Preface:

"Your Excellency Meiling, this is a banquet for you, please drink this glass of wine. ”

She took it from an unfamiliar hand and held the shiny glass of wine close to her nose, "Mellow and seductive, once you pick up this peculiar drink, you will never be willing to put it down." So the drink poured into her mouth, and she disappeared deep in the dense forest.

Text: On this day, Gu has been walking in the wilderness for nearly seven days.

"Ah, I don't even have a personal home, I eat some bad food every day, and I am already sick to my stomach, when can I see a house, and eat some light food. ”

I was troubled, and I happened to glance to the east, and a house appeared.

"Hahaha, what do you want, now the food is guaranteed. Gu happily headed towards the house, but his joy did not last long, because as he got closer and closer to the house, its outline gradually appeared in front of Gu's eyes: most of the roof tiles had fallen off, the walls were exposed with traces of rain, the dilapidated roof was overgrown with weeds, and the walls were surrounded by a dense layer of moss.

"Well, Bai is happy, it seems that there will be no one. Gu touched his belly and put on a look of loss.

But when I got to the house, there was a small house to the left of the old decaying house, which was delicate and complete, and the lock on the doorknob was not rusty, but was replaced by a shiny surface that had been worn by years of use.

Looking down again, the winding path at the small house, which seemed to stretch all the way to the top of the mountain, could faintly see the small footprints of a person.

"It's amazing that there is a house in the mountains, and that there is an adult living in it, and these small footprints are enough to prove that it is not an adult, but a child. Gu speculated as he sat down by the door, waiting for the person he had guessed in his heart to arrive.

After waiting for about five o'clock, Gu was already drowsy, but Gu, who had always been sensitive, heard the sound of footsteps running briskly in the weeds. Gu opened his eyes, did not see the arrival of the master, smiled at the corner of his mouth, and said: "Please don't hide behind the tree, I'm not a bad person, just a traveler walking the rivers and lakes, I just want to eat a bowl of light rice in your house, besides, this is your home, what are you afraid of." ”

There was a sound of footsteps behind the big tree in front of him, but he still couldn't see the owner's face, and he was probably in a dilemma.

After a few more minutes, a boy came out from behind the tree, emaciated, but with a healthy complexion, and carrying a basket of mushrooms in his hand, which seemed to have gone to the top of the mountain to pick mushrooms.

Gu smiled and stood up, "Hello, you are the owner of this house." The boy looked the stranger up and down with dark black eyes, nodded at first, and then said, "Are you a spirit master?"

"Ah, you even know that I am a spirit master, but many adults outside don't know about this profession. Gu scratched his head and said.

"Before you, there was someone who passed through here, also carrying a wooden box on his back, dressed like you, and he once told me that he was a spirit master. ”

"I see. ”

The boy nodded, walked to the door, put the basket down gently, and took out a key from under the stone on the right side of the door.

"Haha, it turns out that the key is not on you, but hidden here. ”

The boy understood and laughed, "In the past, when my mother was here, I once went up the mountain and lost the key, and since then, there is only one key left, and I dare not take it up the mountain again." The boy said as he opened the door.

"Your mother also lives here, I guess, how can a child survive for a long time in this wilderness, it turns out that your mother still lives here, and this makes sense. ”

After Gu said this, a sad look appeared on the boy's face. "A year ago, my mother went up the mountain and never came back, and I searched everywhere when I went up the mountain, but I didn't find her. The boy sat down on the carpet in the room and burst into tears.

"Every day I miss her very much, and I have the same dream over and over again, and I see in the same dream, only her back, I can't see her face clearly, she always leans back to me and walks into the light ahead, as if she is saying goodbye to me, and as if she is wandering, I will shout for her not to leave me, not to go far, but whenever this time, the dream will always wake up. ”

"Ah, sorry, there is such a thing. Gu said apologetically.

"It's okay, I'm always like this, I like to cry and cry, I didn't expect to have guests at home today, I don't have enough mushrooms to pick, I'll go to the mountains to pick some fresh mushrooms, and give you a taste of my mushroom soup." When Gu heard this, he smiled, thinking that he could finally eat some decent food.

The boy slowly disappeared into the small road with the handmade basket, Gu sat in the house, looked carefully, and saw that all kinds of furniture in the house were readily available, and they were neatly placed, well organized, and clean.

"What kind of mother there is, what kind of child there is, it seems that the boy's mother must be a good wife and mother. ”

Looking at the innermost part of the hut, there was a door on the left side, Gu could see at a glance that it must be the boy's bedroom, he gently pushed the door open. The scene in front of him actually made him gasp.

There was a woman in her thirties in the bedroom!

"How can you break into my room at will. ”

Gu stabilized his emotions and said, "Nowadays, even the 'spirits' who seem to be human and non-human have begun to speak, and they still take it for granted that the place where people live is their own territory. ”

"Rude person!" I saw the woman stand up with a fierce face, Gu used her right hand to write a "seal" on the palm of her left hand, and turned the palm of her left hand towards the woman, and in an instant, the woman was bound by a black dynamic rope and couldn't move.

"Who are you?how can you see me?What have you done to me?," the woman cried out as she struggled.

"Your spirit really makes me a little strange, it seems that there are human feelings, I really don't understand, this most primitive spirit, does it have such advanced thinking?" Gu looked at her.

"This is meant to be my place, what are you going to do to my son?!"

When Gu heard such words, his heart flashed, "You...... You call that boy a 'son', you are obviously completely a 'spirit', don't you think it's ridiculous to say such a thing?" Gu retorted.

"You call the boy a son, then tell me, will the boy see you? You talk to him, does he respond to you? Do you think he can hear you? You touch him, does he feel it? You know, you are creatures in two worlds, you are like a soul, you can see people in the real world, but people who live in the world cannot see you, in their eyes, you are a completely non-existent being. ”

"I ...... I, I don't want to do that, just because I drank that kind of wine, in ...... At that time, my son could no longer see me, although he was by his side, but whenever I saw him crying because he missed me, I was more sad and sad than him, although I wanted to comfort him, but I could only think about it luxuriously, because I knew that no matter how hard I tried, it would be useless. ”

"You say, you drank a kind of wine, what kind of wine, and where did you drink it?" Gu's face suddenly tensed.

She recalled.

The woman's name was "Meiling", and it was already evening when she finished picking mushrooms at the top of the mountain, and she ran down the mountain, "You have to hurry back, otherwise Chi (the boy's name) will be worried and starving." ”

Halfway through, Meiling suddenly saw a group of "people" in robes, they were up to two meters high, their bodies glowed yellow, they were originally more than a hundred meters away from the woman, and they came to the woman's side in just an instant, the woman was shocked, she didn't know what was going on, she was walking in these behemoths, and her consciousness ordered her to leave the team quickly, but her body seemed to be controlled by these "people" and couldn't get out.

The giants walked into a clearing, and formed a circle, and the first giant, who led the way, took a green glass in his hand, and passed it to the second giant, and so on and so forth, until the glass fell into the woman's hand.

"Your Excellency Meiling, this is a banquet for you, please drink this glass of wine. A deep voice drifted into her ears.

She held the "wine" in her hand, the "wine" glowed yellow, with an alluring dazzling luster, and the snort was close, with a faint sweet fragrance and the smell of tea.

Looking at the glass, it is also round and has a deep green color, as rich and vibrant as the surrounding forest.

She drank involuntarily.

"Congratulations on becoming a member of the spirit realm, and you will continue to live on this land with the blessings and powers we have bestowed upon you. "After those words, everything is gone. Those giants seemed to have evaporated from the world, and there was no trace of them.

"As soon as I got home, I noticed the anomaly, no matter what I said, no matter how loud the sound was, Chi couldn't hear it, even though I wanted to touch him, I found that I couldn't touch him at all, I could even reach through his body. Is this the power they have given me?"

She wept bitterly.

"It turns out that you have accepted the 'Feast of Spirits', the so-called 'Feast of Spirits', which is close to the light veins of the 'Spirit River', and will produce an anthropomorphic form of "Anthropomorphic Spirit Man" , They often look for real human beings, through special spirit rituals, special tools, that is, the wine cup of spirit wine, let people drink, become a member of their world, and now I understand that you are the mother of that boy, and it is precisely because you are transformed from a real person to a spirit, so your ability is so weak, ordinary sealing techniques can bind you. ”

Gu wiped the words from the palm of his left hand with his right hand, and the rope on the woman's body was gone.

"I have a way for you to regain your reality and return to the world. It's just that it depends on your son's guts. ”

As he spoke, the little boy came back, and Gu told him that his mother was by his side and had never left him. The boy was very happy and asked where his mother was.

"Now tell your mother where she is, you can't see her, there is a way to get her back to you, and it can only be done by you. ”

"What should I do? Please tell me quickly. ”

"Cut off a piece of the flesh of your heart, soak it in spiritual wine, and let it bear the bondage of the Spirit in the place of your mother. ”

"I ...... Willing to do it, willingly. The boy was a little frightened, and he spoke with a trembling voice.

"You must know that cutting the flesh of the heart is more painful than a thousand cuts, and you will even die because of excessive pain, you have to think about it. Gu said to him.

"I ...... I ......" the boy hesitated.

"You can say yes or not, and it's better to keep it as it is. ”

"Can you tell me where my mother is?" asked the boy.

Gu pointed to a corner, suggesting that the woman was in that position.

"Mother, what is she doing?" the boy continued.

"She's looking at you, she's crying, she's shaking her head, she's against you doing that. ”

"Mother, it's been a year, you have been with me like that, it must be very painful, my body flows with your blood and soul, my life is all given to me by you, what am I afraid of!" As he spoke, the boy picked up the scissors in front of the table and stabbed him to the heart, and in an instant, the blood overflowed like a torrential rain, and when he was close to the heart, the boy cut off a piece of flesh, which was still dripping with bright blood.

He trembled and handed the meat to Gu's hand and fainted.

After some time, he woke up to a kind woman in front of him who was smiling at him with tears and tears. He threw his arms around the woman's neck and cried out, "Mother, you have come back at last! ”

It turned out that when the boy fainted, Gu first helped the boy bandage the wound, then put down the wooden box, at the bottom, found an ordinary inkless brush, took out a mixed white paper in the middle, and found a small gourd at the top, Gu spread out the paper, and dipped the brush into the mouth of the gourd, the tip of the brush was stained with a little yellow and bright liquid, and the liquid slowly soaked the entire brush, Gu drew a perfect circle on the paper with a pen, slowly, the circle turned into a dark green wine glass, the wine glass was held in his hand, and the yellow and bright spirit wine was instantly produced, Gu put the boy's meat into it, the meat was swallowed instantly, and the woman's body reappeared in the world。

"I have never seen such a brave and backbone child, especially when he stabs himself with scissors without hesitation, which even adults dare not do, after all, everyone is afraid of death, it can be seen how much he loves you as a mother. ”

When the mother and son heard this, they hugged their heads and cried.

However, this was finally a happy reunion, and that night, Gu also tasted a delicious mushroom soup to satisfy his little appetite.