Chapter 44: Once it comes, make peace with it
Chapter 44: Once it comes, make peace with it
In the Tiger Temple, Chen Shi stepped forward and reached the distance of ten feet in an instant. His body hit the air, and even a thunderous sound burst out. With a loud bang, the doors and windows of the Tiger Temple rattled!
He threw a punch, and the wind from his fist reached a distance of several meters, like thunder and lightning in a plain.
Chen Shi gathered his energy and blood and threw another punch, which was even stronger. The sound of the wind he created actually emitted a dark thunderous sound. Thunder rumbled as his fist moved, which was very terrifying.
He moved his feet, stepping on the Big Dipper, coming and going as swiftly as a ghost, walking on the ground, walls, and pillars of the temple, his fists and feet flying, and thunder rumbling!
At a distance of fifteen or six feet, the mind and body are together, and the body and fist are together!
After a while, Chen Shi landed gracefully on the ground. His turbulent blood and energy calmed down in an instant, and his fluttering clothes also smoothed out.
He was calm and composed, feeling the inner energy surging for a long time.
The true energy flowed with great force, and a shrine automatically formed behind his head. The shrine ... glowed brightly, extremely dazzling.
The true energy in his body did not dissipate for a long time, and the shrine showed no signs of weakening.
After a period of time, his true energy began to dissipate, and the light of the shrine gradually dimmed, but the shrine remained intact.
"Even if you cultivate to a holy fetus, you still cannot completely preserve the shrine. Without the shrine, the true qi will not exist. The physical divine fetus can only temporarily slow down the speed of the true qi dissipating. If you want to preserve the true qi, you still need a real divine fetus."
Although Chen Shi felt sorry, he was content. He bowed to the empty shrine in the Tiger Temple and walked out of the Tiger Temple.
He closed the door and prepared to leave the mountain.
He didn't take the bus.
For some reason the day before yesterday, the coachman who always obeyed him acted as if he had seen a ghost when he saw him. He drove away and soon disappeared without a trace.
Chen Shi liked Xiao Wangsun's chariot very much. He felt so majestic when riding in it these days. He searched for it for a long time, but he couldn't find it outside Jinghu Villa. He felt regretful for a long time.
After he left, the extraordinary power in the temple gradually gathered towards the shrine, faintly revealing the image of a god or demon.
Just as the divine image was about to take shape, suddenly the extraordinary power could no longer be restrained, and it collapsed and dissipated throughout the temple again.
A faint sigh came from the shrine.
"Isn't it still okay?"
Chen Shi walked away and did not hear the sigh.
Outside Huangpo Village, under the old willow tree, Chen Shi burned incense to his godmother Shibei as usual.
Although the stone tablet godmother still did not respond, the green light on the stone tablet flowed and lasted longer, as if it contained some mystery.
Chen Shi tried to contact his godmother by burning incense, but when his consciousness came into contact with the stone tablet, he felt nothing but the vast void.
"Maybe godmother, it's just an ordinary stone."
Chen Shi didn't take it to heart. He lit a stick of incense for Zhu Xiucai and waited quietly for Zhu Xiucai to absorb the fragrance.
"Mr. Zhu is my noble man, no, my noble ghost!"
Chen Shi was filled with emotion. "I was unfortunately cut off from my divine fetus and became a disabled person, but I was also very lucky to meet Zhu Xiucai, who allowed me to study under him. Otherwise, I might not have been able to pass the literary examination in the county examination. This spring, I will definitely shine in the literary examination!"
Just as I was thinking about it, two people, an old man and a young man, came down the loess slope. The old man was already in his 80s, very old, frail, and walked with a hunched back, but his eyes were bright.
The young man was wearing a green dress and a white shirt, with a green headband tied on his head, a red silk belt around his waist, a white lotus jade pendant hanging from his waist, and a pair of Chenqiao shoes on his feet. He looked very quiet.
The young man looked to be about eleven or twelve years old. He followed the old man with bright eyes. Although the two were dressed simply, the quality was good. It was obvious at a glance that although they were not rich, they were very particular about their daily lives.
Chen Shi withdrew his gaze, took out the Analects, and asked Zhu Xiucai for advice, saying: "The Master said: I have never seen a man who is firm. Someone replied: Shen Xie. The Master said: Xie is also a desire, how can he be firm? What does this mean?"
"This paragraph is about understanding the Master's artistic conception. The Master is already invincible, so he said with emotion, I have never seen anyone that my fists cannot destroy."
Zhu Xiucai said, "Someone nearby said that Shen Xie was very powerful and had cultivated an indestructible body. The Master said, Shen Xie is no good. I have fought him before and he is not strong at all. Xiao Shi, if you can understand the Master's state of mind when he said this, you will be invincible."
Chen Shi seemed to be thinking about something.
At this time, the young man's voice came from the bottom of the loess slope: "Grandpa, stop! My seventh uncle Li Kefa must have died here."
Chen Shi woke up from his understanding of the Master's mood and looked down. He saw the old man and the young man stopped and were looking at the geography and scenery near the loess slope.
"Li Kefa? He seemed to be the county magistrate of Buffalo County and the father of the victim Li Xiaoding. How did he die?" Chen Shi was surprised.
The young man just now said that Li Kefa died near Huangtu Slope, which made him feel a little awed. Huangpo Village was named after this slope, which meant that Li Kefa died near Huangpo Village!
"This young man calls Li Kefa his seventh uncle, so they are from the Li family!" Chen Shi was secretly alert.
At the foot of the loess slope, the old man asked in confusion: "Tianqing, how do you know your seventh uncle died here? I didn't see his soul."
The old man looked at Chen Shi, and Chen Shi felt as if a ball of fire was shining on him. The burning sensation disappeared only when the old man moved away.
"This old man is so strong!"
Just as he thought of this, he saw the old man's eyes fall on Zhu Xiucai who was hanging on the tree. His heart tightened: "He can see Zhu Xiucai without using the Sky Eye Talisman! Yes, he has cultivated the Sky Eye that can see spirits!"
The young boy Li Tianqing pointed to a big tree by the river in the distance and said, "The crown of the tree on the north side is missing a corner. It is the mark left by the Six Yin Jade Wheel of my Li family. In Xinxiang Province, only my seventh uncle knows about the Six Yin Jade Wheel."
The old man was quite surprised by the man and the ghost on the slope. Hearing this, he retracted his gaze and looked at the big tree. He exclaimed: "Tianqing, it was right to bring you out this time. You have amazing observation skills! So, your seventh uncle encountered the enemy nearby and activated the Six Yin Jade Wheel of my Li family, but was defeated and died."
He exhaled a breath of foul air and said, "Li Kefa brought the elite troops of my Li family in Shuiniu County this time, but they were all buried in the countryside. My Li family's influence in Shuiniu County was uprooted. This kind of move must have been done by another aristocratic family! Take this opportunity to annex Shuiniu County!"
The young man Li Tianqing looked at the loess slope and suddenly exclaimed, walked over quickly, grabbed a handful of soil, twisted it carefully, and then licked it on his tongue, saying, "It's kaolin!" The old man widened his eyes, tasted it, and spat it out, angrily saying, "It doesn't taste good at all!"
Li Tianqing pondered: "Grandpa, kaolin is used to make porcelain and pottery, not for eating. There is such a large slope of soil here..."
He glanced across the earthen slope and then at the ancient tree in the center of Huangpo Village. His eyes lit up and he smiled, "There must be a kiln factory nearby! The True King's Tomb should also be nearby!"
The old man touched his white hair, wondering how he came to this conclusion.
On the loess slope, Chen Shi was also very curious.
Li Tianqing said: "This kind of tomb needs a lot of pottery and porcelain. If they are fired from other places and transported here, they will attract attention and be easily damaged on the way, so a kiln factory must be built nearby to fire them. The soil used in the kiln factory is this kind of kaolin. After the porcelain and pottery are fired, the kiln workers who fired the pottery and porcelain must be executed to prevent the news from leaking out. This village happened to be built where the kaolin was stored back then, and the trees in the village are old enough, so they must have been planted by people at that time. Therefore, the tomb of the real king is definitely not far from here!"
Chen Shi was full of admiration and thought to himself, "This boy is about the same age as me, and his brain is as smart as mine."
The old man was inexplicably excited and said in a hoarse voice: "If we can find the real king's tomb, even if we can't find the real murderer of Li Kefa, it will be a great achievement for us to return to Quanzhou!"
Li Tianqing shook his head and said, "Two great achievements."
The old man was puzzled.
Li Tianqing said: "Seventh Uncle's case is also easy to solve. Grandpa, look at that crooked willow tree. This kind of old willow tree is the most suitable for hanging. Scholars who are unhappy with their lives often choose this kind of old tree to hang themselves. This tree is so old, there must be one or a row of scholars hanging on the tree. Most of them saw the scene of Seventh Uncle's death and know the real culprit. Just ask them and the case can be solved."
The old man was stunned and murmured, "There is indeed a scholar hanging on that willow tree... Tianqing, you are really amazing!"
Li Tianqing was a little embarrassed and said, "It's just common sense..."
"I'll ask!"
The old man was about to go up the slope when suddenly the space in front of his eyes shook violently. The small loess slope became extremely steep in his eyes, as if the yellow sky was covering his head!
The old man's face suddenly changed and he stepped back immediately.
Everything returned to normal only when he left the slope.
Li Tianqing didn't understand.
The old man calmed himself down and looked at the small slope. He felt that this small slope was like an unfathomable master, which made him dare not set foot on it.
"There are many evil things in the countryside. When you come to the countryside, you must worship the land god first, then you will be safe!"
The old man turned around and stopped trying to climb the slope. He said, "Tianqing, although you are smart, there are some places where being smart won't work. You need to rely on experience. Let's go pay our respects to our godmother first and go to the village to get some information!"
The two walked towards Huangpo Village.
Chen Shi stared with wide eyes as he watched them walk towards Huangpo Village, wondering in his heart: "Why is this old man going up the hill like he's frightened? There's nothing scary on this hill."
"Tianqing, you are well-read, do you know who this true king is?"
The voices of the grandfather and grandson came from the front. Li Tianqing said, "It is said that the True King was appointed by the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty as the King of Xinzhou of Xiniu. He was in charge of the Shehe and Ji of Xiniu. The fifty provinces of Xiniu and the fifty maps of mountains, rivers, and Shehe were all in the hands of the True King, and were later taken into the mausoleum by the True King."
"No wonder these guys are so concerned about the True King's Tomb."
The old man laughed and said, "Everyone talks about the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty. Who knows the surname of the Ming emperor now? Who knows which dynasty the emperor is from? On the contrary, the real king's treasure has attracted the attention of many people."
"I know. The Ming emperor's surname is Zhu. It is now the 6642nd year of the Jiajing reign!"
"You are the only one who knows. No one else would know."
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As the grandfather and grandson walked further and further away, Chen Shi quickly stood up, packed up his books, and said with a smile: "Mr. Zhu, you have the same surname as the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu! Are you from the royal family?"
Zhu Xiucai said hesitantly: "I am just a hanged ghost, how can I be a member of the royal family..."
"I don't think you are either!"
Chen Shi carried his book box on his back and walked excitedly down the loess slope towards Huangpo Village.
We have visitors in the village, and it is quite interesting to watch.
He arrived at the entrance of the village, only to see the grandfather and grandson also coming to the outside of Huangpo Village. The old man held up a stick of incense and stood outside the village, saying respectfully: "I am a passer-by in the world, and I happened to come to your village. I only ask godmother to allow me to stay. I will be very grateful. I will offer incense and candles in the future to thank godmother for your protection."
——The reason why the old man also called the ancient tree "godmother" is because the custom of worshipping godmothers has a long history. In the era when evil spirits just emerged, people found that all things have spirits. After worshipping for a long time, spirits will be born and have powerful powers. Ordinary people cannot tell whether the spirit is male or female, so they call it godmother.
When an old man comes to the countryside, he naturally has to adapt to the local customs.
The branches of the ancient trees in Huangpo Village danced gently, smelling his fragrance.
The grandfather and grandson then entered the village. Li Tianqing followed the old man, step by step. At this time, he heard footsteps beside him. He turned around and saw a young man about his age, who was stronger than him and smiled at him.
"My name is Chen Shi, my nickname is Xiao Shi, and everyone in the village calls me Little Chengshi!"
The young man smiled and asked, "What's your name?"
Li Tianqing was a little shy and spoke in a low voice: "My last name is Li Tianqing..."
"You have nowhere to stay, why don't you stay at my house tonight!" Chen Shi suggested before he finished speaking.
Li Tianqing had never met such a warm and enthusiastic person. He looked at the old man and the old man smiled and said, "Country people are simple and honest. We also need a place to stay. Let's disturb them for one night."
Chen Shi was overjoyed, and immediately took them to his home, smiling from afar: "Grandpa, Hei Guo, there are guests at home!"
(End of this chapter)