June 25th

It's two o'clock

Qianjinli, Yuan Yu's family

"Do you think that monster will come again?" Yuan Yu squatted behind the door of the side house, turned his head to Huai Huang and said.

The two of them had been squatting here for nearly two hours since the night, but they didn't see any movement outside the window.

Huai Huang looked through the crack in the door, stared at the fish skin stacked on the low table in the courtyard by moonlight, and replied to Yuan Yu with confidence: "A pop pocket can make it come uninvited, and now that the whole piece of fish skin is placed here, I don't believe that this monster will be indifferent." ”

Yuan Yu rubbed his sleepy eyes after hearing this, and then yawned loudly, "I'm too sleepy to open my eyes, if it doesn't show up again, I'm going to meet Zhou Gong." ”

Huai Huang looked at him and smiled, "Either you take a nap first, and I'll take care of it." ”

Yuan Yu shook his head vigorously, after all, it was the only object left by his brother, so this slingshot was very important to him, and he didn't want to make himself look like an outsider. Thinking of this, Yuan Yu unconsciously cheered up and continued to crouch by the window lattice to peep.

After about two quarters of an hour, Yuan Yu, who had already fallen asleep, was woken up by Huai Huang, "Xuan Hui, wake up, that thing is here!"

Hearing Huai Huang's call, Yuan Yu instantly jumped up with a spirit, he got up and stuck to the window, and looked out along the gap between the window lattices.

I saw that under the reflection of the moonlight, a cloud of black mist slid down the courtyard wall, because the color was similar to the surrounding environment, it was difficult to detect it if you were not careful.

As if probing for a while, it began to move slowly towards the center of the courtyard. Yuan Yu and Huai Huang couldn't see the outline of the black shadow clearly in the room, and only vaguely saw a thick cloud of smoke around it.

"This thing has a long memory, I'm afraid I'm afraid I'm worried that there is an ambush around. Huai Huang snorted coldly, and continued to whisper: "I'll go up and catch it when it reaches the center of the courtyard, and you remember to help me with a rope when the time comes." ”

Yuan Yu nodded and gestured to Huai Huang. "Don't worry, I'll listen to you, and I'll go out as soon as you let me do it. ”

Looking at the monster in the courtyard again, seeing that there was no movement in the courtyard for a long time, he began to let go of his steps and walked towards the center of the courtyard.

He looked left and right, as if he were looking for something in the courtyard, and in a few moments he found the fish skin on the low table.

The black mist immediately became excited, and it sped up and ran to the front of the dwarf, slowly stretching out a pair of arms covered with scales, trembling and holding the fish skin. While the palm of his hand kept rubbing, his mouth also let out a whimper.

"Have you seen enough, you haven't put it down yet!" suddenly a man's scolding came from behind him.

The monster was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly turned his back to look for the source of the sound, only to see a man with a frosty face standing behind, holding a long knife with a ring in his hand and pointing at him.

This person is Huaihuang.

The black mist immediately put away Fang Cai's sorrow, and roared angrily at Huai Huang, and the black smoke that lingered around him suddenly dissipated, and then revealed its true face.

I saw that this monster was about seven or eight feet tall, two heads taller than Huaihuang. Its eyes bulged out like lanterns, and its half-open mouth was full of sharp teeth. The whole body is covered with black scales, and there is a long fish tail on the lower body, which looks very hideous and terrifying.

Yuan Yu saw the monster behind the door revealing the prototype and covered his mouth in fright.

But Huai Huang was not moved by the ugly horror of this goblin in the slightest, and still looked at it expressionlessly.

"Are you the demon who stole the slingshot that day? ”

After hearing Huai Huang's words, the monster not only did not calm down, but became furious. As soon as it landed, it flicked its huge tail and smashed it into Huaihuang, followed by a filthy fishy wind.

Huai Huang was already prepared for a possible surprise attack, and he hurriedly jumped backwards, easily dodging the attacking fishtail.

The monster's tail slammed into the ground, and for a moment it raised a burst of yellow hair.

"I knew it was a fish spirit, and I should have made a big net to catch it. Seeing Huai Huang and the fish spirit exchanging hands, Yuan Yu, who was hiding at the door, also clenched his fists nervously.

The fish spirit took advantage of the gap to dodge backwards, and quickly took the leather in his hand into his arms, and then it jumped and climbed onto the roof to escape.

"Yuan Xuanxuan!, you still don't make a move!?" Huai Huang turned his head and shouted at Yuan Yu at the door.

Yuan Yu was actually ready to go, just waiting for the password of Huaihuang. Hearing the other party call his name, he jumped out from behind the door with a single arrow.

For being injured by the fish spirit that day, Yuan Yu has always been angry, so he shouted to the monster: "You injured me in Yudefang in Luoyang City that night, the so-called courtesy is still exchanged, and I will return it to you now!"

As soon as the words fell, Yuan Yu raised his hand and threw the rope sleeve that had been prepared long ago at the fish essence.

Seeing the noose in Yuan Yu's hand, the fish spirit hurriedly waved it with his slippery long arm, wanting to shake off the rope.

But how did it know, Yuan Yu and Huai Huang had already woven a circle of sharp iron hooks on the noose, and the moment the rope was put on the arm, the barb on the noose immediately pierced into its flesh, and blood suddenly gushed out of the monster's arm.

Seeing this, Yuan Yu immediately pulled the rope tight, and the barbs on the noose became deeper and deeper into the flesh of the monster. It was trapped in a noose in its right arm and could not break free.

The sharp pain made the fish spirit start to struggle desperately, it grabbed the rope and slammed it back, and the sudden huge force dragged Yuan Yu to a stumbling ground, making him almost fall to the ground.

"Huai Famine, its strength...... It's too big! I can't hold it anymore!" Yuan Yu took a sharp breath and stood firm, pulling the rope with all his might.

The fish spirit's arm was already a blur of flesh and blood at this time, and his heart was even more violent. In a fit of rage, he raised his long tail and was about to slap Yuan Yu at it.

At this critical moment, Huai Huang quickly threw out the scabbard in his hand. The scabbard turned into a stream of fire and flew out, like a meteor, and then slammed into the belly of the fish spirit.

The huge impact caused the fish essence to be knocked to the ground in an instant, and the skin and flesh on the abdomen where it was hit by the scabbard immediately opened, and at the same time, it also emitted a burnt smell.

I saw that the fish spirit had his eyes closed, and he was prostrate on the ground and did not move.

"Since you don't know what to do, I'll finish you off today!" Huai Huang slowly landed in the air, holding a long knife in his hand and walked towards the fish spirit.

"Is it dead?" Yuan Yu also followed closely, hiding behind Huai Huang's shoulder and whispering, the battle just now still made him palpitate.

This was the first time Yuan Yu had seen this kind of evil monster head-on.

Huai Huang didn't speak, but stepped forward alone, he stretched out his foot and kicked the long tail of the fish spirit, a slippery and sticky touch came from his toes, this feeling couldn't help but make him frown.

"With this little strength, it shouldn't be enough to take its life. ”

"I'll go turn it over and take a look", Yuan Yu saw that the fish spirit was no longer moving, and hurried forward before Huai Huang could carefully probe it, and then rolled up his sleeves and prepared to lift the fish spirit lying on the ground.

As soon as Yuan Yu's hand stretched out, before it could touch the body of the fish spirit, the fish spirit suddenly turned around and let out a strange roar, waving its claws and quickly attacking Yuan Yu's throat.

"Be careful!" Huai Huang hurriedly grabbed Yuan Yu's collar behind him, and then kicked away the fish spirit's arm, pulling Yuan Yu back a few steps.

The fish spirit sneak attack failed, and while the two of them retreated, they struggled in pain, and the rope fell off from Yuan Yu's hand. Then it opened its mouth and exhaled a black mist with a fishy wind at the two of them.

Yuan Yu Huaihuang hurriedly turned his back to cover up, and by the time the black fog dissipated, the fish spirit had already escaped in the night.

"This monster really cheated to death, and even let it run away. Yuan Yu said with some deflatment.

Huai Huang squatted down and motioned to Yuan Yu to look at the blood stains on the ground, he picked up a handful of soil and asked, "Now that it is seriously injured, I'm afraid it won't be able to run far, Xuan Xuan, what rivers are there near Qianjinli?"

Yuan Yu rolled his eyes and thought: "To the east of Qianjinli is the boundary of Jinyong Township, and there is no river around there. Although there is a river flowing through Qianjinli to the west, it is fifteen miles away from here. The nearest river at the moment should be the Luo River, which is located ten miles to the southeast. ”

"Then let's track it in the direction of the Luo River, the fish spirit must not be out of the water for too long, it should not be willing to go far. Huai Huang stood up, and the long knife was about to set off.

"Let's go!" Yuan Yu nodded in response.

In the dense forest southeast of Qianjinli, two agile figures rushed under the moonlight.

"Xuan Hui, how long will it take to get to Luohe?" asked the red-clothed man who was running ahead.

Yuan Yu followed behind him and gasped for breath, his physical strength was a little unable to keep up, "Approximately...... There are still three or four miles to go, you should slow down! I can't catch up with ......."

Although Yuan Yu has learned a lot of kung fu from Huaihuang, he is a mortal in the flesh after all, and he is still far from being able to compare with Huaihuang's speed.

Huai Huang gradually slowed down when he heard this, allowing Yuan Yu to keep up with his pace.

It seems that Huai Huang's guess is correct, all the way from Qianjinli's home, there are a little blood stains on the ground every short distance, and there are large traces of Tengyue intermittently, presumably caused by the monster's huge fish tail.

It seems that it is indeed this route that escapes to the Luo River nearby.

"Wait a minute. Huai Huang suddenly stopped in front of him, and at the same time waved his hand to stop Yuan Yu.

The two stopped in front of a towering mound, about four or five feet high, with a neat and flat top, and a staircase looming around it leading to the top. At the top is half of the glazed brick tower, which looks a little crumbling.

But what is puzzling is that there is a lush vegetation all over the vicinity of the mound, but there is not a single weed on the mound.

"This is the immortal mound, and after here, it will be a short distance south to the Luo River. Yuan Yu squatted in front of the mound, and as he spoke, he picked up a weed from the ground and put it in his mouth. "My brother used to bring me here to play, and this weed is called sour root, and it tastes sweet and sour when chewed. ”

"Immortal Mound ......" Huaihuang paced to the mound, holding his chin with his left hand.

What exactly is this mound, Huai Huang already has some ideas in his heart, but he is not sure yet.

"What's that?" Yuan Yu looked at Huai Huang's gaze, and there was a huge stone tablet erected among the weeds not far away.

"It has always been said in the village that this is the tombstone of the immortals. Yuan Yu smiled embarrassedly and said, "I think it's also a secondary saying, how could an immortal be buried here." ”

Huai Huang silently walked to the monument, he pulled out a long knife, and with a few brushes, he slashed all the weeds around the boulder. After the weeds were cleared, a white jade stele about a foot high appeared in front of him.

Yuan Yu wiped off the soil on the stele with him, and after the soil was dispersed, he saw that the stele was densely engraved with graceful small characters.

Huai Huang stretched out his right hand and snapped his fingers, and a beam of fire burned from his fingertips, and the dazzling light instantly illuminated the surrounding area within a few feet. When Huaihuang vaguely saw the words engraved on the stone tablet, the corners of his mouth had unconsciously raised upward.

"Xuanxuan, you come to read the article written on this stone tablet. ”

"Is it an article engraved on it?" Yuan Yu leaned in curiously, he had always thought it was just a tombstone.

Yuan Yu approached the stele and observed it carefully, and then read the content on the stele eloquently:

"The vast river, the vast Qingluo. The source of the guide is bear's ear, and the flow control is huge. Nagu Tuyi, through the circumference of the flood. Near the river sect, far towards the sea. Zhao Weiluo food, really said in the soil. The upper should be Zhang Liu, and the lower should be according to Hesong. The cold and heat are like leaves, and the sun and the moon are melting. Emperor Shiguang house, Hanxia with the wind. In front of the small room, but the burden is too much, making rocks in the east, and steep in the west. The land of four dangers, the village of six reaches, the virtue is solid, and the loss is death. Looking at the ancient columns in detail, the mound tomb is Zen Naige, or quality or text. Zhou Yu nine columns, Han Ji three points, Wei Feng declined late, Jin Jing carved sun. Heaven and earth play, books are ordered, the emperor has the pole, and there is no competition for divine power. Wei Qi looked up to the sky, and the Xuanfu held the mirror. Xiyun Huichang, Long Tu was ordered. It is to look at the book track, and always cherish Baoding. The scenery of the place, the beautiful flood model, hit my crown, and I am the center. Both land and water, Zhou Zheng Jiaoqu. Dare to sue the Central District. ”

"On the twenty-sixth day of the third year of the Divine Turtle, Dr. Wei Guanglu, the general of the chariot and cavalry, made "Song of Songs" in the Yang of Yixi, and then re-erected the monument in the ...... of Ling"

"It turns out that this is not a tombstone!" Yuan Yu turned his head and said to Huaihuang in surprise, "I came here when I was very young, and the people in the village said that this is the tombstone of the gods. There are such stone tablets in front of the tombs in Pishan, and the villagers are almost literate, so it must be this way that it will be falsely transmitted. ”

Huai Huang stood with a knife on his back, raising his eyes to look at the mound of Saga, "The inscription engraved on the tablet is signed by Chang Yongchang, the Guanglu doctor of the Wei Dynasty." The article was written in praise of Luoshui Songjing. This mound is not a 'fairy mound', but a spiritual platform since the Han and Jin dynasties. ”

"Lingtai...... How did you find out?" asked Yuan Yu, confused.

"The stele was broken after the word 'spirit', presumably followed by the word 'Taiwan'. Since the Zhou and Han dynasties, the Taishi Ling of all dynasties observed the celestial phenomena in the Lingtai, and at that time there were armillary spheres, geodynamic instruments and star measuring rulers. When the Wei Dynasty Lingtai was deserted, at that time the king of Runan was interested in expounding the teachings, and built a glazed brick tower on the top of the platform to support the three treasures, and it was also recognized through the remnants of the tower that this is the old site of the Lingtai. ”

"The glass is so precious, someone actually used it to build a tower, it's really a luxury. Yuan Yu couldn't help but sigh.

He looked up, although the brick tower on the top of the platform was dilapidated, but under the moonlight, the remaining glass of the tower was still brilliant. It is not difficult to imagine how spectacular this glazed pagoda would have been when it was newly completed.

Thinking of chasing the fish spirit, Huai Huang put away his thoughts: "Keep chasing, just now I saw that there was blood on the ground again, and the monster should have run not far ahead." ”

Yuan Yu got up and clapped his hands when he heard this, and the two immediately continued to track.

After walking for about two or three miles, I saw that the eastern sky was white, and there was a faint sound of gurgling water. The two looked forward again, and the Luo River with the eastward slope was already in sight.

Not far from the bank of the Luo River, there are two huge willow trees. Behind the willow branches that cover the sky, a snow-carved jade mansion looms.