Chen Zhi asked Chunsheng to describe the whole process of the sacrifice in detail. After the monsters tied the child to the shore, they surrounded the child with a kind of red soil, and used the red soil to pour a cloud around the child.
Create complex patterns, and finally hang a statue of the god in the west. Within one night, these monsters will not appear. In the early morning of the next day, these monsters will follow Jiu Po Po out, and then Jiu Po Po will use the Seven Treasures Red Gold Arrow
Shoot the child and eat it.
Although this series of god-sacrifice rituals was described very vaguely by Chun Sheng, Chen Zhi still remembered a shadow in his mind. It was a very ancient god. The Chinese people have kept it secret for generations. It represents death.
The god of God - Emperor Fengdu.
Before the Zhou Dynasty, China had always followed the worship and sacrifice of the Fengdu Emperor. It once worshiped the God of Death infinitely. This kind of worship came from fear, and the sacrificial rituals were also very cruel, so it was abolished as early as the slave society. Chen
The record of worshiping the God of Death that Zhi saw was in a yellow brocade silk book from the Spring and Autumn Period.
The text on the silk book says: "The Great Yin Dharma Cao, who is responsible for the calculation, will count the years and reduce the years. After the calculation is completed, he will summon the Yin God of the earth and the earth mansion to collect the body and examine his soul and spirit."
It describes the worship of one of the ancient giants, Emperor Fengdu. Emperor Fengdu, also known as Emperor Beiyin, is the highest god in the underworld. In ancient mythology, the god of death who is in charge of the world of death is called the King of Hell among the people. After that, there are many folklores, and gradually
The origin of the original God of Death is blurred.
In fact, Emperor Fengdu is very ancient and has the same lifespan as heaven and earth. Unlike other gods, he was originally the god of the ghost country. There are records about the ancient ghost country in the "Shan Hai Jing". There is a big peach tree on Shuo Mountain, and the flags that fly out are ghosts for three thousand miles.
Gate, the people of the ghost country are ghosts and ghosts, wandering under the Yellow Spring, ruling Fengdu, and being the place where all ghosts come and go.
Fengdu is the legendary hell. It is the place where the most evil people are imprisoned after death. Once they enter the hell, they will never be reincarnated. The scene in the legendary Fengdu Hell is extremely terrifying. All ghosts and monsters gather there to eat and torture humans.
soul.
To worship Emperor Fengdu, the boy's flesh and blood should be used as a sacrifice, the fire and earth should be used as traces, a totem of the rebirth of the fire phoenix should be drawn, the boy should be shot with a sacred weapon, and all things on the earth should be burned.
This is very similar to what Chunsheng described. If this sacrificial ceremony is really to commemorate the God of Death, then it is more certain that these monsters are ghosts and demons from the underworld, and the fact that Grandma Jiu is a monk. But the only thing that doesn't make sense is
However, what kind of skills does the foolish monk who is originally a human being use to drive these powerful ghosts and monsters from the underworld to surrender to him?
It's already dark now. According to Chunsheng's past experience, if Yazai cannot be rescued tonight, the child will not survive tomorrow morning. Therefore, rescuing the child quickly is the first priority, and we will discuss other things later.
The first thing they had to solve was the problem of the Wu Zang Temple. Chen Zhi and Pang Wei were both very hungry. Because they came in a hurry, they only brought some dry buns with them, and the quantity was very small. Chun Sheng was worried that the fire would produce smoke, so the cave
They will be discovered by monsters, so they don’t dare to hunt prey to eat, but there is a kind of wild fruit on the mountain, which is as big as a pomegranate, red, huge and delicious, and tastes very delicious.
Chen Zhi and Pang Wei ate a mixture of dry food and wild fruits until they were half full, and then they were ready to set off.
They didn't make much preparation when they came out. They only brought two pistols and small daggers. There were no extra bullets. Fortunately, they all carried their own long stone-controlling knives. They tied the long knives to their backs and followed.
Chunsheng left the cave together.
After they returned to the ground, they first passed through the stone forest above, and then entered the forest. They did not dare to make much movement, and walked carefully in sections to be prepared for an ambush ahead. When they walked
When we reached the edge of the forest, we climbed up a very tall tree, covered it with leaves, and looked ahead with a telescope.
I saw brightly lit lights and several large bonfires on the bank of the river. Yazai was tied to a rock on the bank. He stared at everything around him with his big eyes in horror. He was too frightened to cry. There was no trace of blood on his face.
His blood turned red. A circle of red soil was scattered around him. The red soil formed a complex pattern, which looked like a bird from a distance. In the west of the red soil circle, there was a wooden stand.
The bracket is at least ten meters high, and there is a gold-painted portrait hanging on it, which glows under the firelight.
Chen Zhi recognized that kind of red clay. It was a kind of flammable mineral powder. Its composition was similar to that of sulfur. It ignited when it was touched by fire. And Chen Zhi recognized the ferocious face on the portrait at a glance.
It is the legendary God of Death - Emperor Fengdu.
The Fengdu Emperor in the painting is majestic and majestic in a colorful battle robe, holding a sword and halberd in his hand, with a green face and fangs, and an angry look, which is very ferocious.
The goblins with bull heads and human bodies knelt down in front of the statue of the god with great respect. After a while, they saw Grandma Jiu coming out of the tower, holding a pure gold box studded with gems in her hands and placing it in front of the statue. She was hunched over.
Carry it on your back and kneel down devoutly in front of the statue ten times.
Then he took out a gleaming golden bow behind him, and attached a golden arrow studded with precious stones. He nocked the bow and guided the arrow, which symbolized drawing the bow in the direction of the child. At this time, all the goblins were excited.
He screamed and roared loudly, and then continued to worship the portrait with an indescribable piety.
"That's the arrow, that's the seven-treasure red gold arrow I picked up," Chunsheng said softly to Chen Zhi and Pang Wei.
Chen Zhi signaled Chunsheng to stop talking and continue to observe the situation on the shore.
After this monotonous worship ceremony lasted for a long time, it was already late at night, and the cold wind in the mountains started blowing. These monsters had no intention of entering the tower, but all crawled in front of the statue, like a piece of rockery in the darkness.
It was the same, silent, and this state lasted for a long time.
Chen Zhi and others had been waiting in the tree for more than 7 hours. Chen Zhi looked at his watch and saw that it was already past 2 o'clock in the morning. It was getting bright early in the mountains. In more than two hours, the sun would be approaching.
After coming out, Chen Zhi couldn't help but feel anxious and asked Chun Sheng next to him softly.
"Chunsheng, did you remember the time correctly? It will be dawn soon, why haven't they gone in yet?"
Chunsheng was also a little confused. He frowned and thought for a while, "Yes, they used to go back to the tower at night and never missed it. The difference is that this year's sacrifice seems to be earlier than in previous years, but
I can’t remember the exact time, so let’s wait! They should be going back soon.”
When they were talking about this, they saw all the ghosts and the Nine Grannys stood up and began to retreat quietly into the ancient pagoda. The Nine Grannys had been holding tightly the golden jewel-encrusted
The box seems to contain something extremely precious.
Fat Wei and Chunsheng had been waiting in the tree for a long time and were anxious. When they saw all the monsters withdrawing into the tower, they were so happy that they were about to get off the tree.
But Chen Zhi stopped them. He didn't know why. He just felt that something was not right about the sacrificial ceremony, but he couldn't tell exactly what was wrong. He wanted everyone to wait a little longer and see what happened.
However, Fat Wei and Chunsheng couldn't wait any longer. Chunsheng whispered to Chen Zhi, "Don't worry! Those ghosts won't come out tonight. Let's go quickly! As long as the sky is bright, these monsters will come out."
Come out, we won’t be able to save anyone by then.”
When Fat Wei heard what Chunsheng said, he didn't want to think too much. He pulled Chen Zhi and slid down from the tree and rushed to the shore.