Volume 2 Dynasty Chapter 248 Clay Sculpture
The words are divided into two ends, regardless of how Hong Xingquan will purge the evil cults and heretics around Fengfu City.
With the blessing of Wanli Mansion, Lu Xuan had already rushed to the southeast of Qingshui Village seventy miles away when the sky was bright, and there was a dense mountain forest.
Unlike what he imagined, Lu Xuan thought that he would encounter an ambush from the other party here.
After all, according to Liu Changsheng, their every move in Qingshui Village was under the surveillance of the other party, and it was reasonable to rush there and encounter an ambush.
However, when Lu Xuan arrived here, all he was left with was devastation.
I don't know what has smashed out of the dirt one after another, and there are some purple liquids accumulated in it, emitting a foul smell, and the surrounding trees seem to have been swept away by the wind, breaking and falling, making the huge mountain forest look like a ruin.
"Looks like it's late."
Lu Xuan walked in the mountains and forests and couldn't see the clues left by the other party, but there was one thing worth celebrating, that is, the direction that the true spirit taught him should be no problem, and this may probably be the place where Zhaozhao and Xiangxi fought.
She has a double-sided drum body, although using spells will consume a lot of longevity, but those immortal skills, Lu Xuan has seen them, and it is not so easy to be caught.
I just don't know, how is she doing now?
Did you run away?
Still is.......
Lu Xuan didn't dare to continue to think about it, although he didn't know why the people in Xiangxi were looking for Zhaozhao, he understood one thing, if it was a good thing, the battle between the two would definitely not be so serious.
Gotta find her soon.
Lu Xuan was thinking in his heart, and out of the corner of his eye, he just saw the messy footprints on the ground, leading straight to the outside of the mountains and forests.
Instead of rushing to follow, he opened the map he had with him.
Hong Xingquan said that Xiangxi is in the north of the Great Jin Dynasty.
As long as you go north, there is a high probability that you will collide, and after judging the direction, Lu Xuan confirmed that they were going north, because the direction of the footprints on the ground was also facing north
"Continuing to the north, there are no large towns within a hundred miles, but there are a few villages, if Zhaozhao is taken away by them, these villages should be their foothold."
Lu Xuan made a simple calculation in his heart, packed up the map, and pasted the Wanli charm on his ankle.
Liu Xianyuan gave him a total of five Wanli talismans, and now there are only three left.
Unlike the spells he is good at, the Wanli Fu seems to have no other consumption for the user except for the loss of physical strength and energy, which is a good thing.
It's a pity that time is pressing, Lu Xuan didn't have the slightest idea of saving it, and when a talisman was completely turned into paper ash on his ankle, he decisively pasted the second one.
In such a desperate hurry, when it was about to get dark, Lu Xuan finally saw a village.
The blue tiled houses lined up one after another in the dusk, no different from all the villages encountered on the road, both in terms of scale and in terms of looks.
Walking into the village, the children riding the ox were driving the chickens and ducks to the village, and some big girls and little daughters-in-law were washing clothes by the river, everyone's expressions were so normal, compared with the lifeless Qingshui Village before, it was a world of difference.
Lu Xuan had no plans to find a place to spend the night.
He also has three Wanli talismans in his hand, which is enough for him to chase him to the border of the Great Jin Dynasty, and the reason why he will stay in this place is nothing more than to see if the group of people in Xiangxi have stayed here, and also to see if there are any clues to Zhaozhao.
His method of inquiring about the news was very simple, he directly approached the women who washed clothes by the river and asked, but seeing his terrible appearance, although these women were afraid, they still had the courage to reply: "Our village is big, and the houses are scattered and built, and if there are any outsiders in the village to stay overnight, how do we know, if you want to find someone, you have to ask yourself." ”
Lu Xuan raised his eyes and looked at the village of Nuoda, his brows furrowed slightly, if he really went to inquire one by one, he didn't know how much time it would take, just as he was about to give these women some money and ask them to help go back and ask, but he heard one of the younger girls, showing a mouthful of white Sensen's teeth, and said with a smile:
"If you're really in a hurry, go under the locust tree in the middle of the village, and wait. After the big guy finishes eating, he will go to the end of the village to gather at the end of the village, and then you will just ask? ”
Lu Xuan estimated that he touched the sky, but he didn't think much about it, and walked straight towards the locust tree in the village.
The locust tree is supposed to be hundreds of years old, with a thick trunk that cannot be embraced by two or three adult men, and it is covered with red strips of cloth, like a place where villagers usually express their wishes.
Lu Xuan stood silently on the locust tree for a while, his eyes were lowered, and his worries and expectations were written in his eyes, but now he could only wait patiently.
I thought it would be a little longer, but soon, the situation changed, and the villagers, who had been dressed and had a good dinner, walked towards the end of the village in groups with lanterns.
Along the way, the villagers who seemed to be in a good mood laughed and chatted, and did not see the imaginary outsiders.
Lu Xuan sighed slightly, and was about to follow the villagers to the end of the village, when there were many people to ask questions, suddenly a few not-so-loud flutes sounded in the noisy crowd.
Looking for the sound, I saw a handsome young man with a silver collar around his neck and a colorful coat, and when he was walking towards the end of the village surrounded by several young people, Lu Xuan's heart suddenly tightened, this dress is definitely not what the people of the Great Jin Dynasty are wearing!
Unable to say what mood he was in, let alone thinking about it, Lu Xuan immediately jumped down from the tree, wanting to catch up with the young man and ask for clarification, but when he jumped off the locust tree, he looked in the direction where the flute came from again, but he could no longer see the figure of the previous person, only a few young people chatted and rushed towards the end of the village.
"What about people!"
Lu Xuan quickly chased after him, grabbed one of the young men and asked sharply.
"Who?" was suddenly caught by others, the man was obviously taken aback, and after looking Lu Xuan up and down, he couldn't help but say angrily: "Where did the madman come from, what are you doing to arrest me?" ”
"I ask you! The one who played the flute just now! The anger on Lu Xuan's body seemed to be condensed into substance at this moment, which made the young man, who was still a little angry, actually frightened, and said hesitantly: "What person? There's something flute there. ”
"Hey! You're a foreigner from there! Dare to go wild in our village, don't you? ”
"Loosen up! Otherwise, don't blame me for being polite. ”
When the young man's friends saw Lu Xuan suddenly rushing over, they all stepped forward and pushed him, which attracted many villagers to look at him for a while.
Lu Xuan hesitated for a moment, but finally let go of this person's wrist, and looked around, except for the discussion of the villagers, he couldn't see the person who played the flute before!
"Crazy people from there, how can anyone come to our village." After Lu Xuan let go, several young people hurriedly walked away as if they were avoiding the plague.
Is it a hallucination?
Looking at their departing figures, Lu Xuan was a little confused in his eyes, and after a little hesitation, he still followed.
It's just that just now, what he didn't notice was that there was a flesh-colored beetle crawling on the back of the necks of these young people, clinging tightly to the flesh and blood, and at first glance, it seemed as if it didn't exist.
After a short time, Lu Xuan followed them to the end of the village and stopped in front of a village temple.
Everyone's voices became much quieter, and some children would be dragged over by adults and slapped in the ass when they were noisy.
Everyone seems to be expecting something.
This scene inexplicably reminded Lu Xuan of the Five Passes God of Daqi, could it be that there are also some sacrifices here?
Just when Lu Xuan was hesitating in his heart whether to leave first or continue to look for the young man, in the black arch, a brown clay sculpture was swayed out by the temple blessing.
Judging from the appearance of the clay sculpture, it is very similar to the dolphin raised in the farmer's home, with a fat head and big ears, but there is no kind eyebrow and kind eyes, the facial features on the face are stretched into long strips and hung on the face, and the eyes are like two black and dark holes, and the whole looks like a monster.
"Oh! Oh! ”
All the village names gathered around to help Miao Zhu carry the clay sculpture and began to swing around the village.
"Bajie Temple?"
Looking at the plaque on the village temple, Lu Xuan muttered to himself.
In this way, Lu Xuan followed the villagers around the village, never seeing the young man wearing a silver collar around his neck just now, but he noticed another abnormality, watching the villagers keep swaying this strange clay sculpture, and circled around the village.
Every time it turns, the clay sculpture will be a little more red, and the afterglow of the setting sun and the open flame of the lantern will be sprinkled on it, as if putting on a layer of red veil for the clay sculpture.
The red clay sculpture was carried back to the end of the village and swayed back to the temple.
As soon as it was sent in, it was carried out of the temple with shouting, and then, in the midst of everyone's coaxing, it was carried into the temple again.
In this way, they went in and out, back and forth three times, and then they put the mud bodhisattva down in the temple and began to burn incense and kowtow to worship.
Lu Xuan also wanted to go in and have a look to see if the person would be in the temple, but the villagers surrounded the village temple so that Lu Xuan couldn't squeeze in at all.
As the day began to fall completely, they left the village temple and walked towards their homes.
"Where the hell have people gone? Could it really be my hallucination? Or did he use some more subtle spell? ”
Lu Xuan looked at the crowd that gradually dispersed, how could he not see the figure of the person before, and when he was thinking about a way, he suddenly heard a flute!
He turned around suddenly, only to see the young man who was wearing the collar before, standing in the temple and grinning at him!