Records of the Cattle and Horses of Chang'an

Chapter 600 Sinner

Qiqige, who had followed, was clearly very familiar with the two giant snakes. He looked at the impact marks on the pool and the bite marks on the bodies and concluded with certainty, "This was done by the snake king."

The two snakes have different body shapes, different tooth marks, and even very different personalities.

"The Queen Snake is lazy and quiet, often swallowing her prey whole. After each meal, she will sleep for several days in her lair. The King Snake is tyrannical and prefers to kill his prey."

Just as they had seen today, the snake king moved like the wind, and when eating, he would often bite off half of the meat in one gulp and throw away the rest, as if killing only for his pleasure, not to fill his stomach.

Jiang Shangxian's eyes were red as he looked solemnly at the mutilated corpse. He choked with sobs as he spoke, "So, they encountered the Snake Queen in this cave last night. No, it should be that they settled in this cave, and the Snake Queen came out to hunt for food, discovered them, and was killed in the process."

"Jiulang probably didn't know there would be another snake at that time." His master knew that although the dead snake could be killed, there was no guarantee that anyone would be injured.

In this situation, Cui Bianxu chose to stay here and not leave, either because he didn't know there would be a second one, or because the snake came too quickly and they didn't have time to leave.

Jiang Shangxian concentrated on his thoughts: "The Snake King came too fast. They had no time to escape. Or perhaps they were trapped in this cave..."

Having said that, Xiao Jiang raised his head, his eyes darting around above his head - if they had escaped, it would be fine, but if they hadn't escaped, where could they have gone?

This cave doesn't look like it has any other exit. Judging from the way the snake eats and the remains in its abdomen, Fei Guang was killed by the snake king.

After killing Fei Guang, why didn't it chase after the rest of the people?

Jiang Shangxian couldn't understand why his own little Cui couldn't be so ferocious that even the Snake King didn't dare to chase him, right?

Cui Bianxu's guards were all friends who had grown up together. Jiubai took off his outer robe and wrapped his companion's body. He looked at Jiang Shangxian and said, "Madam, I want to find a place for him to be buried."

"kindness."

Faced with the death of her own people, Jiang Shangxian seemed a little at a loss. She even regretted why she didn't make explosives, otherwise she would have been able to avenge Fei Guang today.

Qiqige hadn't expected a Central Plains woman to cry so easily. She glanced at the mother Gu, who was still happily eating snake meat, then at Jiang Shangxian, whose nose was red, and asked in confusion, "Why are you crying? Isn't your man still alive?"

Jiang Shangxian: .....

"Could your Gu be looking for someone?"

The mountains are dangerous. If possible, she would like to find Cui Bianxu first.

Qiqige nodded indifferently, watching her squat on the ground, carefully picking up the scraps of meat from the water: "I can find it, but I don't know when I'll find it."

This mountain is so big that the poisonous insects would be exhausted if they searched it once. Besides, people still move around, making it even harder to find, unless Cui Bianxu also has poisonous insects on his body that can respond.

Obviously he didn't.

"Well, thank you for your help." Jiang Shangxian's hands were shaking as he fished out the human tissue, and his big teeth were clattering involuntarily, but he still tried his best to make Feiguang more complete bit by bit.

In this sad and worried state, she did not expect that Cui Bianxu would actually escape from underwater.

Seeing that her lips had turned pale, but her hands still refused to stop, Qiqige couldn't help but say, "Even if we fish it out, there won't even be a coffin. Even if wild animals don't dig it out and eat it, the soil will be full of bugs, and they will have to eat it all."

The funeral customs of their Xiou people are different from those in the Central Plains and can be roughly divided into two types.

The first one is tree burial.

What is tree burial?

Some people choose to plant a tree on the day their child is born, and use the tree as a coffin when they die.

This method is actually not very applicable in the mountains where there is a shortage of medical care and medicine. It is actually very difficult to raise a child in this era. If the child dies young, the tree will be of no use.

The second type is somewhat similar to bone burial, where the bones are stored in a porcelain pot instead of a coffin.

That is to say, after a person dies, he or she is buried first. After a few years, the deceased is taken out of the coffin, cleaned, and the bones are connected together with red silk thread according to the human body structure. Finally, the bones are placed in a golden pot and buried in a new Feng Shui location. Only in this way can the descendants be blessed.

People like Jiang Shangxian don’t even have coffins and they live in the Central Plains. What’s the point of burying them here?

There is not even anyone to worship.

Jiang Shangxian had no choice. She actually wanted to cremate the body and take the ashes back.

But a crematorium and starting a fire yourself are two different concepts. You can't burn it to ashes by yourself.

Xiao Jiang silently wrapped up the minced meat and handed it to Jiubai. Then he took out two small gold bars from his bag and discussed with Qiqige, "How about this? There should be someone in your tribe who can make coffins, right? Once this matter is settled, I'll pay for it, and you can help me find someone to make a coffin. When we get back to Chang'an, I'll send someone to pick him up. Don't worry, I'll definitely reward him handsomely when the time comes."

Death is the greatest thing, especially since this person died for Cui Bianxu. Husband and wife are one, and dying for Cui is no different from dying for her. Jiang Shangxian hopes that this matter can be properly handled so that she can feel a little more at ease.

It was the first time that Qiqige had seen such a generous person from the Central Plains. When he heard that, his eyes lit up instantly. He took the two gold bars without hesitation and put them in his pocket, patting his chest and assuring: "Don't worry, leave this to me!"

Who can resist gold?

Who among the Xiou tribe doesn’t want to live in a golden jar after death?

Gold is hard currency in the Xiou tribe!

By the time the three of them rode the wild boar to the cave with the temple again, quite a while had passed. Hurrying was secondary, as the wild boar was quite fast. The main reason was that digging a hole was not easy. If only half of the boar was left, Jiubai might not have finished digging it yet.

"Qi Qi Ge, it seems that no one has come to worship in this temple for many years. Don't you know that there is such a temple here?" Jiang Shangxian saw that she seemed to know the way, but if she knew the way, why didn't she go to worship?

If this temple had not been built with sturdy materials, it would have collapsed long ago.

Any building needs popularity. Without popularity, it will become dilapidated in a very short time.

There are no traces of burning incense in front of the Layao statue, only dust from the passage of time.

"because...."

Qiqige looked at the temple in front of him with a complicated expression: "She is a sinner of my people."

A temple for a sinner, no one from the tribe would come to worship, and no one would come to take care of it. The only reason they didn't destroy the temple was because the tribe members were unwilling to put in the effort.