Chapter 27: Dogs Not Eight Years, Chickens Not Six Years

The old man did not want to miss the time, then ordered his son to slaughter chickens immediately, his son is more than thirty years old, a stupid man, his left hand from the back of the rooster’s wings, will be rusty kitchen knife in the other hand, the method of slaughtering chickens is nothing more than “a wipe a chop”, drag the blade of the knife in the neck of the chicken a stranglehold, cut off the blood vessels and air ducts, and to be the chicken’s blood flow is exhausted, the chicken would be The chicken will die of gas; a chop is a kitchen knife to cut down, chopping off the head of the chicken, but roosters, a category of birds, the most fierce, the head of the chicken fell, headless chicken body will still be due to the body of the nerves have not yet completely dead and jumping around, the situation seems very horrible and bloody.

But the mountain people rural farmers home, slaughter chicken and goose hook is most unusual, look at the old man’s son’s frame, he was going to use the chicken head method, partridge whistle with Chen blind glanced at the two of them to take the mountain people at home a chicken and poultry, was not waste of effort, even if it is not forcible seizure, only to shoot out a golden “big yellow fish “to, also not worry about not buy down, but Za Lou Mo Shi which should have what gold bars? In this way, will inevitably expose the identity, now have to act opportunistically, get up and walk forward, blocking the mountain people slaughter chicken.

These two are in the green forest killers in the river and ocean bandit leader, is not a small thieves and cougars ringing horses, although the Za Lou ink master dress, but raise their hands and feet in the still can not hide the tiger walk, casually say words, also has a hidden deterrent aura.

That a pair of mountain people father and son twice and three times by them to stop the slaughter can not rooster, although it is irritated, but listen to their speech and demeanor is not vulgar, but also do not dare to easily angry, only a complaint is inevitable: “This group of Zalou ink master is not good sense, my own home, a rice and a water to feed the big chickens and birds, want to kill will kill, want to stay will stay, and then how to clean up, but also are our own things, that is! Heavenly Kings can not control these ……”

Chen blind see partridge whistle insisted on buying this chicken, the heart has already understood eight or nine points, the cock is the nemesis of the centipede nemesis, and this chicken is extraordinary, expected to be in the tomb of the six winged big centipede also want to fear it three times, can get this thing, the big thing is set to be done, at this time to do is just even with the bluffing abducted this chicken to go.

His eyes a turn, plan on the heart, to the old man hehehe smile, cupped fists said: “successive churned your house business, I hope that your weng forgiveness then a, I and other siblings three people, the original non-biological, are learning …… in the division recognized in the division of the senior brothers and sisters, accompanied by a walk on the mountains and villages rely on each other, with a Za Lou craft for a living, meet this chaotic world, but always never leave each other, there is a mouthful of water, to be divided into three to drink, get a piece of dry food, but also to be broken into three halves of the same food, only because that year, in front of the ancestor god chopped the chicken head, burned yellow paper, made a number of worship knot the same heart out of the move, although do not dare to compare the Peach Orchard, but the set of oaths to this day in the ears of the words of the yellow sky and thick earth, the gods and men to learn together, had sworn to the chicken, if there is a slightest Against, the end will be like that was beheaded chicken head, so my brother and sister three people promised a big wish, life not to eat chicken, but also can not see another home slaughter chicken, see the money which must be made to get the chicken to live.”

Chen blind man made up some nonsense out of the root cause, and then made the usual tricks, said the chicken feathers divided into five colors, eyes such as the star, never very thing, kill it is really not good, light is to attract slaughter trouble, heavy is the main family will be the lack of people, to be “sword hijacking”, that the ink master woodwork, since ancient times, there will be a book of Lu Ban’s secret, good at the phase of the house anorexia victory, but also more will be It is said that some family members were rich, but moved to a new house, the family’s situation fell, fortunate to have a high point of view, then know that the construction of the mansion, deducted the carpentry silver, was the ink master in the home under the pressure to win the art, the results of dismantling the wall base pillars, and it is true, the four pillars, are hidden under a carriage full of coins, all so that the hard paper tied together, the four carriages point in the direction of four directions, as if it was carrying the money to the outside of the house, the money to the outside of the house, and this is a good idea. Money to the mansion and go, this is the carpenter secretly under the array of symbols, was broken, the main family did not destroy the four paper carriages, but turn them around the front of the car, from the outside and the inside to the home of the transport of money, and since then, really rolling wealth.

This is just a folk legend, but can show that the ink master’s art since ancient times, so the people of Za Lou ink masters know the art of the said, from no doubt, the blind man used to alarmist, moving to love, to reason, and their brother and sister that year to the chicken vowed to say, to say, in the final analysis, there is only one purpose, that is, must be discussed with the not like a mortal object of the rooster to go.

Chen blind man in the chest in a wide range, talk a lot, all in the opportunity to friendship, it is “wealth and fortune with the mouth set, good and bad while the heart born”, just hope that the old man’s mind to live, but who knows that the old man seems to be hard-hearted, not eat this set of him, shaking his head and said to them: “the ink masters only know one, do not know the other two, I if If I give you this rooster, it is really let you get into trouble, this does not accumulate the things of virtue, how can I do it easily? This chicken is not a chicken, is a demon, you guys, have not heard of the dog is not eight years, chicken no six years of reasoning?”

Chen blind and partridge whistle previously did not think of these old-time folklore, at this time heard a sudden realization, secretly said: “ah also, even for this matter slaughter chicken!” It turned out that the old man is a golden house thunder altar of the door, the western Hunan mountains have “Hu, Jin” two major thunder altar, are very famous Taoist door, these Taoist doors have Taoist and also have a monk, specializing in making “Tatsumi State Charms”, hundreds of years specializing in doing “catching the corpse! Delivery of water, decompression of poison” and other business, in recent years, the warlords, people do not want to live, the weather in the door of the Taoist has been declining to the present day is not the same as in the past, like this old man such as living in the sparsely populated mountains in the day for a small number of people, the old man is not a big figure in the Golden House of Thunder altar, but also through some of the ways of the square technology, he most believe in the “Easy Demon” of the reasoning.

Easy Demon” is an ancient book, from the Three Kingdoms and two Jin Dynasty began to circulate, specializing in the world of demonic phenomena, what is a demon? Yi Demon” that – out of the ordinary for the “demon”, the world appeared out of the ordinary special phenomena, are a world will be chaotic, or the omen of a catastrophe, “the dog is not eight years, the chicken is not six years! The origin of the words, are “easy demon” in the theory, in the old society under the feudal superstitious thinking, the folk are convinced of this abound.

This statement refers to the home in the raising of chickens, dogs and livestock, can not be raised too many years, because once they let them survive in human society for too long, every day and human contact, people talk it on the side to listen to people’s every move are also in the eyes, so that gradually through the human nature, sooner or later will certainly become a demon into a demon, to make some danger of scourge of the earth’s bad things to.

It is said that there was a rich family, the home of the grandchildren of slaves, he raised a white dog in the mansion, the dog understanding, very much like, often not away from the rich man half a step, go out to play also want to bring around, and then the rich man suddenly died of a sudden illness, the family since it will be convergence of the burial, but the rich man raised the old white dog but also disappeared, people think that the dog is attached to the master, the master died, it is sad! The people thought that the dog was attached to the master, the master died, it was sad to go away, or died in some place, also did not put too much attention to this matter.

Who knows that after the death of the rich man, after a whole year, one night, the rich man suddenly returned home, the family thought the dead first corpse, all alarmed, but look at his speech and behavior, and the life of the general, he said himself a year ago due to the stifling of gas coma, so it was treated as a violent illness and died, was buried alive into the grave, fortunately met a Taoist priest passed by the graveyard, by chance, he saved him out of it, and he followed the Taoist to go to Fangming Mountain, five mountains, and the Taoist to go to the grave, but he did not know what to do. The Taoist went to the side of the famous mountains and mountains, to this day back.

Family members to see the rich man can not die, all happy, so everything is as usual, that rich man and before the same, food and tea habits of taste has not changed, during the day to deal with the size of the family things, reward and punishment, to teach people to believe in fear, to the night is to sleep one by one of his three wives and four concubines, and so on for half a year, to the family to fix a good life prosperous.

But one day coincided with his birthday to do birthday, the night in the table to drink, more than a few cups, alcohol surged up, on the case to sleep, suddenly a gust of wind outside the door to blow, the hall lamps and candles are extinguished, there are servants hurriedly re-lighting, would like to help the old man into the inner hall to rest, I did not expect to see, where there is what the rich man, only a white-haired dog, curled up in the chair, sleeping soundly, full of alcohol in the sky, the people were shocked to realize that the rich man has long been dead, and now the rich man, the rich man is dead, and now the rich man is dead. Know that the rich man has long been dead, now this is clearly a demon haunting, hurry while it is asleep, with a knife chopped up dead disassembled eight pieces, set fire to destroy the wreckage.

Like this kind of legend in the Qin-Han to the two Jin’s between these years, very extensive, not only the ordinary people believe, even the scholars also often hang on the mouth to talk about, these demonic signs are special signs, or the Lord of the sword, or the Lord of fire, or the Lord of the king’s lawlessness, to the later generations, the theory of those signs of foreboding, and gradually no one mentioned, but as for the home to raise the cat and dog chickens and ducks, are not willing to raise the dog for eight years, and also refused to raise the chickens and poultry for six years. Six years, because many people believe that these animals live on earth for a long time, witnessed the world all kinds of behavior, its heart must have a sense of six years after eight years, perhaps will make some ordinary people hard to believe that the evil things can not be guarded against, Confucius said “not with the beasts of prey”.

Goldwind cottage to slaughter the chicken of this old man, has raised this big rooster for nearly six years, this rooster brilliant, when the cottage in the chicken eggs countless, but only his family’s eggs hatched this chicken, the rest of the eggs are empty shells, it must be the heaven and earth spirit of the bell, so always valuable and cherish, every day are fed to the essence of the food, but also this rooster did not fail to live up to the owner’s favorite, the mountains, poisonous insects and snakes are the most, is the mountain people of the great danger, this rooster day and night! In the hammock under the patrol, pecking poisonous insects, every day at dawn the golden chicken crowing, is not cool millimeters, more accurate than the self-tolling bell, so can not afford to kill, Naihe six years has come to, and then left behind I am afraid that it is not known, in accordance with the old rules, before dark today, must kill the chicken blood, otherwise, but out of what trouble, the material must be ruthless, so feed it a full meal, grinding fast knife will be on the spot will be slaughtered.

Chen blind finally understand the reason, if other circumstances, at least can swindle the male chicken out, but six years of chickens and birds have always said that for the demon, if left unkilled, it must be unlucky for the host family, western Hunan mountain people are convinced, and look at this old man’s temperament good stubbornness, how to say that he returned to the heart of the matter? Fear is to give him two big yellowtail is also refused, now can not say, have to make some means out.

He thought in his head, on the red girl wink, the red girl secretly nodded, she is good at the moon door of the ancient color opera, the ancient color opera there are many organs of the secret means, known as “sticky, pendulum, together, over, the moon, don’t, whisking, open”, which the “moon” trick The “moon” trick is a kind of blindfold method, even if the viewer is close to the eye, but also can not see how the performer is “blackmail mountain over the sea, change shape”, the moon door in the artist is the most skillful at this art, as long as the red girl hands, in front of the father and son of this pair of mountain folk, the rooster with a blindfold means to cover up, even if you are the eyes of the fire, can not see how she is doing, and the red girl is not able to see how she is doing. Can’t see how she did it, although they let them see by a group of Za Lou ink master out of thin air ingested, but can’t find the physical evidence, also since there is no reason to speak.

Red girl just want to do, but see the partridge whistle will hand closed in the sleeve, only exposed two pointed out, slightly shook a few shakes, this is the green forest in the contact with gestures in the code, is to tell her and Chen blind first don’t act rashly, in the walled village to cause a commotion to, although it is not difficult to get out of the way, can be bad to steal hair bottle mountain tomb of the grand plan.

Chen blind man and red girl know moving mountain Taoist may have a good plan, so hold back, wait and see what happens, but secretly also “seemingly intentional seemingly unintentional” to walk to the side of the mountain people father and son, later, once the collapse of the talk is not close, will have to take action to seize, can not afford to slaughter them this colorful feathered rooster.

Only to hear the partridge whistle to the old man said: “dogs do not eight years, chicken no six years, is indeed the old rule is not false, but the world is nothing strange, can not be based on the old rules and the theory of a lot of people, small can not talent, would like to say some reasoning, so that Zunweng not kill this chicken.”

That old man see partridge whistle look calm, talk not bad, said don’t look at this person young, he even if it is really a Za Lou ink master, is by no means idle small can be characters, but do not believe that he can say what refutation of the real words to, at most and that Chen blind man’s statement, full of smoke bubbles child ghosts and lanterns of the jianghu cheats set, and listen to his words and what is the defense? Thinking about this, said: “Good, I’ll listen to you this student can have what insights, if you can say that I am convinced, will be this rooster white to you, in fact, I can not afford to slaughter it, why the old rules here, how dare to disobey? At that time you this latter ink master if you can not say what, can not be more trouble to hinder my family to kill chickens.”

Partridge whistle had an idea, he did not want to make the ordinary mountain people in the Greenwood Road in the tricky move, now waiting for is the old man’s words, the two high-five for the oath, and then raised his hand from the hands of the mountain people to the colorful feathered rooster, only to see that this big cockerel, although it is dying, but I do not know that it does not understand is not afraid of, and does not struggle fluttering, staring with his head high, look awe-inspiring power, just like a general in the army of a calm and collected demeanor.