It's about unitary time.The short-haired Taoist priest walked alone on the barren village road.The sunset is dim, and the red glow fills the edge of heaven and earth.After resting for the night, he hastily buried the corpse this morning, and went down the mountain to look for the village, and on the way he did not see a few who could breathe, and he went all the way around and twisted and turned, and he came to this moment without paying attention.The moment when the demons and monsters begin to come alive.The Japanese seem to call this "magic time".Hey, it's just the alternation of day and night, and the ghost has awakened.Li Changan stopped.On the road ahead, there is a stone monument with three words engraved on it: "Xiahe Village".Has it arrived?
Looking at the stele carefully, the base is a turtle body and snake tail Xuanwu, the stele is tied with many ropes, and the ropes are hung with red cloth painted with charms.This is a "town monument", and in this world where demons are rampant, many villages have similar things to keep out some weak demons and monsters.This is similar to worshipping the city god and the land, and it is enough to worship at four o'clock.But the incense and candles on the town monument have long been burned out, and only some bamboo sticks are left in the soft mud-like incense ash.Li Changan withdrew his gaze and looked around at the surrounding fields.The fields are untilned, and weeds are growing to cover up scattered crops.At the end of the road, a small village lies in the afterglow of the setting sun, silent and silent.He suddenly had some bad premonitions about this trip.……………… The closer you get to the village, the more obvious the village's depravity becomes.Not to mention the traces of human traffic, even the roosters and dogs bark.Li Changan stood at the entrance of the village, a little hesitant."
Oh!
Your guest has finally arrived!
”Suddenly, an old voice sounded in his ears, and Li Changan followed the sound, but it was an old man under the old kui tree at the entrance of the village.Guest?
Me?
Li Changan was a little confused, he clenched his fists and made a joke."
Brother-in-law?"
The old man returned the salute and said: "Little Lao'er is the middle of this village, and he has been waiting for the Taoist chief here for a long time!"
”"I've already prepared a banquet to pick up the wind and wash the dust for the Taoist, please come with me."
As he spoke, he reached forward.The hand poked out of the sleeve, but he quickly grabbed the sleeve and covered it up, and at a glance, Li Changan looked at the back of his hand full of redness, swelling and blistering, this is ......
Scald?
In just such a moment, the sun had sunk into the western mountains, and only some glow remained in the western sky.It wasn't early, Li Changan simply followed, but he wanted to see what kind of moth could be made.Unbeknownst to him, as soon as he entered the village, the old man suddenly clapped his hands and shouted."
Everyone, don't come and meet your guests."
As soon as the words fell, many villagers suddenly poured out of the villages.They brought the old to help the young and meet Li Changan one by one."
The villain is called Mao Wu......" and "The villain is called Mao Lu ............
The strange thing is that they have to introduce them one by one, as if they are afraid that the Taoist priest will leave anyone behind.The Taoist priest is not a person who loves to put on a shelf, so he has to respond one by one when he sees this.During this period, Li Changan saw that the villagers, young and old, had burn marks on the back of their hands, and they were even ulcerated.However, when there was no time to inquire, they were drowned out by more respectful greetings.He was still a little dazed, and when he didn't pay attention, he was pulled to a large courtyard, in front of which there was a large house, and the eaves stretched far away.The old man pulled Li Changan to sit under the eaves, and after a while, someone came to set up two low tables, and the old man pulled Li Changan to sit down together.Then, the crowd flowed endlessly, and many tables were arranged in the courtyard in an orderly manner, and melons, fruits, wine and meat were served, and people took their seats in order.When I came back to my senses, I only saw that the people in the courtyard were boiling, men, women and children did not shy away from suspicion at all, and they were mixed together.A few more children were chasing and playing, causing the adults to whisper and scold.It turned out to be a village banquet.Li Changan turned his head to look at the old man, the old man looked at the children in the courtyard, his white beard trembled lightly with a smile, and he raised the wine jug to drink himself.And then at his table, like the other tables in the courtyard, there was plenty of supply.Only Li Changan, who sat at the top, was deserted on the table, with only a wine pot and a wine glass.He was not annoyed, but he just lifted the lid of the pot, put it under his nose and smelled it, it was not wine, but white water.Suddenly.The noise in his ears stopped abruptly, and Li Changan raised his head.The night breeze lifts away the clouds, revealing the waning moon and casting a clear glow.Under the bleak moonlight, there were no living people at the banquet, and the banquet was full of headless rotting corpses.........................
"Don't misunderstand, I'm not doing it." ”The moonlight was obscured by the eaves and could not shine on the old man, so he still looked like a living man.Seeing Li Changan's indifferent expression, his hand had already been put on the hilt of the sword, and he hurriedly explained.With that, he clapped his hands.Out of the pile of rotting corpses came a man, this man was different from the rotting corpses, his head was still on his neck, but his coat was soaked with blood, presumably he was also a ghost.He walked to the court, straightened up and knelt down towards Li Changan."
I've seen Engong, thank you Engong for burying my wife and children."
The man raised his head, but it was Mao Fengnian who was buried by Li Changan himself.Seeing this, Li Changan's expression softened a little and asked, "When did you come back?"
”"Just last night.""
Have you found your wife and children?""
With the blessing of Tuo Engong, the family is also reunited."
As he spoke, he beckoned to the group of "people" next to him, and the headless ghosts made a way out of the way, and out of it came a woman, who was holding a child in her hand.The child was very afraid of life, and hid behind the woman until the couple squatted down and whispered a few words in their ears, and then said vaguely: "Thank you." ”After that, he hid in his mother's arms again, but he tilted his head, revealing a round face and a "rich mole" on his forehead, but it was a good face, but it was a pity......
Looking at this family standing together happily, it seems that there is no pity.Away from the chaos may not be as good as the reunion ghost.After a moment of emotion, Li Changan asked again: "What about the second elder?"
”Mao Fengnian replied respectfully: "I don't have a face, I don't dare to see a nobleman." ”……………… The family retreated with a smile, Li Changan suddenly looked a little envious, he poured another cup of water in the pot, and drank it in one gulp, and the coolness was pregnant with warmth.He put down the cup, and the old man smiled beside him: "We are all people in the netherworld, and we have nothing to serve guests, are you still used to drinking this pot of clear water?"
”"How can the 'early sun and morning dew' be a mere clear water?"
Li Changan said with a smile.In this world, the most suitable water to make tea and decoction is called rootless water, and the best rootless water is this 'early sun morning dew', as the name suggests, that is, the morning dew collected after the first rays of sunlight are cast in the morning.Since ancient times, the rooster cries and the dawn breaks, and the ghosts avoid.All reasons, this first ray of sunlight is a sharp sword that cuts day and night, and cuts off yin and yang.These ghosts braved the morning sun to burn, and collected such a pot of morning dew bit by bit, which can be regarded as painstaking.If you are courteous to others, you will ask for something.Li Changan put down the wine glass, turned his head to face the old man, and said indifferently: "If the old man has something, please speak up, and do what he can." ”Hearing this, the old man put away the smile on his face, he groaned for a while, and said slowly: "The Taoist chief is really as wise as a torch. ”At this time, a series of "plopping" sounds sounded in the court.The headless ghosts in the room all left their seats and fell to the ground.Li Changan turned his gaze back, the old man had already moved away from the desk, straightened his waist and knelt down."
The dead have nothing to ask for, but the body and soul are missing and cannot be reincarnated."
As he spoke, the old man bowed down."
Look at the Dao and have mercy, and take back the head for us."