Pick up the Dragon

Peng Yu had never heard this word: "What?"

"The scales of the Soaring Snake."

"Is there a snake in my house?"

Li Yi was stunned for a second, then shook his head in amazement: "The Teng Snake is not an ordinary snake, but a strange beast. Someone once compared it to the Four Gods." He looked at Peng Yu's dull gaze, and couldn't help but smile. Er, "As for why its scales appeared here, I think it was an accident. But I was worried that I had nowhere to look for it, but it came to my door first."

Peng Yu was stunned for a while, quickly digested the information beyond the ability of ordinary people to accept it, and then frowned slightly.He didn't care if the Teng Snake was some kind of strange beast, all his attention was on the "accident".

Since he took over the mess left by his father, he has been struggling in business for ten years.Whoever said that Peng's family business was made by a ten-year-old doll, the listeners would probably not believe it, but it happened to be the case.Because of this, he has unusual acumen and caution in certain matters.

To put it nicely is prudence, but to put it bluntly, it is paranoid.

If someone deliberately harmed him, he would not be so concerned. There are people who want to harm him every day, and they can just grab them.But if it was simply an "accident", he would not believe it so much.

Seeing him silent for a long time, Li Yi looked into his eyes and seemed to see some clues.He opened the book with the Teng Snake Scale in it, and his fingertips landed on a certain page: "If my predictions are correct, this book should have fallen to the ground, and Teng Snake Scale might have been glued in at this time. "

The paper on that page was a bit dirty, and there were a few tiny particles of soil in the gap near the spine of the book. There was a shallow crease on the page, which couldn't be seen clearly, as if it was made by accident.

Li Yi leaned close to the pages of the book and sniffed it carefully: "You can call your caravan and ask where they passed before."

Peng Yu nodded, even if he didn't remind him, he would call to ask.Although it was late at night, as long as he gave an order, no one dared to get up.

Half a quarter of an hour later, the leader of the Yichou caravan got dressed and stood in front of him.

That day, Hu Lu received orders from his young master to bring a batch of medicine to Ji Ren Tang, and gave him ten shiny oil lamps.Because medicinal materials cannot be delayed, the caravan traveled day and night, and it was only after dark today that they checked and unloaded at Zhou Huai's place.I wanted to get a good night's sleep tonight, but in the middle of the night, the young master called me up again, and his face was quite gloomy.

Hu Lu was at a loss for a while, so Monk Zhang Er could only hold his hands cautiously, waiting for the young master to deal with it.

"Gourd," Peng Yu gave him another nickname in a serious manner, and picked up the little yellow book with the goods in it, "Let me ask you, did you send this batch of goods?"

Hu Lu immediately nodded: "Back to the young master, we gave it to you."

"Then let me ask you, where did the caravan start, where did it pass, where did it stop, who did it meet, and where did the goods come from? How many days, nights, and hours did the whole journey take? Did any strange things happen on the way?"

Hu Lu didn't dare to be negligent, and immediately reported one by one, while secretly startled.It's been a long time since the young master has questioned the caravan's route in such detail. Usually, the trustworthy leader is fully responsible. As long as the accounts submitted are good, he will not pursue them carefully.

Today is like this, either something went wrong, or something went wrong.

When he was talking, Peng Yu had already picked up a notebook, turned to the pages of "Yichou", and carefully compared it with the names of places and people on it.Generally speaking, each caravan of the Peng family has a fixed number of routes, ranging from one or two to as many as a dozen, but they generally sell goods back and forth in one area, and then return at a specific time every month. Peng house.The trip to Jirentang was considered an extra task.

He listened to what Hu Lu said and compared the route, and quickly said "hmm": "Chenzhou? Your route doesn't include Chenzhou. What did you go to Chenzhou for?"

Cold sweat broke out on Hu Lu's forehead: "Master, our route does not have Chenzhou, but Lizhou has sealed off the city for some reason, and the caravan cannot enter, so we can only detour to the nearest Chenzhou. There is a small village outside Chenzhou. The destination of the caravan, we rested there for an hour, replenished food and water, let the horses rest, and then started on the road again."

Peng Yu tapped the book with his fingers: "I know that the city of Lizhou is closed. It is said that there is some kind of plague. The news arrived after you left, and I didn't have time to inform you. But since you have arrived in Chenzhou, why don't you go in? Isn't the condition better than that of the village?"

"Master, we didn't dare to enter." Hu Lu raised his head and swallowed, "Because Chenzhou is a ghost town now."

"Ghost town?" Li Yi answered, "What's going on? Explain clearly."

"Yes. We arrived at a small village outside Chenzhou at about [-]:[-] o'clock that day. The village was called Chenjia Village, a little distance from Chenzhou City. There were not many people in the village, so we asked the villagers when Chenzhou City closed, and whether we Can make it to town before closing doors.

"As a result, the villagers told us that Chenzhou City does not close its doors at night and does not open its doors during the day, because there are no living people in the city, only dead bodies and ghosts. The city gates are closed every day during the day, and nothing unusual can be seen from the outside, but at night , the gates of the city will be wide open, and the evil things inside will take the opportunity to come out and move around."

Everyone present looked at him seriously, and no one questioned him when he mentioned "ghost".Li Yi said again: "Since the city gate can be opened and closed, have you seen who opened and closed the city gate? Could someone be pretending to be a ghost?"

Hu Lu shook his head and swallowed again, not sure if he was nervous or afraid: "That's the blame. You also know that our caravan is full of bold people with high skills. Of course, the brothers didn't believe it, so they went to the city Watching outside the door, I thought that when someone came to open the door, I would immediately catch the person pretending to be a ghost. As a result, we waited for nearly an hour while resting. It was about the first quarter of the day when the city gate suddenly opened by itself. Of all the brothers present, none of them felt that there was someone inside.

"Not only is there no one inside or outside the city gate, except for our caravan and the Chenjia Village within a five-mile radius, there is no one living at all, not even birds and animals. Moreover, when the city gate was opened, there was a wind blowing on the ground, mixed with An indescribable smell, fishy and damp, like..."

"It's like fish in a muddy pond mixed with the smell of dead bodies."

Hu Lu looked at Li Yi in surprise: "How do you know?"

"You keep talking."

"Yes. The wind was too strong, like howling ghosts, and immediately the cloth covering the goods on the carriage was blown away. Because the goods in that cart were still relatively heavy, only the two stacks of books that the young master asked to carry were frivolous. And let the strong wind blow it out."

Peng Yu raised his hand and interrupted him: "Wait, why are there two stacks again? Isn't there only one stack?"

"Master, listen to me." Hu Lu wiped the cold sweat off his forehead, "The rope binding the books in one of the two stacks of books was broken, and the books flew far away. At that time, the horses were also startled by the strong wind, and they ran forward with their hoofs on their feet. We had no choice, and we dared not pick up those books that had flown away. .

"Then we managed to control the horse. When we returned to Chenjia Village, everyone closed their doors and closed their doors, but no one was willing to let us in. We had no choice but to continue on the road, rushing directly to the next supply point, and then returned to the village. To Peng's house."

Peng Yu rubbed his chin: "Since such a big thing happened, why didn't you tell me earlier? If I don't ask, you're going to die in your stomach?"

Hu Lu finally sighed, showing embarrassment: "Master, there are sixty first-class caravans of the Peng family, and you are the only one on top, and the brothers don't want to bother you. Most of them report good news but not bad ones. In fact, there are some things that we just carried through. And this matter... is really not a good thing. There is an evil spirit, so we just... didn't say it. We will also read those books that have been rolled around outside Chenzhou City. I threw it away and didn't dare to bring it back."

Peng Yu raised the book in his hand: "I still missed this one."

Hu Lu said guiltily: "It was dark at that time, and we also..."

"All right, all right," Peng Yu waved his hand, "This is none of your business, you can go."

"Wait." Li Yi stopped him suddenly, took out another piece of talisman paper, cut his fingertips, drew a few strokes on it with blood, and then handed it to Hu Lu, "Be careful of getting dirty things, go back Burn this talisman, boil the ashes in water, and give a bowl to everyone present that day."

Hu Lu was taken aback for a moment, then took it respectfully, and bowed to the ground: "Thank you, Lord Dragon King!"

Li Yi squinted his eyes: "How do you know I'm the Dragon King?"

"Uh, what the young master said."

Li Yi turned to Peng Yu again: "How do you know that I am the Dragon King?"

Peng Yu touched his nose and hummed, "That's what Zhou Huai said."

Li Yi didn't care about it any more. After Hu Lu left, he slowly stood up and stretched his waist slowly: "It seems that I have to go to Chenzhou for a while."

Peng Yu's eyes widened instantly: "What did you say?"

"I said I'm going to Chenzhou—of course not now, in two days." After two days, he will undo the annoying seal, otherwise he is not sure.

Peng Yu grunted, only expressing surprise, but didn't say anything to stop him.His reaction actually made Li Wei a little curious, he tilted his head and asked, "Aren't you afraid that something will happen to me there?"

Peng Yu rolled his eyes at him: "Anyway, you are a dragon, and you don't pay attention to little demons and ghosts. The sky is high and the sea is wide enough for you to fly. I can't control you."

Tsk, so sour.

Peng Yu crossed his arms and leaned back: "Then explain to me again, what does this flying snake scale have to do with my nightmare?"

"It didn't matter at first, but there is a wisp of 'holding' on this scale."

"Execution?"

"It's obsession." Li Yi pinched the ugly snake scales, and patiently explained, "There are good obsessions and bad obsessions. These are obviously bad obsessions, which have become 'resentment'. It coincides with the pages of the book. After being stained with your blood, you drank my blood, gave it a little dragon energy, and it came out to make trouble, but unfortunately it’s not good enough, it can only harass you in your dreams.”

Peng Yu raised the corner of his eyes: "How do you know that I drank your blood?"

"Zhou Huai said it."

...The waist of the cotton trousers is tighter than his mouth.

Zhou Huai, who was sleeping in Jirentang, sneezed for no reason.

"Although there is nothing wrong with the book itself, after so many days of contact with Teng Shelin, I'm afraid it's not very good. If you don't need it, burn it." Li Yi said again.

Peng Yu yawned: "I'll burn it tomorrow."

The oil lamps in the house were surprisingly bright, and there was a faint smell of wormwood in Peng's house, and there were not even a few mosquitoes.Li Yi walked around Xianzhou when he went out last night, and found that the geographical location is good, it is a good place, there is a very weak righteousness, if there is a change, it will not be too bad. It's also a good sanctuary.

It's a pity that the current emperor doesn't understand.

Whether that day will really come, Li Wei can't say, but after hearing about the ghosts in Chenzhou and the plague in Lizhou, he is not so optimistic. Maybe the vision has penetrated into every corner, but people haven't noticed it yet.

I hope he can find all the relics left by the four gods before that day comes.

But how can it be so easy, even the mirror heart of the Qiankun Mirror has not yet been found.

Sighing faintly, he only sighed that the three dragon kings were less reliable than the other, and those above them were even less reliable than the dragon.All of them look like dogs with fairy wind and bones, and there are very few people who actually care about the world. They summon dragons everywhere, but they don't cover dragons. They think about using dragons as mounts every day.

Thinking of this made his teeth itch.

The innocent Teng Snake Lin was almost crushed into powder under the claws of the Dragon King. Li Yi came back to his senses and said, "Find me the annals of Chenzhou, I want to see it."

"Huh? Where did I get the state chronicles?"

"Your family's collection of books is all-encompassing. There must be some—of course they are rubbings."

Peng Yu's nasal voice was a bit heavy: "Oh... I'll find it for you at dawn."

"Well. Except for Chenzhou, give me all the surrounding states and counties. I don't think there are too many."

"..."

No sound.

Li Yi turned his head and found that the man was leaning against the table, with his eyes closed, and his head was moving, and he had fallen asleep.

I want to have nightmares for days, and I am afraid that I will not be able to sleep well.

After hesitating for a moment, he still hugged the man to the bed, saw the An Anfu talisman next to his pillow, wiped a streak of dragon's blood on the talisman guiltily, and then quietly closed the door and left.