A month later.

Beiping and Tianjin fell one after another. Shanghai and Nanjing, about to plunge into an unprecedented catastrophe, and then half of China.

Midsummer 1937. The nine-colored tomb beast galloped on the mountain tops of northern China. It did not dare to walk the densely populated plains, it was afraid that it would either hurt or be harmed by humans. It can only walk in the dark, through the barren mountains and mountains, from Taihang Mountain to Wangwu Mountain, through the longitudinal valley where Yugong moved mountains. Jiuse and Ye Kenan, who crossed the Yellow River with the tomb beast, one old and one young, were almost drowned in the muddy river.

When he arrived at the border of Henan, passing by Beibi Mountain outside Luoyang City, Qin Jiuse wanted to go to the Tomb Robbery School to visit Xiao Mu, Hai Mai and his two uncles. She found that the Tomb Robbery School had been burned to the ground, white smoke was still billowing from the rubble, charred corpses were everywhere, and half of the living people could no longer be found.

The detective in the capital was shocked, at this juncture, this kind of thing is no accident. He went to the telegraph office in Luoyang and sent telegrams to Shanghai and Ordos respectively. Then, Ye Kenan took the girl Nine Colors and the Nine Colors of the Tomb Beast through the Chidi Thousand Miles of Kunshan and Hangu Pass.

The girl Qin Jiuse became the owner of the tomb beast Jiuse, just like the young Qin Beiyang twenty years ago, driving this tomb beast that has become a big monster, like a little doe commanding a big male elephant. Occasionally, the nine-colored fawn would ride on the back of the nine-colored bull elephant and look down on the cracked Loess Plateau. She had been warned that the Tomb Beasts were unapproachable, especially the Behemoths with multiple Spirit Stones. Every night, the tomb beast Nine Colors automatically dug open an ancient tomb and hid, and the seventeen-year-old girl and Ye Kenan raised a bonfire together to look at the moon in the sky.

Ye Kenan didn't know where the Nine Colors of the Tomb Beast were going? The days when he got along with Qin Jiuse day and night couldn't help but make this big man feel embarrassed. Although he was over fifty years old, he was old enough to be the girl's uncle, but it was inconvenient to be a lonely man and a widow. He said several times that he was going back to Beiping, but he was choked by Qin Jiuse: "What are you going back to Beiping?" Are you going to go to the detectives of the police station of the puppet regime of the Japanese? What's more, you can't bear to let me, a little girl, walk alone in the barren mountains and mountains, in case you run into a robber and bandit, how can you explain it to my mother? ”

He just wanted to answer, "Your mother didn't ask you to me" but swallowed back, it is true that Beiping can't go back, Qin Jiuse is afraid that he will follow the tomb beast Jiuse to the black, this character and temper are the same as her father Qin Beiyang. Ye Kenan also secretly made up his mind, escorting the girl Jiu Se and the tomb beast Jiu Se all the way, until he returned her to Ouyang Anna.

At dawn, passing through the Shangluo Mountains south of Tongguan and Huashan, when Li Zicheng was a hidden dragon hibernation, the tomb beast Jiuse stood on the majestic ridge, overlooking the Languan Ancient Road, Ye Ke couldn't help but chant Han Yu's famous sentence "Where is the Qinling family in the clouds, and the snow hugs the blue pass." ”

Although there was no snow as a companion, the Nine Colors of the Tomb Beast headed towards the depths of the Qinling Mountains. Qin Jiuse followed behind its ass, walking on the inaccessible mountain paths, trekking through mountains and rivers, walking happily, but it was difficult for Ye Ke to suffer, and he had to admire that the years were unforgiving.

After the blue pass, it is Zhongnan Mountain.

Zhang Heng's "Xijing Fu" of the Western Jin Dynasty praised "the end of the South Mountain, the pulse of Kunlun, the tail of Songyue, Zhong Lingyu Xiu, magnificent and wonderful, as the south screen of the capital, for the giant barrier of Yongliang." Among them, the plate line is far away, the deep and strict valley can not be explored, there is something in the pass, and it will be fought for in the end. ”

In August, the smoke and cypress are like late autumn. The big monster Nine Colors visited all the way, and his eyes continued to emit glass-colored light. Qin Jiuse asked if it had found any traces of the ancient tomb? It doesn't answer.

Ye Kenan said that in this Zhongnan Mountain, there is a legend that there is a tomb of the living dead. Hearing the words "living dead", the girl bit his ear and said, "Inspector Ye, you can't talk nonsense about this." ”

Could it be that there are still people in the mountains who can't eavesdrop? Since ancient times, Mt. Jungnam has been a gathering place for hermits. Legend has it that Lao Tzu sent a letter to Guguan in the west, and went to Zhongnan Mountain to teach the 5,000 words of the Tao Te Ching. Looking at the dense fog in the mountains, Ye Ke could not read out a sentence from Wang Wei: "Go to the poor place of water and sit and watch the clouds rise." ”

Three days later, two men and one beast came to a large ruined building. The tomb beast Nine Colors did not dare to approach the human population and hid in the dense forest halfway up the mountainside. Ye Kenan and Qin Jiuse walked into the ruins, and were shocked to find that there were Song and Yuan relics everywhere, and judging from the foundation of the burned down hall, there was actually a royal palace-like spirit.

The girl wore two braids, looked up at the gate of the surviving palace, and read out the plaque "Edict to the Great Chongyang Longevity Palace".

"Could it be that this is the Chongyang Palace, the ancestral court of the Quanzhen Sect? The place where the patriarch Wang Chongyang cultivated the Tao. ”

Although Ye Kenan is a detective in the police station, he usually reads a lot, and he also corresponds with figures of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism. More than 700 years ago, the Song and Jin Dynasty split, Wang Chongyang cultivated and became an immortal, and collected seven disciples such as Qiu Chuji to establish the Quanzhen School. The eldest disciple Qiu Chuji traveled west to Kunlun Mountain, and was respected as an immortal by Genghis Khan, and ordered him to be in charge of the major sects in the world. Inherited by Yin Zhiping and Li Zhichang, the Quanzhen School flourished for a while, and there were 10,000 Taoist priests in Chongyang Palace at its peak, and there were more than 5,000 palace buildings, becoming the first Taoist temple in the world.

Qin Jiuse listened with interest, put his arm on Ye Kenan's shoulder and said, "Inspector Ye, I like to listen to you." ”

Ye Kenan hurriedly pushed her away: "Don't be big or small!" It was I who brought your father from the German Concession in Tianjin to the Guangxu Underground Palace, when Qin Beiyang was only nine years old. He still calls me uncle, you are the daughter of Qin Beiyang and Ouyang Anna, you should call me grandpa. ”

"What grandpa, I just want to call you brother, so it doesn't seem to be angry!"

Seventeen-year-old Jiuse deliberately bumped into Ye Kenan, and while the two were laughing and playing, one hand grabbed Jiuse's foot and neck. The little girl screamed, Ye Kenan took out his pistol, aimed at the pile of rubble under his feet, and saw an old arm with ten fingers and teeth and claws.

Is there still a person pressed under the ruins of the Taoist temple? Ye Ke could not pick up the broken bricks and wood, and sure enough, he dug up a large living person.

It turned out to be an old Taoist priest, bleeding all over, ragged, and with a blurred face. Ye Kenan pinched the other party's middle before the old Taoist priest woke up slowly. Qin Jiuse unplugged the gourd and poured him cold water. This guy sprayed on the nine-colored face in one gulp, and he was so angry that the girl's willow eyebrows were upside down, and she was about to have a seizure.

Ye Kenan stopped Jiuse, lowered his head and asked, "Dao Chief, what happened to Chongyang Palace?" ”

"Female ...... Succubus...... Kill...... Banshee ......"

The old Taoist priest was out of breath, his eyes were extremely frightened, and Qin Jiuse was completely annoyed: "What? You call me a banshee? You're still going to kill me? Grace will take revenge on the old thing! ”

"No...... No...... The chivalrous woman spares her life...... Poor Dao didn't say you......"

Ye Ke was difficult to play a round: "Dao Chief, don't worry, speak slowly." ”

The old Taoist priest who escaped death drank another sip of water and spoke eloquently. Since the chaos of the late Qing Dynasty, Chongyang Palace has been burned down several times, the incense has withered, and the Taoist priests have also scattered birds and beasts. In the era of the Republic of China, Chongyang Palace has almost been reduced to ruins, only the Laojun Palace, the Spirit Palace, the Patriarch Palace, as well as the tomb of Wang Chongyang's grandfather, the stone statue and inscription of the "Quanzhen Seven Sons" and so on.

A few years ago, the mountain people of Zhongnan came to the Taoist temple to say that they had encountered a banshee - attacking the mountain village and stealing livestock. The villagers used various methods to catch the banshee to no avail, so they invited the Taoist priest to do the magic to get rid of the demon. The Quanzhen Taoist priest of Chongyang Palace went up the mountain to catch demons, but he didn't think that the banshee was very powerful, but he took the lives of many Taoist masters. In the past few years, the banshees have frequently attacked Chongyang Palace, making chickens and dogs restless. The various rituals of the Taoist elders did not work. Last night, the banshee came to cause trouble again, set fire to several side rooms, and the Taoist priests went down the mountain to take refuge. The old Taoist priest was almost buried under the rubble.

"What a banshee!" Qin Jiuse rubbed his hands, "Let's go and destroy her!" Avenge the mountain folks! ”

The old Taoist priest bowed: "Thank you woman!" The banshee had occupied the tomb of the living dead on Jungnam Mountain, and along this ridge, under a large ginkgo tree, was her hiding place. ”

"Okay, Dao Chief, don't worry, I will definitely come back with the head of the banshee!"

Ye Kenan shook his head and said, "Nine colors, don't be nosy!" ”

"Hey, brother, aren't you a famous detective in the capital? How did you become so timid as a mouse? If you don't dare to go, I'll go with the nine colors! ”

Seventeen-year-old Jiuse was fearless, she left Ye Kenan and the old Taoist priest, carried An Lushan Tang knife and Russian cross bow, and went to Zhongnan Mountain alone.

Seeing that the night was about to cover the mountains. Ye Kenan sighed helplessly, how could he let a girl's family go into the mountains to catch a banshee? can only follow behind the ass and protect her inseparably.