Xixia dead book

Chapter 35: Legend of the Undead in the Book of the Dead (35)
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The elder and the four burly men arrogantly escorted Tang Feng and Han Jiang out of the village and walked towards the woods.Tang Feng didn't know where this group of people was going to take them. He was thinking wildly all the way, but as he walked, Tang Feng found that this group of people was escorting him and Han Jiang back along the way they came. Walk.Where is this taking us?Tang Feng pondered.Soon, he understood, because he had already seen Liang Yuan leaning against the tree trunk unconscious, and Makarov falling asleep.

Before he saw Makarov, Tang Feng still had a little luck in his heart, hoping that Makarov could save him and Han Jiang, but when he saw Makarov falling asleep leaning against the tree trunk, he was completely overwhelmed. despair.He and Han Jiang were gagged, and watched as the two burly men approached the sleeping Makarov step by step with a rope, and then rushed towards him.By the time Makarov woke up, it was too late, no matter how he resisted, the rope had already firmly bound him to the tree trunk.Makarov was still struggling desperately, but the more he struggled, the tighter the rope on his body became, and he yelled helplessly, "Who are you? Why are you tied..."

Makarov didn't finish shouting, and was suddenly stunned, because at this time, he also saw Tang Feng and Han Jiang.The elder came to Makarov and Liang Yuan arrogantly, and said with a sneer, "Hmph! Devil, here are two more devils! Another one is a female devil!"

After finishing speaking, the elder laughed loudly, and then told several other burly men: "I think this place is very suitable, so let's just stay here!"

Those burly men nodded, and tied Tang Feng, Han Jiang, and Liang Yuan to the tree trunk, then picked up the shovel they brought, and started digging the soil in front of them.As the shovel flew rapidly, four large and deep pits soon appeared in front of Tang Feng and the others.Tang Feng, Han Jiang, and Makarov were all stunned. They all thought of the death method they were about to face—buried alive!
The heartbeats of the three were beating sharply with the swing of the shovel. Tang Feng couldn't stand it anymore. He shouted at the group: "Who are you? Why are you arresting us? Let us die to understand!"

The group looked at Tang Feng, ignored him, and continued to dig the pit mechanically.A quarter of an hour later, four large pits were dug out.Several burly men slowly retreated to the distance, leaving only the elder and the four people tied to the tree.Tang Feng, Han Jiang and Makarov didn't understand, what are they going to do?I saw the elder standing by the first pit, and began to mutter words...

"What is he doing?" Han Jiang asked Tang Feng on the opposite side.

"I don't know!" Tang Feng shook his head.

"I don't understand, it's a prayer for us before we die!" Makarov said.

Han Jiang smiled wryly and said, "Do you think this is the same as you. Before dying, you still have to find a priest to read a passage from the Bible? This is in China!"

"Hush!" Tang Feng suddenly signaled Han Jiang and Makarov to be quiet.Han Jiang and Makarov didn't understand what he meant, but they kept their mouths shut and stared at Tang Feng together to see what he had to say.I saw Tang Feng frowned, listening carefully to the old man's "chanting words" by the pit.Slowly, Tang Feng's brows relaxed again.

The elder babbled about the first pit, and then the other three pits in turn. After reading, the elder looked at them, noncommittal.Han Jiang couldn't take it anymore, and shouted at the old man: "What are you going to do to us? Have a good time, don't whine!"

The old man smiled and said, "I don't want to do anything to you. Just stay here tonight. The wolves and beasts in the mountains, as well as the eagles in the sky, will decide your fate."

After finishing speaking, the old man ignored Han Jiang and left the pine forest with those burly men.In the silent pine forest, there were only four of them left. Of course, they were all tied tightly to the tree trunk at this time, unable to move!
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When those people walked away, night had already fallen, and Makarov sighed: "It's really strange, they dug a hole, why didn't they bury us alive?" No one answered.

After a while of silence, Makarov asked Tang Feng again: "Just now you went upstream, what did you find? How did you get caught by that group?"

So, Tang Feng told Makarov what happened to him and Han Jiang along the way.After hearing this, Makarov frowned, and murmured, "What a strange person. By the way, Tang Feng, that old man was chanting by the pit just now. Can you hear what he said?"

Han Jiang also asked: "Yes! Did you understand?"

Tang Feng thought for a while before saying: "The old man was at the edge of the pit just now, and he seemed to be reciting some kind of spell. I didn't hear exactly what it was. In short, this is a mysterious place, and there are a group of strange people. "

"Nonsense! I also know that this is a bunch of weird people. When someone died, they still sang and danced to celebrate; they spent a long time digging a hole. I thought they were going to bury us alive, but... I don't know what they are going to do..." Han Jiang shouted .

"Okay! Let's rest quickly, conserve our strength, and talk about it after tomorrow's dawn!" Tang Feng interrupted Han Jiang.

At this time, a terrifying sound suddenly came from the mountains in the distance, Tang Feng trembled all over, and asked in surprise: "What is this sound?"

"It's howling wolves! It's more than one, it's a pack of wolves!" Makarov remained calm.

"Are you sure this is a pack of wolves?" Han Jiang asked Makarov back.

"Of course, because I have heard it more than once." Makarov said confidently.

"Ah! There are really wolves here! Then we are tied here, if the wolves find out, wouldn't we be waiting to die?" Tang Feng said in fear.

"Let it be fate!" Han Jiang said casually, then leaned his back against the tree trunk and closed his eyes.

As night fell, the temperature in the pine forest dropped sharply, and both Han Jiang and Makarov had fallen asleep.Tang Feng was shivering from the cold, unable to fall asleep, and worried that the wolves would approach, so he had to keep his eyes open and look around in horror.The wolves did not appear, only the dark and silent pine forest around.But Tang Feng was really tired, the coldness of his body and the fear in his heart couldn't stop him from closing his eyes in the end.

In the early hours of the morning, from the depths of the distant mountains, there was another howling of wolves, and Tang Feng woke up with a start.He looked around vigilantly, and the silent pine forest was completely dark.Suddenly, he found a little green light flashing in the black forest.what is that?A few thoughts quickly flashed through Tang Feng's mind, wolf?Or some other beast?Tang Feng instinctively wanted to stand up, but as soon as he moved, the rope tied around his body hurt him.Tang Feng leaned against the tree trunk helplessly, staring at the direction of the green light, and confronted the green light for a long time, but he didn't know what he would do if the green light really approached him?Is it just like this? !

Tang Feng didn't dare to think about it, and just stared blankly at the green light. After an unknown amount of time, in the silent night sky, suddenly a huge black shadow passed over Makarov's head.Tang Feng looked up, what is that?Like an eagle.Tang Feng had never seen such a big eagle before. Just when Tang Feng was surprised, that huge black shadow quickly disappeared into the night sky.Tang Feng looked at the distant sky in surprise. When he came back to his senses and looked into the forest again, the little green lights that were flickering just now disappeared!

Tang Feng let out a long breath, leaned against the tree trunk again, and closed his eyes again...

【No.15 Lakeside Retreat】

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Dawn was breaking in the east, and the warm sunshine was still shining on Haizi, and also on the faces of Tang Feng, Han Jiang, Makarov and Liang Yuan. All four of them experienced a difficult night.Tang Feng woke up and found that Liang Yuan beside him was still unconscious.Tang Feng saw that Han Jiang and Makarov had also woken up, and shouted at them, "Can you untie this rope?"

Don't need Tang Feng to ask, Han Jiang and Makarov were already trying to break free from the rope, but the more they struggled, the tighter the rope became, causing their arms to hurt.

"Don't work in vain, no matter how strong you are, you will not be able to break free from this rope." A familiar voice came from a distance, and everyone took a closer look. Big guy.

The elder continued: "This kind of rope is made of the bark of a kind of sacred tree on the nearby mountain. The production process is extremely complicated and it is completely done by hand. First cut off the bark of the sacred tree, wash it, and remove impurities; then They are dried in the sun, cut into thin strips, and then soaked in the sea of ​​colorful brocade; fished out, braided together, and exposed to the sun for seven to 49 days; Even if you use the sharpest knife to cut it, you may not be able to cut it in one stroke. Therefore, no matter how hard you try, it will be in vain.”

"Sacred Tree? Let us go!" Han Jiang glared.

"Don't worry, I will let you go, but you have to be patient for a while."

"Will you let us go?" Tang Feng seemed to see hope.

The elder stopped answering Tang Feng's questions, and walked to the four earth pits he dug yesterday, chanting words.Tang Feng stared at this scene with a pair of bloodshot eyes, what is this for?After reading the scriptures yesterday, I ran to read it again today!He suddenly remembered what the elder said just now, will you let us go?Do you want to be patient for a while?This... what does this mean?Tang Feng's brain was blank, and his ears were buzzing. He felt that he was about to collapse. He suddenly widened his eyes, and his pupils dilated rapidly... because he thought of - let us go?Bear with me for a moment?This - this is about to bury us alive!It seems that I was not eaten by wolves last night, and this knife is still indispensable today!Tang Feng stared at the old man's mouth, which was still muttering and chattering endlessly.He felt that what came out of that mouth was Tang Seng's curse, and he couldn't bear it anymore... But Tang Feng listened, and slowly heard some tricks, he closed his eyes, and listened carefully to what the elder said spell.Suddenly, if he realized something...

At this time, the elder Han Jiang, who could no longer bear it, roared: "If we want to bury us alive, hurry up, don't read any more!"

The elder ignored Han Jiang and continued to go his own way.Tang Feng heard Han Jiang's roar, opened his eyes suddenly, and shouted at Han Jiang: "No! He didn't want to bury us alive."

"Then what is he doing?"

"Exorcising ghosts. If I heard correctly, he was reciting several ancient Western Xia mantras, "Seeing Shun Ghosts", "Magic Judgment Essentials" and "Hundred-Character Mantras"! They regarded us as ghosts .According to the old customs of Western Xia, when exorcising ghosts, dig a pit on the ground, chant mantras beside the pit, and the ghost will be sent into the pit, so that the disaster can be eliminated..."

When Tang Feng said this, the old man who was chanting by the pit suddenly stopped, turned around and walked a few steps, rushed in front of Tang Feng, grabbed Tang Feng's clothes, stared at him, and asked: "Who are you guys? "

"I still want to ask you, who are you?" Tang Feng also stared at the elder without showing any weakness.

The elder slowly let go of Tang Feng, and asked sharply, "How do you know so much?"

"It seems that what I said is correct!" Tang Feng held his head up, unavoidably a little proud.

"That's right! You're right! Since you broke into the Sea of ​​Seven Colors Brocade yesterday, we regarded you as devils, so we dug a hole here and recited spells to drive out demons! How much more do you know?"

"I also know... If I guessed correctly, the men and women who committed suicide by jumping off the cliff yesterday died of love. Instead of mourning, you danced and drank instead. This is also an old Xixia custom. Instead of crying, party members beat drums, dance, and drink at the funeral of the deceased.”

"I don't know about Xixia or Party items, but you are right! People here have been like this since ancient times, men and women are happy, there is no need to mourn, they just ascended to the kingdom of heaven, there is no need to cry! Young man, put you Tell me what you know, I want to see how much you know about us?"

"I don't know much. Although you arrested us yesterday, you didn't want our lives. However, the pits you dug frightened us. Untie us quickly, we still have There is a patient." Tang Feng said.

The elder looked at the unconscious Liang Yuan, sneered at Tang Feng again, and said, "Young man, you already know enough! However, you are wrong about one thing! We are digging a hole here It’s for exorcism, it’s true that I don’t want to bury you alive, but that doesn’t mean I don’t want your lives!”

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"What? You still want to kill us?" Tang Feng trembled all over.

"No! No! No! You are wrong, I am not here to kill you, and I will not kill you. I tied you here last night just to let the wolves here, and the eagle in the sky, taste Your taste. If all four of you become food for wolves or eagles, then I will not have dug these pits in vain."

"You mean, we want to bury our leftover bones eaten by wolves and eagles in these pits?!" Thinking of this, Tang Feng felt shuddering.

"Yes. I thought that when I came here early this morning, what I saw would be a pile of bones left over from being eaten by wolves."

"So we let you down?"

"You guys have let me down. You are still alive. You are devils who don't eat wolves! Even wolves and eagles dare not approach you, so I just recited the exorcism spell again."

"What's the use of exorcism spells! What are you going to do with us?" Tang Feng asked the elder.

"You are devils that neither wolves nor eagles dare to approach. I have no right to decide your fate. I will take you to meet a person, and your fate will be decided by this person!"

"Who?" Tang Feng and Han Jiang asked in surprise at the same time.

"Great lama! We are the supreme wise man here." After speaking, the elder ordered the burly men to untie the four of them, and escorted them to the seven-color brocade sea.

The crowd walked upstream along the colorful sea of ​​brocade. They passed the village beside the water bay. The local people in the village looked at Tang Feng and the others as if they were monsters.

Tang Feng originally thought that the residence of the great lama should not be far from the village, but when he walked out of the village, he found that it was not.Everyone continued to go upstream along Haizi, all the way was a rugged mountain road, he and Han Jiang took turns to carry Liang Yuan on their backs, and walked forward on this cliff.After walking for half an hour, everyone was out of breath, and the elder was exhausted, so everyone stopped to rest.Tang Feng stood on the edge of the cliff, overlooking the sea of ​​colorful brocades at his feet, which was still peaceful and beautiful, while the mountains in the distance were even more magnificent.

Tang Feng panted and turned back to the elder and asked, "How far do we have to go?"

"Don't ask too many questions, just follow me."

After a short rest, everyone went on the road again.The road under their feet gradually left the cliffs beside Haizi, and Tang Feng felt that they were walking into the mountains.Sure enough, after they climbed over two mountain ridges, they could no longer see the beautiful sea of ​​seven-color brocade, and were surrounded by layers of endless black forests. The elder reminded them: "You have to keep up, don't fall behind. , and don’t try to escape from here. For hundreds of years, almost all people who strayed into this big forest got lost in it and never came out again.”

(End of this chapter)