Data and related records show that this Shang Jilong was originally just a bandit leader, and even counting the old, weak, sick and disabled, there were only about 1,000 people under his command, and the number of people who could be pulled out to fight was about two or three hundred at most.

Originally, he was entrenched in the area of Taihang Mountain, and when he was a free and chic mountain king, he went down the mountain to loot when he had nothing to do, tied up a few meat tickets to extort some ransom, and did some business such as killing people, selling goods, eating black, etc., which was unremarkable.

In those days, such mountain kings were everywhere in this land. The outcome of their lives is nothing more than to perish in the black and eat the black, or when the overall situation has been decided, they are eliminated one by one by the armed forces from a higher level, and then leave a name in the local chronicle and be recorded: In a certain year and month, the bandit XX was eliminated and so on.

But this Shang Jilong had another unusual life experience.

According to the data, one day, a Taoist priest went up the mountain and entered Shang Jilong's cottage.

As for whether this Taoist priest took the initiative to come to the door or was robbed up the mountain, it is impossible to verify. But judging comprehensively, it should be more likely to be looted up the mountain.

After this, Shang Jilong's bandit career ushered in another peak.

Because under the guidance of the Taoist priest, Shang Jilong actually found a gold mine not far from the cottage - this gold mine reserves are not high, and the quality is ordinary, but at least it is also a gold mine, which is gold.

As a result, Shang Jilong made a windfall and began to recruit troops, and his team swelled for a while, successfully completing the transformation from bandits to warlords. His residence was also transferred from the cottage to the county seat, and he also got the appointment documents of the government at that time, and he became a prince.

In the years that followed, Shang Jilong remained at ease until another major crisis appeared in his life.

It was another warlord who was several times stronger than him - he had tens of thousands of soldiers under his command, and he also had some advanced heavy weapons in his ranks, and he was interested in his territory.

According to common sense, Shang Jilong, as the weaker side, will either give up his territory and return to the mountains to become a bandit, or the two sides will fight, but most of them will be defeated.

At this time, Shang Jilong, who had always been mediocre and incompetent and had not shown any military talent, actually showed amazing ability.

On a rainy night, Shang Jilong personally led all the elites under his command - about a thousand people, and took advantage of the rainy night to raid the headquarters of the hostile warlord, annihilating the warlord leader and the upper leaders in one fell swoop, so the opponent's team scattered in a hurry, not only did he not have much loss, but also received a large number of the opponent's baggage, equipment, personnel, etc., completing an earth-shattering reversal, and his strength swelled again.

The difficulty of doing this lies in the fact that Shang Jilong must be well aware of the troop mobilization of the enemy warlords, and must be clear about almost all the information such as the headquarters and deployment, and must pay attention to timeliness, and must be "speedy" to complete this matter.

Moreover, the arrangement of the hostile warlords' troops, the arrangement of matters, etc., are known for being "arbitrary", and there are almost no fixed rules, even if Shang Jilong's spies in the opposing team can get this information, it is impossible to have enough time to send it to Shang Jilong.

How Shang Jilong completely grasped the opponent's movements, accurately found the key points and weak points, and finally killed with one blow, this matter is inconclusive. The few local history experts who have studied the character of Shang Jilong are more inclined to think that this is an adventure, a desperate counterattack to survive in death, but it is just too good luck to hit the big luck and reap such huge results.

But there are also wild history records, saying that it is the mysterious Taoist priest next to Shang Jilong who watched the sky at night and calculated it with all kinds of mysterious means.

But in short, Shang Jilong survived this catastrophe in his life, and ate the wealth left by the other party, his power expanded again, and the number of soldiers under his command reached tens of thousands, becoming a famous and dominant existence in the Taihang Mountain area.

After that, Shang Jilong lived a few years of leisure, but with the change of the overall situation, he finally ushered in his demise.

A powerful warlord with hundreds of thousands of troops, just because Shang Jilong's existence threatened a certain transportation artery, sent troops to destroy his power like a fly to death.

This time, the mysterious Taoist priest did not appear.

Shang Jilong did not die in this battle, but all the forces under his command were gone. After that, Shang Jilong took the remnants of his subordinates away and withdrew from the political arena. And then there was no record of it, because no one was interested in him anymore.

This is the information about Shang Jilong that has been found at this stage. Further in-depth information is being searched. But these are enough for Zhang Dingshan and He Wei to notice some anomalies.

First of all, it was the mysterious Taoist priest who appeared next to Shang Jilong.

Is this Taoist priest the Taoist from Tang Yuan from a certain cloud view indicated on the Taoist disk?

In Shang Jilong's two major life encounters, this Taoist priest was deeply involved. What role did he play in this process, and what role did he play?

These encounters ...... Is it related to the god of the mountain?

Why did he end up dying in this cave, with all the bones?

"Look for information again and look up the name of that mysterious Taoist priest."

Zhang Dingshan made arrangements. About half an hour later, the relevant materials were sent in again.

"A document records that the Taoist priest's surname is Tang. Another piece of information shows that at a certain banquet, Shang Jilong once affectionately called this Taoist priest 'Yuan Hai'. Connected, it is 'Tang Yuanhai'. ”

The name on that Dao disc only has two words, "Tang Yuan", and the third word can no longer be restored. And the name Tang Yuanhai, the first two words are "Tang Yuan".

Zhang Dingshan has enough reason to believe that the two are the same person.

Moreover, Tang Yuanhai and Shang Jilong both appeared in this mountain god sacrifice place. Combined with historical records, Shang Jilong's two major life encounters - the first is the discovery of gold mines, the second is the defeat of hostile warlords, and the integration of the enemy's team and baggage, this Tang Yuan Hai Club has played an extremely important role.

And, Tang Yuanhai has the same surname as the Tang family, which has been destroyed and has almost been clearly the inheritor of the "Mountain God Sacrifice", and the ages are not far apart, a speculation naturally appeared in the minds of Zhang Dingshan and He Wei.

Perhaps, after the collapse of the original Tang family, there are still some descendants who have inherited secrets and survived. This Tang Yuanhai is one of them.

The times have changed, and he has always kept this secret until he came to Shang Jilong's side.

After that, perhaps because he wanted to show his importance in front of Shang Jilong, to gain attention and trust, in order to regain the glory of the family, or to save his life, most likely, both, he finally found a sacrifice with the help of Shang Jilong's power, and after a hiatus of many years, he once again began to worship the mountain god.

At least two of these sacrifices were successful. The first time was to find a gold mine, and the second time it may be in exchange for some important tools, such as drones with night vision functions, which helped Shang Jilong obtain the most critical information almost in real time, so as to defeat a strong enemy.

After that, the relationship between the two broke down. Because it is almost certain that Tang Yuanhai was killed by Shang Jilong.

The reason for the breakdown of the relationship may be that Shang Jilong wants to dominate this secret, or it may be that some of Tang Yuanhai's demands angered Shang Jilong, in short, he was killed, and Shang Jilong became the third-generation inheritor of the 'Mountain God Sacrifice' after the poor boy and the Tang family.

But now it seems that the 'mountain god sacrifice' is not a panacea. It failed to assist Shang Jilong in continuing to grow his power. Shang Jilong's armed forces were finally ruthlessly crushed in the tide of the changing times, and he himself withdrew from the stage of history and politics and disappeared. ”

There is still not much evidence to prove it directly, but Zhang Dingshan and He Weiju both believe that this speculation is very likely to be true. At least, in the general direction, it is close to the records and the direction of the situation.

"These white bones ......"

He Wei still had some doubts about the death of so many people here.

"Judging from being bound, it doesn't look like a fire."

Zhang Dingshan said calmly: "It is more likely that it is the 'sacrifice' alternative that Shang Jilong and Tang Yuanhai found. ”

There was no genetic testing technology in those days. Shang Jilong and Tang Yuanhai could only choose sacrifices aimlessly through conditions such as thick hair, what their surname was, and where their hometown was, and then tried one by one, and finally found a suitable sacrifice.

"In those days, human life was like a mustard."

Zhang Dingshan's voice was slightly emotional: "Maybe after being tied up, they were thrown on the altar, but the mountain gods didn't accept it, and they lost any value." At the same time, in order to keep it a secret, he simply killed the matter. ”

A chill slowly appeared in He Wei's heart.

It was as if she had seen the era and the sacrifices that were held in this cave at that time.

Shang Jilong's soldiers went around arresting people, and many people who met the screening conditions were brought here, and then tied up and brought here one by one to put on the altar.

The handsome Shang Jilong watched coldly, and the Taoist priest Tang Yuanhai kept repeating those sacrificial words, and the mountain god did not react, so he directly killed the person and replaced the next one, and the next one did not react, and then killed and replaced the next one, and kept trying to find a reaction until he found a reaction, so that a sacrifice was completed.

These blood, cruelty and crimes are slowly buried with the passage of time. If you don't come here at this moment, I'm afraid that until the things in this cave are completely decayed and completely lost, they may not be able to be discovered.

The communication instruments rang again.

He Wei glanced at it and immediately perked up.

"Captain, there's a big discovery! Shang Jilong's traces after going into the wilderness have been found out! ”