Chapter 1500 Bliss
I don’t know if it’s because I’ve played too many high-end games, but now Fatty feels that a human skin lantern is not unacceptable. After all, he and the doctor had seen it with their own eyes when they went on a mission to the Huang family’s ancient house. Taking a bite of a human skin drum, making a human skin drum and making a lantern from human skin are similar. They are both blood debts left by the evil old society.
But judging from the doctor's attitude, things here seem to be more complicated than he thought.
Zhu Jie's eyes were obscure and he cursed secretly, "It's too bad now, it's really Luo Nvzhan..."
The fat man heard this and asked: "Why, why is this human skin lantern called Luo?" Nvzhan, what’s the meaning of this lantern?”
After Tang Qisheng learned that they would not die for the time being, his expression was no longer so panicked, and he replied in a low voice: "You don't know something. There is a reason why this human skin lantern is named Luo Nuzhan. This lantern originated from the gods." The capital is Luoyang. According to legend, it was the Xia Dynasty The last monarch, Xia Jie, was created by Xia Jie. This man was extravagant, tyrannical and immoral. It is recorded in the "Bamboo Book Annals" that he built beautiful palaces, decorated Yaotai, built beautiful palaces, built jade gates, and used all kinds of extravagances and desires. What’s more, it’s especially easy to search for beauties from all over the place and hide them in In the harem, they were entangled day and night, drinking and having fun. "
"It is said that there was a beauty in the harem who was very fond of Xia Jie. However, one day when Xia Jie was drinking, he suddenly discovered that this woman had an extra growth on her arm. together Seeing the scars, Xia Jie cried bitterly, thinking that this woman was originally a beauty in the world, but now she has flaws."
"After the pain, he looked at the many beauties below who were drunk and enjoying themselves. I can't help but worry that if this is the case These beauties were also injured, wouldn't it be a waste of natural resources?"
"So he simply ordered that all of these beauties be given poison and wine to kill them before they were injured, and then ordered people to carefully peel off the skin of these beauties. Looking for skilled workers Skilled craftsmen stretched out these human skins, carefully dressed them up as they were when they were alive, and set them up in his palace so that he could admire them day and night."
"But as time went by, he came to dislike these beauties. touch There was no warmth, and the appearance was dull and unpopular. At this time, a folk craftsman came forward and said that he had a way. He hollowed out each piece of human skin, polished it into thin pieces, and stretched it with thin bamboo strips. Put one in it The bright red candle made the thin human skin transmit light. Looking at it at night, these "beauties" were all radiant and radiant, no different from when they were alive. Xia Jie was overjoyed and ordered a large reward for the craftsman. "
After listening to Tang Qisheng's explanation, the fat man was filled with hatred and fear. What he hated was that Xia Jie was so inhumane and regarded human life as nothing. What he was afraid of was the story itself. He didn't believe that those improved "beauties" could compete with living people. The same thing, and wouldn't he be afraid to have these "beauties" placed in his palace at night? Fatty's back got chills just thinking about that scene.
Unexpectedly, Tang Qisheng hadn't finished speaking yet. He paused and continued: "This is nothing. What is really bizarre is the story behind it. It is said that Xia Jie's complexion became more and more rosy from then on, and He stayed in the palace and slept for 7 or 8 hours. Someone asked why. After waking up, Xia Jie laughed loudly, pointed to the "beauties" nearby and said that these beauties had just been He was playing with him and refused to let him go. The servants waiting on the side were frightened when they heard this. "
"After the fall of the Xia Dynasty, some people who escaped from the palace said these "beauties." "Lamps" are very strange, and their placement and orientation are very particular. For example, two lamps cannot be too close to each other, otherwise you can hear the whispers between women in the dead of night, and they cannot be too close together. Too far away, or placed alone, otherwise you will see shadows wandering around at night."
"There are also rumors that the folk craftsman is a demon who sealed the souls of these beauties in the lamp. , but the truth is now unverifiable, and those "beauty lamps" were buried in the dust of history with the demise of the Xia Dynasty. "
Tang Qisheng is worthy of being a folklore investigator. The stories he told are far more detailed than those of Yao, Shun, and Yu in Jiangcheng. Jiangcheng only knows that the ghosts of the women who were sealed in these lamps are very evil, so these human skin lamps are often used. It guards the tomb, and although there is only one red candle inside, it remains immortal for a long time. There is a saying that the red candle burned inside is not the red candle, but the woman's unfinished life.
Ordinary tomb robbers would not dare to touch something like this. Thinking of this, Jiang Cheng began to miss Yu Chengmu and his group again. If the old man was still alive, today's situation might be solved.
After a brief silence, the surroundings suddenly changed. A dozen lanterns suddenly lit up around them. This time, not only the fat man, but also the well-informed Tang Qisheng was stunned. He I have never seen so many Luo Nuzhan.
But that's not all. The lanterns spread out in circles, like water waves. Looking at it, there are hundreds of them, and the space here is also surprisingly large.
"Where on earth is this?" Tang Qisheng turned pale with fright, "Is it a certain imperial mausoleum?"
"A normal emperor would not put these ghost things in his mausoleum." Jiang Cheng was alert to his surroundings, he had already smelled danger.
However, after all the lights were turned on, the scene in front of them really shocked everyone. The suppressed darkness receded like a tide, and the drama finally began.
The surroundings are no longer silent, and the sound of music can be heard in the distance. The music is melodious and melodious, followed by a roar of people, laughter, curses, clinking of glasses, and cheers. Sounds, punches and shouts... all kinds of sounds came out at this moment, but they seemed so natural.
Of course, they are outsiders. Jiang Cheng and others stood there, but their feet had long been replaced by wooden floors, surrounded by tables, square wine tables, and long gambling tables. , there is also a stage specially used for juggling, and every table is crowded with people.
Human skin lanterns stood beside tables, like silent maids. Jiang Cheng glanced at everything around him with cold eyes. People here were dressed in different styles, including men wearing old-fashioned Chinese tunic suits, and... Wearing There are women wearing camisole vests, there are outdoor experts wearing arctic cold-proof clothes and goggles, there are energetic young men wearing beanie shoes and tight shorts, there are shirtless tattooed men, there are also kind old ladies with rickets... …
People are different from each other, but groups that seem to have no intersection are strangely harmonious here at this moment. Everyone is sitting around tables, sitting or standing, laughing indulgently. , eat, play, indulge They are enjoying themselves, whether they are full of wrinkles or full of youth, in short, everyone has a smile on their face, a smile from the heart, but against the backdrop of the human skin lanterns and the blood-red halo, these The smile was vaguely ferocious. (End of chapter)