Chapter 60: The Legend of Kongtong Mountain
The old name Hanako threw down a clue to find the necromancer, and ran away, I stood there for a long time, my head was a little confused, what is the necromancer? I don't have much information to check, and there doesn't seem to be any record of necromancy in the "Hundred Ghost Records", so where should I find it? Well, I'm always called Hanako, and I'm going to split up my troops, so it can save a lot of time.
It's just that my current concern is not only to find clues to the dead, but also to deliberately conceal things that Hanako has always called, who injured his old man? Why just wouldn't he say it? Although my current Taoism is not yet the peak, but I can at least find a grudge and fight, if the old Hanako has been unwilling to say it, then I think there are only two possibilities, one is that the other party's cultivation is too high, and the old Hanako thinks that he is not his opponent, even me, there is no chance of winning, so he simply doesn't let me get involved. Another possibility, the old Hanako doesn't want to deal with the mysterious person, just thinking about the big things into small things, and the small things, so that, there must be some kind of connection between the old Hanako and the mysterious person, at least, the old Hanako must know the mysterious person.
If it's not an acquaintance, how can Hanako, who is always called Hanako, react like this?
But who could that be? Why does Hanako keep refusing to tell me? Don't let me interfere yet! I frowned, now that the old Hanako people are gone, even if I want to, I have nowhere to check, so I can only put this matter aside for the first time and try my best to track down the clues of the dead demon. And the only clue that Hanako gave me was only two words, necromancy!
That...... What is a necromancy? Why is there always a necromancer where there are demons of death? What is the connection between the two? Thinking about it, I think it's better to find a few places with more ghosts and ask first, if you want to find the dead, at least you have to find the ghosts here, I sighed lightly and shook my head, I didn't expect to find a dead demon is so troublesome! After thinking about it, I disappeared into the Lingxu Mansion, and when I got out of the cave, I became dazed.
After swimming in the mountains for a long time, I still decided to go back to Dide Town, about the outline of this Kongtong Mountain, it is difficult for me to recognize it clearly with the strength of one person, this mountain range has to have an area of more than ten miles, just imagine that the front and back are dozens of miles longitudinal and horizontal, and when I look for a circle, everything is too late. But fortunately, when I arrived in Dide Town, I soon found an old man, who was a shoemaker, and sat there while repairing shoes and chatting with me.
Roughly is to talk about the supernatural things of this Kongtong Mountain, if you use a few words to describe this Kongtong Mountain, you can use Xiangfeng Doulian, Xianqiao Hongacross, Lutou Stacked Cui, Moon Stone Pearl, Spring Melting Candle, Jade Spray Glass, Crane Cave Yuanyun, Fengshan Color Mist, Guangcheng Danxue, Yuanwu Needle Cliff, Tianmen Iron Pillar, Zhongtai Pagoda, the above sentence is a scene, Kongtong Mountain has a total of 12 wonders, and there are ancient poets Guiguzi left the poem "Su Mu Sha Kongtong Mountain" of the elegant sentence: East and West, Pingliang, Silk Road, Guanzhong Fortress. The first mountain of the wonders of the west, simple and steep, Kongtong is beautiful in the world. Literati poems, ink paintings, throughout the ages, prosperous in China. Secluded and rugged immortal land, living in a hidden dojo, clear Zixiao Palace.
The elevation of Kongtong Mountain is about more than 700 zhang, it is the branch vein of Liupan Mountain, during which the peaks and peaks are majestic, the precipice is towering, it seems to be a ghostly axe; The forest sea is vast, and the smoke cage is foggy locked, like an ethereal fairyland; High Gorge Ping Lake, the water and sky are the same color, and there is the charm of the Li River.
But the most important thing is that this Kongtong Mountain was once the place where Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor asked Guangchengzi. Throughout the ages, Kongtong Mountain has attracted many romantic talents. Emperor Qin and Wu of the Han Dynasty imitated the Yellow Emperor Xidengkongtong because of "Mu Huangdi Affairs" and "Good Immortals"; Sima Qian, Wang Fu, Du Fu, Bai Juyi, Zhao Shichun, Lin Zexu, Tan Si and other literati and ink writers also left a large number of ink treasures. The book "Erya", which was written in the Spring and Autumn Period, contains: "Beidaidou is extremely Kongtong".
Perhaps the ancients took this as the origin of the name of Kongtong Mountain, and the Book of Jizuka Zhoushu recorded: "Kongtong" is the leader of twelve clans such as Daxia, Shache, Gudi, Danluo, Maunghu, Qiyou, Rong Zhai, Xiongnu, Lou Luo, Yueshi, Traitor, and Beiqiu. Therefore, Kongtong is the name of a powerful clan tribe in the Zhou period. It is also recorded in the "Historical Records of the Zhao Family" and "Surname Examination" that the descendants of the ancestor of the Shang Dynasty were divided into Kongtong, and then took the country as their surname. Kongtong Mountain is a famous mountain in the local area, so it is named after the surname of the mountain.
But the most famous allusion is that the Yellow Emperor asked Guangchengzi.
The allusion to the Yellow Emperor asking Guangchengzi is from the "Zhuangzi Zaiyou Chapter", which says: The Yellow Emperor was established as the Son of Heaven for 19 years, and he ordered the world to go. He said: "I heard that my son has reached the highest path, and I dare to ask the essence of the way." I want to take the essence of heaven and earth, to support the grains, to feed the people. I want to be yin and yang, so that the masses can be born, what can I do about it? Guangchengzi said: "And whoever asks what he wants, the quality of things is also; And those who want to be officials are also remnants of things. Since ruling the world, the clouds do not wait for the clan and rain, the grass and trees do not wait for the yellow and fall, and the light of the sun and the moon is desolate. And those who have a strong heart are enough to talk about the Tao! ”
The teacher who sat next to the shoemaker talked eloquently, told me a lot of historical records about Kongtong Mountain, and finally said: "Little brother, this Kongtong Mountain has a radius of nearly 100 miles, what are you looking for in the mountains?" You must know that this mountain has been following the outline of ancient times, so there are a lot of beasts inside, if you don't have any major events, don't go into the mountain alone, even if there is something, you have to find a few people to accompany you in! ”
Hearing Mr. Teach's words, the old shoemaker nodded again and again, and continued his words and said: "The teacher is right, little brother, you'd better not go into the mountains casually, and you are a foreigner, and you are not familiar with life, what should you do if something happens?" Also, there is not only the saying of poisonous insects and beasts in the mountains, but also ...... There are also man-eating mountain spirits and ghosts! ”
"Really? Tell me, I'm only interested in this! ”
As soon as I heard the mountain spirits and ghosts, I immediately didn't want to leave, so I immediately pestered the cobbler and talked to me.
However, the teacher who was standing on the side shook his head disapprovingly, and said, "Lang Lang Qiankun, where are there any mountain spirits and ghosts? It's all superstitious thinking, and I think it's better for you to read more books of sages! "As the saying goes, don't talk speculatively for more than half a sentence, and when Mr. Teaching saw us studying mountain spirits and ghosts together, he seemed out of place, and he looked down on us a little, and he didn't want to talk to me anymore.
Mr. Simply turned around and went to have morning tea, and ignored us. The shoemaker waved his hand and said with a casual smile: "Mr. Teaching thinks he is full of wealth, but in fact, there are no wonders in the world, but he doesn't want to believe it." He believed in the story of the Yellow Emperor, so why couldn't he believe in the legend of mountain spirits and ghosts in the mountains? Really! Speaking of which, it's also full of sour rot! Hehe! ”
"Huh! Most of the literati are arrogant, and they can't blame him, he has no chance to see the things of the Yin and Yang worlds, so even if he wants to believe it, there is no evidence to help him prove it, only the benevolent see the wise and the wise see the wise! ”
I also smiled, then sighed lightly, and said, "But I'm already used to it, and seeing the things of the Yin and Yang worlds is simply commonplace!" ”
Hearing my words, the old man who saw the shoemaker suddenly grinned, showed a few loose teeth in his mouth, and then said, "Little brother, don't brag at your young age!" Little old man, I've lived most of my life, and I've only seen a ghost once, and you actually said that you see it like a commonplace, hehe, it's a bit too much! ”
"Hey, hey! Then you think I'm bragging, but what are you trying to tell me? ”
I smiled, and did not want to argue with the old shoemaker, for I could not argue with the matter unless I showed it to him, but I was not fed up, so there was no need to prove it.
"In fact, Xiao Lao'er is not from this Dezhen Town, but from the southeast of Kongtong Mountain to Liuwu Village, I used to travel through the mountains, which can help me save a lot of time, and I can get here in about two hours. But as the saying goes, if you walk too much at night, you will always encounter ghosts, no, last month, I was still the same as usual, I got up on the third watch, packed up my things and walked out from home, passing through the mountains It was already the fourth watch, at that time, it was still dark, and it was the second half of the night......"
The old shoemaker thought about it for a moment, and then said: "As I walked, I noticed that something was wrong, for the mountain road used to be rough and difficult, but that night the mountain road suddenly became smooth, as if I had repaired it, and it was more comfortable to walk on it, not to mention how comfortable it was. I didn't go far, I suddenly saw an old man selling rice cakes, also picking, he walked in front, walking very slowly, I saw that he was older, much older than me, so I persuaded him to stop and rest for a while, he was also easy to talk, so he stopped for a while, and talked to me there. ”
The so-called three watch days, in fact, is midnight, and the fourth watch day, is the ugly time, the fifth watch day is naturally the Yin time, according to the specific time, the third watch day is about 12 o'clock in the night, the fourth watch day is about 2 o'clock in the morning, the fifth watch day is about 4 o'clock in the morning, people in ancient times generally went to bed after dark, and the sunrise and in and in, probably the time of the first watch, that is, between 7 o'clock and 9 o'clock in the evening, for the first watch, nine o'clock to eleven o'clock, is the second watch, and so on, a watch is an hour, That's two hours.
The old man of the shoemaker got up in the third watch, that is, he got up at midnight and hurried, he took two hours from Liuwu Village to the market in this Dezhen Town, that is, it took four hours to travel, he set off in the middle of the night, according to the normal saying, it was to come to Dide Town at four or five o'clock in the morning, find a good stall, set up a formation, and it was almost dawn. And he was in the mountains for a while, just before four o'clock in the morning, and it was still the middle of the night, and the night was thick.
If there are any other dealers, it will be a bit hanging!