Chapter 115: Ghost Town Guling
A gust of wind blew, and an invisible force poured out, like the potential of thousands of waves and stormy shores, which suffocated my ears and nose. I only heard a loud noise, and the yellow curtain wrapped around Guan Yu's waist was all shattered.
A loud roar startled, like a cry of pain, indistinguishable between men and women, but piercing and deafening. At this time, the idol on the shrine, the wisp of green smoke, disappeared together.
Guan Yu was the only one left, his face was slightly yellow, and he fell to the ground on one knee, and there was already blood in his mouth.
However, the winner was scored. I only felt that the temple door was slammed, and it was shaken open, and a gust of wind blew in, making people unable to open their eyes. It seemed that in his ears, there was a sudden burst of angry hair, a terrifying roar, like ten thousand strong bows shooting out, and the sea rolling up the wind and waves, all of which surged into this small temple. The green light outside is gone, there are no stars and no moon, and everything is like a huge ghost in the night, covering it with a huge momentum!
It was a black, seemingly tangible but intangible thing.
Like an evil spirit.
I couldn't see the enemy, but I could see only a mess of mush.
Could this be the face of the sky?
As soon as the shadow came, the world was dark.
The black shadow attacked Guan Yu.
I raised the longevity formula to the limit of my body, startled a gust of wind and thunder, and flashed in front of Guan Yu, took a solid step, shouted, and pushed out with both palms!
For some reason, I think this dark shadow can only be stopped by the power of my palm. It's like trying to push it away.
With a "bang", my palms seemed to hit a flesh body, making a popping sound. The roar suddenly intensified, but from near to far, the energy of the temple was suddenly swept away.
The sky is full of stars and moons.
The ancient temple is back to silence.
I slowly closed my palms, one pretense, then another, three pretenses, I staggered and held on to the shrine, and my face was not good-looking. While waving his sleeve to wipe the blood stains from his mouth, he said: "Grandma, he bullied me and didn't know how to palm, this palm is so good!"
Guan Yu smiled and said, "The old monster is finally gone, and he is not lightly injured." ”
I breathed a little and shouted, "Gang Master Lin, are you all right?"
Lin Zhennan said: "It's all fine, the enemy has retreated." He was out of breath when he spoke, and he had obviously gone through a vicious fight.
Guan Yu stood up but also staggered, and said, "Fortunately, you are here tonight, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable." I don't know when, I actually fell into the old monster's 'corpse soul heartless incense', I'm afraid it will be difficult to recover for a while. I had to live the blood and dispel the violence. ”
I nodded and asked blankly, "That monster just now...... Is he a human or a ghost? What kind of demon is he? How did he become a green veil? What is that green man?"
Guan Yu said: "When I was studying art, I heard the master say that this green robe has extraordinary ability, and the martial arts are mixed and weird, so it can't be dealt with by common sense." He can attack the other party with the help of the five elements and five escapes, and it is difficult to prevent it suddenly, and the green yarn refined by the flame is one of the incarnations of his form and god, as long as he can make the green light shatter, he can kill and injure him. Later, he conjured into a gray robe and a black mist, which were actually things that were condensed by the form and gods. I was concerned about the safety of my two sisters-in-law, but I never expected that he would come in person and almost fall into his way. Fortunately, the Dao Sect Fantasy Internal Skill you have cultivated is his nemesis!"
"Second Brother Guan, who is your master, why haven't you ever heard of it?"
Guan Yu said: "My master is a master of the military family, but he doesn't ask about the affairs of the rivers and lakes, and he doesn't want others to know his name." ”
I nodded and asked, "Where are the two sisters-in-law now?"
Guan Yu said: "There is a cellar in this temple, which seems to have been used to store food in the past. I found it out and hid the two sisters-in-law in it, it was dangerous outside, but I couldn't let the two sisters-in-law get into danger. ”
At the moment, we rescued the two ladies from the cellar, and they were safe. Back in the temple, Lin Zhennan counted the brothers in the gang, but only he and Yu Long, Lin Nirong, and Xiao Dashi were left. More than a dozen brothers in the gang were killed. After a little breathing, we went outside the temple to look for the bodies of our brothers, only to see this one's head, where only the lower half of the body remained, and blood was sprayed everywhere, which was extremely tragic!
I felt guilty in my heart, and said to Lin Zhennan: "Gang Leader Lin, I'm sorry for letting you fold so many brothers and disciples in the gang this time. ”
Lin Zhennan looked sad and indignant, but he still said heroically: "The man who came out to roam the rivers and lakes, which one is not licking blood from the knife edge to live, and if he doesn't tie his head to the belt of his trousers, who dares to say that he will be safe for a lifetime! These brothers are all good, I have fought for this old life, and I want to avenge them!"
Guan Yu nodded and said, "Gang Master Lin, don't worry, this matter started because of me, and I will definitely avenge the revenge of the brothers!"
Lin Zhennan shed tears and said: "Thank you General Guan for your help, the opponent's martial arts are too high, our Wuhu Gang must call on the brothers in the world to seek justice for the brothers together!"
Lin Nirong supported her father and cried on the side. Only Yu Long sat alone in the corner, smoking a dry tobacco pouch. He wanted to quit the rivers and lakes, but if he quit, there would be no more fights.
A sleepless night, after this night's tossing, the East has gradually turned white. We also didn't stop, so we rushed to Guling, and we could feel at ease when we arrived a day earlier.
In the evening, we arrived at Guling, and the plaque of the city tower was written with the words "Lonely Fishing Central Plains".
Guan Yu said: "I heard that Gaozu Liu Bang united with Han Xin to besiege the 100,000 army of Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, here, and the Chu army ran out of food. Xiang Yu took the lead in leading the army to break through, but the Han army was too strong, and the overlord of Chu only returned in vain. In the end, in this Guling City, the soldiers knew that they would die, and the defenders of the city fought to the last man, and no one lived alone. The Chu army is dead, although Xiang Yu broke through to the bank of the Wujiang River, but seeing that his soldiers were killed, he was indignant and chose to commit suicide, what a hero!"
I chanted softly: "Life should be a master, and death should be a ghost." So far, I think of Xiang Yu and refuse to cross Jiangdong!" This is a poem by Li Qingzhao, a female lyricist in the Qing Dynasty, her style of words is graceful, but her poetry is heroic and heroic, so I remember it.
I only heard Guan Yu say: "Actually, the overlord of Chu can't think about it, the children of Jiangdong are talented, although Wujiang was defeated, but the comeback is unknown." As soon as he died like this, the revenge of 100,000 Chu soldiers could not be avenged. ”
I nodded. Lin Nirong asked, "General Guan, the city has run out of food, what does the Chu army eat?"
Guan Yu led the horse and said slowly: "The food in the city is exhausted, the horses are exhausted, the birds are digging the rats, and the birds and mice are eating people again." ”
Lin Nirong's face changed color and she was silent.
Lin Zhennan said: "In the early years, I once came to Guling, the city is fourteen zhang six feet high, the bottom is seven zhang wide, the city wall is ten miles long, the base is made of granite and limestone strips, the wall is made of giant bricks of Sanzhou characteristics, and the brick side of each brick is printed with the place of manufacture. The name of the supervisor and the brick-maker, when laying the bricks, the gap is poured with glutinous rice juice and sorghum juice and lime and tung oil mixed with slurry, and there is more steamed earth to build the city, the master craftsman who is responsible for the city-building project holds a sharp cone, if the cone is inch, that is, the city-builder is killed and built together, so it is as dense as iron, the historian at that time is not called cruel and brutal, no less than Qin Shi Huang built the Great Wall. ”
"If the walls are so balanced, how could they have been breached?" I asked.
Guan Yu was born in a military family, and answered: "How can there be a city in the world that cannot be attacked? To attack the city, you must first cross the river and cross the moat with a ladder, and then take over the city, and then the armor soldiers will bravely climb the city. If you look at the head of the city, you can imagine the scene of thousands of people climbing up the ladder with arrows, boulders, rolling wood, and oil. It is said that the demon pestle was invented at this time, and if you don't die, you will be seriously injured. After climbing the city, there will be street fighting, and if you don't kill all the soldiers, you can't take the city. At that time, Xichu gathered a large number of heroes from the rivers and lakes and the green forest, swearing to defend this important town, which can be described as the same enemy!"
"That's a lot of deaths, right?" asked Lin Nirong timidly.
"Silly girl, since this city is called a 'ghost town', how can it not kill many people? It is estimated that there are 300,000 people who have died in this city. At night, the city was filled with the sound of ghosts crying, and the sound was terrible, but no one dared to go out. ”
"Is there no way around it?" asked Lin.
"The Taoist family of the Han Dynasty set up seventy-two pillars to worship the souls of the dead, so that they can transcend their grievances and be reincarnated as soon as possible. There are several heavenly books, and it took seven seven and forty-nine days to draw tens of thousands of charms, and the book 'Tiangang has returned to Tiangang, and the earth should also enter the ground', saying that when the Guling wandering soul is gone, this talisman will burn with light. But centuries later, the spells are still there. The resentment here is too heavy, and the deceased are all heroes of the world, how can they be surpassed for a while. ”
I listened to what they said about the tragedy, and I also felt quite a lot. But seeing that it was getting late, he said, "Since this is a ghost town, let's hurry into the city while it's not too late!"
Everyone agreed, but as soon as they walked to the door, Guan Yu suddenly stopped and pondered: "We can't enter this city, I'm afraid it will be a dead end if we go!"
PS: On a special note, the city of Guling was made up by me, and it has nothing to do with the Chu and Han hegemony...... It was only written based on the history of the time.