Chapter 667

Li Qiufeng thought of the tragic death of more than 300,000 soldiers of the Zhao Army, but he was also saddened.

Sun Guangming pointed forward with the horsewhip in his right hand, and said in his mouth: "Li Daxia, please look, not far ahead is Gukou Village." At that time, the village was located at the exit of several valleys, hence the name Taniguchi Village. This is because Bai Qi wanted to kill all the prisoners of war of the Zhao army, but how could he dig such a large pit for burying more than 300,000 people in a moment. There happen to be several valleys here, more than ten zhang below the ground, which is a good place to bury Zhao Jun's pawn alive. He sent someone to trick the Zhao army into surrendering, saying that he would set up a camp in the valley, prepare meals, and temporarily settle the surrendered troops. At that time, most of the Zhao soldiers were already half starved to death, and when they heard that food had been prepared in the valley, they immediately supported each other and struggled to several valleys. But what they don't want to wait for them is not food, but the murderous butcher Bai Qi, and hundreds of thousands of wolf-like Qin troops!"

Li Qiufeng reversed the Jinyi Guard this time, and faced tens of thousands of troops in Yong'an City. At that time, standing on the city wall, I saw the besieging army outside the city, and I felt that there was no boundary. Thinking that Bai Qi killed more than 300,000 Zhao soldiers here in one fell swoop, the situation was so tragic that even if he imagined it, he trembled. His expression was gloomy, and he couldn't help blurting out: "After killing so many people, isn't Bai Qi afraid?"

Sun Guangming said: "These emperors and generals, other people's lives are like ants in their eyes. All they value is their power, status, and so-called fame. The ridiculous thing is that they do these bad things that have lost their conscience, but they are playing the banner for the people and the lives of the world. From Bai Qi and Qin Shi Huang to Liu Bang, Liu Bei, Cao Cao, Sun Quan, Li Shimin, Wu Zetian, Zhao Kuangyin, Zhao Guangyi, Zhu Yuanzhang, and Zhu Di, which of these people did not have the blood of ordinary people on their hands?"

When Sun Guangming said this, the muscles on his face twitched a few times, and then said: "But these people don't end well. Bai Qi was loyal to the Qin State, and he commanded the Qin army in 11 battles with the Six Kingdoms of Shandong, and he never lost a record, and killed more than a million? At the time of the Changping War, Bai Qi thought that the local people were interested in Zhao State, and for fear that the people would report to the Zhao army, he even wanted to kill all the people, forcing these people to leave their hometowns. When I first came to Taniguchi Village, I saw people eating a kind of grilled tofu called Baiqi Pork. This is because since the Changping War, the local people have hated Bai Qi for generations, in order to pay tribute to the undead of the Zhao army who were killed by starvation, they use rice as a dish, treat tofu as meat, barbecue it with a fire, and mix tofu residue and garlic and ginger into a 'dipping head', which means that the white brain pulp is mashed into a puree and eaten together with tofu, so it is called 'white meat', which shows the depth of its hatred and the cut of its hatred. Later, this white pork gradually spread and became roasted tofu, which has become a famous local dish in Gaoping. ”

Li Qiufeng let out an "oh" and said, "I see." After this matter, Li also wanted to try this famous dish. ”

Sun Guangming said: "The will of the people cannot be violated, even if it is proud for a while, if the heart is offended by heaven and earth, and harms the living souls, it will inevitably cause disaster to the children and grandchildren." For thousands of years, who dared to call himself a descendant of Bai Qi? For example, Zhuge Wuhou, although he fought for half his life and burned the rattan armor soldiers, the people of later generations still respected him as a god and sacrificed at four o'clock. The descendants of Wuhou multiply and stretch endlessly. This is because Wuhou is for the country and the people, although the punishment is strict, but out of public intentions, he does not kill people with private intentions. Even if there is a lot of conspiracy on the battlefield, it is not wanton to kill. It is the will of the people and the blessing of future generations. Look at the descendants of Qin Shi Huang, Liu Bang, Cao Cao, Li Shimin, Wu Zetian, and Zhao Guangyi, which one of them got a good end?"

Li Qiufeng thought in his heart, I don't know how many wicked people in the world have a good death. Not to mention anything else, Zhu Di's killing of Jianwen's loyal ministers was extremely tragic, although there was a change in the civil fort, Yingzong lost face, but most of his descendants became the Taiping Emperor. The theory of karma is ultimately slim. However, people like Sun Guangming and Situ Qiao are studying the five elements of Qimen, and they can't help but be too addicted, and it is not uncommon to believe in these fallacies.

The two of them talked, and before they knew it, they had left the path and reached a village. The village is very dilapidated, with more than a dozen families scattered around. The houses were dilapidated, and most of the walls had collapsed. The roof tiles were crumbling and overgrown with withered grass.

Sun Guangming and Li Qiufeng rode to a dilapidated earthen platform in front of the village, and coincidentally restrained their mounts. Sun Guangming sighed and said to Li Qiufeng: "This is the famous Gukou Village in the world back then. But looking at the current situation, where is there still a trace of popularity?"

Li Qiufeng looked at the desolation around him, and couldn't help but say: "The land here is barren, there are very few trees and grasslands, and there is not enough grain to come." Why do these people stay here and not migrate to other places to eat?"

Sun Guangming said: "Li Daxia, don't look at this village is so dilapidated now, it was a thriving scene back then. After the Battle of Changping, although there were corpses everywhere here, no one dared to live. It's just that after the Qin State unified the world, Gaoping County was set up in Changping, which belonged to Shangdang County. Because of the Qin army's disastrous victory here, the head of Shangdang County cleaned up the bones here, and moved hundreds of families, and this place slowly prospered. More than ten miles southeast of Gukou Village is where the tomb of Emperor Yan is located. Emperor Yan is the ancestor of my descendants in China, this is his hometown, and it was originally the place where the outstanding people and spirits are. In all dynasties, there have been many famous ministers and generals. After these people became famous, they would buy land and build houses here, which was very lively for a time. It's just that more than ten years ago, I heard that there was a drought here, and people had to leave their homes and be displaced. After the great plague, the plague restarted, and almost all the people who remained in the area died from the plague. Since then, the land has fallen. ”

Sun Guangming paused for a moment when he said this, and then continued: "But there is still an extremely terrifying legend circulating here. It is said that during the Northern Song Dynasty, it was still very lively, there were hundreds of families in the village, and there was a big temple in the village. The big temple enshrines Zhao Kuo, the commander of the Zhao army who died in Changping that year. Every year on the eighth day of December, the village holds a temple fair, and invites the opera troupe to sing on the stage in front of the temple, in order to comfort the resentful spirits of those Zhao soldiers who died in Changping that year, and let them bless this area with good weather and abundant grains.

On the eighth day of December of that year, the people of the nine villages in this area rushed to the stage of the big temple in Gukou Village to watch the play. Unexpectedly, there was a sudden lightning and thunder, and it rained heavily from the sky. Since ancient times, there has been a reason for the rain to fall in December? The people panicked and fled in all directions. After they had fled for several miles, they turned their heads and looked back, only to see that the temple and the stage were gone. After the heavy rain passed, the people returned to the village, and the temple and the stage disappeared out of thin air, leaving only an arm-thick crack on the ground, and a trace of cold air emerged from the crack.

Only then did the people remember that when they fled, there were still more than a dozen actors singing on the stage. It's just that the incident happened in a hurry, and everyone scattered and fled, not paying attention to where these scenes went. The cold in the crack drifted for three days, and it was not until the morning of the fourth day that the cold dissipated. Taniguchi Village singled out more than a dozen powerful men and dug down along the cracks, digging more than five zhang deep, but still did not see the bottom. But there was a cold air wafting out of the cracks, and the sound of war drums and the sound of gold and iron was heard from time to time from the ground, as if two armies were fighting underground.

"These men no longer dare to dig down, they are about to climb out of the pit. Unexpectedly, the mound of soil piled up on the edge of the pit suddenly collapsed, and more than a dozen men in the pit were buried in the soil. The people were so frightened that they dared to stay anywhere, and when they shouted, they fled in all directions. Until the next morning, the village was reporting to the Yamen of Gaoping County, and the government sent a catcher to investigate the case, but saw that the crack was gone, and the place where the big pit was originally dug was no different from the ground around it, and there was no trace of excavation at all.

The catchers thought that the village was reporting a false case, causing them to run away in vain, so they cursed and threatened, and then walked away. The people in the village knew that this was strange, but they didn't dare to say anything. It wasn't long before a legend arose in the area. It is said that Zhao Kuo died in Changping that year, his soul was angry and unwilling to fall into reincarnation, and the resentful spirits of more than 300,000 Zhao soldiers who were buried alive by the Qin army were still wandering in Changping, trying to find the Qin people desperately. On that day, the villagers invited the singing team to come from Guanzhong, and they sang the "Qin King Breaking Array Music" composed by Li Guinian, a musician in the pear orchard of the Tang Dynasty. Although "Qin King Breaking Array Music" sings the story of the conquest of Li Shimin, the king of Qin in the Tang Dynasty, but Li Guinian is a native of Shaanxi, and when he wrote this song, it was mixed with the ancient songs of the Qin people. When Zhao Jun heard Qin Qu, he thought that Qin Jun had finally arrived, and he was really angry and bullfighting, and the resentment filled the heavens and the earth, and the heavens and the earth sensed it, and it actually rained heavily in December. The earth cracked a gap, swallowing up all the singing plays in the big temple and on the stage, and fell into the hands of the resentful spirits of the underground Zhao army, which can be regarded as the life sacrifice of these resentful spirits......"

When Sun Guangming said this, Li Qiufeng couldn't help but say: "This legend is too ridiculous to believe. I think it's just the gossip of the rural fools before and after dinner. ”

Sun Guangming said: "These market legends should not be underestimated, although some legends are exaggerated, but often hide some real things. ”

Li Qiufeng said: "But exaggerated to the point of the appearance of ghosts and gods, how can people believe it? Li thinks that there are no ghosts and gods in the world, but they are just made up by some people with other plans to deceive people." ”

Sun Guangming said: "It's not a secret, when I came here for the first time, I heard this legend, but I couldn't believe it. However, I once tried to excavate the place where the temple disappeared, as the villagers said, and found that the land there was indeed different from the surrounding area, and it must have been excavated before. ”

When Sun Guangming said this, he glanced at Li Qiufeng, pointed to the earthen platform that was only two or three zhang away from the two of them, and said in a deep voice: "That is where the legendary temple and the stage were swallowed. It is said that after the dozen or so men were buried in the pit, the village invited a Taoist priest to do so, and built a soul-suppressing platform on top of the pit. It's just that not long after the completion of this town soul platform, it was struck by lightning and collapsed, leaving only the foundation of the platform still existing. After hundreds of years of wind and rain, even this base has been dilapidated to such a state. Alas. ”