Chapter 112: The Soul Returns to Artemisia
That night, Xu Laogen guarded the jade block, and didn't dare to sleep all night, for fear of any accident, but in the second half of the night, he was too sleepy, and at some point, he didn't resist it, and fell asleep in a daze.
He had just fallen asleep for a while, and the room suddenly became gloomy, and he didn't know if it was a dream or a fantasy, and he suddenly saw a mist rising from the jade block, and a dark shadow more than two meters high appeared in front of him.
Xu Laogen was frightened at the time, and he wanted to run but couldn't move, so he saw the black shadow with green fangs, extremely vicious, and it was a hideous ghost.
He thought it was a nightmare, struggled desperately, shouted loudly, but didn't make a sound at all, the big ghost slowly walked towards him, suddenly there was a banging sound from nowhere, all the illusions disappeared in an instant, he woke up suddenly, hurriedly turned on the light, and saw that the table with the jade block had somehow broken its leg, and the jade block fell to the ground, and there was a faint trace of mist on it.
Xu Laogen's heart was about to jump out, but he still thought that he should have been a nightmare just now, but the scene was too real, he stayed in the house until dawn, and then he dared to pick up the jade block, put it in the sun and looked at it carefully, but he didn't see anything unusual.
This day is the day of trading, but Xu Laogen waited left and right, but no one came, until the afternoon was almost evening, only suddenly came the news, saying that the other party suddenly had a car accident on the way here, a total of three people, two dead and one injured.
Xu Laogen was dumbfounded, everyone was dead, so the treasure would definitely not be sold, but there was no way, so he had to quietly put away the jade piece and continue to find a buyer.
In fact, at this time, there is no need for him to go out to find it himself, more and more people come here, of course, there are still many people who are curious, because I heard that selling this treasure is a human life, and slowly somehow it is rumored that this thing is an evil thing, and whoever buys it will die.
Xu Laogen was angry, but he couldn't say anything, and then after more than half a year, someone finally wanted to pay for it, of course, the price was much lower than last time, but it was better than nothing, just like that, Xu Laogen began to prepare for the second transaction.
What he never expected was that the night before this transaction, the same strange thing happened again, in the dead of night, the jade mist was rising, the big ghost appeared again, and the terrible nightmare struck again.
This time it was much stricter than the last time, and when Xu Laogen woke up, he found that his body was covered with bruises, as if he had been beaten by someone, and the bones all over his body were in pain like they were falling apart.
Xu Laogen was finally scared, he had a stubborn temper all his life, and he was not afraid of heaven and earth, but this time, he began to wonder, did he really pick up a very evil thing?
But the deal has been negotiated, and he is going to sell it, and besides, this may be the only way to solve the problem. It's just that this time the other party didn't come, but made a phone call and asked him to send it to Dai Temple in person within the agreed time.
Xu Laogen thought about it, just send it, anyway, the distance is not far, so he got up and went out, found a car, and went straight to Dai Temple with the baby.
In fact, his home is not very far from Dai Temple, after entering the city, along a road forward, is Dai Temple, not even a few detours. But that day, it was raining, the road was not easy to walk, and the driver turned around, somehow, and went around to the place of Artemisia Mountain.
Xu Laogen was also confused, Artemisia Mountain and Dai Temple were on two non-parallel lines at all, even if they went around, it was impossible to go around here, but things were so strange, according to himself, at that time, he didn't know why, he seemed to be a little dizzy, and he came to his senses near Artemisia Mountain, but at this moment, a big car suddenly rushed out of nowhere, and the taxi he was in was dozens of meters away on the spot.
The driver died on the spot, Xu Laogen was in a coma in the hospital for a few days, in his words, he thought he was going to die in a coma, but in the end, when his mind became more and more confused, the big ghost walked in from outside very angrily, saying that he wanted Xu Laogen to send him back, otherwise he would die a miserable death.
Xu Laogen woke up like this, and when he opened his eyes, the jade piece was placed at the head of his bed.
According to the person who took him to the hospital at the time, the jade piece did not appear at the scene of the car accident at all.
Xu Laogen now completely understands that he has provoked something that he can't afford to offend.
He didn't wait for his injuries to heal, he was discharged from the hospital, at this time the people who were originally going to buy the baby, naturally disappeared, he also gave up the idea of selling the baby, with the jade piece in his arms, quietly ran to the Artemisia Mountain, and threw the jade back to the place where he picked it up.
After returning home, Xu Laogen was worried for a few days, and finally found that nothing happened, he was completely relieved, but since then he always felt that the family was heavy, so he often ran outside, and since then, he has been afraid to avoid anyone who comes to find "Xu Laogen", and even refuses to admit that he is Xu Laogen.
This is all his experience, this old man's accent is very heavy, I sound a little difficult, but I still understand the meaning, I can't help but secretly wonder, this old man picked up a jade block, and the big ghost jumped out in the middle of the night, which is similar to my situation, but I am luckier than him, he is a hideous ghost, and I am a beautiful female ghost, but when it comes to the thrilling Cheng DΓΉ, I am definitely above him.
After he finished speaking, the three of us looked at each other, and it could be seen in our expressions that everyone knew in their hearts that the problem was on the Artemisia Mountain.
Lao Zhong didn't continue to scare Xu Laogen, but just asked him in detail where the jade piece was discarded, Xu Laogen hesitated at first, and then Lao Zhong said that if he could find the jade block, or find out the reason, he could help him solve the problem at home, otherwise for a long time, if the yin qi does not disperse, he will still encounter bad luck.
Xu Laogen told us that the jade block was found at the mouth of a cave on Artemisia Mountain.
Lao Zhong wanted him to take us over to find that place, but Xu Laogen was frightened and said that he would not go anywhere, he said, it has finally stopped for more than half a year, but he doesn't want to make trouble again, the ghost spirit of Artemisia Mountain is too heavy, and it is not something that ordinary people can afford.
He refused to go in every possible way, and we had no choice, but fortunately, the specific details had been asked, so we said goodbye and left, and the next stop should be Artemisia Mountain.
In fact, the jade block that Xu Laogen picked up may not be a piece of jade, as Professor Chen said, the material of that thing is very special, not gold, not jade, not stone, and the broken blade we found in the Black Water Demon Cave is very similar, so it becomes very important to find the jade that has been thrown away by Xu Laogen, because from the origin and origin of the jade block, you can deduce some details about the broken blade.
It's just that I've been thinking in my heart, what is the "big ghost" that Xu Laogen encountered, could it really be the ghost of the underworld in the legend of the ghosts and gods of Artemisia Mountain?
About this Artemisia Mountain, many people may not be familiar with it, if you mention Artemisia Mountain, you have to mention the legend of Mount Tai Feng Zen, the word Feng Zen, in fact, is two meanings, Feng, refers to the top of Mount Tai to sacrifice to the sky, Zen, refers to the sacrifice of the ground on the hill at the foot of Mount Tai, or it can also be said to be a sacrifice to ghosts.
Because Artemisia Mountain in ancient times, it was the earliest ghost distribution center in China, there is an old saying that "the soul returns to Artemisia", I believe many people have heard of it, that refers to this Artemisia Mountain.
The saying that Artemisia Mountain is the home of ghosts has a long history, and in China, there are two places that are considered to be the underworld, one is the ghost town of Xudu in Sichuan, and the other is Artemisia Mountain in Tai'an.
Ancient Chinese Taoism believed that gods were high-level ghosts, and ghosts were low-level gods. A long time ago, there was a saying that the god of Mount Tai was in charge of life and death, and even Mount Tai was known as "the sole respect of the five mountains", in which the ancient writing of the word Yue was to go up the "mountain" and go down to "prison", this prison is naturally the meaning of hell, that is to say, the bottom of Mount Tai is hell.
Therefore, Artemisia Mountain, located at the foot of Mount Tai, is regarded as a symbol of the underworld.
Of course, these are the Chinese ghost and god culture in the past, if you want to talk about the authenticity, I don't believe it, not to mention whether there is really a netherworld underworld, just imagine, if Artemisia Mountain is really a netherworld underworld, then how can it be located in the urban area?
This Mount Tai, since ancient times, there is the legend of the Three Realms, it is said that Mount Tai is above the South Gate of Heaven is the heavenly realm, the River goes down from the mountain, Tai'an City is the world, and Artemisia Mountain is the land of Yama, naturally it is the underworld.
It was now the afternoon, we soon came to the Haoli Mountain, found a place to park the car, looked around, the nearby traffic is busy, there are many shops, and then look up at the lush hill in front of us, it is really impossible to connect the "Yin Cao Difu" with the city center.
We found the intersection of Artemisia Mountain, began to climb the mountain, just walked two steps and met an old man who walked, called us and asked us what to do on the mountain, we naturally said that it was to go up the mountain to play, the old man's strange eyes looked at us, seemed to be very incomprehensible and muttered something, and then said to us: "The mountain above is high and the grass grows, there is nothing to see, go up and look at it twice and come down, go far, it is easy to have an accident." β
After the old man finished speaking, he walked away, and I couldn't help but beat a drum in my heart, I'm afraid that this Artemisia Mountain is really a bit evil.