I don’t know if he has played too many high-end rounds, but now Fatty feels that a human skin lantern is not unacceptable. After all, when he and the doctor went to the Huang family’s ancient house on a mission, they also saw a human skin drum, a human skin drum. It's similar to making a lantern out of human skin. It's a blood debt left behind by the evil old society.
But judging from the doctor's attitude, things here seem to be more complicated than I thought.
Zhu Jie's eyes were dim and he cursed secretly, "This is too bad, it's really Luo Nvzhan..."
The fat man heard this and asked: "Why, why is this human skin lantern called Luo Nu Zhan? Also, is there any explanation for this lantern?"
After Tang Qisheng learned that they would not die for the time being, his expression was no longer so panicked, and he replied in a low voice: "You don't know something. There is a reason why this human skin lantern is named Luo Nuzhan. This lantern originated from the gods." According to legend, the capital of Luoyang was founded by Xia Jie, the last monarch of the Xia Dynasty. This man was dissolute and tyrannical. It is recorded in the "Bamboo Book Annals" that he built a beautiful palace, decorated the Yaotai, built a royal palace, and erected a jade gate. She is extravagant and lustful and uses all possible means, especially searching for beauties from all over the place, hiding them in the harem, entangled with them day and night, drinking and having fun with her."
"It is said that there was a beauty in the harem whose skin was like cream, and she was very favored by Xia Jie. However, one day when Xia Jie was drinking, he suddenly discovered that there was a scar on the girl's arm. Xia Jie burst into tears when he saw this, thinking that this girl had It is a beautiful jade in the world, but now it has flaws."
"After being in pain, I looked at the many beauties below who were drunk and enjoying themselves, and their bodies were lying around. I couldn't help but worry that if these beauties were also injured, wouldn't it be a waste of natural resources."
"So he simply ordered that all the beauties be given poison and wine to kill them before they were injured. Then he ordered people to carefully peel off the skins of these beauties, and then found skilled craftsmen to hold up the skins and carefully dress them up like the beauties when they were alive. Let it stand in his palace so that he can admire it day and night."
"But as time went by, he felt that these beauties were not warm to the touch, and their appearance was dull and unpopular. At this time, a folk craftsman volunteered and said that he had a way. He hollowed out each piece of human skin and polished it into thin pieces. . Use slender bamboo strips to prop it up inside, and then put a big red candle in it. The thin human skin can transmit light. In this way, at night, these "beauties" will be radiant, radiant, and alive. It was no different at that time. Xia Jie was overjoyed and ordered a large reward for the craftsman."
After listening to Tang Qisheng's explanation, the fat man was filled with hatred and fear. What he hated was that Xia Jie was so inhumane and regarded human life as nothing. What he was afraid of was the story itself. He didn't believe that those improved "beauties" could compete with living people. The same thing, and wouldn't he be afraid if he had these "beauties" placed in his bedroom to look at at night? Fatty's back got chills just thinking about that scene.
Unexpectedly, Tang Qisheng hadn't finished his words yet. He paused and continued: "This is nothing. What is really bizarre is the story behind it. It is said that Xia Jie's complexion became more and more rosy from then on, and he stayed in the palace. He slept for 7 or 8 hours. Someone asked why. After waking up, Xia Jie laughed loudly, pointed at the "beauties" nearby and said that these beauties were playing with him just now and refused to let him go. They were waiting on the side. When the servant heard this, he was so frightened that his legs trembled."
"After the fall of the Xia Dynasty, some people who escaped from the palace said that these "beauty lanterns" were very strange, and their placement and orientation were very particular. For example, two lanterns should not be too close to each other, otherwise they would be able to light up in the dead of night. If you hear whispers between women, don’t stay too far away or place it alone, otherwise you will see figures wandering around at night.”
"There are also rumors that the folk craftsman was a demon and that he sealed the souls of these beauties in the lamps. However, the truth cannot be verified now, and those "beauty lamps" also perished with the Xia Dynasty. Buried in the dust of history.”
Tang Qisheng is worthy of being a folklore investigator. The stories he told are far more detailed than those of Yao, Shun, and Yu in Jiangcheng. Jiangcheng only knows that the ghosts of the women who were sealed in these lamps are very evil, so these human skin lamps are often used to guard There is only one red candle in the tomb, but it remains immortal for a long time. There is a saying that the red candle burned inside is not the red candle, but the unfinished life of the woman.
Ordinary tomb robbers would not dare to touch such a thing. Thinking of this, Jiang Cheng began to miss Yu Chengmu and his group again. If the old man was still alive, today's situation might be solved.
After a brief silence, the surroundings suddenly changed. A dozen lanterns suddenly lit up around them. This time, not only the fat man, but also the well-informed Tang Qisheng was stunned. He had never seen so many lanterns. Luo Nuzhan.
But that's not all. The lanterns spread out in circles, like water waves. Looking at it, there are hundreds of them, and the space here is also surprisingly large.
"Where on earth is this?" Tang Qisheng turned pale with fright, "Is it a certain imperial mausoleum?"
"A normal emperor would not put these ghost things in his mausoleum." Jiang Cheng was wary of his surroundings. He had already smelled danger.
However, after all the lights were turned on, the scene in front of them really shocked everyone. The suppressed darkness receded like a tide, and the drama finally began.
The surroundings were no longer silent, and the sound of music came from the distance. The music was melodious and melodious, followed by a roar of people, laughter, curses, clinking glasses, cheers, and shouts of fist pumps. ... Various voices spewed out at this moment, but they seemed so natural.
Of course, they are outsiders. Jiang Cheng and others stood where they were, but their feet had long been replaced by wooden floors. They were surrounded by tables, square wine tables, long gambling tables, and special tables for people. On the juggling stage, every table was crowded with people.
Human skin lanterns stood beside the tables, like silent maids. Jiang Cheng glanced at everything around him with cold eyes. People here were dressed in different styles, including men wearing old-fashioned Chinese tunic suits and women wearing camisole vests. , there are outdoor experts wearing arctic winter clothing and goggles, there are energetic young men wearing beanie shoes and tight shorts, there are shirtless tattooed men, and there are also kind old ladies with rickets...
People are different from each other, but groups that seem to have no connection with each other are strangely harmonious here at this moment. Everyone is sitting or standing around tables, laughing, eating, and playing to their heart's content. Indulging in enjoyment, no matter whether they are full of wrinkles or full of youth, in short, everyone has a smile on their face, a smile from the heart, but against the backdrop of the human skin lanterns and the blood-red halo, these The smile was vaguely ferocious.
(End of chapter)
