Chapter 288: Encounter with a ghost
Lan Xiaoyou and Quan Tianfu stayed in the Feng family until the fourth watch. Early the next morning, the two left the inn room and stayed in Feng's house - Feng Yilan warmly invited the two to stay at her house for a few days.
Lan Xiaoyou saw how Feng Yilan told people hexagrams. In front of ordinary people, Feng Yilan is extremely cold, but this attitude is very useful, thinking that a master should be like this.
Feng Yilan's hexagram really asks for a thousand gold, that is, a thousand taels of silver, but she is very accurate and really worth the money, so the people who give the money are willing. Lan Xiaoyou followed Feng Yilan to learn divination for a few days, and his level was far from being as good as Feng Yilan. Feng Yilan is very talented in fortune-telling, as if she was born to engage in the profession of fortune-telling.
Lan Xiaoyou stayed in Feng's house for three days and then left. Ten days after they left, Feng Yilan also left the town where she had lived for five years, and continued her search. However, compared to the aimless stumbling around in the past, Feng Yilan's search trip this time made her feel hopeful - Lan Xiaoyou shared the clues she got from Prince Zhuang Yi when she left.
Leaving the town where Feng Yilan lived, Lan Xiaoyou and Quan Tianfu crossed the border, left the scope of the Daqing Dynasty, and entered other countries. This country is called Kuran, and its customs are very similar to Daqing. The royal family of the Gulan Kingdom came from the Central Plains, originally a martial arts family in the rivers and lakes, and fled to the position of the Gulan Kingdom after being framed, established here, and later founded the country, therefore, the customs of the Gulan Kingdom are the same as the Central Plains, and even retain some of the style of the rivers and lakes. The royal family and important ministers here all practiced martial arts, and the country was somewhat similar to the Dali country where Duan Yu's family was located.
However, there are still some customs that are different from those of the Central Plains, after all, in addition to the immigrants of the Central Plains, there are many local aborigines in this country, although they have been assimilated a lot, but still maintain many of the original customs and customs. Lan Xiaoyou and Quan Tianfu happened to encounter one of their unique festivals: the Yuxian Festival.
Legend has it that the gods came to inspect the people, inspect the people's conditions, and help the suffering, and do good deeds, so people used to gather together on the last day of February to show themselves, so that the gods could more truly observe the truth, goodness and beauty of the world and bless mortals, and over time it became a festival, which is the "Festival of Immortals".
There is also a custom that Lan Xiaoyou is familiar with at the Yuxian Festival - splashing water. Legend has it that only clean people are liked by the gods, and people will splash water on each other to wash away the dirt on each other's bodies, and over time, this has become a custom.
Lan Xiaoyou and Quan Tianfu put the carriage at the inn and walked out to experience this foreign festival. Quan Tianfu had never been exposed to this different custom at all, and his eyes were wide open and his face was full of interest.
Lan Xiaoyou smiled and said to Quan Tianfu: "You go play by yourself, you don't have to follow me." ”
Quan Tianfu shook his head and refused.
Lan Xiaoyou said: "I don't need you to follow. Go ahead and have some fun. ”
Sent Quan Tianfu away, Lan Xiaoyou walked slowly. There are many small stalls on the street, selling all kinds of knick-knacks. Walking to the candy man's stall and looking at the lifelike candy man on it, Lan Xiaoyou took out the silver and bought a sugar man that the boss had just made.
"Childe, this silver is too big, and the little old man can't find the money." The boss of the candy seller is embarrassed...
"No need to look for it." Lan Xiaoyou glanced at the children around the stall who were salivating and looking at the sugar people, and said, "This ingot of silver bought all the sugar people in your stall, is it enough?" ”
"Enough, enough, enough." The owner of the candy seller nodded repeatedly.
"Then give the candy man to the children." Lan Xiaoyu said.
The boss of the candy seller said happily: "Childe, you are so kind-hearted, the gods will bless you." ”。
Lan Xiaoyou smiled and left, and the boss beckoned the children to come forward and distribute the candy man to the children. Lan Xiaoyou heard the happy cheers of the children behind him.
Walking through the street, I came to a square, and I saw that there were more people in the square, and everyone had containers of water hanging on their bodies, and they splashed a spoon on the people they saw when they saw them. Lan Xiaoyou's arrival attracted the attention of many young girls, Lan Xiaoyou was dressed in men's clothes, his facial features looked heroic because of makeup, and his extraordinary temperament won the favor of many young girls. Lan Xiaoyou watched as the young girls blushed and surrounded her in the center, pouring water at her.
Lan Xiaoyou smiled and wrapped her whole body with Zhenyuan, and the water splashed on all sides did not wet her in the slightest. In the eyes of the girls, she won the admiration of the women even more, and more girls gathered around her. There are bold girls who confess directly to Lan Xiaoyou, which leads to a wave of confessions. Lan Xiaoyou couldn't stand the enthusiasm of the girls, and quickly ran away from the square, causing the girls to be annoyed, and the onlookers laughed good-naturedly.
Leaving the square, Lan Xiaoyou came to the bottom of the stage. The stage was built on the east side of the square, about three feet high, so that people from a great distance could see the performances above. There were already many people around the stage, all watching the performance on the stage with relish.
The performance on the stage is a mythological drama, and the Tsing Yi singing voice and figure of the fairy are very good, which won the applause of the audience. Lan Xiaoyou stared at the stage, but what he saw was not Tsing Yi in the eyes of everyone, but another Tsing Yi.
There are two Tsing Yi on the stage, but one of them is invisible to ordinary people. This ghost Qingyi's figure and singing voice are even more outstanding, but unfortunately no one can see it. The audience was cheering, but the cheers were given to another Tsing Yi, and Lan Xiaoyou clearly saw the loss on Ghost Tsing Yi's face.
Ghost Tsing Yi floated down from the stage, turned his head and glanced at the stage and the Tsing Yi above, the complexity and reluctance in his eyes made Lan Xiaoyou feel it far away. Ghost Tsing Yi turned around and left in disappointment. She was lonely, in stark contrast to the lively scene.
Lan Xiaoyu's divine sense locked onto Ghost Tsing Yi and watched her drift away from the street and into an abandoned garden.
Seeing that Tsing Yi didn't hurt anyone, Lan Xiaoyou didn't care about her anymore, and continued to go shopping and play, blending into the festive atmosphere.
The celebration of this festival was late in the evening, and it was not until the third watch in the evening that the crowd gradually dispersed and silence was restored. The next day, everyone woke up late, and it wasn't until near noon that many shops were open.
Lan Xiaoyou and Quan Tianfu combined breakfast and lunch into one meal. Leave the inn. Quan Tianfu followed Lan Xiaoyou all the way to the outside of an abandoned mansion. Quan Tianfu was surprised how the master could know that there was such a big mansion, so he heard Lan Xiaoyou instruct: "You go and inquire with the people around you and ask about the origin of this mansion and what has happened." ”
"Yes." Quan Tianfu immediately complied and walked away.
Lan Xiaoyou sat down on the opposite side of the house, looking at the door with his hands on his cheeks. The courtyard that the female ghost entered was in the house, although the ghost Tsing Yi did not harm people at the fairy festival again, but Lan Xiaoyou saw that the anger on her body was very heavy, and there was also a bloody atmosphere, which showed that this female ghost had harmed people, and there was more than one. Lan Xiaoyou can't leave the female ghost alone, lest she hurt people again, and Lan Xiaoyou will definitely take this female ghost before leaving the town.
The house is very large, as far as Lan Xiaoyu's eyes are concerned, this house is a five-entry courtyard, in addition, there are several side courtyards on the left and right sides. The courtyard that the female ghost entered yesterday is one of the clothes moths, which is located on the right side of the third entrance. The house is at least thirty or forty years old, but because the wood used in its construction is the best wood, although the house is now deserted, the main structure is still very strong.
Nearly half an hour later, Quan Tianfu heard the information about the house and returned to Lan Xiaoyou.
"Master, I inquired. This house has been abandoned for thirty-six years, it was originally the palace of Zhennan Wang, but because of the haunting, there was also a death, and the king of Zhennan gave up this house, and moved to the capital of the ancient land in a year. ”
"The haunting event was so loud that at least a hundred people died."
"So many people?" Lan Xiao was shocked. This female ghost has killed so many people, so she must not be let go.
Quan Tianfu said: "Most of those people are the enemies of King Zhennan, and the ghosts in the palace seem to be helping King Zhennan deal with the enemy." After the enemy was destroyed, the demon never appeared again. However, the king of Zhennan was afraid of ghosts, and after knowing that there were ghosts in the palace, he moved out of the palace of Zhennan and returned to the capital of the ancient kingdom, and never returned to the palace of Zhennan after that. This Zhennan palace was abandoned. The residents of the town occasionally heard the sound of someone singing from inside the house, and they were even more afraid to approach the house. ”
After Quan Tianfu finished speaking, he asked Lan Xiaoyou: "Master, is there really a female ghost in this Zhennan Palace?" ”
Lan Xiaoyou nodded: "I saw the female ghost in this house yesterday, and I came to collect the ghost today." ”
Quan Tianfu blindly trusted and worshiped Lan Xiaoyou: "If the master comes out, he will definitely be able to successfully solve the female ghost in the house." ”
Lan Xiaoyou smiled: "You have confidence in me." It just so happens that I can use this female ghost to try my newly learned Maoshan ghost hunting technique. ”
She took out a piece of paper and handed it to Quan Tianfu: "You take this talisman with you, don't take it down, so that the ghosts can't get close to you." ”
"Thank you, master." Quan Tianfu took the paper talisman, solemnly put it into his clothes, and put it close to his heart.
Lan Xiaoyou then took out a compass and a peachwood sword from the space. These two things were purchased by her Quan Tianfu to buy a robe market, and the two items were placed in the space, nourished by the aura in the space, and gradually evolved from useless decorations to the lowest level magic weapons.
"Let's go, let's go in."
Walking into the Zhennan Palace, it is like entering another world. Obviously, the weather outside is warm and the sun is shining, but after entering the Zhennan Palace, I can't feel a trace of sunshine, and the cold wind blows people's hearts cold, and the whole Zhennan Palace is extremely gloomy.
"If you let it go for a few more decades, this Zhennan Mansion will become a ghost domain." Lan Xiaoyou sighed.