My God, I am the emperor, the lord of mankind.

Chapter 50 Past Events in Ancient Dian

The statue of Blood Mother has a kind face, holding needle and thread in her left hand, and holding a baby in her right hand.

If you ignore the ferocious-looking guardian yakshas around you, and the ghost sculptures holding ritual utensils and skinning their flesh alive.

Just looking at this blood mother, some people might really think that this is a kind god who protects the family.

"Does the commander have food with blood——"

Watching the temple door open silently.

Liu Chaoyuan rummaged through his body and found only a handful of cooked millet that was used as dry food.

He immediately turned to Luo An and the others with a mournful face and asked.

This blood mother is said to be the daughter of a barbarian king in the southwest region in the past.

Its history can even be traced back to the Warring States Period.

Seeing Luo An shake his head, Liu Chaoyuan felt a palpitation in his heart.

Looking at the other two Taoist priests, they all spread their hands to express that they had no such thing.

Liu Chaoyuan had no choice but to use his expression, which was uglier than crying, to worship respectfully in front of the three human incense plants in front of him.

Cut his finger, drop it on a bag of millet in his hand, and offer it as blood food.

A dark wind passed through the air.

Liu Chaoyuan shivered and felt something sticking to his back.

There was also the sound of baby laughter.

After a moment, the dark wind dissipated, and Liu Chaoyuan's face became even paler, without any blood, as if all his energy had been drained away.

After enjoying Liu Chaoyuan's offerings, the thing in the temple seemed very satisfied.

He actually retreated on his own initiative just like that.

It is very different from the legendary Blood Mother's greedy and violent character.

The expected request did not come, and Liu Chaoyuan couldn't help but become confused.

Could it be that this bloody mother has changed her taste recently?Don’t like eating raw people much anymore?
In the temple, Zhu Houcong was very curious about the so-called blood mother, who regarded the natives in western Hunan as gods and did not dare to show any resistance.

Walking into the temple of the Blood Empress, all the yaksha ghosts and ghosts on all sides seemed to be looking at Zhu Houcong as an uninvited guest.

Zhu Houcong stroked the murals on the walls of the temple that seemed to be painted with blood.

The picture uses incredibly vivid patterns to reveal to Zhu Houcong a certain period of history in this land thousands of years ago that has been sealed in dust for who knows how many years.

This is a story about a powerful ancient country called Dian that existed a long time ago, occupying the most fertile land, the most courageous troops and sacrifices, and many vassals who paid tribute to it, but in the end it inevitably died out.

It was a war that was not a war.

A powerful enemy came from the north. One person and a piece of cloth destroyed this ancient southwestern country with a history of nearly 200 years and witnessed the end of the troubled times of the Warring States Period.

The mural in front of me seemed to come alive.

It was the messenger from the leader of the Northern people, holding the so-called emperor's edict in his hand.

He walked majestically, looking at the Dian monarchs and ministers in front of him who were terrified by the arrival of the heavenly messengers, with contemptuous eyes and contemptuous expressions.

He read out the edict of the Emperor, ordering the monarchs and ministers of the Dian Kingdom to present within three days the seals of Houtu that were left here after the Qin army attacked and destroyed the Chu Kingdom, and the 36 maps of the underground palace that contained the secret of the Blood God. He also asked the monarchs and ministers of the Dian Kingdom to surrender themselves. Surrender the king's name and surrender voluntarily.

Otherwise, in three days, the heavenly troops will arrive at night and massacre western Yunnan, leaving no humans or animals behind.

The monarchs and ministers of the Dian Kingdom were terrified by the news.

In the king's palace, the ministers were fighting and arguing endlessly. Even the king of Dian Kingdom was more inclined to surrender to the formidable and terrifying empire in the north that claimed destiny and ruled the mortal world.

But in the end, except for a woman with a baby in her arms who shouted harshly in the court, all the officials fell into deep shame.

"Our country of Dian has millions of households and more than [-] armored men. How can we give up the century-old inheritance of my ancestors just because of a mere letter from the king of the North?"

Faced with the accusation of the king's eldest daughter, Princess Dian, everyone was silent, and the king even burst into tears, saying that anyone who dared to surrender would be killed!
The princess of the Dian Kingdom thought that the Dian Kingdom would continue to resist, but she did not expect that this would bring disaster to her entire family.

That night, the Dian nobles, who were afraid that their country would be destroyed by the Northerners, took advantage of the darkness to invade the palace and killed the king.

And the princess's husband was also among them.

The princess was distraught. After hearing the bad news, she beheaded her newborn child, who was less than a month old, with a sword, and then disappeared into the raging fire of the palace with the secret treasure of the Dian Kingdom.

The next day, the nobles supported the new king and immediately petitioned the northerners' envoys to surrender.

He surrendered to prefectures and counties and destroyed the tombs of the late king and princess.

The temple here was probably built by the Yunnan immigrants who were unwilling to surrender.

Interestingly, Zhu Houcong discovered a stone tablet that had been destroyed by humans in the corner of the mural.Zhu Houcong looked at it carefully——

A line of remaining small print above.

"In the second year of Yuanfeng, the emperor sent generals Guo Chang and Zhonglang general Wei Guang. He led the Ba and Shu troops to defeat Laoshen and Mimo, and came to the Dian border with troops... The king of Dian requested surrender and appointed officials to the court. The emperor If you like it, the Han will use the land to establish Yizhou County, grant the seal of the King of Dian, and still lead its people..."

Large areas of text on the stele were erased, and there were some curse words that Zhu Houcong could not understand, but they must have been curse words from ancient Dian people.

The defeated dog howled feebly.

But...in the second year of Yuanfeng, was Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty?

According to the meaning on the stone tablet, after the Han soldiers attacked Laoshen and Mimo, two neighboring countries of Dian Kingdom.

The king of the Dian people was so frightened that he surrendered?

Then Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was very happy and established Yizhou County in the Dian Kingdom. He made the Dian King the county governor and treated the Dian monarchs and ministers favorably.

Although there are some discrepancies between the two records, Zhu Houcong vaguely felt that the history on the murals was probably more credible.

However, what are the thick earth seals and the 36 maps of the underground palace deliberately mentioned in the murals.

Looking at the truth that was deliberately concealed on the stone tablet, Zhu Houcong couldn't help but think.

At this time, there was a noise outside the temple!

"Who is this! A bold thief! How dare he pretend to be dead!"

In front of the commander Luo An, a boy who was no more than sixteen or seventeen years old was severely pressed to the ground by the royal guards on both sides.

He cried out in pain and begged loudly for mercy.

"Hero, spare your life! I am Li Yannian, the widower of the nearby Qingquan Village official office. I was ordered by Xu Youzhong of Shangguan Qianhu to record the state of the Yin Shen here!"

Looking at the waist card taken out by the young man in front of him, Luo An exchanged glances with Qiu Luan and breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that it was genuine.

"What about your superior? Why are you here alone!"

"Your Excellency, Shangguan, he and his colleagues have all entered the Blood Queen's belly!"

Speaking of this, Li Yannian showed a sad look on his face.

Liu Chaoyuan, who was standing aside, suddenly realized.

It turns out that it’s not that he has changed his gender, but that the blood mother has eaten enough.

However, Luo An looked up and down at Li Yannian in front of him, looking left and right.

Li Yannian was so stared at that he hurriedly explained.

"The little man was taught a secret technique of turtle breath. He could disguise himself as a corpse and fool ghosts and gods, so he escaped disaster!"

Qiu Luan next to him nodded.

Indeed, at first he really thought there was a corpse lying on the ground.

The group of people who met before the meeting were all dressed in fish-dragon attire, and they were obviously imperial envoys from the Han Dynasty.

"You are the legendary Jin Yiwei."

Li Yannian's tone suddenly became anxious.

"Exactly!"

Luo An replied.

After hearing Luo An's affirmative reply, Li Yannian replied with a serious expression.

"There have been many experienced corpse chasers on this Yin Road recently. That's why the village sent us to investigate. On the way, we met the rebels of the White Lotus Sect. In a panic, we fled into the Blood Mother Temple, but who No one came to make offerings to the temple for a long time, and Mother Xue was so hungry that in the end, everyone except me was buried in Mother Xue’s mouth.”

Li Yannian said eagerly.

"and many more."

Luo An's expression became strange.

"You mean you were the only one who survived, and there was no one else in the temple before you came?"

"Exactly."

Luo An turned around and pointed at a monk who was still singing unknown songs at the door.

"Were those two people at the door there when you came?"

(End of this chapter)