Volume 1 Kurosawa Domain Chapter 111 The Tocharians

On the spiral staircase of the "Kun Palace", when everyone studied the history of the "daughter country", they had checked in the historical materials that the location of the daughter country was located in the place where "the country of Tubo is connected to the east, the country of Khotan to the north, and the country of Sanbo to the west".

In other words, in ancient times, the daughter country and the Khotanese country were two countries adjacent to the north and south.

Khotan (232-1006 BC) was a Buddhist kingdom in the ancient Western Regions, one of the four towns of Anxi, the capital of Anxi in the Tang Dynasty of China.

The surname of the monarchy is Wei Chi, because of admiration for the Tang Dynasty, there are two monarchs who changed their surname to Li, they are Wei Chi monk Wubo (Li Shengtian) and Yu Chi Sula (Li Congde), Guozuo as long as 1238 years.

At that time, the inhabitants of Khotan were the Tocharians who spoke Indo-European languages.

It was annexed by the Qarakhanid state in 1006 AD and gradually Islamized.

In the 11th century, ethnography and language became Uighur.

Because in ancient times, the political, economic, and military affairs were very backward, and production, transportation, and information were not developed, especially in the Western Regions, and the living conditions were even more difficult, so the diplomatic and economic and trade exchanges between the two countries were mostly accompanied by the colors of "marriage", "marriage", and "harmony".

In order to survive in a harsh environment, the daughter country is one of the countries with the strongest custom of "walking marriage".

The daughter country borders Khotan, and there will inevitably be a lot of exchanges and cooperation between the two countries in various fields, so the daughter country with a strong "walking marriage" color is bound to be very common with the "walking marriage" of Khotan.

Therefore, it can be said that the later Tocharians had a certain female ancestry of the daughter country, and it is not an exaggeration to say that the Tocharians were the descendants of the daughter country.

It makes sense, then, that the Tocharians should protect the monarch of their ancestors' daughters. Moreover, these Tocharians are so powerful, with the ability to spit fire, they are the best candidates to protect the royal tomb.

Although the Tocharians cannot be understood in a literal sense, and it is arbitrarily judged that this mysterious people has the ability to spit fire, at least the Tocharians in front of them are indeed capable of spitting fire.

This is like people can't say that the "Koreans" who are the name of the Korean people must be tall and beautiful, but the reason why the "Koreans" are called "Koreans" by the courts of the Central Plains who have ruled them for many generations must be because there are many tall and beautiful people in the nation, so they can be called from then on and form a title.

In ancient times, especially among the people, it was also called "Goryeo people" as "Goryeo sticks". The allusion to the "Goryeo stick" has been around for more than 1,000 years, and it was not a disdainful term, but an adjective that praised the bravery of Koreans.

Because more than 1,400 years ago, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty led two million troops to invade Goguryeo, but although the Sui army was strong, it was still annihilated in the end, the main reason is that the Goguryeo people are tall, brave in battle, and stubborn in resistance.

Since then, Koreans have been called "Korean sticks".

This also contains the ancient description of the tall and mighty image of the Koreans, describing them as tough, upright and mighty as "clothes sticks", which is also a vivid portrayal of the praise of their tall impression at the time.

But then again, it's not that all Tocharians can spit fire, just like there are Taoist priests in the Han who can catch ghosts and subdue demons, which looks very powerful, but not all Han people can catch ghosts and subdue demons, this is a truth.

It's just that the Tocharians were born with the geography and harsh living environment in which they lived, and in this special area where black oil could even emerge directly from the cracks in the ground, for thousands of years, some of them were able to use the earth fire to create life and labor.

And some of these outstanding people, such as witches or priests, craftsmen in the workshop, etc., have long studied how to use earth fire to create some witchcraft, military defense, etc., and may even sacrifice some clansmen to do some inhumane experiments.

These Tocharians who can breathe flames seem to be very powerful, but in fact they should also be victims of experiments, and they are also very pitiful, they are tortured in life, and they cannot live in peace after death, and they also have to suck the gas of earth fire (natural gas) under the influence of witchcraft, and rely on fire-breathing skills to guard the royal tomb like fire-breathing artists in the circus.

After learning about the situation of these Tocharians, everyone couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion, the long river of history rushed forward, splashing the waves of countless civilizations, but also drowning countless civilizations.

These Tocharians flourished for a while, created the civilization of the Western Regions, and had an important impact on the history and civilization of China for thousands of years, but as this nation was invaded, conquered, rose and fell, and was eventually assimilated and even disappeared.

However, these "people" who are really fire-spitting like walking corpses who have been specially studied and cultivated by the sorcerers, priests or "cultists" of the Tocharians are extremely terrifying.

Everyone observed them in the doorway for a long time, these half-human, half-corpse ghostly guys, strong and agile, no matter from the light, sound, breath, touch, etc., they could sense the presence of everyone, which posed a great threat to everyone.

If any of their five senses could be lost or degraded, there would be a chance for them to think of ways they could not pay much attention to it, but now it seems that they are neither deaf nor blind, and they are quick to respond in all respects, which is really a difficult problem.

Looking at their swift movement and powerful "arson" technique, everyone did not even dare to get close to fight them.

Just looking at the long fire dragon that erupted from their mouths, the flames that were thrown out with a single hand, they couldn't get close at all, and even if they could, they weren't their opponents at all.

Think about it, even the fire ignited by crude oil can be manipulated by them at will, and they will not be injured by the flames, just for this reason, what kind of weapon can defeat or destroy them?

Looking at the Tocharians who occasionally fished out oil flower crystals to eat, and roared angrily from time to time to spew flames, and saw the coffin that spewed fire from time to time and swirled endlessly in the distance, it was a headache.

So far, there is not even an eyebrow on how to open the coffin, but these hellfire ghost-like monsters have appeared, which really makes everyone completely helpless, and they are disheartened for a while, do they want to go home?

Giving up this action plan, going through so many twists and turns and tribulations in vain, only to have to give up and return empty-handed in failure?

For a while, everyone's mood fell to the bottom, but there was nothing they could do.

Just when everyone had nothing to do with those powerful Tocharians, Han Debang came up with the idea that since these terrible guys were fire people, could they be wiped out with water?

Everyone knows the way of the five elements, and this water can overcome fire is common sense that people in the world generally know, why don't you try it?

Cao Longxuan shook his head and said no, unless there is a particularly large amount of water, such as leading them to the moat outside the city gate, I don't know if it can drown them.

But if a small amount of water can reduce the damage they do to everyone when they breathe fire, let the flames go out or suppress the flames, but it is difficult to say that it will hurt them.

Everyone also thinks that what Cao Longxuan said makes sense, but the key is that these Tocharians stick to this "gossip palace".

It seems that they were originally designed as the last line of defense against the coffins of the tomb, and I don't know what method was used to make them never step into the doorway, but only hovering on the "S" shaped dividing line.

And this "S" shaped dividing line is the only way for everyone to go to the "red fish eye" where the coffin is located, and those Tocharians who are extremely dangerous and seriously hinder the progress of everyone, if they are not removed, or cannot think of a safer way to prevent them from breaking the coffin, then everything is not to be discussed.

These Tocharians have become veritable "gods of fire", high above the sky, making it difficult for everyone to overcome and despair.

Niu Gang didn't care about this, he shouted and said, what kind of fire god and fire ghost do you care, isn't it the king of the stove? In the countryside of my family, on the twenty-third day of the lunar month, that is, the "small year", every family had to send the king of the stove to ascend to heaven.

In my opinion, let's not talk to them about the useless calves, and send them directly to heaven.

What can they do even if they are the gods of fire? Haven't you watched the TV series "God List"? Let's just seal them up, and we'll be gone.

Han Debang scoffed at his words and asked him how did you make them ascend to heaven? Blowing with your mouth?

People say "blow the cow all over the sky", and if you blow your own surname cow into the sky, you can't help those buddies who can breathe fire.

Niu Gang was so sarcastic that his face was red and his neck was thick, and he was about to pick up the sledgehammer and fight with those Tocharians when he stared at the bull's eye, he had to show Han Debang, he Niu Gang was still afraid of a few stove princes' dog legs?

Everyone hurriedly stopped him, and then Lu Wuyang came up with an idea, and it happened to be a round.

He said that Niu Gangti's "Fengshen List" just now mentioned well, these Tocharians came out of the red island that was the "black fish eye", and everyone had seen it before, there was a hole in the ground, and it was not possible to attack it, so everyone might as well outwit it.

The solution he came up with was that everyone had to wait patiently, and after all the Tocharians had "returned to the nest", everyone would sneak to the island and find a way to seal the entrance to the cave, judging from the current observation and the design of the overall dungeon, there should be no other exit.

Then sealing this exit will prevent the Tocharians from coming out to harm everyone, and everyone will have enough time to study and try to open the huge fire-spitting coffin.

Old Ghost Su raised doubts, he said where to find something here to plug the big hole? Besides, these fire ghosts are very evil, it is estimated that before everyone goes to their hole, they will be noticed, how can it be so easy to block?

Cao Longxuan said that it was not necessarily, if they were really so sensitive, then everyone would not have gone to the "Red Fish Eye" so easily before, and they would definitely have been discovered before they arrived.

Just now, everyone retreated to the "S" shaped road, and they were not alarmed, it should have been the stone kicked by Niu Gang that alarmed them, so as long as they act quietly, it is estimated that there is still hope.

As soon as Han Debang heard this, he began to complain that Niu Gang shouldn't be so cheap with his feet, and if he was itchy with athlete's foot, he could jump into the "red fish" to do a pedicure.

The two of them messed around a few times around this, and were pulled away by Bai Yunfei, and then said:

"The big black bull's 'Foshan Shadowless Foot' just now, it seems that the footwork is a little stinky, but it is also stronger than the Chinese men's football team, at least it can be shot.

Although it alarmed the Tocharians, it was not necessarily a bad thing.

The first is to lure them out, so that everyone knows in advance that there is a lurking danger here without any casualties.

The second is that if they are not alarmed, everyone will have nothing to do about the fire-breathing coffin, and they may look for clues in this "Bagua Palace".

If that's the case, it goes without knowing that you can break into a hole on the island, and the consequences will be dangerous. ”

Bai Yunfei affirmed what Cao Longxuan said just now, and thought it was worth a try, but for the sake of today, how to seal the entrance of the cave?

Lu Wuyang said: "What's so difficult about this? ”

Then he set up a few of his special tools on the slope passage in this doorway, and gestured to the hole in the red island of "black fish's eyes" in the distance.

Bai Yunfei understood at a glance that he was measuring the size of the hole, and his method was similar to the "rear intersection method" in "Military Topography", and the method of measuring altitude and elevation was similar to that of those who engaged in geographical and geological exploration.

It's just that he doesn't have the kind of precision measuring instruments he has at hand now, so he can only start with simple tools.