According to the fairy book "Shan Hai Zhi", Tongyezhou is full of mountain gods, demons and spirits, and this is indeed the case.
Even if Chen Ping'an has deliberately avoided those aura-rich landscapes and dangerous places most of the time, or the intimidating, dirty and dangerous places, sometimes he still gets it wrong. For example, Chen Ping'an saw a small town with bright lights late at night. Chen Ping'an didn't have a map in his hand. He thought he needed to replenish food, so he walked along the lights, because Kanyu maps have always been banned in dynasty countries. , more strictly controlled than weapons.
There is no night ban in that small town, but there are soldiers at the city gate checking the customs clearance documents. When Chen Pingan successfully entered the city and found an inn that was not closed yet, the shopkeeper shook his head and waved. He said that the money given by Chen Ping'an was wrong. They didn't accept it here. Every country has its own standard copper coins. This is normal, but it was a little weird that they didn't even accept real money. Fortunately, the shopkeeper pointed the way and said that there was a place where you could get the money. The gold and silver are converted into their money, and after the exchange is completed, they can stay at the inn.
So Chen Pingan found a shop with a very high counter, almost one and a half people tall. Chen Pingan followed the Romans, stepped on a small bench, said he wanted to change money, and gave him a few pills. The silver ingots were exchanged for a pile of Tongbao copper coins and a pile of banknotes. The copper coins were heavy and of high quality. On top of the banknotes, Chen Ping'an saw the official seals of the imperial court and the bank on them, so he didn't think much about it and returned to After paying the money at the inn, I was shown the customs clearance document, and the shopkeeper meticulously recorded it for future inquiries by the local government officials.
The next day when Chen Pingan was about to go out, the shopkeeper was still there with his abacus. He smiled and reminded Chen Pingan that there is a folk custom here. When chatting with others, you should not talk about a piece of paper. The word "paper", such as talking on a piece of paper and writing on a piece of paper, is absolutely unacceptable. Otherwise, it would be reported out of the city. No wonder he didn't remind him.
Chen Pingan kept it in mind, and after thanking him, he went to buy firewood, rice, oil, salt and two sets of clothes. When he came back to eat at the inn, he felt that the food was bland and tasteless. After that, he left the town and walked out for a few days. Ten miles later, the outline of the city was vaguely visible. There was a sudden heavy rain. Chen Ping'an stood in a dilapidated pavilion on a mountain to take shelter from the rain. He had nothing to do. While walking slowly and practicing boxing, he saw a shocking scene. , the city in the distance at the foot of the mountain was like a puddle of mud, melting in the heavy rain.
Chen Pingan quickly took out the things he bought in the small town, as well as the copper coins and banknotes, and his scalp suddenly became numb.
It is actually all cut out of white paper, just like the living people burning paper in the world of the world to give to the dead in the underworld.
Seemingly amused by Chen Ping'an's embarrassment, someone sneered at the wall of the pavilion, and their voices echoed through the wall in the pavilion.
Chen Pingan was just surprised by the small towns beforeUnbelievably, he was not really afraid of these gods and monsters, so when someone pretended to be a ghost in the mountain pavilion, Chen Pingan quickly calmed down and just sat on a bench at the base of the wall made of old wood in the mountains, looking at On the opposite side of the pale wall, I drank in silence.
Unless you are extremely unlucky and encounter a Shanze demon or a giant demon who is good at disguise, you are probably a shallow person. It's not difficult to scare ordinary people with that thing, and it's not difficult for Chen Pingan to slap it to death.
The one who still didn’t know that he had hit the iron plate was trying to be mysterious, and his voice pretended to be darker, “Aren’t you afraid of me?”
Chen Ping’an, don’t be easygoing. With the sword gourd at his waist, he stood up, slowly walked towards the wall, slapped it, and directly pasted a pagoda demon-suppressing talisman on it. Immediately, a cry for mercy sounded from inside, which seemed a little childish. Chen Pingan did not take it off. He took off the yellow talisman and asked with a smile: "Do you think I'm afraid?"
The guy shouted, "I'm afraid, I'm afraid, I'm almost scared to death!"< /p>
"Come out. If you keep hiding, I'm going to be rude to you. Tell me what's going on in that town."
< /p>Chen Pingan took off the Demon Suppression Talisman, put it in his sleeve, and sat back to his original position.
A frightened young boy walked out of the wall. There was an official patch embroidered on his front and back, but it was not as colorful as the secular court, only black and white. He shrank. Standing huddled at the foot of the wall, looking at the immortal master sitting opposite, he not only bowed, but also sang a strange song and announced his identity. It turned out that he was a land lord conferred by the previous dynasty. After changing the emperor and the country's surname, he He was automatically classified as an old minister. Without his official status, his already meager moral conduct became even more humble.
When he was alive, he was the beloved young son of a feudal official. Not more than seven years after his death, a wandering immortal passed by and entered the mourning hall to help his father with some operations. He married a land lord of low rank and was very popular in order to let him protect the feng shui of the family's ancestral graves. Later, the mountains and rivers changed color, and everything became a fleeting thing.
Looking back, it was not a big deal, but rather interesting. Chen Pingan asked this land man who had lost the orthodoxy of the imperial court more questions about the origin of the paper town. It turned out that When more than 10,000 residents of the small town died overnight in a huge massacre that seemed like a natural disaster, in order to prevent people from panic, the imperial court ordered surrounding states and counties to block the news and even invited Buddhist monks to come and perform a ritual ceremony. It has not evolved into a dangerous and sinister place.
Chen Pingan asked what to do with the town after the heavy rain. The boy smiled and said it didn't matter, as long as the weather was sunny for a few days, it would return to its original state.
Chen Pingan squatted on the ground, facing the town, and burned it in the pavilionThose paper money and clothes.
The boy squatted aside and sighed: "This immortal master, I never thought he was a good man."
Chen Pingan laughed it off.
By the way, I asked the boy about the situation of the mountains and rivers within a thousand-mile radius, and whether there were any immortal families or ferries. The boy answered them one by one without any hidden secrets.
It says that about eight hundred miles to the north, there is indeed a demon causing trouble and occupying the mountain as king. It is not often the case of raping woodcutter and mountain people. The mountain and the mountains are relatively stable, and there are few rumors of people being harmed. When the momentum is at its peak, many mountain qi practitioners have to take a detour, but then something unexpected happens. , and it became quiet. I heard that there were only three or two kittens and puppies, which were out of date. It's hard to say what the truth is. There are various rumors outside. Some say that the immortal masters of the Fuji Sect find it an eyesore, while others say that Buddhist practitioners have settled there. There are demons who don't have long eyes, which made the Buddhist master Vajra angry. One calamity.
Chen Pingan was slightly surprised. The mountain road where the ghost of the wedding woman appeared in Dali still makes Chen Pingan still unable to let go.
There were some dead branches in the pavilion. With the help of the boy, they gathered them together, lit the bonfire, and squatted beside the bonfire.
Although the boy looked young, he had actually lived for five hundred years, so he explained the reason to Chen Ping'an, "The reason why the demon on the mountain knows rabbits but does not eat the grass beside the nest. In addition to the relatively mild-tempered mountain king, there are also many violent people under his command. Of course, they have no Bodhisattva heart. But the most fearful thing about a separatist party is that it will have a bad reputation, which will make people talk about it. What should I do if I provoke the children of the Immortal family who are full and have nothing to do, and covet the worldly reputation of slaying demons?"
Chen Pingan nodded.
The boy put his palms close to the fire and said with a smile: "To kill or not to kill? Kill the young one and then the big one, kill the big one and then the old one. Even if there is If I can kill two, a pair, or three, I will kill them all. If the situation is too big, the local government will report it to the court. The emperor feels embarrassed, so he should go and ask the immortal master to come out."
< /p>The boy said helplessly: "It's the most annoying."
Chen Ping'an smiled and said: "If it weren't for this, it would have been a mess long ago. How can the people at the foot of the mountain still live? Just say that in that small town, more than 10,000 people died. What would their relatives and friends in other places think? Everyone was gone overnight, and the living people would also be scared."
The boy was stunned, as if he had never thought about this problem.
The boy later told some interesting things about the area, most of which he heard from hearsay. After all, after hundreds of years, he had to find some fun to pass the time. </p>
After the heavy rain stopped, Chen Pingan said goodbye to this little land man and continued on his way.
Only the boy was left standing outside the pavilion mumbling to himself.
During Chen Ping'an's stay, he also passed by a deserted tomb. A group of poor scholars who came to Beijing to take the exam stood in front of a large tomb, looking ashamed and amazed.
Then I saw two snow-white foxes emerging from between the tombs, bowing like others.
There are also a few younger foxes lying on the tomb, snickering. Their eyebrows are a little lively, full of longing and shyness, and they don’t look like ferocious monsters at all. Like a greedy child.
The scholars returned the favor one after another.
Chen Pingan was amused for a while, knowing that it must be a fox demon that was causing trouble and deceiving people. However, Chen Pingan was not too worried. Fox demons in the world, no matter which continent they are from, tend not to They commit cruel acts. They have been naturally close to humans since ancient times, mostly to break the relationship and improve their realm and cultivation.
So Chen Pingan did not expose it on the spot and let the scholars discover that the so-called high-end mansion in front of them was actually just a tomb.
Chen Ping'an just quietly stood by the grave.
Sure enough, the scholars left the wealthy mansion safely the next day. Everyone was overjoyed and felt that it was a wonderful encounter and that their life was not in vain.
Chen Pingan left with a smile.
Three hundred miles later, Chen Pingan arrived in a small country called Northern Jin Dynasty. When passing by a city, he happened to encounter a market. Chen Ping'an actually bought two bunches of candied haws. I had previously heard that the Ruchi Temple in the Northern Jin Dynasty was very famous. There is a big stone, which is said to be one of the addresses of a Bodhisattva's enlightenment. It is called the Stone Lotus Platform. The huge stone is five feet wide. , can accommodate hundreds of people. And one person can make it shake, and no one can explain the principle. The Emperor of the Northern Jin Dynasty visited the west and tried it himself. Long Yan was very happy, which made Ru Qu Temple famous.
But when Chen Pingan asked several people, everyone said they didn't know what Ru Qu was. After going to the temple, Chen Pingan remembered that when the boy mentioned this, it should have happened two hundred years ago. Two hundred years in the world is enough to change many customs.
Chen Ping'an hesitated for a moment, but persisted. He didn't give up until he asked someone about the ruins of Ruchi Temple. He went there and found it overgrown with weeds and neither popular nor evil. , gloomy, in the sunset, Chen Ping'an found a huge stone, nothing strange could be seen.
Chen Pingan finished eating the last candied haws, threw the bamboo stick, and turned around to leave.
After Chen Ping'an walked out of the dilapidated gate of Ruchi Temple, on the top of the huge stone, a little man poked his head out and emerged from the stone.
It sat on the stone, silent.
It turns out that the reason why this lotus platform shakes is because it gave birth to a charming "little lotus man" who likes to hide and giggle every time someone tries. Shake the boulder and it will immediately become excited. Shake it left and right, and the boulder will sway with it, causing people to misunderstand it.
But one day, it felt a little boring, and the rocking of the stone lotus platform began to "live and fall", and finally became "motionless as a mountain". It turned out that it had left the stone lotus platform. The lotus platform wants to find companions in the distance, but it feels lonely after being alone year after year.
Finally, it found two partners one after another, a snake spirit and a deer spirit. The innocent little lotus person was deceived by them into losing a "yungen" and "earth spirit" respectively. "The two are condensed" into a small arm and a yellow lotus leaf. But it is always looking for a partner. Finally, it finally found a flower essence who didn't ask for anything from it. It took her back to the Stone Lotus Terrace, played together, and teased the tourists. But in the end, when it woke up from sleep one day, it found that the aura of the Stone Lotus Terrace was gone. No more, nothing left, and the flower essence was gone.
The stone lotus platform that lost its spirituality was once again ignored, and finally completely forgotten, leaving only a little one-armed spirit who often sat on the edge of the stone platform, humming country songs and singing softly. Shake your feet gently.
It occasionally feels a little sad because it doesn’t know whether those three friends are living well now.
If you are having a bad life, why not come to see yourself? It will comfort them.
If you are living well, why don't you come to see yourself? It will be happy for them.
It can't understand.
The little guy suddenly turned his head and found the foreigner wearing a snow-white robe sitting on the other side of the stone, drinking wine facing the sunset.
After finding his sight, he smiled at it.
The little guy was so frightened that he stood up quickly, jumped up, and sank directly into the boulder.
Chen Pingan laughed loudly, jumped off the stone, and truly left the Rulu Temple, no longer teasing the little charmer.
The little guy hid in the stone for a long time before he dared to appear sneakily. After looking around to make sure that the man was no longer there, he came to where the man was sitting. It suddenly widened its eyes and found a coin surrounded by aura.
Most of the charming people in the world like the fairy money on the mountain, and use it as aFood.
Putting down a piece of snow money was just a casual move for Chen Pingan.
But when Chen Pingan left the city, walked out of the official road, and just entered the mountain, he found a little thing with tearful eyes standing in front of the path, holding the snow coin in both hands, looking at it. Chen Ping'an, the little thing seems to be worried and happy at the same time.
Chen Pingan walked over slowly. The little guy was timid by nature and disappeared on the road in an instant. Repeated this several times, the little guy followed Chen Pingan and walked nearly a hundred miles of mountain road.
Chen Pingan did not take the initiative to approach it, and let it follow him at a moderate distance.
The whole family is walking together like this.
When they arrived at the deep mountain and old forest that the boy mentioned, the mountain was really steep. When Chen Pingan was about to walk out of the mountain top, he met a little goblin who seemed to be crazy. He was dressed in ragged clothes. , staggering forward, murmuring a sad word repeatedly: "How can such a heart become a Buddha? How can a Buddha become a Buddha..."
The little guy was so scared that he couldn't care about anything. He ran all the way and hid at Chen Pingan's feet.
After that, the little guy was completely unsuspecting, either jumping around beside Chen Pingan, or squatting on Chen Pingan's shoulders.
Later, Chen Ping'an took this new partner who could not speak, and passed through a country where war was constantly going on. The people were devastated, forcing a group of heroes to turn into bandits, occupy the mountain and become kings. A big flag.
Chen Pingan heard all the way about the heroic deeds of these thirty-six heroes, how heroic and superb their martial arts were, and how powerful they were. Of course, Chen Ping'an wouldn't believe everything, but he also thought that if he had a chance, he would go to the top of the mountain to take a look and meet the hero. Even if they may not be willing to drink with him at the same table, it would be good to enjoy the chivalrous spirit from a distance. of.
As a result, Chen Ping'an went there because of the reputation, and came across a black shop selling human meat buns. When Chen Ping'an saw several traveling merchants who were traveling with him fainted, he pretended to be unconscious and got tied up. Behind the shop, a long pork chopping board was thrown, and then a shop assistant came towards them with a boning knife and yawning.
In a nearby city, the executioner was about to execute a big bandit. There were dozens of people robbing the execution ground, especially a big man holding two axes and slashing all the way. They killed each other, and they were so excited that they laughed loudly. Whether they were the people watching the excitement or the officers and soldiers, they were all chopped into two halves with an axe.
A dark-skinned man with a short stature taught him a lesson, and then he gave up angrily, his eyebrows drooping, and he lost the slightest evil spirit.
The dark man glanced at the strong man and waved him away. The manLooking around, his face was full of exhaustion, but more importantly, he was relieved and happy.
He had just reprimanded the strong man with a pair of axes, and he spoke harshly, but now he looked at the back of this confidant general, and there was a smile in his eyes.
This group of people successfully rescued people at the execution ground, prepared horses not far away, galloped wildly, and quickly left the chaotic state city.
The officers and soldiers did not dare to go out of the city to pursue them.
When everyone got off their horses and walked into their shop one after another with high spirits and laughter, they found that there was no familiar couple in the shop. There was only a young man in white. The man in front of him On the wine table, there was a long sword.
The sword is full of energy.
In just a moment of burning incense, Chen Pingan left the shop.
In the shop behind you, there were people dead and some alive. They were all heroes in the eyes of the world. Indeed, almost everyone died unequivocally. Even when death was about to happen, they were still heroic.
On the other hand, the group of people who survived were mostly silent from beginning to end, or they took the initiative to stop after being hurt a little. There isn’t much of a desire for revenge. On the contrary, there is a kind of confusion, as if to say, life is already like this, and it can only be like this.
Chen Pingan doesn't care about this.
After leaving the shop, he found a gathering of horses on the roadside. After thinking about it, Chen Ping'an led a tall horse from the roadside and turned on the horse. It was a matter of course and he was very skillful.
First he was dangling, and then he was riding in the rivers and lakes.