Chapter 273: Primordial Sacrifice

"Mr. Jiang, look here!"

Gu Mingrui's voice suddenly came from the side, Jiang Xian turned his head to look over, only to see that the other party pointed to the position on the ground, where there was a layer of scorched black marks, and on the wall corresponding to the scorched black marks, there was also some black.

He stepped forward and looked at it carefully, his eyes moving slightly: "This is a trace of smoke......

Lin Ruoxue walked over, wearing gloves on her hand, gently wiped the wall, opened the gas mask, sniffed the black on her fingers, and said with a calm face: "That's right, it's a trace of smoke, but too much time has passed, and the smell of itself has dissipated." ”

"I don't know what kind of smoke is from burning."

Chen Shiyun next to him swept the surrounding area and looked left and right: "There are no traces of smoke on the surrounding ground and walls, and the smoke marks on the walls here are very heavy, obviously not the kind of situation where there is an accidental fire and burns for a long time." ”

Everyone nodded slightly, if that was the case, there should be dark smoke marks all around.

"But the smoke here is so deep that even the walls have changed color, and it's clear that it's often surrounded by smoke and fire, at least for a while."

Jiang Xian said these words slowly, and a conjecture had already appeared in his mind: "And for this situation...... I have a guess. ”

"I also thought of a possibility." Chen Shiyun said: "The normal area does need a fire to become like this......

"But what if this place is used as a wall for the gods of wealth and bodhisattvas in your home?"

Everyone was stunned, and then there was a realization in their eyes, yes, the traces of smoke on the walls do require flames and smoke, but who said it must be a burning flame? Incense and candles that worship the gods also produce smoke and dust!

And because of the repeated worship, if you don't clean it up properly, the smoke will not be lighter than after the fire.

"So, this is where some people come to worship the gods?"

Lu Tianyuan's gaze moved from Jiang Xian's location to the wall, and his eyes shrank suddenly: "It's hard to say...... This head is the god they sacrificed!? ”

Jiang Xian looked at the bloodshot eyes, and nodded slowly: "If there is anything to defeat here, it is only this head...... And because of the smoke, it can be seen that the ritual of worship at that time was very crude and primitive. ”

"Even the Shang and Zhou periods are not as good as they are."

"So, it's the Rong Wu people who sacrifice?" Lin Ruoxue frowned slightly: "The head is embedded in the wall, which is a punishment, but it also enjoys the sacrifice of the gods......"

She turned her head and glanced at Jiang Xian, and thought of the traces and contradictions she saw in Zhouhu Village and under the mosquito-free village.

"The sacrificial thing will only be done by the Rong Wu people, and it is likely that the inlay of the head in it is the act of the 'pan', and it will only be the enemy of the 'pan' who will be punished in this way...... Rong Wu, as a believer in the 'Pan', sacrificed to the enemy......"

The disturbing information is complicated, and even if there are clues, Jiang Xian has not been able to clarify the relationship between Rong Wu and "Pan" for a while.

But more and more information is telling him that the relationship between Rong Wu and "Pan" is not simple.

"Let's go...... Take a look inside. ”

He stepped along, and the flashlight shone in front of him. This hall is very large, and there are even many room corridors in it, and a few people pass through the corridor, turn the corner, and come to the door of the most central room. Gently touching the door, a creaking sound came out, the door slowly opened, and a light suddenly shone out of it.

Everyone subconsciously stretched out their hands to block the light, and then squinted their eyes to look inside, which made everyone's pupils shrink suddenly.

Under the light of the faint blue light, a large area of brilliance spread out from the main hall to the outside!

"Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable!"

Chen Shiyun couldn't help but recite the end of the sentence, and the breathing of the rest of the people also became rapid in an instant.

The ground, covered with white bones, was messily laid out everywhere.

In the center of the room, a five-meter-high lampstand stood tall, and above the lampstand, a hovering and roaring dragon sat silently in its mouth, radiating a shimmering light

Around the lamp, the room is supported by towering pillars, which are carved with intricate patterns.

Everywhere on the surrounding walls, sculptures of nine exotic beasts tower, a lamp extending from each of their mouths, and murals behind them are displayed, all revealing a rough and wild feeling.

But that's not why they're shocked, they're just shocked because there's a golden world built inside the door!

The ground is golden, the walls are golden, the columns are golden, and the lamps extending from the walls are golden...... Everything in it is golden! It's as if this room is made of gold!

Gold symbolizes wealth, and frequent piling up of gold will only make people feel the vulgarity of the nouveau riche.

But here, in this room full of gold, the rough murals, the wild and wild beasts, but instead give people a strange beauty.

The beauty of wealth and power!

Taking a deep breath, everyone slowly walked in. Reaching out and touching the wall of the ground, Chen Shiyun's eyes showed disappointment: "It's so hard, it's not gold...... Just gold leaf and brass, white rejoice. ”

"Actually, it's impossible to think about it."

Jiang Xian fixed his mind: "The nature of gold is soft, even if there is really so much gold, it is impossible to use it to cast the main hall." ”

His gaze fell on the lamp in the center of the temple and walked slowly.

The structure and overall style of the lantern are almost the same as the copper tripod of the first layer like a geokinetic instrument, and the nine beasts as the nine legs of the lamp hold up the lantern, and the image of these eight strange beasts is distinct, and it can be distinguished at a glance.

"Prison Ox, Eye Tree, Mocking Wind, Pu Prison, Fox, Cunning, Cunning, Cunning, Negative Cunning, Kissing ......"

Chen Shiyun's expression changed slightly as he looked at these strange beasts: "This is the ninth son of the dragon?" ”

His eyes drifted around: "If I'm not mistaken, the statement that the dragon gave birth to nine sons didn't appear early...... It seems to have appeared during the Ming Dynasty. ”

"That's right, it was the first time that there were nine sons born of dragons in the Yuzhitang Discussion Hall of Jinshi Xu Yingqiu during the Wanli period." Jiang Xian looked at the lamp and said unhurriedly: "And he also proposed it according to the folk saying at that time, before I thought about Wanli, there was a saying that the dragon gave birth to nine sons." ”

"As expected, someone should have seen the situation of the nine strange beasts guarding the real dragon here, and when they said it, they gradually became nine sons of the dragon."

Chen Shiyun said: "This is also in line with our previous conjecture, Wang Yangming entered here and informed the emperor, so a large army came to repair, and there were many people, so it naturally spread." ”

"Mr. Jiang, look here!"

Lu Tianyuan's voice came, and everyone turned their heads to look, only to see the other party standing in front of a wall, holding a tiny broken object in his hand: "I found this in the skeleton on the ground." ”

Jiang Xian took it and found that it was a broken jade ornament. The jade is round, and the whole body is like mutton fat, which is obviously a good piece of jade that is difficult to see. The front of the jade is engraved with a Ning character, which has been flipped, and the intact part can vaguely be seen to be a Hao character.

"Ning, Hao......"

He raised his eyebrows slightly, and faintly felt that there was a connection between the two, but he couldn't think of a specific connection for a while.

The man on credit looked at the mural on the other side of the room, and suddenly a voice sounded: "Hey, Mr. Jiang! Here is Wang Yangming's message! ”

"Wang Yangming?"

A flash of lightning flashed through Jiang Xian's mind, and he instantly understood the identity of the owner of the jade ornament in his hand: "King Ning, Zhu Chenhao!" ”

"Ning Wang Zhu Chenhao?" Lin Ruoxue's expression moved: "The owner of the jade ornament is him?" The one who rebelled, led a division of 100,000, skimmed Jiujiang, broke Nankang, went out of Jiangxi, and the Shuai Zhou division went down the river, attacked Anqing, and pointed directly at Nanjing. But he was defeated by Wang Yangming's troops, and King Ning was captured in a battle? ”

"I can't think of anyone else but him." Jiang Xian looked at the jade ornament in his hand and said slowly: "King Ning's fief is in Gan Province, and his jade ornament appears here...... I now suspect that Wang Yangming can learn about this and has a great relationship with him. ”

"Mr. Jiang, you're right." The man with the knife got up, pointed to the ground and said, "The rumors that Wang Yangming is here say this. ”

The group immediately walked over, and there were some short words on the ground, telling that after Wang Yangming put down the rebellion, he found the white lotus lamp in King Ning's mansion, so he learned about the shadow cellar under Longhu Mountain and came to explore.

And the reason why King Ning has the White Lotus Lantern and knows the Shadow Cellar has to mention another famous figure-

White Lotus Buddha Mother Tang Sai'er.

"Tang Sai'er was defeated back then, and he was caught by King Ning's family......" Lin Ruoxue's eyes showed surprise, whether it was wild history or official history, whether it was speculation that Tang Sai'er was dead or or, there was no conjecture in this direction.

After all, Tang Sai'er raised troops in Shandong, and there were still two provinces between him and Jiangxi Province, which was a long distance for Guda.

It's not worth the hard work of running this far.

But Wang Yangming's rumors just explain these things.

Since Mao Ziyuan obtained the White Lotus Lamp, the Shadow Cellar has been the secret place of the White Lotus Sect, and many of the secret treasures of the White Lotus Sect are hidden here.

Tang Sai'er came here to take out those treasures and make a comeback, but he didn't expect to be discovered and caught by King Ning, and the white lotus holy relics also fell into the hands of King Ning. They relied on their own family backgrounds and the wealth of the White Lotus Sect to grow their power, and finally launched a rebellion.

As a result, the first battle fulfilled Wang Yangming's prestige.

"Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable, this is really unimaginable." Chen Shiyun shook his head on the side: "There is a record about King Ning in Tongtian Mansion, and it only says that King Ning is quite pious and often comes to worship with incense...... But I didn't expect the truth to be like this. ”

Everyone also sighed in their hearts, who would have thought that in the rebellion of King Ning in history, there was such an amazing truth hidden?

Jiang Xian's gaze moved slowly, his eyes swept over the layers of white bones on the ground, and the black length shook the white bones on the ground.

Suddenly, his eyes froze.

Beneath the plucked bones on the ground, a pattern was revealed. It was a river like a jade belt that wrapped around a high mountain and spread out like a vast sea.

This is...... Mountains and seas!