Puppet cultivation, if you find the real one, I lose

"I hadn't slaughtered a pig in 29 days. On the last morning, I told Uncle Zhang that I wanted to slaughter a pig and asked him to come and help."

"My knife is still very rough, and I can't do it as smoothly as my father. It took me more than ten cuts to cut the whole pig, and the repeated overlapping chopping method caused a lot of bone fragments to fall off."

"But after I finished killing the pig, Uncle Zhang couldn't wait to take a bite of the fresh pig liver. He smiled and said that I was a qualified butcher."

"My butcher shop was open, and the young lady came as expected. When she saw the fresh pork still steaming on the chopping board, she just smelled it and smiled. I have to say again that she is really beautiful."

"If you really can do it, these pieces of meat have no resentment, what would you call yourself?"

"‘Xia Qingshan’"I can only answer with trepidation"

"My last name is Qiu, you can call me Hongye. Your meat is ready. You will be responsible for delivering the meat to my house. I can give you one jin."

"She always said things that were not negotiable. She put down a white jade tablet and left."

"I stroked the still warm jade token, and felt relieved."

"The surname Qiu is very rare. Our dynasty is called the Qiulu Dynasty, a dynasty with the surname Qiu."

"After that, I started delivering meat every day. The market price of pork was 17 wen per jin, but this big shot gave me the usual sky-high price, and each time it was no less than 10 jin, which was equivalent to selling five or six pigs."

"That was not a palace at all, but a royal garden. As time went by, I gradually learned that she was the second princess of the Qiulu Dynasty. Her grandmother, the mother of the current emperor, suffered from lung disease. A great doctor said that she needed Wuxie pig meat soup to regulate her body every day."

"Her father used to provide them with meat, but after her father died, her grandmother's illness worsened."

"My father was always so quiet. I felt like he hadn't told me a lot. He passed away like this, and I felt even more sad."

"Life has become more stable, I am more affluent, and I have more free time. I have solved all the twelve zodiac animals on the almanac, except the dragon and the tiger. My knife is getting sharper and sharper. Now I can cut a whole pig into two pieces with just two cuts."

"One cut to open the spine, one cut to open the skull, it's very close to my father."

"I thought it would be stable."

"The country was in chaos, and more than a dozen rebel kings emerged, and the entire dynasty collapsed in an instant."

"People like me who were at the bottom of society were the last to get the news. All the barriers had been breached, and the army was about to approach the city. The entire city gate was about to burst, and everyone was desperately trying to escape, trying to flee into the deserted mountains and escape the war. I even saw eunuchs and palace maids"

"Before I could deliver the meat, Uncle Zhang knocked on my door and told me to run quickly or the city gate would be closed. The rebels said they would have to let the soldiers go for seven days to enter the city. If they let the soldiers go for three days, the land would be scraped away. Seven days would be tantamount to a massacre."

"I just stuffed some dry food into my stomach, took the set of pig-killing tools my father left behind, put all the knives in the blood basin, tied them to my back, and rushed to the city gate with Uncle Zhang, holding the Yama hook."

"It was just too chaotic and crowded. I didn't know how I got out of the city gate. Uncle Zhang was gone too. I could only run, but I seldom left the city and went to very few places. I could only run in the direction where there were more people."

"But before I could follow him for long, screams of despair reached my ears like a wave, and I could vaguely hear,"The cavalry is coming!"’"

"The butcher was also good at using a knife. The cavalryman who rushed over cut a pig in half with his knife more skillfully than he did. I almost turned around and ran away subconsciously."

"I don't have a good sense of direction. Perhaps I subconsciously ran in a direction that I was familiar with. As I ran, the sense of familiarity became stronger and stronger. When I stopped, I found that I had entered a barren mountain, surrounded by scattered graves covered with weeds."

"There was only one new grave, with a drooping paper crane stuck in the mound. That was my father’s grave."

"But what does it matter if I'm here? I feel my lungs burning and my legs twitching. I can't run anymore. The sound of horses' hooves hitting the rock wall at the foot of the mountain echoes and spreads."

"I took a deep breath, knelt down in front of my father's tombstone and kowtowed three times. I think I should end my life here."

"My father appeared again. A strange exhalation sound came from my side. My father's grave was also on the side of the whole tomb complex. Next to it was a mixed forest. The mixed forest was full of tangled vines."

"When I looked towards the jungle following the sound, I saw a pair of eyes."

"‘Come here,' the eyes said, and I was shocked, then I got up and went into the jungle."

"Everything in this world will decay and be forgotten due to time. This is the case behind this jungle. This is also a cemetery, but time has passed so long that a large number of tombs have been dug up. The tombs are crooked and intertwined with the roots of large trees, and there are no words on the tombstones because of the passage of time."

"These are all tombs of people without descendants or forgotten by their descendants. They have been dug up countless times by others."

""Here. ', I followed him into a tree hole, climbed down along the tree hole, and finally appeared in a tomb pit full of bluestone bricks."

"Why are you here?" I put down my things and asked

"’‘I said I have seen more dead people than you have seen living people. Hu Shisan said disdainfully."

"I know that Hu Shisan's father runs a paper-making shop and is also a famous funeral host. I just didn't expect that there are people who bring their own dolls when they take funeral jobs."

"Hu Shisan said that whenever his father was presiding over a funeral, he would run around in the woods."

"This tomb is of a high-ranking official. It is very large. Above it are other ordinary tombs. It should have been covered by a mudslide, and then a new tomb was built on top."

"Turning around the tomb passage, I saw a person who surprised me. It was Hongye. She looked a little disheveled, with some yellow dirt on her face and her originally bright and clean skirt covered with black mud."

"‘I carried it out in a coffin, 300 taels of gold’"

"I opened my mouth to tell Hu Shisan the identity of the woman in front of him, and wanted to tell him that we would never have peace with this woman. But after looking at Hongye, I stopped. She was in the same state as I was before, at a loss and helpless. If I could get help, why couldn't she?"

"This group of soldiers was really omnipresent. They had a special army, and the leader was called the"Mojin Xiaowei". They came to the graveyard and dug up all the graves, including my father's. Some people also came to our side, but they saw that the graves had been dug clean, so they roughly dug around twice and left."

"Relying on the spring water and some dry food, we stayed in this underground tomb for seven days. When we came out, there was still a layer of dark dust in the sky and the smell of burning charcoal was everywhere. Looking from afar, the once prosperous Qiulu capital was burned down and covered with charred"

"I always pay attention to Hongye consciously or unconsciously. After all, that was originally her family's business. Hu Shisan and I only had two shops."

"We are now the only children in our families. I hastily reburied my father's grave. I was confused for a while. There were soldiers on the official road. Finally, the three of us decided to leave along the jungle and mountains, and keep walking until we leave this country."

"But everyone underestimated the vastness and mystery of the unknown jungle. A swarm of wasps could kill the three of us. The three of us tried to keep a distance of three meters between us. Hu Shisan was in front with my Yama Hook, Hongye was in the middle, and I was at the end."

"We avoided poisonous miasma, dodged green snakes with pointed heads, endured leeches jumping around in the forest like mosquitoes, encountered countless life-and-death crises, and walked all the way into the deep mountains."

"My father really cared for us. The three of us traveled in the mountains for more than five months, with scars all over our bodies, but we were safe."

"But every chance of luck has an end. Just when the three of us found the river again and wanted to rest,"

"A roar that pierced the entire forest suddenly appeared, the birds in the forest flapped their wings and flew high, and the chirping of insects suddenly became silent."

"The three of us suddenly turned pale."

"The hero fighting the tiger in the picture book seems to be a simple matter, but when you really see it, you will know that it is completely different from the reality."

"For example, when the tiger roared into my ears, my bones and chest were resonating, my skin instantly exploded, and goose bumps covered my whole body. It was not my psychological fear, it was the instinctive trembling of my body."

"‘Run apart! 'Hu Shisan was very decisive. One of the three of us was destined to die. This was the common understanding at that moment."

"Hu Shisan and I left quickly, one east and one west."

"A strong wind blew up in the jungle, and a colorful figure flashed like a sharp sword."

"After running nearly a hundred steps, I turned back and found that Hongye didn't run at all. She just sat there, waving to the two of us with red eyes, as if saying her final goodbye"

"I am the most understanding���The feeling of loss under sadness, the feeling of being dragged like a puppet, now I look back and understand that the red leaves are like the time when I lost my father."

"She also lost everything, and Thirteen and I were the ones who controlled her to travel through the jungle for five months. When the tiger appeared, she seemed to wake up, and she thought it was over."

"I don’t know what I felt at the time. I was glad that I met Thirteen’s enlightenment when I was most confused. Maybe it was the bone-chilling coldness after being caught in the rain that ignited the urge to hold an umbrella for someone."

"Hu Shisan! Yanwang Gou!!"I almost roared and turned around suddenly.

"The soul-binding rope was taken out, and the flying claw was thrown out to quickly hook onto a large tree in the forest, and the pig's trotter on the other end was quickly swung over the head like a windmill."

"The tiger's target was Hongye's back. I was not mistaken about Thirteen. When I turned around, he also ran back. The Yama Hook was in his hand all the time, which he used to drive away snakes and insects in the forest."

"Help me kill the pig!"

"I shouted loudly, and the pig's trotter buckle flew out quickly. This was the most fluent time I swung the buckle. The buckle scraped against the ground and almost stepped into the tiger's hind legs at the moment they landed. As I pulled hard, the tiger made a final deep pounce, aiming its bloody mouth at Hongye's neck."

"Thirteen also arrived, and the King of Hell hooked his hand and swept it like a spear, smashing it directly into the tiger's throat, the hook piercing into the flesh."

"There was a crackling sound as soon as the hook was hooked, and Thirteen's hands suddenly seemed to have become longer. The violent force dislocated his arms."

"The tiger's pounce was deflected, the Yama Hook hooked into its throat, and the Soul Binding Rope tightened its legs, causing its body, which was charging with teeth and claws, to move sideways in an instant, and its back hit Hongye."

"The tiger climbed up and shook its neck, trying to throw away the hook that had pierced his windpipe. It roared and rushed towards Hongye, but the soul-binding rope held its hind legs tightly."

"Thirteen was crippled, and Hongye was also knocked away, but at this moment they had a chance of survival. The Yama hook pierced the tiger's trachea, and the soul-binding rope was like a barrier that limited the distance, preventing it from getting close to the two of them again."

"But I seemed to be in a dead end. I wanted to run, but I knew I couldn't. Once my back was exposed to the tiger, I would have no chance of survival."

"This was the first time I had observed a tiger so closely. Its body was covered with orange and black stripes, like a tiger's back crawling on a mountain. Its fur was as sharp as steel needles in the sun."

"You won't believe it, but when I saw the tiger so close, I wasn't that scared. This is the Chinese zodiac in the lunar calendar."

"My father’s butcher knife must have killed you, right? Of course." I silently thought in my heart

"Almost in an instant, my fear was dispelled by my father's last wish."

"You are just a pig!" Taking advantage of the moment when the tiger shook its head, I strode forward, drew out the 18-inch Willow Prison Knife, and thrust it forward"

"The prison knife is red. There are four knives for killing pigs. This knife is the only one that can kill a pig with one cut. Precision is the only skill of this knife."

"The tiger's neck artery was torn open like a broken bamboo strip. The tiger convulsed instantly and blood gushed out. I drew out nearly half of its blood with this knife. The desperate beast was the most ferocious. Its attention was originally on the rope on its hind legs and the hook, but it suddenly stared at me."

"I had already closed my eyes, for I was afraid that I would see the tiger's face showing fear. The Liuyu knife fell to the ground, and I raised the big butcher knife above my head with both hands."

"I could hear the sound of tiger blood falling, feel the strong wind brought by the tiger's pounce, and smell the stench coming from the tiger's mouth. I also saw my father's shadow in the darkness with my eyes closed. He was killing a pig. He raised the same butcher knife above his head like me."

"I chopped the knife down like my father's shadow, and then was knocked away by a huge force."

"My heart sank while my body was still in the air. I had chopped pig heads countless times before, and each time I had to hold my breath in my chest, grit my teeth and chop hard. But this time was different. I felt rushed and used too little strength. I couldn't feel the vibration of chopping bones with this knife."

"There was no rebound when I used the knife, which means I was cutting into the air."

"The heavy fall to the ground made me see stars and my whole body was in pain, but I didn't even want to struggle. I missed the target.......Just quietly waiting for death"

"But I waited for a long time, there was no tiger roar, no sound of blood flowing, only the scorching sun and the rustling of leaves in the wind."

"I opened my eyes, lay on the ground and looked sideways. The huge tiger head was split in two along the character"王", and the brains slid neatly to the ground."

"I hit it, and the cut was as clean as my father's, without any scraps or meat."

"I let out a long breath and lay on my back, looking at the vast blue sky. The spots of light shining through the leaves hit my eyes."

"Father, there is only one almanac left."

"I will find it."