That's what Gu saw with his own eyes.

Somewhere in the north, the drought is extremely dry, and this is due to the influence of the monsoon climate, which affects the farmers' crops. They are all looking forward to the rain coming soon.

At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the feudal consciousness of the peasants is still very strong, every disaster year, all kinds of feudal ceremonies will be held on the highest mountain in the east, every time the most respected old man in the village is invited to preside, followed by thirty-six young men holding white silk and seventy-two young men holding red silk, the older generation said, there is a disaster in the sky, it must be done by ghosts, these thirty-six represent thirty-six heavenly evil ghosts, seventy-two represents seventy-two evil ghosts, lift the white silk because the evil ghosts are white, hold the red silk because the evil ghosts are red. The villages slaughtered pigs and sheep, and took out the best things to pay tribute to the ghosts, so that the year of calamity would pass quickly. If that doesn't work, find the most beautiful girl in the village and throw her into the river, known as the "ghost wife".

Seeing such a ritual, Gu asked the women who were watching from behind, "Does it work?"

"Whether it works or not, it's a necessary ritual, and every family in the village believes in it. ”

"Ah...... yes. Gu frowned and stopped talking. Quietly walked away.

Gu walked down the mountain and came to the flat avenue, a round of scorching sun was in the sky, and Gu couldn't open his eyes, the sun seemed to stick to his face, making his face hurt like a burn. This is followed by pain and itching all over the body, which is a dysfunctional reaction of the body's mechanisms caused by the hot weather.

Gu could only walk and stop, and by the time he arrived in another village, his clothes were completely soaked, and his hair was twisted together, as if he had just come out of a bath in a pool.

"What the hell is the weather?" Gu said stupidly.

He was lying on the waist of a tree, looking ahead, and suddenly, Gu's pupils dilated, and he showed a look of surprise: it was raining heavily in the wheat field in front of him, but the sun was shining in his place.

"Hell. Gu said. Then the joy of the villagers sounded in his ears, "This is God blessing our village, only we have rain here, only the land with crops is raining, the ancestors bless! So he stood up and looked around, and sure enough, it was raining only in the fields where there were crops, and it was only this village, and the rain came from nowhere.

At first, Gu thought that some kind of spirit had changed the weather, however, he used the spirit detection technique to track it down, and there was no abnormality. "Could it be that the gods are blessed?"

Just as he was hesitating, Gu's body bumped into a person, "I'm really sorry, I'm thinking about things." ”

"Nothing. It was a woman's voice. Gu looked over and saw that she was wearing a hat, gray coarse cloth clothes, a package on her body, and a cane in her right hand. She only replied a word, and continued on her way without looking back. "She's a person who's under pressure, just like me. Gu stood in place and looked at her for a long time.

When the woman came to the village in front of her, she saw that everyone was praying for rain, and she pushed aside the crowd and said, "I can let the rain come after the day, and if you believe in me, I will pray for rain." The group was amazed by the sudden incoming person, and was dumbfounded for half a second.

"Who are you?" asked the village elder.

"I'm from Jinzhou, and I'm using the rain method. The woman replied succinctly.

"That's ......," thought the old man, stroking his beard.

"Good. If you pray for rain tomorrow, the people of our village will thank you heavily, but if you don't ask for rain, you will definitely be a liar who has fallen into the rivers and lakes, and the people of my village will not spare you, and you will be allowed to sacrifice your body to demons. ”

"Good. The woman said simply.

The woman's prayer for rain was very simple, just reciting a mantra-like word for a few minutes, and it was over after bowing three times to the east. The people of the village will be suspicious and anxious to return to the village to wait for tomorrow's results.

The women were housed in huts on the edge of the village.

It was late at night, and she hadn't slept yet, standing outside the house looking at Lan Lan's night, was she thinking about her thoughts, or was she watching the direction of the air current? No one knew.

"Hey, haven't slept yet?" a voice said.

The woman had no sense of fear, and walked away to see a white-haired boy carrying a wooden box.

"It seems that during the day, you don't care about me at all, but I care about you very much. The boy said half-jokingly.

"I don't know. The woman replied with a blank face.

"Well, my name is Gu and I'm a spirit master. ”

The woman looked back slightly, then nodded, as if to indicate that she understood.

"I'm a traveler, and you're a traveler, but both of us travel involuntarily. ”

The woman frowned and did not speak.

"Do you not stay for a long time in every place you go, once you stay for a long time, it will rain every day, every month, even every year, only wandering around without a fixed place can get you rid of the harm to others, and can make you feel that your conscience is not damaged. ”

"You...... How to understand?!How to know?!" The woman suddenly became excited, she threw away the hat, her eyes were soaked with tears, turned around, and questioned Gu loudly.

"Because I am a spiritual master, when I met you during the day today, I could feel the presence of a spirit in your body. Its name is 'rain lead', it is a liquid creature similar to rain, a kind of spirit, often appears in the wilderness on the first sunny day after the rainstorm, in the form of a puddle of water, if people step on it, it will automatically enter the human body, making people have strange abilities, this kind of wording is a copywriting legend recorded by the ancient spirit master, no one has really seen it, today can be an eye-opener for me. ”

"Tell me, is there a solution? I ...... I've had enough of it!" The woman suddenly grabbed Gu's collar and said as if threatening.

"In the copy, there is no record. Gu said lightly.

"it!" the woman wept, hiding her face.

Fragments of the past came to her mind.

"Wood (a woman's childhood playmate), you see a puddle glowing in front of you. ”

"Where's Juan?" the boy scratched his head.

"Come with me. "The girl ran over.

When the girl ran to the glowing puddle, the puddle disappeared like a whirlpool at the bottom of its feet.

"Juan, where is the puddle?" the boy asked, confused.

"It was here just now. ”

"You must be mistaken, let's go back. ”

The girl and boy returned to the village.

However, that night, the starry sky was suddenly covered with dark clouds, and after a while, it began to rain heavily. The villagers thought that the rain would stop the next day, but it rained heavily for a week and had no intention of stopping.

After another three days, the girl's father told her, "Juan, Mu is seriously ill, I will take you to meet him." ”

There was a panic in the girl's heart.

When she came to Mu's house, the girl saw Mu's father and mother crying around Mu, the girl saw Mu lying on the bed, without any blood, he saw Juan coming, and reached out to hold Juan's hand, Juan instinctively retracted a little because she was afraid, Mu didn't catch it, so far, her hand hung straight down, closed her eyes, and didn't breathe. This scene pierced the girl's heart deeply, and in the years that followed, she was saddened by the loss of Ki everywhere, crying and blaming herself for not holding Kiki's hand. She heard from her father that Mu had a damp fever, a strange illness of ache and cold, which was caused by days of heavy rain.

The next night, Juan sat alone on the hill on the other side of the village, looking at the rainy village, thinking about sad things, when suddenly the rain fell on her body and wet her hair, and she looked up at the village, and it was no longer raining in the village, and she was very happy, and ran to the house, and said, "Daddy, the rain has stopped." "yes, what I saw when I went out just now, I finally stopped. Before the words fell, it was pouring rain outside. The father and daughter looked at each other stupidly, and the father sighed, shook his head, and walked into the inner room. The girl seemed to know something and ran out.

The girl ran to the opposite hill again, and after a while she saw that the rain in the village had stopped, and it was raining beside her again. After several attempts, the girl finally understood that the culprit who caused the heavy rain turned out to be herself.

She is in deep despair, because she killed her beloved friend Ki, and affected the people of the village, she is a sinner, she is a person who has been punished and condemned by the devil. She chose to leave, when she was only twelve years old, and ran away from home on a wandering journey.

"You...... Are you alright?" Gu asked.

The woman wiped her tears and walked into the house.

Gu sat in front of the room and looked at the sky all night.

The next day, according to common sense, it should have rained a long time ago, but after noon, it still did not fall, and the people in the village began to ask for the guilt, and scolded the woman for being a charlatan. Gu tried his best to persuade on the side, but was pushed away by the villagers.

Just as the villagers were about to tie up the woman, one of the children in the back fell to the ground, and her mother hugged her and hid her face and cried bitterly. "Oh my God, why are you so willing to torture a poor family like us, what have we done wrong! What has my child done wrong! Please, let my child drink saliva, save his life! Okay, save his life!"

The people in the village watched, sighing and helpless, God made people!

Juan stood there stunned, her legs and feet weakened, and she sat on the ground, at this time, she remembered the scene when the wood died, so depressed, so painful, the feeling that life is worse than death made her more uncomfortable than death, she felt that she was useless, she could never atone for the sins she had committed, and she had to bear new crimes here. "I'm sorry, I can't help you with anything. She said something to herself weakly, and burst into tears.

At the moment when her tears fell, the rain came, and the cool rain fell into the mouth of the dying boy, and he was saved, and the people of the village cheered and jumped in the rain, and some of them danced with their hands and feet. And she cried with joy.

Because of her exploits, the people of the village wanted to keep her here for a long time, but the woman stayed only for two days, and when the rain had rained enough to irrigate the crops, she left.

Gu left with her.

"The timing has deviated, it seems that the power of the rain attraction in your body is weakening, which is worth rejoicing for you. ”

"I was a little reluctant to let this ability dissipate, after I was able to help others, after I was able to atone for my sins. She said.

"You are never wrong, everything has a beginning and an end, you and I cannot change, this is the truth of nature, it is also the truth of the spiritual world, and it is also the irrefutable truth of all living beings. All you have done is to practice for yourself, to practice your own mind that you can't let go, in the long ten years of practice, you have been struggling with yourself, I believe, from today onwards, it is a turning point for you, you will learn to slowly let go, and in one place, settle down forever. ”

The woman, with a smile, nodded.

Gu waved his hand, picked up the wooden box, and walked towards the opposite path of cultivation.