chewing dragon

Chapter 302: Throwing stones to ask questions, the tiger roars in the empty mountain
"yes?"

The suspicion on Qingji's face grew stronger, and he looked at the young man with a somewhat evil look.

But there was clearly a hint of excitement and hope in his tone: "You seem to have a bad heart, are you lying to me?"

Qi Jingzhi couldn't bear it anymore: "When we met last time, I didn't think that Uncle Shui of Ganze was so easy to deceive... Or maybe he sincerely hopes that what I said is true?"

This thought came to the young man's mind, and he immediately shook his head firmly: "False! With my little cultivation, how dare I make trouble in the house of the king? Apart from others, the one who 'heavy laws and punishes more' Lord Yaoguang will not be able to spare me!"

"Hey, I got it!"

Unexpectedly, Qing Ji immediately revealed a bad smile and gave the young man a look of approval: "I will definitely pick a day when Bian Wu Yang is not on duty before I do it!"

"As for the secret path around Shou Gonghuai, you little devil can find it, and I can't even find it. I don't care if you tell me!"

Qi Jingzhi was speechless. He opened his mouth to explain something more, but the other party had no intention of listening anymore.

The little man in yellow clothes and hat made a move into the moat again, and immediately a yellow pony broke out of the water, jumped onto the stone bridge on the waves, and then jumped up on the young man's shoulders without noticing anything, and landed next to Qingji. .

I saw the uncle Shui of Ganze got on his horse and said with a cheerful smile: "I am going to find Song Wuji right away. That guy also likes to show off. What he thinks about day and night is to get a few more treasures to decorate the facade. I'll trick you first." He entered the palace to explore the way!”

"Hehe, this plan is called... throwing stones to ask for directions!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the little man in yellow was already riding a yellow pony, flying straight from the young man's shoulder into the moat, and disappeared without even a splash of water.

Looking down at this scene, the young man couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "The master of Tuanxiang Palace, the lion, is fighting the rabbit in front, and the Shui Bo of Kuze is behind, throwing stones to ask for directions. Qi... has really benefited a lot."

"Qing Ji is an old god who is hundreds of years old after all. A person who can be friends with the God of Longevity Palace, enter and exit Gouchen Courtyard at will, and scribble on Shenhu Bridge without anyone caring about him, he just looks innocent. , I don’t need to worry about Him.”

"Since that Song Wuji can be remembered by him, he must not be a good person. I don't know how bad Shihu Asi, who even Qingji has deep resentment but is helpless, can be so immoral and smoking?"

Qi Jingzhi was thinking about all this, and called Bannu to get on the bridge, then rode on the beast's back and left Juechen.

After walking for a while, when the master and servant turned a corner and passed through a narrow alley, a middle-aged servant with a weathered and sad look on his face and even more ragged clothes appeared quietly.

"Jixia Laojing?"

Qi Jingzhi turned his head and looked at the Jixia Ghost City Supervisor whom he had not seen for several days. He couldn't help but asked in surprise: "That prison uniform was sold so quickly?"

Jixia Laojing's eyes turned on Ji Guangqiu, and then he bent down deeply: "I did find a suitable buyer, but the place in Gouchen Courtyard... I really don't dare to go there, and I heard that the captain is going to the palace today, so I will wait here for you to return to the Yamen."

"According to your later instructions, I will not force the essence of the moonlight, nor will I exchange it for the essence of the seven treasures. Instead, I will collect the corpses of the elephants and similar good things."

"Hey, Lao Jing, I've seen a lot. I didn't know before that this elephant was despised when he was alive, but became a good thing after his death!"

Qi Jingzhi waved his hand: "You are well-informed, just tell me the result."

Jixia Laojing stopped talking nonsense and gently clapped his hands twice. An old wooden altar table with a decaying atmosphere rose up at his feet.

There were two monster corpses on the altar table. The larger one looked very familiar to Qi Jingzhi. It had black hair, big ears, and arms as long as his body. It stared at a pair of strange red eyes with a half-open mouth. With sharp fangs.

The young man sensed it for a moment, and a look of surprise flashed across his face again: "This guy still has most of his essence in his body. It seems that he died not long ago?"

"My lord's eyesight is perfect!"

An ugly smile immediately appeared on Jixia Laojing's bitter face: "Isn't it just winter? The Ministry of Rites has already started to prepare for the sacrifice at the Ancestral Temple the day before New Year's Eve. Doesn't it have to be repaired first? This monster elephant Naturally, it was a bloody misfortune."

"Speaking of which, the buyer is also an open-minded person. He said that the deceased's clothes on consignment were in very good condition, and that the body of an elephant was not enough to compensate, so he attached the body of the 'suspicious father' as well. He said that it had just been He died of old age in the Ancestral Temple."

Qi Jingzhi nodded and turned to look at the smaller body.

This is an old black and yellow dog with a large frame but not much meat, and the skin appears to be very loose.

The old dog had an extremely long tail, curled up behind its buttocks. If it were stretched out, it would be twice as long as its body.

"Old Jing, what kind of spirit is this suspicious father?" Qi Jingzhi vaguely noticed that the old dog's corpse was unusual.

Jixia Laojing chuckled: "My father is the spirit of the old army. He is shaped like a dog with a long tail. He often hangs around the sites of ancient military camps and the tombs of former kings and generals. He is known as a lover of his master, so he is loved by the court and the family. The purpose of making many offerings is not to look after the home and protect the courtyard, but to demonstrate the achievements of the ancestors and the inheritance of the family."

Qi Jingzhi nodded and patted Bannu's neck calmly to calm his mount's sudden agitation: "So, this corpse of the suspected father is considered precious, but it seems to be of no use to Qi?"

"Why is it useless?"

Jixia Lao Jing immediately became anxious: "My Lao Jing's reputation is well-known by everyone, and I have never cheated a customer!"

"The captain is the leader of the army. Burying the body of the suspected father in places such as the meeting hall and the main tent of the Chinese army can increase the power of the army. It is especially beneficial to the newly built army. It can calm people's hearts and calm the camp. Howl!"

"If it weren't for the Yingling Ancestral Temple's own regulations, there would be no place to bury this suspicious father. Not to mention getting its body, I'm afraid I wouldn't even be able to see it!"

What Qi Jingzhi was thinking in his heart was not as simple as Jixia Laojing. Since the spirit of the old army named Suifu was so useful, how could he fall into the hands of himself, the captain of the new army?
Thinking of this, the young man asked seriously: "Who is that buyer?"

Jixia Laojing's expression changed, and he waved his hands repeatedly: "Young man, please don't break the rules! The buyer doesn't know the identity of the captain, and the other way around is natural. Please forgive me!"

As the city supervisor spoke, his voice suddenly dropped: "The remains of the deceased's clothes can retain the soul of the deceased, but this is a taboo matter after all. The buyer paid such a high price in the hope that there will be no future troubles. Even if one day, the Lord I happen to know the identity of the other party, so please keep it secret!"

Hearing this, Qi Jingzhi breathed a sigh of relief, nodded and said: "If that's the case alone, this deal... Qi has done it!"

Jixia Lao Jing was overjoyed: "The captain is really a cheerful person! In this case, I will resign. If you need anything from now on, just send someone to give the order!"

"Wait a minute!" Qi Jingzhi stopped the city supervisor of Jixia Ghost Market: "Have you ever heard of such a spirit? It looks like a pig, with eyes all over its body. It likes to haunt toilets..."

Ji Xia Lao Jing was stunned, and after holding it in for a long time, he said: "Colonel, please don't entertain me. That's not a spirit, but a toilet god!"

"This kind of toilet god is definitely not owned by a small family, but is similar to the suspected father. He is often born in military camps and border towns. A military leader will sacrifice to him to pray for blessings, or he may be promoted!"

The young man was silent when he heard this. If everyone hadn't disliked the filthy toilets and Tong Jiaohai didn't take it seriously, otherwise the little pig in Zuowu Officer's Office would have been taken to the pot long ago...

Seeing that Qi Jingzhi had no doubts, Jixia Laojing bowed and then burrowed into the ground, disappearing without a trace along with the altar table, leaving the two spirit corpses in place.

The next moment, Tiandi Xuanjian and Zuowu Banner flew out impatiently.

Heaven and Earth Xuanjian has never been interested in dead objects that have lost their spirituality, but now the mirror still suppresses the spirit of Xunjiang, which is a different matter.

Qi Jingzhi ignored the Xuanjian of Heaven and Earth, but turned his attention to Zuowu Banner.

The white tiger with black stripes on the flag is majestic, dressed in five colors and has a tail longer than its body.

"Huh? The tail is longer than the body?"

The boy once again looked at the long yellow and black tail behind his father's butt. It seemed to be somewhat similar to Zuowu's tiger tail.

Lord Langya once said, "Zouwu is a benevolent beast in ancient times. A beast will not eat unless it commits suicide."

According to Bannu's standards, the immortal mushrooms and chestnuts who died in the battle at the bottom of Qihe Valley were considered suicides, and the doubtful father who died in Yingling Ancestral Temple was certainly no doubt.

But let alone the beast that died by itself, Zuowu Ban had never shown interest in any flesh and blood before, but at this moment, he was uncharacteristically and landed directly on the body of his suspected father.

The next moment, the yellow-black dog corpse shrank visibly to the naked eye, and the essence of the same color came out of the body, wisps of it disappeared into the Zuowu flag, and penetrated into the mouth and nose of the black-striped white tiger.

Ban Nu, who received Qi Jingzhi's permission, was not willing to lag behind. He immediately pounced on the dog's corpse and bit into it, even chewing up the bones, and swallowed every last bit.

"Now that's good... I wonder if Zuowu Banner and Ban Nu can also increase the military power and prevent the roar of the camp after eating it?"

Not long after, the two spirit monster corpses were swallowed clean by the mirror, a flag and a strange beast.

Especially the brilliance of the Zuowu flag seems to have been a big benefit.

After everything was ready, Qi Jingzhi rode Bannu out of the narrow alley. Unexpectedly, before he had gone far, there was another unexpected person blocking the way.

Pharmacist Zuo was standing alone by the road leading his horse. When he saw Qi Jingzhi from a distance, he took the initiative to greet him.

Without waiting for the surprised young man to ask, the empress of the clan and Buddhist chess player took the lead and said: "Zuo received a message from Zen Master Zhenyou, inviting Captain Qi to visit the deep valley behind Fuya Temple."

"Huh? It's not Zen Master Zhenjue, the silent Zhike monk, but Zen Master Zhenyou, the lecturer monk who chants sutras to the tiger?"

Seeing Zuo Yaoshi, the leader of the Xiuling Tiger Cavalry, solemnly nodding his head, Qi Jingzhi sighed in his heart: "I have tried to hide and hide, but I still can't escape after all..."

Zen Master Zhenjue invited him on his behalf, and Pharmacist Zuo blocked the way to invite him. As the saying goes, there are only three things to do. If we don't know how to promote, God knows what Fuya Temple will do.

However, Qi Jingzhi was not as afraid of this No. [-] Zen Forest in Da Qi as before. Just as Qing Yuanzi said, it happens now and then.

He was now wearing Jiguang fur, and he just happened to go to settle the matter and take a look at what kind of medicine this Zen Master Zhenyou was selling in his gourd.

Thinking of this, the young man nodded to Pharmacist Zuo: "Please also ask Captain Zuo to lead the way."

So the two of them were speechless and left the city one after another.

Lishan Guangye once described Xiuling as a deep and unfathomable tiger's den where the wind and energy were hidden when he described in detail the dangerous terrain of the capital of Da Qi where dragons and tigers were crouched and mountains and rivers competed with each other.

In this way, Fuya Temple's achievements in suppressing the two sitting tigers in the East and West Xiuling Mountains are highlighted, and Zen Master Zhenyou who "recited sutras to the tigers" seems to have given up his great wish to preach sutras and magnify the Dharma, deep in the Stone Urn Valley. The stone chamber is closed all year round, which makes it difficult not to make people speculate and make associations.

After Qi Jingzhi followed Zuo Yaoshi into the Shiweng Valley, he did not choose the smooth stone road leading directly to the main entrance of Fuya Temple, where there was an endless stream of pilgrims. Instead, he followed an inconspicuous and rugged path and gradually went deeper, and soon passed the The Zen jungle in all its glory was left behind.

There is no unique scenery along the way, but the vegetation is withered and the leaves are falling off, revealing jagged rocks, bad water and barren mountains, which makes it feel desolate and lonely.

Walking further inside, you can gradually see tigers lying on the rocks in twos and threes. They live in harmony with each other and never fight. Even if they see strangers approaching, they still lazily bask in the sun without any intention of getting up. .

These tigers didn't recognize Ji Guangqiu, and were not interested in the young boy, a big bird of unknown species. Instead, they often stared at Ban Nu curiously, wondering why this guy seemed to have the same kind of breath, but looked so weird.

For those of the same kind, such as the tiger skin draped on the back of Zuo Yaoshi's horse, the tigers actually showed obvious disgust and would always look away quickly, as if looking at them one more time would dirty their eyes.

The young man who was born as an Orion looked surprised when he heard Zuo Yaoshi say for a rare moment: "These big insects can only become so smart and lazy in the Stone Urn Valley. They can be called Zen Tigers. If they are released, If you go outside, you will see all those who are barbaric and brutal, grinding their teeth and sucking blood from the forest overlords."

"Especially in Xiuling, there are many valleys. There are mountains on all sides in one valley, and the ancient spirit often gathers. A tiger's roar is echoed by all the mountains, and the sound often spreads for twenty or thirty miles. It is the most terrifying thing."

"Although these big insects will no longer have such power once they reach the plains, they are still not something ordinary people can contend with. Therefore, once the big insects in Xiuling breed too much and have the tendency to spread outside the mountains, the Xiuling Tiger Riders will sweep away the mountains and forests. It’s time.”

Hearing this, Qi Huchan, who had not come out for air for a long time, quietly appeared. He imitated Qingji and stood on his elder brother's shoulders. He put up a pergola and looked around, and said excitedly: "A tiger roars, and the four mountains rise." Yes? Then let me give it a try!"

The next moment, everyone heard the sound of the roaring tiger in the valley, and then there were indeed layers of echoes echoing from all sides, like a surging wave that lasted for a long time.

All the Zen tigers in the valley were startled, and they all looked up and down their heads, touching their foreheads to the ground, as if they were worshiping and paying homage to the little monk.

　The Toilet God appears in "Taiping Guangji". Diao Mian, the prefect of Xuancheng, was initially the envoy of the Yumen Army (the Yumen Army was one of the nine armies under the jurisdiction of the Hexi Jiedu Envoy in the Tang Dynasty, with approximately [-] to more than [-] people). A toilet god who looks like a big pig and has eyes all over his body appears.Diao Mian was sacrificed to pray for blessings, and the toilet god was destroyed. Ten days later, he was promoted to the governor of Yizhou. He was also appointed as the crown prince Zuo Wei, General You Xiaowei, and General Zuo Yulin. He became a prosperous person.

　　
　
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