The grim-faced Taoist priest heard the noise and praised: "This tool is really easy to use. Three strokes, five divisions and two are enough to solve the problem of the top door pillar. Brother Qingyao's craftsmanship saved us a lot of effort this time. I will really thank you when I get back."
"Yes, I have to go and thank someone for the sake of Sajia's shoulders." Luo Laoqi rubbed his bruised shoulders and said: "It's not too late to put these things together. The doorposts have fallen down right now, side by side." Come on?"
"Don't worry, this door hasn't been opened for hundreds of years, so you have to be extra careful." The Taoist priest with a grimace asked He Siniang and Luo Laoqi to step aside half a step each, and then he covered his face tightly, and then used force Pushing the stone door inward, with a dull sound, the stale atmosphere that had accumulated for nearly a thousand years in the stone tower hall rushed towards them. Even though the three of them were wearing masks, they felt chest tightness and shortness of breath for a while, and hurriedly moved to both sides. He took a few steps back, preparing to wait for the smell to dissipate before heading into the temple.
After half a stick of incense had passed, the grim-faced Taoist priest held a torch and looked into the temple. After feeling that the flames were intact, he called the two of them to take action. He walked into the temple first, and what he saw was the door pillar as thick as a human leg leaning on the side. One step behind the top doorpost, a stone screen one foot high stretched across the front road. The Taoist priest with a grimace saw that there was a picture of a giant snake with a thin neck carved in the center of the screen, and there were clearly a pair of fish fins on both sides of the snake's head. Then he turned to He Siniang and said: "In the legend, Zhao Ouxiang is also called the King of Snakes, so the snake picture in front of you should be engraved with the ancient evil beast, the Yin Snake, right?"
"It can't be wrong." He Siniang responded: "The gold medal Qingyao received also has this kind of snake picture engraved on it. It is said to be the evil beast that the master killed. It seems that Zhao Ouxiang made himself for this evil beast. is a totem, so there are yin python patterns engraved in many important places. However, the legend also mentioned that Zhao Jiuxiang's mount at that time was a huge yin python. Does this mean that this kind of evil beast existed in the pre-Qin period? Did it really exist?"
"Most of the things handed down from the battlefield have been embellished, especially by the victorious side. You must not believe it, but you must not believe it completely. Just listen to it as a story. As for the existence of evil spirits in ancient times, Pindao thinks it is possible. , after all, there are thousands of kinds of snakes, maybe some similar ones have been artificially evolved into some kind of totem, which is essentially mystifying ordinary animals. Shan Di Zijia is said to be so miraculous, but in the end, isn’t he just a dace carp?”
After finishing speaking, the Taoist priest with a grimace walked to one side, preparing to go around the screen and enter the temple. The stone screen in front of him was more than a foot wide. After walking a few steps and just about to turn into the temple, the Taoist priest with a grimace suddenly caught a glimpse of another temple wall not far away from him. There is also a screen across the front, parallel to the wall like the one beside him, and there seems to be something hanging on the inside of the stone screen.
The interior of this stone palace is the same as the exterior of the tower. It is in the shape of a regular pentagon. The two screens are placed in front of each other on both sides. The Taoist priest with a grimace did not choose to go after seeing something hanging on that screen. Looking carefully, he turned to look behind him. In the firelight, a white skeleton was nailed to the stone screen like a big character. There was no trace of skin, flesh or clothes on the body, only empty holes and dense bones.
The grim-faced Taoist priest was a little surprised, but he immediately realized what was hanging on the other screen. At this time, He Siniang, who was following behind, saw this and was surprised: "Why are there bones hanging here? What does this person do?"
"Who knows what it's for, but it's not here to welcome guests." The grim-faced Taoist priest held a torch and walked closer. He found that almost every joint of the skeleton was driven with a black iron nail, some thick and some thin. There are hundreds of them, and the entire skeleton seems to be embroidered on the screen. If this person had been nailed to it while he was still alive, he would not be able to move even a finger in his body.
The first thing that the grim-faced Taoist thought of was the burial of human beings. These people were all nailed alive on the stone screen by some cruel sacrificial method. Although this method was unheard of, human sacrifice had been practiced in the Chinese Dynasty since the Xia and Shang Dynasties. When the flowers came, there were some methods that I had never heard of, which were too common. The living pottery figurines in the palace city outside also showed that Zhao Buxiang was the master who could do such a thing, but what Luo Laoqi discovered next was unexpected. Dispelling the inference of the Taoist priest with a grimace, Luo Laoqi, who was suffering from ADHD at an advanced stage, would not have the patience to accompany the two of them to study the skeleton. He had already walked to the depths of the stone hall with a torch. When he almost reached the center of the hall, he saw a body on the coffin bed. The dark red sarcophagus suddenly appeared in front of you.
Luo Laoqi had never seen a red sarcophagus before, and he didn't even know what kind of stone it was. However, since he had never heard of it, it was the most valuable, so he instinctively shouted: "Get rich!"
The Grimace Taoist and He Siniang were studying the bones. When they heard the sound, they turned their heads hurriedly. After seeing the red sarcophagus, they walked over quickly. The Grimace Taoist came closer and looked at it, and immediately said in surprise: "This is a cinnabar sarcophagus. !”
Cinnabar stone is also known as chicken blood stone among the people. Its output is extremely rare. It is named because it contains cinnabar that is as bright red as chicken blood. This stone is crystal clear and gorgeous, with extraordinary color. It looks like cinnabar burning fire, so it is loved by the powerful and is a famous ornamental stone. Stone, but as far as the Taoist Ghost Face knows, this kind of cinnabar stone was not an auspicious thing before the Qin and Han Dynasties, but was a kind of Yin stone. Cinnabar is also known as "killing", so its name is already ominous, and the legend about cinnabar stone It is even more full of chilling.
Legend has it that in ancient times, there was a kind of bird called "bird lion", which was aggressive by nature. One day, while looking for food, it flew over Yuyan Mountain and saw a phoenix hatching its eggs. He suddenly had evil thoughts and attacked it. The unprepared phoenix was bitten. The legs were broken, feathers fell like snowflakes, and the wails resounded throughout the sky. The phoenix hurriedly came after hearing the tragic news. The two birds defeated the "bird-lion" only after sharing the same enemy. However, although the phoenix won, the blood of the phoenix continued to flow. It flows until the entire Jade Rock Mountain is dyed red, turning into a cinnabar stone as shiny as jade.
The origin and color of cinnabar stone are inseparable from blood. In ancient times, it was a symbol of evil. From the palace to the mausoleums and tombs, this thing must not appear. Instead, use cinnabar. Using stone as a coffin is a taboo in burial systems.
Cinnabar stone is also subdivided into several types based on the distribution of blood clots, such as "wicker blood", "plum blossom blood", "floating cloud blood", etc. Among them, the plum blossom blood is like an open plum blossom, and the whole stone is covered with blood red. Plum petals are the most ominous type. The cinnabar sarcophagus in front of you is in the shape of plum blossoms and blood. It looks like the coffin is dripping with blood, making people shudder all over at the sight of it.
