Chapter 60 Secret Secrets of the Green Forest
“Boss!”
Li Erhu looked through the corpses of the bandits and discovered something, “Look at this, I know some words, and I feel that this book is a bit like that of the elders The kind of Green Forest Book that people mentioned. "
The Deer Spirit Book, martial arts?
Su Hanshan took it and turned it over.
This is some kind of book, but in fact it doesn't even have a title. It's more like a booklet used for accounting. In addition to text, there are also some strange symbols in it.
Su Hanshan looked at it for a while, and his eyes lit up.
This is not a martial arts, but it is indeed a treasure book. It records many common tricks on the green forest road in Shanyang County and the means of secret communication between bandits.
And in the second half of this book, there are also the iconic secret notes of dozens of veteran bandits.
The bandits burned, killed, looted, trampled on human lives, and did not regard ordinary people as human beings. Over time, their mentality will inevitably be very different from ordinary people.
So, in order to restrain a group of mentally ill people, or even to make these mentally ill people have a sense of identity and cohesion with each other, we need to artificially create some common ground for them, so that they can feel that they are all of the same kind. mentality.
We can't let them kill innocent people indiscriminately outside. At home, they can also kill their own accomplices with knives because of one or two quarrels.
Then this bandit den can’t last more than a few days.
Many of the so-called green forest rules are derived from this need.
Like Shanyang County, because there are so many bandits, the rules are especially many and heavy.
For example, they worship the same god, and the steps of worshiping the god are exactly the same, or there must be a brother-sister relationship between the several gods they worship.
For example, they agreed that on a few special days every year, no one would go out to rob, otherwise it would be unlucky.
For example, if ordinary people want to become bandits, in addition to the necessary ruthlessness, they also have to go through a series of complicated rituals.
They have little empathy for ordinary people, but they treat people who have gone through these rituals as if they were reincarnated from "ordinary people" to the "bandits" race, and will initially treat them as Treat yourself like your own kind.
In the Chu Dynasty, a famous official from the Qing Dynasty preached that Shanyang County was a place of true etiquette, and even bandits practiced etiquette. This was the reason.
However, that noble man never said why the place of ethics and education he so much touted was said to be the place where officials, both high and low, were most dedicated to the public service to the country and honest to the people.
The number of bandits can be so large that they need to teach each other "etiquette".
It is precisely in order to create a sense of group identity that the bandits in Shanyang County rarely fight with each other on a large scale.
Even if there are conflicts, they are often resolved through competition within the rules. In daily behavior, we should try to avoid conflicts as much as possible.
So the unique secret signs of veteran bandits appeared.
When they leave their own special mark in a certain place, it means telling other bandits that they are active in this area recently, first come, first served, and others should not come and compete for it.
Other times, when they want to summon colleagues to do something, they will use these marks to convey news.
When I was in Shanyang County, these kind of old gangsters who could make a name for themselves had been operating their own lairs for many years, and many warnings, misdirections, and traps were often placed around them, making it difficult for outsiders to use just a secret booklet to capture the secrets. Get into their lair, otherwise, as long as a Green Forest Book falls into the hands of the enemy, the bandits will not be able to sleep well.
But as long as you know how to recognize secret signs, you can at least determine the corresponding bandit's recent range of activities.
Although they have changed places now and are far away from their old nest, because it can be called a collective migration, the adherence to rules among these bandits has become a deep-rooted habit that cannot be easily changed.
After reading the book, Su Hanshan closed his eyes and recalled, and discovered that this group of cave bandits had also left their own marks in the city and in the forest.
It’s just that he didn’t understand it at all at the time. He only thought it was some rocks and branches that had been touched by animals. Occasionally, there were some chaotic and orderly scratches, which were also disguised as animal claw marks. If he had been able to identify the hidden signs at that time, with his keenness, he might have been able to pinpoint the location of this group of bandits two or three days earlier.
“It seems we have to enter the city.”
When the sky was dark, Su Hanshan closed the book in his hand and determined the next course of action. .
All the counties in Xueling County are vast and sparsely populated, with many mountains and few cities. It is very troublesome to find bandits directly in the mountains.
Su Hanshan first inquired about the information in the city, and then used all his strength to improve his five senses. He did not miss any clues and had a lot of luck to find this cave bandit den.
Now that I understand these secret codes and rules of the green forest, I can go to the city and not only be able to inquire about some specious, scattered and difficult-to-identify crime information.
Su Hanshan and others can search for any signs related to bandits on their own.
Based on what I have heard in recent months about the frequency of bandits committing crimes, as long as they pretend to be beggars and wander into the city, there is a high probability that they will find that the bandits left behind before they robbed them. You may even meet someone who is making a secret note.
Wouldn't it be wonderful to follow the clues and follow the clues when the time comes?
"You guys get something to eat. After eating, we will sleep here to recover our strength before setting off again."
Su Hanshan saw that everyone had been busy all night, We were tired from cleaning up the corpses and packing the goods, so we simply let them borrow this cave to escape the cold morning air in the mountains.
And he himself rummaged through the goods, found a few pieces of white clothes, pinched a piece of charcoal, and prepared to copy down the various secret messages in the Green Forest Book.
When he went to the city later, he planned to hide his identity and quietly deliver these things to the county offices.
If the local county government has mastered these things, as long as it has a sense of responsibility, even if it is doubtful, it should be on guard.
Not to mention whether they have the ability to suppress the bandits, at least if the bandits come to the city and leave hidden marks, they can take early precautions to reduce casualties and losses.
In the past few months, there have been too many cases committed by bandits in nearby counties. It is always good to do a little prevention and control in the next period of time.
Unfortunately, as long as the bandits are still active, they will sooner or later evolve new methods of doing things according to local conditions. The issue of secret codes can only be regarded as a short-term temporary solution.
After Su Hanshan copied a few secret notes, he had breakfast, which was made by breaking up steamed buns and putting them in hot water to make a paste. It was served with a few pieces of barbecue. It tasted good and made him feel full.
Then he slept for two hours, regained his energy, and invited ten people to accompany him, preparing to go out of the mountains and into the city.
It was five or six days ago that they entered the mountain. During this time, they were walking around in the mountain, twists and turns, and they didn't know which mountain they were on.
However, since Su Hanshan left home, he would look out every time he went to a high place, keep in mind the nearby terrain, and mentally calculate the overall route and length of the journey.
So he can still clearly tell how he wants to return to Songhe Martial Arts Hall, and he can also determine which direction to take from here to the nearest county town.
For those who have achieved success in martial arts, as long as they are in the right direction, the usual dead-end obstacles in the mountains are not a problem at all.
For example, as long as they go straight west from here, they will inevitably enter the scope of Shihao County.
However, precisely because they had never been to the road they were taking now, after climbing three hills and walking, Su Hanshan made new discoveries.
"This mark..."
Su Hanshan stopped in the pine forest, touched the messy traces on a pine tree, walked around half a circle in thought, and looked at it from a different angle.
“Bronze Sword Crazy Lion, Tan Ying?”
(End of this chapter)