Chapter 18 Chapter Sixteen

On the 15th day of last month, on the night of the full moon, there were naturally many benefactors who went to Wanhualou. However, in the early morning of the next day, the Wanhua Building with carved beams and painted buildings, algae, musk and pepper, disappeared without a trace with the first morning sun, just like the legendary palace of seduction.Hugh said those coral green trees, red and purple tents, not even a piece of rubble remained. Only hundreds of corpses were placed on the barren slope. The corpses of prostitutes and patrons are sitting and standing, lifelike.The benefactors were neatly dressed, all kinds of gorgeous robes and jewels glistened in the morning sun, while the women were naked, as if they were just born.Some of them sat on their sides with bowed fingers, as if they were still playing the pipa in their arms; Keeping the posture of a male and female party.The smile on the corpse's face was either coquettish or charming, as if it was frozen in the most beautiful moment in an instant, and it still looked extremely moving.

Thousands of exotic flowers and plants around seem to be blooming more colorfully.Snow-white bodies are everywhere on the green slopes, like a group of purgatory sculptures, and like a spread out Tantric joy ashram. However, when the officials rushed to Wanhua Valley, the corpses of the 180 naked women had disappeared, and only the corpses of the benefactors were piled up in a mess. Looking from a distance, it looked like a road had been built on a barren slope. Colorful people wall. And the only old woodcutter who had seen the picture of the Dojo of Huanxi went mad after reporting the case.

As soon as the case came out, the capital was shocked immediately.Emperor Jiajing appointed an imperial envoy to Guangzhou to investigate the matter, but he had no clue for a month.Now there are rumors among the people in several nearby provinces that Wanhualou has almost become synonymous with Ghost Gate. The sound of wind and rain all around is even louder, like a group of ghosts crying at night. But the young man's expression didn't change at all, he said indifferently: "Those vulgar fans are only living to pollute the place of Wanhua Valley. Now that the evil miasma is cleared, the fairies are here, and Wanhualou has a new owner. "

The leader, Xun Ye, was startled, and said, "Wanhualou has no tiles left now, so how can there be a new owner?" The young man frowned and said, "How can people like you understand that I am going to take these two young masters to visit that fairy." The leader of the watchmen sneered a few times, and said: "I think you are not seriously ill, the fairy is coming to the world? I don't think it is Sifan, the sister of Lord Yan, who just happened to open a ghost brothel on this wild ghost slope?" The young man shook his head, ignored him, and clasped his fists at Zhuo Wangsun and the two: "I wonder if the two of you are willing to go to Ten Thousand Flowers Valley?"

Zhuo Wangsun said with a smile: "Before entering the fairyland, I was invited by the fairy envoys. I really wish for it." The boy was overjoyed and was about to walk this way.The leader of the night patrol shouted loudly: "Wait! You keep saying that you know the new owner of Wanhualou. Could it be related to this bloody case? Li Ba, take all these people down and bring them back to the county government for questioning!" The night watchman at the back answered "Yes", shook the iron chain with one hand, and pulled out a water and fire stick from his waist with the other, and threw it at the boy head-on and face-to-face.

The boy stretched out his figure, only heard a clang, the iron chain was broken in two.The night watchman was shocked, the water and fire stick was held in the air and he couldn't strike anymore!The young man sneered slightly, stamped his feet, and flew to the left as if flying, his elbow just hit the lower abdomen of the night watchman in charge. The man screamed, his whole body shrank into a ball, and the lantern in his hand flew out. After a few laps in the rain, it went out.In the darkness, two muffled sounds were heard, and the bodies of the two watchmen, who weighed more than a hundred catties, were thrown obliquely, and they lay straight on the ground, unable to move any more.

The young man picked up two umbrellas from the ground as if nothing had happened, shook them, handed one to Xiangsi, and supported himself with the other, then turned to Zhuo Wangsun and Yang Yizhi and said, "You two can come with me to Wanhua Valley as guests." There is still a long way to the port in Wanhua Valley. Fortunately, the young man's lightness kung fu is also very impressive. After a while, the scenery on both sides became more and more desolate, as if it was far away from human habitation. After a while, the road turned and two cliffs appeared in the distance. There are luxuriant trees on the cliff, swaying and howling in the strong wind, and there is a narrow path between the two cliffs, and the thick rain steams from the depth of the path.

The young man slowed down, turned around and smiled slightly, and said, "What do you guys think of the scenery of Wanhua Fairy Valley?" Judging by his expression, it seemed that he was not pointing at a hideous and gloomy barren valley, but was boasting to the guests about his newly completed The brilliant garden. Maybe the barren valley seen by the three people is really a beautiful fairyland in his eyes? Acacia couldn't help shivering. Zhuo Wangsun said with a smile: "It's really interesting, much more interesting than those places with red flowers and willows."

The boy laughed loudly, at this moment a bolt of lightning suddenly passed across the sky, the boy's snow-white figure flashed in the dazzling white light, and the surroundings were immediately submerged in deep darkness. The rumble of thunder echoed over the valley with the echo of his laughter.And the boy had disappeared without a trace.In mid-air, an open umbrella swirled in the strong wind, drifting further and further away. The boundless rain was like a tent, which quickly closed, blocking the sight of the three of them.Xiangsi tried to open her eyes wide, but still couldn't believe that everything in front of her was real.

However, Zhuo Wangsun and Yang Yizhi jumped up at the same time, Xiangsi didn't have time to think about it, and subconsciously followed behind. Before the second bolt of lightning appeared, the three of them had arrived in the valley. The valley is empty, not to mention houses and terraces, there is not even a place to hide. In the middle of the valley is a gentle slope, extending obliquely, seemingly without end.From time to time, the light of thunder and lightning casts from the distant horizon, casting circles of light and shadow on the barren slope, making people think of the 180 snow-white bodies that were arranged here that day.

At the foot of the slope is a flower wall.These tens of thousands of famous flowers have lost all their flowers and leaves, like withered hands protruding from the ground, blocking the three of them ferociously. Xiangsi looked up in surprise, only to see the boy in white standing on the other side of the flower wall, looking at her with a smile.The torrential rain flowed over his delicate face, but he was still smiling, seemingly unconscious. There was another person standing beside him. That person's figure and appearance were exactly the same as his, but his whole body was shrouded in a layer of black, and the electric light reflected the expression on his face—that expression seemed to want to cry. He and the boy cried and laughed, standing side by side in the rainy night, as if it was only his shadow, but it was split by the sudden lightning just now. Xiangsi was stunned by this weird scene, she stood in the rain with a pale face, and the umbrella in her hand fell slowly to the ground. The two suddenly bowed to them, stretched out their hands to the end of the slow slope, and said in unison: "Welcome the two great masters." There is some faint light at the end of the gentle slope, but it seems that there is no light.These two people, one black and one white, one crying and one laughing, warmly and humbly invited, but their postures were strangely stiff. Could it be that they are the legendary messengers of impermanence, and the road they guide leads to hell? Yang Yizhi smiled coldly, and said to the young man, "Is he your twin brother?" The boy didn't look up, and replied with a smile, "Yes." Xiangsi stopped trembling, and interrupted: "What purpose are you playing tricks here?" The young man sighed and said: "The moon is dark and the wind is high, and the fairy envoy is far away. The beautiful scenery on such a good day is a joy to the eyes. I don't know how much effort my brother has spent. Don't hurry up and enter the Wanhua Tower to meet with you." My fairy is looking for fun, but she is here to get to the bottom of it, it is too confusing." Xiangsi stopped talking, thinking that what he said made sense.Although the way the host greets the guests is weird, the arrangement is also quite painstaking.What's more, the master still has no malicious intentions. Zhuo Wangsun suddenly smiled and asked, "We are asking to see that fairy." The young man said: "Of course fairies don't live on the ground." He pointed at the dim light on the top of the slope, and said with a secretive smile, "She's underground." Zhuo Wangsun nodded and sighed: "It turns out that this fairy moved the entire Wanhua Tower underground. No wonder the government searched all over Guangzhou and couldn't find any clues." The young man laughed and said, "Fortunately, my fairy knows the art of transporting five ghosts, so she was able to move the multiple buildings of the Wanhua Building to the ground overnight without any damage." Xiangsi asked suspiciously: "What is she doing underground? What are you doing on the street?" The young man smiled and said, "Wanhualou is a kind of place no matter where it is. What my fairy does in Wanhualou is also a kind of business. That's why I'm looking for guests on the street in the rain." Xiangsi said, "What do you mean?" The young man said: "To be clear, this is a brothel, and the two of us brothers are what people usually call turtle slaves." When he said this, his expression was neither humble nor overbearing, as if he was saying something extremely natural and extremely decent. things. He looked up at Xiangsi, laughed and said, "This girl doesn't have to look at me like that, and she's not really wearing a green turban on her head." Yang Yizhi stopped him and said, "That's enough, you take us in now." The young man shook his head with a smile and said: "Master, what you said is wrong. The two of us brothers are only responsible for bringing you here. We have other guests to look for, but we don't have the time to accompany you." Zhuo Wangsun said: "How many fairies are there in Wanhua Building now?" The boy said: "Of course there is only one fairy who is unparalleled in heaven and earth." He blinked and said: "As long as the two gentlemen see my fairy, they will know that other women are mud on the ground." Zhuo Wangsun smiled slightly and said, "There are quite a few guests, but do we need to keep looking for many guests?" The young man sighed and said: "Although there are many guests, after entering, no one comes out again. We can't even receive rewards, so we have to find more. When we are lucky, we can earn some money to make ends meet." Yang Yizhi said with a serious expression, "Where did those guests go?" The boy smiled secretly again: "Only fairies know about this." Zhuo Wangsun said with a smile: "If you tell us this, aren't you afraid of scaring away the guests?" The young man shook his head and said: "I think you have misunderstood. Of course, the Fengyue venue is to make the guests happy and happy. How can you force you to stay? If you want to leave, we will send you out of the valley immediately. But—" He folded his hands on his chest Putting the palms together, he said: "I have told you everything truthfully, if you still want to go in, you can't blame others for everything." He sighed, turned and walked out of the valley.The man in black followed without saying a word. As the two walked, they muttered words.In the sound of the wind and rain, it was faintly heard that it was the "Curse of Rebirth", as if they were going to treat them as dead people. There is an umbrella on the top of the slope, and a lantern below.The dim light just now came from this lantern.Not far from the side is a cave, the turf and soil used to cover it up are piled aside, a three-foot-wide azurite slab has been uncovered, and the dark cave inside is silent, like a blind one-eyed, opened in a daze. Looking at the entrance of the cave, Xiangsi hesitated.Yang Yizhi knew that she was afraid, so he waited at the entrance of the cave for a while, and did not rush in.Zhuo Wangsun glanced at her and said, "You stay?" Acacia looked at him, suddenly came courage. Indeed, as long as you are with Zhuo Wangsun, is there any place in the world that you can't go?She bit her lip and said, "I'll go with you." Under the cave is a narrow and winding corridor, surrounded by darkness, and only by touching the wall with your hands can you know where you are.The damp stone walls exude a musty and rotten smell, reminiscent of ancient burial chambers. The top of the aisle was so low that the three of them had to bow down to pass together.Moreover, those stone slabs seemed to be very old, crumbling, and might collapse at any time, and the cold liquid kept dripping from the cracks above the head, hitting the stone slabs under their feet.The slippery stone wall amplified the slight sound of dripping water so loudly that it seemed to echo in all directions. After an unknown amount of time, the aisle suddenly turned sharply, and the road in front of me seemed to open up a bit.There are faint lights not far away, as if the gate is right in front of you.Yang Yizhi suddenly stopped and said, "Slow down!" Xiangsi was taken aback, and said, "What did Leader Yang discover?" Yang Yizhi stretched out his hand to support the stone wall, turned around slowly, and said: "It's not this road, there is a fork in the road." He searched the stone wall for a while, and sure enough, he found three other forked roads.The three forked roads seemed darker and narrower than the one they came from, with twists and turns, and they didn't know where they led. Yang Yizhi said: "These are restoration paths repaired by the owner of the tomb to prevent tomb robbers. If you choose the wrong path, you will go astray and go around endlessly in the same place, and you may encounter traps." Xiangsi said, "Then, how should we go now?" Yang Yizhi didn't answer, he turned around and used his hands to measure on the stone wall, he stopped suddenly, and struck the junction between the top and the wall with his palm. With a loud bang, the upper end of the stone wall was completely shattered, while the crumbling stones around were not shaken at all.Yang Yizhi waved his sleeve lightly, brushing away the stone chips. There is actually a small stone tablet embedded in the stone wall. In the darkness, Yang Yizhi flicked his fingers slowly on the stele, and said: "There is a leftward arrow on it, engraved: 'This stone is three hundred and sixteen feet to the front of the diamond wall'." Xiangsi asked suspiciously: "Didn't the owner of the tomb carve such a stone to point out the direction for the tomb robbers?" Yang Yizhi said: "In ancient tombs, there are many people who died together. The craftsmen left this mark secretly in order to prepare for the reopening of the tomb after the burial." Zhuo Wangsun said with a smile: "It seems that Leader Yang is quite familiar with this terrain. Could it be that he lived in an ancient tomb for a while before?" Yang Yizhi stopped talking immediately, and quickened his pace to walk towards the side road on the left. After walking for an unknown amount of time, a red light suddenly appeared in front of him. The light is not very strong, but after staying in the dark tomb for too long, the red light is very dazzling.After a while, a long stone step gradually became clear.At the end of the stone steps is a diamond wall several feet high. The top of the wall is decorated with dark yellow jade, and the wall is covered with strange characters from the bottom to the top.Eighteen strange monsters are carved on the eaves. Half of their bodies are still in the wall, but their heads and claws have broken through the wall. Zhuo Wangsun said: "It seems that this ancient tomb should have been built during the heyday of the Tang Dynasty. It has been thousands of years ago. It is really impossible for the owner of Wanhualou to reopen this tomb overnight." Yang Yizhi nodded and said: "It is indeed impossible, but it is within the reach of manpower. It is much more credible than the words of those five ghosts." The three of them came to the wall and looked carefully. There was an inconspicuous mountain-shaped mark on the lower part of the smooth wall, and the stones inside seemed to show signs of loosening. Yang Yizhi said: "The gate of the palace should be inside." He clasped his fingers, and the two boulders moved back slowly with a bang.After the ninety-nine stone steps, a tall and mysterious white stone gate appeared in front of you. The stone gate is a whole without carvings.There is a huge bronze strange bird on the left and right. Two rounds of demon red flames spit out from the beak of the bird. The belly of the bird is bulging. There are many small signs hanging on the red stone gate.There are emerald medals, gold medals, and silver medals. Those signs with peonies, roses, rhododendrons, etc. were all hung upside down by a red silk thread.Under the strange firelight, it looked like corpses hung upside down in a sea of ​​blood. There was only one wooden sign hanging neatly on the top, like a proud monarch looking down at the servants at his feet, ignoring their dying struggles, trembling and begging for mercy. There is also a flower name written on it. mandala. Maha-mandala.