Looking at Mr. Bi's somewhat embarrassed expression, I suddenly understood that these old men have been immersed in their profession for most of their lives, and they must be very eager to go further, for these "experts" who are hungry for metaphysics, the soul sacrifice is tantamount to a great opportunity to improve, Luo Laodao and Guo Laotou can think so, then Mr. Bi and Chen Fangyuan must also think so.

"It's okay, if you really didn't hear it, I can explain it to you again!" Mr. Bi stared at me, as if I wouldn't stop if I didn't admit him.

Seeing that I didn't answer, Mr. Bi put his hand behind his back, as if he was about to start speaking.

I quickly stretched out my hand to stop him and smiled: "Okay, I'll take over, I heard you." ”

Mr. Bi nodded, stretched out his hand to the front, and motioned for us to continue walking.

"Actually, there was something I didn't mention last night, and I'm afraid even Chen Fangyuan didn't know about it." Mr. Bi said as he walked.

"Which point?"

Mr. Bi pondered for a moment, and then said: "It is well known that Chi You led Jiuli to confront the Yan and Huang Emperors, but few people know that Chi You once married Shao Hao, the eldest son of Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor, and Shao Hao is the ancestor of the Huang family!" ”

"Mr. Bi, I don't know about the marriage between Chi You and Shao Hao, but I know that Shao Hao is the ancestor of the Huang family, but what does this have to do with the soul sacrifice?"

"Listen to me slowly, it is rumored that Chi You was able to complete the soul sacrifice with the help of Shao Hao's clan, and after Chi You completed the soul sacrifice, he divided the skills he learned into two branches and taught them, these two are Gu magic and witchcraft. However, after hundreds of thousands of years of transmission, although Gu art and witchcraft have been passed down, the soul sacrifice has been lost, and the essence of Gu art and witchcraft has also been lost. However, according to research, there was a soul sacrifice person in the first line of witchcraft during the Warring States Period, and this person was Chunshenjun Huang Xie, but the first line of Gu art never appeared. ”

"Wait, Mr. Bi, Chun Shenjun I know, there is him in the genealogy of the Huang family, but he is a corpse chaser, what does he have to do with witchcraft?"

Mr. Bi stopped suddenly, turned to look at me and smiled, "Don't you understand?" Exorcism is witchcraft! ”

It dawned on me that it was no wonder that people only mentioned witches and witches in Xiangxi, and never compared the corpse expulsion technique with witch Gu, and I now know that there is such a relationship in it.

"Then Mr. Bi, do you mean to say that the soul sacrifice is only circulated in the Huang family?"

Mr. Bi shook his head, but did not deny it, "This is exactly what I want to figure out, it stands to reason that Chi You will not favor one over the other, he can't just pass on the soul sacrifice to a group of people, but Huang Xie does have a blood relationship with the Shao Hao clan, maybe it is the special blood relationship of your Huang clan that has to let the Shao Hao clan help Chi You complete the soul sacrifice, and let Huang Xie complete the soul sacrifice." ”

I thought carefully about Mr. Bi's words, and then asked, "But after so many years, Huang Xie has only completed the soul sacrifice alone, maybe it's just a coincidence?" ”

Mr. Bi shook his head again, "I thought so at first, but I met you again, and your grandmother-in-law, the old grandmother of the Jiang family!" ”

I was shocked when I heard it, and sure enough, my grandmother is not simple.

"You may not know, and few people know, the old grandmother of the Jiang family died once, when Jiang Lieyang took the old grandmother to fish on the Yangtze River, a strong wind hung on the way, and Jiang Lieyang's fishing boat was overturned, the old grandmother could not water, was drowned, Jiang Lieyang took great pains to bring the body of the old grandmother ashore, but before he had time to arrange the aftermath, the old grandmother miraculously came back to life in bed, after this, the old grandmother was not only proficient in water, but also repeatedly rescued some people who could not be saved on the water, It was from this time that the reputation of the Jiang family began to become famous in the Yangtze River Valley. ”

Although this is the first time I have heard this, I have already guessed that my grandmother is not simple, so Mr. Bi's words did not surprise me much.

"Then Mr. Bi, how do you know that your grandmother has died once?" I asked.

Mr. Bi laughed and said: "Jiang Lieyang is a Miao person, his ancestor was surnamed Bi before changing the land and returning to the stream, how do you say I know!" ”

When Mr. Bi didn't give me a reaction, he paused for a moment and smiled: "Hehe, I didn't expect it, we are distant relatives!" Also, our relationship is more than that," Speaking of this, Mr. Bi looked at Qiu Yan again, "The old man Qiu Yeliang met in Xiangxi back then belonged to the same Miao village as my grandfather!" ”

This time it was Qiu Yan's turn to open her mouth wide.

I was silent for a long time before digesting Mr. Bi's words, but the more Qiu Yan thought about it, the deeper her brows wrinkled, she looked at Mr. Bi with a puzzled expression, and asked, "Why does this old gentleman want to lie to us?" Whether he knows it or not, just because of his words, our family has experienced a lot of hardships! ”

"Miss Qiu Yan, you have to understand one thing first, the Tujia family takes the white tiger as a totem, it is rumored that there was a dispute between the Miao and Tu clans back then, and the leader of the Tujia family was armed with a tiger bone spearhead as an order, and in that era, people's understanding was not as objective as it is now, so it is understandable that the old man's words were a little biased. Of course, I don't deny that his words have dealt a big blow to your Qiu family, I just want to tell you that at that time, this old man said those words with good intentions. ”

After Mr. Bi finished speaking, we were silent for a long time.

At this time, it was already dark, and I grabbed Qiu Yan and wanted to go back, but I was stopped by Mr. Bi.

"Brother Xiao He, I have said so much, I believe that some of your doubts have been answered, in return, I want to hear you talk about the situation at the bottom of Poyang Lake at that time, this request is not too much, right?"

I smiled, thinking to myself that although this old man was unfathomable on the surface, his heart was not the same as Luo Lao Dao and them, to put it mildly, he was coveting the soul sacrifice.

However, one thing he said was right, what he just said did help me explain a lot of things, and in return, it was not too much to just tell him about the bottom of Poyang Lake, not to mention that after letting him know more, maybe he would be able to figure out what the Soul Sacrifice was all about, and maybe he would be able to cure me and my grandmother's "illness".

So, I told Mr. Bi about the before and after of entering the bottom of Poyang Lake, including the investigation of Huang Zongman and Chen Youliang.

On the way back, Mr. Bi sighed: "Actually, we have long found out that there is a problem below, the sword is proposed by me to be pulled out, just to see what changes will occur after pulling it out, but none of us thought that the mystery is actually under the mud, hey, or old, the brain is not bright!" ”

"Mr. Bi, you don't know anything about that sword? Like, where did that sword come from? ”

Unexpectedly, Mr. Bi said without thinking about it: "A sword that is so broken that it can't be broken again, what's the use of knowing it?" Since Lao Chen gave you the sword, the sword is yours, and it is your own business whether you want to sell it for money or stay at home as an ornament. ”

Mr. Bi's face was calm, as if the sword really didn't matter to him, but it was just an antique that could be exchanged for money.

But the more I thought about it, the more wrong it became, it was a bronze sword used to suppress evil spirits, it was impossible for them not to have studied it, and the word Yangling on the sword was not difficult to find, could it be that they really ignored these two words and gave me the sword directly? No matter how I think about it, I don't think it's like the style of these old foxes!

At this time, Mr. Bi seemed to think of something, suddenly turned around, and said to me solemnly: "Xiao He, have you ever thought that the hole at the bottom of Poyang Lake is one of the conditions for the soul sacrifice!" ”

"One of the conditions for the Soul Sacrifice?" I didn't react for a moment.

"You think, your ancestor Huang Zongman is also a corpse chaser, maybe he has already learned the mystery of the soul sacrifice, so he made that hole in Poyang Lake, intending to complete the soul sacrifice ceremony."

"But," I thought for a moment, and then asked rhetorically, "since he's done the most crucial step, why hasn't he been able to complete the Soul Sacrifice Ritual?" ”

"Maybe Zhu Yuanzhang caught him off guard, maybe Chen Youliang withdrew his troops, so he didn't have a chance to enter the bottom of Poyang Lake!" Mr. Bi was a little excited, his eyes widened, and his eyes rolled vigorously.

"It's not right, I have read Huang Zongman's suicide note, it is full of disappointment, I think even if there is a 1 in 10,000 chance, Huang Zongman will help Chen Youliang complete the great cause, and that hole is very close to Chen Youliang's base camp, he has every chance to enter."

Mr. Bi looked embarrassed and seemed disappointed after hearing this, he walked a few steps around me, then clapped his hands and said loudly: "I understand! ”

Mr. Bi looked at me again, and I saw that his eyes were full of greed, as if he was going to swallow me.

"Got it?" I asked.

"Eligibility!" Mr. Bi approached me step by step and said word by word, "He is not qualified!" ”

"What qualifications?"

"Hehe, as I expected, the soul sacrifice has nothing to do with blood, your ancestor Huang Zongman created the conditions for the soul sacrifice, but he was not favored by the gods, he is not qualified for the soul sacrifice, so he is so disappointed!"

I am noncommittal, because Huang Zongman's last words are not like this at all, his last words are clearly written, he was disappointed because Chen Youliang's temperament changed greatly after returning from Xiangxi, and he also killed Chen Youliang himself.

Looking at Mr. Bi's happy expression, it is estimated that he thought that the soul sacrifice had nothing to do with blood, so he was also qualified for the soul sacrifice, I didn't say it, let him be happy first!

We continued to walk back, and when we approached the camp, Mr. Bi stopped and stabilized his emotions, and then I saw that he returned to his previous calm expression, looking at this change, I couldn't help but sigh that this Mr. Bi was deeper than Chen Fangyuan's city.

On the way back to the tent, I repeatedly thought about Huang Zongman's situation at that time, and suddenly, I thought that if Mr. Bi's speculation and Huang Zongman's last words were combined, there would be no conflict between the two, and Huang Zongman could be completely disappointed by the double blow of not being qualified for the soul sacrifice and Chen Youliang's temperament, so he went to the extreme to kill Chen Youliang first and then commit suicide!

Could it be that the soul sacrifice really has nothing to do with blood?!