Chapter 188: The Zombie Prince
The world of "Zombie" is a parallel world similar to the world where Huang Xiaohao was born, and the general development of history is still the same.
The current era, probably in the first and twentieth decades of the twentieth century, those wild boar skins with braids have naturally been driven out of the Forbidden City. However, these guys just returned to their hometown of Manchuria, where they continued to dream of being emperors, and were not exterminated.
That's the difference between the two worlds. The warlord melee began in the Central Plains a few years in advance, so that these Manchurians who took the initiative to retreat could still survive and continue their dynasty in the mountain lumps. Not only that, but in some extremely remote southeastern and northwestern frontiers, there were even several frontier armies under the command of the prince of Manchuria.
However, those remnants of the former dynasties, until now, are still using their cold weapons of cavalry to kill hundreds of years ago, and they are not at all the opponents of those Han warlords who like spears and cannons in the Central Plains, so those marshals who are busy chasing the Central Plains, no one will be idle, and they will have their hands free to destroy these remnants of the former dynasties who are hiding in the distant frontier and have no threat.
The commander of Chizuru Province transported this time was such a Manchurian prince who had commanded the army of the Southeast Frontier.
This Manchurian prince guarded the southeastern frontier, fought horses all his life, slaughtered without calculation, and was a fierce man. However, even such a murderer is still a mortal who is afraid of death. When he grew old, he knew that his life was short, and he had been seeking a way to live forever for many years without success, so he had an extremely creative idea: he wanted to turn himself into a zombie, a zombie with copper skin and iron bones, invulnerable, and a life far longer than that of ordinary mortals in a hundred years.
According to the news he has heard over the years, as long as the zombie is unearthed, he can kill all his immediate family members in a short period of time and suck their blood, he can be reborn into a spiritual intelligence, restore his previous memories, and become a truly intelligent and spiritual zombie.
In the Prince's understanding, isn't this equivalent to the resurrection of the dead and the rebirth?
This is actually a small misunderstanding.
After death, the three souls are insignificant, return to the underworld, and the seven spirits are muddy, scattered into the flesh.
The so-called unearthed zombie, after killing all the relatives, can be reborn and become a zombie with wisdom and spirituality, it does not mean that the person died and was resurrected, but that the corpse re-contained a new soul.
If the corpse's brain is not completely destroyed at this time, then this new soul may still awaken some memories of life. However, in essence, it is still a new soul, and it can be said that it has nothing to do with the person who originally died.
After all, this person's original soul had already reported to the underworld within seven days of his death. Not to mention that it is dug up again after a few years of death, even if it has been dead for more than seven days, it may have been reincarnated, and it is possible to be a pig and a dog, and there is still a possibility of resurrection.
However, this Manchu prince, he doesn't know this~! Thinking that he had found a way to continue his life, he immediately took action.
The method of raising corpses is not such a secret method, an ordinary feng shui gentleman knows that anyone who has a grudge in his chest and dies without turning a blind eye is buried in a fierce place, and he will definitely become a corpse, and he will definitely become a zombie.
The most important of these are those fierce places that can raise corpses.
As the saying goes, "three years to find the dragon, ten years to point the hole", this is the case in the land of great luck, and the same is true in the land of great evil.
After gathering dozens of feng shui masters and spending seven or eight years, this Manchurian prince found a qualified and fierce place, and after some arrangement, in just a few years, he could bury his body there after his death and raise a zombie that was extremely fierce, and his corpse qi was comparable to that of ordinary zombies for hundreds of years, and no one could beat him.
Then, after some secret arrangements and a will, the prince ended his dying old life with a glass of poisoned wine.
After the death of this prince, his descendants buried him in the place where he had been looking for seven or eight years to "bless the descendants of the great fortune", and after five years, in accordance with his wishes, he was dug up again.
The Prince of Manchuria, who had been scheming for five years and had rediscovered the light of day, finally got his wish and turned into a zombie.
In his will, on the day he was asked to be re-buried in the coffin, all blood relatives must be present.
So on the night of the coffin and burial, this zombie prince, with a few clicks, almost killed all his immediate family members and blood relatives.
Almost the same meaning, that is, there is one missing, that is, the prince's own nephew, a little Baylor who is only about seven or eight years old. This kid was very lucky, the day before the coffin was lifted, he suddenly felt a cold and was sent to a manor to rest and recuperate, but fortunately he was not at the scene and escaped.
Then the unfinished zombie prince, before he could find this little Belle, was heard of this tragedy, and after hearing about the tragedy, the Thousand Crane Daoist who rushed to hear the news and several other colleagues joined forces to subdue.
The immediate family members who were bitten to death by the zombie prince were all cremated and disposed of. But this zombie prince was not disposed of for a ridiculous reason.
Because the former Qing emperor who was far away in Manchuria, after receiving a telegram and understanding the causes and consequences of this tragedy, directly sent a holy decree down, asking the surviving little Belle to escort this zombie prince who committed a big crime into the capital to wait for his fate.
How can such a big crime be easily spared, in that case, where is the majesty of the Manchurian imperial family?
Therefore, even if the prince who committed the crime has been dead for a long time and has become a zombie, the emperor in the capital still issued an order to take him to the noon gate, behead it for public display, and whip the corpse before crushing the bones and ashes.
You must know that at this time, their capital is no longer the Forbidden City, but Shengjing, the hometown of the Northeast before the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs. It is thousands of miles away from the southeast frontier where the zombie prince is located.
To transport a zombie whose corpse is comparable to that of an ordinary zombie for hundreds of years, and who has already sucked the blood of relatives, and is fierce, has traveled such a long distance, this is simply difficult for a strong man.
That's what a stupid fork would do!
At that time, the fellow Daoists who subdued the zombies with the Thousand Crane Dao Chief, immediately left the pick, and were about to not bird the holy decree of the dog emperor, and when they burned the zombie, they were stopped by the Thousand Crane Dao Chief.
Chizuru Daoist he even recommended himself, took the initiative to ask Yingdi, and took over the task of transporting zombies.
The Chizuru Daoist also knew that this task was extremely difficult, and he was not a stupid fork, so he naturally knew that this matter was extremely risky.
It's just that his utilitarian heart is too heavy, and among the more than a dozen brothers in Uncle Jiu's generation, only he is the most utilitarian, the most wealthy, and the most greedy for power.
has been mixed in high society, serving the chief of the Thousand Cranes among the dignitaries and nobles, until after the change, he has not changed his temperament. However, after the change, the Manchurian aristocracy has been driven out of the Forbidden City, and the new government is a regime that only believes in science and democracy, and does not respect ghosts and gods.
"Science", in the eyes of the Thousand Crane Daochang, is even more terrifying than what Confucius said, "worship ghosts and gods and stay away". Because of the new government that "believes in science and does not respect ghosts and gods", it directly made Chizuru Daochang less than before.
The Taoist of Thousand Cranes, who can't keep up with the trend of the times, is unwilling to learn from those who are the same as the same family, or mix with the people, serve the people, or retreat to the mountains and forests, and don't ask about the world. He was reluctant to be rich and powerful, so he naturally wanted to take the small sampan of the Manchu aristocracy and continue his great wealth.
This is also the reason why Huang Xiaohao does not respect this Uncle Qianhe.
It's just that he has met this Uncle Thousand Cranes once, and Huang Xiaohao has already noticed that this Uncle Thousand Cranes is obsessed with power and is full of camps, which really makes him not respectful.
When Huang Xiaohao saw that Daoist Qianhe appeared outside the house with his four apprentices, along with the guards who were still dressed as Manchu Dynasty officials, transporting a copper-horned golden coffin, he didn't even want to go out to meet with Daoist Qianhe.
It's nothing to be obsessed with power and wealth, and if you tie up those Manchu Tartars, don't blame Huang Xiaohao for not saving him when he sees death.
"Ah Hao, take some glutinous rice out~!"
It's just that the reason why the Thousand Crane Daoist stopped outside the house was to borrow a bag of glutinous rice from his four-eyed senior brother, so the four-eyed Taoist shouted, Huang Xiaohao still couldn't hide in the house, so he could only come out and meet this Qianhe uncle.
"Uncle Chizuru, the glutinous rice you want~!" Although Huang Xiaohao did not have enough respect for this Uncle Qianhe in his heart, he was still polite on the surface, and there were a lot of courtesies when the juniors met.
After handing a bag of glutinous rice to Uncle Qianhe, Huang Xiaohao didn't speak again, but just stood aside and observed the corpse transport team.
Uncle Chizuru and his four apprentices were the only professionals in this corpse transport team. The rest of the people consisted of only a dozen ordinary soldiers, four or five close guards, and the little Baylor who had survived.
"The bronze horn and gold coffin are wrapped around the ink bucket net, in this, could it be...?" The four-eyed Daoist walked up to the golden coffin transported by the Thousand Crane Daoist, and after observing it, he asked with a frown.
"That's right, senior brother, it's indeed a zombie in here." Chizuru Michichi opened his mouth to admit it.
"Then why don't you just burn it and walk around with it?" The four-eyed Taoist then asked.
"Alas~! This zombie can't be burned, it's a frontier royal family, this time it committed a big crime, and the emperor ordered that it should be escorted into Beijing and waited for it to fall. That's why we have traveled thousands of miles to transport it to the capital. ”
The Taoist of Qianhe did not say his selfishness, but in this era, he still stammered so much to the Manchu Qing who was struggling to breathe in the mountain pimple, which really made Huang Xiaohao, who was quietly observing, disdainful.
With this antique-like team, if you want to cross thousands of mountains and rivers and transport this zombie to Shengjing, is the head of Qianhe thinking too much.
You must know that in today's era, in the hinterland of the Central Plains, even those bandits and bullies who occupy the mountains and block the road to rob have already taken long guns and short cannons. And this team with a total number of less than thirty people, the soldiers and guards in it, the weapons in their hands are still some cold weapons such as big knives and iron guns, and Huang Xiaohao didn't even see a firearm and a spear.
Such a bad force, but with such a big golden coffin swaggering through the market. Even if the zombies themselves are not accidental, I am afraid that when they go to the hinterland of the Central Plains, they will be directly robbed by those marshal troops who are robbing military funds everywhere.
"Brother Chizuru, why don't you tear down this tent? Let it absorb a little more sunlight, and you can also reduce a little corpse qi. Master Ikyu also came out to see the excitement, and after he circled the golden coffin, he suggested directly to the Taoist of Chizuru.
Seriously, this suggestion of Master Ikyu is very reasonable. Uncle Nine also did this when he took Huang Xiaohao to deal with the zombie of Old Lady Ren.
It's just that this kind of thing depends on the time of the day, if God doesn't give face and dismantles the tent that shelters from the wind and rain, it is simply looking for death.
Huang Xiaohao heard this suggestion, glanced at the sky, and saw a trace of rain clouds, which had already appeared there just like the plot of the movie.
After hearing Master Ikyu's words, Chizuru Michicho's eyes lit up, and he felt that what he said was very reasonable, and he was negligent for a while and forgot about it.
"You're right, thank you for your advice~!" After thanking Master Ikkyu for his suggestion, Michizuru turned around and instructed the four disciples who were sitting on the side to rest, "East, south, west, north, immediately remove the tent on top of the golden coffin." ”
The four disciples answered, and together with the Thousand Crane Dao Chief, they began to dismantle the tent.
"Don't I know about this? It's just that it's not as fast as you~! ”
Seeing that after being thanked by the Chizuru Daoist, Master Ikkyu's face was full of smiles, and in the eyes of the four-eyed Michido Master, this was the proud color of showing off to him, so he immediately whispered to Master Ikkyu.
"Then why don't you say it?" Master Ikyu replied.
"Hey, hey~! Why did you tear down the tents? A sissy guard with a powdered face and a beard, but waving a white handkerchief, looked like a sissy and asked the Chizuru Taoist and the others next to the golden coffin.
"Oh~! That's right, because...."When the four-eyed Taoist heard this, he thought that his opportunity to show himself had come, and immediately stood up and prepared to explain the reason. It's just that before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by this sissy guard.
"Shut up, I'm not talking to you, I'm asking him~!" The sissy guard didn't know who the four-eyed Taoist was, so he naturally asked the Thousand Crane Taoist Chief.
"Oh~! Wu Shilang, that's it..."The Thousand Crane Daoist hurriedly smiled, walked over, and explained to the Manchu chief of the guard.
"It's good, it's not enough luck to say it slowly, and if you say it quickly, you will be scolded by others, it's really hard to be a man~!" Master Ikkyu saw that the four-eyed Taoist was choked by the black servant and didn't finish his words, so he immediately came to his side and teased.