In the early morning, the hazy sound of "jingle bells" completely pulled me back from my sleep. Somewhat reluctantly, I reached out of the bed and touched the phone on the side. Turn on your phone and you'll see an uplifting message.

"Master Xi, all the fees you want have been paid to the card you specified."

After receiving this confidence, I fell asleep in an instant. Just as I was about to check if it had actually arrived, another text message arrived, and it was very clear that the money on the card I had indicated had arrived.

"Very good," I couldn't help nodding my head in praise, "I said that I would transfer money this morning, but I am also a person who counts." ”

Of course, if you think about it, in the face of fate, what is this money? If he can exchange money for a life, for some people, no matter how much money it is, he is willing to give it.

After dressing, washing my face, brushing my teeth, etc., I went out. Before going out, I looked back at the super five-star room that rivaled the presidential suite last night, and couldn't help but smile helplessly. In this world, there are so many ghosts, and the so-called ghosts are nothing more than the strange one in my heart.

Of course, there are no absolutes in the world, and there will always be one or two ghosts that don't have long eyes running out to die. It's not that there is no forgiveness for killing in the fair, it's just that you are waiting for yourself.

My name is Xi Chengdao, and I just entered Southwest University this year, and I am a prospective freshman.

My grandfather said that my life was good, and many people also said that my life was good, so good that it was incomparably good. And the origin of my good life comes from my name - Xi Entering the Dao.

Enter the Tao and enter the Dao, escape into the Dao Gate, the Tao is free and the Tao is natural, and there are the protection of the immortals.

But I didn't see what was so good about my life, and I didn't see what kind of good life this name brought me!

If you insist on saying that my life is good, I guess it is my eyes, a pair of eyes that are different from those yin and yang eyes. Listening to my grandfather, my pair of yin and yang eyes are called ghost eyes, which are the best in the eyes of yin and yang, and in terms of price, it can be described as a priceless treasure.

Every time I hear this, I think, dare to love my life, all thanks to these priceless eyes.

It doesn't matter if it's because of the eyes or not, for me, it really doesn't matter.

Once you've settled the previous one, it's time to move on to your next destination.

Not to mention, this summer vacation, with the help of a certain abduction, I also made a lot of pocket money.

As I said before, there are so many ghosts in this world. I don't think I'm a Taoist version of Conan, so where can I go. There is a way that the heart is upright, and the night is like light. As long as the heart is bright, how can you be afraid to walk at night? And my existence is just to reassure those people and give them peace of mind.

However, the next list is by no means as simple as I imagined. Because when I was on the high-speed train on my way to my destination, the master sent a WeChat, which read: Yin and Yang ink, Yin and Yang pen, letters, when you pay full attention.

In other words, this order was actually written to my master in yin-yang ink and yin-yang pen. Writing with these two things, those of us who do our job know how important and serious they are.

Jiajia Village, a small mountain village located under Qingyun Town, is located in the middle of nowhere, which can really be described as a poor and remote country. Otherwise, it would not have been only three o'clock in the afternoon, and there would have been no shuttle buses to various mountain villages and towns, let alone the fact that they would have to walk the mountain road too closely.

Even if it was a shortcut to the mountain, it would have taken me more than two hours. On this hot day, I was carrying a big backpack behind my back, but I was sweating all over my body.

Finally, through the Congcong dense forest, a small stone tablet engraved with the words "Jiajia Village" can be seen not far away. Hurriedly walked forward, carefully looked at the three words engraved on the small stone tablet, and couldn't help but be slightly stunned, these three words are really meaningful. These three words are one rigid and one soft, both rigid and soft, quite the style of Tai Chi masculine and feminine.

"It's a good Jiajia village, it's a poor country." I looked at these three words carefully, and I was really admiring, "I don't want this place to be the land of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon." ”

It's not surprising, doesn't this confirm that sentence: the master is in the people!

It's dark, and I don't want to delay it too much, besides, today is the fifteenth day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar, the day of the ghosts. As anyone in our line of work knows, it's best not to wander around that night.

At this moment, an old voice sounded behind me, "You young doll is foreign." ”

When I heard the sound and turned around, it was a grandmother about seventy years old.

The old woman then said, "Why are you still here, it's almost night, I don't know what to do tonight." ”

When I turned around, I immediately stepped forward and supported the old woman, "Grandma, isn't it just the 15th of July, how can there be so many ghosts in this world." "Maybe this is casual for me, but it is different for others, let alone the old woman in front of me.

"You young dolls, even if you don't speak lightly or heavily, aren't you afraid that those ghosts will come to you?"

"Afraid, afraid, afraid, of course afraid." It's one out of the mouth, and another one out of the heart. If I were afraid, I wouldn't have embarked on this path that I consider to be a point of no return.

"Come on, grandma, I'll help you hold it, I look at the two bags are quite heavy."

Without further ado, I took the two bags with my hand. But just as I took the bag, I just felt my left hand sink slightly.

I'm a master, it's really a little heavy, the old lady carried them all the way back, I really can't underestimate the old people in this mountain village, the body is really good.

Take a closer look at the large and small bags, the small bags are hit with two red wax and three incense sticks, and the big bag is hit by a few thick bundles of paper money. It's also true, today is the fifteenth day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar, and in some places it is not only Qingming to worship the ancestors, but also to worship the ancestors on the fifteenth day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar.

It's just that I feel a little strange that the few bundles of paper money in that big bag may not be too much. I can't help but think that with so much paper money, I'm afraid that the ancestors of my grandmother's family won't be able to spend it for several years.

"Thank you, young doll." The old lady smiled gratefully.

"Nothing, it should be." I continued to ask, "Grandma, you must have bought too much paper money." ”

"Young doll, you are not from this village, so you don't know, come and I'll talk to you as we walk."

This mountain village belongs to the jurisdiction of Qingyun Town, whether it is the town or this mountain village, there is such a habit, that is, every year on the fifteenth day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar, every family will prepare two copies of paper money, one is burned to their ancestors, and the other is for those lonely ghosts passing by, so that those lonely ghosts and ghosts will continue to go on the road after taking the family's money, without embarrassing the family.

This custom still exists in some places, and I have heard of it.

However, after this custom, another custom appeared, which is only available in Jiajia Village, and this custom arose ten years ago.

That is, after burning the paper money, I will pray that I will be able to spend the night in peace.

There's nothing wrong with praying, but it's not wrong to pray for a peaceful night, not a year........

What a prayer, a prayer that is extremely strange, unheard and unheard.

However, as it happens, before the master sent me that WeChat message, he had already told me that there was a very special custom in this mountain village. Now it seems that the very special custom that the master is talking about should be the prayer "This night will be spent peacefully".

Originally, this time I came, I was asked to find a family named Lin. It just so happened that what I didn't expect was that the old grandmother had a good relationship with the Lin family, and at the same time, the old woman also opened a hotel, so I stayed as a matter of course.

From my grandmother's words, I learned that ten years ago, the Lin family suffered a catastrophe, and it seemed that they all died overnight, leaving only the second, third and fourth sons.

As for what the big difficulty was, whether I was from the front or the side, the old lady kept silent, as if she was afraid of touching something taboo. Well, since you don't say it, don't say it.

But when I interjected to ask about the special prayer, the old woman's face changed and became unimaginable. Because that face didn't look like it was just afraid of violating some taboo or something simple.

This also made me pay more attention to the strange prayer, the article is very big.

As for the three sons of the Lin family who survived, the second and fourth sons went to the town to be raised by their mother's family, while the third son was raised by the people in the village.

God also favors the Lin family, and the three sons of the Lin family have all achieved success, the second son started a company, the third son made software, and the fourth son also became a people's policeman.

Just two years ago, the third son also married a virtuous wife, and the husband and wife can be described as affectionate. Just when everyone thought that there would be a blessing after the catastrophe, who knew that a week ago, the third daughter-in-law died violently, and the third son was heartbroken and ran away after taking care of the aftermath for his wife.

When the old grandmother said this, she was also quite uncomfortable in her heart, and she kept talking lightly about whether the ancestors of the Lin family had offended any masters, so as to blame the future generations.

Hey, it would be nice if you really offended some master.

Of all the masters I know, I'm afraid they'll be cleaned up once and for all - slash them all!

Why should he leave three sons?

At the same time, when I thought that I would never be able to find the Lin family again, my grandmother told me that the fourth son of the Lin family would also return to the village today to worship his relatives and ancestors, and he was going to take me there tomorrow.

......

Tonight is enough for this festival.

The light rain hit the leaves, and the sound of the thin rope was really like a lonely ghost walking at night. The whimpering of the wind is like crying, which adds a lot of weird atmosphere to this Halloween.

On a path in the east of the village, there are two figures looming slightly, one in front of the other. And the end of the trail in the east of the village is the village cemetery.

The figures in front and behind, the one in the back is naturally me, and the one in front, if I guess correctly, should be the fourth son of the Lin family. As for why I followed this fourth son of the Lin family at this stormy time, it doesn't matter.

"That's a cemetery, it's all this time, how can anyone run to that place?" Quietly followed behind, not letting it find out, "Even if you really want to worship, why choose this time?" This is too unreasonable. ”

Moreover, under this unreasonable situation, he still carries a huge burden. It would be fine if there was incense wax money paper in this baggage, but the problem was that he was carrying incense wax money paper in his hand, and it seemed to be a little heavy!

Everyone has curiosity, especially for a Taoist priest like me, who has even greater curiosity.

And, I have a hunch that tonight I might be able to unravel why that strange prayer came about.