Chapter Twenty-Six: The Way of the Devil
At the end of August in the 48th year of Zhuluo, in the far south, the sun was still blazing in August, but in the snowy territory of the Northern Liao Mountains, autumn was already cool. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info North Liao Mountain is a branch of Helan Mountain extending to the north, all the way to the north of the snow outside the Saiwai, although the mountain is not dangerous, the mountain peak is not very high, but because of the inaccessibility, dense woods, and many wild beasts, after August, the people who live at the foot of the mountain will not enter the mountain again.
At this time, along the path at the foot of the mountain, there is a convoy slowly walking north. The convoy was small, with only eight light carriages, which belonged to the caravans that specialized in selling goods from north to south, and the others rode back and forth to protect the carriages.
On the third and fourth carriages lay four people wrapped in their bodies, who seemed to be badly burned, and because the carriage was very narrow, there was only a rough woman at the front of the carriage, who turned back from time to time to lift the curtain to see the situation of the people in the carriage.
The driver of the third carriage whispered to the woman, "Lady Wuna, aren't the two women in the carriage awake yet? β
She looked back at the two people lying side by side in the curtain, and sighed, "It's burned so hard, if it weren't for our family Zhuwu bringing the herbs that are only available on our grassland, they wouldn't be able to survive now, and I think they're about to wake up." If it weren't for someone who could save her, how could she have taken action? When I changed their dressing this morning, I saw them frowning, and I knew that it was in pain. β
The coachman was very curious, "What are these people's identities, and why did Lord Zhuwu, who has always been nosy, come to their rescue?"
The woman glared at the coachman, "Do you still need to explain to us what Lord Zhuwu did? Since she saved her, it means that the identity of these people must be worth saving." β
The chattering sound outside the car came into the car, and the sound of the car wheels became very peaceful, and the little girl who was frowning and looking pained slowly stretched her eyebrows.
She had a long nightmare just now, she dreamed that she was surrounded by firelight, someone was holding herself in the firelight, but the wind was very strong, the fire was also very strong, no matter how she ran, she couldn't run out of the fire, she already felt that her clothes began to catch fire, her skin was painful, she wanted to open her mouth to exhale pain, but when she opened her mouth, she inhaled the smoke, and could only cough constantly, unable to say a word.
She remembered crying out in her heart, is this hell? Suddenly, the person who was running wildly with her stopped, she opened her eyes with difficulty and glanced ahead, it turned out that there was a cliff in front of her, but there was a slight pause, and the fire burned to them again, she only remembered that there were still a few people around her who were desperately fighting the fire, cutting down the plants a few steps around a few people, but all the surroundings were on fire, even the cliff arm was on fire, she only remembered that it was getting more and more difficult to breathe, and she was struggling in pain, and suddenly heard some very peaceful sounds from afar, she slowly calmed down again, and her breathing became calmγ
In a daze, she suddenly felt that something was wrong, what was this? What's wrong with me? Who am I? She suddenly opened her eyes, and the carriage shook, the curtain shook, and the bright sky light shone in, shining her eyes in pain. She quickly closed her eyes, and it was a long time before she dared to open them again. I finally got used to the light in the carriage, and I wanted to turn my neck left and right to look around, but I felt that every inch of my skin hurt my heart. She couldn't help but let out a low moan.
The woman sitting at the front of the car was very hearing, and when she heard the moaning sound coming from the carriage, she was surprised to get into the carriage, "Are you awake? Don't move, don't move, the skin on your body is burned, it's not completely healed, you will pull the flesh as soon as you move." Don't worry, raise it for another two months, and when the skin and flesh are grown, you won't be in so much pain. β
The little girl looked at the woman in a daze, she thought for a while before remembering her identity, and her heart tightened, "Where is this? Who are you?"
It turned out that this was the second princess who was burned by the fire, she was not buried in the fire, Gu Shiyi, who was cornered that day, jumped off the cliff with the only few remaining people, although it was burned by fire along the way, but fortunately there was a river under the cliff, which extinguished the fire on their bodies, and they were exhausted and scattered by the rapids, only Gu Shiyi hugged the second princess tightly, Luo Wu, Luo Liu tightly pulled the corners of Gu Shiyi's clothes, so that they were not washed away, and they were rescued by Zhu Wu who was passing by, but they were first severely burned, and then soaked in cold water for a long time, so the skin and flesh on their bodies had begun to rot, if it weren't for Zhu Wu's ability to remove the carrion and then apply anti-inflammatory herbs to the skin, I am afraid that they would have become undead.
Zhu Wu was not a nosy person, and those who served with her were amazed that Zhu Wu had put so much effort into saving the four strangers. Zhu Wu only briefly explained this, "I see the power of demons in them. β
Everyone didn't dare to make a sound when they heard it, although the legend of the devil and the gods has been very old, but people still believe in their existence, these people have suffered such severe external injuries, and they have not died, even if they are not demons themselves, they are demonized people.
Legend has it in the Zhuluo Continent that for the damned people, because of the devil's action, the people who were saved were all disciples of the devil, and mortals should not despise them. After all, the demon is a kind of god, and has a power beyond the reach of mortals.
Not to mention that the second princess after she woke up didn't know that she had been listed as a missing person in the empire with the second emperor brother, and she didn't know that she had become a demonic person in the eyes of others. There is also a rumor about the devil to the south of Qingyang Town, Yongzhou, which is getting more and more intense.
In order to cover up the evil things he did in Qingyang Town, Wu Bolun pushed the whole thing to the demon who was in the void. Fu Mo has been recorded in the history of the Zhuluo Continent, until the beginning of the founding of the Zhuluo royal family, there are Fu Demons on this continent, and later under the joint suppression of people and gods, Fu Mo slowly disappeared in this continent, legend has it that they were the founding emperor of the Zhuluo Dynasty Zhuluo and the founding queen Guigu Empress joined hands with the gods, sealed in an extremely cold place north of the snow region, this place is very difficult to find, ordinary mortals can not find this place, must be the person who opened the eyes of the sky, to see.
However, these events are not recorded in the official history of the Zhuluo Dynasty, and it is only in folklore and wild history that there are such stories that circulate. For nearly a thousand years, it is true that the demons have ceased to appear, and slowly, people have forgotten that there were once demons in this land.
This time, Wu Bolun used Fu Demon to make a fuss, because he had two selfish motives, one was to completely cover up his bloody behavior in Qingping Town, and the other was to build momentum for his master, Huangfu Qingyun. As the saying goes, the times make heroes. For the common people, the Huangfu family, which can lower the pressure and subdue the demons, must be able to suppress the Zhuluo royal family in terms of reputation, and prepare for the change of masters in this continent in the future.
Originally, after the two princesses disappeared, Huangfu Qingyun's cronies secretly came to praise Wu Bolun and promoted him to the title of Sima of Zhaozhou's Shangdu Protectorate. Wu Bolun was very proud of this.
But at this moment, Wu Bolun regretted his behavior of talking about the ominous thing of Fu Mo, because to the south of Qingping Town, it seems that there really appeared Fu Mo. Now the people of Yongzhou and Zhaozhou are panicking. What's worse is that the news even reached the snowy region and the central capital. The political power centers of these two places sent people to Yongzhou and Zhaozhou to verify the truth of the matter, so much so that they found out to Qingyang Town, which made Wu Bailun a little uneasy in his heart.
Since it was burned, the area of Qingyang Town has become inadequate, within a radius of thirty miles, there are no more people, occasionally people want to rebuild houses in the original Qingyang Town, but at night they will hear or see a lot of strange things, such as at night, the original Qingyang Town will reappear in the old site, and those who have died in Qingyang Town will also reappear in the town, as if they have never disappeared. This frightened the people who wanted to go to Qingyang Town to rebuild, and the area has since become even more desolate, but in just a few months, it has become a forbidden area.
Wu Bolun didn't believe in this, he sent a pair of men and horses to re-settle in Qingyang Town, but the next day, although the people and horses were not killed or injured, but don't be scared to come back and report, it turned out that at night, those undead in Qingyang Town really did not die, and they still existed there.
Wu Bailun sent people to invite some mages to practice the Dharma there, but as soon as these mages got there, they took out their compasses and looked at them, and shook their heads and said, "This place is no longer suitable for habitation, and the yin qi is too heavy." They all said that they had never seen such a place with such a heavy yin qi, and it was probably because the resentment of the undead was too heavy.
Wu Bolun was worried that if these mages continued to investigate, they would expose their evil deeds, so he simply ignored them, thinking that in a few decades, those resentment and yin qi would naturally dissipate.
Unexpectedly, the scope of influence of this incident is getting bigger and bigger, and the towns south of Qingyang Town are in trouble one after another. It is also very strange that in the middle of the night, people in these places will see a fire in the middle of the city, but when they rush to this place to put out the fire, they will find that there is no fire, and then they will see another fire in another part of the city, and so on and so on and on and on night and night.
The situation was so strange that the rich people in these places began to move away, and the rest of the families were poor and had no money to move to another place to start over. These towns are getting more and more deserted, and if it weren't for the ban issued by Wu Bailun prohibiting people from moving out of their hometowns without permission, I am afraid that these towns will gradually become empty cities.
After all, there was an accident in the place under his jurisdiction, Wu Bolun was very worried in his heart, and deliberately flew a pigeon to pass the book, asking the emperor Qingyun of Zhongdu whether he needed to send more people to investigate the truth of these things. But Huangfu Qingyun had other plans in his heart at this time.