Chapter 61 Shadow Puppet Show
Pingfeng Mountain is located in the southwest of Zhao State. Its mountain has a unique shape and is surrounded inward. There is often no wind blowing halfway up the mountain, hence the name Pingfeng Mountain.
There is a small city at the foot of the mountain called Pingfeng City. The owner of the city is said to be a prince from the current dynasty. Although he is not originally powerful, he is still enjoying himself in the capital. It was just because of his weird personality that he offended many people, and was later demoted to this screen city.
He was originally a fair-weather rich man. After being demoted to this remote town, he became even more depressed. He was drunk and dreaming all day long and had no interest in management. However, it was precisely because of his inaction that the laws in the city were lax, which attracted many people from various religions. Many people traveled around and settled here. As a result, Pingcheng City gradually became a hodgepodge area, with all kinds of people on the streets.
This evening, a group of city dwellers gathered in an alley in Pingfeng City, and they were watching the stage in front of them attentively.
It is said to be a stage, but it is actually just a wooden cart with a wooden stand on it. There is a white curtain on the wooden stand. The yellow candlelight illuminates several shadow figures cut out of animal leather on the white screen. It is these "shadow figures" who are acting.
This "shadow play" is popular all over the north and south, and is enjoyed by both refined and popular people. Even in this remote town, it is one of the most enjoyable recreational activities for local residents after dinner.
What is happening in the white curtain at this moment is "Li Xian causing trouble in the underworld".
It is said that all the gods gathered in Kunlun, and even the Lord of Hell was invited to go. As a result, the huge Fengdu was without a leader, and the judge could only temporarily take over the duties of Lord Yan.
This judge is a hermaphrodite. He has an identity in the underworld and an identity in the yang world.
On this day, he calculated with his fingers that one of his nephews in the human world was approaching his end, and his life was not long. Logically speaking, he was going to hell that night, but now that Lord Yama was away, the judge resorted to fraud and used his power to find a scapegoat. The Black and White Wuchang only wanted to arrest people, and it made no difference if the number of people was equal. That night, he arrested the soul of the scapegoat and brought him to the ground.
This matter was known to the scholar who passed by. The scholar's name was Li Xian. On the surface, he was a scholar on earth, but in fact he was a patrolling immortal historian in heaven, specializing in injustices in the world.
He brought some imps for questioning, and then he learned that the judge had used public affairs for personal gain and harmed people's lives. He immediately went to the underworld and came to Fengdu City to look for the judge. This is "Li Xian causing trouble in the underworld".
At this moment, there is a cyan shadow figure in the middle of the white screen. It is this "Li Xian". There are five little ghosts surrounding him. Opposite him stands a tall shadow figure, wearing a red official robe and looking ugly. It is the "Judge of the Underworld".
Just listen to the judge shout: "Bold Li Xian, there is a difference between heaven and earth, yin and yang. As a person in heaven, why do you force yourself into the underworld?"
Then Li Xian replied: "Every official in heaven and earth performs his own duties. How could he know that Lord Yan is not here, and the judge changes life and death privately, and disregards human life. If this happens to me, Li Xian, I must take charge of it!"
< br>"Okay!" The crowd burst into applause.
The two voices behind the white curtain just now, one is upright and majestic, the other is extremely vulgar. Everyone knew that there was only one person behind the white curtain controlling the shadow puppet performance, but at this moment these two completely different sounds were coming out, and they couldn't help but clapped their hands and cheered.
The judge on the white screen said again: "Since you ignore the laws of heaven, don't blame me for being ruthless! You guys, take my guillotine!"
" Clang Clang Clang! ”
Following the sound of gongs and drums, four more little ghosts appeared on the white screen. They had huge heads but skinny bodies, making them look very ridiculous. At this moment, they were working together to carry a pure gold ghost-headed guillotine and walked towards the judge.
The four little ghosts finally carried the guillotine up, but their physical strength seemed to be unable to support it, and they walked unsteadily. Suddenly there was a thud and the two little devils fell to the ground. The ghost-headed guillotine instantly lost its balance and fell to one side, killing the two brats on the spot.
“Hahaha!”
This farce appeared and caused a burst of laughter from the crowd of onlookers. Many people clapped their hands and applauded, and some even laughed loudly and said: "Have a good death!"
At this time, something strange happened. The judge on the white screen seemed to have heard the ridicule of the people around him. Suddenly he turned around, grinned and said, "How dare you, these unscrupulous people, laugh at me?"
The puppeteers of shadow puppetry are all leather products made by folk artists using hand-carving, knife-carving and painting. Once made, the image is fixed. The shadow puppets on the white screen originally only had side faces, but now as the judge turned around, everyone actually saw his full frontal face on the white screen, smiling sinisterly at the crowd.
Before everyone could exclaim, a strange light suddenly lit up in the eyes of the "judge". Everyone was attracted by the light in his eyes, and gradually showed signs of dementia. The cheers, applause, and chatter all stopped at this moment. Everyone present stared at the "judge" blankly, motionless.
With a "stab" sound, the white curtain on the cart was retracted, revealing the craftsman behind, a man in white with narrow eyebrows and a sharp mouth.
He glanced at everyone, suddenly took out a rattle, shook it vigorously, and made a "dong-dong-dong" sound. Everyone who was originally sluggish seemed to have received the order for a moment, and suddenly they all turned around and faced the direction outside the alley.
Seeing this, the man in white nodded with satisfaction and walked out of the alley first. At the same time, he shook the rattle a few more times in his hand, dong dong dong! The people behind him stepped forward and followed the man in white towards the outside of the alley.
Outside the screen city.
It was already late at night, so logically there should be no one on the road. But at this moment, it was just the opposite. I saw a man in white walking under the moon, holding a rattle in his hand, shaking it from time to time. Dozens of people followed behind him, including men, women, and even children of seven or eight years old. All. All of these people looked stupid, their eyes dull, and they were following behind the man in white like a zombie.
Among the crowd, there was a young man in gray clothes. He looked about sixteen or seventeen years old and was tall and handsome. Although he followed the man in white with a dull expression like the others, his cloudy eyes showed a glimmer of light from time to time, as if he was sizing up the people around him. The man in white who was walking in front seemed completely unaware of the little move of the young man in gray, and was still leading the way while shaking his rattle.
The team meandered and walked about ten miles outside Pingfeng City when a sudden change occurred!
I saw a strong wind blowing from the side of the road, like an invisible sharp blade, cutting people painfully. Then a snow-white rainbow followed the wind and headed straight for the man in white.
The momentum of this Changhong is unparalleled, with dragons roaring and tigers roaring in the air, like a touch of white frost between heaven and earth.
The hair on the man in white clothes stood up, his neck shrank, and he dodged to the side, but still half a beat too slow.
"Stab!" With a sound, half of his sleeve flew up high, and then fell to the ground and rolled a few times. A closer look revealed that half of his arm was actually wrapped inside, and blood gushed out. The white sleeves were dyed red.
"Ah!" The man in white let out a heartbreaking cry.
At this time, Ning Shen took a closer look and realized that the white rainbow just now was actually a long knife. The blade was slender, no more than four fingers wide, but five feet long, almost as tall as a person. At this moment, the tip of the long knife was pointing upwards, being held upside down by a woman in black behind her back.
Look at the woman again. She is dressed in tight black clothes and has a slender figure. She is not very tall, but she is not short either. Although she is thin, her figure is very tall and straight. Her pretty face has big black and white eyes, and there is a touch of bright red between her eyebrows. She is loved by everyone and is loved by everyone.
But on such a cute face, there was a serious expression at the moment, and there was a hint of anger. She stood still, holding the long knife behind her back with her left hand, clasping her ring finger with her right thumb, and holding it straight in front of her chest to make a seal.
A whirlwind appeared out of thin air around the man in white, trapping him in the eye of the wind.
“Where did the witch come from?!”
The man in white had a fierce expression and a look of fear in his eyes. He kept casting spells on the whirlwind, but no matter how he fought back, the surrounding whirlwind always kept him firmly trapped inside. The wind speed was getting faster and faster, and a formation formed in the blink of an eye. A strong wind.
Seeing that the eye of the storm is getting smaller and smaller, the man in white will be strangled inside in the next moment. Suddenly, a blue stream of light shot out from the crowd and hit the tornado directly. The whistling tornado was actually deflected by the blue light, revealing a gap.
The man in white was overjoyed. He hurriedly lowered his body and got out of the gap. Then he took out a few magical talismans from the storage bag, stuck them on his feet as if they were free, and quickly headed towards the other side of the road. Escaped.
The woman in black was furious in her eyes. She turned to look at a young man in gray clothes in the crowd and said angrily: "This thief actually has an accomplice!"
The young man in gray clothes jumped out of the crowd. He came out and said loudly: "Miss, I have misunderstood. I am Liang Yan, it is Yi"
Before he finished speaking, he heard the woman in black shouting: "Death to the traitor!"
As soon as the word "death" came out of his mouth, the woman in black had already put the knife in her right hand and was slashing at him.
The boy in gray was naturally Liang Yan. He actually had his own purpose in hiding among the crowd, but the girl in front of him didn't seem to give him any time to explain. He was struck with a single blow.
In a hurry, Liang Yan had no choice but to use his black shield. With a "Bang!" sound, the sword and shield collided, and a huge force came from the black shield. Liang Yan felt as if he had been hit hard, and his eyes were filled with tears. It was an expression of disbelief.
He backed away again and again while holding the black shield, and a golden light flashed in his body. He pointed at the black shield, and then he barely stabilized his body and took the sword.
"Huh?" The woman seemed to be surprised for a moment, but the next moment she snorted coldly: "Humph, you are such a clown, you are so disrespectful of human life, and I will pay for it with your blood today!"
As he said, he pinched it with one hand. The secret is on the blade With a touch, there are words in the mouth:
The cloud seal is too empty, the way connects the heaven and the earth,
The power of the dragon and the tiger protects my Taoism,
The cave is mysterious in all directions, making me natural
The Netherworld Dragon, the Taiqing Black Tiger! Heed the order quickly!
As her lips opened and closed, the long knife in her hand suddenly trembled, "Ang!" Suddenly, a high-pitched dragon roar was heard, and then a jet-black dragon emerged from behind the girl. She flipped the long knife in her hand, and there was another loud roar of a tiger, and a dazzling white tiger jumped from the long knife. And out.
In mid-air, dragons and tigers roared, one black and one white, exuding brilliant power.
“What!”
Given Liang Yan’s character, he couldn’t help but exclaim in confusion at this moment. He had long seen through this girl's cultivation that she was only at the sixth level of Qi training. However, the supernatural powers and visions in front of him were not something that a monk at the Qi training stage could inspire?
(End of this chapter)