In July, there is a lot of gloom, and something strange can always happen. There are many folk sayings about the taboo of July. For example, you should go home as early as possible, and don't wander outside late at night; At night, you hear someone telling you from behind not to look back; Don't accept gifts from strangers; Don't talk to strangers. There is also the importance of field events, do not make loud noises near water's edges, mountain streams, cemeteries, etc.; If you see someone burning paper money on the side of the road, try to detour as much as possible, do not stare, let alone laugh or be disrespectful.

But in Huzi's eyes, this "ghost moon" is completely different from what others see. In the middle of the night, the spirits who could not see the light roamed the world, some of them looked like ordinary people, and some of them looked strange. The so-called animism of all things, and it is not necessarily humans who change into ghosts, but also some animals that have opened their minds. Even dead things that have been given special meaning by people will change over time.

But what does it matter? It's just an ordinary month, but there are more things about gods and ghosts. Every year in July, Mr. Peng will do a puja and recite scriptures such as the "Pure Heaven and Earth Divine Mantra" so that the lonely souls and evil spirits of the eight directions can still feast on sacrifices and digest their anger.

The scale of this puja was not small, but it was only run by Mr. Peng and Huzi, so in previous years, it was busy from July to July, and it was not until the night of July 15 that the puja was completed, and it was considered to be able to take a break. Now that Li Lintang is here, Huzi is no longer needed in many places, and he was sent by Mr. Peng to do something else - follow Zhao Yueyue to "see things".

It's strange to say, this yellow girl has just been in the hall for less than a month, and she was actually recommended to the hall by other people. What is a "Recommended Hall"? It means that when the great immortals or monks of other families don't want to meddle or don't have the ability to meddle in a "stubble", and see that this bitter master's family is really pitiful, they will recommend another cousin. Whichever immortal family has established a hall, the immortals who have traveled widely will spread it, and it is common for those who recommend the hall not to know the recommended younger brothers.

Therefore, the people of this heron lake found Zhao Yueyue here. The so-called disciples don't care about their age, because they all rely on their own immortal family's skills to see things, so Zhao Yueyue, the fourteen-year-old yellow-haired girl, didn't cause anything bad. When the people who came saw that the red hall list was full of dense names, and the incense was lingering in the house, they knew that they had found the wrong place.

But Zhao Yueyue has no bottom in her heart. It's only been a month since the church was established, where did you get the ability to catch ghosts and demons? I learned a rough idea from my own immortal family, but I didn't say that I could be on my own, so I asked Mr. Peng's head.

Mr. Peng was really preparing for the festival here, and he really couldn't pull away, so he sent Huzi to go with him. Mr. Peng instructed Huzi: "Yueyue has not been in the industry for a long time, and it is not easy to have one who comes to the door. If you really can't do it, you can help again. ”

In this way, Huzi accompanied Yueyue to Heron Tree Town. This place is a treasure of feng shui. There is a lake called Heron Lake, which is named after the herons that fly back every year and land in the lake. The town is also famous for the woods on the south side of the Egret Lake. Among them, sycamore, pine, poplar, willow, everything, in the summer is also a beautiful scenery.

But the person who led Huzi and Huang Yatou didn't have the heart to take them to experience the scenery of Egret Lake, so they hurriedly drove past the earthen city wall, even if they entered the town, and went straight to the squire's hall.

There are many squires in Egret Lake, and there must be more than 100 households. There are many local squires and beggars, and there is such a folk song circulating in Changtu Mansion, saying: "There is no place to stay here, there is a place to keep the master." Don't leave the master everywhere, and the master is on the heron lake. "The wealth of this place and the kindness of the people can be seen.

This hall is not big, it is only a small courtyard with a square of 100 steps, and there is nothing else except a gatehouse and a lobby. Entering this hall, the man with Yueyue and Huzi greeted the porter, asked the porter to entertain the two "gods", and then went out to inform the squires of his hometown.

The squires of this place have a lot of power. The squires in the squire's guild made a decision, that is, it was not easy for the people from the yamen to come. If someone here is caught committing a traitor, he will not be reported to the government first, but will be sent to the squire's guild first. Many times, the squires discussed and broke the case, and there was nothing to do with the yamen! From stealing people's money and belongings to killing people and stealing goods, it's all the same.

The porter was an old man, who looked to be in his sixties, with a white beard the length of a palm, and arranged for the two small ones to sit down, and took sugar from his pocket and stuffed it into the hands of the two of them.

Huzi and Yueyue both nodded in thanks. Most of the sugar in the Kanto region is sorghum syrup, which is a rare thing, and so many people can't eat enough these days, and it is actually quite a luxury to use grain to make sugar.

"You're all dancing gods?" The old porter also sat on the side, and followed the two children to inquire, "This work is hard, and I have suffered a lot of crimes." ”

Zhao Yueyue shook her head: "Grandpa, I'm a great dancer, he's not." I don't think it's hard work, but my grandmother is kind to me. ”

The old man sighed: "Hey...... It's also bitter for you offspring, you became a ghost and god figure at a young age, and the male baby doesn't say anything, you are a girl, how can you get married? ”

It's not the first time that Huang Yatou has been mentioned, and her mother always sighs at home, worrying about where to find her in-laws. Zhao Yueyue was tired of hearing it, and she was a little unhappy when she was mentioned like this, so she said: "Then don't worry about it." Although I am a wild girl who has no feet, and I have a hall on my body, ordinary people don't want me, so I am naturally a well-connected person. He pointed at Huzi: "I'll marry him, do you think so?" ”

Zhao Yueyue was originally joking, but she was also shocked when she heard it, and her face turned red: "Huang girl, why don't you look a little reserved from your girl's family?" How can a girl find her own in-laws? You're still talking about me, so don't be ashamed. ”

The two little ones knew that it was a joke, and the old man in the porter on the other side saw that Huzi was blushing and did it really: "Housheng, don't blame me for being an old man's nagging." Men should get married and women should get married, and there are many young men of your size who have become relatives, so you should not be ashamed. Everyone else's girl said such things in front of me, an outsider, and it was a mistress. You have to be serious, don't be a bad man! ”

These words made Zhao Yueyue laugh backwards, but Huzi's face was even redder, and he grabbed a piece of sugar in his palm and stuffed it into Zhao Yueyue's mouth: "Huang girl, you just laugh." If you have sugar to eat, you can't stick to your mouth, and you are more difficult to serve than the king of the stove! ”

It was just in the middle of the joke that a few people came in. The first one is slightly chubby, squinting, and has a mustache. He wore a sauce-colored gown, covered with a blue copper coin Ruyi pattern horse coat with gold wire locking, crossed a pair of carved old lion head walnuts, and wore a black onyx inlaid eight-petal melon skin hat, a big braid dangling with oil, and a thumb-sized white jade pillar on the spike, carved with the appearance of Pixiu.

As soon as this person entered the house, he first saluted the old man in the porter: "Uncle Meng, you are auspicious." The old man called Uncle Meng also got up and saluted back: "Auspicious, auspicious!" Eight masters, you are also auspicious. ”

After saluting each other, Huzi pulled Huang Ya's head, stood up, and also saluted this person. I don't know what to call it, that is, I reported to my family: "Peng Hu, a disciple of the worldly Taoist, and Zhao Yueyue, a disciple of the horse, have seen a few." ”

The head nodded with a smile: "Okay, good, it's really a golden boy and girl who is an ordinary match!" My name is Hu Lai, Xingba, the head of this guild, you can just call me Baye. Don't stand, sit, sit, sit. ”

In the lobby, everyone sat down in turn, leaving the two positions in front of the deputy guests to Huzi and Zhao Yueyue. Huzi gave Zhao Yueyue a look and motioned for her to speak. Originally, this trip was the Huzi helping Zhao Yueyue, and it would be good to give this little yellow girl everything to decide, otherwise what kind of experience would it be called?

How to talk before, the tiger all the way in the car was also explained, Zhao Yueyue also did the same, and asked: "Eighth master, we are in a hurry on the road, and the uncle who led the way has not explained what is going on." I thought that a two gods recommended me to my house, and it must not be too easy. Please give me the bottom of everything, so that I can rest assured. ”

Whoever is mainly Zhao Yueyue, Huzi carefully told Zhao Yueyue that he can't say "we", just "I", so that people feel that she is in charge of things, so that they can look at her squarely.

Hu Baye sighed slightly: "This thing is strange...... We're here...... We're losing kids here. ”

"Lose the child? How can they find our heads, we should sue the officials. Zhao Yueyue wondered.

Hu Baye nodded: "We originally wanted to sue the official, but this matter is too evil!" At first, it was just a family that lost their children, and we also thought of which one of the unconscionable people stole the children and sold them, and then broke their hands and feet to beg viciously, so they sued the government. Na Cheng thought that before the child was found, several more children disappeared at night, and this time we panicked, saying that there was a group of people who specialized in stealing children here. As you know, there are many beggars in our herons, and most of them are foreign, so you can't find out if you want to. Later, I could only let the parents take good care of the children, and let the children go to the kang when it was dark, lock the doors and windows, but I didn't expect ......"

"What didn't you expect?" Zhao Yueyue asked.

The eighth master slapped the table fiercely: "Unexpectedly, there was a family of three-year-old children, put in the hanging basket, in the middle of the night, the window door was not opened, and it disappeared!" ”