Wu Dao sat cross-legged in front of them: "Let me talk about seven first. I won't talk about other countries and sects, but mainly talk about our country and Buddhism. Buddhism has the legend that Sakyamuni faces the wall for seven days or forty-nine days and then becomes a true result. According to Buddhist scriptures, all things have seven origins, namely earth, fire, water, wind, air, consciousness, and roots; according to Buddhist customs, people must accumulate seventy-nine days after death; Buddhist temples are divided into seven halls, namely the Golden Hall, lecture hall, tower, sutra, bell tower, monk's yard, and canteen; there are seven kinds of disasters in life, namely fire, water, rhashask, ten thousand sticks, ghosts, shackles, resentful thieves, etc.."

"In China, Qi also has a mysterious color, like there are seven stars in the sky, human emotions have seven emotions, colors have seven colors, music has seven tones, poetry has seven characters, seven charades, seven verses, and seven orifices. The human body has seven orifices. Folk legends say that the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl meet on the Qixi Festival on July 2018."

"In ancient times, many nations knew that the sun, moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. The sun and moon were flying in the sky, bringing light, warmth and life to the world, and even the menstrual tides of women, all had mysterious connections with the sun, moon and stars. Therefore, the number "Seven" representing the seven stars was covered with various magical colors."

The four women looked at him like elementary school students, and Yun Xing raised his hand and signaled: "Continue!"

He picked up a bottle of water and took a sip: "People initially believed that the meaning of the 'Four' symbol was four directions and four seasons. The symbolic meaning of the 'Four' originally came from the four square and four-arm crosses, representing stability, comprehensiveness and omnipresence, and it is also a symbol of organization, rights, wisdom, justice and omnipotence. And the 'Four' is also a rational number, symbolizing intelligence."

"Chinese traditional culture also has preference for the 'Four', for example, the legendary four monarchs protected the Jade Emperor. There are also the most commonly known four arts of piano, chess, calligraphy, and painting; the four treasures of the study of the pen, ink, paper, and ink; the four virtues of integrity, humility, responsibility and politeness. Of course, not all 'Four' are good in China. Among the Chinese people, many people have taboos about the 'Four' because the pronunciation of 'Four' is similar to that of 'Four'."

He said this and took another sip of water, turned his head and looked behind him and continued, "Eight is a sign of harmony and unity of the universe, such as eight directions, eight seasons, eight generations, eight sounds, etc. The secular view believes that 'eight' is a symbol of renewal, rebirth or blessing, and the most obvious representation is Bagua. Especially in Hong Kong, the homonym of eight in Cantonese is Qi, so those who want to make a fortune especially favors Ba."

"What then?" Zhang Qi couldn't help but take a sip of water.

"No!" Wu Dao smiled and twisted the bottle cap.

"Eight are so few?" Tang Yaya asked in suspicion.

Wu Dao smiled and shook his head: "That's not the case. It's mainly the statements of Western sects, and it has little to do with us!"

Yu Huan frowned: "After listening to you, I feel that it has little to do with the disappearance of the villagers."

Yun Xing looked at her: "You can't say that. These three numbers are related to religion. Could it be that some cult organization controls these people?"

She pondered and nodded: "It's possible! And I thought of Zhang Jiao, a character who was at the same time as Zhang Daoling, who also founded a sect called Taipingdao, which is a sect based on the "Taiping Jing".

"I know this!" Tang Yaya took over: "Either historical community nor popular culture, it is believed that Zhang Jiao kicked off the history of the Three Kingdoms. The rebellion he launched was the beginning of the world's great changes. Moreover, this guy was also a gravedigger in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, the initiator of the history of the Three Kingdoms, and the leader of the Yellow Turban Uprising."

"Yes!" Yu Huan nodded: "The Taiping Sutra is also known as the Taiping Qingling Book, which was said to be written by Yu Ji. This sutra is one of the Taoist collections, with complex contents, including heaven and earth, yin and yang, five elements, ten branches, disasters and strangeness, gods and immortals, etc. The Taiping Sutra combines Taoism (Huang Lao Theory), Yin and Yang schools and other ruling ideas, emphasizing inaction and governance. It proposes the concept of good and evil retribution that share property and self-reliant. In personal practice, it is pointed out that only when people believe in the corrective path can they eliminate disasters and strangeness and become immortals. It can be said that the Taiping Sutra has built a utopian world for the people living in wars, and embodies the simple and people-oriented idea of ​​egalitarianism and equality ideals, so so many people believe it."

"That makes sense. The people here must have been bewitched by them to do such an abnormal behavior!" Yun Xing looked at the house opposite: "I just don't know where these people are now!"

Wu Dao smiled and said, "If this is the case, there is no need to worry. They will definitely come back tonight!"

"Then wait!" Zhang Qi took his backpack and lay on it.

Yun Xing covered his mouth and yawned: "Sleep!" His body tilted on Zhang Qi's legs.

Tang Yaya grabbed Zhang Qi's other leg: "Give me this leg!" She said and lay on it.

Zhang Qi raised his head and stared at the two of them: "Why do you two have backpacks and don't have pillows on my legs?"

"Pai Pa", Yun Xing patted her legs twice: "Don't talk, go to bed!"

"I can't walk with my legs numb, so you two carry me!" Zhang Qi glared at them and lay on his backpack again.

The night was particularly quiet, and the five people fell asleep quickly. Zhang Qi snored because the pillow was too high, and Tang Yaya hugged Yun Xing tightly.

The little black dog who was dozing on his face suddenly raised his ears and then looked up at the shop opposite.

There were rustling footsteps in the town, and occasionally whispers could be heard. The little black dog stood up and shouted at the five sleeping people.

Wu Dao and Yu Huan instantly opened their eyes and sat up. Zhang Qi's snoring suddenly disappeared, and they looked left and right with sleepy eyes: "Hmm? What's wrong?"

When she moved, Yun Xing and Tang Yaya also sat up one after another. The latter rubbed his eyes and muttered: "Can you not be so anxious next time? My body is still asleep, it's no different from a zombie!"

"Shh!" Yu Huan quickly made a gesture to Tang Yaya to silence.

The first person first came into the sight of the five people. Wu Dao remembered that this person was the owner of the hotel. Then more and more people appeared, and all looked at them five.

"Damn, what are they going to do?" Zhang Qi stood up and made a battle posture.

Yun Xing looked at her: "Don't panic first, see what they are going to do. If they do it, we will not be too late to do it."

Everyone walked towards them with bad eyes, and some of them were holding swords, guns, sticks and sticks in their hands.

"Woo", the little black dog felt the hostility of everyone and bared his teeth and made an attacking posture.

Yu Huan looked at Wu Dao and the other two: "If we don't resist, will they take action?"

"I don't think so!" Wu Dao frowned and looked at the people walking over.
Chapter completed!