Professor Zhou's house is only a ten-minute drive from the Goddess Hotel.

When I arrived, Hu Zhouzhou was carrying a huge long-legged crab on the dining table.

When Professor Zhou saw me, he immediately stood up, greeted me, and said, "Chief Zhong Dao, please come in." My old watch has already told me about last night. It's really hard for you. ”

I laughed and said, "Actually, I didn't do anything." I just told Chenghuang about you. If you want to express your gratitude, you should go to the City God Temple to return to God. ”

Professor Zhou said: "Having said that, if it weren't for Zhong Daochang, how would the City God know about the crack, and how could he repair it in time?" It is rare for Zhong Dao to have such skills at such a young age. Come on, come on, come over for tea. ”

The decoration of Professor Zhou's house is very simple, elegant and generous, and has the feeling of an ancient study. There are a lot of artistic gadgets in the house. I drank a few cups of tea, asked Professor Zhou's permission, and started to play around. Professor Zhou patiently and kindly told the origin of the small object and introduced the story of the small object.

Suddenly, my eyes focused on a bronze seal five or six centimeters square that was displayed in a glass case. Professor Zhou said: "Zhong Dao has good eyesight! It was the oldest thing in my house. It was a square chapter of the Yuan Dynasty, and the text on it was ......" I didn't think about it, and subconsciously said: "It's Ba Si Pa Wen." ”

Hu put down the crab on Monday and turned his face stained with crab roe to us.

Professor Zhou was surprised and said, "Zhong Daochang even knows about the Eight Sipa? ”

I nodded and said, "Not long ago, I happened to get a silk book full of Phags-Pa, but unfortunately we couldn't read it. ”

Professor Zhou was very interested and said, "Coincidentally, I am studying this kind of writing. If Jongdo can trust me, I can help you see it. ”

I was overjoyed and said, "Great! Hu Zhouzhou said: "Master, is it possible that you have the silk book with you?" He spoke like I was a madman with hundreds of thousands of dollars in my arms. I said, "Of course not." But I took a picture of the contents of the silk book. The photo is right in my phone. ”

I opened the photo and handed it to Professor Zhou.

Professor Zhou looked at it and became excited, he said, "Interesting! Interesting! Wait a minute. He got up and hurried into the study, and in a few moments he came out with a few thick books and notes. He quickly immersed himself in his own world, cheering and admiring, looking up the information and writing what he wrote with his pen.

He was immersed for hours, and I tried to talk to him, but he ignored him. Mr. Cai smiled: "Don't be surprised. My old watch has a 'special function' that allows him to shut up his own eyes and ears once he is in research mode. Don't say call him around, even if you burn him on fire, he may not be able to find out. Ha ha. ”

I'm helpless, these days, there are so many weirdos. I ignored it and sat on the sofa chatting with Mr. Cai.

After Hu Zhouzhou finished nibbling the long-legged crab, the side dishes on the table, the melons and fruits on the coffee table, the biscuits in the cabinet, and the cold dishes in the refrigerator (==|), Professor Zhou finally got up and shouted: "Wonderful!" Wonderful! ”

I hurriedly walked over, and Hu Zhouzhou hurriedly endured the burps and staggered over.

I said, "Professor, what does the silk book say?" ”

Professor Zhou said, "This is a contract! A contract with Hades! Professor Zhou excitedly zoomed in on a certain photo and said, "Look at this, this shows that the contract was signed by a person named Yang Wang and the King of Hades. He slid his finger and clicked on another photo, "This, this, this is about the Yang King who wants to get the ability to be invincible, and the Hades gave him a flute, which can control something called a ghost owl." What is a ghost owl? ”

I said, "It's a creature of the underworld, and it's fierce." ”

Professor Zhou had little interest in the ghost owl, and quickly returned his attention to the content of the silk book, saying that the silk book begins with a detailed description of the encounter between the Yang King and the Hades King.

Yang Wang is an orphan who was adopted by a wandering Taoist priest since he was a child and learned a lot of Taoist skills. The Taoist priest later became a military advisor to a certain rebel army. King Yang naturally followed suit to serve that army.

When King Yang was twenty years old, the rebels were stationed in a large mountain called Matou Mountain.

When King Yang was idle, he asked a few friends to go hunting. As soon as they entered the mountain, they bumped into a fat white deer. The white deer has been regarded as auspicious since ancient times, and ordinary people will not hunt it. But King Yang and his entourage are used to licking blood with knives, and they all kill people like hemp. Human life is nothing in their eyes, let alone a white deer? To them, the white deer is nothing more than a lump of meat to be cooked.

King Yang asked several other people to separate up and suppress him, and soon forced Bailu into a corner. King Yang pulled out a bright big knife and was about to raise the knife in his hand, but when he saw a burst of green smoke, the fat deer actually turned into a weak boy with inverted eyebrows. The kid raised his eyebrows and said a sentence familiar to Chinese: "You dare to touch me?" Do you know who my dad is? ”

King Yang smiled, the reason why they revolted was because they were fed up with the oppression of powerful people. If that kid had honestly knelt down and begged for mercy, if King Yang had been in a good mood at the time, he might have let him go. But he didn't die, he even asked, "Do you know who my dad is?" Without saying a word, King Yang used the treasure knife passed to him by his adoptive father to "cut the kid in two sections".

That night, the Yang King dreamed that a black-faced ghost king rushed to him viciously, pointed at his nose and scolded: "Bold and demonic, how dare you kill my child!" King Yang was not afraid, and said coldly: "Kill and kill!" What can you do with me? ”

The ghost king was furious and said that Lao Tzu was the king of Hades! Those who are in the bunker when they are alive will be under the control of Lao Tzu after death. How dare you not be afraid of me?

King Yang smiled again and said, "I only want the scenery before I die, who cares about the scene after death!" A vicious ripple appeared in Hades' angry eyes, and he smiled wryly and said, "Isn't it easy to be beautiful in life? I can help you. ”

Hu Zhouzhou said: "How is it possible? Hades is crazy, isn't he? When someone killed his son, he still wants to help them? ”

Professor Zhou said, "How could Hades really help him? He was avenging his son in an extremely vicious way. The terms of the contract were that Hades would provide the Yang King with a flute that could control the ghosts, and in exchange, the Yang King would voluntarily accept the price of halving the life expectancy of the Yang King. And after the death of King Yang, he must give up the right to be reincarnated as a human again. ”

Professor Zhou said: "King Yang thought that he could exchange the hope of the future life for the glory of this life. However, he forgot something. Hades has a book of life and death in his hand, so Hades knows in advance how many years there is left in the Yang King's Yang life. How could there be no reason for Hades to propose the condition of halving the yang lifespan? ”

I said, "The Yang King is a smart man, how could he not think that the King of Hades is hiding a trick?" Before his violent death, he had properly and meticulously arranged for his 100 loyal dead men to find a secret burial for him. Moreover, layers of checkpoints were arranged in the tomb, which showed that he had already predicted that the remaining years of his yang life might not be enough for him to get the world. But he decided to give it a go. It's a pity that he lost in the end. ”

Professor Zhou said: "In fact, the outcome of losing was doomed from the beginning of that game. In the face of desire, it is difficult for people to stay sane. Yang Wang is no exception. Knowing that he would lose, he still deceived himself and fought. ”

Professor Zhou said: "After the death of King Yang, the contract becomes invalid. The flute that can control the ghost owl will naturally return to the hands of Hades. ”

Oh? In other words, King Yang took great pains to eliminate the traces of his existence, and it was not because others stole the ghost flute that so many things were arranged in the tomb? What's that for? Could it be the jade pig dragon?

I hurriedly asked Professor Zhou if there was any record of the jade pig dragon in the silk book. Professor Zhou was dazed and said, "Jade Pig Dragon? No, I don't. Did you find the Jade Pig Dragon in the Xiaoyang Tomb? ”

My heart was shocked, I never mentioned the word "Xiaoyang Tomb" from beginning to end, how did he know? I said, "The professor has heard of the Ghost Owl Yang King before?" Professor Zhou calmly said, "Yes." My old cousin said that I would introduce a young and promising Taoist to help me get rid of ghosts, and I wanted to understand it in advance, so I searched for your name on the Internet. Unexpectedly, I found a book called "The Head of Maoshan Mountain". I saw your experience in that hole, and I really sweated for you. Who is that mysterious black shadow? ”

I breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I don't know, that person never appeared again, so he probably didn't come for us." "When I think about it, I still don't think something is right. Since he had seen our experience a long time ago, why did he act so surprised when he found out that I knew about Paspa Ven? And asked me what a ghost owl was.

I was suspicious in my heart, and I didn't want to discuss the silk book with him anymore. The atmosphere became awkward at one point. Mr. Cai saw that something was wrong, so he came forward in time to say haha, saying, "It's not too early, Zhong Daochang should also go back." Let's do it first. ”

After leaving, I remembered that I hadn't seen the jade mirror, so I asked Hu Zhouzhou: "Where is the jade mirror?" ”

Hu Zhouzhou said: "That idiot went back to Tiandao Hall last night. ”

We didn't know it at the time, but while we were saying these words, Yujing was lying on the ground in the Heavenly Dao Hall, convulsing in pain. A pair of beautiful hands flew up and down like plucking the strings, pulling out the seven spirits of the jade mirror one by one.