What does it mean to "find it thousands of times in a crowd"? That's it.
If you look carefully, you will see that the three shadows are one big and two small.
The big one looks like an adult, and the appearance is that of a young woman in gorgeous clothes. The two younger ones were also dressed differently from ordinary families. They were estimated to be three or four years old. They were a boy and a girl.
The young female ghost had a slim figure, holding a small one in each hand. It seemed like a young woman holding her son and daughter.
The three ghosts just stood in the gap of the wooden structure under the high platform, not in a hurry, even smiling, and looking up from time to time, as if they were waiting for something.
Just as the crowd around them was unaware of them, they were also unaware of Zhang Yan who suddenly looked back in the crowd.
Ghosts, or ordinary ghosts such as wild ghosts, cannot come to the city unless it is late at night when the Yang Qi is thin. With such a crowded scene like this, the wild ghosts would have fled long ago. The strong yang energy was not something they could withstand.
Therefore, the three ghosts standing in the gap under the high platform are not wild ghosts, but fierce ghosts who have more Yin energy and retain more intelligence than the wild ghosts.
If compared, these three fierce ghosts are much stronger than the three that Zhang Yan got rid of in Xuanhua City. If you compare the three in front of you, the two smaller ones are much more powerful than the larger one. But looking at the three fierce ghosts, it's the big one leading the two smaller ones?
In addition, even if the ghosts can withstand such a strong yang energy around them, it will definitely not be something that makes them comfortable. Just like people are not afraid of the sun, but actively exposing themselves to the scorching sun is very uncomfortable and may even cause damage.
This made the appearance of these three fierce ghosts in front of him even more unusual.
"Today's leader is the prisoner of the poisoning and extermination case of the Li family in the east of the city three months ago..."
According to the custom of displaying the head of an owl in public, the crime of the death row prisoner will be announced to the public before the time is up, showing the strictness of the law and the inevitable consequences after breaking the law. The effects of deterrence and warning are direct and obvious.
After the crime is announced, the investigation process will be summarized. Some simple investigation stages will be mentioned, and the names of a few people will be highlighted, such as the arrester responsible for the case, and the "attention and urging" of the local government. The official in this case, your lord. It is a kind of "showing merit" to the common people. It is also a means of "approving the people".
By the time these processes are completed, the time is almost up.
The time for the owl to show his head to the public in the Desolate Sky Realm is usually at the right time. It’s not that there’s anything to say, it’s just that at this time when there are basically the most people gathered in the market, the publicity effect will be the best.
"The executioner obeys the order and washes the knife! Raise the knife! Cut!"
The executioner was a strong man, middle-aged, with a murderous expression on his face. He was wearing an ordinary yamen uniform, and the machete in his hand was not a special one, it was just an ordinary thick-backed machete.
Amidst the shouts of the executioner, the executioner raised his knife and dropped it with clean and neat movements. The knife flashed in front of his eyes, and the head fell into a large porcelain vat placed in front of him. At the same time, he could catch the broken part of the neck and kept "popping". Spurting human blood. This will prevent it from spraying down onto the people watching below.
The cruel scene did not frighten the people around him, but instead made them clapped and applauded in excitement. Most people in this world have a high tolerance for bloodshed, and they are also aware that evil has consequences.
"This knife is beautiful! I have seen so many executioners, and this knife can at least be ranked in the top ten! It is fast and accurate enough! It also suppresses the blood line so as not to spray randomly..."
The people below were watching the excitement. Zhang Yan in the crowd frowned slightly, with a sharp look in his eyes.
They are different from the people around them. In the yin and yang vision opened by Zhang Yan, on the high platform was not just an executioner's sword show, but also a mime of abuse and feasting.
In fact, in the eyes of Taoists, death is not terrible. It is just a form of the soul returning to heaven and earth. There is a beginning and an end, and this is how most people in the world continue to cycle between heaven and earth in different forms.
As for true cruelty, in the eyes of Taoists, only the four words "soul-soul" can be enough to describe it. Either he was beaten to pieces by some magic means; or he was evilly punished by heaven and earth and was beaten to pieces; or like what was happening in front of Zhang Yan at this time, he was divided and eaten, and became a Food is also in disarray.
No sound could be heard, but the soul of the condemned prisoner who had just died was not transformed into a ghost. It didn't even have time to escape from the shackles of heaven and earth before it was torn out by three ghosts who ran up across the high platform floor. , and then attached to it with its mouth and claws, like a hyena eating its prey, tearing off the soul body piece by piece and then swallowing it.
The pain caused by the mutilation of the soul far exceeds that of the physical body, so even though the soul of this death row prisoner cannot make a sound at this moment, the painful expression makes people feel numb. But it disappeared quickly, because the soul form on his head was bitten into a blur after just a few breaths.
Zhang Yan did not interfere with their eating. Just observing carefully. What this scene reveals is not just scary, but there are signs of something deeper.
Soul-eating is not unusual for ghosts. They become stronger by devouring negative emotions and souls. But it is rare for a ghost to eat a living soul. There are few records even in the classics on Longhu Mountain.
In addition, the three fierce ghosts did not compete with each other. The two smaller ones were biting each other; the older one stood by and helped control the "food" while also eating some scattered parts. In total, the two little ones each ate about 40%, and the remaining 20% went into the big devil's mouth. It was very clear, there was no fighting over it, it seemed like it had been discussed long ago.
Thinking of this, Zhang Yan suddenly had a thought in his mind: The execution site in Langyuan City has become a dining hall for ghosts to feast. Can it be assumed that the execution sites in other big cities also have this scene?
This is the first time Zhang Yan has witnessed an execution at the execution ground since he came to the Huangtian Territory. He thought to himself that the execution ground in the Huangtian Territory does not have the ghost exorcism array from the earth's legendary era, nor does it have the evil spirit that towers into the sky like the Junzhai Fortress. Could it be that Chengdu became a The ghost's place to eat?
The evil done by robbing the soul from the hands of heaven and earth is indeed not small. No wonder the ghosts who are saved will be rewarded with such great merit. That makes sense. It's all because the ghosts in the Wild Sky Realm are too rampant.
The execution is completed. The mess started to be cleaned up on the stage, and the spectators below the stage began to disperse, and the three ghosts began to float away against the wall.
Zhang Yan smiled and thought: I want to see where you are going to hide!
