"Then~"
Shi Lei asked hurriedly, "Do you know where he lives?"
"What's wrong?"
The old monk Zhaoyuan was not a pedantic person. He raised his brows and asked, "You have something to do with him?"
"That's it~"
Shi Lei told the whole story and finally said, "I was afraid that something might happen to him, so I came from Lu Town to find him."
"It turns out that the donor is Shi Lei!"
Teruhara was suddenly enlightened and said, "I heard Tang Er mentioned you."
"Tang Er?"
Shi Lei asked curiously, "Isn't Elder Tang an only son?"
"He also had an older brother who died not long after he was born~"
Teruhara explained, "That's why his nickname is Tang Er."
"Let's go~"
After saying that, Teruhara looked at the snow-capped peaks in the distance and said, "I will take you to find Tang Er. When you say that, I... am also quite worried."
After saying that, he followed the lead and walked quickly along the mountain path.
Shi Lei originally wanted to control the wind, but seeing Zhao Yuan acting like this, he had no choice but to follow behind.
Teruhara was obviously different from Jincheng. He was a warm-hearted person. As he walked, he said: "The first time I met Tang Er, he was still young, about four or five years old..."
It turns out that Elder Tang's family comes from a family of butchers, and his father, grandfather, and even his grandfather were all butchers of pigs.
Maybe it's because of the strong murderous intent. It has been passed down from generation to generation in the Tang family. It is said that Elder Tang's generation has been passed down for sixteen generations.
It was also winter when Teruhara met Elder Tang, and it also snowed heavily that day, which was even heavier than today.
It was almost the New Year that day, and Elder Tang’s father, Mr. Tang, was very busy, taking Elder Tang to kill pigs from house to house.
When Teruhara arrived at Zhuangzi, he saw Elder Tang standing on the stone mill at the entrance of a courtyard with his eyes covered.
The yard was very lively, with many children of the same age running around and playing with each other with maltose.
There are more adults, holding basins or small pots and pouring into the yard with smiles on their faces.
Listening to the pigs braying from time to time in the yard, Teruhara knew that the owner of the yard was killing a pig to celebrate the New Year.
Generally speaking, a family cannot eat one pig during the Chinese New Year, so neighbors will come over to support it and buy away the extra meat, which can be regarded as enjoying the happiness of the New Year.
"are you ready?"
An angry voice came from the yard. Although Elder Tang covered his eyes, he shouted with all his strength: "Don't kill, don't kill~"
Teruhara walked to the millstone curiously and asked softly why.
Elder Tang saw through his fingers that it was a kind-hearted monk, so he honestly said that he saw a person. This person was holding a white pig's head in his hand, with a butcher's knife stuck in the head.
Then, Elder Tang raised his hand and pointed to a corner of the yard.
Teruhara followed Elder Tang's finger and saw that the place was naturally empty and there was no one there.
"Ouch~"
At this time, the screams of pig slaughtering came from the yard.
Elder Tang also shouted and fell off the millstone.
However, Teruhara stood nearby and supported the pale Elder Tang in time.
Later, Teruhara woke up Elder Tang. When Elder Tang looked at the corner of the yard again, he said that the man had disappeared.
When Elder Tang's father, Brother Tang, came out and heard Teruhara's words, his expression changed drastically and he hurried back to the yard. When he came back again, he had a pig's trotter in his hand.
Teruhara was puzzled, so Mr. Tang pointed at the pig's trotters and explained that they were five-clawed pig's trotters.
As the saying goes, a carpenter doesn't make all the ingredients, and a butcher doesn't kill a five-clawed pig.
That is, when a carpenter wants to make a five-foot table, he should not take five-foot wood, but about six feet to avoid making mistakes and cutting too much, and the table will not meet the specifications.
When the butcher was killing the pig, he found that the pig had five toes and must be released.
why?
Because such a pig may be the reincarnation of a human being, or it may be the ghost of a ghost residing in the pig. Killing such a pig is a sin, and the butcher's luck will slowly deteriorate, and the family may even decline or die mysteriously.
Elder Tang saw the man holding the pig's head, indicating that the pig was entrusted by an evil spirit, and that this evil spirit would haunt Elder Tang in the future.
Elder Tang's father blamed himself very much, because when killing a pig, he would tell his children to stay away, but he was indeed a little negligent that day. Not only did he not care about Elder Tang, he also did not notice the weirdness of the pig.
Teruhara liked Elder Tang very much. When he saw Elder Tang encountering such bizarre things, he decided to accept him as his apprentice and use the power of White Horse Temple to help him avoid bad luck.
But Elder Tang's father did not agree at that time. Firstly, Elder Tang was still young and Elder Tang's father was reluctant; secondly, Elder Tang's father did not believe in the White Horse Temple, and he wanted to use the methods passed down from his family to untie the entanglement of wronged souls.
Teruhara didn't ask Elder Tang's father what method he used, after all, it had nothing to do with him.
Because of this incident, Teruhara remembered Elder Tang. When he passed by Zhuangzi when he had time, he would often look at Elder Tang.
Perhaps the Butcher Family's method worked. Elder Tang grew up slowly and nothing happened.
When he grew up, he also took over his father's butcher's knife and became a butcher.
Elder Tang finally became an outer disciple of the White Horse Temple. It was when he was in his twenties that he encountered a strange thing.
It was also winter that year, and Elder Tang was killing pigs at a house.
According to the ancestral custom, after several people helped Elder Tang hold down the big fat pig, Elder Tang picked up the ancestral butcher knife and shouted: "Shan Yazi, are you ready?"
"Okay~"
Shan Yazi, who had taken two sips of wine on an empty stomach, responded casually.
Elder Tang was stunned immediately.
Because after the incident with the five-clawed pig when he was a child, Elder Tang’s father, Mr. Tang, specifically told him about the relevant matters and taboos.
Elder Tang's father knew that it was difficult to observe whether a pig had a fifth toe before it was killed, so as a precaution, Elder Tang's father told Elder Tang that before raising the knife, he would definitely check the fifth toe. Someone who was helping to catch the pig shouted: "XXX, are you sure you can catch it?".
Regardless of whether the other party answered or not, Elder Tang would be fine. As long as the person holding down the hind legs remained silent, both parties would be fine.
Elder Tang has just given many instructions. He will ask questions when killing pigs. These are all for the pigs to listen to. No one can answer them. As long as they answer the questions, the "five-clawed pig" will know before it dies. Remember the name of the pig catcher and all revenge will befall him.
But this Shan Yazi had just drank, and he casually agreed in a daze.
Now something bad happened, breaking the taboo of killing pigs.
Elder Tang asked Shan Yazi to let go of his hand and let others replace him.
But Shan Yazi got drunk and ignored Elder Tang at all. He also said that Elder Tang looked down on him and that he had plenty of strength.
Elder Tang persuaded him for a few minutes, but the people around him became impatient, and the owner of the house also urged him, so Elder Tang had no choice but to stab the pig with a knife and kill it.
Everyone cheered and divided the meat. Elder Tang paid attention to the pig's trotters.
It doesn't matter, Elder Tang's soul flew into the sky, and by chance, it was a five-clawed pig...
(End of chapter)
