The real daughter, she became famous all over the world by fortune telling

Chapter 347: Nothing to say
Pei Anzhu started learning shadow puppet carving in the theater.

In the first two days, Mr. Zhu looked like a traditional artist and an old craftsman. He taught very attentively, and from time to time he would say a few enigmatic words to improve himself.

Pei Anzhu also studied very seriously.

She was already powerful, but now that she has reached the Nascent Soul stage, her spiritual consciousness is so powerful that she can never forget anything at a glance. She knew the method taught by Old Man Zhu as soon as she finished it.

But in order to stay in the theater for a few more days, she still pretended to be a clumsy beginner.

When learning to carve shadow puppets, Pei Anzhu would also chat with Mr. Zhu and get words from him:
"Master Zhu, the waiter who showed me the way before said that this theater was handed down from your ancestors, so do your ancestors also carve shadow puppets for generations? This theater has always performed shadow puppets?"

Old Man Zhu probably regarded Pei Anzhu as the next prey to be skinned, and felt that she could not make any trouble, so he was willing to say a few more words to her:

"That's not the case. In the past, the plays in this theater were all performed by people. They were born young but ugly at the end. They had to work hard to practice different roles in order to get a chance to be on stage."

"But later on, fewer people liked theater, and the theater gradually lost business. In order to reduce costs, we dismissed the actors and turned to shadow puppets for performances."

"As long as you can carve shadow puppets and learn how to control them, it will save you a lot of trouble. After all, I don't have to pay the shadow puppets a salary, and these shadow puppets don't have to eat, drink, and litter, don't you think?"

Pei Anzhu smiled and replied:

"That's right. Shadow puppets are dead objects. If they are broken, throw them away. If they are rotten, throw them away. They are indeed worthless."

As soon as she said these words, Old Man Zhu's expression changed slightly, as if he didn't want to hear such words. He originally wanted to scold him, but after thinking about it, he held back.

On the contrary, the shadow puppets hanging on the wall were no longer calm and began to chirp and curse:
"Bah, you are worthless, your whole family is worthless!"

"We are very precious shadow puppets. The old man said we are priceless, so he wouldn't just throw us away!"

"This woman is so beautiful, why is her mouth so vicious?"

"You all despise her, but I don't. The skin belongs to me this time, so don't take it from me!"

"..."

If you listen carefully, you will see that it is the shadow puppets hanging on the wall that are talking. Many of them have developed intelligence and are fed by Old Man Zhu, so except that they do not have human bodies, they feel almost like real people.

Old Zhu's expression remained unchanged, he was obviously used to it. He turned his back and glared at the shadow puppets.

Soon the shadow puppets stopped talking and the basement became quiet.

Pei Anzhu also had a calm expression. She could hear everything, and she could still see Old Man Zhu's little movements, but she pretended not to know anything and continued to get close to Old Man Zhu:
"Master Zhu, it seems to me that your theater is a wooden building. When you took over the theater from the previous generation, didn't you think about renovating it? Wooden buildings are easy to be soaked and rotted. If it rains too hard, , there is a danger of collapse; if it catches fire, it will be even worse. Have you not thought about changing it? "

Old Man Zhu paused and said with a smile:

"I haven't thought about this, but maybe I'm lucky. There haven't been any major accidents in the town for so many years. There have been basically no rainstorms or fires, so the theater has remained intact."

Pei Anzhu nodded and heard the shadow puppets on the wall starting to talk again——

"Huh, bumpkin, how could something happen to the theater? With the formation here, even if there is an earthquake, the theater will be intact!"

"That's right, this theater is the strongest place in the entire town!"

"The luck and vitality of the whole town are being transported to the underground of this theater. The ancestors of the Zhu family are protecting us. How could something happen? Don't curse this stinky woman casually!" "Stop scolding her, you will have to do it again in the future. Where’s her skin?”

"Old man, hurry up and do it. I want to go out to play in my skins as soon as possible. I really miss those brothers and sisters who went out before!"

"Didn't one of you go out in the past two months? Although he's not as young as this one, he still went out after all."

……

Pei Anzhu lowered his head and scratched the leather with the carving knife in his hand, pretending to be serious about carving shadow puppets.

She was glad that she was steady, otherwise she would have laughed out loud the next second.

These shadow puppets were too talkative. They had no control over their words and would say anything. From their rustling conversations, Pei Anzhu learned a lot.

She gradually sorted out some information about the theater——

The theater was built by the ancestors of the Zhu family. The reason for building the theater in the first place is still unknown. We may have to wait until the Irregularity Bureau investigates the Zhu family and Mizong Town to find out.

When building a theater, something should be buried underground, either a person or an object, and such a thing would absorb vitality and luck through the formation of the theater and the entire town.

The reason why the Zhu family did not leave the town was to protect the things underground.

The theater has been passed down from generation to generation. In the hands of old man Zhu, the economic benefits may not be very good. In order to maintain the theater's expenses, he gave up the traditional drama model, disbanded the theater troupe, and chose to use shadow puppets instead.

Old Man Zhu is very talented at carving shadow puppets. He cherishes each shadow puppet and puts a lot of effort into it.

He regarded the shadow puppets as his own children. Therefore, under his care day after day, the shadow puppets developed spiritual intelligence. And he happened to know the method of feeding spiritual intelligence, so he raised these intelligent shadow puppets into dark ghosts. .

Later, the shadow puppets couldn't bear the loneliness and wanted to go out to play.

But Old Man Zhu didn't dare to let them out, for fear of being discovered by people outside, and then realizing that there was something fishy in the theater, which would affect the thing under the Zhu family.

So, Old Man Zhu thought of a way to change his skin and send these dark ghosts out one by one.

Calculating it this way, it takes a certain amount of time for Old Man Zhu to learn to carve shadow puppets, and it also takes a certain amount of time for the shadow puppets to develop intelligence. Later, it takes a lot of effort to feed them, and then to skin them. Each step is also a long process.

Therefore, Pei Anzhu guessed that the number of dark ghosts released by Old Man Zhu was not large.

Sure enough, the answer came from the mouths of the shadow puppets on the wall. She heard one shadow puppet say:

"Everyone has agreed that this woman's skin belongs to me. After I go out, I will go find the five brothers and sisters who went out before. Let's work together to send more people in so that you can all go out."

"I think this woman is very rich. When the time comes, all the money will be mine. I will take you to eat and drink well."

Pei Anzhu immediately grasped the key point:
Five.

Excluding the one who died and replaced Zhou Jianbo's wife, there should be four left.

Fortunately, not a lot.

But it’s normal to think about it. If this kind of evil magic wants to succeed, the conditions are very harsh, so there won’t be too many people.