"Big brother, don't worry, God knows that you know and I know, I have always kept my mouth shut, you can rest assured. It's just that the question now is what is going on with this seventy-three witch scriptures? Whether the eldest brother can lend the witchcraft to the younger brother, I am still quite interested in these things, and I want to take them back and study them carefully. Abu looked at the mysterious, mysterious, seventy-three witch scriptures and became intrigued.

As soon as Yelu Chu heard that Abu wanted to borrow the seventy-three witch scriptures from his family, he immediately said happily: "This is naturally okay, not to mention that it can be borrowed and given to the virtuous brother, this thing has no use in my hands anyway, and I can't understand it." It would be great if you could get something out of it in the hands of the virtuous brother. But you said that the ancestors of this Yelu Bao Qianli are also true, isn't it a seventy-three witch scripture of the witch cult? No matter how fanatical you are to follow the witch religion, you don't have to hide it so much, although the emperor doesn't believe in the witch cult now, but he didn't say that the people of the whole Khitan can't believe in the witch religion, they can still believe in it openly! Hey, I'm still happy in vain, it turns out that I took so much trouble to crack the secret to get such a broken witch book. ”

Seeing Yelu Chucai's disappointed expression, Abu comforted: "Big brother, you see that this is not completely without gain, isn't there such a delicate iron box?" Why not take it home and pack it with you for treasures, it should be a good choice. ”

Yelu Chucai waved his hand again and again, "Brother Xian, I think it's better to forget it, although it took a lot of ingenuity to build this iron box, but if you really encounter those rude people, you won't have it with a hammer, I don't need this thing." If Brother Xian thinks this thing is useful, you can take it back and use it, just put these two copies of the Seventy-Three Witch Sutras. ”

"Okay, since the eldest brother is unwilling to accept it, then the younger brother will accept it cheekily. The seventy-three witch scriptures in the eldest brother's house, I will send the junior of our inn to pick it up later. ”

"Brother Xian said these kind words again, you, come to my house and get the seventy-three witch scriptures that are lying next to my bed. If Madame asks, you will say that it is the eldest brother's newly married brother, and if she dares to object, I will not take care of her when I go back. That's it, the sooner the better, we're all here to wait! "Only then did Yelu Chu order a servant.

The servant was embarrassed and said, "My lord, the little one is illiterate! ”

"Rice bucket, I don't even know a few big characters, don't say that I am working under me when I go out in the future. Just go back and look for the red book at my bedside, yes. ”

"Yes!"

Sure enough, after a while, Yelu Chucai's subordinates hurriedly came to Yelu Chucai with a red book.

"Waiting, I don't know we've been waiting for you here for so long? Why don't you hurry up and hand me the book and see if you've found the right one. ”

"Big ...... Adults, please ...... Glance. The official said breathlessly.

"Hahaha, by the way, it's this book, Brother Xian, do you think it's exactly the same as the blue seventy-three witch scripture in your hand?" Only then did Jeruchu hand the red book to Abu.

Abu flipped through a few of the pages, and sure enough, the contents on them were exactly the same as the one he had in his hand, all of which recorded things about the teachings of the Wiccan cult and the deeds of Shensugu.

"Well, it's exactly the same, there are Brother Lao's subordinates who have to run so far, little brother, you have worked hard, come, you can take this silver." As he spoke, Abu took out a piece of silver and handed it to the official who had just run an errand.

"This ...... O Abu, we cannot accept the rewards of strangers without the commands of our Lords. The official excused.

"Haha, the officials brought out by the eldest brother are so high-spirited and bright, which really makes the younger brother admire, but let such a little brother accept this silver, he is quite tired after a trip, and it can be regarded as money to buy wine for him."

"My virtuous brother let you take so much nonsense, can this be a stranger to your own brother? I really can't tell the situation, it seems that I will have to train you well in the future. Only then did Yelu Chu teach, and the official was so frightened that he took Abu's money and was so frightened that he didn't even dare to let go of a fart.

In this way, Abu and Yelu Chu finished counting the things on the Baoqianli Mansion, and did not find anything else strange. Yelu Chu said that he would prepare the big iron furnace for Abu to go back for alchemy and the medicine list prescribed by Abu, so he had to leave first. Abu can also make a carriage and return to the Tianyi Inn while studying what secrets are in these two seventy-three witch scriptures, so that the ancestors of Bao Qianli have taken such great pains to treasure it, and even Bao Qianli, who is usually rough-leaved, has maintained extra caution in dealing with this matter, Abu feels that this matter is not simple. It is impossible that the Seventy-Three Witch Sutras are just simple scriptures.

As he continued to read the commentary on the original characters of the Seventy-Three Witch Sutras, Abu learned that the Khitans had a strong belief in the power of the Witch Book in the military realm. Before the army is about to set out on the expedition, it is necessary to set up three gods: the first emperor, the road, and the army, in order to seek the blessing of God and set out for a great victory. At the same time, it is necessary to shoot ghost arrows, which is to find a death row prisoner when going out on the expedition, put it in the direction of the army's march, and shoot it to death with random arrows. When the class teacher returns, he wants to catch a spy and shoot him to death with random arrows, that is, shooting ghost arrows. The purpose of this was to hopefully remove all the ominous things in this expedition and ensure victory in the battle.

"In the summer and April, Wuyin, chasing Rage in the north. Ji Mao, the second time, I heard that the younger brothers were disgusted with shooting ghost arrows in the face of Muye Mountain, and they were disgusted by the traitor Xie Li, and they were also disgusted with their laws. This is the commentary of the original text.

What is even more impressive is that the Khitans also firmly believe in the power of witchcraft during the march and battle. The outcome of the war is often instantaneous, and the grasp of the fighter is fleeting, but at such a tense moment, the Khitan army still religiously performs witchcraft rituals to decide the next military action. For example, to determine the time of departure of the army, they used wormwood and horse dung to set fire on the lute bone of the white sheep, and if they could burn the lute bone, the army went on the march. If not, the army will not move. This was simply incredible during the march and fighting, and the Khitans were so persistent, obviously influenced by traditional witchcraft.

To sum up, it is not difficult to see that Wu had an extremely important position and role in the early stage of Khitan society and even after the founding of the Khitan state. However, Abu also found that Wu gradually changed from the early ruler of Khitan society to a group that served the Khitan royal family. At the same time, the practice of witchcraft was also stripped from real life and began to become a ritual. This ritual seems to have some kind of mystical power.