Slaying the Dragon and Breaking the Veins Chapter 10 The Altar

The light of the five torches in this empty hall is like a few points of starlight in the vast night sky, insignificant, in which I feel extremely small, I raised the torch and looked up hard to see the top of the hall, and the most unbearable thing is a strong smell of blood, fortunately it is big enough, and there is wind, otherwise it will not be smoked and vomited, the ground is a mass of black and red blood stains and the floor tiles are integrated in the firelight, and there are large pieces of human stumps that do not know which part of the human body, It was not so much that the mausoleum was more like the dark and ghostly Yama Treasure Palace, and after continuing to walk for two or three hundred steps, wide steps appeared, each step could stand seven or eight people, the second master poked me, and said in a low voice: "Do you say that this will lead to the Jade Emperor?" I heard that rich people want to go and see what the Queen Mother looks like when they die", I shook my head and said: "I don't think so, I heard that the Queen Mother is an old lady, very ugly", Zeng Weiguo looked at Lin Xiaoxin: "This should be the altar, right?" Lin Xiaoxiao hesitated, and Zeng Weiguo said: "Everyone, pay attention, looking at the bloodstains and stumps and broken arms in this place prove that many people have died here, and everything is unknown now, so you must be more careful", everyone replied yes, and the sound formed countless echoes in the empty hall and wandered around.

Just about to step forward, Li Xiao used the torch in his hand to try to light a brazier on the side, this brazier still has some animal grease that I don't know, lit it for a while, I looked, there is also one on my side, learn from Li Xiao's example with a torch to burn in it for a while, and slowly ignited, the two braziers are burning more and more, and after a while, the fire of the kung fu brazier has completely covered the torch in our hands, looking up by the light, there is a platform on the top of dozens of steps, However, the dark part of the platform can still see the steps, everyone only left a torch, climb the steps up, I found that each step is engraved with exquisite patterns, in the light and shadow shaking can see that the details are carved very well, it seems to be similar to the vase, the twig lotus pattern on the plate, and it seems that it is not, it is too late to look carefully has reached the second platform, this level is smaller than the first level, but it is no problem to stand side by side with four or five people, there are still two large braziers on both sides, after igniting it is found that there is a platform on the top, Looking up from the bottom, he could only see some buildings similar to eaves hidden in the dark, and the second master was a little impatient: "It looks like you really went to see the Queen Mother?" If this old lady goes to take care of the rice, he will go, if he doesn't care about the meal, we won't run in vain", no one picked him up, buried his head and continued to go up, the second master saw that no one took care of him, and he felt that he was not interested, and he drooped his head and followed behind, after such a long time of tossing, and the water and rice did not enter, it is estimated that except for the second master, they are basically on the verge of collapse, and they came to the third platform along the steps through a battlement, which should be the last level, I feel that this platform is much larger, I lit the brazier next to me with a torch, I was about to hand it to Li Xiao to order another one, but I saw that the brazier behind him slowly lit up, followed by two points of light on the opposite side, and after a while, the four braziers were burning, everyone squinted and slightly adapted to the suddenly enhanced light, and suddenly heard Lin Xiaoxiao scream, I hurriedly opened my eyes wide, and everything in front of me scared me, and then I heard the second master: "Mom!" "With a voice, I turned my head to look at Zeng Weiguo and Li Xiao like a puppet, only to see that one of them was pale, and the other seemed to be calm but his cheeks were shaking, and he turned his head and continued to look at everything in front of him, this is a square platform, about a hundred steps in length and width, four braziers are located in the four corners of the platform, the position we stand in is suspended, it should be erected with bricks and wood, there is a huge stone bed in the middle, the stone bed is empty, and there are four circular pools on the ground around the stone bed, One of the pools is full of human body remains, one by one is miserable and abnormal, and the rest of the place is distributed with pools of bright red, black and red bloodstains, except for Li Xiao, the four of us stood in place and did not dare to step forward, he walked to the edge of the pit full of human remains, squatted down and looked at it carefully, and after a while, he raised his head to beckon us over, Zeng Weiguo was also a lot calmer at this time, the three of us followed him, little by little to Li Xiao, he pointed to the meat in the pit and said: "It's strange, there are blood stains all around, but there is not only no blood in this pit, And the corpse parts inside are also in a state of severe blood loss, so it looks very white", Zeng Weiguo squatted down and studied it, I really didn't want to look at these things and looked around with the second master, I walked to the stone platform, only to see that this stone platform was carved from a whole black stone, and there should be many patterns carved on the table, but unfortunately it was covered a lot by black dirt, "This is the altar of the living sacrifice, this material should belong to the same category as Tiantie and it also fell from the sky" I don't know when Lin Xiaoxiao stood behind me, She pointed to the dirt on it and said: "These should be human blood, covered layer by layer over the years", I couldn't help but hear the scalp is numb, and the heart said that it has been over the years, how many people have died on it, the second master called on the other side of the stone platform: "Hey, come and see Hey, there is a dried fish here, it's really big", we haven't looked at the back of the stone platform since we came up, and everyone gathered around when we heard him say this, and there was really something like a dried fish at his feet, curled up and lying on the ground, the whole body was a kind of copper brown, With his back to us, the second master gently turned this thing around slowly with his feet, only to find out what kind of dried fish this is, it is clearly a person, Zeng Weiguo said: "This should be the master here, it seems that it has a history of nearly a thousand years, these little Japan are actually thrown aside, no wonder they will be poisoned", Li Xiao nodded and said: "It should be that the blood was drained before death, and I am afraid it was also used as a sacrifice, and the dried corpse in this state is probably related to the hot and dry environment here, And the color of the skin shows that this person has taken some Chinese medicine before his death, and it has lasted for a long time", I asked him, "Are you saying that this person has been sick for a long time, and then he was dragged to sacrifice?" Zeng Weiguo said: "This is a method of embalming the ancients, not eating for a long time before death and only drinking traditional Chinese medicine, and then choosing a specific day to be buried", I asked him: "Is this person alive or dead when he is buried?" He said: "Usually this situation is used more by high monks, because most people who have attained the Tao can accurately calculate the day of their death, but this person, the current identity is not known, and there is a phenomenon of sacrifice, I tend to bury the living", Li Xiao also nodded in agreement, and the second master said unconvinced: "I think this can't be the master, how can the master use his own sacrifice?" The statue in the spider temple in front should be him, and he is going to chat with the queen mother, who is flying around with a dragon? As soon as he said this, everyone frowned, Zeng Weiguo said: "What can be determined now is that the pit is indeed a Japanese corpse, yes, we found a head and some Japanese military badges in it, the position is not high, as for the problem of this dry corpse, I'm afraid we have to continue to move forward to understand, but look at this person's movements, he should be holding something when he dies", indeed, the hands of this dry corpse are curled up in front of his chest, as if he is holding something, but now there is nothing.

Lin Xiaoxiao stood in the corner and said: "I think those Japanese are probably here for this thing he took, you see", we walked to her place to see, it turned out that there was a golden armor and a long leather bag at her feet, the second master touched this armor with his hand, and his mouth cracked behind his ears: "Damn, it's pure gold, this thing gets out, it's enough for us to eat for a few lifetimes", just about to do it, Lin Xiaoxiao shouted: "Don't move" immediately stepped on his feet, and then looked back at Zeng Weiguo, The second master also looked at Zeng Weiguo with a puzzled face, Zeng Weiguo was helpless, nodded at Lin Xiaoxiao, she immediately squatted down and began to buckle those gold pieces piece by piece, and put them in a black cloth bag, the second master looked at her working alone with unwillingness, and after a while Lin Xiaoxiao stood up and said: "These are enough for my mother to see a doctor, this is for you, I don't need it" said and handed the long leather bag to the second master, the second master took it and opened the leather bag, which was wrapped in a red wooden box, and this wooden box was made of wood, The oil shine is also exuding a faint fragrance, the wooden box is covered with layers of yellow silk, the second master took a long time to peel off the silk and take out a straight knife with black and white patterns from the inside, and draw the knife out of the sheath by the firelight, only to see that the knife flashed with dazzling white light, Zeng Weiguo took it over and said in detail: "This scabbard is sewn with a whole pearl fish skin, it is estimated that it was paid tribute by Siam at that time, and the handle is made of ivory and then wrapped around the leather strip, this kind of leather strip I have never seen, but after thousands of years, there is no trace of wear, I'm afraid it's not an ordinary thing, this is a typical Tang knife, this short knife is generally used for the general's protection, a bit similar to the rib difference in the current Oriental knife, the forging process of the Tang knife has long been lost, it is said that the armor is cut like mud, the protection is so meticulous and intact, it can be seen that the owner cherishes it, but ........" Before he finished speaking, the second master took the knife back and said: "Hehe, don't do it, it must be a good thing, say okay, Captain Zeng, this is mine", Zeng Weiguo nodded with a wry smile, and at this moment, Li Xiao, who had been studying the stone bed behind him, shouted: "I know", which really scared everyone.