The Legend of Swing Sword and Execution of Demons

Chapter 729 Corpse Song and Wine
The slow-flowing section of the lower reaches of Longchuan River.

Corpses were fished ashore like big fish.

Then it is loaded into the cart.

Then they were sent away by car.

The end of the cart is a large tent.

The large tent was covered with wooden boards, and the seams between each wooden board were tight, leaving no breathable holes for the dirt and turf underneath.

There were dead bodies on the wooden boards.

But compared to the meticulously laid wooden boards, the dead bodies were placed much more scattered, and there were even many corpses stacked on top of each other.

Such a tent could hold about a hundred corpses.

Each batch of newly transported corpses were wet and thrown into the tent casually without any treatment, and then sprinkled with a large amount of quicklime, grass ash and some prepared powder.

In this way, not only can these piles of corpses be kept in a relatively dry state, but the areas that were originally swollen with water also look much normal, the appearance of corpse spots has been delayed, and no odor is emitted.

I believe that if they were not piled up haphazardly but were laid out in an orderly row, uninformed people would think that these people were not dead but asleep.

These are the details that Xi Xia and Xue Qinghuan observed after entering the tent.

However, two people who are not good at lurking were able to find their way into these tents so smoothly and complete detailed investigations without alerting the enemy. It can only be said that the care here is very lax.

If neither of them were good at light kung fu, they would have set fire to all the piles of corpses in these tents and then walked away.

The whereabouts of the dead man have been confirmed.

They believed that there were more corpses piled up in tents than just the ones they found.

The people of Duzhu collected these corpses and neither buried nor cremated them. What was their intention?
The two of them already had some guesses in their minds.

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“The living must die, and the dead must be reborn.

“We need not grieve over the inevitable.

“Me, you and him were always present in the past.

“We will all be here after we are dead.

“We are one with heaven and earth, hot and cold, suffering and joy, coming and going impermanently.

“O son of Bharata! May you endure them.

“There is no existence that does not exist, and there is no non-existence that exists.

“We must know that this which pervades everything is indestructible.

“What is indestructible cannot be destroyed by anyone.

“The body is limited, but the soul is infinite, O descendants of Bharata!

“The soul is eternal and indestructible, we can fight!

“We can put on new clothes every day.

“We can eat different foods every day.

“We can live in a house that is protected from wind and rain every day.

“We can walk in the breeze and sunshine every day.

"But we need to fight!"

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“We are our own home, our supporters and our own owners.

“Our bodies are our base and resting place.

“We are the eternal seed.

“We can emit light and heat, we can make it rain, we can absorb it, and we can release it.

“We are both immortal and mortal, existing and not existing.

“So we can go and fight.

"Victory will definitely belong to us who are immortal!

"That land will definitely belong to us who are immortal!"

Someone rides the autumn wind in a silent place.

Someone was struck by thunder in a noisy place.

Thousands of miles away in Duzhu Mengjia Mansion, someone led tens of thousands of people to stand in a sun-drenched square and sing poems full of hope in Sanskrit.

The man standing on the high platform, who seems to be glowing under the sunlight, is a foreigner.

The densely packed people standing in the square are all local aborigines.

The person on the high platform has waist-length black hair, raised thin eyebrows, a wide mouth and thin lips, and her eyes are as charming as a mature and restrained woman. Combined with the whole face, she looks bright and powerful.

This face and the two strands of silver hair on the left and right meet just in front of the forehead. No matter what he is wearing, it always makes people feel evil and noble, but it is impossible to tell that his true age is close to sixty years old.

Legend has it that this man was the reincarnation of the great sage Vyasa.

In the eyes of the natives under the high platform, that man had nothing to do with the appearance of the Guangbo Immortal they had heard from their elders since childhood.

Moreover, he always wears overly thick clothes, and always carries a black and gray wrapper that is taller than the person he is and thicker than a wool blanket.

It is really impossible to teach people to associate it with Guangbo Immortal.

However, the dew that the man swayed from the poplar branches could easily cure people's terminal diseases such as smallpox, malaria, typhoid, leprosy, etc., and immediately made people lively and energetic.

Except for the inability to regenerate missing arms and legs, all other injuries can be healed within a few days without visible scars with a bowl of water.

Even if he is dying, or even dead, he only needs to unfold the black and gray cloth, turn it over and over again, and then unfold it again.

Dying people, or even dead people, can immediately stand up and jump around, and their mobility is better than before!

However, even if the person who can make the opponent use the "immortal family" survives, he cannot continue his mortal life.

Because their second life is given by the immortal, they are the complete immortal's dependents and need to serve the immortal.

But everyone seems to know that Vyasa has never been greedy for pleasure. Even if he makes those dying or dead people become immortals, he will not order them to serve him, but to fight for Du Zhu.

With such an immortal leading the way, even if the immortal was born in Zhongzhou, it does not prevent them from following their lead.They, Du Zhu, will not back down this time and are determined to dig a big hole in Zhongzhou!

At least we must capture the Lower Tianfu Basin so that the people of Duzhu can live a peaceful life there with abundant resources and little exposure to harsh weather!

They followed Vyasa on the high platform to complete the chant and drank the hopeful future with water instead of wine.

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liqueur.

wine.

Grape wine luminous glass.

Be it wine or luminous cups, they are not uncommon in Zhongzhou.

But the price is still not cheap, at least not something that every household can have.

Especially in the border city, which was in a tense wartime atmosphere, if these two things appeared at the same time, it was either that the border guards were drinking and having fun and neglecting their duties, or it meant that something important had happened.

Tonight is the sixth day of October, a very ordinary night.

But in Xixingguan, there were a lot of red cloth strips, and two more red candles were lit in front of many camps. Even the red lanterns at the top of the city were replaced with new and thick red candles, which glowed red in the dark night. Brilliant.

Although it looks a little simple, anyone with a discerning eye can easily tell from the festive array of lights and colors that there is a happy event in Xixing Pass.

At a time when barbarians from all directions are invading the border, not long after the defeat of Ulanbaat City, and on the cusp of a turbulent war, how can Xixingguan dare to hold a happy event here and now?

Whose happy event is it?

The folk custom of weddings in Zhongzhou has a long history.

At first, it was just for a seriously ill person to get married to someone else, in the hope that a happy event would wash away the entanglement of the illness and restore health.

Later, it evolved into the idea that as long as someone in the family is seriously ill, any member of the family who marries an outsider can achieve the purpose of happiness.

Although most of these happiness-promoting behaviors are difficult to fulfill people's wishes, as long as they have a little effect, even if they bring back memories, it is enough for people to pass on this marriage custom from generation to generation.

Today, the custom of celebrating happiness in Zhongzhou has become a means for people to hope for good fortune, or it can be said to be a special blessing ceremony.

Even if everything goes wrong, you can be happy.

And this happy event used for transportation is no longer limited to weddings, but also birthdays, housewarming, making bricks and tiles, marriages and engagements, etc.

As for this evening, the happy event planned in Xixingguan is actually a wedding.

In the words of General Niu Ke Lianniu, he hoped that the east wind of this happy event could sweep away the gloom of defeat that was weighing on everyone's minds, inject some positive emotions and vitality into the defenders, and boost morale.

Of course, in view of such a tense situation and the special geographical location of Xixingguan, this wedding was not extravagant and extravagant. Except for the extra red lanterns, red candles, red cloth strips and a few strings of red firecrackers in the city gate Keep everything simple except for the simple layout.

The most practical change is that today, tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow, the soldiers guarding the pass will be able to have more meat and meat in every meal, and everyone will have the opportunity to take turns to have a few drinks during the three days.

The biggest expense at the wedding was undoubtedly the nine bottles of wine in slender black-glazed bottles.

It is said that these nine bottles of wine came from across the ocean and are valuable.

There are only seventeen luminous cups made of leopard-spotted jade. Not to mention their value, their origins are quite extraordinary.

The person who brought these wines and luminous cups was also the host and organizer of this wedding - Yi Zhongren.

Yi Zhongren would appear here, so he was naturally here for Jiang Yichen.

Naturally, what he organized and presided over was the wedding between Jiang Yichen and Leng Mei.

This wedding, which sounded a bit hasty, was indeed unplanned and was closely related to the military arrangements and current situation of the Oara Army that Jiang Yichen and Leng Mei had recently brought back from the north.

That night, Luo Piaoling reported the obtained information and personal speculations to Niu Kelian without a moment's delay. Niu Kelian also worked non-stop to convene all the soldiers and righteous men from all walks of life to discuss and formulate countermeasures.

General Niu was more than [-]% sure about the plans and offensives that the Wara people would take next, so that the troops would be able to cover up the water and the earth.

The remaining less than [-]% of the risk lies on the iron cableway connecting the wilderness and Tianzhu Mountains.

That iron cableway is called "Lingxiao Ferry".

Lingxiao Ferry can only be crossed by one person standing sideways. Horses cannot pass it, and carts and cargo cannot pass it. It is also known as the "Four Impossibles". It cannot be crossed only by those with outstanding dexterity, not by those who are bold and careful, and not by those who have a strong will. To pass, one cannot pass unless he is calm in the face of danger.

But as long as you are willing to make a fuss about it, the chasm is not unconquerable.

Especially after the emergence of hundreds of warriors with superb martial arts skills in the Wala Army, the existence of Lingxiaodu has become a risky loophole.

This loophole cannot be completely closed in a short time.

First of all, it is not easy to destroy the iron rope.

It would take at least half a hundred manpower and tens of thousands of petroleum fires to burn it non-stop for seven days and seven nights before it could be fused.

Secondly, the Tianzhu Mountains are not suitable for garrisoning troops, and there is not enough space to station a large camp on Shenbi Peak, so it is difficult to rely on a large army to guard it.

The best way to prevent it is to station troops at the foot of Tianzhu Mountain, waiting for work at leisure and in full formation.

It is jaw-dropping that the Wala people can forcefully bring 2 troops from Lingxiao Crossing, but it is impossible to imagine that they can carry [-] troops in the Tianzhu Mountains and still maintain strong combat effectiveness.

Therefore, the troops guarding here should not be too many, but ten thousand is better.

However, these [-] elite soldiers did not come just as promised.

General Niu still needs to coordinate the mobilization of all parties, and it will take ten days to be fully in place no matter how fast it is.

And the gap period before this cannot be left alone.

The simplest and most effective way is to have the most capable team team up with a warrior with good martial arts skills to watch first, just in case.

This small team and the Jianghu martyrs may stay there boredly for seven or eight days, or they may face thousands of troops one day later.

If nothing happens, everything will be fine.

If a large army really presses the border, if it can be held back for one more day, the casualties faced by the rear will be reduced by one point.

In short, this elite team and the Jianghu martyrs went to Shenbi Peak of Tianzhu Mountain at this time to guard the pass with their lives.

After careful selection, this elite team was formed from 15 people.

The other two heroes in the Jianghu community were Jiang Yichen and Leng Mei, who took the initiative to volunteer.

That night in Xixingguan, only 17 of them were able to drink wine from luminous cups.

This happy event in Xixing Pass is not only a celebration for the two newcomers, but also a celebration for the 17 people!

　Note: The poem is adapted from "Bhagavad Gita" written by Vyasa. "Bharata" has an extended meaning of "one who seeks light and knowledge".

　　
　
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