The beginning of the story should start with an ancient legend, there is an ancient legend in Chinese folklore, people are divided into three souls and seven spirits after death, if the soul is not properly settled, it will continue to travel in the world, harm one party, especially in remote rural areas, there are often bad ghosts and other vicious incidents, but Fangba Town is the hardest hit area of bad ghosts and people......

My name is Yang Daoguan, born in the early 60s of the 20th century in a remote rural area in Sichuan, a boy with delicate facial features, dark skin, hairstyle and chicken nest, it is understandable that he is a wild child who grew up in the mountains. My grandfather said that I loved to be sick when I was a child, and in order to support my father, I was given the cheap name "Dao Guanzi" , I don't know what it means, I have never seen my parents since I can remember, since I was a child, I have followed my grandfather for my life, and the place where I live is the standard green tile adobe house in the southern countryside, my grandfather is a famous local Mr. Yin and Yang, but whoever has a happy event, will let my grandfather look at the day, find a good omen or something, and I often follow my grandfather from house to house, not for anything else, just to be able to follow my grandfather to other people's houses in this poor ravine to have a full meal.

Smack, a slap on my ass, I rubbed my sleepy eyes, and woke up from my dream at a loss.

"Still sleeping!" Grandpa asked me with a serious face as he stood beside the bed.

"Isn't it just dawn, you can let me sleep for a while. I didn't respond angrily to my grandfather's words.

"It's just dawn, you see the sun is out. With that, Grandpa turned and walked out of the room.

I reluctantly got up and got dressed, walked out of the door, looked at the mountains and rivers in the distance, breathed in the morning air, and the chimneys of several villagers in the distance were curling green smoke, I guess they were cooking on the fire.

After dinner, I went to the kitchen door to see my grandfather, who was wearing a tunic and a yellow briefcase, fiddling with his motorcycle. Needless to say, grandpa must be going to someone's house to show the days again. Just as I turned around and was about to go into the room to continue sleeping, my grandfather stopped me, "Dao official, you are twenty years old, don't eat and sleep all day, sleep and eat, or learn some crafts from grandpa, I will be gone in the future, aren't there no successors to these crafts handed down from our family?" Grandpa's words that seemed disgusting but serious went straight to the depths of my heart.

I casually said "yes".

"Come on, get in the car, go on a trip to Fangshan No. 7 with grandpa today, there is an old man surnamed Gao who has passed away, please let me show him the Yin Mansion. After saying that, my grandfather stared at me intently, his eyes full of anticipation.

"Okay!" I coldly responded to my grandfather, probably because my grandfather woke me up from my sweet dream, I still have some residual anger, but it is my grandfather's request, and I can only bite the bullet.

After coming to the family of Fangshan Seventh Team with a high surname, the most conspicuous thing is a black coffin placed in the middle of the hall, the clear oil lamp under the coffin sways left and right with the breeze, as if it may be extinguished at any time, and there is a rice bucket at the head of the coffin, which is full of incense candles.

"Yo, Master Yang, I was just saying that I was looking for someone to pick you up, but I didn't expect to come so soon. A man in his thirties with a haggard face strode up to us and respectfully handed me and my grandfather a cigarette.

"Anyway, it's fine, I came after breakfast. Grandpa lit the cigarette in his hand and responded to the middle-aged man.

"Then please sit in the room. The middle-aged man said to my grandfather and me with a smile.

"Let's do things first, and it's never too late to sit down after finishing things. The cigarette smoke in Grandpa's mouth swayed irregularly with the tip of his tongue.

The middle-aged man still looked polite and began to talk about the situation of the deceased old man. The old man, who had just turned 60 years old, was his father, who had died at 11 p.m. the day before yesterday. On his fifty-eighth birthday, the old man told his son that he hoped to be buried in the Kaziwan area after his death, but a few days before he died, he suddenly told his son that he hoped to be buried in Fengtianliang after a hundred years, which was the old man's last wish, and he didn't know what to do, and the middle-aged man looked at his grandfather with a rogue face.

"This is easy to do, burn the straw, the straw on the old man's bed, just look at the direction of the first wisp of green smoke. After saying that, I realized that I seemed to be stealing the limelight from my grandfather.

Grandpa glanced at me and told the man, "You might as well give it a try." ”

The middle-aged man took a deep puff of his cigarette, glanced at me and my grandfather, and asked questioningly, "Is this okay?"

"Yes, find a sheltered environment and take an old man's underwear and burn it with straw. Grandpa told the man categorically.

At this moment, the man did not hesitate, turned around and walked towards the old man's room, he looked impatient.

"What if the bed that the old man slept in before his death was not paved with straw?" my grandfather asked me solemnly.

"No accident, our ancestors here have been sleeping with straw beds for generations, how can anyone sleep on such high-end goods as mattresses, that's exclusive to people in the city, right? "I answered my grandfather's question with a weak heart, and I knew that I wouldn't answer the man's question, and I wouldn't be so passive now.

"Since you want to learn, you have to learn well, and you can't be half-hearted. Grandpa's kind and contemptuous eyes looked at me again.

About half an hour later, the middle-aged man ran back and couldn't wait to tell his grandfather, "Master Yang, the green smoke is drifting towards Kaziwan." ”

"Okay, let's take a trip to Kazi Bay. Grandpa waved to the man.

After coming to Kazi Bay, there is a rain-washed stream in the bay, and on both sides of the stream are farmers' crops, which is not a feng shui treasure, but it is also quite suitable to choose a piece of land to make a yin house.

"Sword officer, you come with me. I answered and followed behind my grandfather.

Grandpa skillfully took out the compass from the yellow leather bag, and followed the guidance of the compass to begin to look for Yin Mountain, Yin Water, Yin Vein, he looked away for a while, and lowered his head for a while to whisper. I've seen a lot of this kind of scene with my grandfather, and I can find these yin houses, but my grandfather didn't let me find the yin house at this time, probably because of the man's distrust of me, after all, my grandfather is the authority of these towns, and I'm still childish, and it's normal for people not to believe it.

"That's it!" Grandpa said to the man, pointing to a clearing near the farmland.

The middle-aged man glanced at the mountain in the distance, then at the ground under his feet, and nodded with satisfaction.

After seeing the Yin House, our group returned to the Gao family, at this time the Gao family had gathered hundreds of people, who were nearby villagers and relatives of the Gao family, and the deafening sound of firecrackers sounded from time to time in the distance. On the left side of the coffin is a table of eight immortals, and there is a group of people sitting around the table of eight immortals, these people are invited by the Gao family, and the locals call this the gong and drum suona team. In the middle of the hall is a group of people dressed in linen and filial piety, these people are relatives of the deceased old man.

In a blink of an eye, at noon, the man arranged for me and my grandfather to sit on a flowing water mat, and I sat with my grandfather.

When I was full, my grandfather stopped me and said, "You have nothing to do here, go home first." ”

Okay, you old thing, you're going to drive me away when it's good to eat and drink, I muttered to myself, but I still replied respectfully to my grandfather, "Hmm!"

"I'm old, and after the old man of the Gao family is buried tomorrow, I'll ride a motorcycle home, it's still early today, you can walk back by yourself." Grandpa looked at me mysteriously, looked at me with some ill intentions, and spoke.

Although I had already guessed that I was going to walk home on the mountain road, I was inevitably a little uncomfortable when I heard my grandfather say this, so I didn't say a word, and turned around and walked in the direction of home. Although Fangshan Village is a neighboring village to my family, it is also thirteen or fourteen miles away, and I don't know if I am his own grandson, so he doesn't feel sorry for me at all. Although I was angry, I had to go, because I knew my grandfather's temper, and even if I was a twenty-year-old adult man, I would beat me up if I didn't agree with him.

In this way, I walked along the dirt road for about four hours, under the influence of alcohol. At this time, the sky has darkened, the farmland has sounded a piece of insects and frogs, the fog fills the mountains and rivers in the distance, if you don't look carefully, you can't see the ridges and mountains in the distance.

A bleak feeling came over me, my peers who grew up with me were already accomplished, and I was twenty years old, and I was still cheating and drinking with my grandfather. When I think about this, I complain. Hmph, old fellow, you can get good, eat and drink spicy food outside, and let your grandson drive home thirteen or fourteen miles! I suddenly felt a shock, the distance of thirteen or fourteen miles, I walked for four hours? Could it be that I went wrong? Or did I encounter something unclean? A series of questions swirled in my mind, at this time my heart fluttered violently, I closed my eyes and opened my eyes violently, and the surrounding environment was really the same as the one described by my grandfather, the fog was filled, the visibility was low, I must have hit the road ghost!

I touched the copper coin on my chest, and my grandfather told me that this copper coin has the effect of warding off evil spirits, so I have been wearing this copper coin on my body, which is also the only lifesaver now. But I have never encountered such a situation, whether the copper coin thing works or not, I really have no bottom in my heart, but I am afraid to be scared at the moment, but I have to continue to go home. But how is this home going and which direction to go? Just as I was muttering, a figure vaguely appeared in the distance, as if to say something to me, but I couldn't hear it. The crickets in the distance, the frogs in the field screamed, Although it was summer, the cold air on my back rushed straight away, and I couldn't help but shiver a lot, at this moment my heart was tighter, at this moment I was frozen except for holding the copper coin in my hand.

What to do? What to do? The more anxious I was, the more my brain went blank.

It would be nice if Grandpa was here, yes, Grandpa told me that I met a ghost, don't panic and spit three mouthfuls of saliva into the sky, and then comb your hair back three times, as long as it's not a ghost, I don't dare to approach, and I don't know if it works, and I can only do this at this moment. blames myself for not working hard to learn exorcism with my grandfather, I always think that my grandfather is a liar, and now I know that I regret it.

I took a deep breath, threw my head up three times to the sky, combed my hair back three more times, and boldly walked towards the vague figure.

"Which brother is in the way, why don't we meet and smoke a cigarette?" I was very scared at this point, but I still had to make a noise and walk towards the vague ghost.

I took a step towards the ghost, but he seemed to be taking a step away from me, obviously just a few meters away, but he just couldn't get close to him, it was extremely weird.

"Big brother, don't go, Lao Tzu Yang Daoguan has never seen a ghost in his life, can you let me see you." I shouted boldly, and with this roar, the vague figure disappeared in an instant.

At this time, the sky had completely darkened, the gray trees around me were completely unvisible, and the occasional breeze blew, and my heart was even more frightened, but my consciousness told me that I had to be calm at this moment. I searched hard for the exorcism skills that my grandfather had taught me, using the demon pestle to fight ghosts, and the willow branches to fight ghosts...... Oh my God, I don't have anything but the copper coins in my hand now, where can I find these things to exorcise ghosts, not to mention that I am now meeting a road ghost that fascinates my eyes.

I used to hear my grandfather say that there are good and bad road ghosts, and the good ones will blind people and let them avoid evil ghosts, evil ghosts, or some other dangerous situations. However, the bad road ghosts will play tricks at the lightest, and bring them into a dangerous place and ask for their lives. Thinking of this, my heart seems to be about to jump out, the only way is to no matter what happens, is to stay put, wait for the clouds to see the sun, before I can get up and leave, at this moment I have no other way, just sit on the ground, take out a lighter, light a cigarette, take a few deep puffs to hide the fear in my heart.

While I was smoking, a figure appeared in the distance and was talking about something. I pricked up my ears to listen carefully to what he was saying, but I couldn't hear clearly, I subconsciously stood up and looked at the ghost in the distance, and I saw that he seemed to be walking towards me.

At this moment, my whole body froze, and the ghost's muttering voice became clearer and clearer, the hairs on my whole body were about to explode, and a voice came into my ears, "Quick, go back, don't look back" This time I heard it very clearly, although I learned a little exorcism with my grandfather, but this is the first time I have encountered such a strange thing, and I don't know how to start.

I didn't hesitate for a moment, I pulled my legs and ran back, although my legs were very heavy, but I had to run hard, just in the process of running, I obviously felt that the surrounding vision was instantly widened, and the dirt road appeared in front of me, but at this time I didn't have time to pay attention to these visions, just a vigorous run, I don't know how long I ran, there was the sound of gongs and drums and suona in the distance, the lights were bright, accompanied by crying.

I'm running back again, whatever, I just need to go into a crowded place, and then I'll be safe.

When I walked into Gao's house, the lights were bright, the gongs, drums and suona were still playing and singing happily on the side of the hall, and there was a mourning room in the middle of the hall, and a group of people in front of the mourning room were kneeling and crying, they were big and small. At this time, the grandfather was reciting the scriptures in his mouth, and these crying voices would also be driven by the size of the grandfather's voice, and I had seen too many scenes like this with my grandfather.

I found a place where there were many people and sat down, gasping for breath as several middle-aged women looked at me. It's no wonder that they mainly saw that I had an ugly face and that I was a stranger I didn't know, but at this time I didn't bother to pay attention to them, and only hoped that my grandfather's dojo would end soon, and I could confide in him what I had encountered today.

About an hour later, Grandpa's dojo was over, probably he had been reading the scriptures for too long and was thirsty, Grandpa walked directly to the table of the Eight Immortals and picked up the water cup, and drank the water in a big gulp, I settled down and walked towards Grandpa.

"Grandpa, I hit a ghost today!" I didn't care if the people around me could hear it, and told Grandpa directly.

Grandpa's face was shocked, he looked at me, pointed to a quiet place ahead, and motioned for me to go to a quiet place.

"Do you want to go back, or do you deliberately make up a story to trick me?" Grandpa looked at me with some suspicion. It's no wonder that a twenty-year-old man who is idle all day long, doesn't learn and doesn't know how to learn, is already a loser in the eyes of his old man.

"How could I lie to you, Grandpa, you must believe me this time," I deliberately accentuated my tone, just to explain to Grandpa what had happened to me.

I dictated what happened today to my grandfather, who looked at me thoughtfully, then dealt with me, and finally took me to the guest room of the Gao family.

"You'll sleep here tonight, don't think about anything, I'll come over when I'm done." After saying that, Grandpa turned around and left.

"Hey, Grandpa, I haven't eaten dinner yet. Grandpa didn't seem to hear, looking at Grandpa's distant back, I shook my head scoundrelly.

Lying in bed, I was tired and hungry and had no sleepiness at all, and it was so strange to think about what had happened tonight. Although I learned the art of exorcism and evil spirits from my grandfather at a young age, I was really useless at the critical moment, and I couldn't break the magic of ecstasy performed by this damn road ghost. But now it seems that my luck is still very good, otherwise I would have been killed by the road ghosts, at least I am still alive. I couldn't help but breathe a long sigh of relief at the thought of this, and just like that, I tossed and turned in bed for a few more hours. At this time, the sky has begun to brighten, and grandpa is still doing a dojo outside, hey, thinking that grandpa is not easy to live, I can't help but feel uncomfortable in my heart.

"Wow...... Wow......" A terrible birdsong came to my ears, accompanied by the sound of wings flapping against the trees, which was clearer than the sound of gongs, drums and suona outside.

Wait, how could there be bird chirping in such a noisy environment? Could it be that the environment I am in now is still an illusion laid by the ghosts of the road? If so, where am I sleeping? Is it my grandfather who brought me here to sleep? Every hair of mine is about to stand up, the time and space around me are distorted in an instant, and the Gao family's dojo disappears at the speed of light, replaced by a gray dawn, and the sound of frogs and crickets, and they still scream one after another.

I subconsciously wanted to confirm whether I was in Gao's house, and reached out and touched the edge of the bed, but there was no edge of the bed, and what I touched was a cold dew. My brain buzzed, it seems that I guessed correctly, now I am still in the illusion arranged by the road ghost, at this time I can't care so much, put on my clothes and pants, hold the copper coin tightly and pose as if I am ready to fight at any time.

"Damn, what do you want, master, I have been played by you all night, in this barren mountain and wild place, if you don't retreat quickly, my master will take someone to take you tomorrow." I stammered, and when I finished yelling, the sky began to brighten, and my vision widened, and I really saw my environment clearly. Seven or eight meters to my right is the dirt road, and I am next to a small mound at the edge of a field, which is surrounded by weeds, but the difference is that these weeds have been trampled and leveled by me, and I have been running back and forth around this small mound!

After a while, I arrived at home, and it was already dark, and the sound of chickens crowing in the distance came from all sides, and when I got home, I sat down directly on the courtyard stone. To make sure I was still in the midst of the ecstasy planted by the road ghosts, I slapped myself twice, and the pain instantly entered my brain, and this time it should be real.

About an hour later, the first rays of the morning sun shone on me, I felt lazy, and the fear in my heart gradually disappeared, looking at the neighbors holding farm tools and preparing to work in the fields, I began to feel sleepy, and I heard the sound of the motorcycle engine in a daze.

It's grandpa back.

Seeing my grandfather coming back on a motorcycle, I couldn't wait to get up to meet him, and my grandfather parked the motorcycle in the small courtyard with a tired look.

"Grandpa, why did you come back, you don't know what happened to your grandson last night?" I looked at Grandpa with horror on my face.

Grandpa looked at me suspiciously, expectantly waiting for me to tell me what had happened.

I told my grandfather exactly what had happened. Grandpa was silent for a moment after hearing this, and then kindly took my hand and said, "Child, it's okay, you're fine, otherwise how can I explain to your dead parents!"

"You go to sleep first, and when you wake up, you take grandpa to the place where you got lost, and I want to see who the demon is who dares to block my grandson's way." Grandpa's face was angry, and he didn't know if he was trying to comfort me at this time, or if he really meant to be angry for me.

"No need grandpa, although I was tricked by this road ghost, but he didn't mean to hurt me, from now on I want to follow you to learn this art of exorcism and evil spirits, I didn't believe you before, but after this incident, I must seriously learn your craft, also because I am afraid. I looked at my grandfather with some embarrassment and preached.

At this time, I was so sleepy that I didn't listen to my grandfather at all, so I went straight back to my room to sleep, and woke up at about 3 o'clock in the afternoon.

"Come here, here is a secretary handed down from the ancestors, if you don't understand something, you can ask me, this book records all kinds of ghosts and gods and secret techniques such as cracking submission. After saying that, my grandfather handed me the book and turned to leave.

"This book is too thick, it's so broken, it doesn't even have a title, isn't there anything better?" I held the secretary in my hand and complained to my grandfather, who was a little tired of studying.

"If you don't want to read it, return the book to me, and next time you meet any cows, ghosts, snakes, and gods, and whether you have the life to come back and weigh it yourself. Grandpa left this sentence without looking back and entered the side hall.

After taking the book, I flipped through it at random, and it was all kinds of dense charms, explaining all kinds of ghosts, and the whole book was about 500 pages. The skin is black, and I don't know where this book comes from, the only disadvantage is that some of the page numbers are incomplete, maybe because of the age, but these are not my concerns, because after yesterday's incident by the road ghosts, I made up my mind to study hard, at least next time I will not be so passive.