Chapter Twenty-Three: Ask the Real Murderer
The five rats all lifted the black beans at the same time. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
In fact, even if Lei Ren doesn't "translate", I understand some of the implications.
Because in the superstitious saying of the "Five Organs Temple", the meaning of black beans is ...... "military disaster", or "enemy", or "evil disaster".
In short, the meaning of this thing in food is not very good, it has the meaning of death and killing.
For this reason, in the past, people generally did not eat black beans, and there were very few foods made with black beans. This thing, most of the time, is used to make soybean cakes and concentrate feed for livestock, which is barely the same as beef, which is a taboo in the diet of the Han people.
…… The reason why black beans are a bit "evil" is probably related to an allusion, a story about "sprinkling beans into soldiers", death and military disasters.
Legend has it that in ancient times, there was a king named Yao, who was very popular with the people during his reign and was one of the Ming monarchs in ancient China.
During the Yao period, there was a minister named "Wu Cao", who was well-read and good at using soldiers, and was the minister of the humerus favored by Emperor Yao.
Wu Cao's ability is very great, especially his ability to lead troops to fight, which is far beyond ordinary people.
Legend has it that Ucao has a knack for fighting, that is, every time he sends troops to fight, he must first make a "sand table", which marks the geography of the mountains and rivers of the place of battle, and the checkpoint city.
After the sand table is made, Ucao will also "use beans as soldiers" and conduct several "war games" on the sand table to simulate the possibility of war engagement, and indeed speculate on various situations after the troops are dispatched.
In the process of deduction, Wu Cao is also accustomed to follow the principle of the five elements, using five beans to form "soldiers", and these five-color beans are "black, red, white, green, yellow" five beans.
And black beans and red beans are impressively listed, not only in the column, but also the "main force".
Among the five beans, Wu Cao uses black beans as enemy soldiers, red beans as our soldiers, white beans as soldiers, mung beans as reinforcements, and soybeans as friendly soldiers. The assignment is clear, and then they attack and surround each other on the sand table, repeatedly deduce and study, and only then give the order to go on the expedition until they are confident.
After the expedition, because Wu Cao had made thorough preparations before the expedition, and because he kept in mind the geography of the mountains and rivers and the number of enemy soldiers, he often conquered everything and was invincible, and rarely lost.
And usually, Wu Cao is also very modest, when others ask him about his skills for successful battles, he will humbly tell others that he has not learned much in his life, and the reason why he has repeatedly defeated barbarians is only by virtue of a table of beans.
Wu Cao's words were originally a humble sentence, but later generations passed it around, but it became more and more evil, especially in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, after the rice thieves and the Yellow Turban Army came out, the original meaning of his words was also spread to Wu Cao would scatter beans into soldiers, would call for wind and rain, would invite heavenly soldiers to help beat gongs, and would invite Yin soldiers to warm up the kang...... Wait.
Later, Wu Cao told Emperor Yao about his experience, and Emperor Yao, in order to pass on his good experience to future generations, deleted Wu Cao's war game diagram, leaving only red and black beans, and formulated rules in imitation of the ritual of battle and encirclement.
Later, Emperor Yao handed over this skill to his son, and then deleted the "bean opera" of this Wucao several times, and gradually, that sand table became our current Go. It also left the black bean table with the words "dead", "enemy" and "soldier".
Therefore, in some places, black beans are also called "fierce beans", but what is the specific murder method...... I certainly don't know.
…… And because I don't know, I still don't understand it when I face these five mice holding up beans.
In my eagerness, I asked Lei Ren once: "My squad leader is the current enemy...... Had to die? Who is the enemy and why should he die. ”
My words made Lei Ren not very happy.
After glancing at me, he yelled at me, "Nonsense! Naturally, I would ask! I don't need your two knives! Educate me. ”
I'll go, is he still angry when he says two words? This Lei Ren's heart is really small......
In desperation, I had to smile and signal people to continue.
Lei Ren looked up at the sky, then lowered his head and asked the rats, "Who is the enemy?" ”
The five rats exchanged heads as always, but this time it was unexpected...... They weren't lifting the beans.
A scene that surprised us all happened.
At this point, the five rats were shaking
tail, kowtowed to Lei Ren like pounding garlic, and then crawled motionless on the table, like a mouse...... begging for mercy at him.
The meaning of this posture is not visible to any of us except Lei Ren.
In desperation, my uncle Zhao Haikun had no choice but to ask in a low voice, "Is this ...... What do you mean? ”
Lei Ren didn't answer, but wrinkled his brows and said to himself, "How can this be...... This and this ......"
As he spoke, Lei Ren raised his head again and glanced at the sky.
At this time, the white clouds that blocked the scorching sun were about to disperse, and the breeze had stopped, and the entire mourning hall and the Zhao family's compound were shrouded in an inexplicable silence.
Lei Ren lowered his head and said to his nephew Lei Wangcai: "Time is running out!" Prosperous! You go to the back kitchen and look for five meters and red dates! Move fast! ”
Lei Wangcai was ordered, and immediately twisted Fa Fu's body and rushed to the back kitchen.
After a short time, he took out a bowl of five rice and a few red dates.
The so-called five meters are five grains.
There are two expressions for five grains, one is "rice, millet, millet, wheat, and soybean", and the other is "hemp, millet, millet, wheat, and soybean", the former has rice without hemp, and the latter has hemp without rice.
And what Lei Wangcai took out of the back kitchen was obviously the former.
But no matter which one it is, in the past, it was an important item used for sacrifices and blessings.
Moreover, this thing has a special meaning in the temple of the five internal organs......
In rural areas, especially in the north, these five kinds of grain are very common, and almost every family has two or three kinds of food, but it is very difficult to put them together.
But the good thing is that today is the big funeral day of my old squad leader's wedding, and since the flowing water banquet is opened, these basic rice and noodle raw materials can also be found.
After Lei Wangcai handed over a bowl of grains and a handful of red dates to Lei Ren, Lei Ren took a look, and quickly took out one of each of the five grains, put them together with the jujubes, and put them neatly in one place.
"Time is running out! Lei Ren was sweating profusely and said to the five mice: "Who is the enemy!" Is it a traitor to my Five Organs Temple, or some other enemy! The choice is yours. ”
As Lei Ren spoke, the fattest fish among the five mice came out and walked out step by step towards the arrangement of grains and dates......
Under our "watchful eye", it sniffed with difficulty and seemed to choose one of them......