Chapter Eighty-One: There is Po Meng's Clan
Yuan Xuan followed Zhang Xiaoluo's gaze and saw a wooden boat coming quickly from above the river.
The wooden boats were mottled and rowed across the dark river, and it was not long before they were near.
"What is the matter of crossing the river?"
There was a person standing on the boat, holding an oar in his hand, and his face was blurred and he couldn't see the man or woman, and asked Zhang Xiaoluo and the others who were standing on the bank of the river.
"Go to Huangquan, make a wish."
Zhang Xiaoluo glanced at the wooden boat and replied softly.
"Is there a ferry fee?"
When Zhang Xiaoluo heard this, he reached out and took out two dark coins from his arms and handed them over, and in the corner of the dark coins, there was a faint pattern of Taoist Xuanmen Yin and Yang fish.
"Come up and stand firm, the river is windy, and if you fall, you will be imprisoned at the bottom of the river forever."
The boatman collected the ferry fee, and when the two of them got on board, he gave a low command, and with a gentle stroke of the oar in his hand on the river, the wooden boat had turned around and sailed towards the opposite bank.
Zhang Xiaoluo stood at the bow of the boat in the wind, and the wind on the river blew away his black hair, and there was a messy and elegant feeling.
Yuan Xuan had the heart to ask, but seeing that Zhang Xiaoluo didn't say a word, and remembered Zhang Xiaoluo's previous instructions, he also lowered his head, staring at the sticky river water that kept lapping the wooden boat, stunned.
The wooden boat was moving very fast, and in the blink of an eye it had reached the middle of the river, and the previously calm and waveless water around the wooden boat began to ripple in circles, and the ghosts with dull expressions shuttled under the river, turning a blind eye to the wooden boat moving fast above the river.
Yuan Xuan stood behind Zhang Xiaoluo, raised his lowered gaze, and looked at the other side that was getting closer and closer.
The sky is full of yellow sand, covering the sky and the sun.
When they arrived on the other side, when Zhang Xiaoluo and the others got off the boat, the boatman gently touched the oar on the river bank, and the wooden boat slowly sailed back to the river and disappeared.
"This is the land of yellow sand for 400 miles of Huangquan, just follow me."
Zhang Xiaoluo stopped and glanced at the whistling wind and sand in front of him, then stretched out his hand to grab Yuan Xuan, and lowered his head into the rolling yellow sand.
The yellow sand struck from time to time with the hot wind whistling by, and Zhang Xiaoluo's unathletic figure stumbled slightly when the wind and sand blew from time to time, but he still pulled Yuan Xuan behind him tightly, and slowly walked towards the depths of the yellow sand.
I don't know how long I walked, but when the yellow sand in front of me gradually dispersed, Yuan Xuan actually smelled a strong fragrance of flowers, and hurriedly looked up ahead.
The endless sea of flowers, as bright red as blood, and the fragrance of flowers as nose, Yuan Xuan's mind began to appear in the figure of his father's tragic death.
"Calm down, you and I are here to see your mother this time, you just need to meditate on your mother, don't think about anything else."
Zhang Xiaoluo's voice sounded in Yuan Xuan's mind again, and she was busy collecting her thoughts and forcing herself to suppress what she was thinking.
"This kind of red flower is called Manzhu Sawah, also known as the flower of the other side, and it was planted by Meng Po, the lord of the Yellow Spring in the underworld......
Zhang Xiaoluo took Yuan Xuan to carefully avoid the lush flowers on the other side, and slowly told Yuan Xuan in his mouth.
The four hundred miles of yellow sand and the four hundred miles of flowers in the Yellow Spring are to stop the living souls who have no intention of trespassing into the Yellow Spring, and there is no threat to a Yin Yang Heavenly Master like Zhang Xiaoluo.
"After this sea of flowers, it is the Huangquan Nai He Bridge, I can only send you to the Nai He Bridge, and I can't move forward. If you remember what I said, you'll be safe and sound! ”
Standing on the edge of the sea of flowers on the other side, Zhang Xiaoluo looked at the vicissitudes of the wooden bridge not far in front of him, and the old woman who seemed to be sleeping with her eyes closed at the bridge, her eyes couldn't help shrinking slightly, and she turned her head to Yuan Xuan behind her and instructed again.
"Zhang Xiaoluo, a child of the yin and yang veins, meet the Lord of Huangquan!"
When he got to the old woman, Zhang Xiaoluo lowered his head and tidied up his sleeves, bowed slightly to the old woman at the bridge, and said loudly.
"Red dust and white colors, everything is fresh, you are not in the yang world, and you come to me this yellow sand everywhere, what do you do with the yellow spring that is difficult to find on the other side?"
The old woman at the head of the bridge, dressed in a black robe and holding a wooden scoop in her hand, was constantly scooping up the milky white soup from a large pot in front of her and pouring it into the bowl beside her. The old woman trembled and picked up the half bowl of porridge and soup, and handed it to Yuan Xuan behind Zhang Xiaoluo.
The porridge soup is thick and fragrant.
However, Qiaotou Meng Po soup.
"The yin and yang veins have the responsibility of soothing ghosts, and today I brought the daughter of Yuan Meng's family to meet my mother, so as to achieve this cause and effect."
Zhang Xiaoluo looked at the bowl of soup handed to Yuan Xuan by the old woman, hurriedly saluted again, and spoke.
Yuan Xuan still hung her head slightly, remembering Zhang Xiaoluo's words in her heart, but she didn't accept the porridge soup handed over by the old woman for a long time.
"If you don't drink the soup of forgetting worries, do you want to cross the bridge? Let's take a drop of your tears as a guide to the soup. ”
The old woman said, put down the bowl in her hand, stretched out her hand and waved it lightly towards Yuan Xuan, a crystal tear had been pinched by her fingertips, and she casually put it into the iron pot in front of her.
"Go ahead! Be sure to return before the child hour, or you'll never come back. ”
The black-robed old woman explained in a low voice, then ignored Yuan Xuan, who had already walked towards the Nai He Bridge, picked up the soup bowl in front of her, and poured the porridge soup into the pot.
Zhang Xiaoluo stood at the head of the bridge, watching Yuan Xuan's figure disappear at the other end, before turning around, with a smile on his face, and looked at Meng Po.
"You're working hard, that ...... I'd like to ask you about something......"
Yuan Xuan appeared at the head of the bridge at three o'clock, Zhang Xiaoluo was standing respectfully beside the old woman, the old woman took out a small porcelain bottle from her arms and handed it to Zhang Xiaoluo, who was quietly carried into her arms by Zhang Xiaoluo. It can be seen from the stretched wrinkles on the old woman's face that the two actually talked happily.
Seeing Yuan Xuan returning, Zhang Xiaoluo bowed down to the old woman again, then turned around and took Yuan Xuan through the eight hundred miles of Yellow Spring again, crossed the Shen River, and returned to the yang world.
The lights in the guest room were turned on, and Zhifei, who had been waiting in the living room for a long time, pushed the door in. Yuan Xuan had already reclined on the edge of the bed and fell asleep. Zhang Xiaoluo, who was sitting cross-legged on the bed, turned slightly pale and slowly opened his eyes.
"Fortunately, I didn't lose my life!"
Zhang Xiaoluo nodded to Zhi Fei, got out of bed and walked out. Zhi Fei helped Yuan Xuan to lie down in the bed, touched her forehead again, and then breathed a sigh of relief and turned off the light and came out.
Zhang Xiaoluo was sitting in the living room, bowing his head and pondering.
He didn't ask Yuan Xuan if he had seen Meng Jing, what he had talked about with Meng Jing, just as Yuan Xuan didn't ask what he had talked about with the old woman in the bridge.
"Director, I'll go back first, Yuan Xuan will sleep well, and I'll be fine when I get up tomorrow."
Zhang Xiaoluo stood up, whispered to Zhi Fei, and walked to the door.
Zhi Fei looked at Zhang Xiaoluo's somewhat abnormal face, and opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something, but finally held back and sent Zhang Xiaoluo out of the door.
When Zhang Xiaoluo returned to Qingshi Lane, he saw from a distance that the door of the store without a plaque he lived in was hidden, and there was a faint candlelight in the house, and he couldn't help but be stunned.
"Old Zhang Tou is back? After going out for so long, the waves are finally back! ”
Zhang Xiaoluo had a smile on his face, walked quickly to the hidden wooden door, and stretched out his hand to push it open.
"You...... How are you at my house! ”
Feng Lei was sitting behind the wooden table in the room, bowing his head and rubbing his nails.
Zhang Xiaoluo didn't see the familiar figure, he was slightly disappointed in his heart, and when he saw Feng Lei sitting in his place with a big grin, he suddenly roared out, and reached out to pull Feng Lei out.
"Let it go! What are you yelling at! Brother is here to give you a reward, what's the matter? Don't want it? ”
Feng Lei pushed Zhang Xiaoluo's hand away, stood up lazily, and looked at Zhang Xiaoluo, with a posture of "if you provoke me again, I will leave".
"Reward? Is there any other benefit besides the ticket that hits the number plate? ”
Zhang Xiaoluo sat down beside Feng Lei stupidly, and also learned from Feng Lei's example, pondering his neatly trimmed nails.
"You did a good job last time, and although there are some flaws, the first time, the organization is still acceptable! I came here today to tell you two things, first......"
"Stop! I just came back and I didn't take a breath, so you don't want to arrange for me to go out again, do you? If you have this mind, don't open your mouth! ”
Zhang Xiaoluo saw that kind of honest smile appeared on Feng Lei's face again, and couldn't help but be stunned for a while, and hurriedly interrupted him.
"That...... How could it! I won't let you go out on a mission for the time being, don't worry? ”
Feng Lei's face showed an embarrassed look, and then he slapped his chest "bang".
"The reward of the last mission, in addition to playing the 200,000 on your number plate, you also earned yourself 10 points. These points can be used to exchange with the organization for some of the things you need, such as magic weapons, ghost teeth, etc., most of you onmyoji like this kind of thing. ”
Zhang Xiaoluo was stunned, thinking that there is still such a good thing? But then it became clear. There are some people in the Case Investigation Department who are like themselves, they are all onmyoji who are born in the Yin and Yang lineage, and this kind of people generally have little demand for banknotes in reality, but they can't delay the progress of their cultivation for a long time because of the implementation of tasks, so there is such a rule.
"In my experience, you shouldn't be able to exchange these 10 points for any good magic weapons, but the ghost teeth can be exchanged for two. But I still recommend that you keep your points, and when you have done more tasks and have accumulated enough points, you can exchange them for some decent items, or directly exchange them for the organization's commitments. ”
Feng Lei looked down at the watch on his wrist and waved his hand impatiently.
"Because I'm your recommender, that's why I've talked to you so much. The specific exchange rules are on your number plate, so you can find out for yourself. And the second thing......"
Zhang Xiaoluo saw that Feng Lei suddenly fell silent, and couldn't help but look up at Feng Lei, but found that the other party was staring at a pair of bull's eyes, looking himself up and down.
"The organization has fucking agreed to that request you made to the organization! However, points will be deducted from your last mission! Tell me honestly, are you anyone's illegitimate child? ”
"Get out! You're an illegitimate child, your whole family is an illegitimate child! ”
Zhang Xiaoluo smiled on his face and scolded in a low voice.
"The organization will send someone to follow up on your master's affairs, don't worry! By the way, it's okay if you don't take the task these days, but the organization stipulates that you must take the task at least once a month, and I can't help it, you can do it yourself! ”
Feng Lei said a few more words before pushing the door and walking out.
Zhang Xiaoluo was sent out of the door, standing in the bluestone alley and watching Feng Lei's figure gradually disappear, his eyes couldn't help narrowing.
"If what Feng Lei said is true, then it means that if the points are enough, you can let the behemoth of the Case Investigation Department be used for yourself......"
Zhang Xiaoluo did a good analysis, and it was true in theory, but he ignored the huge number of points required in exchange for the promise of the Case Investigation Department......