Chapter 174
Chapter 174
Hu Bayi pondered over what Huo Jilin said several times, and felt that this magic, apart from feeding fish with dead flesh, was not scary, but rather a bit appetizing.
In ancient times, grain production was not as high as it is today, and famine was common. Locusts passing through, countries at war, droughts or floods would all lead to a shortage of grain.
Once there was a shortage of grain, a lot of people would starve to death.
At that time, people were so hungry that they only thought that they were a person when they were alive, and a pile of meat when they died.
As soon as they saw someone dead, countless people would rush up to eat the body.
It was not scary for people to eat people, let alone fish eating people?
With doubts, Hu Bayi looked at Huo Jilin and asked, "Brother Huo, can giving people delicious fish soup be considered a punishment?"
Huo Jilin added, "This fish meat is different from ordinary fish meat."
Shirley Yang interrupted, "What's the difference between this fish meat and Wang Wei's poem?"
Huo Jilin said, "Tsk," "Don't interrupt."
Shirley Yang immediately shut up and continued to listen to Huo Jilin's talk about magic.
Huo Jilin cleared his throat: "Although this fish soup is extremely delicious, it can be called a divine soup."
"But after drinking it, people will definitely die three days later."
"After the fish in the tank are grown, they are no longer fish. This is what is called 痋."
"This fish soup kills people invisibly. People who died after drinking the fish soup have no external injuries or signs of poisoning on their bodies."
"What's weird is that these dead people even smiled before they died. If they didn't know they were going to die, they would have thought they were missing the delicious fish soup again."
After hearing Huo Jilin's words, several people's eyes immediately shifted to the pickled fish on the table that had not been touched by anyone.
Hu Bayi's face twitched: "Who ordered this fish? Otherwise, take it away. It looks so creepy now."
Although the fish was ordered by Shirley Yang, Shirley Yang was tired from the journey these days and wanted to drink a sip of the delicious fish soup.
But after listening to what Huo Jilin said, Shirley Yang swallowed silently.
"Waiter! Take this bowl of pickled fish away!"
Huo Jilin was quick to pick up a piece of tender fish meat and put it in his bowl. He shook his head helplessly and murmured, "What did the fish do wrong?"
After the waiter took the pickled fish away, Hu Bayi made sure that the waiter was far away and started asking again.
This time, Hu Bayi was confident: "Since he is the king supported by the people, there must be a lot of things in the tomb."
Shirley Yang nodded:
"Yes, it took a lot of lives to find it. Besides, we only know which tomb to go to now, but we don't know the way."
"If we are still wandering around like headless flies like before, I am afraid we will end up with no body left."
"I am looking for this tomb to get the Huichenzhu to remove the curse on me, so that I can If you live past 40 and die on the way to find it, it would be too much of a loss. "
At this time, Chen Yulou, who had been eating silently on the side, suddenly raised his head: "If you insist on going, I have a map here."
"Map!"
When they heard the map, Shirley Yang and Hu Bayi's eyes lit up and they were very surprised: "Grandpa Chen/Senior Chen, what map is it, let us see it!"
Chen Yulou stroked the goatee on his chin with one hand and touched his body with the other hand.
After touching for a long time, Chen Yulou threw a wrinkled piece of leather on the table.
Chen Yulou unfolded the leather and said: "I have already calculated what you came to me for today, and I have prepared this human skin map a long time ago."
Hu Bayi was drinking water. When he heard that it was a map made of human skin, he immediately choked and sprayed out a mouthful of water, which happened to spray on Chen Yulou's face.
Chen Yulou was not angry either. He wiped the water off his face calmly: "Young man, don't be so surprised. It's just a human skin map. It's nothing big. If you go into more tombs, you can not only see human skin maps, but also human skin cushions, human skin drums, and human skin desktops. If you meet a tyrant, you may even see a human skin furniture city inside."
Hu Bayi coughed violently a few times: "I'm so sorry, Senior Chen. I overreacted when I heard about the human skin map for the first time."
Shirley Yang said nothing, but silently moved her chair back two steps.
After the human skin map was fully unfolded, the route on the map was clearly displayed in front of everyone.
It's a pity that it faded because of the long years.
Huo Jilin gave Chen Yulou a thumbs up: "So manyAfter so many years, it's not easy for you to keep this human skin map so intact. "
After Shirley Yang plucked up the courage to put her hand on the map, she felt her fingertips were unusually cold, and quickly retracted her hand.
Chen Yulou laughed: "Girl, be careful with your hands."
Shirley Yang stopped touching it, just looked at the map with her naked eyes and asked: "Grandpa Chen, where did you get this map?"
Chen Yulou took another sip of wine:
"That year I just became the leader of Xiangling, young and energetic, and I had to bring people to the ancient tomb in the first month."
"That time, I happened to enter the Tomb of the King of Dian in Lijiashan, Yunnan."
"It's a pity that when I entered, the Tomb of the King of Dian had been stolen eighteen times by other tomb robbers, leaving me with only a coffin that had not been disassembled. ”
“I saw that the coffin was made of good materials, so I wanted to open it and try my luck, but there was only this human skin map in the whole coffin.”
“The map records the route to the tomb of King Xian. I saw that the route was complicated and I couldn’t find it without a map. I concluded that this tomb must have never been robbed. From that time on, I made up my mind to enter the tomb of King Xian.”
“I have found many experienced tomb robbers to analyze it. They all said that the scale of this tomb of King Xian is not large, but there are definitely many good things in it. If you can come back safely this time, I am afraid you will never have to worry about food and drink in this life.”
When Hu Bayi heard Chen Yulou say that the source of this human skin map was actually the tomb of King Dian, the doubts he had originally disappeared.
Shirley Yang held Chen Yulou’s greasy hands excitedly, as if victory was in sight: "Grandpa Chen, you will follow us back to the capital this time. When we come back from Yunnan to lift the curse, I will take you back to the United States! I will take care of you in your old age! "
Chen Yulou was waiting for Shirley Yang to say this, and smiled happily: "This child is really sensible. If the spirit of the boy, Partridge Whistle, is still alive, he must bless you to return safely."
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