Chapter 23 Chapter Four: The Tomb of Thousands of Corpses

Just as it was said that Monk Pan was taken to the execution ground and ate a piece of meat, and after the skin and flesh were cut off in thousands of pieces, the executioner pulled out his internal organs again, fiddled with them and hung them on wooden stakes one by one, waiting to be killed. It was set on fire and incinerated, but a gust of wind blew up out of thin air, and the sun was lost for a while, and sand and stones were flying in Lingzhou City, and the sky was dark and the ground was dark. Seeing this, everyone was in chaos. People on the South Street hid in the shops facing the street, flashing a road in the city center. In the other three intersections, the people watching the excitement still crowded into the crowd and refused to leave.

Zhang Xiaozhuan had never been in the city of Lingzhou before, and had never seen the execution of a prisoner. He thought that crushing the bones and burning them would be considered as completing the job, but seeing the people on the South Street suddenly move away from the road, they all held their breath. Swallowing, staring at something, obviously everyone knows that today's Ling Chi execution is not over yet, and there is still fun to watch in the future.He couldn't help becoming curious, and asked an old businessman next to him to find out what happened. The tolerance knew that Zhang Xiaopier was personally ordered by the governor, and he wanted to make friends, so he lowered his voice and said: "I don't know about Zhang's card, we in Lingzhou City tried to execute prisoners, and in the end, we didn't burn the prisoners like other places. The remains, only the bones are crushed, and the rest of the flesh and internal organs have always been given to the hungry dogs outside the city to eat. You see, the city is full of sorrow and mist, and it must be that the god mastiff in the mass graves of the mass graves has also entered the city , who dares to make a loud noise if he wants to die?"

Zhang Xiaozhuo and Sun Dazi were startled when they heard the words, and said in unison: "So that's the case, no wonder the executioners hang those heart and stomach on the wooden stakes, and they want to give money to the dogs outside the city!" Endorsement in the book: Since ancient times, after a person dies, it is safe to burrow into the ground. The thicker and denser the wood of the coffin, the more secure the deceased will be in the ground. It was unlucky to be buried after death, but that night, the dog picked up the grave, smashed his head through the coffin, and dragged it out to eat while it was hot.

But many poor families can't afford coffins at all, and it would be nice to have a straw mat to roll up when they die. Small families can only buy "dog meeting heads" with three-inch cypress boards.In troubled times, due to natural disasters and man-made disasters, most of the common people have nothing to eat, and there are even more hungry dogs wandering in the countryside. After a battle, these hungry dogs will go to the battlefield to eat dead and wounded soldiers and horses. All of them were well-fed and strong, and they were extremely ferocious, haunting the mass graves in groups.Those poor people who were buried shallowly in thin coffins were often dug out by hungry dogs hiding in the cemetery and eaten up after death.

Fighting continued around Lingzhou. After the fierce battle, there were dead people with different heads everywhere.The ancient sages once said: "It is the work of the benevolent to collect the unowned corpses and cover them with loess." But in this world, people's hearts are not ancient, how can anyone be willing to collect the corpses to cover the bones?Besides, there were too many dead people to be buried.Only the government came forward and sent some rewards for the peasants to collect the corpses nearby and transport them to the Ten Thousand Corpse Grave for disposal.Outside the south gate of Lingzhou City, there is a large area of ​​barren mountains and mountains a few miles away from the city.It is said that during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, this place used to be a valley for casting swords, but the age is too far away, the ancient place names can no longer be verified, and there are no relics left, only a deep ditch in the mountain.Before the war, all the prisoners who died in the prison would be dumped in the corpse. Over time, it got the common name of the grave of thousands of corpses.

In recent years, there have been so many dead people that there is no place to bury them, so the government has designated the Ten Thousand Corpse Tomb as a place to bury unowned corpses, whether they died from epidemics, or were killed by knives and guns, as long as they are uncollected corpses , Regardless of his identity or origin, he was thrown into the grave of thousands of corpses to fill up the valley.Up to now, no one can tell how many dead bodies there are in the pit. In the depths of the valley, weeds are overgrown, bones are bony, foxes and rabbits haunt, lonely souls cry at night, and no one dares to approach them.

The wild dogs and vicious dogs roaming nearby have turned the grave of thousands of corpses into a granary.Thousands of wild dogs swarmed in groups, vying for the corpses in the pit, which often led to infighting, fighting each other to the death, and the dogs that were killed were immediately gnawed into a pile of bones by their accomplices, so the wild dogs in the barren mountains The number is always around a few hundred, and it is not harmful to the living. Until one year, a giant dog came out of nowhere, as big as a donkey, barking like a cow, majestic and majestic, like a king.This dog was so vicious that it became the leader of a large group of wild dogs in the graves of thousands of corpses, breaking into villages and digging graves everywhere.The dead in the coffin, even the living alone, as well as the livestock in the cottages and cities, there is nothing they dare not eat, and the number is getting bigger and bigger, gradually forming a serious disaster in the local area.

But the ignorant people all think that this dog is a god-like steed, it is not an ordinary worldly thing, most likely it is the howling dog that came down to earth in front of Zhenjun Guankou Erlang, so everyone calls it a god mastiff, and no one has the guts to offend it.I don’t know how the inspectors thought about it when I was in office, but I came up with a way, which was called “exchanging thieves for lovers”, and even reached an agreement with the wild dogs that all criminals executed in the city will not be allowed to be executed after the death row is executed. When collected, the bones and flesh of the corpses are left on the spot, and the wild dogs of the Ten Thousand Corpse Cemetery will be rewarded, and let them lick their blood and bite their bones, so that they will not hurt innocent civilians again in this generation.

From then on, as long as there is a magic field in Lingzhou City, the divine mastiff will have a sense of efficacy.It can smell the bloody smell of torture several miles away in the barren mountains and valleys, and then it will roar into the city with a large group of wild dogs; it is also said that the wild dogs eat more people, and there are always countless lonely souls behind the group of dogs The wild ghosts follow each other, bringing the wind to the place where they go. So most of the people in the city knew that this was the usual practice. When they saw the aura of corpses in the air, they knew that the south gate must have been opened and let the mastiff in. They hurried out of the street and hid aside to continue watching.Sure enough, not long after, a group of hungry dogs came from South Street, about dozens of them, surrounded by a ferocious giant dog.

Although Zhang Xiaozhuan saw the divine mastiff for the first time, he got some knacks of distinguishing cats from dogs, and at first glance, he knew that this dog was extraordinary.In the article "Yun Wu Tong Zai Dog Classic", dogs in the world are roughly divided into three categories according to their body size: the largest ones are "mastiffs", the ordinary ones are "dogs", and the small ones are called "dogs". Dog", this is a saying that has existed since ancient times.But in today's world, "dog" and "dog" are often confused, but they don't know the difference between the two.

That vicious dog known by the folks as a divine mastiff is not much smaller than a Lamo donkey, and has several natural blood spots on its body. When it moves, it seems to be surrounded by clouds of fire. Only from this one point, it can be concluded that It's not a real mastiff, but it belongs to the breed of dogs whose body shape is closest to that of a mastiff. It should be a "tartar dog" from the Mobei grassland. It can kill lions, tigers and packs of wolves. It has the most ferocious temperament. Why is there such a miraculous thing. Zhang Xiaozhuan didn't think too deeply, but just watched the excitement with the crowd.I saw that group of dogs with stinky bodies all over the body, ignoring the crowd around them as nothing, and swaggering straight to the execution platform. When the wild dogs and hungry dogs saw the bloody mess, they immediately dripped a lot of saliva from their mouths. The two stick out their scarlet tongues and pant heavily, but they all wag their tails and crouch under the stage, no one dares to devour the corpse of the mouse monk before the leader. Although the divine mastiff has a huge body, it is exceptionally nimble and agile.It seemed to have two wings growing from its ribs, and from a distance of dozens of steps, it flitted through the air with a whirring sound, jumped onto the stage, took a bite of the flesh and blood placed on the stake, chewed and swallowed it twice, and then swallowed it. Then he lowered his head and licked the blood.The death row prisoner, Monk Pan, was so obese. After being chopped into pieces, there were ointment and blood all over the board.The god mastiff has a big tongue that can be more than two feet long, and when it is licked, it will form a large piece. It makes a sound of "xi ha" in its mouth, and its demeanor is pleasant, which makes the large group of wild dogs in South Street greedy. After the divine mastiff was licked to his satisfaction, he raised his head and howled wildly, the sound was like a cow bleating, shaking the universe, at this time the hungry dogs in the audience heard the howl, as if they had received an imperial edict, and coaxed them up.Some lay on the ground to lick the blood, and some grabbed a piece of meat and fought with each other. The hungry dogs were eager to eat, all of them bared their teeth and showed fierce eyes. The common people and soldiers watching all around were shocked, but they didn't feel unbearable.When the world is going downhill, people's hearts are in a state of confusion, the more bloody and cruel, the more they enjoy watching it, and many people even feel gloating.Only a few people who understood the truth sighed secretly: "I don't know what crime our country has committed to make the world suffer such cruel punishment? It seems that the world is in great chaos, and disasters will come sooner or later." That is, in less than a cup of tea, the flesh and blood on the execution ground, including the bones crushed by the executioner, had been licked and eaten by the wild dogs, not even a single dross was left. Still lingering around the divine mastiff, staring at the soldiers and civilians around. Zhang Xiaozhuo and Sun Dazi were stunned, and then heard the old man on the side say in surprise: "It's not good, these hungry dogs are not full, it seems that they are going to..." Before they finished speaking, they saw him in the execution ground. The divine mastiff jumped up suddenly, and fell to the executioner Liu Wuye who was standing in the crowd.Before everyone could see clearly what was going on, the tartar dog had already pulled out the heart, lungs and intestines of Mr. Liu Wu.The wild dogs behind it shot out like arrows, barking wildly and plunging into the crowd, tearing and biting. The people of Lingzhou exploded at once, and they all wanted to escape and run for their lives, but there was no room for movement and movement due to the crowding and fighting, but they saw blood and flesh flying everywhere, and in an instant, more than a hundred people were lying on the ground. , I don't know how many people were injured during the bumping and trampling. Lord Ma and Admiral Tuhai could see clearly upstairs.Seeing the bloody scene, Lao Tuhai was so frightened that he was so frightened that he quickly got under the table while holding down the top belt.The governor, Mr. Ma, was calm at the moment. He had long wanted to abolish the old regulations, but he never made it easy. Seeing that it had caused a catastrophe, it was too late to regret it, and he cursed: "Back! It's up! You and I obey orders, and all the wild dogs in the city will be shot to death!" The divine mastiff that killed Liu Wuye on the execution ground swallowed a few mouthfuls of living blood, and his mind became even more ferocious.It also seems to know that there are officials in the pavilions on the street corners, and it jumps on the huddled soldiers and civilians, first bends down and buryes its head, then with all its strength, it shoots up and leaps into the air.This Tartar dog is extremely agile, comparable to a winged bear, lion, tiger, and leopard. It can even leap over a wall several feet high. Where is the second-story pavilion in its eyes? It stared at the horse with blood-red eyes The adults rushed over. Ma Tianxi was shocked. He never thought that the vicious dog would assassinate the imperial court official. He couldn't help but change his face in extreme shock. Fortunately, he was prepared, and the dozens of guards who followed him hid their firearms and immediately lifted them up. Fired a row of muskets.There is a saying that it is difficult for a god to hide, so he planned to kill the god mastiff on the spot. Who knows that this dog is extremely sensitive, and even knows the sharpness of firearms. , suddenly jumped several feet high, leaped to the roof of the two-story pavilion in one fell swoop, stepped on many tiles, and did not stop any longer, flying all the way over the eaves and over the wall. He fled without a trace. This is exactly: "The squid got off the golden hook and went away, shaking its head and tail and never coming back." If you want to know what will happen next, let's see the breakdown in the next chapter.