Chapter 863 Big Python God
He Xigu understood and immediately smiled: "I remember, Chu Dake, you are the benefactor of our Guifang. Although Gui Lao is a bit weird, he will do his best to help you."
Chu Huan asked with a smile: "Old Ghost Lord, why is the only ghost master in the ghost field that understands your ghost field?"
Hexigu explained: "The old people have said that when the Western Liang Kingdom was not strong yet, the Western Regions had trade with the Central Plains, and the Jingulan Desert was the only way to trade. At that time, the relationship between the Western Liang and the Central Plains was also good, and there were no mutual communications. At that time, the trade route was very prosperous. Our ghost side learned that there was such a powerful ancient country in the east, so we organized a caravan to trade in the Central Plains." Speaking of this, she sighed lightly: "It is said that the Central Plains were very enthusiastic and friendly to foreign guests at that time. The court also set up a special yamen to manage trade with the Western Regions."
Chu Huan knew that what he was talking about was the Dahua Dynasty in the previous dynasty.
Any empire will have a prosperous time. When traded with the countries in the Western Regions, the Western Liang Dynasty was just a small country. I think the period of Dahua Dynasty was also a brilliant pearl in the East.
"Our ancestors were all merchants who came to the Central Plains to trade. They went through a lot of hardships and went back and forth, sleeping in the open air, and even took several years." Hexigu sighed: "At the beginning, the distance was far away and not many people dared to take risks, but the merchants who returned from the Central Plains brought back the rich products of the Central Plains, and the profit was so huge that it was hard to imagine. Because of this, more Guifang merchants came to the Central Plains."
Chu Huan said: "The Central Plains has vast resources, mountains, rivers and beautiful scenery, so your ancestors don't want to go back after they arrive?"
He Xigu nodded and said, "Actually, Xiao Lao has never seen his homeland. For Xiao Lao, Xiao Lao is in the Central Plains and grows in the Central Plains. He eats rice from the Central Plains and drinks water from the Central Plains. He can be regarded as a person from the Central Plains. Moreover, after our ancestors came to the Central Plains, they also married women from the Central Plains. It was passed down by generations. Although the blood of ghosts flowed in our blood vessels, they were also the blood of the Central Plains."
Chu Huan knew that this must be the case. In the mansion of Luoan Jingcheng, the Jennis sisters are pure Western Regions people. They have white skin and snowy noses, high noses and deep eyes. Although the appearance of Hexigu also has the outline of Western Regions people, they also have the appearance of Central Plains people, which is very different from the pure Western Regions looks of the Jennis sisters.
"I just heard from the old people about my homeland. Our ghost side belongs to the nation in the desert. Our country is also built in the desert. The prosperity scene naturally cannot be compared with the Central Plains." Hexigu said slowly: "The ancestors saw the vast land and wealth of the Central Plains. After running twice, they earned enough money, they would stay in the Central Plains and live in the Central Plains from then on. From then on, they lived in the Central Plains and passed down from generation to generation. They were accustomed to the gorgeous silk of the Central Plains on the ship, learned to taste tea, and admired the etiquette of the Central Plains. They quickly adapted to the life of the Central Plains. However, they were all people of the Ghost side. Although they enjoyed a beautiful life, they would often miss their homeland. Therefore, the traditional heavenly sacrifice of the Ghost side has been passed down from generation to generation."
"Heavenly Sacrifice?"
"The countries in the Western Regions will have their own guardian gods." Hexigu said: "The guardian god of our ghost is the powerful python god. Every year we hold a heavenly sacrifice to sacrifice our python god and let him bless us. However, there must be a priest who presides over the heavenly sacrifice. We call him Gui Lao. It is said that in our homeland, there will be special families engaged in sacrifices. Except for families specializing in sacrifices, no other family cannot preside over it."
Chu Huanqi said: "Is there such a family in the Central Plains?"
He Xigu said: "There was no such thing at the beginning, but the number of Guifang people who lived in the Central Plains gradually increased, but they could not hold sacrifices. Later, they begged the Ghost Lord to send priests to the Central Plains to preside over the sacrifices. It is said that in order to obtain the consent of the king, they presented a large amount of property to the king. In the end, the king selected several priests from the priest family to come to the Central Plains. This is the old ghost clan!"
"So that's it." Chu Huan thoughtfully and nodded slightly. The Ghost Old Clan was a sacred family in the eyes of Gui Fang Kingdom. No wonder the Ghost Lord, the head of the Sixteen Cave Lord, was still respectful when Hexigu mentioned Ghost Old.
"At that time, the countries in the Western Regions came to trade in the Central Plains, and the most people stayed in the Central Plains, and most of them were concentrated in Anyi." Hexigu explained: "Although ordinary people in the Ghost Square can marry women from the Central Plains at will, the Ghost Old Clan must marry women from the Ghost Old to maintain the purity of bloodline. Otherwise, it would be disrespect to the python god. Moreover, every generation of Ghost Old is proficient in Ghost Old. Not only that, those spells that ordinary Ghost Old Clan cannot understand can also be understood by Ghost Old."
Chu Huan showed his eyebrows and smiled and said, "So, I want to learn Gui Fangyu and find Gui Lao, that's the right person."
Hexigu said seriously: "Dake, there are dozens of countries of all sizes in the Western Regions. Many countries have similar languages and even pronunciations, but sometimes they are far apart. If you want to ask for advice, even if it is the ancient ghost language that has been passed down very early, the ghost language should be able to interpret it, but... if it is not the ghost language, the ghost language may not be able to answer it."
After all, Hexigu is Lao Jiang. Chu Huan wants to find Gui Lao. Of course, he knew that it was impossible that the imperial envoy was only interested in Gui Fangyu. Last time, Chu Huan was in the Ministry of Justice and revealed a few words of Gui Fangyu. After that, he asked about Gui Lao's situation. At that time, Hexigu felt that Chu Huan might have some problems that need a Gui Fang person who knows Gui Fangyu to solve. However, he knew nothing about what problems that Chu Huan had encountered.
Of course he didn't know that although Chu Huan was taught by the Ghost Master [The Demon Suppression Mantra], Chu Huan couldn't understand the spell-like language at all. Last time he accidentally inserted a willow, and suddenly two mantras of the [The Demon Suppression Mantra] popped up. Hexigu could understand part of it, which made Chu Huan feel like he was digging through the clouds and mist and seeing the blue sky.
In order to [Demon Suppression Mantra], Visa Mun has been under house arrest by the Ghost Master, and the Ghost Master passed away because of this. Ashiduo even interrogated Chu Huan secretly, and tried to get the mantra of [Demon Suppression Mantra] from Chu Huan without hiding it. The Damian brothers even betrayed Ashiduo and even slaughtered each other. They all tried their best to take huge risks and wanted to get the [Demon Suppression Mantra]. No matter how stupid Chu Huan was, he knew that this [Demon Suppression Mantra] must be of great significance.
If you want to know what mystery is hidden in the [Demon Suppressing Mantra], you must first understand what it means. Chu Huan’s face now doesn’t know what it says, so how can he know what mystery is hidden in the [Demon Suppressing Mantra].
Although Hexigu said this, Chu Huan was not disappointed. In fact, he was just thinking that a blind cat hit the mouse to death. If he could know the meaning of the [Demon Suppression Mantra] from the Ghost Old, it would be a great thing, but even if he didn't know it, it would not be a strange thing. After all, [Demon Suppression Mantra] is not a trivial matter. It is not an easy thing to understand its secret easily.
Chu Huan is actually a very patient person.
If it weren't for the accident that Ghost Old Man might have interpreted the [Demon Suppressing Mantra], Chu Huan was also waiting for Nuoji Luo to wake up.
There were two people under the seat of Master Ghost, Nuo Cialo and Shu Bojia. Shu Bojia took Liu Meiniang and didn't know where they were going, while Nuo Cialo Cialo became a living dead person and is now recuperating in the mansion in the capital.
Chu Huan didn't know when Nuo Jiluo would wake up. If he couldn't learn the content of the [Demon Suppressing Mantra] from the old man's mouth, Chu Huan's other hope was Nuo Jiluo.
Nuo Cicaluo is a person around Master Ghost. Since Master Ghost has taught him [Demon Suppression Mantra], of course, it is impossible to leave behind this obscure and difficult mantra that makes Chu Huan confused.
Of course he has other arrangements.
Those who can help themselves understand the [Demon Suppression Mantra] are likely to be Nocciluo or Shuboga.
If Nuo Jiluo woke up, he believed that he would tell himself what he knew about the [Demon Suppressing Mantra]. Moreover, Master Ghost named him [Naga], and inexplicably accepted himself as his disciple, and even made himself a Buddhist guardian. In addition, he gave three other Buddhist scriptures, "The Pure Heart Mantra", "The Bodhisattva Sutra" and "The Twenty-Four Dharma Images Naga Zen". Each of these is an extremely strange thing, leaving Chu Huan with a huge mystery.
Chu Huan believed that Master Ghost would not just give him a puzzle, but would not give him an answer. Nojiro could not wake up, and he believed that one day Shubojia would come back.
"Old Ghost Lord, I will definitely give you a satisfactory answer to Guifang's affairs." Chu Huan looked at Hexigu sincerely, "I hope you Guifang can live a peaceful life from now on, and I also hope that Guifang and the Qin people can live in harmony."
He Xigu said solemnly: "Although we Guifang and the Qin people have some misunderstandings, Xiao Lao will do his best to improve all this."
"That's good, that's good." Chu Huan nodded with a smile, "Old Ghost Lord, you have a good rest here for two days. I'll send someone to escort you back."
He Xigu hurriedly said, "Dake, I'm afraid there are still many things to deal with in the Great Qimeng Mountains. Xiao Lao wants to go back to the mountain tomorrow. Look...!"
Chu Huan thought about it and knew that Hexigu was in a hurry to return to the mountain. After all, the Ministry of Revenue Department would soon go to the Guifang population. Hexigu returned to the mountain first to prepare, which was not a bad thing. He nodded and said, "In this way, I will send a team of troops to escort you to the Daqimeng Mountain tomorrow!"
He Xigu said gratefully: "Thank you, Dake. After Xiao Lao returned to the mountain, I will make some preparations first. I just hope that Dake can handle the things he has in his hands smoothly. Come to my Daqimeng Mountain as soon as possible!"
After saying goodbye to Hexigu, Chu Huan returned to the headquarters. In fact, he knew that the next thing would be very busy. In addition to writing a memorandum to Kyoto, the most important thing was to deal with the matters left by the Huang family.
Chu Huan had three things to do when he visited Anyi. The first thing was to find out the mystery of the murder of the Divine Uniform Guard. Fortunately, this most difficult task had been completed. Not only that, it also strangled a long-simmering conspiracy in the cradle of the Tianmen Dao. The second thing was to quell the Huang family's rebellion. Now that Yusuohu has been captured, Huang Zhigui was killed, and Huang Tianyi was captured, it was also considered a great achievement.
The last thing was to settle the Huang family's wealth. From the beginning, the Taiyuan Ministry of Revenue Department handled this matter with Chu Huan. However, the head of the Ministry of Revenue Department had been killed in the Mengyun Hall and the main person in charge died, and the matter became tricky. Chu Huan had asked Yuan Chongshang to re-engage the personnel from the Ministry of Revenue Department to deal with the matter.
The emperor also hoped that the Huang family's wealth could be quickly cleaned up, and the confiscated money and grain were used to pacify the Tianmen Rebellion in the southeast. It was easy to say, but it was not possible to complete the Huang family's property in ten days or half a month. After all, when the Huang family controlled Anyi, it established a huge business network. Seven or eight out of ten merchants were economically involved with the Huang family. The Huang family was an official family and could not do business openly. Many merchants were their agents, and many shops were closely related to the interests of other merchants. Inspecting the Huang family's shops would inevitably harm the interests of other merchants. If you are not careful, you would cause a lot of trouble.
For the current Anyi, the most important thing is to pass through this extremely sensitive period calmly.
Chu Huan was also afraid that if this response was unfavorable and if the Huang family really colluded with Tianmen Dao, then the Anyi Dao would be in danger.
The foundation of Tianmen Dao is ordinary people. Those people who live in difficult circumstances are confused by Tianmen Dao. Now in Anyi, there are many Tianmen Dao disciples. Tianmen Dao can incite this group of people to rise up at any time. The Huang family has been operating in Anyi for many years and has formed a great influence among the gentry and powerful families. If Tianmen Dao joins hands with the Huang family, it will be waiting for the people and gentry to fight against the court. This is the most terrifying thing about Tianmen Dao and the Huang family.
If there is a conflict with the merchants in Anyi due to liquidating the Huang family's property, it is very likely that unpredictable changes will occur. After all, in Anyi at this time, people's hearts are not stable.
The Tianmen Taoist disciples and the Huang family members may take the opportunity to incite provocation at any time. Although Chu Huan is not proficient in liquidating accounts, his interests are still very clear. Therefore, he is also cautious in catching up the stores and shops of the Huang family in Anyi. He is to transfer the most capable personnel as much as possible to properly handle this matter.
Chu Huan knew very well that although the Huang family was pacified and General Mu was dead, it would take a very long time to deal with these follow-up affairs, and it would not be possible to leave Anyi even in three or two months.
Chapter completed!