Chapter 8 The Horror Records of Ancient Tree Cannibalism in Sanskrit Classics
Just looking at me, I was already in endless astonishment.
"Did you hear what they said? The doll became a spirit and came back to life..."
I shook my head. Regarding these things, seeing is believing and hearing is believing.
"Shall we go take a look?" I asked.
He shook his head briefly, and suddenly his face turned pale, as if he was frightened even more deeply.
"I remember that it was said in ancient classics that puppets cannibalize people... no, it's ancient trees that cannibalize people. All the worshipers didn't come back and died in the sacrificial forest. And that Bodhi tree came from the sacrificial forest. What do I think? I doubt that the doll was left behind after the ancient tree cannibalized people. What do you think? Is it possible?"
I know what she is talking about. In Uttar Pradesh, there has always been a terrible legend about "two children being sacrificed and ancient trees cannibalizing people". However, no one has seen the specific content with their own eyes, and everything is spread by rumors.
"Stop thinking nonsense, go take a look and everything will become clear." I deliberately kept my tone very calm and gentle, hoping to appease her simple emotions and calm her down so that we could solve the problem together.
She is a well-known goddess thief. No matter how powerful she is, she is still a girl. She will definitely feel uneasy when encountering such a horrific incident.
"Ye Kai, tell me, what is hidden in these pair of Yin and Yang dolls? Why are so many gangsters bidding at high prices? The first clue I got was that someone offered eight million, and the latest price I got , but it’s one billion, how many times has it doubled?”
I can't answer simple questions.
Gold is valuable, but jade is priceless. There are too many mysterious figures in the world who control mountains of gold and silver, so they don't care about money at all. In the eyes of those people, money is just a bunch of meaningless Arabic numerals.
No matter whether it is eight million or one billion, it is impossible to measure the true value of the Yin Yang Doll.
I hope that this pair of dolls will be sent to the Antique Investigation Bureau so that real experts can analyze the mysteries. Now, the transformation of the dolls into spirits is a variable that I cannot imagine.
"Oh, oh..." Jian Jian suddenly covered his heart with both hands and fell sideways.
I quickly supported her and sat down on the bench on the side.
"My heart hurts, don't leave me... Let's leave the doll alone for now, okay? My heart hurts so much, as if a hand is grabbing my heart... Ye Kai, help me, I have medicine in my pocket, Help me..." His simple expression became extremely painful, and his voice began to distort and change, and it didn't look like he was pretending at all.
I found a small silver medicine bottle in her pocket, poured out the red pill, and helped her take it.
"I'm very panicked. I don't know what's going to happen. Everything in the sacrificial forest is an ominous thing. I shouldn't have gotten involved this time. Alas... I'm obsessed with money. I shouldn't, shouldn't..."
Jian Jian has been blaming herself, but I understand that what these people in the world care most about is money.
Man will die for money, and birds will die for food. This is the eternal truth.
"You really don't want to go and see it? Or...are there other reasons?" I didn't force Jian Jian to leave immediately, but I was keenly aware that her unwillingness to act was due to other reasons.
Jian looked at me and smiled pitifully: "Look, do I seem to be pretending? There is a hidden disease in my body. Whenever I encounter scary things like ghosts and spirits, my heart will twitch involuntarily and I will be unable to move." .Give me a little time, half an hour, okay? Let me stabilize and recover, and we’ll go see you right away, okay?”
I didn't force her because I felt that simplicity played a very subtle role in this matter.
Between money and life, she first chose the former, and then the latter.
She must know some secrets to be in such a dilemma.
The words in the ancient books of Uttar Pradesh are very obscure, and they are in incomplete ancient Sanskrit, so any translation by any scholar will lead to some ambiguities. In the several versions I have read, it is said that "the sacrifices produced a strange chain reaction, and the wood turned into wood."
There is no distinction between people and trees."
According to many people's understanding, when trees and people merge into one, wooden people will be produced. Eventually, people will have the thoughts of ancient trees, and ancient trees will also incorporate human thoughts, with the help of tree roots, earth, and soil.
, the power of the water source rapidly evolved and became another non-plant, non-animal monster.
In the end, the sacrificial forest turned into a monster forest, and people without moral principles could not enter it at all.
"Let's trace the source. Whoever advocated logging and chopped down the ancient Bodhi tree is the initiator and the culprit, right?" I continued to ask.
At the moment, we are here to battle wits and discuss ideas, and we must get a reasonable result.
"Ye Kai, Mr. Ye, have mercy on me, let me rest for a while, I'm really tired... The news that the doll became a spirit just came, I was so scared that my legs were weak, really my legs were weak, but if you
If you want to know what the ancient classics say, I can call and ask someone else to tell you——"
I shook my head and stopped her from calling.
When I face a simple person, I can still handle it with ease. If she brings more people in, it will disrupt the view and make things continue to get out of control.
"Simple, tell me, who is the financial backer behind you? Who wants to get the Yin Yang Doll, and how much does he know?"
I asked a simple question that could definitely be answered. If she refused to answer, then there was no need for our cooperation to continue.
"Qingdi." He simply announced his name.
I couldn't help but said "ah" and sat up suddenly.
"Yes, it's the Qing Emperor, but it's not him himself, but the middleman. The other party said that the Qing Emperor wants the pair of Yin and Yang dolls. As long as I steal them out and leave Uttar Pradesh, someone will take care of them immediately. According to him, the Qing Emperor once
I swore a poisonous oath that I would never set foot in Uttar Pradesh again in my life, otherwise I would be struck by thunder and die. Therefore, the middleman found me and asked me to act according to the orders of the Qing Emperor. If everything goes well, the doll will eventually be delivered to the Qing Emperor.
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I immediately asked: "Isn't the Qing Emperor afraid of the terrible legend of ancient trees cannibalizing people?"
Jian Jian sneered slightly: "He is the top figure in the Ge Laohui, so of course he is not afraid. There is nothing in the world that can make Qing Emperor afraid. The world is so big, divided into four parts, purple, white, gold and green, Qing Emperor is the most respected... Haha, he
I'm definitely not afraid, and I don't care. Many people are willing to work for Qing Emperor. As long as they can do something for him, they will be honored. Although I don't despise myself so much, I still feel very happy when I think that even the famous Qing Emperor knows my name.
Proud. Ye Kai, you are pretending to be noble now, but if the Qing Emperor comes suddenly, you will bow your head in an instant, right?"
Qingdi, Ge Laohui, Purple White, Golden Green... all of these are the supreme strata of the Chinese world, and ordinary people cannot match them.
To put it simply, anyone can claim to be noble before seeing the Qing Emperor, but when they actually see the Qing Emperor, they will definitely bow their heads and pay tribute to this greatest figure in the world for hundreds of years.
"Let's talk about the ancient classics of Uttar Pradesh. Did the Qing Emperor also believe those unbelievable and terrifying rumors?" I changed the topic and didn't want to involve the Ge Lao Hui too much.
Ge Laohui is the Taishan Beidou in the world, and his authority is far greater than that of the princes.
Only by avoiding him can you start well and end well.