Shi Lei asked: "What is this~"
"Already have it~"
Teruhara said, "But I didn't ask."
Shi Lei thought for a moment, then flew up and untied the thing.
After opening it, both Shi Lei and Xu Wei took a breath of air.
A five-clawed pig's trotter!
"That's it~"
Teruhara whispered, "This is the five-clawed pig's trotters that Tang Er's father showed me when he was a child!"
The five-clawed pig's trotters have withered, but there is no sign of decay.
And there is a piece of pork bone next to the pig's trotters.
Shi Lei picked up the pig bone and was surprised to see two lines of words engraved on it.
"Pig Father's Spiritual Table~"
"I pay my respects to Elder Ertang~"
Pig father?
What does it mean? ?
Shi Lei was a little confused.
"I know~"
Xu Wei, who was next to him, said, "There is a folk custom in some rural areas. If a child is frightened by gods and ghosts, the child is adopted as an adopted son by the gods and ghosts to avoid being taken away by the gods and ghosts."
"Hmm~"
Teruhara nodded and said, "According to Elder Tang's father's idea, he killed the wronged soul inhabiting the five-clawed pig, cut off the wronged soul's path, and recognized Tang Er as the wronged soul. Can this be regarded as continuing the fireworks?"
Shi Lei didn't know whether this custom was true or not, but looking at the five-clawed pig's trotters that had not rotted for more than 20 years, he felt a little weird.
Looking at the pigskin again, there are strange totems engraved on it, and there is a vague and inexplicable power.
After Shi Lei saw it, he still wrapped the pig's trotters and bones with pig skin and put them in their original place.
"Boss Tang and Elder Tang are also unlucky~"
Xu Wei smiled bitterly and said, "A butcher will never encounter a five-clawed pig in his life, but father and son are lucky enough to encounter it once each."
"Tang Er met twice~"
Teruhara corrected him. In this moment, he walked around the yard a few times and even went to take a look.
It's a pity that there is no master nearby, and no news about Elder Tang.
"Master~"
Seeing that the sky was getting darker and the wind and snow were getting heavier, Shi Lei said, "You can go back first, we will stay and look for you later."
"Okay~"
Teruhara thought for a moment and said, "If you find him, ask him to call me."
After Zhao Yuan left, Shi Lei and Xu Wei watched in the yard for a while, then simply walked out and strolled around the village.
There was no one in Zhuangzi. Shi Lei knocked on the door of a blacksmith's house.
Hearing that Shi Lei was looking for Elder Tang, the blacksmith also scratched his head and said, "The last time Tang Er saw me, he said that he wanted to melt his pig-killing knives, hooks, etc. For several generations, he said that everything has a beginning and an end, and the same goes for killing pigs. The mission of killing pigs ends with his generation."
"I was stunned for a while, but then he didn't look for me. I don't know where he went."
Shi Lei was moved in his heart and asked about Shan Yazi.
"He~"
The blacksmith replied without thinking, "He was hit by evil spirits that day. He muttered some incomprehensible words, about being ordered to come down to earth, about guarding Panax notoginseng water, about holding on for a few more days, and then he went home after drinking and accidentally fell off the cliff. He went down and was pierced by bamboo through his chest and died."
"Where is Elder Tang's father?"
Shi Lei asked again, "I heard that he also encountered a five-clawed pig."
Hearing this, a trace of fear flashed across the blacksmith's face, and he pointed in one direction and said, "I was young at that time and didn't know much about it. I only know that there were a lot of pigs barking at night. Ask Mr. Hou for details. It seems to be his home." Killed pig."
Mr. Hou was not old, he was about sixty years old. When he mentioned what happened more than twenty years ago, his expression changed drastically and he hurriedly closed the door.
"Old man~"
Shi Lei didn't care too much. He stood up in the air and said calmly, "We are friends of Elder Tang. We have some means, otherwise we would not pursue the previous matter."
"ah??
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Seeing that Shi Lei could fly, Mr. Hou was so frightened that he sat down on the snow.
Shi Lei flew down to the yard, helped him up, and said, "Don't worry, I'm just asking, you can just tell me."
"Alas~"
Mr. Hou sighed, "Although it has been a long time ago, I have always kept it in my mind. I moved from Houcun to Tangji just to avoid bad luck, but it seems that bad luck always follows behind me. Last time I heard about Shan Yazi's I felt bad about what happened, and I had warned Tang Er in private, but to my surprise...it still happened."
"That year, it was very cold, and my family was going to kill three pigs for the New Year, so we invited Mr. Tang."
"I remember that Mr. Tang lit three sticks of incense and started killing the pigs. The first and second pigs went smoothly, but the third pig struggled wildly and several people couldn't hold it down." Kanshu La
"According to the rules in the countryside, children are not allowed to be around when pigs are being killed, for fear of scaring them. But after killing two pigs, it took a long time to prepare the third pig, so many children were disobedient and walked out of the house. They ran out and one of the children accidentally knocked over the incense burner."
"Our attention was all on the third pig, and no one looked at the incense. After Mr. Tang killed the third pig, we discovered that at this time, there was a monk outside the yard calling Mr. Tang. He Run out quickly."
"But after a while, he ran in again and asked me for pig trotters in a panic. After we checked the pig trotters, we found that the pig we just killed was a five-clawed pig."
"You must also know that the five-clawed pig is very evil and has parasitic ghosts in it. It cannot be killed. I was also afraid, so I quickly gave the pig's trotters to Mr. Tang. Mr. Tang told me not to say anything. He was afraid. Causing fear."
"But as a result, for seven consecutive days, every night, there would be the screams of pigs being killed, especially those who had taken the pork, and the children at home became sick."
"I have no choice but to burn incense everywhere and look for people to ward off disasters. I don't dare to stay at home after the New Year. I want to find work to avoid disasters."
"I never understood that even if he killed the innocent soul of a pig, he couldn't be so fierce. But when I arrived at Fengtian City and listened to the legends there, I realized that the one we offended might not be the innocent soul, but the innocent soul. A god who descended into the world?"
Shi Lei was stunned and wondered: "What kind of god would be born in a pig?"
"Young man~"
Mr. Hou smiled bitterly and said, "This is because you are ignorant. Do you know the saying of one pig, two bears and three tigers? In ancient times, pigs were more powerful than bears and tigers."
"There is a legend in Fengtian City that all dragons have five claws, so when the gods are punished and come to the world, they will choose to inhabit a pig, and the pig will turn into a five-clawed pig. Such a five-clawed pig is called a seal pig. Knowing the seal What is a pig? The name of a star in the sky!"
"Do you know how Mr. Tang died?"
"My body was poisoned by dampness, and my whole body was covered with herpes. No medicine was of any use. The mountains were blocked by heavy snow. I wailed for most of the night. I was in pain all my life."
"I remember that not long after I moved to Tangji, Tang Er went out to kill pigs and couldn't come back. It was me who stayed by his side..."
Mr. Hou said something so scary that even Shi Lei felt creepy.
