Following Yao Gou, they slowly walked to the back mountain.
A stone path winds up the mountain and is submerged in a sea of trees.
The stone road had been well maintained for many years, without any moss at all. The mountain was not very high, and the trees were not as wild as those on Wanming Mountain. Many of them were young trees. Some of the branches had been knocked off by the rain and fell to the ground and rotted together with the leaves.
When climbing the mountain, Yao Gou had a big belly and was panting from exhaustion. Soon his back was soaked.
He wiped his sweat and said, "This is my second time here. I haven't exercised that much in a while. They have to pay me more."
Lu Yingjiu smiled and said, "It's always good to exercise. Didn't you always climb trees before?"
In the past, Yao Gou was a nimble little chubby boy.
Climbing over walls, climbing trees, fishing by the river... I remember that at that time, Yao Gou rode a small bicycle and could go back and forth on the roadside three or four times, and he could still go crazy even when he was sweating all over.
Lu Yingjiu was not that active. When Yao Gou was riding his bicycle at a frenzy, he sat on the wall, leaning his head against the tree and eating wild rice. After a while, Yao Gou stopped, and he said slowly, "You little dog, do you know that you have been riding all the way with a hanged man on your back?"
Yao Gou was so frightened that he quickly gave way to Yingjiu to help exorcise the ghost.
Up to now, Yao Gou's physical fitness is worse than before, probably because he has been living too comfortably.
"You don't know," Yao Gou sighed and touched his belly, "I always have fantasies. What if I accidentally fall into a ravine while exorcising a ghost? I will have to rely on my body of fat as a wartime reserve. What if I am unlucky and run into a tigress's lair? I have also done good deeds and accumulated virtues, and my body is enough to feed the whole family."
Lu Yingjiu smiled.
Yao Gou praised his fat again, then turned his head and asked, "By the way, how is your supernatural agency going?"
"The situation is quite complicated," Lu Yingjiu said. "It is actually closer to a bar than a law firm."
He told Yao Gou about the Lu Ying Bar, and added that the waiter was someone they rescued from the mountains, and the bartender was his childhood friend who had given up being an exorcist, and that they were both put together by chance.
"Oh," Yao Gou looked at Jing Xian again, "Then why did I remember that you said that Mr. Jing was an intern?"
Lu Yingjiu almost forgot what he was talking about and replied, "Yes, he is an intern."
Yao Gou wanted to say something but stopped.
After wiping his sweat twice, he quietly moved closer and asked, "How much does your firm pay for internships?"
Lu Yingjiu paused again.
How much was the monthly salary he and Jingxian agreed on at the time? Five thousand? Six thousand
It seemed like he had never really given any money. He was such a black-hearted boss and made Jingxian work for free every day.
Lu Yingjiu turned his gaze to Jing Xian.
Jing Xian immediately understood what he meant and replied to Yao Gou: "Six thousand per month, twelve thousand after becoming a regular employee, and there will be commissions for commissions."
Lu Ying was drunk, but he remembered it very clearly.
Yao Gou's eyes lit up immediately, and he said, "I have been in the business world for so many years and have met countless people. I can see at a glance that your firm has an immeasurable future! So are you still hiring?"
"I'm considering it." Lu Ying answered honestly.
Yao Gou patted his chest and said, "If you are going to hire someone, you must find me. I may not be good at other things, but I am first-rate at finding clients. Every customer who has seen me has said that I am a good talker. I guarantee that you will make a lot of money. If it really doesn't work, you can put me as a mascot, right?... Oh, it's right in front!"
Lu Yingjiu looked forward and saw a few roofs amidst the greenery.
Before he got close, he felt the power of the talisman paper.
The talisman paper covered an area, and its aura was so strong that all kinds of ghosts, monsters, and evil spirits dared not approach.
No matter who arranged it, it must be of a very high level.
After walking a little further, they saw four temples in front of them.
Among them, the temple in the center is the largest and most magnificent. Its height alone is two or three times that of the other temples, while the other three temples surround it, clustering around it like stars surrounding the moon.
The roof is covered with tiles of different colors, laid densely and exquisitely.
The temple in the middle had tiles of glazed color, reflecting the light in the sun, almost crystal clear. At both ends of the roof were bronze birds - two peacocks, one spreading its wings ready to fly, the other looking back toward the mountain, its long tail feathers drooping down, lifelike.
Lu Yingjiu understood at a glance that it must be the work of the Chu family.
It is a temple dedicated to the worship of peacocks.
And it’s not old, so it’s probably not been repaired for many years.
The other three temples had tiles of different colors. The black tiles looked like the scales of a giant snake, the red tiles looked like they were burning, and the bright yellow tiles were dazzling. On the eaves were peacocks spreading their wings, ready to fly.
"It's right here," Yao Gouwei said, panting. "Walk a little further and you'll see the old wedding hall."
Lu Yingjiu looked at the building in front of him and asked, "Why is there a peacock temple here?"
"Oh, it was the Chu family who did it." Yao Gou said, "I asked around, and everyone said that it was the exorcist who came here before who asked them to repair it. After the repair, the Feng Shui of the village has improved. Look, their village is so rich now, every family drives a BMW and a Mercedes-Benz. I have built such a temple in my house."
Lu Yingjiu started drinking, and Boss Tan also told him that a ghost exorcist named Chu had visited the village before.
It turns out that he was the one who built the temple.
Yao Gou urged again, "Let's hurry to the wedding hall. It's so hot, I'll get heatstroke if I stand for a while longer, and you two may not be able to lift me."
Lu Yingjiu said, "I'll go to the temple and take a look."
Yao Gou was stunned: "Alright, alright. It's cool in the temple, I just want to take a break."
The three of them went up step by step along the long stairs in front of the main temple.
The door was tightly closed and was about five or six meters high, with a relief of a peacock spreading its wings as if about to fly.
There was no lock on the door. Lu Yingjiu pushed it lightly, and the heavy door was pushed down as if it had no weight. Cool air with a fragrance rushed out from behind the door.
There was talisman paper on the door, and when it was pushed, bright lights lit up in front of them, illuminating the many peacock bronze statues neatly placed around them, which were in various poses and extremely gorgeous. There were incense burners placed in the four corners, and the faint fragrance came from them.
In the middle of the temple is a huge peacock statue.
What meets the eye are the sparkling diamonds and the metal reflecting the fire, which is extremely impactful.
The peacock's eyes were inlaid with golden gemstones, and the light was bright. The huge tail feathers were composed of gold and emerald green, spread in a space of nearly ten meters, leaving no gaps, and crashed into the visitors' field of vision gorgeously. Each feather was finely carved with patterns and hollows, and was extremely delicate.
At first glance, it seems as if the peacock has really descended into the world, fully displaying its wings.
There was an altar under the peacock curtain, on which were placed some flowers and bouquets of flowers.
They should have been put up there by the villagers.
Lu Ying was drunk and in high spirits, no wonder the peacock dreamed of me.
If someone worships it in the cave for a long time, it is perfectly normal for it to have such dreams.
The reason why he came here was to see if the temple had been desecrated, which shattered his dream.
Finally, he looked around and found nothing unusual, nor did he sense any negative energy.
Everything was perfectly normal.
Lu Yingjiu asked Jing Xian in a low voice: "Can you detect anything wrong with your body?"
Jing Xian shook his head: "No."
Lu Yingjiu asked again: "Do you know Peacock in the ghost world?"
Jing Xian still answered: "I don't know him."
There are eighteen levels of the ghost world, and there are so many strange ghosts that it is impossible for Jing Xian to have seen and known every one of them.
However, Lu Yingjiu breathed a sigh of relief.
Just now, he was really afraid that Jing Xian would suddenly say, "I know him. I've fed him skulls before."
Yao Gou touched the golden pillar beside him and said with emotion: "Look at it, look at it, I said Lintian Village was rich. But that was more than ten years ago! Such a big temple, four were built at once. Moreover, they don't know how to exorcise ghosts at all. They don't even know whose official he is, but they just pray to him every day, and it actually works."
Lu Yingjiu looked around and said, "Let's go and have a look at the other three temples."
The three of them went to visit other temples.
Although the three temples are nearly half the size, they are still gorgeously decorated and have many offerings on display.
Their murals were painted with gold pen with peacocks and ghost exorcists - the ghost exorcists should be the ancestors of the Chu family, and the peacocks were either flying around them or perched on their shoulders.
Arrived at the third temple.
The murals inside are different from the others in style, and seem to be depicting a short story.
At the beginning, there was a gray wasteland. A peacock, wet by the rain, curled up tiredly on the ground, with blood spreading around it.
Jing Xian asked for directions and welcomed the wine: "Is this the legend of a family that exorcises ghosts?"
Lu Yingjiu took a look and said, "Yes, it's the story of how the Chu family and Peacock Clan came to be together."
He pointed to the first picture and said, "The Chu family is actually the first family to make a contract with ghosts. Hundreds of years ago, there was a ghost exorcist named Chu Qianju in the Chu family who was wandering in the wilderness and encountered a dying peacock on the way."
"The peacock was filled with evil energy, and it looked like a ghost. But Chu Qianju couldn't bear it, so he rescued it and brought it home to heal its wounds."
The next picture shows a peacock perched on Chu Qianju’s shoulder, seemingly saying something in his ear.
Lu Yingjiu continued to explain: "After the injury healed, the peacock actually spoke human language and said that he wanted to repay Chu Qianju. So they formed a contract - the power of ghosts in the world of the living would be weakened, and the ghosts dared not easily come to the world. But from then on, they began to lend their power to humans, allowing them to benefit from it, and they also gained more power from the contract."
"However, there are serious problems with the runes used to make the contract. The exorcism technique at that time was not well developed, and the exorcist's body was burdened with great pressure when he was summoned."
"Chu Qianju suffered the backlash of his invitation and passed away very early. Moreover, it is said that the curse that followed prevented him from ever going to the afterlife, and he could only live such a short life in reincarnation again and again."
"Of course, the curse is just a legend. No one can prove it. I tend to think it is fiction."
"In short, with the blessing of the Peacock, the Chu family became the first family to rise, and slowly developed its own set of ghost exorcism system until today."
Jing Xian listened attentively and continued to look up, watching the countless colorful murals spread across the walls, telling countless stories from the past.
The contents of other murals are all related to the Chu family and Peacock.
I had a general understanding of Lu Yingjiu, so I didn't take a closer look.
It was just that it was rare for him to see Jingxian so interested in something, and since they were not in a hurry, he just accompanied him and watched it slowly.
Jing Xian stretched out his hand and pointed at another mural: "What is that?"
Lu Yingjiu replied: "It was the ancestors of the Chu family who were worshipping the Heavenly Dao and the Peacock God."
Jing Xian asked again: "Are those pieces of talisman paper theirs?"
Lu Yingjiu: "Yes, many runes were invented by the Chu family."
"What is this painting about, an earthquake?"
"Well, one time when they were worshipping, an earthquake happened, so they regarded the earthquake as the wrath of heaven, a punishment for them..."
Jing Xian nodded, walked forward again, and suddenly stopped.
After a few seconds, he asked, "What is it?"
Lu Yingjiu came over: "Oh, it's..."
He paused too.
Looking back at the mural, a handsome man is shown.
There were a few peacock feathers on the boy's forehead, and his eyes were jewel-green.
He sat lazily, wearing a golden long gown, a low collar, shining pendants on his wrists and neck, and surrounded by brilliant feathers. He was full of casualness and magnificence, just like a prince or a beautiful peacock.
Lu Yingjiu paused for a few seconds.
He tried hard to search for the information about the bird from his memory. After a long while, he said, "It... looks like a peacock. It can transform into a human form."
He added: "I rarely hear people from the Chu family mention it. But since it is painted in the temple, it must be real."
Jingxian pointed to the next painting and said, "What about this one?"
Lu Yingjiu didn't take his eyes off him for a moment, and looked at Kong Que Ying a few more times, thinking that he was quite good-looking, much better than those other ferocious-looking officials.
Finally he reacted and went to look at the next picture.
The next mural also uses strong colors and delicate lines.
Two men were kissing on it.
Road welcomes wine:
His first reaction was that he had finally been infected by Jing Xian's tireless brainwashing, and his mind was filled with obscene thoughts, which could even distort the solemn murals.
But when he looked again, he saw that the two were still kissing each other tightly and inseparable.
The artist obviously has a deep understanding of people kissing, as he made the colors on their faces vivid and their hands placed in pretty bad places.
Lu Yingjiu was stunned on the spot.
The Chu family... The Chu family also has a hobby of painting this kind of plot on the murals? !
Could it be that some naughty kid scribbled there
Jing Xian was very interested in the mural. After looking at it for a while, he said, "Why do I feel that these two people, one looks like Chu Qianju and the other looks like that peacock?"
Lu Yingjiu: "Ah?" His first reaction was to deny it. After all, it was too outrageous. "It's impossible... I've never heard the Chu family say that. Besides, how could the two of them get involved?"
Jing Xian said: "You see, isn't this kind of plot often seen in novels, where a person pledges his body to his savior? Chu Qianju saved Peacock Girl, so Peacock Girl pledged her body to him. Isn't that normal?"
Lu Yingjiu said: "I don't think it's normal..."
He held his forehead with his hand and looked at the mural again. It was placed in the middle of the entire wall and looked quite sacred.
He hadn't yet recovered from the shock of "the serious mural suddenly turning into a sex/love story" when he heard Jing Xian say expectantly: "I will also paint our love story in my temple in the future. It will definitely be very touching."
Road welcomes wine:
Lu Yingjiu said, "No, please don't put the matchstick man up there again."
He imagined that other people's murals were full of style, but Jing Xian's walls were all covered with stick figure love stories, which was simply terrifying.
Anyway, Jing Xian liked the mural so much that he just stared at it, planning something in his mind.
Lu Yingjiu quickly pulled him away and said, "Don't look at it, don't look at it. Why do you like this kind of thing all day long? If you ask me, it must be some naughty kid who drew it there, a picture of the two of them... what's it called, a figure picture? Or maybe the craftsman who drew the picture couldn't tell the difference between official history and unofficial history, so he put the rumors of unofficial history on it."
Jing Xian said: "It must be true."
"It's fake." Lu Yingjiu said, "It's fake."
After much difficulty in pulling Jing Xian away, Lu Yingjiu felt more and more that something was not right, and the mural seemed more and more outrageous.
He really didn't believe it and had to ask clearly to find out if there was any misunderstanding.
Peacock's dream was shattered right there...
If it is a painting, it is possible.
After all, a straight man, a straight ghost, and a straight woman, in theory, should not dream of having passionate sex with another man - for Peacock, it must be a nightmare.
So he went back and took a photo of the mural, sent it to Chu Banyang, and asked him: Is this true? Is this about Chu Qianju and your peacock
Could it be that your temple has been graffitied on
Chu Banyang responded quickly.
His dialog box shows that it is typing...
Entering...
Entering...
Lu Yingjiu waited for a long time, and Chu Banyang was still typing, so he sent a message
Chu Banyang finally replied.
Just two words.
real
At the end, he added: Actually, it’s not that hard to accept. My cousin and some other relatives seem to have written some novels about them…
Anyway, the dream is broken for a reason.
For Peacock, this should be a sweet dream...
Lu Yingjiu: “…”
Lu Yingjiu: “…”
The Chu family's hot water, after drinking it, you can go home directly.
The ancestors of the Chu family are all lying in the family barrel urn.
The ghosts of the Chu family not only have an affair with the contractor, but also have murals and strange humanities!
What on earth is going on with a family?!