Six Ways of Fumo

Chapter 427 Queen Mengmao
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On the phone, Wu Jie’s father-in-law continued:
"When the expeditionary force regained the lost territory in western Yunnan and regained Lirui, they also captured a savage alive in Si Tomb Mountain, which caused a sensation. It is said that the savage was finally taken away by the Jiang family and his son, but the final outcome is unknown. .”

So that's it, Ding Ermiao and others nodded slightly.

Sure enough, what scholars say has basis, which is much more reliable than those folk tales.No wonder Liu Jia said he didn’t see any big tombs. They must have been destroyed by the Qing army that invaded the valley floor hundreds of years ago.

"Then let me ask, do you know who the owners of the four large tombs guarded by the savages are?" Gu Qinglan leaned in front of the phone and asked politely.

There was a pause on the phone, and Wu Jie's father-in-law said, "I'm not sure about this. Some of our local scholars, based on historical speculation, believe that the owner of the large tomb in the valley should be someone from the Warring States Period..."

Warring States Period?Let me ask, are these savages the descendants of a certain vassal king during the Warring States Period, so they have been guarding tombs here for generations?

Ding Ermiao took a deep breath and asked on the phone: "Um... may I ask, how did you guess this?"

On the phone, Wu Jie's father-in-law said slowly: "This speculation has some very mysterious details. It comes from legends and is not reliable. It can only be viewed as a story. Don't take it lightly, don't take it lightly..."

"Okay, tell me, maybe it will be useful to us." Gu Qinglan said.

"Okay, let me just talk..." Wu Jie's father-in-law cleared his throat and said:

"When Qi Huanping settled the south, there were Wu, Yue, Buyu, Mengmao and other countries. Our current Lirui County is the birthplace of the Mengmao ancient country. It is said that the king of the Mengmao ancient country was a woman , proficient in witchcraft and possessing great magical powers.”

Ding Ermiao has a black streak on his head. Why is Duke Huan of Qi also coming out?I go.

Wu Zhanzhan frowned and asked: "There are two Qi Huangongs in history. Are you talking about the young master Xiaobai?"

"Yes, that's Xiaobai, the young master of the nine princes who controlled the world. Regarding this war, there is a record in the Dai manuscript historical book "Hey Menggu Meng"." On the phone, Wu Jie's father-in-law continued:

"Because of the huge disparity in military strength, Queen Mengmao was finally captured alive on the battlefield six months after the war began. Qi Henggong personally interrogated the queen, but the queen refused to obey. Qi Huangong was furious and ordered the queen to be stripped of her armor and tortured. Who knew that she would be stripped of her armor? When he saw the queen's armor, Duke Huan of Qi was frightened to death."

Ding Ermiao became interested and asked, "What did Qi Huangong discover?"

"After the queen's armor was removed, everyone discovered that the queen had just her head on the armor, and she had no body! The armor was empty!" Wu Jie's father-in-law seemed a little excited when he said this, and continued to speak faster. :
"Only then did Duke Huan of Qi realize that Queen Mengmao, whom he had been fighting for half a year, was actually a monster. Duke Heng of Qi was so frightened that he fell ill. Before he died, he burned the queen's head."

Everyone changed color together.With a head but no body, can you still lead troops to fight?Simply unheard of.

"Ah?!" Wu Jie, who was listening in the audience, changed his face with fear and shouted: "Then is this queen really a goblin?"

The other person on the phone said: "These are just legends and cannot be taken seriously. There are also legends...the queen will still speak when her head is burned."

"Then what did she say?" Ding Ermiao asked.

"This..., there is no record of what it said specifically. It is said that it probably means that she will live again, and she will live to take revenge." The phone call said: "It is also said that after the queen died, her remaining subordinates She was buried in the deep valley of Si Tomb Mountain.”

Wu Zhanzhan wiped his sweat and asked, "Then did Queen Mengmao survive?"

"Of course not. How could these strange things happen?" said the other person on the phone.

"..."

After a few more minutes, the phone conversation ended. Ding Ermiao and others had gained something. In addition to learning the origin of the name of Si Tomb Mountain and Si Tomb Town, they also heard a mysterious and mysterious story.

Wu Zhanzhan put on his headlamp, packed up, and urged everyone to set off.

But Wu Jie pulled Ding Ermiao aside again.

"Tell me, Brother Wu, don't show up." Ding Ermiao asked patiently: "What else is there?" But he was wondering in his heart, secretly thinking, this Wu Jie is not a money slave, is he? Does he want money?

"Brother, savages are difficult to deal with. I heard they can eat people..." Wu Jie hesitated for a while and said, "I also have a shotgun. Do you know how to use it? Do you want to wear it for self-defense?"

Although guns are now banned, various ethnic groups live together in the southwest border area.Many villages have been hunting for a living for generations. Considering the national habits and inheritance, the hunting rifles here are not within the scope of confiscation.

It turned out that they had good intentions, but I was naive and thought they wanted money.Ding Ermiao despised himself for a moment, thought for a while, and said: "It would be nice to have a shotgun. But... the shotgun is too long and it is not convenient to bring it into the cave."

This single-shot shotgun uses the most primitive gunpowder and iron sand. Ding Ermiao used it often in Qiyun Mountain before.Shooting is all based on feel, there is no aiming line.As long as you are brave enough, everyone can use it, and there is no technical difficulty.

Wu Jie smiled mysteriously and said: "It's not a long gun, it's a short gun, less than two feet long. I used to use it to hunt pheasants, but it was not very powerful, so now I only bring the long gun when I go hunting."

"Although it's not very powerful, it's probably good for scaring savages." Wu Jie added.

Unable to refuse such hospitality, Ding Ermiao said, "Let's take a look."

Wu Jie nodded and walked into his bedroom. When he came out again, he had a short gun in his hand.

Ding Ermiao took the short gun and looked at it, dumbfounded.This so-called short gun means sawing part of the barrel of a long gun shorter.

The power of a shotgun lies not only in the amount of gunpowder, but also in the length of the barrel.The general barrel is slightly shorter than the hunter's height, roughly around 1.5 meters.The shooting range can reach 100 meters, and after shooting out of [-] meters, the diffusion area is half the size of a room.

The longer the barrel, the higher the hit rate.

Now, the barrel of this shotgun has been sawed off by two-thirds, so it is basically useless.The shooting range is up to 40 meters. It is estimated that the iron sand will spread to the size of half a room after ten meters.

It's probably unreliable for use in combat, but it still has a bit of a deterrent effect.At least when the gun is fired, a bang can scare the savage back.

However, the gun was well maintained, the barrel was polished and the trigger was flexible and fell with a click.

"Thank you, Brother Wu. You're welcome. I'll take it with you first." Ding Ermiao put the short gun on his back and took the ammunition bag handed over by Wu Jie.

This is also a kind of kindness that is difficult to refuse.Ding Ermiao understood that Wu Jie was also taking risks when he lent him the shotgun.If he shoots someone and kills someone, or accidentally shoots and injures himself, he can't escape the responsibility.

At nine o'clock in the evening, Wu Jie opened the way first, and Ding Ermiao, Wu Zhanzhan and Gu Qinglan entered the mountain again under the moonlight.

(End of this chapter)