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After the crowd dispersed, the theater troupe began to tidy up the stage.

Yan Hong wiped her face with her sleeve, then walked backstage carrying the suitcase.Yan Hong's eyes had just cried, and she couldn't see clearly in the backstage where the light was not so good, and the threshold of the backstage was too high, and she fell when she stepped over the threshold.

Fortunately, Yan Hong was very clever, and kept the suitcase tightly tied to his hands with leather ropes, and raised his hands high at any time, so after the fall, the suitcase only paused on the ground and did not fall over.

Sometimes, fate always likes to play jokes on people.

As soon as Yan Hong stood up and walked forward, she immediately tripped over a big hole in the ground. Before she could curse, her head hit a hard object.She only felt her eyes turn white, her ears buzzed, and she fell into a coma.

When Yan Hong rubbed himself up and sat on the ground rubbing his swollen side of the head, it was already the climax of the moon.

She was very angry at first, but no one came to help her up.Then she was horrified that no one showed up while she was in a coma.

Looking at the goods again, the small suitcase tied to his hand was smashed to the ground twice, and now it has opened a corner.She finally couldn't hold back and took a sneak peek. It seemed that it was full of shadow puppets?

It turned out to be a shadow puppet, it should be a shadow puppet, after all, it is for a shadow puppet troupe.

The fearful psychology he had created for himself before had gradually faded away, but Yan Hong still mustered up the courage to walk towards the inner hall.

There is light in the inner hall, and there are still people there at this hour.

Yan Hong was overjoyed for a while, she poked her head to look, and there were three people playing cards in the flickering lights.Their backs are facing the three walls of the house, and there are tools for shadow puppetry on the walls.Yan Hong came in from the door and just filled in the fourth position, just like it was designed.

Yan Hong timidly greeted the three of them: "I'm from Chasing Wind Escort, and here's a piece of your goods."

At first sight, she saw a woman.It was a very ordinary woman, the kind who could disappear immediately when she walked into the vegetable market. Behind her was a large white curtain.

Then there is a middle-aged man, who looks less than 60 years old, but unfortunately his hair is all white. Behind him are long black sticks, which must be the sticks supporting the shadow puppets. They are not ordinary bamboo sticks, but It's made of metal, it's really exquisite.

There was also a young man in his thirties, very handsome, he must have been the consignee. Behind him were all kinds of shadow puppets, and the shadows reflected on the table were so lifelike.It's just that those people who hung upside down were holding swords in their hands, which shocked Yan Hong very much.

All three of them saw her, but the game was at a critical moment, only the old man said to Yan Hong: "Wait a minute, little girl, this is the last hand."

Yan Hong has been walking around the streets all year round, and has a certain understanding of this kind of poker game.Looking at it with the probe, the old man has a good hand of cards, but he still can't see how to play next.And the woman has actually won, but she just holds on and doesn't show her cards.

This is a very strange phenomenon. This kind of card is about going first and winning first. Why don't women want to say that they have won?Could it be that she is a newcomer and wants to give in to the old people in the troupe?

When she was about to look at the handsome man's cards, the old man stretched out his foot and quietly stopped her from going forward.

Yan Hong looked at the old man and blinked, and suddenly realized that since these two are cards to win, it means that the man must have bad luck in this hand, and people with bad luck are always prone to irritable temper.

So Yan Hong shrank back to the old man's side.

When the game was over, the man really lost.

First, the old man got a good card and threw out all the cards.

"I won."

The man looked at the woman and asked, "Miss Lan, you have not asked for three cards. Is it a dead card? Or, you have already won? Turn it over and have a look."

The woman put the cards on the table with a slight smile, and said, "Don't look at it, it's a dead card, Uncle Teng won this one."

The man's face was very ugly, Yan Hong immediately put the box on the table and said, "Brother, this is your product, please put it away."

The man picked up the box and shook it a few times, then waved Yan Hong to leave quickly.

Yan Hong didn't know why after seeing this scene, she added a sentence in a strange way: "Everyone can find me in the future if you have a dart, chasing the wind dart, fast-footed Yan Hong."

The box in the man's hand fell to the ground with a bang.

Yan Hong couldn't control her actions, and involuntarily lowered her head to look at the box.

The box has been opened, and it is indeed a shadow puppet.

"Yan Hong?" The man grinned grimly, and grabbed Yan Hong by the collar of his padded jacket.

Yan Hong felt as if he was being watched by a demon, his fingers were numb and he couldn't move.She subconsciously looked at the other two people in the room. Uncle Teng and Miss Lan sat firmly in their seats, as if nothing had happened.

The man pointed to the shadow puppet in the box and said, "Where did you get it?"

Yan Hong said tremblingly, "I'm just here to deliver the goods, so I don't know anything."

The man's eyes are very dark, so dark that people can't see his emotions clearly, like the open mouth of a demon deep in hell.

The man chuckled, picked up a shadow puppet by the way, and approached Yan Hong's face: "Do you know what this is? It's human skin."

"Human skin is no different than other skins. It is said that human skin is very thick. In fact, it is no different when it is peeled off. It is not even as strong as cowhide and donkey skin. If you want to make a shadow puppet, you have to put in a little effort, otherwise you will not be able to see it." Be careful and it will be useless.”

"Look at the shadow puppet in my hand. I claim to be the thickest in Mancheng, but it's not just the skin on my back that can be used. But women's skin is different, it's very delicate, and the effect of painting and carving is very good."

The more the man talked, the more presumptuous he was, and he never let go of Yan Hong's hand.

The two people in the back watched this scene coldly, as if this theater troupe was originally a human skin theater troupe, and people who came usually never returned.

Yan Hong suddenly remembered the story she heard in the tavern.

God damn human skin trading, where is the transaction, it is clearly killing innocent people indiscriminately!

A wave of hot blood rushed to her head, she couldn't just die here, she had to report to the police to catch these wicked people.

Yan Hong's eyes kept wandering, trying to find a chance to escape.

"Did you send yourself here to make a new shadow puppet for me?"

The man pulled the stick behind Uncle Teng and was about to bleed Yan Hong's body, but he saw Yan Hong's eyes were firmly nailed to the suitcase on the ground.

The suitcase belonged to the man, and it was lost a few days ago, and it is unknown who stole it.He didn't even think about getting it back, but it was just a stock of shadow puppets for many years.This time, it was a little heavier than before, and he didn't care too much about it. He just thought that someone from the troupe might be joking with him, and in the end it was also to attract a new product.

He didn't look carefully at the contents of the box before, but now, he still glanced very casually.

Seeing this, he actually laughed a lot.

Under the shadow puppets are actually all human bones, which were broken piece by piece, which makes the hair stand on end.

The man's hand trembled, Yan Hong screamed again, shook off the man's hand and ran out desperately.The man's reaction was also quick, and he immediately reached out to try to catch Yan Hong back.

"Little girl, don't run away."

Seeing that those rough hands that had been carved for a long time were about to grab Yan Hong, Uncle Teng, who had not moved, grabbed the dominoes on the table and threw them in the direction of the two.

Although the heavy dominoes flew towards the man's knees and the top of his head respectively, another piece was aimed at Yan Hong.

Miss Lan watched the domino fly towards Yan Hong with great force, moved her footsteps, and moved to the man's side, inserted her hand between Yan Hong and the man, grabbed the domino, turned her fist into a palm, and hit the back of Yan Hong's neck. Falling down hard, Yan Hong groaned and fainted, and then kicked the man back into the room with a flying kick, and all the remaining dominoes fell on the man.

The man looked at Miss Lan and Uncle Teng in disbelief: "What's wrong with you?"

Miss Lan spread her hands: "I don't like to see you bullying little girls."

"Didn't you say that the little girl's skin is the most delicate when you draw on human skin? Why are you showing mercy today?"

Uncle Teng remained silent all the time, staring at the man, as if the man had turned into a man-eating demon, with indescribable disgust.

"You stole my suitcase and put these broken bones in to scare me?"

The man slapped the table loudly.

Uncle Teng glanced at Yan Hong who was supported by Miss Lan, and motioned for her to put Yan Hong outside the house.

Miss Lan first closed the backstage door, put Yan Hong to lean on the door, then went back to the back room, closed the door, and slowly sat back in her original position.

Uncle Teng said: "That's right, I took your suitcase away."

The man was furious, with veins bursting: "Are you going to rebel in the den? Huh?"

"Tie Yusheng, don't panic, you must have done something wrong to make Uncle Teng hit you hard. First, tell me why you were so panicked when you saw the broken bone, try to speak nicely, maybe I can help you plead .”

Miss Lan took a sip of tea.

"What are you talking about! Nothing!" Tie Yusheng yelled, "People were killed together, skins were used together, and escaped together. Did you two take the wrong medicine these days?"

Uncle Teng sneered and said: "You are such a noble person who forgets things so much. I'm afraid I have forgotten the old things for so many years. Forget it, I am getting more and more naive as I get older, so let me talk about it. But I have always been hiding behind the scenes. If you can tell stories, use shadow puppetry."

Uncle Teng moved out the white curtain behind Miss Lan and put it on the stage, and took out the shadow puppet that was pressed under the bone at the bottom of the box.

The fourth scene of the night is about to begin.

Miss Lan kicked He Yangsheng, who was trying to resist, until he vomited blood, tapped his acupuncture points, and lifted him onto the stage with one hand.Uncle Teng took a stick and went behind the scenes, and began to tell stories.

More than 20 years ago, there was a theater troupe that traveled around the mainland. The old troupe master was in charge of singing and drumming, and the shadow puppet master was in charge of making and playing shadow puppets. There were also several shadow puppet apprentices and the daughter of the shadow puppet master in the troupe.

On that day, the master took an apprentice and his daughter out to perform.After the performance, the master was taken to drink by the enthusiastic villagers, and the apprentice and the junior sister Yanhong were in love with each other, and it was a rare time to be alone, and they even cooked rice when they were fighting.

A year later, the apprentice and Yan Hong went to the apprentice's hometown to play together, and they were out of luck and encountered a rare torrent in decades.The two could have escaped immediately, but the apprentice insisted on looking for an old thing, and Yan Hong didn't want to go back together at all, so the two had a big fight and left in anger.When the apprentice returned to the original path with the old object, he found that Yan Hong had been crushed to death by a rock.

The apprentice was at a loss, but the stone could not be moved by one person.If the master knew that he left Yan Hong to escape alone and let Yan Hong die under the rocks, then he would definitely take his skin off.He became ruthless and smashed Yan Hong's limbs bit by bit, preparing to take the body to a distant place and bury it.