Chapter 5 Chapter Two

The sky was trembling with panic, and in the deep courtyard mansion, a group of servants were anxiously waiting at the gate. In the fourth year of Zhide (AD 759), on the third day of the seventh lunar month, the weather in Chengdu was as cloudy as ever.The sun finally came out this afternoon, and the golden light was covered by thick clouds a quarter of an hour later. This huge house is located in a good location in the capital of abundance, but the house is very gloomy, even the servants have a faint blackness in their eyebrows, like a dying person.The two originally mighty stone lions in front of the gate now seem to have lost all majesty, not to mention the situation in the house, which is completely ghostly.

Occasionally, some people were forced to pass by the house, and they were careful not to get into trouble. This is the mansion of Dongshan Jiedushi. After Tang Suzong recovered Kyoto, all the royal family stranded in Chengdu moved back to the palace, and the Chengdu mansion calmed down.But not long ago, Jiedushi, who was in charge of the power of Dongchuan, suddenly encountered misfortune in his family, and his family members died strangely every day, causing panic among the surrounding people. Jiedu envoy Yan Wu ordered a thorough investigation, but found nothing.At this time, he was standing in the study with his head in his hands. Three hours ago, his nine-year-old son also died.The crying in the backyard was loud, the concubine collapsed on the ground hugging her son, the tears had been shed, and the blood gushed out from the eye sockets, it was very frightening.

Yan Wu was annoyed when he heard it, and he felt sad that the rabbit died and the fox was sad. He threw the teacup in his hand on the ground, his face livid.How is this going?I have only been in office for half a year, and I have not offended anyone, and I have no clue about what is happening now. He looked out of the window, and saw that the flowers in the garden that were in full bloom not long ago had all withered recently, the plants withered, and even the blades of grass were completely black, as if poisoned. "Is Daoist Yang still here?" Yan Wu anxiously called his servants to ask.

"I haven't seen Daoist Yang's figure yet." The servants hurriedly reported back. Yan Wu became even more anxious, "Why hasn't he come yet? I sent someone to invite him three days ago. Is there any delay?" At this moment, he suddenly felt a chill coming from his back.The face of the servant who was still answering his question just now turned livid, and after a short while the blood color turned extremely black again, Yan Wu suddenly took a few steps back in fright. The servant's body seemed to be squeezed into some kind of dark gas, which swelled up like a balloon, and soon turned into an elliptical ball.Yan Wu felt his hairs stand on end, his scalp was numb, and he wanted to escape, but the only exit from the study was behind the mutated servant.At this moment, the tumbling body of the subordinate had already blocked the door firmly, and with a "pop", the entire servant exploded, leaving only a blood-red skeleton.

The skeleton did not fall down in response, but stood upright, staring at him with no eyeballs.Yan Wu kept stepping back, his back against the wall.The exploded blood and flesh stained his face and body, and he didn't bother to wipe it off. There was only one thought in his mind - my life is over!At the same time, a middle-aged Taoist priest came from a distance outside Dongchuan Jiedushi's mansion. He has sword eyebrows and starry eyes, a regular beard on his chin, and his not tall stature has an air of admiration. He was carrying a huge dark yellow gourd on his back, his Taoist uniform was swaying in the wind, and the eight trigrams sword that had not come out of his waist was faintly cold.When the Taoist priest's eyes rolled, a great righteousness overflowed, very compelling.

"Daoist Yang is here!" The servants at the gate exclaimed happily at the same time. "Where is your master?" The Taoist surnamed Yang glanced at the servant indifferently, neither humble nor overbearing. As soon as I returned to Chengdu, I saw a place in the city full of ghosts, but I didn't expect it to be at an old friend's house.Looking at the boundless, thick and frighteningly cold atmosphere, he couldn't help but frowned. This matter might be a bit tricky. "Master has been waiting in the study for a long time..." Before the people finished speaking, the Taoist priest surnamed Yang suddenly changed his face and shouted: "No, your master's life is in danger!" The spell must be flashed into the study in the middle of nowhere.

Yan Wu in the room had already closed his eyes, his face full of despair.The sharp knuckles of the blood red skull were only slightly away from his throat.When it was too late to say it, the Taoist priest surnamed Yang quickly drew out the eight trigrams sword, and let out a "tsk", which resounded through the entire mansion like thunder. As soon as the Eight Diagrams Sword was pulled out, overwhelming cold air immediately surged in all directions, and the skeleton's movements suddenly slowed down.The Taoist kicked the skull's waist and swung the sword with his right hand. The blood-red skull immediately trembled like a fire, and immediately turned into fly ash and scattered on the floor of the study.

Yan Wu's whole body was trembling. He opened his eyes, only to see Daoist Yang looking at him. Still scared, he looked around numbly with dull eyes, and couldn't help trembling again.I saw that a thick layer of ice had formed in the study room at some point, and the blood-red skeleton who wanted his life was nowhere to be seen. Got, saved!Only this thought remained in Yan Wu's heart, he let out a long sigh of relief, cupped his hands and said: "Brother Yang came at the right time, even if it was a step later, my brother and I would be decapitated." The Taoist surnamed Yang returned a salute, and said with a smile: "Brother Yan, just because of our friendship, I will put aside the big things and save you first. But don't be happy, I think your big house is probably I was cursed!" "Who will curse me?" Yan Wu shrank his neck.

"Think about it carefully?" Daoist Yang said indifferently, "To be able to cast such a vicious curse, the enmity he has with you is absolutely extraordinary. Even if it is not bloody enmity, it is not far away." "I can't think of it. I have never had a blood feud with anyone." Yan Wu pondered for a while, but still had no idea. Daoist Yang looked around again, calculated with his fingers, and frowned again, "I can't see that in seven days, your Yan family will die from a young age." Yan Wu was shocked, "Then let's move immediately Walk."

"It's useless to move away, the evil spirit has already entered the eyes of everyone in the house." Taoist Yang suddenly asked: "Brother Yan, when did people die suddenly in your family?" "Seven days ago. First the mother who was ill for a long time, then the weak concubine and child, and even the servants began to die strangely one after another. Dropped. Everyone seemed to be poisoned before they died, and they looked horrible." Yan Wu sighed sadly, "Seventeen people have already died." "Seven days up, seven days down." Daoist Yang's face suddenly changed, "Your family's curse is very troublesome. If I'm not mistaken, it should be the Yinming Curse of Son and Mother. Wherever this kind of curse is cast, the weak will be affected first, and the cloudy climate will accumulate. Then it affects healthy people. After twenty-seventy-four days, everyone will die. This curse is very vicious and difficult to undo."

"Brother Yang, save me!" The dignified Dongchuan Jiedu envoy was frightened, knelt down and wanted to chant.Taoist Yang immediately raised his hand in the air, but Yan Wu couldn't do it anymore. "Brother Yan is humiliating me, my own brother, I can't say I want to help." Taoist Yang looked serious, "Take me around this courtyard. After Brother Yan was promoted, I haven't had time to visit yet." Although Yan Wu was terribly afraid, he knew very well in his heart that his god-like and profound friend had his own intentions, so he immediately summoned his servants and ordered a table of sumptuous food and wine to be prepared, and he raised his hand, "Brother Yang , please come with me." As he walked, he introduced Dongshan Jiedushi's mansion: "It is said that the mansion has a history of hundreds of years, and it has always been the residence of the high-ranking officials in charge of the Chengdu Mansion. Today's Supreme Emperor, Emperor Xuanzong once lived here. After living there for half a year, I moved into the temporary imperial residence one mile away from here." If it weren't for the overcast atmosphere, the extremely depressing atmosphere, and the panicked, sallow and emaciated faces of everyone you met, looking like a dying person, in fact, this house is still extremely beautiful.Covering a vast area, there are all pavilions and pavilions. Taoist Yang nodded while visiting, and praised: "Good place, good place." Yan Wu smiled wryly. If he knew that living in this house would kill people, he wouldn't live in it even if he killed himself.Beauty is beauty, but life is more important. When he came to a lotus pond in the backyard, Daoist Yang suddenly stopped in his tracks, turned his head and asked, "When was this pond built?" All the plants and trees in the yard were withered, leaving only pitch-black scorched leaves. The rest of the lotus pond in front of me is verdant and verdant, a pool of crystal clear lake water, full of green eyes, which is very strange and conspicuous. Yan Wu was taken aback, and replied: "When we moved in, Su Yan wanted to build a lotus pond in the yard so that she could enjoy the flowers. I rescued my servants to tear down the yard and dug out the pond. Is there something wrong with this pond?" Yan Wu's regular wife was once haunted by a fox demon. Fortunately, the passing Taoist Yang pulled the fox out and beheaded her, so she was able to escape.It was at that time that Yan Wu spared no effort to show his favor, and that's how he made friends with Daoist Yang. "It's not that there is a problem, but there is a big problem." Daoist Yang took out a compass from his body, gestured up and down, and sighed: "No wonder I think this pond is not in harmony with the feng shui of the house. It was originally a fate of superior wind and water, but it was completely destroyed by the pond." "I think this curse of mother and son was not originally aimed at you. It may have been cursed more than a hundred years ago. But at that time, a master of geomantic o , Every plant and every tree turned into a circle of six intentions in the sky, pressing the curse under the house. You destroyed the house, and the curse will naturally fall on the people who should live in the house again." "What should I do!" Yan Wu regretted to death, how could he know that his house could not be moved? "Do you want me to fill in the lotus pond and restore the old building?" Daoist Yang shook his head, "Even if it can be restored exactly the same, it's useless, the six intentions of the sky have been broken, and the curse of the mother and son that has been suppressed for a hundred years has broken the ground. And out, even if I want to lift the curse, it won't be done overnight." "Then my Yan family is destined to die completely?" Despair and remorse could not help showing from Yan Wu's face.If he had known that he would end up like this, the position of Dongchuan Jiedushi was indisputable. At that time, in order to climb to this position, he used all his connections and spent most of his net worth! "There is no way to crack it temporarily, but it's okay to block it." Daoist Yang smiled and took out a large stack of paper talismans from his sleeve, "Let the servants paste the paper talismans on every door and window, burn the upper and lower talismans to ashes, soak them in water and drink a bowl every day, the evil spirit between the eyebrows and eyes It will be eliminated in half a month. The spell can keep your family safe for half a year, and I'm trying to figure out a way for this half a year." "Thank you Brother Yang!" After the despair, there was a turning point. Yan Wu's heart almost didn't slow down. He was overjoyed and sad. He coughed for a while and wanted to worship again, but was still blocked by Taoist Yang. "Brother Yan, you're humiliating me again. If you do this again, I'm going to walk away as an old man." "Don't dare, dare not, I have treated Brother Yang indiscriminately." Yan Wu was taken aback. If this expert was really pissed off by him, their Yan family would be in danger of losing their children and grandchildren in half a year. This is absolutely impossible. The dignified Dongchuan Jiedu envoy was so anxious that he didn't know where to put his hands and feet. "Go, go drink." Taoist Yang grinned. Yan Wu woke up immediately, "Yes, drink, drink. Come here, carefully paste these talismans on all the doors and windows. The rest will be turned into talisman water, and a bowl will be given to everyone." Can live, who wants to die?Seeing that they were saved, the servants naturally took their orders and left happily. One pass ten, ten pass one hundred, the originally gloomy mansion was filled with the laughter of the survivors of the catastrophe, and when the talisman was pasted, even the sunlight that had not seen each other for a long time fell into the courtyard, and everyone was overjoyed. Noisy.The dead atmosphere was broken, and Taoist Yang's miraculous and superb spells were even boasted by everyone in the front and back yards!The banquet in the evening was very grand, and it was also the happiest moment for the Yan family recently.The important people in the Yan family respectfully toasted Taoist Yang frequently, and Taoist Yang never refused to come and smiled, but even people who were not familiar with him could see that he seemed to be waiting for something. After drinking for three rounds, before I knew it, it was Haishi (between 9:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m.), and Taoist Yang had no intention of stopping. He drank so much that everyone had to accompany him.When the people who couldn't drink enough were all drunk and fell to the ground, Yan Wu, who had a good drinker, and his elders still had a drink with Taoist Yang. Yan Wu was a little strange. He had known Immortal Yang for many years, and he usually ordered as soon as he could. He had never seen him drink so much. Daoist Yang didn't explain, he kept holding his wine glass and drank non-stop, and told Yan Wu some anecdotes from time to time, which made him applaud again and again.A few more hours passed like this, the wife and children who accompanied the table had gone back to their room to rest, Yan Wu was about to speak, suddenly, Daoist Yang raised his hand, there was no carefree and kind expression on his face, only solemnity remained. His small eyes were full of vigor, and a sneer slipped from the corner of his mouth, "It's time, it's time to appear." "Brother Yang, what are you talking about?" Yan Wu drank his tongue a little bit, he was confused by Yang Daoshi's words. At this moment, the whole house trembled like an earthquake.The utensils and items hung on the wall and placed on the table made a non-stop "cracking" sound, as if something huge had come out of the ground. The owner and servants in the courtyard were screaming in panic, but Not long after, the earthquake suddenly stopped. The huge contrast between the front and the back made the huge Dongchuan Jiedu mansion fall into dead silence for a while. "Anyone who wants to survive should stand still and not move." Taoist Yang shouted loudly, his voice was like a bell, and it was transmitted far away, and everyone in the huge mansion could hear it clearly.After the voice fell, everyone kept their movements from the previous moment and did not dare to move. "Brother Yang, what happened?" Yan Wu's wine was completely sobered up. "It's nothing serious, it's just that the corpses of the mother and child were forced out." Taoist Yang's tone was very calm. "Yin Corpse?" Naturally, Yan Wu didn't know what a Yin Corpse was, but the name alone was scary, so it must be unlucky. "The mother-son curse can be so vicious because it was made out of ninety-nine eighty-one pairs of mother and child. Each pair of mother and child is made by the caster taking advantage of the birth of the mother, with the baby's head exposed and the umbilical cord untouched. When cutting, I personally strangled the two to death. The resentment and pain of the mother and child will be accumulated forever in the umbilical cord connecting the two, and it will become deeper and deeper." "Collect eighty such umbilical cords, make the eighty-first pair of mother and child mummy, hollow out the internal organs in the stomach, bury the umbilical cord in the abdominal cavity of the mother and child, and use the secret method to make it The insidious curse of mother and son." Taoist Yang sneered again, "There is basically no solution to this curse. Fortunately, you met me. I used a spell to block the evil spirit and resentment, and the magic tools buried deep under the house will naturally come out." Yan Wu's cold sweat kept pouring out, and his body was shaking vigorously like sifting grain.When he thought that he had lived in such a terrible place for half a year, he was terrified, "Brother Yang, what should I do?" "As long as you hide behind me and stay still, there will be no danger for the time being. Remember , don't move." Daoist Yang said, holding the gossip sword in his hand, "Look at me to clean up this evil!" As soon as the words fell into Yan Wu's ears, he heard a crisp "creak" sound from the door of the banquet hall.The wooden door was covered with dark lines, which instantly turned into fly ash and diffused in sight. A strange-looking naked woman came out slowly.This woman looked terrifying, with a blue face, long fangs, shriveled skin, and long hair just covering her important parts.There was a newborn baby sitting on the rickety waist.The baby was crying sharply, and the evil red light loomed in the eyes that were not opened. His crying made Yan Wu's blood surge not far away, and he almost didn't hold back his internal injuries. "Evil barrier, let me transcend quickly, and strive to return to reincarnation as soon as possible." Taoist Yang shouted, and the Bagua sword was unsheathed, and the biting coldness immediately filled the surrounding space. The son-mother Yinming Corpse stared at Daoist Yang with slender eyes like shuttles, and the long tongue protruding from its shriveled mouth pierced through the air like a sharp sword, making an unpleasant sound of howling ghosts and howling wolves.The Bagua sword in Daoist Yang's hand drew a long trace in front of him, and the sword flower moved to block his tongue. The tongue that touched the blade seemed to be frozen by frost, and a thick layer of frost soon formed on the surface.The mother-child Yinming Corpse screamed in pain, quickly rolled its tongue into its mouth, bent down, and grabbed it with its ten fingers and claws.Daoist Yang resisted calmly, while pulling out a few spells from the kit with his free left hand, and threw them at Yin Zong. As soon as the charm touched the corpse, it stuck tightly and burned continuously.The mother-child Yinming Corpse screamed again, and the baby on its back also screamed strangely, and finally opened its long and narrow eyes.With the opening of the evil infant's eyes, the entire banquet hall was covered with a layer of blood-red light, which hurt people's eyes. The red light penetrated into the Eight Diagrams Sword, and the sword's light rang chaotically, and there was a momentum of being overwhelmed.The red light and cold light continuously offset and erode each other in the air. For a moment, it seems that the space is collapsing. "Evil, you dare to use evil methods to bring disaster to all beings." Daoshi Yang saw the cold light in the sword wasting away, and couldn't help but feel pain in his heart. When the cold light disappeared, it was also the time for the Eight Diagrams sword to be scrapped.It seems to be a trick!He shouted loudly, and set up a complicated hand gesture, "Look at my Fuxi swordsmanship." The sword drew mysterious symbols in his hand. These golden symbols were frozen in the air, suspended in the space, motionless, shining brightly, and all the bloody lights were smashed to pieces.The color of the golden symbols became darker and darker, making it impossible for people to open their eyes. Just when the momentum was at its peak, Daoist Yang shouted again: "Tsk!" The yin corpses of the mother and child flew away. Yin Corpse has already developed two of the five senses, instinctively aware of the great danger, and quickly ran away with a strange scream.The golden runes were too fast to be caught by the naked eye, and the Yin Corpse was caught up by the runes as soon as it escaped from the banquet hall, and the golden light was all printed on the Yin Corpse's back. In an instant, the corpse was blown to pieces by the rune, leaving only half of the skeleton.The appearance of the mother's corpse was also horrible, the belly was exploded alive, exposing several umbilical cords that were as dry as branches and were blackened by evil spirits.The son, mother, and Yin Ming corpse turned their heads and gave Daoist Yang a bitter look, and suddenly burrowed into the ground and could no longer find any traces. Yan Wu moved out of the conference hall with trembling legs, watched the haze over the house disappear, and a bright moon hung high in the sky, he couldn't help feeling refreshed, and said happily: "Brother Yang, has the curse been broken?" It's not that easy." Daoist Yang shook his head and sighed, "This evil obstacle has been turned into a monster for a hundred years, and it will take a lot of effort to get rid of it. I just injured it badly. In three or two years, it will come out to harm the world again. But the curse on you is fine." "Three or two years?" Yan Wu was taken aback for a moment, then secretly pleased.In two years, I'll be promoted to other places long ago, let the next unlucky guy have a headache for that evildoer. Seeing Daoist Yang standing under the moonlight, he looked like a fairy, and he sighed for a while: "Yang Chin is really a fairy. If the current emperor knows that there is such a person in Sichuan and Shu, he will definitely make you a national teacher." "hehe." Taoist Yang smiled and said nothing. "Speaking of the emperor, the current emperor is having a hard time." Yan Wu was loyal to the Supreme Emperor Li Longji, and he was very worried. He lived in sorrow and sorrow, and became thinner day by day.Today, the Holy Majesty sent his ministers to visit the alchemists with high Taoism skills, hoping to relieve the emperor's pain and sorrow, but he still found nothing. "Cut, what's so difficult about it." Daoist Yang clapped his hands and laughed, shook his head and said, "Yang Yuhuan is the daughter of my family, Yang Tongyou. She never died in Maweipo, and the immortal sent her to Penglai. No matter how many alchemists there are, how can we find her!" When Yan Wu heard it, his whole body trembled stronger than seeing a ghost, and asked again and again: "This statement is true!" Use this book to summon ghosts and gods, and all ghosts and gods will respond immediately. It is also easy and omnipotent to drive away plagues, control demons, eliminate floods and droughts and natural disasters, and call wind and rain." Yang Tongyou looked at the sky with his hands behind his back, looking like an expert, "I said that Yang Yuhuan went to Penglai, and she is in Penglai. If the Supreme Emperor wants to see Concubine Yang, he still needs to go to Penglai Xiandao." After ordering his servants to send Daoist Yang to the guest room to rest, Yan Wu could hardly fall asleep all night. He walked up and down in the study, thinking about Yang Tongyou's last words.He instinctively felt that this was an opportunity, a chance to be promoted again. If Taoist Yang can really make the Supreme Emperor see Concubine Yang whom he has missed for a long time, he will have a bright future. If you can't, you can use the excuse of being bewitched by the monster to push the responsibility away, it seems that there is no harm.Yan Wu pondered over and over again, and finally made up his mind to write a letter immediately, so that his confidant immediately rushed to send the letter to Chang'an, the capital of Kyoto. The moon tonight seems particularly bright. But Yang Tongyou, who was sleeping soundly in the guest room, didn't expect it at all, because the big words he said while drunk had been firmly remembered by those who cared.He was completely sold out by the so-called friend he had just laid off. Ten days later, inside the Donghua Gate. Daoist Yang was entered into the palace by the Supreme Emperor Li Longzhao, and asked in detail about finding Concubine Yang. Taoist Yang was trembling all over, scolding Yan Wu in his heart until his head was bloody.I regret that I didn't meet people well. I thought that if I hooked up with a high-ranking official, I would be rich and prosperous in the future. I didn't expect that no one in an official is simple. I just saved him and sold myself. Daoist Yang held back his fear, and used his three-inch tongue to boast in front of the Supreme Emperor. Finally, his expression changed: "My lord, if you want to go to Penglai Immortal Island to find Concubine Yang, you need one more person." "Who?" Li Longji was slightly taken aback.