Holy Bone

Chapter 685 Draw the dragon without the eye, draw the tiger without the pupil, and draw the paper man without the eye

Treacherous things in the mountains, anecdotes and anecdotes, Fengshui puzzles, and unpredictable people.

Since ancient times, some folk legends of ghosts and ghosts have been far away from the common people but also very close to the common people.

There is a common saying among the older generation, which is called "a person dies with tea and a cool candle to take a picture".

The ancients have always used candles as a metaphor for human eyes, such as Zhuzhi, Zhucha, and Zhujian. Therefore, the candle here not only refers to the candlelight to see the world's hot and cool, but also refers to who is the filial son and grandson after death. A pair of human eyeballs.

There is another slang translation among kidnappers and bandits. These green forest people are very superstitious about who is the last person they see before they die, and they will keep that person in their eyeballs. Shadow, after death, will come to seek revenge.

So when these kidnappers are tearing up meat tickets, bandits always cover their faces to prevent the deceased from recognizing themselves. If their faces are seen, they will cruelly cut off both eyeballs of the deceased to prevent them from coming to the house at night to search for them. hatred.

This is a very typical town in the south of the Yangtze River, surrounded by mountains and rivers. The whole town is full of people, even counting babies in swaddling babies and fetuses in pregnant women's stomachs. There are only about 600 people. There is a stone at the only entrance and exit of the town. The archway is called Fenghuang Town.

To say that the geographical location of Fenghuang Town is not bad. It is surrounded by mountains and rivers, facing south from the north, with small Hengling stretching out on both sides. There are no other villages to steal the limelight of this place. Natural disasters and man-made disasters are all kept out, forming a unique pattern of iron barrels.Although people who grow up in the deep mountains cannot be rich and powerful, they can keep the three generations of children and grandchildren healthy for a lifetime. As long as the children and grandchildren are willing to live hard and earnestly, there are mountains and water here enough to eat and drink without worrying about it.

Today's Fenghuang Town is still the same as the usual peaceful days. Before the morning fog was completely cleared last night and the sky was not completely bright, there were several hard-working families driving the old black ox they raised together to plow the field. Prepare for the new year's spring sowing.

Maybe the old Hei Niu is really too old. He didn’t have much effort to plow the field today, and he couldn’t move the soil anyway. The family members were in a hurry. The spring sowing was only a few days. If we don’t renovate last year’s old fields, it will definitely affect this year. harvest of crops.

The key is that this old black cow is raised by several families. Today it is the turn of this family to plow the field, tomorrow it will be the turn of that family, and the day after tomorrow it will be the turn of the other family... If it is delayed today, it will affect the subsequent series of things. Even if it is impossible to continue plowing the land to make amends at night, the other families will never agree.

Just when several families accused each other of failing to raise the cattle well, the old cattle worked hard, and the plow pulled out a muddy sack from the paddy field.

Several peasants opened their pockets and took a look. The screams broke the tranquility of the morning. Soon, the news that a female corpse had been plowed out in the paddy field spread wildly in the small-populated Fenghuang Town. The townspeople surrounded the paddy field with three floors inside and three floors outside.

The female corpse died in a terrible way. The adults were so frightened that their scalps shivered when they saw it, and they hurriedly covered the children's eyes.

The female corpse had a ferocious face, with a hateful and angry expression. The upper and lower eyelids of both eyes were sewn up with needles and thread, and the eyelids were densely covered with black stitches. It looked very creepy, as if it was covered with many twisted black worms.

People sighed for the dead, it was such a great hatred, it sewed people's eyelids shut.

The dead are the most taboo of the living, but we can't keep the dead in the paddy fields, which affects the lives of the townspeople. Under the order of the old mayor, we called a few young men with big zodiac signs and full of vigor to find them. Come to the straw mat to wrap up the female body and carry it to the ancestral hall in the town.

On the other side, the old mayor asked someone to call the speaker to the west of Fenghuang Town to see the situation of the female corpse. The speaker was a local expert who knew something about mountains, medicine, fate, fortune-telling, and divination.

The speaker came in a hurry with a small wooden box on his back and a young apprentice. When the speaker saw the female corpse's eyes were stitched shut, his expression changed immediately, and he said that he must find a good place to bury the female corpse as soon as possible. You can't leave this corpse overnight in Fenghuang Town, otherwise there will be catastrophe.

In the beginning, everything went smoothly. Who brought the female corpse back, and who will continue to carry the coffin, so as to have a generous burial and not get entangled in Fenghuang Town. Although there was a small accident in the middle, fortunately, the speaker said all good things to the female corpse. Burning joss sticks and burning paper money, after a good meal, being served and comforted, everything finally went smoothly.

By the time all this was done, it was dusk.

In front of the new grave that had just been sealed, the old mayor saw that the speaker was still frowning, and asked puzzledly, "Mr. Big, do you have any concerns?"

Mr. Da is a kind of respectful title given by the local people to people with great knowledge.

The speaker frowned: "Maybe I was worrying too much. Although the person has been buried smoothly, I still feel restless. Mayor, you order someone to find a rooster and a hen to get married tonight, and hold a big banquet." , beat gongs and drums for seven days, if there is nothing wrong with each other during these seven days, it means that I am really worrying too much."

The old mayor showed surprise in his eyes: "It's a lot of money to hold a banquet for seven days, and why do you want to hold a banquet for poultry?"

The speaker: "Rooster and auspicious are homophonic, which is called Chongxi, seeking auspiciousness and driving away bad luck. Moreover, the rooster is a sunbird, with bright feathers, colorful and elegant, and shaped like a phoenix, so the rooster is also compared to the phoenix in the twelve zodiac signs. It belongs to the pure yang of heaven and earth, ghosts and gods change, and finding a rooster to get married just corresponds to the name of our Fenghuang Town. The phoenix is ​​replaced by a rooster, and the phoenix is ​​replaced by a hen. Using the phoenix to celebrate happiness can enhance the yang energy of the people in Fenghuang Town. Eliminate disasters and block evil spirits."

The old mayor wondered: "Mr. Da, do you really have to hold banquets for seven consecutive days? Can it only be done in one day?"

It can be seen that the speaker has a high prestige in the local area. Although the old mayor feels sorry for such a large expense, after seeing the speaker shaking his head, he still agrees to the matter and immediately ordered someone to find him. One rooster and one hen.

That night, Fenghuang Town held a banquet overnight, beating gongs and drums, and there was a festive and lively scene. But today, it is not people who get married, but roosters and hens locked in two iron cages. The big red "囍" characters are firmly tied together with red silk and satin.

At the banquet, Mr. Da sat at the same table with the old mayor, as well as some respectable gentry and rich businessmen in Fenghuang Town, and toasted each other. The atmosphere was harmonious.

Even the young apprentice of the speaker is fortunate to sit at the same table with these people.

It can be seen that the speaker loves his little apprentice very much, and brought him out in advance to meet the big world, and introduced him to the big shots in the town.

A wealthy businessman toasted the speaker with a wine glass, and asked doubtfully: "Mr. Da, we have been hiding a question in our hearts. What is the difference between the one we dug out today? Why is Mr. Da rushing to bury it? Have a big banquet all night long? Mister Da took us from morning to night today, everything was in a hurry, and we didn't have time to ask this question until now."

At this time, the other tablemates also looked at the speaker.

The speaker picked up the wine glass, downed it in one gulp, and talked about the reason why he did this with the help of the hot aftertaste brought by the spirits: "In our business, there is a saying 'a person dies with tea and a cool candle to take a photo'. Do you know why the eyes of the female corpse were stitched up with needles and thread?"

Before everyone can answer, the speaker has already asked and answered: "In some places, in order not to be seen by the deceased, the murderer will goug the two eyeballs of the dead in order not to be hunted for revenge at any time when he is sleeping at night. But to be honest, this is the first time even I have come across someone with eyes closed like today."

"Whether it is to sew up the eyes before killing a person, or to sew up the upper and lower eyelids of the corpse with stitches after the killing, it is not something that a person with a normal mind can do. This murderer is even more cold-blooded than a simple-minded kidnapper. The death of that woman was not easy. During the day, I told her that there is a wrong and a debtor, that Fenghuang Town will give her a good life and burial, and that she will not be entangled with innocent people in Fenghuang Town, so she agreed. Let us carry the coffin and bury it."

After hearing this, all the squires here cursed the murderer as nothing, and then raised their glasses again to toast the speaker: "Thanks to Mr. Da, we in Fenghuang Town are able to turn dangers into blessings again and again, regardless of the trivial matters. , as long as Mr. Da is there, we can keep our Fenghuang Town peaceful for another hundred years."

"Yes, yes, with Mr. Da here, Phoenix Town will always be safe and healthy."

The country gentry toasted one after another and put on big hats. The speaker hurriedly said modestly that it was everyone's love, and the mayor's contribution was the greatest.

After a round of toasting, someone asked curiously: "Mr. Da, what will happen if someone undoes the sutures on the eyes of the female corpse?"

Hearing this, the speaker's face suddenly became serious: "Drawing a dragon without dotting the eyes, drawing a tiger without dotting the pupils, and drawing a paper man only draws the eyes without dotting the eyes. In our industry, this is called enlightenment, borrowing yang! It's a big taboo!"

"The reason why the murderer sewed the eyes of the female corpse was because she didn't want her to see what the real murderer looked like. If Fenghuang Town untied the stitches on the eyes of the female corpse, the first thing she would see would be the residents of Fenghuang Town. If you recognize her as the murderer, there will be a catastrophe!"

The speaker continued to say with a serious expression: "The real culprit abandoned the female corpse in Fenghuang Town, probably because he had such harmful intentions, and wanted to shift the trouble to the east and blame us. Fortunately, the mayor asked someone to protect the corpse in time. No one has destroyed the corpse, otherwise our Phoenix Town will be implicated."

The country gentry here are eating delicacies from mountains and seas and wearing brocade clothes. How have you ever heard of these folk taboos? Even the old mayor broke out in a cold sweat after hearing this explanation, and couldn't help but say in fear: "Fortunately, our Phoenix Mr. Da is here in the town, otherwise us reckless people who don't understand anything will really make a big mistake."

Unexpectedly, just as the old mayor finished speaking, the wine glass in the hand of the little apprentice sitting next to Mr. Da fell to the ground, his face was pale, and he looked distraught.

The speaker frowned, and asked himself what was wrong with this apprentice. The little apprentice stumbled and said, "Master, Master, I forgot to tell you one thing... Before carrying the coffin during the day, I thought that the girl was pitiful, alone. Exposing corpses in the wilderness, dying in a foreign land, being tortured inhumanely when everyone is dead, having their eyes sewn up with a needle and thread... I couldn't bear it... So, just a soft heart, I cut the seam for her before lifting the coffin Wire……"

The more the little apprentice talked, the paler his face became. "Master, I also meant it out of kindness... She, she probably won't come to me..."

"what!"

"Bastard! Why didn't you tell me about such a big thing earlier!"

The speaker stood up with a livid face, trembling with anger.

The little apprentice explained to himself with a sad face: "At that time, I cut the sutures, and saw that the eyes of the corpse were closed all the time, and there was no abnormality, so... I forgot to tell Master about it... Master, I was really wrong, I, what should I do?" Do it, master, you must save me..."

The little apprentice cried out, which immediately attracted the attention of other table guests.

At this time, it was too late to blame, and the speaker hurriedly looked at the old mayor: "Mayor, the eyes of the people in the coffin have been opened, and people who died with death must not be buried! We must dig up the grave immediately. Carrying out the coffin, the wet and cold place is the most suitable place to raise corpses, and the coffin must not be allowed to fall to the ground to absorb the moisture and earth atmosphere! I hope there is still time, the corpse has not absorbed enough moisture, and the skin of the corpse has not softened before opening your eyes again !"

As he said that, the speaker glared fiercely at himself, a self-proclaimed and unfulfilling apprentice, found a lantern, stepped on the night road, and hurriedly ran to the new grave outside the town.

(End of this chapter)