the last priest

Although it has been thousands of years, here is still able to cross the distance of time, smelling the ruthless and cruel killing in ancient times, Cha Wenbin frowned, carefully picked up a skull, and gently brushed off the dust on it , Judging from the degree of wear and order of the teeth, this person was never more than 20 years old when he died. What kind of force can massacre such a group of young people?

"Hey, what's this?" There was a small black spot on the skull. At first, Zha Wenbin thought it was a stain, but after several times of wiping, it still remained and protruded slightly. 【 】

Cha Wenbin said to the skull: "I'm sorry!" Then, he suddenly exerted force with his fingers and pulled it violently. Oh, it's really not a stain, but a long and thin black lacquer. metal objects.

He took out the kettle at his waist and rinsed the thing carefully. After all the solidified and black substances were removed, a bronze nail about seven centimeters in length appeared.Zha Wenbin observed it carefully, and was shocked. This thing is not an ordinary nail, because it is engraved with patterns, and this pattern is not an ordinary decoration, but a character that Cha Wenbin can recognize. : Ghost seal!

What this ghost script is, Zha Wenbin can't understand it very well, it is the most difficult to read among Taoist scripts.This kind of writing is also called "Lei Zhuan" by them. It is said that when a person is struck to death by lightning, a picture and text will appear on the body of the dead person or nearby objects.

Taoism believes that Lei Ting has a priest, who has the power to control life and death, rewards and punishments.This is a manifestation of theocracy, which contains the power of heaven, earth, gods and thunder, and can have supreme power. Because these characters are very difficult to read, they are also called "ghost seals".

There is a record in the Taoist classics: "In the world, if you are unfaithful and unfilial, you create karma under your orders, and the evil is full of evil, but the law of the sun cannot reach it, the three officials drum the pen, the social order plays □, pay the five thunders to cut and investigate, and the commander strikes it; or the previous life For evil, the crime should be punished by thunder, and the six animals are still punished as reward; or there are evil spirits attached to the temples and temples, or there are poisonous insects invisible under the trees and vessels; There must be a heavenly book to show the guilt. It may appear on the bottom of the pot, or written on the wall of the house, or written in its shape. None of the characters in the later generations are in the shape of the city, but they are actually written in the sky. , similar to ancient Chinese. Liu Yue ghost book, miscellaneous and ambiguous, beyond human comprehension."

Looking at the bronze nail in his hand, both the workmanship and the material are top-notch, especially the difficulty of engraving such cumbersome ghost seals on such a small bronze object can be imagined.However, this bronze nail was nailed into a person who seemed to have been executed. Why?

Cha Wenbin put down the head, and then went to the side to look for it.When I picked up the second skull, I also found a black spot. When I pulled it out, it was exactly the same as the previous one. This man also had a nail in his head.

He put these two nails together for comparison, no matter in terms of material, size or carved ghost seals, they are all the same, as if they were mass-produced.You must know that bronze wares basically have their own styles, and there are few similarities, because in ancient times when clay was used to make molds, it was difficult to make two identical molds, let alone pouring such exquisite things.

Except for these two remains, four other bronze nails were found one after another, all nailed from the middle of the top of the human head.Why do you have to make up for it after you die?Cha Wenbin was puzzled.A very unexpected action gave him an idea.

Cha Wenbin held one of the nails and gestured on his head, thinking about the scene of being smashed into it at that time, and suddenly his mind flashed, he thought of something, and blurted out: "Soul-killing nail!"

This scene appeared again in his mind: For unknown reasons, a group of people were running out in this long passage, followed by a group of people with weapons in their hands chasing and killing them. The place fell down.The murderer in the back waved the sharp weapon in his hand and chopped them down one by one.

Then when people were about to die, before they died, a bronze nail engraved with ghost seals was used to smash it in from the middle of the skull, so that these people would be scattered after death, without even a chance of reincarnation, and became piles bones.How sinful these people are to be punished like this.Cha Wenbin thought to himself, no wonder there is no trace of hostility in such a massacre site. It turns out that people's souls are scattered at all, and even if they want to be a ghost, they can't do it.

Just as he was thinking about it, the three-legged toad, which had been quiet all the time, called out, dragging Cha Wenbin from ancient times to the present. With a slight trembling of his ears, he shouted loudly, "Come out!"

Sure enough, at the corner behind him, a white figure floated out faintly, about twenty meters away, and Cha Wenbin saw that it was just a dead soul!

It was not surprising that a dead soul appeared in such a place, but it was just that he appeared behind him, and then Cha Wenbin remembered that there was a corpse in front of the stone wall that was knocked down when he came in. , could this be that person?I was really careless just now, and I didn't even notice the existence of this thing. Cha Wenbin glanced at the toad and said, "Dude, did you not notice it just now, or did you not care about it at all?"

The three-legged toad didn't dare to be interested in his words at all, and stared straight ahead without moving.Zha Wenbin smiled, turned his left hand, and there was already a big seal in his hand. Now is not the time to pretend to be a good person, especially in such an unclear place, they still adhere to their consistent style of Tianzhengdao: Be the first to attack!

The seven-star sword in his right hand was about to be unsheathed, and the white figure gradually became shorter. Cha Wenbin took a closer look, and the dead soul actually knelt down for him!What is this for? Is it because I am afraid of myself? Then there is no need for it to follow all the way. Could it be because I cleaned up the bones for it just now, and now I am grateful to myself?

It's just that the white shadow was very vague, and Zha Wenbin couldn't see it very clearly, so he took a few steps towards the back, trying to get closer to it so that he could understand it.But when the dead soul saw him approaching, he stood up and backed away, and knelt down for him not far away.

Cha Wenbin thought to himself, you are a strange ghost, since you are here to be grateful, why do you have to keep a distance from me, if that is the case, I can give you a ride, so that you can be reborn earlier, he tried to go to After walking two steps forward, the shadow got up immediately and retreated.This is really strange, is it afraid of me?Cha Wenbin simply put down the big seal and sword, and took another step, but the shadow still retreated.

Cha Wenbin looked at himself, could it be possible that this shabby and dilapidated look could also make this dead soul respect him so much?Because of the separation of yin and yang, direct communication between a person and a ghost is actually impossible. Therefore, many people only have dead relatives or friends to entrust their dreams when they reflect in their dreams. In fact, Taoists are the same.Cha Wenbin became a little more interested in the vague ghost in front of him, so he simply took out a stick of incense, lit it, and stuck it in front of him on the spot. Talk to that person, I'll be back within a stick of incense, you help me watch." After speaking, regardless of whether the toad could understand or not, he closed his eyes and fell into samadhi immediately.

When Cha Wenbin opened his eyes again, the person in front of him could be seen very clearly. Judging by his appearance, he was a middle-aged man with clothes that were even more ragged than his own. He was sloppy and messy. hair kneeling in front of him.

Cha Wenbin said, "Will you get up and talk?"

The dead soul seemed to be able to understand, raised his head slightly to glance at Zha Wenbin, and immediately lowered his head again.

Seeing that it still didn't work, Cha Wenbin lowered his voice by an octave on purpose, made a gesture to get up, and said again with a fierce tone: "I'll let you get up and talk!"

It really worked. Seeing that he lost his temper, the dead soul finally stood up slowly, trembling as he stood, looking like a slave.

"Why do you hide when you see me?"

no response. . .Well, since you can come out, I have a way to make you speak. I took out my right hand from the broken pocket, and six soul-destroying nails appeared in my hand, as if I was about to throw them over.

"@#!@..." finally opened his mouth, but what Cha Wenbin didn't expect was that the dead soul kowtowed towards him on the ground, and the words in his mouth were all babbling, and he couldn't hear it at all. If you understand.

"What on earth are you going to do? I'm not your savior, or I'll give you a ride so that you can enter reincarnation earlier?" Cha Wenbin was impatient with it anymore, shaking his head and said.

Just when he was about to go back and prepare for a small ceremony, the dead soul stretched out his hands, pointed at Zha Wenbin, and then made a gesture of prostration again, Zha Wenbin thought to himself, do you really think of me as a god?Eh, that's not right, the ghost was not pointing directly at him, but next to him. He turned around and saw that it was his pile of baggage on the ground!

What is my burden for you to worship, um, burden!There is something special in the bag. By the way, there is a stick inside. Cha Wenbin remembered that the golden stick he saw next to the three-legged toad was being put in the bag!Could it be that what the dead soul has been afraid of is not himself but the stick?He decided to take out the stick and try it. . . . . .