12. Tribute money
The hairy monkey is the size of a puppy, squatting there with a fluffy ball, and is very humane to Ku Ding to compare something, Lao Qi only saw a side, aiming at it seems to be quite cute, but a creature suddenly appeared in his sight, or startled him, this head shook, and then looked at the past but nothing.
He glanced at Ning Meng, and there was something square in his heart.
"That...... That ......"
"Just take a look, don't ask what you shouldn't know."
Ning Meng used what Ku Ding told him to live.
Lao Qi was speechless by Ning Meng's words, so he could only tilt his head sideways and look at it carefully. Only this time, I don't know why, his afterglow happened to be on the same as the creature, this time it wasn't a cute hairy monkey, it was obviously a small animal with a car crushed, and half of the head was dragged, which really scared him, and he sat on the ground directly with the car in a trembling way.
However, Lao Qi, who was sitting on the ground, was not panicked, he could feel that the creature was not malicious, when he was scared just now, the creature's head that was about to rot seemed to smile at him, and Lao Qi himself didn't know why he could see a smile from the deformed head, but he just saw it, although hideous, but clearly friendly.
- One such ...... It makes people feel warm, this ...... What the hell is this?
Lao Qi couldn't think about it, maybe it should have been looking at each other just now, he didn't use his spare eyes now, and he could still see that creature, and now the creature looked at it in a somewhat empty eyes, but it made Lao Qi feel a little sorry for himself.
- Because ...... Did it scare me? Can...... How can it be?
And at this moment, the creature seemed to have finished communicating with Ku Ding, he rushed to Ku Ding's half-devout body, and then glanced at the seventh queen, only a few jumps, rushed out of the road, and disappeared into the darkness.
On the opposite side, there were several car horns, and a car drove quickly behind them, and everything seemed to be back to normal, just like a dream on the road after a long journey.
"He has a fate with you, go ahead, and give him a tribute."
Ku Ding took some steel hammers from Ning Meng, blew into his mouth, and stuffed them all into Lao Qi.
"Just put it on the side of the road, put it in five directions and three feet, Ning Meng, you go and teach him."
"What is the purpose of this, just stack it up."
Having said that, Ning Meng still dragged Lao Qi to the side of the road, pulled him to squat, and told him what Wufang Yin was.
"Na, the southeast and northwest should be distinguished, the higher the stack, the more hearted, every three to see the seven central respect, no matter how high it is three feet."
Although Lao Qi didn't know what the Tao was in, but when he thought of the creature just now, he actually felt it in his heart, and he was extremely respectful, but the steel hammer was only placed to about ten floors, and it collapsed to the ground.
Before he could sigh, Ning Meng next to him patted him on the shoulder.
"Yes, you can put three tributes for the first time, you are older, otherwise there are still some opportunities."
"Tribute?"
"I'll tell you later, get in the car first, it's time to go."
Lao Qi is obviously much older than Ning Meng, but Ning Meng has obviously found a target who can be instigated, and is thinking about how to press some oil and water out of Lao Qi's body, usually Ku Ding is strict with him.
As for Ku Ding, he had already returned to the car first, chatting with Meng Po, who was a little worried on her face.
"It's okay, it's not the one you think."
"I know, I just feel like the world has become ...... It's very different. ”
Meng Po seemed to have a not-so-good memory, she glanced at the place where the creature had disappeared, and there was some hesitation in her eyes.
"The world has never changed, it has become just people."
The car started again, this time without any obstruction, and all the way was smooth.
After walking for more than ten minutes, Lao Qi was curious, Ning Mo didn't tell him, he was really panicked, hesitated again and again, and still asked Ku Ding: "Mr. Ding, that ...... just now"
He struggled with how to ask the question, and always felt that it seemed a little inappropriate to use any adjective, but Ku Ding spoke directly to him.
"I wonder if you can bear it, and if you won't come and ask me."
Kudin pulled his seat back so that he could lie down comfortably.
"Well, I think it's easier for you than ordinary people to accept the existence of many unknowable human beings in this world, after all, you have more or less been in contact with it, and those of your former friends have died because of it. You call them ghosts, or call them spirits, it's all the same. These exist, some good and some bad, but most of them are bad. ”
Hearing this, Lao Qi, who twisted his body to listen to Ku Ding's explanation, nodded, he watched Qianlong change, how could he not believe it.
"Let's talk about crossroads. In the legends of various ancient civilizations, there are various stories at crossroads, such as the so-called demons at crossroads in the West. On our side, the crossroads are even more gloomy, and some people who have died in a foreign land will choose to worship at the crossroads when their relatives worship; Or maybe knocking on a bowl at a crossroads can attract starving ghosts, picking up something at a crossroads and not taking it home. ”
"The crossroads are open roads, and they are the places where yin and yang hedge. For ordinary people, intersections are just intersections, but subconsciously, everyone will have some vigilance about intersections. For those things, the crossroads of yin and yang hedging are more like a labyrinth, they don't have much memory, more of some obsessions, will make straightforward choices according to these obsessions, basically will not think deeply, if there is no guidance, it is easy to get lost, so as to fall into it and cannot leave. This is also the reason why many crossroads in remote places are prone to ghosts hitting the wall, and the living will go to the underworld, and the dead will meet the living. ”
"Almost all funeral weddings do something at the crossroads, or light a string of cannonballs, or throw some coins. Funerals are done to guide the way, and marriage is for good luck. When something bad, the sound of firecrackers is a warning, and coins are a way to buy money. And when you meet a good one, this is the tribute money. ”
"There are also some deviations, saying that throwing money at the intersection can throw away bad luck. The premise is that there happens to be a good one at that intersection. If you encounter evil ghosts, not only will you not be able to throw away bad luck, but you will also be hated. Only good ones will help you. ”
"Actually, there's nothing good or bad. The vast majority of them can only be regarded as ghosts, they probably only remember some of the more important memories of life, and they will fade more and more as time passes, and when they completely forget it, that is, when they disappear. My so-called evil is that I don't want to forget, turn my obsession into evil thoughts, and force myself to continue, and most people who have resentment will do this, because they can't let go of it, and they hold grudges. ”
"As for the good and the kind, there are more harsh conditions, but the one just now is a good one, and he stopped our car to tell us that if we continue to go, there will be danger."