Knife splashing

Chapter 68: Passing the Yin and Destroying the Hall
It was a dark and windy night with the sound of shoveling earth continuing.

Li Yan and Sha Lifei were digging the soil with great effort, while Wu Laosi was meditating beside them.

His way of meditation is a bit strange.

The whole person was lying on the ground with his back facing up, his legs bent and the soles of his feet facing each other, a bit like he was lying in the Yang position, but his palms were crossed and he was making a strange seal.

After a while, he suddenly opened his eyes, stood up with a somersault, his expression was completely different, and his eyes became bright.

"All right!"

Looking at the deep pit on the ground, Wu Laosi said in a deep voice: "There are gods three feet above the ground, and there is a path to the underworld three feet underground. This distance is enough, carry the coffin!"

Upon hearing this, Li Yan and Sha Lifei quickly threw away their shovels.

They first scattered five-colored soil, then poured a bottle of rice wine, and finally lifted a thin-skinned coffin next to it and slowly placed it into the pit.

What is a thin-skinned coffin?

There are also requirements for coffins, usually seven feet three inches long, so there is a saying that "the coffins in the world are seven feet three inches long, enough to bury all the Han people in the world."

But this is only the case among the common people; the situation is different for royal nobles.

Of course, there are also distinctions among the people. Rich and powerful families will use fine materials such as sandalwood and nanmu, which will last for a long time without rotting.

The poor could not only not afford good materials, but the coffin boards were also less than three inches thick, which was called a thin-skinned coffin.

Because this type of coffin is buried underground, it is often dug out by wild dogs, which use their heads to smash the coffin boards and eat the dead flesh, so it is also called "dog head-on collision."

Wu Laosi was not buried, so a dog bump was enough.

After the coffin was put in place, Wu Laosi picked up a few handfuls of paper money and chanted scriptures, which meant that wandering ghosts should not be disturbed, while making hand gestures.

Li Yan could smell several evil spirits being drawn up from the earth, surrounding the coffin and forming the shape of the Six Stars of the Southern Dipper.

After doing all this, he took off his shoes, put them into the coffin upside down and right side up, then slowly lay down in the coffin, holding the "Goudie" in his hand.

"remember!"

Wu Laosi said solemnly: "When the cock crows and the sun rises, if the bell rings, you must immediately dig up the ground and open the coffin. If the bell does not ring, you must burn the coffin directly and never open it!"

"Burned?!"

Sharifei was surprised, "Then Senior, you..."

Wu Laosi shook his head and said, "Don't worry about me. If you don't want to die, just burn it. Because if the bell doesn't ring..."

"It's definitely not me who came out!"

After saying that, he slowly closed his eyes.

Li Yan and Sha Lifei looked at each other, both feeling helpless.

It was the first time for them to see the real art of crossing the Yin, and they didn't understand the tricks behind it, so they could only follow orders.

The two men slowly closed the coffin lid without fastening the nails.

There was also a hole on the coffin. Li Yan first stuffed a hemp rope tied with a copper bell into the hole. Seeing Wu Laosi tighten the hemp rope inside, he and Sha Lifei shoveled the soil to bury the coffin.

Afterwards, according to the directions determined in advance by Wu Laosi and the directions of the six stars of the Southern Dipper, he lit six oil lamps and tied copper bells to the tree. That was the end of the matter.

Cackling!

There was a big rooster tied to a nearby tree, digging in the soil looking for insects.

Sharifei shook his head and said, "This method seems weird, I don't know if it will work."

"Just listen to your seniors."

Li Yan said in a deep voice: "Uncle Sha, remember, if the wind blows later, scatter paper money to prevent your body from being coveted."

Sharifei swallowed his saliva and said, "What if those things don't give me face?"

Li Yan slowly tied the tassel of the Three Talents Demon-Suppressing Money Knife and said calmly:
"If the literary method doesn't work, let's try the martial method."

……

On the other side, there was also unrest in Xianyang City.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

"It's midnight, the weather is dry, be careful with fire!"

The old night watchman walked slowly along the old street.

When passing through a dark alley, the old man suddenly felt cold, so he tightened his clothes and quickened his pace to leave.

Years of night watch have given him a pair of good ears. In the silence of the night, he can hear the breathing of many people in the dark alleys nearby.

Of course, the old man won't meddle in other people's business.

This place is not far from Changping Warehouse, where the government office is stationed.

No matter what happens, it is not his turn.

The big blacksmith shop across the alley was also the base of the Iron Knife Gang in the city. This gang was usually domineering and he had been bullied a lot, so he was too lazy to care.

After decades of ups and downs, he has seen too many things.

When he was young, the Wang family was a wealthy and prominent family with many talented people in the family. They even had some relatives in the palace and were known as the King of Xianyang.

Unfortunately, with one imperial decree, the entire family disappeared.

In middle age, the Gao family produced several Dan Jin masters, and they were famous throughout the Guanzhong Road. Even the big gangs from other provinces had to pay their respects to them first.

But because they offended a mysterious force, their entire family was wiped out overnight.

Compared to these, the Iron Knife Gang is nothing.

In this world, there will always be someone with a bigger fist than you...

…………

As soon as the old man left, two people slowly walked out of the dark alley.

A man wearing a sheepskin coat was guarding outside the alley of the Taoist temple that night and took care of the man who came to attack the beggar.

The other person is Luo Shihai.

The man bowed respectfully and said, "Senior Luo, you just stay at home. We can easily extract the last tooth of the Zhou family."

Luo Shihai snorted, "The Iron Blade Gang has hidden a Jiangzuo sorcerer who is plotting against my treasure. We must not let him go!"

"That's right, don't worry, senior."

The man in the sheepskin coat nodded, then turned around with a gloomy expression: "Do it!"

At the command, a large group of men in black swarmed out.

They wore black scarves and held short wooden sticks in their hands.

The short stick is about one arm plus one elbow long, slightly thicker at one end and slightly thinner at the other.

This weapon is called "whip pole", also known as "mule whip". It is popular in Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia and Jinzhou areas. It is very old and many martial artists have practiced it. The most famous one is the Xinyi Liuhe Whip Poker.

But it is used by all employees and is the symbol of the Carriage and Horse Trading Company.

The visitors were none other than Taixing Carriage and Horse Company.

As soon as they came out of the dark alley, they quickened their pace and rushed towards the wall surrounding the blacksmith shop.

As the base of the Iron Knife Gang, this blacksmith shop is naturally unusual. It is built by connecting all the nearby shops, and the surrounding walls are built to a height of more than two people, like a small fortress.

However, they were unable to stop these thugs from the carriage and horse business.

They formed groups of three, with two people crossing their hands and the other person stepping on them to rise into the air, then they switched hands and pulled the remaining two people up the wall as well.

With quick movements, they jumped over the high wall in the blink of an eye.

Wow!
The sound of a clay pot breaking was heard.

It turned out to be the thugs from the Iron Knife Gang who placed a lot of pottery jars under the courtyard wall to use as a warning at night.

"who?!"

Some gang members were awakened immediately and rushed out with daggers in hand.

Normally, these gangsters wouldn't gather in such large numbers on weekdays, especially at night, visiting brothels, gambling, drinking... everyone has a place to go.

But things have been uneasy recently, as the White Ape Gang has been wiped out by the government. Therefore, the gang leader has ordered everyone to stay in their base and not cause any trouble.

When they saw a group of men in black jumping down, the members of the Iron Knife Gang were shocked at first, but when they realized that there were no more than thirty of them, they immediately became courageous.

"Where did this bastard come from!"

"Brothers, let them bleed!"

The members of the Iron Knife Gang shouted and fought with the newcomers.

But as soon as they took over, they found something wrong.

The group of men in black were all silent. The whips in their hands were extremely powerful. They stabbed, chopped, picked and hooked with clean and neat movements. They easily broke all the men's wrists and their knives fell.

This is the whip. Although it is not made of iron, it is short and powerful, fierce and swift, and has many changes.

Whips were flying, accompanied by banging sounds and screams.

It's a real underworld gang!

The members of the Iron Knife Gang were suddenly shocked.

They were originally lazy ruffians on the surface. Although they learned some martial arts, they had long been drained of their bodies by alcohol and sex, and could only bully ordinary people.

In the past, relying on the rules of the government, he could act like a rogue and force those down-and-out gangsters to surrender.

If you meet these truly ruthless people, you will only get beaten.

After a while, a pile of people were lying on the ground.

The Taixing car dealership was also very ruthless. Although they didn't hit the Parkview Plaza, the temples and other fatal places, they broke all the hands and feet of these thugs.

Even if he gets better in the future, he will inevitably be disabled.

What’s even more troublesome is that the medical expenses for so many people and the need to send people to take care of them will directly bring the Iron Knife Gang down.

But if left alone, the entire gang will disappear.

After beating up the remaining gang members, the black-clad men from Taixing Carriage and Horse Company did not give up and searched the entire blacksmith shop.

"Hurry and find Zheng Heibei!"

"And that warlock!"

"Look around to see if there is any secret passage!"

The men in black searched room by room, but when they passed a wing room, everyone seemed to deliberately ignore this place and ran past without even looking.

Inside the wing, two yellow talismans were pasted on the wooden window. On a small altar, a black wandering soul jar had been opened. A cold wind was blowing in the room, swirling incense ash.

Behind the altar, a man with loose shawl and a Tai Chi diagram painted on his forehead with cinnabar was standing there. He was none other than You Laosi, the Jiangzuo sorcerer hidden by Zheng Heibei.

He clasped his hands together, chanted a spell, and his forehead was covered with cold sweat.

Outside the yard, several shouts were heard.

"Reporting to the boss, we didn't find anyone!"

"Senior Luo, please take a look..."

"Forget it, he's probably hiding with the old monkey, let's go."

"withdraw!"

At the command, the people in the carriage and horse company immediately dispersed, leaving only the Iron Knife Gang thugs wailing in pain on the ground.

The warlock You Laosi then breathed a sigh of relief, removed the altar, and trembled all over.

He only knows how to use spells to harm people, and he doesn't know how to fight or kick.

If you get caught, you'll definitely get a good beating.

How did Luo Shihai know his plan?
Now that the Zhou family has lost power, the Iron Knife Gang can no longer stay here!
You Laosi's eyes were uncertain, and it was unknown what he was thinking about. A sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth. While all the gang members in the compound were injured, he sneaked into the room of the gang leader Zheng Heibei...

…………

At the same time that the Iron Knife Gang was being robbed, there was movement in the woods by the river outside the city.

Wow!
Just as midnight arrived, a cold wind suddenly arose and the birds flew away in fright.

Li Yan practiced the Yang Jue and immediately smelled a cold smell of decay in the distance, rising from the ground with a sticky feeling.

"Uncle Sha, hurry up!"

At his reminder, Sharifei quickly grabbed a handful of paper money and threw it into the air.

"Friends passing by, mountains and rivers have their own rules, and well water does not interfere with river water..."

(End of this chapter)