Strange Records of Xijing

After leaving the city, the people walked for about an hour, and finally, led by Banzhu, they walked through a bush and came to a dilapidated earthen house.

Xie Wei looked up and down the room with air leaks on all sides, and asked, "Is this the Tiannv Temple?"

Banju nodded.As the most useful maid by Li Jin's side, she was considered half a lady with Li Jin on weekdays, but now she could only sit aggrievedly in the donkey cart, bumping all the way, and had long since lost the strength to speak.

Su Yan got off his horse, turned to Xie Wei and said, "I'll go in and have a look first."

Xie Wei understood: "Don't worry, I will leave this to me."

Pei Jingxing was by Su Yan's side, and the two walked into that seemingly ordinary room together.

I don't know how many years this Tiannv Temple has stood here. The walls on all sides are damaged in many places, and even the top is missing more than half.It is more appropriate to call it a terrace than a house.The steps extending from the gate collapsed in many places, and someone took a few stones from nowhere and placed them there randomly for people to stand on.

Pei Jingxing and Su Yan walked to the top of the steps, stood in front of the gate of Tiannv Temple, and looked carefully from the outside.

When they arrived here, the two discovered that the Tiannv Temple was bigger than expected.The afternoon sun shines down from the missing half of the roof, which happens to divide a statue and the table in front of the statue into two worlds of light and dark.Taking advantage of the sunlight, the two of them could clearly see some stale fruits and burnt incense candles on the table, and a thin layer of dust had accumulated on them.Presumably there are people like Li Concubine, who heard that there is an extremely efficacious goddess statue here, so they came to enshrine with tribute, but not many people came, and the frequency was not very frequent.

Behind the desk, only a small part of the statue is visible.The celestial girl stands on her left foot, while her right foot is slightly raised, leaning on the left knee an inch above, revealing two round toes and several bells on the anklet.

Su Yan glanced around and said, "Go in and have a look."

After the two approached, they found that the statue was extremely fine. The goddess was wrapped in a long skirt, with ribbons around her arms, and her hands were in an orchid posture. One hand was placed on her chest, and the other hand was stretched forward, as if she was praying for something.The lines of the whole statue are agile, and the goddess seems to be dancing, and even the anklet protruding from the long skirt seems to be real.

It's just that the goddess statue is as tall as two people, and the sunlight can only be found on the table in front of the statue, so the appearance of the goddess cannot be seen clearly.Just this carving alone is enough to make people imagine the romantic posture of this celestial girl.

For the time being, they couldn't see anything strange about the statue of the goddess, so Pei Jingxing and Su Yan walked around to the back of the statue of the goddess, and found a copybook hanging on the pillar behind the statue of the goddess.It's a pity that this calligraphy and painting has not been properly preserved because it has been exposed to the outside all year round. Most of the words on it have faded, and it is impossible to see what is written.

Other than that, there is no other gain.

At this moment, Xie Wei's voice came from outside.

"Fellow Daoist Su, come out and take a look at this!"

Su Yan and Pei Jingxing looked at each other, they left the Tiannv Temple back and forth, condescendingly saw Xie Wei squatting in front of a bush, holding a tree branch in his hand, and kept turning a piece of soil in front of him.

"what happened?"

Xie Wei strung a white bone whistle with a branch, his expression was ugly: "It's another piece."

Xie Wei's action was like throwing a stone into a calm lake, with the three of them as the center, the surrounding land began to shake violently.Panzhu in the donkey cart was frightened by the sudden change, screamed and ran out of the donkey cart, running towards Su Yan and the others with hands and feet on the ground.

"Be careful!" Xie Wei flashed forward, grabbed Wan Zhu's arm, and pulled towards him.Wan Zhu felt that her feet were empty, and she was almost sinking, but fortunately Xie Wei made an effort in time to pull her up again.

When the earth returned to calm again and the cracks healed, a dark palace appeared in front of everyone.The sun was hanging outside the woods, and half of Su Yan's head poked out from behind the four of them, shining on everyone's backs, sending out bursts of chill.

Wan Zhu was completely frightened, she held Xie Wei's sleeve tightly, and asked in a panic: "Xie Daochang, Su Daochang, what's going on?"

Xie Wei looked at the real bone whistle in his hand, then looked up at the huge dark palace in front of him, and blurted out: "Illusion?"

"I'm afraid it is." Su Yan was very calm at the side, he drew the mahogany sword from behind, and stood side by side with Pei Jingxing.

Xie Wei only felt that the bone whistle in his hand was extremely hot, and he didn't mind throwing it away, nor did he lose it.However, there was a terrified Wanzhu next to him, Xie Wei didn't even dare to say a word of complaint, for fear of frightening Wanzhu, who would do something out of the ordinary and expose them to danger.

In desperation, Xie Wei had no choice but to put away the bone whistle temporarily, and like Su Yan, drew out his usual mahogany sword, and whispered to Wan Zhu: "Don't be afraid of anything you meet, don't scream, you understand?"

Ban Zhu bit her lower lip tightly, nodded vigorously, her hands holding Xie Wei's sleeves became tighter and tighter, her nails almost pierced through the clothes and sank into the flesh.

Xie Wei sighed inwardly, took out a piece of talisman paper from his bosom, and handed it to Wan Zhu: "Keep this one away, with this, ordinary monsters can't get close."

Wan Zhu hurriedly put it away, and the strength in his hand decreased accordingly.

Su Yan took all this into his eyes, the corners of his eyes twitched a few times, and he didn't try to expose Xie Wei's lies.

Pei Jingxing didn't bring the dragon head and tiger tooth gun this time, but only hung a horizontal knife casually around his waist.Holding the handle of the knife with one hand, he said, "It's not a problem to stand here all the time, everyone find a way out."

The black palace in front of me is several times larger than the previous Tiannv Temple.On both sides of the stretching steps stood two black stone statues.The stone statue on the left stares angrily at the front, holds a halberd in its right hand, lifts it above its head, and steps on the waves under its feet, as if it is showing its power in the sea; the stone statue on the right is covered by a robe, only a pair of dry hands are exposed. , you will find two groups of flames flickering under the hood of the stone statue, which should be the eyes of this stone statue.

The carving styles of the two stone statues are also different. The stone statue stepping on the sea on the left is rough and unrestrained, while the stone statue in robes on the right is very delicate. The style is somewhat similar to the previous statue of the goddess.

But these two stone statues have one thing in common, that is scary and frightening, Wan Zhu only took one look, then shrank behind Xie Wei, never daring to take a second look.

Pei Jingxing suggested: "Go in and have a look."

"No, no, I won't go if you kill me." Wan Zhu hid behind Xie Wei, refusing to let go.

Xie Wei had no choice but to persuade: "Miss Wan Zhu, waiting here is not an option, we must quickly find a way out of this illusion."

"I'm not going, I'm not going, I'm not going." Ban Zhu just repeated these three words.

Xie Wei was already in a bad mood because of being put together, but now seeing how Man Zhu was getting in the way, he couldn't control the displeasure in his heart.

"Since this is the case, then girl Wanzhu will stay here and wait for us. As soon as we find a way to get out, we will come to pick you up." Xie Wei didn't give Wanzhu a chance to refuse, just waved his hand lightly, and Wanzhu ate with both hands. Pain, I can't help but let go of my ten fingers.

Wanzhu rolled her eyes, and immediately changed her attitude: "No, no, I'll go with you."

Entering the black palace, the first thing that catches the eye is the four Yaksha stone statues.Two are dakini yakshas, ​​and two are ground yakshas, ​​standing on the left and right sides, looking at the four people who broke in maliciously.

There were no candles in the hall, and the sunlight could only shine on a section near the gate. When entering the darkness, Wanzhu's teeth chattered uncontrollably, and he shrank his neck and bent his waist, following closely behind Xie Wei, sobbing uncontrollably.

Xie Wei felt the hairs on his back when he called it like a ghost cry, and couldn't help but yelled: "Don't cry, didn't you tell you not to make any noise!"

Ban Zhu was too frightened to cry or breathe, so she covered her mouth and nose with one hand and followed Xie Wei step by step.

The four passed through the Yaksha stone statue, and soon found another door of the hall.Now let alone an ordinary maid, even Su Yan and Pei Jingxing could not help but breathe a sigh of relief when they saw the light when they passed through the lifelike Yaksha stone statue in the darkness.

But before the four of them had time to be happy, they heard distant cheers from outside the door.

The four of them didn't dare to expose themselves too early, so they stuck to the gates on both sides, carefully poking their heads out to look.

Outside the main hall, there is a huge open square.The square was crowded with people, and they all turned to the same place, paying homage to the people standing on the stage.

Xie Wei looked at the crazy people in the square and murmured, "What's going on?"

Su Yan couldn't figure it out for a moment, but Pei Jingxing who was beside him saw a familiar figure from a distance, leaned close to Su Yan's ear, and whispered to the latter, "Ghost general."

Su Yan was vigilant, and looked in the direction indicated by Pei Jingxing's eyes. Sure enough, he found a figure as tall as two people riding on a skeleton horse, leading a team of about a hundred people, slowly entering the square.

Although this army was small in number, it was full of murderous intent. Wherever it went, the crowd receded like a sea tide, leaving an unimpeded road for this army to pass through.

The ghost general led the team to the audience, and got off his horse.He first stood the giant sword on the ground, then took off his helmet, held it on his waist with one hand, and put his other hand clenched on his chest, kneeling on one knee.

"The final general has lived up to the ghost king's trust and has killed all the rebellious ghosts!"

Since it is already a ghost, how can it be killed?

Ghost General's words were contradictory, but none of the four could laugh - he could kill all ghosts, if he discovered his existence, wouldn't that be a dead end?

Those people in the square, no, it should be said that they were ghosts. After hearing the ghost general's words, they burst into ear-piercing screams one after another, cheering for the ghost general's heroism, and at the same time frightening the ghosts who had the same purpose as the rebel ghosts. .

The ghost king on the stage stood up, and with a wave of his hand, all the ghosts in the audience seemed to be stuck in the neck at the same time, and the cheers suddenly disappeared.

Unlike the ghost general who specially spread his voice throughout the square in order to frighten those ghosts with disobedient hearts, the ghost king on the stage just said a few words, and the ghost general bowed his head and said: "Yes!"

Immediately afterwards, the ghost general stood up, drew out his huge sword, turned on his skeleton horse, and waved the huge sword high, shouting: "Follow me to meet the young master!"

"Welcome young master!"

"Welcome young master!"

"Welcome young master!"

I don't know which ghost shouted these three words first, but the slogan quickly spread and resounded throughout the square.

With a long roar, the ghost general led the ghost soldiers away.

The ghost king on the stage waved his hands casually, and all the ghosts either flew into the sky or fled to the ground, laughing and leaving.

"The knot... Is it over?" Wan Zhu didn't dare to look at the scene, but when she heard that there was no movement outside, she asked Xie Wei next to her in a low voice.

"Let's go, it's just..." Xie Wei said halfway through, when he suddenly felt a chill on his left shoulder, he subconsciously looked up, and saw a dakini yaksha hanging above his head, with its fangs open, a half-smile looking at him.

"Small……"

Xie Wei didn't have time to give a warning, the dakini Yaksha hanging above his head shot like lightning, grabbed Xie Wei in one go, and flew out of the hall whistling.

Looking at the three shadows approaching in front of him, Ban Zhu let out a sharp cry: "The stone statue... the stone statue has come to life!"

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