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Chapter 70: The Skinner appears unexpectedly

 After one night, bid farewell to the county.

On the bullock cart, Monk Min was still hungover and fell asleep holding a pile of gold and silver jewelry.

The ape was holding a straw stick, grinning and playing with Monk Ben's nostrils, having a great time.

"This monk has a bad character. He doesn't drink well. He's also greedy for money."

Qingfeng Li shook his head repeatedly.

It turns out that during the banquet last night, Zhong Sheng refused to be promoted to an official position, so General Lu sent someone to bring gold, silver and jewelry.

Zhong Sheng was not short of money and refused on the spot, as did Li Qingfeng.

Monk Ming was the only one who generously accepted gold, silver and jewels, and got drunk after just a few glasses of wine.

Li Qingfeng and Zhong Sheng met each other, they were heroes who talked about drinking, and they disdained his drinking capacity.

"Do monks drink?"

Zhong Sheng clearly remembered that at the banquet last night, Monk Min took a few bites of a large piece of meat.

Qingfeng Li suddenly realized that the monk should stop drinking. This guy is still an unqualified alcoholic monk.

Although General Lu stopped digging the dikes, he also said that they would be repaired after the war.

But in civil engineering, especially in construction, Li Qingfeng cannot trust these soldiers.

As soon as he woke up this morning, he took Zhong Sheng to the dam to check.

"It's okay to sleep like a dead pig. I'll find someone to ask for some hangover soup."

The three returned to Li Shenhan's home and saw that there was no one there.

It turned out that the hidden people returned home when they heard that the war was over, the Zheng army was defeated, and the Tang army began to evacuate.

"Drink quickly."

Monk Min held the pottery bowl with dull eyes. Under Zhong Sheng's urging, he drank the remaining sobering soup in one gulp.

Then, "Ugh..."

Qingfeng Li pinched his fingers, surrounded by grasshoppers and small birds flapping their wings and circling up and down.

"Go!"

Grasshoppers and birds broke through the air and flew towards the embankment.

"After a while, you will see the difference."

Li Qingfeng was confident. Seeing Monk Companion's face turning pale from vomiting, he snorted with disdain.

"The young monk is not good at drinking, he is indeed not good at it!"

Monk Ming was vomiting so much that he couldn't even forget to explain.

When it gets dark, grasshoppers and birds return one after another, bringing soil, grass roots, etc.

Li Qingfeng checked the moisture in the soil and judged that the embankment was intact and not damaged, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Pap tap tap."

The sound of flapping wings is very clear in the night

The last grasshopper returned and landed in Qingfeng Li's palm.

In the mouth of the grasshopper, there is a piece of broken skin, which seems to be taken out from a container soaked in mucus, and the mucus is constantly flowing.

"Human skin!"

Qingfeng Li's hair stood on end as he scolded Grasshopper, "Who asked you to bring this back?"

"Fellow Daoist Li, could it be that something happened to the dam?"

Monk Min spoke weakly, which reminded him.

These grasshoppers and birds all came back from the dam, so naturally this piece of human skin came from nearby.

Qingfeng Li stared at the human skin. Under the texture, there was no bright red flesh and blood, but an almost rotten black color.

It's not like it was torn from a fresh human body, but taken from a decaying corpse.

"Not good!"

The monk faced the human skin and clasped his hands together, "This is not good!"

If something happens to the dam, the people of this county will surely suffer disaster again.

The Tang army had just captured the county town, and all its headquarters were stationed in the city, but now they have become the party being pushed back.

"Zheng Jun!"

If there is a mastermind behind the scenes, the answer is ready to come out.

Qingfeng Li stared at the human skin and called to the monk, "Monk, come and take a look. Does this piece of human skin look familiar to you?"

Monk Companion struggled to get up, smelled the rotten smell of human skin, and frowned.

The next moment, he saw the texture of human skin and was stunned on the spot.

"Skinned Ghost."

This was the second time Zhong Sheng heard this title, and he couldn't help but ask, "What exactly is a Skinner?"

"The cannibal's body is incurable from corpse poison, and there is no cure. It starts to rot from the bone marrow outwards. The flesh and blood rot, and the outer skin cannot hang on, and the layers peel off."

"In the end, people don't look like humans, ghosts don't look like ghosts, and their skin peels off automatically, becoming a skinned ghost."

Zhong Sheng was furious after hearing this, "It turns out they are cannibals. If you can't keep them, kill them!"

Li Qingfeng explained, "The skinned ghosts in the world are all street rats that everyone shouts and beats. Only in Luoyang City, there is an elite army composed of skinned ghosts, which is an army directly under King Garuda."

"It seems that there are people behind this battle, trying to wipe out the Tang army in one fell swoop."

Having said this, Li Qingfeng squinted his eyes at the monk.

"The culprit here is a monk who knows me better than I do."

Zhong Sheng looked at Monk Min in surprise, "Don't you monks not eat meat?"

Monk Min quickly explained, "Listen to me, Mr. Zhong, it's all a misunderstanding."

Li Qingfeng said, "It's not a misunderstanding. King Garuda No. 1 comes from the Buddhist deity."

Monk Min sighed softly, "This is all a hidden danger that I planted when I spread Buddhism eastward."

It turns out that when Buddhism came from the Western Regions, it was extremely difficult in the early days and encountered obstacles everywhere.

Over time, the forerunners evolved into two branches, the one that floats above is the Ming Chuan, and the one that sinks below is the Hidden Chuan.

It is said that monks in the Ming Dynasty went to high halls, made friends with noble people, talked about mysteries and Taoism, and were respected by the world as eminent monks and great virtues.

Secretly spreading rumors about the pagoda, mingling with the poor people, cultivating dead warriors, and using the secret incense altar as a unit to assassinate enemies.

"But do you know that in troubled times, the Xiang Tan Secret Society is most likely to be secretly transmitted from Buddhism."

Li Qingfeng sighed, "The miscellaneous heretics are mostly developed from the secret teachings of Buddhism."

"Is Monk Compassion passed down openly or secretly?"

Zhong Sheng asked curiously.

"Look at him, he looks a bit like a rat in the gutter?"

I understand, Monk Companion is from the Ming Dynasty.

It turns out that the origin of the Skinned Ghost can be traced back to the previous dynasty.

The north and south were divided, the world was in chaos, and the Hu people's regime became powerful.

Buddhism developed explosively at that time and has no foundation today.

The Hu people in Shi Zhao once said a famous saying: I, a Hu people, should believe in the Hu religion.

Buddhism prospered from this, but it could not get rid of the stain of "Hu Jiao" and was often dragged out by Taoists to whip corpses.

The barbarians are cruel and cannibalistic, coupled with the lack of food in troubled times, this has led to many tragic disasters.

Secretly spreading rumors about the pagoda, combined with Buddhist magical powers and the Way of Hungry Ghosts, a secret army of 'Skinned Ghost' was developed.

Since ancient times, cannibalism has been a taboo, not only because of ethics, but also because the human body contains corpse poison, and there is no cure for eating too much.

However, the secret transmission of Buddhism, combined with corpse poison and Buddhist body-refining techniques, allows cannibals to break through the limitations of the human body and gain powerful strength.

"Eating one person will increase the strength of one person; eating ten people will increase the strength of ten people."

In the previous dynasty, the son of an important minister rebelled and proclaimed himself King Dapeng Ming. Now there is King Garuda. They are all pawns of the secret spread of Buddhism.

Qingfeng Li shouted sternly, "The largest group of Skinners in the world still exists in Luoyang City."

"Now, the skinned ghost appears on the embankment and wants to flood the county."

"Monk, what do you want to say?

Monk Ming said repeatedly, "Sin, sin."

Zhong Sheng said, "Stop arguing, let's do something first. You and I will go up the embankment and find the skinned ghost."

"Easier said than done?
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