The Nine Sages stood on a raised boulder next to the mountain stream, holding the flute and playing for a long time, but she never saw Peng Yan's figure, she put down the flute, her face became more and more gloomy, "No, in normal times, it would have come back a long time ago, if it doesn't come back, it will never come back," she looked at the lights of Xin'an City in the distance, and her gloomy face turned into a gloomy smile, "It seems that there is a master living in this city, and I am careless," the five fingers holding the flute became tighter and tighter, and she muttered in a low voice, " That Cheng Muyou also became suspicious of me, it seems that this matter can no longer be avoided, so it is better to simply fight with them, as long as it is dragged to Gengshen Day, they will have wings, and it will be difficult to find me. ” She turned her head and looked at Peng Zhen and Peng Jiao who were following behind her, "I'm impatient on the mountain, let's go, that flower world, there are so many things you like, go have enough fun, eat enough, and come back." ” The two pairs of legs got the order, and slowly disappeared into the darkness, leaving only the nine wise women standing next to the stream, their eyes like frost, looking coldly in the direction of Xin'an City.
"What did you find over there in Kuizhou?"
As soon as Liu Xuzhu walked into the study, he asked in a loud voice to the official sent by Zheng Ronghe.
Jiang Xixi saw Yan Niang sitting on the side, and her eyes showed surprise, "Miss Yan, you are here too." ” Yan Niang smiled at her, and refocused her eyes on the officer, Jiang Xixi came over and sat down next to her, listening attentively to the officer's report on the situation in Kuizhou.
"That's the case, this month we all followed Lord Liu's instructions, investigated near Changle Palace, trying to find relevant insiders, the emperor lived up to his wishes, looked for nearly twenty days, and really found us an old couple, they planted a fruit forest in the lower reaches of the river, and usually lived in a thatched house next to the fruit forest, because it was winter, there was no fruit on the tree, so they did not live there anymore, but went to their son's house for the winter.
I came back a few days ago to pack a few clothes, who thought that we just happened to run into it. “ "The two of them have seen people from Changle Palace?"
Liu Xuzhu asked hurriedly.
The official took a breath, "Lord Hui, the old couple said that the Changle Palace has been abandoned since the death of the old Guanzhu Immortal, until seven years ago, a Taoist suddenly came to the Guanli, but that person's whereabouts are secretive and rarely go out, so they have not been able to see his appearance."
Later, there were more and more small Taoist priests in the temple, most of them were people from other places, and they didn't know each other, but they only knew that every morning when the bell rang, the Taoist temple would rise to smoke, and the Taoist priests would start their own practice, which was very diligent.
Later, after a long time, I would meet a Taoist priest who came down the mountain from time to time, but every time I asked them what they were practicing, they kept their mouths shut, as if there was something unspeakable, so the old couple didn't ask in the future.
One evening, two Taoist priests came to the door and asked them if there were any poisonous snakes and centipedes in the mountain, and asked them if they could catch poisonous snakes, and if they could, they would be willing to exchange them for money.
The husband and wife were a little surprised, and asked them what they wanted these highly poisonous things for, but they only said that the master wanted them, and when they asked again, they locked their front teeth as before, and said nothing. “ "Viper," Liu Xuzhu repeated thoughtfully, and then urged, "What about later?"
What happened next?
How did those people disappear?
” "The old couple because of the poverty, really to the back of the mountain to catch snakes, Kuizhou climate is humid, weeds are all over the mountain, there are a lot of snakes in the mountains, so the two of them harvested a lot that day, happily carried a basket of snakes to the Changle Palace, that is also the first time they came to the Changle Palace.
According to the two of them, as soon as they entered the door, they saw several alchemy furnaces standing in the courtyard, and the smoke from the furnaces blackened the sky above their heads, and those Taoist priests stood by the alchemy furnace in groups, fanning the fans and adding firewood, and they didn't dare to be sloppy at all.
Before the two had time to greet each other, a person suddenly walked out of the main hall, she came to the courtyard, and methodically instructed the Taoist priests how to make alchemy, as if she was their master.
Guess what, the Lord is a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl, dressed very gorgeously, but her voice has not changed her voice, and she is still childish when she speaks. “ Jiang Xixi "Teng" got up from the chair and asked the officer, "Is there a portrait of her?"
” "This lord is really anxious, how dare we Zheng slack off, so he immediately found a painter and painted the appearance of the viewer according to what the husband and wife said.
"Oh," he said, opening the bag he was carrying with him and pulling out a small scroll, "this is it. ” Jiang Xixi hurriedly opened the scroll, and after taking a look, he gasped in his throat, and then took the scroll to the other people.
"It's her, it's her."
Liu Xuzhu slapped his palms, and then looked at the silent Cheng Muyou, "But, so many years have passed, how can she still be the way she is now, as if she won't grow up?"
” Yan Niang knotted the scroll and looked at the immature face on it, "She is the Nine Sages of Sansu Guan?"
” Jiang Xixi seemed to remember that Yan Niang was still here, and she suddenly came to her senses, "Miss Yan, what do you think?"
Are these nine wise women also spirits?
” Yan Niang returned the painting to her, "Let's let this little brother tell the matter completely, and then make the next step." ” Liu Xuzhu nodded to the officer, "You go on, what happened next?"
” Seeing that these people were shocked by their stories, the official couldn't help but feel proud, and even his voice was a little high-pitched, "After the old couple put the snake down, they were driven away by a few little Taoist priests, and told him not to send the snake himself in the future, they will go to the house to get it."
However, on the way home from Changle Palace, the two always felt that something was wrong, there seemed to be a few fewer Taoist priests in the temple, and the little Taoist who bought snakes from them last time was not there, and the old man looked for a few laps and didn't see his figure.
However, the old woman was next to comfort her, saying that it was not for nothing that the priest was still vulgar, so he didn't have to worry about it.
After a few years like this, there were fewer and fewer Taoist priests in Changle Palace, but the old couple always thought that this young Taoist aunt's Taoism was not high, and they couldn't keep their apprentices, and they didn't think much about other things.
Until that day three years ago, they heard the morning bell of Changle Palace for the last time, and since then, no one has haunted that Taoist temple, and those Taoist priests and their masters have disappeared and never appeared again. ”