"Ghost...will-o'-the-wisp, is it possible that there are thousands of innocent souls guarding the tomb, and they don't want me to wait?"
As soon as Master Mao said this, everyone looked at the green light flashing from time to time on the bridge, their faces looked like they had eaten green cabbage, they looked ugly no matter what.
"Master Cat, that's not what you said. This thing is indeed a will-o'-the-wisp, but the will-o'-the-wisp is not the soul of an innocent person, it is just a normal activity of nature."
Everyone present is a native of the countryside, and none of them has ever lived abroad. When they hear will-o'-the-wisps, the first thing they think of is the dark green wisps of will-o'-the-wisps on the old grave. They dare not provoke it for fear of offending. unlucky.
Now that I heard Song Siyuan explain it like this, I pricked up my ears to hear what she would explain next.
Song Siyuan coughed a few times, picked up the hemp rope and rubbed it against the bridge. Blue flames followed and floated:
"The bodies of both humans and animals contain phosphorus. This is a trace element in the body. It is usually fine. Once the corpse begins to decay, the phosphorus in the bones will be released. This phosphorus has extremely low hot spots and can spontaneously ignite without fire. , and because he appears on the gravesite, he is easily described by the people as a lingering ghost."
"However, we have to think about it. Even if they are really innocent souls, will they harm us?"
Yue Guanchao's words made everyone curious. He pointed at the wax corpse on the cliff and said:
"Brothers, think about it, these craftsmen were poor people like us in the past. Not only were they invited by this little thing, Haidong Shenghuang, to build the mausoleum, but they also put their lives on the line here. Even their children were affected by this. The Dog Emperor was killed, and they had a grudge against Haidong Shenghuang."
"We are here to dig his grave, so that his body will not be intact and he will not be able to live in peace for thousands of years. This is also to avenge his former poor brothers."
"If these craftsmen really have the spirit in heaven, then they should not help the Dog Emperor. We are a serious bunch of people. They should be beating gongs and drums to dig our graves."
Most of the able-bodied men from the court who dared to go to the grave had received generous rewards from the head of the family. If it had not been for the poor, old and young, who were waiting for food, they would not have gone to such a dangerous tomb. Song and Yue were persuaded by reason and emotion, and they felt in their hearts. It has already turned over.
These dead craftsmen were all miserable people just like them, and there was no way they would be harmed. Thinking of this, the fear of karma fire in my heart was reduced by seven points.
Master Mao was more knowledgeable than these roughnecks in the country. He had already reacted after hearing Song Siyuan's explanation. Seeing that the strong men were still hesitant, he had an idea and took out a stick of incense to remove darkness and lit it with a fire stick.
"Fellow craftsmen, we are not here to dig the tomb for ill-gotten gains. We actually want to show the world that the so-called Haidong Shenghuang is just an executioner who deceives the world and steals his reputation. If you have souls in heaven, then help our brothers. Give them a hand so that we can smash his bird tomb, destroy his body and destroy his bones, and he will never be reincarnated."
After that, Mr. Cat took out a handful of paper money from the cloth bag and sprinkled it on the bridge.
The paper money was flying freely, and when it touched the bridge, it quickly turned into will-o'-the-wisps floating all over the sky, burning the bridge like a jasper fairy bridge, and the green light burned people's faces like vegetables.
When the phosphorus fire burned out, the bridge deck was like cinders that had been extinguished. It dimmed instantly, as if everything just now did not exist.
"It's done. The will-o'-the-wisps have dispersed, which shows that these suffering brothers are on the same side as us. Everyone, hurry up and cross the bridge, don't disturb the good intentions of the craftsmen and heroes."
The will-o'-the-wisp was gone, and everyone no longer had any worries. They threw away their shields and stepped across the bridge. Yue Guanchao recalled the paper money scattered by Mr. Cat, walked to him and asked:
"Master Cat, can that incense you burn really be used to communicate with the gods?"
Mr. Cat looked at him with a stern look on his face, not intending to say anything pretentious:
"Hey, it's just a little trick to fool people. This paper money looks like paper, but it's actually cotton-wool paper that's lighter than goose feathers. It's full of flammable saltpeter powder. Once it's thrown out, it will immediately kill you. Burning it is a trick used by Taoist priests who walk around the streets to eat."
"I think that these phosphorus fires, since they came from these corpses, must have been evaporated by the heat onto the bridge. As long as the phosphorus is burned out, the bridge will naturally return to normal without phosphorus. The function of the paper money is to burn out the corpse phosphorus. "
"I was also inspired by Song Qianjin, and then I came up with this clever idea. The young men may not have read the book, but they must be the most knowledgeable. Make them believe that the craftsmen will not harm others, and this will be done."
The 100-meter-wide bridge was not too long. When they reached the end of the bridge, they were already outside the tomb chamber door.
As mentioned earlier, Haidong Shenghuang's mausoleum was built from an underground cave, and the changes in it are no longer comparable to ordinary masonry tombs.
Along the way, everyone saw the fluorite stars, the ghost bridge of Wangxiang, and the terrifying and weird wax corpse buried in the grave. They had already been very vigilant in their hearts. Even so, when they saw the tomb door, they couldn't help but feel overwhelmed. He started muttering and didn't dare to come near at all.
Without him, it’s just because there is no way to the main tomb tower!
"Hey, Xiaoyou Yue, you said that this dog emperor is dead and has a lot of tricks and strategies. Could it be that he wants to give you an empty city strategy so that we can neither retreat nor advance."
Yue Guanchao followed Mao Ye's words and looked at the tomb door. No huge stones were used to block the main tomb chamber, only a tall tower was built in front of the tomb door.
If you look carefully, you will see that the gate of this tower is already taller than that of an ordinary palace. The tower is about three stories high, with flying eaves on each floor. The top is built with double eaves resting on the top of the mountain and a high owl kiss. The gray tiles are trimmed with glazed green tiles, and the beams and columns are wide open. There are nine bays and seven bays, with four gate towers evenly divided by high walls.
To the left and right of the tower are rammed earth stone walls, three meters high, half a meter deep, trapezoidal and sloped. The entire structure is yellowish brown with black spots. It is nearly a kilometer long and completely surrounds the cave stone walls. Even the stone walls have been chiseled out with neat planes and misaligned patterns. The patterns are carved and spread to the top of the cave, like a black and gray brick wall built on a rammed earth platform.
This is clearly a tall city built in a cave.
