Chapter 50: Unicorn Washing Soul Conjuring Overture
At a rough look, the stone chamber is very similar to the Gu Family Ancestral Hall, with a structure close to the pre-Qin style. There is a bronze tripod in front of the stone wall in the center. The flags float on both sides of the copper tripod. After a long period of time, the flag has weathered and completely drooped.
The more you look, the more weird the flag is, the more you look. Nine pieces of black cloth hanging from the dome lid, and it looks like a soul-suming banner used for funeral affairs. Four such flags were inserted on each side, which were very appropriate and in line with some kind of etiquette. Looking around, on the stone platform, there was a flag that was several times enlarged in the center, which looked abrupt.
The scene behind the flag was covered in darkness and was difficult to distinguish.
A gust of wind came out and the flag swayed. This mysterious place that had been silent for thousands of years seemed to slowly wake up.
Cheng Gengjue's cheeks were very numb, as if something was crawling up. His eyelids were pounding, and he recalled his situation and said to himself, "Are you still alive?" He suddenly thought of the heart-eating worm, hurriedly opened his eyes and crawled up.
"Is this a region?" Cheng Geng saw clearly what he looked around. This was the region he imagined, and he couldn't help but guess secretly whether he was really dead. He tried to pinch himself and then woke up.
Turning around, Zhang Xiaolin, Mu Xiancui, Liu Qingyu, Liu Anshun, Gu Qiu, and Xu Fusheng were all lying on the ground, but he couldn't understand it. He remembered that he had not walked out of the Sinan secret room just now, but he was lying on the bluestone ground.
He looked behind him and found a thick wall, with no entrance. He looked ahead and saw that it was a stone bridge, with flowing water under the stone bridge. They were lying on the stone bridge at this moment, and the water under the stone bridge was still.
Looking along the stone bridge, there is a site of several feet. The huge copper tripod is filled with heavy pressure. In the dark, you can see the bronze beast head cast on the copper tripod.
At this moment, a moan came from behind him, and he looked at him.
Gu Qiu climbed up, and she rubbed her eyes in confusion. After seeing Cheng Geng clearly, she breathed a sigh of relief. In her calm and flickering eyes, she could see that she was also full of curiosity about this place.
Mu Xiancui and Zhang Xiaolin also woke up.
After Zhang Xiaolin saw this place clearly, a smile appeared on his face, he slowly looked at Mu Xiancui, and held her hand tightly. This is exactly where they want to find it. After searching for it for decades, he has finally arrived here.
Liu Qingyu and Liu Anshun's eyes were full of greed. Their purpose was originally very simple, but now they did not hide it at all. They got up one after another from the ground and ran towards the bridge.
Xu Fusheng seemed to have become a different person, staring at the bronze tripod, and was still unwilling to let go of his eyes. After Liu Qingyu and Liu Anshun stepped onto the stone bridge, the clear footsteps seemed to have magnified tens of thousands of times.
The water surface under the bridge buzzed, and the crisp sound seemed to be the sound of waves from the sea. At this time, the melodious chimes rang, with the sound of ancient bone flutes, and a sad tune continued to merge with the water flow under the bridge, and a beautiful scene appeared in front of everyone.
Zhang Xiaolin became restless and crawled towards the riverside. Mu Xiancui even forgot his existence. A faint blue light echoed in the dark space, like the luster of gems, surrounding everyone in an all-hole manner.
The Buddhist beads on Cheng Geng's chest exuded a hint of coolness and spread throughout his body. He suddenly became awake as if he was enlightened.
"Plop"
Zhang Xiaolin rolled into the river water under the bridge, and Cheng Geng reached out to stop him, but he could not stop him.
The moment Zhang Xiaolin entered the water, the sad tune disappeared, and the rest came back to their senses, thinking about the scene he had just seen, with a look of horror.
Mu Xiancui found that Zhang Xiaolin had lost her shadow and looked ugly. She slowly looked around and cried, "Xiaolin, Xiaolin."
It's strange that Zhang Xiaolin did not struggle after jumping out of the river. The river was also strange, without any waves, and seemed to have no buoyancy.
When Cheng Geng saw Mu Xiancui's anxious look, he couldn't bear it, so he pointed at the water. Mu Xiancui's face changed drastically, and he jumped into the water without thinking.
At this time, everyone finally believed in everything they saw in front of them. There was really no buoyancy in the water. After Mu Xiancui jumped into the water, there was no ripples, and there was an indescribable weirdness.
Perhaps except for Cheng Geng and Gu Qiu, the others did not have any expressions.
The life and death of Zhang Xiaolin and Mu Xiancui is nothing to them. Cheng Geng and Gu Qiu witnessed their relationship with each other and showed a little sadness in their hearts.
Liu Qingyu and Liu Anshun walked towards the bronze tripod, and Xu Fusheng hurriedly followed.
Gu Qiu stared at the river, thinking of Mu Xiancui's actions, and his eyes turned red. During the brief reunion, although Mu Xiancui was cold, he was really good to her, especially Mu Xiancui's feelings for Zhang Xiaolin, which moved Gu Qiu very much.
Cheng Geng couldn't bear to leave her, stood at the bridge and waited for her. Looking at Gu Qiu constantly wiping her tears, Cheng Geng felt that she was actually a kind person in her heart.
Cheng Geng saw the head of the beast beside the bridge, and at first glance it was a Qilin beast, remembering what was mentioned in "The Minutes of the Cao Gang": Qilin was washed by water, and the phoenix was reborn.
Every time a phoenix transforms, it will be burned by painful fire, and eventually reborn in the fire. Every transformation makes its life more pure and its divine power increases dramatically. Of course, this is an ancient legend, but the Qilin Wash mentioned in "The Minutes of the Cao Gang" is said to be the time when the ancestors of the Cao Gang came, they were seriously injured and fell into the Qilin Wash, healing the wounds, and living.
After hundreds of years of inheritance, no one knows the authenticity of it, but it is recorded in the "Cao Gang Minutes", which contains a little reliability.
Some people can fight for their whole life for power, and they will not hesitate to abandon their wives and children; some people can betray their friends and abandon their wives and daughters for wealth. There are countless such things.
In his life, Zhang Xiaolin took control of Anxi's real power after middle age, and his desire for power has long been tempered and lost interest. Since he had children, as power grew bigger and bigger, he started to pay attention to his legs. Judging from looking for a substitute, it is not difficult to see that he cared about his image very much.
For many years, he had been hoping that someone would cure his legs, but unfortunately, visiting famous doctors was useless. Even foreign pastors told him that his legs had been necrotic and could not stand up for the rest of his life, but he didn't believe it and kept holding hope.
The ancients' art of immortality was an illusory thing, but the dead trees were particularly provoking in spring. He believed that among these ancient secret techniques, there was always a kind of necrotic legs that could stand up again. But this was no less than the luxury of immortality.
All this persistence comes from the "Cao Gang Minute". He pursued it for several years, and now he finally found it, so he jumped down, but in Cheng Geng's opinion, it was a bit ridiculous.
Gu Qiu slowly walked over and found Cheng Geng who was lost. He paused, and felt sweet in his heart, and smiled softly at Cheng Geng. Cheng Geng also laughed, and the two walked side by side towards the bronze tripod.
"You said Mrs. Zhang is really stupid and jumped down without thinking." Gu Qiu said sadly, "Even if they go to the underworld, they should be an enviable couple."
Cheng Geng couldn't bear to bother her, so he listened quietly. Gu Qiu slowly looked at him, his cheeks flushed, "If..." She paused and did not continue.
Cheng Geng was stunned and looked at her quietly. The two of them met each other and fell into feelings in this strange place.
"If you can go out, would you like to go to Dongyang with me?"
Cheng Geng was stunned. He became confused. It seemed that a woman had said something similar to him. He became confused.
Gu Qiu thought he didn't want to, and his shy cheeks looked ugly, becoming increasingly ugly, and exuded a solemn and murderous look.
Cheng Geng felt that he was an ominous person who had implicated Yini. Now facing Gu Qiu, he didn't know how to agree to her.
He had a good impression of Gu Qiu. He started from Gu Qiu saving her and living in a beautiful room with Gu Qiu, but at this moment, he didn't know how to deal with it.
Gu Qiu said coldly, "If you don't want to, just pretend I didn't say anything." She revealed her thoughts to a man for the first time, and Cheng Geng's expression made her embarrassed and angry.
She shook her hand and was about to leave, but when she tightened her hands, she saw Cheng Geng grab his palm.
She was both ashamed and angry and happy, and she became flustered for a moment, trying to shake off Cheng Geng's palm, but Cheng Geng grabbed it tighter. "I didn't say I didn't want to."
Gu Qiu paused for a moment, and after understanding, he was overjoyed, "Then you must be alive."
Cheng Geng nodded, "You are the same, I will protect you."
The first time she heard a man say she wanted to protect herself, she felt very different, but she was very helpful, so she hurriedly walked towards Xu Fusheng, leaving Cheng Geng in a daze.
Xu Fusheng looked at the bronze tripod in front of him.
A tripod is a utensil! The utensils that began to be cooked and eaten in ancient times, and dynasties changed with the change of the times and became a symbol of power. Food is the most important thing for the people. The ancients believed that mastering food means mastering the ingredients, which means mastering the people and being able to share food for others, also symbolizing power. In ancient times, the emperors would make tripods to demonstrate their achievements and rights.
The bronze tripod in front of me was strange. Logically speaking, the tripod was a utensil for cooking ingredients, but the Taotie beast was cast on it.
The dragon gave birth to nine sons, and the son was different. This Taotie only had a mouth, no butt, and only had no in and out. It was very magical, but this Taotie was very greedy, had a great appetite, and would never be full. It was very inconsistently cast on this bronze tripod.
Who would want their food to be patronized by a greedy glutton? The more Xu Fusheng thought about it, the more strange he felt, and he turned around along the bronze cauldron.
"Mr. Xu, there are words here." Liu Anshun shouted, pointing to the abdomen of the bronze tripod.
Xu Fusheng was shocked and rushed forward. He saw the hieroglyphics under the tripod. The tripod was so big that there was a huge space between the three legs, engraving this long text.
...The soul returns! What are the four directions? Leave your joy and leave it with more ominousness! The soul returns! The east cannot be trusted. People are thousands of feet long, but the soul is only the one who needs to be found. Ten days will come out, and gold and stones will flow. They all learn it. The soul must be released. Return! You cannot be trusted. The soul returns! You cannot be kept in the south. The carvings are black teeth, and the human flesh is sacrificed, and the bones are used as a croaker. The vipers are lush, and the fox is sealed for thousands of miles. The heroes are nine heads, and they go back and forth, swallowing people to benefit their hearts. Return! Don't be more lustful. The soul returns! The harm of the West is the quicksand for thousands of miles
Some. They swirled into the thunder abyss and scattered but could not be stopped. Fortunately, they were able to escape, and the outside was wide open. Red ants were like elephants, black bees were like pots. The grains did not grow, and the clumps were eating. The soil was rotten, and people had no gains for water. They seemed to have no place to rely on, and there was no limit to the vastness. Return! I was afraid that they would leave their own thieves. The soul returned!... The soul returned! The king was above the heavens. The tigers and leopards were pecking at the nine gates of the subordinates. A man had nine heads and nine thousand trees were pulled out. Jackals came from their eyes, coming back and forth. Hang people to play, throw themselves into the abyss. They were fatal to the emperor, and then they had to rest. Return! I was afraid that they would be more dangerous. The soul returned!...
Xu Fusheng muttered it and exclaimed, "This is the song "Summoning the Souls."
Liu Qingyu also knew the song "Soul Conjuring". He was stunned and said strangely, "This is strange, why do you need to carve the song "Soul Conjuring"?" He couldn't help but look at the flags on both sides and took a breath. This was clearly the soul conjuring banner. What is the tripod in front of him for?
Liu Qingyu guessed, "Is this going to cook the souls of these people? Then how much do these people who built this place hate these people?"
Xu Fusheng nodded in agreement, and he blurted out, "How can Qin Emperor not hate those who harm the country?"
Liu Anshun said in surprise, "You, do you mean, is this built by Emperor Qin?"
Xu Fusheng nodded and looked at the black jade bi in front of the bronze tripod. The huge soul-summoning banner was inserted on the jade bi. The long soul-summoning catkins hung above the bronze tripod, which looked very strange. Everyone was not afraid to breathe.
Xu Fusheng stared at the jade bi. The jade bi was full of hieroglyphs. After carefully studying it, it was still the song "Summoning the Soul".
Cheng Geng looked at everything in front of him, and even forgot the tenderness and comfort just now. He slowly opened his eyes wide and saw the picture again.
Above the jade bi, a strange picture was carved, which was exactly the picture he dreamed of and mentioned in "The Minutes of the Cao Gang". After reading it a few times, he always decided that it was a little strange, and it was a little different from what he dreamed of, but he couldn't explain clearly what was wrong for a moment.
Gu "Huh" said, approached and said to Cheng Geng, "This is the carving I saw in the Thunder Pattern Pool."
Xu Fusheng stared at the carving, his eyes twitched, and his face showed joy, "This is a portrait of Emperor Qin."
The portrait of Qin Emperor? Cheng Geng became strange and asked quickly, "What is the stone in his hand?" Cheng Geng had heard Zhuo Bufei say that Qin Emperor had obtained a star stone and learned a lot of secrets from it. His heart trembled and he hurriedly added, "Is this a star stone?"
Xu Fusheng was shocked, "How do you know?" His eyes were hostile.
"I once heard a senior say that it was just a guess." Cheng Geng was secretly surprised.
"Yes, this is a small piece of the star stone." Xu Fusheng was very sure, which surprised the rest of the people.
Gu Qiu said, "Dad, how do you know this?"
Xu Fusheng turned his head, with a mysterious look in his eyes. He smiled and said, "I know more than that."
Gu Qiu became confused. This was the first time he saw Xu Fusheng like this in more than 20 years. The people in front of her made her strange.
Liu Qingyu snorted coldly, "You have been hiding for so long, you can be said to be a cunning person. Everyone is a grasshopper on the same boat now. You might as well be able to see through the bottom of the road. What are you doing for? It's strange! I haven't seen through your bowl of water in the past thirty years?"
Xu Fusheng's face changed and he said angrily, "What are you fart? Don't talk nonsense."
Liu Qingyu mocked, "How could you deceive others? Don't think that you did it perfectly, so that we brothers took the blame. I want to tell you that you were wrong. From the beginning, I knew that you had ulterior motives, but I had no time to take care of it. My biggest purpose at that time was to be able to control Anxi. No matter what your purpose was, as long as we didn't conflict, I would let you do it. The enemy of the enemy is a friend. I wanted to see what you were trying to do at that time? But you were still plotted against you, you were cruel enough."
Xu Fusheng said angrily, "I don't know what you are talking about."
"You don't know what I'm talking about?" Liu Qingyu reminded, "Did you really let me say it?" He looked like a distraction.
"What am I afraid of what you said?" Xu Fusheng looked calm, as if he was very open-minded.
"Brother, let it go." Liu Anshun reminded him. He glanced at Gu Qiu, then looked at Xu Fusheng, trying to stop Liu Qingyu.
Xu Fusheng smiled and said, "Nothing, just let him tell me." He glanced at Gu Qiu accidentally, and found that Gu Qiu's face became ugly. He couldn't help but jumped in his heart. He took a deep breath and continued, "I'm not afraid of my shadow slanting."
Liu Qingyu smiled and said, "I was very grateful to you for asking Okamura Jinghong to win me over. Now that you say that, I might as well expose your true face." He suddenly became very angry with Xu Fusheng for some reason. Judging from his expression, he and Xu Fusheng took it!
Liu Qingyu smiled and said, "Twenty years ago, you were rescued by Gu Fengliu..."
"Shut up." Xu Fusheng interrupted him anxiously.
In the darkness, everyone looked at Xu Fusheng. The doubts in Cheng Geng's heart began to loosen. He looked at Gu Qiu and found that Gu Qiu was staring at Xu Fusheng's back, not knowing what he was thinking.
Chapter completed!