Yan Qiushan didn't raise his head at first, but suddenly, a pinprick-like coolness appeared on the back of his neck, and he opened his eyes suddenly. He pressed the driver's shoulder and looked out the window.
But immersed in the strong sunlight of Yu Yangcheng, there are only chattering teenagers. The boys and girls crowded at the entrance of the online celebrity shop are all rushing in one direction to be fashionable. I don’t know if they didn’t wear enough school uniforms in middle school, and the young people graduated For many years, I have spontaneously bought similar-looking "trendy brand", "trendy shoes" and "trendy jewelry". I wish I could even have the same hairstyle. At first glance, there are so many people that I can't tell who is who.
"Captain Yan, what's the matter?" Someone asked from behind.
This is a five-seater off-road vehicle, the driver and Yan Qiushan sit in the front, and three people are crowded in the back seat, two men and one "female".
The woman was the puppet maid next to Granny Yu. In order to cover the unnatural connecting lines on her face, she wore a minority dress with a veil, covering everything that could be blocked, except for a pair of lifelike eyes.
There are two men on her left and one on her right, a middle-aged blind man with cloudy white shadows in his open eyes. The other had red scars from burns all over his face, especially the right half of his face, from the temple to the neck, there was no good place, and the raised flesh looked like tangled bark.
The images of these two men can't be seen carefully. If you look too closely, you have a nightmare at night. The driver accidentally glanced at the sound, and got goose bumps all over again. He almost wanted to paste the rearview mirror.
"It's nothing." Yan Qiushan put down the sunglasses that had been raised to his forehead, "How far is it?"
"Just ahead," the driver said hastily, "everything has been arranged. We will only receive us these two days, no other guests. The boss is from our own family, so he has a strict mouth."
While talking, the driver finally drove around the online celebrity shop, came to a small hotel three hundred meters away, honked the horn, and the courtyard door opened, and they went straight into the courtyard. After the car entered, a waiter popped up and looked left and right like a thief. Seeing that no one was paying attention, he quickly hung a wooden sign saying "full service" at the door, and then shrank back.
"I'll help you with your luggage..."
"No need." Yan Qiushan blocked the waiter's hand, "Let's do it ourselves—Snakepi, help me."
The man with scars on his face responded, and together with Yan Qiushan, he took out several large suitcases from the trunk, and he didn't know what was in them. The suitcases seemed to be unable to be moved. After taking a look, he muttered in his heart. At this moment, he raised his head inadvertently, and met the blind man's terrifying white eyes.
The blind man seemed to be "staring" at him, the waiter shivered and his hairs stood on end.
"Didn't the adults at home teach you when you were young?" The blind man smiled and lowered his voice, "You shouldn't watch it, don't watch it."
The voice fell, and for some reason, the blind man's figure flashed and perched in front of the waiter. The waiter was so frightened that his legs went limp, and he almost sat down on the ground.
The blind man raised his cane, pressed it against his neck, and walked in: "Stand firm."
Several people carried the suitcase to Yan Qiushan's room and went to rest separately. When night fell, they gathered in Yan Qiushan's house and closed the doors and windows.
Yan Qiushan nodded at the snake skin—the man with the scars all over his face.
Shepi opened one of the suitcases, and saw a row of strange earthen jars piled inside. It might be because of the bumps on the road. One of the earthen jars opened slightly, spilling some dark red powder.
"It's okay to spill a little, right?" Shepi said, taking out a pack of tissues from his pocket.
Yan Qiushan said: "Be careful not to touch it, there are..."
As soon as he finished speaking, Snakepi let out a scream, and withdrew his hand like lightning—he thought "don't touch" meant that he couldn't touch it with his hands, so he took out a tissue, trying to wipe off the powder that fell on the box and other crocks , Who knew that the powder was like some kind of highly penetrating oil, it penetrated the moment it touched the paper towel, attached to the snakeskin's hand, it was about to drill in along the flesh, and the skin was like a peach blossom pink.
"There's shark blood in there, don't touch him!" Yan Qiushan stopped the blind man next to him who wanted to check, "Give me the lighter."
The scars on Shepi's body were obviously caused by burns or burns. When she saw the flames, she retreated reflexively, but Yan Qiushan grabbed her wrist: "You don't want your hands anymore?"
As he said that, he used the small flame of the lighter to burn the pink skin on the snakeskin's hand. The powder drilled into his flesh and blood seemed to be afraid of fire, and immediately retreated away from the flame. I don't know if it was because of fear of burning or pain. , the snake skin struggled miserably, but Yan Qiushan's hand was like an iron hoop, motionless, the flame was extremely stable in his hand, and passed over with precision, neither burning the snake skin, but just enough to push back the red marks on his hand .
Snakepi let out a loud cry, dark red powder sprayed out from his fingertips, and the puppet girl immediately took a glass and held them.
"The ancient alpine people only took the blood of living sharks, and they could not use it after death. They hung the deep-sea sharks upside down, cut a small hole in their necks, and let them flow until they died," the puppet girl carefully took the dark red powder. Collect them, pour them back into clay pots, and seal them. Her voice sounded like an answering machine, "When sharks are extremely frightened, their internal organs will dissolve, so the blood that flows out is infiltrated with special shark poison. The best merman blood is uniform dark red, mixed with merman oil, cinnabar and other minerals and crushed into powder, it can be made into a special pigment. It was called "Zhen" in ancient times. It is a raw material that cannot be missing in the spirit.”
Yan Qiushan subconsciously clasped the metal fragment around his neck.
The puppet girl continued: "The spirit of weapons, even among the mountain people, is a masterpiece that cannot be found. They believe that the spirit of weapons has two characteristics. On the one hand, they are like people, knowing emotions, emotions, and emotions In order to have a spirit, on the one hand, they are murder weapons, and they must have hostility, sharpness, and blood to seal their throats. Isn’t there a story in the past that a master jumped in when the sword was about to be completed? In fact, it is not groundless, but has a prototype , the people of Gaoshan do use living things to make sacrifices to the furnace, and the sacrificial text of the furnace is written with this kind of 'poison'."
Shepi asked: "We lived in the sea, and we have heard of the Merman Race since we were young, but no one has seen it. Is it true or not?"
"The mermaids only look like humans, but they are still a kind of fish in essence. Their intelligence level is about the same as that of parrots, so they are easy to hunt and kill." The puppet girl said, "During the melee, the Gaoshan people needed to refine a large number of weapons in order to protect themselves. Be careful of overfishing, which led to the extermination of the mermaid tribe. My mother-in-law said that some people in their Qingping Division speculated that the Gaoshan tribe probably wanted to attach themselves to the human race—the Yan team because of their lack of succession. To write a gloomy tribute."
After listening to Shepi, she asked very environmentally friendly: "It means that the prodigal Gaoshan people did not pay attention to sustainable development? They use so much oil and blood, why don't they try breeding?"
"I can't raise it," said the puppet girl. "The sharks can't survive in the confined waters inland. The Gaoshan people have tried many methods, but they couldn't bring seawater from far away. It is said that only one shark survived. At that time, the Gaoshan King heard that he sent someone to ask, and the fish breeder said that the mermaid has delicate emotions, so he needs to comfort it carefully every day, build a relationship with it, and make it feel that the inland waters are its home."
Shepi: "Then let's raise it like this, the harder it is to raise, the more profitable it will be."
"Alpine King bought this farmed merman at a high price, but when he used the ancient method to take blood, he found that the blood was bright red. There was no merman poison in the blood of this farmed merman. For some reason, it would There is no biochemical anatomy technology," said the puppet girl, "but according to records, this merman didn't struggle and scream when taking blood, and his mood was always calm, so some people infer that this merman knew that he died for his master. , died willingly, and could not produce the most critical merman poison."
Shepi had never heard of such a creature of the Holy Mother, and said in shock: "Its owner has sold it, and is still willing? Isn't this lack of heart?"
"So the merman is just a kind of big fish." The puppet girl also opened several other suitcases, checked them, and replied casually, "Its intelligence level may not understand what 'selling' is at all..."
That's right, I don't even understand "buying and selling", and I don't know how to live and die. Such a stupid animal is only worthy of being a fish.
Even these stupid things can be trapped by love.
Yan Qiushan tightened his fingers on the metal plate, and suddenly interrupted their conversation in a very blunt tone: "Stop talking about those useless things, and tell me the course of action tomorrow."
The puppet girl packed up the "Zhen", and took out a map: "This is a copy, the original is too old, it will break if you touch it, and you can't take it out. The prince of Gaoshan is called 'Weiyun', and the final place of burial is Gaoshan The holy city of human beings, 'Nanzhu' - this place has been flooded by the rising sea level, let's go to the sea, Captain Yan, are you ready?"
Yan Qiushan nodded his head cherishing words like gold.
Shepi said: "Don't worry, no matter how big the environment changes, I can take you out of the Titanic underwater as long as you have a map."
"The whole gloomy sacrificial text is in my head, and I will finish it for you when I get to the place," the blind man pointed to his temple, and spoke slowly, "But Team Yan has to be mentally prepared, the gloomy sacrificial text is quite You can use a megaphone or a doorbell to bring your voice to the ears of the dead, but if you make a phone call, the person may not answer it, do you understand this?"
Yan Qiushan frowned: "But the Yin Yin Festival has been successful twice."
"Once." The blind man corrected, "It failed the first time. Bi Chunsheng's goal was originally the monster general who died in Chiyuan in the first battle of Pingyuan, but he responded to the gloomy sacrifice... According to my master, it was very difficult. It may be the emperor."
"Human Emperor Sheng Xiao?" The other three were shocked at the same time.
"It's unlikely to be me, it's more like something that the emperor wore next to him. It may have recovered after a long time—but it doesn't matter, anyway, he has already been punished by heaven for disobeying the ritual." The blind man waved his hand, "Actually, it makes sense. No, if the demon who responded to the sacrificial rite can hear the voice of the literati, he must agree with what the literati asked for. That is to say, the demon should also be 100% eager to rekindle the Chiyuan fire. I don’t know that Bi Chunsheng is crazy , what went wrong when doing the sacrificial rite—but we can sum up some experience and lessons from it. Everyone has seen the first demon who came out of Chiyuan. He is as crazy as Bi Chunsheng. He died too fast, and we don’t know if he has any other resonance with Bi Chunsheng. The leader of the witch tribe in the second witch grave was awakened by greed. The historical master of the witch tribe told you, It can be said that from the beginning to the end, he died of the greed and covetousness of the human race. That is to say, apart from resonance, strong hatred is also useful. These are two paths, and both can be used for reference. Team Yan, think about how that mountain prince will respond .”
Yan Qiushan frowned.
The puppet girl couldn't help asking: "It's the first time even my mother-in-law heard about the so-called witch race. Where did you know about it?"
The blind man smiled inscrutably and said nothing, and the few people discussed the departure schedule in detail, and then they dispersed.
In order to avoid people's eyes and ears, they closed both layers of curtains when they were talking, and they also pasted soundproof spells on the windows, but no one noticed. Between the lines, as if adding a few strokes to it, a weak voice escaped from the extra few strokes.
A figure by the window was drawn down by the clear moonlight. With long hair, it was the man who was doing wood carving in the coffee shop during the day.
When he heard "that devil is 100% eager to rekindle Chiyuan Fire", his face seemed to be whipped, his eyes narrowed in pain, and scars like tears popped out of the corners of his eyes.
It turned out that this "new internet celebrity" was Sheng Lingyuan who left without saying goodbye in Dongchuan.
The pain on His Majesty's face was fleeting, and he quickly devoted himself to the work of professionally listening to the corner. When he heard "Prince Gaoshan Weiyun", he frowned slightly, and doubts flashed across his face.
Legend has it that Weiyun, the prince of the Gaoshan clan, was an unlucky guy whose father didn't love his mother and who didn't love him. He was sent to Emperor Wu by his adoptive father when he was very young. If it weren't for that, it would not be popular to use eunuchs, or they would be "clicked".
This little prince can be said to have lived his whole life in a miserable life—bearing humiliation, but unfortunately he didn't make any achievements. Anyway, in the end, the Gaoshan tribe was still wiped out by the emperor. As for him, it is said that he was also hunted down to death.
There are some discrepancies between the rumors and the truth, but in general they are almost the same.
Sheng Lingyuan leaned against the corner of the wall, crossed his arms across his chest, and recalled for a moment—he remembered that Weiyun was taciturn, dull, and would strike iron all day long...and he didn't die from hunting.
He was chased by others, but he didn't say that he would be killed. Weiyun actually committed suicide.
Sheng Lingyuan didn't think that such a wimpy person had the qualifications to become a demon. The reason why he waited in Yuyang was because the demon leader of the Gaoshan tribe was someone else.
So these people in the room... did they make a mistake, or was someone lying