r18novel Chapter 1113: Burning Books and Burying Scholars
Chapter 1113: Burning Books and Burying Scholars
Chapter 1113: Burning Books and Burying Scholars
Hey yo! Hey yo!
Soon after the chief eunuch finished his shout, eighty strong men shouted in unison and carried a huge bronze furnace into the hall.
This bronze furnace is twelve meters high and looks like a pagoda at first glance. It has a square door on the east, west, south and north sides for adding charcoal and firewood.
The tower body is carved with lifelike flying birds, so realistic that it seems as if they will jump down from the tower at any time.
Each of these strong men was over 1.8 meters tall, wearing only a pair of linen shorts and barefoot. Their naked bodies were muscular and sweat was flowing down like streams.
The bronze furnace was too heavy. Even if eighty strong men carried it like a sedan chair, they still couldn't breathe under the weight.
Their faces were filled with pain, and the veins on their bodies were bulging like earthworms, covering their skin, as if they would burst at any time because they could not bear the weight.
boom!
After a loud bang, the bronze furnace was placed on the ground.
The strongman pulled out a small triangular flag from his belt and waved it.
The wrestlers immediately formed teams of ten and got busy.
Some carried baskets of high-quality charcoal and poured them into the furnace, while others brought rosin and oil and poured them on the charcoal to help it burn.
Some strong men also brought a primitive blower and inserted the air nozzle into the air inlet at the bottom of the furnace.
This thing is a bubble made of a whole piece of cowhide. When you step on it, air will rush out from the air nozzle and it can be used as a blower.
"What is this for?"
Hua Yueyu swallowed her saliva and said nervously: "Barbecue?"
"Why do I feel like it's more like roasting us?"
Jin Yingzhen's face looked grim. Although she was a Goryeo, "Investiture of the Gods" was too famous and there were many related works. Therefore, the Goryeo girl knew that there was a torture called "paoluo", which was invented in this era.
"I can see that the further the banquet goes, the more horrible the pollution of the rules becomes, and the more cruel the death methods become!"
Although Xia Hongyao said this, her eyes were excited, and there was a kind of 'You should start soon, this leader can't wait' light.
"Is the torture finally starting?"
Sannomiya Airi was curious.
The criminal law of the Qin State was quite strict. Since this sacred ruins was related to it, there must be similar rule contamination.
After all the warriors had finished their preparations, the leader lit a torch and threw it into the furnace.
boom!
The charcoal in the furnace immediately caught fire.
"quick!"
"Blow the wind!"
"Add charcoal!"
The strong man kept shouting.
Through the hole for adding charcoal, everyone saw the orange-red flames burning inside, and the graceful figures were like peerless dancers singing and dancing.
Soon, the tower-shaped bronze furnace began to burn red, with wave after wave of heat overflowing.
The temperature in the hall began to rise rapidly.
"At this temperature, if you grill meat, it will be carbonized immediately!"
Xia Hongyao wiped the sweat from her forehead and said, "It feels more like it's used for making pills."
"Impossible. The elixir will also be carbonized. What herb can withstand such high temperature?"
Jin Yingzhen analyzed: "I think it's forging weapons!"
"I heard that in the pre-Qin period, people had to be sacrificed to forge weapons, otherwise they couldn't forge peerless divine weapons."
Long Miaomiao was afraid: "Looks like we have to be sacrificed!"
"You're so fat, you're not fit to be used as a human sacrifice!"
Sannomiya Airi joked: "If you burn it, you have to burn a beautiful woman!"
"Yes!"
Long Miaomiao's eyes lit up: "Burning beautiful women and handsome men? Then you are in trouble!"
"Especially Brother Lin, if we were to choose a man, he would definitely be the first one chosen!"
The little fat girl glanced at Lin Baici, and suddenly became curious about what kind of famous sword she could forge after burning Lin Baici!
"Miao Miao, are you praising me or cursing me?"
Lin Baici chuckled. He was not angry because he knew that Long Miaomiao was rather simple-minded and he was just joking.
"hey-hey!"
Long Miaomiao stuck out her tongue.
Except for big guys like Dudek and Wang Helin, the others looked at the bronze furnace, but they were not as calm as Lin Baici and the others. They were all panicked.
When the temperature of the bronze furnace reached its highest point, the strong men retreated to the entrance of the hall and knelt down.
Lin Baici and his party became more alert and were still wondering what would happen next when a group of young eunuchs rushed out from behind the curtain.
Each of them held in their arms a stack of bamboo slips as thick as their calves.
When the young eunuchs rushed to the bronze furnace, they threw the bamboo slips into the furnace.
boom! boom! boom!
The bamboo slips hit the furnace, making a dull sound, and then turned visibly black and burned.
More and more bamboo slips were thrown into the furnace, and soon they piled up into a small hill.
Because there were too many of them, they blocked out some of the air and the fire was suppressed and weakened a lot.
"What is this for?"
Xia Hongyao thought quickly: "Burning books and burying scholars?"
As a native of Jiuzhou, everyone knows that the Qin Dynasty unified the world. You may not know that books and wheels were standardized, but most people have heard of the idiom "burning books and burying scholars".
"The question now is, with the books burned, where is Confucianism?"
As a Kyushu history buff, Airi Sannomiya knows the history of this country better than most Kyushu people.
"Isn't this obvious?"
Wang Helin laughed at himself: "We should be the 'Confucianists'!"
"You mean, we're going to be buried soon?"
Kurita Isao looked nervous.
This is the advantage of Kyushu characters. You can know the meaning by looking at the characters, and you can guess what the meaning is by relying on the radicals and phonetics.
Even though Kurita Isao was a Japanese, he understood the word "pit" this time, which probably meant burying alive.
"Alumni, what do you think?"
Gu Qingqiu looked at the bamboo slips slowly burning in the furnace and felt something was wrong.
With this intensity of fire, these bamboo slips would have turned into ashes long ago. It's impossible for them to burn so slowly!
Could it be that this level of pollution is related to these bamboo slips?
"There is a high probability that these bamboo slips contain the key to purification!"
Lin Baici glanced at the king on the throne.
The king was drinking and looking at this side jokingly, his eyes as if he was looking at a group of monkeys.
"What are you worried about?"
Wang Sen frowned: "Since you guessed it's related to bamboo slips, let's get a few out and check them out!"
When everyone heard this, they looked towards the furnace.
The temperature inside is very high, and it's red hot. If you put your hand in without any tools, you will definitely get burnt.
Wang Sen saw that Lin Baici didn't say anything and knew that this guy didn't want to be a bad guy. He sneered and looked at the woman who had begged him before.
"You, go get the bamboo slips!"
Wang Sen orders!
The woman quickly shook her head, her face full of panic and fear.
"Don't you have the defense-type divine grace?"
Wang Sen's face was gloomy: "Then you shouldn't be burned, right?"
The woman bowed her head.
"say!"
Wang Sen growled, "Otherwise I'll throw you into the furnace!"
The Dark Eclipse organization had a very famous reputation. The woman obviously did not dare to offend Wang Sen, but in a matter of life and death, her little brain did play a role.
"I... I can grant others the grace of defense." The woman pleaded: "I am more useful alive than dead!"
After the woman finished speaking, she looked at Lin Baici again: "Lin Shen, please, help me? Wuuwuwu!"
Wang Sen couldn't sit still any longer, so he stood up suddenly and grabbed a middle-aged man: "Give him the defensive grace!"
The woman didn't dare to delay and quickly activated the divine grace!
Earth Shield!
A layer of warm yellow light appeared on the body of the captured man.
The man looked nervous. He knew the chances of being let off were slim, but he still couldn't help but beg.
"I have a pair of twins waiting for me to raise..."
clap clap!
Wang Sen slapped the man twice, slapping his words back into his mouth: "You might as well let that woman give you some more defensive grace instead of begging me for mercy!"
"No...it's okay, you won't be burned to death!"
Woman comforting.
Lin Baici and Gu Qingqiu looked at each other.
They are not as optimistic as this woman.
What if the flame in this furnace is different from ordinary flames?
And most likely, they are different.
The man was escorted by Wang Sen to the east side of the bronze furnace.
Revolt?
How could a small fry like him possibly defeat the boss of Dark Eclipse?
If you obey orders, you may have a chance of survival, but if you resist, you will surely die.
"Hurry up!"
Wang Sen urged.
The man was trembling with fear, but fortunately he knew he couldn't dodge. If he stuck his head out, he would be stabbed. If he hid his head, he would still be stabbed. So he gritted his teeth and reached his hand into the furnace.
The yellow light attached to his body now is his only hope.
The man quickly reached his hand in and just touched the bamboo slips, but before he could grab them with force, there was a bang, the light disappeared, and then his entire arm was burning.
Ah!
The man screamed.
"Don't shrink back, take the bamboo slips!"
Wang Sen pressed the man's neck and asked him to continue.
The man endured the severe pain from the burning fire and pulled out the bamboo slips.
Bangta!
The bamboo slips fell to the ground.
Wang Sen was very cautious and did not do it himself. Instead, the woman next to him said, "Quick, stomp her to death!"
The woman thought that it would not be a big deal if she just stepped on a burning bamboo slip, but as soon as she stepped on it with her right foot, the flames on the bamboo slip burned up her calf.
"what!"
The woman was startled and jumped around and slapped her hands, but as soon as she slapped them, her hands were instantly ignited.
“Stop taking random photos!”
Lin Baici roared and rushed over, with white cold air coming out of his right arm.
Yongdong Changquan!
Bang bang bang!
Lin Baici didn't dare touch the burning part of the woman, so he punched her where the fire was closer.
Click!Click!
Ice began to form on the woman's body.
"Lin Shen, save me, save me!"
The man cried and ran towards Lin Baici.
"Don't touch Lin Jun!"
Sannomiya Airi tried to stop him, she was worried that this guy would provoke Lin Baici.
Lin Baici's Yongdong Changquan had no effect.
Dudek chanted a few syllables in a low voice, and suddenly a spring of water gushed out from under the woman's feet, soaking her thoroughly.
But it was no use, the flames were still burning.
"It's over!"
"It's useless for the Godfather and God Lin to take action. This pollution is difficult!"
"Die!"
This scene made everyone feel despair.
"Lin Shen, save me?"
The woman screamed.
"I don't want to die!"
The man cried.
The flames on the two unlucky guys burned more and more fiercely, quickly spreading throughout their bodies.
[The flames in the bronze furnace cannot be extinguished once you touch them, until you are burned to ashes, wait for death! ]
[But it can be recycled! ]
[When a person's life is sacrificed, the flame in the furnace will be temporarily suppressed and extinguished for the duration of one breath.]
[If you want to survive, everyone must personally take seven bamboo slips! ]
[Hurry up, these bamboo slips will be burned soon! ]
When Lin Baici heard Ghoul's comments, his expression tensed and he immediately activated Lightning Flash and Death Grip.
Swish!
A giant hand condensed from divine energy grabbed the burning man and threw him into the furnace.
At the same time, Lin Baici shouted.
"Hongyao, get the bamboo slips!"
Xia Hongyao obeyed Lin Baici's words and trusted him enough to entrust her life to him, so after hearing Lin Baici's words, she did not hesitate at all, rushed directly to the furnace mouth, and stabbed out with a black-bladed dagger.
At this time, there is no time to hide weapons.
Swish swish!
Xia Hongyao's hands were very fast, and with one slash of the knife, she could pierce a scroll of bamboo slips.
"Seven is enough!"
As Lin Baici finished speaking, he swung out the Grip of Death again and grabbed the woman. After Xia Hongyao stepped back, he threw the woman in.
boom!
The flame inside was extinguished instantly.
“Airi!”
Lin Baici shouted: "Get the bamboo slips!"
Sannomiya Airi's eyes lit up and she immediately rushed to the bronze furnace. No one knew what means she used, but seven bamboo slips flew out one after another.
Only people with good eyesight could see that between Sannomiya Airi's fingers, there were long, thin threads like fox hair wrapped around them.
"Xiao Linzi!"
Xia Hongyao took out the bamboo slips stuck on the dagger.
They were no longer burning, but were now charred black, emitting black smoke and a choking smell.
"Jun Lin!"
Sannomiya Airi looked at Lin Baici lovingly.
So I rank so high in his mind?
Second only to Xia Hongyao!
Ok!
In fact, Sannomiya Airi knew that this was not the case.
Lin Baici must have discovered the key point of purification through some means. The reason why he asked Xia Hongyao and himself to take action was because the others were not strong enough and might miss the best opportunity.
But to be honest, Lin Baici could have taken out the bamboo slips in time, but he didn't do it, and instead gave the opportunity to himself...
Ah!
I had been planning to secretly kill those little lovers of yours and have you all to myself, but now I’ve decided to let them go!
The king looked at Xia Hongyao, then at Sannomiya Airi, and finally his gaze fell on Lin Baici, all of him was surprised.
You love them so much?
It turned out that I was not wrong. This guy was the first one to discover the secret of the furnace!
In the furnace, the corpse was burning and the smell of burnt fat wafted out.
"Lin Shen, what did you find?"
Kurita Isao asked anxiously.
"How do you talk to God Lin? Watch your attitude!"
Wang Sen scolded, then smiled at Lin Baici: "Lord Lin? We are in the same boat, can you give me a hand?"
Those who reacted quickly have already started asking Lin Baici for help, while those who reacted slowly are still in a daze.
As for Lin Baici throwing those two people into the furnace, no one complained.
Since I'm going to die anyway, I might as well make some use of the waste!
"Qingqiu, Yingzhen, Xiaoyu, the window of opportunity is only one second. You guys didn't react quickly enough, so I let Hongyao and Ai Li take it first!"
Lin Baici ignored Wang Sen and Kurita Xun, and first explained the reason to Gu Qingqiu and the others to avoid misunderstanding.
(End of this chapter)