Daily life of slaying demons in the government

Chapter 34 Getting More Mysterious

Snake, turtle, eagle, tiger, elephant.

The five animal sculptures that symbolize beauty are very common among ordinary people, and are also commonly known as the five-headed beasts, which means the five most important beasts among all beasts.

Stone carvings of five-headed beasts can be seen in the courtyards of some wealthy families, some homes have them as decorations, and ordinary people also hang simple drawings of the five-headed beasts.

Just hearing Wu Qing talk about the strange five-beast eagle was enough to make one feel gloomy.

What's more, this thing came out of a tomb and is the so-called Yin-sinking wood, so it has absolutely nothing to do with bringing good luck or a good omen.

"Can something so damn terrible be used as a burial object?"

Wu Qing nodded and said, "Normally no, but it is reasonable in some special cases. For example, after the death of a person of high status but extremely bad reputation, his tomb may be opened due to his status, but if he is unhappy, he will be buried with such funeral objects in the tomb, cursing that his descendants will die as soon as possible and his bloodline will not continue.

In the industry, it is called a funeral device, so the Five Beasts Sculpture should be a type of funeral device."

At this point, everyone has tasted the flavor.

"Whose tomb is it? Why are you cursing someone to have no descendants?"

"I don't know. I got the Five Funeral Beasts Sculpture from someone else. I heard it was dug out from an old tomb in the north, but I don't know where it came from."

After saying this, without waiting for Wang Shigui to continue asking, Wu Qing took the initiative to speak and asked: "Yao Fang is dead and his family was wiped out. I know about this. You come to ask me about the wood carving. Do you think that the wood carving is related to the disaster?"

"Do you have anything to say?"

"I have been in contact with Yao Fang. He has come to talk to me about the wood carving many times. I also know that there are people who are interested in the five funeral beasts carvings just like him. I can tell you everything.

But could you grant me a request?

Don't worry, I won't make it difficult for you officers, it's just a piece of cake."

A death row inmate dares to negotiate terms?

However, Wu Qing's lifeless look made Yang Qian nod, so Wang Shigui did not use force and let Wu Qing speak first.

"Thank you very much, Captain, for your mercy. Wu Qing knows that he will die, so he dares not ask for life. But he hopes to have a proper place to go. He doesn't want to be thrown into a mass grave after death, but to be turned into ashes in the fire, leaving no trace in the world."

Want to burn?
Wang Shigui and the others all curled their lips when they heard this. They thought that this tomb robber was good at making demands. This matter was indeed not a big deal, but it was indeed a bit troublesome.

Burning a person to ashes is much more troublesome than digging a pit and throwing him in a mass grave. It would take hundreds of kilograms of firewood to burn him completely, and it would take a whole day to burn him!

"Okay. But you have to come up with something useful." Yang Qian did not bargain with a dying person. Cremation is troublesome, but it is not a big deal. It is a negligible cost compared to the clues to solve the case.

Wu Qing bowed his hands and saluted, then said: "Because the Five Funeral Beasts Sculpture is rare and strange, people avoid it, but Yao Fang is interested in it. He thinks this rare and strange thing is very valuable, and thinks he can figure out some interesting things from it. So after he bought the Five Funeral Beasts Sculpture, he would chat with me from time to time.

Most of the time, Yao Fang came alone, and he said that he would study the Five Funeral Beasts with some like-minded people, and would look up some ancient books to find out the origin of this thing. He even talked about some speculations they came up with.

The two people mentioned most are Zhou Shou and Zhou Qi. They said that they found some information about the origin of the Five Funeral Beasts in the book, and said that it was not used by ordinary people, but first appeared under the names of some immortal sects. Sometimes Yao Fang did not come alone, but would invite his good friend, a man named Cao San, who was said to be a craftsman specializing in selling wood carvings.

Compared to Yao Fang, the man named Cao San is obviously more knowledgeable in animal carving. He has repeatedly asked me about grave digging and mentioned the Yin wood. It is unlikely that ordinary carpenters know about Yin wood. Cao San's ancestors may have done the job of carving funeral objects for others.

But Yao Fang never knew about the Shenyin wood and the funeral utensils. It was obvious that Cao San was hiding something from Yao Fang."

After a pause, Wu Qing continued, "In the beginning, Yao Fang often came to see me, and later his friends also came to see me from time to time. For example, Cao San, Zhou Qi and Zhou Shou mentioned by Yao Fang, and a young man named Jiang Jiang who Yao Fang did not mention but claimed to be Yao Fang's friend. They all came to see me.

And all those who came to me without Yao Fang had the same purpose, which was to get a set of five-animal sculptures like the one Yao Fang had. Some were even willing to pay several times the price.

If I hadn't been too busy to get away, I would have killed these guys anyway.

After they found out that I didn’t have any other Five Funeral Beasts, they stopped looking for me. Not long after, I also heard that Yao Fang’s entire family was wiped out.”

Having said that, Wu Qing finished his words.

However, there were still many doubts. Wang Shigui asked some questions and Wu Qing answered them one by one.

"Based on your experience, why are those people so interested in the Five Funeral Beast Sculptures?" Yang Qian suddenly interrupted and asked Wu Qing.

"Sir, I don't know either. The Five Funeral Beasts Sculpture is just a curse to kill people. Although the dark wood is rare, it is not valuable. Logically, no one would rush to buy it. I also asked those people. Except for Yao Fang, who was obviously interested in the origin of this set and the history of the old items, the others seemed to be very secretive and had ulterior motives.

But no one told me.

By the way, when Zhou Qi and Zhou Shou came to see me, they mentioned one thing. They asked whether the sculpture of the five funeral beasts came from the area near Shiyuan Sea in the north, and they also mentioned a book called "Shiyuan Strange Stories".

I was thinking that perhaps these people’s interest in the Five Funeral Beast Sculptures should be related to Shi Yuan Hai and the book “Shi Yuan Yi Zhi”.

In a word, although Wu Qing didn't know what was so fascinating about the Five Funeral Animals Sculpture, he also felt the strangeness in it and paid attention to it at that time. However, it was fate that before he could slaughter the sheep, he became a prisoner involved in another case, and there was no future.

In order to earn himself a dignified way to leave this world cleanly, rather than becoming food for wild dogs in a mass grave, Wu Qing poured out everything he knew about the Five Funeral Beasts and Yao Fang.

"Write down the origins of the Five Funeral Beasts Sculptures. I will plead with Captain Xie from Squad A to let you die the way you want." Seeing that he had asked most of the questions, Yang Qian stood up and reassured Wu Qing by agreeing to his previous request.

"Thank you, Captain!"

After coming out of the dungeon, Wang Shigui and his companions already knew what to investigate without Yang Qian's arrangements. They also sent more people to keep a close eye on the four people they had been keeping an eye on before.

At noon, a handwritten copy of "Ten Yuan Strange Stories" was placed on Yang Qian's desk.

The first page is the preface written by the author for his own book.

There were a few sentences above that surprised Yang Qian.

So it goes: According to ancient sayings, the Ten Yuan Sea was originally the Ten Yuan Mountain, which was the cornerstone of the intact heaven and earth in the Northern Xuan Realm. Later, there was a battle between gods and immortals, and the Ten Yuan Mountain was destroyed, leaving behind a deep pit that gathered water to form the sea. Therefore, this place has been full of chaos since ancient times, and the gods are unpredictable. I will write what I have found in this book. Although it is not detailed, it can also give us a glimpse of the Ten Yuan Land. I hope that later generations will continue.
(End of this chapter)