Chapter 254: Changban Slope

After cleaning up the ghosts in the third courtyard, Li Banfeng opened the fourth door. After walking a few steps in the courtyard, war drums rumbled, sounding from all directions, endless.

Li Banfeng scanned the surroundings. In the vast courtyard, troops from all sides appeared one after another, including cavalry, infantry, crossbowmen, and fire guns.

Such a big battle?

Li Banfeng was really a bit panicked.

He couldn't tell whether these troops were real or fake. The only thing that could be determined was that they shouldn't be human; they were all ghosts.

Li Banfeng dodged back and forth between the rain of arrows and bullets, and gently touched the pendulum.

The pendulum understood, circled behind Li Banfeng, cut open Li Banfeng's suit, picked out a record from the interlayer, and slid it at a constant speed on the texture of the record with the tip of the pendulum.

Phonograph principle, unrelated to electromagnetism, only friction and vibration between the needle and the record.

The pendulum acted as the needle at this moment. This was a tactic Li Banfeng and his wife thought of together.

Li Banfeng could use the technique of the Deep Mansion and Large Courtyard to imitate his wife's singing, or he could use the phonograph to play his wife's records directly.

But Li Banfeng's singing skills were far from his wife's. For some enemies, he couldn't deal with them relying on his singing skills alone.

But sometimes, it wasn't convenient for Li Banfeng to take out the phonograph. At a critical moment, using the pendulum as a phonograph could barely cope.

"Struggling bitterly in the ancient road and wild mountains, the blood of the common people flies red, the lamp shines on the yellow sand and the world is dark, the dust confuses the stars and the ghosts cry."

Zhao Zilong's singing passage from "Changban Slope".

This is a martial student singing passage, but it was recorded by his wife. Famous actors cross-dressing is a common thing in the pear garden line. This singing lyric also has his wife's special throat sound.

The "Changban Slope" singing passage was very imposing. The thousands of troops in the courtyard seemed to be deterred for a while.

Li Banfeng scanned it. It would be best to find Xiao Yeci. If he couldn't find her, he had to retreat immediately and couldn't fight hard here.

Xiao Yeci was indeed not found. Li Banfeng turned to leave, when he saw the actor standing in front of him, his makeup changed from a green-clothed woman to a young man.

"Brother, please stay. Where did the singing passage just now come from?"

Li Banfeng looked at the actor, took out a record from behind: "It was released from here. Have you seen a record? Shall I play it for you again?"

This is Li Banfeng's habitual method: tell the truth first, gain the enemy's trust, and then the technique of speaking with certainty will be more effective.

He was about to slide the pendulum across the record when he heard the actor shout: "Don't use weapons, don't scratch the record!"

Li Banfeng was stunned, then said angrily: "What are you shouting about? Without a phonograph, you have to play the song like this!"

"I have a phonograph!" The actor's voice trembled, "Let me hear it again, and I'll give the person back to you!"

After speaking, the actor waved his hand, and several ghosts brought Xiao Yeci over.

Xiao Yeci's hands were tied, her mouth was blocked, and her face was full of fear.

Li Banfeng asked the actor to send Xiao Yeci back to the first courtyard, and the actor complied.

Several ghosts carried the phonograph to Li Banfeng. The actor kicked away a group of ghosts and wiped the phonograph carefully with his sleeve.

This phonograph hadn't been used for years, and the dust on it was very thick, but the actor wiped it very carefully and brought an oil pot to oil the phonograph.

Everything was handled properly, and the actor looked at Li Banfeng with full expectation.

Li Banfeng put the record on the tray, and the actor shook the handle carefully. The phonograph played the lyrics of "Changban Slope".

The play was originally fierce, and his wife's singing had great infectious power. Every time he heard this passage, Li Banfeng felt his blood boiling.

But the actor opposite didn't boil; he cried.

Li Banfeng didn't expect that ghosts would also shed tears, and he cried so much that he couldn't speak.

After crying, the actor looked at Li Banfeng and said: "Can you give me this record?"

Li Banfeng waved his hand: "That won't do! This is my magic treasure for killing enemies on the battlefield."

The actor sobbed and said: "What kind of magic treasure is this? This is a rare treasure! You don't understand..."

Li Banfeng frowned: "How do I not understand? With this record, dealing with ghosts and monsters is not a problem."

"Don't say you don't understand. Taking this record out to fight is a waste of heaven's gifts!" The actor cried even more sadly, as if Li Banfeng had blasphemed a very important thing.

Before Li Banfeng could speak, the actor sang while crying: "Heaven and earth have an end, this hatred is endless, if you don't give it, I'll buy it, I beg you to name a price..."

The actor cried more and more sadly, and couldn't even speak.

Li Banfeng took the record back: "Don't cry first, let's find a place to talk."

Although they had fought for nearly a night, Li Banfeng could see that this actor was still trustworthy.

The two entered the main room, and the actor ordered people to make tea.

The ghost servant served the teapot and teacup. Li Banfeng didn't drink it; he didn't know how many years this old tea had been there.

The actor just wanted to buy the record. This matter wasn't impossible to discuss.

Li Banfeng offered the price, a total of three things.

"The first thing, let us out."

The actor agreed: "This is easy to say."

"What I said is not letting us leave this mansion, but letting us leave this territory."

The actor pondered for a moment and said: "Are you trying to leave Wuyou Terrace?"

"Wuyou Terrace?" Li Banfeng didn't know this place had a name.

The actor said: "This matter is also easy to say. Wuyou Terrace extends in all directions, and within the territory of Puluo Continent, you can go anywhere."

"Can go anywhere?" Li Banfeng was stunned, "Does this border every territory of Puluo Continent?"

The actor nodded: "And it doesn't require a travel permit."

Li Banfeng pondered for a moment and asked: "How is this the same as Kucai Village?"

The actor sighed: "There is a mystery here, but I am unwilling to tell you."

"Not telling, right?" Li Banfeng stood up and said, "The record is not for sale."

"Wait a minute!" The actor stopped Li Banfeng and said, "This matter has actually been guessed by you. Wuyou Terrace was originally the back three-tenths of Puluo Continent, but over these years, it has almost become an unknown place. As for the reason, it's hard for me to say clearly."

Back three-tenths of the land, and it can still transform into an unknown place?

This was the first time Li Banfeng had heard of it.

The actor continued: "Since you have arrived at Wuyou Terrace, I will send you a map in a while. Follow the map, and you will definitely not get lost, but you must walk faster, otherwise you will mistakenly enter the Old Land."

This had already proven Li Banfeng's guess. This mansion really belonged to the Old Land.

Li Banfeng brought up the second condition: "Without this record, I have lost a sharp weapon for dealing with ghosts. You must compensate me with a magic treasure."

The actor showed a look of shame: "To speak of those years, I did have a few such magic treasures in my hands, but now times have changed, I can't take out magic treasures, but there is a spiritual object."

He had the ghost take a wooden box, and when he opened the wooden box, the ghosts immediately hid in the distance.

The actor took out a horse whip from the wooden box and handed it to Li Banfeng: "Ghosts without cultivation can be beaten to soul-scattering with one whip. Ghosts with cultivation less than three layers will be seriously injured if they are hit by one whip.

Ghosts with cultivation less than five layers will feel great pain if they are hit by one whip. If the other party's cultivation reaches above five layers, this whip can also be used, but it is just an ordinary weapon."

Li Banfeng picked up the whip and wanted to try a whip.

The actor shouted: "What do you want to do?"

If this whip could really hurt ghosts, it really shouldn't be tested here.

Li Banfeng used the technique of Insightful Spiritual Sound to listen to the sound of the whip. The whip was very quiet, without any movement at all.

Li Banfeng frowned and asked: "Does this thing have spirituality?"

The actor said: "This is a spiritual object refined from empty spirit. It cannot advance, nor can it recognize its master. Naturally, it cannot be compared with a magic treasure, but the spirituality is sufficient."

Li Banfeng put away the whip and brought up the third condition: "Since the record is to be sold to you, I should at least know its origin. Who sang the singing passage in the record?"

Li Banfeng naturally knew who sang it. The main purpose of asking this question was to test.

The actor sighed for a long time: "The mystery in this is really inconvenient to reveal..."

Li Banfeng took out the horse whip: "The record is not for sale."

The actor stopped Li Banfeng and said: "This singing passage comes from Cavalry General Zhao Xiaowan. She was a famous general of the Dahuan Dynasty."

"Which dynasty is the Dahuan Dynasty?"

"The previous dynasty."

"How far is the previous dynasty from now?"

"I can't remember, I really can't remember."

The actor was telling the truth. He was a ghost, and he lived in a place like the Old Land; he had no concept of time at all.

Li Banfeng asked: "What kind of person was Zhao Xiaowan?"

"A famous general, and also a famous actor."

A famous general, Li Banfeng could think of.

A famous actor, Li Banfeng could also think of.

But these two identities obviously conflicted.

"How could a famous general become an actor?"

The actor laughed: "You said it backward. You should ask, how did an actor become a famous general?

Zhao Xiaowan was originally an actor. She went on stage at seven, became famous at ten, and at twelve, the troupe leader was imprisoned for colluding with the Demon Land. Zhao Xiaowan was implicated and sent to the army.

At seventeen, Zhao Xiaowan made military exploits at the border, was exempted from punishment, became a captain, and at twenty-three, due to accumulated military exploits, she was enfeoffed in the capital and became a Cavalry General."

Li Banfeng was very curious: "She was originally a singer, sent to the army, at most she was a servant. How did she become a captain?"

The actor showed a look of admiration: "Because her talent was superior, her comrades in the army all said that Xiaowan was born to lead troops in battle. She once circled with hundreds of enemy troops for a day with thirty or so laborers. Such a strange woman is unique in the world."

"Have you seen her?"

"Seen her!" The actor was quite proud, "I have seen her fight, and I have heard her sing. Thinking of it now, it is still vivid."

"What does she look like?"

"Beautiful, the most beautiful woman in the world!" The actor's expression was very obsessed, "This is not just what I said alone. Many people in the court back then said she was a peerless beauty in the world."

Li Banfeng had no doubt about this.

My wife is so beautiful!

Just looking at that dignified and beautiful big horn made Li Banfeng's soul ripple!

The actor sighed: "Someone once said that when they reached the front of the battle and saw the Cavalry General, half of the enemy troops were fascinated by her and didn't want to fight anymore."

Li Banfeng asked: "What about the other half?"

According to the description in the novel, the other half was directly scared by Zhao Xiaowan's prestige.

The actor's description differed from the novel: "The other half of the enemy troops were scared out of their wits by her deputy general Xiang Xiang Hongying."

Xiang Xiang Hongying was his wife's deputy general?

"What does she look like, to be able to scare the enemy like this?"

The actor recalled for a moment and said: "Beautiful, also beautiful! A bit inferior to Xiaowan, but also a peerless beauty.

Speaking of which, I should have had a marriage with Xiang Xiang Hongying, but later she and Zhao Xiaowan suffered the disaster of prison, and this marriage ended up with nothing."

"Why did they go to prison?"

"Can't say," the actor suddenly showed a look of fear, shaking his head repeatedly, "This is a crime of great disrespect, absolutely cannot say!"

Li Banfeng lowered his hat and stood up: "If you don't say it, the record is not for sale!"

PS: Does the grudge between Zhao Xiaowan and Xiang Xiang Hongying have anything to do with this actor?

I don't think it necessarily has anything to do with it. I don't know what other Shala think.

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