"My Director Mu, don't underestimate the Taoists from ancient times. Like the European alchemists, they have mastered a lot of natural science knowledge and experimental methods - there is no need to use this to create some 'superpowers', How do 'miracles' attract believers? Middle school history textbooks also describe these people as the earliest chemists. Great masters in natural sciences such as Bacon and Leonardo da Vinci were regarded as wizards and wizards in that era. It’s from alchemists. It’s just that they have no experience and their theoretical guidance is wrong, so they end up in a dead end.”
Liu San said: "Serum is not high-tech. The butcher must know it. I ate white blood sausage in Germany, which is serum made from pig blood."
Liu Xiang let out a long breath and said, "So that's it, but the bats alone can't scare me. I can feel that there is something more terrifying hidden in the dark. There is a sound of a sharp blade slicing through the glass from the back window. .”
Mu Min added: "Yes, we found scratches on the glass of the rear window and some kind of very small footprints."
Cui Hantang nodded and said, "I also saw it. That was the opponent's second move, the so-called "corpse baby" or "little ghost"!" Seeing the disbelief on everyone's faces, he hurriedly added: "Originally, I thought the opponent It was some kind of poisonous insect, so I had to look at Mayor Liu’s eyelids as soon as I arrived, and found that there was no sign of the poisonous insect. Then I saw the scratches on the back window, and I completely understood..."
"Just based on this footprint, I know this is not some 'little ghost'," Lin Baiguang said. "Since it is a living soul causing trouble, it is a so-called spirit body. Where did the footprints come from? I think it is probably some kind of animal..."
Cui Hantang's face was filled with sullen expression, as if a TV series had been spoiled. He said reluctantly: "That's right."
"Huh?" Mu Min immediately became interested when she heard that it would help solve the case. "Tell me, what exactly is going on?"
"Yeah! Yeah!" Cui Hantang cleared his throat, took another sip of tea, and then said in a mysterious tone: "It's like raising ghosts, but it's actually similar to raising voodoos. It's a secret kept by quacks and sorcerers! This common saying It's well said: 'A true message can be transmitted in one sentence, but a false message can be transmitted in thousands of books'. Although the magicians talk about it as mysterious and mysterious, in fact, it only takes a few tricks to go back and forth!! It's fair to say, but It’s a long story.”
When everyone looked at it, they thought they were talking about storytelling? Liu San quickly said: "Tell me the key points, tell the key points."
Cui Hantang glanced at him: "The key point lies in the four words "jing", "color", "point" and "wind"! "
"This 'surprise' is also called 'xinghuo' in some places. Usually, physical and chemical techniques unknown to the public are used to process props to perform some incredible effects, making people feel uncertain and psychologically It creates fear, admiration and trust in the sorcerer. In addition, things like drawing talismans, chanting incantations, asking for surrender, practicing magic, etc. are actually part of the 'surprise'."
"Xingyang means 'fake' in Jianghu, which is quite appropriate." Mu Min said.
Cui Hantang nodded: "Let's talk about 'cai'. Since Director Mu knows about the Spring Code of Jianghu, he knows that the magicians in the Spring Code are called 'caimen'. As the name suggests, the magician's color is also a magician. Like this!"
As he spoke, he quickly retracted his right hand into his sleeve, and when he stretched it out again, he shouted: "Fire!"
With a snap of his fingers, a faint blue flame lit up on his index finger. Before anyone could be surprised, he flipped his left hand and there was already a blank yellow paper talisman. He only heard his low voice. He quickly recited a few incomprehensible spells, and suddenly shouted: "The sky and the earth are infinite, the universe borrows the law."
The flame in his right hand pointed at the talisman, and an incredible scene happened: a small fireball the size of a mung bean appeared on the talisman, and then the fireball quickly started to swim on the talisman paper, and mysterious things appeared on the paper wherever it passed. runes, and in an instant the fireball burned up a complete rune paper and appeared in front of everyone.
Everyone was shocked, even though they knew that this was actually a trick, and it was quite shocking up close.
"Of course, my fingers and the talisman paper are all treated with chemicals," Cui Hantang extinguished the flame. "This "color" depends on the movements of the fingers. You need to practice more to make it faster than the reaction speed of the human eye." , basically the skills of a magician. Of course, this is the simplest one - despite being simple, this set of things can still defraud money in the 21st century - there are some large ones in 'Cai', similar to large-scale magic. Taoist priest Fu is here These sects have used Shandong's 'fighting method' with various sects. Of course, it is more complicated and more difficult to crack. But they can all be classified into the category of 'cai'."
"You should become a magician." Lin Baiguang said with a smile, "With this speed, there will be no problem in performing on stage."
"No, no, actually my skills are not as good as those of Zhang Biao from the Intelligence Bureau. At least I am a pure amateur in doing tricks." Cui Hantang was unusually humble - because although he knew the tricks of 'color', he was really Most of the techniques and techniques used were taught by Zhang Biao, a quasi-magician, and it was impossible to deceive the master and destroy the ancestor.
"This 'point' is the most powerful. It is the sorcerer's special skill and real kung fu. Generally there are categories such as martial arts, magic, poison, poison, magic, stars (hidden weapons), etc. Broadly speaking, it can be anything from astrology to navigation to looking for dragons and acupuncture points. They are all considered 'top'. They are all secrets that are not passed down by each sect. Jianghu magicians who do not have a master's inheritance cannot learn much 'tip', and they mainly rely on 'color'.
"Lastly, the 'wind' refers to watching the wind and weather, observing the mood, stepping on the plate to find the way, and inquiring about information. These are all your own skills. In addition, there must be a 'matchmaker' - a 'sitter' to help arrange the venue and cast. Props, answering phrases, etc., the flexible use of several techniques is really ever-changing to the point of being incredible."
Everyone forgot to interrupt after hearing his wonderful words, and no one urged him to talk about the key points. Fortunately, Cui Hantang came back in time and started talking about the secret technique of "raising ghosts".
He continued: "The so-called 'ghost raising' has all kinds of terrifying rumors, and the production process is extremely disgusting and terrifying - I won't introduce it in detail here. It's nothing more than some ritual things, which probably belong to the 'shock' formula, which makes people watch. To the point where I feel scared even just hearing about it, which has the effect of confusing my mind. But the "point" in it does have a secret." Cui Hantang took another sip of tea and smacked his mouth, seemingly fascinated. look like.
Everyone originally thought he was talking too much, but after hearing it, they thought it was quite interesting, and they were all a little trance-like.
"Actually, for warlocks, 'raising ghosts' and 'raising gu' are basically the same thing. They both search for some poisonous insects, poisonous weeds, and exotic beasts in nature to raise, select, and hybridize to make them more ferocious and toxic. Techniques to strengthen and drive them to harm people. Use extracted venom or live bites to kill people. Just like snake venom, if someone is bitten by a venomous snake, if others do not know the species of the snake, they will not be able to find the appropriate antidote serum, and thus cannot detoxify. Some They are good at cultivating various human parasites and using their eggs to kill people; some top masters can also cultivate some highly lethal viruses and bacteria such as rabies, tetanus, and flesh-eating bacteria, killing people invisible. It can be called An ancient version of biochemical weapons,"
Mu Min said: "When you said this, I remembered: When I accompanied the elders of the Social Investigation Department to do field surveys in the Limiao area, I also heard that voodoo farming is prevalent in some villages. What are the 'five poisons'? Gu', '' and so on, I thought it was quite rare at the time - it turns out that such a thing is really written in the novel!"
Cui Hantang said: "What is written in the novel is not groundless. Although the principle of the Five Poison Gu is not necessarily that five poisonous insects eat each other, the prevalence of 'Gu' in the southwest must have a certain real effect, and it is probably used Some kind of poison or something.”
"Now tell me more about this 'little devil'." Mu Min was the one who was most concerned about the case.
"This second type... should be a small ape-like animal. It is very small..."
This time Lin Baiguang shook his head: "No matter how small a monkey is, how can it get so small? Running around on the roof, with so many sentries from inside to outside, can it be blinded?"
"I've heard that there are super little monkeys like the aye-aye, but it's a jungle creature from the Amazon, so it's a little difficult to get it to China." Liu San knows something about the animal world.
"Ultra-small monkeys are not only found in the Amazon. I won't talk about the toe monkeys in Madagascar - just say that there is the 'Ink Monkey' in Wuyi Mountain, Fujian. This thing can live in a pen holder. Do you think the sentry can see it? No? The soles of this monkey's feet are very much like children's hands. Warlocks raise this monkey and use special methods to make its teeth and claws contain a variety of disease-causing bacteria or venom. If it is scratched or bitten by it, Not only will you be poisoned in the end, but you will also get bacterial infection, and at the very least you will get sepsis, similar to a Komodo dragon - but the other party didn't expect that Mayor Liu's room has glass."
Cui Hantang laughed a few times before adding: "This monkey is small in size. It usually scratches the window paper with its claws and sneaks into the house to kill people in their sleep. But your window is made of glass. If you close the window, it can't scratch it at all. Then again Escaped."
Liu Xiang smiled bitterly and said, "Thanks we are time travellers."
"The advanced productivity is not for nothing." Cui Hantang said with a smile, "As for the third step, it is to use the terrifying scenes in the Maojia Inn to release a signal that he wants to curse you. Although the Maojia Inn The cracking of the inn was accidental. But I have no doubt that even without those two policemen who accidentally bumped into each other, the secret of the inn would still have been discovered. It’s just that the building was already empty by then. I think these days the streets Someone should be spreading the rumor that the devil made the thing in the inn to secretly curse Mayor Liu? This is your "heart surrender". As for why Mayor Liu is so easy to fall into the trap? It's caused by hyperthyroidism. Mental weakness is one problem, and there is another.” (To be continued.)
