Chapter 174: Seeing is also part of travel

This underworld marriage is also very noisy, except for seeing two Hanhan on the street in the middle of the night, pointing to the empty place and smirking, a little weird, and there is nothing else.

However, the last half of the excitement was interrupted, and taking advantage of this opportunity, it also attracted many lonely souls and wild ghosts who escaped, and the scene suddenly became a mess......

When Pu Xing heard that the wedding in front of him, which was originally good, it turned into a wandering banquet of lonely souls and wild ghosts in an instant, and he was immediately frightened and hid behind Su Ling.

On the other hand, Su was eating pig's trotters comfortably, and Pu Xingwen carefully poked her with his hand.

"Sister? You're not going to catch them? These are the ugly ghosts that came out of my yard......"

Su Ling nodded very sincerely after hearing this, "Catch, why don't you catch it, but I'm not busy?" As he spoke, he gestured to Pu Xingwen for the pig's trotters that he hadn't eaten all night.

Pu Xingwen: "......"

"Where can I do this kind of thing, there are people who specialize in catching ghosts, maybe I won't catch ghosts if I go, these things are very fragile, if I go to get started, maybe it will be the result of my soul scattering," Su Ling said.

However, just after her words were finished, a life of iron-faced and strange-looking people fell from the sky, and the little ghosts were easily put into a bag.

"Sister! Who is he? It looks amazing! Pu Xingwen said excitedly.

Su Ling glanced at him after hearing this, "Usually your sister and I are so powerful, you didn't even pop out of a fart when I took you up the knife mountain and down the sea of fire, but now people just catch a few little ghosts and make you excited." ”

Pu Xingwen: "......" He would rather not be taken by Su Ling to go up the knife mountain and go down to the sea of fire, after all, this activity is to go once and lose one life, maybe one day it will be folded on it......

"Her name is Zhong Kui, her job is to catch ghosts, she turned out to be a scholar, but she didn't pass the top when she took the top prize, and then she died on the pillar of the hall because she had no way to defend herself to the country."

"You said he turned out to be a scholar?!!" Pu Xingwen looked at the man in the group of ghosts in disbelief, "You told me that he was a scholar with a leopard's head and eyes?" Aren't all scholars looking weak in literature? ”

"I'm sorry, as far as you look at people, you don't see people as scholars, I don't think you're a person, let me tell you that this Zhong Kui used to be not only a scholar but also a talented, full of economy, rich in learning, and talented in eight buckets.

At that time, Emperor Tang Xuanzong suddenly fell seriously ill after an outing, and he was not cured by many methods, and the emperor was very anxious. One night he dreamed that a little imp dressed in red had stolen his treasure, and the emperor angrily rebuked the imp. At this time, a big ghost wearing a broken hat suddenly appeared, caught the little ghost and ate it in the stomach. The emperor asked him who he was, and the big ghost replied: "The minister was originally a Jinshi of Zhongnan Mountain, named Zhong Kui, because the emperor disliked my ugly appearance, he decided not to admit me, and in a fit of anger I was killed on the steps of the palace, and after my death I was engaged in ghost hunting.

After Tang Xuanzong woke up from his dream, he was cured. So he ordered Wu Daozi, the most famous painter at the time, to paint the image of Zhong Kui in his dream. Because the emperor himself was a fanatical Taoist believer, with his strong support, Zhong Kui's status as a god of ghost hunting was gradually confirmed in the world.

"And this Zhong Kui is also attached to the door to suppress ghosts and evil spirits, and can guard the peace of one side," You Su Ling continued,

But when people in the Spring Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, the start of work, the opening, the opening of the land, the opening of the temple, the opening of the stage, the thanksgiving, the housewarming, the celebration of the harvest, the wedding birthday, the blessing and the important celebrations, will hang the portrait of Zhong Kui and hold the Wu dance and dance Zhong Kui performance, there are often artists dressed as Zhong Kui wearing a mask, wearing official robes, holding bats and swords to dance the Wu, there is a blessing and auspiciousness, a good life of life, a blessing to eliminate evil, the meaning of the town house blessing.

"There are also people who make Zhong Kui's hanging silk puppet performance. Most of them are praying for Zhong Kui Zhong Kui, blessing the town house, winning the top spot, and in the current wilderness, many villages have Zhong Kui shrines, making Zhong Kui straw dolls, many tile houses will also place Zhong Kui tiles, dance Zhong Kui dance, hang Zhong Kui flags, put Zhong Kui portraits in the children's room at home, and the Kagura Society will also perform Zhong Kui, so in various folk traditions, Zhong Kui has a wide influence on the lives of the people. ”

"So can you see more realistically with these eyes, how to look at what people look like, one of the reasons why this brings you to the ancient experience is to let you learn in ordinary life if you recognize people from the inside and outside, this understanding of culture is also a part of travel, not just blindfolded to go out." Su Ling said bitterly, this travel experience is not only the body but also the mind, if there is a body of martial arts without a little internal and external insight and strategy, then this is courage and no strategy.

understood what Su Ling meant, and Pu Xingwen realized that she had good intentions for herself for so many days.

"Actually, I'm not ...... I don't understand anything......" Pu Xingwen said.

Su Ling almost wanted to hehe when he heard this, "Okay, since you want to prove yourself so much, then you can tell me, what is the prototype of Zhong Kui in people's understanding?" ”

"Prototype? Isn't that the scholar you just mentioned? Pu Xingwen looked confused, which told her that she was originally a scholar, but now she turned to him and asked him about the prototype, could it be a ghost? The prototype of the ghost is the prototype of the ghost is the prototype of the ghost of everyone?

Su Ling covered his forehead, "The old lady is asking about people, it's people!" What is the archetype of Zhong Kui in human history? That is, what is the archetype that people have passed on and understood? ”

"Then how do I know, this person is a human ghost or a ghost, could it be that it is still some alien creature?"

Su Ling had a mouthful of old blood stuffed in his chest, and suddenly felt that the whole thing: "......" forget it, let's just tell this thing the result in the future, after all, reasoning is really not suitable for him, just like playing the piano to a cow......

"Listen to the old lady, the earliest prototype of this Zhong Kui is from the Shang Dynasty Chengtang right minister Yi Yin. Cheng Tang died and Yi Yin was regent, exiled Taijia, and established himself as the Son of Heaven, recorded in the "Bamboo Book Chronicle": Yi Yin was in the seventh year of Taijia, Taijia sneaked out of Tong and killed Yi Yin. Yi Yin turned into a demon and became Zhong Kui. Zhong Kui's image is often ugly, can eat ghosts, and is only eight buckets, because he once served as the right minister of Cheng Tang. ”

Pu Xingwen was confused, and Su Ling probably could see that he didn't understand very well, but she didn't plan to stop, they all got to this juncture just like a teacher in class, can you expect your students to understand everything thoroughly? If they are interested in this area or want to learn hard, there is a saying that the master leads the door to practice in an individual.

"This Yi Yin is a slave. Legend into the soup of the concubine picking mulberry in the empty mulberry, suddenly saw a wooden basin floating in the mulberry forest river, there is a baby in it, then adopted it, named "Yi Yin", Yi Yin grew up in the place of the people, since childhood smart and clever, only eight buckets high, into the soup is very like, set up as the right phase. Yi Yin helped Cheng Tang Revolution, destroyed Xia Ji, worked hard, and was talented in eight buckets, so Yi Yin is also a representative of Kuixing. ”

"Yi Yin is the right minister, for the founding hero, only high eight buckets, gradually become arrogant, he used to be the prime minister, and became the teacher of Cheng Tang's grandson Taijia, he saw that Taijia did not follow the general policy formulated by Cheng Tang, exiled Taijia, and placed under house arrest in Tonggong. Later, Taijia conspired to get rid of Yi Yin, sneaked out of Tong Palace, killed Yi Yin, and the great government of the Shang Dynasty was attributed to Taijia. Legend has it that Yi Yin was killed, he was very angry, turned into a ghost, and did not disperse all day long, it was for Zhong Kui, Yi Yin was dissatisfied in the underworld, and complained all day long. The Emperor couldn't bear it, so he named him Zhong Kui, specializing in ghost eating. "There is now Zhong Kui, and why does he have this ability.

Zhong Kui is not only a ghost eater in the underworld, because he was the reincarnation of Kuixing before his death, he was very talented and served as a prime minister, so scholars also regard Zhong Kui as a talented person, but even if you are reincarnated as Kuixing.

After listening to the words for a long time, Pu Xingwen suddenly burst out: "What is Kuixing?" ”

Su Ling was petrified on the spot, "Co-author, I just said so much, and you just stayed on it?" Alas, forget it, as long as you can learn it...... "With Su Ling's old tears, who can tell her what she is facing now?"

"Kui Xing is only suitable for the name of the stars, it is the god who dominates the rise and fall of the article in ancient mythology, in short, it is a praise title, if someone says that you are the reincarnation of Kui Xing, it means that you have culture~"

"But why don't you tell me how much else is there that you don't understand?" Su Ling raised his eyebrows and asked, "Come on, say it today, and I'll supplement it with you while my sister's memory is still good." ”

Pu Xing couldn't help but tremble when he heard Su Ling's sudden kindness, "Are you sure?" Didn't you want to take the opportunity to find a suitable reason to bury me? ”

After hearing this, Su Ling held back the fire in his heart and said angrily, "Say, what do you want to know, as long as you want to know, I happen to know that then I will definitely give you a good talk." ”

Pu Xing heard that Su Ling was rare and did not get angry, so he put down the big stone in his heart, turned his head and looked at the ghosts who had not been cleaned up at the scene, and suddenly said, "I want to know ghosts, for example, what is particularly rare, I probably know those things in the folk, you don't have to talk about it, I want to know about that strange and rare." ”

Su Ling heard this, "I think you're looking for a fight~" But that's what he said, Su Ling still took Pu Xingwen to a place that could make people feel immersive with demonic power.

Seeing that a pustule covered in pus, with dry hands, like a skinned person, suddenly appeared in front of him, Pu Xingwen suddenly took a step back, but was pushed back by Su Ling.

"False, this is a hungry ghost, but not a hungry ghost, but a ghost in the legendary Hungry Ghost Dao, according to the six reincarnation of Buddhism, it belongs to the past life to do too much evil, and in this life into the hungry ghost Dao. Hungry ghosts have difficulty eating because of their small mouths, although they have a bulging belly, but it is caused by long-term starvation, thin skin and bones, but the belly is big. However, because of the long-term suffering of starvation, the hungry ghost has a lot of resentment. ”

After that, he watched the hungry ghost sneak around Pu Xingwen for a while, and then slowly disappeared in front of him, which scared Pu Xingwen enough, and he was busy dragging Su Ling's hand, "Can you look at something that is not scary, this horse rider is too scary!" ”

Su Ling raised his eyebrows, "You actually dislike him for being terrible when people don't move you, do I usually dislike you for being ugly?" ”

After saying this, Pu Xingwen was silent for an instant, and Pu Xingwen said: "......"

Then a guy with a round ball of flesh walked out, only to see that the same thing as the previous one was as if he had been skinned, but his whole face was on his stomach.

"It's a flesh man, like a large sarcoma, with eyes and some other humanoid organs, and eats by dropping small pieces of flesh from its body and then adsorbing them back. Ordinary people think that it is Tai Sui, and people will live forever if they eat its meat, but no one dares to eat it when it grows like this......"

There is also the drunken boy, who is the most famous monster in the legend, the leader of the ghost clan, and the most well-known monster in the "Hundred Ghosts Night Walk". Because of his addiction to alcohol, he is called a drunken boy. Legend has it that the drunken boy who lived in the great river and mountain of Tamba gathered a group of evil spirits, they did all kinds of evil, built a palace privately, sneaked into the rich man's house at night to steal treasures, and also kidnapped women and children to eat, causing considerable panic among the people, and the legend of the drunken boy also spread, which is also one of the most common ghosts. ”

"Needless to say, Tengu is one of the most well-known yokai in legend. For ordinary people, the existence of tengu is a very scary thing, and it is far from the image of tengu here. The tengu here is just the image of a dog, but this tengu has a bright red face, a high nose, a bit like a gibbon, a very tall body, wearing a monk's robe, high-toothed clogs, and a strange monster holding a fan and a mallet. Generally living in the mountains, it is a youkai with very strong power. ”

Pu Xingwen looked at the demons and monsters in front of him like a marquee, and his whole nerves suddenly collapsed.

Seeing his nervous appearance, Su Ling chuckled, "It's not for you to fight with them, tell me why you're so afraid?" Isn't it normal to be scared for a moment and then show your curiosity and interest? I didn't charge you for this make-up class, or I should charge for it, lest you have no motivation~"

"No, no, no! No charge! I'm motivated! Pu Xingwen hurriedly shook his head and said, then pointed to a ghost that was dangling in front of him and asked, wanting to distract Su Ling, "What the hell is this?" Why is it still a bird's head? ”

Of course, Su Ling knew what he meant, but he didn't expose it, but patiently explained, "This thing kappa, the common thing is that the bird-headed person is wearing a turtle shell, and there is a bowl-shaped concave mirror on the top of the head, which is full of water, such as its life, if the water is not dead, the hands are connected and retractable, and it can fly to the sky with the power of a fart." Kappa are basically harmless youkai, but they have a strong sense of curiosity and sometimes take the initiative to approach humans. Legend has it that a person with a pure heart is easy to get close to a kappa, while a person with a dirty heart is not easy to see. ”

After Su Ling finished speaking, he waved the kappa away, and brought another woman.

Pu Xing's eyes were shining when he heard it, it was rare to see a normal and beautiful woman among the hundred ghosts, who said not to be excited? However, Su Ling came quietly......

"This is the Snow Girl, who likes to freeze people, eat your soul into your stomach again......"

The Snow Maiden, who is good at making ice and snow, generally lives deep in the mountains, is similar to humans, and has a stunningly beautiful appearance, and often attracts men who enter the snowy mountains to kiss him in a place where no one is around, and completely freezes them while kissing, and takes their souls to eat. The Snow Girl's child is called Snow Boy......

Pu Xingwen: "......"

"If you're a woman, there's a ......," said Yousu, who released a woman with a fierce face and fangs.

This is Prajna, a resentful spirit, which is said to be an evil spirit formed by a woman's strong jealousy and resentment. Prajna also has its own categories, and there are basically three categories: laughing prajna, white prajna, and red prajna. The white prajna is famous in Japan, the red prajna is the most ferocious of the three prajna, and the laughing prajna is usually depicted holding a child's head with curved horns and fangs on the head, a female ghost laughing wildly. ”

After Su Ling said that, he pushed Pu Xingwen with his elbow.

"How? Do you want another dozen? Haven't you also reached the time of adolescent throbbing and estrus? Or ...... "Just listened to the words, and before he finished speaking, he was pushed away by Pu Xingwen.

"Don't," Pu Xingwen said faintly, "I don't feel that way at all, okay?" "Under the leadership of Su Ling, he has seen all kinds of unheard of things and experienced nine deaths, it can be said that this period of time has simply done everything he has to do in his life, where is he still in the mood to go through adolescence!

Seeing this, Su Ling spread his hands helplessly, "Okay, since you don't want to think about this matter so early, forget it, but I really hope that you can leave a root for the Lao Pu family as soon as possible~"

"Alright, alright! Hurry up and give me a make-up lesson~ I really want to learn now! Pu Xingwen almost gritted his teeth when he heard it, who knows if Su Ling will just stuff him with a daughter-in-law next......

After hearing this, Su Ling waved his hand and summoned a group of little guys to introduce them one by one, "This is a mountain boy, with thick body hair, like an ape, with only one eye on the top of his head, and some are one-legged in the narrative, and can stand and walk like a human. Don't look at their short stature, they have a lot of strength, they like to eat balls, they love to prank people, but there is absolutely no malice, at most they only appear near the mountain temple, stealing the food of the monks to eat, but they hate things with salt. ”

"And the Qingfang owner on the right, this one-eyed monk with a blue body, is tall and has a pair of big feet, because he has walked too many roads, and has become flat-footed. It was originally a lazy monk in the temple, but later it became a youkai, and after death, it was still necessary to knock on the wooden fish and continue to practice. ”