chewing dragon

Chapter 237
Lovesickness is thousands of miles away, and the bright moon is hanging alone.

The young man in a black robe with a silver belt and a gold medal hanging around his waist looked around, and saw that on this late autumn night, when the dew condensed into the clouds and the frost fell in the sky, the moonlight in the sky became more and more desolate and hazy, and the cold air descended, creating a large white mist , covering mountains and forests, misty four fields.

He seemed to have a feeling, and said softly: "With the obstruction of the Xiuling Mountains, the cold air in late autumn really comes much later than in Liaozhou."

When he said this, the boy was sitting on the back of a black and white tiger-striped strange beast, and was speeding along a winding eastward road on the edge of the foothills.

A moon-white unicorn cub protruded half its body from his arms, holding a translucent bead in a small paw, trying to reach the moon in the sky.

This bead bloomed with a faint brilliance under the moonlight, and the shadow of toads and osmanthus could be faintly seen inside.

The man and the beast walked for a while, and the white mist around them became thicker and thicker, and the sound of wind and birdsong in the forest beside them gradually became inaudible.

"just so so!"

The unicorn cub let out an annoyed cry, because the moonlight falling from the top of his head had weakened a lot, and even the bright pearl became dim, no longer as beautiful and magical as before.

The little guy quickly withdrew his little paws that were holding onto the bright pearl, and then shrank his whole body into the young man's arms, revealing only a pair of big watery eyes, staring at the increasingly dense and damp white mist ahead, half in his eyes Anger is half vigilance.

Qi Jingzhi stretched out his hand and patted the horny flesh twice, looked forward intently, and frowned slightly.

The next moment, he asked directly, "Who is blocking the way ahead?"

As soon as the words fell, a white paper lantern floated out of the mist, a distance of ten feet away from Bannu, and the inside was shining with white light.

Ban Nuquan pretended not to see it, and just ran away sullenly.

The white paper lantern then flew back, hanging in front of Ban Nu all the time, and kept fine-tuning its position in mid-air, as if guiding the way.

Seeing this, Qi Jingzhi immediately shook his head and said: "I have no intention of entering the mountain, I just want to go straight along this road, and I don't need any guide."

The white paper lanterns seem to have never been heard, and they still go their own way.

The corners of Qi Jingzhi's mouth turned up slightly, and he said with a light smile, "I have been traveling through Meizhou in the past few days, and I have seen many high mountains and deep forests along the way. When I was resting by the side of the road, I often heard local people talk about the so-called legends of the so-called White Road God and Black Road God. There are also those called white road ghosts, black road ghosts, or tall white devils and short black devils."

"Some people say that the God of the White Road is a god of good luck, who can point out the maze and save people from misfortune. If you see it, you will be happy. You need to bend down and hold your fists to thank you. The God of the Black Road is a god of evil. Soul. In addition, there are black and white duo who regard your kind of spirits as the underworld to worship."

Having said that, Qi Jingzhi took out the jade box, and took out a mountain coin with a little green mountain charm from it.

Ban Ban saw it, and immediately stretched out her small claws to grab it, but was easily dodged by the well-prepared young man.

Qi Jingzhi looked at the white paper lantern with a warm and sincere smile: "On the night of five years ago, I met a pair of road gods. They were tall and tall, and they looked like two wooden poles. They kindly showed me the way. The black Although the road gods also made a small joke, they have no intention of harming others. I am grateful for their kindness and kindness, so I will pay them with money."

"The road is quite smooth right now, so there is really no need to bother you. If you accept it kindly, this ancient coin will be regarded as a thank you gift. You can take the money and go."

The white paper lantern stopped suddenly, but only after a slight pause, it flew ahead again in its own way.

At the same time, wisps of mist gushed out from the white paper lantern, making the young man's field of vision whiter, and a dark and sturdy silhouette appeared faintly in the depths of the mist ahead.

"Moo!" A long cow cry came from afar, full of joy and greed.

The smile on Qi Jingzhi's face became wider, and he said leisurely: "It's a coincidence that I met another pair of road gods the night before yesterday. A ball of white light lit up, leading the way for the one below. I followed immediately, but I didn’t want to be led to the edge of a cliff, and I was about to fall to my death.”

"Seeing that the matter was brought to light, another black cloth bag suddenly appeared. First it opened its mouth wide, trying to cover my head, but after a miss, it trapped me with magic such as ghost hitting the wall. slip……"

There was a flash of fire in Qi Jingzhi's eyes, his tone changed abruptly, and he said sharply: "You two might as well make a guess, what happened to the white light and the black bag?"

This sentence just came out, and the white paper lantern didn't have time to react. Instead, the young master of Linshan suddenly got half of his head out of the boy's arms, and cheered ferociously: "Banban!"

At the same time, it also stretched out a small paw, sneaking towards the mountain money in the boy's hand.

Seeing that this little guy took the lead, Bannu's face was full of surprise and annoyance, he raised his neck hastily, and let out a terrifying growl.

The white paper lantern was obviously not very intelligent, and it wasn't until this moment that it finally realized that it had hit the iron plate.

It was startled by the sudden ferocious aura of one man and two beasts, and it swished into the thick fog in front of it, flying towards the direction of the black bull.

But before it really escaped, a full moon suddenly lit up in the mist, and without any explanation, it swallowed the panic-stricken white paper lantern into it.

Tiandi Xuanjian, who successfully waited for the rabbit under the cover of the fog, was still not satisfied, so he turned his head and rushed towards the black bull deep in the thick fog.

The cry of panic and anger suddenly broke out, but disappeared after only a moment.

The white mist, which was so thick that it couldn't be melted away, became visibly thinned to the naked eye, and after a while, there were only wisps of autumn frost and dew left.

Tiandi Xuanjianzhi flew back with satisfaction, and there were two black lacquered stone tablets standing in the mirror, with a pale paper lantern hanging on each of the tops.

"Road evil corpse, the worry of getting lost, the pain of crossing the road, wandering in the way, guiding others, good and evil, life and death, cold in nature, pungent, non-toxic, blinding eyes, blocking evil spirits, and clearing the nether world."

Qi Jingzhi's eyes fell on the inscriptions on the two steles.

The two steles have the same name, and the words "Arrow Steering Stele" are engraved on the top, but the rest of the characters are quite different.

A stone tablet reads: "When the bow is opened, the string is broken, and the arrow comes to block the tablet. Go left to Budaijian, and right to Liuguishu."

This pair of Lusha corpses was obtained by Qi Jingzhi the night before, when he encountered a white light on his way, and was led straight to Budaijian by it piercing through the darkness and changing his path.

The Budai Stream has towering walls and deep interior, which is quite similar to the mountain stream where the Three Scenery Spirit Altar of Shangqing Great Cave is located in Xiaosong Mountain. If ordinary people stumble and fall, there is no reason for them to survive.

Qi Jingzhi looked away for a while and looked at another stone tablet that had just been refined, and saw the words on it: "The roots of flowers are stable and easy to grow into adults. Go to Xiema Bridge in the east, Jiming Village in the west, and Baibai in the south. Zaolin, head north to Niutouya."

Thinking of the shape of the black bull that the God of the Black Road had shown earlier, he snorted coldly and said, "Sure enough, good and evil are mixed, and life and death are different paths! This is because he wanted to lure me to Niutouya with the intention of seeking wealth and killing his life." Fall to death."

At the end of the inscriptions on the two stone steles are the names of the people who erected the steles and the date of erection, but they have been eroded away so that it is difficult to distinguish them.

As far as Qi Jingzhi knows, this so-called arrow stele is a local custom in Meizhou. Relying on the merits of erecting a stele to guide the way, to avoid evil and disasters for yourself or your family, or to bless your children to grow up safely, there are also people who wish for longevity and wealth. .

These arrow steles stand at the crossroads of the road, absorbing the thoughts of pedestrians and the atmosphere of the mountains. After a long time, some of them will inevitably give birth to supernatural beings and turn into so-called road gods and road ghosts.

Although this kind of spirit can show people the way, it may be that they have absorbed mixed thoughts, or they have been infected by different mountain atmospheres, so there are good and evil, which makes the people of Meizhou respect and fear, and they will not easily travel at night.

When Qi Jingzhi heard about this, he turned to travel at night instead. When he met a kind-hearted road god, he would buy mountain money to reward him.

Seeing that the fog had almost dissipated, there was an intersection in front of him, but it was a crossroads, but there was no arrow stele to guide the way.

Qi Jingzhi took back the Xuanjian of Heaven and Earth, and pondered: "I came from Jiming Village in the west, and I want to stay in the inn next to Xiema Bridge in the east, but I have no time to see the jujube forest and Niutou Cliff."

He looked in the right direction and pointed towards the east intersection.

Bannu immediately neighed and ran wildly.

One person and two beasts walked for another half an hour, and saw the gurgling stream in front of them, the pine trees beside the stream were green, and the stone bridge was flying over the stream.

Bannu stopped at the west of the bridge and stopped moving forward.

Qi Jingzhi raised his head to look at the sky, he saw the white dew in the sky, the moon was flowing in the sky, suddenly a crane flew by in the clouds, its melodious chirping was heard in the forest.

Autumn is old and full of frost, and the moon rises between the blue clouds.A stream of pine trees is ancient, and the sound of cranes is cold in the middle of the night.

Qi Jingzhi withdrew his gaze, and then looked at the brown-clothed children who were playing around on the stone bridge.

The corner of the young man's mouth was slightly upturned, and he smiled very kindly: "Excuse me, is this place the Xiema Bridge? Then where is the Xiema Inn?"

There were seven brown-clothed children on the stone bridge, their appearances seemed to be carved out of the same mold, when they heard Qi Jingzhi's question, most of the children only cared about playing and playing, and ignored them.

Only one of the boys turned his head to look at the young man, and said crisply and authentically: "You have caused a catastrophe, and it is still too late to turn around, so you can't go to the Xiema Inn!"

Qi Jingyi was startled, and couldn't help asking in surprise: "This is amazing, how come I don't know what trouble I have caused?"

The boy raised his eyebrows upright, and said angrily, "What are you doing to lie to you? I heard that the Road God of Budaijian was killed by someone a few days ago. Now you are still full of resentment from the Road God, so it must be the culprit." , how dare you walk on this road, and come all the way to Xiema Inn?"

Qi Jingzhi lowered his head to look at his body, then raised his head and smiled and said, "Although I am not at a high level, I am still sensitive to breath. If there is still resentment from the road god on my body, it should also be the road god of Niutouya. God of the Budaijian Road, it’s been two days since I’ve been accounted for, how can I save any breath?”

The fire in his eyes danced, and at the same time he turned his wrist, and suddenly there was a sharp knife in his palm, and then he swung the knife a few times from head to toe.

In an instant, a trace of black air was cut out of thin air, and dissipated invisible amidst the miserable cry of the cow.

At this moment, even the other children stopped playing and turned to look at the boy in a daze.

Qi Jingzhi smiled lightly and said, "In this way, can I go to the Xie Ma Inn?"

The boy who took the lead to answer was also stunned, with a hint of fear on his face, he frowned and said in a deep voice: "It's really a good trick! Since you don't listen to persuasion, just cross the bridge and walk half a mile along the road. The location of the horse stack!"

After finishing speaking, the boy waved his hand and led the other six children out of the way.

Qi Jingzhi was silent for a moment, with a sincere smile on his face: "Your tone is not kind, but it is good intentions to remind you, and I should appreciate it."

He paused, stretched out his hand and pointed under the bridge: "I said earlier that I am sensitive to breath. If I feel good, your body will be buried in this stream. If you need help, just ask." !"

What Qi Jingzhi was referring to was a small sandbar in the stream under the stone bridge, which was formed by accumulation of silt, but it was the size of a square table and looked inconspicuous.

The seven children all turned pale in shock, and the leading boy's expression changed several times, obviously being pinned down.

After a long while, it gritted its teeth and knelt down first: "Back then our brother fell under the bridge and was buried in the mud and no one paid attention to him. Now, although he has developed wisdom, he is also restrained by the bridge and cannot be free. I have to be rescued, and I will be the master of Feng Engong!"

As soon as it knelt down like this, the other six also hurriedly knelt down, their mouths were silent, but the expressions on their faces were the same.

Qi Jingzhi glanced at the vault of the stone bridge, and saw that there was a beast head carved there. Although it was severely damaged and worn, the majestic charm was not lost, so he couldn't help but understand it.

He looked at the seven brown-clothed children again, shook his head and said, "I did not threaten you by revealing your real body, and I did not mean to repay you with kindness. You blocked the way to warn, but to throw my peaches at me, and I will help you." When you get out of trouble, it's just a reward, it's just a little effort from each other, it's really not worth mentioning."

After saying that, he jumped up from Bannu's back and swept towards the sandbar in the water.

Qi Jingzhi's feet barely touched the stream, and the water exploded violently, being pushed to both sides by an invisible force.

The seven brown-clothed children let out an exclamation, and they all lay down on the edge of the stone bridge, pawing at the bridge deck and looking down.

I saw that the stream on the sandbar had been drained, revealing a side of dark brown mud. The young man in the black robe with the silver belt and the gold medal hanging from his waist bent his knees and was groping in the mud with his hands.

The boy in the lead had a look of hope on his face, and he couldn't help pointing out his fingers: "Grandfather, let's touch the east again..."

Qi Jingzhi raised his head and smiled, and immediately followed his words, and soon touched a hard object, which was quite big.

When he grasped it firmly with both hands, he penetrated his whole body and pulled out the hard object inch by inch.

The seven brown-clothed children cheered uncontrollably, turning into brown brilliance and throwing them between the young man's arms.

Qi Jingzhi looked down, and saw that what he was holding in his hand was a wheel made of hardwood. The spokes of the same material were installed on the wheel, but it was not complete, and there were only seven of them left.

The next moment, each of the seven straight wooden spokes showed eyebrows and eyes, winked for a while, and then they all burst into laughter: "Thank you benefactor for saving me!"

Qi Jingzhi smiled, raised his hand and threw the wooden wheel onto the stone bridge: "Now that you are out of trouble, let's have fun!"

He jumped out of the stream and returned to Bannu's back. There was no water stain on his body, and he was not even stained with mud.

Bannu went straight to the stone bridge, looked at the wooden wheel curiously, and passed by.

"Engong, wait for us! You really can't go to Xiema Inn!" Seven spokes yelled anxiously.

Immediately, the hardwood wheel stood up suddenly, and Gululu rolled down the stone bridge, chasing Bannu far away.

(End of this chapter)