Strange Records of Xijing

Coming out of Ghost Emperor's dream, Pei Jingxing and Su Yan stood in front of the Tiannv Temple again.

Xie Wei was still unconscious, lying not far from the two of them, but Wan Zhu was gone.

Su Yan was worried that Xie Wei had followed those yakshas, ​​so he checked carefully and breathed a sigh of relief.

"There is a curse on him. Fortunately, it has no other effects, it just makes people unconscious. After sending him back to Taixuan Temple, find someone to open the altar for him, and the curse will be resolved."

This time, Pei Jingxing and Su Yan didn't dare to touch the surrounding things at will, and they couldn't enter the Tiannv Temple for the time being.The two of them exchanged a look, the carriage and horses they came with had gone somewhere because of the previous shock, Pei Jingxing simply picked Xie Wei from the ground and dragged him roughly.Su Yan followed behind Pei Jingxing, carefully guarding his surroundings.

Fortunately, they didn't go far, and saw Bang Zhu running here with three or four hunters.

"Daozhang Su, Young Master Pei!" Seeing the two of them, Zhu was overjoyed and heaved a sigh of relief, "You guys have come out too!"

Su Yan nodded: "Are you okay?"

"Thank you Daoist Su for your concern. I'm fine, I'm just scared." Wan Zhu forced a smile, "You are not here, and Daoist Xie has not woken up. I really have no choice but to run outside the forest and ask for help. .Fortunately, I met these Orion brothers on the road, and they live nearby."

Pei Jingxing noticed that several hunters were holding forks in their hands, and asked, "This forest looks very deep, but birds and animals are rarely seen. Are there any powerful beasts in it?"

One of the hunters shook his head and said, "There are no beasts. They also eat meat. There are probably only a few litters of mice here. If there were beasts, they would have starved to death."

"It's because I didn't think carefully," Pei Jingxing smiled, "Do you guys know where they can stay nearby? This Daoist Xie has been unconscious all this time, so I have to find a carriage."

The previous Orion said again: "No need for a carriage. After leaving the forest, there is a tea shop after a short walk. You can rest there now. If you don't mind, just walk a little longer and you will arrive at my house. Going to my house to rest is the same."

Pei Jingxing and Su Yan looked at each other, and seeing the same thought in each other's eyes, Pei Jingxing nodded and said, "Then I will thank Brother Orion."

Orion smiled and waved his hand: "It's okay, come on, I'll help you."

Pei Jingxing and Su Yan had other things to ask these hunters, so they asked one of the hunters to prepare a donkey cart, and sent Wan Zhu and Xie Wei back to Taixuan Temple first.

"Master Daoist, my son, my house is simple, there is no tea or anything, it's just cool, I can only ask you to be wronged." The Orion brought up two bowls and placed them in front of Pei Jingxing and Su Yan.

"My surname is Fan, and I am the third eldest in my family. Everyone calls me the third fan." The Orion surnamed Fan spoke briskly, "Have you two seen that thing in the forest?"

Pei Jingxing asked tentatively: "You mean the statue of the goddess?"

"What kind of heavenly girl, she is clearly a witch!" Fan Laosan's voice suddenly rose, and then he trembled involuntarily, and continued, "We dare not go to that place."

Pei Jingxing noticed that there was something in Fan Laosan's words, and continued to ask, "Because of that witch statue?"

"Isn't it?" Fan Laosan patted his thigh, and poured out all the words like pouring beans, "More than ten years ago, there were some deer in the forest. If we don't want to go there on weekdays Hunting in a place that was too far away, I went to the forest to hunt a deer and came back, and spent a few days together. Then one night, there was a sudden tremor, and we thought it was an earthquake, so we hid under the table in fright. Underneath, I didn’t dare to go out. As a result, early the next morning, those who had the courage to go out had a look, and it was fine outside, as if nothing had happened. It’s just that the birds and beasts in the forest were all stricken, and they all fell on the ground. The ground is dead!"

"Only those birds and beasts died?"

Fan Laosan thought for a while and replied: "I heard that the two people who were resting in the forest that day also died, but those two people were not locals. They just came from an unknown place two days ago. Ask who can be a guide and take them into the forest. I heard that there is a treasure in the forest!"

"Treasure?" Pei Jingxing thought of the legend about the treasure of the abolished prince before, feeling a little uncomfortable, and asked again, "What kind of treasure is it?"

"Hey, my son, how do I know this? They said it was a treasure, so how could they tell us that they found a few more enemies for no reason!" Fan Laosan waved his hand, "Later They asked Tang Fugui to be their guide, and it was said that he was given a lot of money! Tang Fugui was lucky, not long after entering the forest, he came out with the money, saying that those two people did not want him to be a guide. I guess, those two people were afraid that Tang Fugui would know the secret of the treasure, so they simply drove him away first."

"What about the witch statue? What does this have to do with the witch statue in the forest?"

Fan Laosan slapped his head: "I almost forgot about it! That witch statue suddenly appeared after the earthquake. At first, many people thought it was an apparition from a god, and they wanted to worship. As a result, those who entered People never came back, and their family members went in to look for it, but never came out again. Everyone who lives here knows that this forest is evil, and everyone who goes in is eaten by the witch."

However, there was a discrepancy between what Ban Zhu said, so Pei Jingxing asked again: "Since this witch statue is so powerful, why did we see someone enshrining it in front of the stone statue?"

"An offering?" Fan Laosan was taken aback, "Is this impossible? Who would be so courageous as to bring an offering into the woods?"

Su Yan, who hadn't spoken for a long time, expressed his guess: "The earthquake you mentioned happened more than ten years ago. Maybe some people don't know what happened at that time, and they accidentally discovered this stone statue and regarded it as a heavenly being."

Pei Jingxing recalled a detail that Banzhu said, and asked again: "On the road from Xijing to White Horse Temple, there is a section near the forest. There is a tea shop there, do you know?"

"I know, I know." Fan Laosan nodded and said, "Lao Yangtou, their family has opened a tea shop there for some years, and there were only two tables and four benches at the beginning."

"Do you go often?"

"It's hard to say that we go often," Fan Laosan said, "but when we come back from hunting, Lao Yangtou and his family will always invite us to drink tea. In ten days, there will always be five or six days in Lao Yangtou's tea." Rest in bed."

Pei Jingxing counted the days in his mind, and asked again: "In the past month, has anyone frequently appeared in Lao Yangtou's tea shop?"

"I have to think about it." Fan Laosan lowered his head, thought carefully for a moment, and suddenly said "oh": "It seems that there are three people who have been resting in Lao Yangtou's tea shop for several days. Seeing that they don’t look like pilgrims, and they don’t bring any hunting equipment, I’m a little curious. Because people who take this road either go to the White Horse Temple to worship Buddha, or people like us go to the mountains to hunt. The two of them are not alike, and Old Yang has no money, even if they are robbers, they will not hit Old Yang with their ideas."

Pei Jingxing already had some thoughts in his mind, nodded and said, "Thank you very much."

Su Yan shared his mind with him and got up at the same time.But just as the two of them were about to leave, they were stopped by Fan Laosan.

"This Taoist priest," Fan Laosan squeezed out a smile and said to Su Yan, "I heard from that girl that you are a famous Taoist priest in Xijing, please help us to get rid of the witches in the forest." Bar."

Su Yan refused: "The statue of the witch has been there for more than ten years, and other priests can't get rid of it, and I can't do anything about it."

Fan Laosan quickly explained: "No, no, that's not the case. Back then we went to Xijing Taixuan Temple and wanted to invite a Taoist priest to help us get rid of the witches in the forest, but at that time, many families in Xijing In Haunting, the Taoist priests of Taixuanguan are very busy, so they asked us to leave our names and addresses, saying that we will free up our hands to help us when we are free. We have been waiting for several months, and the Taoist priests of Taixuanguan Chang did not show up for a long time. No one dared to enter the forest, so no one died in it, so we just let it go."

Pei Jingxing asked: "Which Taoist priest or Taoist boy from Taixuan Temple greeted you at the beginning?"

Fan Laosan shook his head: "I don't know about that. At that time, I was a hairless mouth, and no one asked me to go with me."

"Who is going?"

"It's Uncle Zhao from our side, but he passed away a few years ago." After Fan Laosan finished speaking, seeing that Pei Jingxing and Su Yan wanted to leave again, he quickly stopped him, "Master Dao, our side is poor, The money that can be given is not as good as those rich and powerful families in Xijing. But as the saying goes, saving a life is better than building a seven-level pagoda. As long as the witch statue is in the forest for a day, someone may accidentally break into it And lost his life. Taoist priest, please help us."

Su Yan is not good at handling this kind of situation, but Pei Jingxing was used to seeing it when he was a Jinwu Guard, so he immediately stood up to rescue Su Yan: "Even if you want to help you, you have to investigate the matter clearly. Since you said that someone has been to Taixuan Temple , let’s go back to Taixuan Temple first, and ask the Taoist priests and Taoist boys there to see if anyone remembers this incident.”

Seeing that Pei Jingxing seemed to have agreed to this matter, Fan Laosan really smiled this time, nodded hurriedly and said, "Yes, yes, yes, I have no experience, I haven't thought about it that much. Then I will trouble the Taoist priest with this matter." Yes. We don’t have much money here, but we have a lot of furs, which will be sent to you, Taoist priest after tanning.”

Su Yan responded vaguely, and finally came out of the over-enthusiastic Fan Laosan's house with Pei Jingxing.

It was getting late and there was no horse, so Pei Jingxing and Su Yan were not in a hurry, they walked side by side on the way back to Xijing.

The sun was still showing half of his head, but the moon had already climbed over his head, Pei Jingxing looked at the two people's long shadows on the ground, and became distracted.

It's a pity that there were still pilgrims returning from the White Horse Temple passing by the two of them from time to time, Pei Jingxing had no choice but to hold back the impulse in his heart for the time being, and gave up the plan to pull Su Yan.

Su Yan was still thinking about what Fan Laosan said, and when he noticed Pei Jingxing's fiery eyes cast on him, his heart beat inexplicably.

"Do you believe what Fan Laosan said?"

"Me?" Pei Jingxing deliberately teased Su Yan, but instead of answering directly, he asked him instead, "What about you?"

"I don't believe it, at least he didn't tell the truth."

Looking at the serious Su Yan, Pei Jingxing couldn't hold back for a moment, and using his sleeve as a cover, he stretched out his hand and hooked Su Yan's little finger.Although he let go soon, it was enough to make Pei Jingxing happy for a long time.

"I don't believe it either." Pei Jingxing was so happy to eat the tofu, "He seems to have explained the ins and outs of the whole thing clearly, and he couldn't find any faults at first. But ah, it's just too impeccable But it made people suspicious. Also, if he remembered it so clearly because it frightened him too much, why did he rush into the woods today with only a few words? Saved people? He said that those who entered this forest never went out again."

Su Yan also thought the same way: "He deliberately wants to lead us to this matter."

"What are you going to do?"

Su Yan sighed: "Since you've already been involved, it's impossible to give up at this time."

Pei Jingxing smiled: "Yes, go back first and go to Taixuan Temple to ask."

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