the last priest

Chaozi went to get an engineering shovel, and the work of digging the hole only needs to be handed over to Dashan. He can support three people by himself.The excavated pit soil was red before, but later the color gradually darkened, and gradually turned brown, and the smell became more and more unpleasant, and the stench could not be escaped even if people covered their noses.

The color change of the soil made Zha Wenbin extremely nervous, and so did Chaozi. He had already loaded the gunpowder with gunpowder, and he had experienced this kind of change before.

Many years ago, when Chaozi had just transferred from the army, he participated in a field archaeological project in Cangzhou, Hebei, on the border with Beijing.A local farmer was digging a well in his yard, but the water coming out of the well was red. The farmer finally made a stirrup in the well with a bucket.After identification, it was a Mongolian aristocratic stirrup from the Yuan Dynasty.

It is extremely rare to find the tombs of the Yuan Dynasty, because among the tombs of the past dynasties, the tombs of the Yuan Dynasty are famous for their burial places. Pay attention to Feng Shui, so it has always been the dream of every archaeologist to find the noble tombs of the Yuan Dynasty.

Chaozi went there as an intern. At that time, archaeological elites from several provinces were mobilized to concentrate on the excavation. Because the underground water layer was pierced, the authorities were afraid that the tomb would collapse due to water ingress, so the progress was required to be fast.Two water pumps continuously pumped the red water out of the well. After two days and three nights, the well was empty. This 15-meter-deep well was the first step down.

At that time, No. 1 who went down the well was a deputy department-level cadre of the Beijing Institute of Archeology. He also returned from the army and fought in the Laoshan Battle.Less than 5 minutes after going down, the rope on the edge of the well began to shake, and then everyone heard tragic cries from below.He hurriedly pulled the rope up and saw that there was only a little skin left on the neck of the person, and the wound was full of black tears.

One of the team that participated in that operation knew a little bit about the way. His father was a Taoist priest in Longhu Mountain, and he joined the army during the Anti-Japanese War.He said that the wound was bitten by dirty things, and people cannot go down. This kind of red soil has a name called "red burial", which is a long-lost burial method. Into the mud bag inside.People in ancient times believed that red represents and symbolizes life, blood is red, and fire is red.The loss of blood, stagnation, and extinguishment of fire mean the end of life.The living need the support of blood and fire, and the dead also need the supplies of blood and fire.In such a burial environment, the deceased will be alive even though they are dead, and their souls will not die.This burial method can be traced back to the earliest Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties or even earlier, but in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, thick burials and mercury sealing of corpses were popular in various countries, and red burials gradually disappeared, and there were no people who knew this burial method. up.

Because of the fatality, this incident was listed as a highly confidential incident, and interns like Chaozi were naturally deprived of the qualification to participate.It was only later that he heard that more than one person was injured in that operation, and the information in it might have been classified as a secret file and stored forever in the safe of a special department.

The speed of the shovel under the mountain was extremely fast. In less than half an hour, he had dug five meters deep, and a sticky liquid began to appear under his feet.Cha Wenbin stopped shouting at this moment. He dipped a stick in the liquid and came out to observe. After frowning for a long time, he said: "We are lacking a lot of things now, and this place is impossible to dig."

Zhuo Xiong said: "What's missing, I'll go down the mountain tomorrow to do it."

"Well, let me write a list. You take Miss Leng to the provincial capital overnight, and you must find Zhao Yunxiao and Director Leng. They must get what is required on the list, otherwise there will be another bloody disaster. "Zha Wenbin asked Chaozi to turn on the lamp, and wrote on a piece of empty talisman paper with a brush: quicklime, ten loads; realgar powder, two packs; japonica glutinous rice, one load; live cocks, five; Boy's urine, one bucket; concentrated sulfuric acid, one bucket; explosive detonators and guns as much as can be provided.

Zhuo Xiong could easily understand the previous things. He found that Cha Wenbin actually needed firearms. He was a person who could not use firearms, and firearms were not available to ordinary people.

Seeing that he was hesitant, Cha Wenbin said, "Don't worry about it so much, Zhao Yunxiao has to figure out a way about the gun, he knows who to go to. Also, tell them that the person who goes into the mountain must be reliable, and the things will be sent to him when they are delivered." downhill."

Zhuo Xiong took the task and went down the mountain with Leng Yiran to discredit him. Chaozi gave Zhuo Xiong his own gun for self-defense very loyally. It is difficult to walk at night, and he always has a lot of peace of mind when he has a guy in his hand.

The three of them sat on a nearby grave, Chaozi smoked a cigarette, thought for a while and said, "I've seen Honglianbu."

"You still understand this?" Zha Wenbin was a little surprised. This is indeed a red burial. Everyone who has studied Taoism is a taboo to this burial.It can also be said that for them, Honglian Burial is a forbidden place that they only hear about but cannot break into. It is a secret burial method that has been lost for a long time, and there are many theories about its origin.Among them, the latest record of this burial method in Taoism is Bigan.

Bigan was a loyal minister of a generation who was murdered by the demon queen Daji. After King Zhou planed out his heart, he was saved because of a charm presented by Jiang Ziya.After his heart was dug out, Bigan rode his horse and galloped for several miles, when suddenly he heard a woman yelling to sell spinach, Bigan reined in his horse and asked: "What if a person has no heart?" The woman replied: "If a person has no heart, he will die!" Bigan Immediately, there was a loud cry of blood gushing like a fountain, and he cried out for his life.

Later, Jiang Ziya helped Zhou succeed in defeating Zhou, and he was enshrined as a god by the decree of Yuanshi Tianzun, and Bigan was posthumously named the "Wenqu Xingjun" of the Tianquan Palace at the center of the Big Dipper.Bigan didn't see King Zhou's downfall and died with regret. In order to preserve Bigan's soul and let him see the day when King Zhou was destroyed, Jiang Ziya used the long-lost red burial.At the time of enshrining the gods, King Wu of Zhou held the Yanbai Banner but could not enshrine Bigan, because Bigan was no longer a "human" at this time.The Red Burial can keep people immortal, and their souls are not allowed to travel freely within the Three Realms. Bigan can only be an unintentional "blood zombie".Later, King Wu of Zhou left an inscription on a copper plate with a total of sixteen characters: Qi Fengshen rain, thunder and lightning shine today;

It was a strange formation that broke the Taoist talisman given to Bigan by Jiang Ziya.According to legend, this formation was created by Fuxi, and the souls of those trapped by the formation will suffer from frost after death.In order to save Bigan's suffering soul, Jiang Ziya had to use red burial and fire to save him.Although Bigan was able to escape from the frost, he also suffered from the vicious backlash of the red burial method. In order to prevent Bigan from turning into a demon in the future, Bigan's tomb was repaired extremely deep, and it is also known as the No. [-] tomb in the world.

Chaozi said: "I have seen it in the tomb of a nobleman of the Yuan Dynasty in Cangzhou, Hebei. Someone died later. How could there be such a burial method in this place? Shouldn't it have disappeared long ago?"

"Yuan Dynasty burial?" Zha Wenbin asked rhetorically, and then he immediately denied: "It cannot be the Yuan Dynasty. This kind of burial method has been lost in the Spring and Autumn Period. It is only recorded in some legends and classics. The Yuan Dynasty nobles are Mongols, they don’t even understand the methods of Middle-earth Taoism.”

Chaozi argued: "It's really the Yuan Dynasty, at least the first object unearthed at that time is from the Yuan Dynasty."

"What does that mean? Can you guarantee that the nobleman of the Yuan Dynasty didn't repair the tomb in the wrong place by himself and put it on top of someone else's head?"

"This..." Chaozi was really stopped by Cha Wenbin's rhetorical question for a while. It's not like this kind of tomb repairing on other people's land has never happened. He once dealt with a noble tomb of the Eastern Han Dynasty. After cleaning it, Just below the main tomb of that tomb, another noble tomb from the Western Zhou Dynasty was discovered.

Cha Wenbin went on to say: "If someone hadn't broken the earth's energy, the blood corpse would not wake up, but anyone who was buried with red burial must know the disadvantages of this dregs burial method. A zombie? People in Yuan Dynasty don’t pay attention to Feng Shui, so they just bury it in a random place, and the possibility of stepping on someone’s head is very high. The fresh corpse is still popular, and the rightful owner below was awakened in this way, so Hong Lian buried it inside There will not be any funeral objects, because as long as there is something with popularity, it will awaken the true owner inside."

Chaozi pointed to the big pit, made gestures and said, "Then let's keep digging, isn't this putting mines on our feet!"

"You think I want to dig, if you didn't provoke that damn black lynx, I would dig this?"

Chaozi asked in confusion: "Is there any relationship between the two?"

"One: The lynx is the ancestor of ghosts. The lynx you provoked is definitely not a good thing. Its hostility is comparable to that of a red blood corpse. The blood corpse is a big immovable plate in front of it. If it is really eaten by it, then this lynx may really harm people in the future. I have to get the contents out to make bait, and if I don’t get rid of that lynx, don’t even think about it in the future. However, it will take revenge. Second: The Red Burial has disappeared for at least 3000 years, and it appeared in such a remote place. The articles here are not trivial. We will not open them. It is possible to repeat the mistakes you made in Cangzhou, this thunder, we have to go first for others."