Chapter 148 Lingchi’s Punishment
"master!"
Zhang Xiaoning's eyes widened.
In front of him, there was a man who was wearing the same poor clothes as himself, but his body was covered in dust, his limbs were twisted abnormally, and his eyes were bloodshot. The bloodshot seemed to be wriggling, making the eyes look so creepy and weird.
He knew this man. He was his master and the most senior officer in the county government. He was the old man who had raised him since he was a child!
But now, Zhang Xiaoning really didn't dare to recognize it.
"Roar!!!"
The old policeman with twisted limbs heard the noise, his nose twitched, and his pair of bloodshot eyes looked straight at Zhang Xiaoning!
Zhang Xiaoning felt his whole body go cold and he subconsciously drew his knife, but he immediately realized that the strange man in front of him was his master.
Just a moment of hesitation, and the old officer pounced on him!
"Roar!!!"
The canine teeth protrude, saliva drips from the corners of the mouth, and the fishy smell is very close!
Zhang Xiaoning wanted to raise the knife again, but it was too late!
too close!
The mouthful of saliva mixed with blood had reached his neck!
He raised his hand with all his strength to push, but it was like hitting pig iron, the other party did not move at all!
Seeing that the vicious mouth that was definitely not a good thing was about to bite his neck, Zhang Xiaoning felt despair in his heart.
"Snapped……"
At this moment, there was a slight sound.
A green sleeve extended out diagonally, with a hand at the end. The hand had distinct joints and some rough calluses, and it pointed its sword-like finger at the top of the old officer's head.
He obviously didn't use any force, but he was able to stop the old officer who Zhang Xiaoning had tried his best to push away in vain!
"Master...Master..."
Zhang Xiaoning didn't care about anything else and turned his head to see that it was indeed the mysterious young Taoist priest.
He shouted, his mind suddenly relaxed, his legs went limp, and he collapsed to the ground.
Then, he hurriedly ducked his head and slipped behind the Taoist priest. He carefully stuck his head out and looked at the old officer who was standing still.
"If the corpse worms enter the body a little later, I'm afraid it will be difficult to cure it with medicine."
Jiang Lin glanced at the old officer's bloodshot eyes and said so.
Zhang Xiaoning looked over subconsciously, and at one glance, his hair stood on end, white sweat broke out on his back, and goose bumps appeared all over his body.
Where are the bloodshot in my master's eyes?
They are clearly worms as thin as needles!
Countless bugs entangled and mixed in the master's eyes, and just one look at it made people feel nauseous.
"Master, help me!!"
Although Zhang Xiaoning was completely frightened, he was a government employee after all, so he managed to calm himself down, knelt on the ground and asked for help.
He didn't know what corpse worms were, but he knew with his butt that they were not good things.
Since the Taoist priest has revealed the truth, there must be a way to save him!
"This corpse worm is an underground Yin creature, and it is most afraid of Yang energy."
Jiang Lin looked Zhang Xiaoning up and down and said with a smile: "It's just that the sun is about to set, and the Yang energy is insufficient. It will take a man's tongue tip to bleed."
"Apply blood to your eyes and expose them to the sun for half an hour, and you should be fine."
After hearing this, Zhang Xiaoning didn't hesitate at all. He tilted his tongue, used his canine teeth to bite a hole.
This was also a ruthless man. Even though he bit his tongue, he did not frown. Instead, he wiped the bloody finger on the old officer's eyes.
"laugh……"
Suddenly, a puff of white smoke rose!
Zhang Xiaoning watched as the old officer's body trembled, his eyes closed tightly, and streams of black water flowed out from the corners of his eyes. He looked extremely terrifying.
"Take him outside and find a place with no shade or obstructions. Let him bask in the sun for half an hour."
Jiang Lin pointed outside.
"Yes!"
Zhang Xiaoning subconsciously agreed, carried the old officer on his back, and climbed up the scaffolding.
Jiang Lin didn't go inside, but just stood there, not knowing what he was waiting for.
In just half a cup of tea, there was a noise behind me.
Zhang Xiaoning left and came back.
"Master, it's not that I'm greedy, there are still many colleagues who are probably trapped here."
Zhang Xiaoning didn't care about the blood on his mouth, he knelt on the ground and begged, "Master, please have mercy on me and save me!"
Hearing this, Jiang Lin curled up a smile and walked straight into the depths of the pit.
"It's not that I have a compassionate heart, but that you, sir, have a chivalrous heart."
From afar, listening to the clear voice of the young Taoist priest, Zhang Xiaoning stood up and quickly followed.
Zhang Xiaoning was very familiar with this pit because it was dug out by them.
It shouldn't have been so troublesome. After all, the tomb was washed out by heavy rain, so it only needed to be dug up.
However, the county magistrate was worried that the top of the tomb would be destroyed, so he ordered them to dig from one side and enter through the tomb entrance.
After three days of hard work, they finally found the entrance to the tomb and opened the passage.
What they have to do today is to drive piles into the tomb passage to make it more stable.
But who would have known that he just went out to eat a bowl of noodles during his shift change and came back like this.
Fortunately, there is such a divine Taoist priest who descended from the sky.
Zhang Xiaoning thought to himself and looked at the young Taoist in front of him.
Unlike himself who was nervous, the Taoist priest walked as casually as if he was taking a walk in the countryside.
"Master, the entrance to the tomb is ahead."
Zhang Xiaoning reminded quietly.
After he finished speaking, he realized that the Taoist priest in front of him had stopped before he opened his mouth.
"Roar……"
On both sides of the pitch-black tomb entrance, there are mottled paintings, and you can barely make out cloud patterns.
The originally pure and noble cloud patterns now looked so strange.
The tomb passage in the middle is also so gloomy.
At the same time, there was a faint roaring sound.
"Oh, they're all here."
Jiang Lin took a look inside, turned his head and said to Zhang Xiaoning, "The officer is lucky."
Zhang Xiaoning was stunned when he heard this, and when he looked up, he saw a pair of blood-red eyes lighting up in the dark and eerie entrance of the tomb!
"what!"
He was so frightened that he couldn't help but step back!
"tread……"
At this moment, he saw the young Taoist priest take a step forward. Although he was wearing soft-soled cloth shoes, his steps made a clanging sound.
The clear sound lingered for a long time and actually suppressed the roars from within the tomb passage.
One step, and everything becomes quiet!
Zhang Xiaoning stared blankly, but saw that the Taoist priest continued to walk into the dark tomb passage.
He came to his senses, quickly took out a tinder, lit a torch that had gone out for some reason, and walked in holding it up.
The firelight illuminated the pitch-black tomb passage and also illuminated some things.
Zhang Xiaoning's eyes widened.
People who were both familiar and unfamiliar to him were lying in all directions in the tomb passage.
Each of them was his colleague, but each of them had bloodshot eyes, limbs twisted abnormally, and saliva mixed with blood flowed all over the floor.
"Sir, don't go forward."
Jiang Lin turned around and raised his hand to stop Zhang Xiaoning, saying: "If what I saw is correct, my colleagues are all here. We can save their lives by following the method we just described." After that, he walked straight into the deeper part of the tomb passage without caring about Zhang Xiaoning's reaction.
Zhang Xiaoning held the torch and watched Jiang Lin's figure leave the range of the firelight and he could no longer see him.
He looked at his colleagues who had fainted around him, kowtowed three times towards the depths of the tomb passage, then stood up, carried one on his shoulder and pulled another in his hand, and moved his colleagues out of the tomb passage.
…………
On the other side, Jiang Lin was walking in the dark tomb passage, but it seemed as if the darkness did not exist.
His eyes had turned into a darker and purer black than the surrounding darkness without anyone noticing.
After passing through the tomb passage and entering the real tomb chamber, Jiang Lin looked around and noticed some special aura.
The darkness was still as dark as ever, but the darkness in this tomb held something different.
"What a poisonous insect."
Jiang Lin raised his hand and pinched his index finger and thumb together, as if there was nothing in the middle.
But Jiang Lin could see that he was holding a nematode that was as thin as a needle and was completely black, almost blending into the surrounding darkness.
The nematode twisted between Jiang Lin's fingers, and the next moment, Jiang Lin moved his fingers and twisted it into an undisputed black gas.
Watching the black energy dissipating with great interest, Jiang Lin raised his head and looked straight ahead.
This tomb chamber is very simple, with a main chamber and two side chambers.
Generally speaking, the coffin is placed in the main tomb chamber, and the side chamber is either for burial objects or for the buried person.
And in the very center of the main tomb chamber, there is indeed a coffin, and around the coffin are some objects such as porcelain.
Jiang Lin just took a look at the coffin and lost interest. He turned around without hesitation and walked towards the left ear chamber.
The real owner is not here.
In other words, the guy who raises the Gu is not here.
The left ear chamber was filled with bones.
The room was not too big, only about 20 to 30 square meters, but it was filled with bones.
There were corpses of various sizes, with heads and bodies intact, wearing robes whose colors could no longer be identified.
Each corpse was in the same position, lying flat on the ground, with their hands clasped on their abdomens. There was a sense of peace and tranquility.
If you ignore the pitch-black nematodes that are all over the bones.
This horrifying and disgusting scene only made Jiang Lin shake his head helplessly and whispered: "I'm already here, so you better stop showing off such childish tricks, right?"
"Susu..."
Countless pitch-black nematodes began to move, crawling out from the corpses and gathering in the middle. In an instant, they formed a pile of more than half a meter in size.
The next moment, the wriggling nematodes froze.
"sieve……"
The pile of nematodes shook, and the stiff nematodes on the surface fell down like peach cakes. Before they touched the ground, they turned into meaningless black qi and dissipated.
As more and more black energy dissipated, the pile of nematodes shrank rapidly, and finally the contents inside were revealed.
is a person.
A girl...
The girl looked to be about thirteen or fourteen years old, a head shorter than Jiang Lin, and had very long hair that fell to the ground.
The girl was completely naked, with her pair of mutton-fat legs tightly pressed together, as if not even a needle could be inserted.
That fair skin seemed to glow in the darkness.
The girl's face still had some baby fat, and her big eyes were filled with a clear confusion as she stared straight at Jiang Lin.
"Why are you in my house..."
The girl spoke blankly, her tone a little awkward, as if she hadn't spoken for a long time and was a little unfamiliar.
"I am here to kill you."
Jiang Lin answered seriously, and then looked around.
"Your Excellency is indeed a man of means."
"The owner of this tomb is also unlucky. He was a righteous and wise minister of the previous dynasty. He has cultivated a righteous official aura all his life, but now he has become a container for your Gu."
"You are here to change good into evil."
"The previous dynasty has fallen, so the official aura has naturally lost its support and has been shaken, but its essence has not changed. This has also given you an opportunity. You have turned right and wrong, and have become food for the poisonous insects."
"If it weren't for the heavy rain that interrupted your progress, I'm afraid you would have been able to raise a good evil Gu."
Jiang Lin spoke softly, looking at the girl in front of him.
The girl listened blankly without any reaction, as if what Jiang Lin said was nonsense that she could not understand.
"sieve……"
Suddenly, the girl moved.
The long hair that reached the ground squirmed like nematodes and headed straight for Jiang Lin!
It’s as if every hair is a poisonous insect!
With the Fengdu Dharma Eye, Jiang Lin could clearly see that at the end of each hair, there was a mouthpart!
Faced with this extremely horrifying scene, Jiang Lin was somewhat disappointed.
Is it really worth it just for this?
Come on, come on.
Jiang Lin thought silently in his heart and raised his hand.
"I respect the black law and the command of the Three Evils."
The mantra moved along with it, and under the stimulation of magic power, just two mantras were naturally completed in an instant!
"Om!!"
The evil energy from the origin of the Black Law burst out in the next moment!
The evil spirit that was darker than the surrounding darkness was overwhelming. It had just been activated and filled the entire ear chamber!
"Xingsha, arise."
The moment the evil energy of the Black Law spread, the countless poisonous insects that were rushing towards it were frozen there!
As Jiang Lin fully unleashed his murderous aura, the girl finally changed color.
"Damn!!!"
The originally quiet and ignorant girl now tore off her disguise, literally.
Beneath the beautiful appearance is a filthy and dirty nature that cannot be described in words.
Jiang Lin didn't look, but just raised his hand and clenched it.
Suddenly, the evil energy of the black law that was spread all over the place suddenly condensed and gathered in Jiang Lin's hands.
The boundless murderous energy evolved and transformed into a slender, thin knife.
This knife is really small. The blade is as sharp as a cicada's wing, and the handle is only half the size of a palm.
This knife is not used to chop people or cut vegetables, but is a torture instrument.
That punishment is called Lingchi.
Jiang Lin held the knife in his hand, raised his head, and his face was cold.
"You defiled the dead, refined the evil poison, and murdered the innocent. In the name of burial, you gathered the living and buried them alive underground, committing evil and bringing about the consequences of sin."
"Such actions are against the black law."
"Today, I, the poor Taoist, have examined the black law and sentenced you to death by slicing."
As soon as the words fell, the filthy evil poison's true form suddenly let out an extremely shrill roar!
"Ouch!!!"
Countless poisonous insects were surging above that true form, trying to fight against the extremely ferocious evil spirit!
However, Jiang Lin just raised his hand.
The thin blade in his hand moved accordingly.
(End of this chapter)
