After receiving this note, I immediately understood that this was a hint given to me by Hu Renling, and this was a reminder to me to go to the temple surnamed Zhang. Go and worship him, and then ask him to kill that monster's artifact, which will definitely be of greater help to us to go to Xiling Mountain to deal with the Seven Tigers of the Warring States.

However, I don't understand who Hu Renling is, indeed, he has the distractions of the five of us, and contains part of the power of the five of us. However, I'm really interested in him, who is he?

Su Crazy seemed to see my question, so he asked me, "Senior Brother Yangsheng, do you have something on your mind?" I'm thinking about it, are you wondering who Hu Renling is? ”

I nodded and said, "Yes, I would love to know what kind of sacredness this Hu Renling is. Big brother, you know what? ”

"I just heard the master mention it, he told me about Hu Renling, and said that this person is very unusual. That's probably it, huh, brothers, come here, let me tell you about it in detail. ”

We all got together, and we all patiently listened to Su Crazy talk about Hu Renling.

There is a person surnamed Zhang in Henan, I don't remember what his name is, his ancestral home is Shandong. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Shandong was in turmoil, and his wife was snatched away by Qing soldiers. The perennial guest surnamed Zhang lived in Henan, and later settled in Henan, married a wife and had children, and was named Zhang Ne. However, not long after, the second wife died of illness, so he married a third wife and gave birth to a son, named Zhang Cheng.

The third wife's surname is Niu, she has a fierce temperament and often hates her former son Zhang Ne. Treat him as a cow and horse, give him a shoddy meal, and every time Zhang Ne goes up the mountain to chop wood, he orders him to cut enough loads. If you don't cut enough, you will add up your fists and kicks, and the young Zhang Ne can hardly bear it. Niu was ruthless to Zhang Ne, but he loved his own son Zhang Cheng very much, gave him sweet food and let him go to the school to study.

Later, Zhang Cheng gradually grew up, with a loyal and filial temperament. He couldn't bear to let his brother work so hard, so he secretly persuaded his mother, but Niu didn't listen.

One day, Zhang Ne went into the mountains to chop wood, and before he could finish chopping, it suddenly rained, and he had to take refuge under the rocks. The rain stopped, it was dark, and he was so hungry that he had to carry the firewood home. When Niu saw that there was not enough firewood to be chopped, he was angry and refused to give him food. Zhang Ne was so hungry that he had to go into the house and lie down.

The kind-hearted Zhang Cheng came back from the school and saw his brother's depressed appearance, so he asked, "Sick?" ”

Zhang Ne said: "Hungry." ”

Zhang Cheng asked him the reason, Zhang Ne told the truth, and Zhang Cheng went out sadly. After a while, Zhang Cheng carried a cake in his arms and gave it to his brother to eat. When his brother asked him where he got the bread, he said, "I stole the noodles from my house and asked the neighbors to make them." You just eat, don't say it. Zhang Ne ate the cake and instructed his younger brother: "Don't do this in the future!" If the matter leaks, it will affect my younger brother. Besides, even if you are hungry after eating one meal a day, you will not starve to death. Zhang Cheng said: "My brother is already weak, how can he fetch more firewood!" ”

The next day, after eating, Zhang Cheng secretly went up the mountain and came to the place where his brother was chopping wood. When his brother saw him, he asked in amazement, "What are you doing here?" Zhang Cheng replied, "Help my brother chop wood." Zhang Ne asked, "Who called you here?" He said, "I have come on my own." The elder brother said, "Don't say that my brother can't chop wood, even if he can, he can't." Urging him to go back quickly.

Zhang Cheng didn't listen, pulled the firewood with his hands and feet, and said, "I'm going to bring an axe tomorrow." The elder brother went over to stop him, and when he saw that his fingers were bleeding and his shoes were worn out, he said bitterly: "If you don't go back quickly, I will kill myself by cutting my neck with an axe!" Zhang Cheng went back. His brother gave him half the way before going back.

Zhang Ne went home after chopping firewood, went to the school again, and instructed his younger brother's teacher: "My younger brother is young, he must be strictly guarded, don't let him go out, there are many tigers and wolves in the mountains." The teacher said, "I don't know where he went in the morning, but I have already beaten him." Zhang Ne returned home and said to Zhang Cheng: "If you don't listen to me, you will be beaten, right?" Zhang Cheng smiled and said, "No." ”

Another day, Zhang Cheng went up the mountain again with an axe in his arms. The elder brother was shocked and said, "I told you again and again not to come, why did you come again?" Zhang Cheng didn't speak, hurriedly chopped firewood, tired and sweaty, and didn't stop for a moment. When he had cut enough bundles, he did not say goodbye to his brother, but went back. The teacher scolded him again. Zhang Cheng told the teacher the truth, and the teacher praised Zhang Cheng's conduct, so he did not prohibit him. His brother repeatedly dissuaded him, but he never listened.

Later, the brothers and others went to the mountains to chop firewood. Suddenly a tiger came, and everyone fell to the ground in fear, and the tiger took Zhang Cheng away. The tiger walked slowly with the person in his mouth and was chased by Zhang Ne. He slashed with his axe and hit the tiger in the crotch. The tiger ran wildly in pain, and Zhang Ne couldn't catch up anymore, so he cried bitterly and returned.

And when they comforted him, he wept even more bitterly, saying, "My brother is different from other people's brothers, and besides, he died for me, so what am I doing alive?" Then he slashed at his neck with an axe. When everyone rushed to help, the axe had already cut more than an inch into the flesh, and the blood was gushing like a spring, and he passed out. Everyone was so frightened that they tore their clothes and wrapped Zhang Ne's wounds and helped him home together.

After the Hou Niu clan found out, she cried and scolded: "You killed my son, do you want to make a shallow cut on the neck to prevaricate?" Zhang Ne groaned and said, "Mother, don't worry! My brother is dead, and I will never live! They put him on the bed, and the wound hurt so much that he couldn't sleep, but he sat against the wall day and night and wept. His father was afraid that he would also die, so he often went to the bed to feed him some food, and Niu always scolded him when he saw it. Zhang Ne stopped eating and died three days later.

At that time, there was a sorcerer in the village who was working on an errand in the underworld, and Zhang Ne's spirit met him on the road, told him about his previous sufferings, and asked where his brother was. The wizard said he didn't see it, but reflexively took Zhang Ne away. When I came to a city, I saw a man dressed in black coming out of the city.

The wizard intercepted him and inquired about Zhang Cheng on behalf of Zhang Ne. The man in black took out the book of life and death from his pouch and looked at it, there were more than 100 names of men and women on it, but none of them had the surname Zhang. The wizard suspected that there was something else on the paper, and the man in black said, "This road belongs to me, how can there be a mistake?" Zhang Ne didn't believe that Zhang Cheng was not dead, and he had to go into the city with the wizard. New ghosts and old ghosts come and go in the city, and there are also old acquaintances, ask them, no one knows Zhang Cheng's whereabouts.

Suddenly, all the demons shouted in unison: "The Bodhisattva is here!" Zhang Ne looked up and saw a tall man in the clouds, shining all over his body, and suddenly the world was bright. The sorcerer congratulated Zhang Ne and said, "Da Lang is really blessed! The Bodhisattva has only been to the Yin Division once in decades, and he has pulled out hardships and rescued all the wronged ghosts, and today you happened to meet it! So he fell to his knees together.

All the demons shouted one after another, clasped their palms together and recited prayers for mercy and relief from suffering, and the sound of jubilation shook the heavens and the earth. The Bodhisattva sprinkled nectar with willow branches, and the water droplets were as fine as dust mist. After a while, the clouds and light were gone, and the Bodhisattva did not know where to go. Zhang Ne felt that there was nectar on his neck, and the wound cut by the axe was no longer painful. The wizard still led him home, and when he saw the door of the village, he took his leave.

Zhang Ne died for two days, and suddenly woke up again, and told what he had seen and encountered, saying that Zhang Cheng was not dead.

The stepmother thought he was making up a deceitful nonsense, and instead insulted him. Zhang Ne was full of grievances and couldn't defend himself. When the wound of the axe was healed, he stood up, bowed to his father, and said, "I will go through the clouds into the sea to find my brother." If I don't see my brother, I won't come back for the rest of my life. May the father still think that the son is dead. Zhang Laohan led him to a place where there was no one, and he cried for a while, but he didn't dare to keep him.

After Zhang Ne ran away from home, he searched the streets and alleys for his younger brother's whereabouts. When the road is exhausted, you have to leave with food. After a year, I came to Jinling. One day, Zhang Ne was walking on the road in rags and hunchback, and happened to see more than a dozen horseback riders coming, and he hurried to the side of the road to take refuge. One of them looked like an officer, in his forties, with a sturdy soldier and a tall horse, hugging him from front to back. A teenager who accompanied him rode a pony and kept looking at Zhang Ne.

Zhang Ne didn't dare to look up because he was the son of a rich and noble family. The boy reined in his horse, jumped off his horse, and cried out, "Isn't this my brother?" Zhang Ne looked up and took a closer look, it turned out to be Zhang Cheng! He held his brother's hand and cried loudly. Zhang Cheng also cried and said, "How did my brother fall to this point? Zhang Ne said the reason for the incident, and Zhang Cheng was even more sad. And all the men on horseback came down and asked the reason for it, and informed the magistrate. The magistrate ordered a horse to be freed for Zhang Ne to ride, and they returned to his house together. Zhang Ne asked Zhang Cheng in detail about what happened later.

It turned out that the tiger took Zhang Cheng and threw him on the side of the road at some point, and Zhang Cheng lay on the side of the road for a night.

It happened that Zhang Beijia came from Kyoto and passed by here. Seeing Zhang Cheng's elegant appearance, he touched him lovingly. Zhang Cheng gradually woke up and said where he lived in his hometown, but it was already far away. Zhang Beijia took him home and applied medicine to his wound, and it took a few days for him to recover. Zhang Beijia didn't have a son, so he recognized him as a son. Just now, Zhang Cheng followed Zhang Beijia to play and came back. Zhang Cheng told his brother everything he had experienced.

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Bei drove in, and Zhang Ne thanked him. Zhang Cheng went inside, took out new clothes, and changed them for his brother; I also bought wine and food, and talked about the before and after. Zhang Beijia asked: "How many people does your family have in Henan?" Zhang Ne said, "No." My father was a native of Shandong when he was a child and lived in Henan. Zhang Beijia said: "I am also from Shandong. Where is your hometown under jurisdiction? Zhang Ne replied: "I heard my father say that it is under the jurisdiction of Dongchang Mansion. Zhang Beijia said in surprise: "We are fellow villagers!" Why did you go to Henan? Zhang Ne said: "At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Qing soldiers entered the country and robbed my ex-mother. My father was devastated by the war, and his family property was swept away. First of all, he did business in the west, and when he became familiar with the exchanges, he settled there. Zhang Beijia asked in surprise: "What is your father's name?" ”

Zhang Ne told him, and Zhang Bei was dumbfounded. Thinking about something again, he hurried into the inner room. After a while, Mrs. Tai came out, and the two Zhang Ne brothers bowed together. After worshipping, Mrs. Tai asked Zhang Ne, "Are you Zhang Bingzhi's grandson?" Zhang Ne said, "Yes." Mrs. Tai cried and said to Zhang Beijia: "This is your brother!" The Zhang Ne brothers didn't know what was going on. Mrs. Tai said: "I married your father for three years, went to the north, followed a small leader of the Eight Banners Army for half a year, and gave birth to this brother of yours.

After another half a year, the little leader died, and your brother made up for the lack of the little leader under his banner and was promoted to a different driver. Now that he has been dismissed at the end of his term, he often misses his hometown, so he broke away from the Eight Banners and restored his original clan. I have sent people to Shandong many times to inquire about your father's whereabouts, but there is no news. How do you know that your father has moved west! Then he said to Beijia, "What a sin it is for you to treat your brother as a son!" Zhang Beijia said: "I asked Zhang Cheng before, but Zhang Cheng did not say that he was from Shandong. Presumably he was too young to remember. "In order of age: don't be forty-one, be the elder brother; Zhang Cheng is sixteen years old; Zhang Ne is twenty-two years old and the second.

Don't drive the two younger brothers, they were very happy, and lived in a room with them, and talked about the reasons for the separation, and discussed the matter of returning to their hometown. Mrs. Tai was afraid that she would not be accommodated. Zhang Beijia said: "If you can be together, you will be together, and if you can't be together, you will be separated." Is there anyone in the world who does not have a father? So he sold his house, bought his bags, and set a date to set out.

Back in their hometown, Zhang Ne and Zhang Cheng first went home to report to their father. Since his father left Zhang Ne, his wife Niu also died, and he became an old bachelor, sighing to himself. Suddenly, when I saw Zhang Ne coming back, I was surprised and in a trance; When I saw Zhang Cheng again, I was so happy that I couldn't speak, just shed tears. The brothers told them not to drive the mother and son again, Zhang Laohan was stunned, he didn't cry, he didn't laugh, he just stood dumbfounded.

After a while, don't drive in and see your father. Mrs. Tai hugged Zhang Laohan and cried relatively loudly. Seeing that the maidservant's house was full of people standing inside and outside, Zhang Laohan didn't know what to do. Zhang Cheng didn't see his mother, and when he asked, he realized that he was dead, and he fainted from crying, and it took a meal to wake up. Zhang Beijia took out the money to build the pavilion. I hired a teacher to teach my two younger brothers to read. The horses in the trough were jubilant, and the people in the room were noisy, and it actually became a big family.

Later, the Manchurian Eight Banners swept across China, and Zhang Ne was killed by the Eight Banners and fled in order to avoid the war. Zhang Beijia and Zhang Cheng were separated, and Zhang Beijia went to the Northern Province and stayed in Shihou City to breed the descendants of the Zhang family. The master said, Yangsheng, you are the descendant of Zhang Beijia, Zhang Cheng's branch also branched out later, but joined the organization against the Qing Dynasty and the restoration of the Ming Dynasty. It's a pity that the organization was brutally suppressed by the Qing government, and the descendants of the Zhang family in Zhang Cheng's vein were killed and wounded, and the clan was almost wiped out.

The master said that he finally found the only descendant of Zhang Cheng's descendants, who was named Zhang Renling, but there was a demon miasma in his body. Therefore, it is necessary to use the Tao method to suppress it.

I was stunned, Zhang Renling, could Hu Renling be Zhang Renling?