White Bone Monkey King

Strange things in the mountains and wilds, 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 "when people die, they will leave their photos with tea and cool candles."

The ancients have always used candles as metaphors for human eyes, such as Zhuzhi, Zhucha, and Zhujian. Therefore, the candle here not only refers to the candlelight that illuminates the world, but also refers to who is the filial son and grandson after death. A pair of human eyes.

There is 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 in their eyeballs. The shadow will come to seek revenge after death.

So these kidnappers always cover their faces when robbing meat tickets and killing people 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 very typical town in the Jiangnan area, 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 or six hundred people. They have set up seats at the only entrance and exit of the town. The stone archway is 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 village steals the limelight from this place. It looks like a phoenix spreading its wings and surrounding the entire Fenghuang Town. Natural and man-made disasters are resisted, forming a unique iron-barrel country pattern. Although people who grow up in the mountains cannot be rich, they can keep their children and grandchildren healthy for the rest of their lives. As long as their children and grandchildren are willing to live diligently and down-to-earth, there will be enough mountains and water to eat and drink.

Today's Fenghuang Town is still the same as usual peaceful days. Before last night's morning fog has completely cleared 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 the old black cow is really too old. There is not much effort in plowing today, and the soil cannot be turned over, 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, it will inevitably affect this year. crops harvest.

The key is that this old black cow is raised by several families. Today it is this family's turn to plow, tomorrow it is that family's turn to plow, and the day after tomorrow it is the other family's turn to plow... If you are delayed today, it will affect a series of things later. Even if you want to continue plowing the ground at night to remedy the situation, it is impossible, and the other families will never 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 their bags and took a look. The screams broke the early morning calm. Soon, the news that a female body was plowed out of the paddy fields spread a lot in Fenghuang Town, which has a small population. People who came after hearing the news The townspeople surrounded the paddy field three levels inside and three levels outside.

The death of the female corpse was so tragic that the adults were so frightened that they quickly covered the children's eyes.

The face of the female corpse was ferocious, with an expression of hatred and anger. The upper and lower eyelids of both eyes were sewn shut with needles and threads. 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 it sewed people's eyelids 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. At the instruction 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 come and see the condition of the female corpse. The talker was a local expert who knew a lot about mountaineering, medicine, fortune-telling, 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 body back? Who will continue to be responsible for carrying the coffin? It was a good burial and did not bother Phoenix Town. Although there was a small incident in the middle, fortunately, the person who talked about it said all the good things to the female body. After burning incense and candles and paper money, after a good meal and comfort, everything finally went smoothly.

By the time all this was done, it was already dusk.

In front of the newly sealed 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 hold a big banquet." , beat the gongs and drums for seven days, if nothing happens during these seven days, it means 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: "Rooster and auspicious are homophonic, which is called bringing happiness, bringing good luck, and driving away bad luck. Moreover, the rooster is a sunbird with bright and colorful feathers, and its shape is like a phoenix, so in the Chinese zodiac, the rooster is also compared to the phoenix. It belongs to the pure yang of heaven and earth, and ghosts and gods make changes. Finding a rooster to get married coincides with the name of our Fenghuang town. The phoenix is ​​replaced by a rooster, and the phoenix is ​​replaced by a hen. Using phoenix to celebrate marriage can enhance the yang energy of the people in Fenghuang town. Eliminate disasters and ward off evil spirits.”

The old mayor wondered: "Mr. Big, do you really have to hold a banquet for seven days in a row to celebrate the occasion? Can you only use 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 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 roosters and hens locked in two iron cages. Both iron cages had festive stickers on them. The big red 囍 characters are firmly tied together with red satin.

At the banquet, Mr. Da, the old mayor, and some well-known squires and wealthy businessmen from Fenghuang Town sat at the same table, toasting each other, and the atmosphere was harmonious.

Even the young apprentice of the speaker was lucky enough to sit at the same table with these people.

It can be seen that the speaker loves his little apprentice very much. He took him out to see the world in advance and introduced him to the big shots in the town.

A wealthy businessman raised a 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 it? Holding a banquet all night to celebrate? Mr. Da took us busy from morning to night today, everything was very urgent and rushed, and we didn't have time to ask this question until now."

At this time, other tablemates also looked at the speaker.

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 needles and thread?”

Before anyone could answer, the speaker had already asked and answered his own question: "In some places, in order to prevent the deceased from seeing his appearance, and not wanting to be visited by revenge at any time while sleeping at night, the murderer will gouge out the eyes of the deceased. But to be honest, this is the first time that I have had my eyes stitched together like today."

"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 something that no one 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 my best to say good things to her, telling her that she had her fault and that Fenghuang Town would give her a good life and a good burial, and asked her not to get involved with the innocent people of Fenghuang Town before she agreed. Let’s 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 Phoenix 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 keep our Phoenix Town peaceful 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 humbly said that it was everyone's praise and the mayor's contribution was the greatest.

After a round of toasts, someone asked curiously: "Mr. Da, what will happen if someone removes the sutures on the eyes of the female corpse?"

Hearing this, the speaker's face suddenly became serious: "Painting a dragon without dotting the eyes, painting a tiger without dotting the pupils. A paper painter only draws eyes without dotting the eyes. In our industry, this is called enlightenment, borrowing the sun! It is a big taboo!"

"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, the first thing she would see would be us Fenghuang Town residents, and everyone would be If you identify yourself as her murderer, you will be in great trouble!"

The speaker continued with a solemn expression: "The real murderer abandoned the female body in Fenghuang Town. He probably had this harmful intention and wanted to move the trouble eastward and blame us. Fortunately, the mayor had people protect the body in time. No one was allowed to destroy the body, otherwise our Phoenix Town would be implicated."

The squires present here ate delicacies from the mountains and seas and wore rich clothes. How could they have heard of these taboos among the people? Even the old mayor broke out in a cold sweat after hearing this explanation. He couldn't help but said with fear: "Fortunately, we Phoenix Mr. Da is here in the town, otherwise we fools like us who don’t know anything will really make a big mistake."

Unexpectedly, as soon as the old mayor finished speaking, the young apprentice sitting next to Mr. Big smashed the wine glass in his hand to the ground, his face turned pale, and he looked like he was out of his mind.

The speaker frowned and asked himself what happened to this apprentice. The young apprentice stumbled out of his mind and said: "Master, Master, I forgot to tell you something... Before carrying the coffin during the day, I saw that the woman was pitiful and she was alone. Her body was exposed in the wilderness, she died in a foreign land, even though she was dead, she was subjected to inhuman treatment and her eyes were sewn open with needles and threads... She couldn't bear it... Just a soft-hearted person cut the stitches for her without permission before carrying the coffin. Wire……"

The more the young apprentice talked, the paler and colorless his face became: "Master, I also have good intentions...she, she shouldn't come to me..."

"What!"

"Asshole! Why didn't you tell me about such a big thing earlier!"

The speaker stood up with a livid face and his body was shaking with anger.

The little apprentice explained to himself with a sad face: "At that time, I picked off the sutures and saw that the eyes of the corpse had been closed, and there was nothing abnormal, so... I forgot to tell Master about this... Master, I was really wrong, I, what should I do? Yes, Master, you must save me..."

The little apprentice cried out, which immediately attracted the attention of other guests at the table.

It was too late to blame again at this time. The speaker hurriedly looked at the old mayor: "Mayor, the eyes of the person in the coffin have been opened and the orifices have been opened. Those who are still alive must not be buried! We must dig up the grave immediately. Carry out the coffin. A cold and humid place is best for raising a corpse. You must not let the coffin fall to the ground and absorb the moisture and air from the ground! I hope it's not too late, the corpse has not absorbed enough moisture, and the corpse's skin has not yet softened. Open your eyes again. !”

As he said that, the speaker glared at his self-made disciple who failed to live up to expectations, found a lantern, and hurriedly ran to the new grave outside the town on the night road.