Chapter 180: The Holy Maiden of Miao Jiang
As soon as he approached the Bird Gate, he didn't know where to go from the depths, so three extremely long vines flew from afar, wrapped Wei Qimu, Huang Zhen and the Sparrowhawk around their waists and took them to the depths of the Bird Gate.
In the bird gate, the outside world style has been changed, but it is colorful and brilliant like a palace. On both sides of the main hall, there are dozens of maids and maidservants, wearing clothes woven from various leaves, revealing strips and traces of ruddy skin in the leaf cracks, and ** calves, forearms and feet, there is a unique exotic style. In addition to the women, there was also a layer of young men wearing feather coats and covering half of their faces with their wings, all of them handsome and burly, carrying swords and blades on their backs.
On the high seat lay a white-haired old woman, covered with a colorful feather coat, about sixty or seventy years old, with kind eyebrows and kind eyes, and always looked amiable, but her face was ruddy, like a girl. This old woman is the master of the Bird Gate who is famous in the Southern Zhao, and everyone in the rivers and lakes respectfully calls her "Bird Mother". Next to the carved chaise longue was a crested snake-patterned Ugin cane.
Sparrowhawk introduced Wei Qimu and Huang Zhen to the mother of the finch. When the finch mother heard this, she straightened up, paused and said, "It turned out to be a distinguished guest of the Tang Sect, and I forgive the old man and couldn't welcome him far away. After speaking, he ordered the left and right to look at the seats.
Huang Zhen saw the mother of the bird, didn't care about being polite, and was busy explaining the reason to her.
After hearing this, the finch mother said in her heart, "Why did they still provoke the Dongying people?" But in a blink of an instant, the finch mother said to Wei Qimu: "Since you are the ancestor of Tang Jue of the Tang Sect, you should call me an old sister." Since she is a sister and brother, there is no reason why the old body should not be saved. 」
At the moment, a personal maid was arranged to bring Wei Qimu into the secret room where he practiced and stripped off his clothes. The mother finch retreated left and right, leaving only the sparrowhawk and Huang Zhen aside. The mother finch abandoned the crested snake crutch and crossed her knees to carry the work. I saw that she performed a secret technique on Wei Qimu's back and chest, and applied a silver needle, which went straight into the blood, and then supplemented by stone medicine, and after a short time, she was tired and panting, and her forehead was sweaty. After only half an hour, he trembled and stood up, and was grabbed by the sparrowhawk.
Huang Zhen hurriedly looked at Wei Qimu, and saw that there was nothing wrong with him, and he was not healed at all, so he hurriedly asked the mother finch how she was. The finch mother shook her head again and again, and sighed, "It's not that the old body is unwilling to do his best, it's just that this Dongying spell is really rare and rare. Although I am good at using poison to detoxify, I don't know anything about spells. It's really strange that the old body just used the secret technique of my Bird Gate, the 'Blood Activation Method', to no avail at all......
When Huang Zhen heard this, she was full of sorrow, and said hurriedly: "Even the finch mother can't save him, is there any other way in this world?!"
The finch mother gasped and said, "Little girl, don't worry, the old body has already said that there is no reason not to save Brother Wei. Although I don't have such skills, I do have a good neighbor who has such skills......
Huang Zhen hurriedly said, "Dare to ask who the neighbor master in the mouth of the predecessor is?
The mother said, "What is she...... She is the saint of Miaojiang, and she is in the Thunder Mountain of Qianzhong Road. 」
Huang Zhen said, "I'm going to Lei Mountain to beg her, but I'm afraid that Qimu won't be able to hold out there. 」
The mother sighed again, "I still have a treasure in my gate, which can be extended for a while. The old man is incompetent and can't save Brother Wei's life, and the right to this medicine will be handed over to you, I hope he can be safely delivered to Delei Mountain. After speaking, he took the medicine from the secret room and handed it to Huang Zhen.
Huang Zhen took the medicine, but saw that it was a brown box, but it was the size of a punch. She was not in a hurry to inspect it, but put it in her arms and thanked the mother finches.
The mother of the finch sent Wei Qimu and Huang Zhen out of the finch gate, and suddenly slammed the ground with a pestle, and then raised her head to the sky and let out a crisp whistle. After the whistle sounded, the wind in the forest was loud, and the sand and dust were flying, and several large objects rushed out of the forest.
Wei Qimu and Huang Zhen looked at it, but saw that it was a big thing with four heads like birds and beasts. Its body is like a wild goose, its hooves are like a camel, its whole body is pale and black, it is eight or nine feet high, and it has two wings on its back, which is more than a foot long, and it spreads its wings and walks, like running like flying, and it is faster than a horse galloping.
The mother said, "The Thunder Mountain Road is far and difficult, and ordinary mules and horses are not very helpful. These are the four big sparrows that the old man got from the Tocharians a few years ago, and they have been kept in the door for a long time, so today he will let them travel with Brother Wei in a cart, and strive to get to Delei Mountain one day earlier to cure the old disease, so that the old body can be relieved. 」
This great finch was a fowl of Tochar, and was called an ostrich at the time. Si Bird is good at climbing mountains and crossing waters, fluttering its wings like clouds, running like flying, and has infinite strength, can pull loads and objects, and run thousands of miles tirelessly.
Wei Qimu and Huang Zhen thanked the mother of the finch repeatedly, said goodbye to the people of the finch gate at the moment, got into the carriage pulled up by the four big ostriches, and rushed all the way to Miaojiang.
Before leaving, the mother finch handed Huang Zhen another token, which was a dagger. The Mother of the Sparrows commanded, "If you see the holy woman, show her this dagger, and say that you are friends with the master of this dagger." The holy woman sees this dagger, one = will definitely try her best to save Brother Wei. It's just that Miao Jiang and my Bird Gate have some grievances, and it is best not to mention the word "Bird Gate" in front of her, so as not to make her feel disgusted and unwilling to do her best. 」
Huang Zhen kept it in mind.
In the middle of the Tang Dynasty, there is a place outside the country, which has never been subject to the constraints of the imperial court. The people who live in that land are Miao people, and their land is called Miao Jiang. There is a holy place in Miaojiang, called Lei Mountain. There are thousands of villages on the mountain, and each village has a leader, called the holy woman. Since the Qin Dynasty, successive imperial courts have assigned Miao Xinjiang to the national territory, but they have never really occupied it. No matter how many troops and horses you have, strong crossbows and iron hooves, you don't want to break through the Lei Mountain Miao Village. Therefore, Miao Jiang has been isolated from the temple.
Wei Qimu and Huang Zhen relied on the power of the ostrich and the effect of the treasure medicine to finally make it to Thunder Mountain. When they arrived at the foot of Lei Mountain, a team of men and horses with short knives rushed down from the mountain and surrounded Wei Qimu and Huang Zhen.
Huang Zhen reported her intentions, took out the short dagger given by the mother of the bird, handed it to the leader, and said, "Please ask my brother to hand over this thing to the holy woman, and say that we have something to ask for." 」
When the man saw the word engraved on the dagger, he did not delay, but hurriedly sent the messenger to the holy woman.
After a while, a figure floated out of the mountain. Like clouds blowing down the sky, it seems to be inhabited by the crowd. The figure landed, it was the Miaojiang Holy Maiden Xie Chenchen.
Since ancient times, Miao Xinjiang has not allowed people to go out of Xinjiang, and outsiders are not allowed to enter Xinjiang. Despite this, there are always amorous people who yearn for the outside of the territory. The last saint of Miao Jiang, who was also Xie Chenchen's mother, went out of Xinjiang privately when she was young, fell in love with a ranger, and gave birth to a daughter. Therefore, this Xie Chenchen was born to the Miao people and the Han people, and Xie Chenchen is the Han surname and Han name, and he is the only one in Miao Xinjiang.
After Xie Chenchen's mother died, Xie Chenchen succeeded to the position of saint. The villages in Miaojiang were not satisfied with Xie Chenchen, but she did not expect that her mother passed on her skills, and her martial arts were almost up to heaven, and she overwhelmed the masters of each village, so she was convinced. Xie Chenchen is just a young girl, and she didn't want to be a saint, but her mother said on her deathbed that she must be a saint in order to save her father. Xie Chenchen had no choice but to subdue the villages of Leishan by force, and ordered the villages around Leishan to be subdued.
The Miao Jiang saint Xie Chenchen saw the flying knife engraved with the word "Xie", and her eyes couldn't help but burst into tears. The short dagger was as clear as jasper, with lines on it, like leaf lines. This is exactly his father Xie Qingfeng's "leaf picking dagger", which can fly hundreds of steps away to pick leaves, and there is no lack of hair. It was with this hand-picking that Xie Qingfeng won the heart of Xie Chenchen's mother.
Wei Qimu looked at Xie Chenchen, but saw that his face was cold, but it was not like Luo Xia's face like autumn frost, rejecting people thousands of miles away; his body had a fairy spirit, but it was not as bright as the stars like Su Ruyue, and he did not eat the fireworks of the world; his eyebrows and eyes were charming, but he was not as soulless as Yi Chengcheng, and it was difficult to extricate himself; his figure was slender, but not as charming as Zhang Fengchen, and it was particularly attractive.
Wei Qimu only glanced at it, and felt that she was worthy of being a saint of Miaojiang, a mortal, but not like a mortal, how holy it was. Xie Chenchen glanced at Huang Zhen and then at Wei Qimu, and finally said in his heart, "Where did you get this 'leaf picking dagger'. Its sound is so clear that it is like a mountain spring.
Huang Zhen said: "It was an old man who gave it to the two of us, and he asked us to take this dagger to find you, saying that you will understand when you see this dagger. 」
Xie Chenchen saw that Huang Zhen's words were not leaky, and it was not appropriate to ask for details at the foot of the mountain, so he invited the two to go up the mountain together. Wei Qimu was carried by several strong men with bamboo chariots.
The scenery on the mountain is beautiful, the terrain is precipitous, both sides of the mountain road are bright posts and secret posts, and there are open guns and secret crossbows, borrowing natural danger and manpower, it is really easy to defend and difficult to attack. To the top of the mountain, there is a big village towering on it, called the thundercloud village. There is a council hall in the stockade. There was only one maid in colorful clothes waiting in front of the hall.
Entering the hall, Xie Chenchen asked about picking the leaf dagger again. Huang Zhen said: "This dagger is indeed a gift from an old man. 」
Xie Chenchen said, "Where are the others?"
Huang Zhen said, "I haven't seen him for several years. He once said that if there is a danger, you can go to Miaojiang to find the holy woman to help. 」
Xie Chenchen repeatedly asked about the person's voice and appearance, but Huang Zhen covered it up, and only said that it was a one-sided relationship in the rivers and lakes. Xie Chenchen couldn't find out his father's whereabouts, he was disappointed and hesitant. But since someone came to find him with a leaf picking dagger, he must be a friend rather than an enemy.
After thinking about it for a while, Xie Chenchen said, "Since you are my father's deceased, I will do my best to help. 」
At this time, Wei Qimu and Huang Zhen realized that this leaf picking dagger was the object of the father of the Holy Maiden of Miaojiang. Huang Zhen looked at Wei Qimu and said resolutely, "I only ask you for one thing, save him. 」
Xie Chenchen glanced at Wei Qimu a few times, but didn't see any clues, so he asked, "What disease did he have, or what injury did he suffer?"
Huang Zhen said, "He wasn't sick or injured, but he was under a spell. 」
The corners of Xie Chenchen's eyebrows locked slightly, and he whispered, "Spells?"
Huang Zhen said, "Yes, it's a spell of Dongying Onmyoji, it seems to be called some kind of 'Soul Tribulation Heaven Decay Curse'. 」
Xie Chenchen said, "Onmyoji? 」
Huang Zhen was not deflated when she heard this. Xie Chenchen said again: "Although I don't know what means the Onmyoji has, but the bottom of the spell in this world is similar to witchcraft, and our Miao Jiang's Gu art is a kind of witchcraft, and there may be a cure method. 」
Huang Zhen was overjoyed when she heard this. Xie Chenchen asked Wei Qimu again, "Do you think there is anything unusual about you?"
Wei Qimu said: "But I feel that my strength is gradually declining, my heart is getting weaker and weaker, I am drowsy, and I can't help myself. 」
Huang Zhen hurriedly said: "He once took a pill of marrow cleansing pill, and he recovered as before, he thought he had solved the spell, and he didn't want to ...... again."
Xie Chenchen muttered, "Since marrow washing is useful, it can be seen that blood exchange is also useful. 」
Huang Zhen heard nothing and asked, "What is blood exchange?"
Xie Chenchen said: "I have my own way to exchange blood, but it's just ......."
The maid hurriedly said, "Holy Maiden, don't do it! That's the Holy Maiden's natal Gu, how can it be used to save people?"
As soon as these words came out, Wei Qimu and Huang Zhen didn't know why, but the maid had been dismissed by Xie Chenchen, and she didn't dare to say anything more.