Chapter 63: Finding the Map
Jiang Zhongquan's words made the snow kite, who was pretending to be a little flying warbler, roll her eyes fiercely in the hijab and think: ... It's speechless
"Brother Jiang! Don't come unharmed! "It turned out to be Liu Suifeng, the king of Chujiang, who came with Shen Jilin, the general of Faqiu Zhonglang.
"Presumably this is the famous Faqiu Zhonglang General?" Jiang Zhongquan saw that Shen Jilin was young, and looked up and down at the appearance of being only eighteen or nineteen years old, but his eyebrows revealed a little fierceness, but he was still a hairy boy who had not dried up left and right.
"In the lower Shen Jilin, I have long admired the name of King Yama." After some politeness, Shen Jilin also saw the little flying warbler next to the bride, wearing snow kite clothes. He nodded and said hello.
Qiao Erliang and Wang Tiehammer were also present, but in Wang Tiehammer's opinion, this hairy boy stole all the limelight from the two of them in the past, causing him to sneer disdainfully.
"Snow Kite, will this Shen Jilin be a bad thing, I don't think he seems to know what's going on," Little Flying Bird whispered to Snow Kite.
"Shen Jilin is the child I helped bring up, don't worry, he listens to me."
The gongs and drums sounded, and the suona began to make noise again, and the little flying warbler came back to her senses, tugged at the corner of the snow kite's clothes, and signaled her to worship heaven and earth.
"I, Jiang Zhongquan, am also fatherless and motherless, thanks to the care of several brothers! Let's worship heaven and earth today, and let's drink! This wine from Yama Luogang is a fine wine made from the snow water of the snow-capped mountains! , you have to drink and not get drunk! ”
The brothers in the front yard were coaxing and dancing happily, and it was very lively. This is still one of the few happy events for the ghost gate, and it is rare to cause a scene of thousands of empty alleys. After Jiang Zhongquan finished speaking, the banquet began, although it was an evening banquet, red lanterns were hung high on each table, and the villagers in Shili and Eight Villages were also very happy.
Everyone drank to the fullest, who knew that suddenly came to report, the king of Bian Cheng of the sixth hall and the king of the equality of the ninth hall heard the good news and came to congratulate him, and as soon as the report retreated, he saw two figures laughing and walking into the hall.
The person who walked in front was the King of Mount Tai of the Six Palaces, and he saw that he was wearing a jade battle helmet on his head, wearing gilded lead armor, a girdle around his waist, flying eyebrows and round eyes, and a shiny beard, looking like a general. He was followed by an old man with a long mane, who had a white beard, but his back was straight, holding a bamboo book in his hand, smiling and brushing his beard.
"Brother Qiao, the one in front of this is the Six Palaces Yama, Bi Xuan, and the back is the Nine Palaces Yama, Lu Sheng."
After listening to Liu Suifeng's introduction, Qiao Erliang also got to know each other through Liu Suifeng.
At this time, the banquet reached the most lively place, and the bride and groom worshipped heaven and earth and were sent to Jiang Zhongquan's bedroom.
According to the plan, Xiao Feiying and Snow Kite entered Jiang Zhongquan's dormitory to find a map to the tomb of the Ghost King.
At this time, the night was dark, but Yan Luogang was a lively scene, and Qiao Erliang gave Wang Tiehammer a look, signaling to let Wang Tiehammer drag him. He took advantage of the crowd and mixed into the back temple. Liu Suifeng, the king of Chujiang, and Jiang Zhongquan, the king of Yama, are not very harmonious, they are polite and harmonious in person, but behind their backs they are one set of tricks after another. Before coming, Liu Suifeng told Qiao Erliang that the reason why the Ghost Gate Pass was sad was because of the ten halls of Yama, and there were many people who came here to seek to go to the realm of Kunlun throughout the ages, and some people even spent a lot of money to find a map. It is unknown where Jiang Zhongquan's map came from, but according to the marks of the map, except for the tomb of the ghost king, all the other treasures have been excavated, and there are countless treasures of all kinds.
When it comes to why a living person is called the Ten Palaces Yama, it is naturally a means of killing people, just like Yama. According to the ancient scrolls, the king of Yama was the son of Brahmayama, or the king of Yama. Enma, i.e. Yanma, Yanmara. It is translated as "binding", binding the guilty also. There is also a saying that brother and sister are kings, saying that the brother governs the male soul and the sister governs the female soul. With Hades as the lord of the underworld, he is in charge of the cycle of hell. Originally, there was only one king of Hades, five of whom were judges, and eighteen of his assistants, and at the same time, hell was divided into ten halls, and each of the ten halls had lords, called the ten kings of the underworld. The ten kings have their own names, and they are collectively known as the ten kings of Hades. But after all, it is only legends and ancient scrolls, and it cannot really be confirmed, until the Western Zhou Dynasty, the Western Dragon Vein generation found a large number of gems, that is, the legendary Kunlun. People burned, killed, looted and did extremely evil, so some tribal leaders led troops to resist, and the means of captivity were like those of the king of Hades, which was extremely cruel and painful, so it slowly had the title of "the king of the ten palaces of Hades". In order to prevent the greedy, the tribe closed the mountain road and set up a ghost gate. It's just that the nine hills are occupied by nine brothers, but the only one is the king of Yama and Qin Guang, who never shows up, and no one has ever known his trace.
Liu Suifeng said that Jiang Zhongquan has a treasure pavilion, which he has spent most of his life robbing and robbing the house, Qiao Erliang groped for a long time to come to a side hall, and saw a family member who drank too much wine and slept soundly, Qiao Erliang secretly changed the family's clothes, and also carried the lamp to walk around, looking for the so-called treasure house. Since most of the maids went to the wedding, these side halls were unguarded. Qiao Erliang thought to himself, how could someone like Jiang Zhongquan ask someone to guard this place? As soon as he thought of this, there were two guards with lamps passing by, one fat and one thin, Qiao Erliang quickly extinguished the oil lamp, only to hear the two guards patrolling and gossiping at the same time:
The fat guard said: "You say, what does the king look like when he marries this Fengqian Niangniang this time, is it not beautiful?" ”
The thin guard replied: "Naturally, it is the most beautiful, you came to the house as early as me, you don't know, it turns out that there is a Chanyi Niangniang in the house, that looks like a sinking fish and a goose, just such a beautiful Niangniang, just curious to take a look at the king's treasury, but was beaten and confined, our king treated the former lady fiercely!" I don't know what kind of creation this Fengqian Niangniang will be now. ”
Qiao Er and the others suddenly had an ominous premonition in their hearts, worried about the lives of the snow kite and the little flying warbler, but with their intuition, the thin guard must know where the treasure trove was.
"Little brother, my oil fire is out, can I borrow a fire from you" Qiao Erliang walked forward
"Yo, why are you so fresh?" The thin man asked.
"Yes, yes, I have only been here for a short time, and the king said to let me go to the treasure house to change the guard, no, such a big palace, it really made the little brother lost."
"Harm! The treasure trove, in fact, is there..."The thin man thought about it, this king would never let newcomers know the location of the treasure house, why did he let a new change of guard now! But seeing the honesty of this life, he still didn't feel at ease in his heart, and said: "In this way, I'll take you there, fat man, and you go to the backyard again." ”
While walking, Qiao Erliang also inquired about the Chanyi Niangniang like a guard. Seeing that the thin man was stumbling, he took out a piece of silver and stuffed it into his hand.
"Oh, Chanyi Niangniang was also married back then, not to mention how beautiful she is, but what's the use of being beautiful! Isn't that still dead, not even human, wow? ”
"What does that say? I think the king of our family is loyal, not like such a ruthless person? ”
"You don't know this, this person, it's not that it's hard to draw a face." The thin man was cautious when he spoke, looking around, for fear of being listened to by others. "Ten years ago, Niangniang just married here, and inevitably became curious about the top and bottom of this mansion, so she strayed into the king's strange treasure house, but was discovered by the king, and immediately locked Niangniang in a golden tripod in the treasure house, starved to death! It's been locked up for ninety-ninety-eighty days! In the end, it was also a god, and it is estimated that it was eaten by the black wolf guarding the door in the end. Not only can't you even see the thread of a piece of clothing, but you can't even see the white bones, and in the golden tripod, there is only thick blood left! Not to mention how scary! ”
That is really the answer to that sentence, although the ancients resembled beasts, they all had great sage. But today's people look like people, and the heart of the beast is predictable. Qiao Erliang said.
The thin guard led Qiao Er and Liang around, and finally came to the door of a study. The door of the room was hidden, and there were three lamps in the southeast, southwest, and northwest respectively, and in the middle of the room was a wooden guqin.
Qiao Erliang thought to himself, don't look at Jiang Zhongquan's usual five big and three coarse, but in private he has such leisure and elegance, he patted the guard and said:
"Brother, the king said that you are working hard, let me do it for you, you can go and taste the banquet, today's wine is really a beautiful word!"