Savage Secret

() Cheng Jiu has a younger brother named Cheng Jian, who is in his 30s. Although he was born in turbulent times, he likes reading very much. After resuming the college entrance examination, he was admitted to university with hard work and hard work. After graduation, he worked in a large machinery company in Chengdu. After going to work, he was promoted to the factory manager within a few years. He was hailed as a new star in the factory and was the key promotion target of the organization.Two days after Cheng Jiu was lost, Cheng Jian received a telegram from his family. After receiving the telegram, Cheng Jian asked for leave and rushed home anxiously.

God didn't show favor to the factory director at all, and Cheng Jian's brother Cheng Jiu didn't suddenly appear because of his return.They searched all the places Cheng Jiu often went, the places he should go, and even the places he shouldn't go, but they still couldn't find Cheng Jiu's person.So, someone secretly gave his parents an idea to find Zhang Shenxian.

Cheng Jian was full of knowledge, so he naturally didn't believe in folk soul-hunting, so Cheng Jian's parents didn't tell him, but Cheng Jian soon found out how this matter could be kept secret at home.

Cheng Jian is a man of culture, so he should be a bit self-cultivated to become the factory manager, but now it is not what it used to be, his brother Cheng Jiu is not seen alive, and his dead body is very stimulating to him, coupled with the anger accumulated after several days of hard work As soon as Cheng Jian arrived at the execution ground, he rushed past the people who blocked him, and directly pulled out the blood figurines laid down by Zhang Shenxian.He was still cursing and swearing non-stop, spreading all the grievances in his heart on Zhang Shenxian, but luckily his parents desperately stopped him.

Because of his parents, Cheng Jian's anger calmed down a little, but he was still not reconciled, pointing at Zhang Shenxian from a distance: "If you can find my brother back today, I deserve to have a thousand needles, otherwise I will let the police The bureau came to arrest you, a liar." Cheng Jian's parents hurriedly covered his mouth.

Regarding this, Zhang Shenxian just gave him a cold look, and started to do it!Zhang Shenxian chanted a mantra for a while, worshiped the world, and seemed to be talking to himself for a while, then jumped a few times, then danced for half an hour on the altar with his head shaking, and finally asked his disciples to dance Cheng Jiu's clothes were burned.

When the fire was halfway through, a strange wind blew from nowhere, blowing the burning clothes to the southwest, drifting more than ten feet before falling to the ground, and slowly burning them to ashes.

At this time, Zhang Shenxian paid homage to the four directions again, and asked his disciples to collect the dharma field and ritual artifacts, burn the blood figurines, etc., leaving a piece of gatha behind, and before leaving, he seemed to glance at Cheng Jian unintentionally.Of course, no one cared about his glance, they just rushed up to take the verse from Zhang Shenxian's apprentice and read: "Where is Yichuan, ten miles to the southwest, the human nature is worry or joy!"

Although Cheng Jian's parents didn't understand the specific meaning of the verse, they guessed that it was Zhang Shenxian's advice when they saw the above "ten miles to the southwest". In many places, he bumped into Cheng Jiu who was rushing back with a burden on his back. The strangest thing was that the clothes Cheng Jiu was wearing turned out to be the one that Zhang Shenxian burned when he practiced.

After asking, everyone found out that Cheng Jiu originally planned to go up the mountain to collect some mountain goods that day, but on the way, he met a hunter who was chasing and killing a black bear.The hunter had severely injured the black bear and his ammunition was exhausted, so the black bear fled wildly, but the hunter didn't dare to fight recklessly, so he asked Cheng Jiu to help kill the black bear together, and promised to give him two bear paws afterwards.Bear's paw is one of the eight treasures of the Qing Dynasty, a high-quality product in the mountains, something that Cheng Jiu would never even think about, and he didn't think much about it, so he immediately decided to follow the hunter.

The injured black bear just went into a small cave. The two of them were so anxious that they couldn't help it. Neither of them dared to venture into the cave, so they stayed outside the cave for five or six days until there was no more sound inside. Only then did the two conclude that the black bear was dead, so they bravely climbed in.As expected, the black bear was bleeding all over the ground and had no breath at all.The hunter did not break his promise, and gave him two bear paws, but they were the back paws.Although the back palm is not as valuable as the front palm, it is also a big gain for Cheng Jiu, even if he is allowed to stay with the hunter for a few more days, he is willing.

Cheng Jiu took the bear's paws away, said goodbye to the hunter, and hurried home, not far away, when he suddenly saw another dress he often wore at home hanging on the branch in front of him, although he was surprised, he still hesitated to take it off and wear it on his body , and didn't go far, and saw the person looking for him.

Cheng Jiu came back and brought back two big bear paws, leaving one for his parents and stuffing the other into Cheng Jian's hands. Cheng Jian was naturally happy. At dinner, he first scolded his brother Cheng Jiu kindly, and then made plans with his family. : I have been back for quite a few days, and I plan to go back to work in the factory the next day.

But he never did it again!

Cheng Jian didn't believe Zhang Shenxian at all. When others did it, he pulled out the blood figurine and uttered wild words, saying that if Zhang Shenxian could find his brother, he deserved to have a thousand needles inserted!Inserting thousands of needles is an ancient way of offering sacrifices to the Dragon King in our area, and there are only a few places where it is still used.

Sichuan has been known as the Land of Abundance since ancient times, but there are also years of severe drought. When the drought comes, the rivers and streams are cracked, the vegetation is scorched, and the crops are not long.People are worried that the harvest will not be guaranteed, but they call the sky and the land not working, so they can only use traditional methods to drive away the drought, please Dragon King!

The Dragon King is a god in folklore, so it is natural to invite the god with sincerity, and only those who have a high status in the clan can invite the real Dragon King.The process of inviting the Dragon Lord is also extremely complicated, including slaughtering three animals, burning incense, passing a plowshare, inserting a thousand needles, worshiping fairy dew, etc. There are many shocking scenes in the whole process, and passing a plowshare and inserting a thousand needles are two of them.

When the grand ceremony for the Dragon Lord is halfway through, the ceremonies and music will be loud, and the sound of the guns will shake the sky and the ground. The iron plowshares are connected; the next step is to insert a thousand needles, and pass the red-hot steel needles through the mouth of the officiant!Thousands of roots must be inserted, and "qian" means "qian", which means piety and sincerity.In addition, inserting a thousand needles has another meaning: the so-called disease enters from the mouth, and disaster comes from the mouth. If there is no rain, people will suspect that they or their clansmen have offended the Dragon Lord in words and deeds, and provoked the Dragon Lord. The prince is not here.The best way to kowtow to the Dragon Lord and make an apology is to sew his mouth shut with a needle, and let the Dragon Lord know that he can never slander his old man again. This meaning is similar to that of Lin Xiangru in the Warring States Period.

No matter how big the face of the priest is, there is only such a place where even the thinnest needles can't be inserted into a thousand, so they are inserted on the body, as long as the steel needles go through the body, enough "qian" is enough.

When inserting thousands of needles, a member of the tribe with a lower status will act as the assistant, who is responsible for burning the needles in the big furnace. The assistant will hand over one, and the priest will insert one into his mouth or body.The red-hot iron plowshares and steel needles are at least [-] to [-] degrees high in temperature, but when priests step on the plowshares with their feet and pass through their bodies with steel needles, they usually have expressionless faces and smooth movements, as if I don't feel the same about heat and pain.

However, the slow green smoke, and the smell of burnt flesh that can be smelled all the way, are absolutely shocking and chilling.

Ordinarily, sticking red-hot needles into a human body one by one is definitely not a pain that the human body can bear, but throughout the ages, it has never been heard that any priest died because of this.Perhaps at that moment, they knew that they were carrying the lives of all their clansmen on their backs, or perhaps there were really gods protecting them!

It is not uncommon to atone for sins to the gods by means of self-mutilation, both at home and abroad. Among them, religious believers play the most excessively, such as the Thaipusam Festival in India. Nails, silver hairpins and other strange props pierce the body to show piety. There are endless tricks, but they all say that they don't hurt.

However, Cheng Jian really hurt that night!He said that he was pressed on a cold iron bed by several men in red clothes, and then someone set up a stove next to him, burned steel needles, and then inserted the red-hot steel roots into his mouth one by one , through his body.He was tormented in unbearable pain, but because his mouth was pierced by a steel needle, he couldn't make a sound, he could only whimper!

The relatives who rushed over after hearing his cries saw him sweating, his face ashen, screaming and twitching from time to time, his eyes full of fear, his mouth swollen higher than the bridge of his nose, covered with dense black holes, It is no different from passing through a red-hot steel needle!

Apart from his family, there was no one else in the room, but Cheng Jian's painful look clearly meant that someone was forcibly inserting thousands of needles!

Cheng Jian's parents felt sorry for their son, and no matter how late at night it was, they burst into tears. The crying moved the neighbors and the villagers who helped them invite Zhang Shenxian.

He saw everything that happened in Cheng Jian's house during the day, and guessed that he had offended Zhang Shenxian, and the man in red that Cheng Jian saw was probably the blood figurine he pulled out during the day, and the blood figurine is now coming to take revenge on him Now, if he is required to fulfill the wild words he spit out during the day, it will also let him suffer the consequences!

Inserting thousands of needles is not a child's play, and the priest only uses it when performing the ritual, and will not perform it with others at will.Ordinary people have no chance to know whether the priest inserted the thousand needles, whether it was the gods protecting the body or other secrets, but people know that Cheng Jian will never be able to carry it through. Seeing him like that, it seems that he may die at any time!

Don't dare to be negligent!They found a cart, loaded him into the cart hurriedly, and went to find Zhang Shenxian.

Zhang Shenxian seemed to have been waiting for them a long time ago, and received them politely.Before they could open their mouths, Zhang Shenxian asked the villagers who had pushed Cheng Jian to get a bowl of water from the well and feed Cheng Jian to drink.A miracle happened, as soon as he finished feeding him a bowl of clean water, Cheng Jian's complexion improved, his sweat subsided, and his pain eased a lot.

Half an hour later, the swelling and pain on his mouth and body began to subside, and at dawn, he was no different from a normal person, except for the dense needlepoint-sized holes that had not healed!

Cheng Jian felt like he had a nightmare, and everything that happened in the dream overturned his cognition!After waking up from the dream, he never went back to work, but kowtowed three times to Shenxian Zhang, apologized, admitted his mistake, and still wanted to be Shenxian Zhang's apprentice!