Chapter 312: Nine Missing One

Their speed can't be compared to the paper puppets we encountered in Yanjing at the beginning. The difference between the two is like the scene of a healthy Liu Xiang and a broken leg Liu Xiang running the 110-meter hurdles, at least I'm sure these paper puppets will come and kiss the knife in my hand. Dorjee was the first to rush forward, and those paper puppets were like rusty machines, and they were cut down by Dorjee to the ground.

This surprised me, who was already halfway through. This TM is too fragile, right? There is no longer the majesty of the time when he was in Yanjing. The man in black said with a smile: "It's all some old antiques, it's excusable, and it is estimated that there will be some later." I said, "I hope there is something that excites us, even if someone is one step ahead of us, we have to leave some clues, otherwise it will all be in vain." ”

Ji Yuan said: "There will definitely be some clues left, after all, this place is so big, if there are no clues at all, it is nonsense, you look at the two paper puppets just now, aren't they clues?" As he spoke, Ji Yuan stepped forward to check the two paper puppets that were cut down by Dorjee, and said while checking: "It's some old antiques, and it is really not easy to keep them that can still be moved, looking at the craftsmanship and materials, it definitely has a history of hundreds of years." ”

Here, I would like to explain a question that everyone wonders. That's why these paper puppets can't be attacked with fire. In fact, it's not that I haven't explained it to you, but like those of us who are insiders, we generally know that this kind of paper puppet is not the kind of material used by the soul-binding paper man. Why did the paper used by this paper puppet take so much effort to make it in such a place? Not without reason. Because this kind of paper has an oily feeling on the outside, it is like an oilcloth, but it is different from oilcloth. It is much, much lighter than a tarpaulin and does not get wet. Able to stay in the water for a short period of time.

Of course, if you soak it in water for ten days and half a month, it will definitely be over. It's just a living person, soaked in water for ten days and a half months, and it's estimated that it will go to the west, right? What's more, it's a paper man made of paper? We have done experiments, this kind of paper, soaked in water for two hours, basically soaked, so this kind of paper is waterproof for a short time. As for the fire attack, it won't work either. Use the Bingwu Fire Talisman, this kind of thing has no Yin and Yang surnames, it belongs to the manufacturing items, similar to the inside of Qimen Dunjia, and there are some witchcraft things.

The proportion of witchcraft in the Soul Binding Paper Man is more, and the proportion of Qimen Dunjia is smaller. The Bingwu Fire Talisman is absolutely easy to use against things that are extremely yin and evil, and it is not easy to use against this kind of thing that does not have a yin and yang surname, just like a piece of paper. Besides, this kind of paper, because there is something similar to oil on the outside, is extremely difficult to burn, a bit similar to the current fireproof material.

But after five minutes on the fire, it's basically over. The problem is that we don't have flamethrowers, and it's impossible to carry incendiary bombs with us at all times. Even if it was a homemade Molotov cocktail made from gasoline, we only brought three with us this time. After all, this thing is a dangerous item, and if you are not careful, you will be unlucky, so according to the surname of the paper puppet, we chose to cut it with a knife, as long as you cut it, it is basically scrapped.

This is the terrible thing about paper golems, but they are not immersed in fire and water, and they can only attack with physics. And this thing is relatively light and fast, it is simply a weapon for killing. If you add a weapon or something, the lethality is even more terrifying. After inspecting the two piles of paper chips on the ground, we continued on our way, this time walking much slower than usual, for fear of some ambush or something in front of us.

But this time, we made a mistake, because the next way, all the stumps of paper puppets were scattered, more paper cutting, and the ground was densely packed, which looked like they were left behind by previous battles. There was nothing but the scraps of those paper golems, which creaked and creaked when stepped on.

When we walked and shone a flashlight in front of us, we saw a silver glitter in front of us, and we didn't know what it was, like the feeling of white neon lights. This one is reflective, and I don't know what's reflecting in front of me. When we walked in, we realized that we had come to the doorway of a large hall.

This hall is very large, with a strong flashlight can not find the end, in this, there are natural formations, there are traces of artificial excavation, but there are i characteristics, then when the flashlight is illuminated, all are shining silver, just like the clear night sky, the sky is full of stars. Looking extremely beautiful, Li Hao sighed and said: "It's so beautiful, I really didn't expect to see such a scene in this place." Ji Yuan sighed and said, "Yes, it's really beautiful, and I don't know what those flashes are." Dorjee said heartlessly: "Could it be something like a diamond?" ”

I said angrily: "Fart diamonds, there will be conditions for diamonds to form here?" Stop dreaming, don't worry about what it is, and find out if there are any valuable clues here. Ji Yuan said cautiously: "Yes, let's look for it, but be careful." Li Hao looked at the stars in the sky and said, "If you say, how much money can you make by developing this place into a tourist attraction?" "Instead of talking to him, we split up and started looking for valuable clues.

Although the place is very large, the target clue is also obvious, on a stone wall not far from the entrance of the cave, there are many words engraved with fly's head in small letters, densely packed, it is estimated that there are thousands of them, all of which are written in classical Chinese. It basically means what is done here, what is made here, what is going on here, etc. Since it is a classical Chinese, here I will translate the approximate meaning.

It is indeed built for the purpose of making Mi paper, yes, the name of the paper used on the paper puppet is called Mi paper. The production process of this paper is also briefly described above, and the main raw material is mined here, and the name is bismuth silver. The biggest feature of this kind of silver is that it can absorb yang energy very well. Why absorb yang energy? In fact, anyone who has read the Book of Changes knows this. Yang is dominant, active, yin is passive, the body is yin, and the mind is yang, and it is because of this principle. If there is a body and no mind, it is the walking dead, why is there such a thing as a zombie, it is a combination of yin and yin.

One yin and one yang, just for the Tao. Only the harmony of yin and yang can give birth to all things. The solitary yang is not born, the solitary yin is not long, this is the truth, this paper puppet is also the same truth, with a body, no thought, or made of paper, only the yin and yang positions until the harmony, can move. This kind of bismuth silver is the main material, and the rest is easy to say.

Bismuth silver, only here, but with the passage of time, the mining has accelerated, and the bismuth silver here has been exhausted, coupled with the changes in the external environment, it is no longer possible to make Mi paper. I thought to myself: "This thing is against the way of heaven, how can the paper man move, a bit against the sky, this kind of bismuth silver is actually the culprit, if it is used on the right way, it must be infinitely profitable, but people with ulterior motives use it to kill people and oversell goods, it will really be a good thing to mine here, the stars in this cave are all particles of bismuth silver, it is too small, it is estimated that it has not been mined." After all, the mining technology at this time is somewhat limited.

One thing we didn't expect was the making of paper golems, also in this place. We thought that papermaking and paper puppet making were done in two separate places. This also explains why there are so many paper golems left here. Most of the paper puppets made here are used in battles, after all, this kind of combat saves human resources, and only a few craftsmen can complete it.

After the paper puppet is made with materials, the rest is the incantation, these incantations are all drawn in the paper puppet, very fine, that is, according to the principle of the gossip of the day after the heaven, intricately painted together. It's all incantations, densely packed, and if you don't have the technology of miniature carving, you can't do this work. Thinking of the fingers of those who died in the tunnels, it is not difficult to imagine that those may have been the craftsmen who carved the runes, but why did they end up in the end?

This is not explained, the most important point is that this is the Ming Dynasty political axe secretly set up at that time, not under the jurisdiction of the Sichuan political axe at that time, but directly under the control of the emperor, it is not difficult to see that this place is an important surname. As for what these paper golems are for, it is not stated above. We also deduced from what was written above "the emperor's grace is vast", after all, it also wrote the emperor's personal reward, which is not rare.

After we finished reading it, Li Hao also finished admiring his "starry sky", and he still couldn't stop sighing about the beauty of this place. The man in black first said: "Since the world was under the central jurisdiction of the world at that time, why did the craftsmen be killed in the end?" It doesn't seem to be quite the same as folklore. Ji Yuan touched the words on the wall and said: "Look at this fly-headed Xiaokai, can carve such calligraphy on such a wall, without forty or fifty years of skill, it is absolutely impossible to do it, if it is placed now, it is definitely the master's handwriting." ”

I sighed and said, "What a master, just an ordinary craftsman, bad luck, it is definitely not difficult to carve such a complex rune and carve such a font, I think this is all basic skills." Ji Yuan nodded and said: "These fonts are definitely not engraved in a hurry, it seems that their death, they must not have expected it before, it is estimated that it was an emergency." ”

I smiled and said, "This is the disadvantage of not being able to tell the fortune, if it will, it will definitely dodge and dodge, at least it won't die so ugly." The man in black touched the words on the wall and asked suspiciously, "On the way here just now, we saw how many dried corpses were lying on the ground?" I was very puzzled by the man in black who asked, and I couldn't help but say, "About seven or eight." The man in black shook his head and said, "Dorjee, you and Lao Dao are going to see how many they are, which is very important." Dorjee and Ji Yuan didn't ask, they turned around and re-entered the tunnel where we came.

I also carefully looked at the words on the stone wall from the beginning, trying to see some mysteries from it, but I still didn't see anything. Not long after, Ji Yuan and Duo Ji came back, and Ji Yuan said: "Lao He, we have counted, there are a total of eight corpses. All of them have slender fingers, and judging from their body size, all of them have male surnames. The man in black clapped his hands and said, "That's right, there is one less corpse, it is estimated that someone must have escaped or that person killed the other eight." ”

I immediately asked, "Senior He, how do you say this?" The man in black pointed to the words on the wall and said, "Look at what is written here, the emperor's grace is vast, and he will reward nine people with one hundred taels of silver." It is written here that there are nine people, while there are only eight corpses outside. "I took care of it with a flashlight, and it was indeed written that there were nine people, and this nine characters and eight are completely different, and this will definitely not be wrong. I laughed and said, "It's still Senior He's careful, if there were a few of us, I would definitely not be able to see this kind of clue." ”

The man in black said with a smile: "I'm just wondering, why is there such a craft in the rivers and lakes, and it has been spread?" If all the craftsmen here are dead, then what is the matter with the paper puppets you encountered in Yanjing? That's where I found the words "Nine Rewards". I asked, "What do you think of death?" Who the hell is this person? How did you run away? The man in black touched the words on the wall and said: "This is not clear, there are no clues here, if the Ming Dynasty political axe at that time wanted to block all this technology, it would definitely cut the grass and eradicate the roots, but why kill those craftsmen?" ”

was silent, everyone was silent, and Li Hao suddenly said: "Maybe it was the person who ran away who killed his companion and took this technology for himself, selfish and greedy." I nodded, in fact, Li Hao's idea can be said to be right, and there is also this possibility. Judging from the injuries of those victims, all of them were pinched and their necks were broken, and this technique may have been made by paper puppets, and if people did it, they must have used knives.

And at this moment, I suddenly heard the "gurgling sound" in the cave, as if something was rolling, but it was very faint. I pulled out my knife and turned my back to the wall and said, "Be careful, everyone." Dorjee said with a nonchalant face: "Wasn't this place cleaned up by the first group of people?" What else could be, maybe some animals. "I shone a flashlight on the top of my head, and there was nothing I could do, and I started looking around for the source of the sound.

Then, Sasha's voice came again, which was a bit like turning the pages of a book, and I said, "There won't be paper puppets, why are there so many of these things, is this a warehouse?" After I finished speaking, there were a few more sa sha voices, we all shone around with flashlights, and there was no trace at all, and at this time, it was Li Hao who shouted: "Look, what is that?" "We followed the direction of Li Hao's flashlight and saw a huge figure, about three meters tall, slowly walking towards us.