If you hear the Tao in the morning, you can die in the evening.
This is a very classic motto for studying, but in the place of Hexi Marsh, it seems that the so-called "Tao" can be smelled day and night, and the Tao here refers to the "ghost way".
Xue Poye could only see a vast swamp in front of him. Old trees beside the swamp were entwined with dead vines. The swamp under the faint moonlight was strange, and the night crows on the old trees were making ghostly chirps.
Next to the swamp, there is a large piece of wild grass as high as a human head, and under the cover is the barren tomb.
The name Hexi Marsh is very special. According to many people's explanations, it is actually very simple. It just means that the place always looks very peaceful, the dead cannot fight, and it is cleaner than the world of the living. Looking at the four seasons of the year, even when the sun is shining, it is still as dark as the setting sun.
Xue Poye and Lv Niangzi urged their horses to approach, looking at the large area of weeds and deserted graves, in the middle of the night, they didn't have the fear they expected, but instead had a feeling of emotion and sympathy.
Every family worships their ancestors, but who will worship these lonely souls and wild ghosts who have been buried in the ground.
Xue Poye got off his horse, bowed to the vast cemetery in front of him, and said sincerely: "Everyone who passed away, no one sacrificed to you, and I have no one to sacrifice. Why don't I make do with you, so that we can have a better life together?" Prayer." After finishing speaking, he bowed three times, in his heart, it was just to show the respect of future generations to the ancestors far away in another time and space.
Seeing Xue Poye's pious face, the green lady naturally didn't know what he was thinking in his heart. She also said that Xue Poye was really paying homage to these lonely ghosts with all her heart. She couldn't help being very moved and followed Xue Poye , All good luck, but immediately realized that she is now disguised as a man, her pretty face flushed, imitating Xue Poye's appearance, and bowed a few times.
With his hands behind his back, Xue Poye could hear the crow's cry and the horse's snort, his eyes were full of desolation, and there were no traces of other people, so he couldn't help frowning.
"Is it midnight?" Xue Poye asked Lady Lv.
Green Lady nodded and said, "It's past midnight!"
Xue Poye said to himself: "You asked me to come, but you didn't dare to show up, you couldn't be playing tricks on me?"
As soon as the words fell, there was a sound of footsteps, but the footsteps came from behind.
Xue Poye and Mrs. Lv immediately put themselves on guard, turned their heads to look, and saw two men in black slowly walking out from behind, with disheveled hair. At first glance, they really looked like wandering souls.
If it weren't for the two men in black each holding a shovel, Xue Poye would really be ready to shout "Namo Amitabha Buddha" to drive away the evil spirits.
The two men in black each held a sharp shovel, without looking at Xue Poye, they went straight to the edge of the swamp, then stopped and started digging without saying a word.
Xue Poye frowned, went to look at Lady Lv, but saw that her beautiful face was also frowning, and the two looked at each other with doubts in their eyes.
The two stood quietly, watching as the two men in black dug a big hole three feet wide, five feet deep, and seven feet long beside the swamp.
Xue Poye's heart beat a little. Looking at the situation, this big pit is like a dug coffin pit. Could it be that someone is going to be buried tonight? Although he was quite courageous, seeing this weird scene, he still panicked.
Although the green lady is good at martial arts, she is a woman after all. In this eerie environment, such a strange scene happened before her eyes. She couldn't help thinking that Xue Poye was leaning on the other side. Xue Poye naturally held the green lady The slippery little hand clenched tightly, and the green lady suddenly felt a warmth in the little hand, and her heart, which was a little trembling, was much more at ease.
"Two big brothers!" Xue Poye boldly asked: "Did the two of you make an appointment to meet?"
The two men in black were like dumb, more like deaf people. They ignored them, dug a big hole, and left slowly with a shovel in their hands, hiding in the night for a moment.
Xue Poye held Lady Lv's hand, and walked slowly to the side of the big pit, and saw that the big pit was actually used to put coffins, and the length, width and depth were all typical grave pits.
"I... let's go back!" Goose bumps appeared on the delicate skin of the green lady, and a trace of sweat came out of her forehead. If it was really an enemy, even if it was powerful, the green lady would dare to fight it head-on, but this ghostly horror atmosphere , so that a girl's family gave birth to a lot of terror.
Xue Poye smiled lightly at Lady Lv, leaned close to her ear and kissed lightly, and said softly, "Don't be afraid, everything is up to me."
The green lady felt that her pink ears were gently kissed, her delicate body trembled slightly, listening to Xue Poye's gentle words, although Xue Poye's kung fu might not be as good as her own, but listening to these words, she just felt that The sense of fear disappeared immediately, and my heart became more at ease.
In the blink of an eye, the two men in black came back suddenly, each carrying a big bag, and they were running towards the big pit like flying. Xue Poye hurriedly pulled the green lady back.
The two men in black came to the edge of the big pit and jumped down without knowing what they were doing. After a while, the two men in black jumped out with empty bags and left again.
And when the two men in black disappeared, an even weirder person finally came out from the night.
The man looked very thin, wearing a light yellow robe, and his appearance was very ordinary. He belonged to the type that would not attract anyone's attention if he was thrown in the crowd, but his walking posture was very good-looking, and he looked very imposing.
Xue Poye frowned slightly, took two steps forward, cupped his hands and said, "But seniors have an appointment?"
The man in yellow took a look at Xue Poye, nodded slightly, but didn't say anything, walked to the edge of the big pit, and jumped down.
Xue Poye was taken aback, and was about to say something when he heard a sound of "Kacha Kacha" coming from the big pit. Vomit out.
Lady Green frowned, and was about to step forward, but Xue Poye stopped her and said, "Don't come over."
Seeing that Xue Poye's face turned pale, Mrs. Green was a little worried and even more puzzled. What happened in this big pit would make Xue Poye look like this.
Things in the big pit are very simple, Xue Poye can see clearly, but the man in yellow robe is sitting in the big pit and eating human flesh.
I don’t know when there were a lot of stumps and severed hands in the big pit. They were all bloody and looked very fresh, as if they had just been cut off. Picked up a big piece, raised his head, chewed and said with a smile: "Xue Shishitou, would you like to come over and have a taste?"
Invite people to eat dead bodies
Xue Poye was frightened, surprised and disgusted at the same time, and said with a wry smile: "Senior's hobby is really special."
The man in the yellow robe chuckled, and suddenly coughed violently, his body trembling slightly, before sighing after a while: "Young people are getting less and less courageous now."
Only now did Xue Poye see this person's face clearly.
His skin is a little yellow, it is a kind of sickly withered yellow, he has a beautiful beard, but his skin is smooth, his eyes are huge but lifeless, a little drowsy, looking sickly, his mouth is big, and his ears are big. Wide, looks quite dignified.
The man in the yellow robe tore off another half of his arm, and began to eat it with a "crack-crack".
Xue Poye frowned as he watched the yellow-robed man eating human flesh with relish, and suddenly laughed, stepped forward and jumped into the big pit, sat opposite the yellow-robed man, and said with a smile: "Young people always have a lot of things to ask for." I learned from the old people, and today I will learn how to eat human flesh from my seniors." After speaking, he actually picked up an arm and put it in his mouth to chew, blood flowed down the corner of his mouth, but he looked like It seems to be very happy to eat.
After all, the green lady leaned over and saw Xue Poye and the man in yellow gobbling up human flesh, her face paled, she yelled "Ah", she almost went limp, her delicate body trembled, such a weird and terrifying thing, let her wander I have been in the rivers and lakes for many years, but I have never seen it before.
Now she is only worried about why Xue Poye also eats human flesh. Could it be that he has gone crazy from fright? Or, was he really fascinated by the ghost
"It tastes really good." Xue Poye chuckled, took two more bites, and ate it with a "crack-crack".
The man in yellow put down the human flesh in his hand, showed a strange smile, nodded and said: "You are indeed courageous enough. Only those who are courageous can do what others cannot do, and only then can they have real responsibility."
Xue Poye put down the human flesh in his hands, and sighed: "White lotus root mixed with brown sugar juice, I didn't know how delicious it is until today. But I don't think senior will invite me to eat delicious food!"
The green lady was taken aback, but soon realized that the "human flesh" that the man in yellow robe and Xue Poye ate was nothing more than white lotus root mixed with brown sugar juice. Only then did Xin'er calm down, but her face was still pale.
The man in the yellow robe pondered for a while, and said slowly: "Going to the appointment in the graveyard, daring to eat fake human flesh, your courage has proved that you are a responsible person."
Xue Poye smiled wryly: "I just think that in the Longtan in the capital, if anyone wants to harm me, there is no need to waste this trouble."
"You are really thoughtful." The yellow-robed man's voice was very calm: "In my opinion, in the whole of Kyoto, this place is probably the only place that is not noticed, and only this place can be regarded as the real wall without ears."
Xue Poye clasped his hands and said, "Senior, I don't know who is the master, and I have summoned the junior here, what can I teach you?"
The man in yellow stood up, turned his eyes around the big pit, and suddenly asked: "If a person dies, is such a big place enough to bury him?"
Xue Poye nodded and said: "That's enough, you can even put a few sacrifices."
"Haha...!" The man in yellow laughed and said slowly, "It seems that you are very satisfied with this place."
Xue Poye said indifferently: "If the senior asked me if I would like to be buried here after I die, I think this is an easy question to answer. If a person dies, all the fame and wealth in his life will be gone. , as long as there is a place to bury it, it is better than leaving the corpse in the wilderness."
The yellow-robed man's voice suddenly turned cold, and said: "Okay, I will save this place for you. If you do something you shouldn't do in the future, I will personally bury you here, and I will never let you Abandoned corpses in the wilderness."
Xue Poye frowned, and said calmly: "Senior, is this a threat?"
"Threat?" The yellow-robed man showed a strange smile again: "Maybe, you can take it as a threat."
Xue Poye stood up, and said slowly: "Senior, if you just explain these things, I think I have already listened to it, so let's say goodbye first." He clasped his fists and was about to leave the pit.
The green lady was already on alert, with a silver needle clasped in her hand, and if the yellow robed man made any changes, she would protect Xue Poye's Zhouquan with her hands.
"Xue Poye, the water in the capital is very deep, but there are more temptations. If you can't hold on to something, you will definitely do something you shouldn't do. At that time, you will regret it very much." The voice of the man in yellow Already tense.
Xue Poye was about to get out of the pit, but when he heard the word "Xue Poye", his body shook and his heart sank.
This man in yellow robe knows his true identity!
He turned around, stared at the man in yellow robe, and asked, "Who are you?"
The man in yellow didn't answer, but explained: "When you go to Beijing, you shouldn't hire a carriage, let alone send the driver back to Hangzhou." After saying this, the man in yellow started to cough violently. Po Ye saw that he took out the yellow silk from his arms and covered his mouth, when he put it away, there was a faint trace of blood.
Xue Poye suddenly understood in his heart that the man in yellow robe knew his identity, apparently from the clue of the coachman.
On the day I went to Beijing with Lv Niangzi, when I passed by Nanlin Garden, I happened to meet Princess Yi who was leading people to hunt, and accidentally shot and injured the coachman. Because of this reason, Xue Poye seemed to be a blessing in disguise. Princess Yi's master, at that time Princess Yi even ordered Hua Gongwei to arrange for someone to send the coachman back to Hangzhou.
Xue Poye may have been very excited at the time, or maybe he cared about the driver's injury, so he agreed to send the driver back to Hangzhou. Now that I think about it, this is really a huge negligence. If someone takes this opportunity to ask the driver about his identity, even I had given instructions before I set off from Hangzhou, but whether it was coercion or temptation, it was very easy to learn something from a driver.
As long as the coachman reveals his real name and investigates the name "Xue Poye" in Hangzhou, it will be like looking for money in a bank or medicine in a pharmacy. It is really easy and amazing.
It now appears that the coachman has revealed his identity to some people.
In fact, Xue Poye himself knew that his reputation in Hangzhou was too great, so long as people with a little background investigated carefully, they would always find their true identity from the clues.
He stared at the man in yellow robe, and finally said: "It turns out that Hua Gongwei belongs to you."
There was a trajectory in his mind, sending the coachman back was arranged by Hua Gongwei, and when he was fighting in the field, Hua Gongwei had already said that he was not Xue Shitou, and the anonymous letter he received in the son-in-law's mansion could only be left by Hua Gongwei. , and now that the man in yellow knows his identity, a clear trajectory shows that his identity has probably been investigated by Hua Gongwei, and even revealed to the man in yellow.
What is the identity of the man in yellow robe
The man in the yellow robe looked calm, and said lightly: "Sometimes you are not too smart than you show. In the capital, the consequences of smart people have always been very bad. I like your bravery and wit, but I hope you will be more subtle in the future. A sword that is too sharp is easy to break, you should understand this truth."
Xue Poye understood that this sentence was a teaching from the bottom of his heart, he was grateful in his heart, and said with a wry smile: "Senior, this sentence is naturally true, but there will always be many things that you can't help yourself on the stage of life, and there will always be things that you can't control. Unexpected things, sometimes even I can’t control myself.”
The man in yellow raised his head, looked at the moon in the sky, and finally said: "Xue Poye, I hope you can be a responsible person and able to protect everyone around you." After speaking, he looked at the pit not far away. The green lady said slowly: "For example, her, or... that child!"
"Child?" Xue Poye was taken aback for a moment, but he immediately came to his senses. Could it be that the child in Huangpao's population is a little stone? It turns out that this person is very clear about who is around him. Does he say this to show that he knows himself very well, and everything is under his control
The man in the yellow robe jumped up slightly, came out of the pit like a ghost, put his hands behind his back, and said slowly: "I will always keep this pit for you, and I hope you will always remember that there is such a place here that won't let you abandon your corpse in the wilderness." The grave." After saying this, he coughed violently again, and with the sound of coughing, he left slowly with a very imposing pace.
"What did he want to say?" Lady Lv walked to the edge of the pit, stretched out her hand, pulled Xue Poye out of the pit, and asked with some doubts.
What the man in yellow robe said tonight was very cryptic, even Xue Poye himself seemed to understand it, and there was something strange everywhere, which made Xue Poye still think about the meaning of his words until now.
He came to this place in the middle of the night and said these strange words. Others would think that the man in yellow was crazy, but Xue Poye knew that every word of the man in yellow was carefully thought out. He could tell that this man in yellow was not He is not a person who likes to talk very much. Tonight, to say these words, for the man in yellow, it is something that must be said from the heart, but these words make Xue Poye a little confused.
Xue Poye watched the back of the man in yellow disappear in the darkness, and then sighed softly: "I think he meant to let me not be confused by some things in the capital, such as money, power or beauties!"
The green lady spat: "Who do you think you are, who will give you money, power, and beauty?"
Xue Poye shook his head and said with a wry smile: "These things that anyone can't ask for are hard to get, but when you are a very useful tool, they will come to you like a tide, until you are caught. On the day you give up, you will understand that all this is just a fleeting moment, and in the end, you have nothing left, but you will lose a lot of things.”
The green lady can understand Xue Poye's state of mind, and can also understand the meaning of Xue Poye's words.
Xue Poye is undoubtedly a very handy tool for many masters in the capital. Many people want to hold this tool in their hands. The so-called money, power and even beauties are always the best things in this world to buy people's hearts. good tool.
"Actually, I don't know if you can resist those temptations." The green lady stared at Xue Poye's handsome face, and said quietly: "I just hope you don't forget something, and don't forget who you are!"
Xue Poye held Lady Lv's hand and said softly, "At least I will never forget you in my life."
The green lady was silent, and in her mind, the first time she saw Xue Poye in Pinxiang Pavilion of Qinghefang, that time, Xue Poye left a deep impression on her, but she didn't expect that As time goes by, in less than a year, the two have become superiors and subordinates, and between the two of them, there is still that kind of deep-rooted affection from time to time.
Life is always amazing.
"Ah!" Lady Lv suddenly exclaimed, pointing to the cemetery, Xue Poye turned her head to look, only to see phosphorescent fires, eerie and eerie.
"That's a will-o'-the-wisp." The green lady said nervously.
Xue Poye chuckled, held Lady Lv's hand, and said softly: "That's not a ghost fire, let's go, I'll tell you what it is on the way."
So the two rode forward side by side. Xue Poye explained the phenomenon of will-o'-the-wisps, but the green lady was even more puzzled, because she really didn't understand the so-called "wisps are a chemical reaction produced by the contact of a chemical substance phosphorus with air." This sentence.