Onmyoji's Secret

Chapter 87
Zombies, turtle spirits!
Doubts arose in my heart, is that man named Bie Ling a zombie?
I can already confirm that the middle-aged man I saw in the vision of the ancient Shu ruins was the turtle spirit, and the human skin in the white coffin is definitely his!It's just that if he is really a zombie, then why can't Wangdi Du Yu see it? As the lord of a country, Du Yu can't tell the difference between a zombie and a living person, or Du Yu can see it, but He only appointed him because he wanted to borrow the turtle spirit's water control ability, but he didn't expect that the turtle spirit would successfully seize power and change the entire ancient Shu kingdom.

Thousands of years have passed since then, and we descendants can only rely on some remaining materials and legends to try our best to restore the truth, but some more secret things may have been buried with time and remain unknown.

Through Xia Lei's words, I gradually began to restore the things of the past in my heart. I already knew about the history from the Cancong family leading the Qiang people to settle in the Minjiang River Basin to the Bieling seizing the throne of the ancient Shu king. Now I want it the most. What is known is what the turtle spirit did after it seized the throne of ancient Shu, and what role the Qingyi Qiang Kingdom played in this series of changes.

I can't forget what Master Jia once told me on the banks of the Qingyi River. The first enlightened king once fought a war with the Qingyi Qiang Kingdom. In the end, the Qingyi Qiang Kingdom was defeated and lost a large area of ​​land.

And the first generation of enlightened kings, isn't he Congdi Bieling!
I looked at Xia Lei who was still full of sadness and asked: "According to the information I know, the high priest is Ruochu. After she was caught by the turtle spirit, she made an artificial dragon vein and put a The white coffin finally fell into the hands of your Tsing Yi Qiang Kingdom due to unknown circumstances."

Xia Lei's expression changed immediately, he looked at me with a full face of surprise, and said, "It seems that I still underestimated you, you actually know such an extremely secret thing."

I smiled, this is the answer I barely guessed after going through countless adventures. Although I think the answer I guessed should be close to ten, but now that I have Xia Lei's confirmation, I am still very happy. excitement.

I was determined in my heart and felt that my confidence was more sufficient, so I asked Xia Lei: "The next thing is probably related to your Tsingyi Qiang Kingdom, what is the relationship between your Tsingyi Qiang Kingdom and the ancient Shu Kingdom? Will the King of Ancient Shu allow you to exist alone for so long?"

Xia Lei sighed and said: "With the strength of the ancient Qiang people in the Minjiang River Basin, many indigenous tribes came to join and unite. Among them, the largest tribe named Ran and the Qiang people continued to marry and intermarry. A new ethnic group, they became the main ethnic group of the ancient Shu Kingdom, calling themselves the Shu ethnic group. Although the ancestors of our Tsing Yi Qiang were also a branch of the ancient Qiang ethnic group, they never married foreigners, maintaining the purest lineage of the Qiang people. We respect the God of Tsing Yi, and although we are a part of our own, our Tsing Yi Qiang have always maintained an attitude of submission to the ancient Shu Kingdom established by the God of Tsing Yi, so the ancient kings of ancient Shu have never felt sorry for the Tsing Yi Qiang."

"Until that rebellion happened, Emperor Wang was imprisoned, the high priest was defeated by the Minjiang River, and I don't know what kind of magic the turtle spirit used to make the high priest fall into a strange state. Her body and the luck of the entire Shu region Connected to become a man-made dragon vein!"

When Xia Lei said this, his face was full of anger. He said: "The Tsingyi Qiang Kingdom was the most loyal believer of the Tsingyi God. It is simply unforgivable that the Bie Ling desecrated the descendants of the Tsing Yi God. But the leader of the Tsing Yi Qiang at that time was also a man of great wisdom. He knew that the strength of the Tsing Yi Qiang could not match the entire ancient Shu Kingdom, so he suppressed the anger of his subjects , and pretended to continue to surrender to the ancient Shu Kingdom, but secretly bribed some important officials of the ancient Shu Kingdom, trying to find an opportunity when to rescue the high priest."

"Kung fu pays off. The Qingyi Qiang people finally got their chance. Through the insider information in the ancient Shu Kingdom, Bie Ling didn't know what happened to his body when he was practicing, and he was locked in a secret room. He didn't know whether he was alive or dead. At that time, the Qingyi Qiang The leader decisively contacted the important ministers who had been bought, and then took advantage of the opportunity of Bie Ling's retreat to find the place where the high priest was, and rescued the high priest, but because of the special situation of the high priest, the Qingyi Qiang people didn't know What to do, we can only let the Shibi in the clan make the same white coffin with the skin of a spirit snake according to the white coffin on the altar, put the high priest in it, and work on it later when we figure out a way Rescue."

I was fascinated by what I heard, and I couldn't help but praise the Qingyi Qiang leader at that time, he really was a brave and resourceful person!
Xia Lei took a look at my appearance, and continued: "Afterwards, Bieling came out of the retreat, and Bieling was furious, and even summoned the army of the ancient Shu Kingdom to attack the Tsingyi Qiang people in an attempt to take back the high priest. But at that time There seemed to be something wrong with the turtle spirit's body. In addition, he forced Emperor Wang to death and blasphemed the high priest, which also aroused the dissatisfaction of many ancient Shu people. In the end, due to various reasons, the war between the ancient Shu Kingdom and the Qingyi Qiang did not really come to fruition. occur."

"I don't know what happened to the turtle spirit. He didn't seem to appear again after that. Later, his descendants took over as the new enlightened king of Shu. When the third generation of enlightened Shu king Baozi Emperor, the ancient Shu The country once again launched a war against the Qingyi Qiang. This time the war was inevitable. The Qingyi Qiang people were defeated by the ancient Shu Kingdom and retreated into the mountains to save the disaster of the family. Emperor Baozi went to suppress it, so that the Tsingyi Qiang Kingdom survived, and the high priest has been sleeping in the white coffin."

I was very shocked when I heard this.Isn't the turtle spirit an ancestor of zombies?And from Xia Lei's words, I vaguely guessed that the reason for the turtle spirit's retreat should be the shedding of its skin. The legend of the zombie shedding its skin and regaining its new life has been circulating among the zombie clan. This molting is related.

However, since this turtle spirit is a zombie, what about his descendants.To put it bluntly, a zombie is a kind of existence after the resurrection of the dead, and it cannot produce offspring by itself, so who are those enlightened kings of Shu after the bieling?
I wanted to ask some more questions, but before I opened my mouth, Xia Lei on the side said directly: "Okay, I'll tell you what I have to say. In exchange, you should tell me what your ancestor did?"

After Xia Lei finished speaking, he stared at me with big eyes, as if if I said no, he would rush up and attack me.

I let out a long breath. Although there are still many questions in my heart that I haven't clarified yet, through the things Xia Lei told me, I finally have an understanding of what happened that year and Na Ruochu's identity.

I looked at Shibi of the Qiang nationality with a serious expression in front of me, organized my words in my mind, and told Xia Lei some things about the Chen family that I said I knew, including my guess about Chen Shengzhi's layout and his construction of the Snake King Temple things.

Although I don't completely believe in this old man in my heart, there is no other way now. I have long been dizzy by the tricks set by Chen Shengzhi. Now I have finally met a Qiang Shibi. A knowledgeable old man, and a descendant of the ancient Qiang people in Tsing Yi, he may be able to see some of Chen Shengzhi's plans.

Xia Lei sat opposite and listened to my narration quietly. When he heard me tell about Chen Shengzhi's opening of the white coffin and the construction of the Snake King Temple, his expression did not change, and he was still very calm.

But when I mentioned that Li Daoba dug up the Snake King Temple, and I saw Ruochu turned into flying ash inside, Xia Lei showed a trace of sadness on his face, and he sighed in a low voice: "Liberated, it has been more than 2000 years." She is finally free from suffering..."

Looking at Xia Lei's appearance, I always felt that he seemed to have something to say before, and there seemed to be something hidden in the three words "retribution" he said earlier, maybe it was about Ruochu. After all, he didn't tell me what happened after the Qingyi Qiang Kingdom snatched Ruochu back. I don't believe that for such a long time, the Qingyi Qiang people let Ruochu, the descendant of the Qingyi God, lie in a white coffin , without any action.

But looking at Xia Lei's appearance at this moment, I guess he would not tell me those things again. In the end, I didn't know what happened, but I said to Xia Lei: "By the way, Chen Shengzhi once left a The ancestors said that they should wait for a child with the imprint of a phoenix bird to appear in the Chen family before pushing them to the Snake King Temple to complete all the plans. I have that imprint on my shoulder, and that Ruochu lying in the white coffin The marks on the body are exactly the same, so what's going on?"

As soon as I uttered my words, something unexpected happened to me. The face of Xia Lei on the opposite side suddenly changed drastically. His entire face became ferocious and distorted. Shoots a terrifying light.

I was shocked. Before I could react, I saw Xia Lei reaching out to grab me. His speed was like a thunderbolt. I couldn't dodge it. Xia Lei was caught by Xia Lei in an instant. Grabbing the collar, Xia Lei lifted me across the table to his side.

"Grandpa Xia, what's wrong with you!"

I was a little frightened by Xia Lei's appearance, and shouted at him while struggling.

But at this moment, Xia Lei seemed to be going crazy. He didn't answer my words at all. Instead, he stretched out his hand and tore off the clothes on my shoulders with a "wow". In an instant, the clothes on my shoulders were smashed He tore it clean.

Under the dim light, the phoenix imprint on my left shoulder was exposed to the air.

Seeing the imprint of the phoenix bird on my shoulder, Xia Lei, who has always been insane, seemed to have been drained of all his strength in an instant. He let me go, his hands hang down weakly, and his eyes full of vicissitudes are full of beans. The size of a teardrop.

I saw this burly Qiang Shibi squatting on the ground with his head in his arms and weeping bitterly, tears streaming down his face.

I heard a sentence repeated in his mouth:

"A beast! Then Chen Shengzhi is a beast..."

(End of this chapter)