Chapter Seventy-Six: The Toad Cellar

Although Xiangyun is from the Black Dragon Sect, we can't overturn a boatload of people with one rod, there are also good people in the Black Dragon Sect.

Since Xiangyun took the initiative to invite, there is no reason for us not to go.

Liu Minliang went back to Zhang Luo to open a pharmaceutical company, and Yang Shu and Ji Ling and I drove to Suiyang Town.

Because it is located in the transportation hub, the jurisdiction of this town is even worth a county-level city, the business is prosperous, the population is large, not much worse than Dongning, and the Qiyun Temple is in the southern suburbs of the county, the three major halls are crossed by the left and right, covering a wide area.

When we arrived, it was already more than two o'clock in the afternoon, but the view was still crowded, the incense burner in front of the hall was full of high incense, the billowing smoke rose straight up, and the smell of burning incense permeated the whole hall.

It is already surprising that such incense is prosperous, but what really surprised me is that many of the people who come to the incense are sad, and most of the people who go out are smiling.

Ji Ling was familiar with the road and took us through the hall and straight to the backyard.

Halfway through, she met a beautiful and lovely little Taoist aunt, she saw Ji Ling, smiled and stepped forward to hold Ji Ling's hand: "Xiao Lingling is back, you have been at ease in the rich family for a while, I'm afraid you have forgotten us a long time ago, right?" ”

Ji Ling was also very happy, and actually took out a lipstick from the Taoist robe and stuffed it into her hand: "Don't let the master see it, if you see it, don't give me out, otherwise there will be nothing next time!" ”

"Got it......" she said, her eyes rolling and scrutinizing our faces.

"Which is your lover's brother?"

Ji Ling was a little flustered, and pinched her hard: "I'm going to die, who did you listen to." ”

Xiaodao Gujiao smiled and dodged: "Who else, Master, Master specially asked me to make Eucommia tea, saying that it is good for men......"

Not only was Ji Ling embarrassed, but Yang Shu's face was also red, eucommia tea strengthens the spleen and kidneys, we all know this.

Of course, the important effects are often in the back, you all know, right?

"Go quickly, Master is waiting for you in the dormitory, don't forget to come to my room when you are free later."

Xiao Daogu went happily, and Ji Ling blushed and said to us: "My senior sister Qin Zixiao will chew the root of her tongue." ”

I smiled and waved my hand: "Let's go, don't let your master wait for a long time." ”

When we arrived at the dormitory, the door was wide open, and Xiangyun had already placed tea and melons and fruits waiting for us.

is different from imagination, this Xiangyun real person looks like he is in his forties, wearing a nine-turn Huayang scarf, a round face and long eyebrows, phoenix eyes and a nose, a kind face, and a navy blue uniform.

Seeing us enter the door, she took a step forward and bowed her hand: "I have not greeted us from afar, and I also ask the two believers to forgive their sins, and the poor Dao Xiangyun is polite." ”

It stands to reason that Xiangyun and my master are the same generation, but the first step to salute is to treat us as peers, which makes me a little flattered, and hurriedly clasps my fists: "Fusheng Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable, Dao Chang Guisheng, Immeasurable People, the younger Yang Lin took the liberty to visit, don't be surprised." ”

She smiled slightly: "Believers don't have to be polite, please take a seat." ”

At this time, Ji Ling knelt down to salute his master.

Xiangyun didn't mean to punish her for sneaking away without permission, and asked her to get up and wait to pour tea next to her very peacefully.

At this point, my hanging heart can be regarded as letting go, it seems that Xiangyun invited us over, and there is no intention of making things difficult.

Xiangyun smiled and said: "The believer must be thinking, why did Poor Dao rashly invite two people to come?" ”

Although I know it in my heart, it is also rude to speculate: "Please also ask the Taoist chief to make it clear." ”

"Forgive me for asking the poor, is there any misunderstanding between the believer and my Archdeacon Lu?"

Sure enough, as I expected, listening to her meaning, it was obvious that she wanted to do something peaceful.

I smiled and said, "Daoist wants to mediate?" ”

"Harmony is precious, and if the believer is willing to put aside old grievances, he should do his best."

"I don't have a problem, the Taoist may as well pass a message to Lu Jun, as long as he can let go of his grievances, we can shake hands and make peace."

Xiangyun obviously didn't expect me to be so good at talking, so he was slightly stunned, and then smiled with relief: "Yang Xinshi is really generous, so I replied to Archdeacon Lu, and I believe that the two of you should be able to meet and laugh and enmity." ”

I was so surprised by that, what the hell? Reply to Lu Jun? Could it be that Lu Jun asked her to hand it to me?

When she saw my expression, she guessed my thoughts: "Yang Xinshi guessed correctly, this is exactly what Archdeacon Lu meant." This time, the archdeacon returned to the general altar to receive the punishment, and after the personal enlightenment of our sect leader, he repented, but he was in the main altar, and it would take time for him to return, so he asked me to make peace with Yang Xinshi. ”

"Poor Dao originally wanted to visit in person, but he didn't want you to meet the apprentice, but it was the will of heaven to fulfill the two of you, so that you could turn your rivalry into a jade silk......"

I don't need him to finish speaking, I understand, this may not be what Lu Jun meant, it may be that Qing Shuangtian saw that Lu Jun was too capable of death, not only tossed me, but also involved Longhu Mountain, the impact was too bad, so he forced his head and forced him to bow to me.

Yes, that makes sense!

If Lu Jun figured it out on his own and talked to me about peace, it would really be a hell of a life.

Although Lu Jun is my opponent, but to say a word of conscience, this person is still arrogant. If I can make peace with him, it will be equivalent to going to the Black Dragon Sect, a great enemy, and I can concentrate on dealing with those ghosts.

I clenched my fist at her: "Then I will thank the Taoist for his kindness." ”

"Believers don't have to be polite, there are two doors of Xuandao, and they are connected with the same qi, and now that demons and evil are rampant, they should naturally be in the same boat."

As soon as she mentioned this demon, it reminded me of one thing, the knife that Luo Kaishan gave me before came from Lao Ye Ling, and Suiyang Town, where Qiyun Temple is located, is the northernmost part of Lao Ye Ling, guarding the only way to enter the mountain, I don't know if this fragrant cloud, will I hear any rumors?

"Ghosts and demons are indeed rampant, but the most terrifying thing is not aliens, but aliens!"

Xiangyun raised his eyebrows: "Why did the believer say this? ”

"Onmyoji, I wonder if the chief has heard about these alien troublemakers recently?"

"Not really, but ......"

"But what?"

Xiangyun got up the tea and moistened his lips: "I heard that some foreign businessmen organized exploration teams to go into the mountains to explore resources. ”

My heart tightened, isn't this gang of little devils here in the name of foreign businessmen, the mineral water farm over there in Nanshan Village has stopped, is it because these guys have set their sights on Lao Yeling?

But here, what is there to worry about?

The Underground Fortress wasn't built here.

"What resources are available here? Colliery? ”

Xiangyun shook his head blankly.

I secretly laughed at myself for being stupid, talking to an old Taoist about this, what can I expect her to know?

"Does the Dao Chief know that there is anything worth remembering about in this old man's mountain?"

Xiangyun pondered for a moment: "If you want to say that there is, there is really such a case, but most of the rumors are not true." ”

"Why don't you listen to what the Taoist said?"

Xiangyun told the story eloquently, and actually told a secret story that made my heart tremble.

It is rumored that there is a treacherous place called the toad cellar in the depths of Lao Ye Ling, which is a wind cave where the yin wind gathers between the mountains, the perennial yin wind continues, and on the night of the full moon on the fifteenth day of the first month, the yin wind will sweep all around, devouring countless people and animals.

The local mountain people did not dare to approach that place, saying that it was the gateway of the small earth, guarded by the ox-horned yin toad, and the people who trespassed on the small land were either used as food by the ox-horned yin toad, or were accepted by the mountain god to be the mandrill to patrol the mountain.

If these are all rumors and there is no evidence, but during the Japanese occupation, there was a Japanese exploration team eager to steal and dig China's resources, regardless of the danger, and forced their way into the toad cellar, but that night it was cloudy and windy, even the moonlight was obscured, and the grass and trees on the surrounding mountains were cut clean, and those Japanese who got into it never came out.

Speaking of this exploration team, Xiangyun is sure, because many people in the Qiyun Temple are mountain people who live in Lao Yeling, and some old people have witnessed the exploration team of dozens of people who are fully armed and enter the toad cellar.

And when I heard this, my heart became heavier and heavier, it was the first time I had heard about the toad cellar, but I had known about Xiaodifuzhi for a long time, and many old people in Dongning were also convinced of this statement.

It is rumored that there is a palace of the king of Yama, every year on the fifteenth day of July, the king of Yama goes out on patrol, and when he returns, he will stay there temporarily, and there is a strange book stored in it, the Nine Shades Feng Shui Zhi, which describes the various paths of the Nine Shades of the Underworld, and whoever has mastered the Nine Shades of Feng Shui can rely on the power of the strange book to rewrite the feng shui, and make the entrance of the Nine Shades appear in the world anytime and anywhere.

This rhetoric is so fantastical that even I, an authentic Xuanmen person, listened to the master when I first heard it as a story.

But as the saying goes, groundless news may not be silent, not to mention that the Japanese were willing to invest so much manpower and material resources to track down this matter, which just proves that it has a prototype and a basis.

What's more, now they're here again!

If it weren't for the conclusive evidence that the toad cellar had what they needed, the Japanese who were strict by nature would not be so persistent, what exactly were they looking for?

The Nine Shadows Feng Shui Zhi may be nonsense, but other ancient methods of Xuanmen that can spy on the underground, or things like magic weapons, are real, if they succeed, the secrets of the underground of Dongning Fortress are not at their fingertips?

"Can the Taoist do me a favor?"

"Yang Xinshi said that it doesn't matter, he will do his best, and he will do his best."

"Help me check the information of the foreign exploration team you said to determine if it is really true, and the specific whereabouts."

Xiangyun smiled: "This is easy, but it's getting late today, the two of you will stay overnight in the view, and there will be news tomorrow morning." ”

I naturally agreed, and Yang Shu was also very happy about this, so he stayed in the Qiyun Temple for a night.

The next morning, after breakfast, Xiangyun really called us over.

I saw that her face was not good, so I quickly asked her how she was doing.

Xiangyun's tone was heavy, and he didn't answer and asked: "Listening to what Yang Xinshi said yesterday, those foreign businessmen may be dressed as an onmyoji?" ”

I nodded.

"These aliens are so bold that they dare to attack again!"

I saw that she looked angry, and hurriedly asked, and she really found out the news I wanted, this foreign exploration team that I didn't know whether it was true or false had entered the mountains half a month ago, openly stationed in the mountains without saying anything, and even attacked the mountain people.

Because the incident occurred in the deep mountains and old forests, there are only rumors, no warnings.

I also heard that my heart was on fire, we welcome foreign businessmen, but who dares to offend our people again!

"Dao Chief, don't worry, I'll go with my junior brother and carefully check these grandsons, if they do anything illegal, Lao Tzu will definitely make them pay the price!"

Xiangyun's expression was solemn: "The Yang family came forward on credit, and the poor Dao can rest assured in this matter." But the toad cellar is in danger, and the two of you should be very careful when you go this time, if the situation is not right, you must withdraw as soon as possible, and we will think about it in the long run. ”

I naturally know this without her telling me, but the problem is that we have never been to Lao Ye Ling and are not familiar with the terrain.

I hesitated.

Xiangyun asked a little eagerly, "But what's the difficulty?" ”

I simply said, "Does the Taoist know the mountain people who are familiar with the road, can you give us a recommendation or two?" ”

"Why do you need to be a mountain person, the little apprentice Ji Ling grew up in the mountains, and she will lead the way for the two, and I will also be counted as Qiyunguan to do my part in this matter."

When I heard this, I couldn't help but glance at the poplar tree, and when I saw that he looked like a good baby, he nodded at me again and again.

I secretly scolded him for being unproductive, showing this appearance in front of Xiangyun, what do people think.

When he turned around, he saw Xiangyun with a kind face, looked at Yang Shu and smiled: "The descendants of the Yang family, they are all righteous and awe-inspiring, and the apprentices are handed over to you, and the poor road can rest assured." ”

What do you mean by that?

Is this agreeing to their relationship?

Although Taoists have precepts, most of them can't help but marry!

At this moment, even I can't help but sigh, Xiangyun is really an empathetic and good Taoist!