Chapter 51 Chapter 6 Thunderstorm Night

It is said that the old ghost in the forest has left a plan for Zhang Xiaozhuan to turn the world around. This method is evil. When the Luohan cat speaks to the master, the doom is at hand. At this time, we must avoid the wind and rain , how to hide?Those who have a house enter the house, those who do not have a house enter the cave, whether it is a temple, a Taoist temple, or a private inn, go in and close the door, and wait until the sun shines the next day, and this fatal calamity will be avoided. If you fall in the wilderness and there are no houses and tile houses around you, you should find a way to drill holes in the mountains or holes in the trees, in short, hide in a place where you can't see the sky.After hiding in, regardless of the landslides and ground cracks outside, or the collapse of the house, even if there is a big movement, you must ignore it, just sit still, and you must not come out before the time, otherwise disaster will happen immediately. He would die on the spot.At that time, even the Immortal Da Luo will not be able to save your little life.

These nine copper-cast kittens are ancient utensils that belonged to the imperial palace in the Tang Dynasty.There are fluorites embedded in the cat's eyes, which are as bright as the dawn stars, and can follow the rotation of the sun and the moon, which will produce changes in light and dark in sequence at night; when the dawn comes, the nine pairs of cat's eyes will all become dim At that time, it means that the calamity has passed, and the future prosperity and wealth will come without asking for it, and high officials and generous salaries are within easy reach. Zhang Xiaozhuan looked at the things in the bamboo tube three or five times.He is living in death, it is like the moon covered by clouds and the dew is covered, and the flowers are hit by frost and it is spring again. He thought that since he left Lingzhou City, he was rushing forward and backward along the way. This Crock Temple is among the thousand-year-old temples.It seems that Mr. Zhang really deserves to die, as long as he hides here until dawn, why is it so difficult?Even if the emperor's old son ordered to pass it on, the third master would not budge his heart.

Zhang Xiaozhuan was born as a rascal in the market, and he has nothing else to worry about except his life. When his stubborn temper flares up, he really dares to do things that resist orders.Having made up his mind, he arranged the empty coffin in the apse as a case, lit candles on it, and placed the nine copper cats under the lamp one by one according to their size and shape. Then Zhang Xiaozhuo sat on the ground, neatly draped all over his body, with foreign guns and short knives at hand, guarding the nine fluorite copper cats, suffering from hour to hour.It was still dark at this time, but there was a strong wind and heavy rain in Qingluoling. Although it was daytime, it was like a dark night. Although the sound of wind and rain was violent, it still couldn't cover up the sound of killing outside the ancient town.

There are many brave regiments who convey military information, and they come to report like a revolving lantern.It turns out that Qingluo Town is surrounded by mountains, and only these two roads can lead to the outside of the mountain.There were casualties on both sides. When the battle was at its most intense, the two armies fought hand-to-hand in the wind and rain, and the score was unclear. Zhang Xiaozhuan took the opportunity to pretend to be a hero, and ordered his subordinates to go out to help in the battle, and told the whole camp that since ancient times, "the unicorns in the sky are originally born, and the ants in the caves only live by stealing", Zhang Sanye stayed in Qingluo Town, and did not take half a step. Retire, live and die with the whole battalion brothers, if you defeat the Guangdong bandits, everyone will go back together to ask for credit and reward, as much money as you want; if you are defeated by the Guangdong bandits, we will serve the country loyally, don’t risk our lives, and fight one is enough Ben, fight two to earn one.At the beginning, the brothers in Yanying had all formed a sworn alliance, saying that they would live and die together, and share wealth and honor. Today, they have fulfilled the previous oath, and they will die together when they die, and they will be buried together.

After Zhang Xiaozhuan finished speaking, he ordered Yanling'er to take out the wine and meat that was carried with the army, and put on a posture as if Mount Tai was collapsing in front of him without blinking his eyes.With a calm expression, he sat in front of the coffin board, with his back leaning on the clay god statue in the temple, and poured himself a drink, as if he was deaf to the deafening shouts of killing around him.The group around him saw it bravely, and they all admired him, and praised the battalion officer for his high righteousness, which is rare nowadays, who would have known that he had hidden another kind of guts in his heart, but felt that Mr. The thieves were like nothing, and they really showed a bit of the green forest true color of "the moon is dark and the wind is high, the hero is brave, and the heart of the strong man is murdered and set on fire". How dare we kill the enemy without killing the enemy when we are waiting in front of the battle.

Little did he know that Zhang Xiaozhuan was beating his nerves in a panic. He wanted to take advantage of the alcohol to build up his courage, and he hoped that he would sleep through the night after drinking too much, and when he woke up, the dark clouds in the sky would be gone. You said It is "drinking wine in spring, summer, autumn and winter, drunk from east, west, north and south".But he didn't know what to do, and the wine passed through his intestines after drinking it. On the contrary, the more he drank, the paler his face became, his head was dripping with cold sweat, and he wasn't even half drunk.In the past, it was only said that the time is fast and the face is easy to age. Who would have thought that the time now would be so difficult.

Zhang Xiaozhui drank freely on the coffin, and threw a piece of dried meat on the ground, wanting to eat it with the long-faced Luohan cat, but the Luohan cat seemed restless.It didn't drink or eat, and it didn't even look at the dried meat on the ground. The cat's tail kept moving back and forth, and it whined from time to time. Yan Ling'er wondered: "Is there any cat in the world that doesn't eat meat? This Arhat cat is really weird. It seems to be worried about something? Is something serious going to happen in the crock temple in Qingluo Town?" Zhang Xiaozhuan also felt the same way: "Today's rain is also very evil. It pours down like a sea without stopping. The group of frogs swarming out of the ground before is also an extremely abnormal sign. However, Qingluoling has a unique terrain. There are no rivers in Shili, so it has never been invaded by mountain torrents, and presumably there will not be floods rushing into the town."

Just as he was talking, a flash of lightning flashed by, reflecting the snow in the hall brightly, followed by the sound of thunder and thunder, which made the roof tiles, beams and pillars tremble.For a moment, there was lightning and thunder, as if in mid-air, rubbing his scalp and rolling.Both Zhang Xiaozhuo and Yan Ling'er looked up and saw that the roof of the temple was a structure with a single beam piercing through it. The ancient temple was in disrepair for a long time, and it seemed that it would collapse at any moment amidst the thunderstorm. Yanling'er heard the sound of thunder not well, and was worried that the hall would be hit by thunder and fire, so she advised Zhang Xiaozhuan to hide elsewhere, but Zhang Xiaozhuan recognized the words of the old ghost in the forest, and refused to move her nest even to death. It's getting dark, going out now will definitely fall short.Although the celestial phenomenon is abnormal, as long as you don't leave the back hall of the crockpot temple for half a step, the beam that pierces the heart will not fall on the third master's head, and besides wearing an official uniform, you will be afraid of lightning and thunderbolts?The third master has a heart made of iron and stone, and tonight he simply put his wealth and life as if everything was going on. He will never leave the back hall until the eyes of the nine copper cats are gone. The so-called "the world is changing, but heroes can bend and stretch".Although the arms are thick, they can't twist the thighs. Don't make trouble with the gods. Whether you live or die, you have to listen to the gods.

Although Zhang Xiaozhuan used his words forcefully, he couldn't help but feel anxious secretly, thinking about what he had done in his life, he never committed the crime of being struck by lightning.Ever since he was promoted by the governor to serve as an official in the army, he wears stars and wears the moon, wakes up early and goes to bed late, and never has a half-day leisure.Thinking about it with conscience, although he has never done such great acts of charity as fasting monks, building pagodas and temples, repairing bridges and repairing roads, caring for the orphans and widows, respecting the elderly and the poor, but Mr. Zhang himself has never done any real acts of kindness. An immoral thing that makes people frown and gnash their teeth.The few lives I killed under my own hands were all treacherous and evil people. If you say disrespect to heaven and earth, filial piety to parents, slandering monks and Buddha, and ruining good daughters, these evil deeds have nothing to do with it.Mr. Zhang is full of benevolence and righteousness. He is good at seeing injustices and draws his sword to help. He doesn't want to see others suffering. If he sees others, he must help. If he really can't escape today and suffers violent death, he will be so unyielding.

Zhang Xiaozhuan was also afraid that she was "predetermined in the past life and the case in the present life, and the number of days cannot escape the deadline", so who could guess what happened in the dark?He was terrified by the bombings one after another, but he knew that Mr. Zhang was very poor before, with no clothes to cover his body and no food to eat. He only sheltered himself in a broken temple in a cold kiln. Ghost, how can you do anything today?Right now, it's just as if this little life was picked up. Thinking of this, Zhang Xiaozhuan made up his mind, picked up the sea bowl, and "gudongdong" poured two mouthfuls of the burning knife, his ears became hot, and his courage suddenly grew, and he ignored the thunderclap that resounded through the sky.Just as the burst of thunder rang from overhead, there was a commotion in the hall and shrine, as if there was something in the dark moving recklessly from Hanzhai.

Yanling'er noticed something was wrong, turned around and shot an arrow, and then raised the lamp to check.It turned out that there was a statue of the judge in charge of the "Book of Life and Death" at the back of the hall, his head was gone, and a mouse not much smaller than a cat was shot through by a wild goose arrow and nailed to death on the pages of the clay book , blood dripped onto the ground, staining a large area red. Seeing that it was a mouse, Zhang Xiaozhuan felt relieved and praised: "Sixth Sister really deserves to be the number one expert in my wild goose camp. It seems that this huge mouse..." Before he could finish his sentence, he saw the rat from the shrine and palace pillars. Numerous insects, rats, and snakes drilled out of the cracks, cracks in the walls, and between the beams of the roof, including rare black-headed centipedes and splints.I don't know where these things are usually hidden, and I don't know what they are for at this moment. They seem to have a premonition of a catastrophe, and they just flee outside the hall without thinking, scaring the long-faced Luohan cat , avoiding it for fear of being too late, immediately jumped up and jumped onto the coffin without a sound. Zhang Xiaozhui'er and Yanling'er both panicked and kicked, finally drove away all the insects, rats, snakes and ants in the hall.It was already late at night while talking, the thunder in the sky gradually subsided, and the heavy rain in the mountains could not stop. Due to the dangerous situation of the battle, all the soldiers stationed in the Crock Temple were sent to help in the battle, and they were the only ones left in the huge temple Two people and one cat, apart from the occasional croaking of frogs outside the hall, there was no sound in the surroundings, so quiet that even a hair falling on the ground could be heard clearly. The two of them couldn't hear the sound of the battle on the ridge, they knew that most of the wild goose camp had killed the Guangdong invaders, and how many brothers had been killed this time, Yanling'er fell silent.Zhang Xiaozhuan saw the sky brighten outside the window, and heard the golden rooster singing faintly in his ears. Unknowingly, it was already dawn. He hurriedly went to see the nine copper-cast kittens, and found the fluorite color embedded in the cat's eyes. Like ashes, everything has become dim. Zhang Xiaozhuan said that he had recovered his life, although he was a little terrified, he escaped from death after all, the string in his head was about to break, and only then did he breathe a sigh of relief, and said to himself: "It is said that people are bitter insects. It seems that this is true. Living people only have blessings that they cannot enjoy, but there are no sins that they cannot bear. It was a very difficult night. Finally, the third master made it to the end." He said I was also thinking about the brothers in the wild goose camp, and my heart was full of emotion, and I couldn't say whether it was joy or worry.He stretched, put away the foreign gun and the Cunqing short knife, opened his mouth and blew out the candles on the coffin, then picked up the long-faced Arhat cat, called Yan Ling'er, kicked open the door and went outside. But as soon as Zhang Xiaozhuan walked into the courtyard, he suddenly realized that something was wrong, his trance was gone, and he became sober in his heart. How has it ever been bright?The clouds and ink were dyed outside, and the sky was as dark as the bottom of a pot, and it was almost impossible to see the palm of your hand. Zhang Xiaozhuan's whole body was as if touched by ice, trembling uncontrollably, all of a sudden the three souls were ethereal, the seven souls were gloomy, and he cried out "Damn it".Knowing that the doom was not over, he hurriedly grabbed Yan Ling'er's hand, turned around and ran back, but as soon as he turned around, he found a figure quietly poking in the darkness behind him, so close that his face was almost close to him. face.That figure is like a ghost, it is definitely not a living person, it seems to be possessed by a ghost, and it is not at all angry. If Zhang Xiaozhuan turned around suddenly, how could he have seen it with his own eyes.In this way, his escape route to return to heaven and save his life will be cut off. This is exactly "the house leaks when it rains continuously, and the boat is late and encounters the headwind". If you want to know what happened in the crockpot temple, let's listen to the next chapter.