Some people thank their father, and some people secretly say that they are fathers, and they are actually clear about these. The mouth of the people is worse than the defense of Sichuan, and my father can't gag other people's mouths, nor do he question others, and he has always let others comment.

In fact, since Grandpa's reputation has increased day by day, all kinds of lonely ghosts have bypassed the area of Thrush Village. The weak king has been here for a while, and it is indeed terrifying, but the weak king has never threatened anyone else.

Even if this man himself admitted that he had spoken ill of his father behind his back, his father was not angry or annoyed, and said: "Don't say such things, I know that all walks of life have their own difficulties, hunting, some people say that he hurts the creatures in the mountains; The one who drilled the well, some say that he destroyed the feng shui in the village; Farming, some people say that he put water from other people's fields; begging, some people say that he has lost the face of his fellow villagers. I've never been mad at you. ”

"Then why do you say that you want me to thank the person who saved my daughter, and not thank you? Don't you mean that you don't want to care, let me beg others? Isn't that still mad at me? The man asked.

Grandpa said helplessly: "Please listen to me." Your daughter's name is the Ghost Star, when a mortal encounters a Ghost Star, it is like a candle flame without a cover in the wild, once it encounters the wind and grass, the candle flame will flicker and extinguish, which is very dangerous. In fact, before you came to me, I knew that your daughter was the life of the Ghost Star. Just now I asked your daughter when she was uncomfortable and what her birthday was, and it was all to hide it from you. ”

"If you know, why are you hiding it from me?" The man was puzzled.

Grandpa said: "Last year, when your daughter was on her birthday, I went to the vicinity of your house and put three inches and three peach wood nails in the soil in the four directions of your house, southeast and northwest, in order to protect your daughter's candle life. Otherwise, you will not come to me for help today, but to report my funeral. I know that you have always had a problem with me, and some people advised you to come to me as soon as possible, but you were reluctant, so I never told you. ”

In fact, while many people come to Daddy's house for help, Daddy also takes the initiative to help those who don't come but need help to do something. This is an example. Luo Buzhai often persuaded him not to take care of everything one by one, and there was no way to avoid it when he came to the house. Those who didn't come, or even didn't come intentionally, may not remember your kindness if they help others. At this time, my father laughed at the habit that Luo Buzhai had developed in the radish village before, and he had to give you something before you could help someone do something.

The man was very grateful when he heard his grandfather say that he had secretly used a peach wood nail to protect his daughter's candle life. "Ma Xiucai really makes me ashamed. I talk about your bad things openly and secretly, and you help me secretly. He said.

Grandpa once said that people's hearts are unpredictable, not necessarily because people's hearts are complex and calculating, some people become Buddhas with one thought, and some become demons with one thought. But there are some people who don't need to guess in their hearts, and this kind of person is the one who often deliberately makes things bad. His human heart is inherently bad, even if you move him and help him, he may have the idea of not harming others at that time, but this kind of thought is like a dragonfly in water, and it will not be gone. Later, it was the person who helped protect his daughter's candle life who took the lead in rushing into the Ma family's old house during the chaos period, and after grabbing things, he took the lead in setting fire to the house, destroying the nearly century-old Ma family's old mansion.

Less than half a year after burning down the old house of the Ma family, his house caught fire, and his neighbors saw him escape from the fire, but he was covered in flames and burned alive in full view of everyone.

Fortunately, my grandfather and grandfather were locked up in the cowshed at that time, avoiding the suspicion of retaliation.

Some people speculate that he was set on fire by other people who secretly protected his father, some people speculated that it was not necessarily a person who protected his father, some people speculated that his accomplices who thought that the spoils were unevenly distributed when they robbed things in the Ma family's old mansion deliberately set fire, and some people speculated that he forgot to extinguish the stove in the kitchen with grass ash before going to bed.

And when Luo Buzhai saw the man in Laohe, he saw at a glance that the man's bones were very light, as light as grass ash, and he saw the fire on his body in a trance, so he guessed that the man would not die well and might die from the fire.

Grandpa doesn't have an external body like Luo Buzhai, and he can't see the weight of the person's bones just by his eyesight, and his mind is still on the ghost star of the person's daughter. Grandpa said: "My four peach wood nails are just an expedient measure, if you want to crack the ghost star, you have to use other methods and get a chance." I can only provide the means, but not the opportunities. ”

"What's that method?" The man asked eagerly.

Grandpa said, "You go back and make a bow and three arrows, the bow should be a willow bow, and the arrow should be a peach arrow." Then write your daughter's birth date on red paper, wrap it in cloth, and tie it to one of the arrows. After that, you look for a place with water and bridges, and the nearest one near here is the Old River Bridge. Place your bow and arrows at the bridge, and remember to go before dawn but when it is about to dawn. Then you wait for someone to pass by at the bridge. ”

"Waiting for whom?" The man asked.

"I don't know who was the first to pass by before dawn. It's up to your luck. This person is the person you are thankful for. But this person may not know what is going on when they see your bow and arrows. If I pass by a watery bridge and see a bow and three arrows, one of which has a cloth bag tied to it, I know that someone is trying to break the Demon Star. I would take my bow and arrows and shoot three arrows at the location of the ghost star in the sky, first two arrows without a cloth bag, and the last shot with a cloth bag tied. This will help you crack the Ghost Star Evil. ”

The man hurriedly interrupted his grandfather and said, "That's easy." Please get up early tomorrow morning, and when I have put away my bow and arrows, you can go to the old river bridge." ”

Grandpa shook his head and said, "Why do you say that you have to have a chance?" The difficulty is here, you can't let someone who knows the inside story deliberately go there to shoot arrows. The archer must not know whose birth date is in the cloth bag, and who is the person who is trying to crack the ghost star evil in order to succeed. In addition to that, the person must know that there is such a thing as a ghost star, and know where the ghost star is in the sky, so he must know the twenty-eight nakshatras very well and be familiar with astronomy. Without one of these conditions, it cannot be accomplished. ”

The man wept and said, "Oh my God! If it weren't for the collusion in advance, the sight of the bow and the arrow to know what was going on, and the understanding of the twenty-eight constellations, how could there be such a coincidence? ”

Grandpa sighed: "It's really difficult! But to crack the ghost star demon and save your daughter, there is only this way. Give it a try, it's better than nothing. ”

The man went back dejected.

After going back, the man's wife asked him if Ma Xiucai had promised to help.

The man told his wife what his father had said.

His wife, however, was not as depressed as he was, and immediately after hearing this, she excitedly told him to prepare a bow and arrows, and told him to go to the old river bridge early tomorrow morning to do this.

The man said to his wife that it was more difficult to meet these conditions than to ascend to the sky, and that it was in vain.

His wife said happily, since Ma Xiucai told you this, it means that he has a way, and then it depends on whether you are sincere or not. He's tempting you.

The man was overjoyed, and hurried to prepare a bow and arrows, and asked his wife to make a cloth bag with the eight characters of her daughter's birthday written on it.

After making these preparations, he found the peach wood nails that his father had tied last year in the southeast and northwest of his house, and only then did he know that what his father said was true.

The next morning, before dawn, the man came to the old river, put his bow and arrows at the bridge, and then hid himself under a locust tree on the opposite bank, quietly waiting for others to pass by.

He sat behind the locust tree and waited until it was already dark, and he hadn't seen anyone cross the bridge, so he couldn't help but scold Ma Xiucai a hundred and ten times in his heart, thinking that Ma Xiucai was deliberately playing him.

He got up from the damp ground and was about to walk out from behind the locust tree, when he saw a man walking not far ahead.

He was overjoyed, and hurriedly hid back behind the big locust tree to peek.

His wife told him that since Ma Xiucai had told him the method, he would not stand idly by, and would definitely find a way to save his daughter. Otherwise, Ma Xiucai wouldn't even tell them the method. Before he saw someone coming, he still suspected that Ma Xiucai was playing tricks on him, but as soon as he saw someone coming, he immediately thought that it was someone arranged by Ma Xiucai.

At that time, the surroundings were still gray, only silhouettes could be seen in the distant mountains, all kinds of small insects in the vicinity were still making all kinds of strange calls, and the sounds of birds and birds had begun to sound, but they were still sparse. The dew on the blades of grass is already dense, and stepping on it will leave a footprint.

At the junction of the bridge and the road, there is a lot of grass. The man who walked to the top of the bridge stepped on it, leaving footprints that seemed to sink into it.

He saw that the man's face was haggard, as if he had been afflicted by a serious illness, and he could not help but walk weakly, and if he had not seen the footprints formed by the dew that had been stepped on, he would have suspected that this man had come from the underworld.

Could it be that Ma Xiu would call such a person to come to the bridge to crack the ghost star? Hiding behind the locust tree, he was worried. He was afraid that the man would walk across the bridge without squinting.

The emaciated man's footsteps suddenly stopped.

The man hiding behind the locust tree held his breath, as if he was nervous when he saw his prey about to enter his trap.

The man at the head of the bridge apparently saw the bow and arrows on the ground. He was stunned for a moment, then without hesitation, he picked up his bow and arrow, then aimed at a certain position in the sky, then drew his bow and shot the arrow.

He shot three arrows in quick succession, with the one with the cloth bag coming last.

When he had finished shooting, he put his bow and arrow down and continued on his way. Maybe he felt that he had been delayed a little just now, and his pace was much faster than just now, as if he was going to an important appointment.

The people hiding behind the locust tree didn't dare to come out to thank them, and Ma Xiu only explained before that this kind of thing could not be colluded in advance, otherwise it would be invalid. He didn't know if it was taboo to say thank you after the arrow had been shot, so he simply waited until the man had gone before he came out from behind the tree to see the bow at the head of the bridge and the arrow that had fallen into the water of the old river.