Chapter 201: Tattoo (C)
I, Team Cao and Feng are smoking cigarettes on the platform, people sometimes still have to believe in the sixth sense, for Team Cao to make our trip to Changbai Mountain a detective trip, Feng is obviously sulking, I know that he is most worried about the journey of the past few days, Team Cao said it soundly, only stay in Ji'an for one day, but the result is likely to be put on the case, and it is already thankful to be able to go out and play for a few days. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
But I didn't feel disappointed, on the contrary, I felt a little excited in my heart, after all, the collective suicide incident in this painter's village was full of weirdness, which greatly stimulated my curiosity. The tattoo matter now seems to be just an unimportant clue in the case, which may be broken at any time, and it may not lead us to the right exit, so we have to find more details of the case from Team Cao.
I handed a cigarette to Team Cao, looked at the somewhat deserted platform around him and asked him, "Old Cao, since these suicides have something to do with Ji'an, have you asked the local police to investigate?"
Team Cao took a deep breath of cigarette and nodded, "The family situation and social relations of the suicide have been checked by the local public security, and nothing abnormal has been found, but today's matter about tattoos is a new clue, and we can investigate it carefully." Team Cao paused, glanced at the bored Feng But, and said again, "Lao Chang, you guys have a good time, it's hard to come out, don't worry about the case, I'll just check it myself." ”
Team Cao's method of wanting to capture the past is becoming more and more sophisticated, and I can't let go of my curiosity, so I simply wait for me to make a statement first. Whoever let someone who has already gotten on the thief ship and doesn't participate in it, I'm always worried in my heart, I'm afraid it won't be able to play well. "Team Cao, you talk about the situation first, you're here, you can't see that you're busy alone, we don't have anything to play for two days, and we checked the case while playing, this trip is not in vain. I didn't wait for Feng to say anything, so I replied first.
"Chang, I like your temper of caring about the world, Cheng, you can go wherever you want to play, if you don't want to play, just follow me to investigate the case, but, you will pick up Huansheng for a while, and you have slept all the way, you don't need to put a culture, it's a waste of resources, let him help think about tattoos. Team Cao blocked Feng Wei's unspoken objections with a single sentence, and arranged the work for him by the way.
"Lao Cao, it's no problem for me to call Huansheng, but let's ugly say ahead, what you want to hurt us hasn't been anywhere these days, you have to report the ticket and hotel money to me, I am a tolerance. After saying that, Yang Yang got into the car.
"Such a big boss, I don't realize anything when I speak, this is a big case, can I participate if I want to participate?" Team Cao scolded Feng Bu, and happily pinched the cigarette butt and got into the car.
In terms of consciousness, Liao Huansheng's realm is indeed more than one level higher than Feng's. He rubbed his sleepy eyes, came to the dining table, listened to Team Cao's introduction of the case, and immediately came to his senses, holding the photo and looking at it carefully. The train began to shake in rhythm again, and it was pitch black outside, and even the lights disappeared, as if it were a huge abyss, boundless, and one completely lost its sense of direction.
Liao Huansheng drank beer, Team Cao made a plate of boiled peanuts, the train attendant gave us a thermos, hugged a box of beer and put it aside, and went back to sleep by himself, and there were only four of us left in the whole dining car.
"The tattoos of these suicide people are indeed a bit strange, not those who are used to tattooing things in the underworld, to say that people who engage in art tattoo things are also common, but how can they be tattooed in places that they can't see? Liao Huansheng put down the photo and introduced it to us while peeling peanuts.
"I don't know about the tattoo patterns in the West, so let's not talk about it, Chinese tattoos should be thousands of years old, and they must have something to do with witchcraft at the earliest, and only wizards are qualified to tattoo themselves. Later, the Central Plains continued to fight, and the soldiers began to get a large number of tattoos in order to show their martial courage and courage, on the other hand, it was also a kind of protection, and of course there were some deserters to cover up the original black characters. The most prosperous era of tattoos is the period of Wuhu Chaohua, and the fierce force with tattoos has a huge deterrent effect on the battlefield. By the time of the fifth dynasty, Guo Wei, the founding emperor of the Later Zhou Dynasty, was tattooed all over his body, coupled with the ruthlessness of killing people without blinking, and sat on the dragon chair. ”
Later, after a long period of peace, the world was ruled by culture, and there were fewer tattoos, and by the Tang and Song dynasties, they became a symbol of the rampant township of the scoundrels in the market. The most famous is a splashy skin named Zhang Yin, with a tattoo on his left arm that is not afraid of Jing Zhaoyin, and a tattoo on his right arm that is not afraid of the king of Yama. Utter ruffian. But from then on, whether the ruffian is powerful or not depends on who has the big tattoos on his body and who has more tattoos. ”
"In the Song Dynasty, tattoos reached a new height, and began to pay attention to the beauty of patterns, the pursuit of fine and smooth stitching, but from then on, more and more animals, plants, gods, and evil spirits were put on people's bodies. At that time, there were three tattoo masters in Bianliang, forming three major schools, like the Yin family, the Lu family and the Cui family, and many heroes on Liangshan such as the nine-pattern dragon Shi Jin, the prodigal son Yanqing, and the flower monk Luda were all embroidered by these three masters. ”
"But the Yin family, not only a master of tattoos, but also proficient in Zhou Yi and gossip, starting from this school, what to tattoo, where to tattoo, how to match a person's birthday pattern began to pay attention to, and finally became a science. But in any case, tattoos conflict with Confucian principles, so they can only be circulated in the market, and they are not a skill that can be put on the table. ”
"The tattoo of the three major families, the Cui family is the most mysterious, his tattoo is not simply combined with the five elements of gossip, it is actually a kind of yin and yang, tattoo before there is a complex process of inviting God, called Qing opera, according to them, tattoo is not a simple tattoo on the pattern, that is to be with a person for a lifetime, is a person's possession, if with a person's life god, then this person will have a rough life, do not do well and have no disaster. On the contrary, possession and the god of life complement each other, and it will have the magical effect of changing the world and stealing the sky. ”
"But this Cui family is very low-key, and his family's tattoo skills have never been passed on, so I can't figure out what the road is, but there are many legends. However, it is said that the three giants of the Shanghai Tang Youth Gang back then, Zhang Xiaolin was a mountain tiger on his chest, Du Yuesheng was carrying a dragon in the clouds on his back, and Huang Jinrong was full of one-horned beasts, all of which were the handiwork of the Cui family. ”
Liao Huansheng has traveled for thousands of years in one breath, and it also made me realize that a small tattoo may not be a simple personal preference, and I am afraid that there is an unknown secret hidden behind it.
"Huan Sheng, what do you think is special about the tattoo in the photo? Is it okay to check along this road?" Team Cao had forgotten the peanut in front of him, and couldn't wait to ask.
"Lao Feng's previous analysis is not wrong, I don't understand what the two tattoos in the Western pattern mean, but on the surface, these tattoos have one thing in common, all of them are very heavy yin qi. In Indian Buddhism, the land Yaksha and the winged Yaksha have been influenced by the Buddha and have become the protector gods of Buddhism. The scorpion is more vague, Lao Feng is right, it should be a lot of scorpions together, maybe not only scorpions, but also some other poisons, we can't see it now. When Huansheng said this, I reflected his words.
"Huansheng, you mean, a lot of poisons together, related to Gu refining?"
Liao Huansheng nodded, "Gu art is the most terrifying folk secret technique I have ever seen, the highest level of Gu refining is not poison, but heart Gu, turning a person into a poison alive, this has to be a method that a person with a vicious heart can come up with? Therefore, since ancient times, people who have refined Gu have been punished for their gains, and they will never be soft." These poisons are gathered together, I really can't think of any other purpose besides refining Gu, the strangest thing is, what do these suicide people think, to tattoo these patterns on their bodies?"
Liao Huansheng's words were not finished, I suddenly realized why I always felt a little familiar with the pattern of the scorpion, a few years ago, my sculptor's neighbor Lao Liang because of a piece of Gu raised jade, with the five poisons of the stone carving work finally became a swan song, I and the Cao team tracked down to Chongqing to investigate, the stealing tomb robber, once said that in the cave where the witch doctor raised Gu, there was a stone carving pattern of the five poisons and the same Gu. I didn't go to the cave to see it, but from the description of the tomb robbers, it should be very close to the tattoo pattern.
"Lao Cao, I am all hearsay, I dare not guarantee the authenticity, I don't know if it will help your investigation, what are you going to do next? But if you check along the path of tattoos, you may not be able to go through, it's too mysterious, and if you don't have clean tattoos, you won't commit suicide, right?" Liao Huansheng is obviously not curious about this case.
"There are many clues and many ideas, this case was originally a suicide case, and there is nothing unusual about the on-site investigation, the reason why this case was turned over for investigation is actually because I and the painter Sun who committed suicide knew each other in the early years, and they were entrusted by others. More than ten years ago, Sun Chunwang's kid was my rival in love. When Team Cao spoke, his vision was a little blurry, and it seemed that there was really a lot of material hidden in private.
"Lao Cao, what I said, you made it clear that you don't want our brothers to spend a vacation with peace of mind, dare to love is the old love, and I can't complain that my sister-in-law of the Zeng family can't get out of it, it turns out that you are afraid of being found out, so that Lao Liao's daughter-in-law does not dare to take it, and the travel expenses this time must be reported to us. As soon as Feng heard this, he immediately came to his senses.
(The correspondence of husband and object is subtle and profound, and it cannot be understood and explained.) Therefore, the east wind arrives and the wine overflows, and the silkworm silk is absolutely uncontrollable, or the feeling is also. The painting follows the gray and the moon moves away, the whale dies and the comet comes out, or it moves. --"Reading the Teachings"