Chapter 45 The dog is haunted

Chapter 45 The dog is haunted

Chapter 45 The dog is haunted
Li Tianqing and the old man came to Chen Shi's house and met Grandpa Chen Shi and the big black dog. Li Tianqing caught a glimpse of the red cannon standing in the corner and the black iron bullets in the doghouse. His heart skipped a beat and he coughed and said, "Grandpa, let's not trouble them. Let's stay under the godmother's tree tonight."

The old man didn't look at the corner, and said with a smile: "Since you are a guest in someone's house, why should you move out? Old brother, I am Li Jindou from Quanzhou, sorry to bother you."

Grandpa Chen Shi quickly returned the greeting and said, "My name is Chen Yindu, and I am from Qianyang Mountain. My humble abode is not big, but there are two empty rooms, which are suitable for you to stay. I am just afraid that I will neglect you two."

Li Jindou was delighted to see that he was well-spoken and said with a smile, "I dare not, I dare not."

Li Tianqing hurriedly tugged at his collar. Li Jindou was puzzled. Li Tianqing pointed to the corner of the wall. Only then did Li Jindou see the red cannon and felt awe in his heart.

Li Tianqing quietly pointed towards the main hall again. Li Jindou looked and saw a mourning hall in the main hall. Candles and incense were lit on the altar, and there was also a tablet with the name written on it.

"What did this old man just say his name was?"

Li Jindou's heart skipped a beat; the name written on the tablet was clearly Chen Yindu!
"It should be just a rural custom... No, Chen Yindu smells like a corpse!"

He felt a chill in his heart. This was the smell emitted by a dying human body, and it was very unique.

This is a smell you will never forget once you smell it!

"This person's body is dead, but he is still alive! He is not evil, he is just transforming into an evil spirit. What kind of secret technique is this?"

His mind raced as he searched the books he had read or heard of to see if there was any information about such a secret technique, but he found nothing!
"Such a person is hidden in such a small village. Could it be that the grandfather and grandson also came here for the tomb of the True King? Is Li Kefa's death related to him?"

Li Jindou thought about this and said with a smile: "Brother Chen, we can't stay here for free. This is just a small token of our appreciation. Please accept it."

He took out a small ingot of silver, weighing about three taels.

Chen Yindu looked at the silver in his palm, a smile appeared on his pale face, and he said with a smile, "You're welcome, brother." After that, he took the silver.

The moment their palms touched, wind blew up from the ground and suddenly there was a howling gale. The wind was extremely strange, blowing from the bottom to the top. There was no feeling in the Chen family's yard, but above the Chen family, there was a strong gale blowing high into the sky!

A cloud in the sky suddenly melted like ice and snow, dissipated in the wind and ceased to exist.

The strong wind came and went quickly. In the blink of an eye, the wind stopped and the sky returned to calm.

The yard was peaceful and there was nothing unusual. Chen Shi and Li Tianqing only heard a strange whistling wind in the air and felt nothing else.

The two looked up and didn't see anything strange.

Li Jindou's face changed slightly, and he laughed, "There are extraordinary people hidden in the mountains. Brother, you have such courage and spirit, which is admirable."

Just now, his palms touched with Chen Yin's, and it seemed that he was just giving the other party money, but in fact he wanted to test the other party's ability, which caused the sudden strong wind.

However, this time he failed to test the other party's strength.

His eyes flickered. He thought Chen Yindu's hand must be icy cold, but unexpectedly it was warm, which increased his curiosity.

"He has a heartbeat, and his blood is flowing. He looks like a corpse, but he's not a corpse. Weird, weird. What secret method can refine an old, dead body to this level?"

"We must find an opportunity to test it again!"

It was almost noon when Chen Yindu said, "Brother Li, there is nothing good in the countryside to treat our distinguished guests. I have lost my sense of taste and dare not light a fire to cook. Please help your guests."

Li Jindou clasped his hands together and bowed, saying, "I dare not. I dare not. My elder brother is busy, so I prepared some spirit meat myself and managed to make do."

The moment he bowed, there was a roar of thunder in the yard. With a loud bang, Li Jindou's body shook violently. A brilliant divine light emerged involuntarily behind him, illuminating the Huangpo Village in white!
In the divine light stood a primordial spirit that was three or four feet tall, which disappeared in a flash.

Li Jindou swayed slightly, and finally stood firm, saying with a smile: "Brother, I'm going out for a walk."

Chen Yindu said, "Please do as you please, brother."

Li Jindou walked out of the house and came to the ancient tree. He could no longer hold back and spat out a mouthful of blood. He hurriedly took out the elixir and swallowed it quickly.

After a while, he felt better.

But his complexion still didn't look good.

He still failed to test the strength of this old man named Chen Yindu, but his own strength was tested.

Chen Shi helped the grandfather and grandson tidy up the west wing, cleaned it up, and then took Li Tianqing to see his red cannon.

If you can’t show off your most precious treasures when you meet people of your own age, wouldn’t you be like a white dragon fish wearing brocade clothes and walking at night?

Li Tianqing stroked the red cannon and suddenly said, "I heard that Xiao Wangsun stole the Western King's Jade Seal and was hunted by the Shenji Camp. The Shenji Camp mobilized 89 red cannons, 890 soldiers, one admiral, one military officer, and many experts from the central army, left wing, and right wing to bombard Qianyang Mountain, but suffered heavy casualties. The traces of gunpowder burning in the barrel of this cannon are still fresh. It should have been obtained from the battle scene, right?"

Chen Shi stood beside him and said with a smile, "Tianqing, you are very observant. When Xiao Wangsun and Jin Hongying were talking, I was sitting at the same table with them. After the battle, I rescued Xiao Wangsun and carried away this relatively intact red cannon."

Li Tianqing's heart skipped a beat. Sitting at the same table with Xiao Wangsun?

That must be Xiao Wangsun’s accomplice!

Could it be that the grandfather and grandson had entered a den of thieves?

Chen Shi lifted the Red Barbarian cannon, placed it on his shoulder, and said excitedly: "I will be the cannon turret, you put the black iron bullets in, light the fire from the back, aim at the distant hilltop and fire!"

Li Tianqing was shocked and quickly refused.

He lived in the city, and the children around him were just like him, well-behaved and observing aristocratic etiquette. How could they have ever played this?
"Also, the barrel of the gun must be filled with black powder in order to fire."

Li Tianqing reminded Chen Shi, "Now the Shenjiying has a machine box filled with gunpowder. It is a cylinder with a mechanism and a firing pin on it. When the projectile is rolled into the muzzle, it will hit the firing pin, and the gunpowder in the machine box will explode, pushing the black iron projectile out. If you want to fire another shot, you can take out the machine box and replace it with another one. It's more convenient."

Chen Shi's eyes sparkled: "Where can I get it?"

Li Tianqing shook his head and said, "This is the latest creation of the Shenjiying. It is not easy to get. You are using yourself as a turret. It is extremely dangerous. You can't play like this."

"How should we play?" Chen Shi humbly asked for advice. Li Tianqing hesitated and said, "Perhaps we can let two Yellow Turban warriors carry the Red Barbarian cannon, and save the cannon cart. But I don't know how to draw talismans..."

"I can!"

Chen Shi said excitedly, then hesitated, "I don't know how to make black powder..."

Li Tianqing said: "I will."

At this point, he regretted that he shouldn't have said that. Looking at Chen Shi's expression, he knew that if he said that, something bad would happen.

Sure enough, Chen Shi gave him the task of black powder, and he and the big dog hid in the corner. The dog was talking secretly about something, and then the big dog reluctantly let him stab it.

Chen Shi took out writing brush, ink, paper and inkstone, mixed cinnabar with dog's blood, activated the Three Lights Righteous Qi Technique, and drew the Yellow Turban Warrior Talisman in one stroke. Soon he had drawn dozens of Yellow Turban Warrior Talismans with great skill. The shrine behind his head was still there, and his true energy was not exhausted.

"What a powerful true energy!" Li Tianqing praised inwardly.

Old Chen's family had ready-made materials, and Li Tianqing had also prepared the black gunpowder. Chen Shi carried the Red Cannon, and Li Tianqing held a few head-sized black iron projectiles. The two teenagers sneaked out, and the black pot dog followed behind.

"You two little guys, don't run out!"

Li Jindou's voice came, calling them to stop, and said with a smile, "I just discussed with Brother Chen, and told Xiao Chengshi to take us there. Don't carry the red cannon out, or you'll be seen. Come back from the kiln, and you can do it again."

Chen Shi was extremely disappointed and put the red cannon back unhappily.

Li Tianqing was also very disappointed. He put the black iron bullet back into the doghouse and suddenly realized, "What happened to me? I came here to investigate the disappearance of my seventh uncle. I found that this family was suspicious and they might be bandits in the same group as Xiao Wangsun. How could I be so confused as to play with cannons with Chen Shi?"

He secretly reminded himself not to be deceived.

Chen Shi packed up and went out with his book basket on his back. Li Jindou called out, "Tianqing, hurry up and follow me!"

Li Tianqing quickly calmed himself down and quickly caught up with Chen Shi.

Although he was mature beyond his years, he was still a child after all. He quickly put aside his previous vigilance and started chatting and laughing with Chen Shi. When he heard Chen Shi talk about interesting things in the countryside, he couldn't help laughing and felt longing for it.

They entered the forest and saw dense woods with white mist floating in the woods. The mist was strange, floating only at chest height, with some parts deep and some parts shallow. There was no mist below the chest and no mist above the chest.

They walked in the fog. Without the noise of birds and insects, it became so quiet that they could hear their own heartbeats and breathing.

Li Tianqing actually felt that this forest had a sacred feeling, solemn and dignified.

Occasionally, you can hear a wonderful sound, low and long, like the mountains whispering.

Chen Shi slowed down and came to a huge ancient vine, on which was tied a tattered red cloth that would break if touched.

Chen Shi put down the bookcase, tore off the red cloth strip, took out a new red cloth strip from the bookcase and tied it on, then took out a stick of incense, lit it and inserted it in front of the roots of the ancient vine.

Li Tianqing then noticed that someone had built a circle with stones in front of the roots of the ancient vine, and there were traces of incense in the circle.

Li Jindou whispered, "Tianqing, the Sky Eye Talisman."

Li Tianqing hurriedly took out the Sky Eye Talisman and activated it. At this moment, another world belonging to the mountains came into his sight.

There was actually a little girl in red sitting on the ancient vine. She nodded slowly to Chen Shi and accepted his incense.

The scent of the incense floated upwards and was absorbed by the little girl in red, transforming into an extraordinary force and condensing into a form.

The image of the little girl in red was not very clear, and it looked like she was about to be blown away by the mountain wind.

After doing all this, Chen Shi led them deeper into the mountains.

After walking a short distance, he stopped in front of a stone statue lying on its side among rocks and soil. The statue was huge, and the part that was exposed above the ground was more than a person's height.

There is also a circle made of stones in front of the statue, and a red cloth strip is tied to one of the statue's fingers.

Chen Shi changed the cloth into a red one and burned incense to the stone statue.

Li Tianqing noticed that the extraordinary power of the stone statue actually took shape in the form of a chubby baby, who was sitting on the head of the stone statue with a smile, accepting his incense.

They followed Chen Shi into the forest, but saw that in this ancient mountain, the towering old trees, rugged rocks, and ancient ruins all seemed to be formed by extraordinary power.

Chen Shi burned incense for them and changed the red cloth strips as he walked along. The forest was quiet, without any invasion by strange beasts, which was quite strange.

"Xiao Shi, what are you doing?" Li Tianqing couldn't help but ask out of curiosity.

“These are the paths that the villagers in our village use to enter the mountains.”

Chen Shi straightened up and said, "There are also some hikers who often take this road. They carry mountain products to sell in towns and cities. If we tie red ropes to the stone statues on these trees, they won't get lost."

Li Tianqing suddenly realized and asked, "What about burning incense?"

"Burning incense is for these mountain spirits to eat. It's a sign of filial piety."

Chen Shi said, "The mountain spirits will protect people walking on this mountain road after receiving the incense. Wild animals and bandits will not harm them. If you don't pay attention to the time and it gets dark, you can also hide in a place with red cloth strips. The mountain spirits will protect passers-by from being harmed by evil spirits."

"Will it be useful? Their appearance is so weak." Li Tianqing was puzzled.

"it works."

Chen Shi looked at the spirits on the mountain road with a calm face and eyes full of love for the mountains. "Once I was playing too much and forgot the time. I didn't notice until it got dark and hurried home. An evil spirit was targeting me, so I hid under a tree. The tree spirit protected me and fought hard with the evil spirit, but was torn to pieces by it. Grandpa came to find me and I was saved."

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