"Happy New Year!" Happy New Year! These words appear on the street, on the phone, and in text messages, which indicates that the new year is coming, and the atmosphere of the new year is filled around.

Since the last time Long Dao Ling returned to the human world from the abyss of hell, the Hundred Ghost Office has also resumed normal operation, and he still continues the various commissions of the Exorcist website as before, this time is also the most relaxed time for Long Dao Ling, of course, he has not met You Rou at this time.

However, before you know it, it is the end of the year, and it is also the biggest festival of the year - Spring Festival, tonight is Chinese New Year's Eve, on this day, the streets and alleys are full of people's cordial greetings, many people who work outside and study have returned to their relatives to reunite with them, this day is also a happier day for people.

Long Daoling's side is no exception, he did not go back to his hometown this time, but he has sent a lot of New Year's goods to his aunt in advance, and he also called his aunt and uncle to pay New Year's greetings in advance.

For the hundred ghosts, this is a festival for human beings, and it doesn't seem to have anything to do with them, but living with Long Daoling makes them feel that they are no different from humans, and now it's good, Long Daoling called everyone back to the office early in the morning and ordered everyone to have a small meeting.

At this time, the hundred ghosts gathered in the courtyard, and Long Daoling said: "Everyone is with me from birth to death, I am fortunate to be able to return here from the abyss of hell to reunite with everyone, but the happiest thing for me is that it is rare to catch up with the Spring Festival now, and I must celebrate it well tonight, I decided to have a hundred ghosts reunion night tonight, and celebrate it well."

As soon as the hundred ghosts heard this, they all exploded and began to get busy, Long Daoling saw that it was still early, walked into the hall of the office, turned on the computer, and checked the task information of the website, sure enough, there were almost no supernatural events during the festival, maybe it was because of the popularity of this festival, and the ghosts would not come out to make trouble.

Zhang Yueyue, Nie Yun, Nie Xiaoqing, and a few of them who came back from the holiday were also very bored, listening to the song leisurely in the hall, Long Daoling also lit a cigarette, a lot of things have happened these days, in order to save Rosa and the Netherworld War, they also went to the abyss of hell, but it was really thrilling, fortunately, they were able to save the danger in the end, and this is still the power to win the Book of Hundred Ghosts.

At this time, Xiao Qian and Red Sleeves began to prepare tonight's meal, and they seemed a little busy, Rosa, the number one evil ghost in the ghost world, didn't know how to do these things, so she walked into the office and chatted with Long Daoling.

As soon as Rosa walked into the office, she immediately sat down in front of Long Dao Ling and asked, "Dao Ling, what you humans are talking about about the Spring Festival sounds very interesting, isn't it fun!" Long Daoling smiled slightly, and said: "That's for sure, this is our traditional festival, every year at this time, no matter who is immersed in a happy atmosphere, many places are closed for the New Year, even the commission is not there, it's strange, even the ghosts won't make trouble at this time, it's interesting!" ”

"Well, I also think that the yang energy in the world has been very strong recently, according to what you say, during the Chinese New Year, there will be no ghosts and monsters, and you will have free time to have fun with us!" Rosa replied with a smile.

Long Daoling nodded, and the red and green hideous ghosts standing guard at the door also listened to Long Daoling's words, and suddenly the red hideous ghost asked curiously: "Ghost master, is there something sheltering in this festival?" It's so magical, so to speak, humans are the safest during the Spring Festival, hahaha! ”

After hearing this, Long Daoling thought about it and said: "It doesn't seem to be, the Chinese New Year also has its related legends, and it is said that the past is different from the present, at this time, people are the most disturbing days, and it is also called the New Year's Pass, which means that they are going to experience some disasters!" ”

Unexpectedly, Long Daoling said this, which aroused their interest, and Rosa immediately said: "What legend, let's hear it!" The red and green hideous ghosts couldn't help but walk in, and the ghosts outside also learned that the ghosts were telling stories, and they ran in one after another.

Long Daoling smiled helplessly, the hundred ghosts look fierce and vicious, but their thoughts are the same as that of children, so they love to listen to stories, or not, just take it as a New Year's welfare, Long Daoling took a puff of cigarette and said: "Actually, I don't know much, it is said that in ancient times, there was a four-cornered and four-legged evil beast, a monster named "Xi", just like ghosts, due to the shortage of food due to heavy snow in winter, and often went to the nearby villages to find food, because of its huge body, short-tempered, fierce and abnormal, it brought great disasters to the villagers.

At the end of every month, it is like today's day, people organize their clothes to help the old and the young, go to the nearby bamboo forest to take refuge, and live this kind of day over and over again, at that time, people will think that today's day is a disaster day! ”

When Rosa heard this, she said: "Hehe, it's really interesting, I didn't expect that there are such five middle schools in the world, I want to see it!" Long Daoling said: "If this is the case, then there must be a good show to watch, but the story is not over yet!" ”

Long Daoling took another puff of cigarette and continued: "However, one year, on the day of this disaster, when the people of the village were packing up their things and fleeing, they met a child about seven or eight years old on the road, who fell hungry on the side of the road.

There was a kind old woman who woke up the child, and wanted to take the child up the mountain to avoid the evil beast "Xi", this smart child and the old woman followed the people in the village to the bamboo forest behind the village, because of the cold in the bamboo forest in winter, everyone was so cold that they cut down the bamboo to build a house, and burned the fire to keep warm.

At this time, the child asked everyone curiously: "Our bamboo forest is so close to the village, aren't we afraid that we will come here at night?" One of the old men replied, "When I was young, I came here with my fellow villagers to take refuge in the evening, and in the years when the snow was very heavy, I chased after him because I was very hungry, but every time I saw the villagers cutting bamboo in this bamboo forest, they hurried away." ”

The child thought for a moment and told everyone, "I have a way to get rid of this 'Xi' beast, so that everyone will not have to come out and flee every month from now on." ”

Everyone was very happy to hear this, and asked him for the method, and this clever boy told everyone to cut more bamboo and take it with them, and the whole village could go home tonight! Hang a red cloth outside the door of your house, and it will not come again after dawn tomorrow, and the villagers listened to the child's words in disbelief, and the old man of the village took them back to their homes.

Soon it was night, and the villagers were afraid that no one would dare to sleep, so they went to the open space in the middle of the village to guard some broken bamboo knots brought back from the bamboo forest, except for hanging red cloth strips outside their own doors.

In the cold weather, everyone lit a fire to keep warm, and when they were hungry, they brought out some food...... In the middle of the night, a huge roar was heard, and everyone shrank in fear. Then the clever boy suddenly stood up and said, "I'll go and bring him in, and then we will throw into the fire the broken bamboos that we have been keeping watch all night on." ”

Before the kind old woman reached out to pull it, the child had already come to the entrance of the village, and the child saw that Xi was breaking into the village and destroying a lot of things, so he shouted loudly: "You guy, you come here every year, so that the people can't live and work in peace and contentment, today I must give you something powerful!" ”

When Xi heard the child's cry, he followed the sound and chased after him, but he didn't dare to enter when he saw that the red cloth was hanging on the walls of the house, so he followed the child's voice and endured the hungry belly to the open space in the middle of the village.

Then the child said loudly, "Folks, throw broken bamboo into the fire!" ”

But everyone had already stood there because they were afraid, and this "Xi" instantly picked up the child with his horn and threw it heavily on the ground. The villagers reacted to the sound of the child falling to the ground and threw bamboo knots into the fire.

Since it was not long after felling, the wet bamboo knots burst one after another when they encountered the fire, and they crackled! "Xi" turned around when he heard this sound, and did not damage anything in the village again.

When the day dawned, "Yu" was frightened away by the sound of the bamboo joints thrown into the fire by the people bursting, and the residents were saved because of the red stripe hanging in front of the door, but the people were not happy in their hearts. Because the clever child who saved the village was picked to death by "Xi". And this day is the first day of the first lunar month. This clever child, his name is "Nian".

Because the "Xi" did not die, so every year on the third day of the lunar month, everyone guards the broken bamboo festival and waits, hoping to get rid of the "Xi" as soon as possible. But a year has passed, no one has ever seen the "Xi" again, some are just the firecrackers and the red cloth hanging in front of the door to prevent the arrival of the "Xi", but it has left us this legend and the customs of the New Year:

On the night of the moon, everyone gathered together to eat the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, and waited for the bell of Chinese New Year's Eve. Set off firecrackers and stick door couplets. Wait until dawn to visit each other's neighbors, give greetings and blessings, etc. On the morning of the first day of the new year, the villagers visited each other to see if the neighbors were injured and said some auspicious and kind words, hoping that the "eve" of the lunar month in the coming year would not come again. ”

When he said this, the big-headed ghost and the unkempt ghost looked very moved, and said: "That child named "Nian" is really a good child, it's a pity! Rosa said, "It's not because those humans are timid and afraid that the child died in vain, but in the final analysis, they killed the child!" ”

The red hideous ghost said suspiciously: "Logically speaking, that guy named "Xi" is so powerful, because he suddenly disappeared like this, and he was not eliminated, I really can't figure this out!" “

Long Daoling looked at them as if he was doing a book review, and then said with a smile: "Don't be so serious, this is just a story, a legend, I don't know if it's true or not, okay, the story ends here, we have to celebrate tonight." Then the demons dispersed.

Time flies, and all of a sudden it is night, and every household is immersed in the joy of the reunion dinner, and the Hundred Ghost Office is still the same, and everyone is drinking happily.

As the minutes and seconds passed, a light crossed the dark night sky, and a young man of about seven or eight years old appeared on the silent street, thinly dressed, looking very weak, and seemed to be walking blindly.

On the other side of the city, a group of young people who had just finished their New Year's dinner were walking home, they were very happy tonight, a little drunk, and as they walked, a roar rang out from far to near, making them shiver.

One of the young men wiped his drunken eyes unknowingly, pointed to the distance, and said tremblingly, "There are monsters!" When the other young men heard this, they saw a black shadow with a long tentacle head, eyes like brass bells, and sharp teeth, and this black shadow exuded eyes like those of wild beasts.

When the young men saw this, they immediately ran away, but in the darkness they heard only the screams of being attacked・・・・・