Dow and Carbon-Based Monkey Breeding Guidelines

Chapter 272

Although Suoyi claims to be a single country, in fact, there is no imperial court. In the afternoon, the county government, the islands are scattered, and each is a village.On the archipelago, there are officials for life affairs, death affairs, and medicine affairs, all of which are appointed by the high priest in the half-underworld city, and there are no other editorial officials.

Among the three officials of Harmusuoluo Island, Jingshi has seen the officials of life and medicine, and the officials of medicine, but Wuma, the official of death, has not met.According to what Fei Zhou said, when a fluke person on the island felt that he was about to die, he would go into the mountains to find the official responsible for the death, but all the affairs after his death would be handled by one of them.However, Huo Zhou refused to say how to deal with it, and only asked Jing Shi to go out with him at night to watch it, which seemed to be quite affectionate.

At this moment when Gu'erwan heard that Jingshi wanted to see Wuma, he had a reluctance on his face.Let me first talk about the dangerous terrain of the island where Wuma lives, and how hard it is to climb it. Seeing the thorns and stones, he is unmoved, and then changes his name to say that Wuma, the dead official, has a eccentric temperament and speaks crazy.After pushing back and forth like this, Cai just said dejectedly, "New official, you can see Wuma if you want to. I'll take you to his field, and when the time comes, tell him not to let me into his house."

Hearing what he said was serious, Jing Shi asked, "Are you afraid of him?"

Gu'er Wan said: "I'm not even afraid of wild boars, how can I be afraid of this monster? But he speaks in a strange way, which makes people tremble when they hear it."

In fact, since Jingshi entered the Yanke Kingdom, he has seen Yanke people speak strangely except for the abandoned boats and splashes, especially the crooked mandarin in Gu'erwan. Does that mean his voice is weird?"

Gu'er Wan said: "His tone is not bad, it's just what he said. I can't tell you clearly, you will know when you go." After hearing this, Jing Shi didn't ask any more questions, just let him lead the way.

There are many mountains on Hamusuo Island, all of which are in the belly, accounting for about [-]%, and the peaks and mountains are not very steep, but the gullies are secluded and dense, and the depth is unpredictable.According to Gu'er Wan, when the tide was high in the past years, a dead animal was seen in the sea off the island. It is believed that the wild animal in the mountain accidentally fell into the valley, and the depths were secretly connected to the abyss, so the corpse was left in the sea.

Yan fluke is gifted with extraordinary talent, strong and vigorous, and can climb high and leap long distances.Jingshi didn't have this ability, so he had to pick up a wooden stick and walk slowly along the road.Fortunately, Gu'er Wan knows the terrain well, so he doesn't worry about getting lost and making mistakes.

The two of them walked one after the other, and when they reached halfway up the mountain, Gu Erwan pointed a stick at Lin Hou and said, "That building is Wu Ma's residence, I don't want to go there again." Jing Shi looked where he pointed, but After seeing the forest, there is a small building with hanging feet on the bottom and hanging banners on all sides.The whole body of the building wall is pitch-black, with no complicated decorations, only white flags hanging under the octagonal eaves, which makes it look serene and quiet.

Jing Shi watched for a while, then came to the front of the building again, but knocked several times, but no one answered inside, tried to push the door, and it opened.There was no lamp or candle inside, and it was as dark as night.Jing Shi stood where he was, and asked aloud, "Wuma is here?"

There was a moment of silence in the room before there was a vague response.His whimpering sound was vague, like talking in a dream.Jing Shi said again: "I am a new director on the island. I am here to visit and ask for advice."

The strange noise in the room is still unresponsive, just gurgling.Jingshi got Gu'erwan to remind him in advance, knowing that Wuma spoke strangely, but he was not frightened.Unexpectedly, his voice was grunting continuously, and he walked around the house, the more he heard it, the less it sounded like a living person.

Jing Shi felt something was wrong, and he was worried about the darkness in the house, so he didn't dare to enter, so he stepped back a little at that moment, wanting to find Gu'er Wan to ask for clarification.Looking back suddenly, I saw a fluke standing downstairs behind me at some point, staring at me with pity.This person was wrapped in rags, dusty and ragged, with black hair and bald spots, exposing the white and dead skin underneath, just like a corpse raised from a grave.He holds a sack in his left hand, which is big enough to hold people, and the inside seems to be full, half of it is dragged on the ground, and he holds a rusty hatchet in his right hand.There are mottled stains on the blade of the hatchet, the color is dull, and I don't know what has been stained.

This person appeared downstairs, within ten feet of Jing Shi, there was no movement at all.Jing Shi suddenly took a step back and almost fell into the house.Just as he was about to raise his stick to defend himself, he heard this person say: "What's the matter, my lord?" Although his voice was very stiff, it seemed that he hadn't opened his mouth for a long time, but his enunciation was more correct than Gu Er Wan's words.

Jing Shi was unprepared at the beginning, he was slightly frightened by him, but he heard his words as usual, so he asked, "Are you Wuma, the death official?"

This Yan fluke said humanely: "Yes. What's the matter, my lord?" When he spoke, he looked at Jingshi, but his head was lowered, his eyes slanted upwards, staring through the messy hair on his forehead, his posture was really terrified.Jing Shi swept the hatchet in his hand, and replied: "I am new to this island, and I want to meet the master here first."

Hearing these words, the other party finally raised his head and faced Jing Shi head-on.But he saw his face was swollen and white everywhere, it didn't look like a living person's face, but like a thick layer of dead skin, with putrid muscles and black blood hidden underneath. With all five senses, it was clearly another face.

The appearance of this tumor is also strange, it is neither a fluke monkey face nor an ordinary person in the inland area. The cheekbones are faceless, the nose is as flat as a shave, only two thin black holes can be seen, the lips are yellow and the eyes are tightly closed, I don’t know Is there any sanity under this face?

Jing Shi reads extensively and has studied medicine. He knows that there is a kind of strange baby in the world. Before the mother and fetus are fully developed, they become a union of two people.This disease is extremely rare, I didn't expect to meet him in person, I couldn't help being surprised.

Although he was surprised from the bottom of his heart, he was inconvenient to look at other people's illnesses for a long time because of the etiquette of the guests.After quickly seeing the appearance of the tumor, he immediately moved his eyes up and met Wu Ma's face.Wu Ma smiled at him and said, "My lord, please come inside."

His smile is also extremely difficult to recognize, because only the superficial skin is moving, and the underlying muscles and bones are not visible, as if wearing a leather cover, making people unwilling to look at it.However, Jing Shi has always been interested in finding strange things, and he is not frightened by his ugly appearance. Looking closely at his facial features, he finds that Wuma's original face is not very weird, but his face is swollen and white, which makes his mouth and nose appear. distortion.Immediately deserved a sound, strode into the house.

Wu Ma followed suit, pulling up the hanging curtain on the wall, revealing the round window without latticework on all sides.Eight sides of the building are illuminated by light, which immediately illuminates the layout of the building clearly.But I saw that the decorations in the building are similar to abandoned boats, but there are no white candles, and the mats hanging on the wall are also very old, and the paintings on them are mottled and half obliterated.In the middle of the house is placed a black vat, which is as high as Jingshi's waist and abdomen, enough to accommodate two people.In addition, it was empty, not to mention tables, chairs, pots, and even a bed.

While looking at it, Wuma walked to the side of the tank, squatted down, and lifted a leather blanket on the ground to reveal the hidden compartment underneath.The first time the leather blanket was removed, I heard the whirring and gurgling inside, and a small animal with a dark head came out.Looking at the appearance of this thing again, its tail is curled up, its nose is raised, its ears are slapped and its fangs are slapped, it is vaguely a young wild boar.Now that he was out of the dark space, he kept grunting and screaming, sniffing around the house, especially for the black vat, he repeatedly bumped his head, as if trying to overthrow it.

Jingshi heard strange noises outside the door earlier, and thought it was Wuma, but he didn't think that there was a young dolphin in the house, whether it was for companionship or for meat.Just as he was fascinated by the sight, the little black pig suddenly raised its head, sniffed at him, then suddenly left the black pot and ran straight to his feet.Jing Shi saw that although it was not big, its fangs were protruding, he couldn't help feeling defensive, he clenched the stick slightly in his hand, but fortunately this little black pig didn't bite, it just walked around his feet to sniff back and forth, and arched again. Hit again, I don't know what it means.

Wuma was silent at first, but when he saw the little black pig wandering around Jingshi's feet, his eyes shone slightly, and he sat cross-legged on the ground and asked, "Does your lord have any old illnesses?"

Jing Shi was startled and said: "No."

Wuma said again: "Has your lord ever made enemies with others?"

Jing Shi shook his head and said, "Not at all. What's the use of asking these questions?"

Wuma looked at him and said, "My lord is about to die."

Although Jing Shi heard Gu'er Wan talk about the strangeness of Wuma, he didn't think that the other party not only didn't know how to greet, but also sent such ominous words.He himself is proficient in metaphysics, and he also knows that fate is unpredictable, and it is not something ordinary people can peek into.If you happen to meet an alchemist to tell a fortune on land, and listen to this comment, you must be cheating to get floating money.But I don't know what the purpose is to think that the country does not set up official currency, does not value gold and silver, and Wuma has no enmity with him.

He didn't know what was going on in his mind, so he had to stretch his feet a little bit, pulled the trousers out of the little black pig's mouth, and then asked: "What does Mr. Wu Ma say?"

Wuma said: "Wuka drank dead water for a living since he was a child, and he can distinguish people who are about to die. If you get close to it today, you will surely die within three years."

Jing Shi listened to what he said, and knew that this "Wuka" was the black pig at the foot.Looking down at Wuka, his legs are short, his belly is round, and he walks shaky, he is really stupid, how can he stop the matter of life and death.He shook his head and said, "Death and life are not up to me, so it's useless to be afraid. I'm here today to know the affairs of the island. I heard that Mr. Wuma is in charge of the affairs of the island. I don't know how to deal with it?"

As if Wu Ma had never heard of it, he stared straight at him and asked, "What does your lord know about death?"

Jing Shi frowned and said: "The soul returns to the sky, the soul enters the earth, what is there is returned to what is not, and the real returns to the void."

The words and sentences he said are actually the epilogue of "Dongliu Ge", which is one of the three songs in Qingdu that focuses on meridians and viscera.Although the monks lived a long time, most of them still could not escape death, and although the scriptures were mainly given to Mengtong, he did not deny this.As a native of Yanjiu country, Wu Ma has probably never heard the three songs of Qingdu in his life, but because of this sentence, he is very straightforward. He can understand the meaning of Jingshi without difficulty. He just squeezed his lips and smiled and said: " The soul returns to the sky, and the soul enters the earth, where is the lord?"

Jing Shi said: "Of course I have nothing."

Wuma said again: "Then was the master a soul or a soul in life?"

When Jing Shi was asked here, he couldn't help but feel a little strange. He realized the meaning of Gu'erwan before, and replied: "All souls exist, so I can exist. Just like a line of business, losing a wheel is not a relationship, and losing a room is also Not for public opinion."

Ever since he was approached by that little black pig, Wuma has been staring at him all the time, answering like this for a while, without even blinking an eye.Hearing what Jing Shi said at this moment, he turned his gray pupils away, looked at the void and said: "The wheel is a dead thing, and the box is a dead thing. When combined together, it looks like it can move, but it is still a dead thing. Even if you have a soul, my lord And how do you know that you are living and dying?"

Jing Shi said: "According to your inference, there is no living thing in the world, and there is no life and death. They are all made up of parts and made up of parts."

Wu Ma squeezed the superficial skin on his face and smiled again, nodded and said: "I think so."

Jing Shi looked at him and said, "Then what you say and think now is not yours."

Wu Ma said: "That's right. Everything you think about is made of parts. Although you think it's 'live', it's actually the same as a car and boat, but it's just a delicate appliance."

Hearing his answer like this, Jing Shi was speechless, and asked after a while: "What is the purpose of you telling me this?"

Wu Ma said: "Your Excellency will die in three years, so I tell you now. There is no difference between life and death. I hope you don't need to be sad."

How could Jing Shi think that he went around and went back to the original question in the end, he really didn't know whether to laugh or cry, he shook his head and said: "Thank you, actually I don't feel sad."

Wu Ma said: "It's very good, my lord is very perceptive." After speaking, he stood up, tiptoed and removed the wooden cover on the top of the black vat, and continued: "Earlier, my lord asked me what I was doing, and the answer was in the vat. , my lord, please look."

Changing the conversation, his attitude was very natural, which caught Jing Shi a little off guard.Fortunately, Jing Shi didn't pay much attention to this "three-year death" matter, if the other party didn't mention it, he ignored it, and just stepped forward to check the tank.He knew that Wuma was a "death official" before, and saw that the tank was huge enough to accommodate several people, so he secretly had an idea, but when he went up to look, there was no bones or bones in it, only one Wang Qingshui, there is a little white foam floating on the water edge, besides, it is so clear that you can see the bottom at a glance.

After Jingshi looked at the situation in the tank, he turned his head to look at Wuma, waiting for him to answer his questions.Wu Ma put down the tank cover and said: "Everyone in our country who has exhausted his life expectancy must have known it a few years before his death, so he came to my place to record the exact date. After he died, the corpse will be completely melted in water within ten days, collected When it returns to the sea, sea foam will grow.”

Jing Shi heard the words and asked: "Since you die and turn into water, why don't you throw yourself into the sea?"

Wuma said: "If you are not a sage, you are not allowed to enter the sea with your whole body. You must store the leftover water for three years, take the sediment and return it to the sea, and discard the rest. This is an ancient rule and must not be violated."

Hearing what he said, Jing Shi recalled the incident of the sea sacrifice.Previously, people didn't know the customs of this place, and they all felt that it was barbaric to sacrifice a living person to the gods, but they didn't think that this is a great honor, not everyone can do it.

He thought about this matter in his heart, and Wuma next to him still looked up at him and said, "Is there anything else you want to ask, my lord?"

Jing Shi shook his head, and saw Wu Ma picked up the little black pig at his feet, walked to the wall, sat cross-legged, and closed his eyes to rest.Although the black pig was nestling in Wuma's arms, it still sniffed its nostrils towards Jingshi, expressing its love.It's a pity that Jingshi has already heard what Wu Ma said, so he really doesn't like the little animal's closeness.Seeing that Wu Ma hinted to chase away the guests, he cupped his hands and quietly retreated outside the house.When he got to the door, he glanced back inadvertently, and was shocked to see that the tumor on Wu Ma's chin had opened his eyes at some point, his eyes were like paint, and he was looking at each other faintly.

He felt this strange, stopped immediately, and then looked closely, but the eyes were still closed on the tumor, no difference from before.On the contrary, Wu Ma heard the movement, opened his eyes and said, "What's the matter, my lord?"

Seeing that he looked normal, Jing Shi shook his head and said, "It's nothing." He closed the door with his backhand, and went downstairs through the forest.

It took him quite a while to climb the mountain together with Gu'erwan, now he came out of the Diaolou, he saw the slanting sun hanging on the peak, and it was almost dusk, he expected that if he walked at night, it would be extremely difficult, so he couldn't help stepping a little harder.Before walking dozens of steps, Gu'erwan jumped from the top of the tree in front of him, with a stick in one hand, he raised his head and asked, "Why have you been here for so long?"

Jing Shi said: "Just a few words, it didn't take too long."

Gu'erwan rolled his eyes sideways and said: "It would be useless for you to talk to him a few more words. I told you earlier that he has a weird tune, how is it now?"

Jing Shi hummed and said: "It's really different and thought-provoking." After saying that, he didn't stop, he continued to walk on the road.He was good at memorizing by force, he was led by Gu'er Wan to walk all the way before, and he had already memorized the road conditions along the way, so he didn't need Gu'er Wan to point him out.

Gu'erwan followed him and said, "Xinguaner, what do you mean by being thought-provoking?"

Jing Shi said: "What do you most want to know?"

Gu'er Wan scratched his head and thought for a while, "I want to know which forest grows the most fruit right now."

Jing Shi nodded and said: "If someone teaches you what kind of trees are easy to grow fruit, it will make you think deeply."

Gu'erwan said suspiciously: "New official, don't lie to me. Don't I know Wuma's legs and feet? They hang upside down on the island, and they can't find food in winter, and they have to rely on the old lady Shuihua to help them. How does he know where?" How many fruits?"

Jing Shi smiled and said: "Actually, I don't like to eat fruit." He stopped dwelling on this point and asked instead: "It's strange that you only spoke Wuma before, why didn't you mention his appearance?"

Gu'erwan tilted his head and said, "What do you think he has?" He clenched his fist and put it under his chin, pretending to be a bump on the man's face, and stuck out his tongue and winked his eyes, roughly pretending to be Wuma's face.He acted like this, seeing that Jing Shi refused to laugh, he seemed very bored, put down his hands and said: "The old woman Shuihua told me that Wuma's little face was originally a brother of the first child, and his position was not good when he was born. Then he grew into one body with Wuma, and died within a few years of birth. I saw that his brother died, and because the two were together, he couldn't be buried together. I blamed the poor man, so I didn't laugh at him. Anyway. It's not too strange to say it's weird, it's not as annoying as him." After saying that, he couldn't help but put on a grimace, but he didn't show Jing Shi specifically, it was purely for his own amusement.

Jing Shi saw him jumping around, suddenly asked: "Is the fetus on his body stillborn?"

Gu'erwan replied: "It's been many years since I died. The old lady Shuihua said that they are connected, and if Wuma doesn't die, he won't be able to bury his brother, so it's just dragging on like this."

Jing Shi nodded, didn't mention the glance before leaving, just hurried on his way.The two walked in a hurry, and finally got off the high ground before dark and returned to the village.At this time, every house was closed and the surrounding area was quiet. The two walked into the official inn. Gu'erwan took out a long candle from nowhere, lit it and placed it on the small table in front of the couch.Jing Shi took a look, and secretly felt that the size and shape of this candle was quite familiar, as if it came from the disabled boat's house.

After lighting the candles in Gu'erwan, he cupped his hands to Jing Shi and said, "It's getting late, let's take a break for the new official today. I'll come back to the village tomorrow and show you around."

Jing Shi sat down by the couch and asked, "Isn't your family in the village?"

Gu'erwan held the stick and said: "I like to live in the forest, where there is a lot of wind at night, these wooden boxes are very stuffy." Then he skipped away.

Seeing that he left in a hurry, Jing Shi didn't have time to say anything else. After another day of trekking, he folded his clothes on the couch and lay down, ready to fall asleep.It was during the half-dream and half-awake period that I suddenly heard a crackling sound outside the window beside the bed, which seemed to be the sound of stepping on branches. I immediately opened my eyes and opened the window, and then looked outside, only to see a frosty moonlight.

(End of this chapter)