When it came to Zhong Kui, Xia Ying, Zhou Mi, and Miao Erfang, the three of them all became interested.

Speak your mind.

However, their understanding of Zhong Kui almost always stays in some film and television works.

In this regard, Huang Xiaolong just smiled, "Zhong Kui is the most familiar character in the belief of Chinese folk gods, sticking to the door is the door god of suppressing ghosts and evils, hanging in the middle hall is the spirit talisman of dispeling the charm of the disaster, and appearing in the Wuyi is the fierce general who controls the ghosts and slashes the demons, which derives all kinds of Zhong Kui plays, Zhong Kui pictures." Even in the 'Compendium of Materia Medica', there are also secret recipes for using Zhong Kui like burnt ashes to wash it with water or mixed with other medicinal noodles to treat dystocia, malaria and other diseases. ”

"Ghosts are afraid of Zhong Kui, so do you know why powerful ghosts are afraid of Zhong Kui?" Huang Xiaolong said with a smile.

"Because Zhong Kui is the same as Xiaolong, he has a powerful Taoism, and he can subdue demons and eliminate demons between his thoughts. Zhou Mi immediately said.

Xia Ying was obviously wiser, and thought for a while. According to the book, Zhong Kui was originally a Jinshi of Zhongnan Mountain, because the emperor disliked his ugly appearance, he decided not to admit him, and in a fit of anger, he crashed to death on the steps of the palace, and after his death, he was engaged in ghost hunting. So I guess the reason why Zhong Kui catches ghosts is actually because he is a ghost, and he is a ghost who is more fierce than ordinary ghosts, so the little ghosts are afraid of him. ”

"Wrong. Huang Xiaolong shook his head. "Zhong Kui is neither a human nor a ghost. The reason why the ghost retreated from him and fled from the wind was because Zhong Kui was - 'deaf'!"

"Deaf?" Xia Ying immediately reacted. "This strange word, Zhong Pengzhan wrote it in seal script just now, and it actually scared the ghost away... Xiaolong, is it with this word that you are sure that the two Zhong Pengzhan brothers are Zhong Kui's descendants?

Huang Xiaolong said slowly, "People die and become ghosts, and ghosts become deaf when they die. In fact, ghosts are the same as people, people are afraid of ghosts, and ghosts are also afraid of hearing. It is almost impossible for such a thing to be deaf in the mortal world. The more resentment and sin there are, the more deaf he likes to eat. When you hear the smell of a ghost, you are like a fly chasing away the smell. Although the chance of coming to the yang world is very small and very slim, it is not completely impossible. Historically, there have also been times when the deaf descended into the sun. ”

"Zhong Kui, in fact, is the combination of hearing and living, and the birth of a kind of thing that looks like a person is not human, and a thing that seems to be deaf and non-deaf. Therefore, the ghost is afraid of the aura on his body. He also likes to eat ghosts and feed on them. This thing is very weird, and it is immune to almost all Dao techniques in the mortal world. ”

"When a person dies as a ghost, he is afraid of it; If the seal script is pasted on the door, everything is sneaky, far away from thousands of miles. To defeat ghosts with 'deafness' is to 'fight poison with poison'! Therefore, the character "deaf" can achieve the purpose of dispelling evil and curing evil in the talisman. In fact, there is also a saying of 'burying bricks' in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. It is to build a stone brick engraved with the word "聻" into the house to achieve the purpose of preventing ghosts and dispelling evil spirits. ”

"However, the one who can really use the word 'deaf' well has to be something with the blood of 'deaf'. In the history of China, there is only one Zhong Kui who is half-human and half-deaf. Just now I saw Zhong Pengzhan writing the word 'deafness' to scare ghosts, and I was sure that he was Zhong Kui's descendant. Huang Xiaolong smiled. "Moreover, I can be sure that Zhong Pengfei, that is, Zhong Pengzhan's elder brother, the deaf bloodline he awakened must be stronger than Zhong Pengzhan. So, this guy can eat ghosts. The more ghosts he ate, the more ferocious he became. ”

Hearing these words, Xia Ying, Zhou Mi, and Miao Erfang looked at each other.

"Xiaolong, that is to say, the two brothers Zhong Pengfei and Zhong Pengzhan are very dangerous. If they have bad intentions, they can use their identities to control the ghosts for personal gain. Because the ghosts are afraid of them, they can easily control the ghosts. Xia Ying frowned.

"Heh, although Zhong Kui is a half-human and half-deaf monster, he is kind-hearted and jealous of evil, so he benefits the world. But his descendants can't say clearly. Huang Xiaolong's eyes flickered slightly.

At this moment, a little ghost who was queuing up to report from the stairs of the City God Hall to the underworld suddenly said in a trembling voice. "My lord, are you talking about Zhong Pengfei?"

"Huh?" Huang Xiaolong looked at the miserable little ghost.

"My lord, I... I know this Zhong Pengfei... He, he seems to be controlling some powerful ghosts, in the 'Shuping Funeral Home', arranged a formation, this formation is very yin, imprisoned some yin spirits, kept whipping, sucking up the entire family of yin ghosts, as well as the fortune of descendants, and finally the yin ghosts disappeared..."The little ghost reported truthfully.

"Oh, so bad?" Huang Xiaolong's heart froze slightly.

"My lord, what I said is true, it is true, I have seen it with my own eyes. However, because I am a poor ghost, they let me go, and they did not imprison me...", the little ghost said.

"Okay, I see. 'Shuping Funeral Home', right? I'll go and see it at night. Huang Xiaolong waved his hand. "Hurry up and report to the underworld. ”

"Xiaolong, it seems that Zhong Pengfei is really causing trouble to the world!" Xia Yingliu's eyebrows were upside down, "Absorbing the wealth and fortune of other people's families, harming others and benefiting oneself, is too vicious! No wonder, Zhong Pengfei and Zhong Pengzhan are two brothers, they have had excellent luck over the years, and they have made a fortune in any business." ”

"Well, I'm going to go to that funeral home tonight... Hehe, this kind of thing, I've never dealt with it before, it's so fresh, it's so exciting, it's so fun~~!" Huang Xiaolong looked excited.

"However, Master Xiaolong, didn't you just say that you can be immune to all the Dao techniques in the mortal world?" Miao Erfang said with some concern. "You... If you go to deal with Zhong Pengfei, will it be dangerous?"

"Poof~~~~ Did I say that I can only use mortal Dao techniques? I can't deal with a half-human and half-deaf thing?" Huang Xiaolong laughed.

At that moment, Huang Xiaolong took Zhou Mi, Miao Erfang, and Xia Ying to leave the City God Temple. Drive back to the city.

Although the divinity of this City God Temple was activated, as long as there were pilgrims to pray sincerely, Huang Xiaolong could gain the power of wishes, but it was impossible for him to guard the City God Temple, and it would be so boring to be a temple or something.

During the day, Huang Xiaolong was accompanied by three beauties, and he was not bored, and the four of them played around.

After dinner, Huang Xiaolong prepared to go to the 'Shuping Funeral Home' alone.

Zhou Mi, Miao Erfang, Xia Ying, and the three of them clamored to go with Huang Xiaolong, and Huang Xiaolong also let them go.

Before leaving, Ma Chuxia called.

"Xiaolong, I'm going to run some errands tonight, do you want to go with me?" Ma Chuxia said with a smile on the phone.

"Little wife, what's the matter?" Huang Xiaolong asked.

"Recently, our metaphysical society discovered that there was a haunted incident at the 'Shuping Funeral Parlor'. I didn't pay attention to this matter at first, that is, I sent a few people who were ordinary Taoists to deal with it, but as a result, they never returned, and I suspected... Something has happened to them. So, I'm going to go over tonight to see for myself, Xiaolong, are you free? Or, accompany me to the 'Shuping Funeral Home' to have fun." "Ma Chuxia sent out an invitation.

"Hahaha~~ Little wife, what a coincidence. Okay, meet at the gate of 'Shuping Funeral Home'. Huang Xiaolong smiled.

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(End of chapter)