Chapter Twenty-Five: Past Lives
Today's old ape is still so chattering, after sending away a group of little demons, he called Mu Qing to sit on the stone slab in front of the temple gate, while enjoying the spring sunshine, while recalling the countless past events in his long life, from time to time he will laugh a few times, or, sigh sadly. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Mu Qing sat quietly on the side with a cane, sometimes echoing two sentences with the change of the old ape's mood, but from his expression and eyes, he seemed to be a little absent-minded.
The "two" sang and sat together for more than an hour, and the old ape finally discovered Mu Qing's abnormality, he stopped recalling, turned around and asked Mu Qing with some concern: "Sir, you have something on your mind, but the old ape has made you unhappy with so many words?"
"No, I can know a lot from listening to you talk about this, I'm too late to be happy, how can I get angry. ”
"So that's those little cubs?Sir, tell me who they are, and I'll teach him a good lesson when he comes back later!" The old ape was a little angry at this time, looking at him like that, if a little demon came back now, he would definitely be taught a miserable lesson.
"Okay, old ape, none of these, they all respect me, there is nothing disrespectful. As he spoke, Mu Qing stretched out his hand to pull down the old ape who had already stood up, but fortunately, the old ape had always respected him, so he sat down with him, otherwise, his arm would be broken again.
Waiting for the old ape to sit down against the wall, Mu Qing turned around and sat directly at the old ape in a very formal costume drama, looking at each other with a serious and resolute expression, which made the old ape a little confused. Then he spoke:
"Old ape, I have something to say to you!"
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Mu Qing stopped talking after speaking, and looked at the old ape so calmly, there was no confusion, seriousness, and determination in his eyes, but instead of a relieved ease and comfort, but the old ape did not have the original knowledge of being so calm, he looked at Mu Qing's eyes with some surprise in his eyes, and before he could speak, a giant wolf with black, white and gray fur suddenly appeared in the bushes, which was the little four-eyed who loved to be mischievous the most.
"So, you're not their husband at all, so what are we running down the hill every day! And, because of you, I've been beaten several times. No, I have to find you to come back!" As he spoke, Xiao Siyan sprinted towards Mu Qing. Looking at his size and speed, Mu Qing estimated that if he collided like this, he would definitely turn into dust, "That's fine, maybe I'll go back to the original world!" he thought.
It's a pity that the thoughts of the "two" were ruthlessly interrupted by the "demon king" of the old ape, he suddenly raised a foot, let the little four eyes plow a long one on the grass, and then didn't look at each other, and commanded in a deep voice: "You go down the mountain and watch, don't let other little demons come over." After speaking, he looked at Mu Qing with some sadness and a little hope:
"So, sir, you really can't remember anything?"
"Yes, as Little Four Eyes said just now, I am not your gentleman. So, all the things you've done so much have been in vain. If you're worried that I'm going to leak information about the Nanshan monster, please, have fun. After speaking, Mu Qing closed his eyes calmly.
I waited for a long time, but nothing happened. Mu Qing opened his eyes with some doubts, but saw the old ape's expression of crying and laughing.
"Sir is too worried, whether you remember it or not, you are still our sir, how can the old ape make a move on Mr. It's just a pity......."
Hearing what he said seemed to have other meanings, Mu Qing couldn't help but be a little curious: "It's a pity that I don't know anything, but how are you sure that I am your husband?"
The old ape smiled bitterly, "Mr. has really forgotten the past when he was reincarnated, but although you have forgotten this, the Earth God Judgment still remembers you." He raised his hand to stop Mu Qing's question, and then slowly explained: "The reason why Mr. was reincarnated in the first place was to avoid the judgment of this earth god, after all, your land god position is not only different from the mountain god Shuibo recognized by heaven and earth in the early years, but also different from the city god land canonized by the underworld now, you were forcibly arranged here by the ghost book of the underworld." ”
Mu Qing sat aside and listened quietly, no longer asking questions, the old ape just stopped him, which meant that he would explain this to himself, so he was no longer in a hurry, so he quietly listened to the old ape slowly tell those past events with curiosity and doubt.
"After the end of the war, there were also several land gods canonized here, but they were too greedy, bent on expanding the territory, occupying a hundred miles under the mountain is not enough, and using divine power to open up fields here, build villages, this land temple and the ruins in front of it were built at that time, so there are still traces after thousands of years. ”
"It's just that in this way, it is a taboo of monsters in the mountains, and some of them are anxious to go out of the mountain to swallow those lands, but fortunately, just after the war, the heavenly court and the earth are newly established, and this is close to the north, so those immortals have not paid attention to these, so after a few times, they sent Mr. to this place. When Mr. first arrived here, a monster came here to provoke, and as a result, he had this crutch. After speaking, the old ape looked at the crutches in Mu Qing's hand with nostalgia.
"The monster knows the power of Mr., and later the king spoke, everyone understands, although Mr. was not famous during his lifetime, but he must also be a powerful party, and the underworld sent Mr. here, I am afraid that he also has the intention of guarding against the monsters of the north, but Mr. has been guarding here for thousands of years, but he has never reported the situation in the mountains, and even sometimes pointed a finger at us; ”
"Mr. cultivation and knowledge are extraordinary, and he is kind to us, the monsters in the mountains often come here to ask you for advice, and even the king often invites Mr. into the mountains to talk about the mysteries, and we have been in peace for thousands of years. Until a thousand years ago, Mr. left suddenly, and the monsters never came out of the mountain again, and I was the only one, and occasionally brought some demons here to train, but I didn't want to see Mr. again. ”
"After Mr. left, there were also monsters to the king asked, according to the king, Mr. soul was sealed in the ghost book of the underworld, memory and spiritual consciousness by its day and night, in the long run, the memory will eventually be wiped out by it, turned into a puppet of the underworld, so Mr. on a thunderstorm night, start the spell, the soul turned out, intending to escape from the seal, now it seems that Mr. did not escape all the soul, which led to the foot of the South Mountain for thousands of years has not changed the land god, and Mr. not only failed to escape, even the memory was wiped out due to the failure of the spell. Alas......"
"As for why the old ape recognized Mr., the reason is also in this ghost book. Mr.'s soul is forbidden by it, and the earth god judgment given by it is naturally connected to Mr.'s soul, and even this land god statue is also stained with the breath of Mr.'s soul. And although the gentleman is fragile, he is kind in nature, and he does not discriminate because we are demons, and he does not have the intention of reporting meritorious service to the Heavenly Court of the underworld, so the old ape took these little cubs to practice here with peace of mind. ”
Mu Qing smiled bitterly in his heart: It's not that I don't want to, but I don't know how to report it at all! But this group of monsters is very respectful and friendly to him, and it took a lot of effort to help him recover.
"Sir, please rest assured, as long as you are not lost by the ghost book for a day, you will always be our sir, if you become a puppet of the underworld, we will naturally arrange Mr.'s whereabouts, of course, that is also arranged by Mr. before. As for what to dispose of, please don't mention it again, sir, otherwise, those little cubs will be beaten for it. You say yes, little four-eyed!" said the old ape, picking up a stone and throwing it towards the bushes beside him.
Before the words fell, there was a scream of "whoo" from the bushes, and Xiao Si rolled out of it with his head covered by his paws in front of his eyes, but after him, a giant wolf with white hair came out, which was the little white sister in the mouth of Xiao Siyan, she first bowed down to the old ape, and then ran over to the old ape, and said to him like a girl: "Grandpa Ape I'm sorry, I was originally doing a task at the bottom of the mountain, but Xiao Siyan had to ask people to come over, saying that there was a secret to talk about......." After speaking, it was also "amorous" glanced at the little four eyes rolling on the ground, as for what it meant, Mu Qing didn't know.
The old ape was also quite helpless about this, so he had to say to her in a stern tone: "This matter has rarely been spread in the mountains, and there are not many monsters who know about it, but now that you have heard it, you will rot in your stomach and can't say it again." If there is a leak, I don't need to do it, the king will come forward to punish, do you hear clearly, those in the grass?"
At this time, a low child's voice came from the grass: "Hear clearly!" , and then the little demons came out of it one by one. Mu Qing counted the number of them, plus the two outside, no more, no less, just all of them led by the old ape, so that the old ape couldn't help but roar: "Little four eyes!" The other party who was lying on the ground and secretly watching with his paws covered his eyes was so frightened that he covered his head again, and rolled miserably on the ground, turning his anger into laughter, and the hand that was originally raised was helplessly put down.
"Okay, that's all for the morning's task, you go and help the unfinished ones to finish up, and then go find something to eat yourself, and remember to gather in the open space in front of you in an hour. ”
As soon as the old ape's words fell, the little demons let out a burst of cheers, and then ran to Mu Qing's side, drowning him in a head, squeezing the old ape aside by the way, and then asked in a gossipy voice: "Sir, sir, what did you look like when you were reincarnated?" "Sir, tell me what is going on outside." "Sir, are there any monsters out there, are they all the same as us......?" It was already very big to be surrounded in a head, and the little demons asked so messily, Mu Qing felt that his brain had become a mess, and he didn't know how to answer at all, but fortunately, there was still an old ape, and he easily relieved him.
I only heard a few cold coughs outside, and then the old ape's somewhat gloomy voice sounded: "It seems that there are too few tasks for you at the time, and there is too much time, it's still early, you better do another round of tasks and talk about other things!"
In the complaints of the boys and girls, the beasts were squeezed away from behind, and the thin figure of the old ape appeared in front of Mu Qing, he stretched out his hand and said to Mu Qing: "Sir, please also take the judgment of the earth god!"
Mu Qing looked at the old ape with a somewhat gloomy face, turned his head to look at the big heads full of grievances and pleadings around him, and couldn't help but feel a little pity for these little monsters, he opened his mouth and said: "Old ape, don't do this, they have been running for several days, today is a holiday, let them take a rest." ”
The old ape had a calm face, half-squinted his eyes and swept the surrounding demons, so that he and Mu Qing were quickly emptied, and the little demons directly let go of a large circle, he seemed to be very satisfied with the result, the corners of his mouth were slightly upturned, and then Shi Shiran walked to Mu Qing and sat down, and then said in a calm voice: "Since Mr. has pleaded for you, why are you still standing stupidly, why don't you hurry up and line up here to hand over the task, by the way, let Mr. tell us what the place where he was reincarnated is like......
What he said earlier was very serious, but when he heard the back, Mu Qing was a little speechless, and you did so much in front of you, just to pave the way for the latter sentence. Looking at the cheering little demons and the old ape smiling at him, he couldn't help but smile bitterly and explained: "I was reincarnated in a very ordinary place, there have never been monsters and monks, and I should have been damaged in soul at that time, and I was so confused that I couldn't even recognize the words, until I went to the Land Temple to take shelter from the rain on a thunderstorm, and then I returned here." "Reincarnation is acceptable after all, but traveling through time and space is too unexpected, and although the youkai accept him, it's not good to be too shocking.
A sigh of disappointment around Mu Qing made Mu Qing feel that if he didn't say something interesting, he was afraid that he would be disappointed in himself, but fortunately, the Chinese culture was broad and profound, although he had spent more than 20 years in vain, he could still remember something, so he told a ghost legend under the "eyes of everyone", and finally satisfied the curiosity of the monsters, and the little demons handed in the task, so they left with peace of mind.