Chapter 46: The Masters
The Underworld Wanders in the Wind and Snow in the City, Volume 4 of the Shadow of the Shadow of the Shadow Chapter 46 The Emperor is worthy of being the emperor, his face is as heroic as a beautiful jade essence, his beard is through the flesh, his body is as majestic as a high mountain, his voice is as loud as a golden bell in the wind, and the mighty armed dragon robe is even more unangry and self-imposing. He walked past www.biquge.info sergeants and said, "I have chosen you 8,000 warriors today to be the permanent guards of our capital, and as a commemoration of the completion of this unifying city, you will receive the supreme honor of immortality, and your deeds will always be remembered by the country and history." In order to congratulate you warriors on your success, I will drink this cup with you!"
After that, the emperor rewarded these 8,000 warriors, who sang songs every night, ate delicious food and drank old wine every day, and had beautiful women to accompany them every night.
After two months of such pleasure, a female general led them to a place, and the sergeants talked about this female general as the emperor's sister, resourceful and brave in battle, and a well-known spicy hand lady in the army. This time, she personally led the team to explain that this mission was quite important, and the whole army was silently marching, walking towards the vast desert on the north bank of the Yellow River, and no one dared to ask where it was going. After walking for more than ten days, I came to an ancient castle in the desert, which had a strange aura in the desolation and majesty.
Everyone was inexplicable, so they set up camp in this ancient castle. In the evening, the female general told everyone to go and rest, and there was no need to stay on guard. The reason is simple, there will be no one to affect the rest of the sergeant in this vast desert. The sergeants, who had been trekking in the desert for several days, were extremely tired, and in the world of great tranquility, they quickly fell asleep. But in my sleep, I suddenly felt that the earth had become an infinite space, and I left my body, floating around in space without restraint. The most amazing thing was that he clearly felt that all the sergeants were floating in this space like him, and it was not the faces of those sergeants who were floating, but just a mass of formless and incorporeal things, but everyone could recognize each other. After wandering for a long time, everyone found a strange place, as if there were many long bubbles connected together, the bubbles were as wide and high as a house, arranged and connected like a battle array, the whole seemed to be the size of a rather large town store, divided into several levels, some extended far into the depths of the space, and several terminals expanded into huge bubbles like palaces. Everyone was curious, so they flew towards the bubble and wandered there to observe, and there were many things there that they couldn't understand at all. Everyone had been wandering there for a long time, almost all the bubbles, but they still didn't understand what they were. Later, some companions remembered that they should go back, and everyone flew into their bodies.
At this time, the situation has changed, and they are completely awake but cannot wake up, and they can still perceive everything around them. Later, someone came to the sergeants, who appeared to be asleep, and took a copper coin from each person's mouth. Soon after the copper coin was taken out, everyone woke up, and after waking up, they didn't have a clear feeling, but they all mentioned the dreams they had, and the most amazing thing was that everyone's dreams were the same, that is, about the bubble. After staying in this place for two days, they set up camp and returned to the capital city, and everyone was puzzled whether the task had been cancelled? The nearly one-year intensive training and assessment was just to carry out such a fruitless task? Everyone was full of thought that they were going to show their skills and experience a tragic battle, and now that they have returned like this, how can they explain the situation of the battle?
The spicy hand lady didn't say a word, just led everyone to trek in the desert. But slowly everyone felt that something was wrong, they could not feel the sand resting their feet in their boots, they could not feel the weight of their armor, they could not feel hunger and thirst, they could not feel the stingers of scorpions, the stings of weapons, the satiety of food, and they would not get drunk when they drank. Back in the imperial city, they were arranged to enter a barracks under the city wall in the southwest corner, eating, drinking, and lazar at regular intervals, and even urinating and defecating were ordered to act. Finally, they were led into the hewn cave under the 'horse face' at the top of the southwest corner of the city wall, and there was plenty of space in the cave to lead to the Hongliu River beach dozens of miles away. But there were no reserves, no food, no drinking water, no latrines, no candles. There were only weapons, armor, and orders, and orders were to wait for battle. There was also a brass bell hanging from the central roof of the cave hall where all the soldiers lived, and when that brass bell rang, it was the time for them to go into battle.
During this period, the days before entering the cave were extremely boring, but no one raised anything. Everyone's mood and character have changed, and they have become so calm and patient. In the end, all of them have been lying on the bed in armor and weapons in their hands, lying for a year, no one got up, and for two years, no one got up. Finally, until seven years later, all the soldiers were depressed and motionless, and the entire underground cantonment hall was lifeless, like a huge tomb.
But the brass bell rang. At that moment, as if everyone had not fallen asleep at all, they jumped up with their weapons in their hands, and threw up the thick dust on their bodies, making the entire hall dusty. The hole had been opened, and everyone rushed out into the fierce battle. That battle can be described as a fierce battle, 8,000 dead soldiers against 100,000 troops! But our 8,000 dead soldiers were one enemy and ten, some of their arms were cut off by the enemy, and they used the other arm to slash the enemy, some of their legs were cut off by the enemy, and their hands were still slashing the enemy, and some of their heads were seen off, but they still did not stop slashing the enemy. After two days and three nights of fierce fighting, they were finally outnumbered, and the enemy gathered their limbs and set them on fire. After the burning, these dead soldiers still did not stop fighting, they used their souls to impact those enemies, although they could not do much damage to the enemy, but these warriors still fought until they turned to dust, and their souls were still evil to the enemy.
But what can be done? It wasn't until much later that everyone realized that the battle was over, that the once-powerful city of Tongwan had fallen, and that everything was history. Now that the king has been defeated, what can the royal city do? The princes and grandsons have all been surrendered, and the soldiers who died in battle can only be used as unjust souls who have died in vain, filling a wisp of wind for the victors and waving their banners.
This cube is a memory bank as a whole, and I roughly calculated that there should be 8,000 of them, and it seems that the memories of those 8,000 warriors are stored here. But all the compartments are the same, which one is the leader, and which one knows some way to break the spell? I came out of that compartment and walked through all the corridors, only to see which epitaph would have something special, such as official position and experience. I couldn't find a single person to call a leader, and I entered a few more doors that I suspected would know more about the warriors, but I had no memory of how to break the spell. So who built and how did this cube be built? I had no clue about everything I wanted to know, and I couldn't go in every single one of them, so I had to leave and go back to my body.
When I woke up, it was already the morning of the next day, and there was a person dressed as a Taoist priest sitting next to me, dressed in a brown and black Taoist robe. I took a look, it's not Brother Guangping or Zhang Songlin. This Taoist priest looks about fifty years old, with a burly figure and fairy bones, a very clean beard, and an unruly aura, but he still speaks quite kindly.
Taoist priest: "Are you awake? In the morning, a lot of people surrounded you, thinking that you were sick somewhat, and everyone was dispersed by me." You little brother, it's been a hard journey, haven't you?
I sat up, "Who are you?"
Taoist priest: "It doesn't matter who you are, I came from Longhu Mountain to chase you, and I haven't been able to find you, thinking that you might come here, I found you." You can't enter Longhu Mountain, it seems that you still have some opinions about us, so I have to come to you. I wonder if you can listen to the old man?"
Me: "Oh! I'm just a humble person, how dare I not respect you in Longhu Mountain? I haven't had contact with real people in Longhu Mountain before, first, I really don't have anything to believe in myself, and second, what I want to mention is related to the Heavenly Master Seal, how can I mention it to your family without evidence, how can I embarrass your house." Moreover, I heard some rumors about the Zhang Tianshi family in Longhu Mountain from the Internet, and now that it is like an eventful autumn, I dare not rashly add any more trouble. The reason why you can't enter the door is to be in awe of the majesty of Longhu Mountain, and you don't dare to blaspheme, I hope you can understand. If you have something to say, I, a junior, want to hear your teachings!"
Taoist priest: "You kid is really good at talking, okay, don't talk nonsense, we already knew when you were in Longhu Mountain." But there are also some doubts, and then the head of the family was reprimanded by the white fox fairy in a dream, and the white fox has a relationship with my Zhang family, so I decided to find you, I believe you must have a lot of confusion. ”
If I were a normal person, I would have cried with excitement. "Alas, I have searched all the places I can think of, how many times have I been under the underworld, but the confusion in my heart is getting more and more, and I want to ask you for advice! But how did you know about me, and how did you recognize me as the person you were looking for?"
Taoist priest: "Hahaha, this is not difficult, although your current appearance is similar to ordinary people, but in the eyes of our Taoists, you are very different, you can see it from a distance." And that Zhang Songlin, do you think he's just a brat? This person is actually not simple, you still have to be careful with him. ”
Me: "What? You even know about him! Alas, to what extent I am so confused, I will say that I don't understand anything, for fear of delaying the affairs of the Heavenly Master and his old man, it seems that it is true. So, that Zhang Songlin is really not from your Longhu Mountain, what kind of person do you think he is?"
Taoist priest: "We don't care about putting a lot of thought into this kind of person, but we don't think he will be as simple as it seems, he has abilities that you don't know, and he has a deep background. Forget about him, what questions do you have?"
Me: "Why did the old man choose me to do the thing of sealing the wandering ghosts in the world? People like me barely understand anything about Taoism, and they are not highly educated, and they have no brains at all, so I really feel very stressed when such an important matter is entrusted to me!"
Taoist priest: "That's the heavenly opportunity, and the chance, have you ever thought that your appearance in this yin and yang world was completely accidental? Although the ability is insufficient, but the ability to distinguish things is still there, you know what you want and know how to do it, the most important thing is that you know what is right and what is wrong, although the world is complicated, but you also have your own certain rules." Believe that you will make the right decision, even if you don't believe in yourself, trust the choice of the Heavenly Master. ”
Me: "Okay! I have a reluctant request, do you have any way to break the spell?"
Taoist priest: "Hahaha, you are still so persistent, there is nothing anyone can do about your current state, I think it is because the spell you received may not be some Taoist witchcraft." There is a wise saying in Taoism, that is: one life is two, two is three, and three is everything. Man is the law of the earth, the earth is the law of the sky, the heaven is the law, and the Tao is the nature. That is to say, there is nothing in heaven and earth that can go beyond nature, gods, ghosts, fairies, demons, and ghosts are also in nature, and the mystery of this nature lies in the fact that where there is a thing, then there must be a thing that can restrain it, and Taoism and witchcraft are nothing more than that. Nothing is invincible, and nothing is truly eternal, so there are no puzzles that cannot be solved. If there is something that cannot be restrained, it will be in the world, and the next thing will be the destruction of the world and itself. Until now, there have only been human beings, and human beings have done things far beyond natural reincarnation, which means that all the Tao has gradually declined. If there is really no way to solve the spell you have received, then it must be a human being. But this is only a little direction, everything still needs to be followed by nature to wait and find opportunities. ”
Me: "When you say that, I'm really surprised! According to what you think, should I find a reliable hospital to do a sir-like brain wave MRI, take blood and urine tests, and check the feces? To be honest, I stayed in the hospital in Beijing for a few days, but I didn't take it seriously, and the investigation was not comprehensive. ”
Taoist priest: "That doesn't rule out the possibility of a cure, but don't think too simply. ”
Me: "Well, it's been a long time since I've felt a little relieved. Do you have any clues about the seal that sealed the wandering ghost?"
Taoist priest: "In the past thousand years, who would not want to get such a thing as anyone who knows a little bit of yin and yang?" At the beginning, almost all monks and monks tried to find the ghost seal, but more than a thousand years have passed, and no one can find it. If it wasn't hidden by someone with ulterior motives, then it must have been the Heavenly Master's intention to make him disappear from the human world. Since the Heavenly Master has entrusted you with this important task, the clue to finding the ghost seal must be on your own body! The pecking system of this ghost seal is based on a classic book in the Warring States Period, and this classic is no longer possible to find, and it is also necessary to have the legal deed of the underworld to recognize the seal of this ghost seal, otherwise even the seal will be ineffective. In fact, all the opportunities have already appeared in you, maybe just a little bit, although you still have to go through hardships, but after all, it has already begun. ”
I let out a sigh of relief, and the depression that had been in my mind for a long time finally eased a little. I lay down on my back and looked at the sky, laughing heartlessly.