Chapter 6: The Living Fire Sacrifice
Liu Xiancheng and Liu Dashuai occupied Anping Grain Storage Road, Yuan Zumin Yuan Dashuai occupied Guidong Road, and Zhou Xixi Zhou Dashuai occupied Guixi Road.
At that time, the Sizhou Mansion and the Banzhou Mansion were fighting each other, which was a difficult problem left over from hundreds of years, and in the hands of Liu Dashuai and Yuan Dashuai, it was impossible to change the status quo.
During the Yongle period, Sizhou and Banzhou had a conflict between the two Xuanwei Divisions, the two Xuanwei Divisions were the Tusi Tian family and the Yang family at that time, and they fought because of the ownership of the Dan sand mine, giving the Yongle Emperor an excuse to intervene.
When the two major warlords Liu Xiancheng and Yuan Zumin ruled, they also fought over the ownership of Dan sand mines.
The Qin state destroyed the state of Chu and occupied the famous Xunyang, bringing local mercury to the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, most likely from Chenzhou, the largest mercury mining region at the time, with the exception of Xunyang County in Shaanxi.
The Dansha produced in Chenzhou is the most famous, specifically called "Cinnabar", because the Dansha has special properties such as sublimation and reduction, so Liu An, the king of Huainan in the Western Han Dynasty, has the words "Dansha is a mercury" in his book "Huainan Wanbishu".
The underground palace of the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang is made of mercury, and its large amount of mercury has always surrounded the perimeter of the tomb of Qin Shi Huang, because in the pre-Qin period, they believed that mercury was the main ingredient in making elixir, and it had a peculiar effect on the soul after death.
Qin Shi Huang also used mercury to prevent his tomb from attracting tomb robbers in the future, because the large amount of mercury placed in it wanted to deter those with bad intentions.
Although it was already the Republic of China period at that time, after Yuan Shikai's death, the Beiyang warlords fought with each other without a leader, and the imperial family of the Qing Dynasty scattered everywhere with the gold and silver treasures of the court.
However, burying with mercury has always been the most desired thing for dignitaries and local tyrants and gentry at that time, so as the only place for the Dansha mine produced by the Guizhou Buzheng Division at that time, it was also an area that the three major warlords wanted.
Although the warlords have soldiers, but they have no money, and those dignitaries are rich and have no power, the only transaction between the two is the Dansha mine, the three major warlords all want to expand the army and become the largest warlord leader in Guizhou, so money is their biggest headache, Liu Xiancheng and Yuan Zumin will compete with each other, leading to a fierce battle between the last two warlords.
Although Liu Dashuai occupies the most land and has the best troops and weapons, he does not dare to start a war easily, but Banzhou is the grain base of Guizhou Buzheng Division, known as the granary of northern Qianbei, so Yuan Dashuai will start a war for food and money.
Banzhou is in Guizhou Province, rich and Anshun Province is as famous, is the economic and cultural center of northern Guizhou, the two places synthesize Guizhou's grain warehouse, and the annual grain output is one-third of that of Guizhou's political department at that time.
In the era of the outbreak of war, only food and money were the foundation of the army, so Liu Xian became a wealthy Anping grain storage road, so he sent troops to occupy Banzhou Prefecture.
But every time a war breaks out, it is the grassroots people who suffer, and at this time, with the help of these people, let the local people know that Liu Dashuai is also a person who loves the people like a son, so that he can win the hearts of the people and get the support of the locals.
As long as these people are not Yuan Zumin's subordinates, Liu Xiancheng and Liu Dashuai will naturally not embarrass them, and these people are relatives of Commander Wu, and this time he was able to conquer eight cities, all of which were the credit of Commander Wu's advice, how could he not give Commander Wu face.
"Big brother, let's go, get out of here, just now I burned all the nuns and marrow corpses on the shore with gasoline, but no one thought that these corpses have now turned into poisonous gas, and there will be no more lives" Commander Wu said a word, pulling Liu Dashuai, who was thinking about wrong, into reality.
"Third brother, don't be nervous, I naturally have a way to deal with it", seeing the black fog constantly appearing in front of him, this person took out some wet cloth from his bag and asked people to cover their mouths with wet cloths.
"Big brother, what is this", Commander Wu smelled a strange smell on the wet cloth, and was very puzzled.
"Shhhh
"But you shouldn't use fire, using fire is to force out all the corpse poison, and you help the people who set up this bureau to complete the last sacrifice."
"Do you know about the Living Fire Festival?" Commander Wu's eldest brother looked at Commander Wu with a blank expression, and through the expression of Commander Wu, he knew that Commander Wu had definitely not heard of it.
"The fire sacrifice is to draw fire to the body of the sacrificed person and burn off his skin inch by inch, but he cannot be allowed to die immediately, he must be burned all the skin before he can die, otherwise this is not called a living fire sacrifice, but the living fire sacrifice to the dead is extremely painful."
"It can be said that those nuns were burned to death by you, although they are dead, but their souls are locked in their bodies, and now there is a fire, and the resentful souls of those nuns who were burned to death will definitely be haunted."
"Although I can find a way to restrain the corpse poison, I can't restrain the unjust souls of those nuns in the black mist, they died unjustly, and now they are all in the black mist, we can only go to the tomb through the black mist."
After speaking, he looked at Commander Wu, with fear in his eyes, as if he was thinking of what kind of method to use to enter the black fog, so that they would not end up with a bad death.
If it is really as Commander Wu and his eldest brother said, there are thousands of nuns in the black mist, and there are more than 100 of them, how can they pass through the area of fierce ghosts that are sacrificed by live fire in front of them? It is also the biggest problem that Commander Wu is currently facing
Tonight, could it be that they could really only pass through the black fog area, but when they walked into the black fog, they were afraid that they would just be sent to death, thinking of this, Commander Wu's heart couldn't help but pinch up.
Liu Xiancheng and Liu Dashuai saw Commander Wu's dejected expression, and he had already vaguely sensed that this time the matter was very tricky.
"It's fine." After Commander Wu finished speaking, he looked at the people behind Liu Dashuai.
The screams of people being burned to death in the sea of fire continued to be heard in the black fog ahead, although the sound became less and less, but the heart-rending screams in the black fog never stopped.
Commander Wu took off the compass hanging around his neck, although the sound in front of him became less and less, and even the sound was very quiet, but Commander Wu had been paying attention.
I saw that the pointer on the compass began to rotate, and finally, he actually turned to the position of the black fog in front of him.
Commander Wu's eldest brother immediately pulled out the money sword from his baggage, and began to chant a conjuring spell in his mouth, wanting to determine whether these things could be exceeded.
Normally, the soul of a person who has just died will linger at the place of death.
When the yin qi gathered, the first thing that came out was the new soul that had just died, but after looking at it for a long time, the nun's soul did not appear.
Commander Wu felt that there was something behind him, and when he turned around, he saw a black shadow behind Liu Xiancheng and Liu Dashuai, and Commander Wu saw the long black hair, floating behind Liu Dashuai, looking very terrifying.
It should be an evil spirit, but looking at the black hair, Commander Wu knows that this river is not simple.
The water in this river can corrode people's skin, if Commander Wu is not wrong, the water in this river is the water of the Yin River, this river is also called the Yin River, and the person he saw standing behind Liu Xiancheng and Liu Dashuai should have been used to suppress the souls of thousands of nuns.
"I'll switch places with you." Commander Wu said to Liu Xiancheng and Liu Dashuai without changing his face, and then grabbed a handful of cinnabar and threw it behind Liu Xiancheng and Liu Dashuai.
Because, cinnabar has never been used, it is a good thing to restrain and resist evil things, and Commander Wu doesn't know if this is really as written in the book, which can drive away evil spirits.
At the same time, Commander Wu could only signal that Liu Dashuai came over slowly, but Commander Wu's slightly eager voice was an order to Liu Dashuai's ears.
Although Liu Dashuai didn't want to be at the mercy of others, through the expression on Commander Wu's face, Liu Dashuai knew that there must be something staring at him behind him, and he could only do what Commander Wu wanted.
Those who stood opposite Liu Xiancheng and Liu Dashuai had already seen the "thing" behind Liu Xiancheng, and they were frightened that their legs were weak, their faces were also blue, and they stumbled and said to Liu Dashuai: "Dashuai lie down." ”
Liu Dashuai looked at the expression on the face of the soldier opposite him, raised his foot and took a step outward, that is, this step, he retreated to the edge of the side of the boat, and was about to step on the air and fall into the Yin River.
Liu Xiancheng Liu Dashuai He immediately noticed that he seemed to have stepped on something under his feet, as if it was wet hair.
His originally domineering and arrogant face sank in an instant, and then horror appeared in his expression.
Seeing Liu Dashuai's frightened expression, Commander Wu said in a bad heart, in this way, Yang Huo will definitely become weaker.
Because Liu Xiancheng and Liu Dashuai have killed a lot of people, the murderous aura on his body is very heavy, and the yang fire is relatively strong, and ordinary things dare not approach, but now because of Liu Dashuai's fear, the murderous aura and yang fire on his body have been halved, making the things behind him more unscrupulous.
So, Commander Wu's eldest brother immediately pulled out a Sanqing bell and began to recite the exorcism spell while leaning towards Liu Xiancheng, trying to pull Liu Xiancheng and Liu Dashuai back into the ship.
Sanqing bell is an important magic weapon in the Taoist priest's rituals, about 20 centimeters high, about 9 centimeters in diameter, made of brass, with a handle, a tongue in the bell, usually, the three clear bells are often used by the high gong mages on the scientific instruments, when casting the spell, pick up the three clear bells from the altar, shake the handle with one hand, and the sound of its dingding ding, which means "vibrating the magic bell, the gods and ghosts Xianqin", can drive away evil things.
But after that thing heard Sanqingling's voice, it seemed to be frightened, and the wet hair curled violently at Liu Xiancheng and Liu Dashuai's ankles.
Although Commander Wu's eldest brother grabbed Liu Xiancheng and Liu Dashuai, Liu Xiancheng and Liu Dashuai had many soldiers around them, and they were directly dragged into the water.
"Ahhh The man in the water let out a hysterical scream.
Commander Wu's eldest brother leaned over to grab those people's wrists, but the speed of that "thing" was too fast, and it dragged people into the water in an instant.
Almost instantly, those who fell into the water completely disappeared from the eyes of everyone on board.
"Go to the shore quickly, or we will all be taken off the water by the water ghosts, there is mercury in this water, and the mercury will keep the corpses of the water ghosts below from decomposing, and at the same time, these water ghosts will be trapped here, and they will never be able to live beyond their lives, and they will always guard this place."
"This is the front hall, if you find the entrance to the tomb outside, you can only take the Yin River if you want to enter the front hall, but just the Yin River alone can invisibly kill many tomb robbers, so that the tomb robbers can stagnate, and finally they can only leave here." Hearing Commander Wu's words, many people immediately climbed ashore.
As soon as they landed, they were surrounded by an unknown black gas, although they had horse lanterns in their hands, but it was still pitch black in front of them, and it could be said that they could not see their fingers.