Chapter 174: The water is falling and the rocks are gradually coming out

"Recommended free download or online reading URL: [Baidu Search]" It turns out that in this case, all the victims have different identities and backgrounds, and it seems that they choose criminal targets for the purpose of strolling, but in fact, it is precisely this kind of scene that has attracted the attention of the people of the Northern Underworld.

If it was really a random crime, there would always be one or two victims of more than ten people who would be close in their young identities, but in this case, it seems that the murderer's knife is open-eyed, and people of all ages will kill one person, and after killing one person, they will never commit another murder at this age of the same gender.

At first glance, it seems that the murderer did not have a fixed group of people, but if you look at it from another angle, you can see that in fact, his fixed group of people is multiple, and people of every gender and different age groups are his target groups.

It is no wonder that the police have not noticed this, who would have thought that there could be any connection between an eighty-year-old man who lives in the countryside and a girl who attends elementary school in the county town?

The person in charge of the police was already a little confused at this time, because the police solving the case was different from what the family did, and it was difficult for them to get rid of the pressure from public opinion and superiors.

If the family can't handle this matter, it will be nothing more than patting their butts and leaving, and at most they will lose some face in the circle. But the police are different, if the murderer no longer commits the crime, even if you can't solve the case, it's okay to say, but if you know that the murderer will continue to commit the crime, you have no clue, you can only wait for the murder to happen, then it is undoubtedly a manifestation of incompetence.

So when the person in charge heard their preliminary inference about this case, he learned that this case was not only an ordinary criminal case, but also an evil case. And when he heard the meaning of Mr. Huang's words, the murderer would continue to commit crimes, and they didn't have any clues and directions in the actual sense of this case, so he immediately felt a little panicked.

The reaction of the person in charge of the police was naturally also seen by the people of the Northern Underworld.

The great god friend comforted the person in charge and said, don't be anxious first, since we said this matter just now, we naturally won't blame you. Let's think about it now, this murderer kills people of different ages only for the human skin on their bodies, but isn't the human skin the same for men, women and children? Do you care if the leather of the leather shoes on your feet comes from a bull or a cow? But this murderer is not only gender, but also different ages, what do you think this is for?

The person in charge of the police thought about it, but still shook his head and said, I really can't think of this.

At this time, the Northern Immortal Man finished eating all the food on his plate, put down the chopsticks in his hand, and drank a glass of water.

Yi Mu said, leader, do you like to watch TV?

The person in charge was stunned when he heard Yi Mu's words, obviously not thinking about what connection watching TV could have with this case.

Yi Mu saw that the person in charge still hadn't figured out the key point in this, so he continued to explain, TV is basically all about how old you are to play the role of what age, although there are also some older actors to play some young people, no matter how good the makeup is, no matter how good the acting skills are, but after all, it makes people look a little awkward, and the appearance may be in line with the positioning of the role, but in terms of temperament and look, it still can't be changed. So how old is to play the role of how old is this, this is the best match.

The person in charge of the police seems to understand whether he understands or not, I can understand what you said, but what is the connection between this human skin and acting?

Yi Mu said, there is one thing that needs to be played with skin to play all the roles, I don't think you don't know, right?

After hearing this, the person in charge of the police lowered his head and pondered for a while, and suddenly realized, are you talking about shadow puppetry?

The great god's friend slapped his face at this time, raised his voice a few degrees, and said, yes, it is a shadow puppet.

Yi Mu knows a lot about shadow puppetry, because there is a shadow puppet show in his hometown, so he spat and talked about shadow puppetry.

Many people know about shadow puppetry, because even if they haven't seen it with their own eyes, they must have seen it on TV or in movies.

Shadow puppetry is actually a kind of folk drama that uses lights to shine on the thin cow and sheep skin, and performs the storyline through the activities of the silhouettes of the characters, so it is also called lantern shadow play in many places.

Moreover, the shadow puppet show is also combined with folk opera, on the one hand, the cutting of his leather to form the characters, which is regarded as the image part of the play, and the other part is the words sung by the artist when he plays shadow puppetry, which can be regarded as the sound part of the shadow puppet play. And shadow puppetry is composed of these two parts, and both are indispensable.

The origin of shadow puppetry and the Han Dynasty, there was a saying among shadow puppet artists, that is, "it began in the Han Dynasty, flourished in the Tang Dynasty, and flourished in the Song Dynasty". By the time of the Song Dynasty, shadow puppetry had a considerable scale and level, and it was very popular.

In the Southern Song Dynasty, there was also a film and drama organization called "Painting and Leather Society" in Hangzhou.

After the death of the Song Dynasty, the Yuan Dynasty fought everywhere, and the shadow puppet team went on an expedition with the army as a need to comfort the army. This move spread shadow puppetry to some countries in Central and West Asia, and later from West Asia to European countries.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, shadow puppetry began to combine with Taoism, forming a unique form of shadow puppetry. Especially in the Qing Dynasty, shadow puppetry had reached its heyday. At that time, many large families were proud to invite famous teachers to engrave filmmakers, place Seiko film boxes and private film classes.

It was only in the late Qing Dynasty that some local governments were afraid of shadow puppet theaters gathering crowds to cause trouble, and there were bans on shadow puppets and the arrest of shadow puppeteers. Later, when Japan invaded, the people of China were struggling to make a living, and shadow puppetry was naturally even more sluggish. It was not until after the liberation that the remaining shadow puppet troupes and artists were revived with the support of the government at that time. It's a pity that in the Cultural Revolution, the shadow puppet was hit hard again because of the four olds, and since then it has been a slump, even after the reform and opening up, the government intends to reshape the glory of this folk art, but for various reasons, it still has little effect.

To say that now in China, shadow puppetry can only be regarded as prevalent in the Guanzhong area, although there are also elsewhere, but the degree of recognition among the people is not as good as Guanzhong after all. Moreover, there are hundreds of traditional shadow puppet repertoire in Guanzhong, and there are dozens of singing voices, which is also beyond the reach of shadow puppets in other places.

The person in charge of the police said that but I know that the shadow puppets are all made of cow and sheep skins, and I have seen the production process of this shadow puppet on TV, do you mean that someone will use human skin to make shadow puppets? Why did he do this?

At this time, the people of Beiming Sanren laughed and said slowly, everyone who plays shadow puppets knows such a sentence, saying that it is "started in the Han Dynasty, flourished in the Tang Dynasty, and flourished in the Song Dynasty", but you know that this started in the Han Dynasty, but who invented this thing? What did this thing do in the beginning?

The person in charge of the police shook his head blankly, and said, I have heard this sentence too, but I really don't know what it is. Could it be related to some folk magic?

The Northern Immortals shook their heads and explained to him.

Shadow puppetry has a long history, but its first appearance was a little less glorious.

During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Liu Che had a very favorite concubine, called Madame Li, who died suddenly. Liu Che was so grief-stricken that he couldn't sleep all night. At this time, there was a folk alchemist, named Li Shaoweng, who told Emperor Liu Che of the Han Dynasty that he had the technique of conjuring spirits, which could make Liu Che and Mrs. Li meet again, but people and ghosts have different paths, and this technique cannot be used.

Liu Che was naturally overjoyed when he heard this, so he set up a tent to make a shadow and recruit the ghost of his concubine Mrs. Li according to Li Shaoweng's instructions. Although Liu Che and Mrs. Li did not see each other later, there is no ancient book mentioning it, but this soul conjuring technique requires an introduction.

It is impossible to take a random plank or stone and summon the soul of the dead and pour it into the plank and stone. Anyone who does this line of work knows that human introduction is nothing more than objects on the deceased, stumps and bones, if this Li Shaoweng is really like the ancient books said "set up tents and shadows", then nine times out of ten it is to use the human skin of Mrs. Li to make shadow puppets.

This technique is both good and evil, and there are many users in later generations.

Until the Tang Dynasty, there were still some lay monks in Buddhist temples, using lamps and shadows to reason and transcend the dead, and the shadow puppets they used were also made of human skin. In the thousand-year-old history of shadow puppetry, it has always been closely related to religion in one way or another, and it has never been severed.

After listening to the explanation, the person in charge of the police was a little puzzled, but listening to what you just said, although it is not uncommon in history for this shadow puppet to be made of human skin, what is the purpose of the murderer? If it is to summon the spirits of the deceased, but these people are all considered to have been killed by him, what is the use of him summoning the souls? What is the use of using human skins to summon spirits and no one will give him any money, so what is his plan?

The people of Beimingsan said, this is the crux of the problem, he made human skin to make shadow puppets, but it was not for the purpose of summoning spirits, and conjuring spirits can only use the skin of the dead to make shadow puppets, but you forget, these dead people were skinned alive by him, and the human skin he used was the skin of a living person, so he could not summon the soul.

The purpose of this murderer using living human skin to make shadow puppets is actually very simple, just to look good!

The person in charge of the police was stunned for a moment and asked, "What does this mean?"

The great god friend smiled and said, "Have you forgotten what we just said?" This murderer has killed so many people, but only one person of each gender and age is killed, and then the skin on their bodies is taken to make shadow puppets. Naturally, the skin of a child is the role of a child, and the skin of the old man is the role of an old man, and the man is a man, and a woman is a woman. Shadow puppetry is not only for conjuring spirits, it was originally a play from the beginning, it was meant to be performed.

It was only at this time that the person in charge of the police fully understood, and he exclaimed, "Are you saying that the murderer killed so many people just to use their skins as shadow puppets and props for performances?"