Chapter 53: Green Lantern, Ghostly Fire, Human Oil Lamp
At the same time, a violent conflict broke out at Liujiatun Pass, and Liu Shiba recovered from the shock in the underground tomb of the ancestral hall.
Liu Shiba calmly looked back at Li Ergou and his wife, who were pretending to be dumbfounded, and then glanced at Cao Xiong, who had a complicated look on his face.
But at this time, Liu Shiba's face became less childish and more wise, and there was a faint sparkle in his smart eyes.
Liu Shiba didn't expect that Cao Cao was so cruel back then?
He actually killed all the Mojin captains who had worked hard for him for many years and robbed tombs to accumulate military expenses, and even used such a brutal method to make dolls for burial?
Thinking of the bloody body and the miserable howl coming out of his scalp, Liu Shiba trembled all over and felt cold!
It's just that Liu Shishao has forgotten one thing, that is human nature. Who is Cao Cao?
He is a powerful man in the world and he uses all kinds of methods. What does it matter if a few people die?
But later Sima Yi was even more evil than Cao Cao. He dug up Cao Cao's grave and burned his body.
Then the Sima family took over the magpie's nest and stole the Cao family's luck for countless generations, making Cao Xiong unlucky until now...
Just look at Cao Xiong's resentment and you will know that the old man's resentment is very deep now...
In front of him, the white-haired skeleton sitting behind the long desk was Sima Yi.
Revenge if you have a grudge, complain if you have a grudge!
However, who would avenge the hatred of the seventeen gold-touching captains who were pitifully and skinned in a Feng Shui formation?
"Old Cao, your Cao family's thousand-year grievances will be resolved today. What are you going to do?"
Liu Shiba looked at Cao Xiong curiously and asked.
Cao Xiong hesitated for a moment, and then said in a deep voice:
"Just like how the Sima family burned the bones of my ancestors of the Cao family back then, I will return them all to the Sima family today."
Liu Shiba didn't speak for a long time, frowned and thought for a while, and suddenly said:
"Old Cao, I have no objection to moving away. I can see that Sima Yi's bones are located in this eye.
I think there may be some cause and effect. I am a person who does not believe in gods, Buddhas and ghosts, but after experiencing these few days, I have some insights. My opinion is not to burn it, but to leave a good karma."
Cao Xiong was stunned for a moment after hearing this. He stared at Sima Yi's body in armor behind the long case. A trace of struggle flashed in his eyes. After a while, he gritted his teeth and said:
"For the sake of master, I'll listen to you for once!"
Liu Shiba nodded with a smile and patted Cao Xiong on the shoulder.
Next, Li Ergou and his wife helped Cao Xiong and moved Sima Yi's body to an ordinary corner of the hall without damaging it as much as possible.
"roar!"
At this time, Liu Shiba's eyes suddenly looked towards a corner of the hall, and he saw Lao Hei lying on the fire trough, roaring softly.
Time seemed to freeze. In the entire underground hall, the only sounds heard were the heavy breathing of the four people and the crackling sound of the fire tank.
Liu Shiba frowned and smelled the smell of kerosene. He felt very uncomfortable. He always felt that something was wrong. This smell always smelled good...
"Crack!"
Liu Shiba patted his head, as if remembering something, and turned to look at the jade slips placed on the other side of the long case.
Walking closer, Liu Shiba gently took the jade slip to his hand and unfolded it on the long case...
So the explanation about this strange Cao Cao tomb was displayed before Liu Shiba's eyes.
After watching for a few minutes, the beads of sweat dripping down Liu Shiba's forehead were bigger than soybeans. His eyes were full of fear and he said in a trembling voice:
"I said that the ancestor of your Cao family is actually this..."
"Little master? What are you?"
Li Ergou, his wife and Cao Xiong came over curiously and asked strangely.
With a livid face, Liu Shiba casually handed the jade slip to Cao Xiong!
Just after watching it for a while, Cao Xiong was so shocked that his hair stood on end, he almost overturned the long case, and his eyes bulged.
"What's wrong? Why are you so frightened and so deceived?"
Cuihua's ugly old face even cast a flirtatious look, looked at Liu Shiba and asked.
"Ugh! Aunt Cuihua, don't look at me like that, I have a bad stomach!"
Liu Shiba saw this charming look and smiled bitterly.
"Hmph! Who climbed up my mother's window every day with my grandfather when he was a child to watch me wipe my body?
I’ve just shown my fair and tender body to you for so many years?”
Cuihua pursed her lips in disdain.
When Liu Shiba heard this, he was speechless. After a long time, he said with a terrible smile:
"Aunt Cuihua, do you know what kind of oil and water is burned in that fire tank? Can it last for thousands of years?"
"What kind of oil? The lamp oil used for making lamps is either tung oil or rapeseed oil. What else? We have the kind of oil lamps in the corridor in our village."
Li Ergou found a bronze dagger from somewhere, waved it a few times, and answered casually.
At this time, Cao Xiong came back to his senses, his eyes were like those of poisonous snakes, the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, and he said in a conspiratorial tone:
"What's in the fire tank is human oil, which is made from the fat of living people..."
"What oil? People, people oil..."
Cuihua was so frightened that she rushed to Li Ergou, who was also stunned, and stammered in horror:
"Little Master, Shiba, you know that my aunt is uneducated, don't scare me!"
Liu Shiba walked slowly to the fire trough next to Lao Hei, looked inside, remained silent for a long time, and said again seriously:
"That's right, it's really a human oil!"
Speaking of this, the four of them couldn't help but feel their scalps tingling at the same time, white hair running down their backs in cold sweat, and they looked at the strange blue flames in the fire tank with fear...
The flames were burning, as if countless resentful souls were roaring and shouting...
Four people and one dog stared at the blazing fire tanks. The lamp oil in these fire tanks was actually refined from human oil.
And the origin of these people's oil was actually the prisoners captured by Cao Cao after defeating the Yellow Turban Army, a total of 300,000 prisoners!
Among them, 30,000 elites were organized into Cao Cao's Qingzhou Army, and the remaining 270,000 were all gathered here and turned into human oil lamps.
No wonder, no wonder these fire tanks can still burn after thousands of years. Think back then, the human oil in these fire tanks were all full, right?
Cao Xiong was sweating coldly, holding the jade slip in his hand, and explained in detail the ancient method of extracting oil from oil lamps:
"Human oil, first put the oil people, that is, living people, into an iron container that is not completely sealed. Soldiers put a large amount of food and water into this container every day to prevent these oil people from starving to death.
Or, half an hour after putting the food in every day, someone would light a fire from outside and bake the iron container.
The fire should not be too big, because if it is too big, the people inside will be directly roasted to death, and no oil will be produced.
As long as the iron container is heated enough, a layer of skin will be scalded off any oilman who touches the walls of the container.
This process is repeated every day. At first, the skin and flesh on the soles of the feet are burned off, and the skin and flesh on other parts of the body are gradually burned.
The iron container will not be opened until the Oil Man is left with only a blackened white skeleton.
Then, someone will take out the dried human meat stuck to the iron wall. The dried meat will not be used for other purposes, but will be processed into lamp cores.
Lamp oil is the oil that flows out of the oil tank when those oilmen are baked.
This is the method of obtaining human oil for human oil lamps.”
After listening to Cao Xiong's explanation, Liu Shiba and Li Ergou were both horrified and their faces were ashen...
Li Ergou, an honest man, his lips trembled, his face turned blue, and he roared:
"Cao Xiong, Ecao, your sister..."
Cao Xiong's veins popped out on his forehead and he said angrily:
"Ergou, what did you say?"
"Well, one look at it, and I know that there are no good people in your Cao family, and you can do such outrageous things..."
Li Ergou cursed confidently.
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