Chapter 5: One Huai, One World

As soon as I heard that Lao Shen had hanged himself on the locust tree, my nerves immediately became sensitive, and I remember that I had read a legend about the locust tree in the collection of the master's residence. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The locust tree is the ghost in the wood, the yin qi is extremely heavy, and it is easy to attract ghosts and spirits to possess it, which is the reason why people who are angry and angry before their lives like to choose the locust tree when they hang themselves, so that after death, the ghost can stay in the world with the help of the locust tree, avoid reincarnation, and wait for the opportunity to seek revenge.

The old locust tree that has become a refined Taoist has three thousand worlds in its body, which is enough to absorb thousands of spirit ghosts in the body for it to drive and enslave, and once these spirit ghosts are refined and integrated with themselves, they are born to make trouble, if there is no immortal cultivation, it is impossible to deal with the punishment.

Anyone who has watched Leslie Cheung and Wang Zuxian's A Chinese Ghost Story knows that there is a grandmother in the movie, who is talking about this kind of tree demon, who has been practicing in Lanruo Temple for thousands of years, and has advanced demon methods, and her subordinates control tens of millions of banshees, specially used to confuse strong men to suck the soul for their cultivation, and her means of dealing with and controlling these banshees are also extremely tyrannical and cruel.

About the three thousand worlds of Huai, the more direct proof is an allusion, that is, the well-known "Nan Ke A Dream", which is recorded in the "Biography of Nan Ke Taishou" written by Li Gongzuo of the Tang Dynasty. It is said that the Guangling people were drunk and fell asleep under the locust tree in the courtyard. I had a dream, I dreamed that I went to Dahuai Anguo, and became a relative to the princess, and I was Nan Ke Taishou for 20 years, and the official did a very glorious and illustrious job. But later, because of the defeat in the battle, the princess also died, and he was sent home. Then I woke up and saw my family cleaning the courtyard, the sun had not yet set, and the flask was beside me. He looked around and found that there was an ant hole under the locust tree, and the big Huai Anguo, who was an official in his dream, turned out to be this ant hole. The southernmost branch of the locust tree is Nanke County, where he is the guard. It can be seen that the old locust tree that has become a master has three thousand in the world, which is not unreasonable, and the locust tree also has the ability to make people dream, no wonder it is called a wood ghost, the power of this locust tree is really not to be underestimated.

"If Lao Shen really hanged a locust tree, there may be a problem. My second uncle and I said as we walked.

"Not really. The words that the master left you through the tribulations may be a harbinger. ”

"How sure are you?"

"No sure, just speculation. ”

"Just guessing, call me out to me?"

"You kid, when I was a child, I felt sorry for you in vain, my uncle and nephew haven't seen each other for two years, can't I call you out to be close and close?"

"Okay, okay, of course. ”

"Actually, it's not really uncertain. ”

"How?"

"Do you remember, before Lao Shen moved here, he said that he had twin daughters. ”

"Well, yes, I heard that he was inadvertently stoned to death by a urchin. ”

"Yes, it's true, but there's one more thing that no one else knows. ”

"What's the matter?"

"Back then, when Lao Shen's twin daughters died, because of their young age, they did not make a funeral at night, but carried it back to the burial directly, and after the funeral, Lao Shen planted a locust sapling at the grave according to the meaning of his mother-in-law, and now it has become a big tree. ”

"Is there such a thing? Planting locust on the grave is an ulterior motive. ”

"Yes, others can't see it, but a discerning person can see it when they see it. I was in his hometown at night, drank wine at the dinner table, and overheard what the pit person said, it should not be wrong, it is said that within two years, the baby who committed the murder had a strange disease, and finally the stomach rotted and died, and then the family moved away, and I don't know what happened, no one has seen it in their local area. ”

"So evil?"

"Well, so as soon as I heard that Lao Shen was hanged on the locust tree, I felt that something was wrong at the time, and then when I thought about it, I remembered this matter, his mother-in-law is also a vicious person, it's not good, something big really happened. ”

I smiled and said, "There is a second uncle here, what are you afraid of." ”

The second uncle patted me on the shoulder: "I still count on you, but you have the true inheritance of the master's natal sword, and I haven't got it." ”

While talking, we have walked to the door of the second uncle's house, the second uncle said that he knew that I was coming, my aunt stewed half a pheasant, he actually specially asked me to drink soup, I didn't say much, I believed him.

I and my second uncle drank soup and ate meat, drank about a pound of Daqu soju, and when I went home, I was dizzy, and my second uncle said to send me, I said no, a few steps away, and not a little lady, what to send.

I went out, looked up at the sky, the cold moon hung high, there were no stars in the sky, the cool breeze gusted in all directions, passing by the halfway, I saw a person, standing on the side of the road, wearing a black dress, did not move or make a sound, because it was dark, I could not see his appearance clearly, I thought strange, so I asked, what are you doing there? The man did not answer, I ignored him, walked past him and scolded, you are a dumb person! The man still did not answer.

When I went home, my mother had already slept, and my grandmother was still waiting for me, and asked me where I had gone, and I said that I had gone to my second uncle's house to drink pheasant soup and eat pheasant meat, and I had drunk some wine. However, is that really Lao Shen?

The folk saying is that after a person dies, the soul will stay in the world for seven days, and the seventh night is the night of the soul, and the soul will return to the place where he lived or loved before his death to make the final arrangements and farewells, if the ghost I met is Lao Shen, then the question is, can it be said that Lao Shen has been dead for seven days? And tonight is the night of his soul? If Lao Shen has been dead for seven days, then what is the reason for the delay in this matter for so long, and the family only got the news today? It seems that there must be a hidden secret during this period, and everything can only wait until 12 o'clock at noon the day after tomorrow, when Lao Shen's body is sent back, maybe he can know the clues.

I am more and more sure in my heart that the hint of the tribulation left by the master to me should be Lao Shen's death. And now I just have to wait and see what happens.

Early the next morning, Qiao Maizi's monthly vacation was over, and she was going back to the county high school to continue her classes, so I sent her to take a ride.

"You should be at home for a while, right?" asked me.

"Well, I haven't figured out what to do, I'm going to start winter soon, and it's going to be the New Year in a flash, and I'll wait until the New Year to make plans. ”

"Also, why don't you come back next month from monthly vacation and bring you a set of books, and you can familiarize yourself with the courses at home and prepare for the adult university entrance examination, how about it?"

"Wait, I don't have the heart to do that yet. "I really don't have the heart to think about that right now.

Qiao Maizi saw that I shouldn't have something on her mind, so she changed her mind and said, "I heard that Lao Shen came back last night." He's such a poor man......"

"Oh, who said that?"

"A lot of people in the bay saw it last night, and I heard from my aunt. ”

"Really?"

"Of course it's true, why am I lying to you?"

"That's it. I saw it, too. ”