care of, take a boat along the Wujiang River upstream, the third night came to the Wanfu Inn, the ghost eight immortals and a dozen people have already wrapped the entire Wanfu Inn, we have seen the ghost eight immortals, after a few words of greetings, the ghost eight immortals let us rest early, said that tomorrow will enter the mountain, the next will be to eat and sleep.

I said, "Didn't you say that there is still a Miao master coming?" ”

The ghost eight immortals said: "Maybe the trip has been delayed, and it is estimated that it will arrive in the second half of the night." ”

As he was talking, the door creaked open, and from outside the door came a thin Miao man of medium stature but with unusually long arms, with a copper bell hanging on his waist, a Miao knife on his shoulder, two large silver earrings on his left ear, and a burden in his hand seemed to hang down to the ground, and there was an indescribable yin qi in his gestures.

Miao people should know the Eight Immortals, walked up to the Eight Immortals and bowed, squeezed out a smile and said, "Ghost Father, the boat on the water is very slow and delayed." ”

It's okay not to laugh, this smile, the smile reveals a hint of ghostly energy, which makes people shudder.

The ghost eight immortals smiled: "It's good to come, your master and his old man are okay?" ”

Miao said: "Recently, I was able to get out of bed and walk, and I am still recuperating." ”

The Eight Immortals of the Ghost Immortals introduced me to the Miao people and said, "This old brother Chen is the Tima of the Tujia family, you know each other." ”

I arched my hand towards the Miao people.

The Miao people saluted me, and their eyes looked me up and down, and my scalp was numb.

The Eight Immortals said to me: "This Miao brother is called Bo Dongha, and he is a good hand at making and using drugs, and he is a rare rising star in our industry. ”

Miao Bo Dongha bowed to the ghost eight immortals and said: "The ghost man praised it." ”

On Tuesday, Mao shivered when he looked at Bo Dongha, pulled me and said, "It's not early this day, rest early, I have to hurry tomorrow." ”

Back in the guest room, Tuesday Mao said: "What do you say the ghost old man is doing with a Miao man who uses poison?" ”

I said: "The Ghost Eight Immortals, this person is a ghost lamp brother (owl) with a long beard--- he is an old finch who eats at night, who knows what kind of medicine is sold in his gourd." ”

On Tuesday, Mao nodded and said: "This wave of Dongha's eyes looks very crazy, let's stay away from him these days." ”

In the early morning of the second day, everyone got up early, led the mules and horses, and headed for the mountain with equipment, this mountain is a primeval forest, first at the edge of the forest is still some paths, paddy fields, and then go inside, there are no people at all.

On Tuesday, Mao said to me as he walked: "Fortunately, we didn't come alone, not to mention whether we can find the ancient tomb or not, just this large forest has to make us dizzy." ”

The Eight Immortals were old, and they rode on a mule and said to me, "After two more hills, I guess I will arrive at the place where the ancient tomb was dug up." To be honest, the old man of this mountain has been here twice, according to us, it is a dead land, not suitable for burying people at all, I don't know why the people of the country of Ziyelang have used this place as a treasure land. ”

I said, "I also took a closer look just now, and it really doesn't look like a good feng shui treasure." ”

The Ghost Eight Immortals muttered, "This is strange, JB is weird." ”

The ghost eight immortals set off in advance the day before yesterday, that is, they came to ask the villagers who dug up the ancient tomb about the tomb, inquired about the route, and sure enough, after a while, the ghost eight immortals pointed to a mountain col and said: "There is a spring water below, and if you go further, you will reach the place where the ancient tomb was dug up." ”

When I came down the mountain, I saw that there was indeed a clear spring in the col, which was thought to be a stronghold of hunters or villagers who went into the mountain to collect mountain goods, and there were traces of fire on the ground.

Walking deeper into the col, we came to the place where the ancient tomb had been dug up, the ancient tomb was empty, a few coffin boards had been thrown aside at random, the valuable things had already been looted, and even the bones had been burned.

The Eight Immortals walked around the ancient tomb, grabbed a handful of soil from time to time to sniff it, and went to turn over the coffin board and beat it. Finally, he said, "You have to go to the mountains." ”

Fortunately, it was still spring, and the weather was neither hot nor cold, and mosquito bites and poisonous snake attacks were avoided.

At dusk that day, when they came to a valley deep in the mountains, the ghost eight immortals said, "I will camp here today, and continue to walk into the mountains tomorrow." ”

At night, the Eight Immortals said to me, "Brother Chen, I have to rely on you to determine the direction this night." ”

I promised, "In the evening, I will go to the top of the mountain with Tuesday Mao." ”

When Tuesday Mao and I climbed to the top of the mountain and found an abrupt stone for stargazing, it was also midnight. Considering that the Ba people take the south as the sky and the north as the earth's concept, the head rests on the south, which is the return of the soul to ascend to heaven, and since the owner of the tomb is noble, it is necessary to choose to build the tomb according to the stars and the Beidou, and a big mountain can be seen in the distance in front of the left, which seems to be in line with the Xuan, Ji, Yuheng, Qi Qizheng, and Dou as the emperor's car, transported in the center, and the four townships of the temporary system. Although it is not as good as the arch of the stars, it seems to be more than enough to bury a general, and it should be conclusive when I go to the field tomorrow to observe it again.

The next day, I told the Ghost Eight Immortals about the celestial phenomena I observed last night, and the Ghost Eight Immortals were stunned and said: "There I also told Bo Dongha yesterday that this tomb is a tomb, you must come to the mountains and rivers, choose the place to cut grass, the grave is high and deep, the mourning court is Mo, the grave winds the road, the stele is a sulfur flag, where is it suitable for burying people?" ”

Tuesday Mao was a little dissatisfied and said: "Ghost master, killing pigs and killing farts, each has its own tricks, didn't you say that you haven't found it for a long time, maybe what the second baby said this time is right?" ”

The ghost eight immortals rode on the mule and smiled: "The little baby has a point, let's go!" ”