"Brother, do you know why those paper figures move?" Mi Ye asked.

While distinguishing the road, I pondered the question of Mi Ye, and it is true that in our concept, the paper stuff is for the use of the deceased in the underworld, such as the sedan chair man who carries the sedan chair. From a slave society to a feudal society, the custom of burial has changed greatly, and it can be said that it is a great progress from the burial of the living to the replacement of paper ties.

However, except for the rare appearance of paper in early Hong Kong films, the use of these funeral vessels is now not allowed in the city.

I really can't imagine the mechanism that could make these paper figurines move. Could it be that evil spirits or something are attached to it?

Although I have seen so many incredible things, I still can't understand the principle of these paper figures.

"Xiaoya, you know what?" I asked.

"I probably know a little bit, in the past few hundred years, as those who were sent to the frontier came to the southwest, they also brought many things from the Central Plains, and this is one of them, and the local people gradually accepted the use of this kind of thing to send messengers for their deceased relatives, so the paper tie gate spread quickly in the southwest land. And these people belong to a genre - the spirit. Mi Ye said.

I gasped, thinking about the Lingling in my head, and suddenly remembered that I was carried by my grandfather to carry the "Book of Rites" when I was a child, in "The Book of Rites: Under the Tan Bow": "Tuche Qianling has been there since ancient times, and the way of the Ming weapon is also." Zheng Xuan's note: "Qi Ling, Shu Mao is a human horse, a person who is called a spirit, a god and the like." Sun Xidan's collection explained: "Tu Che Qianling is also a funeral thing." Xie Huilian of the Song Kingdom of the Southern Dynasty "Sacrifice to the Ancient Tomb Text": "The spirit has been destroyed, and the car has been destroyed. "The Old Tang Dynasty Book: The Biography of Li Tao": "The Ming weapon is only five or six horses, and the lower account is topped with a curtain, and the white yarn is the skirt. "Pu Songling of the Qing Dynasty "Liao Zhai Zhiyi Lotus Fragrance": "Life chases out, hugs and returns, and the body is as light as a spirit." ”

It seems that the paper tie faction is also very deep, not at all what we imagined - just what was burned for the dead. There is a feeling of killing people and self-defense weapons.

"Spirits, what is their connection with the Wu Clan? If it was really said that what we saw in the hut before was the people of the Shuling faction, then why did she want to make a move on Jian Hanyi? Xiaoye, how much do you know about Jian Hanyi? I asked.

I haven't always understood the relationship between Jian Lin Xiu, Jian Hanyi and Qi Kun. Jian Lin Xiu and Jian Hanyi are brother and sister, but their attitude towards her is sometimes good and bad. Then in that underground square, Jian Linxiu called Mi Kun is father, and didn't Mi Kun's son be called Cha Qingshu? I shouldn't be mistaken. Then Jian Lin Xiu will not be Cha Qingshu, but Mi Kun also said before that his son can't leave Daoren Mountain too far.

"I don't know, brother, you can ask her when we find Jian Hanyi." Mi Ye shook his head and said.

"No, what about Brother Neng?" I suddenly thought about why it was only me and Mi Ye who had a conversation, but I didn't see Brother Neng.

Mi Ye was taken aback by my words, and turned her head to see a very figurative paper figure following us, but Brother Neng was gone.

The paper figure was facing us with a sharp dagger in his hand, as if ready to strike at us.

"Xiao Linzi, come and save me." At this moment, Brother Neng's call for help came from our northeast.

Mi Ye quickly rushed over, and I stayed behind to deal with this paper man.

My dagger and its dagger had several encounters to no avail, and the paper man's attack was like looking in a mirror, exactly like mine. The most important thing is that it seems to be tireless, and it has been chasing me, I am worried about Brother Neng and Mi Ye, and I can't delay with it, so I can only retreat in the direction of Brother Neng and Mi Ye while fighting.

Boom~

Our weapons collided together, and the sparks fell on the paper man, and in an instant the fire engulfed the paper man, and with a click, the dagger in his hand that was cut against me fell to the ground, and I broke a few leaves and quickly wrapped them around the dagger, and then picked them up and prepared to use them for Brother Neng.

"Brother Neng, Xiaoye, where are you?" There are no good references in the jungle, and I can't figure out the direction because of the fight with the paper figures.

Soon there was a noise in the jungle, and I quickly hid.

I lay quietly on the tree, and then I saw two tall paper figures carrying Nengge and Mi Ye towards the mountain.

My mind raced to speed, and finally I decided to see where they were going to take Brother Nengge and Mi Ye first, so I carefully descended from the tree and quietly followed.

The shallow roads were starting to become a little familiar, and I could already faintly see the lights in the distance.

Without hesitation, the two branches I lit in my hand quickly stuck into the paper figure.

I quickly caught Mi Ye, and then I heard a pop, and Brother Neng had fallen to the ground.

"~" Brother Neng snorted in pain.

Then he turned over and saw that I was holding Mi Ye, and couldn't help but give me a thumbs up.

"Brother Neng, how is it?" I asked.

"Can't die, how can we be here?" Brother Neng said.

"Look at the ground, and beyond." I put Mi Ye on the ground and pinched her man.

Mi Ye opened his eyes faintly, and the weapon in his hand was quietly released after seeing that it was me.

"Brother, what about Brother Neng?" Mi Ye asked.

"Sayoko, what about me? I'm fine, how are you? Brother Neng came over and said.

Mi Ye breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Brother Neng, and said, "Why did you follow the two paper figures just now?" ”

"Besides, I've always wondered why the atmosphere is so weird, you don't speak, I told you that you didn't agree, and then I found out that it wasn't you in front of me, and then I was beaten up by those few things, and I was knocked unconscious just after calling for help." Brother Neng said with some embarrassment.

"It seems that the paper figure made by this Lingling faction is really not simple, I encountered that action just now and it is exactly the same as mine, I can't beat it at all, if it weren't for the sparks splashed on him, I guess I would have been carried here by them." I said.

"Oh, so this thing is afraid of fire." Brother Neng said happily.

After that, I started looking for something to make torches.

After a while, Brother Neng took three torches, handed one to me and Mi Ye, and said, "Let's go, Jian Hanyi is probably taken away like this." ”

Miye and I nodded, and we walked out of the jungle and into the meadow.

"You are really the lord of life, I am waiting for you here." After this sentence came from the thatched hut in the distance, countless paper people and paper-tied animals appeared densely on the entire meadow.

The three of us brandished torches to drive away the paper bundles that were coming towards us.

(End of chapter)