Yan ghost

On the last day of the selection of Yujia Festival, the main streets of the capital city have been prepared for the festival to ensure the safety of the festival.Apart from the decorations all over the city, more than half of the wooden armors on the streets were missing.The works that failed the challenge have already left the arena, and the rest are excellent works that have been defending the challenge one after another, waiting for those hidden wooden armors to win the arena with them.

An upright Yanshi was walking on the street, followed by a tall wooden armor. Everywhere he went, there were women looking forward to him.

A woman came up, bumped into the Yanshi, and fell to the ground.Yanshi bent down to help, not wanting to be touched by the woman instead.His face was flushed, but he saw the woman smiled and thanked her, and left leisurely.

"No." Xiang Yan said.

"How do you know?" Shi Ting asked.

"Yanshi's hands are relatively rough, and calluses and scars can be touched. But the wooden arm made by Yuyin is perfect."

Shi Ting looked at the sea of ​​people in front of him, and said sadly: "There are so many people on the road, are you going to touch them one by one?" Xiang Yan said: "The one who needs wooden arms is not an ordinary Yanshi, it should be a puppet like me , so we will first focus on those Yanshi who may be puppets."

Shi Ting laughed and said, "Like a good-looking one?" Xiang Yan said, "Or the wooden armor is poorly made."

As soon as he finished speaking, a new target appeared in front of him.A Yanshi was repairing a wooden armor by the side of the road. This man looked ordinary, but he had an ugly wooden armor.

Several children surrounded the wooden armor and teased: "It's ugly, it's ugly." Yanshi stopped chasing the children and said, "Go, let's play."

Xiang Yan said: "It's really suspicious to rush to work on the last day." After speaking, he disappeared in a flash.

Mu Jia suddenly ran away, chasing and roaring after several children.Yanshi tried his best to restrain him, Mujia struggled for a while, and then became motionless again.

"Let's go, it's not." Xiang Yan returned to his body.Shi Ting looked at the group of children and said, "Master is so scary, he scared all the children to tears."

The two walked and touched all the way.If it wasn't for the fact that the little girl was cute and smiling, she would have been dragged into the alley and beaten until her nose was bruised and her face was swollen.

After walking for a while, Shi Ting seemed to notice something, passed through the crowd, and squeezed forward desperately.Looking at those people in front of him, Xiang Yan really couldn't see any clues.

With a whoosh, a sword light flashed.A guard cut off their way and asked vigilantly, "What are you doing?"

The young master at the side turned his head and panicked in Xiang Yan's heart.

The other party naturally didn't recognize them, so he asked softly: "What's the matter, girl?" Shi Ting said: "I saw that the amulet of the young master looks familiar, and I mistook it for an old friend."

The young master raised his eyebrows and smiled: "What a coincidence, I begged for this on the small road in Xiangshi yesterday. The prayer machine has been broken for many years, and the girl must have seen it many years ago."

Shi Ting seemed to be angry and didn't reply a word.Xiang Yan hurriedly answered: "Look carefully, but there are some differences. I admit my mistake and interrupted."

The young man stared at the woman in front of him thoughtfully.The guard whispered: "My lord, the match is about to start." He nodded slightly and limped away.

"Your Highness..."

"You saw Yun Yu yesterday."

"I didn't recognize it at first, I just wanted to return the amulet, but later I found out it was him."

Xiang Yan was a little guilty. In fact, he had already recognized the man yesterday when he heard the conversation with the Zen master.He didn't want to see Yun Yu at first, he just wanted to hear what he said, but he didn't have time to escape.

Shi Ting asked: "Have you ever thought about why it was him?" Xiang Yan didn't answer, but he already had the answer in his heart.

The match started, and the two came near the ring.Since it was the Yujia Festival, except for the row of judges sitting behind the ring who were the famous Yanshi, Mujia was in charge of maintaining order and hosting the reception throughout the competition.

There is a wooden armor under the arena to receive the contestants.According to the regulations, the challenger will obtain the ring guard's token in advance, and then play together with the ring guard.The wooden armor has a single arm to receive challenge tokens, a mouth to register the number and time, and four rollers to move freely.

Xiang Yan said: "I'm going to shake hands with the contestants." Then he possessed himself on the wooden armor of the receptionist.

A pair of challengers and ring guards approached.The challenger handed over the token, and Mujia squeezed his palm.He was wondering, so he heard Mujia say: "Challenge and come on."

The challenger was encouraged and came to the stage full of confidence.Then the ring guard stepped forward, and Mu Jia stretched out his hand again.

The ring guard said: "Don't you already have my token in your hand?" Mu Jia said: "Come on, defend the ring." He still stretched out his hand and insisted on holding it.

The ring guard didn't know why, so he said: "It wasn't like this last time—" Before he could finish speaking, he was forcibly touched.

After shaking hands with Yan, he turned to watch the game.The location where the reception wooden armor is located has a very good view, and you can see the game clearly.

But he watched for a long time, but he didn't find anyone suspicious, and it was already afternoon in a blink of an eye.Seeing that the competition was about to end in two hours, he couldn't help but start to worry, that person didn't just steal his hands and didn't come to participate.

At this time, another challenger came, timid, not at all like the domineering Yanshi who came to give it a go today.Xiang Yan was slightly skeptical and shook hands, but found no problem.He glanced at the puppets beside him, they were very ordinary, even the workmanship could be said to be rough.

Afterwards, the ring guard stepped forward, and beside him was a very eye-catching wooden armor, which was extremely huge, like a kiln.Although it could be moved, it couldn't get on the ring, and in the end it was lifted up with the help of six or seven wooden armors on the side.

Xiang Yan pricked up his ears and listened to the discussions behind him.

"It's him again. He has been challenged more than ten times in the past half month, and he is in the ring almost every day. He is invincible."

"What is so capable?"

"Doll making machine."

When Xiang Yan heard this, he immediately became vigilant. Could it be that they are competing to make dolls?

The competition is time-limited, and the one who makes the puppet faster and better will be deemed the winner.

At the start of the competition, the puppet-making machine was emitting green smoke and turning around, attracting everyone's attention.People said that this person who came to challenge was too self-sufficient. Even a high-ranking Yanshi could hardly beat the speed of a machine, not to mention that there was a poorly made doll on the stage.

Even so, Xiang Yan stared at the puppet intently.According to his intuition, the puppet was anything but ordinary.It is not surprising that a puppet can chop wood, but he can also wind strings with his bare hands, and he can carve finely. Those hands are those of Yanshi.

After observing for a while, Xiang Yan became more and more sure that what the puppet was wearing was his lost wooden arm.He cannot let the challenger win, or the wooden arm will be sent to be burned with the doll.

Xiang Yan quietly came to the edge of the ring while people were concentrating on the competition.He approached the doll-making machine, dived into it, and embarked on a wonderful journey.

At the beginning, he possessed a piece of wood, which was cut into several parts, and then he dispersed his soul and slid into different tracks with the wood.The wooden blocks are subdivided, processed, polished, and combined step by step, and finally put on clothes and shoes.

With a click, Xiang Yan rolled out of the manufacturing machine amidst the cheers from the audience.Yanshi, who was guarding the ring, was about to cast a spell, but saw the newborn puppet stretch out its curled body and stand up.

The half stick of incense has not been burned yet, and the manufacturing machine has already produced the No.1 doll.

Xiang Yan flexed his muscles proudly, swaggered in front of everyone and manipulated the manufacturing machine to make the second doll.He deliberately walked over to the challenger, tilted his head to watch the puppet making, and made the audience burst into laughter.Yanshi, who made the machine, was speechless, but he didn't dare to say more.

Not long after, the audience cheered again.The challenger has already made the No.1 doll, which happens to be half a stick of incense.

Yanshi on the other side ordered the newborn puppet to stand up with a spell, and there was no exaggerated performance.The new doll sits next to the original doll, and the two start to make the next doll at the same time, with exactly the same movement and speed.

In an instant, the audience was in an uproar, and even the judges changed color and left.

Some people wondered, "Isn't the challenger slower than the defender? Why are you so surprised?"

Someone on the side explained: "Think about it, if the two sides continue to compete at the same speed, then in the next half an hour, the defending side's machine can at most recreate a half-doll, while the challenger's side can start working at the same time, rebuilding a half-doll." Two. Now, the game is decided."

People applaud one after another.In their view, the puppet in front of them can keep replicating itself.In the eyes of the judges, this competition has a deeper meaning.The challenger used some method to overthrow the law, so that the precision of things made by high-precision people will not be lower than itself.

After burning a stick of incense, the game is over, and Yanshi is challenged to raise his hands high to welcome the congratulations from the audience.

Only Xiang Yan knew that he had cheated.The two dolls each wore a pair of wooden armor arms and were working. If they continued, everything would be exposed, but the competition only lasted for one incense stick.

The puppet who was full of ambition just now slowly sat on the ground, as if deeply shocked by failure, and remained motionless.At the same time, a puppet of the challenger quietly raised his face and silently folded his hands.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Xiang Yan couldn't remove the wooden arm of the puppet, he had to wait for the right time.

After all the competitions were over, Xiang Yan, another puppet and other winning wooden armors were boxed and transported to the designated place.

He lay bumping on a pile of wooden armor, tightly holding the hand of the puppet next to him, for fear of losing the arm of the wooden armor on the way.

The box was locked and there was no way to escape.He pushed open a gap, and through the gap, he saw Shi Ting anxiously looking around in the crowd.He wanted to go to the same court to explain, but he was too far away.The sun has not set yet, if Lihun flies there, he will definitely be turned into a puddle of corpse water.

Right now, I just leave without saying goodbye.

The winning wooden armor was sent to an open field outside the city.They are neatly arranged and guarded by a large number of officials.

Not long after, a Yanshi came to sign the wooden armor.Xiang Yan deduced that this person was the host of the ceremony.According to last year's procedure, tomorrow he will use a spell to control the wooden armor to go up the mountain and burn it.

Xiang Yan quietly took off the wooden armor arm, threw it on the ground, then took the hand of the puppet next to him, and took off the other pair as well.

One arm bounces on the ground, then holds the back of the other hand next to it.Immediately afterwards, the second arm also began to move, crawling to hold the third hand.Finally, the four hands overlapped and stood up slowly, like an arhat.The one at the bottom arched the back of its hand with great difficulty, and crawled out bit by bit.

Four hands crawled under the nose of a famous official.The officials all stared at the hundred wooden armors with their heads held high, without paying attention to their feet.

Just as the four hands were about to escape, a mysterious man walked by.Xiang Yan was too low to see the man's appearance, only noticed a pair of tall black boots.

The mysterious man walked up to Yanshi's side, Xiang Yan was really curious, and went back with three hands on his back.

"How about it?"

Yanshi said: "According to your request, I only made the envoy's signature, and did not leave an exclusive signature. Any ghost will come with a soul tomorrow night."

The mysterious man walked back and forth, inspecting several puppets, but found nothing unusual, so he planned to leave.

Seeing that the mysterious man was about to leave, Yanshi immediately followed him and said, "My family..."

The mysterious man said: "After the matter is completed, there will be a carriage to pick you up outside the city. Then you will be able to reunite with them." Yanshi let out a long sigh.

The mysterious man turned and left, approaching quickly with four hands, and at the moment he passed by, with a flick of his fingers, the mud on the ground was stained on the black boots.

After Yanshi signed his name, he entered the palace in a carriage.At this moment, the palace is holding a celebration banquet for the Yujia Festival. The victorious Yanshi gathered together to celebrate with the emperor and his officials.

Yun Yu got up and raised his glass and said: "If Yanshu is strong, the country will prosper; if Yanshu is weak, the country will decline. I have been regretting all these years. The king rewards and punishes clearly, and there is nothing wrong with the defeated generals acknowledging their sins with death. Chilan has lost a generation of hagana masters..."

"Come on, Brother Jiumu." A Yanshi beside him raised his glass, quietly toasting to Yanshi Jiumu who defeated the doll making machine.Jiu Mu raised his glass in return.While drinking, he opened his eyes, stretched out his hand under the mat, and pressed the hand that was holding his thigh tightly.

"...All of you here are the best Yanshi in Chilan. Now the imperial court is trying its best to promote Yanshu. I hope that one day, I can see the scene of Chilan's prosperity with you again..." Yun Yu finished his speech and drank it all in one gulp. , and signaled to everyone at the table to empty their cups.The officials Yanshi applauded and drank happily, and ushered in the performance of puppet musicians and dancers.

After drinking for three rounds, Jiu Mu covered his abdomen and beckoned to call the attendants behind him.He whispered a few words with the attendant, and the attendant pointed out the way, then he bowed his back and left the table with a shake.

He came to the latrine, waited and watched vigilantly, seeing that there was no one around, he made a detour to the bushes behind the latrine.But four hands crawled out from his two trouser legs and two wide sleeves.

Xiang Yan left his soul from his hand.Jiu Mu immediately knelt down and bowed down.

"The Patriarch forgives the sin, the Patriarch forgives the sin."

"Tell me, what crime did you commit?"

"The disciple steals and steals, and competes with the treasures of the patriarch, and the victory is invincible."

Xiang Yan leaned close to Jiu Mu's ear and whispered, "Then how do you think I will punish you?"

Jiu Mu turned his head and found that Xiang Yan was not squatting beside him, but was holding the severed head and talking in his ear.He kowtowed and begged for mercy like crazy: "I beg the patriarch to give me some food. My disciple is not talented, and he can't do everything well, but he is still good at hagana. If even this ability is taken away..."

At this time, a strange sound came from behind, followed by a foul smell, and the two looked ugly.Xiang Yan lifted his head with one hand, covered his nose with the other, and said anxiously: "Okay, let's stop talking nonsense. I can forgive you, but you have to do two things for me."

"Grandfather ordered."

"One, send these two hands back to my house." Jiu Mu nodded, and immediately picked up the four hands.

"It's simple, don't rush to do it."

"The second one?"

"Before tomorrow's ceremony, sign me a hundred names."