Chapter two hundred and eighty fifth Zhou Lie
While driving the car, Senior Brother Zhuang said to us: "The corpse pill you got last time may be the immortal pill that the First Emperor was looking for back then. I heard from several friends from the Drug Administration that this corpse pill does have the effect of activate cells, replenishing blood and nourishing the body, and there are no side effects. If you take it for a long time, you can indeed strengthen your body. However, this thing cannot make people live forever."
Speaking of this, Senior Brother Zhuang paused and then said: "Di Baoquan and his friends have interrogated the Onmyoji. The evil corpse in northern Shaanxi was raised by him and an old Onmyoji who had passed away. The purpose of raising corpses is to cultivate this corpse pill. And we have investigated that Ashiya Kurakura Kama was an abandoned disciple of the Bomo lineage. He was expelled from the sect for raising corpses many years ago. As for Ma, he was a saint from the Xiangxi generation in her early years, and was also expelled from Xiangxi because of breaking the precepts. This woman didn't know where she got part of the inheritance of the corpse-driven lineage. She only knew that she met Ashiya Kurakura Kama thirty years ago, and later became the mistress of Ashiya Kurakura."
My master took the test sheet, nodded, and said with some concern: "Onmyoji has been raising corpses for so many years in northern Shaanxi, but hasn't the lineage of corpses been discovered?"
Senior Brother Zhuang was holding the steering wheel in his hand and said without looking back: "They have discovered it a long time ago, but it is hard to interfere. The geographical location of the village is quite special, and it is on the dividing line between the corpse raising man and Baiwu Mountain. The entrance of the village to the west belongs to the corpse raising man, and Wang Ermazi's ancestral home belongs to Baiwu Mountain. Over the years, Di Baoquan and others have wanted to attack Ashiya Kurakura Kama many times, but this Onmyoji is very energetic. He and Ma Shenpo have never left the East Mountain in the village for so many years. The corpse raising man wants to deal with them, but it is beyond the reach."
At this time, Liang Houzai asked, "Don't Baiwushan know about the corpse raising of Ashiya Kurakura?"
"It should be known," Senior Brother Zhuang responded: "But Baiwushan has been very messy for more than a hundred years and has no time to take care of himself. Maybe he has no energy to care about Ashiya Kurakuya's affairs. But there is also a possibility that Ashiya Kurakuya's corpse was acquiesced by Baiwushan. Moreover, I have asked someone to check the account flow of Ashiya Kurakuya's account. At the end of last year and mid-year, he had transferred two sums of money to Zhao Dekai. Although the amount was not large, it is certain that there are some ulterior motives between Ashiya Kurakuya and Zhao Dekai."
The master frowned and sighed, saying, "What exactly did Zhao Dekai want to do? He first started to engage in sects and cheated believers of money, but now he is involved with Onmyoji."
Senior Brother Zhuang said: "During this period, we have investigated Zhao Dekai. This guy has been trying his best to make money with various means recently, but it is not clear what he wants to do to get so much money. In addition, the old master already knows about Yan Xiaotian and Jihunzhuang doing business together, but he has not opposed it."
Speaking of this, Senior Brother Zhuang looked at me from the rearview mirror and continued, "I have discussed the Baiwushan incident with Junior Brother Feng before. I think that if Yan Xiaotian wants to make the climate, it is necessary to pull Zhao Dekai off the horse. Junior Brother Feng and I have basically the same views."
I said, "Zhao Dekai's problem must be dealt with, but we can't be anxious now. Now, Zhao Dekai is doing a lot outside, and there are also his people in Baiwu Mountain. To deal with him, you must wait for Yan Xiaotian to accumulate his own power in the sect, and then the inside and outside can only remove Zhao Dekai's nail. By the way, Senior Brother Zhuang, I took back the Yin jade from Baiwu Mountain last time, and now I am in Jihunzhuang, right?"
Senior Brother Zhuang nodded to me: "I have tested it. The Yin jade and the one that came out of the Northeast Evil Tomb are the same thing. However, there is no sufficient evidence yet. The Yin jade was brought into Baiwu Mountain by Zhao Dekai. Youdao, if you have time, it is best to contact Yan Xiaotian and let him start to check the origin of the Yin jade."
I shook my head: "No, now there are Zhao Dekai's people in Baiwu Mountain. Yan Xiaotian's rash investigation will easily reveal this matter. At that time, if the news of his joint business with Jihunzhuang also leaked, Zhao Dekai would take the lead. Let's wait a little longer, and discuss these things when Yan Xiaotian cultivates his own power. In addition, let the Yin jade be given the opportunity to hand it over to Yan Xiaotian, and ask him to put the thing back in the warehouse, so that Zhao Dekai will not be suspicious."
From the rearview mirror, I saw a slightly playful smile on Senior Brother Zhuang's face.
After a short while, he said to me with a side face: "I really don't dare to think, you are just a fifteen-year-old child."
Brother Zhuang is praising me, right? I’m so embarrassed.
I deliberately opened up the topic: "When I was at the old Huang family in Northeast China, did I collect a lot of bullets?"
"Are you talking about those kind of bullets like a nail?" Senior Brother Zhuang responded to me: "When we cleared the tomb, we found a lot of bullets, and we also found six spring guns for rounds, two of which were sent to Liu Shangang. After hearing from Junior Brother Feng, did you use them when you were in the tomb?"
I said "Yes" and said, "It's really used. Actually, I can't understand. The skin of the corpse is very hard and cannot even cut the green steel sword. How did that kind of bullet penetrate into its body?"
Senior Brother Zhuang thought for a while and said, "It probably has something to do with the talisman seal on the bullet. Isn't that kind of bullet hollow? The talisman seal is tattooed on the inside of the bullet, and we discovered it only after we unfolded the bullet. The bullet used for research is in the Soul-Jiezhuang. I can show you when I go back."
My master inserted a message from the side: "What kind of talisman seal?"
Senior Brother Zhuang shook his head: "It's hard to describe, but my master said that the kind of talisman seal is very similar to the yin talisman in the Ghost Sect. Uncle Master will wait until he returns to the Soul-Jiezhuang to see it himself."
After that, we talked about Baiwu Mountain. After Brother Zhuang got off the expressway, he drove the car on a mountain road. The road conditions were complicated and he had to concentrate on driving. When we talked to him, he just occasionally replied with one or two words. The content of the chat was fragmented and I couldn't remember it very clearly.
When I returned to Jihun Village, it was already past nine o'clock in the evening. Because my injuries were not completely healed, my master asked me to go to the cabinet tomorrow and have a good rest in the evening.
After dinner, we fell asleep early. The next morning, we still had morning exercises as usual, but I was injured and the intensity of morning exercises was not as high as usual.
It was about eight or nine o'clock in the morning that my master and I got off the well and walked past Lingquan. I activated the Fantian Seal to open the secret door, and then came to the cabinet.
When I came back this time, I mainly wanted to check where the sword in the black sarcophagus came from. I still remember where the book with the sword map was generally located, and I found it without much effort.
Expand the book script, and at the beginning of the entire book script, I would never admit my mistake. This is the sword I saw in the sarcophagus. The ratio of the hilt to the sword body, and the gems at the end of the hilt, are all exactly the same.
At the beginning of the book, a man named Zhou Lie was mentioned. This man was named Wuxin. He was a willful hero in the late Western Han Dynasty. He went to the army and followed Chen Tang, the vice-captain of the Western Regions, to fight the Northern Xiongnu. Chen Tang was the one who said that "Those who offended me and strong Han will be punished even if they are far away."
Zhou Lie was not a person who led troops to fight. He was a guard and a small pawn beside Chen Tang. However, the bookstore compared him with Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, and said that his ability to kill people was almost as good as the overlord, and he was also a fierce man who could do one thousand.
Moreover, although this man is good at riding horses, he loves horses and is always reluctant to ride his own war horses every time he goes to the battlefield. He is often in infantry battles. Moreover, he is not good at using long weapons. The most advantageous weapon is a five-foot long sword and two hand halberds passed down from his ancestors. Before Zhou Lie got this sword, the sword had no name, but later he named the sword himself: Tiangang.
Tiangang Sword?
Seeing this, I couldn't help but be shocked, turned to look at my master, who raised his chin at the Shujian in my hand, and signaled me to continue reading.
I continued to look down, and the more I looked, the more surprised I became.
The book says that Zhou Lie fought on the battlefield for five years and had learned a set of sword techniques without fixed moves. This set of sword techniques is named after the sword, also called Tiangang Sword.
But didn’t my master say that was the Tiangang Sword introduced to Jihunzhuang by someone from the Tang Dynasty or the Sui Dynasty? How could it be found in the late Western Han Dynasty?
I didn't ask much and continued to look down.
During the years when Zhou Lie joined the army, he accumulated a lot of military achievements. However, when the Northern Huns were defeated and the court rewarded merits, he was restricted because he was free by nature and did not like to accept rewards from the court. He only received a sum of money from the court and returned to Hedong County to become a raider.
When he was in Hedong County, he met a minister who went out to study for the prime minister, and this minister was the founder of our Jihunzhuang, Zhuang Junping!
I felt something was wrong. Looking down, the book script used heavy pen and ink to record some details of Zhou Lie's relationship with his ancestors. The book script script said that because of his heroic temperament and generous actions, the little reward given by the court was soon spent by him. He had no right job, and later he relied entirely on our ancestors to help him, and he still lived his willful and heroic life.
The ancestor reached a tacit understanding with him. When Zhou Lie was still alive, all his living expenses were borne by the ancestor, but after he died, he had to pass the sword score of the Tiangang Sword to the ancestor's disciples.
When Zhou Lie passed away, the ancestor had passed away for thirty years.
After the death of the ancestor, the first generation established the Soul-Jiang Zhuang in that storm. In those thirty years, the Soul-Jiang Zhuang Zhuang Zhuang several times, and Zhou Lie stepped forward to settle the situation.
The first generation ancestor was grateful for Zhou Lie's kindness. After Zhou Lie passed away, he spent all his family to build a tomb for Zhou Lie, and took out the last two black sarcophagus left by the Soul Village, and made a coffin for Zhou Lie and Zhou Lie's wife.
The book says that because Zhou Lie's fate is unique, it is not suitable for burial with his wife. In the end, he can only "bury together but not in a coffin", which means that two people are buried in the same tomb chamber, but the bones are not placed in the same coffin. This is why two black sarcophagus appear in that caucus chamber.
The book also clearly mentioned that there were originally eleven black sarcophagus like this in the Soul Village.
In the last paragraph of the book, it is said that Zhou Lie's fate belongs to the fire in the furnace, but it is also evil fire, which is very different from ordinary fire in the furnace. People with this fate can use the corpse after death to suppress evil corpses.
Chapter completed!