Chapter 65: The Curse of the Wakes

Yizhima had a plan in his heart, smiled coldly at the moment, and turned his head to appease Tuhan: "Mr. escaped a house slave, who looks very similar to this Han man, this shouldn't be fake." The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info just listened to his nonsense, and you were confused? In my opinion, this is your fugitive slave!"

Tuhan was busy giving him a look—let's stop here, I've changed my words, what's the point of you biting hard?But Ijima shouldn't be able to see it, and his head shook again, looking at the light veil hanging in front of Queen Himiko: "But the king thinks that this person is a nobleman of the Han Kingdom, not a fugitive slave." Since there is a conflict between your and my opinions, it is better to leave it to God's will to decide. ”

When Himihu heard Tuhan's change of mouth, the expression on his face was just relaxed, but he was slightly frowned by Ijima's words: "God's will, do you want me to pray to the gods to determine the truth?"

"No, no, no," Ijima shook his head repeatedly, "Your Majesty, you can certainly go to the will of the gods, but this time you can be regarded as a party involved in the dispute, and it is impossible to let one of them please the gods." A third person should be found to ask for the metaphor of the gods, and it is appropriate to ask for the metaphor of the gods. ”

"Nonsense, if I don't come forward if I ask for divine will, then it must be the snail tail!"

The two argued over which sorcerer should seek divine will to prove whether Zhang Lu was a nobleman of the Han Dynasty or a fugitive slave. In fact, Himiko means "Hi Miko", if it is paraphrased in kanji, it can also be written as "Hi Miko", and under her, the second wizard in Yamatai is named Thorn Zi Yako, which is also known as "Tsukiko Miko" - Ijima insists that Tsukiko invite the gods, because that is his henchman. Himihu pointed out that Sugai Na Mi Snail Tail can also be written in Chinese characters as "Shaoyan Name", which is the descendant of the Wang family.

The two argued for a long time, and Zhang Lu was dizzy when he heard it next to him. He said in his heart that on the key issue of whether I was a fugitive slave, one carried the Korean merchant out to fight the front, and the other had no choice but to ask himself for advice, but for the trivial question of who to ask God to, you came and went, and the frontal fight was quite fierce. Emphasizing details over the overall situation, it seems that the Japanese are still this virtuous two thousand years later, so they were killed by the Yankees in the late stage of World War II......

In the end, I finally came up with the result, that is, Yue Yuzi and Shao Yanming went to the ...... together. It doesn't seem to really solve the problem.

Zhang Lu also understood that Yue Yuzi was the second person in charge of divine power under Himiko, and it was reasonable for him to come to invite God when it was inconvenient for Himiko to come forward, as for the name of Shaoyan proposed by Himiko, the rank and prestige were not high enough. Himiko was already in a weak position, and it was normal that she couldn't be sure of Shaohiko's status as the sole divination, but even Ijima, who had a stiffer waist and more good reasons, finally made some concessions, which was not very reasonable...... That fat man must have a conspiracy!

So when Ijima and Tuhan withdrew and went to prepare for the relevant matters of inviting the gods, Zhang Lu asked Himiko this question, saying that you must know Ijima, can you guess what else he has?

Himiko didn't answer Zhang Lu's question first, but asked rhetorically, "Is the gentleman really familiar with the minister of the Han Kingdom?"

Zhang Lu smiled: "It's not an ordinary minister, but a prime minister." Prime Minister Cao's status in the Han Kingdom is more glorious, magnificent, and unshakable than Yizhima's position in Yamatai. As soon as he waved his hand, all the people worshipped, and as soon as he raised his whip, all the armies ran. ”

Himiko asked, "If the gentleman returns to Han, can you say that this lord will send a merchant ship to trade with our country?"

Zhang Lu understood what Himiko wanted to hear, so he casually promised: "I have a very close relationship with Prime Minister Cao Cheng, and he has always been willing to listen to my advice. As long as I have a thread between the two sides, the king can send an envoy to the Han kingdom to pay tribute, and then the golden seal of the king of the Japanese will be at his fingertips. With the golden seal in hand, you are a vassal of the Han Dynasty, and the vassal state has direct trade with the suzerain, so who else dares to stop it? Sanhan or Yizhima? Moreover, with the golden seal, the Han Dynasty will also ensure that the power of the king will not fall and will not be blackmailed by the powerful ministers. ”

Through the light veil, he could clearly see the joy on Himiko's face. Seeing Himiko untie the jade toothed necklace from his neck and let the palace maid pass it to Zhang Lu, she said, "I guess Ichima wants to make Moon Miko curse Mr. Our country has always used ghosts to control the people, and wizards are good at cursing arts, and Moon Yuzi is one of the best. But as long as Mr. takes my string of eight-foot qiongqu jade, he will not be afraid of curses—just don't hang it around his neck, hide it on his body, and don't let others see it. ”

Zhang Lu took the necklace with both hands and put it in his arms, he said in his heart, "Eight-foot Qiongquyu", this name is very familiar...... It can't be one of the three artifacts enshrined by the so-called Japanese imperial family later, right?

The ceremony of inviting the gods was held in the courtyard of the palace, and Tsukiko and Shao Yanming were summoned together, and soon the altar and ritual utensils were set up. The popular witchcraft in China, under normal circumstances, has to set up a high case, on the incense and candles of three animals, and then the wizard wears his hair and feet, dances the peach wood sword, steps on the gang, and maybe burns one or two talismans before he can ask the gods to send a decree. Yamatai was different, a large fire was lit first, and then the two wizards were dressed in white robes, with garlands on their heads, wrists, and ankles, and each holding a leafy twig more than two feet long—the branch of which Zhang Lu could not identify—around the fire, sideways. With each turn, the wizard would dip the branch in his hand behind him in some liquid from the brass basin held by the man, turn around and pour it into the fire, and the flame would be strong - it would not be water, maybe oil.

Himiko still sat upright in the room, and after the light veil, he did not go out to watch the ceremony. Zhang Lu and Yizhima stood opposite each other in the corner of the courtyard - Tuhan didn't know where to run for a long time, and it was estimated that he didn't want to get involved in this road anymore - and watched coldly.

I saw that the two wizards were both men, Yue Yuzi was over fifty years old, with gray hair, round face and flat nose, and his face was full of wrinkles, while Shao Yanming was a long-bodied young man, except for a wider face, he looked quite handsome and elegant - Zhang Lu couldn't help but guess that this guy would not be the face of Himiko...... It is said that the queen cannot marry and must keep her virginity forever, but the queen's private life can't be restricted even by Yizhima after all.

The two wizards circled the fire several times, each with a word, and each time they went around, they had to dip the branch in their hand in the liquid and splash it into the fire, so that the flames were raging, and all kinds of distorted light and flames were projected on their faces, which looked particularly strange - of course, in the eyes of the Yamatai people, it probably showed mystery and sacredness.

Zhang Lu's senses were keen, and after discovering that Yue Yuzi circled the fire three times, he began to secretly glance at Yi Zhima, who pretended to cough and covered his face with his sleeves, but in fact, he gestured to the Moon Yuzi with his eyes. Probably got some kind of instruction from it, Yue Yuzi immediately squinted his eyes and glanced at Zhang Lu.

Zhang Lu naturally couldn't understand the incantations they recited, but he could detect that there seemed to be a streamer in the eyes of the Moon Imperial Prince—definitely not the light of flames—and then those two streamers were like living creatures, and they suddenly burst out of the pupils, and they shot towards Zhang Lu's face.

Of course, Zhang Lu can see this streamer in his eyes, and ordinary people must not be able to see it - just a look, where will there be substance?

The streamer went out as soon as it shot, and it directly penetrated Zhang Lu's mind. Immediately, Tsukiko glanced at Ichima again, which probably meant that "something is done!" and soon he stopped, his hands raised in the air, and his face was secretly mad.

Shao Yanming and Yue Yuzi were originally facing each other across the fire, and the pace and speed of the two were almost the same, but Yue Yuzi's stoppage completely disrupted Shao Yanming's rhythm. Shao Yanming had no choice but to stop, his movements and demeanor were the same as those of the Moon Imperial Prince, but he was ahead of the Lunar Imperial Prince, and shouted loudly:

"O fate, O mosquito goose, they have descended their noble intentions, proving that this dispute should be subject to the will of the king of Yamatai, whom God favors. "So since the gods are on the side of Queen Himiko, of course, it means that Zhang Lu is not a fugitive slave.

Before his words fell, the Moon Imperial Son also shouted: "O sect image god worshipped by the Chest Shape Clan, the Dao Lord who shines on the sea, has descended a noble meaning, proving that this dispute should be subject to the will of the Lord of the Chest and the Evil Horse Terrace!"

It is clear that the two witches have obtained opposite divine wills. Shao Yanming immediately rebuked: "The god of Tianjin is in front, how can the god of Guojin dare to transgress it?

Yue Yuzi retorted with a sneer: "The Tianjin God and the Guojin God have their own systems and do not interfere with each other. Of course, the time and life must obey the will of the God of Tianjin, but the things on earth must obey the God of Guojin. The Han people originally came from the sea, so the Taoist lord Guizong who blesses the safety of the sea lanes and is in charge of trade is like a god, and his will must not be violated!"

The two insisted on their own words and argued endlessly, which involved a large number of myths, legends and religious terms, and Zhang Lu was confused when he heard it. But he was clever in his mind, and he probably understood the meaning: Shao Yanming preemptively invited the will of the gods, believing that the gods were nobler than the earth, so he should obey the orders of the gods;

Shao Yanming's face was red and his neck was thick, but Yue Yuzi's expression was always very calm. Then I saw him pointing to Zhang Lu from afar: "The will of the gods of Tianjin cannot be disobeyed, if the human world cannot carry it out, they will directly come to take the life of this Han man! Wait and see, Shao Yanming, within three days, this person will not die and go crazy, you will know that my judgment is correct!"

Since he made such a promise, Shao Yanming didn't have to continue to talk nonsense, and pouted with a sneer: "Okay, then I'll wait for three days, after three days, everyone will know that Yue Yuzi is old, his mana is declining, and he can't communicate with the gods anymore, he is completely talking to himself!"

The ceremony ended, and Ijima left with Tsukigoko, while Shohiko went into the house to report to Himiko. Soon he withdrew, and then a palace maid came over and asked Zhang Lu to visit the queen again, and after the meeting, Himihu asked Zhang Lu for the return of the "eight-foot Qiongqu jade".

Zhang Lu nodded in obedience, and then stretched out his hand and pulled out the tooth-shaped necklace from under the straw mat he was sitting on. Himihu's face changed drastically: "Didn't I ask Mr. to bring the eight-foot Qiongquyu with me? Yue Yuzi must have cursed you, how can this be good?!"

Zhang Lu smiled faintly: "I have the blessing of the gods of Middle-earth, just a curse, how can I endure it?"

As a cultivator, he didn't believe in any kind of invocation at all, and he was not afraid of curses, he recognized that it was just some kind of spell cast in the name of Shinto. He was very curious, and he also wanted to try it to see if he could attack jade with the stones of other mountains, and whether it could serve as a reference for his own cultivation. So although he took over the eight-foot Qiongquyu and promised the queen, in fact, he stuffed it under the straw mat as soon as he changed hands, and he didn't put it on his body at all.

When he faced Yue Yuzi, Zhang Lu let go of his senses and was on guard at any time, and when he saw a streamer flashing in Yue Yuzi's eyes, shooting in front of him, he first used his true qi to protect his brain, and deliberately let the streamer in. In his eyes, it was a streamer, and there was nothing like it in the eyes of mortals, but in fact, in the words of later generations, it was just a fragment of information.

After this fragment of information enters the human brain, it is like a virus invading the system, which will quickly produce a chain reaction and completely disrupt people's consciousness. Therefore, Yue Yuzi said, "Within three days, this person will be crazy if he doesn't die", the key is the word "crazy", ordinary people are attacked by this kind of spirit, I'm afraid it won't take long to be confused. If you become a martial madman, then you will inevitably have violent behaviors such as grabbing the ground with your head, wielding your sword, and even opening your mouth to bite people, and you will easily kill yourself.

There are sorcerers in Yamatai, and there are alchemists in China, but they are really tossing and turning in the red dust, and what they use for the powerful is basically a side-door that has eliminated the idea of immortality, and at most they can do it in the early stage of refining the truth. Zhang Luxin said, I don't believe that your Japanese side door can be much stronger than China's side door, support the old man, you are close to my level, they have all been refined and will be knotted, and I will fight at the same level, I won't lose to you so easily, right?

It was based on this speculation and cognition that Zhang Lu dared to abandon the eight-foot Qiongqu Jade and use himself to withstand the attack of the Moon Emperor. Sure enough, as he expected, the other party stopped at this, he put the fragment of consciousness into his body, but he didn't dare to let it touch the brain, and at the same time, his consciousness stretched out countless tentacles, wrapping and tearing this alien consciousness, and quickly analyzed the results.

Of course, it was impossible for him to tell all the inside story to Himihu, and it was better for him to keep some mystery, so he lied: "I have the blessing of the gods of Middle-earth, and I am only cursed, how can I endure it?"

Himihu seemed to believe it or not: "The gods of the Han Kingdom, is it really powerful?" asked Zhang Lu repeatedly. Zhang Lu was too lazy to say, and casually said a few perfunctory words, saying that the gods and spirits of our two countries are different, just like each holding a spell, which cannot be taught to outsiders casually. When the king really becomes a vassal of China and sends an envoy to the court, he will naturally be able to inquire about it at that time.

If you wait until three days later, sir, you are not unwell, neither crazy nor stupid, then the prestige of Ijima and Tsukigoko will be greatly damaged, and I may even have the opportunity to order Tsukimiko to retire and choose a junior from their family who is willing to obey my orders to succeed him. At that time, I will definitely send someone to follow my husband to the mainland, to meet Prime Minister Cao Cheng, and pay tribute to the emperor of the Han Dynasty.

However, these three days may not be so easy to survive, if Ichima realizes that his conspiracy has failed, he will inevitably use poison again and re-attack it. Sir, don't run around for the past three days, just open a quiet room in my palace, and beg for protection from the gods of your Han Kingdom. I will also send samurai to guard your safety outside the house.

Zhang Lu didn't have any expectations for Himiko's protection at all, Ichima held the authority in his hands, and his power was even higher than that of the queen, so it would be nonsense to say that he didn't plant eyeliner around the queen. If he had started to pretend to be crazy and stupid, and then suddenly came to his senses three days later, he might have been able to catch Ichima off guard, and if there was no sign of madness, he would definitely not have been able to hide it from Humpty Dumpty. Based on the Queen's prediction of Ichima's actions, coupled with her own speculation that Ijima would be in a different place, it is likely that Ishima will send an Assassin to take his life in the most crisp and neat way possible.

But what's so to be afraid of? I'll just wait for him to come. If he can't even get through this little bit of ups and downs in the mortal world, what else can he say about fighting against the Heavenly Lord in the future? So Zhang Lu followed the queen's arrangement, stayed in the quiet room honestly, and waited until the evening of the second day, hey, there was really an assassin coming!