Chapter 230: Snowy Lantern (1st Update)
In the land of China, the color is very particular, the color represents the status, for example, yellow is the royal color, purple robe and red robe, only the minister with a high status can use it, and the ordinary people dare not use it at all, which is a very serious crime in ancient times.
In addition to this, the color also represents joy, anger and sorrow, red represents happy events, and white represents mourning. Even if under the influence of the West over the years, girls love to wear white wedding dresses when they get married, but in many remote places, parents with old concepts are still unwilling, because in their minds, white is mourning.
Similarly, in the past, lanterns were also particular, and inns were used to attract guests and business. The lanterns hanging outside must be red, and white lanterns will be hung in places like Yizhuang where the corpses of the dead are stopped.
Otherwise, Lao Mouzi's movie would not have called the red lantern to hang high, and the deep mansion compound is more particular, except for the dead, there is no other time to use white.
So. Miao Jinxuan found that the red lantern outside had turned white, and he knew that we had encountered a ghost shop.
I've seen this kind of thing in a storybook, but I've never encountered it in reality.
To put it simply, the ghost store is the inn that has suffered a catastrophe and has been slaughtered by horse bandits. Or all the water is burned to death, and the shopkeepers in the entire inn, including the guests, have been resentful and refuse to leave, and over time it will become a ghost shop.
It is very difficult to reincarnate a dead ghost, there must be a substitute for the dead ghost, and the ghost can get out of reincarnation, and the ghost shop is the same, it will trick customers in, and after killing, they will suffer for them in the ghost shop, and the original ghost will be reincarnated, and the cycle will start again and again, until there is a great power to surpass these ghosts.
Legend has it that the ghost shop does not appear during the day, and at night it will hang up lanterns to open for business, tricking people into living in, and at night, when the lanterns turn white and the ghost shop shows its prototype, it is when the ghost shop kills people.
Because of this, Miao Jinxuan found that the lantern had turned white, so he hurriedly came over to wake us up and prepared to take us away.
This...... It's really beepping a dog! Why has it been in constant condition since I arrived in Bagua City? This time it's trickier and more troublesome than before.
Pushing the door out of the hotel in the modern society, I entered this ancient ghost space, I didn't know how to go back at all, not to say, to find an inn to rest, and I also encountered a ghost shop, which was really a wave of unsettled waves.
Yuan Ling also woke up a long time ago, when she encountered such a strange thing, it would be strange if she could sleep peacefully, we also discussed it before we went to bed, and I felt that the people here were a little abnormal, because the two of us were wearing modern clothes, although these people looked at us a little strange, but they quickly accepted it, which is too unreasonable.
When she heard Miao Jinxuan coming to us just now, she immediately got up and started dressing, and soon, we packed up, quietly opened the door, and went out of the room, Miao Jinxuan and the other two men were already holding steel knives in their hands and waiting for us outside.
"How sure are you? That's the hell! I couldn't help but ask in a low voice.
After coming out of the evil space of the film and television base, my demon god's left hand lost its effectiveness, and the only thing I could count on now was Miao Jinxuan and his two followers. The other party knows how to do kung fu, but he is obviously not a person with magic skills. I really don't know if it's effective to cut ghosts with knives.
"It should be fine, the knife in my hand is a family heirloom, I have killed people, I have seen blood, there is a fierce aura on it, ordinary ghosts are the same as chopping melons and vegetables." Miao Jinxuan said confidently.
I've heard this too, there is a popular saying among the people that ghosts are afraid of the wicked. In fact, it is not afraid of people, but the fierce aura carried by the wicked, because the ferocious aura hurts the ghost very much, and the most powerful ferocious aura is the bloody aura of murder.
Therefore, if the house is restless and you encounter a ghost coming to your door, invite a powerful person to come to the door to sit down for a while, and you can scare the ghost away. Those veterans and generals who have come down from the battlefield are the best choice, and if they really don't have them, please ask the executioner or the butcher to do the same.
Some warlocks will go to the butcher's knife for many years to kill evil spirits, and if they can, they will go to the executioner to find the ghost head knife they have killed many people. That's why too.
The most famous allusion is the allusion of Qin Qiongwei Chi Gong becoming the door god, after Tang Taizong killed his brother and forced his father to ascend the throne, because he killed too many people, he was restless, and he always dreamed of a ghost asking for his life at night.
So Qin Qiong and Wei Chigong volunteered to stand guard at the door, and Tang Taizong no longer had nightmares from then on. Then he asked the painter to paint the two and pasted them at the door of the dormitory, and since then these two generals have become the door gods of the people.
Hearing that Miao Jinxuan's knife had seen blood and killed people, my heart was also a lot calmer, and the five of us walked down the stairs lightly.
Not to mention the lack of material and technology in ancient times. Nothing was good, in the middle of the night, except for the lanterns hanging outside the store, there was no light in the store at all, and it was impossible to see the situation under your feet, and the staircase was still made of wooden planks. Even if you are light-handed, you will still make a slight squeaking sound when you step on it, which makes people worry about falling out of eggs every step you take, for fear of being discovered by the ghosts in the store.
The five of us held our breath for a full five or six minutes before we finally made our way to the bottom of the stairs. Before I could breathe a sigh of relief, I suddenly heard someone behind me suddenly speak: "Where are the guest officers going?" ”
This is the voice of the shopkeeper, Miao Jinxuan was excited, raised the knife and slashed in that direction, and slashed it down, making a muffled sound. It was the sound of a blade chopping into wood.
The shopkeeper immediately begged for mercy: "Uncle, what are you doing here?" The little one didn't provoke you! ”
On the other side, there was a firelight, and it was the shopkeeper who lit the oil lamp with a fire fold, and the sudden light made several of us a little unable to open our eyes.
Wait until your vision returns. A few of us took a closer look, only to find that the original shopkeeper and the shopkeeper were both laying on the floor here, the shopkeeper fell asleep under the stairs, and the shopkeeper fell asleep on the counter.
In addition, the tables in the hall were also covered with bunks, and many people slept. Hearing the sound, they all looked up at us in unison, Miao Jinxuan's knife was very heavy, embedded in a wooden pillar supporting the staircase, and it has not been pulled out yet.
"A few masters, our small shop is a small business. There is not much money, a few people want to be that strong man, we will give you a few of the money, don't hurt the little life. The shopkeeper got out of the quilt and kowtowed vigorously.
Something is not right. This looks like some evil ghost, and it is more like the reaction of ordinary people when they see the wicked.
Miao Jinxuan also felt that something was wrong, and while slowly pulling out the knife, he said: "We are not strongmen, and we have never thought about killing, but we are just preparing to rush overnight. will make a move. ”
When the shopkeeper heard Miao Jinxuan say this, he wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, and then probably felt cold, so he quickly got back into the quilt, and said while shivering: "A few guest officers." It's not a small mouth, I really can't travel overnight today, the snow is really too big, even the lanterns hanging in front of us are full, if we rush overnight, then something will happen. ”
Then. Miao Jinxuan also happened to pull out the knife from the wooden pillar, and when he heard the shopkeeper say this, he glanced at me and Yuan Ling: "You say, the lanterns are full of snow?" ”
"Yes, guest officer, look at how big those are. I can't get out. The shopkeeper pointed to the lantern outside the door, and sure enough, the top was covered with snow, and the lower half was still red.
It turned out that it was not the red lantern that became a white lantern, but it was covered by heavy snow, and you can see the whole picture of the lantern from the angle downstairs, and you can naturally see the red on the lower half, and we were on the second floor just now, and we can only see the upper half of the lantern, and it is normal to admit mistakes.
Miao Jinxuan exchanged glances with us, and after whispering a few words together, he decided to go back and continue to rest, the white lantern thing was just a misunderstanding, such a big snow, rushing to the night is looking for death, so it is better to stay in the inn.
"Shopkeeper, I'm sorry, it's because we're too careful." After Miao Jinxuan confessed his guilt, he took us upstairs again.
I was also relieved in my heart. Entering the ancient ghost space is enough to disturb, and encountering a ghost shop is even more scary, now that it is not a ghost shop, you can also breathe a sigh of relief, as for how to get out of the ghost space, then wait until tomorrow daylight.
Miao Jinxuan took us up the stairs for a few steps. Suddenly stopped, and I almost hit him, only to hear him mutter, "Snow covers the lantern?" How do I feel a little wrong? ”
I suddenly had a stirring and reacted: it is impossible for the lantern to be covered with snow, because the lantern is lit with candles, and the temperature is there, and it is impossible for the snow to cover it.
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