From ancient times to the present, there is a saying in Longgu Town: "The Three Realms will be chaotic, the source of disaster will be Yinshan, and the Longgu ...... will be chaotic"

But for thousands of years, the people in Longgu Town have lived a stable and peaceful life of prosperity, and there has been no chaos in the Three Realms, but over time it has become a joke after dinner, and even gradually forgotten by later generations.

A touch of residual sun is hanging on the hill in the west of Longgu Town, the mist in the mountains is shrouded, the afterglow of the sunset shines on the earth, the smoke curls on the Longgu Town, the Longjiang River flows zigzagically around Longgu Town to the distance, and a lonely boat breaks through the river.

Night fell. An old man in ragged clothes with snow hair like snow in his arms was slowly walking down from Xiaofeng Mountain with a baby in his arms.

Two days ago, a ruined temple ten miles away from Longgu Town was suddenly crowded with a group of fleeing people, about 30 men and women, they were in tattered clothes, their bodies were covered with scabies, and they were extremely itchy, struggling and wailing in the broken temple, crows pecked at carrion, wild wolves took away the scraps, and for a time dozens of people who were alive became white bones, and the ghosts in the broken temple were still lingering.

The full moon hung high, the night sky was clear, and the wailing of wild wolves could be heard from time to time around the ruined temple, and suddenly, a meteor of extraordinary brightness pierced the night sky and soon disappeared into the deep universe.

A woman in her thirties woke up in pain in the stable in the northeast corner of the broken temple, and suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves at the door of the broken temple, and the woman looked towards the door of the broken temple.

I saw four big men wearing homespun robes jumped off their horses, drew their long swords from their waists and walked slowly towards the broken temple, the blade reflected the cold light, shining into the beams of the broken temple, and a big man who walked in front rushed into the broken temple in advance, and by the pale moonlight shining from the roof of the broken temple, he saw that the ground was full of white bones, he snatched out the broken temple, and reported to another big man: "Patriarch, they are all dead...... Do you think so? He gestured with his fingers and motioned for a fire.

The patriarch showed a hideous smile on his face, nodded, and continued: "This place is the boundary of the Central Plains, so it is not advisable to stay for a long time, so as not to cause trouble, evacuate quickly." ”

Several big men jumped on the saddle, rode their horses to the west, the broken temple was lit with a raging fire, ran for several miles, and suddenly heard the cry of a baby from the side of the broken temple, the four big men stopped to listen carefully, the baby's immature cry broke the night sky, the patriarch squinted his eyes and asked himself: "Why is there a baby's cry in this wilderness?" ”

The patriarch looked at the big man who had rushed into the broken temple earlier, and asked, "Are you in the broken temple?" ”

"...... Already...... I've seen it clearly, but it's not ...... Not...... There is a live mouth. "The big man who entered the ruined temple was very frightened.

Another big man responded in response: Patriarch, this raging fire, if you don't starve to death, you have to burn to death, if you don't burn to death, you have to be taken away by the wild wolf to eat, and he won't live tomorrow, so why rest assured? ”

The patriarch disagreed, and retorted: "Listen to that deep voice, this baby must not be an ordinary fetus, if the rebels of my tribe abandon the baby, there will be endless troubles. Do you remember the Xitang Incident? Jin Yamu's soft-heartedness left a bane, which led to our race fighting for hundreds of years, and we are still fighting infighting, I would rather kill by mistake than let go and go. ”

The four big men drove their horses back to the broken temple, the fire was blazing, the surrounding light was bright, the baby cried endlessly, the four big men went straight to the stable, the patriarch drew the long sword at his waist, the woman saw the four big men rushing straight over, her heart was terrified, tears flowed down, but there was nothing to do, she closed her eyes, and was ready to die with her son in her arms.

Suddenly, the woman was lifted from behind by a hand, and then floated out of the stable, she hugged the baby in her arms, and came to the grass in the mountain behind the broken temple, an old man with a white beard appeared in front of him, the old man was wearing a spirit hat, and the word "Dian" was faintly displayed on the hat, his skin was dark and chapped, and it was very scary in the moonlight, and the woman was frightened again, her face was pale and abnormal, and she almost fainted.

Seeing this, the old man comforted the woman and said, "Don't be afraid, girl, I'm not a ghost, I'm an old man here, passing by here, I saw those four men walking towards you, they must have come to catch you." ”

The woman was very grateful, and sobbed: "Thank you for the elder's life-saving grace, but today there is an enemy chasing and killing, and the elder's great kindness and my mother and son cannot be repaid......" She tied the baby into her arms with her coat, knelt in front of the old man and kowtowed a few times.

The old man helped the woman up, and said: "Listen to your accent, you are also from the Central Plains, why were you chased and killed by the West Wind people, and you want to come to the Central Plains and the West Wind people to not violate the river water......

As he spoke, the four big men roared and rushed to the back mountain, and the long sword in the patriarch's hand had already pierced the baby in the woman's arms.

The old man's luck in his left palm pushed the mother and daughter more than ten feet away and landed smoothly in the grass. The blade in the patriarch's hand stabbed at the old man at lightning speed, and shouted, "Who are you to meddle in the internal affairs of my clan with rats?" ”

The old man was silent, dodging the first sword stabbed by the patriarch, and another big man slashed down a sword on the right side of the old man, and the old man lightly touched the ground with his right foot, and took more than ten steps back, and the other two big men went to catch the mother and son in separate ways.

The old man whistled twice, and suddenly, seven or eight hungry wolves sprang out of the grass in an instant, baring their teeth and screaming wildly, and went straight to the four big men, whose faces were pale, and they waved their sharp swords and retreated.

The old man found the mother and son, held them up with both hands, and went straight down the mountain with the tips of the grass on his toes.

The scabies on the woman's body had festered and bleeding, she held the old man's hands tightly, looked at the full moon hanging high and sighed, "My son is saved......" She turned her head to look at the old man and begged: "Uncle, my son's life will be entrusted to you when you are old, please raise him for me." ”

The old man sighed lightly and said, "I'm a grave keeper, and I make a living by scavenging, so I'm afraid it will be difficult to raise your children to adulthood...... I will definitely find a way to save your mother and daughter, so that you can return to your hometown, and the child cannot live without a mother. ”

The woman smiled bitterly and said, "Hmph, how can we have any hometown ......?"

The woman wanted to continue, but thought to herself: if she told the truth, the old man and the people in the surrounding villages would be killed. She immediately took out a bag from her waist, handed it to the old man, and said sadly: "Please keep the bag for the old man, and open it when the child reaches the age of eighteen, so that he can know his life experience, here you are his reborn parents, help him name him, let him integrate into the life of the locals, I have been cursed, the blood on my body will soon run out, after I die, please place my bones in the temple, let me and my people sleep here, remember, you must be careful of their curse." ”

The screams of the wild wolf and the four big men on the mountain gradually stopped, and the wild wolf was unable to resist the sharp weapons after all, and was gradually slaughtered by the four big men, and the four big men were also caught by the wolves and bruised all over their bodies. They simply bandaged their wounds and rushed down the hill with shouts of murder.

The woman's breath gradually faded, and she anxiously urged the old man to leave as soon as possible.

The old man took the child and the bag, jumped into the grass more than ten zhang away, and when he landed, he used his internal force to push away a stone tablet hidden in the depths of the grass and burrow into the ancient tomb.

In the midst of the struggle, one of the least wounded and youngest wolves slowly got up, sniffed at its companions lying on the ground, and after a circle around them, it came to the top of the hill and whined at the full moon in the west, and its cry sounded very mournful in the silence of the night.

Four big men came to the woman's side, found that the baby was no longer in the woman's arms, the patriarch used his hand to test the woman's snort, it was lifeless, he looked at the vast grass in front of him, there was no trace of the old man, he spit out a mouthful of spit, gritted his teeth and said angrily: "Fuck, let him run away." He looked up at the full moon in the west again, and said, "Give her a sword, it's almost dawn, it's not appropriate to stay here for a long time, find the baby as soon as possible, live to see people, dead to see corpses." ”

One of the men drew his sword and stabbed the woman in the abdomen several times.

The four big men divided their heads to look for the old man, the grass was up to the waist, they were like entering a quagmire, it was difficult to move forward, and the beasts were often infested, and they were hiding murderous intentions everywhere, and they did not dare to go too far from each other.

Suddenly, the patriarch jumped up and climbed to the branch of a dry tree about ten meters long, and a flock of crows was disturbed, fluttering their wings and flying around, and he looked around, and the grass was unusually calm, and there was no sign of wind and grass, and the cry of the baby could not be heard.

The patriarch pondered: The grass is so wide, it is impossible to find the baby step by step, if you can hear the baby's cry, you can find the direction, he used his internal strength, and roared forward: "Where is sacred, can you show up, we have no grievances with you, we don't ask for anything else, only to get back to the baby's ......"

The patriarch roared several times in quick succession, and the echo reverberated through the valley.

The sky gradually cleared, the outline of the full moon gradually blurred, the four big men returned to their original places, their faces were quite disappointed, tired, the patriarch knew in his heart, everyone was tired for a night and failed to catch the old man, but they must leave before dawn, they have invaded the Central Plains without authorization, the Central Plains has always been the land of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, there are many people above them, such as killing a few masters halfway, they will definitely die in Huangquan, but he is unwilling, although the old man's kung fu is good, with the joint efforts of the four of them, the old man may not be able to gain the upper handThe main thing is the baby, and if the grass is not cut and the roots are removed, it will surely lead to disaster in the future......

While he was thinking about it, another big man asked, "Patriarch, do we continue to search for it next?" ”

The patriarch looked up at the sky, he already had a plan in his heart, and said slowly: "Go back first, let's talk about it, today's matter, don't make a noise, if it reaches the ears of the elders, you can't kill it." ”

Several other big men clasped their hands and responded: "Yes."

The four men jumped on their horses and rode their horses to the west, and the fire of the ruined temple burned until the stable, leaving only a pile of ashes.

There are many dark passages in the ancient tomb, and there is no bottom, as long as there is a sound, the echo will spread along the alleyway, and it takes two pillars of incense to work, and the echo slowly comes from a distance.

The old man took the baby in his arms and groped his way up more than ten zhang away along the first dark passage on the right, and came to a stone wall, he silently recited a few incantations in his mouth, and a stone door opened to the left with a "boom", he walked in, and the stone door closed with a "boom".

The old man lit a candle and held it in his hand, the candlelight illuminated the four walls, the four walls are made of granite, the space is not large, but it is enough to accommodate a hundred people, the four walls are engraved with Sanskrit, and most of the cinnabar color has fallen off.

"Don't cry ...... girl"

The old man put the sleeping baby on a stone bench, walked to the northeast corner alone, lit the two white candles on the altar in the northeast corner, and a fierce stone sculpture appeared in front of him, the stone sculpture was about more than ten zhang high, it looked like a man but a beast, it roared and pointed to the west, as if waiting for a fierce battle.

The old man knelt down in front of the stone sculpture and repented deeply: "Hada (foreign language), I have caused you trouble again, I failed to protect the people on the spiritual mountain you guarded, let them suffer this calamity, I deeply ask you. The old man turned his head to look at the sleeping baby, and then said, "Our ancient tomb has a new owner, he has lost his mother, God has the virtue of a good life, I hope you will be merciful and blessed with his healthy growth......

The old man recited Sanskrit, got up slowly, and stuffed the bag that the woman had given him for safekeeping into the gap at the foot of the stone carving. He was thinking to himself: How could a fashionable old man feed a baby waiting to be fed? It was the trickiest thing he'd ever encountered in his life. Immediately, he thought again: Hey, I've been holding this kid for so long, and I haven't seen his true face yet.

The old man came to the baby with a candle, the baby was wrapped tightly in coarse cloth, when the candlelight was near, the old man was stunned by the child's delicate and delicate facial features, his heart rose with great admiration, "tsk" and praised a few times, the old man was even more surprised that the baby's forehead Yin Tang was slightly pink, he remembered the legend of "Yin Tang opened the sky", and secretly wondered in his heart, is there really such a thing?

The old man couldn't help pinching the baby's fat little hand, he vaguely felt that the two true qi of the "Shenmen" acupoint of the baby's hand Shaoyin Heart Sutra and the "Taiyuan" acupoint of the Taiyin Lung Sutra were frequently exchanged, and the old man sighed: "It's really the Holy Spirit from heaven, you follow your grandfather, I'm afraid it will delay your future." The old man remembered his tragic death and burst into tears.

Suddenly, there was a heart-rending roar from the depths of the ancient tomb, which was terrifyingly empty, and the baby was awakened by this extremely terrifying roar, and cried out loudly, and the baby danced hand and foot together, stretched out the coarse cloth, and exposed his fat calves.

The old man was worried that the baby was cold, and wanted to wrap it in a coarse cloth, and when he touched the baby's skin, he vaguely felt that the baby's skin was ulcerating, and there was blood flowing out. Unsettled, he couldn't make up his mind for a moment, and the baby's cry echoed in the depths of the tomb......

A light is transmitted from the gap in the top of the stone wall in the northwest corner, shining in a pool of clear water, the clear water reflects the light to the surroundings, on the granite at the top of the stone gate, faintly emerges the three big characters of "Ghost Pavilion".

The old man looked up at the light in the gap, knowing that it was already dawn, I don't know if the four big men left, for the safety of the baby, he decided to copy the trail, but the trail has not been set foot in for many years, I don't know if it is smooth, if you encounter trouble, wouldn't it be in vain, but after thinking about it, it is better than being chased and killed by the four big men.

The old man came to the bedside, changed into a grey homespun garment, took off the hat from his head, found a winter coat, wrapped the baby around his chest, took some coils, and took a shovel in his hand.

Came to the stone gate, the old man silently recited a few incantations, the stone door opened with a bang, he walked a few steps forward along the dark road, turned to a dark road in the north and went, walked a few steps, and turned to a dark road in the south, went straight to the end of the dark road, a cliff of more than ten zhang blocked in front of him, the cliff was full of white bones, exuding a foul smell, the old man coughed a few times, carried enough internal force, waited for the dantian to expand and crack, the true qi was transported to the toes, the feet flicked lightly, like a bird on the cliff.

Over the cliff, there is an extremely narrow mud cave.

The old man leaned sideways, his hands protecting the baby in his arms, and moved forward with difficulty, step by step, the baby's cry mixed with the creaking sound of stepping on the white bones under his feet, which made people's hearts tremble.

This is a dirt road dug out by tomb robbers, most of the white bones on the ground are the bones of tomb robbers, every wave of gravediggers come here, they will hear a heart-rending roar from the depths of the ancient tomb, frightened to the ground with weak legs, fainting, when they wake up, they are already hungry and weak, and it is difficult to get up and climb out of the cave, or they are bitten by poisonous insects and gophers, and they can only wait for death to come, few people can climb out of the Lingshan tomb alive, even if they are lucky to get out, or crazy, or lose their traces, When people talk about the Lingshan Tomb, all of them change color, and the descendants are silent about it, and gradually the Lingshan Tomb has been forgotten.

The more the old man walked, the narrower the mud hole became, and after more than ten steps, the road was blocked by the loose soil that had collapsed in front of him, leaving only two fingers, and people were definitely unable to pass.

The air in the cave was getting thinner and thinner, and the candlelight flickered faintly, and if the earth was not dug up as soon as possible, the two would soon be trapped and die, and the old man placed the candle at the tuyere, picked up the shovel, and shoveled the dirt away, and the baby in his arms also cooperated, and at the moment he did not make trouble or cry, and had fallen asleep peacefully.

It took a long time for the old man to carve out a path for people to pass through, and at this time, the candles had burned out, and the surroundings fell into darkness where he could not see his fingers, and the old man put a shovel at his waist, and stroked the wall slowly, and his steps did not know the depth.

After a few miles, the mud hole gradually became wider, and the hands stretched out could not touch the mud walls on both sides, and then a few miles, vaguely saw a flickering spark in front of him, the old man was horrified, where did the lights come from in the black hole, could it be that he met the "ghost lights"?

The old man remembered the incident of Lu Changshan recruiting people to rob the tomb ten years ago, and heard Jiang Tianyang and the other three who escaped that seventy or eighty people met the "ghost lantern" in the cave and suddenly all disappeared, and even the bones could not be found.

Later, Jiang Tianyang went crazy, and the other two committed suicide by throwing themselves into the river due to excessive fright. Later, I heard that Lu Changshan also escaped, and someone saw him in Xifeng Tower at the foot of Lingshan, and then Lu Changshan also disappeared without a trace......

The old man cursed secretly: "It's not the fifteenth day of the new year to go out and meet ghosts, it's really damn unlucky", he wanted to scold, but he was afraid of waking up the baby in his arms, he shouted in his heart: "Lao Tzu is the owner of the Lingshan Ancient Tomb, don't pretend to be a ghost in front of me, scare my grandson......"

The old man unbuttoned his trousers, sprinkled a soak of urine on the edge of the mud hole, and said: "All kinds of cows, ghosts, snakes, and gods, after eating this glass of wine, you can go on the road, don't come to disturb our grandparents and grandchildren!" ”

Suddenly, there was a roar from the depths of the deep, dark ancient tomb behind him, this place was already some distance away from the ancient tomb, although it was not as thunderous, but it was still deafening, the wild roar spread forward, he felt less lonely, subconsciously stroked the sleeping baby, clenched the shovel, quickened his pace, and the stars gradually lost their color after floating with the old man for a distance.