Ghostly Tomb

Chapter 316 The Great Emperor Fengdu
Chen Zhi asked Chunsheng to describe the whole process of the sacrifice in detail. After the monsters first tied the child to the bank, they circled the child with a kind of red soil, and used this red soil to pour a cloud around the child. In the end, hang a pair of god statues in the due west. These monsters will not show up for one night. In the early morning of the next day, these monsters will come out with the nine mother-in-law, and then the nine mother-in-law uses the seven treasures red gold arrow Shoot the kid and share the food.

Although Chunsheng described the process of this series of rituals very vaguely, Chen Zhi still remembered a shadow in his mind. It was a very ancient god, which was kept secret by the Chinese for generations, and it represented death. The God of God,——Emperor Fengdu.

Before the Zhou Dynasty, China had always followed the worship of Fengdu Emperor and worshiped the God of Death infinitely. This kind of worship came from fear, and the ritual of sacrifice was also very cruel, so it was abolished as early as in the slave society.The record Chen Zhi saw about offering sacrifices to the God of Death was in a yellow brocade book from the Spring and Autumn Period.

The text on the silk script says: "Dayin Facao calculates the burden, divides and reduces years, and after the calculation is exhausted, summons the Yin God of the Earth, and summons the Tufu to collect the body and bones, and test the soul and spirit."

The description is about offering sacrifices to one of the ancient giant gods, Emperor Fengdu.Emperor Fengdu, also known as the Great Emperor of Beiyin, is the supreme god of the underworld. In ancient mythology, the god of death who is in charge of the world of death is known as the king of hell among the people. Afterwards, there are various folklore, gradually blurring the origin of the original god of death.

In fact, Emperor Fengdu is very ancient and has the same life span as heaven and earth. Unlike other gods, he is originally the god of the ghost kingdom. There are records about the ancient ghost country in the "Shan Hai Jing". There is a big peach tree on Shuo Mountain, and the three thousand miles out of the banner is the gate of ghosts. The people of the ghost country are ghosts and ghosts. land.

Fengdu is the hell in the legend, it is the place where the most treacherous and evil people will be imprisoned after death. Once they enter the hell, they will never be reborn. According to the legend, the scene of the hell in Fengdu is extremely terrifying, where ghosts and demons gather to eat and torture human beings. soul.

To sacrifice to Emperor Fengdu, the boy's flesh and blood should be used as a sacrifice, the fire and earth should be used as traces, the totem of fire and phoenix rebirth should be painted, the boy should be shot with a divine weapon, and everything on the earth should be burned.

This is very similar to what Chunsheng described. If this sacrificial ceremony is really a sacrifice to the god of death, then it is even more certain that these monsters are ghosts and spirits from the underworld, and the fact that the nine mother-in-law is the monk Danzhi.But the only thing that doesn't make sense is, what kind of ability does the indifferent monk who is originally a human being use to drive these powerful underworld ghosts to submit to him?
It's getting dark now, according to Chunsheng's past experience, if Yazai can't be rescued tonight, then the child won't be able to survive tomorrow morning, so saving the child as soon as possible is the first priority, and we'll talk about other things when we come back.

The first thing they had to solve was the Wu Zang Temple. Chen Zhi and Pang Wei were starving, because they came in a hurry, they only brought some dry buns with them, and the quantity was very small.Because Chunsheng was worried that the fire would produce smoke and the cave would be discovered by monsters, he did not dare to hunt for prey to eat. However, there is a wild fruit on this mountain, which is as big as a pomegranate, bright red, huge and delicious, and very delicious.

Chen Zhi and Pang Wei ate a mixture of dry rations and wild fruits until they were half full, and they were ready to set off.

When they came out, they didn’t make too much preparation. They only brought two pistols and a small dagger. They didn’t have extra bullets. Fortunately, they carried their stone-controlling long knives on their backs. They tied the long knives on their backs and followed Chunsheng left the cave together.

After they returned to the ground, they first passed through the stone forest above, and then entered the forest. They didn't dare to make too much noise, and walked cautiously in sections to prevent an ambush ahead.When they reached the edge of the forest, they climbed up a tall tree, covered themselves with leaves, and looked ahead with binoculars.

There were brightly lit lights on the bank of the river, and several large bonfires were set up. Yazai was tied to a rock on the bank, staring at everything around him with wide eyes in horror, too frightened to cry, and his face was gone. Bloody.A circle of red soil was scattered around him, and the red soil merged into a complex pattern, which looked like a bird from a distance.In the west of the red clay circle, there is a wooden support, which is at least ten meters high, on which hangs a painted portrait painted in gold, shining under the firelight.

Chen Zhi recognized the red clay, which is a kind of flammable mineral powder, its composition is not much different from that of sulfur, and it ignites when touched by fire.As for the ferocious face on that portrait, Chen Zhi recognized it at a glance. It was the legendary god of death——Emperor Fengdu.

The Emperor Fengdu in the painting is majestic and majestic in a multicolored war robe, holding a knife and halberd in his hand, with a green face and long fangs, and furious eyes, very ferocious.

Those bull-headed goblins bowed respectfully in front of the god statue. After a while, I saw the ninth mother-in-law coming out of the tower, holding a pure gold box full of gemstones in front of the god statue. Back, devoutly kneel down before the statue and worship ten times.

Then, behind him, he took out a glittering golden bow, and put on a golden arrow studded with precious stones, drawing the bow to lead the arrow, symbolizing pulling the bow towards the child.At this time, all the goblins screamed excitedly, roared loudly, and then continued to pay respects to the portrait, with an indescribable devotion.

"That's the arrow, that's the seven-treasure red gold arrow I picked up," Chunsheng said softly to Chen Zhi and Fat Wei.

Chen Zhi signaled Chunsheng not to speak, and continued to observe the situation on the shore.

After this monotonous worship ceremony lasted for a long time, it was already in the middle of the night, and the cold wind in the mountains blew up. These monsters had no intention of entering the tower, but all crawled in front of the statue, like a rockery in the dark The same, silent, and this state lasted for a long time.

Chen Zhi and the others had been waiting on the tree for more than 7 hours at this time. Chen Zhi looked at his watch, and it was already past 2 o'clock in the morning. When they came out, Chen Zhi couldn't help feeling anxious, and asked Chun Sheng beside him softly.

"Chunsheng, do you remember the time correctly? It will be dawn soon, why haven't they entered yet?"

Chunsheng was also a little dazed, he frowned and thought for a while, "That's right, they used to go back to the pagoda at night before, and they never missed it. As for the difference, this year's sacrifice seems to be earlier than in previous years, but I can't remember the exact time, let's wait! They should be going back soon."

When they were talking about this, they saw all the ghosts and the ninth mother-in-law stand up in unison, and began to retreat quietly into the ancient tower. The box, as if there is something extremely precious inside.

Pang Wei and Chun Sheng had been waiting on the tree for a long time, and when they saw all the monsters retreating into the tower, they were overjoyed and wanted to get down from the tree.

But Chen Zhi stopped them. He didn't know why. He just felt that something was wrong with the sacrificial ceremony, but he couldn't tell exactly what was wrong. He wanted everyone to wait and see the situation.

But Fat Wei and Chunsheng couldn't wait any longer, Chunsheng whispered to Chen Zhi, "Don't worry! Those ghosts won't come out tonight, let's go! As long as the sky touches the light, these monsters will rush Come out, then we won't be able to save people."

When Fat Wei heard what Chunsheng said, he didn't want to think too much, and pulled Chen Zhi to slide down from the tree and rushed to the shore.

(End of this chapter)