Chapter 53: The Celestial Grasshopper
Our room was right next door to the white door. Entering the room, we sat on the same bed. I lit a cigarette and waited for Qin Yiheng to speak.
I estimated that it was difficult to understand what he said, and I deliberately opened a can of Red Bull to fill it.
Qin Yiheng sighed and asked, "Where do you want me to start?" ”
I said, "Let's talk about the nearest bathing center." Where did you go that night? ”
Qin Yiheng let out an "ah", his expression was very surprised, and asked, "Did you see me in the bathing center?" ”
I immediately got angry and wanted to just throw the cigarette butt over, and I said, "Fuck your grandson pretending to be garlic, can you be dedicated?!" ”
He comforted me and said, "Don't get excited, it's really hard to explain what is going on in between." But if you do see me, you're hell to go. ”
If this was in the comics, I would definitely be so angry that I would have smoked, but seeing that Qin Yiheng's tone was very calm, I was still afraid of blaming him, so I had to patiently let him continue.
Qin Yiheng actually posted it very mysteriously, and said: "Bai Kai is unfathomable, you have to be careful, I think he may be here to replace Yuan, so I have to guard against it." ”
Now I couldn't help it, and even if he was telling the truth, I didn't have the heart to listen to it - it was clearly a distraction.
I stood up, nodded at Qin Yiheng, turned around and wanted to throw the door away.
Suddenly, I heard the wall of the room slammed several times, and it was supposed to be the white room next door.
Qin Yiheng and I were a little stunned, are you going to break through the wall or what? With such a big movement, Bai Kai hit it with his body? Want to commit suicide by hitting the wall while drunk?
Without waiting for me to think about it, Qin Yiheng shouted: "It's not good, something is going to happen to Bai Kai!" "I opened the door and rushed out of the door first!
I hurriedly followed behind, but Qin Yiheng didn't stop in front of the white door, but ran directly out of the corridor along the corridor, and disappeared in an instant.
Now I can't do it, standing outside the white door, the movement inside is more real, bang bang endlessly.
It was too late to chase Qin Yiheng, so I had to knock on the door that was opened by Bai.
As soon as I knocked on the door, the sound inside stopped. After waiting for two seconds, the door opened, and Bai Kai immediately dragged me in. Without waiting for me to speak, he immediately warned me in a low voice: "Don't move, Qin Yiheng has a problem, don't believe I can prove it to you." ”
It's been a spy war to catch up with it. I nodded and simply sat down. In fact, I have no interest in what Bai Kai said, I am just a little sad that Qin Yiheng can still play me like this.
In the past few years, I have seen too many people who cheat me for money, but I didn't expect that after my business was the most successful, it would come to this point without explanation.
Bai opened me and lifted the quilt that was piled up on the bed, and in the middle of the bed was the small object he had with the grasshopper.
As soon as the quilt was lifted, the gnats slowly cried out, but the sound was not loud, and it was estimated that they had been holding it just now, and they were a little weak.
I asked Bai Kai, "What do you mean by that?" ”
He put the gnats back into his arms and said, "Do you know how much effort Lao Tzu has gone to to save you?" Just now the grasshopper started to scream, and I was afraid that you would hear me, so I could only keep pounding on the wall to cover the sound. ”
I took a closer look, and sure enough, Bai Kai's hand seemed to be swollen. I was even more strange and asked, "What do you mean by your name?" ”
Bai Kai smiled and said, "If it weren't for me, I guess you wouldn't have seen it for the rest of your life." This is called 'Tianyi', and it was for the emperor in the early years! ”
I guess he also looked at me at a loss, so he continued to explain it to me briefly. It's easy to use dirty words when you speak in vain, and it's uncomfortable to listen to, but I still understand it in general.
This "heavenly grasshopper", to put it bluntly, is the leader of a group of grasshoppers, only the heavenly grasshopper calls, and other grasshoppers dare to call. Strictly speaking, the "Celestial Grasshopper" is not just the leader, and its ability is not limited to taking the lead in calling, in the words of Bai Kai - "This thing is a fucking fetish!" ”
In the early years, especially during the heyday of the Qing Dynasty, there has always been a tradition called Wan Yi Lai Dynasty. The word "grasshopper" is also the word "country", which means that before the emperor goes to the Taihe Hall for the first time on the first day of the new year, thousands of grasshoppers will be placed in the entire hall. Whether there are 10,000 or not, I don't know, anyway, the number is very considerable. Then waiting for the moment when the emperor stepped into the Taihe Palace, the eunuchs had to find a way to let all the gnats call together and give the emperor a New Year's greeting, which can be regarded as an auspicious one: the country is prosperous, and all "countries" come to the court.
It sounds simple, but it's very difficult to do. First of all, the first day of the Lunar New Year is a cold winter, and it is not easy for this insect to survive and breed; Secondly, it is also very particular to achieve artificial manipulation of when they chirp. It is said that the furnace was lit in the temple by taking advantage of the change in temperature, and when the temperature rises, the gnats will naturally call. In plain words, in fact, this is only the surface, and the real mystery is all on this heavenly grasshopper.
If you want to make the grasshopper chirp, there is only one way - the grasshopper will only call when it is competing for food. And according to legend, this heavenly grasshopper only eats one thing, and that is a ghost.
There was an unwritten tradition in the old prisons that some prisoners could not celebrate the New Year and had to be killed before the Chinese New Year's Eve. On the surface, this is because of the fear of delaying the years and making these people miss the time to go on the road, but in fact, secretly, the souls of these people after death have become a delicious meal for the grasshoppers.
Legend has it that when these prisoners were killed, they had their tongues cut out, blindfolded, and their mouths and anuses stuffed with red paper. This is done because, first of all, this is a work that hurts heaven and reason, and the eunuchs also have concerns when they do this, I am afraid that there is some negligence, and after the death of this prisoner, he will report it to Lord Yama. This is, of course, just a vacuumed concern. And the blindfold is also because the prisoners are not allowed to see who instructed or who carried out the execution, for fear that they will be entangled in revenge in the future. This is also very similar to the modern execution of the death penalty, and it is actually a truth that you have to be blindfolded.
And stuffing it with red paper is to hope that the prisoner's last breath will be blocked by red paper. Then, on the first day of the Lunar New Year, the eunuchs burned the red paper in the furnace, and the prisoner's last breath was really spit out. When the celestial grasshopper smelled the filth, it naturally began to take the lead and scream.
Although Bai Kai is not as vivid as Qin Yiheng, he at least has real skills. After listening to it, I was taken aback, so to speak, is the gnats calling ghosts?
Does it mean that Qin Yiheng is a filth?
But along the way, I really didn't see anything wrong with him, so I asked Bai Kai: "You didn't call this gnats all the way, why did you suddenly call at this time?" ”
Bai Kai said: "I said brother, do you think I lied to you?" It was sleeping before, and now it just woke up. ”
I pondered for a while, and I really couldn't fully believe Bai Kai's words. He was clearly pretending to be drunk just now, and besides, there was so much filth in that house, and he didn't listen to his moves. Maybe Qin Yiheng suddenly discovered something, or was led away by Bai Kai's design.
I looked at Bai Kai, and his expression didn't look like he was lying. I sat down in a chair and continued to talk to Bai Kai here, keeping an eye on the movement outside the door. With my understanding of Qin Yiheng, I should be able to hear what he is passing by.
Bai Kai also sat opposite me, and this scene was the same as me and Qin Yiheng just now.
He seemed to organize the language again, and suddenly said: "In this way, I will also tell you something, just when I return the favor of the person you beat me in the house, as for believe it or not, it's up to you." ”
I was still a little excited when I heard it, anyway, whether it was true or not, I listened to it first.
Bai Kaidao: "I know that you and Qin Yiheng have also partnered in business for so long, have you noticed a problem, why does he have to take you?" ”
I'm upset to hear it,, isn't that talking about my wastewood? In our industry, it seems that I am just drafting a contract and estimating the house price, but this also requires a high level of professionalism, and how many times Lao Tzu has worked hard for Qin Yiheng.
I asked him, "Do you mean that Qin Yiheng can still find someone else to cooperate?" ”
Bai Kai nodded and said, "Haven't you thought about it?" People like you make a lot of money, Qin Yiheng is a difficult master to find. ”
I was asked a little weak-hearted, and after thinking about it, Qin Yiheng and I are also old friends, and he doesn't look like a person who loves money, does he look at me pitiful? Want to help me?
Bai Kai smiled meaningfully and said, "Because you are Qin Yiheng." ”
I was confused and asked Bai Kai what he meant by this. He told me to think about it for myself, otherwise he told me and I wouldn't be able to accept it.
I pondered and wondered, and my heart said, is this an anagram? Referring to what Qin Yiheng said that night in the bathing center, I am afraid that there is really a mystery in it.
I thought about it for a few minutes, and went through the details of that night at the bathing center in my head, but I still didn't have a clue.
In addition, the white gnats don't know what's wrong with the Dao, and the more they scream, the more energetic they are, and I feel upset when I hear it. I had no choice but to wave my hand at Bai Kai and say, "I really can't think of anything." ”
Bai Kai nodded and poured me a glass of water. I took a sip and suddenly noticed a problem -
Just now, Bai Kai said that the gnats will call when they feel filth, but now that Qin Yiheng has run away, why hasn't the sound of the gnats stopped at all?
I'm in a cold sweat, damn, am I getting tricked? Is it filthy to co-author?
I looked at Bai Kai, and his expression didn't change much. I have another guess - he can't be holding me back now, is he? Otherwise, is it so sold?
I had to raise my vigilance, and the person also moved into the distance, and asked Bai Kai: "Why are you still screaming?" The tone was as casual as possible.
Bai Kai actually leaned over to me and said, "If it doesn't bark, I'm afraid something will really happen." Then, with a very mysterious expression, he continued, "And, listen, it is called not because it has found something to eat, but because it is afraid. ”
He said this almost to my ears, and the sound of the gnats was so close that I was distraught to hear it.
I simply stood up and walked around the room a few steps, contemplating whether I should still be here. After the last day, I decided to stay, since Qin Yiheng didn't tell me, I really need to listen to Bai Kai.