Hearing Chen Qiuyan's words, we couldn't help but be curious, and asked her what kind of villain she was? Is there such a thing?

"There are two kinds of villains, one of them, Grandpa Shen should have seen it." Chen Qiuyan said and glanced at the old man.

Hearing this, the old man was a little stunned, recalled for a while, and then said, "Isn't villain just a kind?" Where did the two come from? ”

"Yes, the one I'm talking about is the one you think." Chen Qiuyan laughed.

"What?"

Qibao scratched his head, looked at the two of them in confusion, and asked confusedly, "What kind of thing?" ”

"The villain I've seen is not a living thing, it's a kind of spirit, and no one can say the specific name, and there are names in various places." The old man smiled: "There are those who call them mountain spirits, some are called goblins, natives, earth mules, all names." ”

"What does it look like?" I asked curiously, "Just like us living people?" ”

"How can it be like us living?" The old man smiled: "This thing is also wearing clothes, and its shape is similar to that of a living person, but the arms should be longer, and it looks like a monkey with a sharp beak." ”

Hateful?

What is this analogy?

"Angry and resentful?" Shippo asked tentatively.

"Not really...... It's that kind of look, you know? The old man said, taking two puffs of his cigarette, as if he couldn't find a suitable descriptor, and the whole person looked a little depressed.

But soon, he found ready-made examples.

Without waiting for Qibao to react, the old man slapped his thigh and pointed at Qibao excitedly: "That's right!" Just like when you do bad things! That look is as much as you owe it! ”

Hearing this, Chang Longxiang and I let out a loud oh in unison, and nodded their heads to indicate that they understood.

"What an image metaphor....... Chang Longxiang also sighed.

Qibao was not angry at the time, nor was he in a hurry to explain, but thought about it very seriously for a while, and finally asked us tentatively.

"Am I underwhelmed?"

"Of course, you don't owe anyone...... I said, seeing that Qibao's expression gradually became desperate, I immediately turned around and said very tactfully: "It's not that you owe a beating, it's mainly your kind of charm, which is easier to ridicule people." ”

Qibao stopped talking, silently lowered his head and began to reflect.

"Goblin arithmetic is a kind of injustice, and its origin is not an ordinary mystery." The old man sighed and continued to tell us: "How did it come about, and how it was cultivated, no one knows this, we can only guess, some people say that it is a corpse demon derived from the body of a child, and some people say that it is a monkey who is resentful after death, and this is what became a goblin." ”

"It's not in the book?" I asked.

The old man shook his head and said no, no one knows the answer to this question from ancient times to the present, only the record of its appearance, and there is no record of its origin.

"Goblins are spirits, and they are not living creatures, but when they lose their true body, their souls will wander out, just like when we are alive after death, they will become wandering ghosts......." The old man said, picked up his chopsticks and gestured twice on the table: "In this state, goblins are not goblins, they should be called greetings." ”

"Welcome?" I was stunned: "This name sounds a little familiar, I seem to have seen it somewhere...... That's right! I've seen this name in a book!! ”

The old man gave me a lot of ancient books, including a book called "Huaye Zhi", which was written by Song Qianlan, a Zhengyi scholar of the Song Dynasty.

This ancient book is different from ordinary metaphysical books, and most of the stories recorded in it are interesting, and they are not as rigid as those recorded in other books.

The "welcoming people" mentioned by the old man is the record with the least number of words in "Huaye Zhi", and it is also the record that impresses me the most.

The reason why I say this is because the contrast is too strong.

As for the records of other injustices, the book must be written in at least two or three hundred words, and only a few lines are used for the injustices of welcoming people.

"At the end of a person, the soul is suddenly hidden, and if the earth is vigorous, it welcomes people into the hall."

At that time, after reading this record, I didn't think much about it, but subconsciously remembered this sentence.

I was going to ask the old man after reading the book...... As a result, I forgot about it later.......

"Master, is this kind of injustice harmful?" I asked, curious.

"It's not." The old man shook his head: "Welcoming people is harmless to people, and it is not beneficial to people, they will only appear when people are about to die, especially those old people......"

"Yes, yes! I've heard of this! Qibao hurriedly interjected: "My grandfather said it before he died!" He saw a lot of little people dancing in the house! ”

As soon as the words fell, Qibao stomped his feet violently, as if he was angry and scolded: "Dog's day! People are going to die and still dance! These bastards are cheap enough! ”

We didn't speak, we just looked at him quietly.

"What?" Qibao asked, pointed to himself, and said unconvinced: "Can I have them cheap?" ”

"Almost." The old man waved his hand and said, "The eyes are almost the same, but there is a little less connotation in the charm." ”

"Is this kind of injustice rare?" I asked curiously, "How many times have you seen it?" ”

"Just once, I happened to see it." The old man sighed: "The soul of welcoming people is very distinctive, pure yin and a trace of vitality, ordinary gentlemen can't see it at all, even those who have yin and yang eyes may not be able to see it, unless it's ......."

"Unless what?"

"Someone died." The old man lowered his voice and said: "At the moment of death, the dead energy in the body of the living person increases greatly, if you can't dodge it, it will be contaminated with some dead energy, stained with these things, it is much easier to see them, and some children under the age of three can see it with the naked eye." ”

Speaking of this, the old man shook his head, as if he was a little helpless: "Now the city is developing too fast, and there is no place for many wrongdoers to hide, just like those animals, the number is much less than the original.......

"Isn't it good to have less?" Chen Qiuyan asked.

"Not good." The old man replied with certainty: "Not to mention whether the reduction of injustices will affect our jobs, in terms of the impact on the living after they become less, it is definitely not small." ”

"How?"

"Wrongs themselves belong to yin, and most of the living, whether male or female, carry yang energy in their bodies, but they are different in severity." The old man explained: "If one day all the evil spirits in this world disappear, and only anger and yang energy permeate the yang world, then it is likely that the extremes of things will .......be reversed."

I was stunned and asked him, will there be death?

The old man shrugged his shoulders and said who knows, but I heard someone say that.

"Sister Chen, go ahead and talk about yours!" Chang Longxiang asked her with great interest: "You said that there are two kinds of villains, one is the goblin that Grandpa Shen said, and the other is what?" ”

Chen Qiuyan drank soy milk and was silent for a while, as if she was phrasing.

"This can't be a state secret, right?" Qibao looked at her funny: "Otherwise, don't say it, lest we ......"

Hearing this, Chen Qiuyan glanced at Qibao and said very seriously.

"Classified indeed."

"Then don't talk about it, I know this! There are confidentiality rules! Shippo sneered.

"It's okay, you're not outsiders, even if I don't say this kind of thing, you will learn about it when you have a chance in the future." Chen Qiuyan sighed: "The villain I am talking about is very similar to the living people in Lilliputian in myths and legends, that is, about twenty centimeters tall, looks like a living person, has very white skin, and can speak." ”

After listening to Chen Qiuyan's story, everyone should eat and drink tea, and no one took her words seriously.

"Why aren't you surprised?" Chen Qiuyan looked at us in surprise.

"Sister Chen, we're not three-year-olds, is it interesting for you to tease us with this?" Qibao asked helplessly.

"yes!" Chang Longxiang also nodded, and said while eating steamed buns: "I've heard this story told by others!" Those old storytellers still tell this paragraph from time to time......."

"What I said is true!" Chen Qiuyan glared at us angrily: "You still don't believe it when you tell the truth!" Do I have to lie to you?! ”

"Is there such a thing?" The old man smoked a cigarette and asked Chen Qiuyan suspiciously: "Still alive?" ”

Chen Qiuyan nodded hurriedly and said, there really is.

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