Night Lights

Chapter 97
The soul is scattered, the person dies for the first time; the living person goes to the house, faces the north, calls his name directly, walks with his back, leads the way for the soul, and calls out in a long voice to summon the soul; calls the dead, returns home to offer wine, and returns to the soul , Eating home wine and meat, parting food, parting feelings; this name is: Soul Return. ——Excerpted from Tongyin Eight Volumes of "Wordless Book of Heaven".

……

Let's not mention where Bai Shibao and others are going, nor where Ma Kuiyuan and the others are going, the topic is off topic, this time we will only talk about one person!
Pang Gouzi!
This descendant of Guiguzi, relying on his perfect tongue, he can lobby all directions and give advice to others. He is known as the unparalleled eloquence, the genius is the best, and he specializes in scheming and deeply understands the way of human affairs!
At this time, Pang Gouzi was walking towards the boundary of the "Hard Gate" in the "Kyoto Nine Gates"...

In front of a small courtyard with a single family, Pang Gouzi stopped, turned his head to look around, and then opened the door and walked into this courtyard!The main house in this small courtyard was burned to the ground, leaving only a few black walls, only the south room and the west room.Two jujube trees were planted in the yard, and half of one was burned down.

Although there was a fire, the yard was kept clean and tidy, and there were no weeds in the corners!

On the door wall of the south room, a coffin nail was smashed into half of it. Two exquisite birdcages were hung on the nail, and a yellow bird and a black starling were raised.Open the door and enter the house, there is a scroll portrait hanging in front of the house, it is a white-faced and beardless old man in a yellow robe and a king's hat!This is the image of "Lao Lang Shen", the "Lao Lang Shen" is the ancestor of Liyuanhang, so it can be seen that this master is a master of performing on stage!
There are three plates of offerings and a small incense burner on the Eight Immortals table.

Pang Gouzi saw that the three sticks of incense on the incense burner were smoking, and when they were halfway burning, he smiled and said, "Is Second Master Cai not singing today?"

The voice just fell!

From the back room came out a thin-faced man with his hair combed back and wearing a green coat. He was holding a big bird cage in his hand. When he saw it was a big dog, he smiled, but it was inconvenient to bow because he was carrying the bird cage. , I had to cup my hands symbolically, and said: "You, TOEFL, I don't want to be so idle, but no one invites me to sing tonight!"

After that, he cupped his hands to signal Pang Gouzi to sit down.

On the other hand, he sat on a 'red lacquer pear flower' tea chair, put the big bird cage on the tea table, pointed at the little bird in the cage, and said with a smile: "I just bought it this morning! This 'Little White Jade' cost me a full 100 taels of silver, it's not...reckless! I don't sleep in the middle of the night, someone has to coax..."

Pang Gouzi laughed and said, "Second Master Cai loves this ingenious toy, and he is really willing to spend money on fun!"

"Look! I didn't even repair the house, I spent money to add to the fun!... Don't tell me, this little guy is a rarity! I haven't removed the partition right now, when it can bark, listen to it That voice is like Tsing Yi's 'crackling', when I cry, it's like a spring is pressed in my throat, and the trill makes people want to cry..."

Pang Gouzi joked: "Hey! Could it be that it can hang its throat better than Cai Erye?"

"It's better than me! Singing with Tsing Yi's voice, I can't compare with my singing voice..." Cai Erye made tea, handed it to Pang Gouzi, and asked, "As the saying goes: If you don't do anything, you can be the third." Baodian, tell me! It’s so late, what’s the matter with me?”

Pang Gouzi took the tea bowl, skimmed off the tea foam, and didn't say anything bluntly. Instead, he stared at the birdcage in a daze, and said, "Second Master Cai, this birdcage is really exquisite!"

"It's not exquisite, I made it like 'Qibaozhai'! Just picking rough moso bamboo, steaming, splitting, and drying in the shade took me a lot of effort!"

"Wonderful! Don't look at the bird in the cage, just look at the cage, it's enough to catch the eye!"

Hearing Pang Gouzi's praise, Cai Erye laughed for a while, then waved his hand and said, "Brother, you came to me in the middle of the night, I'm afraid you didn't come to praise the bird cage, did you?"

Pang Gouzi took a sip of tea, smiled, then turned to Cai Erye and said, "Didn't Cai Erye hear about it? Recently Yuan Shikai got a few 'Costin'!"

"Oh?"

Cai Erye became interested when he heard "Caidongqing".

Pang Gouzi intentionally bought a trap, and said: "What a pity! These 'Citinqings' are so hot-tempered! Those bamboo cages can't trap them! There's no way, so I came to borrow something from Cai Erye! "

"borrow things?"

Cai Erye asked: "Brother, you should stop playing tricks and just say it!"

Pang Gouzi smiled, put his body close to Cai Erye's ear, and whispered: "I wonder if Cai Erye's 'iron cage' can be borrowed?"

Iron cage!
After hearing these three words, Cai Erye's expression suddenly became serious.

This Cai Erye is a colorful singer in the troupe, and also a birder in the area around Hademenwai Street.He makes a living by singing operas, and keeping birds for entertainment.When I woke up early in the morning, I carried a bird cage to the mountains, forests, and water to walk my throat. When I came back, I drank tea in a teahouse and joked with a group of bird visitors. His cage was not covered. Wherever he went, people would look at him, and others would watch the birds for fun. , but he was looking at the onlookers for fun.

It's such an ordinary player, but he hides another identity!
No pardon!
The descendant of Blood Droplet!
In order to seize the imperial power, Emperor Yongzheng set up a secret department and created a mysterious hidden weapon to eliminate dissidents and assassinate hostile forces. He ordered eight confidant guards to practice secretly, established an assassination organization, and secretly issued the famous "four-character edict": "Kill! No pardon!"

This mysterious hidden weapon is shaped like a birdcage, with a mechanism hidden in it. When the enemy is not prepared to cover it on the head, gently flip the mechanism, and the head will be taken immediately!The body of the concealed weapon is also coated with poison, which is made from the sap of the 'Scattering Tree' mixed with snake venom. Just a drop of it on the body can cause the whole body to fester and die. The poison is so strong that blood seals the throat.

This kind of weapon specially used for assassination is called: Blood Droplet!

After Yongzheng ascended the throne, folk rumors arose, saying that Yongzheng was not in the right position, and he used "blood drops" to eradicate dissidents!Knowing that the rumors were true, Yongzheng ordered the abolition of the "Secret Office" and secretly executed the eight "Blood Droplets" guards, and destroyed the "Blood Droplets" and their production methods, but he did not want one of them to escape. Bring the 'Blood Droplet' to the folk.

The 'blood droplet' in Cai Erye's hand was passed down from this man!
Since Erye Cai got the 'Blood Droplet', he has closed the door for three full years, painstakingly, painstakingly, carefully and slowly grinding, and finally understood the mystery inside!

This Cai Erye walks the birds on weekdays, and he doesn't put a cover on the cage.However, in the early hours of the morning, some bird visitors would occasionally see Cai Erye walking quickly with the bird cage in hand, and the bird cage was covered with a layer of red cloth, which was covered with a thin layer of black gauze.The birders joked: "It's early in the morning, and the sun isn't glaring, so why cover it up? Open it up and see, is the lark or mynah?"

Cai Erye laughed and said, "It can't be seen at all!"

But the birders didn't know that what he was holding was not a birdcage, but a 'blood droplet', and there was no bird in it, but a bloody human head!

At this time, the "iron cage" that Pang Gouzi referred to refers to the "blood droplet"!
"Borrow?" Cai Erye asked, "What kind of borrowing?"

Pang Gouzi laughed and said, "Even if you lend me that 'blood droplet', I won't use it. If I want to borrow it, I will borrow it with you!"

"Oh... Borrower?"

"That's right! As long as Cai Erye is willing to bring 'Blood Droplet' to help me kill a few people, I will definitely benefit you!"

"What's the benefit?"

Cai Erye didn't ask who to kill, but asked the benefits first.

Pang Gouzi smiled and said, "Silver Yuan Dayang, you can say as much as you want!"

"If I can spend 100 taels to buy a bird to play with, it means that I am not interested in money!"

Pang Gouzi lowered his head and thought for a while, then smiled and said, "I know that Yuan Shikai has a 'red chin' on his hand, which he regards as a treasure. To be gentle, I heard that Lafayette also raised such a one back then! See how I begged you for this 'red chin'?"

When Cai Erye heard that he was interested, he nodded with a smile!

"Success! Let me handle this matter..."

Pang Gouzi paused and said again: "I wonder if Cai Erye's 'blood droplet' can be shown to me?"

Cai Erye shook his head and said: "I'm afraid it won't work! This 'blood droplet' can't see the light, and if it sees the light, it must be washed with blood!"

"Oh? What did you say?"

"When Lord Yongzheng killed the 'secret office', the 'blood droplet' brought out by this master who escaped by chance, has taken more than 100 heads, with a very cold and fierce look Qi, can be regarded as the most yin weapon! If the light breaks the yin and cold, it will not work! There are blood grooves on its knife edge, which are used to drink blood, so "blood droplet" is also called : Bloodthirsty droplet!"

Pang Gouzi was even more curious when he heard the praise again and again.

At this time Cai Erye asked: "Give me a name, who is the person who asked me to kill?"

Pang Gouzi came back to his senses and said: "It's not a big man, just a few Taoist priests! I planned to poison one to death and wounded a few, but the others were a bit difficult to deal with." !"

"Taoist priest?"

Cai Erye laughed inwardly and said: Those 'peach wood to ward off evil spirits, draw ghosts and draw talismans' are all fooling people!With so many guns under Yuan Shikai's hands, how difficult is it to deal with a few stinky Taoist priests?Why did this Pang Gouzi seek me out?

At this time, Pang Gouzi took out a piece of paper from his pocket, handed it to Cai Erye and said, "The three people on this list are the ones to be killed!"

Cai Erye glanced at the paper, there were portraits and names of the three people on it, and the Taoism and characteristics were also marked in great detail.Cai Erye looked down for a while, then raised his head and asked, "Where can I find them?"

Pang Gouzi smiled and said, "After half an hour! These three people will come to the capital at the same time!"

"Oh? Is this news accurate?"

Pang Gouzi turned the tea cover upside down, put it on the tea table, and said with a smile, "Don't worry! Because they were 'invited' by me..."

"Invited by you?"

Cai Erye was stunned for a moment, wondering what the hell was going on?

is murder!

Pang Gouzi got a manuscript of Mao Xiaofang, the "Zombie Daoist of the Southern School" from nowhere, and made up a fake letter, and summoned several people to come to Beijing tonight. Among the people, one is Lin Jiu, the 'Grandmaster of Maoshan'!
That's right!

Pang Gouzi is playing a huge game of "Heavenly Immortal Game"...

(End of this chapter)