Museum of Demons

Where does the story begin...

It's been so long, I don't remember it anymore.

In the dark room, a little oil lamp was lit, and the dim green illuminated the surroundings a bit gloomy.

A skinny hand flicked the wick, in a trance.

I just remember that in the beginning, there was a poor boy who lived on the edge of the Luojiang River, his parents were dead, and he needed to herd cattle every day, cattle...

By the way, cow.

He grinned, finally remembering.

He also has a cow.

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His father and mother died early, and his eldest brother and sister-in-law inherited the house, leaving him a house and a cow.

Nothing to complain about.

Going out early every day, herding cattle to graze, pulling cattle to plow the land, although not rich, but life is very leisurely.

The poor boy felt that this was enough.

This is a cliche and ordinary life, marrying a wife, having children, and the story began to change, starting from the time he met that woman, she was someone he had never seen before, he never thought that there would be such a beautiful person in the world , I just saw him once, he seemed to be possessed by a demon, he couldn't sleep all night, and he was in a daze all day long.

He thought about the woman while eating, and he also thought about it in his sleep.

I was thinking, hoping, when I could see that woman again, even if it was only for a glance.

Just one look is enough.

Pulling the cattle to the river, sitting on the bluestone and brushing the back of the cattle, in the past, the work that would make the poor boy feel happy by whistling became boring. He stroked the shiny fur of the cattle and sighed: Niu, Niu, when do you think I will see that girl again?

It was a question he was talking to himself, but the scalper opened his mouth and said, This is a very simple matter.

He looked at the startled poor boy, shook his head, and said, As long as you cut me a handful of fresh and tender wheat seedlings, make me a nest with soft weeds, and feed me soybeans and eggs tomorrow morning. , I can let you see her.

It was a ridiculous thing to do, but the poor boy did it.

He cut down the wheat seedlings in his field, and found the softest grass in the whole village.

The next day, the ox led him to run fast, across the Luoshui River, across the high mountains, in the middle of a field and a city, he really saw the beautiful girl, the poor boy returned home , Treat scalpers better, almost as friends.

But after seeing the girl, the poor boy missed her even more.

Thinking of the long hair like the night, thinking of the fair face, and the unattainable temperament.

Another day, he couldn't help it. While brushing the scalper's hair, he couldn't help but stroked the scalper's back and sighed: Oh, scalper, scalper, you are my best friend. Can you tell me what I want to do? How can we talk more with that beautiful girl? She is like the bright moon in the sky, I just want to talk to her, then I will have no regrets.

The scalper shook his head and said, This is a bit difficult, but it's not impossible.

You have to prepare me a bed made of silk and satin, and dishes made of meat and wine. Tomorrow morning, you will tie red cloth to my horns and lie on my back, unable to open my eyes. Then I can Take you to find her.

Then tell her that if you want to avoid being discovered by the Taoist priests in the world, you must take off her sash and feathers and put on human clothes, so that you can become friends.

Silk and satin, good meat and wine are not things that a poor boy can get, but he still tried his best to make it.

The next day the ox bared its fangs, ate meat and drank alcohol, and acted boldly like a bandit on the mountain. After eating and drinking enough, the poor boy tied a red cloth on its horn, and then the ox led him all the way. The speed was faster, and the poor boy felt the wind blowing on his face, and it was painful, but he still closed his eyes tightly.

He really saw the girl again, although he was nervous and stammered, he said it again as the scalper taught him. The girl was very surprised and thanked him politely. He felt so satisfied that he had no regrets. They ate and slept together, almost like brothers and sisters.

The girl became friends with him, and occasionally came to visit. The shawl was not taken off, but turned into a small exquisite wooden box, which he carried with him, and he had seen it twice.

Time passed slowly, and the beautiful girl was still polite and polite to him.

But the poor boy slowly had other thoughts growing in his heart, and the thoughts filled his heart like a weed. He supported the scalper and said, Brother, brother, you and I are like brothers, you Tell me, how can I live with that girl forever? This is my only wish, as long as it can be fulfilled, even if I die, there is no reluctance.

The scalper shook his head this time and said:

I regard you as a brother, so to tell you the truth, this is impossible. She is not a mortal, but a goddess on the mountain. She has never been to the human world below the mountain, so she is curious, but curiosity will always pass, and the human world will never be The world she imagined, one day she will return to the mountains.

Unless you wrap her cloak with the flesh and blood of a monster, she can't find the cloak, and without it, she won't be able to fly back to the mountain, and if you use the flesh and blood of a monster to taint her feathers and bury her at the door, she will die. You can't get out of the threshold, you can't fly or walk, you can only stay in the world, but how is this possible?

The poor boy sighed, as if he had given up on this unrealistic thought.

In the evening, he invited his eldest brother, the scalper, out to drink and eat meat. There were all kinds of delicacies on the table, as well as a large altar of fine wine. Reduced to the point of obsessing for a lifetime, come, drink.

The scalper seemed to be very happy, still eating meat and drinking heavily as before.

He ate half a pig's meat and three jars of wine, and passed away drunk.

Then the poor boy chopped off the head of the ox with a big ax for chopping trees, and then peeled off the skin of the ox with a sawing tool. Wiping off his sweat, he looked at the scalper and said, Aren't there monster skins here?

Brother, you and I are like siblings, just help me again.

He said that there was new yellow beef to eat, and invited the girl to be a guest, and then suggested that he wanted to see the box, and when the girl was not paying attention, he wrapped the wooden box with blood-stained cowhide and buried it in the ground In this way, the goddess who was supposed to be on the mountain was left in this world.

At the beginning, he said very sadly that he would help find her, and let the girl temporarily live in the attic of his home. And he went to his brother to deal with it for a few days, but how could he find it? One day passed and one month passed, but he still couldn't find it. The poor boy gradually revealed his true nature.

She actually wanted to do something rude, but the girl refused with a stern look on her face, and the poor boy was sent flying by the invisible force before he even got close to the girl, and fell to the ground, finally angry, roaring hysterically, and locked the door , Wrapped Yuyi with the monster's beef bones and flesh, and buried it at the door, so that the girl could never come out again.

He thought that as time passed, he would change his mind.

But the girl just looked at the sky and said nothing.

No matter he was angry, insulting, pleading, or crying bitterly, he still ignored him and just looked at the sky. The flame of desire almost turned him into a paranoid lunatic. Tables were set up on top of each other, and the girl didn't eat or drink, and said nothing. When everyone asked, the poor boy said that this was his wife.

He even adopted two children, saying they were the heirs of his husband and wife.

However, he still couldn't get close to the girl. As time went by, he gradually got older and older, and finally died of old age here one day, and the girl was still the same as before. He fell to the ground, looking at the cold place. , the gaze that never fell on him, the desire and obsession burned his heart and lungs, and finally he was outraged and crazy.

You are my wife, you are mine!!

Even if it's death, even if it's me, I won't leave you, no!!!

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The blue candlelight was flickering, and the surroundings were gloomy.

The man in Taoist robe exclaimed:

It's a very interesting story. It's the prototype of the story of the goddess and the mortal, but there is still one problem.

He looked at the man half hidden in the darkness, and said:

Why did the poor boy's brother and sister-in-law never appear? It seems to have disappeared.

The second time, where did he get the expensive silk and satin in one night, and where did he get the wine and meat that could feed the demons, and there was so much meat, it was really just pork Is it? Not... Heh, it's just a guess, after all, the monster eats so happily.

The Taoist paused, looked at the man, and played with taste:

And, did you ever own a cow?

The one who eats meat and casts spells is really a scalper?

The man in the shadow stared at the Taoist, and the Taoist also looked at him. The atmosphere was a bit depressed, and he was silent for a long time, then slowly muttered:

It's just a story.

He looked towards the mountain outside the window and said, A story that will end in two days.

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On the mountain surrounded by the deadly Luoshui, there is an antique attic.

There is a girl in white in the attic. A fresh air different from that of the ghost domain is trying to resist the turbulent changes of the outside world, but it has gradually been unable to resist and shrinks slowly. When she fails completely, this ghost domain will be destroyed. Fully formed.

The woman looked calm.

She had been asleep for too long, and her power loss was terrible.

And this era, after all, is no longer the era of the gods.

She has also accumulated the last bit of strength, at least she can die with the ghost. At this moment, a ripple appeared in the void, as if using the night as water, a stone fell from one place, causing ripples, a slight astonishment appeared on the girl's face, she stretched out her fingers, and the ripples touched her fingers.

【SouShen】

The message represented by the ancient imprint slowly spread out.

Weiwei of Sili School, please see the goddess.

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