At this moment, Pi Shuang took out the squirrel, asked Lu Wu for a tough hemp rope, tied it around the squirrel's neck, and carried it closer to the ladder that was about to become a torture instrument. He stood up on his heels and tied the rope to the ladder's railing, letting the squirrel lean back on the ladder. It began to feel uncomfortable, its eyes rolled white, and when it twisted its body, the hemp rope tied around its neck tightened. It tried to stay still to relieve the discomfort of the suffocating airflow in its throat. However, the murderous hunter Pi Shuang grabbed one of its hind legs and pulled it down hard, making the loose opening of the hemp rope smaller. The squirrel was about to suffocate to death. It straightened up and twitched its limbs. It helplessly cast a hateful look at Pi Shuang. Pi Shuang ignored him and asked Lu Xihu to bring a fruit knife with a cold light. He took it, bent down and dragged it forward and backward on a grindstone a few times. When it felt sharp, he pressed the poor squirrel against the ladder. He cut the squirrel on the horizontal railing, but before it was tied to death by the hemp rope, the knife hit the squirrel's hairy lips, and a pool of blood flowed out. It opened its mouth and screamed.
Pi Shuang bit his finger for fear that the squirrel was still alive, so he bit his finger. Then he asked Lu Xiu, who was standing aside to watch the excitement, to bring a bucket of water. He asked for a gourd, scooped up a gourd of water, and opened it to the squirrel. The ground squirrel's throat was suffocated by the accumulated water and it couldn't breathe. It struggled for a few times and then stopped moving.
Its soul floated up like smoke, looking at the abominable skin frost, using a quick and gleaming blade to cut up its body, and then slashed the knife straight from the head, through the chest and belly, and became Kaifeng. Then he cut off its skin from its head like taking off its clothes, revealing its bloody flesh. The squirrel's soul couldn't bear to look at it and floated to the roof.
Suddenly a strange wind blew and swept it into a deep black hole. When the strange wind stopped, it returned to its squirrel state. A giant with an animal body grabbed it by the back, turned it over, looked at its bearded face and said: Xiaoyu, do you know who I am? ?
How do I know? My body has already been fed by hunter Pishuang, so what's the use of holding on to my soul that has separated from the body? The squirrel answered calmly.
Then I will tell you and congratulate you. I am the Animal God, and I have come here to enlighten you on the orders of the King of Yin Cao Chakravartin. Originally, you had to reincarnate several times in the animal realm, but because you listened to the scriptures recited by the monks in the temple during your lifetime and repented of your sins, you were rescued and no longer reincarnated as an animal. The Animal God Si said solemnly.
So what should I do in reincarnation? the squirrel asked impatiently. The Animal God Si said: You can be a rat spirit, and if you practice well, you can be reincarnated into a human being. The squirrel twisted its body excitedly and shouted happily: Thank you, the king, for your kindness, the gods are fair. I have become a rat spirit and I will live up to my high expectations.
The Animal God Si said: Stop barking and open your mouth quickly. I saw the Animal God Si throwing a ball into its mouth. The squirrel ate it, and gradually it no longer looked like a squirrel, but turned into a shining white rat. The ball took effect, and it felt an electric current all over its body. Then the Animal God let go of it, and it suddenly became sparkling and brave. It could come and go freely in the underworld. What made it happy was that it no longer needed to search for food. To eat, just smell the smell in the air with your nose and your stomach will be full. What's even more unexpected is that it also has the function of "electricity". As long as a weak person lies down and relaxes a little, he will be numbed by it and unable to move.
The rat spirit suddenly remembered the enemy that was hunting it - Pi Shuang. But even with the "electric person" function, I can't control the skin cream at this moment. This was not because Pi Shuang, a mortal, was so powerful, but because he was detained and locked within an iron wall.
It was an early autumn night, the summer heat was still lingering, and it was very hot. Pi Shuang lived in the same room with three prisoners. In the room, two wide wooden boards formed a bunk, and Pi Shuang was sleeping inside, snoring. He was covered with a thin sheet to prevent him from catching a cold due to the chill in the early morning. Under the wall at the west end of the room is a toilet pit. Above the wall, an iron window hangs high, with mesh wire nailed to the iron grating.
This iron window is at least 2.5 meters above the ground. It is difficult for ordinary prisoners to get up. Even if they get up, they can't climb out. It is impossible to pry open the iron bars without tools. The rat spirit wanted to take revenge on Pi Shuang, and unexpectedly saw the prison room where Pi Shuang was detained. It planned to go in and shock his body, making him so uncomfortable that he could not move and his breathing became short.
But it couldn't go in at the moment because the other three men sleeping inside were too "angry", that is, too yang. If it forcibly enters this prison, it will not only "shock" people, but also damage their own vitality. The rat spirit left here, and as long as Pi Shuang came out, it would attack him whenever it had the chance.
Rat spirits also have other mental powers. Why was Pi Shuang detained? Its thoughts were reflected like a mirror.
That time, Pi Shuang killed it - skinned the squirrel's body, chopped the bloody muscles into pieces and threw them into a pot to boil. After a while, three forest policemen came, and one of them twisted the squirrel's body. He restrained Pi Shuang and cuffed his hands with shiny cuffs. Asked if he knew his crime, Pi Shuang pretended not to know anything and shook his head.
A tall policeman took one look at the squirrel skin left on the field and said to Pi Shuang: Isn't this a witness?
How can you think that it was me who hunted the squirrel? Pi Shuang has a hard mouth.
Only you have a shotgun.
I have a shotgun, but it doesn't kill squirrels.
Someone called the police and there were gunshots on the lake this morning. We arrived and found out what was going on.
Don't catch people randomly. My shotgun didn't kill squirrels at all.
Bearded man and his wife and children came out and looked at him dissatisfied, meaning: Didn't you hunt the squirrels, but we hunted the squirrels? In order to shirk the blame, Beard simply went into the house and took out a shotgun and handed it to a policeman. He told how he met Pi Shuang and how Pi Shuang asked him to hide the shotgun. Then Pi Shuang used a fishing net to snare squirrels in the trees near the temple. Explain the situation one by one. Pi Shuang glared at him with hatred.
The tall policeman said: Actually, if you didn’t hunt this squirrel, we would catch you too. do you understand?
Understand what? If you have no evidence and arrest people randomly, I will sue you. Pi Shuang remained stubborn and pretended to shout.
The tall policeman sneered and was about to speak when a medium-sized policeman walked up to Pi Shuang and spoke for him: Do you want me to expose your background? Last time you killed a squirrel with a shotgun and was discovered by a monk. You were worried that the monk would call the police, so you pretended to follow the monk's compassionate wishes and buried the squirrel's body. Originally, the monk forgave you for this matter, but you went to the monk's monastery at night and stole all the fruits and other offerings. The monk was very angry and thought that he should not be tolerated. Tolerating would be wrong, so he reported your matter.
