In the inner five halls, traitors have appeared in both the Huang family and the Dou family. These two families have long lost everyone's trust and can only behave with their tail between their legs.
The Liu family and the Hui family have also kept a low profile. No one knows what the heads of these two families are thinking, and the Hu family does not have many children who can take charge. Therefore, now I have become the most important person for Mr. Hu. Trusted people.
I knew that finding the dragon vein was of great importance, so I did not hesitate too much and stayed at Wutang headquarters for only one day. The next morning, after Bai Ze and Jing Jingjing arrived, the group rushed directly to Harbin.
Harbin is three hundred miles east of the headquarters of Neiwutang. It is the largest city in the Northeast and is known as the Little Paris of the East and the Ice City of the North.
After arriving in Harbin, we took a taxi directly to the city center and found that it was a folk museum.
There is traffic and people coming and going inside and outside the museum. This popular place does not look like a place with ghosts.
But I know very well that Mr. Hu San’s judgment will not be wrong. Since he said that the so-called guide is here, it must not be false.
After buying four passes, the four of us entered the museum and prepared to do a carpet search.
The museum is full of special exhibition halls, including acrobatics, duets, carvings and other northern folk customs. Each exhibition hall is crowded with audiences. Many parents bring their children to popularize science. Noisy voices can be heard throughout the museum. .
We wandered through several exhibition halls and found nothing unusual, so we continued along the middle corridor and walked deeper into the museum.
Not long after, we arrived at the end of the corridor, where the lights were a little dim and the flow of people gradually became sparse, making it look very deserted.
"Xiao Chengzi, look here!"
Lonnie, who was walking in front, seemed to have discovered something, and suddenly turned her head and said to us.
I followed Lonnie's hand and found a small exhibition hall on the left hand side, with six characters written on it: Shadow Puppet Show Exhibition Hall.
I know something about shadow puppetry. It is said that as early as 2,000 years ago, one of the favorite concubines of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty died of illness. As a result, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty could not think about food and food and could not sleep at night. Later, a minister accidentally saw a child holding a cloth outside. The doll was playing, and the shadow reflected on the ground was lifelike. Then the minister came up with a plan and thought of a wonderful trick.
He found the most skilled craftsmen in the palace and used animal skins treated with medicine to carve the image of his beloved concubine. At night, he surrounded the palace with square curtains, held lights and candles, and invited Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to sit in the tent and watch. Emperor Wu was so delighted after seeing the dragon's face that he couldn't put it down. From then on, the shadow puppet show began to spread throughout the country and spread.
However, after entering the new century, with the popularization of modern film and television equipment such as mobile phones and computers, shadow puppetry has gradually declined. Now it can only be viewed as a folk heritage for researchers.
When we entered the exhibition hall, we found that the seats were sparsely occupied, with only five or six elderly spectators watching.
There was a curtain on the stage in front, and several shadow puppets were fighting fiercely on it.
It can be seen that the protagonist of this shadow puppet show is a military general who is being besieged by a group of soldiers. He is seen galloping on his horse and holding a knife in his hand. With each blow of the knife, a soldier is beheaded off his horse.
Although I couldn't see who was operating the shadow puppets, I knew that the craftsmen who controlled the shadow puppets were behind the curtain. I have to say that their skills in operating the shadow puppets were quite exquisite. With percussion instruments and strings, simple tools created a magical atmosphere. Quite intense battle scenes.
Just looking at it, I gradually felt something was wrong.
No matter how wonderful the shadow puppet performance is, it is also the work of the craftsmen behind the scenes. To control the shadow puppet skillfully, it is necessary to install wooden poles on the shadow puppet. Generally, in front of the curtain, the audience can see the strings on the hands and feet of the shadow puppet.
But this shadow puppet show made me feel a little weird. There were no wooden poles or strings on the hands and feet of the soldiers and the protagonist.
In other words, these shadow puppets seem to make all their movements by themselves!
How can this be?
How could a shadow puppet perform these actions without the control of a real person?
I became more and more confused and looked to the side. Lonnie, Bai Ze, and Jing Jingjing all frowned, and they had already seen something unusual.
I winked at them, then stood up and walked behind the curtain. I wanted to see who the master who controlled this shadow puppet was, who could hide the wooden poles and strings so well.
Walking to the front desk, bypassing the curtain, we came to the room behind the curtain.
However, when I saw the scene in front of me, I couldn't help but be shocked.
Because behind the curtain, there is nothing, no one!
In other words, the shadow puppet show we just saw was not manipulated by anyone at all. All the shadow puppets were performing on their own!
what on earth is it?
I walked quickly to the curtain, wanting to see what was going on, but as soon as I took a step, the shadow puppets suddenly fell down, as if they had lost their souls in an instant.
Picking up a shadow puppet, I found that it was the most ordinary animal skin. A layer of paint was applied on the outside to turn it into a simple figure. There was nothing special about it.
"It's very possible that there were ghosts possessing these shadow puppets just now, so we can see the shadow puppets performing on their own."
Lonnie looked at the shadow puppet and said in a deep voice.
"Tell me, is this ghost the guide we are looking for?"
Jingjing asked doubtfully.
"Not sure yet,"
Bai Ze analyzed: "But this ghost manipulated the human figure to perform a big show in front of us. It was obviously intentional."
"If it was intentional, why did it disappear again?"
I said with some confusion.
"Xiao Chengzi, I think we should go back first. I always feel that this place is a little weird."
Lonnie said.
"good,"
I had already felt this way, so I nodded, and a few people walked to the curtain and found that the previous audience had long since disappeared.
After walking out of the exhibition hall, the entire museum became quiet. All the previous tourists had left at some point.
I didn't dare to stay too long, so I quickly walked out of the museum and found a hotel nearby to stay.
It was getting late at this time, and we might not encounter any danger if we stayed in the museum, so we decided to go to the museum to search again the next morning while the sun was strong.
After eating something and washing up, I returned to my room. Because I was a little tired, I fell asleep not long after lying on the bed.
While I was dreaming, I suddenly heard someone laughing next to me.
