Chapter 21 Ninety-first night phase bone

People are supported by skeletons, and the ancients believed that different fates of people could be judged from different bones.The ancient king cited the examples of Fan Li's going to Yue and Wei Liao's death in Qin, saying: "The king of Yue is a man with a long neck and a bird's beak. He can share adversity with him, but he cannot share prosperity with him." Shaoen, the tiger has the power of a wolf...don't make friends with him." It can be seen that a long neck, a beak, and small and narrow eyes are not good looks.It's just that the bone phase is often mixed with the facial phase, and it is not noticed by people.

Can human bones really reflect a person's fate?I don't know, but not only in China, phrenology was also popular in France in the 19th century, but it was only a flash in the pan, while in China, phrenology has been passed down for a long time. Ji Yan, who is well-informed and knowledgeable, naturally would not be ignorant of it. Coincidentally, he happened to meet an unusual bone phaser recently. "Bone physiognomy and face physiognomy have always been used as a way to observe people, but the face is more to test the future good or bad, while the bone phase is to judge the personality and heart of the whole person. It is said that the appearance is born from the heart, but the bones can also be used. reflect.

"I can tell you a story about a phase bone." (The following is Ji Yan's tone.) Among all the people I have met, Uncle Cao is undoubtedly the strangest one. Whether it is his appearance, experience, occupation, or manner, he is out of tune with other people in my eyes, but my father respects him very much. I used to take me to his house when I was a child. Uncle Cao is only six years older than my father, but he is frighteningly old.His head is bald, without a single hair, with a high bulge in the middle, and his scalp is so loose that it looks like an old rice noodle bag is covering his head. The drooping skin hangs down his cheeks, and the bags under his eyes are big and dark. , very swollen, almost never opened his eyes, his already extremely long and narrow face was paired with a narrow nose like an eagle's beak, which made the whole face look even longer, his lips were thin and pale, not too Open your mouth, and every time you say a few words, you will subconsciously stick out your bright red tongue to lick your upper and lower lips, like the blade-like lips covered with red rust are licked dry and cracked, and there are traces of dead skin on your body. Turning the top up, the scene is very much like a snake in the animal world, spitting out its own letters one after another.

His father respected him a lot, and I rarely saw him like that.And Uncle Cao loves me very much, almost as his own. He always trembles and strokes my head with his palm-sized hands, then bends his knuckles like picking a watermelon, and taps on my forehead. Then he yelled in a sharp, cone-like voice, saying the same thing every time. "Good baby, good bones!" When I was a child, I never understood what he meant. Later, my father told me that my family was worried about my fate when I was born, so they asked Uncle Cao to touch my bones.Uncle Cao was blind, that is to say, he was born without pupils, and when he opened his eyelids, the insides were gray, so he had excellent senses of hearing and smell since he was a child.And the most amazing thing is his hands, which are larger and wider than ordinary people, and the fingers are white and thin, like scallions.He never used crutches, and always groped forward with his feet and hands. Although he had been injured by falls, he didn't take it seriously, because he told me that if he used crutches, it would certainly be less painful and more convenient. But if suddenly one day the crutches are gone, what should I do?

"I'm blind, so I can't rely on my eyes, how about a piece of rotten wood?" Cao Bo laughed.As soon as he smiled, his mouth opened slowly, no, rather than opening, it would be more appropriate to say split, as if someone slowly cut a neat slit with scissors from the face that had no mouth. When Uncle Cao was eight years old, he suddenly touched the face of a distant relative who came to stay at his home. The man was sleeping at the time, and he was startled, but Uncle Cao quickly revealed his age. And appearance, actually almost inseparable.This person had never been here before, so it was impossible for Cao Bo to deduce this person's appearance from the words of his family members.When the Cao family saw that a blind man could have such an ability, they all secretly sighed, and finally God left him a way out.

Therefore, Cao Bo was sent to a very famous Xianggu master to learn Xianggu. This phase bone rarely accepts people. It is said that he is also blind. He only has two conditions for accepting apprentices. One is to be blind, the kind that was born, and the other is to touch hands. As a result, Uncle Cao meets both conditions. The family is also happy that he has found a good job. From then on, Uncle Cao followed his master until his death, and then he took over the position of master himself, touching the bones of people from all over the world.But no one saw his master leave that house until the day after his death, Uncle Cao told my father about it, and buried him hastily.

Some things seem to be preordained. Uncle Cao often told me that he never blamed God for making him blind, because he was destined to do this. Since this is the case, it is okay to be blind. As time went by, people who didn't believe it were believed by Cao Bo, and his reputation became bigger and bigger. Some people even came to test it, and gave it to Cao Bo three times with different hands, but Cao Bo quickly recognized it. Come out, so everyone thinks Cao Bo is a god. But Cao Bo seldom smiled, he never seemed to have much expression.Everyone knows that he has no wife, and he can't find an heir. He doesn't want to bring his own skills into the coffin.

Uncle Cao lived away from his family a long time ago, and he has been staying in the two dark rooms of his master.The room was like a black Rubik's cube. When I was young, my father would tell Uncle Cao to tell me to go, but every time I went in, I couldn't find him. There was never any light. Naturally, Uncle Cao didn't need it at all. He knew the arrangement of everything in the room very well, but I was in trouble, and I almost bumped my feet every time. Perhaps, darkness brings too much sense of unknown and uncertainty to those of us who are accustomed to light, so we feel that the originally small space is very vast.

However, Uncle Cao disappeared suddenly when I was about to leave my hometown when I was twelve years old. No one noticed, it just felt like he hadn't appeared in a long time, and the people in the village always went to him when they needed him, and when they didn't feel right, it was too late.They yelled outside the dark room for a long time but no one answered, and usually Cao Bo would come out quickly to answer. No one dared to enter the dark room, because Uncle Cao forbade anyone to enter, except me. Only Uncle Cao’s master, Uncle Cao, and I have ever entered that house. It is said that a thief from outside once went in to steal something. Ah Xi from the East Village saw it when he was relieved in the middle of the night. Two days later, I didn't hear Uncle Cao say that there was a thief in the house, and there were only footprints outside the door, but no one came out, so everyone was very jealous of the house.

You can get in, but you can't get out.Like a black hole.There are even more rumors that there are still many small animals that have gone in but have not come out, so they need to find Cao Bo to feel the bones, but they stand far outside the door and call him out. "Eighty percent dead?" "It's hard to say, it seems that those who do this will not live long." "Yeah, for leaking the secrets of the heavens, you will be condemned by the heavens." "He can touch it, why doesn't he touch his own bones?" "Isn't that self-touching? How much?"

The villagers suddenly laughed together while talking, and then dispersed in a crowd. My father and I were among them, and I felt extremely harsh when I heard their words. I looked up at my father, who also frowned, staring at the black room without speaking. The crowd dispersed, and I went home with my father. When I turned my head, I seemed to see that the door seemed to be vaguely opened. When I got home, I asked about it, but my father didn't answer me, only saying that I was still young.I remember that my father and Uncle Cao had a conversation at home a few days ago, and they seemed to be arguing, but I was so sleepy that I couldn't remember what I said. On the last day in my hometown, my family was busy packing my luggage, but I was always absent-minded.Grandma saw it and asked me to go out for a walk. My father was a little reluctant, but he didn't dare to go against grandma's wishes. I don't know why, but as I was walking, I came to the dark room again. I called a few times, but still no one answered. When I turned to leave, I saw a bag outside the door. I didn't seem to see the wet black bag yesterday. The bag was thrown in an inconspicuous corner. As soon as I walked over, I could smell a stench of corruption. My nose is very good, since I was a child. I kicked it curiously, and found something soft inside, like a cotton ball, so I found a broken branch and opened the bag. It was all pieces of flesh and blood, torn apart. I couldn't tell what kind of animal flesh it was, but one thing was certain, there wasn't a single bone in it. I felt sick for a while, dropped the branch and wanted to leave, but I was still very worried about Uncle Cao, and I didn't believe the people in the village made wild guesses about him. At this time, I smelled a smell again, a very familiar smell, it was Cao Bo's.For a long time, I have always felt that Uncle Cao has a weird smell that other people don't have, which is similar to the smell of fermented bean curd and copper rust mixed with a smell of medicine. I didn't look back, because there were more hands on my forehead. It still has that smooth feeling. Uncle Cao has touched many things with his hands, such as stones, wooden tables, railings, bones of living people and bones of dead people. When he first started learning, it is said that his master let him touch Skeleton specimens, to understand which piece is the shoulder bone, which piece is the spine, and which piece is the rib bone.The amazing thing is that despite touching so many rough things, Uncle Cao's hands are still as white as silk, soft as cotton, as if boneless. Even the most beautiful and youngest girl in the village does not have such good hands. So I like him stroking my head very much, it is soft and comfortable. But not today, I felt a burst of cold, the hand was slowly scratching across my head like a claw, and the surrounding area was very quiet. I shivered. "Baby, what are you afraid of?" He asked me with a smile, but I didn't answer. "Good baby, good bones. I have touched the bones of so many people, and none of them is like you. In the Three Kingdoms, Zhuge Prime Minister said that Wei Yan had rebellious bones in the back of his head, and he would rebel after death. As expected. So, touching the bones is the right thing to do." Believe it, are you right?" Uncle Cao's hand was still moving between my hair and hair, wriggling slowly like ten earthworms. "Uncle Cao, I'm leaving." I said with my head down, twisting the corner of my clothes with my fingers. "Well, your father told me." Uncle Cao's voice was very low, as if a bucket had been thrown into a well. "Uncle Cao, do you have anything else to tell me?" I asked him.But he didn't answer for a long time, and finally his hand fell on my collarbone. "Do you still remember what I taught you?" Uncle Cao asked suddenly. I hummed and began to recite aloud, but the wind was getting stronger and my voice was immature, flickering like a candle that was about to go out.The strong wind rushed into my mouth like ice water, which hurt and hurt. "What do you mean by Nine Bones?" He listened for a while, then asked again. "Tianting bone is full and full; the occipital bone is fully exposed; the parietal bone is straight and abrupt; the slanting bone is like a horn, slanting upwards, straight into the hairline; the sun bone rises straight; the brow bone is prominent but not exposed; vaguely like a rhinoceros horn It lies there flat; the nasal bone is shaped like asparagus and bamboo shoots, standing upright; the cheekbones are powerful and powerful, but not sunken or exposed; the neck bone is flat and thick, but also slightly exposed." I carried it down in one breath. "Very well, follow me." His hand slipped from his shoulders suddenly, and he pulled me towards the dark room. I followed behind unconsciously, and I could only see his back. The inside of the room was the same as the outside, still dark, but the darkness felt deeper and thicker. Uncle Cao coughed and I could feel him sitting down in front of me. "Did you know? Looking at the face is worse than looking at the bones, because the face of a person changes, but the bones don't. The bones of the head mainly look at the three key parts of the heavenly court, the occipital bone, and the sun bone; the bones of the face mainly focus on the bones. Look at the two key parts of brow bone and cheekbone. If the above five bones are perfect, this person must be a pillar of the country; if only one of them is possessed, this person will not be poor all his life; If you have two of them, you will never be humble throughout your life; if you have three of them, you will prosper as long as you do something; if you have four of them, you will be noble." He paused , sighed again, and then asked me if I remembered. I nodded quickly, then remembered that he couldn't see at all, so I said loudly that I remembered. "Siwazi, do you know why my master and I must be blind?" He never said the reason, and I asked him, but there was always no answer. "Bone phase can be seen, but the most accurate thing is to feel it. Only the blind will not be confused by the virtual scene in front of them. Only the result that they touch with their own hands is the most accurate. But this requirement is too strict, and it is difficult to pass on. And , Actually, I've always wanted to see things, I've always wanted to see what you look like, because, in my mind, everyone's faces have no flesh and hair, they are just skulls." Uncle Cao spoke very slowly , Slowly like the cold air that gradually invaded in the middle of the night, I shivered, I hugged my body and took a step back unconsciously, but my elbow seemed to touch something, and there was a grunting sound. "There is a skeleton next to you. Feel it carefully, and then tell me what you found." Uncle Cao's words surprised me, but I still touched it unconsciously. That was the first time I touched human bones, and I'm afraid I will never forget it. It's a very strange feeling, a bit like hard plastic with a layer of sandpaper, and it feels like an iron rod covered with ice chips.I groped up along the ribs. This person's skeleton was not big, but the shoulder bones were not too narrow. I groped up along the spine and gradually reached the skull of this skeleton. "The bones of a man are heavy and thick, while the bones of a woman are light and thin. The bones of a fat man have a smooth surface, while the bones of a thin man have a rough surface." It's for me. I hummed softly, then continued to touch the skull. The teeth are very straight, the cheekbones are high, followed by the bridge of the nose, between the eyes.The upper part is "nose bridge", also known as "mountain root".The bridge below is called "nasal column", which is the boundary bone of the two nostrils.The end of the nose is called "Zhuntou".The man's nasal bone was high and narrow, and there was a crack in the middle, as if it had been broken and was crooked to one side.The frontal bone is level.Finally I felt the parietal bone, which is at the top of the head.The front part is called "Fontaine", when a child is not closed at birth, it is called "Fontaine", and the middle is called "Dingxin".The ribs on the left and right of the top center are called "mountain horn bones", commonly known as "skull horn bones". But I felt a large hollow, round, which seemed to be smashed out by a blunt instrument such as a hammer. "Uncle Cao, this man was crushed to death." I turned my head and said in his direction. "Yes, I smashed it to death." His words were still as steady as a weight, but my heart was like a beam, crooked out of shape. "Why... why?" I started to stutter. "He is my master, I smashed him to death with my own hands." Uncle Cao seemed to be talking about someone else.At this time, my whole body was limp on the ground, and I suddenly remembered that my father seemed to have mentioned that Cao Bo’s master had a crooked nose—it was broken by falling wood. "My master said that his life is meaningless. He has touched the bones of people all his life. There are good and bad, high and low, but he still can't understand his own bones. He doesn't know what he is, so he told me, If you accept me, it will be like having a son to die, and you also told me not to bury the body, it is very difficult to get a complete skeleton these days." Cao Bo said. "Fourth son, I also wanted to take you in as an apprentice, but your father disagreed, saying that the descendants of your Ji family cannot learn from you. I touched your bones and knew that you are lucky and you are going to do great things, but I I miss you, alas." Cao Bo sighed. "Uncle Cao, didn't you say that you would be blind if you learn this?" I said with a vibrato. "What's the matter, it's not the same to stab you blind now." He said, suddenly there was a sound, and he seemed to stand up. In this dark room, I, a sighted person, became blind, but he knew it well, so I was soon caught by him. "Four children, don't be afraid, soon, Uncle Cao will teach you a lot, don't you like Xianggu the most?" Uncle Cao's hand suddenly became strong, and it was tightly wrapped around my wrist like an eagle's claw, while The other hand touched my face and gradually moved towards the eyes. I could barely yell out, and subconsciously waved my hands forward. I touched his face, but quickly pulled it back like an electric shock. Because I feel that what I touch is not flesh and blood, but hard bones exposed outside. "You, got it? I know my bones are not good. I often tell you that this is fate, but I just don't believe it. Isn't it just bones? I can change it myself. If I change my bones, won't I change my life?" He suddenly He laughed loudly like crazy, and let go of his hands. I took the opportunity to jump up and slammed forward. Fortunately, that happened to be the door, and I ran out of the dark room. I fell on the ground and ran forward desperately, but I still looked back. Uncle Cao stood at the door, the bright and dazzling sunlight outside shone on his cheeks. Cheeks without flesh and blood, half of the face with neatly shaved cheeks and smoothed cheekbones.Bandaged and bloodstained. He smiled again, still like an extra mouth out of thin air. "Si Wazi, come to me after you have figured it out, I will wait for you." He dodged and buried his body in the dark room again. I don't know how long I ran, I ran aimlessly, and finally fell to the ground until my legs cramped. It was already evening when I got home, my father and grandma scolded me severely, but I didn't dare to speak, but my father saw it.When I told him everything, he just sighed and didn't show much surprise. The next day, I left my hometown. Before leaving, my father only said a word to me, asking me to forgive Uncle Cao. From then on, I never heard from Uncle Cao again, and when I talked to my father, I didn’t mention him like a taboo. I just heard bits and pieces saying that he was still a good bone, and when I met a good bone, I killed him and took it Come here and use it on yourself.Some people also said that he died, and he failed to cut the bone himself.Anyway, I don't believe it.And the dark room was also demolished later, and it is said that many specimens of bones and skeletons were found, including animals and humans. Everyone was cursing, cursing him as a devil, completely forgetting that he was telling fortunes for everyone, seeking good luck and avoiding bad luck. This is the story of this kinship bone. I just passed by a small county town and found out that there are also kinship bones, so I just expressed my feelings. Perhaps, Cao Bo wanted to change his fate by cutting the bones.Some people want to change their fate through plastic surgery, but in fact it is useless, because changing the bones and appearance seems to change the fate, but it is no longer you before, and it is not your fate that has changed. .