Xuanyuan Jue

Chapter 25
Hearing the four words "make animals in cover", everyone in the court changed countenance.

"Feng Jing, please speak carefully!" Fu Yin's expression was serious, and he said seriously, "I want to hear how this kind of sorcery is so horrific!"

"Follow your lord's order!" Feng Shen paused, and then said, "This sorcery, as the name suggests, is to kill and skin the livestock first, and then cover the living person bloody. Before the skinning, the person is smeared Once the secret medicine is mixed with fresh blood, the secret medicine melts immediately, firmly bonding the human skin and the animal skin, no matter how much it is torn, it will not move at all, as if it grows on the body. After a few days, put it on The broken part of the animal skin is sewn with thread, and a living person is turned into a beast..."

"So heartless?" Before Feng Shen could finish speaking, Fu Yin was furious, "Such wicked people will be crushed to pieces!"

"Your Excellency's words are very true," Feng Shendao, "This kind of murderer can be punished by everyone, so the lowly official continues to talk about this 'creation of animals', so that the case can be clarified."

Fu Yin remained angry and did not answer, but waved his hand to signal Feng Shen to continue.Seeing this, Feng Shen hurriedly told what he knew:
The sorcery of "creating animals" was originally recorded in scattered books of ancient unofficial history.If those evildoers want to make animals, they usually want to abduct some small children.The child's bones are soft and easy to solidify, and some monkeys and apes are caught and put on leather covers. After they are made, they are no different from real animals.But children under the age of five can't bear the pain, and often before the wound heals, they get botulism malaria, so that their whole body festers, and not one out of ten may survive.If you use someone who is a little older, the bones and body are almost born, and it will be even more difficult to insist on covering it.

However, those villains were not reconciled. After trying thousands of methods, they finally tried a new method.This method is very vicious, first dig a deep pit of more than several feet in a hidden place, after the deep pit is dug, pour ten dendrobium of distiller's grains into it.The distiller's grains are mixed with strong vinegar and "cartilage powder" prepared with herbs.After the preparations are complete, all the clothes and pants of the people used to make animals are removed, and they are pushed into the pit naked, and a large wooden board is covered at the mouth of the pit, and it is covered with huge stones.

The man who prepared the livestock was trapped in the pit, and his body was soaked in the liquid medicine.If you are hungry, you will swallow some wine lees indiscriminately; if you are thirsty, you will drink some leftover juice.After soaking for more than a month, the man was not only unconscious due to the smell of alcohol and medicine, but also his bones were as soft as gluten.

Seeing that the concoction was almost finished, the evildoers skinned some fresh skins of pigs, dogs, sheep and horses according to the size of the livestock preparers.After applying the secret medicine, put the skin directly on his body.Animals such as pigs, dogs, sheep, and horses are not like monkeys and apes, they are very different from humans.

But the bones of the man who prepared the livestock were soft, so after the cover was sealed, the evildoers rushed up and kneaded the man's body.After being shaped into the shape of the animal, he carried the man to blow some mountain wind.Because of soaking in the secret medicine, the bones of the person who prepares the livestock will harden when exposed to the wind, and after drying for a while, the livestock will be completed.

Afterwards, that group of villains mixed the prepared dumb medicine into the food and fed it to the animals, so that even though they had all kinds of bitterness in their hearts, they couldn't express it.

Those who look like monkeys are all taken to the street to play and sell.Because they are human at heart, they naturally have more abilities than real monkeys, so the rewards they get every time are full of rewards; and the ones that look like pigs and sheep are sold at a low price.After the buyers went back home, those "pigs and sheep" turned around and fled.It can make money without spending too much capital, and it is a no-cost business with empty gloves and white wolves.

Those poor people were turned into animals, and after a long time, they all accepted their fate.Especially the "pig and sheep" genus, once they cannot escape, they are in danger of being slaughtered by the buyer.Even if they fled elsewhere, they could not escape the fate of being slaughtered.So, where do they dare to take risks?I had no choice but to go back to those villains honestly.

"It's really appalling!" After learning the truth about the animal making, Fu Yin couldn't help being furious, "Feng Jing, that lean pig really came from the animal making place?!"

"Exactly," Feng Shen said, "I checked with Zha Wu for a long time. Although the bone under the pig's skin is deformed, it is indeed a human bone. Moreover, judging from the density of the bone and the grinding of the bottom of the tooth, the man should be about ten years old." year-old boy."

Hearing this, Hu Tuhu was frightened out of his wits: "My lord...the villain really doesn't know that it's a person pretending to be... You must know that there is a big living person there, even if you put a knife on your neck...the villain will never Don't dare to do anything! My lord, spare my life... My lord, spare my life!"

Fu Yin was in a fit of anger, seeing the butcher Hu still begging for mercy, he became even more angry: "Bold butcher! You first colluded with Widow Wu to commit adultery; then you bought the stolen goods from Lai Qing for petty profit; and, whether you intended it or not, , It is always true to kill the animal! Choose one of the three crimes, and you will be responsible for it!"

"And that cook, Niu Er!" Fu Yin turned his face away, and shouted to Niu Er, "You are a tricky cook, you are so rich and evil. If it weren't for Feng Cha and his two eyes, you would have almost concealed such a big case. Go, if you don't punish them, how can you get rid of the unhealthy tendencies? Come on! Drag these two offenders down, and give each of them a hundred slaps!"

After Fu Yin finished speaking, he didn't count. He took a handful of red-headed lottery sticks from the "Ming" lottery container, and threw them on the ground with his hands: "Hit me hard!"

With order from left to right, Niu and Hu were strangled with water and fire sticks, and when they were thrown on the ground, they were beaten fiercely.Fu Yin threw a red-headed lottery, so the yamen servants would naturally not show mercy.After a burst of wailing like a pig, Hu Tuhu and Niu Er had already had their legs broken and their skin torn.

When the hundred boards were finished, the second prisoner was covered in blood and lost all human appearance.

Fu Yin waved his hand, indicating that the second criminal should be temporarily put in prison, and when the main criminal, Lai Qing, is arrested, they will be released together.

The yamen servants agreed, and Hu Tuhu and Niu Er were dragged down the hall like dead dogs.

After punishing Niu and Hu, Fu Yin discussed with a group of people in the hall about arresting Lai Qing.That Lai Qing is cunning and treacherous, he lives in no fixed place, and it is hard to find him if he thinks about it.Fortunately, Feng Shen and Zha Wuzuo met this person and remembered his appearance, so Fu Yin sent another painter to paint the image according to Feng Cha's description.After the image was drawn, the governor of the government signed the sea arrest document, stamped it with the silver seal of Shuntian Prefecture, and sent Lu Bantou and his men to spread the posters widely in the areas under his jurisdiction.If you find suspicious people, etc., you will take them down immediately.

Then, Feng Shen, Zha Wuzuo and others were ordered to visit and investigate in the market, especially to pay attention to those "golden commentaries" hanging around the overpass.

Hearing Fu Yin say the words "Jin Ping Cai Hang", Feng Shen frowned secretly: "My lord, from the humble opinion of his position, although Lai Qing is a monkey player, he is not like those Jianghu people who rely on serious craftsmanship to eat. To put it bluntly, it looks like the 'Honey and Chaffinch' in the fraudulent sect!"

Fu Yin pondered for a while, before saying: "If it is as you said, it is indeed a bit tricky... Among the fraudsters, most of them are young people who live in a low life. They did a lot of investigations, but they hid too deeply and often returned without success..."

"My lord, don't worry about it," Feng Shen said again, "The humble official is only guessing, and it cannot be concluded. Besides, the 'Honeyhorse and Chaffinch' are only trying to deceive people for money, and I have never heard rumors that they are harmful. The humble official thinks that the Lai Qing is cruel and vicious, so he must be a brutal and habitual offender. Also, it is impossible for him to complete the sorcery of 'creating animals' by himself, so there should be accomplices behind Lai Qing. With such thoughts, I am afraid that once the limelight passes, he will come out to harm others again. At that time, some clues will inevitably be revealed. Therefore, as long as Lai Qing's clue is strictly guarded, one day, he will be behind his back. All the powers are uncovered."

"I hope so... Sigh..." Fu Yin let out a long breath, and said, "I think this day is clear and fair. May God bless you and bring those thugs to justice as soon as possible!"

After finishing speaking, Fu Yin left the hall sullenly.The rest of the people waited, and followed the order of the governor to get busy.

At this point in the list, I have to add a few words: the "golden commentary on colorful hanging" mentioned in the previous document was originally a generalization of buskers in Tianqiao.If you want to subdivide it, there are Napi, Tuan, Tiao and Liu.Taken together, it is the "Eight Great Rivers and Lakes".To put it bluntly, this golden gate is the study of golden dots, which are nothing more than means of divining divination and face-to-face and stargazing; commenting on gates mostly refers to storytelling, allegro, drums, and Tanci; All kinds of skills; hanging on the door, they dance guns and sticks, and tame animals.As for those who sell vigorous pills and dog skin plasters, they are Pimen; Then they entered Liumen together.

These "eight major rivers and lakes" cover most of the methods used by the people to play tricks, and they are varied and varied.Lai Qing pretended to be a monkey tricker, so he was pretending to be in the "hanging" door.

But when it comes to this deceit, I have to mention the "humble hornet".This "bee", when a swarm of bees stings people, means that a group of people join forces to set up a trick, and wait for the blind one to get in; "horse" refers to committing crimes and deceiving alone; "Well, it's about seducing people with women's sex, and then making money, such as "immortal jumping" and "stirring fire hoarding", all belong to this category. In the "Book of Songs", there is a saying "Yan Wan's request", which refers to the love affair between men and women, so this kind of fraudulent technique is named Yan; the last "bird" is actually missing, and it refers to a partnership of several people, managing up and down. There is a shortage of private buyers.When he took office, he set up exorbitant taxes and ruled by fish and meat to reap ill-gotten gains.These four tricks are also called "Feng Ma Yan Que", but no matter how the words are changed, they are all deceptions for profit.

Don't mention gossip, the book returns to the main story.But when Feng Shen and Zha Wu made a decision at the Yamen Gate, they began to discuss the matter of finding Lai Qing.

(End of this chapter)