In the Book of Souls, An Yizheng and Yang Shu are exchanging information.

Anyi: "There is nothing special in the west, I interrogated a few ghosts and didn't get useful information, what about you?"

Poplar: "I found out that the ghosts are seductive, and there is a normal human old man in the school on the east side who is teaching a group of children's ghosts, and aren't these ghosts afraid of the sun? Why are we not afraid of those few in the city?"

Anyi: "Then let's go to the academy first, there are some spells that can protect the ghosts from the sun, which is not surprising. ”

Anyi: "How did you find out that ghosts can be seduced?"

The two of them walked to the school.

When the two arrived, the school was just out of class, and the old gentleman stood at the door of the wooden house, watching a large group of ghost children jumping away with their schoolbags on their backs, and some of the ghost children would wave their little hands to say goodbye to the old gentleman, and the old gentleman responded one by one.

When the last ghost boy walked out of the school, the old man waved his hand in the direction where the two poplars were, and shouted, "The two of you have come from afar, come in and have a cup of tea!"

The two looked at each other, agreed, and walked over to the old man, who led them into a smaller wooden house next to them.

There were two rooms in a row, the larger one was full of tables and chairs for the school, and the smaller one seemed to be used by the old man himself, and it was simply furnished but quite stylish, and was full of all kinds of books.

At the only low square table, he sat down on a straw bench, and the old man enthusiastically brought tea to the two poplars.

"The coarse tea I picked and dried by myself can't be put on the table, so forgive me for my little brothers and girls. The old man took a sip of his own and said.

An Yi took a shallow sip, put down the tea bowl, and asked, "Old man, why do you live alone in this ghostly place?"

"The mountain village husband can't afford a noble word, but the little girl, you are full of fairy spirit, not a layman. The old man, my surname is Qiao Fengzhan, and I am a teacher in this Guhe Village. ”

Qiao Fengzhan replied.

"Wind Eaves Exhibition Book Reading?" Hearing the old man's name, An Yi subconsciously read half a line of poetry.

"Hehe, the little girl is so good, she guessed the origin of my name at once, old man. Qiao Fengzhan laughed when he heard this, and he felt like he had met a bosom friend.

After taking a sip of tea, Qiao Fengzhan continued: "I have been teaching in this Guhe Village for forty or fifty years, every grass, every tree, every beast and every person I watched grow up, it's not that I don't want to leave, it's that I can't help it, besides, I've lived enough old man." ”

"The old gentleman doesn't know that there is no living person in this village·····" Poplar spoke up.

"I've lived for such a long time, can't I tell the difference between the dead and the living? What Confucius said is instructive, didn't you see me teaching those ghost dolls today?" Qiao Fengzhan interrupted the poplar tree with a glaring eye.

"As long as you are willing to study, what is the difference between the dead and the living? Old man, I gave up this bone to teach those ghost dolls, and after they can listen to half of the words of the saint, they will harm less people, and I will be satisfied. ”

Yang Shu and An Yi were silent, Qiao Fengzhan also drank tea one after another, and the ghosts outside the door gradually gathered, calling Qiao Fengzhan like a soul.

"Old man Qiao, I invite you to go to the White Tiger Cave to cool off. ”

"Old Qiao, how about we go to the White Tiger Cave and kill two games of chess together?"

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Poplar listened to the ghost calling the door, looked at the dim oil lamp in the room, and felt a little hairy in his heart.

"Isn't the old gentleman afraid?" An Yi said to break the silence of the three.

"What is there to be afraid of? I Qiao Fengzhan has been teaching and educating people all my life, I have never said half a sentence that should not be said, I have not done half a thing that should not be done, except for being sorry for my wife, I am worthy of the conscience of heaven and earth. Qiao Fengzhan said.

Poplar looked around and found a photo at the head of the bed, old and yellowed, and vaguely saw the appearance of a woman, clear and graceful, with beautiful eyes.

"Neither of you is mortal, so don't waste your time for me as a stubborn old man, please. Qiao Fengzhan issued an eviction order.

Yang Shu wanted to say something, but was stopped by Anyi.

An Yi stood up, bowed deeply, and said, "I'm bothering the old man." ”

Poplar bowed as well, and then opened the door to leave.

"Wait, let me give you two a ride. Qiao Feng spoke, then put on reading glasses, rummaged on the bookshelf, took out a yellowed copy of Wen Tianxiang's poetry collection proof, turned a page and read aloud:

"Heaven and earth have righteousness, and miscellaneous manifolds. The lower part is the river mountain, and the upper part is the sun and stars······"

Hearing the sound, the ghosts outside the door screamed and retreated, and they all showed their original forms, not only that, but all the ghosts in the entire East Village retreated to the west of the village, as if they had met a natural enemy.

Yang Shu and An Yi walked all the way to the entrance of the village without being hindered in any way.

"Mr. Qiao, he ······" Poplar remembered something.

An Yi, who had been silent on the road, took a long breath and said, "Haoran is righteous. ”

"Is Haoran righteousness rare?"

"Well, very, very, very rare. An Yi used three very, "If Mr. Qiao is placed in ancient times, he is worthy of the name of a saint, but this time we are abrupt." ”

Standing outside the village, I could vaguely hear the loud voice of Old Man Qiao, and neither of them spoke anymore, listening quietly.

“······ The wind eaves show books and read, and the ancient road shines in color. Hahahaha. ”

After reading a "Song of Righteousness", Old Man Qiao laughed heartily, and the poplar tree was also infected, and he laughed unconsciously.

Thousands of ghosts in Guhe Village cry at night, and the saints in the humble room read the ghosts and gods in the town.

The night is getting deeper, and in the mountains and forests outside the village, ghosts come out one by one, cruising on the fields and farmlands, looking like a hundred ghosts walking at night.

Two small figures were mixed in the group of ghosts, and when they came to the entrance of the village, it was Chu Qiu and Rachel.

"We followed several ghosts wandering in the mountains and forests, but we didn't find the so-called White Tiger Cave, and the distribution of ghost qi around us was quite even, so we couldn't find out where the tigers were, what about you?" Rachel reported.

An Yi briefly described what she and Yang Shu had seen and heard.

"It seems that tomorrow I can only follow the ghost to the so-called White Tiger Cave. Chu Qiu frowned, feeling that something was wrong, "Is that old gentleman with a heroic and righteous spirit really unwilling to leave?"

"An Yi and I have persuaded him, and his attitude is very resolute. Poplar replied.

"Take me to meet him. ”

A group of four people came to the door of the school again, still surrounded by ghosts, but there was no light in the cabin, thinking that Mr. Qiao Fengzhan had already slept.

"What to do?" asked Poplar.

"Spend the night here, arrange Mr. Qiao's affairs early tomorrow morning, and then go to the White Tiger Cave, try not to alarm the ghosts. An Yi said.

The four of them opened the door to the school and slept in sleeping bags.

Outside the village, the ghosts who had been wandering around aimlessly suddenly walked towards Furukawa Village as if they had received an order, and thousands of ghosts gathered.

In the mountains and forests outside the village, deep in a cave, a huge tiger let out a low roar, its fur color was black and white, and it said: "People······ Kind. ”

At half past four in the morning, the poplar tree was woken up, and when he opened his eyes, he found that the window of the school was full of ghosts, all staring at the poplar tree quietly, and he was the only one in the room.

"Qiushi!Qingxu!Dogtooth!" Yang Shu shouted the code names of several people, but no one responded.

In the group of ghosts, three more people suddenly appeared, and Yang Shu fixed his eyes and saw that it was Chu Qiu, An Yi and Rachel.

"Let's go play together in the White Tiger Cave. An Yi said.

"Come and find me in the White Tiger Cave. Chu Qiu actually lifted his clothes to expose his lower abdomen as he spoke.

"Come after me. ”

As the three of them spoke, it seemed that they wanted to leave the place and let the poplar follow.

Poplar had the experience of falling into the illusion last time, and knew that there was a ghost, but his body still walked uncontrollably and wanted to walk out of the school.

He remembered the ancient text that Qiao Fengzhan read when he exorcised ghosts.

"Heaven and earth have righteousness, and miscellaneous manifolds. The lower part is the river mountain, and the upper part is the sun and stars······"

In the dream, Yang Shu memorized the ancient text word for word, his voice became louder and louder, and the momentum became more and more vigorous, and the scene in front of him gradually blurred.

When he woke up again, Yang Shu found that the school hall was illuminated by the Bright Light Technique, and he was locked on the ground by Chu Qiu with a cross and couldn't move at all.

Seeing Yang Shu wake up, Chu Qiu exhaled and said, "You finally woke up, just now you were in the illusion again, and you ran outside." ”

Poplar raised his eyes and looked out the window, just like in his dream, there were all kinds of ghosts standing up, but they didn't say a word, and looked at everyone in the school coldly.