Chapter 9: Human Skin Lanterns

According to ancient legends, the lamp is a guide to people's life, old age, sickness and death, wealth and glory. The cage guides the ghost into reincarnation.

A long, long time ago, the first consciousness of man was first opened, in order to be able to distinguish between man and soul. Heaven has given us a garment that can illuminate the Sunshine, and over time, this garment should be worn for many years, and as a result, it will be condensed with flesh and blood, and can no longer be separated, while the soul does not, without the protection of this garment, the Radiance can easily burn its body.

With the development of collective society, we have now become a kind of cosmic overlord with a noble identity, high-speed IQ, and superb skills.

"Lamp" is rarely mentioned anymore, and now lamps are just so-called lighting tools.

The "cage" has never been mentioned, as if it did not exist at all, but in fact, the cage is much older than the lamp.

Ordinary people can't understand the mystery of the body, how the energy in the body comes from. Is there really reincarnation after death?

Can the "cage" really guide the reincarnation of the soul? Where will it be reincarnated?

Where there are people, there must be disputes, there is no shortage of rebels in the world, and the punishment of rebels is endless.

To take the brain, first remove the hair, keep the scalp smooth, so as to facilitate the deboning and peeling, ensure the integrity of the human brain, tighten the neck, first cut the back root of the earlobe with a knife, and let the blood go to remove the fish. In order to achieve the crystalline milky white of the human brain, there is no fishy smell, and then a number of Chinese herbs are put into the soaking for an hour, then dried, and finally injected with human oil to achieve the effect of plump jade.

"Empowerment takes the brain, taken from the Ming and Qing Dragon King Sutras. It was prevalent in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, in order to punish the rebels, and the prisoners at that time were terrified when they heard the empowerment and took their brains. The most one was to take one hundred and six brains at the same time, which shocked the government and the opposition at that time. The Holy Decree is not allowed to do this if it is not a wicked person. 》

Human flesh is burned with fire, and the limbs of a person are bound and cannot be moved. Lying flat on the board, wipe the whole body with a brush, wait for the blood to rise all over the body, the skin surface is red, cut the muscles with a red-hot sharp razor, often go down with a knife, the blood is dry and the flesh is scorched, and the person has been numb, but will not die immediately, an ordinary person is enough to hold on for half an hour, mostly to punish the poor and evil.

"Human flesh is burned, taken from the Dragon King Sutra of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Prevailed in the late Ming Dynasty, in order to rectify the generation of abandoning his wife, and later developed to the pit to abduct and steal, all those who received this punishment could not die the whole body, and the cloth was hung on the dry cliff to dry. 》

Draw the intestines from the bottom of the sea, hang the person upside down on the wall hook, keep the internal organs of the large intestine clean, apply the locust from the lower body, and suck part of the blood so that the knife can be performed.

"Undersea Intestine Pumping, taken from the outer chapter of Huayan Seven Stars, records that in the pre-Shang period, a noble man who liked to eat human flesh had to eat one person every day to be full, and he began to eat fresh live people, without any seasoning, and ate them alive. Finally, an alien warlock told him how to eat the real delicacy of the world, and there are three steps to cooking human flesh, the first is to ensure the clarity of the human brain, then the enema, eat a lot of spices, and finally steam. Sure enough, after Guixun ate it once, he could no longer do without the taste of human flesh. Eventually, it turned into a form of torture. 》

The two of them sat on the steps and didn't have anything to say for a while, and just as Gao Qing was about to get up and go back to the house, a dim light flickered not far from him, flickering and dimming. The light kept approaching himself and Lan Lan, Gao Qing was clever, stood up and pulled Lan Lan and walked into the house.

"What are you going to do?" Lan Lan didn't expect Gao Qing to pull himself and walk into the house, would he 、、、、? me Lan Lan didn't dare to think about it anymore, and her face was even more red.

Gao Qing originally turned around to say hello to Lan Lan and didn't make a sound, but seeing the red face of the girl in front of him, Gao Qing touched his nose in embarrassment. Am I that obscene? Gao Qing thought. Even if I have that heart, I don't have that guts.

Since childhood, my family has taught me that I can do anything, and I can't do anything illegal. Thinking of his grandfather's stern face, Gao Qing looked at the girl opposite helplessly.

"It's not what you think, just now I saw that there seemed to be a light not far from us, and it was coming towards us, I was worried about something to pull you into the house, and the driver uncle didn't know where to run?" Hearing Gao Qing's explanation, Lan Lan felt that her tense body seemed to relax, but a hint of disappointment flashed in her eyes.

"What light? Could it be that you are mistaken? There are just three of us here. Lan Lan asked.

Mistaken? Probably not, although it is not very bright, but it is indeed coming from my side.

"Don't talk, wait and see." Gao Qing made a shushing gesture to Lan Lan behind him, and then leaned on the gap in the window to look out, this look, but Gao Qing was not scared half to death, he saw a pair of miserable white eyes and met him, looking at each other, one pair was full of life, but the other pair was lifeless, gray and gray, without a trace of emotion.

Gao Qing was so frightened that he sat down on the ground, Lan Lan wanted to step forward to help him, don't let him scold him and don't approach the door.

"Squeak、、、、" The piercing sound of the door opening came to mind, and the two looked at the door in unison.

A man, to be exact, an old man with messy hair flowing in the wind, dressed in gray-black linen clothes, and a pair of delicately embroidered shoes on his feet, but now a little shabby.

The old man was carrying a lantern, and there was a faint light dancing in the lantern. The old man ignored Gao Qing, who was sitting on the ground, but looked at Lan Lan next to the bed, and smiled weirdly at her. Where did the damn driver uncle run?

"Grandma, you 、、?" Gao Qing asked cautiously, didn't the driver's uncle say that there had been no one in this village for a long time? How is it that such an old man has appeared now? Still carrying a lantern?

"Descendants, why are you here?" The old man's voice was a little hoarse, and what he said was not very clear, but Gao Qing could still hear the general meaning.

"Grandma, we're here to look for something." Without waiting for Gao Qing to speak, Lan Lan took the lead in speaking. Gao Qing closed his eyes in pain, how could there be such a two-girl girl? You still don't know if you're looking for a human or a ghost? And a village where there was no one at once now has another person? Don't you think it's weird? Can't you lie and say we're here for an expedition and it's getting late, so stay for the night? Sure enough, after hearing Lan Lan's words, the old man approached her. A pair of wrinkled hands lifted the lantern and shone it at Lan Lan's face, as if he wanted to see what the girl in front of him looked like.

"Looking for something? This is what you're looking for. The old man smiled as if he had heard a nice joke. Shaking his head, he walked out the door、、、

"Grandma, I had a friend who passed away, and we saw her message, she said she bought a dress on Fook Hong Street, so we 、、、?"

Lan Lan looked at the old man at the door with a pale face. The old man's body stopped, did not turn around, and waited for a long time before speaking.

"The cycle of cause and effect, retribution is not happy."

Cycle of cause and effect, retribution is unpleasant? Gao Qing seems to have heard such words somewhere, by the way, it is in the Buddhist temple, grandma is a believer in Buddhism, when she was young, she often took herself to the temple to incense, and she once heard this sentence, the cycle of cause and effect, and retribution is unhappy.

According to legend, the 'fruit' obtained in this life must be the 'cause' planted in the previous life, what is the effect, what is the cause, Gao Qing can not understand the mystery, they all say that the world is impermanent, yin and yang twin.

"Grandma, please?" Gao Qing stood up and shouted to the rickety back at the door, maybe the old man knows something he doesn't know, but the most important thing now is to find out how Chen Jing died, a person who is in good health, how can he say that he will die? Without warning.

"Actually, there is nothing to say, the only thing that can be said is that you should get out of here quickly, and don't bring women over in the future." After speaking, he put down the lantern in his hand.

"Well, I'll do a good deed, and leave the lantern for you." The old man who had laid down the lantern did not stop any longer and walked out the door.

"Grandma, we have lights, we don't need lanterns, it's so dark, you might as well take it yourself, right?" Lan Lan said to the old man outside the door, such a dark night, the old man is old, and his eyes are not good, he should need this lantern even more.

"You're going to need it." The old man gradually disappeared into the night、、、

Lan Lan curiously picked up the lantern placed on the ground and placed it on the table. What a strange old man, we have lights, why do we need lanterns that aren't very bright? But it's also someone else's kindness, accept it, just give it back to her tomorrow.

"Where's Uncle Driver? Why won't it come yet? Lan Lan looked out the door, but there was no one in sight.

Half an hour later, the driver's uncle finally came back and brought back a hare, but when he saw the lantern on the table, he couldn't help but let go of his hand, and the hare kicked off the restraints and disappeared into the night.

Gao Qing saw the hare running away, this is okay, the rabbit jumped to the mouth? Without saying a word, I chased it out, looked for a long time, but I didn't see it, I didn't even see a rabbit fur, I walked into the house, closed the door, and saw that the driver's uncle was still standing in the position where the rabbit was released, Gao Qing walked over with a smile and patted the driver's shoulder.

"Uncle, there's no supper tonight, why don't we look for it again?" Gao Qing was really a little annoyed, and he had already scolded his mother in his heart.

"This 、、、?" The driver pointed to the lantern placed on the table.

"Oh, this? It was an old woman who gave it to her just now, you said it was redundant, we have a lamp, why do you have to give us a lantern, it's really a superfluous move. Gao Qing said nonchalantly.

"Uncle, didn't you say that there has been no one in this village for twenty years? How can there be an old man? Lan Lan asked, and Gao Qing nodded.

"Twenty years ago, everyone was dead, and there is indeed no one left, and as for the old lady you are talking about, I don't know very well." The driver walked up to the table and picked up the lantern and looked at the two of them.

"But this old lady is no ordinary person." The driver said meaningfully. Gao Qing and Lan Lan looked at each other, and both sides were at a loss in their eyes.

"Do you know what this lantern is made of?" The driver looked at the two people who shook their heads, and their faces were unfathomable.

"As far as I know, this is supposed to be the legendary human skin lantern."

"Ah、、、、h

"Ah、、、、 human skin lanterns? You're talking about human skin? So why did the old lady say we needed it? ”

It is conceivable that the driver's words were a big blow to Gao Qing.

"The human skin lantern is heavy and filthy, it can suppress evil and avoid obscurity, there are too many dead people in this village, it is inevitable that some strange things will happen, it seems that the old lady does not look like a bad person."

Human skin lanterns. The skin is smooth but not delicate, white but not porous. Elastic but not tight, loose but not cotton. For the human skin of the above. It is necessary to first open the three inches of the rib squeak fossa, move down one foot and have three, take the back for the face, the front chest supports the bottom, and the person brushes it three times with three, and draws the face of the person. Take one of the lower left four ribs, and the light pole too. The hair strands are whiskers. The stomach is used as a lamp bowl, the meridians are the guide, and the blood oil is the material. Human oil is mainly used to keep the lantern smooth and color, to ensure that it will not be dried due to high temperatures, but the flammability of human oil is not high, and the content of the molecules will be neutralized with the hydrogen in the air, and it will make a beeping sound. So, when someone passes by with a beeping lantern, don't look at it deliberately, it must be a human skin lantern.