Chapter 347： There is no door to the mouth

Chapter 347: No clue

Pei Anzhu started learning shadow puppet carving in the theater.

In the first two days, Mr. Zhu acted like a traditional artist and old craftsman. He taught very attentively, and from time to time he would say a few enigmatic words to improve himself.

Pei Anzhu also studied very seriously.

She was already powerful, but now she has reached the Nascent Soul stage, her spiritual consciousness is so powerful that she can never forget anything at a glance. She could master the method taught by Old Man Zhu as soon as she finished explaining it.

But in order to stay in the theater for a few more days, she still pretended to be a clumsy beginner.

While learning to carve shadow puppets, Pei Anzhu would also chat with Mr. Zhu and get words from him:

"Master Zhu, the waiter who showed me the way before said that this theater was handed down from your ancestors, so your ancestors have also been able to carve shadow puppets for generations? This theater has always performed shadow puppets?"

Old man Zhu probably regarded Pei Anzhu as the next prey to be skinned, and felt that she could not make any trouble, so he was willing to say a few more words to her:

"That's not true. In the past, the plays in this theater were all performed by people. They were born young and clean but not ugly. They had to work hard to practice different roles in order to get a chance to be on stage."

“But later on, fewer people liked to watch the theater, and the theater gradually failed to do business. In order to reduce costs, we dismissed the actors and turned to shadow puppets for performances.”

"As long as you can carve shadow puppets and learn how to control them, it will be a lot easier. After all, I don't have to pay the shadow puppets, and these shadow puppets don't have to eat, drink, and litter, don't you think?"

Pei Anzhu smiled and replied:

"That's right. Shadow puppets are dead objects. Throw them away when they're broken. Throw them away when they're rotten. They're really worthless."

As soon as she said these words, Old Zhu's expression changed slightly, as if he didn't want to hear such words. He originally wanted to scold her, but after thinking about it, he held back.

On the contrary, the shadow puppets hanging on the wall were no longer calm, and started to chirp and curse:

“Bah, you are worthless, your whole family is worthless!”

“We are very precious shadow puppets. The old man said we are worth a fortune, so he won’t just throw us away!”

“This woman is so good-looking, why is she so venomous?”

"You all despise her, but I don't. The skin belongs to me this time, so don't rob her from me!"

…”

If you listen carefully, you will see that it is the shadow puppets hanging on the wall that are talking. Many of them have developed intelligence and are fed by Old Man Zhu, so except that they do not have human bodies, they feel almost like real people.

Old man Zhu’s expression remained unchanged, he was obviously used to it. He turned his back and glared at the shadow puppets.

Soon the shadow puppets stopped talking and the basement became quiet.

Pei Anzhu also remained calm, she could hear everything, and she could still see Old Man Zhu’s little movements, but she pretended not to know anything and continued to get close to Old Man Zhu:

"Master Zhu, it seems to me that your theater is a wooden building. When you took over the theater from the previous generation, didn't you think about renovating it? Wooden buildings are easy to be soaked and rotted. If it rains too hard, , there is a danger of collapse; if it catches fire, it will be even worse. Have you not thought about changing it? "

Old man Zhu paused and said with a smile:

“I haven’t thought about this, but maybe I’m lucky. There haven’t been any major accidents in the town for so many years. There have been basically no rainstorms or fires, so the theater building has remained intact.”

Pei Anzhu nodded and heard the shadow puppets on the wall starting to talk again—

“Huh, bumpkin, how could something happen to the theater? With the formation here, even if there is an earthquake, the theater will remain intact!”

“That’s right, this theater building is the strongest place in the whole town!”

"The luck and vitality of the whole town are being transported to the underground of this theater. The ancestors of the Zhu family are protecting us. How could anything happen? Don't curse this stinky woman!" "Stop scolding her, you will have to do it again in the future. Where’s her skin?”

“Old man, hurry up and do it. I want to go out to play in my skins as soon as possible. I really miss those brothers and sisters who went out before!”

“Didn’t one of you go out in the past two months? Although he is not as young as this one, he still went out after all.”

…

Pei Anzhu lowered his head and scratched the leather with the carving knife in his hand, pretending that he was seriously carving shadow puppets.

She was glad that she was steady, otherwise she would have laughed out loud in the next second.

These shadow puppets are too talkative. They have no control over their mouths and talk about anything. From their rustling conversations, Pei Anzhu learned a lot of things.

She gradually compiled some information about the theater—

The theater was built by the ancestors of the Zhu family. The reason for building the theater in the first place is still unknown. We may have to wait until the Foreign Affairs Bureau investigates the Zhu family and Mizong Town to find out.

When building a theater, something should be buried under the ground, either a person or an object, and such a thing can absorb vitality and luck through the formation of the theater and the entire town.

The reason why the Zhu family did not leave the town was to protect the things underground.

The theater has been passed down from generation to generation. In the hands of old man Zhu, the economic benefits may not be very good. In order to maintain the cost of the theater, he gave up the traditional drama model, disbanded the theater troupe, and chose to use shadow puppets instead.

Old man Zhu is very talented at carving shadow puppets. He cherishes each shadow puppet and puts a lot of effort into it.

He regarded the shadow puppets as his own heirs. Therefore, under his care day after day, the shadow puppets developed spiritual intelligence. And he happened to know how to feed spiritual intelligence, so he raised these intelligent shadow puppets into dark ghosts. .

Later, the shadow puppets couldn't bear the loneliness and wanted to go out to play.

But Old Man Zhu didn't dare to let them out, for fear of being discovered by outsiders and then realizing that there was something fishy in the theater building, which would affect the thing under the Zhu family.

So, Old Man Zhu thought of a way, made a skin change, and sent these dark ghosts out one by one.

Calculating it this way, it takes a certain amount of time for Old Man Zhu to learn to carve shadow puppets, and it also takes a certain amount of time for the shadow puppets to develop intelligence. Later, it takes a lot of effort to feed them, and then to skin them. Each step is also a long process.

Therefore, Pei Anzhu guessed that the number of dark ghosts released by Old Man Zhu should not be large.

Sure enough, the answer came from the mouths of the shadow puppets on the wall. She heard one of the shadow puppets say:

"Everyone has agreed that this woman's skin belongs to me. After I go out, I will go find the five brothers and sisters who went out before. Let's work together to send more people in so that you can all go out."

“I think this woman is very rich. When the time comes, all the money will be mine. I will take you to eat and drink well.”

 Pei Anzhu immediately grasped the key point:

Five.

Excluding the one who has died and replaced Zhou Jianbo’s wife, there should be four left.

Fortunately, not a lot.

But it’s normal to think about it. If this kind of evil magic wants to succeed, the conditions are very harsh, so there won’t be too many people.