Otherworldly: The Shaman's Old Woman
There is a small square courtyard in Yanshuang Town, far away from the downtown area, with a plaque of "County Ya" hanging on the gate of the courtyard, and two white lanterns with words written on them hanging leisurely, which is probably the only place in the town where there are lanterns.
"Please, Lord Inspector!" the county commander nodded respectfully on the side at this moment, and faced Bai Yuege with a smile on his face, "It's a little shabby here, it's not as good as the courtyard of the Beijing Division, please don't be surprised." β
The attitude has really changed fast enough, Bai Yuege thought to herself, just now she was thinking about how to arrest him, and his spirit was vivid, but now he began to become respectful, and even the arrested prisoner Zuo Qingyun was invited into the county office, and the sound of apologies along the way did not stop.
When they arrived in the middle hall, several servants had already run back to the yamen in advance to make tea, and the tea set of Zisha was placed on the Nanmu table.
The fragrance passed through the hall where the landscape paintings were hung, bypassed the plum trees that were still in full bloom in the courtyard, and blew through the large vats full of water under the two eaves, all the way to the tip of everyone's noses.
The overall environment is very elegant, feng shui and art are comprehensive, but this is completely in stark contrast to the county magistrate himself, and it is estimated that this pattern is also arranged by the previous county magistrate, and it has nothing to do with the current guy.
"Hurry up and sweep the snow in the courtyard!" the county magistrate pretended to scold those maids, and asked his subordinates to run and call his wife out, "Hurry up, hurry up, if the inspector has any dissatisfaction, I want you to look good!"
Everyone was in a hurry, running through the hall like a festival.
"My lord, please take a seat!" The county commander personally poured a cup of tea, handed it to Bai Yuege, and made a cup for Zuo Qingyun, "This soldier brother, it was the official who blamed you before, it was all a misunderstanding, hey, misunderstanding......"
Zuo Qingyun tilted his head, frowned and drank this cup of tea, if this dog official went to the troupe to perform, it would definitely be popular all over the pass.
"Your name is Zuo Qingyun, right?" Bai Yuege asked suddenly.
"Me...... Uh, right. β
"Tell me what you see. β
Zuo Qingyun knew that these things might sound a little mysterious, but he still told Bai Yuege 1510.
From the king of Ulan County, Donghuang Yin, who was pushed off the cliff by Hulegu, to Hulegu's self-proclaimed Great Khan, only the part of the county king's intention to rebel was skipped.
Bai Yuege, who had always been keen in thinking about problems, soon discovered the problem: "Why did the county king and HΓΌlegΓΌ go to the top of the mountain?"
"This ......" Zuo Qingyun was stunned, "it seems that he saw something dragon clouds soaring into the sky......
"Long Yun soaring into the sky?"
Just as Bai Yuege was waiting for him to continue asking, the two heard a rhythmic sound of crutches falling to the ground in the inner courtyard.
When they both looked back at the same time, an old woman with a wrinkled face and a somewhat clumsy figure was slowly pacing out with the help of another young woman on crutches with bells and oxtails.
"That is a sign that the jade dragon and the golden sword have reappeared in the world. The old woman's deep eyes looked at those present.
Strangely, she has bone chains hanging from her ears and a dragon-shaped jade pendant around her neck, like a shaman on the grassland, and her whole body exudes a mysterious and even weird primitive aura.
It won't be the wife of the county order, but this is too old, Zuo Qingyun couldn't help but think in his heart.
It is estimated that only he will have such a nonsensical idea.
The county magistrate's face was embarrassed, as if he had chewed Coptis chinensis, just looking at his distorted face, he knew that he must want to dig a hole in the ground to bury himself or his wife.
"My mother, why did you invite her out?" the county magistrate patted his head and ran to the young woman's side, "Hurry up, help the old lady in!"
"She insisted on coming out. The woman replied aggrievedly, presumably she was the wife of the county order, Zuo Qingyun smiled bitterly.
"If she wants to come out, you will come out, go back, go back!" The county magistrate scolded his wife while smiling at Bai Yuege, "My lord, my family and my wife don't know how to count etiquette, don't be angry...... I'll let them go. β
"Wait, since the old man has come out, it's not convenient to go back. Bai Yuege drank the tea.
Damn, the county magistrate scolded in his heart, I hope this old guy doesn't say the wrong thing, otherwise his official position will be difficult to protect.
"That's right. Zuo Qingyun suddenly asked recklessly, "How can the old man dress up like a ...... Ulan?"
"Yes, yes!" the county magistrate hurriedly replied, "My mother is indeed from Ulan, she doesn't know what etiquette is, she was a little delirious a few years ago, so I'll drive her ......away."
"Stop!" Bai Yuege stood up, "Presumably Ling Tang insisted on coming out because he had something important to say, right?"
"This ......"
The old lady coughed suddenly, she shook off the hand of the county lady, and stubbornly walked towards Bai Yuege, the bell in her hand jingling.
Her cloudy eyes stared at Bai Yuege and said, "Hey, Ulan's true god has awakened. It is looking for the lost golden knife. Her tone sounded like she was singing about the great dancers of the North.
There was silence all of a sudden, Zuo Qingyun looked at Bai Yuege and the old lady, the county commander and his wife, and everyone didn't speak.
The old lady continued to walk down the steps on crutches, babbling a string of Ulan languages that she did not understand.
The wind chimes swayed as if a cold gust of wind had passed through the lobby, sometimes whistling, sometimes murmuring, as unnatural as an ancient whisper from far away.
"The ancient gods have awakened in the world of immortality. The old lady suddenly looked back at the crowd, "the totem of the ancient nation called in a low voice. β
She ripped off the bone pendant, blood flowing through her earlobe, "This is the result of my divination of Long Yun, you will come here, fate, the awakening of the true dragon, fate, the destruction of all things, fate." β
The prefectural order finally came to his senses, "It's over." ......He turned to his wife and scolded in a low voice, "Didn't you tell you to secretly throw away the old lady's animal bones and dolls?"
"I don't know, I've already thrown it away!" the county magistrate's wife looked at him with tears in her eyes, a look of grievance.
Bai Yuege felt that these things were a little strange, he wanted to let the old lady take a seat, but she insisted on standing.
"Foreigners, some things are the will of the Immortal Heaven, and some things are man-made. β
He nodded, and then asked, "What are the golden knife and the jade dragon?"
"Faith. The old lady's crutches shook, and the bell made a messy sound, "The jade dragon is the ancestor of the Ulan people. It gave birth to the Ulan people in the Heavenly Pond in the north, and it is the embodiment of the Immortal Heaven. Her tone became more and more harsh, "After it dies, its claws turn into eight golden knives, and if you get one of them, you can dominate one side, and if you get it, the world will be one and the true dragon will come into the world." β
Don't say it, the county order's face is almost green, and he keeps scolding in his heart, feeling that this face is too embarrassing.
He silently pulled his wife's sleeve and said, "It's over", it's no wonder if you don't get killed for this kind of thing, the emperor doesn't have a golden knife, which means that the emperor is not a real dragon......
"Understood. Bai Yuege still said quietly, "We will pay attention to it." β
The old lady nodded with satisfaction, and was about to go back to the room on crutches, but the county order almost hugged his wife excitedly, and finally was willing to leave!
"One more thing. The old lady turned around slowly, "The real dragon has descended, don't stand on the wrong side." β