Chapter 68 Destiny

Special ritual...

Li Ang narrowed his eyes and immediately thought of the large number of Ksitigarbha stone statues in Yuanke Village, and asked: "Parricide?"

Japan's Shinto and Buddhism are deeply integrated.

In ancient times, the living conditions in the rural areas of Hidao were poor. Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva was regarded as the protector of children who died young and had miscarriages. He would use his sleeves to collect the souls of children who died in infancy, protect them from evil spirits, and at the same time keep them in the sleeves of his sleeves. He listens to Buddhist scriptures all year round and accumulates merits in the hope of reincarnation.

"...Not quite parricide."

Ogasawara Masashi said in a hoarse voice: "Mother and son, brother and sister, husband and wife, lovers...

The ancestors of Yuanke Village believed that,

As long as the strong and inseparable emotional bond between two people is severed, powerful power can be released.

It is not limited to relatives. "

"Is that so?"

Li Ang nodded, "Then why did the Hiratsuka family open the entrance to Huangquan Kingdom?"

"For the seal."

Ogasawara Shoyuki said: "The ancestors of Enkei Village believe that the Underworld is the country of evil gods and the dead.

All the hatred and resentment in the world will flow into the Kingdom of Huangquan.

The existence of Huangquan Kingdom is difficult for humans to understand.

They cannot understand the existence of Huangquan Kingdom,

But they know that once the strong resentment in Huangquan Kingdom spreads to the world,

It will cause huge damage to the mortal world, so that all living things will die and hundreds of ghosts will walk at night.

Therefore, the ancestors of Yuanke Village came up with a solution.

Every four years,

Just use the method of cutting off the bonds between people to release power,

Fight and eliminate the resentment in Huangquan Kingdom.

This plan is the Yuan Engraving Celebration.

"

Ogasawara Shoyuki paused and said hoarsely: "For ordinary villagers and outsiders, the Yuanke Festival is just like what is advertised to the outside world.

Just hang lanterns, set off fireworks, dance, sing, and have fun.

In fact, there are only two most important parts of the Yuan Ke celebration. A shrine dance and a karma festival with the Hiratsuka family.

Yuanke Village is located in a remote area.

The Hiratsuka family is the builder and owner of the village,

He is also the administrator of the shrine and the maker of rules.

When the Yuanke celebration begins, villagers and tourists gather at the shrine to drink Guiquan wine and watch the dance.

Guiquan wine is brewed from Guiquan well water and has special effects.

After drinking Guiquan wine for a period of time, you will fall into a state of anesthesia and hallucination, becoming unaware of the outside world.

When both the Noh performers and the audience are immersed in the performance,

People from the Hiratsuka family will appear, and the Eye Hidden ones in their family will select two people who are suitable for the Karma Festival. "

"The invisible one."

Wang Congshan frowned and immediately thought of the woman with her eyes gouged out in her previous hallucination.

"That is, you are blind and rely on your spiritual consciousness to perceive people in the outside world."

Ogasawara explained: "The Hiratsuka family has a special bloodline, and their spiritual awareness is inherently higher than that of ordinary people.

In order to select the one with the highest spiritual awareness,

Every generation, they would put all the children of school age in the clan in a dark, soundproof closed room and let them play a game of hide and seek.

Can find everyone,

Or the last one found,

He will be selected as a blind person and his eyes will be gouged out.

From then on, he lived in the secret room of the Hiratsuka family and did not have any contact with outsiders in order to maintain his purity. "

He said slowly: "The invisible people selected in this way can use their invisible eyes to see the karma between people.

When the invisible person finds someone who meets the conditions for the Karma Sacrifice,

The other members of the Hiratsuka family will take these two people back to the Hiratsuka mansion and to the return spring well.

Give one of them scissors and let him kill the other person with the scissors in a state of confusion.

He threw the pieces of his body into Guiquan Well, where they were corroded and melted by the well water.

This step corresponds to the scene in mythology where a warrior offers leeches to the God of Karma.

Mainly to open the entrance to Huangquan Kingdom. "

Tsk.

Li Ang smacked his lips. When they came down from Guiquan Well just now, they saw with their own eyes eyes, fingers, hair and other bits and pieces in the well water. Thinking about it carefully, it was really disgusting.

It was like taking a bath in offal soup with substandard sanitary conditions.

The corner of Wang Congshan's mouth moved. The Guiquan wine that Yuanke Village used to entertain outsiders was actually made from offal soup. The key was that she drank it.

Ogasawara Masaki did not know the psychological activities of the two, and continued: "The Guiquan Well is connected to the land of underworld. Under the influence of many years, the well water will also be contaminated with abnormalities and can melt the limbs of the deceased.

Guiquan wine made from well water will make people immersed in hallucinations and unable to extricate themselves.

My teacher, who is also a folklorist, visited Enke Village a long time ago and was received by the Hiratsuka family.

He mentioned that people in the Hiratsuka family usually do not drink the water from Guiquan Well, but use another well.

The reason is that on the one hand, the water in Guiquan Well is unknown;

On the other hand, the ancestors of the Hiratsuka family are also integrated into the Guiquan well water - they are not necessarily outsiders who are selected to perform the karma sacrifice. As long as they meet the conditions, internal members of the Hiratsuka family will also be selected to perform the karma sacrifice. . "

Ogasawara Masashi said hoarsely: "After completing the first step, the entrance to Underworld was briefly opened.

Hiratsuka family,

He will lead the remaining person from the Karma Sacrifice down to this space.

Put it into a metal square box like a coffin, pour Guiquan well water into the box, and then transport the entire metal square box to the edge of the cliff through the rails.

On the edge of the cliff, tie a hemp rope to the metal square box and slowly lower it into the abyss.

As the effects of Guiquan wine gradually fade away,

The person in the box will slowly wake up and realize what he has done before.

Then, he will be swallowed up by incomparable regret and pain.

In this process, the strong emotions released by cutting off the karma will suppress the resentment in the underworld and calm it down.

As time goes by, the person in the box gradually becomes desperate and calm, and is finally assimilated by the water from the returning spring.

Together with the person and the box, they sank into the abyss and once again suppressed their resentment.

At this point, a complete Karma Sacrifice is finally completed.

It was not until four years later that the seal's effectiveness faded and a new cycle began. "

Ogasawara let out a slow breath, his gaze resting on the dark metal square box below the cliff.

"What is contained in this box should be your mother and the wife of Fujimura Shuhei, Fujimura Masumi."

Li Ang said: "Since the box is still hanging,

Obviously, there was something wrong with the last round of Karma Sacrifice, so that the suppression could not be completed. Instead, resentment in Huangquan Kingdom emerged, and Yuanke Village was completely destroyed. "