Ito Zhen said with a gloomy face: "Mr. Wang Huan, I have always respected you very much, and I also respect your feelings about the country and history. However, what you did is really unacceptable to me. Insulting the opponent's body is a real honor." A samurai is not ashamed."
I looked at Ito Shindao seriously: "I have to correct a few mistakes of yours. I asked you to behead the corpse precisely out of consideration for your samurai feelings. First, what you beheaded was not a corpse in the ordinary sense. You have seen Can you kill a mummy? You are killing the enemy, not desecrating the corpse."
"This..." Ito Zhen was immediately speechless by my question. After all, it is an indisputable fact that we almost died at the hands of Japanese soldiers last night.
I continued: "Second, in Japan, beheading your opponent is also a sign of respect, isn't it? Didn't you wrap a white cloth around the handle of the knife just now?"
The second sentence is just nonsense on my part. Ito Makoto was not the one who made the mistake when the mummies committed seppuku, so how could he be respectful
However, I spoke extremely seriously. In my opinion, even if you tell lies, you still have to give people the feeling of "I'm uneducated, don't find fault", right
Ito really looked at the gun in his hand and didn't say anything for a long time, but one of his men said something. Lu Xinyao translated with a strange expression: "He said: What did you mean by taking time just now?"
I responded calmly: "The appreciation among warriors."
The man wanted to say something more, but Yin Tengzhen waved his hand to stop him.
When Ito really didn't know what to say, another of his men said: "Mr. Wang Huan, although you have already explained your method of urinating on the head of the deceased, I don't think that is a suitable reason. .”
I reached out and pointed at Ito Zhen: "Ask him if children's urine can ward off evil spirits?"
Ito Zhen said: "Black dog blood and boy's urine are indeed powerful tools for exorcising evil spirits among Chinese people. This has been established for a long time. So I did not stop it."
The man could only stand aside with his eyes open. Ito was silent for a moment before bowing deeply to me: "Mr. Wang Huan, I'm sorry. It's my fault."
I waved my hand and said, "We are all partners, just let's talk."
When Lu Xinyao looked at me with a strange expression, Ye Xun couldn't help but roll his eyes. I'm afraid they were the only two people present who knew that I was talking seriously.
I quickly changed the subject and said, "Ito, you haven't answered the question I asked you just now."
Ito Shindao: "My ancestor has been studying shamans since he returned to China. I think Mr. Wang Huan also knows something about shamans, right?"
Ito Zhen was clearly testing me. He regarded me as a disciple of the "Shenmen" and was willing to cooperate with me. However, he didn't know why he had doubts about my identity, so he tried to test me.
Fortunately, I didn't forget all about the Book of Everything, and it was more than enough to deal with him.
I replied calmly: "The tradition of shamanism began in prehistoric times and spreads all over the world. The place where shamanism is most worshiped is the Volga River Basin, where the Finnish people live."
"The shamanism we often refer to is a type of witchcraft religion distributed in North Asia, including Manchu shamanism, Mongolian shamanism, Central Asian shamanism, and Siberian shamanism. Legend has it that shamans can control the weather, predict, dream interpretation, and astrology, and travel to heaven. And the power of hell.”
"There is also a saying that Chinese shamans originated from Dongyi, Jiuli, or more accurately the Chiyou tribe. After the Banquan War started by Emperor Xuanyuan Huang, those who moved south were barbarians, and those who moved north were barbarians. Today, there are only a few in the north and south of China The national customs all have shamanic cultural relics.”
I paused here and looked directly at Ito Shindao: "When it comes to shamanism, you seem to be more familiar with it than me, right? Although there are still cultural relics of shamanism in China today, the essence has long been lost. .Not even as complete as Japan.”
What I said is not just talking nonsense. At present, the country with the most complete preservation of shamanic heritage is South Korea, followed by Japan. Japanese Shintoism is actually a variant of a branch of shamanism.
Ito Shinichi: "Although Shintoism combines the inheritance of shamanism, it cannot become a shaman in the true sense. There are some things that I still need to verify."
Ito asked very seriously: "How does Mr. Wang explain the relationship between the dancing master and the shaman?"
I said teasingly: "Mr. Ito, if Mr. Ito were not a samurai, he would definitely become an excellent scholar."
Ito said sincerely: "This matter is very important. I would like to ask Mr. Wang Huan to help me clear up my doubts."
I was silent for a while and said: "Some people think that dancing to the gods and shamans are the same thing, and some people think that there is a clear distinction between them. Daxian'er will not admit that he is a shaman, and shamans will not go there." Tiao Shen.”
"In my opinion, the relationship between the master dance and the shaman has long been unclear. At least the people who dance the master cannot deny that they are dancing shamanic dance. Therefore, I have always felt that the master dance is the continuation of shamanism."
Ito Zhen nodded and said: "Mr. Wang Huan's view is completely consistent with Jiazu's initial inference. According to Jiazu's research, although Tiao Dashen incorporates some elements of Chinese Taoism, orthodox Taoism has never recognized Tiao Dashen. So he The more inclined to dance with the great gods is from the shaman. This is why the ancestors chose to bribe the great immortal Sun Chengtao."
"My ancestors secretly visited many so-called great immortals at that time. Only Sun Chengtao was the closest to the ancient shaman. Our ancestors communicated with Sun Chengtao for a long time, and finally determined that Sun Chengtao should be a descendant of the ancient shaman, so he did not hesitate to spend a lot of money. I bribed Sun Chengtao, hoping to use Sun Chengtao to unlock the secrets of Daliao ruins in Pingtianhai."
"Although my ancestor repeatedly overestimated the strength of the ancient shaman, it wasn't until he went deep into the Pingtian Sea that he realized that the ancient shaman was far more powerful than he imagined. The shaman's curse hidden in the Pingtian Sea has become almost a myth."
I couldn't help but ask: "Can you explain it more clearly?"
"I'm sorry." Ito shook his head and said: "Since my ancestor was cursed by the shaman, I can't mention the core secret of Ping Tianhai, otherwise I will die. He just gives me some clues every time and lets me find the answer myself. .”
"I have searched for information about shamans. In shamanism, there is worship of the sun, moon, stars, wind, rain, and lightning. Legend has it that high-level shamans can control the weather, which is what you often call the wind and rain. The top shamans can control time and make the sun shine. Monthly rotation.”
Ito Shin also calls himself a samurai, but I saw fear in his eyes: "We have experienced time changes one after another in just one hour. Isn't it because we broke into the shaman's forbidden land? I think… "
I said solemnly: "You don't have to think anything. I don't believe there is anyone in this world who can make the sun and moon rotate, unless he is a god. If you don't even have the ability to bear this, you should commit suicide by committing seppuku! I don't Would you mind cutting off your head for you when your hands and feet are trembling and you can't cut open your belly?"
"idiot!"
As soon as I finished speaking, Ito's men roared in unison and surrounded me.
Yin Tengzhen waved his hand and slapped the person walking in front of him staggering: "Mr. Wang Huan is right. If you can't face even this fear, you can call yourself a warrior."
Ito Zhen bowed deeply to me: "Thank you."
I accepted the compliment calmly. Ito was really interesting.
I looked at Yin Tengzhen and said, "You just said that we experienced the rotation of the sun and the moon within an hour. Did you check the time just now?"
Yin Tengzhen pointed to his watch: "I have the habit of checking my watch before doing important things. The time we entered the village was 10:30 in the morning, and it is now 12 o'clock. According to the date on my watch, we I did not experience a day and night in Juyi Hall, but only a few hours."
I grabbed Yin Tengzhen's palm and glanced at his wrist a few times. The latter wanted to pull his hand away at first, but then he simply lowered his head and stopped moving. I let go of Yin Tengzhen's hand and said, "Where is the timing equipment on you? It doesn't even show that one day has passed?"
"Yes!" Everyone nodded.
This answer is actually within my expectation. I just saw that the date on the phone is indeed within one day.
I walked around in circles twice with my hands behind my back before stopping: "I have to reorganize my thoughts. Ito Zhen, tell me from which direction you entered Pingtianhai, did you pass by Shilitun due north, and where are you coming from?" After that, did you look for Ito Akikawa’s remaining subordinates?”
Ito shook his head and said: "I didn't want to alarm anyone when I came here, so I chose to enter the mountain at midnight. I didn't pass through Shilitun, but went around into the mountain from a distance. It took us a few hours to re-establish our position. .As for..."
Ito Zhen paused and said: "As for the second question you mentioned, I have never thought about it. My ancestor never said that he also arranged for people to lurk in the Northeast. Even if there are, I think those people They should all be no longer alive, after all, even my ancestor has been dead for ten years, let alone those who worked with him at the same time."
Ito's words are very credible. Judging from the photos, the youngest Ito Aikawa is in his thirties. According to normal people's thinking, even the youngest Ito Aikawa has been dead for more than ten years. Can Takeo Takahashi and Old Man Sun, who are older than him, still alive? It’s normal not to waste that time.
As for the spies who lurked in the Northeast, most of them have quietly disappeared over the years. Some of them never received orders until they died. No one knows their true identities except themselves. Looking for those people, It doesn't make any sense.
But it was such a meaningless thing that caused Ito to lose an opportunity to get closer to the truth, and also involved us all in a fatal crisis.