The Book of Life and Death, Chapter 5: The Three-color Soul Lamp
The "enemy outside the borders" mentioned in Hong Qingtian's mouth has not been idle in the past few days, and it seems that he is preparing a bigger conspiracy.
Once in order to help the Dong brothers' A-Niang reincarnate as a human being, he agreed to a request from Hong Qingtian and retrieved the bull head and horse noodles and the "Book of Life and Death" within ten days.
All people and things point the finger at the same place......
"Wake up and ......wake up, wake up,
Qiguang stood at the head of the bed, trying to wake up the sleeping one.
"What are you doing? I'm so sleepy......"
"Don't sleep, get up and come with me, Mr. Green Falcon has something to look for you. β
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The horse straightened up and sat down on the bed.
"What? Mr. Green Falcon, looking for me?"
Qiguang nodded.
"What are you looking for me? I went on the night patrol last night on time. β
"The teacher hasn't been teaching for a few days, and as soon as he came, he indicated that he wanted to see you, and asked me to come and inform you to rush over with us immediately. β
He tried to think back to everything that had happened in the past few days, trying to find out if there was something wrong with him that had offended the "Green Falcon".
"You're wearing your clothes backwards. β
In a hurry, I won't even wear clothes for a while, "I'm still not going, right?"
"Don't panic, maybe something good is looking for you?"
Although I was a little afraid, I still had to follow the light to the school where I taught.
The Green Falcon was dressed at the top and at the bottom, which was up to the knees but the back was long to the feet and a belt around the waist. This unadorned white dress is what the "Seventh Teacher" wears when teaching.
"What are the latecomers doing there? β
The teacher's eyes did not take his eyes off the textbook, but everyone knew who the "latecomer" meant.
He tiptoed to find an empty seat and sat down.
Did you let me come to the class?
As it stands, it should be.
At this point, everyone is together, and the teacher has started the first class of Yin-Yang Taoism - the first theory of Yin-Yang Taoism.
Yin-yang, the Taoist sect, also began at the end of the Warring States period.
Since the Warring States Period, the Yin and Yang Officials, with their unique roles, have been divided into three parts with civil and military officials. Our yin and yang officials, one pushes the national fortune and the emperor's order, the second occupies the trivial affairs of the common people, the three grams of evil demons, the four protect the peace of one side, and the five change the number of people's lives, all of which cannot be done by the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty.
The Tang Dynasty regards Lao Tzu as its ancestor and respects Taoism as the state religion. Taoist Lao Tzu once said: Tao gives birth to yang, yang gives birth to yin, yin and yang give birth to gossip, Taiji gives birth to all things, all things negative yin and embrace yang, and impulse thinks that it is harmonious.
Yin-Yang Dao is divided into Occupy and Dao.
Divination, predicting the future, knowing the past, interpreting dreams and eliminating worries, and turning evil into good fortune.
Taoism, calling the wind and rain, going to the heavens and entering the earth, suppressing evil spirits, and eliminating demons and defending the Tao.
Divination and Taoism are inseparable from the core of Taoism, "all things are divided into yin and yang, and all exist yin and yang". The composition of the world is caused by the growth and decline of yin and yang, and the transfer of the five elements.
One student asked, "Teacher, you said that everything can be divided into yin and yang, and all can coexist with yin and yang, how can you see it?"
"We are the best example of this. When you are born, you are yang, when you die, you are yin, when you die, you turn ghosts into yang, and ghosts turn into yang. β
"What is the explanation for 'the composition of the world is caused by the growth and decline of yin and yang, and the transfer of the five elements'?"
"I'm easy to answer this question, but it's a little hard for you to understand. Generally speaking, everything begins with 'one changes two to four', just like the reproduction of people and the sowing of trees, from simple to complex, from shallow to deep......"
Looking at the blank faces of the students, Lan Ying decided to change the way so that the students could understand the general situation.
"If you use mathematical knowledge to tell the story, it may be easier for you to understand, take out the pen and paper under the table and make a note. β
Everyone bent down, took out the paper and pen that had been prepared from under the table, dipped them in ink, and waited for the teacher to speak.
Tai Chi gives birth to two rituals, two rituals give birth to four elephants, and four elephants give birth to gossip. Among them, the two instruments are both yin and yang, that is to say, in the eight trigrams, yin and yang are the foundation. Yang Ji ββ, Yin Ji --γ Then among the four images, == is the Taiyin,β°,β³ β² β΅ β· β± β΄ βΆ......
"Something big, something ...... wrong"
It seems like something is going on outside!
Qiguang was the first to get up and run out of the classroom to see what was going on, and there were gradually more people outside the door who came out to check, and no one knew who shouted "Something happened". The crowd gradually rushed in one direction, and the light followed the crowd first.
The gate of the provincial department has been surrounded by people who have come to pass. Judging from the official uniforms they were wearing, in addition to the lively people and the yin and yang officials of the provincial ministry, there were other department officials in charge of Chang'an affairs.
"Yo, this is too terrifying, these people are dying so miserably......"
This sentence came from the front of the human wall.
The light squeezed through the crowd and thought of the front to see what terrible things were going on. When the light climbed to the front of the crowd, a total of seven corpses covered with white cloth were displayed in front of him.
"Ahh
Before he could be surprised, he was stopped outside the white line by the person in charge who was present, "You all step back, don't destroy the corpse." Why hasn't any of the Seventh Divisions come out yet?"
"We've got someone to inform the teachers, and they should be there right away. β
The more people gathered, the more speculation in the crowd grew.
Some people say that when the wind blew up the corpse cloth, he saw the appearance of those corpses, and the whole body seemed to be squeezed dry, leaving only yellow skin wrapped in white bones, which was so penetrating.
Some people also say that it was a ghost who asked for his life and took the life of this family.
Some even say that these are not dead people, but the corpses of youkai, because no one has ever seen anyone die like this.
Just when there were different opinions, the first to arrive was the green falcon Wind and Ming.
The person in charge at the scene told Green Falcon that he was an official of the Chang'an Mansion, and that this morning, different people found seven bodies in different places in Chang'an City, and the death was very tragic and the cause of death was unknown. This person suspected that it was not human, so he had to take someone to transport all the corpses to the provincial department first, so that the Yin and Yang officials could find any clues from it.
After listening to what this man said, the green falcon squatted down to check the corpse, only to glance at it, then immediately covered the corpse cloth, got up and said to the government official: "This lord, I just lifted the corner of the corpse cloth, and I can feel a strong resentment on the corpse, which should be left by the murderer when he killed people, and it is impossible for a living person to leave this strong resentment." Please leave this matter to our Yin and Yang Provincial Department. β
"That's great, I still don't think I can get started, Lord Midori, thank you so much. β
Did the green falcon only feel the resentment left by the perpetrator?
No, the green falcon is still worried, it's not as simple as it seems.
After a simple handover of the body, the Green Falcon ordered several brigadier officers to carry the body back to the provincial headquarters, and Qiguang was one of them.
When Qifeng arrived, the crowd had already dispersed, and he couldn't find the figure of Qiguang, so he had to go back to the dormitory first.
After a while, Qiguang also returned to the dormitory, and the first thing he said when he entered the door was, "Ouch, do you know what just happened?"
Of course, everyone didn't know what was going on, and when they saw the light come back, they all stood up and asked him what was wrong.
"The dried corpses of seven young girls were found in the city this morning, and I am afraid that there are demons causing chaos in the city. β
"All the girls who were killed?"
"Yes, all of them are young girls who have not yet come out of the cabinet. Hey, what a good age, how sad their families must be. β
The night is getting cooler, and Chang'an at the end of autumn is still full of lights, singing every night.
It's still early, and I once wanted to wander around the street to relieve my boredom.
The roads in Chang'an extend in all directions, and there are countless small streets and narrow alleys.
Once wandering aimlessly through the streets, looking east and west, even if there were many new and interesting things, he could not lift the spirit. I don't know if it's because it's cold and tired, or if there are too many things on my mind, and I can't lift my spirits for a while.
Passing by the mouth of a small alley, I didn't go in. As soon as he walked three steps away, he heard someone calling his name from the depths of the alley.
"Senior brother, once senior brother ......"
Listening to the voice, it is very familiar, this person is not anyone, it is the junior brother of the first dynasty, the three ghosts - the three immortals of the earth.
Red, yellow, and blue lights flashed in the deep alley, and with the help of the three-color light, I saw these three ghost cha junior brothers at a glance, "Hey, it's you again?"
The three immortals of the earth have a hippie smile, and they are waiting for a good meal around them, pushing their backs and pinching their feet.
"Okay, okay, don't come to this, there is something to say. β
"So, senior brother, can we talk about it?"
They lifted the lanterns of red, yellow, and blue, held them up in front of their eyes, and shook them a few times.
"What are you carrying lanterns for?"
"Senior brother, do you remember the last time we met, we were also carrying lanterns, remember?"
Once I recalled it carefully, the last time we met? The last time we met, it was because of the Dong brothers. The lantern seems to be an impression.
"I remember, the last time we met, you were indeed carrying a lantern, and if I remember correctly, it should be a blue lantern. β
The demons put down the lantern they had raised, and they told the IchΕ that it was called the "Soul Lamp."
In the world of the underworld, light also symbolizes direction and path. The road to the underworld is a dark and lightless abyss road, in order not to let the ghosts get lost, every time the ghost goes to the world to go on a mission, he must carry the "soul lamp" in his hand. The function of the "Soul Lamp" is to guide the ghosts to find the ghosts of the deceased, and to attract the ghosts so that they can follow the ghosts to the underworld safely to reincarnation.
There are four colors of the "Soul Lantern", red, yellow, blue, and black. Depending on the color of the lantern, the ghost being pulled is also different.
The blue lantern is the lantern that the oni cha carries when he pulls the soul of Ping. Ping Soul refers to the soul of a person who has been exhausted according to the number of years recorded in the "Book of Life and Death", or simply put, the soul of a person who dies naturally. The Dong brothers' mother-in-law is a normal old death, so the last time the ghost sent her soul to sign, the lantern she was carrying was blue.
The yellow lantern is a lonely ghost that has lingered in the human world for too long, and usually this kind of ownerless soul will be eaten on the way to the underworld.
The red lantern is a lantern that is only used by ghosts when there are evil spirits in the world. This kind of resentful spirit died in vain before death, unable to swallow the last breath, and this breath accumulates into resentment, which greatly increases the anger of the ghost, and loses its benignness to mutilate the living.
The black lantern, whose function is unknown, has never been used by ghosts.
"What do you want me to help with something to do with this soul lamp?"
"That's half right. It's related to ghosts. Last night, we received instructions from our superiors that seven young girls had died in Chang'an City, and that we should come up and take their ghosts down. But ......"
The ghost blows the lamp