Chapter 36: Animal Making Field and County Examination Information
In the paper house venue, when the fat shopkeeper shouted, there were several paper figures busy in the courtyard.
Sheep braying and cow braying were heard, and the sounds were frightening.
Astonishingly, the paper people were sharpening their knives. They took out a few cows and sheep, pushed them to the ground, held them down, and cut open their bellies with paper knives.
But after the belly was cut open, no organs came out of the belly of the cattle and sheep, but naked boys and girls rolled out.
It turns out that the boys and girls standing there like goods on the stage were not taken out directly, but taken out from the bellies of cattle and sheep, so they were bloody but their bodies were intact.
Huang Guishan saw that Yu Que was fascinated, patted Yu Que's shoulder gently, and explained in a low voice:
"This method is very common, and is called the 'animal-making' method. Some unscrupulous people, after abducting and selling a living person and it is not convenient to transport them, will kill each of the cattle, sheep, dogs and horses according to the size of the living person, and take advantage of the opportunity. The animal's blood is still warm, and a living person can be turned into an animal by applying a secret method and applying the fur.
In this way, it will be easier to transport to and from various places and it will not attract attention easily. ”
Yu Que felt even more silent as he listened to Huang Guishan's explanation.
He has indeed heard of the method of "creating animals". This method is like shooting flowers and has been passed down among children as a bad custom. Adults will use this method to scare children from time to time.
But the feeling of seeing it with your own eyes is different from the feeling of hearing it from others.
And there was one point in it that made Yu Que puzzled and couldn't figure it out even after thinking about it over and over again.
That is, not only adults and children know about evil methods such as making animals and shooting flower seeds, but the government yamen also know it clearly, but why do these methods appear openly in private cities?
"If this place is a black market, it's not unusual for people to appear who can make animals. Then why did the beautiful lady dare to appear in the city blatantly without fear of being seen by other immortal families and arrested?" He thought secretly in his heart.
Huang Guishan seemed to have seen Yu Que's various reactions. The man signaled: "It's still a long night, so I'm not in a hurry to find things. I'll go and sit first."
I am short of head.
The two of them left the excited crowd and walked to a corner of the venue.
There were paper sedans one after another placed at the corner. Huang Guishan skillfully opened a red sedan chair and motioned for Yu Que to get in.
Yu Que lowered his head, and as soon as he entered, when he put down the paper curtain, his ears suddenly became quiet.
There are two seats facing each other in the paper sedan, which seems to have been specially created for the venue to allow guests to talk about secret matters.
Huang Guishan was sitting in the sedan. He lifted up the cloak on his head and took off his face towel. He exhaled and said, "Every time I come to this ghost place, I always feel so suffocated."
The man gasped, pointed at the outside of the sedan, and said:
"How about it, tonight is an eye-opener and I have learned a lot?"
Yu Que's eyes moved slightly, and he held his hand towards the other party: "Senior Hui Huang, this is indeed an eye-opener. I never thought that there is such a filth in the city...a place where strange people and strangers gather."
"Hey!" Huang Guishan suddenly smiled when he heard this: "You're right, this place is a place where filth and evil gather together!"
The other party laughed for a while, but then sighed: "But do you know why this kind of place exists in the city, and where do the dirty goods in the market come from?"
Yu Que raised his eyes and immediately said: "Junior, I don't know, please ask Senior Huang to elaborate."
Huang Guishan slowly took out a pipe from his arms and puffed out the smoke in front of Yu Que.
It seemed that what this person was smoking was not just tobacco, but a lot of medicinal materials were added to it, making the sedan filled with a medicinal fragrance. When Yu Que smelled it, not only was he not disgusted, but he felt slightly refreshed.
"Generally speaking, only after passing the county school entrance examination can you gradually come into contact with these things. Otherwise, ordinary people will often not know about them even if they live to old age."
Huang Guishan said: "Although it has been more than 800 years since the founding of this dynasty, the world is still at the end of spiritual decline. There is no trace of spiritual energy. Even the demon clan has almost become extinct. On the contrary, evil spirits are on the rise. , ghosts prosper.
As for where ghosts come from, they are caused by the grievances of past generations, the sins of past dynasties, the decay of heaven and earth, and the fall of the world... This is a general trend that cannot be resisted by human power, nor can it be reversed in just one day. It is already rare and valuable that this dynasty can establish thirty-six immortal capitals and seventy-two immortal cities, protect hundreds of millions of living beings, and maintain Taoism.
However, in the areas outside the capitals of all parties, witches and ghosts are still rampant, evil spirits are infested, and ghost sects are numerous, and they are fond of killing. Even the Immortal Family and their ilk cannot guarantee that they will not be bumped into if they walk out unprepared. A ghost collided with an evil spirit, or encountered an evil cultivator, and died. ”
Yu Que sat in the paper sedan chair, listening to Huang Guishan's chatter, and felt strange again.
Because according to what this person said, the dynasty that the world thinks is blooming with flowers and burning with fire, in fact, except for the so-called "thirty-six capitals and seventy-two cities", the rest of the land is all "wild land".
As for how wild the wilderness is, it's just that demons and ghosts are rampant, and there are no rules. It's like the end of the world.
Among them there is a demonic miasma and evil mist, as big as a city, wandering in all directions, and no snakes or insects exist wherever it passes; there is a tribe of witches and ghosts who worship thousands of feet, thousands of hands and thousands of eyes, like to skin and eat raw, sacrifice blood to ghosts and gods, and rejoice in the smell of blood; There are also people from the Immortal family who gather outside and scream, killing people wantonly and taking souls. They are not evil spirits, but worse evil spirits. They are actually the evil ways of the ghost family...
As for the above, this statement, or this fact, is completely different from the teachings Yu Que has received for a long time!
Suddenly, Huang Guishan pointed to the outside of the sedan again and said:
"These live animals brought here using the method of making animals are captured from the wild.
In the wilderness, although the immortal veins are cut off and ghosts are rampant, apart from the evil ways, there are also wild gods who occasionally exist, and they will nourish blood and food, so there are still living people in the wilderness. It's just that these living people live like animals. They are no more than 20 years old. Five out of ten can't even speak, let alone the inheritance of writing and immortality. They are truly like beasts. ”
The man was talking and sighed softly: "Speaking of the children on the stage, they have been captured and sold here. Although the end will not be better, those who can do business here will basically be able to do business after buying them back. It will not be used directly as evil magic material. After all, it would be too wasteful
If we are lucky, some of today's living people may be able to become slaves and survive in the city..."
It turns out that the boys and girls who were sold in the venue will not end up being slaughtered and used as fish and meat as Yu Que initially thought, but will be used as objects for testing medicines and elixirs and cultivating furnaces. In this way Only in this way can the value of "living people" be brought into full play.
But when Yu Que listened, not only did he not breathe a sigh of relief for him, but when he thought about it carefully, he felt that this matter was somewhat terrifying.
Compared with these "savages", even the kiln sisters in Heping Lane in the city seem to live less miserable lives.
Huang Guishan saw Yu Fuchi and fell into deep thought, then smiled and said:
"This is the way of the world. The mere treatment of humans and animals would not be a problem in the wild. In the city, the imperial government can confine such transactions to the ghost market and allow them to do so secretly. It is already extremely extreme. Difficult. If it must be strictly prohibited, one is that it has been repeatedly banned and the government has If it is banned, there will definitely be other private ghost markets and private black markets, which are even more difficult to control. Secondly, the needs of many immortals are there. If there is no supply of goods, they will not hold back and will only choose to do it themselves. Do it, and the harm is even greater.”
The other party shook his head and said: "It's difficult to prohibit and uncontrollable, so we can only turn a blind eye."
Yu Que listened carefully, his face was filled with sadness and he didn't know what to say.
Huang Guishan's words today really show that he has some shallow knowledge, like a frog in a well. It turns out that he has lived for so many years and only knows what is going on in the city, but does not know what is really like in the wild.
Suddenly, Huang Guishan spoke again
"Don't think so much first. The reason why I brought you here today is not only to get some things for the ceremony, but also to let you see the world. So that you won't have to wait until you really enter the county school or go out of the city when you take the county school exam. I really went to the wilderness and didn’t know the dangers, so I was in a hurry and lost my life.”
Yu Que keenly captured the meaning of the other party's words. His eyelids twitched slightly and he immediately said:
"Senior Huang is saying that when you take the county school exam, there is a small chance that you will take the outdoor exam?"
The other party didn’t hide anything, he said openly:
"Indeed.
The Xiaoju County Examinations over the years are inseparable from the suppression of demons and ghosts. Although the previous sessions were held in the city, according to Huang's conclusion, the frequency of ghosts appearing in the suburbs this year is much higher, and the evil spirits in the wild are also much more ferocious. The county examination at the beginning of the year, even if the examination room is not arranged in the wild, I will definitely choose to stay in the mountains and forests on the outskirts of the city. ”
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Listening carefully, Yu Que's expression suddenly changed.
He was moved not only because the risks of the small county examination at the beginning of the new year had increased, but also because the other party was able to tell him this news.
Information related to the county examination, even if it is inaccurate, is not accessible to ordinary people.
At least Yu Que didn't have such a way. Even if he did, if he wanted to know, he would definitely have to pay a high price.
Thinking of this, Yu Que immediately stood up, bowed to Huang Guishan, and said sincerely: "Thank you, Master Huang, for your advice!"
Hearing the name "Master Huang", Huang Guishan's face was surprised, and then he immediately smiled.
He said with a smile: "You kid, you are too raw. But I have to remind you again, lest you take any chances.
If the examination room is really set up in the wild, you must remember that the wild is not only disobedient to the king's behavior, but there is no king's law at all. Although the county school will arrange personnel to take care of you, you must remember that you must abandon the so-called gentleness, courtesy and thrift and treat yourself as a wild beast in the forest. ”
Huang Guishan sighed in his mouth: "Otherwise, you either don't strive for the top and try to save your life, or you pray that you are very lucky and can meet a few close companions and will not be stabbed by others, let alone You will encounter something too fierce.”
Yu Que sat in the sedan chair and silently took Huang Guishan's words into his heart.
Although what this person said may not be entirely true, the other party had no reason to deceive him.
Moreover, now that the other party has reminded him, Yu Que only needs to inquire about it in private or in ghost gatherings to distinguish the true from the false.
In addition, Yu Que thought over and over what the other party said, and couldn't help but be speechless in his heart:
"Although I have known for a long time that today's immortality is in dire decline, and its glory is not one ten thousandth of what it was in ancient times, so that it is difficult to distinguish between immortals and ghosts.
But is this world really so unbearable and the wilderness so dangerous that even the huge Immortal Family court can only save a few corners? ”
After Huang Guishan finished mentioning the points, he kept silent and ate his cigarette silently, leaving Yu Que to think about it.
Not long after, the two of them got out of the sedan again and went shopping in the paper mill.
They first took out a note from the paper man's mouth, compared the materials, then wrote a note of their own, put it in the paper man's mouth, and collected the things little by little.
A few hours later.
Yu Que was short of money, and Huang Guishan seemed to be short of money as well. The two of them didn't touch any of the auction items in front of the patio. They only bought some miscellaneous items from the mouths of a few paper figures.
But even a few miscellaneous items are good things that are difficult to see in the gathering of ghosts outside the paper mill.
Yu Que carried the goods in his arms, and after leaving the paper mill, he bought some more on his own on the streets of Guiji. The miscellaneous items added up to fill his two sleeve pockets and a trousers.
And here, there are more than a variety of materials used to arrange the rituals.
After buying the things and broadening their horizons, it was time for the two of them to leave, and they parted ways at the gate of the ghost market.
Before leaving, Huang Guishan was not going smoothly. He repeatedly told Yu Que: "Although the spiritual ritual has magical effects, you should not get too caught up in it and beware of obsession... This thing is just a bottomless pit. ”
After finishing speaking, the other party didn't wait for Yu Que to say anything, and just waved his hand towards Yu Que, then swaggered and disappeared into the thick fog alone.
"Juniors, please remember."
Yu Que stood in the mist, bowing his hands towards the other party. He didn't straighten up until the other party's figure completely disappeared.
Then he stood there and pressed the two sleeve pockets and one trousers again and again until he was sure that the hard goods were still there. His heart was full of joy and his eyes were full of joy.
With Huang Guishan's help, it can be said that the materials for his practice today were obtained without any effort, the quality is extremely guaranteed, and the price is also high quality and low price.
As for the consumable ghosts that ordinary people worry about the most, he has already prepared them long ago, including three dead ghosts that are nearly a hundred years old.
It can be said that Yu Que has already made all the preparations for setting up the "Seven Corpses Returning Light Lamp".
He is cultivating his mind and meditating, condensing the Yin spirit, right now!
(End of chapter)