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Chapter Seven Ghost Wine

We came to where Dunzi was pointing and found that on the wall blocked by the shadow of the altar, there was a mural that resembled a record. If you weren’t paying attention, you couldn’t find it. ** said, “Generally, the murals in ancient tombs record the owner of the tomb.

Generally, archaeologists judge the identity of the owner of the tomb based on the murals and burial objects inside the tomb. Maybe this mural can provide me with some valuable clues." I carefully observed the murals.

The content began with a painting of many people kneeling in front of a large altar. The altar rose into the sky, and in front of the crowd an old man who looked like a priest raised his hands in the shape of a "V", as if summoning something. I then looked at the second

There was a picture of people kneeling on the ground with their hands raised in a V shape. Two soldiers-like people were holding a beautiful woman in front of the altar. The woman had a frown on her face. I looked forward and saw a ferocious-looking woman.

The strong man holds a big sword high in the air, and the woman is pressed to the ground by two soldiers with a painful expression. From the mural, you can see the woman's eyes longing for life. What crime did this woman commit to deserve her head beheaded?

Puzzled, I continued to watch. The woman with her head cut off was hung upside down at the bottom of the altar, with blood flowing down from her neck into the hole under the altar. People who were kneeling on the ground all stood up and looked up at the hanging

In the mid-air altar, a cloud-like gas floated out from the top of the altar. The mural was finished here. Dunzi asked, "Qiangzi, do you see what the content here is about? Why did they kill the woman?"

? Just kill him, why do you want to hang him up after he is dead?" Huzi also looked at me doubtfully. ** seemed to have seen something, and tilted his chin towards me to let me say something.

Let’s talk about it. I couldn’t be any more modest and said, “If you want to know the content of this mural, you must first listen to me tell a story.” Dunzi said anxiously, “Don’t show off in front of your friends.” ** said to Dunzi, “

he

If you want to tell this story, he must have some intention. Don't interrupt and listen to him." Dunzi nodded helplessly, "Okay, okay, you say it, you say it, I just listen."

"It is said that during the Xia Dynasty, Du Kang was an official of the Yellow Emperor, mainly in charge of military grain and grass. The emperor led troops to conquer the Jiuli tribe and won every victory. Coupled with the abundant grain harvest, more and more grain was accumulated. One day when Du Kang was inspecting a granary, he discovered that

The grain in one warehouse was basically moldy and spoiled because it was not covered properly and was soaked by rain. Out of fear that the emperor would blame him, he put all the spoiled grain into a big jar and buried it underground in an attempt to destroy the evidence. However, a few years later due to drought,

, the farmers in the fields had no harvest, and the war required a large amount of grain. The emperor treasured the grain. A person who had a common holiday with Du Kang secretly told the emperor that Du Kang had hidden a lot of grain. The emperor angrily asked Du Kang where he hid the grain.

Du Kang told the emperor exactly what happened to the grain that had been spoiled by the rain. In order to prove that what Du Kang said was true, the Yellow Emperor led people to dig up the place where Dukang buried the grain. When the jar was opened, the spoiled grain gave off a burst of fragrance, and the contents in the jar were filled with fragrance.

The grain turned into a jar of alluring perfume. Huang Di couldn't help but take a sip. Long Yan was delighted and called it "good water"! He counted exactly nine jars on the ground, so he named it Jiu Shui. It evolved through the evolution of later generations.

Jiushui turned into wine, and wine was born."

Dunzi shouted, "That's it? It has nothing to do with this painting at all?"

"I asked you, can you be patient? Next, I will tell you the content of this painting." After lighting up a cigarette, I took a few puffs and continued. "Later, after the Jiutan wine was finished, Huang Di drank

He was addicted to it and ordered Du Kang to make such a perfume. However, Du Kang followed the previous steps of burying moldy grains and put the grains into jars and buried them in the ground. The Yellow Emperor repeatedly urged Du Kang to speed up the process of making wine. Du Kang had no choice but to put the grains into the jar.

The jar that had been buried in the ground for two months was taken out, and it was found that although there was a layer of liquid on the grain, the smell was obviously not as attractive as the last time, and it was also mixed with the strange smell of grain spoilage. After drinking it, Huang Di was thunderous.

Angrily, Dukang made the same fine wine as last time within five months. However, another priest told the emperor that good wine must be burned with pure yin fire. Huang Di was overjoyed and asked the priest to make fine wine in his own way.

The priest mixed the grain with mountain spring water and put it in the altar. He hung the altar in the air, dug a hole under the altar, chopped off the heads of some unmarried women, that is, virgins, and put their blood into the hole.

Here, women are originally yin, and the blood of women who have not left the palace is even more yin. When a woman dies due to injustice, a kind of resentment will be generated. Under the influence of this resentment, the fermentation of the wine will be accelerated. So before Du Kang's wine was developed,

, the high priest's wine had been offered to the Yellow Emperor, and the emperor was very happy after drinking it. He rewarded the high priest heavily. Du Kang didn't know about these things yet. After returning home, he was busy day and night studying the method of making wine. Due to excessive fatigue and impatience, he attacked his heart.

, did not wait for the wine to cause a sudden illness and died. After Du Kang's death, the emperor saw that Du Kang had died trying to develop the wine, so he gave him a generous burial and built a large altar in Du Kang's tomb. According to the priest's arrangement, he killed nine women with pure wine.

Influenced by the fire of Yin, the murals on the walls of the tomb depict the priest's method of making wine.

The moldy grain almost killed Du Kang, but also saved his life. Du Kang died trying to make wine. The Yellow Emperor gave the wine the name of Dukang wine. In fact, the method used by the priest is called "sacrifice to ghosts", which is influenced by pure Yin fire.

The wine did not change at all. It was caused by the obsession of ghosts. Huang Di was obsessed with ghosts and drank tasteless wine, and felt that the taste of the wine he drank was the same as the wine made by Du Kang last time. In fact, all this was just his inner feelings.

"

Having said this, I feel really wronged for those women who had their heads cut off. It doesn’t matter who allowed China to favor boys over girls since ancient times. In ancient times, the status of women was even worse than that of animals. It’s just that those young women have not yet enjoyed the fun that they should enjoy in life.

He was beheaded and offered wine as a sacrifice.

After hearing what I said, Dunzi cursed, "This damn Bird Huangdi killed so many poor women just so he could have a few sips of wine. It's really sad and infuriating." **After hearing what I said, he seemed to look at me differently and said, "Look at me."

Thumbs up, I just smiled slightly.

Huzi praised me naively, "Qiangzi, you know so much. You can tell such a long story just by looking at the painting." Dunzi slapped Qiangzi on the head and said, "You big fool, you know nothing.

The big bear only sees a patch of light when he looks at the stars, so you should just listen to the story."

** said that this should not be a tomb chamber. There were coffins around it. This room should be the jar of "wine" given to Du Kang by the Yellow Emperor. There is an entrance to the tomb passage over there, so we should go and have a look. We walked towards the tomb passage, but no one paid attention.

The light in this tomb became slightly weaker. Suddenly I found the shadows of five people under the weak light. My skull was numb. How could there be shadows of five people among four people? I didn't dare to look back at Lala.

The hem of **'s clothes signaled ** to look behind. ** turned around and saw nothing and said nothing. Could it be that I was dazzled? After rubbing my eyes, I looked at the ground and fear flooded into my heart again. They were clearly five shadows.

?

I yelled "Be careful there's someone behind you"

Dunzi picked up the gun and turned to face the back. Huzi also turned around and looked behind him warily.

Dunzi was confused by me and Monk Zhang Er said, "You're stupid. If there's anyone else in this tomb besides the four of us, they're ghosts. Why are you yelling for nothing? You're scaring me to death."

Huzi also scratched his head and said, "There's nothing." I slowly turned my head nervously and saw that there was indeed no one there. Then why did I see the shadows of five people just now?

When everyone saw that nothing was wrong, they continued to move forward. I looked at the shadows on the ground again, one, two, three, four. My brain completely collapsed. It was clearly five. I didn't dare to shout for fear of scaring them again, so I looked back again.

Look at me silently chanting "Amitabha, Bodhisattva bless you"

The moment I turned around, I was dumbfounded, and my heart was about to jump out of my mouth. A woman in ancient costume was standing behind me. Isn't this the woman who almost fell just now? He was smiling and waving with his right hand high.

The handkerchief seemed to be saying goodbye to me. I closed my eyes hard and didn't dare to look again.

** seemed to see something strange in me and pushed me and said, "Brother, what's wrong?" I dared to open my eyes only after being called by **, but there was clearly a woman there just now? Why is she missing now? My heart
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