Chapter 19: The Night of the Great Wilderness
"It's not...... Qingshanzhen, what do you mean by that!?"
"Are you referring to the Privy Council lying to us?"
"Since you said it's not called Qingshan Town, what is it called?"
This sentence caused an uproar among everyone, and even Xia Fan was quite surprised. However, he quickly thought of one thing, and that was that all he knew about Castle Hill Town came from the Privy Council. He didn't rush here by himself, but according to the road to Jiang Lincheng, where he arrived first, he met with some of the candidates and then transported here by the official carriage.
In other words, he really didn't have the opportunity to verify whether there really existed a place called "Qingshan Town".
Of course, this has nothing to do with omissions, and at this time, the map, that is, the map, is a first-class confidential document, and ordinary people cannot touch it at all. Limited by the speed of information dissemination, it is normal for residents of a town not to know how many villages there are around, and if there is no special person to guide them, I am afraid that it will be difficult for most candidates to find this examination room located between the mountains on time.
"Of course I know, that's why I suggest to you that you come back in three years!" Facing the boiling crowd, Luo lightly did not lose the wind at all, "In fact, the real name of this place is 'Falling Mountain Formation'!"
"Won't you......" Wei Wushuang's face changed drastically.
"Uh, is there any difference between the two?" Xia Fan looked confused, and once again felt the embarrassment brought by his shallow knowledge.
Why didn't the cheap master teach more common sense related to magic!
Teach him how to kick his crotch and take advantage of the drugs.
"Haven't you even heard of this?" Wei Wushuang said in surprise, "Legend has it that it was the source of the fall of the Eternal Kingdom. β
Finally, there was a word that could be understood, "Yongguo...... That's the previous dynasty, right?"
"That's right, King Yong was extremely extravagant, and there were countless gold and jewels in the palace, and the local government did what he liked, and wantonly requisitioned the people's power to mine the mines. It was not until the thirty-first year of Yongxing that this move aroused the wrath of the heavens and triggered a great famine night, which caused Yongguo to quickly decay and completely disintegrate in less than ten years. Wei Wushuang patiently explained, "And it is rumored that the place where that night originated is the Dumping Mountain Mining Area. β
"The Great Wilderness Night...... And what?"
"This ...... I don't know the specifics. The other party scratched his head, "After all, these are all things I heard when I followed my father on a business trip, and I only know that it is a kind of evil phenomenon caused by many resentful spirits." But in all the areas that it swept by, the living died, the dead lived, not to mention ordinary people, even the Fang Shi fell into it, and they died for a lifetime. I heard that Yongguo spent a great deal of money to eliminate this evil phenomenon, and the Privy Council only became independent of the six official departments after that. β
Xia Fan took a breath, if Luo was not wrong, wouldn't it mean that their group of candidates were in the center of the Extremely Fierce Land?
The noisy crowd fell silent.
Obviously, such shocking information takes time to digest.
"Do you have any evidence?" "Brother Yan" asked again in a loud voice, "To say that this is not Qingshan Town, but the Dumping Mountain Mining Area, there must be real evidence!"
"That's it, who knows if your family is coaxing us so that everyone can voluntarily get out!"
Luo lightly showed a look that she knew it would be like this, she made a gesture, and the two Luo family children in the audience put a gray thing on the table.
That's the proof. You can check it out. β
Someone in the front row was puzzled, "This is for refining...... Tao Fan?"
"Not bad. I found it in the back mountains. Luo nodded slightly, and then briefly recounted his experience of going up the mountain and finding the wooden rails and the pile of bones, "After seeing the scene in the valley, I searched for nearly a mile in the direction of the top of the mountain before I found this broken pottery fan. The reason why it is made into long strips is apparently only to hold molten metal. β
"And the key to making me sure that this is the mountain is the inscription on the pottery fan. She said in a crisp and pleasant voice, "In the twenty-eighth year of Yongxing, the producer of Taihu Gold Manufacturing Bureau!"
"Yongxing Year...... It is indeed the era name used by Yongguo. β
"I don't think I've heard of it somewhere. β
Everyone talked about it for a while.
"Can you elaborate on that?"
"The gold bureau was established in the ninth year of Yongchang, the same year that the Dumping Mountain Gold Mine was discovered. These deeds are recorded in the "Taihu Lake Chronicle" and "Yongchang Lu", and I think everyone here should have read these two books. Luo said lightly and methodically, "After the establishment of the Taihu Gold Manufacturing Bureau, its main supply area is the Qishan Mining Area. If this is not a dumping mountain, why is there such a gold game?"
Xia Fan pondered for a while before he figured out the so-called "Tao Fan", that is, a mold made of clay.
The other party continued, "There is more than one confirmation in the book. According to the Taihu Lake Chronicle, in order to increase production, the Bureau forcibly requisitioned a large number of residents to the mining areas, so that many villages and towns were emptied, and they were not fully restored until the fall of Yongguo. Many men were sent to the Fallen Mountain, but none of them came back, and now we know where these people are. This also explains why they needed to build a special wooden track to transport the bodies, because there were so many of them. β
"Good, good...... Terrible. Wei Wushuang muttered.
The sigh of the fellow villagers is undoubtedly the thoughts of most candidates at this moment, and the scene suddenly became extremely quiet, and even the previous doubts disappeared without a trace.
Obviously, since Luo Qing dared to say it, he was naturally not afraid of everyone to verify it. Even if the mold can be forged, the corpses on the tracks in the mountains and in the valleys cannot be faked. Several key points are linked together, which basically constitutes ironclad evidence.
Although Xia Fan has never even heard of these two books, judging from the title, it is obviously not a must-read classic. One is probably a chronicle of regional customs, and the other is barely half a history, which is all extracurricular reading in simple and easy-to-understand terms. It just happened that I had seen it, and I could remember it so clearly, and there was no other explanation than that I was talented.
"Haven't you heard of the Youzhou Luo family, the heavenly knowledge of all things?"
He suddenly remembered what Luo Youer had said.
"Half of the libraries in the country are opened by the Luo family, and the Youzhou Mansion has a collection of more than 10,000 rare books. γ
Now it seems that Luo Qingqing himself may be able to count half of the library.
"Please wait a minute," Fei Nian said suddenly, "I remember that the Great Wilderness Night is very difficult to completely destroy, and every once in a while, it will come back until all the resentful spirits are gone. That's why the Great Apocalypse set up a mountain tilting array to limit its harm to a controllable range. If your reasoning is correct, don't you say......"
Luo bowed slightly, "This cycle is not a secret, it is recorded in detail in the Privy Council Chronicles, and it appears almost once every five and a half years. I calculated that the next heyday would be exactly two days away. β
β and today is the fifth day of the taxi.
In other words, on the last day of the exam, there will be a wild night.
After a brief dead silence, the crowd suddenly boiled overβ
"No, how could it be such a coincidence?"
"What about the invigilator? I want to ask the invigilator for confirmation!"
"Do you think the Privy Council will ignore this? I'm afraid that's the key to the assessment. β
"What are you kidding! Pass the exam or die? Lao Tzu didn't want to gamble his life on this hellish place. β
"Could it be that all the locals evacuated to escape this catastrophe?"
"Not necessarily, does anyone want to go to the back mountain to confirm?"
"Right...... At present, it's just the words of the Luo family, we can't let the other party lead the way!"
The candidates were obviously panicked, and the center of the square suddenly became a mess.
At this moment, a slightly shrill voice overwhelmed the chaotic argument of the crowd, "There's no need to go, I can prove that what she said is true." In fact, you can prove it yourself. β
This sentence immediately attracted the attention of the candidates, and everyone unanimously followed the prestige, focusing on a young man dressed in gray, holding a paper fan, and his face was somewhat pale.
The gossip diagram behind him has already explained his identity - it is a disciple of the Fang family.
"That's not ...... Fang Xiandao?" Wei Wushuang said in a low voice.
"Do you know?" asked Xia Fan.
"Well, I didn't plan to pass the exam anyway, so I basically stayed in the teahouse to inquire about the news in the past few days, and I met a lot of people. Wei Wushuang nodded and said, "Although the Fang family is not as powerful as the Fei and Luo families, they also have their own uniqueness, and they are very proficient in divination and divination. And this Fang Xiandao, I heard that he is the disciple of the new generation of the Fang family who is best at this method. β
"Tell me, what do we mean we can prove?" someone asked eagerly.
"The hexagram has already said it all. What Miss Luo Jia said is basically the same as the result of my divinationβthat is, there will be a catastrophe on the last day of the examination, and only those who seize the opportunity can turn evil into good fortune. Fang Xiandao opened the paper fan in his hand and said unhurriedly, "I know that this method of divination is extremely profound, and not everyone can master it, but the flow of qi itself is a sign. As sentimentalists, many of you have already received warnings. β
"What kind of ...... Warning?"
"If I'm not mistaken, in the first two days of the exam, many people had a nightmare!" Fang Xiandao snapped the paper fan together, "A dream is a manifestation of consciousness's induction of the qi of heaven and earth, although it is not as accurate as divination, sometimes it is extremely specific. What could be a more obvious warning than this nightmare? The red moon dripping with blood, the dead crawling out of the ground, the evil contaminating living creatures, what could it be if it weren't for the night of the Great Wilderness?"
"Poof. Xia Fan couldn't hold back for a while and squirted out his saliva.
"Why is Brother Xia laughing?" Wei Wushuang looked at him in surprise.
"Ahem...... It's nothing. Xia Fan coughed twice and returned to his casual appearance. If it weren't for the fox demon lying in his room at the moment, he might have really believed this nonsense.
However, other candidates do not think so.
"That's what you're talking about...... I've done it!"
"Me too!"
"I see, the dream has already reminded us......
"I thought I was the only one who had nightmares. β
"There are so many people...... It seems that the dream was not accidental!"
In everyone's eyes, the family will deceive Sanmen, but it is impossible for Sanmen to unite to deceive themselves. All doubts disappeared, and in less than a quarter of an hour, the matter of the mountain formation and the great wilderness night had become the consensus of all the candidates.