Zong Shidao invited me?
I frowned slightly. The attitude of these ghost soldiers was indeed a bit weird. For a moment, I was a little unsure of what they were going to do.
But I do know a little about Song Gui!
This person was one of the cavalry guards of Tumen Pass!
Unfortunately, his name did not appear in the official history, but in the unofficial history.
The unofficial history records that this person was amazingly brave and had always been the first general of Tumen Pass. He was known as "the bravest guard of the nine passes in the world". It is said that he could break the iron bow with a shake of his arm strength. In the battle, he could shoot an arrow 700 steps away, comparable to the flying general Li Guang. When the Jin army attacked Tumen Pass, he fired three arrows on the top of the city and shot down three generals of the Jin army, which frightened the Jin army and made them dare not attack the city for a day!
Later, when Zong Shidao arrived at Tumen Pass, it was this person who opened the city gate for Zong Shidao, mutinied at Tumen Pass, killed the guard of Tumen Pass, and handed over the command to Zong Shidao.
There is no record of this incident in official history, but unofficial history calls this incident the "Tumen Pass Incident".
In fact, because the History of Song Dynasty was revised and compiled by later dynasties, many of the records in it are particularly vague.
For example, Zhong Shidao, the official history records that he was demoted and returned home to die of illness after advocating resistance against the Jin Dynasty. It is quite vague in just a few sentences. The unofficial history records Zhong Shidao in more detail, saying that this person advocated resistance against the Jin Dynasty and was suppressed by the peace faction and returned home. He joined the trend of folk resistance against the Jin Dynasty and finally wrote the most tragic scene of his life at Tumen Pass!
Based on the many historical materials I have studied, I thought that the story of Zhong Shidao should be recorded in more detail in unofficial history, and the current situation also confirms my point.
Song Gui probably saw my doubts, so he said to me: "Of course, if you don't want to, we won't make it difficult for you. You and your companions can leave at any time."
I couldn't believe it even more. Just let us go?
"We won't hurt anyone."
Song Gui shook his head and explained, "The people are already suffering. Why should we, who are staying in the world by accident, make things worse?"
I thought about it and finally decided to meet General Zhong Shidao. Maybe I could get some unexpected gains?
Song Gui couldn't help laughing when he saw that I agreed, but his smile was spooky and weird. At least it gave me goose bumps all over my body. I had to follow him.
Song Gui led us into the corridor on the right side of the fork.
The structure of this cave is very special. It looks like it was formed naturally, but there are still some traces of artificial repairs. I'm afraid that many people participated in the construction of this cave burial tomb.
After walking forward for more than ten minutes, the view finally opened up.
The shouts during the training came into my ears, and what appeared in front of me was a space larger than the place where the thousand coffins were buried. It was a military camp! !
There are gates, guardrails to prevent cavalry attacks, and military tents...
However, these are all made of paper!
Song Gui glanced at me and said to me: "We were all soldiers in our lifetime. We are used to living in these camp tents, but we are not used to brick houses. So when we died in the battle, we all dreamed that our families should not burn our houses, but burn a few tents. This military camp was built bit by bit at that time!"
So that's what happened!
I nodded, noticing that Song Gui was very calm when he said this, and muttered to myself that it seems that the resentment of the Song army who died in Luomatan was really resolved by the masters of that sect. If it were the ghosts of ordinary people who died suddenly, as long as they mentioned their own death, they would definitely be full of resentment. They didn't intend to kill people at first, but they would kill people immediately after they said it.
I followed Song Gui into the largest tent and finally saw the ghost of General Zong Shidao.
He sat on a chair, his face pale, and his body exuded a trace of coldness from time to time. When he saw us come in, he smiled: "After many years, I finally met a person from the future. Please sit down and have a good chat with me!"
Just chatting?
I was a little dumbfounded. At this time, Song Gui had already left with a smile. Zhang Bowen and I had no choice but to sit on the ground. After all, everything in the tent was made of paper. After burning, it fell into the hands of the Yin people. Living people can't touch it, it will damage their life span!
General Zhong Shidao probably really hasn't been out for many years. He is particularly curious about the outside world. The first thing he asked me was the direction of the Song Dynasty after he died in battle.
Looking at the old general's burning eyes, I couldn't help but smile bitterly for a while-did you really think that the Song Dynasty could live forever?
Although the Qin Dynasty, the Han Dynasty, and the Tang Dynasty were not as rich as the Song Dynasty, which one was not as powerful as the Song Dynasty? In the end, didn't the country only last a few hundred years? This old general Shi Dao really... trusted the court he was in!
But I didn't want to lie to him, so I talked about the thousand-year changes in China after he left, from the weakness of the Southern Song Dynasty to the Mongol Yuan Dynasty's rule in the Central Plains and the fall of the ancient Han civilization, to the Ming Dynasty's revival and then the Qing Dynasty's invasion...
In short, I talked a lot. Because of the influence of my family, I dare not say anything else, but I am definitely a thorough study of history. Even if I become a professor, I can still confuse students, let alone Zhong Shi Dao. I basically talked to him for a full half day, combining official history and unofficial history. During this time, I heard Zhong Shi Dao cry several times, but the scene was not as touching as imagined. People who have heard ghosts cry will never forget that kind of shrill and creepy!
I waited until I finished speaking before General Zhong Shidao sighed and said, "For thousands of years, China has been bullied so much. A small country in the East dares to act rashly. If I had known this would happen, I would have led 3,000 soldiers to crush this nation first!"
I believe what he said. During the Song Dynasty, they could not defeat the Mongols and the Jin Dynasty, but they could defeat Japan like a piece of cake. Unfortunately, the past is the past. After reading so much history, I also understand that what this thing has left for the present is just some truths, and nothing else can be changed. After hesitating for a long time, I finally asked the most curious question in my heart: "Old General, I don't think you are willing to cause trouble in this world and destroy the order of the Yin and Yang worlds, but I don't understand why you are unwilling to disperse?"
General Zhong Shidao was stunned after hearing what I said, and then sighed: "Do you think we don't want to leave? It's not that I don't want to, but I can't leave!"
At this point, Zhong Shidao fell into silence, and after a long time he slowly said: "There are forty-nine wooden stakes of Xunzi wood in this underground!"
I took a breath of cold air after hearing this!
Xunzi wood?
I have said this thing before - in the ravines and shades of the deep mountains and old forests, where the sun never shines. There is a kind of carbon-colored tree. This tree has never seen the sun since it grew. Ordinary trees grow one ring of annual rings every year, but this kind of tree that does not see the sun will only increase its annual ring after dozens or hundreds of years. This is called Xunzi wood.
This kind of thing is very rare and very hard to come by. It is usually used to suppress big zongzi that even the golden horn copper coffin cannot suppress. Gao Xianzhi used such a coffin, but this kind of tree itself has a particularly heavy yin energy. Forty-nine yin trees are buried together in the ground, and this place will become a yin land. It is not just a yin land with weak yang energy, but a place where yin gathers. It will continue to gather yin energy. The dead buried here cannot disperse the ghosts and can only wander here.
It's just that because this kind of place has a strong yin energy, even ordinary ghosts will become extremely terrifying after staying in this place for a thousand or eight hundred years!
This is why Song Gui and General Zhong Shidao have never killed anyone, but they are very profound in Taoism!
No need to guess, this must have been done by the master of the Taoist sect. What exactly does he want to do?
General Zhong Shidao saw my expression and knew what I was thinking, so he asked me: "Guessed it?"
I nodded and asked him if he knew who arranged this method?
"I don't know. I became like this when I woke up."
The old general sighed and talked to me for a long time before finally asking us why we came to him.
I didn't hide it and told the whole story of Shigu Village.
"It wasn't me. I fought for the people when I was alive, and it's even more impossible for me to persecute them after I die."
General Zhong Shidao shook his head and said to me: "Why don't you ask Song Gui? He often leads his troops to patrol the mountains. Maybe he can help you."
After that, the old general called Song Gui in and mentioned our affairs by the way.
"Persecute living people?"
Song Gui's face changed when he heard it: "If there is such a thing, it must come from that place!"
There is a play!
My eyes lit up when I heard it. After stumbling and investigating until now, I finally have a little clue and clue, so I hurriedly asked Song Gui what was going on.
"From here, go west for more than a hundred miles and you will reach the place."
Song Gui said grimly: "I passed by there when I was patrolling the mountain before, and I was shocked! There have been many wars in Luoma Mountain before, and there are many ghost soldiers stationed here, but they are basically harmless ghost soldiers, but that place... is too fierce! I just got closer to it, and I felt the evil spirit and resentment rising to the sky. I am afraid that many people died tragically there. I can even hear shrill screams and cries at night. There must be a very fierce thing. Anyway, I didn't dare to provoke that thing at the time, and hurriedly retreated!"
After speaking, Song Gui glanced at me and said slowly: "Little brother, if you want to go there, I advise you to be cautious, it is a demon cave!"