Chapter 21: Catch the Demon and Go Up
"What the hell are those barrels filled with divine horses?" Yang Yi finally remembered his doubts, so he asked in passing.
"What are you talking about, what kind of gods?" Li Shu'er didn't understand Yang Yi's postmodern vocabulary, and he was a little confused.
"Mmmm, I burned my tongue from eating hot pot just now, I was asking what was inside, hehe" Yang Yi explained to the old man of the Qing Dynasty a little helplessly.
"Whatever you want, it's still a god, with a big tongue," Uncle Li glanced at Yang Yi dissatisfiedly, and then whispered nervously: "Tell you, it's gunpowder inside!" ”
"Hey, a gunpowder is so mysterious, I thought it was some kind of treasure." Yang Yi is so discouraged, he has been making trouble for a long time, but it's just some*ah.
"What do you know, according to the laws of the Qing Dynasty, secretly possessing such gunpowder should be punished for collaborating with the enemy, and you will lose your head." Uncle Li was very dissatisfied with Yang Yi's contemptuous attitude and shouted loudly.
After Li Shu'er's explanation, Yang Yi learned that after Hong Xiuquan rebelled, Emperor Xianfeng issued an order to strictly prohibit the private possession of gunpowder, an extremely important strategic material, in order to prevent it from being obtained by the Taiping army and used for combat purposes against the Qing army.
Therefore, anyone who secretly conceals gunpowder in the people, once discovered, no matter what the purpose, is regarded as an attempt to have a valuable enemy, the lighter one is sent to the frontier to fill the army, and the heavier one is beheaded on the spot to show the public, so if it were not for the high trust in Li Shu'er, Lu Jingtian would never dare to risk the beheading of his family to hand over so much gunpowder to Li Shu'er.
"Okay, okay, I'm wrong, okay, but why are you getting all this gunpowder?" Only then did Yang Yi know the important relationship behind the gunpowder, but he was still a little unclear about Uncle Li's intentions.
"Since the snake demon can change its body shape and burrow into people's stomachs to devour the five internal organs, it has a certain Taoism, if you want to get rid of it, you must consume your uncle and my precious primordial spirit, and you can't do it, so I just got these gunpowder and blew up a bastard, wouldn't it be troublesome?" Uncle Li looked at Yang Yi proudly, and finally told his wishful thinking.
"Hehe, I see, but where are you going to bury all this gunpowder, and how did you trick that snake demon into a minefield?" Yang Yi was also idle, and asked casually.
"Ho ho, that's a good question, I said, you kid has been eating and drinking in Lu Mansion for a few days, eating and drinking and seducing other people's young ladies, do you have to do something for others?" Uncle Li looked at Yang Yi with a sly smile, seeing that Yang Yi was furious in his heart, and hurriedly said: "No, what kind of bad are you holding back, looking at your treacherous smile, you know that you are going to dig a pit to bury me again, right?" ”
"What are you talking about," Uncle Li was unhappy, "this mission is very simple......
"Stop, ah, stop," as soon as Uncle Li said the simple word, Yang Yi was full of excitement, "Last time you said it was very simple, and the fart almost scared me cold, but this time you said that I don't believe it." ”
"Really, really," Uncle Li tried his best to put a sincere look on his face, "This time you go down after me, and then you will be responsible for spreading gunpowder in the back, right?" ”
"Really, that's all?" Yang Yi looked at Uncle Li and further confirmed.
"That's all, lie to you and let me go to hell after I die." Uncle Li's old face was flat, and he was sincere and was about to lose his scum.
"Okay then, just trust your character again." Yang Yi hated his curiosity, knowing that this old liar had always said it or not, but he still wanted to follow Uncle Li down to see if the snake demon really existed.
After getting Yang Yi done, Uncle Li looked at the sky outside and couldn't see his five fingers, so he stuffed a magic weapon such as a magic bell and a bronze mirror into the robe, and then held a peach wood sword in his right hand, and commanded Yang Yi to pick up a large barrel of gunpowder, and went straight to Lu Jingtian's inner room.
When he arrived at Lu Jingtian's inner room, Yang Yi was surprised to see that the originally clean and refreshing room was full of gray smoke and a strong fishy smell, and when he inhaled it into his nose, the entire respiratory tract seemed to be choked by chili peppers, and he felt a sense of suffocation.
"This snake demon really has some skills, boy, come, take a sip of wine in your mouth to avoid miasma." Uncle Li took out the wine gourd, let Yang Yi take a sip of wine in his mouth, and then fanned the gray mist with his big sleeves, walked to the pit that Yang Yi dug just now, squatted down and took a closer look.
Yang Yi took a sip of wine in his mouth, and the burning sensation in his mouth really disappeared, so he put down the powder keg, and also looked into the pit, and found that the bottom of the pit had completely collapsed, revealing a black hole that was enough for an adult to get into, and the gray mist in the room was constantly coming out of the hole.
Yang Yi couldn't speak, so he reached out and tugged at Uncle Li's clothes, and pointed to the black hole, meaning what was going on.
"This is originally an ancient tomb below, it seems that this ancient tomb is still very evil, the owner of the tomb should not have died naturally, or there are many people and animals who were forced to be buried, otherwise there would not be such a big grievance, plus the demon spirit of the snake demon itself, so it will condense into this extremely toxic miasma, fortunately, I have already drawn a spell for you, I can keep you fine, by the way, you work harder, go back and bring the remaining three barrels of gunpowder, the sooner the better, in case we go down for a long time, drag it to the time of the son and the ugly, That's trouble. Uncle Li looked at the fog that was getting thicker and thicker, and his face became solemn, urging Yang Yi to hurry up and move those powder kegs.
After Yang Yi moved the remaining three powder kegs with a sigh of relief, Li Shu'er took a picture of the hole with the fire fold, and first took a picture of the hole, and with the flickering light of the fire fold, Yang Yi saw that the bottom of the black hole was full of neat bluestone slabs with fine chisel marks, but some of the bluestone slabs had collapsed, revealing gaps of varying widths.
"Snakes like to live in shady caves, it seems that the reason why this snake demon is hiding in this Lu Mansion is not because he wants to harm the Lu family, most of them are because he has taken a fancy to this ancient tomb and wants to cultivate here, and by the way, he went out to prey on those middle-aged men to replenish his essence, it seems that I thought complicated before, hehe" Uncle Li half explained to Yang Yi, and after muttering a few words to himself, he threw away the fire fold, took out the bronze mirror, bit his index finger and used his finger blood to draw a flame on the mirror covered with the heavenly and earthly branches. Immediately shouted: "Heaven and Earth Xuanzong, raise the masses, chant once, there is light, the guards of the Three Realms, the five emperors are welcomed, the gods are salute, the servants make the thunder, the ghosts and demons are frightened, the spirits are dead, there is a thunderbolt inside, the thunder god is incognito, the hole and wisdom are intertwined, the five qi are soaring, the golden light is flashing quickly, covering the real person, and the jade emperor is as anxious as the Jade Emperor's light descending the law edict!" ”
In an instant, a bright light shone through the bronze mirror, which was no less bright than the lights used for outdoor adventures.