sinovels Chapter 35 Ash, the Evil Buddha and Paper Money
Chapter 35 Ash, the Evil Buddha and Paper Money
According to the waiter at the Tea Lao, there are three tyrants in this Yingchang Mansion, because they all have a word "Ba" in their names, and they are sworn brothers who often go in and out together, so they are called the Three Bullies of Yingchang.
This number one tyrant is called Liu Yongba. It is said that this man has a wealth of wealth. His family has relatives who are high-ranking officials in Kaifeng.He is tall and strong, and weighs about three hundred catties. He is a lazy, greedy and lustful master.
The second tyrant is called Wang Qiba. This person is a local ruffian who knows how to fight. He is followed by a bunch of rogues who run amok all day long. He often looks for shops to collect money. If anyone refuses to pay, he will gather younger brothers and smash the shop together. .
The third bully, called Kong Ba, is a brothel owner, tall and thin, and it is said that he is very bad. He often tricks some pretty girls and boys into prostitution, and beats them if they don't want to. He has done too many unreasonable things. up.
After the clerk finished his explanation, he did not forget to add, "Masters, these three people are not to be messed with, especially..." He looked at them, and said hesitantly, "Especially the four are outstanding, and the three The rascal hurts the nature and reason, not only likes beautiful women but also beautiful men, so don't look for this bad luck, let's take a detour!"
Zhan Zhao nodded, took out the silver taels to pay the bill and tipped the guy, then turned to look at Bai Yutang, "What do you want?"
Bai Yutang raised his eyebrows, "Are you looking for some fun?"
"You want to teach those three bullies a lesson?" Zhan Zhao asked.
Gongsun also nodded, "It seems that the governor of Yingchang is not ignoring the case, but is unable to do what he wants. We really should get rid of those bullies for him, and besides..." At this point, Gongsun hesitated.
"Sir, did you find anything?" Zhan Zhao asked curiously.
"Hmm..." Gongsun thought for a while and said in a low voice, "Zhou Lan's situation feels like being cursed by an evil Buddha."
"Evil Buddha?" Pang Tong frowned slightly after hearing this, "What evil Buddha?"
Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other, hesitant to tell Pang Tong the details of the case, after all he was an outsider.
Seeing the expressions of the people, Pang Tong didn't ask any more questions, but said, "I was marching outside, and I heard some legends about evil Buddhas. The evil Buddhas you mentioned can curse people to bring bad luck, but they were handed down from the end of the Han Dynasty. Thousand-handed Evil Buddha?"
Gongsun and the others were slightly surprised, but since Pang Tong knew, he might as well ask, maybe he could find some clues.
"Have you heard of it?" Bai Yutang asked with great interest, "Is there any specific explanation? Why can that thing curse people?"
Pang Tong thought for a while and said, "A few years ago, when I was the commander, there was an old soldier in his 60s under him. He told me the legend about the evil Buddha."
All three put down their glasses and listened enthusiastically.
"In the area of Yizhou outside the pass, there are several villages called Grave Villages." Pang Tong explained to several people unhurriedly.
"Grave Village?" Bai Yutang frowned, "Why did you choose such an unlucky name?"
"Because in those villages, there are no people, only graves." Pang Tong shrugged, "Those were left thousands of years ago, and the tombstones all over the ground are shocking."
"Is it because of the war?" Gongsun asked.
Pang Tong nodded, shook his head again, and said, "The old soldier told me that the whole village was destroyed because of being cursed."
"Is it because of the evil Buddha's curse?" Zhan Zhao tapped the cup lightly with his slender fingers.
Pang Tong nodded, "The old army said that he also heard from some old people in his ancestors that there were eagle people in the west at that time, and they were good at casting spells. Unexpected death, a hundred trials and a thousand spirits!"
"Would this be a little exaggerated?" Bai Yutang asked, "Then the Ying people have already won the world."
Zhan Zhao agreed and nodded at Pang Tong.
"I asked the same question at the time." Pang Tong laughed, "The old soldier said that it is not so easy to curse people, that kind of ability cannot be taught, it can only be given by God, that is to say, the wizards in Yingren are all Born, generally there is no one in a hundred, and there are not many eagle people. And after each curse is cast, the person who cast the curse will be unable to speak for a year, and his life will be reduced by 20 years. After death, he cannot be reincarnated. I can only go to hell and be tortured."
The other three felt a little chilled down their backs when they heard this, which was indeed sinister enough.
"I still don't really believe in those legends about gods and monsters." Bai Yutang said helplessly, "I always think it's unreliable."
"Yeah." Zhan Zhao also nodded, "Indeed, but how do you explain what happened to Zhou Lan?"
"I want to know how Zhou Lan's family died." Gongsun touched his chin suddenly and said, "I read some classics about evil Buddhas, and now I suspect that the so-called curse of evil Buddhas is nothing more than a disease. "
"Plague?" The other three turned to look at Gongsun.
Gongsun nodded, "The most recorded in the classics are that most of the cursed people festered and died of disease... This is a typical symptom of the epidemic, and those so-called accidental falls from horses, vomiting blood and death are very likely It was caused by the disease."
"That makes sense!" Bai Yutang nodded, and said to Zhan Zhao, "Cat, I think this is more plausible!"
"The buddy said just now that Zhou Lan's mother, father, and then the youngest son died first, and finally the wife... In this way, it really looks like an epidemic!" Zhan Zhao said, "Old people are not in good health and are easy to get sick. , the child is weak... and Zhou Lan is the one with the best young body, so he has not passed away until now, but his health is very bad."
"If I can feel his pulse, then I can know the cause." Gongsun said.
Pang Tong smiled lowly, "Mr. Gongsun is very confident. Zhou Lan is not stupid. He should have consulted many doctors and doctors. If it is an epidemic, why can't those people find it?"
After hearing this, Gongsun was not angry, but turned to look at Pang Tong, and asked, "There are so many generals in the world, why is it that you, General Pang, are the only one who can defeat the Liao army for eight hundred miles?"
Pang Tong raised his eyebrows after hearing this, and looked straight at Gongsun. Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao nodded at the same time, and raised their thumbs, "Well said!"
Afterwards, everyone got up and left the teahouse. Gongsun followed Zhan Zhao closely, wanting to climb up his Yanshanyue and sit behind him.Or you can sit with Bai Yutang, in short, it is more suitable than sharing a horse with Pang, or you can buy another horse to ride alone.
But before he got on the horse, Pang Tong got on the horse and walked to him, without even saying hello, he put his arms around Gongsun's waist and carried him onto the horse.
Gongsun really wanted to say a few words to him, but he had no choice but, separated by a curtain in Kaifeng Mansion, he was still a friend now, and if he wanted to work together, he would not be offended, and would cause trouble for Mr. Bao.
Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang, two young and unscrupulous little ones, had already left the matter of Gongsun out of the blue, and walked forward together, discussing how to torment those bullies later!
A few people first arrived outside the city of Yingchang Mansion. At this time, just after noon, the sky was clear and the sun was shining brightly, but when they passed by the ruins of the Wantong Escort Bureau, they still felt the wind blowing. The place is different.
Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang got off their horses, tied them to a tree by the side of the road, and signaled to Gongsun and Pang Tong that they don't need to come in. The road is difficult to walk because there are weeds growing and vines criss-crossing inside.Besides, it had been so many years, and it was unlikely that there would be any clues. The two entered the bush together, leaving Gongsun and Pang Tong outside.
Of course Gongsun knew that Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang had good intentions, but now he was left alone with Pang Tong, the two of them were too relieved, weren't they?He was left alone on the back of a horse with a man surnamed Pang, and he was instantly embarrassed.
Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang went into the forest, Bai Yutang jumped onto a broken wall, looked inside, the charcoal was burnt black and the wall crumbled to and fro, one can still see the tragedy of that year.
"Yutang!" Zhan Zhao suddenly called out, pointing to the corner of the wall not far ahead.
Bai Yutang frowned and looked over there, and saw a few piles of relatively new ashes there, looking at the color...the yellow paper was burnt to ashes, with scented wax stuck in front of it—someone came to worship at this place!
"Cat." Bai Yutang flew down in front of the piles of yellow papers, and said to Zhan Zhao, "It seems that the Wantong Escort Bureau is not extinct, but there are descendants."
Zhan Zhao also nodded, "Look at this trace, it seems to come every year."
"Isn't it almost clear?" Bai Yutang used the dragon scale tempered blade to push aside the dust and took a look. He saw a few unburned yellow papers inside, so he bent down to pick them up.Zhan Zhao quickly grabbed his hand, "Oh, what a bad luck!"
Bai Yutang smiled, looked at Zhan Zhao's hand on his own, and said in a low voice, "Cat, you really care about me."
Zhan Zhao quickly withdrew his hand, glared at him, and asked, "What are you doing with that yellow paper?"
Bai Yutang laughed, "Most of the yellow paper is marked."
"Mark?" Zhan Zhao was surprised.
"I also heard from my sister-in-law before." Bai Yutang said, "When you go to buy yellow paper, men and women buy differently. The paper money that women burn has to be folded in the middle so that it can be used by people underground. Here we go. Let's see if the person here is a man or a woman."
"There is another saying?" Zhan Zhao was surprised.
Bai Yutang raised a smirk at the corner of his mouth, "I told you to recruit more girls in Kaifeng Mansion, don't let the yamen be full of old men, it's so boring to watch."
"Go." Zhan Zhao glared at him, "The work in Kaifeng Mansion is dangerous, how can we find so many girls to do it, besides, isn't the lady who cooks in the kitchen a woman?"
Bai Yutang's eyelids twitched and he waved his hands, "That's not a woman, that's a tigress!"
Zhan Zhao didn't know whether to laugh or cry, he squatted down, not letting Bai Yutang move, reached out his hand, picked up a piece of paper money and looked at it, he saw an obvious crease on the paper money.
"It's a woman!" Zhan Zhao was surprised.
Bai Yutang nodded, "It seems that there was still a female family member who survived back then. If we can find her, we will know the truth of the case back then!"
"Yeah..." Zhan Zhao thought it was reasonable, and was about to put the paper money back, but Bai Yutang snatched it and threw it back into the pile of paper.
"Damn rat, who told you to touch it, isn't it bad luck!" Zhan Zhao was dissatisfied, "You are sincerely confronting me!"
Bai Yutang didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Then you won't let me pick myself up again?"
"I'm with Lord Bao all day long, what are you doing if I'm afraid of ghosts?" Zhan Zhao stared.
Bai Yutang opened his mouth, shook his head and smiled, took out a fire pocket from his pocket, and counted the unburned paper money.Seeing that Zhan Zhao was still angry, he rubbed his shoulder against him and said, "Mao'er, I'm just in case, if it's really unlucky, then I'll give you half, okay? "
Zhan Zhao didn't make a sound, and cursed in his heart, "Stupid mouse."