White Bone Monkey King Chapter 684: Draw a dragon but not the eyes, draw a tiger but not the pupils, draw a paper man only draw the eyes but not the eyes
Chapter 684: Draw a dragon but not the eyes, draw a tiger but not the pupils, draw a paper man only draw the eyes but not the eyes
Weird things in the mountains and wild places, strange news and ambitions, feng shui puzzles, and unpredictable people.
Since ancient times, some folklore and legends are far away from the common people but also very close to them.
There is a saying among the older generation that people die with tea and a candle behind them.
The candle here not only refers to the figure illuminated by the candlelight, but the ancients have always used candles as metaphors for human eyes, such as candle Zhi, Zhu Cha, and Zhu Jian.
Taking photos with tea and candles after death not only refers to taking photos for the deceased who are the filial sons and grandsons who are keeping filial piety, but also showing all the changes in the world. As the saying goes, if you are upright, you are not afraid of the shadow. Who is the true filial son and who is the false filial son? Keeping filial piety
It can be seen for three years.
But this sentence has another slang translation among kidnappers and bandits. These green forest people are very superstitious about who the last person they saw before death will leave that person's shadow in their eyeballs.
After death, they will come looking for revenge.
So when these kidnappers tear up meat tickets and kill thieves, they always cover their faces to prevent the deceased from recognizing themselves. If their faces are seen, they will ruthlessly gouge out the eyes of the deceased to prevent people from looking for them at night.
hatred.
This is a town surrounded by mountains and rivers. The whole town has a full population, including infants and fetuses in pregnant women's bellies. There are only about five to six hundred people. A stone archway was erected at the only entrance and exit of the town, called Phoenix.
town……
The geographical location of Fenghuang Town is not bad. It is surrounded by mountains and rivers, facing south, with small horizontal ridges stretching out on both sides. No other villages can steal the limelight from this place. It looks like a phoenix spreading its wings, and it happens to surround Fenghuang Town.
It has resisted all natural and man-made disasters, forming a unique iron-barrel landscape. Although people living in this place cannot be rich and powerful, they can ensure that three generations of their children and grandchildren will live a healthy life. As long as the children and grandchildren are willing to live a hard-working and down-to-earth life, there are
There is enough water in the mountains to eat and drink.
Today's Fenghuang Town is still the same as usual peaceful days. Before the morning fog has completely cleared last night and the sky has not yet fully dawned, there are several diligent families driving the old black oxen they raise together to plow the fields.
Prepare for spring sowing in the new year.
Maybe Lao Heinian is really too old. There is not much effort to plow the fields today, which makes several families extremely anxious. There are only a few days for spring sowing. If the old fields from last year are not renovated, this year's crop harvest will inevitably be affected.
The key is that this old black cow is raised by several families. Today it is one family's turn to plow, tomorrow it is that family's turn to plow, and the day after tomorrow it is another family's turn to plow... I missed plowing today and want to continue plowing the land tonight.
Even if I come back, the other families won't agree.
Just when several families were accusing each other of not raising the cattle well, the old cow exerted its strength and the plow pulled out a muddy sack from the paddy field.
Several farmers opened the bags and took a look. The screams broke the early morning calm. Soon, the news that a female body was found in the paddy field spread in the small population of Fenghuang Town. After hearing the news, they came here
The townspeople surrounded the paddy field with three layers inside and three layers outside.
The death of the female corpse was so tragic that the adults were so shocked that their scalps trembled when they saw it, and they quickly covered the children's eyes.
The female corpse had a hideous face, with a hateful and angry expression. The upper and lower eyelids of her two eyes had been sewn shut with needles and thread. The eyelids were densely covered with black sutures, which looked very frightening, as if they were crawling with many twisted black worms.
People sighed for the deceased. This was so much hatred and hatred that people's eyelids were sewn shut.
Living people are most taboo about the dead, but they cannot always leave the dead in the paddy fields, which will affect the lives of the townspeople. Under the instructions of the old mayor, he called a few young men with strong zodiac signs and good spirits to find them.
He wrapped the woman's body in a straw mat and carried it to the ancestral hall in the town.
On the other side, the old mayor asked someone to call the talker from the west end of Fenghuang Town to check on the condition of the female corpse. The talker was an expert in folk metaphysics who knew a lot about mountains, medicine, fortune, fortune telling, and divination.
The speaker hurried over with a small wooden box on his back and a young apprentice. When the speaker saw that the eyes of the female corpse were sewn shut with needle and thread, his face immediately changed and he said that he would find a good place to bury the female corpse as soon as possible.
This body cannot be left overnight in Fenghuang Town, otherwise disaster will be imminent.
Everything went smoothly at first. Who carried the female corpse back? Who will continue to carry the coffin? Let's have a good burial and don't bother Phoenix Town. Although there was a small incident in the middle, the person who talked about it said all the good things to the female corpse.
Burning incense and candles meant burning paper money. After a good meal and comfort, everything finally went smoothly.
By the time all this was done, it was already nightfall.
In front of the new grave, the old mayor saw that the speaker was still frowning and asked in confusion: "Mr. Big, do you still have any concerns?"
Mr. Da is a local honorific for people with great knowledge.
The speaker frowned: "Maybe I'm overly worried. Although the person has been buried successfully, I still feel uneasy. Mayor, please order someone to find a rooster and a hen to get married tonight and have a big banquet."
, beat the gongs and drums for seven days, if nothing happens during these seven days, it means that I am really worrying too much."
The old mayor looked surprised: "It costs a lot of money to hold a banquet for seven days. And why do we need to hold a banquet for poultry?"
Speaker: "This is called to bring happiness and drive away bad luck. The rooster corresponds to the red bird, which is a pure yang thing. Finding a rooster to get married just corresponds to the name of our Fenghuang town. Phoenix is replaced by hen, phoenix is replaced by rooster, and phoenix is replaced by rooster.
The phoenix is in harmony with happiness, which can enhance the local yang energy, eliminate disasters and ward off evil spirits."
The old mayor wondered: "Mr. Big, do we really have to hold a banquet for seven days in a row to celebrate the occasion? Can we only spend one day?"
It can be seen that the speaker has a high prestige in the local area. Although the old mayor felt distressed about such a large expense, after seeing the speaker shaking his head, he still agreed to the matter and immediately ordered someone to find him.
One rooster and one hen.
That night, Fenghuang Town held a banquet all night long, beating gongs and drums, and it was a festive and lively scene. However, the people getting married today were not people, but a pair of chickens in two iron cages. Both iron cages were decorated with festive red stickers.
, and tied together tightly with red satin.
At the banquet, Mr. Da, the old mayor, and some prominent figures in Fenghuang Town sat at the same table, toasting each other, and the atmosphere was lively.
Even the speaker's young apprentice was lucky enough to sit at the same table with these people. It was obvious that the speaker loved his little apprentice very much, and took him out to see the world in advance and introduced him to the big shots in the town.
A wealthy businessman raised his wine glass and toasted to the speaker, and asked doubtfully: "Mr. Da, we have always had a question in our hearts. What is the difference between the one dug out today? Why did Mr. Da rush to bury him?
Holding a banquet all night long to celebrate? Mr. Da has been busy with us from morning to night today. Everything is very urgent and hasty. Only now do we have time to ask this question."
The speaker picked up the wine glass, drank it down in one gulp, and with the help of the fiery stamina brought by the strong wine, he talked about the reason why he did this: "In our industry, there is a saying: 'When people die, their tea will be cool and the candle will leave their photo.'
Do you know why the female corpse’s eyes were sewn shut with needle and thread?”
Before anyone could answer, the speaker had already asked and answered his own question: "Because the murderer didn't want the deceased to see him and was visited by revenge seekers while he was sleeping at night, he would gouge out the two eyes of the deceased. But like today,
To be honest, this is the first time even I have encountered this kind of thing that sews my eyes shut."
"Whether he sews his eyes shut before killing someone, or sews up the upper and lower eyelids of the corpse with stitches after killing someone, this is not something that anyone with a normal mind can do. This murderer is more cold-blooded than a simple-minded kidnapper.
, much more vicious. That woman died a very simple death. During the day, I tried to say all the good things to her, telling her that the person who had been wronged had his debtor, and that Fenghuang Town would give him a good life and a good burial, and asked her not to get involved with the innocent people of Fenghuang Town, and then she would agree.
Let us carry the coffin and bury him."
After hearing this, all the squires present cursed the murderer, and then raised their glasses to the speaker again: "Thanks to Mr. Da, our Fenghuang Town, we are able to turn danger into disaster time and time again, no matter what is good or bad."
, as long as Mr. Da is here, we can guarantee the peace of our Phoenix Town for another hundred years."
"Yes, yes, as long as Mr. Da is here, Phoenix Town will always be safe and healthy."
The squires toasted one after another and put on big hats. The speaker quickly said humbly that it was everyone's praise and the mayor's contribution was the greatest.
After a round of drinks, someone asked out of curiosity: "Mr. Da, what will be the consequences if someone removes the sutures on the eyes of the female corpse?"
Hearing this, the speaker's face suddenly became serious: "If you paint a dragon without finishing the eyes, or paint a tiger with a pupil, we call this kind of enlightenment and borrowing the yang!"
"The reason why the murderer sewed the female corpse's eyes shut was because he didn't want her to see what the real murderer looked like. If Fenghuang Town untied the sutures on the female corpse's eyes, she would see the residents of Fenghuang Town and identify them as her murderer.