Xiong Shan's expression froze, and then he smiled bitterly: "Congratulations."
Li Chuiyuan: "Mourning."
When he found the second and third children before, Tan Wenbin had some scruples and considered whether to notify Xiong Shan in time, but Xiong Shan had the experience of leaving here, and there was no need for him to hide it if he found someone.
And Lin Shuyou, Yin Meng, and Brother Hu, a total of five people, put them in the pool before they burned, which was a big target, but both sides were stunned and didn't find any.
Combined with the fact that before entering the water, Lin Shuyou can open his eyes, turn his head, and lip-sync, showing a clear sense of self-awareness, so there is a high probability that they have been here, but before they can wait for others to come down, they left here again.
As for where they went?
Li Chaiyuan turned around and looked at the broken stone gate.
I am obviously the first echelon here, and the two of them were put in the back to act as the second echelon, but now it's good, the second echelon actually ran in front of me.
At this time, Xiong Shan took a deep breath and spoke:
"The second and third children, they should have been yelled by the Xie family and the Bu family.
When the Xie family and the Bu family attacked, there was no reason not to unite with the Wang family.
I now suspect that if Lihua hadn't followed you to come here early because of you, I am afraid she might have ended up with the second and third children."
Li Chaiyuan: "It is their mother and son who are blessed and have little to do with me."
That's what he said, but what the boy thought in his heart was:
So, if you hadn't led the team to come early, you Xiong Shan would have become a loner now?
You are struggling to suppress the outbreak of corpse poison by the lake, and suddenly you see your wife, children and brothers being taken down by the corpse chaser team, and then you dive down alone to prepare for rescue, but as soon as you wake up your wife, before you have time to lift the ban, you witness your wife, children and brothers burning and melting in front of you.
You may even be in a trance to the point of delaying for too long, and the influence of corpse poison will not be able to escape the pool and die directly in this sea of ghostly fire.
So, you should have been wiped out in this wave?
It is true that I came to the unfinished examination room in advance, but I was actually not waiting for the next exam and new test papers, but the group of people in the examination room were all dead on the examination table, sat in it by themselves, picked up the blood-stained unfinished test papers next to their corpses, and continued to do it?
"Little brother, what's wrong with you?"
"I'm thinking about ......" Li Zhuiyuan stretched out his finger to the location where the ghost eye was before, "Those three families are ready to take action, as early as today during the day, and at the latest in the first half of tonight."
Since those three families had arranged to bring in the thunder talisman and corpse oil and destroy all the corpses here, it would be impossible to give the corpse chasers here a chance to pick up the people and renew the lamp oil.
"I feel the same way, so I'm encountering a dead knot now, if I continue to move forward and seek the opportunity to seal that general, wouldn't it be making wedding dresses for those three families?"
Li Chaiyuan nodded.
"There is one thing, little brother, please forgive me, I will take you out of here, if you happen to meet someone on the way, I will definitely help if I can save you, but I will not deliberately rescue them, nor will I try to seal that general again.
I want to leave here alive and seek revenge on those three families.
Since they dare to use my people as sacrifices, then I must make them pay the price!"
In fact, Xiong Shan had previously revealed his idea of using the three families as cannon fodder.
But this matter is who falls on whoever really feels painful.
Tan Wenbin was holding a paper ball next to him to block his bleeding nostrils, and when he heard Xiong Shan's words, he could only sigh in his heart:
Or our Brother Yuanzi is kind-hearted, or he doesn't do it, he just runs to the household registration book, and resolutely repays the grievances at that time.
Li Zuiyuan thought deeper:
Perhaps, Xiong Shan also wanted to admit defeat for his own lighting in this way, looking for a legitimate excuse, a reason enough to soothe his heart.
He won't leave this river, he wants to focus on avenging his brother.
Li Chaiyuan: "I understand, but I must save my people, you lead the way first, and at a certain time, we will separate."
"Okay." Xiong Shan pursed his lips, "Little brother, I'm sorry for you, I owe you a favor."
Xiong Shan had said this sentence before, but last time Li Chase Yuan didn't really take it to heart, and this time it was the same.
Xiong Shan and Lihua walked in front, and Li Chaiyuan followed them with Runsheng and Tan Wenbin.
When going up the steps, Li Chaiyuan specially observed the fist pit in the center of the steps, even after so many years, the fist patterns in the pits were still clearly visible.
Runsheng kept comparing his fists with this punch pit.
Walking into the broken stone gate, there was no corridor in front of him, but the wind blew directly, and the wind carried sand grains, which were crystal clear and had a strange luster.
Li Chaiyuan: Is it a fantasy world?
Generally, places with strong evil energy, resentment, and a large number of deaths have a probability of forming a phantom world sand pattern, which is a natural miasma.
Xiong Shan: "This is the sand of the illusory world, which can stimulate and amplify the strongest joys and sorrows in people's memories, stabilize the mind, and don't get lost in it."
Li Chaiyuan: "Clear heart talisman."
Tan Wenbin and Runsheng immediately pulled out the heart clearing talisman and put it on their heads.
Although they can also try to rely on their own perseverance to get through this phantom sand, since there is this condition, there is no need to eat hard.
Xiong Shan also took out a few Chenzhou talismans, first pasted one for his wife and son, turned around, and was about to say something, after seeing the two Qingxin talismans, he was first suspicious, and then said with relief:
"No wonder you don't care about my Chenzhou Fu fragments."
"That's because I don't know anything about talismans."
"Little brother, you are always so humble."
Li Chaiyuan didn't bother to explain anymore.
"Little brother, don't you post it yourself?"
"I don't need it."
"Then you have to pay attention to restrain your emotions."
"I will."
Everyone walked into the sand of the illusion world together, even if there was talisman paper to help suppress it, the rise of inner emotions was still obvious.
Lihua began to cry again, Xiong Shan's eyes turned red again with anger, and Runsheng and Tan Wenbin were both suppressing the corners of their mouths, but they were both happy again.
Li Chaiyuan didn't feel anything.
The wind and sand area is not large, and after walking forward for a while, everyone walked out.
Except for Li Chaiyuan, everyone began to take a deep breath and adjust their mentality.
Extreme emotions that are maintained for too long will greatly drain the spirit.
Xiong Shan turned his head and glanced at the young man who looked like a normal person beside him, and his evaluation of the young man in his heart added a touch of mystery.
The phantom world sand was at the outermost part, and after entering, what appeared in front of everyone was a huge pit sunken downwards, very much like a mine that had been dug very deeply, circles, one by one, to the deepest part.
But this is just a scene seen from the outside, in fact, the dislocation of the space below is very obvious, the so-called lower part does not necessarily have to go down, here it is completely self-contained.
Li Chaiyuan looked up.
In the outside reality, the sky is one layer, the lake is one layer, and here is another layer, three heavens, the suppression bureau, and the burial of the giant!
Thinking about it, that general had been regarded as a great evil thing when he was buried, and he was buried here in the hope that it would never turn over.
But even so, in history, this general was almost turned into a general.
Xiong Shan: "The southeast, southwest, and northwest are all misaligned, with murderous intent inside, extremely dangerous, I almost died in it before, but fortunately, I later found a secluded path, so I was able to find the exit and surface the lake."
After a brief introduction, Xiong Shan began to continue to lead the way.
Everyone walked down along the edge, and under their feet there was what should have been a repaired road, but with the falling of nearby rocks, the road was no longer a road, but in the middle of the road, there were new traces of excavation, not a wide speedway, but a flat road that could only be passed by one person.
For example, when a boulder appears in front of the road, a hollow appears in the center of the boulder, which is blocked all around, but people can pass through the middle relatively normally.
This is a newly built corpse drive for corpse chasers.
As I walked, the scene ahead changed, no longer the original stone pits, but many dilapidated and ruined pavilion buildings.
When you look into the deep pit again, this pit is not below, but on an equal footing with you.
It was still a deep pit, and it had clearly become a palace, but the outer wall of the palace collapsed in a large area, and the inside was also dilapidated.
The revival of the general, the repression in history, here, was once a battlefield.
The road in front of everyone also became open, although it was still potholed, but it was no longer a road along the cliffs, and the sound of footsteps getting closer and closer was faintly heard.
Xiong Shan raised his hand and motioned for everyone to stop moving forward.
Then he crouched down with his hands on the ground.
From his body, straws extended out, and these straws grew more and more as if they were temporarily growing, forming two small haystacks on both sides of his body.
Xiong Shan's hands began to cross, not like he was making a seal, but more like weaving.
Two piles of straw slowly stood up, and the figures of straw men appeared.
Tan Wenbin's eyes widened, and he leaned over to Li Chaiyuan and asked: "Brother Xiaoyuan, what is this way?"
"There is a shadow of witchcraft."
The two piles of straw became two straw bars and a scarecrow sitting on it.
Xiong Shan pasted two black talisman papers on the two scarecrows, then cut his palms with his fingernails and made blood sacrifices to them. The scarecrow's temperament immediately became different, revealing a solemn and deep aura.
Xiong Shan: "Come, one for each of us, carry it and walk along the left side, and we must not collide with them in the center."
Li Zhuiyuan: "Do it."
Xiong Shan and Lihua, one in front and one behind, lifted two straw bars.
The three of them on Li Chaiyuan's side were the same, Runsheng was at the front, and Li Chaseyuan grabbed Runsheng's clothes and followed behind.
In this way, the scarecrow who was originally sitting on it hung down and his feet did not touch the ground.
This is a self-created imitation of witchcraft, and I have to say that Xiong Shan's personal methods are really powerful.
Of course, Li Chaiyuan never doubted the other party's strength.
But when the former recklessness began to sprout the intention to retreat, the momentum on his body weakened.
Two squads continued along the far left side of the road.
He did not lead everyone into the palace, but walked around the periphery of the palace, he said that he had been in, and it was very dangerous inside.
There is no mistake, every shot, one inside, one content, and one look at one by one!
Everyone heard the dense footsteps, and in the middle of the road, a group of soldiers were running forward with torches.
From the details of their armor, it can be distinguished that this is the Yuan army.
It is said that it was they who were the first to break the calm here and hasten the shogun's recovery.
Immediately afterwards, there were maids and eunuchs, moving forward in groups.
They even walked a long way side by side with their side, but at the next side door entrance, they turned into the palace.
Xiong Shan also stopped for a moment and let them pass first.
Li Zhuiyuan thought for a moment, they should be wearing Han Dynasty costumes.
But if it is a general's tomb, forget about the maids, why are there still eunuchs?
The lights on both sides of the road began to be erected, they had long been destroyed, and now they were phantoms, but the lighting effect was still obvious.
"Drive. Drive!"
Another group of knights galloped through the middle.
In short, although this road is "empty", it is also "very lively".
Fortunately, as long as you carry the straw pole on your side and play the role of a corpse chaser, "no one" cares about them.
Li Chaiyuan looked up several times and looked at the scarecrow on his side.
This one whose feet do not touch the ground can be seen; But the one carrying in the team of the real corpse chaser cannot be seen.
The boy still doesn't know who gave "it" such power.
At first, both he and Xiong Shan thought it was the general's patrol, and the "it" in each corpse chaser team represented the general's "line of sight".
But if the general still has such a powerful power and can project from such a long distance, then why does he continue to be trapped here and can't come out?
But if it wasn't for the power of the general, who would it belong to?
Under the leadership of Xiong Shan, everyone walked around the periphery of the palace for almost three-quarters of the way until an upward fork appeared in front of them, and there was a relatively well-preserved building above the fork.
Compared to the palace, it looks very simple and simple.
Xiong Shan: "I don't know what it was called in ancient times, but the furnishings inside are like a banquet hall, with a small waterfall behind the hall, cascading down a yin river.
Everyone started to go up the fork.
Li Zhuyuan was not in a hurry to leave, he still had to look for Lin Shuyou and Yin Meng, but it was necessary to go there to take a look, at least to watch Xiong Shan and Lihua jump down the waterfall to make sure it was the right way to leave.
However, the higher you go, the more the atmosphere gradually changes.
On the ground, a red blanket appeared, and the stone lamps on both sides of the road were no longer phantoms, but genuine, and there was real lamp oil in them for burning.
Xiong Shan: "Something is wrong, when I groped here yesterday, there were no furnishings, these are all new, let's go back first!"
When encountering unusual situations, it is better to touch and look around more.
But when everyone wanted to go down, on the way up, a group of maids and eunuchs appeared, they were numerous and neatly arranged.
The eunuch was holding a lantern in his hand, and the palace maid was holding a lotus lamp in his hand.
They were phantoms, but this time, they were densely packed, completely blocking the way down.
When Li Chaiyuan, Xiong Shan and others approached them, white smoke came out of the scarecrows above both sides.
The maids and eunuchs moved forward together, step by step, step by step, so that Li Chaiyuan and the others had to retreat.
"Little brother, I don't know what's going on, but the more they force us like this, the more we can't follow their wishes, so let's get ready to do it!"
Li Chaiyuan recognized Xiong Shan's judgment.
But behind the maid eunuch, there were eight corpse chasers in a team, all of which were standard three-person configurations, two lifting the bar, and one in the middle did not touch the ground.
How else can you do this?
Those eight are there, and if you look at them, your mind will be backlashed, how can you fight them?
Xiong Shan: "People have to bow their heads under the eaves, so let's follow their wishes for the time being."
The two grass platform teams drove the corpse man, began to turn around, and continued to walk up.
Perhaps it was because the previous "retrograde" of their two teams blocked the road, and when they went up again, the maids and eunuchs shuttled past them.
It's a pity that the eight corpse chaser teams in the rear seem to really regard the two of them as "companions", and actually four on one side regard the two of them as team leaders.
At this moment, not only did he not want to turn around, but he couldn't even slow down his pace.
The higher you go, the closer you get to the "banquet hall", and the more intense the hazy feeling of the brilliant lights becomes.
The door of the banquet hall was open, and some of the maids and eunuchs stood outside waiting, while others went in.
Now a new question arises, as a "team leader", do you go in or stop outside?
Fortunately, the maids and eunuchs outside gave the answer, and they all bent down and made a "please" gesture.
It seems like you want to go in.
After entering, the inside is indeed a banquet hall layout, as Xiong Shan said, and the banquet format is very old.
There is a half-man-high square platform in the middle, which should be the main seat area, with curtains hanging on it to block the view.
Below the surroundings, there are rows of tables, some of which are intact and some have long been damaged.
At present, it still seems empty, with only four tables in the corner where someone is sitting.
Li Chaiyuan saw his acquaintances, first Brother Hu's gangsters, all kneeling there with their eyes closed, motionless.
Sitting next to Brother Hu was Lin Shuyou.
Lin Shuyou was sitting there quietly, but now he seemed to sense something again, he opened his eyes and began to look around, what was said in his mouth, he couldn't hear the sound, but his mouth shape was still the same:
"Brother Xiaoyuan?"
Last time by the lake, Lin Shuyou was in the corpse chaser team, and his perception was blocked, while Li Chaiyuan and others were in the "Yinyang Road Inn" barrier.
Lin Shuyou first sensed something, then determined the approximate direction, and finally looked at Li Zhuiyuan's location.
At this time, a gust of cold wind blew, and the curtain on the main platform was blown open, revealing the situation inside.
On the table, there is a seat, the first seat is on the left and right sides, each with two companion seats, the host naturally sits in that seat, but the people who can accompany him on the table must also be the four most noble people in the audience.
On the first seat, there was a set of armor, the armor was scarred, revealing a strong sense of the vicissitudes of the times, which should represent the general.
At the bottom of the right hand of the first seat, there is a sculpture, the sculpture is a man, dressed in red, although the sculpture is mottled and damaged, but it can still make people feel the style of the object of its copying.
The clothes on the sculpture's body, Li Chaiyuan saw Uncle Qin wearing similar clothes at the entrance ceremony.
Li Chaiyuan also had it himself, the old lady specially made it for him, there were two sets, one was mainly red and the other was green, after all, he had two doors, and every Chinese dress had to have a set.
This sculpture should represent the Qin family dragon king who once suppressed the general, and although the general was suppressed by him, he also placed his statue next to his seat to show a kind of recognition and respect.
Opposite the red-clothed sculpture, that is, under the left hand of the first seat, sitting ...... Yin Meng.
After Tan Wenbin and Runsheng saw this scene, they were shocked: Why could Yin Meng sit in that position?
Even Xiong Shan cast a surprised and questioning look at the young man: Who is your subordinate? Or who is that subordinate, you and him?
Only Li Chaiyuan, who had seen the full version of the Yin family tree, knew that this was not surprising.
because
This is the tradition of the Yin family to travel and eat.
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This chapter is to make up for yesterday's word count.
There is also today's one in the evening.
(End of this chapter)