Chapter 17: The True Face of Ghosts
Nanfeng knew that the blind man was testing him, so he mustered up his courage and said loudly, "I dare to go, I don't even have the courage to do this, how can I follow you." Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info"
The blind man smiled, raised his hand, and motioned for him to move forward.
The south wind walked very fast, he wanted to go to the dilapidated house before it got dark, while there was still light, observe the environment of the dilapidated house, and if there was still time, he would pick up some firewood, and it would be good to light up after dark.
However, once the sun goes down, it gets dark very quickly, and it gets dark before it gets out of two miles, and the last three miles are in the dark, and when the two of them arrive near the broken house, it is already time to enter the watch.
The broken house is located in the field on the west side of the road, only a few hundred steps away from the official road, after the change of dynasty, the new emperor usually rebuilds the official road, which means not to take the old road of the previous dynasty, the new road repairs the old road and no one goes, it will be barren after a long time, the field where the broken house is located should be the official road of the previous dynasty, look at the style of the broken house, it should be a post station.
What reassures Nanfeng a little is that there is a path in the grass that leads to the dilapidated house, which indicates that passers-by who miss the night stay often go to the dilapidated house to settle down.
The south wind dragged the blind man to the broken house, the gate of the broken house faced east, the gatehouse and courtyard wall outside had collapsed, and the stables and several main houses on both sides of the horse were still intact, but the doors and windows were gone, presumably they were removed by passers-by and burned as firewood.
"Is it dark, are you afraid?" asked the blind man.
"Don't be afraid. Nanfeng shook his head, after the uncle who saw the temple died, he lived alone in the temple, lived for more than two years before he met Chu Huairou, and then met the fat man and the big eyes and others, when the uncle was alive, there were still people who came to the temple to incense, send some food and lamp oil, after the old man died, no one came, and then there was no lamp oil, he was in the dark at night, and he was used to the dark.
The blind man nodded, "Let's go, go to the house." ”
The south wind dragged the blind man on, and if the blind man hadn't told him that the broken house was not clean, he would not be afraid at all, but as soon as the blind man said this, he would inevitably be nervous, and he walked very slowly when he approached the broken house.
At this time, it was already dark, and the situation in the house could not be seen from the outside, but there were dead weeds in the yard, so the south wind picked a few handfuls, lit them with a fire twist, and walked into the main house of the broken house according to the light.
"Master, there's nothing in the room. Nanfeng said that there was a pile of ashes left by a burning campfire in the middle of the house, and there was some firewood next to the ashes, but there was nothing in the house.
"Not seeing doesn't mean not having it. The blind man said.
The blind man's words suddenly sent a chill down Nanfeng's back, "What's there?"
"Shade. The blind man said casually.
At this time, the handful of dead grass in his hand was almost burned, and Nanfeng hurriedly put down the remaining weeds and picked up firewood on the ground to make a fire.
"Master, are you talking about the Yin Ghost ......?"
"Ghosts. The blind man replied calmly.
At this time, the bonfire was already lit, and Nanfeng was not so afraid, in fact, he knew very well that there were blind people, even if there were ghosts, they would not harm him, but he still couldn't help but be afraid.
After the bonfire was lit, the south wind cleared the place from the surroundings, helped the blind man to sit down, and then went out to pull weeds, and there was not much firewood left on the ground, and it would not burn for long.
After a while, Nanfeng carried the weeds into the house, "Master, it seems to be raining." ”
The blind man nodded slightly, and then asked in a different tone, "Nanfeng, do you want to see what it looks like?"
"Is it ugly?" asked Nanfeng, and the blind man was referring to a ghost.
The blind man shook his head.
"I'll have to know sooner or later, and I'll have to see it now. Nanfeng said, in all fairness, the blind man is still very good to him, accompany him and let him slowly understand and accept, if he is replaced by another master, he will definitely not be so gentle, maybe he will be thrown into the cemetery and scared for a few nights.
"Are you ready?" asked the blind man in a harmonious voice.
Nanfeng took a deep breath, "Alright. ”
Nanfeng thought that the blind man would make some strange movements or recite some scripture incantations, but he didn't expect the blind man to just raise his hand and pat the top of his head.
Strange to say, after the blind man patted the top of his head, he immediately noticed a "person" squatting in the southeast corner of the house.
This "person" is naturally not human, but it is no different from a human, this is a middle-aged woman in ragged clothes, very thin, with messy hair and a somewhat pale complexion.
This "person" seemed to be frightened, squatting in the corner of the wall and shivering, looking at the two people by the fire with the corner of his eyes in horror, his lips opening and closing rapidly, as if he was saying something, but no sound came out.
Finding that the ghost is not so terrible, Nanfeng began to look at the female ghost carefully, and after a closer look, it can be found that the clothes worn by the female ghost are still different from the real clothes, although there are also the shape of the clothes, but the subtleties are not real, very blurry.
"Master, it seems to be scared. Nanfeng said.
"Well," said the blind man, taking off his shoes and knocking down the sand inside, "I trapped it here for you to see, and it thought I was going to bring it down, and was begging for mercy." ”
"Why can't I hear what it's saying?" Nanfeng asked, the feeling of this female ghost was not terrible, but rather a little pitiful.
"The yin energy it emits is not good for you, and I cut off its breath. The blind man said.
Seeing the female ghost's skinny skin, Nanfeng moved his heart of compassion, "Master, can it eat?"
The blind man nodded.
Nanfeng took a nest out of the baggage, wanted to send it but didn't dare to send it, and threw it to the female ghost after hesitation.
The female ghost looked at the south wind, then at the blind man, and quickly reached out and took the nest.
At the moment when the female ghost took the nest head, Nanfeng found a strange scene, the nest head he threw was still in place, but the female ghost also took a nest head in her hand, which was the same as the one on the ground.
The blind man may have guessed what Nanfeng saw, "The ghost is the condensation of yin qi, and it cannot swallow food, but can only absorb breath." ”
The female ghost took the head of the nest but didn't dare to eat it, still looking at the blind man in fear, Nanfeng couldn't bear it, "Master, let it go." ”
As soon as Nanfeng's voice fell, the female ghost disappeared, and it was the blind man who withdrew the aura that trapped it. But he didn't see how the blind man took it, and it seemed that the blind man had done nothing.
The blind man obviously wanted to take this opportunity to let him know something about ghosts, and then made some explanations, the soul that leaves the body after death is a ghost, and the ghost is not as ugly and terrifying as the rumors in the market, what is it like before life or what it is like after death, what is the temperament before life or what is the temperament after death, ghosts are also divided into good and bad, good people die and become good ghosts, evil people die and become evil ghosts, good ghosts do not harm people, evil ghosts will harm people.
After a person dies, ghosts are usually taken to the underworld by the underworld, but if there are too many dead people in a certain period of time, the underworld will be too busy, and if it is not busy, there may be leaks, and the more people who die, the more they will leak, and if there are too many leaks, it will inevitably be haunted by evil spirits.
The situation of a large number of dead people is usually caused by famine, war, and plague, and once a country has a large number of dead people or war, it may lead to extinction. Practitioners have summed up a rule from this: if evil spirits are very frequent for a certain period of time, it means that the country's fortune is not prosperous and great calamity is coming.
The blind man would pause briefly every time he said a paragraph, leaving time for Nanfeng to think, and when the blind man paused, Nanfeng interjected and asked, "Master, why did you pat me on the head just now so that I could see it?"
"People with strong yang energy can't see ghosts, I temporarily closed your yang energy before. The blind man said.
Nanfeng looked at the nest that he threw to the female ghost before, "Can you still eat that nest on the ground?"
"Don't eat it. The blind man shook his head.
While the two were talking, it began to rain outside, and the south wind ran out to gather a few handfuls of weeds while the rain was not yet heavy, and when the rain was heavy, he ran out with a bowl and came back to quench the blind man's thirst.
"Get wet. The blind man took the bowl with his left hand, and touched the head of the south wind with his right hand, and although he was blind in his eyes and heart, he was not blind, and judging from the sound of the south wind's footsteps that the bowl of water came from the open air and not under the eaves, and that the south wind did this only to catch some clean rain water for him to drink.
"It's fine. Nanfeng took out the nest head from the bag and stuffed it into the blind man's hand, "Master, eat something." ”
The blind man held the head of the nest but did not chew it, but frowned and tilted his ears.
"What's wrong, Master?" asked Nanfeng.
"Someone is coming, and there are quite a few ......"