Chapter 7 Chapter Seven: Demon Slaying

That night, Di Renjie slept deeply.There seemed to be a faint fragrance in the house, which made people feel at ease, and soon fell asleep.Di Renjie was puzzled, he didn't have the habit of burning incense in his room, and suddenly he remembered the parchment scroll in the Buddha statue, yes, the secret on the parchment scroll can only be revealed by burning incense.I saw the scriptures gradually turning gray and floating in the incense, yes, just take a breath, and you can see that there is another text under the scriptures.The article records the matter of hiding the treasure, Taizong's secret decree, and the celestial master Yuan Tiangang casts spells. There must be many dangers in the place where the treasure is hidden.Treasure map?Di Renjie recalled the full text, no, never saw any treasure map, look quickly, the sheepskin curled up, and pieces melted from Yuan Fang's hands.Yes, there seems to be a record in the article that King Yuanji of Qi ordered people to record the location of the treasure, and there are strange signs of "the sky flows backwards, the red dragon turns nine times, and the cloud reveals the truth". Apart from this, there is no mention of how to enter the treasure.

Di Renjie woke up suddenly, as if he was awakened by some sound. He thought about it carefully, but couldn't remember it. He just felt cold sweat on his forehead. I didn't see any abnormalities, and I couldn't smell the fragrance in the dream just now.Di Renjie knew that the dream was weird, so he didn't go to sleep anymore, he simply put on his clothes and got up, reading a book under the lamp. A small town a hundred miles east of Ningzhou.The tea shop next to the official road is full of people from all over the country who come to the morning market, most of them are familiar with them. After the morning market, they must drink a big bowl of tea in this tea shop and say Anecdotes from the countryside, Fang each went home.On the table on the south side of the road, sat a Qingqu man, and at the same table sat a sixteen or seventeen-year-old woman in green clothes, with a pair of almond eyes on her pretty melon-seeded face, looking east and west, only listening to her whisper He said: "Brother Li, how can this teapot be so big?" Then he said: "Look at the bowls for making tea, which are stacked one after another, and the water is poured from the top layer to each bowl, which is very interesting!" The man just smiled, occasionally explaining a sentence or two, but secretly smiled bitterly in his heart. Since he brought this girl out of Ningzhou, his ears have suffered a lot along the way, and he can't help thinking, if cocoons can really grow in these ears Fortunately, then you can turn a deaf ear.

These two people are Li Yuanfang and Ayu. Ten days ago, Li Yuanfang was ordered by Di Renjie to see Mr. Cao, the doctor of the Ministry of Industry, to inquire about the fourteenth to fifteenth year of Zhenguan. From Chang'an to Luoyang, there are some materials on repairing roads and bridges along the way. Di Renjie guessed that the details of Yuan Tiangang's restoration of the Longchuan treasure are no longer available. However, thousands of craftsmen were used to renovate the treasure. It is possible that she acted secretly in Qingyang Mountain under the pretext of going to Tubo to build roads for the princess.Sure enough, this trip was not in vain. Li Yuanfang found out from the Ministry of Industry the detailed information on building roads for the princess on her westward journey, which recorded where mountains were built to pave roads, where bridges were built, etc. Although there was no mention of treasures, there must be clues in it. Xun, after getting the information, Li Yuanfang and Ah Yu didn't dare to stay longer, so they returned immediately, but they were afraid that Ah Yu would travel a long distance, so they sat and rested in this tea shop.After all, Ayu is a girl at heart. After leaving Ningzhou, she felt novelty in what she saw along the way, and gradually became happy again. She got acquainted with Li Yuanfang, and when she was away from home, it was inconvenient to call him "General Li", so he just "Brother Li, Li "Big Brother", Li Yuanfang didn't feel surprised, she just shook her head inwardly, wondering why the lord let her come with her.

At this time, the tea shop was very lively, and an old man said: "Everyone, have you heard about the recent incident that Lord Inspector Di killed a demon snake in Jiulongchuan?" A person beside him hurriedly said: "What's the matter, Mr. Liu, tell me quickly. Let us listen." Everyone also said: "Exactly, tell me quickly." The old man named Liu took a sip of tea and said: "In this Qingyang Mountain, there is a mine that produces lead ore. In the first month, several miners disappeared inexplicably deep in the mine. At night, the mine owner had a dream. He saw a giant snake entrenched in the mine. One, at the entrance of a certain cave, offer one child, one boy, one girl, one girl each, and promise not to do harm to the world again'. The mine owner couldn't do it, so he forced the only child man and woman of the miner to be sacrificed for the sacrifice." The old man said vividly, When everyone heard this, they couldn't help being very anxious, some said what to do, some said that Mr. Di would not sit idly by and ignore this matter, and they all urged the old man Liu to speak quickly. "Master Di didn't know where he learned about this, and he didn't stop him. He just ordered his servants to set up an oil pan at the entrance of the sacrificial cave, and said: 'At that time, I will go to sacrifice in person.' On this day, Master Di went to the court to sacrifice, and he ordered his servants to move the boiling oil pan closer to the entrance of the cave, and then harass the entrance of the cave with two only-child boys and girls, but they were not allowed to push down the cave. Such a tease, the demon snake Impatient, he opened his bloody mouth and squirmed out. When it was too late and then soon, Lord Di ordered everyone to overturn the oil pan and pour the oil into the cave. There was only a strange roar, and a thick smoke gushed out of the cave. It soared into the sky—the demonic snake was burnt to death by boiling oil, and the two only children were finally rescued." Everyone listened to the thrilling words of Old Liu, as if they had seen it with their own eyes, and dared not let out their breath, and heard that the demonic snake was killed After the two children were rescued, they both breathed a sigh of relief, and heard another person say: "Old man is right, I also heard that the demon snake was originally the Dragon Mother of the Donghe River in Zhoucheng. The boy passed by our Ningzhou, so he entrusted Master Di with a dream to teach him the method of exorcising demons, and rid Ningzhou of all evils." Si Zuo had been stunned for a long time, and he came back to his senses after a while, praising Master Di for his kindness. The benefits of the people come.

Li Yuanfang and Ayu listened to what old man Liu said wonderfully, and what the crowd said about Mr. Di's immortality, they smiled at each other and just drank tea with their heads down. But there was a person beside him who said coldly: "What kind of gods help, it's just to fool the common people." Li Yuanfang heard the reputation and looked over, and saw a young man in white clothes. She looked like a woman, but her hair was tied up and she was wearing men's clothes. At that time, women dressed up as men's clothes for the convenience of going out. Li Yuanfang didn't think so at the moment. meaning.Ayu could hear it clearly, and was about to stand up and go over to argue, but Li Yuanfang only shook her head lightly, signaling that there was nothing to worry about.