The Secret Art of Refining the Dead: The Walking Corpse File

Chapter 283 The Truth

Han Zitong's words surprised me, because I originally thought that being involved in this matter was just a coincidence.

Involve us on purpose?Why is she doing this?

Zhou Xuanye frowned slightly, and said: "Miss Han, I believe you must have your reasons for doing this, but please make it clear."

Han Zitong still had no expression on his face, the speed of the car was low, driving steadily, he said slowly: "Xiaoxu can't leave me, in fact, since his accident, every long-distance inspection later, I will take him with me. By his side. He was there when Jinsha Cave was discovered.”

I imagined before, if she knew about Han Xu after meeting Han Zitong, how she would react.No matter how helpless our actions are, I think Han Zitong will be furious and even resent us.But now, her calmness is beyond Zhou Xuanye and I's expectation.

And what she said made me realize that she was about to tell us the truth.

"At that time, the Jinsha cave was actually discovered first, and no gold man was found. I went down the cave with an intern and Xiaoxu who was sticking to me. The gold content in it was very high. The more I dug down, the more gold sand emerged. , people began to sink. I felt something was wrong, and planned to take them away and ask the archaeological team for support. But at that moment, a hand suddenly stretched out from the golden sand!"

This was obviously a painful memory, Han Zitong's breathing became a little short, and his hands on the steering wheel were even shaking.It's too dangerous to drive like this. I think she needs to stabilize her mood. There happened to be a restaurant next to the road, and she said, "Zi Tong, pull over and stop. I'm treating guests today. Let's have something to eat first. In your current state, it's okay to drive." Not safe."

Han Zitong took a deep breath, nodded slowly, we parked the car, went up to the second floor, asked for a small private room, because we didn't have much appetite, we ordered something casually.

After the waiter left, Han Zitong went on to say: "The intern who was following me was called Wan Li, and that hand stretched out and grabbed his leg... and pulled him into Jinsha at once. I was Terrified, the first reaction was to let Xiao Xu run first. Xiao Xu's child... You know, although he is stupid, he is definitely not the kind of person who would not save him. He wanted to save Wanli, but was also The other hand was pulled down."

When she said this, she paused for a long time, and the waiters started to serve the dishes before she said: "Later... I kept digging, and I kept digging, but those golden sands, like quicksand, couldn't be dug down at all. I tried everything The methods, such as sand discharge and side leakage, were of no avail, and you should all know the result later.”

I felt very uncomfortable in my heart, and said, "Han Xu, is that where the accident happened?"

Han Zitong nodded and said, "Then I called for help and called the archaeological team and the nearest army to rescue. It took a day and a night to dig the Jinsha Cave to the bottom. The sand below is more than ten meters thick. At the bottom of the golden sands, there are two golden men Xiaoxu and Wanli buried, and they grabbed them just like that, with their mouths full of..." Her eyes were wet,
In the archaeological team, there was an old man with extensive knowledge, who recognized that Jinsha Cave was an ancient folk sacrificial activity in Northeast China, called 'Golden Nuo Sacrifice'. "

"Golden Nuo Sacrifice?" Zhou Xuanye hissed suddenly, and said, "I've heard of this."

I asked, "What is the Golden Nuo Sacrifice for?" What kind of sacrificial activities use so much gold dust?And also sacrificed two living dead?
Zhou Xuanye shook his head and said: "I don't know, I just heard about it. It seems to be a sacrificial method of ancient shamanism. I don't know exactly how it works and what it is useful for." Han Zitong nodded slightly and said : "I didn't know it at the time, and the senior didn't know much. Shamanism is a very primitive religion, which originated from the original human nature worship and believed in animism. But now, shamanism is almost lost. gone."

Although I don't know about the Golden Nuo Festival, I do know about Shamanism.To put it bluntly, shamanism is the original witch, witch doctor, witchcraft, and the belief of heaven and man, which formed the original shamanism and the original beliefs of human beings. The development trajectory is different, and it can be regarded as a worldwide primitive religion.

Later, with the development of civilization, Taoism, Confucianism, Buddhism, Christianity, Buddhism, etc. gradually came into being. Shamanism, a diverse religion with animism, gradually disappeared.

Today, some relics of Shaman culture and some tourist attractions can only be seen in some remote places.In recent years, performing shaman culture has become popular, such as dancing Nuo dance. I have seen this in travel programs, so I know a little bit about it.

But shamanism is a diverse religion, with one belief in each place, and some even have many beliefs in a village. You worship birds, others worship grass, and I may worship mud. Therefore, the methods of sacrifice cannot be counted at all, so What is the origin of this Golden Nuo Sacrifice, no one really can explain clearly.

That old archaeologist has been working in archaeology all his life, so he knows something, but his knowledge is limited.

Han Zitong began to tell us about the origin of the Golden Nuo Festival.

The Golden Nuo Sacrifice is a kind of worship of gold.

In the local ancient history, it is said that there was this kind of ancient worship. The ancients worshiped jade and believed that jade can be used for spirituality. Therefore, in ancient times, jade articles were used as artifacts. Only tribal wizards or leaders can wear jade, so That era was called the Age of Divine Jade.

The Golden Nuo Sacrifice is a special example of the Shenyu era. They don't think that jade can pass through the gods, but that a kind of golden sand can pass through the gods.Gold is highly recognizable and is one of the earliest metals discovered by humans. At that time, it was located in the area around Jinsha Cave, and there should have been a tribe that worshiped gold.

There is no detailed historical record of the Golden Nuo Sacrifice. The reason why the old man knows this is because he has participated in the archaeology of the Stone Age in the Northeast. He has seen similar graphic records in those primitive patterned species. Half of the research, roughly deduced a message.

The tribe that worships Jinsha should not be very big, but the place where they live is rich in Jinsha. They believe that Jinsha can enlighten the gods and preserve people's souls and bodies. Therefore, after the death of important people in the tribe, they will kill them Buried in the golden sands.Use sand to preserve his body and soul.

These corpses buried in the sand will come back to life in a certain period of time and need to eat like humans, so there is a sacrifice of throwing prisoners of war into the sand, which is called the Sand Sacrifice.

After the Jinsha Cave was dug, Han Zitong almost went crazy looking at Han Xu's body. She hugged Han Xu's body in a daze, so she didn't know what happened during that time.In her words, it was as if her entire soul had left her body. When she regained consciousness, she realized that she had already hugged Han Xu and sat in the campsite for a day.

Han Zitong felt cold all over. Han Xu's body was covered with gold dust, and his mouth and nose were also full of gold dust.

What is the greatest pain for a person?
Han Zitong summed it up in eight words: want to cry without tears, want to be sad without sound.

At that time, she couldn't really say how sad she was, because she couldn't make her accept this fact for a whole day. On that day, her whole heart was empty, and she was in a state of no sadness or joy.It wasn't until the people from the archaeological team couldn't stand it anymore, brought her dinner and woke her up, that Han Zitong completely collapsed.

It stands to reason that at this time, she should be comforted to some extent, but at that time, not many people paid attention to her. The archaeological team and the troops seemed to have discovered something serious, and they all seemed very busy.It was already dark, but the camp lights were brightly lit. A group of people went back and forth between the camp and Jinsha Cave. Except for a few interns, no one cared to comfort Han Zitong. Even in the end, those interns I don't know where I went.

Han Zitong was in a daze. Her brain was in a somewhat abnormal state at that time. Deep down in her heart, she knew that Han Xu was dead, but her behavior was very childish.Subconsciously, she wanted to find a doctor to save Han Xu, so she headed for the nearest tent.

In that tent lay the two golden men dug out from the Jinsha Cave.

At that time, due to the poor conditions and lack of manpower, no one was guarding the tent, but Han Zitong heard the news that he could not wait for.

When she said this, she took a sip of the white wine on the table. In fact, Zhou Xuanye and I don't drink very much. Zhou Xuanye pays attention to health preservation. He doesn't drink beer, he only drinks white wine, but he never drinks too much every time.I am used to drinking beer myself, this bottle of baijiu was ordered by Han Zitong himself.

I didn't expect her to drink so well, she downed a small glass in one gulp, her face didn't turn red and she wasn't out of breath.

An eagerly awaited news?

What will it be?
Could Han Xu's turning into a living dead have something to do with this news?

She drank a glass of wine before slowly saying: "I heard them discussing the belly of the golden man. They said... the golden Nuo sacrifice made a strange thing appear in the stomach of the golden man. The reason why it became The living dead, that's what caused it."

I recalled a bit: "So, you stole that thing?"

Han Zitong was expressionless, and finally nodded: "I have spent a lot of effort, but I didn't expect it to be really useful. In fact, I already expected that what I did would be exposed. I involved you in it to make you understand , What is in the belly of the golden man?"

I feel a little strange, we have never seen that thing before, how could it be clear?On the contrary, she stole it and transplanted it to Han Xu, she should know better than us, right?Why do you want us to do it instead?
Thinking of this, I asked.

Han Zitong didn't answer my question, but asked instead: "Do you know why the people above attach so much importance to this matter?"

(End of this chapter)