There were too many people, and my voice was too small for anyone to hear. At this time, Shun Ye picked up the cane in his hand and knocked the table a few times, everyone calmed down all of a sudden, and they all turned their faces to us, and I stood up from the bench with my help on the table. My legs still hurt a little, but I was able to walk, after I stood firmly, I raised the wine in my hand and said loudly to everyone: "Listen, everyone, I am here to say a few words, everyone also knows, in order to save the life of my brother and protect the country, I and Senior Brother Zheng went to the underworld, although I am very grateful to Senior Brother Zheng, but we still have two friends to thank, these two friends are not here now, I can only sprinkle the wine on the ground first, and respect the two of them." ”

As I spoke, I raised the wine above my chest and said to the front: "Brother Hou, Brother Li, I know that Yin and Yang are separated, and we can't communicate with each other, but I am still very grateful to you two elder brothers. ”

As I spoke, I began to pour wine on the ground, this toast to the Yin people, just splash it on the ground, the Yin people can suck the wine, I only poured half of it, I heard a plop, quickly raised my head to see, only to see the junior brother Baoguo fell to the ground, I quickly put down the wine bowl, hurriedly went to help Baoguo, just helped up, I heard Baoguo with an old voice said: "I drink this wine directly, it is a pity to fall to the ground." ”

I was stunned for a moment, my hand was directly released, and the senior brother of Baoguo fell to the ground again, and after he fell to the ground, he sighed, and then said: "You have no conscience, you want to fall to death brother?" Brother, my old bones can't stand the toss. ”

This is definitely not the voice of the junior brother to protect the country, this is the voice of an old man, and I said in my mouth: "You, who are you?" ”

At this time, Baoguo on the ground said in that old and gloomy voice: "Oh, you little conscienceless, you call me Brother Hou so affectionately in the underworld, and now you turn your face and don't recognize people?" ”

When I heard Brother Hou, I was overjoyed, isn't this Old Ghost Hou? So he hurriedly pressed the tip of his tongue against the upper tooth shell, silently recited the incantation, opened his eyes and looked at the senior brother Baoguo, isn't this the old ghost Hou, I quickly pulled up the old ghost Hou and said: "Brother Hou, Brother Hou is my eyes and I don't know Mount Tai, don't be angry." ”

After Zheng Tianbao heard this, he said to me: "Brother Hou, is it really Brother Hou here?" ”

I said, "Yes, it's Brother Hou who is attached to Baoguo." ”

When Zheng Tianbao heard this, he hurriedly came over to say hello, and then the old ghost Hou arched his hand towards Zheng Tianbao and said: "Brother Zheng, my old ghost didn't worry about you at first, so I stayed here and stayed in this Sanbao Temple temporarily. As soon as I heard about this banquet, there must be wine or something, and my alcohol addiction and gluttony came up, so I stayed, and I suddenly came through this brother's body to ask for some wine and food, you won't be angry, right? ”

Zheng Tianbao said: "No, don't be angry, Brother Hou can come, it's really brilliant." ”

Hou Lao Ghost said: "This is a kind word, my old ghost knows, you think about me as a ghost, covered in black gas, where does it come from?" ”

I hurriedly said, "Brother Hou, what are you talking about, you are our benefactor, and you can't invite you if you want to." ”

Hou Lao Ghost said: "What kind of benefactor is not benefactor, we don't pay so much attention to it, I just saw you pour wine on the ground, I can't get enough of it, so I want to drink it." ”

I said, "Okay, it seems that Brother Hou is a lover of wine, and the younger brother will give you a bowl first." ”

Hou Lao Ghost said: "Okay, happy, I drank this bowl first and pressed down the wine worms in my stomach." ”

As soon as Hou Lao Ghost said about wine bugs, I remembered the wine bugs, but the wine bugs in the village are from living people, and Hou Lao Ghost's wine bugs are also an adjective. We let the people around watch the excitement, all back to their tables to drink, and then a few of us accompanied the old ghost Hou to drink a good old ghost, drinking wine is really powerful, the wine bowl is one by one, after drinking the wine and eating the food, after the wine is full, laughing and saying happy, since drinking and drowning, it has not been so happy.

As soon as I heard that he drowned by drinking, he said, "Brother Hou, you said you died of drinking?" ”

Hou Lao Ghost listened, and said a little sadly: "Yes, I drank and drowned, this matter is a long story, all of you here today are friends, there are no outsiders, those things about my Lao Hou are not a thing, if you are idle, just say it and listen to everyone." This was a long, long time ago, and I don't know how many years ago.

By the way, I remembered, it was still the Jiajing period at that time, I was a show talent at the time, and I wanted to get a fame, but at that time, the officialdom was corrupt, and the traitorous ministers were in charge, and I repeatedly failed, and then the first assistant Yan Song dictatorship for 20 years, swallowed up military salaries, corrupted officials, and abolished border affairs, and the Japanese invaded the southeast coastal areas frequently, causing great damage. To the north of the Great Wall, the Mongol Tatar chieftain Altan Khan continued to invade the border,

I saw through the power in the world and was completely dead to the emperor, so I ate and drank all day long, and became a madman, so much so that I was addicted to alcohol. Once I was drunk at a friend's house, and there was a big river next to my friend's house, and my friend advised me to stay and leave again at dawn, saying that there were many unclean things in the river.

I insisted on leaving, and said that I was not afraid of ghosts, and that people's hearts were righteous and evil, and my friends couldn't persuade me, so I had to send me away. When I walked to the river, I suddenly heard a woman's cry, and the cry was so sad and sad that I followed it.

At that time, it was the full moon in the sky, and I saw a woman in white clothes, crying by the river, when I turned around to leave, this man and woman could not kiss, I did not dare to rush over, but after walking a few steps, I thought that as the saying goes, saving a life is better than creating a seven-level floating slaughter, this woman, must be the eldest daughter and little daughter-in-law of which family, was angry at home, and couldn't think about it for a while, so she was here ready to jump into the river and die. I can't go like this, I'm sorry for my conscience.

So I turned back and walked towards the woman, and slowly approached, and saw that the woman was wearing long hair and clothes clinging to her body, and as soon as the woman saw me approaching, she got up and went into the river. I saw that the woman was about to jump into the river, so I hurried up to stop her, but the woman kept going into the river.

When I arrived at this time, I didn't care whether the man and woman were kissed or not, and chased after me directly, but the woman walked faster and faster, and I went up and grabbed the woman, and I felt that the woman's hands were cold, and there was a watery smell on my body. The woman looked back at me, but I could only see her eyes, but I couldn't see her face clearly. At this time, the woman in white sang to me: "Under the secluded green water and grass, the secluded eyes and other stand-ins, died here in a certain year and month, and will be reincarnated on this day next year." ”

When I heard it, I was drunk and woke up for the most part, didn't the woman sing that she was a water ghost? I met a water ghost, at that time and at this time, I know that the water ghost is one of the most deadly ghosts, although I am a madman, but not a fool, so I turned around and ran to the river, but running is a little wrong, how to run deeper and deeper? At first, the water didn't reach the feet and necks, and the water didn't reach the chest.

When I looked back, I realized that I had run in the wrong direction, but I did run towards the shore, but I was blinded by the ghost, and I ran towards the deep water. I had to turn around and run to the shore again, just ran two steps, suddenly felt that my feet and neck were being dragged by a pair of hands, those hands were very tight, and I didn't let go, the strength of those hands was very strong, and I continued to drag me into the deep water, and I couldn't move even if I wanted to.

At this time, the water had reached my neck, and I shouted for help, but in this wilderness, how could anyone save my life, every time I opened my mouth, there would be water choking into my mouth, and after a few moments, I was choked by the water, and my head was swollen, and I was dizzy and drowned in the deep water, and my body seemed to be entangled by something. ”