What is a "Hundred Ghosts and Trapped Beasts"? Speaking of which, it was originally related to a myth and legend in ancient times in our country. Professor Gu leaned on Zhang Kailong's car butt with great interest and gave us a history lesson.

Legend has it that after the defeat of the god of war, Chiyou's body was cut into four parts, and he was secretly buried in the South Pole, the North Pole, the East Pole, and the West Pole (I don't think anyone knows where these four places are), and his mount was released into the wild.

The reason why Chiyou is brave is not only because of his own reasons, but also because he has a mount that is extremely brave.

Rumor has it that his mount was a one-horned horse, with a sharp horn in the middle of its forehead, and its fur was red, and when he sweated, it seemed to be oozing blood; In another legend, he rode a unicorn, which is an ancient mythical beast in Chinese legends.

Regardless of what he was riding, after the death of his master, this mount became uncontrollable, became a scourge to the victims, and lived a fine life.

This beast usually lives in the depths of the forest, and every once in a while it comes out to make waves, it eats many people, destroys many villages, and some people organize to kill it, and in the end it all becomes its food.

It wasn't until Guiguzi, known as the ancestor of divination, appeared that it was eradicated, and it was many, many years later.

Guiguzi is also a god-like village, he pioneered divination and astrology, and was praised by later generations as the closest person to God during the Warring States Period.

Guiguzi used the method of "Hundred Ghosts and Trapped Beasts" to trap this man-eating beast.

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I listened to it with relish, and to be honest, deep down I didn't believe in these stories with such a strong sense of myth and legend, and I just listened to them as stories.

I asked Professor Gu, could the so-called hundred ghosts really be a hundred little ghosts?

Professor Gu thought for a while and replied, "First of all, the numbers in ancient books or legends are themselves imaginary, like three, six, nine, and one hundred million, which only represent the number of quantities, not the specific number of quantities. ”

He paused, and then said, "This ghost is supposed to refer to a person, perhaps wearing a mask or having a face painted like a ghost...... I can't verify it now! ”

Speaking of this, Professor Gu looked left and right, and then made a "come" gesture to us.

Well? This old guy wants to reveal some shocking secrets? I thought to myself, and leaned in.

"Actually, in addition to being an archaeology professor, I have another identity!"

I was shocked, and replied, "You're not still an antique dealer, are you?" ”

It is not unfounded for me to think so, because in the past two years, people who have been in the antique business have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, and many of them even go from the streets of the village to collect antique furniture.

For a while, many old men and old ladies had dilapidated furniture and utensils in their homes, and even broken utensils such as spinning wheels, which became valuable. At first, many people didn't understand, could these "rags" still be repaid? But later, with the first batch of people reselling antiques, everyone woke up like a dream.

It is really "the antique of the prosperous times, the gold of the troubled times"!

The first batch of archaeological people who got rich were relatively honest, and they relied on opportunity and vision to make a fortune, but the second and third batches were not so honest, these small traders and hawkers were not so honest, and in this group of people, the timid ones speculated, and the bold ones directly made "fresh goods".

The so-called "fresh goods" are cultural relics and antiques obtained directly from the soil, and the most common is tomb robbing.

So as soon as I heard Professor Gu say that he still had an identity, I naturally thought of the antique dealer.

Professor Gu shook his head and smiled when he heard this, and said to me: "Little brother, I'm not so wealthy, I have another identity that you may not have heard, called a researcher of folklore. ”

"What do you mean by a folklore researcher?" I asked.

At first hearing, this name means a cultural person, a "researcher", and a "member".

"This is a state-set organization, and at the same time it is very secretive and unknown......"

Professor Gu said that the so-called departments in society are divided into three categories: the first category is the public security bureau and hospital that we know, which are called "transparent departments"; The second category is the underworld associations, killer gangs, etc., which are called "translucent departments".

There is also a kind of department that is not open to the outside world and is not known by the vast majority of people, and that is the "opaque department".

Professor Koo's "Folklore and Mystical Research Society" is an "opaque department", and even this department has no fixed office space, no staff can be checked, and even the members of the same institute do not know each other.

Some people may ask, no one knows anyone with each other, so how does it work? They communicate with a liaison who is like a thread that ties everyone together.

Therefore, after Professor Gu saw the appearance of the bottom of this pit, he immediately judged that this was a place related to sacrifice.

After I said what I saw just now, there were probably only three people who believed my words, except for Zhang Kailong and Chen Laosan, the rest were Professor Gu, so he decided to stay and ask in detail what I had just seen.

I told the whole story again, and Professor Gu seemed to be thoughtful after hearing this, he seemed to know why they were suddenly like this at that time, but he clicked his mouth twice, and finally he didn't say it.

As I spoke, before I knew it, it was completely dark, and there was a dog barking in the village, and after a while, I heard what seemed to be Wang Jiliang calling my name.

Within a few minutes of my promise, flashlights flashed in the direction of the village.

"Xiao Zhen! I guess you're not gone yet! Let's eat it all at home! Your aunt and they specially prepared a table of dishes, and I still have a few plates of good wine......" As he said that, he saw Professor Gu and them, and he turned his busy conversation, "It's really a coincidence, the big professor is also here, and I can leave you cultural people, Laomiao Village is simply ...... It's the shed! ”

"Good! We also wanted to stay in the countryside and enjoy the night view of the Yellow River village! ”

As he spoke, several people laughed.

The group came to Wang Jiliang's house, and as soon as they entered the door, they really saw a large table of dishes, probably because the table was small, and two tables were directly used in the center of the living room.

"Wife, there are a few more guests, you can prepare a few more dishes, and we will get drunk tonight!"

At this time, the countryman's honesty is undoubtedly revealed.

Aunt Wang is also a real person, as soon as she heard this, she quickly nodded in agreement, wiped her hands and walked to the kitchen again.

"Enough! Big Brother Wang! We people have a small amount of food, and we can't finish this table! ”

It seems that this afternoon, Wang Jiliang and Professor Gu have become acquainted, and listening to each other's names, the two of them are like old friends who have known each other for many years.

The seven people sat down as the guest of honor, and Wang Jiliang began to pour wine.