Chapter 24: The Cleansing Offering
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Mo Nian stayed in the inn and planned to find out about the situation first.
At lunchtime, Mo Nian went downstairs to eat, and there were not many people in the inn, about five or six tables of guests. Just when everyone was eating and drinking, they heard a noisy shouting sound below, which was extremely noisy.
A group of people were lying upstairs to watch, Mo Nian also looked down curiously, and saw a team of three people tied up by the children of the Wei Chi family, all of them young women, walking by menacingly, and there were many onlookers around.
"Oh, this time it's the top brand of Hongyan Building. A middle-aged man with a beard said.
"Brother Kong, you can recognize this, you must go often. The other purple satin priest laughed.
"Didn't Hongyanlou train a few beauties two months ago, I'm curious to take a look, Brother Du, don't think about it. The middle-aged man smiled slightly awkwardly.
"It's okay, they're all men, and I'm not unaware of your tigress. The purple satin alchemist smiled and shook his head, then sat down again.
"This time it must be another spy. ”
"That's right, the Wei Chi family has been going on a lot of big things recently, and there are more spies than before. The purple satin priest nodded.
The middle-aged man sighed, "Oh, the three people caught are all beautiful women." It's a pity, it's a pity. ”
"It's a pity, if it's a spy, it's not a pity to kill it. The shopkeeper who was delivering food interjected.
The two glanced at each other, then said no more, and began to eat, obviously feeling that there was no need to talk about this with the shopkeeper.
Mo Nian leaned over and asked, "Two Shi ...... Eldest brother. I want to ask, what happened to this Wei Chi family?"
The two turned their heads and saw that Mo Nian was a young man wearing a green cloth robe with short hair.
"Aren't you from Wei Chi's family, how can you not know?" The middle-aged man with the eight-character beard saw that Mo Nian's hair was silver, so he asked curiously.
"I've been away all year round, and I just came back ......," Mo Nian replied with a smile.
"Hmph, it's time for you to come back. The purple satin priest suddenly had a blank face, and his words were prickly.
As soon as he said this, the middle-aged man also reacted, looking up and down, "You won't be a spy and come to listen to the information." ”
Mo Nian was stunned, but he didn't expect the two of them to treat themselves as spies.
"If I were a spy, could I not even know about this?" Mo Nian spread his hands, showing his innocence.
The eight-character bearded middle-aged man and the purple silk monk looked at each other, indeed, if it was a spy, he would not ask such a shallow question, almost no one knew about the affairs of the Wei Chi family, and he knew about catching a beggar.
"Well, it doesn't hurt to tell you, you can order a plate of crystal elbows for us, and I'll tell you. The middle-aged man touched his beard and said.
"Amitabha...... Good!"
Mo Nian heard the elbow, and was just about to habitually pronounce a Buddha horn, but reacted halfway.
Then, he ordered a plate of crystal elbows and a plate of braised dog meat in sauce.
The three of them ate meat and drank wine, and pushed the cup to change the lamp.
"Big brother, seeing that you are sincere, I will tell you. The middle-aged man with the eight-character beard sandwiched a piece of dog meat. "There are two major events in the Wei Chi family recently, the first is the soul washing sacrifice. ”
"What is a baptismal offering?"
"You are really a foreigner, that is, us, if you ask so in front of the Wei Chi family, you will definitely be kicked out of Shangdang County. The middle-aged man continued: "Washing the spirit sacrifice, to be honest, I haven't participated in it, I don't know what it is, but I know that this thing is specially prepared for the children of the Wei Chi family, and it can improve the strength of the sacrifice." ”
"Oh......" Mo Nian nodded, blinking and listening carefully.
"Originally, the Wei Chi family did not have a soul washing sacrifice, but since twelve years ago, a master came to the Wei Chi family......
"How tall?"
"About two meters five!" the middle-aged man blurted out.
"!" the purple silk fang scolded, and then said: "A master is a very high person? Don't listen to his nonsense, lad. No one knows where this master came from, but he has cultivated profoundly, is knowledgeable, and has an extraordinary legend, and helped the Wei Chi family to open the first baptism sacrifice. Awakened the talents of more than a dozen children of the Yu Chi family, and everyone knew that the original Yu Chi family was also the inheritor family, but because they had not been baptized for a long time, they all forgot about it. ”
In the Tang Dynasty, "mage" refers to all people who can perform exercises, but there are also huge differences among mages, and they can be basically divided into two categories according to the path of practice, one is monks, and the other is inheritors.
Monks are all-encompassing, and cultivators such as Taoist disciples, Buddhist disciples, and Confucian disciples can all be regarded as monks. And the inheritor, more clearly, relies on the talent inherited by the family to cultivate.
The ancestors of these families are often very powerful masters, and after subduing the ancient demon, they refine their bloodline and integrate it into themselves, so that they can be passed on, so that the descendants will become inheritors and have one or several skills of the demon. The more powerful the ancient demon that surrendered, the more powerful the descendants of the family became.
For example, the largest inheritor family of the Tang Dynasty is the Tang Imperial Family. The Evil Dragon Emperor, the king of the Great Demons, was refined by the ancestral god Tang, and it was passed down from generation to generation, and his natural skills were extremely powerful. Datang is a top powerhouse family, and basically has a variety of its own talent inheritance, supplemented by Dao Sect cultivation, to achieve long-term prosperity.
Of course, inheritors mainly rely on inheritance of natural skills to cultivate, but at the same time, they will also minor in Taoism, Buddhism, Confucianism and other methods, which does not mean that they are only confined to inheritance.
"After the baptism sacrifice, the Wei Chi family was out of control. Every year, there will be a soul washing sacrifice to help the disciples awaken, and all the disciples who awaken will have skyrocketed in strength, and they have the innate skill 'Holy Spirit Wing', as a result, the Wei Chi family has changed from a third-rate family that was originally ranked about 100 in the Linhai Country to a top ten family in the Linhai Country. Prestige. ”
"Yes. The middle-aged man answered: "This year is the twelfth year, it is a reincarnation, this year's baptism sacrifice is particularly grand, the children of officials from other places will also come back, and the old master who has been in retreat will also come out to preside over it in person." ”
"Hmm. That's the first big thing. "Purple Silk Fang Shidao.
Mo Nian nodded, I see.
"What about the second big thing?"
This second event is an extension of the first event. Because the power of the Wei Chi family continues to expand, it has affected the status of the surrounding families, especially the several families that have enmity with the Wei Chi family, they are afraid that after the strength of the Wei Chi family is improved again, it will be unfavorable to them. began to unite and prepare for a big battle with the Wei Chi family. ”
"At present, the Wei Chi family has reported to the court of Linhai State, wanting the king to mediate the matter, but now the result is unknown, but the situation is becoming more and more tense. "Purple Silk Fang Shidao. "If the king's mediation fails, it will be a bloody storm. ”
"Tut, think about it, the Wei Chi family is one out of four, and the four are all top ten big families, which is simply fatal. The middle-aged man looked distressed, added an elbow, and stuffed it into his mouth, which was considered to comfort the injured heart.
When Mo Nian heard this, he understood a little. No wonder the Wei Chi family has all kinds of spies and patrols, it turns out that it is indeed an extraordinary period.
"By the way, I'll ask by the way. Do you think about it, twenty years ago, did anyone give birth to a monster baby in the Wei Chi family?" Mo Nian asked.
When the two of them heard Mo Nian's question, they were stunned.
The topic switched too quickly.
"Monster baby?"
"Yes, and twenty years ago. It can't be nineteen years, it can't be twenty-one years. ”
"That's the 922nd year of the Datang Tianlong calendar?"
"Yes!" Mo Nian nodded.
The Tang Dynasty has been destroyed several times since it was founded by the ancestral god - Tang, but fortunately it was revived by the descendants of the Tang Dynasty, known as the strong man of the Tang Imperial Family.
Tianlong is the name of the third master of Zhongxing in the Tang Dynasty and the founder of the "Tang Dynasty" - Tianlong the Emperor, and the calendar has always been calculated according to the year it rebuilt the Tang Dynasty.
The two thought about it, although there were indeed rumors of a strange baby, but until that year, they really hadn't heard of it, and then the two found a few more people, including the innkeeper, and asked around, but there was none.
"Look for the midwives, they know. The middle-aged man said.
"Okay, you can help me find it, there are ten taels of gold here, as a consultation fee. Mo Nian took out half of his belongings and said.
When they saw it, their eyes lit up.
"This, this, it's too high, it's not good......" The eight-bearded man put the gold in his pocket and said, "If you have this sincerity, I will definitely find it for you." ”
Then, after dinner, the eight-character bearded man took Mo Nian to find it.
The two questioned all the midwives in the city, and asked them about their old qualifications in the midwife world, and asked them to recall together that twenty years ago, was there a woman from the Wei Chi family who gave birth to a strange baby. As a result, after asking and asking, they unanimously agreed that they had never heard that the Wei Chi family gave birth to a strange baby twenty years ago, and no one delivered the baby.
Tossed for three days, but there was no progress, which made Mo Nian very frustrated.
Twenty years ago, in the Wei Chi family, no bride gave birth to a strange baby, and the babies born that year were normal.
After looking for a few days, but there was no progress, Mo Nian returned to the inn.
"It seems that I may not be a child of the Wei Chi family. Mo Nian was at the inn, looking at the moon in the middle of the night.
Unexpectedly, there was a knock on the door at this time.
Mo Nian opened the door, and the middle-aged man with eight characters, the cloth shop owner named Kong Lisheng, suddenly walked in, and couldn't help shouting: "I thought of a possibility, I thought of a possibility!"
Mo Nian is happy, this is because Boss Kong seems to have a natural interest in detectives, in order to help Mo Nian find the strange baby these days, he has worked very hard back and forth, and all kinds of logical reasoning are searching. He also came in the middle of the night, which made Mo Nian feel that ten taels of gold flowers were worth it.
"What is possible?"
"You maybe, you weren't born in Wei Chi's family!" Boss Kong said bluntly.
Mo Nian was immediately disappointed.
"I mean, you're a son of the Wei Chi family, but you probably weren't born here. Boss Kong added.
Mo Nian thought about it and felt that it made sense.
"I went to bed today and talked to my wife about this, she was a maid in Wei Chi's house, and as soon as she said that twenty years ago, she remembered a big event. Boss Kong took a sip of tea by himself.
"What's the big deal...... Mo Nian suddenly found himself talking a little trembling.
"It's about the only daughter of Wei Chi De, the head of Wei Chi's family, and the only sister of the current head of the family, Wei Chi Zhaoming-Wei Chi Zhaoxue. ”