Chapter 62: Murderous Hexagram
The top of the cliff is vacant about ten zhang of flat land, bare, and there is not even a few grasses to be seen.
Sun Zhongdao took advantage of the towering terrain to look around into the distance and asked, "Look where you should go." ”
Feng Junzi didn't know anything about the southeast and northwest, so he pretended to be serious, looked east and west, and then said, "Speaking of which...... We don't seem to have been here before, so I don't know if we ran the wrong way in front of us, and it looks very unfamiliar everywhere. ”
Jin Wanjun also pretended to be relaxed and said, "This is good, but it is a good location for viewing." ”
"Just look at the scenery...... Brother Xian, since we are lost, we might as well test a few more hexagrams, and let Master Zu show us the way. ”
"Hexagram measurement?" said Gentleman Feng, "Looking for monsters, can you still rely on hexagram measurement?"
Sun Yidao said: "Of course, we found you by relying on the hexagram and under the guidance of the ancestors, otherwise the forest is so big, why do we have to run to you." ”
No wonder they believe in us, and it is not a chance encounter to make trouble for a long time, it is their "grandfather" who pointed them the way. If you "Ancestor Master" are really so spiritual, why don't you know that we are fooling you? Feng Junzi doesn't believe in any gods and ghosts, so he feels secretly funny.
"Without further ado, it's just here that it's a sign, so it's good to start a hexagram on the spot. ”
As Sun Zhongdao spoke, the index finger and middle finger of his right hand were brought together, and his fingertips condensed his strength and waved towards the ground.
Hearing a "swish", the finger force actually drew a five-foot-long mark on the ground in the air. After that, Sun Zhongdao pointed one finger after another, and then drew four horizontal and vertical lines on the ground one after another, arranged in the shape of a nine-square grid.
At the same time, Sun Yidao bowed three times to the southeast, northwest, and northwest, chanting words in his mouth, and threw three incense sticks into the air. I saw that the three incense sticks, as if they had eyes, fell high from the air, and then firmly inserted into the nine palaces, seemingly irregularly arranged.
"What hexagram?" asked Sun Zhongdao.
"Unlucky, unlucky. Sun Yidao looked at the three incense sticks of Jiugong Geri, pinched his knuckles, and muttered: "Master Zu said that this trip is not good. ”
Feng Junzi didn't know what hexagrams were either, but when he heard the words "this trip is not good", he was full of joy, and hurriedly said: "Master Zu has spoken, is that telling us to hurry back the same way?"
"No, no. Sun Yidao shook his head, "The meaning of this hexagram is a dilemma, and it is a bad omen." ”
"I said I shouldn't have come, you see, your ancestors are not happy. Jin Wanjun said bluntly.
"Dilemma...... What can I do about this?" Sun Zhongdao looked at the road behind him and the swamp close to it, and then looked at the bottomless black pressed dense forest on the other side of the cliff, and his eyebrows twisted.
If you are in a dilemma, then you must not make a multiple-choice question! Feng Junzi was determined, he looked at the winding ridge connecting the top of the cliff here, and said: "Why don't we advance or retreat, and touch down the ridge, maybe there will be a turnaround?"
"And take another hexagram. Sun Yidao stepped forward and pulled out three sticks of incense, jumped out of the nine-square grid, recited the scriptures in his mouth again, threw the incense into the air, and saw a few sticks of incense inserted back into the nine-square grid, forming a hexagram.
"What did Master Zu say?" this time, even Gentleman Feng said urgently.
"Also...... It's still a big murderer. ”
"Isn't it bad?"
"It's not just bad, but bad luck means that something terrible is bound to happen. ”
"I can't see it. Jin Wanjun said, "I don't know what kind of knowledge you have in this hexagram, and you tell me, how can this incense be considered a good omen?"
Sun Yidao pointed to the three palace grids and said: "We are dividing the direction, if the three incense sticks fall in these three grids, it is a good omen." ”
"What's so hard about that. Jin Wanjun walked into the Jiugong Grid with a big grin, pulled out the three incense sticks and took them in his hand, and then inserted them into the grid of auspicious signs one by one according to Sun Yidao's guidance, and said happily, "Look, in this way, isn't it a good omen." ”
The Sun brothers didn't notice what he was going to do at first, but when they saw him regard the hexagram as child's play, they couldn't help but be so frightened that they immediately knelt down and kowtowed to the air, and kept muttering, "My friend doesn't know the rules...... Grandpa is not strange, grandpa is not strange......"
"What, did I do something wrong?" Looking at this battle, Jin Wanjun looked innocent and looked at Feng Junzi Dao.
Feng Junzi pouted and whispered to him: "You are right, we must believe in science and oppose superstitious activities. However, they are Taoist priests, and unlike our beliefs, you seem to be disrespecting their beliefs and violating the principle of freedom of belief. ”
I saw Sun Zhongdao get up and say angrily to Jin Wanjun: "You kid, you are really nonsense." When you start the hexagram, the gods are all on the incense, you are so disrespectful to the gods, and you don't kneel and kowtow to admit your mistakes. ”
Jin Wanjun glanced at Feng Junzi and saw that he made a gesture of invitation, so he had to reluctantly kowtow a few times, which was to admit his mistake.
Giving him such a fuss, the Sun brothers didn't seem so worried.
Sun Zhongdao said: "You don't know the rules, but borrowing your hand to pose this auspicious omen, it finally has the meaning of turning danger into disaster and turning evil into good fortune, so we will explore along the ridge." ”
After making trouble for a long time, you don't dare to put it yourself, I have set it up for you, I don't want to admit it, and I can't bear this good omen in my heart, and I say that it is disrespectful to the gods, and I am told to kowtow to the blame. Jin Wanjun, who kowtowed a few times, only felt wronged in his heart.
The four of them walked all the way along the ridge, and the terrain also went from high to low, and walked to the top of the cliff half high, and a gap suddenly appeared at the flat ridge, as if the giant pit smashed by the gods with a hammer on the ridge, forming a unique hole in the mountain wall that was several zhang in size.
"There's something quirky about this place. Standing on the top of the cave, Sun Zhongdao looked down, and couldn't help but be suspicious in his heart. It doesn't look like a natural cave, but rather it has been dug out by hand.
But there was a faint smell of fishy smell from the cave, and everyone only smelled a trace of it, and felt a wave of nausea in their stomachs, and their throats couldn't stop nauseating.
"There's something in there. Sun Yidao endured the stench and jumped down into the cave, and Sun Zhongdao jumped in after him.
Feng Junzi and Jin Wanjun had to climb the stone wall and slowly descend, landing steadily, but they felt that the soles of their feet were soft, and there was a thick layer of soft grass in the hole, which was obviously something deliberate.
"This must be some kind of monster's lair. Sun Zhongdao said while investigating.
Feng Junzi also had a bad feeling in his heart, "No, after running so far, did we really find a monster's lair?"
Sure enough, everyone found many broken bones and rotting remains close to the cave wall, but it was not clear what kind of animal it was, but judging by the size of the bones, at least it was a goat or a wild deer-like thing.
"But you can find the lair of the demon beast, look at its prey, this thing must be not small. Seeing that he had found the right place, Sun Zhongdao was very excited, "Master Zu is really wise, take you with you, even if you run the wrong way, you can touch the lair of the demon beast." ”
"Your grandfather, don't be so spiritual, he also said that this is a bad omen. Jin Wanjun muttered.
"Don't be afraid, while the monster hasn't come back yet, we'll set up a mechanism formation, and when it comes back, we will definitely catch it easily. Sun Yidao said as he busily took out all kinds of objects from his arms.
These two stinky Taoists are very crazy. But without them, we can't leave. We can't go down the cliff when we go back, so we ...... I'm afraid it's the way the monster is back to the nest. Jin Wanjun and Feng Junzi had to endure the stench in the cave, and stood aside stupidly, watching the Sun brothers arrange the mechanism in the cave.
I hadn't seen it before, but in addition to the flying zipline in the arms of the Sun brothers, there were many strange good things hidden.
The two first arranged some plum blossom spikes outside the cave, and then arranged several fist-sized lotus metal boxes inside the cave. Eventually, the four of them returned to the ridge from which they had come. Sun Zhongdao took out a few medicine bottles and sprinkled the yellow powder inside on the cave wall below.
"Get it done. Sun Zhongdao clapped his hands, as if he was very satisfied with the layout.
"We're waiting for the monster to come back, and judging by the situation, it should come down the hill, and we'll hide it here. Sun Yidao took out the flying rope, held the silver claw in his hand, and looked at Feng Junzi and Jin Wanjun again, "I'll show you how our brothers subdue demons and eliminate demons in a moment." ”
The monster that can stop the waist and build a nest on this ridge, whether it is velvet or not, is definitely not a fuel-efficient lamp. If there is a real fight in a while, the two stinky Taoist priests will not work, and we will have to find a way to slip away first. Feng Junzi thought of that fierce hexagram, but his heart was intimidated before he could fight.
After that, everyone lay down on the rock wall outside the cave, and waited for another hour, when it was getting late, and the sunset had just sunk into the horizon, and as darkness came, a dark wind suddenly blew from under the mountain, and a black shadow flashed into the cave.
The thing came very fast, half of the plum blossom nails arranged outside the cave were rolled up by it, just into the hole, and touched the lotus box, only to see the metal box "buzz" and bounce open, shooting out a rain of flowers like long needles. One box was driven, and all the remaining boxes were activated, and the cave was shrouded in a rain of needles for a while. Jin Wanjun and Feng Junzi only dared to show half of their heads to look at it, for fear of being hit by flying needles shooting everywhere.
Although he didn't see the appearance of that guy clearly, but seeing that he had suffered a lot of hidden weapons, Sun Zhongdao was overjoyed and yelled at the thing: "Monster, don't kneel in front of the Dao Master yet." ”
Only then did the black shadow feel a thousand pains coming, and found that someone had been ambushed in his nest earlier, only to feel that the territory had been invaded, and let out an angry roar towards the place where everyone was hiding, shaking the surrounding mountain walls for a while.
The two sides looked at each other, and everyone saw clearly that the black shadow turned out to be a big insect with pure black hair and shiny scarlet eyes.
Seeing that it was not Rong'er, Feng Junzi breathed a sigh of relief, at this time, the last thing he wanted to provoke was Tang Gong'e's half-crippled. It's funny to think about it, Tang Gong'e injured the lower half of his body, and the Sun brothers injured his upper body, maybe these three people will sympathize with each other when they meet.
Just as he was thinking, he saw the black beast stomping on all fours and leaping towards everyone like lightning. Feng Junzi was shocked, and just wanted to turn his head and run, he heard Sun Zhongdao laugh and said, "I'm afraid you won't come." ”
I don't know when, Sun Zhongdao actually held a burning fire fold in his hand, and threw it towards the mountain wall below, and the spark hit the yellow powder before, and a yellow fire dragon suddenly rose, rolling the big insect that flew into the firelight.
The black beast's whole body was swallowed by the firelight, and it let out a sad roar, Sun Zhongdao and Sun Yidao slapped their palms towards the monster wrapped in the fire ball, shook the fire dragon back into the hole, and slammed it into the bottom of the hole, and the fire ball ignited the thick dry grass at the bottom of the cave in a blink of an eye, as if it was poured with fire oil, and it burned into a piece with a bang.
For a while, the fire burned in the hollow halfway up the mountainside, and a black shadow with sparks rolled up and down in the fire, roaring from time to time.