Heavenly Dao Formula Chapter 19: The Great Wilderness Night
"It's not... Qingshan Town, what do you mean by that!?"
"Do you mean that the Privy Council is lying to us?"
"Since you said it is not called Qingshan Town, what is it called?"
The sentence caused everyone an uproar, even Xia Fan was quite surprised. But he quickly thought of one thing, that is, all his knowledge of Qingshan Town came from the Privy Council. He didn't come here by himself, but Jiang Lincheng, who arrived first according to the guide, joined some of the candidates before being transported here by the official carriage.
In other words, he really did not have the opportunity to confirm whether there really is a place called "Qingshan Town".
Of course, this has nothing to do with the omission. At this time, the map—that is, the map—is a first-class confidential document that ordinary people can't touch. However, due to the speed of information dissemination, it is normal for residents of a town to be unaware of the surrounding villages. If there is no special person to guide it, it may be difficult for most candidates to find this examination room located in the mountains on time.
"Of course I know, that's why I suggest to you to come back in three years!" Facing the crowds, Luo gently did not lose his momentum, "In fact, the real name of this place is "Qingshan" Array"! "
"Qingshan Formation? No way..." Wei Wu's face changed drastically.
"Uh, is there any difference between the two?" Xia Fan looked dazed, and felt the embarrassment brought about by shallow knowledge again.
Why doesn’t the cheap master teach more common sense related to alchemy!
taught him how to kick the crotch medicine to take advantage.
"Have you never heard of this?" Wei Wushuang said in surprise, "According to legend, it is the source of the eternal destruction."
finally came an intelligible word, "Yongguo...is that the previous dynasty?"
"Yes, Yongwang is extremely extravagant. There are countless gold and jewels in the palace. The local government chose to do what they like and used people's power to mine the mountains. Until the 31st year of Yongxing, this move aroused the wrath of the sky and caused a lot of The Great Desolate Night, the Eternal Kingdom quickly decayed, and it was completely disintegrated in less than ten years." Wei Wushuang explained patiently, "And it is rumored that the origin of the Great Night is Qingshan Mining Area."
"Dahuangshayeye...what is it?"
"This...I don't know the specifics." The other party scratched his head. "After all, these are all I heard when I followed my father in business. I only know that it is a fierce image caused by many grievances. . In any area swept by it, the living will die, the dead will live, let alone ordinary people, even the alchemist will die in it. It is said that the eternal country cost a great price to eliminate this evil phenomenon, and the Privy Council is also after that. Only then came out of the six official ministries."
Xia Fan took a breath. If Luo Qing was right, wouldn’t it mean that their group of candidates are in the center of the extremely fierce place?
The noisy crowd also fell silent.
Obviously, such shocking information takes time to digest.
"Do you have any evidence?" "Brother Yan" asked again loudly, "Say this is not Qingshan Town, but Qingshan Mining Area, you must have real evidence!"
"That is, who knows if your family is coaxing us to get everyone out voluntarily!"
Luo lightly showed a look that she knew would be this way, she made a gesture, and the two Luo family children under the stage put a piece of gray and autumn on the table.
"This is the evidence. You can come forward and check it out."
Someone in the front row wondered, "This is for refining...Tao Fan?"
"Yes. I found it on the back mountain." Luo nodded lightly, and then briefly recounted his experience of climbing up the mountain, finding wooden tracks and piles of bones, "After seeing the sights in the valley, I After searching for nearly a mile towards the top of the mountain, I found this damaged pottery fan. The reason why it was made into a long strip is obviously only for holding molten metal."
"And let me be sure that this is the key to Qingshan. It is the lettering on Tao Fan." She said in a crisp and pleasant voice, "Twenty-eight years of Yongxing, the Taihu Metal Manufacturing Bureau supervised!"
"Yongxingnian... is indeed the year used by Yongguo."
"Taihu Gold Manufacturing Bureau? I seem to have heard of it somewhere."
Everyone talked about it all at once.
"Can you explain in detail for me?"
"The goldsmithing bureau was established in the 9th year of Yongchang, the same year as the Qingshan gold mine was discovered. These deeds are recorded in the "Taihu Chronicle" and "Yongchang Lu", I think everyone present should read it too People who have read these two books." Luo Qing said in an orderly manner, "After the Taihu Metallurgical Bureau was established, its main source of supply was the Qingshan mining area. If this is not Qingshan, why is there such a Tao Fan of the Metallurgical Bureau? "
Xia Fan pondered for a while before he figured out that the so-called "Tao Fan" is a mold made of clay.
The other party continued, "In addition, there is more than one confirmation in the book. According to the "Taihu Chronicle", in order to increase production, the Bureau of Metals and Industry forced a large number of residents to the mining area, so that many villages and towns have ten rooms and nine empty spaces. It was not fully recovered until the fall of the Eternal Kingdom. Many people were sent to Qingshan, but none of them could return. Now we know where these people are. This can also explain why they need to build a special wooden track. Come to transport the remains-because there are too many."
"Good, good... awesome." Wei Wushuang murmured.
The sigh of the same townsman is undoubtedly the thought of most examinees at this moment. The scene suddenly became very quiet, and even the previous doubts disappeared without a trace.
Obviously, since Luo Qingming dared to speak out, naturally he was not afraid of everyone to check. Even if the mold can be used for old and forged, the track on the mountain and the corpse in the valley cannot be faked. Several key points are linked together, and they basically constitute an ironclad evidence.
Although Xia Fan has never heard of these two books, judging from the title, it is obviously not a must-read classic. One is probably a local history, and the other is barely half a history. In simple and easy-to-understand terms, they are all extracurricular readings. It just happened to have seen it, and I can remember it so clearly, there is no other explanation except for his talent.
"Have you never heard of the Luo Family in Youzhou, all things and heaven know everything?"
He suddenly remembered what Luo Youer had said.
"Half of the library in the country is opened by the Luo family, and the Youzhou government has a collection of more than ten thousand treasures. No one can compare to the Luo family in terms of knowledge in the world."
From now on, Luo Qingchen himself may be considered half a library.
"Please wait a minute," Feinian suddenly stood up and said, "I remember the Great Desolate Night is very difficult to be completely wiped out. Every once in a while, it will come back again until all the resentful souls have dissipated. That's why Da Qi will Set up a hillside formation and limit its damage to a controllable range. If your inference is correct, doesn’t it mean..."
Luo nodded slightly, "This cycle is not a secret. It is recorded in detail in the "Private Archives" and it appears once every five and a half years. I don't know, the next heyday will be exactly two days later. "
—and today is the fifth day of the exam.
In other words, on the last day of this exam, there will be a wild night.
After a short silence, the crowd suddenly boiled--
"No way, how can there be such a coincidence?"
"Where is the invigilator? I want to ask the invigilator for verification!"
"Do you think the Privy Council will ignore this? I am afraid this is the key to the assessment."
"What a joke! Either pass the exam or die? I don't want to bet my life on this horrible place."
"Are all the locals evacuating to avoid this disaster?"
"It's not necessarily true. Does anyone want to go to the back mountain to confirm?"
"Say, you are right... At present, it is only the words of the Luo family, we can't let the other party lead the nose!"
The candidates were obviously panicked, and the center of the square suddenly became a mess.
Just then, a slightly sharp voice overwhelmed the turbulent dispute, "No need to go, I can prove that what she said is true. In fact, you can prove it yourself."
This sentence immediately attracted the attention of the candidates, and everyone followed the prestige and focused their attention on a pale young man wearing a gray shirt and holding a paper fan.
The gossip picture behind him has already explained his identity-he is the Fang family disciple.
"Isn't that... Fang Xiandao?" Wei Wushuang said in a low voice.
"You know?" Xia Fan asked.
"Well, I didn't plan to pass the exam anyway. I have basically stayed in the teahouse these days to inquire about the news and have met many people." Wei Wushuang nodded, "The Fang family is not as powerful as the Fei and Luo families. It’s big, but it has its own uniqueness. He is very proficient in diagnosing and judging hexagrams. And this Fang Xiandao is said to be the best disciple of the Fang family’s new generation.
"Tell me, what can we prove?" someone asked eagerly.
"The hexagram elephant has already explained everything~IndoMTL.com~Ms. Luo Jia’s account is basically the same as the result of my divination—that is, there will be a catastrophe on the last day of the exam, only those who seize the opportunity It can turn a good luck when bad times come." Fang Xiandao opened the paper fan in his hand and said calmly, "I know that this method of arithmetic is extremely advanced and not everyone can master it, but the flow of qi itself is a sign. As aspiring people, many of you should have received warnings."
"What kind of... warning?"
"If I remember correctly, many people have had a nightmare in the first two days of the exam!" Fang Xiandao snapped the paper fan together, "Dream is a manifestation of consciousness to the aura of heaven and earth, although It’s not as accurate as divination, but sometimes it’s very specific. Is there a more obvious warning than this nightmare? The red moon dripping with blood, the dead crawling out of the ground, the evil contaminates the living things, if not referring to the Great Wild Night , What else can it be?"
"Puff." Xia Fan couldn't hold back for a moment, and spouted saliva.
"Why is Brother Xia laughing?" Wei Wushuang looked at him in surprise.
"Cough... it's nothing." Xia Fan coughed twice and changed back to the appearance of nothingness. Had it not been for the fox demon who was lying in his room at this moment, he might have really believed this nonsense.
But other candidates don’t think so.
"What you said... I did it!"
"Me too!"
"That's it, the dream has reminded us..."
"I thought I was the only one who had nightmares."
"There are so many people... It seems that the dream is by no means accidental!"
In everyone's eyes, the family will deceive Sanmen, but Sanmen can never unite to deceive themselves. All doubts disappeared, and within a quarter of an hour, the Qingshan Formation and the Great Desolate Night had become the consensus of all the examinees.