Chaozi went to get a sapper shovel, and the work of digging the pit only needed to be handed over to the mountain, and he could use it for three people alone. The excavated pit soil used to be red, but later the color began to gradually darken, and slowly became brown, and the smell became more and more unpleasant, and the fishy smell made people unable to escape from covering their noses.

The change in the color of the soil made Cha Wenbin's mood extremely nervous, and so did Chaozi, who had already powdered the soil gunpowder, a change he had experienced.

Many years ago, when Chaozi had just transferred from the army, he participated in a field archaeology in Cangzhou, Hebei Province, on the border with Beijing. A local farmer was digging a well in his yard, but the water coming out of the well was red, and the farmer ended up using a bucket to make a stirrup in the well. Later, it was identified as a stirrup of a Mongolian nobleman from the Yuan Dynasty.

The tombs of the Yuan Dynasty are found to be extremely rare, because the tombs of the Yuan Dynasty are famous for their burial places without traces, and the Mongolians pay attention to the cemetery without leaving any surface buildings, nor do they pay attention to feng shui like the Han people, so it has always been the dream of every archaeologist to find the tombs of the nobles of the Yuan Dynasty.

Chaozi went as an intern, and at that time, archaeological elites from several provinces were dispatched to concentrate on excavation, because the aquifer was penetrated, and the authorities were afraid that the tomb would collapse due to flooding, so they asked for a fast progress. Two pumping machines pumped red water out of the well, and after two days and three nights, the well was empty, and the 15-meter-deep well was the first step to go down.

At that time, the first person to go down the mine was a deputy section-level cadre of the Beijing Institute of Archaeology, who also returned from the army and fought the Battle of Laoshan, so there was nothing to say about his physical fitness. Less than five minutes into the descent, the rope on the edge of the well began to stir, and then everyone heard a terrible cry from below. Pulling the rope up, there was only a bit of skin left on the person's neck, and the wound was full of black tears.

There was a person in the team who participated in that operation who knew a little about the door, his father used to be a Taoist priest in Longhu Mountain, and joined the army during the War of Resistance Against Japan. He said that the wound was bitten by dirty, and people could not go down, and this kind of red clay has a name called "red burial", which is a long-lost burial method, after death, the dead body is wrapped in mud with cinnabar mixed with human blood. Ancient people believed that red represented and symbolized life, blood was red, and fire was red. The loss of blood, stagnation, and the extinguishing of fire means the end of life. The living need the support of blood and fire, and the dead need the supply of blood and fire. In such a burial environment, the soul of the deceased will not be extinguished, although he is still alive. This burial method can be traced back to the earliest Xia and Shang dynasties or even earlier, but in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, thick burials and mercury sealing corpses were popular in various countries, and the red burial gradually disappeared, and there were no people who knew this burial method.

Because of his death, this incident was classified as a highly confidential incident, and interns like Chaozi were naturally deprived of the qualifications to participate. It was only later that he heard that there was far more than one person injured in that operation, and the information in it was probably classified as a secret file and stored forever in the safe of a special department.

The speed of the shovel under the mountain was extremely fast, and in less than half an hour, he had already dug five meters deep, and a slimy liquid began to appear under his feet. Cha Wenbin shouted at this time to stop, he dipped the liquid with a stick and came out to observe, frowned for a long time and said: "We lack a lot of things now, and this place can't be dug up." ”

Zhuo Xiong said: "If there is anything missing, I will go down the mountain tomorrow to do it." ”

"In this way, I will write a list, you take Miss Leng to the provincial capital overnight, and be sure to find Zhao Yunxiao and Director Leng. The things on the list must be obtained by them, otherwise it will be another bloody disaster. Cha Wenbin asked Chaozi to turn on the lamp, and wrote it with a brush on an empty rune paper: quicklime, ten quintals; realgar powder, 2 packs; japonica glutinous rice, a quintal; live roosters, five; boy urine, a bucket; concentrated sulfuric acid, one barrel; Explosives, detonators and firearms can be provided as much as possible.

Zhuo Xiong understood the previous things, he found that Cha Wenbin actually needed firearms, he was a person who couldn't use firearms, and firearms were not available to ordinary people.

Cha Wenbin saw that he was a little hesitant, so he said: "Don't worry so much, let Zhao Yunxiao find a way about the gun, he knows who to go to." They were also told that those who entered the mountain had to be secured, and that they had to go down the mountain when things arrived. ”

Zhuo Xiong took Leng Yiran down the mountain after receiving the task, Chaozi was very righteous and gave Zhuo Xiong his own hand, it is difficult to walk at night, and it is always a lot more reassuring to have a guy in hand.

The three of them sat on a grave bag next to them, Chaozi smoked a cigarette, thought about it and said, "I've seen a red burial." ”

"You still know this?" Cha Wenbin was a little surprised, this is indeed a red burial, and everyone who has studied Taoist priests is a taboo for this kind of burial. It can also be said that the Red Burial is a forbidden place for them that they have only heard of but cannot break into, it is a secret burial method that has been lost for too long, and there are many theories about its origin. The most recent record of this burial method in the Daomen is Bigan.

Bigan is a generation of loyal ministers, was killed by the demon queen Daji, and after the king gouged his heart, he was able to save his life because of a charm given by Jiang Ziya. After being gouged out of his heart, Bigan rode a horse and galloped for several miles, when he suddenly heard a woman shouting for the sale of heartless vegetables. The woman replied, "If anyone has no heart, he will die." Bigan suddenly screamed and blood gushed like a spring, and his life screamed.

Later, Jiang Ziya helped Zhou to destroy the success, and was consecrated as a god by the decree of the Yuan Shi Tianzun, and Bigan was posthumously named the "Wenqu Xingjun" of the Tianquan Palace in the center of the Big Dipper. In order to preserve Bigan's soul and let him see the day when King Su was destroyed, Jiang Ziya used the long-lost red burial in order to save Bigan's soul and let him see the day when King Su was destroyed. When he was a god, King Wu of Zhou held the Yan White Flag in his hand but could not seal Bigan, because Bigan was no longer a "person" at this time. The red burial can ensure that people are immortal and immortal, and their souls are not allowed to freely shuttle within the Three Realms, and Bigan can only be an unintentional "blood zombie". Later, King Wu of Zhou left a copper plate inscription, and the inscription has a total of 16 words: Qi seals the divine rain, and the thunder and lightning shine today; For the cadres to be loyal, be cautious for the legacy.

When Jiang Ziya broke the talisman given to Bigan, it was a strange array, and the name of this formation was called: Bagua Yin Yang Zhaoyuan Array. According to legend, this array was created by Fu Xi, and the people who were trapped by the formation had to suffer from frost after death. In order to save Bigan's suffering soul, Jiang Ziya had to use a red burial to save him with fire. Although Bigan was able to get rid of the frost, he also suffered from the vicious anger in the red burial method, in order to prevent Bigan from turning into a demon in the future, so Bigan's tomb was repaired very deeply, and it is also known as the first tomb in the world.

Chaozi said: "I have seen it, in a tomb of a nobleman of the Yuan Dynasty in Cangzhou, Hebei. Later, when someone died, how could there be such a burial method in this place, shouldn't it have disappeared a long time ago? ”

"Yuan Dynasty tombs?" Cha Wenbin asked rhetorically, and then he immediately denied it: "It can't be the Yuan Dynasty, this kind of burial method has been lost in the Spring and Autumn Period, and only some legends and classics have recorded it." The nobles of the Yuan Dynasty were Mongols, and they did not understand the methods of Taoism in China. ”

Chaozi argued: "It's really the Yuan Dynasty, at least the first item unearthed at that time is from the Yuan Dynasty." ”

"What does that mean? Do you dare to guarantee that the nobleman of the Yuan Dynasty didn't repair the tomb in the wrong place and put it on top of people's heads? ”

"This ......" Chaozi was really asked by Cha Wenbin for a while, this kind of thing of repairing the tomb to someone else's territory has not happened, he once dealt with a tomb of a nobleman in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and after cleaning it, a noble tomb of the Western Zhou Dynasty was found directly below the main burial chamber of the tomb.

Cha Wenbin continued: "If it weren't for someone breaking the earth's qi, the blood corpse would not have woken up, but anyone who uses red burial must know the disadvantages of this scum burial method, who wants to turn themselves into a zombie after death?" Yuan people don't pay attention to feng shui, find a place and bury it casually, and it is very likely to step on the top of people's heads. The fresh corpse is still popular, and the main owner below is awakened in this way, so there will be no funeral goods in the red burial, because as long as it is a popular thing, it will wake up the main owner inside. ”

Chaozi pointed to the big pit and gestured: "Then we will dig it, isn't this a mine on our feet!" ”

"You think I'm going to dig it, and if you hadn't provoked that damn black lynx, I'd dig this?"

Chaozi asked puzzledly, "Does it matter?" ”

"One: the lynx is the ancestor of ghosts, and the lynx you provoke is by no means a good stubble, its anger is on par with the red blood corpse, and the blood corpse is a feast that does not move in front of it. If it is really eaten by it, then this lynx will probably be really harmful in the future, I have to get the contents out of it as bait, if I don't get rid of that lynx, you don't think about it one day after the day when it stops, it will have revenge. Second: The red burial has disappeared for at least three thousand years, and it has appeared in such a remote place, the article here is not small, we will not open it, and the group of people in the archaeological team is likely to repeat your mistakes in Cangzhou in the future. ”