Chapter 849: Peach Garden, Garden of Eden? [Requesting monthly tickets]
"Mama, why are you in such a hurry?" As soon as Gong Xiqiu opened the curtain, he was grabbed by a hand and pulled in. His body subconsciously wanted to fight back, but he could tell this person from his strength. Due to his identity, he suppressed his instinct, "Are you here to play with me today?"
Oh, he was so idle that his bones were stiff.
If Mama hadn't had unfinished business here, he would have packed up and gone to find his brother and nephew. It would be more meaningful than wasting time here. As soon as he finished speaking, Shen Tang was touched on the back of his hand. Gong Xiqiu reached back his hand as fast as lightning: "Hey, you hit someone!"
Shen Tang said seriously: "Let's talk business."
Gong Xiqiu responded with an "Oh" in his mouth, but he acted lazily and casually. He picked a place to sit down and said, "Tell me."
Shen Tang pointed to the pattern on the ground and asked him if he remembered it.
The blindfolded Gong Xiqiu: "..."
He pointed to his eyes, indicating to the other party that he was still injured and could not see the pattern on the ground. Shen Tang had no choice but to grab his hand and draw pictures on his palm with his fingers. Gong Xiqiu tilted his head, and a few braids of his hair fell down. He looked very attentive.
“The first picture makes an impression.”
Gong Xiqiu is talking about nuclear radiation warning signs.
Shen Tang asked him: "Where have you seen it?"
Gong Xiqiu pretended to think seriously and said: "I have seen so many places! There is one place, Ma Ma, you also know! If it weren’t for this pattern on Xian Yujian’s back, I wouldn’t have bothered to care about it. There are also some documents in the family, but this pattern is traced to a force called the Gods Society. They came into contact with Mama? "
"...Are you also the Gods Society? Member, right?”
She is the only outsider? ? ?
Gong Xiqiu suppressed the frivolous smile on his lips and shook his head: "How is this possible? The gods will have a deep hatred for the ancestors of the Gongxi clan. Although there are only a few members of the clan left and all the ancestors are buried underground, as a member of the Gongxi clan, I I can't act against my ancestors. If I die tomorrow and my soul goes to the gods, why don't I get beaten up by my tribe?"
Shen Tang and Gu Chi looked at each other.
"... Deep hatred? What hatred? What hatred?"
Gong Xiqiu hooked his hand at her.
“It’s a long story, I’m thirsty.”
Shen Tang threw the unused water bag into his arms, and Gong Xiqiu didn't give in. He moistened his throat and continued the story.
“Because the Gongxi clan migrated several times in history, the earliest clan annals were originally lost during this process. The subsequent clan annals were all revised by later generations based on their memory. There should be eight or nine chapters revised in the memory. No. Many of the contents are contradictory, and some are simply judged as duplicity. Writing a legend... There is a saying that the history of the Gongxi tribe can be traced back one or two thousand years ago. At that time, all the tribesmen lived in an isolated world with abundant crops. Here, they had no worries about eating, drinking, and clothing. ..."
Shen Tang couldn't help but complain.
"Is this place called the 'Garden of Eden'?"
Hearing these three words, Gong Xiqiu turned his face: "Hey, how does Mama know? Did you regain any memory? ”
Shen Tang: "..."
Gong Xiqiu continued: "However, 'Garden of Eden' is just one of its other names. The mainstream name recognized by the family annals is 'Taoyuan'! According to the mythological version of the family annals, , at that time, the heaven and earth changed, the yin and yang realms were out of balance, and the yellow world alone belonged to Quan's ghostly death energy permeates the world, and living people polluted by ghost energy will turn into ghost puppets, feeding on living people, causing countless deaths and injuries..."
Shen Tang frowned: "Ghost energy? "
Gong Xiqiu nodded: "Well, that's how the family history is. He also said that ghost energy has plagued the human world for twelve years, and all living things in the world are almost extinct. Seeing that the world of heaven is about to turn into the underworld, the ancestors prayed to God, and the gods took action to save all the survivors. Taken to an isolated place Fang, this place is the "Taoyuan". The gods planted a sacred tree as the core of the "Taoyuan". This tree can isolate the intrusion of external ghosts. If the ancestors have anything to pray for under the sacred tree, the gods will listen. To..."
Gu Chi listened with interest.
"What happens next?"
Shen Tang interrupted Gong Xiqiu: "No, I remember you said a few years ago that your family met a benefactor on the road to exile after being convicted more than two hundred years ago. The benefactor gave I gave you a coffin, and I will put it in this coffin. In order to thank your benefactor, your ancestors carved a statue of the benefactor after living in seclusion? "
Is this the origin of the gods worshiped by the Gongxi clan?
Gong Xiqiu said very naturally: "I have already said that the family records were lost and damaged during several migrations. The contents were supplemented and revised by later generations. It is inevitable that some personal understanding and speculation will be mixed in... It is possible that they are all It may be true, or it may all be false, or it may be half true... Regarding the records of 'Taoyuan', the tribesmen don't really believe it, and they all regard it as a story."
Shen Tang: "..."
This reason is too real.
"How did your ancestors become enemies with the ancestors of the Society of Gods?" Gu Chi brought the topic back to the distant topic, hoping that these two strange friends would chat casually. Who knows where the topic would go?
“This is a longer story. A few days after God saved our ancestors, he said he was going on a long trip to deal with the ghosts. As soon as he left, he never came back. And the survivors who were saved by God were There were too many people, and they were led by their ancestors and the ancestors of the Gods Association, and they lived in peace for many years. However, during this period, there were people and animals, and the "Taoyuan" place was limited, and the ancestors brought them to "Taoyuan". The seeds were infected by ghost energy, and a generation Due to the production cuts, food was scarce in Taoyuan, and conflicts soon broke out."
"The ancestors of the Gods Association used force to gather a group of people and tried to use force to feed others, and the ancestors tried their best. Objection. A war broke out between the two sides, and the ancestors were defeated and escaped from Taoyuan with the survivors."
Shen Tang: "Didn't you say that the ghosts outside are uninhabitable?"
Gong Xiqiu said: "The ancestors are not stupid. They quietly took away many branches of the sacred tree. The ghost energy in the outside world has become much thinner than at the beginning, so we can still survive. However - it is also affected by the ghost energy. After a period of time, , the babies born were either stillborn or deformed, with two heads, half a head and three heads. The ancestors prayed to the gods and managed to survive."
Gu Chi asked: "What about the people who stayed in Taoyuan?"
Gong Xiqiu recalled carefully: "The clan. There are not many records about this, but he said that after a hundred years, Taoyuan could not hold up in the end. In the past, people escaped one after another. These people scattered across the continent and multiplied to become the people we are today."
Gu Chi joked: "According to this myth, we were a family thousands of years ago. Are you alive? Does your family history describe what society was like before the Great Disaster? "
In response, Gong Xiqiu just shook his head: "If this part of the ethnographic record is true, the relevant documents should be in Taoyuan. The ancestors escaped with nothing. It’s not easy to preserve so many records.”
Shen Tang made a decision.
“Look back, please accompany me to the Gongxi tribe’s land.”
She wanted to see those tribe records with her own eyes.
Gong Xiqiu knew her plan, but he still couldn't help pouring cold water: "Mama, it's not that I don't want to, it's just that the contents of the remaining books in the clan are not as much as I can remember in my mind. Exterminate the clan. That night, 90% of the capital was taken away by the Geng Kingdom, and 50% of it was the last time for the Gongxi people. The records after the migration are all within two hundred years, and there are only a few single volumes left in the collection that can be traced back to one or two thousand years ago. I don’t know how many of them were fabricated and modified by later generations... I’m afraid they are of little use.”
Shen Tang said gloomily: “Then you have to go and see.”
Gong Xiqiu asked her: "Mama is in trouble?"
Shen Tang concealed the details of his time travel and only said that these three patterns existed at the wrong time. Gong Xiqiu did not get to the bottom of it: "I see. , according to what Mama said, that myth and legend may not be a legend, but reality? Didn't the ancestors lie? However, there should be no so-called "nuclear weapons" in the hands of the Gods. What can exist for thousands of years and still be used... ”
Gong Xiqiu’s complaints were very accurate.
But Shen Tang is still worried.
“Maybe it will be created again later?”
Gong Xiqiu shook his head. He was very optimistic: "It's impossible. If the Gods Association had a treasure that could kill eighty or ninety thousand people with a wave of their hands, why would they hide their heads and tails for so many years?" Shen Tang: "Well, that's true. It's also..."
Although the myth of the Gongxi people is consistent in all aspects, it is not empirical and authoritative after all. Shen Tang would rather find ruins or find related unearthed cultural relics. Even if there is only one piece, it can prove that there was indeed a modern civilization.
Maybe we can also figure out the reasons for the collapse of civilization.
Ghosts, puppets, feeding on living people?
Good guy, it can’t really be a zombie apocalypse, right?
Shen Tang scratched his head, looking a little embarrassed.
Gu Chi was curious about the new vocabulary that suddenly popped up.
“What are zombies?”
Shen Tang said: “They are just the living dead.”
She looked at Gu Chi and there seemed to be a strange light in her eyes: "You don't still want to write a zombie-themed novel, do you? Stop it, you don't even know where the novels you owe have been queued up."
Regardless of digging or burying, he is simply the eunuch in charge.
Gu Chi is a bachelor: "As long as you live long enough."
He originally scorned the myth of the Gongxi tribe, but when it was confirmed that such a civilization might really exist, he became interested. Strong interest. However, until hard evidence is found, these are just speculations. The top priority is the Gods Association...
Speaking of the Gods Association, Gu Chi wants to give Shen Tang a vaccination to prevent her from having a grudge about Qi Shan being an executive at the Gods Association, and then swaying her relationship. Pray for good trust. No matter how tough my lord's destiny is, he can't resist Qi Shan being the lord's killer.
"Lord, as far as I know, the Society of Gods has also contacted Qi Yuanliang..." Gu Chi did not dare to say where he and Qi Shan met for the first time, "Would you like to write and ask?"
Shen Tang was not surprised by this.
These weirdos under her account are always trying to trick people, but their talents and qualifications are beyond question. If Qishan’s feat of killing seven masters in a row does not attract the olive branch from the gods, then the gods will be blind: "If you don't write letters, there is also the risk of exposure. Now we are It is clear that the enemy is hiding, and any risks must be avoided. When we meet again, I will ask him personally... Don't tell me."
Although Gu Chi's scribe's way can let him know a lot of gossip, he still knows it. He's not a garrulous person, he says what he should say and won't even say anything he shouldn't. There was more than one person staying behind asking for Qi Yuanliang, but he was the only one who mentioned him. There must be special circumstances.
Shen Tang knew it well.
Gu Chi crossed his hands and saluted: "Wei."
Before leaving, Gong Xiqiu suddenly remembered something. "Little Mama Lin in Mama's tent, she has a handwritten note written by the high priest. There is a detail in the handwritten note. On the way the high priest was looking for the [Corpse Vine], he came across a strange mass grave in a deep mountain forest. , the pit is full of old bones... guessing the time, maybe they are relics of that era..."
Hearing the clues, Shen Tang borrowed the letter from Lin Feng.
Copy the records related to the mass grave.
He also ordered her to find Colonel Mojin who knew how to fight upside down.
Lin Feng's expression was horrified: "My lord wants to dig a human grave?"
He calculated with his fingers, and during the battle to guard the pass, Military Advisor Xun showed his power, and the lord's private treasury was owed an unknown amount. Taking advantage of the chaos of the war, they found some gold captains to steal graves and make money. Although this method is unethical, it cannot make a huge profit. Lin Feng didn't have much resistance to this.
The living are always more important than the dead.
Shen Tang said: "Ahem, no."
She also did it, but she came quietly. Regardless of whether it was Heyin County or Longwu County, the ancestral graves of the local wealthy squires were richly buried. Shen Tang was really in a difficult situation at that time. It was not enough to confiscate his home, and he had to borrow more from their ancestors.
She explained: "I just want to collect something from them. After thinking about it, they have a lot of contact in this profession."
This excuse convinced Lin Feng.
She has always trusted her lord, and she will believe whatever Shen Tang says.
After Lin Feng left, Shen Tang looked at the map for a long time.
My eyes were almost red, and I couldn’t find the approximate location of the “mass grave”. I couldn’t help but mutter that the high priest was not rigorous.
Why not mark the coordinates of such an important discovery?
Because the influence of Kang Jishou's bad luck is still there, Shen Tang dare not close his eyes for too long these days, for fear that he will find himself buried alive when he wakes up. After changing his footing seven or eight times, and going through a series of tortures including choking on water, stuffing his teeth, biting his tongue, falling on the ground, and receiving justice from the sky, Shen Tang paid the heavy price of losing both of his feet. Finally got over it.
At this time, she was in a trance.
The mental outlook is completely different from the last time we met.
Qin Li was shocked at first glance.
"My lord, what's wrong with you?"
Although Shen Tang's eyes were bloodshot and she had a crutch under her arm, she was flexible and could use the crutch as smoothly as possible. Seeing that it was Qin Li coming over, he grinned: "Mr. Su!"
Qin Li bowed his hands and saluted: "I have met my lord."
Seeing his perfect hands wearing Wearing the ring she carefully selected, Shen Tang, who was "released after serving his sentence," was in a better mood: "You don't have to be polite, are you used to it these days?"
"Thank you for your concern, my lord, I am very used to it. ”
Qin Li was a little restrained and couldn't let go, but Shen Tang didn't force him and let him walk around with him whenever he had nothing to do.
Qin Li: "..."
His eyes fell on Shen Tang's legs.
Shen Tang coughed and said: "Ahem, I accidentally got sprained while walking and hurt my ankle. It will be healed in two days..."
Qin Li: "...walking, sprained ”
Should this word appear on the sixteenth-level great master?
"Haha, horses stumble, and people also stumble... I am only one Kang Jishou away from sprained feet... If I don't mention him, my eyes will hurt if I mention him..." Only she herself knows that this How did I survive these few days? "Don't look at my feet wrapped up like this, but I'm still Walking like flying, I——"
The gravel where the crutches landed suddenly collapsed, and Shen Tang's body fell uncontrollably toward the city wall: "I——"
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Let me ask you quietly, how about the next multi-male protagonist?
PS: Although it is unlikely, because women are not allowed to do that_(:з」∠)_
(End of this chapter)