Chapter 13 Hungry people eat each other but don’t admire beautiful sheep ()
Chang Xiao took out Leng Tou Qing's pocket again, fiddled with the jade pendant, flipped through the yellow papers, and finally took out the almost torn book. He threw it to the little maid Ping'er aside and said:
"Read."
Chang Xiao has now recovered most of his Traditional Chinese cognitive ability and can fully understand the Traditional Chinese characters in books, but he still finds it troublesome and directly asks Ping'er to read it.
The little maid Ping'er's smiling face immediately turned red, and she whispered: "Master, we are riding in the car. Last time you asked Nu'er to read Jin Ping Mei to you, and you acted like that halfway through the book. It's not good for us to do that in the car...
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Chang Xiao was stunned for a moment, then he rubbed his forehead vigorously, and secretly sighed that Mr. Chang has so many tricks up his sleeve. He asked this little maid to read some obscene words and flirty words. Tsk, tsk, I'll find one to try when I have time!
Perhaps the ancient people had nothing to do once it got dark and could only do these things, so modern people are far behind the ancient people in this regard!
Chang Xiao glared at Ping'er angrily, and Ping'er immediately hid her red face behind the book. When she saw that it wasn't those dirty words, she started reading happily.
"The way to heaven and earth is tangible, and thoughts are in the changing winds and clouds..."
Chang Xiao quickly stopped and asked: "What does this mean?" Chang Xiao was a soldier in his previous life, and his education level can only be said to be average, or very average. Compared to that world, in this world
In addition to being half-familiar with a few traditional Chinese characters, the world is no different from an illiterate. When it comes to allusions, it is even more difficult to ask. The first sentence at the beginning is called "Chang Xiao doesn't know what to say, pervert,"
What's going on?
Ping'er looked at Chang Xiao strangely and said: "Young Master, this is a poem by Cheng Mingdao of the Song Dynasty. The Tao connects the heaven and the earth, which is tangible and invisible. It talks about the intangible way of thinking about the changes in the wind and clouds. It says that the gods can exist outside the sky."
It comes and goes freely in the changing winds and clouds.”
Chang Xiao really didn't expect that this little maid knew so much, and then he remembered that this bottle had been taken in by the Chang family since she was two years old. It was specially raised for him by the maid of the first wife, that is, the little wife reserve.
Naturally, the discipline was very strict. This little maid was always with him when he taught, and he learned a lot. In fact, he was even more educated than Mr. Chang.
Chang Xiao sighed in his heart that he was lucky. He found such a body. Not only did he get an official job when he came, he was also a relative of the emperor. He was the only one with no one to compete for the property. Even the maids were not low-educated. Tsk tsk, it was just too much.
It's a bit small and hard to swallow.
Then Chang Xiao leaned back and asked the little maid to continue reading to him.
What Chang Xiao sounds interesting is the division of strength, essence, vitality, true energy, elixir energy, and gang energy in this book. The book says that strength is normal physical strength, which is nothing, and starts with essence.
That's interesting. The book says: "Jing Qi is a thing, and wandering souls are changes. This is why we know the conditions of ghosts and gods." It also says: "The reason why people are born is Jing Qi."
The meaning of the book is that life begins when the yin and yang of the parents meet, and the wandering soul is thrown into the mother's womb and takes the form of the body through the essence of the parents, which means "the essence is a thing". This is called life.
The end of life results from the aging of the body, the separation of yin and yang, and the loss of the soul. This is called death.
Once the body dies, the soul loses its place and becomes a wandering soul again. When the yin and yang meet again and feel the qi and qi are in harmony, it is the beginning of life again. This is the meaning of "the wandering soul changes".
The transformation of a wandering soul is a major change between death and life, but the new life after the transformation is not necessarily human life. It depends on what his intentions were during his lifetime. The intention is for humans to remain human, the intention is for ghosts and gods, and for other animals.
, are ghosts, gods or other animals.
When Chang Xiao heard this paragraph, he was shocked and asked Ping'er to read it carefully. Doesn't this paragraph describe the situation when his wandering soul was thrown into Mr. Chang's body? Although Chang Xiao still didn't understand the reason for the possession, but about the
After hearing this passage, Chang Xiao was convinced!
The book about vitality says: "Heaven and earth are born from vitality and are the ancestors of all things." Heaven and earth are all created by vitality. People with sufficient vitality are free from all diseases and have a strong body. If vitality is thin, the body will be weak.
As for true qi, it is produced by the combination of vitality and essence. It is a mysterious and mysterious thing. According to the book, once true qi is cultivated and strengthened, you can use infinite Taoist magic and magical powers to cultivate true qi.
It is tantamount to stepping into the threshold of cultivating immortality with one foot.
As for elixir qi, it is said that the seeds of the golden elixir must be refined. What is the golden elixir is not explained in detail in the book. Gang qi is evolved from the elixir qi, which is also not explained in detail in the book.
Chang Xiao recalled that Leng Tou Qing said that he had just come out of cultivation. Apparently Leng Tou Qing had one foot in the door of cultivating immortals. Chang Xiao couldn't help but feel happy when he thought that he could also set fire or even fly into the clouds and become an immortal. Now, now
It's not like he just came here, he has basically accepted the idea of gods and ghosts.
Unfortunately, after Ping'er read about ten pages, Chang Xiao gradually lost his energy. Obviously this is a popular science book on Taoism. It talks about some simple principles of Taoism, such as the existence of the spirit and leaving the body, and the cultivation of fetal breath.
There was also Zhang Guo's Qi Method, etc., etc., but they were all mentioned casually, without mentioning the specific details of cultivation, just like an outline. These things were of no use to Chang Xiao, so he asked Ping'er to stop.
Down, put it away.
Then Ping'er took out the list prepared by Mrs. Chang. Perhaps because of Mrs. Chang's instructions, Ping'er explained to Chang Xiao what was going on with this person, what was going on with that person, and what happened to the Chang family whenever she had time.
Chang Xiao was very concerned about the situation in the capital. This was the foundation of his future world. It was difficult for Ping'er to remember so many people's affairs clearly.
After wandering for more than ten days, Chang Xiao stopped riding in the car and gave Ping'er the car to enjoy while he rode a horse. For him,
It's more comfortable on horseback than in a car. You can also chat more with Manager Lin. Manager Lin is an old man who knows a lot and has seen a lot. Chang Xiao is short of these things now.
Along the way, the number of pedestrians on the road gradually increased. Chang Xiao couldn't help but laugh at the scene in front of him. He saw ragged refugees everywhere on the road. Chang Xiao learned about Shaanxi University from Manager Lin.
There was a drought, and it was a severe drought that lasted for many years. Their road happened to intersect with the road from Shaanxi to the capital, so the number of refugees suddenly increased.
It wouldn't matter if these refugees were just in ragged clothes and skinny, but each of them looked numb, bent over and moved forward numbly, as if they didn't know where they were going. They felt like walking corpses that had lost their souls.
It is the most terrifying thing. Walking in it, there is a lifeless feeling everywhere, especially under the fog in the early morning. It is like falling into an endless hell.
Chang Xiao also discovered a very strange phenomenon. There were no children among these refugees, and there were very few women. They were all men, and there were even very few elderly people.
This is a bit strange, but Chang Xiao's curiosity is not that serious. In his opinion, maybe it is because women, children, and the elderly walk slower, so they are slowly being left behind, or these people have too weak resistance.
Died of illness.
Although he still had some other thoughts in his mind, he didn't want to think about it, let alone ask Manager Lin and Chang You who knew the truth next to him. He didn't want to know the truth.
The truth that he was unwilling to come into contact with was confirmed an hour later.
I don’t know who first noticed that there was a woman in the refugee team. This woman was wearing ragged clothes but her chest was tied tightly. In fact, this woman was so hungry that she was skin and bones. Even if she was not wearing clothes, she would not be able to tell anything.
She was discovered because she was carrying a bamboo basket on her back. From the bamboo basket came the cry of a baby that was muffled under layers of wrapping. It was this small, almost inaudible cry that made the numb refugees around her cry.
They suddenly straightened up and looked at the woman, greedy light blooming in their extremely hungry eyes.
I don’t know since when, women have had a name called "Bumu Yang", which means that women's meat tastes more delicious than mutton. Children also have a name called "Helan Gu", which means that the child's meat is soft and rotten.
Chew it and it will be cooked as soon as it is cooked.
Chang Xiao saw the commotion in front of him and was surprised. When he walked over, the woman had been torn apart by the refugees. The child who was hidden in the basket and pressed tightly by the thick grass was also pulled out and torn into countless pieces.
The fragments, not to mention the meat, even the blood spilled on the ground were picked up by the refugees and swallowed with dirt particles. If they bitten stones, they were held in their mouths like sugar for a long time before they were willing to spit them out.
During this fight for cannibalism, two people choked to death, and several were seriously injured during the fight. The two who choked to death and the seriously injured were eaten again. It felt like a group of crows were eating each other.
Just like robbing carrion on the ground.
It's hard to imagine that these refugees, who looked so skinny and should have no strength at all, would actually burst out with such powerful force at this time. They could tear people's arms from their shoulders, smash people's skulls with their bare hands, and dig out their brains.
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Even Chang Xiao's mind is iron-clad, but he can't help but feel chills at this moment! If Chang Xiao's temper is followed, he should kill all these inhumane refugees at this time, but he knows that killing these refugees will only attract more refugees.
Let’s just share cannibalism. How many people are willing to eat human flesh? We are all forced to eat each other by hunger. Who can blame us?
There were also many refugees with gleaming eyes, staring at Chang Xiao and his group. Unfortunately, they were just looking at Chang Xiao and his group. There were nearly a hundred big men with knives in Chang Xiao's group, and many of them had muskets on their waists.
Who without eyesight would bump into someone looking for death? So the journey was quite peaceful.
The group of people walked all the way without stopping. Chang Xiao didn't want to look back, and he didn't want to think about why there were no old people, women, or children in the group. Chang Xiao used to hear about the troubled times. He didn't feel anything at that time, but only now.
Know what it means to be in troubled times.
As I was walking, I suddenly heard a noise coming from in front of me. The sound came like a tide, followed by the loud shouts of the refugees, who ran forward one by one.
Chang Xiao was startled and looked at Manager Lin next to him.
Manager Lin was used to walking on the road, and he said with a vigilant look in his eyes: "Sir, it looks like the refugees have encountered bandits."
"Bandits?"
Steward Lin pushed his legs into the stirrups, jumped up and stood on the saddle, opened his eyes, and then his face changed. He didn't even reply to Chang Xiao's questions, but kept shouting: "Back off, back off!"