During the Edo period, as the most famous samurai, Iwajima had killed countless enemies in his life. Finally, when he was fifty years old, he was bestowed the title of "Ten Thousand Beheading" by the Emperor. By right, Rock Island should be happy, but he was depressed every day.
As a powerful warrior, it was a great shame to have no children!
Unfortunately, he had more wives and concubines than servants, but he could not conceive Rock Island's children. Rock Island searched for famous doctors all over the country and even invited monks and Onmyoji to perform magic, but the women's stomachs in the backyard still did not move.
People said that Rock Island had killed too many people in his life, and the heavens had deliberately sent retribution so that he would have no one to support him in his old age. These words slowly reached Rock Island's ears, and Rock Island could not help but fly into a rage. He held the katana, Chiba, and killed all the people who spread the rumors. Then, he hung the heads on the high wall of the samurai mansion and slowly dried them into a fist-sized, wrinkled, dark brown meatball.
From then on, no one dared to joke about Rock Island not having any children. Instead, after more than a year, Rock Island Prefecture suddenly decorated themselves with lanterns and streamers to celebrate the hundred-day celebration of Rock Island's newborn son.
This news immediately caused a sensation in the entire Edo City. Why was it that there was no sign of anything happening? Why did Rock Island have a son?
The busybody invited Kenjiro, a servant of the Iwajima family who was shopping on the street, to drink. After three rounds of drinking, he secretly asked, and Kenjiro, who was already very drunk, suddenly woke up. He waved his hand in panic and left in a hurry.
This added a strange color to the birth of the assistant man.
Hence, there were rumors that Iwajima had injured his lower body in years of war and was infertile. The helper was the child of Kenjiro and Iwajima's concubine.
When these words reached Rock Island's ears, he just smiled and ignored them. The next day, he hung Kenjiro's head on the high wall again. The dark red blood dried and turned black, like a strange talisman.
On the day of the Hundred-day Banquet, almost all the warriors of Edo City came to congratulate him. Of course, there were also many people who came to join in the fun. Iwajima did not care and greeted them happily. After three rounds of drinking, Qing Li, the concubine she had taken in last year, carried out the child.
The chubby little face, long eyelashes, and the pink and tender child's eyebrows vaguely resembled Rock Island's. Only then did the doubts disappear. Everyone congratulated Rock Island one after another, and Rock Island was naturally drunk. No one noticed the deep sorrow in Qing Li's smile.
Time passed quickly, and Sukeo grew into a little boy who was almost seven years old. His handsome appearance was even more like Rock Island. However, the birth of the child did not stop Rock Island's murderous nature. Every once in a while, a few heads would be hung on the samurai wall.
In the Edo period, where martial strength was everything, it was not strange for Iwajima, who was known as the " Ten Thousand People Beheading ", to cut off the heads of ordinary people. As time passed, other than worrying about the misfortune of beheading, it became a very fun thing to watch the heads fall at the samurai wall.
However, some people also discovered that the assistant's mother, Qing Li, had not appeared since the Hundred-day Banquet!
Even when the samurai asked about this matter at the Iwajima family banquet, Iwajima never answered. He just patted Sukio's head and looked at the rusted lock in the backyard from afar.
The servants of the Iwajima family all remembered a command: He could not get close to the backyard! Otherwise, he would be beheaded! There was once a servant who approached the backyard out of curiosity. The next day, he was skinned alive by Rock Island. The skinned servant was not completely dead yet. He dragged his bloody body and crawled on the ground. With a flash of a knife, his head was cut off, and the blood in his mouth sprayed directly on the door of the backyard...
From then on, the backyard was like a second rocky island. It became a place where everyone's expressions changed when they talked about it.
No one knew what was locked inside.
However, there were two strange rumors from the Martial Artist's Residence: Before the skinned servant died, he kept saying,"Ghost, ghost…"
Every late night at the beginning of the month and the end of the month, when there was no moon in the sky, there would be a strange sound of " dong…dong…" coming from the backyard. It sounded like someone was walking back and forth in the courtyard, and the footsteps were very heavy.
One day, the helper went to the street to play with the servants. When a wandering Onmyoji saw the assistant, he stopped and pointed at the mole on the assistant's neck.""The person with this mole carries the resentment and memories of his previous life. Who created such a huge killing sin?”
Although the Onmyoji had a very high status in Japan, the servants still beat up the crazy Onmyoji.
The Onmyoji, who could not be enemies with ordinary people, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth. He found out that the child was the son of the " Ten Thousand Beheader " Iwajima. After asking about the location of the Iwajima family, he went along the road to find them.
When he saw the human heads hanging on the wall being eaten by crows, he suddenly laughed."Retribution is coming!" With that, he left.
Rock Island soon found out about this. He frowned, held his samurai sword, stared at the calendar, and counted silently."There's still a month left until the assistant's birthday!”
The retribution that the Onmyoji had mentioned did not happen. A month passed peacefully, and the assistant's seventh birthday arrived.
The banquet was unusually grand. When Sukeo performed a delicate Kendo with his samurai sword and casually killed a servant to announce his adulthood, the entire banquet reached its climax. Everyone celebrated that Rock Island had an amazing son.
Rock Island was drunk. When he returned to his room to rest, it was already midnight. The people who had worked hard for the whole day had fallen asleep. Suddenly, Iwajima was no longer drunk. He picked up his samurai sword and pulled out a sack from under his bed. He quietly went to the backyard door and took out a bunch of keys.
The sound of " Dong…Dong…" came from the courtyard again.
Rock Island smiled, a fierce look flashing in his eyes. He unlocked the door and slowly undid the rusty chain on the door.
" Squeak…" The door was pushed open. Under the moonlight, in the middle of the backyard filled with trees, a person was slowly walking around a tree stump. After a few steps, he would pick up the mallet in his hand and hit the tree stump.
His feet were shackled with heavy shackles, and his tattered clothes could barely cover his skinny body. From afar, he looked like a living skeleton spinning in circles under the pale moonlight.
"Sir, where are the corpses and human skins today?”The living skeleton tilted its ears and listened, then raised its head to " look " at the rocky island. " I'm fine." Through his messy hair that was covered in oil, sweat, and mud, the two black holes in his eyes had already been dug out." After completing the last time, my lord's son can really become a human…Qingli, is Qingli alright?”
"Qingli is naturally very good." Rock Island said coldly. He opened the sack and threw it in front of the living skeleton.
A fat woman rolled out of the sack. Every layer of fat was covered in thick mud, and her naked body was covered in the stench of feces and urine. When the woman saw the living skeleton, she opened her mouth and wanted to shout, but she couldn't make a sound.
Her tongue had long been cut off at the root, and the shocking wound on her neck was where her vocal cords were.
Her hands and feet were so limp that she could not lift them at all. The tendons in her hands and feet had long been broken.
The living skeleton touched the pig-like woman.""Milord, is it alive this time?"
"We couldn't find anyone at the last minute, so we could only use the 'pigmen' that we raised at home for the warriors to watch.”Rock Island used his thumb to push the saber away.
The woman's eyes were filled with tears, leaving white and black marks on her muddy face.
The living skeleton carefully touched every inch of the woman's body. His hands slowly trembled as he suddenly said,"Milord, there isn't much time left.”
"No, I want you to do it this time." Rock Island threw over a half-curved scraper from his waist. The scimitar stabbed into the woman's stomach. There was no blood flowing from the wound. What flowed out was light yellow fat.
The living skeleton hesitated for a moment. He followed the sound and touched the spatula. Then, he touched the woman's forehead. The tip of the spatula made a cut on her forehead.
The woman's eyes widened as she watched the spatula slowly pierce into her forehead. Two streams of tears flowed down the corners of her eyes and into her ears.
"Milord, will Qing Li still love me in this state?”The living skeleton asked as it cut the skin.
Under the moonlight, in a garden full of trees, a blind man who was as thin as a skeleton was slowly skinning a woman who was as fat as a pig with her tendons, tongue, and vocal cords cut out!
Iwajima approached quietly, his katana already half-drawn." Song Shi, after you're done, I'll let you take a good bath and rest for a while. You're a Humanoid Master anyway. You'll be able to see again after carving a pair of eyes and placing them in the sockets.”
"Milord is right." Song Shi carefully peeled the human skin. Piles of fatty oil dripped on the grass and piled up into the shape of candle oil. An hour later, a shiny human skin was held in Songdao's hands. A body covered in rotten flesh, pus, blood, and grease was still trembling slightly.
"Let's begin." Rock Island turned around. Although he had experienced this scene countless times, even the Killer Devil Rock Island didn't dare to see it too many times.
Song Shi dragged the skinned woman onto a wooden stake with great effort and hit her hard with a mallet. Flesh and blood flew everywhere! The sound of bones cracking and the gurgling sound of the mallet hitting the minced meat was endless. Even Rock Island couldn't help but shiver. Song Shi gritted his teeth and smashed the ground hard. Two streams of blood flowed out of his empty eyes!
The woman was smashed into a large pile of meat paste. Song Shi held the meat paste and covered the wooden stake with it, sticking the human skin on it. Then, she took out a carving knife from her waist and skillfully carved.
The trees in the courtyard suddenly let out a mournful cry. A ferocious human face grew out of every tree, and its mouth was open in pain...
"Milord, the mannequins are done this time.”Song Shi held the wooden doll wrapped in human skin, looking exactly like the son of Rock Island." Don't forget to hang the head on the wall and let the crows eat it to take away the evil spirit." And…"
" Song Shi," Rock Island interrupted coldly." You've been repeating this for seven years. This should be the last time I'll hear it."”
"I think so. You'll let me go soon and let me meet Qingli, right?”Song Shi said calmly.
"That's right!" Iwajima waved his katana, and with a flash, his head fell to the ground, blood gushing out like a fountain!
Song Shi's body fell to the wooden stake, her hands tightly holding the meat paste. Two streams of blood mixed together and seeped into the root of the wooden stake.
"In order to keep the secret of helping the man, I can only do this.”" I've fulfilled my promise. You and Qingli will live together forever!"”
The door of the courtyard was closed. In the chilly backyard, Song Shi's head rolled in the grass. She suddenly opened her mouth and said in a low voice,""Qingli, wait for me."
Song Shi's headless body suddenly moved! His two skinny hands groped on the grass, digging into the soil, and slowly crawled toward the position of the head.
Iwajima pushed open the door to Sukio's room. Sukio was sitting upright on the tatami. A hint of kindness finally appeared on Rock Island's cold face as he hugged the puppet carved from pine stone."Sukio, put your skin on the puppet and you will be a real person. You will no longer need to rely on the humanoid master.”
"They all thought that I killed those people who spread the rumor that 'I don't have children because I killed too many people' to vent my anger. In fact, they didn't know that I knew about the existence of humanoid masters in Edo. I only found an excuse to kill some of them to cover my tracks. My real goal was to capture the Humanoid Master and his wife. If I didn't control Qing Li, the humanoid master wouldn't have agreed to create a son for me.”Rock Island stretched his hand to the top of the man's head and tore it to the sides. A complete human skin fell off. Inside the man's body was a puppet.
After Rock Island attached the human skin to the newly carved puppet, he wiped the sweat from his forehead and panted. He was almost sixty years old and really needed an heir. As Iwajima thought about it, he looked at Sukio with a strong fatherly love in his eyes.
"Daddy." The assistant looked up.
He was still that handsome son. Rock Island was finally relieved. After seven years of skinning, the puppet could finally become a real person!
"Daddy." The assistant repeated his words in a monotonous tone. Rock Island suddenly felt that something was wrong. Under the dim moonlight, he looked carefully!
How is this a helper!
On the pale face, there was a vertical cut on the upper lip. The nose was flat and the tip of the nose was blood-red. The eyes were red, and the two ears were long and upright. The hair had turned snow-white. This was clearly the face of a rabbit!
Iwajima roared in extreme fear. He raised his katana in panic and used all his strength to slash at Sukeo's head.
"Puff!" The samurai sword was stuck in his skull, but it couldn't be pulled out. Every time he moved it, a lot of wood chips would fly out. The assistant did not feel any pain at all. He raised the rabbit's head and asked,"Dad, why did you cut me?”
"Ah!" Rock Island shouted heart-wrenchingly. Finally, he pulled out his saber and slashed down again.
"Kacha kacha" sounds kept ringing in the room.
Finally, Rock Island collapsed on the ground, unable to lift his katana anymore. He stared at the corpse on the ground with his blood-red eyes.
He was stunned!
The mutilated corpse really looked like Sukeo.
He opened his mouth but could not make a sound. He picked up his samurai sword, stabbed it into his abdomen, and slashed horizontally…
In the backyard, Song Shi was seriously carving. His eyes were already bright. As the wood chips flew, a beautiful woman gradually took shape.
Beside him stood a sloppy Onmyoji, smiling as he folded papers. After the woman was finished sculpting, the Onmyoji stuck the folded paper figurine on the puppet and lit a fire. The blue flames lit up and quickly extinguished. A beautiful naked woman stood up from the ashes.
"Thank you." Song Shi and Qing Li bowed to the Onmyoji.
"Lovers should be together.”The Onmyoji smiled and climbed over the wall.
The news that Iwajima had killed his own son and cut open his stomach spread like wildfire in Edo City. No one knew the reason, and it became one of the "Two Inconceivable Things in Edo City".
Another incredible thing: A beautiful couple suddenly appeared in Edo City. Every day, the man would sit under the cherry blossom tree and carve lifelike dolls for his loved ones for free. His wife sat beside him, wiping the sweat off his forehead from time to time and smiling sweetly.。。
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