Chapter 22: The Mystery of the Curse
The fat uncle saw that Li's blind face was not very good, so he hurriedly scolded him: "Don't coax me here!" ”
These ancient trees grow really realistically, Lu Laojiu said that they are tree demons, it is not an exaggeration at all, they have always been static until now, but I don't know what will change after we pass, he asked nervously: "Then do we want to go over?" ”
Han Ye shot at the trunk of the tree, and penetrated the two ancient trees in one fell swoop, they were like ordinary plants, and there was no response, so he breathed a sigh of relief, "I think we don't need to scare ourselves anymore, it should be fine." ”
Just as everyone was about to take a step forward, Leng Mu stared at the front and stopped us, "Wait! ”
I looked back, "What's wrong?" ”
He said expressionlessly, "There's something in the tree." ”
Lu Laojiu looked into the distance, and the fox asked: "Except for a bunch of hairy leaves that look like hair, what ......!" ”
Hearing this, I paid attention to the canopy, and took a closer look, and suddenly found that there were at least three cages hanging in the canopy of each humanoid tree, and this color should be made of gold wire, which is very close to the color of the withered yellow leaves.
Lu Laojiu pointed to the canopy and said, "How can I look at the black things in the cage...... So much like a child? It can't be a sapling, right? ”
Zhang Tu took a step forward, "Yes, that's a baby indeed." ”
Lu Laojiu was taken aback when he heard this, "Damn! There are so many humanoid trees here, if there must be a few children hanging on each tree...... King Garuda, right? Is that bastard going to open a kindergarten? ”
Zhang Tu stared thoughtfully at the ancient tree. His eyes were also a little dazed, "Five thousand years ago, during the turbulent times, some refugees fled to this old forest with their families and established a new tribe, and generations of people have lived by hunt......ing. ”
The leader of their people was the second rank hussar general who had escaped from the war, and later the tribal leader King Garuda. It was he who fled to this old forest with these refugees. He also taught them to hunt and fish for a living, and since then the whole people have been able to continue their lives. Because of the killing they have experienced, these people have believed in Buddhism rather than God for generations, believing that Buddha is the true way to liberation from the sea of suffering.
These infant corpses originated from a hunting trip, and a member of the clan accidentally fell into a black hole. On the way back, they found that there was one person missing, and the tribal guards had to let the tribesmen go to the forest to look for them. The next evening they finally heard someone shouting in a black hole, and after a long time of great effort, they finally pulled the man out, and found him covered in jewels and jade. And excitedly told the clansmen that there were a lot of jewelry underneath, which seemed to be the emperor's funeral goods.
Because this tribe has always been isolated from the world. I rarely come into contact with these jade jade, and I have lived a hard life for a long time. At first glance, seeing these treasures, it was difficult to resist the temptation for a while, after everyone discussed, they followed him into the tomb, the first inverted fight, they got a large number of jewels, weapons, full of thought that this is a gift from God, plus Qinling is the dragon vein of the ancestor of Chinese China, mostly the emperor's tomb, there are many rare treasures in the world, the days are long, relying on the weapons in these tombs, financial resources, the Garuda tribe is more and more rich and powerful.
According to legend, the tribal leader encountered a green demon coffin when he was upside down, and the owner of the tomb seemed to be a believer in Buddhism before his death, the coffin was engraved with some inscriptions called the immortal bird, out of curiosity, he opened the demon coffin with one hand, as for what happened later no one knows, because he was the only one who walked out of the tomb alive, since then he has been entangled in this curse, after he went back, first of all, the itch was unbearable, the body began to grow golden feathers, the belly became bigger and bigger, and the facial features were gradually distorted, He was afraid that it would be difficult for him to return to his human appearance in the future, so when his people did not find out, he asked him to carve a squatting statue, which was the stone statue of Garuda that we had encountered at the entrance of the cave before.
The tribal leader is cursed, it is the nightmare of the whole tribe, in order to calm the panic of the people, to keep his position, he calls himself Garuda, is the reincarnation of one of the eight branches of Buddhism, has saved the common people as his own responsibility, if he becomes a Buddha, there is no demon in the world, if he is a king, the world is invincible! From then on, there was the Garuda tribe, and the king of Garuda was the leader of the cursed tribe.
As the days passed, the feathers on his body grew more and more, until later, his facial features had been twisted into the curved beak of a vulture, and even long fangs grew out of his mouth, in the face of such a fierce strange appearance, the people became more and more in awe of him, but only he knew that his body was weakening day by day, and he was really afraid that he would become a bird one day, so he privately asked the sorcerer of the tribe to find a way to lift the curse, and after many attempts, He found that the blood of the baby seemed to have an inhibitory effect on the growth of the feathers on his body, and only the blood of the baby could continue his life, so he took a large number of captives from the outside to mate with the men of the clan, and when the baby was one year old, he was captured and taken to the underground palace to be sacrificed to the gods by the sorcerer, and then cut the blood for him to eat, and the dried infant corpses were kept in golden cages.
Later, the resentment in the underground palace became heavier and heavier, and the king of Garuda had nightmares and couldn't sleep at night, and the sorcerer came up with a way to suppress the evil baby, which was the humanoid tree, as for how the tree grew into a human shape, how to suppress the evil baby, and why it appeared in the tomb of Garuda, it is unknown.
Zhang Map pointed to the golden bird carved on the giant cliff wall in front of him and said: "The human-faced golden-winged bird is the totem of this tribe, and according to legend, when King Garuda was buried, it was like this." ”
We looked up, only to see the totem with the human face and bird body like a fierce eagle, facing us, eagle beak and fangs, a crown on the head, long black hair with a shawl scattered on both sides of the shoulders, except for the red cloak on the body, the whole body is golden, very dazzling, two wings spread outward, as if ready to fly down at any time, Lu Laojiu glanced at the cliff and said: "It looks good enough!" ”
The fat uncle gasped after hearing this, "Bump is secondary, it's just that that thing is such a bastard, there are more good emperors in this world!" Why did you think about guarding its mausoleum? That's a lot to remember! ”
Zhang Tutu said: "The root of all evil is like this, if this is not a grave of great sin, there is no need for ancestors to guard the tomb here." ”
When Lu Laojiu heard this, he couldn't help but ask: "Aren't you the last member of the Garuda tribe?" ”
Zhang Tutu explained: "I am not a member of the Garuda tribe, but only a matter of loyalty to the ancestors entrusted by others. ”
He pursed his lips and hummed, "This rotten is really clean enough, and the loyalty is really sincere enough for your family." (To be continued.) )>