Chapter 16: Qingqiu National City
Legend has it that when Dayu and others were controlling the water, they came to the north of the Junzi Country and arrived in the Qingqiu Country. The people of this country also grow grains, weave silk, and produce a fox with four legs and nine tails. Every time the world is peaceful, they appear in the world to show the auspiciousness of the world. Therefore, the wild history and legends of later generations called this mysterious country the land of fox fairies, and it is rumored that the women here are unusually enchanting, and there is a kind of charm that can make men fascinated.
According to the Classic of Mountains and Seas, the master of the country, their king, was a nine-tailed fox who had become an immortal and wore a cyan robe, but there were four legs under the robe. There are also various gods and monsters living here, and there are also human beings, it is an independent world, there is no fixed law, led by fox fairies. According to historical records, their subjects believed that their ancestors, the ancestors of the Tianhu clan, were even more legendary beings, and one of the ancient emperors: the Eastern Emperor Taiyi!
"Talking about fasting?" The fat man said: "The fox spirit likes to seduce men the most, no wonder you like to do something in the Northeast, there are many monsters of all kinds." ”
"To exist is to make sense." Cha Wenbin said: "The industry of horse immortals has been in the industry for thousands of years, to count, they were the spokesmen of witchcraft during the Shang and Zhou dynasties, and one of the most primitive and authentic shamanism in our country, Taoism also absorbed a lot of some of their witchcraft in the later development. I don't know if the fox can become a sperm, but you've seen the few things outside, and this place is not peaceful. ”
"By the way, old man, is there still that kind of demon mulberry in here?" The fat man was really scared of that.
"No," Father Miao shook his head and said: "Mosang is just a means they use to defend this passage, the fortifications of the year have evolved into a plunder of wealth in the later stage of excavation, Qingqiu Country can be said to be the most primitive shamanic birthplace in the entire East Asian region, and the things in this place will have a certain influence not only on Asian religions, but even on world religions." It was only later, in the memoirs of the Japanese, that they were in great trouble, and many soldiers were lost here, and as the war progressed, they could no longer send any more men, so they had to seal it up. The old Qian family should have gotten this news and wanted to follow the path of the Japanese in the past to reopen this underground treasure house, and the secrets of the entire Qingqiu Kingdom would fall into their hands, because there is a saying in Luomen: The shamanic witchcraft of the Qingqiu Kingdom originated from the jade ring, and the king cracked the secret inside the jade ring. Everything has an origin, and so does knowledge, no one can create it out of thin air, maybe it's a reminder or maybe it's a point, just like Wen Bin said, there are still many believers in the survival of the horse immortals, and there is still a certain truth in this. ”
Father Miao continued: "So Wen Bin, you may have come here by chance, wait a minute, there are many things that you may understand better than me, probably some about witchcraft and curses, and I also hope that you can be mentally prepared." ”
Passing through underground fortifications made of steel and concrete, these circular corridors are not in disrepair, on the contrary, there is no standing water on the surface. Bare cables, discarded equipment, and long lights, the Japanese army did spend a lot of money back then, but they didn't expect that a thousand-year-old secret would be opened from here.
"This way." Father Miao pointed to an iron gate and said: "This is the end of the Japanese fortifications, it was in this position that they broke through the ancient Qingqiu country located underground, and I only discovered this secret later, where you were originally located, it is almost impossible to go down to that spring." ”
The door is a mechanically rotating style valve lock, which is usually used to build heavy warehouses and is resistant to general explosives. "When we left, the Japanese didn't have time to lock the lock, otherwise we really wouldn't have been able to do anything." Father Miao turned a few times, the mechanical lock is still working today, with a crisp "click" sound, he and the fat man pulled the door back, a burst of ash came out, and a collapsed passage made of stone was in front of him.
Directly behind the iron gate was a humanoid skeleton, this skeleton was half-kneeling, and wore a rusty steel helmet on top of its head, and the clothes on its body were no longer recognizable, except for a three-eight cover with a bayonet on its right hand. Behind this skeleton there were many more corpses of various shapes, most of which had already decomposed. These men were lying or prostrate, leaning or kneeling, and perhaps before they died, they had thought of trying to open the thick door, but the people behind it were not shaken by the bitter pleading inside.
"The biography of the Japanese records that two detachments entered the ancient city at that time, and the first of them, after three days of entering, there was still no news, so a second detachment with twice the number of men was sent in. About two days later, a very small part of the detachment returned, while many others remained inside, and the living said that it was a human purgatory, full of all kinds of demons, and that there was a humanoid creature that could be invulnerable. They slaughtered the Japanese soldiers with loaded guns, and eventually, in order to prevent the demons from entering the base, the steward ordered the exit to be blown up, and the gate was built shortly after. ”
"Then they didn't die from the attack." Cha Wenbin said: "The demeanor of these people shows that they are still alive after being blown up, and it is after a long period of suffering that they have died of panic and starvation one after another. ”
"You feel the same way I do." Father Miao said: "The biography says that they caught one of the devils for research, and then there was something called Mosan, I think they probably encountered zombies and other creatures, but the number may only be one or two, and they were caught." So, when I came here, I chose to move on, and it turned out that my judgment was correct, and these people died unjustly. ”
"According to the weaving of the Japanese army in World War II, a squad is usually fifty people, and a small detachment is about ten people, so the second detachment that enters the search should be twenty people, a total of about thirty Japanese soldiers, counting the few who escaped," the fat man nodded with his hand and said: "The problem is, I roughly counted the corpses of no less than twenty Japanese soldiers here, that is to say, the Japanese soldiers who entered the missing for the first time actually returned here later, but their commander didn't know?" ”
Father Miao nodded and said: "That's right, it proves that those Japanese soldiers did not die inside, or their companions found the dead and brought them back, they have always had the habit of not giving up the remains of their comrades on the battlefield." So, I think so, too, that the oddities in this are not all like that. ”
"You've been to a lot of places?" The fat man said: "Old man, I really don't see that you do have the demeanor of a big man, and I guess I have to retreat." ”
Father Miao didn't answer directly, but just said with a miner's lamp: "It took me seven days to enter from here, and I can't say some things clearly during this period, so let's follow me and take you directly to where you should go." ”
When passing through these Japanese corpses, Cha Wenbin still felt a little uncomfortable in a trance, but he couldn't say it. After all, so many people died, and most of the warmongers were very angry, let alone suffocating here. Originally, he was still thinking about whether to take a look, but Daddy Miao was taking the lead in front, so he didn't want to say anything, just reminded the fat man to pay attention to his feet and try not to touch them.
Further inside, there are some forks, which look similar on both sides, and the whole thing looks like a labyrinth. Daddy Miao was saying that he had made some marks on the wall, otherwise there would be no way. In this way, the three of them walked for about two hours, and they didn't know how far they had walked this way, and Father Miao pointed to a building in front of him that looked like a beenet's nest and said: "That place may be a primitive altar, and there is a clay fox statue in it." Further to the right, there is an avenue, which should be the living area of the first generation of Qingqiu Kingdom, so Wen Bin, you will see the ancient well there. ”
"That's it?" Cha Wenbin frowned and asked, "We wanted to go last year but didn't make it in the end?" ”
"It's a pity that the second child is not here." The fat man said: "That guy said that there was danger in the well, and he wouldn't let it go." ”
"Follow me." Father Miao continued to walk forward with the two of them, and when he passed by the beecomb-like building, Cha Wenbin inadvertently glanced inside, and he suddenly felt that there was a pair of eyes staring at him.
"Wait," he said, "I'd like to go and see." ”
"I advise you not to go," said Father Miao, "It is said that this nine-tailed fox has a charm and can seduce people's souls, and it is best not to touch everything in this place without permission, so as not to cause branches." Then he said, "Look, that's the well." ”
"Well?" The fat man looked around and said, "Don't joke, old man, where is the well?" ”
"There, that outlet." Father Miao said: "This well is natural, they opened such a small eye in the position of the well wall, the people of Qingqiu Country are very smart, they are good at water conservancy, so they use this hole to lead the water out and surround the entire city." So, it should have two or three floors, and I think we should be on the second or third floor, and you were only on the first floor. ”