Sumu wood in the quadrangle welcomes spring

On the second day, at a little after 10 o'clock, Guanzhang Wang, San Dezi, Daochang Mi and Su Mu arrived at their destination.

It turned out to be the location of the Daming Palace.

The seven black shadows were transformed into seven mummies who were burned to death.

A large clay pot over three and a half meters in diameter.

There are seven mummies inside. There are no clothes or burial objects in the jar, which means that they were naked when they were put into the jar.

Both the inside and outside of the clay pot are densely engraved with words and symbols, including Buddhist scriptures written in Sanskrit.

At this time, Director Wang’s historical background is revealed.

From the shape of the large clay pot, he deduced that it was very similar to the style of an urn from the Xuanzong period of the Tang Dynasty, and concluded that these people were from the Tang Dynasty.

An urn refers to a pottery container used to hold water, wine or vegetables. Sumu’s own large vat is also called an urn in some areas.

Including Sumu's memories of his previous life, they were also called urns.

But these are small urns, and their function shows that they will not be of much use.

But the urn in front of me is very large, with a diameter of more than three and a half meters, and can hold more than a dozen people.

This made the four people present involuntarily think of a word: Please enter the urn.

During the Tang Dynasty, Empress Wu Zetian appointed a group of cruel officials to suppress those who opposed her. Among them, Lai Junchen and Zhou Xing were the best among the cruel officials. They used frame-ups, accusations and inhumane criminal laws to kill many people. There are few officials and people, but the evildoers will always be punished...

Someone reported that Zhou Xing was conspiring to rebel. Empress Wu Zetian was furious and ordered Lai Junchen to investigate and deal with it strictly.

Lai Junchen thought for a long time and came up with a clever idea, so he asked Zhou Xing for a drink and asked Zhou Xing sincerely: When I handle cases on weekdays, I encounter some prisoners who refuse to plead guilty. What can I do?

After three rounds of drinking, Zhou Xing was very proud and said eloquently: "This is easy to do. You find a big urn, heat it with charcoal fire around it, and then let the prisoner enter the urn. Which prisoner will not confess?" ?”

Lai Junchen did as expected, forcing Zhou Xing to plead guilty.

"These seven people were roasted alive."

Director Wang sighed.

After more than a thousand years, I still feel shuddering when I see this scene.

Sandoko withdrew his head from the mouth of the urn.

"There is a circle of hooks inside, probably to secure the prisoner."

San Dezi is the most active of the four, jumping up and down even more than the youngest Su Mu.

"There's a hole down here, like a place for putting firewood. Oh, this is wood ash, right..."

Su Mu looked at the scene in front of him.

But that picture came to mind automatically.

A large urn was placed on the stove fire to roast. The seven people tied up in the urn continued to struggle and then gradually became quiet. Finally, they were roasted alive into mummies...

Taoist priest Mi next to him sniffed the smell in the air.

His breathing was a little heavy, which woke up Su Mu who was lost in his thoughts.

"Do you smell the aroma of barbecue?"

Sandoko joked.

The more times like this come, the more San De Zi becomes a little out of touch.

But Su Mu felt that this was a way for San Dezi to relieve his inner tension by talking.

Alas, Su Mu's knowledge does not increase with his own food, clothing, housing, transportation and experience. Family members, who understands this kind of trouble.

"The Daming Palace is also the location of the imperial palace of the Tang Dynasty. This urn is less than 2 miles away from the main hall of the Daming Palace. The best criminal law of the Tang Dynasty was burning. Furthermore, the scriptures on this urn should be excerpted from the "Ksitigarbha", while the Tang Dynasty The royal family advocates Buddhism..."

Director Wang commented with all his treasures.

"Can you guess the specific dynasty?"

Captain Liu from the economic investigation team asked.

He is the team leader, responsible for the actual work, and also writes a summary report afterwards.

"Looking at the style of the urn, it is most likely that it came from the period of Tang Xuanzong or Tang Suzong, but Tang Xuanzong is not very likely. According to historical records, he was relatively opposed to Buddhism."

"In other words, this was caused by the torture of royal officials during the reign of Emperor Suzong of the Tang Dynasty?"

Captain Liu helped Director Wang summarize.

In fact, they don't care about the cause, they care more about solving the problem and reporting on their actions.

San Dezi also finished walking around, and when he came back, he happened to hear Captain Liu's words, and then added: "I just took a look, it is surrounded by stone slabs, it may be a torture chamber type room."

"What to do next?"

The ultimate goal is to prevent this group of undead from coming out to harm people again.

Director Wang looked at Director Mi.

However, Taoist Priest Mi suddenly shook his head: "Go to the temple and ask the monks to perform rituals, and then send these seven people to their graves, and that should be enough."

After finishing speaking, Taoist Master Mi said to Director Wang: "This urn may be useful in studying torture during the Tang Dynasty. Why don't we make a smaller version and take it back."

Director Wang nodded.

This is what they often do.

Moreover, the mummies in this urn can become wronged souls, and they still have a certain ability to capture souls and control armored soldiers, indicating that perhaps there are individuals with simple consciousness among them.

Maybe it has something to do with the urn.

It is of great significance to investigate.

"Captain Liu, this place needs to be sealed off first. We need to contact the archaeological agency to preserve the cultural relics. We also need to ask the monks to come over to perform rituals. I'm asking you to do this."

Director Wang ordered.

Su Mu secretly glanced at Taoist Priest Mi.

He was looking at the big clay urn in a trance.

Although looking at the expressions and reactions of San Dezi and Director Wang, it seems that Director Mi's suggestion is not unexpected.

Perhaps there have been too many such experiences.

But Su Mu always felt that Taoist Master Mi was hiding something from the big urn in front of him.

Since ancient times, Buddhism and Taoism have not been divided into different schools. Why do Taoists have to ask monks to perform rituals even though they can do it?

"Director Su, is there something wrong with me?"

A slightly teasing but actually wary voice sounded.

Captain Liu had already left, and Director Wang and San Dezi also turned to look over.

But it was Taoist Mi who noticed Su Mu staring at him.

"Ahem, um, Taoist Master Mi, there's something I don't understand..."

"Oh? Director Su, you might as well tell me and see if I can answer it."

Mi Daochang has deep eyes.

Director Wang and the others didn't notice anything strange, but Su Mu always felt that Director Mi was just smiling.

Ah ah ah, Miss Qian is so awesome (poyin'er~), Su Mu is speechless.

"Isn't it possible for both Buddhism and Taoism to save the dead?"

Taoist priest Mi was startled.

There was an eerie silence in the air.

A few seconds later, Taoist priest Mi laughed.

He smiled deliberately and said: "These people have endured thousands of years of pain, and they should be saved in a gentler way. Taoist methods are still a bit rough and tough..."

That's true, but there's definitely more to the core than that.

Su Mu was sure that Taoist Master Mi was not a compassionate soul.