Fu Yujiang reflexively stretched out his hand to take it, but was immediately stopped by reason. He just moved closer to observe the thing emitting blue light.
"It's a pearl, and it's of good quality. But why do you want to hold it in your mouth?"
Zhou Shi thought for a while and said: "Did you encounter river pirates and put the valuable thing in your mouth in a hurry? Or was it used for medical treatment, but it turned out from the stomach?"
He heard from customers at Fengde Tower that pearls were used to treat skin diseases, but he wouldn’t swallow them whole, right?
"I wonder if this is some kind of custom..." Fu Yujiang hesitated for a while and said.
"Custom?"
"His clothes are very strange, very similar to the Yi people living in the mountains on both sides of the river. Putting pearls in the mouth of the dead may be their way of burial."
Fu Yujiang has lived on the river for many years, and it is inevitable to interact with the aboriginal people on both sides of the strait.
"It makes sense, but we can't guess anything by guessing like this. How about..."
"How?"
"Ask him directly."
Fu Yujiang saw Zhou Shi holding the iron abacus in front of him, and he knew: This is the real skill of the walker!
"Then I'll stand outside for a while."
Only Zhou Shi and the body on the ground were left in the hut.
He took a deep breath, first took out Mr. Hu and put it in the corpse's hand. Then he moved the abacus according to the method taught by Mr. Mo.
Three times five divides two, four times five makes one.
If you come here as a flamboyant, if you have any grievances, they will be dealt with quickly.
When the cold wind suddenly picked up, the flames of Huozhezi suddenly became brighter, and the shape of a person slowly appeared on the corpse.
This is the unique secret of Zhou Shi, the spirit summoning algorithm, taught to him by Mr. Mo when he left Fengde Tower. As long as it is used on a corpse, the ghost of the deceased can be summoned. Of course, it is limited to the ghosts wandering in the world.<
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The spirit summoning algorithm is risky. If the ghost has turned into a ghost and responded to the call, the user's life will be in danger. However, this corpse shows that the deceased was not tortured or cursed.
It will turn into a fierce ghost. As for the resentful spirit, Duke Hu is enough to suppress it.
The dark wind howled, and it seemed that what was summoned this time was a resentful spirit, but Zhou Shi was very calm in his heart. This battle is far worse than that of Cheng Youyi's nephew.
"Listen up, ghost, you have died and turned into a resentful spirit. I will ask you a few questions, and as long as you answer truthfully, I will help you enter reincarnation. Otherwise, you will always wander between life and death and suffer torture. I understand.
Just settle down for me!"
Sure enough, the dark wind slowly subsided, leaving only twisted and strange shadows flowing in the narrow space.
"Not bad, we can communicate."
Zhou Shi took back the Hu Gongzun from the corpse, and the human form suspended on the corpse immediately became fleshed out and took on the appearance of the deceased. However, its face was covered by shadows and water dripped from its body, exactly like a drowned ghost.<
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"Who are you, and why did you end up dead in the river?"
The resentful spirit opened and closed its mouth several times before making a sound.
"I am... a member of the Fire Family... Wei Yuan..."
The voice of the resentful spirit was intermittent, and what he said lacked logic and was confusing. It took Zhou Shi some time to understand what he said:
His name is Wei Yuan, and he is a clan leader of the "Yi people" Huo family who live in the upper reaches of the Three Gorges River.
It is said that the Huo family were Han people who took water to Shu for refuge during the chaos in the Central Plains before the founding of Daliang. They settled at the entrance of Bashu and were isolated from the Central Plains for a long time, forming a unique clan-centered society.
The Fire Family is composed of several clans with major surnames, and Wei Yuan is the leader of the Wei clan.
"I was...punished by the clan leader...and thrown into the river..."
Zhou Shi was shocked, was he executed?
Wei Yuan told the whole story intermittently——
Two years ago, a Central Plains man came to the mountain where the Huo family lived with generous gifts, hoping to meet the patriarch.
The clan leader is a leader elected by the leaders of the five clans of the Fire Family. He is in charge of major affairs within the clan and has absolute authority.
On the day when the clan leader met with the Central Plains people, all five clan leaders, including Wei Yuan, were present. The Central Plains people first showed off the silk, gold and silver they had brought, and the iron tools that the Fire family was most in need of, which made several leaders' eyes wide open.
Then, he told the reason why he came - hoping to grow medicinal materials on the land of the Fire Family.
The meeting gift represents sincerity. As long as you agree to the requests of the Central Plains people, the Fire Family will receive more generous rewards every year.
Life in the mountains is indeed difficult, and trading with the Central Plains people can greatly improve their lives. Although they did not say it, the five leaders were moved. But in the end, they still have to obey the orders of the clan leader.
To the surprise of the leaders, the patriarch sternly refused.
"The land our ancestors have carved out over several generations is used to feed us, not for trading."
The patriarch's order is absolute. No matter how dissatisfied the five leaders are, they can only watch the Central Plains people leave with several boats of gifts.
The night before leaving, the people from the Central Plains found Wei Yuan, hoping to trade alone with the Wei clan. This was exactly what Wei Yuan wanted, and the Wei clan had also secretly reclaimed a lot of land in the mountains, which could hide the secrets from other tribes.
Plant secretly.
They hit it off immediately, and the Central Plains people left a ship of goods and some plants. The Central Plains people said that the conditions required for the growth of this medicinal material are extremely harsh, and only this mountain can meet them. As long as one plant can be grown alive, he will pay the full payment. Wei Yuan and his tribe swore an oath of blood and agreed to keep the secret strictly, so they transplanted the plants to the secret land of the Wei family.
In the past two years, cargo ships from the Central Plains came twice, transporting rewards from downstream to the territory of the Wei clan. Wei Yuan asked the clan members to keep a low profile as much as possible, but it still inevitably aroused suspicion from other clans.
As the Central Plains people said, that kind of medicinal material is not easy to maintain, and one-third of the plants died in the first year. By the second year, only three plants were left alive. But the men sent by the Central Plains people were very satisfied after inspection.
Said this has exceeded their expectations.
In the past two years, the Wei clan has developed strict confidentiality procedures, so that other tribes can't get hold of them even if they suspect the iron tools and silks that appear inexplicably in their hands. Anyway, these things are normal items that they usually trade with merchant ships on the river.<
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However, things suddenly developed in a direction that Wei Yuan had not expected. The tribesman responsible for taking care of the plants died unexpectedly, and the body found in the field only contained bones!
"Wait a minute!" Hearing this, Zhou Shi shouted, "You just said there are only bones left? What exactly are you planting?"