Mountains and seas can be flat

After resting for a few hours, Zifeng pulled Fang Zheng up.The wound on Fang Zheng's shoulder had scabbed over.Zifeng took the torch that Chi Zhao lit just now from the wall, stuffed it into Fang Zheng's hand, and motioned him to take the lead to walk into the stone path deep in the cave. He used this guy who sacrificed his companion's life to stay behind.

Fang Zheng's shoulder was still aching, which strengthened his determination to drive Zifeng crazy.He walked forward in silence.The passage was squeezed open with great effort, and Fang Zheng recognized that it was smashed by a bear.

The bear had walked through the tunnel, slapped the rock wall, and gnawed away all the blue worms in it.Fang Zheng saw the ashes of the mask left after the blue bugs were peeled off from the wall, perhaps Chi Zhao came early to clear the tunnel.

After another distance, the corridor suddenly became straight, and huge stones began to appear below. It was no longer a natural mountain path, but there were traces of artificial grinding.Fang Zheng only felt that the deeper he walked, the colder he went. The torch in his hand was almost blown out by the cold air several times.

Until Fang Zheng found that there was no way ahead, and a huge stone was blocking the middle of the passage.The big rock was black and composed of many cracks, like layers of shale. Fang Zhengzheng gestured to the woman behind not to squeeze in, and gestured to convey the message.

Fang Zheng tested the hardness of the shale with his hands, and to his surprise, it felt like dry and hard beef.Fang Zheng brought the torch close to the black shale, and the higher temperature produced a smell mixed with burnt smell. A little oil oozed out of the shale?

Fang Zheng's heart tightened, and he had a terrifying guess.After a while, Zifeng asked the women to send a message to Fang Zheng, don't worry about it, just burn it.

That's not rock.

Fang Zheng lit the shale with fire, and they were like black and gray paper butterflies, emitting black smoke and a scorching smell that gradually dispersed.Fang Zheng knew it, he guessed right.This is not a stone, but a corpse that has been dried and compacted. For some reason, it was stained black, and for some reason, it was squeezed into this narrow passage.If every piece of "shale" was pressed by a corpse, then at least hundreds of corpses were pressed in this small cave.All the water was squeezed out in the cool corridor, becoming a rare pile of mummy.But it is still protein in essence, so it will rot when it is burned by fire.

And still very fresh.Not more than one month.

The bear drilled some large and small holes in the tunnel, bringing in wind and water vapor, but the mummy hadn't had time to decompose.The thick smoke and the stench of corpses made Fang Zheng burst into tears, and the other women were also miserable.They waited for a long time before this terrible layer of "shale" burned away, revealing the scene behind the passage.

The corpses in the back were scattered on the aisle. They were not pressed so tightly, and they were also air-dried, but it didn't take long.

Fang Zheng became more and more sure of his initial speculation that Zifeng did not plan to take these women to attack the Zhannu tribe, that was not his purpose at all.He drove a hundred or so women into a gloomy tomb full of corpses.Definitely not doing anything good.

No, you can't sit still, it's time to poison.Fang Zheng rolled his eyes.

Fang Zheng pulled his throat, pretending to be inhaled too much smoke and vomiting uncomfortable, bent down and leaned weakly against the stone wall.The walls of the cave are narrow, allowing only one or two people to pass through.Fang Zheng bent down to block the way, and the people behind couldn't pass.Amidst the constant discussion of "what's the matter" and "don't go ahead", Fang Zheng finally waited until Zifeng squeezed over from behind with great effort.Seeing that it was Fang Zheng's trick again, he was so angry that he grabbed his clothes and said, "What are you going to do again?"

Fang Zheng looked speechless, and pointed to the ear, nose and throat, indicating that he was very uncomfortable and couldn't walk.He acted very realistically, with red eyes and coughing.It seemed that he was about to faint in the next second.

Zifeng couldn't let him die here, so he had to take medicine out of his buckskin pocket.Fang Zheng tilted his center of gravity, pretending to bump into Zifeng inadvertently, causing his pocket to tilt.

Zifeng hurriedly bagged the medicines, but some bits and pieces fell out, such as the cross used to calibrate the arrow string, the copper ring on the dagger, the big finger for pulling the bowstring... Zifeng was waiting for the other party to attack , Seeing that Fang Zheng almost passed out, he fell limply on his body, and was too angry to speak.

Taking advantage of Zifeng's stooping to pick up something, Fang Zheng secretly took out the two kinds of poisons and medicines he had prepared in the palm of his hand from a small jar, and gently opened the medicine jars on the edge of Zifeng's deerskin pocket. , he was lucky, picked the second one, and saw a seed that was similar in color and shape to the black poison, and hurriedly shook a few seeds into it without anyone noticing.Before he could find something similar in color to the white poison, Zifeng picked up something and got up.Fang Zheng quickly pretended to pass out again.

Zifeng pried open Fang Zheng's mouth and fed him a little green herbal medicine, probably to force people to wake up, and it tasted like super spicy mint.Fang Zheng pretended to be woken up by choking, and then was pushed towards the front of the tomb by Zifeng.

"Keep going." Zifeng ordered Fang Zheng, and he returned to the end of the line to monitor everyone.

Fang Zheng quietly put the unused poison back into the depths of the bag.His preparations have been successfully completed, and when Zifeng eats it, he will be liberated.Fang Zheng continued to walk forward, and he came to the end of the tomb passage in a short time.

There is a closed stone door at the end of the passage of the tomb, and a round hole for individuals to pass through has been dug out of the stone door.Fang Zheng thought, combined with the layers of corpses outside, this is not like a burglary, but like the slaves who were trapped in the tomb trying to escape, finally dug a hole in the tomb door, and a group of people crawled out after all , but was blocked by something in the upward passage, becoming a compressed mummy.

Fang Zhengyong couldn't speak, and the women who became more and more frightened also discovered the fact that they had come to a tomb.After this information spread, the women at the back became louder and louder, but they didn't know what the front end of the team did, and the women became quiet instantly, as if they were being choked.Fang Zheng couldn't see it after a hundred or so people, but instinctively his heart tightened, and there was a fresh smell of blood behind him.

Those women acted as if they would rather go deeper into the tomb than Zifeng could go farther away. Just now, some women complained that they didn't want to continue going into the tomb, and Zifeng made an example of them.

Fang Zheng's heart sank, and he reached into the torch to look at the entrance of the cave ahead. The torch illuminated the scene in the tomb: in front of him was a depression similar to a sacrificial pit, in which corpses were spread all over the floor.

Fang Zheng walked on the edge of the burial pit. He looked at it casually. The bones seemed to have been burnt, with a thick layer of black ash.What kind of tomb is this?

There is a huge wooden house-like building in front of the sacrificial pit.

The complete concept of "coffin" did not appear until the Western Han Dynasty. Before that, some containers for carrying corpses had only one layer, and the material and volume were not fixed.Mostly wood and stone.The huge wooden house was almost as tall as two people.Fang Zheng slandered that this would mean moving down the house he lived in and enjoying it.

Fang Zheng went all the way to the edge of the huge wooden house, only then did he see clearly that the "wooden house" is made of hundreds of pieces of wood, forming a closed cubic rectangle to enclose the things inside.

Fang Zheng thought of the famous "Huangchang Tigguo" in later generations. Huangchang means that the cypress wood peeled off the skin turns yellow, so it is called "Huangchang". .This coffin structure encloses the coffin inside, which has good air permeability and anti-corrosion.It is widely used in Han tombs.In the imperial tombs of later generations, this wooden house-like structure is more precise and standardized.For example, the yellow sausage in the mausoleum after the death of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was made of 90 pieces of yellow sausage wood that were 10 cm long and 15880 cm high and [-] cm wide.

But the wood used in this wooden house right now is much more random, it is not peeled cypress, and there is no specification of length and width, it is just wrapped tightly.But in any case, it shows that the ancestors knew how to use wood to cover the outer coffin.

Until all the women walked into the tomb, Zifeng came in last, pushed a big stone that could only be moved by his strength to block the entrance of the tomb passage, and then walked over under the terrified sight of the women.

The faces of the two elders were very ugly. Just now Zifeng killed a woman who was trying to escape, but they couldn't stop it.The tribal women were their subjects, so Zifeng killed them as soon as he said they would.Seeing that Zifeng actually blocked the exit of the tomb, he panicked even more. This is not the way to go to the Zhannu tribe at all. Fang Zheng's warning has been fulfilled.

Zifeng did not stop by the wooden coffin, but cast a cold look at everyone, and only had three words: "Follow me".

It doesn't work if you don't follow, the exits are blocked, and the way back is dead.

Zifeng led them around the coffin chamber, and there was actually a passage at the back, slightly wider than the tomb passage in front, and there were some charcoal drawings carved on the wall, and he didn't know where it led.

When Fang Zheng passed by the coffin chamber, he suddenly heard two knocks of "deng deng", coming from the wooden house, his scalp could not help but numb, but the sound disappeared immediately, maybe it was just an illusion.

There are charcoal paintings on the surrounding walls, and Fang Zheng has a quick glance.He vaguely saw a painting showing two sides fighting with cold weapons such as spears, axes, and daggers.In addition to people, there are many animals fighting on both sides.But it is not possible to determine which clan it is.Fang Zheng thought that in the short time he came here, he saw Badian's snake witch and Yu Yi's animal companion, which proved that it is not uncommon for people in this era to use animals to carry out war models.Legend has it that there are ministers under the Yellow Emperor who can control animals.This is probably not fabricated by later generations out of thin air.

Fang Zheng suddenly heard a terrible scream from the women behind him, only to hear a collapse.Fang Zheng turned his head and was surprised to find that there was a gap behind the huge structure wrapped in wood, and a big black and furry claw protruded from it, but it could only protrude halfway.There was a piercing clang of iron chains.

The women scattered in horror, and Zifeng also came after hearing the sound, frowning, raised his big axe and poked it in along the gap, prying open the wooden structure, and the wood was scattered all over the floor.

Locked inside the wooden structure is a strange thing covered in black and red hair. It looks like a huge ape, but it has very long hair.The face was black, without ears or nose, and it howled like a baby crying.Its limbs and hair were bound with thick chains.

Its hands were bluffing towards Zifeng, and Zifeng's ax was pressed all the way to the neck of the thing, and the thing actually issued out of tune syllables, as if it was... talking?

Fang Zheng's heart tightened, and he took a closer look in disbelief. The thing seemed...a person?

The thick nasal syllables can't be heard clearly, but when you look closely, the thing is really a person, with long hair on its body, and it's unknown how long it was locked up.His face was dark because he had been "tattooed," a form of tattooing on the face, usually given to deserters or defeated soldiers.The nose and ears were also cut off. These two punishments are called "劓" and "刵" respectively.

"Tattoo", "劓" and "刵" are all ancient punishments. There are five punishments in total. It is rumored that Chi You formulated this set of punishments. Later, the Yellow Emperor and Yao and Shun followed this set of punishments.In addition to tattooing on the face, cutting off the nose, and cutting off the ears, there are two other punishments. One is called "Da Pi", which means direct killing, and the last one is called "Qiu", which is the punishment of destroying the genitals.Fang Zheng couldn't see whether there was a penis under the thick hair, and guessed that most of it had been cut off.

Elder Mingye and Elder Xuansi were also watching in amazement. Even they didn't know what was going on. Zifeng pressed his ax against the "person", and the other party let out a thick and murky roar, which sounded like It's saying "kill you".

Fang Zheng thought to himself, being locked up like this would be worse than death.It's too weird not to die after such a long time. In front of the burial pit, facing the bones in the pit every day, this taste is quite unpleasant.

Hearing the provocation, Zifeng didn't do anything, but pulled the ax away, and said concisely: "You are not worthy."

After finishing speaking, Zifeng called the other women to continue walking inside, and the two elders helped Fang Zheng to find out his doubts in due course, "Master Zifeng, what is this..."

Zifeng frowned and said, "Servant Niu, you are a sinner."

Great Elder Ming Ye cautiously asked, "What crime did you commit?"

Zifeng's expression was a bit complicated, and he spoke reluctantly, with a hint of confusion in his tone. "Fornication."

Pu Niu was castrated, Zifeng knew it was a man, but when the teacher told about his crimes, the object of Pu Niu's adultery was also a man.How can a man commit adultery to a man?This is an incomprehensible childhood puzzle for the young Zifeng.He once asked an elder among his colleagues, and the other party laughed and said, "You will understand when you grow up."

Zifeng thought, now that he has grown up, why he still doesn't understand?

The crime of "prostitution" itself made Zifeng feel unbelievable. Thanks to the teaching of his teacher, he established the concept that such things are not worth indulging in.

Let alone a man, how addicted.Zifeng couldn't figure it out.But that didn't stop him from hating it.

——Only weak and empty people will be addicted to sex, and true warriors will scatter their strength into blood on the battlefield.Only those royal families who don't need to fight are bored all day long, so they need to consume energy and seek excitement in redundant ways.

That's what Zifeng's teacher taught him.The teacher left his wife for many years before he was assassinated by the betrayed disciple.The teacher has never found a female slave and lived a life of almost asceticism, all of which did not damage people's respect for the teacher, but gave him more praise.

Zifeng has always wanted to be like a teacher. As long as he completes the matter in the mausoleum according to the order, he can decide the trend of this battle... When he returns to the capital, he can also take over the "" "Si Wei" has become an official.

Zifeng does not allow any mistakes in this plan, but why is he still so uneasy.Maybe because Chi Zhao was killed, he suddenly lost a powerful helper?

Or rather-

Zifeng glanced at Fang Zheng coldly. Is it because of this "variable"?It's easy to kill Fang Zheng.But he didn't want to kill Fang Zheng so easily.Zifeng thought unwillingly, he must be able to completely control Fang Zheng, and let this cunning and restless slave be completely used by him.The thought of suppressing Fang Zheng and making Fang Zheng bow his head and ears made his blood boil.This is a state of mind that Zifeng has never had before.The teacher said that when you find a man who provokes your competitiveness, you will know what it's like, and now Zifeng understands.