Chapter 7 The General's Sword
"Yin soldiers? Then why is there only a head, no body, and what is this smell, it smells so bad". Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info Liu Tong covered his nose vigorously as he spoke.
I could feel the cold sweat on my head, because I didn't think of what I had recorded in the book, and I didn't expect that the Shang Dynasty would really use it for sacrifice. But in any case, now we can only face all this in front of us.
I fixed my mind and said: "The so-called Yin soldiers and Yin generals have different sacrificial methods, Yin soldiers need those elite veterans who fought on the battlefield, when they are still alive, pierce the skin with iron needles, and engrave the word "Yin" on the bones. Their heads are then cut off, their bodies are buried in the ground, and then a large pit is made of stone on top of them, and the heads are thrown into it, thus becoming Yin soldiers".
Liu Tong couldn't help but shudder when he heard me say this, and said, "Oh my God, so cruel." This is even more ..... than the terracotta warriors and horses of Qin Shi Huang."
Before Liu Tong finished speaking, I quickly walked down the altar and said, "Hurry up and find some treasures and leave here, I feel that there is something unusual here."
"But where do we go, it's so big." Liu Tong looked around and said.
"Don't worry, the direction facing the altar should be the door of the tomb, which means that we are going in the wrong direction, I think we can reach the main tomb if we go any further." With that, we continued to explore the unknown tomb.
I really can't understand that both Yin soldiers and Yin generals are the most powerful and terrifying sacrificial methods in the Shang Dynasty, and this method will not only consume a lot of money and make the people complain, but even provoke the anger of people and gods. As far as I know, the kings of the Shang Dynasty did not dare to use this method of sacrifice. Who dared to go to such great lengths, could it be that the last emperor of the Shang Dynasty, Prince Shang, was should. With this doubt, I really wanted to solve the mystery of the tomb, but I had an inexplicable panic from the beginning.
As I walked on, four painted patterns appeared on the stone walls on both sides of the tunnel, which caught my attention, and I stopped to look at them slowly. These four patterns seem to tell a story.
The first is depicting a dark and windy night on a moonlit night. Many soldiers gathered around a pond with their hands on their chests, and their eyes closed to the pond and the moon as if they were making a wish.
The second depicts the slaughter on the battlefield, with soldiers fighting brutally, blood flowing into rivers and piles of bones.
The third pattern is even more outrageous, although the painting is a bit messy, but I can see the intention of the third picture, there are many evil spirits in the pond, which is commonly known as youkai. But these evil spirits and those soldiers are the same, and among them is an ugly monster with wind chimes. These soldiers are fighting evil spirits.
The last one is more beautiful than the first three, with soldiers sitting around the edge of a pond and a handsome general. The youkai fell in the middle of the pond, apparently killed.
Although I probably know all four of the drawings, I still know the intention of the last two if I connect all four of them. What do the first two mean? I thought about it.
Just as I was concentrating on thinking, I suddenly heard Liu Tong's shout, and I looked back and saw that Liu Tong was no longer behind me. The sound came from the front, and I hurried over.
Rushing out of the tunnel, I came to a new burial chamber, and the first thing that caught my eye was a stone statue of an evil ghost, which was very tall, about five meters long. How could there be such a big stone statue, I looked at the stone statue in the past, the fierce eyes, and the long teeth really made people a little panicked. There is also a palm-sized yellow wind chime around his neck. His wind chimes reminded me that this evil ghost seemed to be exactly like the evil spirit in the painting.
"Big brother, come and see, what is this". Liu Tong's voice came from behind the stone statue.
I walked around the stone statue to see what he had found. The one in front of me stunned me again. A mountain appeared in front of me, and the sword of a soldier was stuck on it. At the top, there's a different kind of sword stuck in there. At the bottom is a pond. Liu Tong was standing on the edge of the pond.
I walked slowly towards the mound, and kept saying, "Isn't it, is this ......?"
When I walked in, I found that there was a red stream of blood flowing down from the top to the bottom of the mound. Not only did the blood not dry up, but it kept pouring out from the top and into the stone pool at the bottom. But why is it that blood keeps coming out of the top of the mountain, and after flowing for so long, this pool will not overflow?
"Big brother, look at the top sword, there is a box in front of it." Liu Tong pointed to the sword and said.
Only then did I react, and slowly focused my eyes on the sword, the top sword was very different from the others, if the other swords were soldiers, this sword was the general, the invincible general. I could feel his kingly air. And I don't know why I have an inexplicable sense of intimacy when I see it.
This sword is four feet eight minutes long and one foot three wide, and there are two dragons printed on the sword body, each of which is lifelike, and the sword body has a vibrating and ferocious aura, which makes people feel enchanted. And the box was golden, as if it were made of gold.
Before I could speak, Liu Tong said, "Big brother, what is this, it looks so scary."
"Didn't you always want to see what the sword mound looks like in the novel, and today is your fulfillment." I replied.
"What do you say, this is the Sword Shrine? Oh my boy, this is spectacular." Liu Tong was not afraid at all at this time, but was attracted by this sword mound, and slowly climbed towards the top.
I reacted and wanted to stop it, but it was too late, Liu Tong had already stood at the top. He didn't choose to touch the sword first, but picked up the box in front of the sword. Liu Tong looked at the box with a bright smile, and shouted at me loudly, "Big brother, this box is made of gold, catch it." With that, he threw himself at me.
For me, it's not just gold, it's a relic. So it must not be dropped on the ground. I hurriedly stretched out my hands to pick it up. Fortunately, my eyes were not bad, and I just caught it. When I caught it, I realized that there seemed to be something else in the box, and I slowly opened it, and it was full of gold, silver and jewelry. And that's enough for the two of us to spend a few lifetimes. And there is a bamboo slip on the top. I wanted to open it and see it. But at this time, I remembered Liu Tong.
I hurriedly put down the box to see what else Liu Tong wanted to do. Sure enough, as I expected, Liu Tong was attracted by the sword. He wanted to touch the sword.