Chen Chong stopped and whispered: "It's here."

arrive?

A Ke was slightly stunned and looked around in the cold moonlight. However, after watching for a long time, she could not find the old crooked tree that the master's father hung from the lush trees.

In fact, this is not because she is blindfolded, but because the old crooked neck tree is not as easy to find as in the future.

This tree in later generations was a scenic spot, surrounded by isolation zones, and two large stone tablets were erected, but now there is nothing but a black chain.

A Ke widened his eyes and looked at it for a long time but still found nothing, so he had to ask Chen Chong for help.

"Behind you."

Chen Chong pointed to one place and said softly: "Look carefully, there are iron chains on the tree."

The girl looked along the man's finger and saw a tree with a waist standing quietly in the darkness.

This tree is very ordinary, neither has a strange shape nor is it towering into the sky. Even its diameter is not outstanding among the many trees around it. The only thing that can distinguish it from its kind is the iron chain surrounding the tree.

The iron chain is about the thickness of a child's arms, and is so black that it is not eye-catching. If you don't look carefully, you may even be mistaken for a vine.

Looking at the locust tree bound with chains, a warm feeling surged in A Ke's heart.

The master raised me for more than ten years and never told my parents about his deeds. After many years, I learned about my life experience. The first time I saw something related to my father was the hanging tree that was forced to death by the emperor by his father.

What a strange fate?

A Ke gently stroked the tree trunk, his slender and tender fingers slowly stroked the cold chain, and a strange sense of pride rose in his heart - this is the place where the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty committed suicide, and the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty committed suicide by being defeated by my father!

"father......"

Two lines of clear tears rolled down from the corners of their eyes, and the girl murmured in a low voice: "Where are you..."

"What's wrong, girl?"

Hearing the girl whispered, Chen Chong subconsciously asked.

A Ke quickly wiped away the tears and said with a forced smile: "Brother Chen, what kind of tree is this?"

The man didn't know if he really didn't hear it clearly or pretended not to know, and said with a smile: "This is a locust tree."

"Lotus tree?"

A Ke's heart burst, and he quickly stepped back to Chen Chong's side, and whispered: "Brother Chen, why didn't you tell me earlier?"

"What's wrong?"

Seeing her appearance, Chen Chong was a little puzzled: "Is there any problem?"

The girl secretly glanced at the locust tree and explained: "I heard from the old man that locust trees cannot be planted randomly, as they are likely to attract evil spirits..."

Speaking of this, she seemed to think of something, suddenly shivered and approached Chen a little bit.

"Brother Chen, I have also heard that if someone who is wronged dies near the locust tree, the ghosts that become particularly fierce and will become spirits with the locust tree. Otherwise, let's stay away from it..."

Chen Chong laughed in silence and was about to joke with the girl, but found that her teeth were really trembling, so he extinguished his thoughts of making fun of her.

After recalling for a moment, he smiled and comforted: "Don't be afraid of girls. These messy statements are made up by those alchemists who travel around the countryside. By the way, do you know Jiang Taigong?"

Although the girl didn't believe it, Chen Chong's distraction method still worked: "Is Jiang Ziya in the Romance of the Gods? I know, I heard from Mr. Storyteller."

"Yes, it's that Jiang Ziya."

Chen Chong nodded: "There was such a thing in "Taigong Jinkui" written by Jiang Ziya. King Wu of Zhou asked him that there are so many gods in the world, and there are all good and bad things. What if they break into their own homes?"

"Tell me quickly, what did Mr. Jiang say?"

The girl was instantly curious and unconsciously grabbed the man's arm and urged her.

In this era, Jiang Ziya was not only a martial saint, but also respected as the founder of military strategists and was still very status.

As for the appointment of Guan Erye as the Martial Saint, which was the decree that Shunzhi had just issued a few years ago, many places did not implement it thoroughly.

With the blessing of "The Romance of the Gods", Jiang Ziya's popularity is not lower than that of Guan Erye. After all, for ordinary people, the battle between gods and demons is much more interesting than the three kingdoms to fight for hegemony.

Over the past hundred years, after many storytellers were spread by their mouths, even the ignorant master of Ding knew the story of Jiang Taigong becoming a god on behalf of Tian, ​​assisting King Wu in defeating Zhou, and creating the eight hundred years of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Chen Chong looked at A Ke sideways, not knowing if it was because of the reason why he had just been moistened by tears. The girl's eyes were always moist, and her slightly wide-open eyes always gave people a feeling of bright eyes and favor.

He admired it quietly for a moment before he explained: "Mr. Jiang Taigong said to King Wu, if you plant the locust tree in the yard, if the good god can come in, the bad god will not come in."

Does Jiang Taigong really say that?

A Ke's little head was a little confused, and he didn't know who to believe in for a while.

But then she thought that she was listening to gossip from rural women, and Brother Chen’s words were reasonable and well-founded, so she must be more credible...

I felt like I was making a joke, A Ke's cheeks turned red and his ears began to get hot.

Chen Chong naturally would not reveal it. He said as if nothing had happened: "But what you said might make sense. I read a book and it recorded a story about the locust tree becoming a spirit. It said that a rich lady died young and her family accidentally buried her under the locust tree.

Unexpectedly, the locust tree was a witch who was able to understand the Tao. Not only did she detain the lady's soul, but she also forced her to harm people. Fortunately, a master passed by, and then eliminated the tree demon. In the end, the lady agreed to her, and the two of them lived together..."

A Ke's eyes lit up immediately when he heard this: "Brother Chen, is there really this story? What is the name of the book?"

"Of course there is! The book is called..."

Halfway through speaking, Chen Chong suddenly realized that Pu Songling's "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio" has not been finished yet, right?

Pu Songling opened a teahouse to change the story. It seemed that he started from the early days of the Kangxi period and wrote it for decades. It was not until he was in his sixties or seventies that he had completely completed the book.

How many years has the Kangxi reign now?

I’m afraid Pu Songling is still collecting materials now, and those popular stories are mostly just a bunch of manuscripts.

Seeing that Chen Chong suddenly disappeared, A Ke began to doubt: "Brother Chen, aren't you lying to me, are you?"

"How is that possible!?"

Chen Chong denied: "Do you think I am?"

The girl snorted softly: "Then what do you think the lady is called? Is that master an old man?"

The man coughed dryly and said casually: "That girl is Nie Xiaoqian. Is that master? She is a land sword immortal with profound cultivation. She looks like a fairy-like jade bone, almost as handsome as me."

Seeing that he was sincere, with names, names, noses and eyes, A Ke temporarily believed it.

Seeing that she had no doubts, Chen Chong used the method of changing the topic again: "Girl, do you know what the name of this locust tree is?"

"Does a tree have a name?"

A Ke turned his head and looked at it, and said in surprise: "Is there any allusion in it?"

Chen Chong was about to answer the conversation when he suddenly heard the sound of dead branches breaking from a distance.

Someone!
Chapter completed!