Chapter 143
Xiong Shan's expression froze, and then he smiled bitterly: "Congratulations."
Li Zhuiyuan: "My condolences."
When he found the second and third eldest child, Tan Wenbin had some scruples and considered whether to notify Xiong Shan in time. However, Xiong Shan had the experience of leaving here. If he found the person, there was no need to hide it.
And Shuyou Lin, Yin Meng and Brother Hu, a total of five people, were placed in the pool before burning, which was a big target. However, neither party could find any of them.
It is true that there is a probability of being lost but not found, but this probability is actually very low. Combined with the fact that before entering the water, Shuyou Lin could open his eyes, turn his head, make mouth movements, and show clear self-awareness, so there is a high probability that they He had been here before, but before he and others came down, they left here again.
As for where they went?
Li Zhuiyuan turned around and looked at the damaged stone door.
He was obviously the first echelon here, but he had placed the two of them at the back to act as the second echelon. Now it was better, the second echelon actually ran in front of him.
At this time, Xiong Shan took a deep breath and said:
"The second and third children, they should have been tricked by the Xie family and the Bu family.
When the Xie family and Bu family took action, there was no reason not to unite with the Wang family.
I now suspect that if Lihua hadn't followed you here early because of you, I'm afraid she might have ended up like the second and third children. ”
Li Zhuiyuan: "It's their mother and son's own good fortune, and it has little to do with me."
That's what he said, but what the young man was thinking was:
So, if you hadn't led the team here in advance, would you, Xiong Shan, be alone now?
You were struggling to suppress the outbreak of corpse poison by the lake. Suddenly, you saw your wife, children and brothers being taken down by a team of corpse exterminators. Then you dived down alone to prepare for the rescue, but you just woke up your wife and didn't have time to release the restraint. He witnessed his wife, children, and brothers burning, melting, and exploding in front of him.
You may even be in such a daze that if you delay for too long, and be affected by the corpse poison, you may not be able to escape from the water pool in time, and you will be buried directly in this sea of ghost eyes and fire.
So, you were supposed to be wiped out in this wave?
It was true that he arrived at the unfinished examination room in advance, but he was not actually waiting for the next exam and new test papers. Instead, all the people in the examination room died on the examination table. He sat in and picked up their bodies. Continue to do the unfinished test paper with blood on it?
"Little brother, what's wrong with you?"
"I'm thinking..." Li Zhuiyuan stretched out his hand and pointed to the location where the ghost eye was before, "Those three families are ready to take action. The earliest will be during the day and the latest will be midnight tonight."
Since those three families have planned to transport thunder talismans and corpse oil in and destroy all the corpses here, it is impossible to give the corpse collectors here a chance to pick up the people and refill the lamp oil.
"I feel the same way, so now I have encountered a deadlock. If I continue to move forward and seek the opportunity to seal that general, wouldn't I be making a wedding dress for those three families?"
Li Zhuiyuan nodded.
"There is something, little brother, please forgive me. I will take you out of here. If I happen to meet your people on the way and can save them, I will definitely help, but I will not deliberately rescue them, nor will I help them." Will try to seal that general again
I want to leave here alive and seek revenge on those three families.
Since they dare to use my people as sacrifices, then I must make them pay the price! ”
In fact, Xiong Shan had previously revealed his intention to use those three families as cannon fodder.
But this matter only affects whoever it falls on.
Tan Wenbin was holding a paper ball to block his bleeding nostrils. Hearing Xiong Shan's words, he could only sigh in his heart:
Brother Yuanzi is still kind-hearted. Either he doesn't take action or takes action and rushes to the household registration book and resolutely repays the injustice.
Li Zhuiyuan thought more deeply:
Maybe, Xiong Shan also wanted to admit defeat for his lighting of lanterns in this way, looking for a legitimate excuse, a reason enough to soothe his heart.
He won't leave Jiang, he will focus on avenging his brother.
Li Zhuiyuan: "I understand, but I must save my people. You should lead the way first, and when a certain time comes, we will separate."
"Okay." Xiong Shan pursed his lips, "Little brother, I can't help you, I owe you a favor."
Xiong Shan had said this before, but Li Zhuiyuan didn't really take it to heart last time, and it's the same this time.
Xiong Shan and Lihua walked in front, and Li Zhuiyuan followed them with Runsheng and Tan Wenbin.
When he went up the steps, Li Zhuiyuan specifically looked at the fist pit in the center of the steps. Even after so many years, the fist marks in the fist pit were still clearly visible.
Runsheng kept comparing his fist with the fist pit.
Walking into the damaged stone door, there was no passage ahead, but the wind blew directly. The wind carried sand grains, which were crystal clear and had a strange luster.
Li Zhuiyuan: What a fantasy world.
Generally, in places where evil spirits and resentment are strong, and a large number of people have died, there is a chance that a fantasy world sand pattern will form. This is a natural miasma.
Xiong Shan: "This is the sand of the fantasy world. It can inspire and amplify the strongest joys and sorrows in people's memories. Stabilize your mind and don't get lost in it."
Li Zhuiyuan: "Pure Heart Talisman."
Tan Wenbin and Runsheng immediately took out the Qingxin Talisman and stuck it on their foreheads.
Although they can also try to rely on their own perseverance to get through this fantasy sand, but since they have this condition, there is no need to eat hard.
Xiong Shan also took out a few Chenzhou Talisman, and first put one on each of his wife and son. He turned around and was about to say something. After seeing the two Pure Heart Talisman, he looked surprised at first, and then said with relief:
"No wonder you don't care about my Chenzhou Talisman fragment."
"That's because I have a congenital incompetence in talismans and seals."
"Little brother, you are always so humble."
Li Zhuiyuan was too lazy to explain any more.
"Little brother, don't you post it yourself?"
"I don't have to."
"Then you have to control your emotions."
"I will."
Everyone walked into the sand of the fantasy world together. Even though the talismans helped to suppress it, the rising emotions in their hearts were still obvious.
Lihua started to cry again, Xiong Shan's eyes turned red again due to anger, Runsheng and Tan Wenbin were both suppressing the corners of their mouths, but they were both happy.
Li Zhuiyuan felt nothing.
The sandy area was not big, and after walking forward for a while, everyone came out.
Except for Li Zhuiyuan, everyone began to take a deep breath and adjust their mentality.
Extreme emotions maintained for too long can cause great mental drain.
Xiong Shan turned his head and glanced at the young man beside him who looked like a normal person. His evaluation of the young man in his heart added a touch of mystery.
Huanshisha is at the outermost periphery. After entering, what appears in front of everyone is a huge pit that sinks downwards, much like a mine that has been dug very deep, in circles, one after another, until the deepest part.
But this is just a view from the outside. In fact, the space below is very obviously dislocated. The so-called below does not necessarily have to go down. Here, it is a completely self-contained world.
Li Zhuiyuan looked up.
In the outside reality, the sky is one layer, the lake is one layer, and here is another layer. The third sky, the suppression bureau, is dedicated to the burial of giant murderers!
I think that when the general was buried, he was already regarded as a very evil thing. He was buried here in the hope that he would never get over again.
But even so, history almost made this general a success.
Xiong Shan: "This place is misaligned in the southeast, northwest, and contains murderous intent. It is extremely dangerous. I almost died in it before. Fortunately, I later found a secluded path, and then I was able to find the exit and emerge from the lake."
After a brief introduction, Xiong Shan continued to lead the way.
Everyone walked down along the edge. There should have been a repaired road under their feet, but as the nearby rocks fell off, the road was no longer a road. However, in the middle of the road, there were new traces of excavation. It was not a spacious gallop, but Flat for one person only.
For example, when a huge boulder blocks the road ahead, a hollow appears in the center of the boulder and is blocked on all sides, but people can pass through the middle relatively normally.
This is a newly built corpse exorcism road specially designed for corpse exorcists.
As we walked, the scene ahead changed. Instead of original stone pits, there were many dilapidated and destroyed pavilions and buildings.
When you look into the pit again, you will see that the pit is no longer down there, but on an equal footing with you.
Where there is still a deep pit, it has clearly turned into a palace, but the outer walls of the palace have collapsed in large areas, and the inside is also in ruins.
The general's resurgence and historical suppression, this place was once a battlefield.
The road in front of everyone also became more open. Although it was still full of bumps, it was no longer along the cliff mountain road, and the sound of footsteps getting closer and closer could be vaguely heard.
Xiong Shan raised his hand to signal everyone to stop moving forward.
Then he squatted down and put his hands on the ground.
Straws of straw stretched out from his body. These straws seemed to have grown temporarily, and there were more and more of them, forming two small haystacks on both sides of his body.
Xiong Shan began to cross his hands, more like knitting than making a seal.
Two piles of straw slowly stood up, and the figures of straw men appeared.
Tan Wenbin opened his eyes wide, approached Li Zhuiyuan and asked: "Brother Xiaoyuan, what kind of method is this?"
"There are shadows of witchcraft."
The two piles of straw turned into two straw poles and a scarecrow sitting on them.
Xiong Shan attached two black talismans to the two scarecrows respectively, then scratched their palms with his nails and performed a blood sacrifice on them. The scarecrow's temperament immediately changed, exuding a solemn and profound aura.
Xiong Shan: "Come on, one of us will carry it and walk along the left side. We must not go to the center and collide with them."
Li Zhuiyuan: "Just do it."
Xiong Shan and Lihua, one behind the other, raised two straw poles.
The same goes for the three people on Li Zhuiyuan's side. Runsheng walked in front, and Li Zhuiyuan grabbed Runsheng's clothes and followed behind.
In this way, the lower body of the scarecrow that was originally sitting on it hangs down, and its feet do not touch the ground.
This is a self-created imitation using witchcraft. I have to say that Xiong Shan's personal methods are indeed powerful.
Of course, Li Zhuiyuan never doubted the opponent's strength.
But when the once reckless man began to think about retreating, his aura weakened.
The two teams continued to move forward along the far left side of the road.
Xiong Shan was still leading the way. He did not lead everyone into the palace, but walked around the outside of the palace. He said that he had been in it before and it was very dangerous inside.
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Everyone heard the sound of dense footsteps. In the middle of the road, a group of soldiers were running forward, holding torches and shouting.
It can be distinguished from the details of their armor that they are Yuan troops.
It is said that they were the first to break the calm here and accelerate the general's recovery.
Immediately afterwards, there were maids and eunuchs marching in groups.
They even walked side by side for a long way, but at the next side entrance, they turned into the palace.
Xiong Shan even stopped for a moment to let them pass first.
Li Zhuiyuan thought for a moment and concluded that they should be wearing clothes from the Han Dynasty.
But if it is a general's tomb, forget about maids, why are there still eunuchs?
The lamps on both sides of the road began to be erected. They had been destroyed long ago and now appeared as phantoms, but the lighting effect was still obvious.
"Drive. Drive!"
Another group of knights, galloping on horseback, passed through the middle.
In short, although this road is "empty", it is "busy".
Fortunately, as long as they carry the straw pole and act as corpse chasers, "no one" cares about them.
Li Zhuiyuan raised his head several times and looked at the scarecrow on his side.
The one whose feet do not touch the ground can look at it, but the one who is being carried by the real team of exorcists cannot look at it.
The young man still doesn't know who gave "it" such power.
At first, he and Xiong Shan both thought it was the general's patrol, and the "it" in each team of corpse hunters represented the general's "sight".
But if the general still has such powerful power and can achieve such long-distance delivery, then why is he still trapped here? Can't he come out?
But if it doesn’t come from the general’s power, then whose power does it come from?
Under the leadership of Xiong Shan, everyone walked around the perimeter of the palace for almost three-quarters of the way until there was an upward fork in front of them. There was a relatively well-preserved building above the fork.
Compared to the palace, it looks very rustic and simple.
Xiong Shan: "I don't know what it was called in ancient times, but the furnishings inside look like a banquet hall. There is a small waterfall behind the hall, which drops down to a Yin River. I jumped from there and returned to the lake."
Everyone started to go up the fork.
Li Zhuiyuan was not in a hurry to leave. He still had to look for Lin Shuyou and Yin Meng, but it was necessary to go there and at least watch Xiong Shan and Lihua jump off the waterfall to ensure that it was the correct way to leave.
However, the further you go up, the atmosphere gradually changes.
A red blanket appeared on the ground, and the stone lanterns on both sides of the road were no longer phantoms, but real ones, with real lamp oil inside for burning.
Xiong Shan: "Something's wrong. When I fumbled here yesterday, I didn't find these furnishings. These are all new ones. Let's go back first!"
When encountering unusual situations, it is better to touch and look around more.
But when everyone wanted to go down, a group of maids and eunuchs appeared on the way up. They were numerous and arranged neatly.
The eunuch held a lantern in his hand, and the maid held a lotus lantern in his hand.
They were phantoms, but this time, they were densely packed, completely blocking the way down.
When Li Zhuiyuan, Xiong Shan and others approached them, white smoke emitted from the scarecrow above both sides. After all, the scarecrow was not a strong bamboo stick. There was also a "click-click" sound, as if it was about to break apart.
The maids and eunuchs all advanced together, step by step, step by step, forcing Li Zhuiyuan and others to retreat.
"Little brother, I don't know what's going on here, but the more they force us like this, the less we can follow their will, so prepare to take action!"
Li Zhuiyuan recognized Xiong Shan's judgment.
But behind the maid eunuch, eight teams of corpse chasers appeared, all in a standard configuration of three people. Two people were arguing, and the middle person's feet did not touch the ground.
How to do this?
Those eight are placed there. Just one look at them will cause a backlash in your mind. How can you fight them?
Xiong Shan: "People have to bow their heads under the eaves, so let's just follow their wishes for now."
The two corpse exterminators from the Caotai team began to turn around and continue walking up.
Perhaps it was because the two teams had previously "retrograded" and blocked the road. When they went up again, the maids and eunuchs shuttled past them.
It's a pity that the eight teams of corpse chasers at the rear seemed to really regard the two teams as "companions". There were four on each side, and they regarded the two of them as the leaders.
Now, not only was there no chance of turning around, but one couldn't even slow down.
The further you go up, the closer you are to the "banquet hall", and the hazy feeling of bright lights becomes stronger.
The door of the banquet hall was open, and some of the maids and eunuchs were standing outside waiting, while others went in.
Now a new question comes. As the "leader", should I go in or park outside?
Fortunately, the maids and eunuchs outside gave the answer. They bent down and all made a "please" gesture.
It seems that he is going in.
After entering, it is indeed as Xiong Shan said, it is a banquet hall layout, and the banquet format is very old.
There is a square platform half a person's height in the middle, which should be the main seating area. There is a curtain hanging on it, blocking the view.
All around and below, there are tables arranged in rows. Some tables are intact, while others have long been damaged.
Currently, the place seems empty, except for the four tables in one corner where people are sitting.
Li Zhuiyuan saw acquaintances, first the three gangsters from Brother Hu, who were all sitting there with their eyes closed, motionless.
Sitting next to Brother Hu and the three others was Shuyou Lin.
Shuyou Lin was sitting there quietly, but now he seemed to sense something again. He opened his eyes and began to look around. He was saying something. He couldn't hear the sound, but his mouth shape was still:
"Brother Xiaoyuan?"
Last time at the lake, Shuyou Lin was in the team of exorcists, and his perception was blocked, while Li Zhuiyuan and others were in the "Yin Yang Road Inn" barrier. He could sense people, but couldn't see them.
This time, Li Zhuiyuan and the others were carrying fake and shoddy clothing, and their concealment abilities were not that strong. Lin Shuyou sensed it first, then determined the general direction, and finally looked at the location of Li Zhuiyuan.
At this time, a gust of wind blew, and the curtain on the main platform was blown open, revealing the situation inside.
There is a seat on the table, and there are two accompanying seats on the left and right sides of the first seat. The host naturally takes the first seat, but those who can accompany him on the table must also be the four most noble people in the room.
On the first seat, there is a set of armor. The armor is covered with scars and shows a strong sense of the vicissitudes of time. It should represent the general.
There is a sculpture placed under the right hand of the first one. The sculpture is of a man dressed in red. Although the sculpture is mottled and damaged, it can still make people feel the former grace of the object it is copying.
The clothes on the sculpture were similar to those worn by Uncle Qin during Li Zhuiyuan's entrance ceremony.
Li Zhuiyuan also has one. The old lady specially made it for him. There are two sets, one is mainly red, and the other is mainly green. After all, he has two sets, and every Chinese clothing store must have one.
This sculpture should represent the Dragon King of the Qin family who once suppressed the general. Although the general was suppressed by him, he still erected his statue and placed it next to his seat to show his recognition and respect.
Opposite the red sculpture, just below the left hand side of the first sculpture, sits... Yin Meng.
When Tan Wenbin and Runsheng saw this, they both looked shocked: Why could Yin Meng sit in that position.
Even Xiong Shan looked at the young man with surprise and questioning: Who are your subordinates? Or, who is the subordinate between you and him?
Only Li Zhuiyuan, who has read the complete version of the Yin family tree, knows that this is not surprising.
Because,
This is the tradition of the Yin people who have always traveled and had meals.
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This chapter is to make up for yesterday’s word count.
In the evening and today.
(End of chapter)