Wei Shu

Chapter 154

"Master, the eldest lady is here."

On the wide bluestone steps of Tongji Wharf, Taha trotted to Mangtai, bent down and reported in a low voice.

He is still more accustomed to calling Master Mangtai, just like when he was in his family, rather than the "Marshal" that everyone in the mansion calls now.

Mang Tai didn't pay attention to the difference in titles.At this moment, he was greeting the guests. He turned his head slightly when he heard the words, and glanced at the coaching motorcade not far away with his indifferent eyes. He paused for a moment on Gilles's face full of unconcealed joy, and nodded:

"Well, I see. Let someone tell Madam, let's go in first."

Taha bowed in response and stepped back.

Mang Tai stared at Gilles for a while, his eyes were extremely condensed, and there was a little sadness again.

Tonight, a grand funeral ceremony will be held for his most cherished daughter, but as a father, he can't pay homage to the murderer's head, and he both pains and hates it.

However, his wife didn't seem to share his emotions, and the smiling face made him feel glaring.

The corners of Mangtai's tight lips twitched convulsively, like ridicule or sorrow, and disappeared in an instant.

"The auspicious time has not yet arrived, everyone please go and sit in the shed first." He turned to the visitor and nodded, with a calm look on his face.

He and his eldest son Gude entered the city directly from Yingpan, and Wang Kuang and others also accompanied them.

Because they rode fast horses and left earlier, they arrived at the pier earlier than Gilles. After Gilles finally realized that this was the funeral of his daughter, he should not have been happy, so he finally changed into a pair of clothes. When mourning, Mangtai and his son were no longer seen on the bluestone steps, but it turned out that they led the male guests to the colorful shed first.

Tongji Wharf was taken over by Zuo Shuai's mansion today. Not only did the mansions reserve space for cars and horses to park, but they also set up colorful sheds, set up curtains, arranged places for drinking tea and entertaining guests. Wait, there are still a large number of guards guarding the surroundings strictly.

As soon as Mrs. Gilles arrived, all the female family members of the prefectures also got out of the car and were extended to another colorful shed for a rest.Not long after, the big shaman announced loudly that the auspicious time had come and he could start praying.

All of a sudden, horns sounded and drums blared, wizards and priests sang ancient songs of congratulations, wizards and witches led the dance, boys and girls knelt and worshiped ritual vessels, the people by the river were clamoring and clamoring, and there were thousands of fine arts on the water. The waves and thousands of colored lights can be said to be boiling against the sky.

Covering her face with her handkerchief, Gilles thanked all the guests sadly and sadly. She got up and left the shed first, offered incense in front of the altar, prayed to the gods, offered various sacrifices to ask the god of the river to bless her, and finally cried Sending flowers, the real Yin spirit ascended to the throne of God.

All the guests also paid homage according to this, and were invited into the cabin of the building.

The cabin is already fully prepared with wine and fruit, the funeral rituals of the Jin clan have no taboos, meat, wine and drinks are all laid out on the table, and there are maids in plain clothes with clean heads and faces back and forth to serve wine and food, the arrangements are very thorough.

Naturally, everyone would not seriously eat and drink at other people's funerals, that would be too rude.Just dip your lips in some water, sit for a while, or go to the second and third floors for a view of the river, then disembark from the back cabin, take the boat specially arranged by the commander-in-chief, and go to the pier Land on the other side, and then go back to the house.

The reason for such an arrangement is to prevent these distinguished guests from meeting with lowly human sacrifices.

The sacrificed human sacrifices have not yet boarded the ship.

They were placed on the other side of Juma, far away from the nobles.The great shaman also placed an altar here, connected by a long shed made of black cloth.

The entrance of the black shed is facing several ox carts full of people and animals. After passing through the black shed, there is a wooden bridge built temporarily on the water. Behind the bridge is the hatch of the upper cabin.

This long black cloth shed means "the road to death".

According to the customs of the Jin family, human sacrifices are not considered human beings, and they are no longer living beings. Therefore, one must first go on this road to life without heaven and earth, without life and death, to dispel human desires and turn into ghosts.

This ceremony must be presided over by the great shaman himself, so that the sins of human and animal sacrifices can be washed away. Therefore, at this time, the great shaman personally guards the intersection of the road to death, guards the double boundary of life and death, and at the same time casts spells and sacrifices to the ghosts of the Nine Netherworld. , Nine Heavens Gods.

At this moment, in front of the long and narrow black shed, the Shuaifu Linu who covered their heads and faces with black cloths had all been driven out of the bullock cart. Two priests with ghost faces acted as "guiding messengers" and led them into the shed. .

Lian'er was mixed among the crowd, she tried her best to look forward through the black cloth, and vaguely saw a pitch-black corridor, which was sealed off from top to bottom, left and right, as if isolated from the world.

On the way to rebirth, is there any day?

The darkness all over the world made all the slaves terrified, but they didn't dare to stop for a while, so they could only shrink their hands and feet and move forward step by step.Their wrists, ankles, necks, waists, etc. are all tightly connected by strong leather ropes, not to mention running away, even if they walk fast or two steps slowly, they will cause the people in front and behind to fall over.

This was originally a method used to domesticate livestock on the grasslands, but it is also very effective in driving away slaves.

A low-pitched incantation sounded, and a big shaman with oil paint on his face stood silently at the end of the black corridor, and on both sides stood tall servants of the gods holding golden staffs and covering their faces with burial utensils.

They were covered in black robes, and their entire bodies seemed to be disintegrated in this thick blackness. The candlelight was dim, reflecting hideous ghost faces. It sounds like a ghost.

Lian Er and the others had experienced such a treacherous situation before, and they all trembled for a moment. The few Li Nu who walked in the front had been so frightened that their hands and feet were limp and almost collapsed.

"Let me go!"

There was a sharp shout, and the crisp sound of the whip came from Lian'er's ears. The sound was like a death talisman. Even though her whole body was weak at this moment, her two feet still moved forward involuntarily.

The whip in the palm of the exorcist is the nightmare of all the slaves.

These exorcists were originally the golden soldiers who specialize in training Li slaves in Li Nufang. There used to be one in Zuo Shuai's mansion, and they were raised by Hua Zhen. Later, because Hua Zhen died, Mang Tai punished them all in a fit of anger. Going to the military camp to do hard labor, when Lian Er and others were in the commander's mansion, they never suffered from their frustration.

However, during the two days and one night of the "purification ceremony", Lian'er witnessed these methods of expelling slaves with her own eyes.

While in the Tongji Warehouse, a female slave was dragged to the center by the exorcist and whipped because she walked too slowly.The female slave wailed in pain for an entire hour before the witch doctor among the exorcists stepped forward to apply the medicine.

They seem to have a special method, which can beat Li Nu to pieces without hurting his limbs and internal organs. The wound medicine is also very effective in treating skin and flesh wounds, and can heal the wound quickly, making the slave feel ashamed. Undead, and can still be driven by the master afterwards.

(End of this chapter)