On the morning of the third day after leaving Kunming, Hu Yinfeng came to Zhenxiong County.

Zhenxiong, located in the northeast of Yunnan Province, at the junction of Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan provinces, belongs to Zhaotong City, Yunnan Province. It is bordered by the Chishui River in the east and Xuyong in Sichuan, bordered by Bijie and Hezhang in Guizhou in the south, Yiliang in the west, and Weixin in the north.

The county borders 99 kilometers from east to west and 54 kilometers from south to north, with a total area of 3,696 square kilometers.

Wufeng Town, the county seat, is 598 kilometers away from the provincial capital Kunming, 326 kilometers away from Guiyang, 505 kilometers away from Chongqing, 618 kilometers away from Chengdu, and 265 kilometers away from Zhaotong.

The natural resources are relatively abundant, and in history, it enjoys the reputation of "Golden Tengyue, Silver Zhenxiong" together with Tengchong in western Yunnan.

The food customs advocate respect for the elderly, the taste tends to be Sichuan, like numb, spicy, special dishes are old bacon, sauerkraut, salt vegetables, tempeh and so on.

In terms of living customs, the houses are basically built along the mountain, and the buildings are composed of hall houses and fire kangs, which are places where various ceremonies are held, and the fire kang functions as reception rooms, and the "room circle" is mostly for family members.

The folk system and customs are mainly embodied in the weddings and funerals of various ethnic groups, and these activities often have a set of traditional etiquette and procedures. In addition, each clan will have its own family generational arrangement, easy to recognize relatives and arrange generations, going back to more than ten generations, and continuing for dozens of generations.

Folk beliefs revere ancestor worship and Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism, and the main ceremonies include temple fairs, offerings to the heavens, tombs, and exorcism. Folk also generally believe in some mysterious witchcraft, such as "passing through the yin", "river orchid method", "séance" and so on.

Hu Yinfeng stood at the door of a hotel, holding a tourist map of Zhenxiong in Yunnan Province and carefully reading the introduction materials on it.

"Comrade, do you want to eat, please sit in the room. ”

A sound sounded behind him, which startled Hu Yinfeng, and hurriedly turned around, and found that it was a man in his forties, not tall, lean, but very energetic, with a blue cloth like an apron wrapped around his waist, and speaking a local Mandarin that was not standard but could basically make people understand the general meaning.

This is much stronger than the local dialect that Hu Yinfeng heard along the way.

Hu Yinfeng, who was a little worried, saw the owner of the hotel, and hurriedly said hello, saying that he was a traveler from out of town, and he didn't know what to eat and play here when he first came here.

When the boss heard this, he smiled: "We are good here, don't look at the economy is not very developed, but the environment is good, the mountains are good, the water is good, there is no pollution, and you are satisfied with the little comrade."

Come on, sit in the store, try my signature dish first, mushroom chicken, and then I'll tell you about the good scenery we have here, you've come to the right time, we're just about to stage a big show here, but it's lively, not many outsiders have caught up, you have caught up. ”

This man is full of talkativeness, after all, he opened a shop in the county town to do business, and he has seen a lot of people and has a wider horizon.

Hu Yinfeng felt that this person was a good channel for information. When I came here, my eyes were black, where to find Lin Wenzhuo, it was enough if I didn't get lost here, thinking of this, I couldn't help but smile bitterly, got up and followed the boss into the hotel.

The restaurant is not big, there are only two street fronts, when the door has three or five grease tables, now it is not the time to eat, there are no customers in the store, it seems relatively deserted.

Although Hu Yinfeng found a table by the door and sat down, and asked the boss to pick up two plates of dishes, he was not in a hurry anyway, so he should rest here.

The man readily agreed, hurriedly served the tea, let Hu Yinfeng sit first, and he went to the stove inside to fry and fry, his hands and feet were neat, not much effort, and brought up two plates of side dishes, a plate of local mountain goods stir-fried, a plate of bacon and sauerkraut, mushroom chickens are grunting in the pot, and they will soon be out of the pot.

Hu Yinfeng himself doesn't like to drink very much, so he asked for a little home-brewed rice wine recommended by the boss and slowly poured himself a drink.

Hu Yinfeng asked the price, it was reasonable, and the boss said that since it was a tourist from other places, he would give a 20% discount, a total of 80 yuan.

Hu Yinfeng smiled, took out a hundred-yuan bill and handed it to the boss, saying that it would be troublesome for the big brother for a while, and there would be no need for a discount, and the eldest brother would accompany me to drink two glasses, and introduce me to the local customs, and I would also refer to it.

The boss saw that although the little young man was not big, he was very generous, and there was no grinding of ordinary people, and his face was smiling, and he poured out a pot of rice wine from the back kitchen at the moment, and said Look at the brothers, the eldest brother will accompany you for two cups, anyway, there is no business in the store now.

The two of them pushed the glass and changed the glass, although it was not liquor, but they were also happy.

Not big, the man served the mushroom chicken again, and the tiger led the wind to taste it, and it really had a different flavor and was in a good mood.

A pot of rice wine went down to his stomach, and Hu Yinfeng said: "What did the eldest brother just say that you are going to perform a big drama here, and it happened to me to meet it, and I haven't asked the eldest brother yet, what kind of big drama is it?"

When Hu Yinfeng said this, the man seemed to suddenly realize, a little embarrassed, and said: "I patronized cooking, but I forgot about it." Let me tell you, brother, we have a rather evil custom here, and you are here if you can't see it in other places. ”

When Hu Yinfeng heard this, he hurriedly asked what was the rarity, and the man opened the conversation box while accompanying Hu Yinfeng to drink.

According to the boss named Ye Zhigao, there are many ancient witchcraft in the local folk of Zhenxiong, especially the most prosperous in the yin.

Passing through the yin, also called touching and frightening, touching the blind, exorcising ghosts, going down, going down, going down, etc. (different folk names in various places), meaning from the yang to the underworld.

Legend has it that people who can pass through the yin will not cry when they are born, and according to common sense, children who do not cry will not survive, but they can not only survive, but also be much smarter than others, just from the time they are sensible, they know when they will die.

The first passage of the yin in a person is often unconscious, occurring in sleep, which is like a natural reaction of the body to a certain point in development, of course, not very sure at a certain age.

They remember their dreams very clearly, and they will gradually realize that they are in the shade, and of course, some will keep them secret, and some will use this to do something else.

The placement of shoes determines the state of life and death of the person who has passed the yin. When passing through the yin, one of the shoes must be turned upside over, and if all of them are corrected, the person who has passed through the yin will wake up, and if they are all turned over, they will die.

But if you leave the place of birth, you can no longer predict the death date of others, so you gradually live an ordinary life, occasionally helping others ask questions about life and death.

This kind of witchcraft has been practiced since ancient times, and it is said that it is not uncommon. For example, in the fifty-second chapter of "The Words of the Golden Vase Plum", there is a line: "You have come through the yin? Who doesn't know?".

There is also a line in Li Yu's "Phoenix Seeking Phoenix: Fake Disease" in the Qing Dynasty: "This is called passing through the yin, and anyone who asks the good luck and evil of the patient must first go to the yin to check his lifespan." ”

Le Jun of the Qing Dynasty said in "Ear Food Record": "Yin seduces people, and there are often people who are alive, which is called yin." Its words and food are not different from people, but when they sleep, they are mournful, and they can't feel it, and they cover it when they pass the yin.

When you sit down, you will be on your back, and you will never return. Therefore every sleep must be opened to his house. I'm afraid of being fooled. Whoever is the deceased in the next month, the prophet of it, foresees the yin also. ”

It is also rumored that Bao Zheng and Bao Qingtian of the Northern Song Dynasty often went to the underworld to collect evidence and judge cases.

According to Ye Zhigao, they have a local place called Linkou, which is a gathering place for a local black seedling, and there are many Miao wizards and goddesses in Linkou who will pass through the yin, but if you want to talk about the most famous one, it should be a black seedling wizard named Zhiye.

Black seedlings are a branch of the Miao people, and the number of people is relatively small compared to white seedlings and flower seedlings.

The costumes of the Miao people are very different due to the different villages, the costumes of the black seedlings are mainly black regardless of men and women, the clothes of the flower seedlings are the most beautiful, made of five colors, and the white seedlings like to wear a white body, but no matter how big the difference in clothing is, all the Miao people like sterling silver jewelry.

The Zhiye family is a hereditary wizard in the local black seedlings, and his grandfather and father are very famous yin wizards. When it reaches Zhiye, it is even more magical. It is said that Zhiye can not only determine life and death, but also act as a messenger of yin and yang, accurately conveying the greetings and requests between relatives in the two worlds of yin and yang.

At the beginning, Zhiye's fame was only spread within the Black Miao tribe, but gradually, because he did several influential rituals, he became famous in Zhenxiong and even the entire Yunnan-Guichuan area.

Now the ** master basically doesn't come out in person to do things in person, and when it comes to major things, he just lets the apprentices go out, and the ordinary people ask for advice, and the apprentices and grandchildren are enough to deal with it, and everyone in Zhenxiong knows about it.

However, every three years, the Zhiye ** master will still open the altar once, one is to volunteer to break the life of the villagers, and the other is to accept a disciple.

Because his name is too big and there are many believers, many wealthy families hope that their children can worship under Zhiye's door and have some Taoism, which will also be a face-saving thing in the future.

It is said that there was a big boss who opened a coal mine, carrying 500,000 yuan in cash, and personally visited Zhiye **Shi and asked him to do a ritual for his father, but Zhiye did not agree at first.

Later, the boss was also hand-eyed, and he actually moved the big man of the city-level government to inquire in person, and Zhiye reluctantly agreed to do it for him.

This year coincides with the opening of the altar in the third year, and this week, that is, tomorrow, Zhiye will openly set up an altar in Yanzhai to go to the yin and recruit spiritual children as disciples.

Hu Yinfeng's heart moved, so powerful, he wanted to see who was sacred. Could it be that the strange phone call summoned him here for another purpose?

Ye Zhigao told Hu Yinfeng that his hometown happened to be adjacent to Yanzhai, and the two villages were less than two kilometers away, so he still admired the legend of the great wizard of Zhiye.

This time, the three-year opening of the altar, I naturally wanted to go back to my hometown to see the excitement, and it happened that my parents in my hometown called and said that there was some urgent matter for him to go back to discuss, so he simply left together.

It's a pity that the business is too cold during this time, and there is too much stock in my own small shop, so I am afraid that a trip back to my hometown will delay the time and come back with bad dishes. It's good to say that green vegetables and the like are cooked meat, but I am afraid that they will not last too long.

This year's weather is inexplicably hotter than in previous years, so Boss Ye is even more worried.

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