Chapter 1: The Ghost Inn
It was late at night, twelve o'clock in the night.
It was designated as a barren place on the outskirts of the city, where there was no grass, no trees, and even the land was about to dry up into a desert.
It is classified as a forbidden area by the government, and generally no one comes here.
In this desert-like place, there is a recessed pattern in the center of the area, which is not just a swirl, but a pattern that looks like a skull.
Immediately after the moon appeared, a ray of moonlight shone on it, and the skull began to slowly open its mouth, and clouds of smoke erupted from it, and when the entire area was filled with white areas, red light flashed endlessly.
When the real peace came, a house that looked like an ancient inn stood in the place where the original skull pattern had been built.
This house, the outside is all painted with vermilion lacquer, and the whole body is red, giving people a feeling of blood vomiting. Above this house, there is a small red sun there, which looks like a balloon, but the light and heat inside are the real sun. There is a white lantern hanging at the door of the house, the lantern on the left has the character "Yang" written on it, and the lantern on the right has the character "Yin" written on it, and the signboard ......... It's actually a "ghost inn"!
"Is Nanmu ready?"
"Ready."
"Where's the soul-attracting incense?"
"It's lit."
Inside the Ghost Inn, there are three men in ancient costumes. One was dressed in blue, holding a fan folded back and forth in his hand, with a dignified and delicate face, and he was standing at the counter at the moment, staring at the account books on the table, and his age seemed to be only about twenty years old. On the other side, there is a man dressed in green, the same age as the former, but his hair is slightly short, a bit of a modern trend, at the moment he is putting the stool on the table, very much like the "little er" of the inn. At the entrance stood a middle-aged man dressed in gray, looking to be thirty years old, with a long sword on his back, black skin, and a slightly white beard, which set off the style of a man.
The short-haired boy put down the last stool, wiped the sweat on his forehead with the towel around his neck, looked at the counter boy and said, "Shenchen, how many 'people' will come tonight?" I actually put down all the Nanmu benches......"
The man called the underworld slowly raised his head and said in an extremely fresh voice: "I heard that it seems that it is a high-end official from the underworld, who said that he was going to invite some of his aunts and eight mothers-in-law to dinner, and it is estimated that there should be ...... Number 30 'man'! ”
"So much! How much incense do you have to light? ……”
Shenchen smiled slightly and said, "After Liuyue, isn't it just a meal!" We open an inn, isn't it to let guests eat and drink well! Our ghost inn is for the Yin spirits, and we try our best to meet their needs. ”
Liuyue sighed, came to the side of the underworld, and said: "The ghost comes to the inn, originally in the name of the inn, we are here the gate to the underworld, every two o'clock in the morning, black and white impermanence will lead the souls of the dead to pass through here. In order to prevent the Yin Spirit from breaking through the ban, on the one hand, we have to hide from the Yin Spirit that we are just an inn here, and on the other hand, we have to hide our identity, do our job well, and respond to requests......"
Seeing Liuyue's impatient appearance, Shenchen just shook his head and smiled, and then handed him the account book on the table, and instructed: "Wait a minute, you check after the guests come, one or two less is not only our loss, but there may also be unprecedented trouble."
"Don't worry, you can rest assured that I will do something." Liuyue patted her chest and smiled exaggeratedly, then took the account book and walked out the door.
The middle-aged man outside the door saw Liuyue coming, and said in a humble voice: "According to the time recorded in the account book, there are still five minutes to ......."
Liuyue leaned against the pillar, sighed, and said, "Come on!" A group of dead people, too. ”
The sword behind the man's back made a slight rattle, like a gust of wind blowing the golden bell above. The man turned his head sideways and looked into the distance, and Fang said, "It's here." After a pause, he said, "According to this yin qi...... There should be no less than twenty 'people'. ”
As soon as the sound fell, white smoke filled the area around the house like never before.
Looking along the line of sight of the two, there were faintly about three or four green lights flickering up and down in the white smoke, and then the green light was getting closer and closer, and there were three or four people jumping up and down in the white fog, their faces were extremely white, as if they had painted a lot of makeup, their lips were particularly red, wearing the melon skin hat that ordinary people liked to wear during the Qing Dynasty, and there was a one-meter-long braid tied up at the back of their heads, and they each carried a lantern in their hands, but the light of the lantern was green.
Behind the four of them, there were many people in the same clothes and dressed in the same clothes, they were all jumping and jumping, but they didn't stretch out their arms like zombies, but their expressions were also extremely terrifying, and their eyes couldn't turn.
In fact, they can be called "ghosts"!
Because they are all dead!
"Welcome!!"
Seeing that many Yin Spirits arrived here on time, Liuyue hurriedly stepped forward to pick up the guests like Xiao Er. The middle-aged man on the side pulled out the long sword behind him and slammed it into the ground.
In an instant, the sword qi was shining, and red light was everywhere.
In fact, this is also the rule of the ghost inn, that is, I am afraid that people will have nothing to do, so they will come directly to a dismount when the guests come, so that they will eat obediently and will not fight casually.
After seeing Liuyue's attitude of welcoming guests, the four yin spirits who were the leaders of the team saw Liuyue's attitude of welcoming guests, although they did not have any vivid expressions on their faces, they only saw that they all waved their hands casually, and one by one red envelopes fell into Liuyue's hands like stacks of arhats.
Liuyue couldn't be happier.
"A few people sit casually."
Seeing that the guests had all left the house, Shenchen, as the owner of the inn, spoke first, and then said lightly: "It's Liu Yuanwai, right?" I must know the rules of the inn, money is something outside the body, I don't want to ask for your money, I just hope you don't break the rules here. There are still a few masters from the rivers and lakes who are sleeping upstairs, I hope you don't make too loud noises, sorry. ”
I saw a middle-aged man wearing a golden hat sitting in a corner looking at Yingchen, his eyes were black, and his face was as white as the four yin spirits before. said: "The old man naturally understands the rules here, and the shopkeeper is not welcome, I will abide by it."
It seems that this Liu Yuanwai doesn't look like he's on top yet!
Hearing what the guest said, Shenchen nodded reassuringly, and then called Liuyue over and asked him to order and deliver food to the guests......
"Ascension!" Hades shouted out the door.
I saw the middle-aged man with the sword on his back walk in, hugged his fist, and said, "Master, what do you command?"
Shenchen smiled and said, "Didn't you call me master?" You're still shouting! You go upstairs and take down my sword case, I haven't touched it in a long time. ”
Answering this, he nodded, then walked up the stairs in a clumsy manner, then walked down with a sword case and placed it on the counter in front of Hades.
"Lord...... Big brother, what else do you want me to do? He looked like a kindergarten child, and waited for a command from the teacher to do whatever he wanted.
also responds to that sentence: there is nothing to do!
Shenchen looked at the confinement and waved his hand at him with a smile, still feeling very sorry for this boy in his heart.
Don't look at the appearance of the conjugal ascension is uglier than that of the underworld, or it looks like a middle-aged man, but the age of the conjugal is younger than all of them, and it is only because of a rebellion in the underworld that the confinement has the appearance he has now.
However, it is very good to convert people's hearts, but the destiny is like this, so how can people not have mercy?
Conjugation was extremely honest and honest, and seeing that Shenchen had no task to explain himself, he went outside the door again, just like the uncle who guarded the door, and went there without saying a word.
Liuyue finished delivering the food and lay down on the counter, sighing: "I didn't expect their family to be so able to eat, alas, I'm tired to death."
Mingchen smiled slightly, and said unhurriedly: "Listening to you complain so much, why did you follow me in the first place?"
Liuyue was not convinced when she heard this, remembered the beginning, and said: "Who is going to follow you from the bottom of my heart, if you don't owe so much money to my family, how would I be here?"
Shenchen smiled and said, "I owe you money? Liuyue, isn't this sentence a bit ...... Said it down? Seeing that Liuyue wanted to speak and stopped, he said: "Let me calculate, when I was treating your father, I confiscated a penny from you, and then your sister wanted to go abroad, and I ......"
Before he finished speaking, Liuyue interrupted, "Okay, okay, what's the relationship between the two of us?" What kind of money are you talking about? Hurt feelings, hurt feelings. ”
Shenchen smiled slightly, and he didn't intend to expose the old bottom, but just advised: "Remember, you came here to work." Liuyue had to nod and said, "Got it." And then I went to get busy again.
Nearly an hour later......
(The following Yin Ling's dialogue is directly translated into Chinese)
"Drink! ……”
"Cheers! ……”
"Come on, a cup to the old lady!"
Liu Yuanwai's family drank quite happily, if it weren't for the two of them who knew ghost language, they wouldn't have opened such a ghost shop.
I only heard a Changhuzi man sitting opposite Liu Yuanwai say: "Big brother, how about the incident I told you last time?" Have you figured it out? ”
Liu Yuanwai said: "What do you think!" We're all dead people, what do you want all that silver from the yang world?! You can't spend or eat ......."
The man continued, "Oh, big brother, why are you so confused? You can give our family a dream! In this way, our family can ask for poverty! ”
Liu Yuanwai still shook his head and said, "This matter is still not good!" The tomb of the tomb king was originally the tomb of a generation of emperors, and there must be a lot of organs inside, no one has been able to steal his tomb for so many years, and I can't let my descendants risk it. ”
"But this is an opportunity!"
Liu Yuanwai said: "Don't say it, this kind of thing, just let it disappear."
Their conversation happened to reach the ears of Shenchen and Liuyue in 1510.
The tomb of the Tomb King?
Isn't there a lot of jewelry?
Liuyue whispered to Hadeschen, "The tomb of the Tomb King, I think we can go and see it."
Hades nodded and said, "That makes sense." Then, he glanced at Liu Yuanwai, who no longer talked about this topic, and said, "Liuyue, you go and investigate, where is the tomb of the tomb king?"
Liuyue smiled softly, patted her chest, and said, "Wrap it on my brother's body!" Then, Liuyue pretended to deliver food and began to blend in with the two.
Shenchen glanced at the back of Liuyue leaving, and then refocused his gaze on the table in front of him, that is, the sword box made of ancient fragrant wood.
This sword box, it has been three years since I followed the underworld, since ...... In the past three years, he has used this sword to kill nearly 300 Yin spirits who fled from the underworld to the world, that is, the poor "people" who wanted to break through the ban at the Ghost Inn.
This sword is called "Spirit Slayer"!
Kill the spirit of the world, Yin and Yang Mo Du Division!
Those who violate the law can only die under this sword.
Open the sword case, inside is a long sword that looks silver, the body of the sword is engraved with a dragon-like tattoo, but more like a snake, to be precise, it is the dragon holding the snake, a kind of arrogance, emanating from the body of the sword. The hilt of the sword is engraved with the word "spirit", and on the back of this word, there is a word "division", and on the top of the two words, there is a small character engraved with "suppressing evil spirits", and there is a line of things that look like charms.
The Yin Division of the Yang World is worthy of this sword!
At this moment, Liuyue went to inquire about the news and came over.
"Shenchen, inquire about it......" Liuyue walked into the counter and said in a low voice: "The tomb of the tomb king they are talking about is actually the tomb of a general in the Tang Dynasty, it is said that this general participated in the rebellion in the post-Tang Dynasty and was framed and died. The place where the grave was buried was in a shady place in Guizhou, and the location was hidden, and they did not know the exact location. ”
Shenchen was a little worried: "This place in Guizhou is quite far away from us, even if it is a ride, it will take three days and three nights, and I am afraid that we will have to spend the night...... We don't know the exact tombs, which is a big problem. ”
Liuyue touched her chin and thought for a while, and said, "In that case, let's make more preparations." After all, he took over the task of surviving in the wild, and listening to his opinion, I think I should be able to find the grave. ”
Shenchen felt that it made sense, so he nodded.
Time, 1:40 a.m.
Liu Yuanwai's family ate and drank what they should have eaten, and they didn't settle out and leave until more than one o'clock in the morning.
Don't say it, this guy is really making dead man's money, that is, ...... Pluto!
And at this moment, the Ghost Inn should also be busy.
"Liuyue, quickly put away the plates and bowls......"
"So much oil, when will it be washed!"
"Ascend, bring me the soul incense, and light the soul lamp by the way......"
"Big brother, the soul lamp has no wick!"
"Where's the wick?"
"I'll go, the wick is used to hang clothes! ……”
"Hurry up and get it!!"
The three of them were busy until 1:58 before they were really busy, the soul incense was lit, and the soul lamp was lit......
Then, it's time to welcome the two big brothers of black and white impermanence!
Time is ticking by...... Two o'clock in the morning!
Outside the inn, white smoke rose again, and dark clouds covered the sky, covering the original moon, and the earth instantly fell into darkness.
Not far away, a red light shot straight out in a route, and in an instant, the original path of the yang world disappeared. After the red line appeared, the green light lit up on both sides, and slowly, white lanterns fell from the sky. White lights, red roads, green scenery......... Against the backdrop of this environment, three looming figures floated from not far away.
We've all learned that zombies generally jump and walk, and there are only ghosts, which are floating......
From far to near, a figure on the left, wearing a black robe, with a particularly dark face, holding a black mourning stick in his hand, wearing a black hat, and the words "The world is peaceful" are written on the hat. The figure on the far right, wearing a white robe, has a very white face, holds a white mourning stick in his left hand, and wears a long white hat with the words "Fortune at first sight" written on the hat, and he is Bai Impermanence.
In the middle of the two of them was an old woman with her head bowed, her expression stiff, her eyes white, and her lips particularly red, who looked to be about sixty years old. Her hands and feet were chained, her hands were shaking, and she walked very slowly.
It was about ten minutes, and a group of "people" came to the door of the inn.
The three people in the inn came out early, and when they saw the two big brothers in black and white arrived, Mingchen spoke first as the shopkeeper, and his tone was full of respect: "How are you going to leave tonight?"
(The following is a ghost language, directly translated into Chinese)
Bai Wuyong knocked on the back of the female ghost in the middle with a mourning stick, and a miserable scream came directly, only to hear him: "This old woman was killed by her own son and died of poisoning, although it is pitiful, but we received a warrant from the judge and directly asked her to throw herself into the animal path, so let's use the bird boat to cross the beast river!"
Hei Wuchang pulled the handcuffs on his left hand, sighed, and said, "This old woman is so pitiful, she was killed by her own son, and now she wants to go to the animal life path, alas...... Hurry up and get it done! Our brother is going to seduce souls elsewhere! ”
Hearing this, although Shenchen felt pity for this old woman in his heart, there was nothing he could do about it, after all, the order was dead and could not be changed!
"Flowing Moon!" Shenchen let out a low shout, and Liuyue turned his head to look at him at the moment, and the former ordered: "Light four soul-attracting incense, insert the soul-crossing incense in the middle, and then put a few plates of pork on the table...... Give her a ride. When you're done, let's get into battle! ”
Liuyue nodded, and then walked into the house to get busy.
Black and white impermanence brought "people" into the house.
After that, you can imagine what happened, the old woman enjoyed the last meal before the animal life, drank the decoction developed by Meng Po, and forgot about this life...... Be an animal that doesn't know what its name is.
That's a good ending, right?
At three o'clock in the morning, the Ghost Inn...... Close the door!
……
Location, a café in a certain city.
"Hey! Liuyue, why are we dressed up like this? …… It feels weird. ”
"Why can't this box be opened? …… Big brother, my hand is stuck. ”
In a corner of the café, there are three figures, all dressed in black, with a black cloak on the outside, a black hat, a mask, and sunglasses...... It's very sneaky, and it looks ugly.
They are the Underworld and the others.
Shenchen touched his coat and hat, lowered his head, and the conjugation on the side touched the black box in front of him, and his right hand broke it but couldn't open it. Looking at Liuyue again, it was a leisurely one, no matter what the eyes of the person next to him were, leaning on the chair behind him, not to mention how generous and generous he was......
This dude, it's the same as petty theft!
"You know what? It's called disguise, you know? Liuyue said in the tone of a big man.
"What the hell...... "Hades said dissatisfied. Then with a pull of his right hand, he pulled off his hat, then took off his glasses and mask, and took off his black clothes by the way. After finishing, I didn't forget to breathe a sigh of relief, "It's still so comfortable." ”
Seeing that his eldest brother was like this, he naturally did so, and took off all his clothes, and suddenly felt a sense of relief.
"Hey! Seeing the two of ......them like this, Liuyue took off her sunglasses and said, "This is the most popular outfit I bought on the Internet, and one will cost ninety-nine-eight!" You're too violent, aren't you?! ”
"I'm a tyrannical thing?" Shenchen said: "We are not thieves or Jiang Yang thieves, why do we dress like this?"
Liuyue said: "Aren't we going to do business!"
"Heh......" Shenchen sneered, and then said lightly: "It's too much."
And at this moment, the waiter at the café came over.
Holding a list in her hand, after seeing the three of them, she asked directly, "What do the three of you need?"
"What could you need! Of course it's coffee...... "I was originally uncomfortable, but when I saw the waiter, Liuyue directly poured her anger on her head.
The waiter was startled and took a step back.
"Flowing Moon!!" Mingchen scolded, and when he saw Liuyue snorting and turned his head, the former looked at the waiter and said softly: "My friend is not in a good mood, don't mind." Seeing that the waiter nodded slowly, he said, "Let's give each of us a cup of coffee, thank you!"
After listening to this, the waiter wrote a few times on the list, nodded slightly, and left.
Seeing that the people were far away, Shenchen refocused his gaze on Liuyue, and said earnestly: "Liuyue, it's time for you to change your temper."
Liuyue didn't speak.
Shenchen said: "Me and Confuciation!" Naturally, I know that you have good intentions...... Don't be angry? ”
"Brother Liu, let's get rid of it!" Conversion pulled Liuyue's arm and said in a childish tone.
To outsiders, it looks like a middle-aged man is coquettish to another young man.
I can't imagine that scene!
"Oops, that's it!" Liuyue broke free of his ascension's hands, looked at Shenchen, and said, "I'll forgive you this time." Seeing that the two of them smiled, they said solemnly: "Remember! Just this time, and for the last time! The two of them nodded naturally.
"Day and Night Talk":
One of the pieces of information collected: the mirror factor at night
The mirror should not be facing the bed, and the mirror is to ward off evil spirits from the perspective of feng shui on the bed. And looking in the mirror in the middle of the night and seeing your hair messy is also very bad for your psychology.
The mirror is also a kind of passage to the underworld, especially people with yin and yang eyes, who are likely to see things that are not scientifically verified from the mirror, so keep in mind the defects of the mirror.