Yongzheng is the third emperor of the Qing Dynasty, more than 200 years ago, Ziren in ancient times referred to carpenters, weft in ancient times also used to refer to width, this sentence translated into the current saying is "Yongzheng five years, there is a carpenter named Liu Sheng accidentally obtained a yellow feather, more than 40 centimeters long, 11 centimeters wide, the villagers do not know this feather, it feels very strange." ” The wing feathers of ordinary birds are usually within a pinch, that is, within 20 centimeters, even if it is a very large water bird, the feathers on the wings are rarely more than a pinch, this feather is more than 40 centimeters long, and it is yellow, so Zuo Dengfeng immediately thought that this strange feather would be from the poisonous bird derived from the Yin genus Earth Ox.
If you just picked up a big feather, it is not worthy of the county chronicle, the county chronicle recorded this incident because of what happened later, "The next day, Liu Shengju died violently, the chickens and dogs were in trouble, and he died, and the villagers were frightened, and they fell into trouble, and the blue sky embers set up a temple to suppress the plague." ” The meaning of this sentence is "the next day, Liu Sheng's whole family died, even the family's livestock were not spared, the autopsy went to check the cause of death, and also died unexpectedly, the surrounding villagers were very afraid, and it was rumored that it was the heel spreading the plague, and the county magistrate ordered someone to burn down Liu Sheng's house, and built a temple there to suppress the plague." ” The heel is a strange bird recorded in the Classic of Mountains and Seas, and it is said that as long as anyone sees it, it will cause widespread plague.
Zuo Dengfeng naturally didn't believe that Liu Sheng got the feathers of the heel, because the heel is a legendary animal, no one has ever seen them, this yellow feather is likely to be poisonous, and it is the cause of the death of Liu Sheng and others.
"Uncle Wang, are there many people surnamed Liu around here?"
asked the old man Zhichong of Zuo Dengfeng when he closed the county.
The county chronicles are extremely general and do not state where Liu Sheng lived or how he got the feather.
"Many, Liu is our surname here, and there are people with the surname Liu everywhere."
The old man replied.
"Is there a temple around here that suppresses the plague god?"
Zuo Dengfeng frowned and asked.
"Our house used to be the Five Plagues Temple, and then it was renovated, why do you ask this?"
the old man stretched out his hand and pointed to his feet.
Zuo Dengfeng couldn't help but shudder when he heard this, the plague temple is not like the land temple in every village, is it so coincidental that this is Liu Sheng's residence back then.
Zuo Dengfeng immediately frowned and grabbed the yellow mud on the west wall, and the ancient gray bricks were indeed exposed.
"Uncle Wang, was the land in the west a house before" Zuo Dengfeng stretched out his hand and pointed west, which was three or four miles away from the village in the southwest.
"Yes, people in the village build houses to the west, this is a rule passed down from the ancestors, and the village has moved several miles west after a long time."
The old man looked puzzled.
"Do you know what this temple used to be," Zuo Dengfeng asked.
This old man is sixty or seventy years old, and he has not heard the old people in the village talk about the things of two hundred years ago.
"It seems to be the old Liu's family's land, and when the Five Plagues Temple was renovated, the bones of the dead were dug up."
The old man looked at the granddaughter of the East House, lowered his voice and replied.
Zuo Dengfeng nodded when he heard this, it has been too long, and many things have been handed down out of shape, but the general situation is still in line.
"When was this house renovated," Zuo Dengfeng nodded and asked again.
"It's been fifty years since I came home with Cui'er and her grandmother."
The old man replied casually that Cui'er was the name of the little girl.
"Were there coffin boards when the bones were dug up?"
asked Zuo Dengfeng.
"I didn't see it."
The doubts in the old man's eyes became more and more intense, and he didn't know why Zuo Dengfeng suddenly became interested in these houses.
"Do you remember what color the bones were dug up?"
Zuo Dengfeng nodded and asked.
"It seems to be a little dark."
The old man recalled for a moment and spoke.
"Where are the bones?"
Zuo Dengfeng asked again, and the blackening of the bones was a manifestation of poisoning and death.
"I don't know, I didn't deal with it, you won't want to demolish the house on this cold day," the old man asked timidly.
"If you don't dismantle it, rest assured."
Zuo Dengfeng shook his head and smiled, he had determined that Liu Sheng died of poisoning that year, judging from the knowledge of poisons he learned from Yufu, Liu Sheng's family and livestock were very likely to be poisoned by that feather, as for why the other people who watched the feathers were not poisoned, it is not difficult to explain, the feathers in the drinking feather to quench thirst are usually non-toxic, but they are poisonous when they come into contact with the liquid, and in addition, it may also be that the poisonous gas emitted after the feather is burned killed Liu Sheng's family.
"Is there a treasure hidden under this house?"
asked the old man tentatively.
"The house was renovated by you, so there's no treasure."
Zuo Dengfeng shook his head and said.
The old man asked this question not because he was greedy for money, but because he was worried that he would tear down the house.
"Then what do you ask this house for?"
asked the old man, puzzled.
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Zuo Dengfeng shook his head with a wry smile when he heard this, when Yu Fu was there, he discussed problems with Yu Fu, and later with Ye Feihong, and now he is an old man, this is a weasel mouse for a lifetime, even if he said it, the old man didn't understand.
The old man saw that Zuo Dengfeng shook his head and was silent, so he didn't ask any more questions, and left Westinghouse to clean up and cook with his granddaughter.
Zuo Dengfeng was still a little sleepy before, but at this time there was no point, and the current clues show that the feather that Liu Sheng got back then is likely to be the poison derived from the Yin Earth Ox, that is to say, the only poisonous bird is in this area, the poison is there, and the earth branch should also be near here.
The most important thing at the moment is to determine where Liu Sheng got the feather back then, but more than two hundred years have passed, and the feather is definitely gone, so he can only analyze and guess from the existing clues, first of all, Liu Sheng is a local, and his activity trajectory should be in this area, and it is no more than five hundred miles away.
Secondly, Liu Sheng is a carpenter, will his getting this feather have anything to do with his carpenter profession, carpenters usually deal with wood, and wood grows in the mountains.
"Uncle Wang, do our carpenters here go up the mountain to cut wood?"
asked the old man who climbed the peak and rushed to the hall house.
"A carpenter is a craftsman, and he doesn't do that hard work.
If they work for the owner, the owner sends people to follow them to the mountains, and they pick up the wood and others cut it.
The old man replied.
"Is there a carpenter in our village" Zuo Dengfeng nodded and asked again, the old man's words showed that carpenters still often enter the mountain.
"It turns out that there is, a few years ago, there was a famine, there was no way to live, and I went to join my relatives outside the country."
The old man replied.
"Who is the oldest person in our village?"
Zuo Dengfeng wanted to find other old people to hear the news.
"Me."
The old man replied.
Zuo Dengfeng was silent for a moment when he heard this, even if he couldn't get further information, the current clues were enough to convince him that the Yin Domain Branch was within a radius of five hundred miles, in fact, five hundred miles was too much, and it was impossible for a carpenter's activity area to exceed three hundred miles.
However, he was still a little worried, if the poisonous bird with only golden feathers just accidentally dropped a feather while passing by, then his whole speculation would have to be completely refuted.
Fortunately, this is not very likely, a bird that has lived for 3,000 years has long since become the climate, and it is impossible to shed its feathers all day long like a hen.
"Uncle Wang, are there any strange big birds around here?"
Zuo Dengfeng asked again after being silent.
"Little brother, what the hell are you doing," the old man asked suspiciously.
Zuo Dengfeng kept saying that he was here to hunt for treasures, how could he find a bird again.
"Do everything but kill people and set fires."
Zuo Dengfeng replied casually, he blushed a little as soon as he said this, and after thinking about it, he really didn't set fire less, and more people were killed.
"I haven't seen any strange birds, but pheasants do."
The sound of the old man chopping wood came from the hall.
Zuo Dengfeng didn't say anything more when he heard this, today's harvest is big enough, and the general scope has been determined, and it is targeted to find it.
It's a pity that Yufu is not there, otherwise you can let Yufu find some lonely souls and wild ghosts to inquire about the news, and Du Qiuting can do similar things, but when he thought of Du Qiuting Zuo Dengfeng's heart suddenly became very unhappy, Du Qiuting did not help Yufu at a critical moment, taking into account the safety of the sect is certainly one of the reasons, and it is not excluded that he has the psychology of jealousy because of love, Du Qiuting asked him to go to Shaolin Temple to protect Yufu, and as a result, protection came to protect Yufu and hooked Yufu away, even if this is not the case, Du Qiuting will definitely think so, That's why he stood by and watched.
However, Du Qiuting had sacrificed his life to help him bring back a Yin Inner Dan before this, and he was also kind to him.
In general, when he thought of Du Qiuting, Zuo Dengfeng felt a pimple in his heart, he couldn't figure out who Du Qiuting was, and he didn't know whether to hate him or thank him.
In order to hide his whereabouts, Zuo Dengfeng went out day and night, and at night he went out with Thirteen again, this time he began to search more carefully for the surrounding peaks, the poison was here two hundred years ago, and it must still be around here, it can stay here for more than two thousand years, and it can naturally stay here for another two hundred years.
However, the surrounding peaks are not high, and the trees are not very lush, according to the description of the size of the feathers in the county annals, it is inferred that the poisonous object is extremely huge, at least five or six hundred catties or more, otherwise it is not enough to carry people to fly, and such a huge bird cannot hide in the ordinary jungle.
Zuo Dengfeng immediately thought about whether this poison could also change its shape like some earthly branches, and now it was only possible for this one, otherwise it would be impossible for such a big animal to hide in these not towering mountains.
Thinking of this, Zuo Dengfeng began to pay attention to whether there were people in the mountain, and found nothing for three consecutive days, and in the early morning of the fourth day, Zuo Dengfeng finally found an abnormality in Yizhuang at the foot of a mountain: