Husband is a piece of cloud cake

12 years ago, Zhang Jiu was still a young man.At that time, it was Zhang Jiu's elder brother Zhang San who was respectfully called "Zhang Shuai" by many incense pickers.Zhang San is tall, courageous, and wild, leading a group of incense pickers to rush to the waters of the cold pool.But picking incense is such a dangerous and arduous job. Often after working hard all night, I can only watch the snake repair break free from the shackles and dive into the pool triumphantly in front of the incense picking boat—yes, triumphantly.People who collect incense believe that snake cultivation has spirituality. It is a species similar to monsters, which can peek into people's hearts intentionally or unintentionally, so they can always escape from people's siege.

As time went by, Zhang San felt unwilling.

——Grandma Rita!I don't believe that you bunch of rotten bugs are really smart. "

Zhang San jumped on his feet, yelling at the vortex where the big snake disappeared in the water.

——I must pull you by the tail, pulling you out of the muddy mud one by one. "

Swearing like this is common among incense pickers, and people usually don't take it seriously.Until one day, when Zhang Jiu was studying, his elder brother found him.

—Brother, what are you doing?

Zhang San's expression was kind and friendly, Zhang Jiu was a little embarrassed, said nothing, and subconsciously put away the book in his hand.The young Zhang Jiu is different from the later ones. He usually likes to listen to the master's lectures, and he has learned a lot of words after a long time.Picking incense is a dangerous and cheap business. If you get money today, you may die in the cold pool tomorrow. Therefore, young incense pickers often eat and gamble and squander it when they have money.Zhang Jiu was different. He would look for various books to read when he was free on weekdays, which attracted the unstoppable ridicule of the other fragrance pickers behind his back.Even Zhang San said.

——My brother is a seed of reading.

He chewed the angry ginger and complained, his tone was half disdain and half sigh.

——But since you were born on a boat, if you don’t practice the skill of picking incense in your spare time, what’s the use of reading books?

The young Zhang Jiu felt a little shy when he heard this.The Zhang family has picked incense for several generations, and he is the brother of the leader of the incense pickers, but Zhang Jiu's own work of picking incense is not very good.After such a long time, Zhang Jiu is a little secretive when he reads again.Seeing his elder brother asking again today, Zhang Jiu thought he was pointing at himself again, but Zhang San pressed his hand that hurriedly collected the book.

—Don't worry, brother.I am not here to restrain you today.

Zhang Sanyi sat next to his brother.The cold pond is gloomy and cold, and people who pick incense often like to chew ginger seeds. Zhang San often has a pungent and spicy aura.Rough hands rubbed the pages of the book, Zhang San asked.

——I heard that you got a map from the old house, on which there is a trail leading from the cold pool to the snake hole, is it true?

Zhang Jiusong breathed a sigh of relief.

——Brother, that’s not a map, it’s a half-story story handed down by the older generation, the book is all broken, it’s called "Mountain and Sea Fumolu".

At that time, Zhang Jiu was young. Hearing that his elder brother not only did not sneer as usual, but showed interest in the treasure he had found, he couldn't help telling Zhang San with great interest.

This "Mountain and Sea Fumolu" tells the story of the ancient battle between gods and demons.There are many legends about this battle, but there are really not many that point out that the name of the god and the various marching routes are consistent with the actual situation.According to this script, when the god-and-devil water army fought in Wuwang Lake, a Valkyrie broke through the enemy's formation and sealed the war snake of the general of the demon king first.This battle was a turning point in the entire war of gods and demons. The story book not only used more than 100 long lines of praise to praise the Valkyrie, but also clearly described the marching routes of both sides and the scenes of the battle at that time.

Even the storyteller is reluctant to talk about such tedious and detailed carvings, so he can't see it in other places. I just don't know why there is half a fragment of scroll hidden in the old house of the fragrance collector.After listening to Zhang Jiu's broken speech, Zhang San spoke slowly.

——Brother, look at the Wuwang Lake mentioned in the book, is it like the Wang Hantan in front of our house?

Zhang Jiu thought it was true.Isn't that mountain, river, grass and tree the cold pond where the two brothers have been together for a long time?Nodding his head, Zhang San said again.

——Look at the place where the Valkyrie sealed the Demon Lord War Snake, does it look like the land of the living dead in the cold pool?

Zhang Jiu was stunned, and suddenly smelled a dangerous breath.

——It's very similar, my brother suddenly became interested in this script, because he wanted to...

Zhang San laughed and patted him on the shoulder.

——I'll go to the Land of the Living Dead tonight to see how that bitch sealed the war snake of the Demon Army.

Zhang Jiu was really surprised by this arrogant idea.

——Brother, living people must never enter the land of the living dead!

The Land of the Living Dead is in a very deep and secluded place in the cold pool.The water there is pure black, and every night, countless ghosts will come out of the pool, wield swords, and repeat their fights before death night after night—it’s not necessarily true that they are ghosts, because the people picking incense According to the legends in China, those ghosts have entities.They are all pale and stiff, and their steps are slow but arrogant. They not only kill each other, but also attack all outsiders.Few of the living creatures that strayed into the Land of the Living Dead survived, and the incense pickers avoided it. Who would have thought that Zhang San would want to break in after hearing half of the story?

Zhang Jiu was very nervous, but Zhang San didn't take it seriously.He explained his thoughts to his brother.

——Brother, think about it, that bitch is the snake cultivator who sealed the seal.Since this story is well told, if it is true, we can also quietly hide and learn from that dead ghost bitch's method of sealing and repairing snakes.If you really learn that when you catch a snake, one rune passes by, so no snake, no matter how long or powerful, can't run away?

What he said seemed to make some sense, and some of the incense pickers knew a little bit about how to make runes.But Zhang Jiu knew the danger of the Land of the Living Dead, so he continued to dissuade him.But in the end, Zhang San persuaded him with one sentence.

——Brother, picking incense is not a lifelong job. I will always be too old to rock the boat. What will we do as a big family?You are the seed of reading, I am thinking about picking more incense and selling it for a few dollars, and sending you and the children ashore to do other jobs, so that our descendants will never beg for food from this blood pot...

Zhang Jiu's narration came to an abrupt end.The firelight in the camp reflected his and Lu Jing's faces, making their faces cloudy and uncertain.After a long time, Lu Jing looked at the sharp blade he had polished, and opened his mouth slowly.

"Later, Zhang Shuai and Brother Ling, did they really go to the Land of the Living Dead following the guidance of the script?"

Zhang Jiu nodded: "Brother is stubborn, I don't feel relieved, so I went with him. We went deeper along the journey in the storybook, and saw a lot of strange things, and also saw the Valkyrie in the story from afar... It's just that before we got close, we were pushed out by a dense fog and vortex, and we couldn't even see how she cast spells. We couldn't get close, so we had to give up. Unexpectedly, half a year later, the group of white crane laymen somehow found her. I asked my elder brother to pay a lot of money to take them to the place where the Valkyrie was watching."

"..."

No one knew where the group of white crane monks came from. They were all dressed in feather robes, and they looked very beautiful.There were old and young in the group, and the leader went straight to Zhang San and lined up ten large silver ingots on the wooden table.

—Take us to the ancient battlefield and come back, and ten times the silver and these are all yours.

The brilliance of the silver catches the eyes of the incense picker, Zhang San finally looks away, and politely greets the man.

——Everyone, the young ones are just a bunch of rough men who catch snakes. The young ones don't understand what ancient battlefields are.

The Land of the Living Dead is a restricted area in the cold pool, and the cold pool is the livelihood of the incense pickers, and the incense pickers will never take people into the pool easily.Although Zhang San loves money, he will not agree to the demands of these strangers at will.Hearing this, the leader layman Bai He smiled inscrutablely.

——Then I will let you read something, and you will understand after reading it.

His tone was not good, Zhang San turned his head and said to Zhang Jiu who was sitting beside him.

—Brother, you go out first.

Zhang Jiu came out according to his words.After almost a stick of incense, the laymen Baihe came out elegantly and cleanly.It took Zhang San a long time to come out, grabbed his arm, and said with a pale face.

——Brother, I have provoked a hard stubble.Those people have their eyes on us, we must take them into the cold pool, otherwise the whole village will be ruined here.

Hearing this, Lu Jing couldn't help but said, "The group of laymen Baihe threatened brother Ling?"

Then he gritted his teeth: "It's really shameless!"

According to what Boss Sha said, laymen Baihe are all monks, and the incense pickers are no more than ordinary people. How can they resist monks?Under the threat, Zhang San had to take laymen Baihe into the pool, and finally fell into the pool with layman Baihe, never to come out again.

Zhang Jiu's face showed desolation: "The life of us incense pickers is as cheap as ants. In fact, brother is not all forced. At that time, his son happened to be ill, and another female monk who led him gave a pill Only then did my nephew turn the corner. One person was favored and the other was threatened. Our brothers arranged to disembark and take them away. The journey went smoothly, and the group of white crane laymen were really powerful. Not only did they kill all the ghosts encountered along the way I beat it away, and finally dispelled the dense fog and vortex, and really got close to the Valkyrie."

"The valkyrie held an ancient blue mirror in her hand, and they seemed to come here to destroy that mirror."

Zhang Jiu continued.

"But when they shot thunderbolts at the mirror, the mirror suddenly flashed, the pool water was turbulent, and countless vines stretched out from under the water to tie us and the boat together. My brother used up all the runes he brought out, It was just enough for me to escape, but he himself was caught together with Layman Baihe... At that time, the dense fog and vortex rose again, pushing my boat out... The water in the pool was turbulent that night , the entire Liuyun County was alarmed. A few days later, Lord Hou found out what was going on, and personally led the navy and us incense pickers into the Land of the Living Dead to see. Eighteen skeletons were tied up in a pool by green yingcao. On the big tree where the water protruded for no reason. Lord Hou ordered the bones to be taken down from the tree and buried, and strictly ordered to bring people into this water after that, and the matter will be settled."

Lu Jing was dumbfounded: "Brother Ling..."

"When I ran away, I saw my elder brother and his boat being pulled into the bottom of the water by a vine, and never came back. Later, I went to explore the Land of the Living Dead alone, and even the big tree was no longer visible."

This answer made Lu Jing silent.Holding the hilt of his sword, he asked for a long time.

"May I ask Zhang Shuai, is the Valkyrie you saw at the Land of the Living Dead wearing a green robe and a mask with fangs studded with scales?"