Chapter 19: A Hundred Ghosts
Baby, represents a new life and purity, however, the extreme of the extreme is often easy to become another extreme, throughout the ages, as long as it is a baby ghost, will be an absolutely terrible existence, because the baby's soul is clear, if there is hatred, it is easy to be all impregnated, so that the resentment formed may even be more terrifying than the old ghost, and the baby represents a new life, blessed by heaven and earth, after death, it is cursed by heaven and earth, the two contrasts make them if they are ghosts, they will directly become the most powerful and terrible beasts! For example, Xiao Xuan's evil baby, when it was just born, it was necessary to make a Taoist leader like Lin Zhengying sacrifice himself to pull it to the end!
In the same way, refining this kind of Shikigami that looks like a baby is also the same thing; Before death, the Onmyoji first brutally ravaged these babies, forcing these babies to feel the ultimate human pain before they were born, and then died with the greatest hatred for the world, and finally under the protection of the Onmyoji, they turned into fierce ghost babies, and refined into Shikishen, becoming a powerful tool under their own hands!
At this moment, the two gods stared at Zhang Yu coldly, and the resentment in those eyes was so thick that it was terrifying.
It's just that Zhang Yu was specially sharpened by Xiao Xuan with an evil baby in a dream, compared to the evil baby, no matter how terrifying these two gods are, they also have a little less taste, just like a person who has tasted the full banquet of the Manchu and Han Dynasty, and then goes to eat other ordinary banquets, there will always be a little less sense of surprise.
The two gods stretched out their hands, intending to catch Zhang Yu. An invisible force shrouded Zhang Yu, trying to completely suppress Zhang Yu, but Zhang Yu raised his eyebrows, I don't know if it was because of the palace, but with a touch of ...... The spiritual power turned into a leather whip and whipped everywhere, directly scattering all the invisible power shrouded around him!
However, it was just an appetizer just now, and the two god dolls pulled their hands apart together, and a picture scroll was immediately opened, and the painting scroll was not big. But there are so many characters in it. It can even be described as dense, and there is a terrible deterrent force scattered on the picture scroll!
This is not an ordinary picture scroll, this is a hundred ghosts nocturnal diagram!
The Heian period in Japan was a dark and unclear one. An era when humans and youkai coexist. Where youkai live. It overlaps with the place where humans live, except that humans are active during the day. The youkai appear at night.
This feeling can be seen in Hayao Miyazaki's movie "Spirited Away", although the theme park that is uninhabited during the day has become a ruin, but at night, the lights are on, and the monsters appear one after another.
At that time, in Kyoto, when night came, the whole road was empty, and many strange-shaped yokai appeared at this time, like the procession of a temple fair, with hideous faces, walking on the main road, known as the "Hyakki Night Walk", and some of them were like broken teapots, pots and pans paraded through the streets at night, and it was said that those who witnessed it were cursed and died for no reason.
Legend has it that on the night of Obon, a hundred candles are lit, and several people sit around and take turns telling ghost stories, and when they blow out one candle after telling the story, they will see the hundred ghosts walking at night.
The phenomenon of Hyakki's nocturnal walk reflects the social situation in Japan before the lockdown period, due to the prosperity of overseas trade, the abundance of handicrafts from the Big 6, so people began to not know how to cherish things, and the older generation of people because of the lack of materials, always maintained the concept of cherishing things, and believed that the phenomenon of Hyakki nocturnal walking was the death of the mourning god who came to the world to make trouble, and it was not until the Muromachi period that the concept of the mourning god gradually took shape.
Fu Fushen is to use the yin and yang changes of the environment to make the utensils incarnate into ghosts in the natural world to cause chaos in the world. Although people were extremely frightened of Fu Fu Shen at first, it was not long before people regarded Fu Fu Shen as an after-dinner pastime, which greatly reduced the awe-inspiring mystery that they originally had.
In Japan, it is said that if an object is used 99 times by its owner, it will become a spirit, and if it is abandoned, it will cause resentment. This kind of monster turned into a spirit is generally called Fu Fushen.
And the Hundred Ghosts Nocturnal Chart is a kind of table that integrates this impression into the scroll, and there is not only one Hundred Ghosts Nocturnal Diagram, and even as long as the Onmyoji who is a little higher in the Tao is a little higher, he can draw his own Hundred Ghosts Nocturnal Diagram, but the number and strength of the ghosts in the picture are determined by the personal strength of the Onmyoji, and it is rumored that the most terrifying Onmyoji can even depict the Eight Miscellaneous Snakes and even the Phantom of Anameasu into their own Hundred Ghosts Nocturnal Diagram.
Zhang Yu is now facing this hundred ghosts nocturnal map, of course, there is no kind of horror that can accommodate the eight big snakes and the phantom of Amaterasu, but it is also extraordinary, at the moment when the scroll is opened, Zhang Yu's whole person's spiritual power is like being actively trapped in the spiral nest, and then into a novel world, here, a gray patch, occasionally there can be a low roar that belongs to the ghosts, the atmosphere is very terrifying.
"Hehe, that's interesting."
Zhang Yu didn't feel too scared, he knew that his whole person's spirit was now trapped in this Hundred Ghosts Night Walking Diagram, but after all, he was a spiritual strengthener, and his mental state was his most powerful and confident state, but at this time, he couldn't help but make an orchid finger, and he quickly put his finger down after being presented, and at the same time, Zhang Yu couldn't help but shake his head, thinking that if he didn't return to the main god space earlier to repair his body, he would really have a tendency to go to the east to be undefeated.
At this moment, the fog beside Zhang Yu dispersed, and a mirror appeared, which was a cloud mirror!
A cloud mirror is a mirror that reflects images of distant places, much like today's televisions or crystal balls used by gypsies for divination. It belongs to a kind of Fu Fu God, which is a monster that the mirror has transformed into after a hundred years, also known as the mirror demon. Some people also say that the tanuki demon is transformed into a raccoon demon outside the cloud, when the tanuki's stomach is swollen. When it is as light as the image tube of a television, you can freely show the scene in the distance.
The famous yokai painter Toriyama Shiyan once wrote that the cloud mirror is often confused with the demon mirror, because the demon mirror can reflect the monster that is invisible to the naked eye, which is somewhat similar to the strange face that the cloud mirror can reflect. It is said that on the night of the 15th day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar, a crystal basin is filled with water and a mirror is placed flat on the surface of the water.
Zhang Yu looked at the cloud mirror, and now he was covered in blood and depressed in the mirror. His eyes were full of light. It seems that his life is short, and the content in this mirror can easily give people an illusion of believing it, as if everything presented in it is true. And it couldn't be more real! But Zhang Yu just smiled. Reach out to the mirror and flick your bangs a few times. Just use it purely as an ordinary mirror, he will not be fooled by a mirror, otherwise it would be too underestimated for his current ability Zhang Yu. Zhang Yu is not very strong in the Chinese team, this is compared with Xiao Xuan's pervert, if there is no comparison with Xiao Xuan, with Zhang Yu's current spiritual strength plus the benefits and tempering obtained in the dream, his ability should not be underestimated!
Immediately afterwards, a slippery ghost appeared in front of Zhang Yu, who humbly greeted Zhang Yu Qian'er, and walked towards Zhang Yu step by step, with a good attitude, which made people feel very familiar and trusting.
Slippery head oni (slippery scoop, ghost fooling around) is a type of yokai in Japan, derived from the guest god (alien god) in Japanese folklore. Towards the end of the evening, be extra careful with strangers who come suddenly. In particular, the well-dressed old man, dressed in black feathers, with a sword for self-defense at his waist, looked quite majestic. If he comes to visit, don't let him in, or you'll be in trouble. He may sit down and never want to get up again, this is the monster slippery scoop that will not leave.
There is also a detailed record of the "Illustrated Japanese Yokai" written by the well-known Japanese manga artist Mr. Shigeru Mizuki. When the members of the family were busy with dinner, a person appeared out of nowhere, swaggering into the living room, drinking tea as if nothing had happened. Even, he will pick up the master's pipe and smoke calmly, and those who don't know still think that he is the host's guest and dare not slack off.
At first glance, the top of his head is bare, not even a head, like an old monk in the temple, from his outfit looks like a rich businessman, walking like a rich man's uncle, but he doesn't know what his true identity is, even if he asks, he doesn't say, and his taciturn attitude is daunting. No matter who he entered, he treated it as if it was his own, completely ignoring the gazes of others, feeling like he had come to cheat and cheat, and when the owner of the house came back and asked, he realized that something was wrong.
Like this kind of unpleasant guest, it seems unkind to drive him away, and if you don't drive him away, you will cause trouble to the people at home, which is really nerve-wracking! It is said that the fool is always the leader of the monsters, that is, the leader of the monsters, and if there is a quarrel or dispute between the monsters, they will ask him to administer justice. In this way, it is understandable why his actions are so bold and rampant. Legend has it that the real face is an octopus, which looks like an old man, is characterized by a bald lady, and wears a high-end and tasteful kimono. In the busy evening, they will sneak into people's homes quietly and leisurely sip tea, as if they were in their own homes. When the owner sees it, he can't help but think, "He is the master of our house", and not only will he not drive him out, but he will also give him a warm welcome.
A slippery scoop that knows how to take advantage of people's weaknesses is a monster who is cunning by nature. The wonderful thing is that he does not harm others, and he sticks to his own principles, and only appears when everyone is busy, and everyone has no time to see his appearance. Maybe it's because he's the leader of the monsters, so he chooses a place with a lot of people to visit the people every now and then.
was "intimidated" by the cloud mirror first, and then this slippery ghost, Zhang Yu also looked bare, directly thousand, stretched out his hand, hugged the arm of the slippery ghost, looking like a good brother, which made the slippery ghost speechless for a while, and his whole face became blue, from the perspective of calculating people's hearts, this slippery ghost is really not as good as Zhang Yu, who has natural abilities and specializes in psychology.
In this way, he walked for a while with the slippery head ghost in his arms, and a monk appeared in front of him, the monk's face was very white and tender, and he was a scene of a master, but Zhang Yu did not color it at all, and his spiritual power burst out. turned into a big wolf dog, roaring towards the monk, this is the spiritual world, it is the world in the nocturnal diagram of a hundred ghosts, these things are actually illusory and have no substance, so Zhang Yu can naturally make his spiritual power visible.
As soon as the monk saw the big wolf dog, he didn't even have time to say anything and ran away, and ran and became a fox.
Legend has it that there is a mountain in Yamanashi Prefecture called Yumeyama at the foot of the mountain. There are hunters who make a living by selling foxes they hunt. Many foxes in Dream Hill were killed by Orion. The last fox of sorrow became the abbot of the temple. Say to the Orion, "Don't kill, this gold is for you, don't be an Orion anymore". Orion stopped hunting for a while, but for a living. You have to hunt. So I went to the temple to discuss with the abbot. The abbot said the same thing to him, and Orion went home. But this abbot was a fox, and this fox lived in the temple as abbot for the next 5o years. Someday. The two dogs of the samurai who came to this temple to see the cherry blossoms (Tai Nai Takeshi and Kiji) saw through the true face of the abbot and killed the host, that is, the old fox who became the host. Therefore, the abbot who becomes a fox is called the White Lord, and if there is a mage who behaves like a fox, he is called the White Lord.
However, the matter is far from over, at this time, after the fog, a woman with a longbow aimed at Zhang Yu, her body of heroic aura, even if she becomes a ghost, also confirms the sentence "life is a masterpiece, death is also a ghost".
In ancient times, it was called "Momiji Hunting" to see the autumn leaves in the wild mountains, and it was an activity that was valued by everyone from the court to the common people. Japanese people prefer the vitality of the "maple leaves are red in February", and when viewing the autumn leaves, they often can only look at the autumn leaves, but they cannot gaze quietly, and it is said that the color of the autumn leaves is dyed red by the blood of the maple ghosts. The death anniversary of the Kaede Oni is the day after the Momiji Festival.
Legend has it that Miss Momiji, who is known as the Togakure Ghost Girl, can be said to be peerless than the wine-swallowing boy.
The young red leaves' real name is Wu Ye, and their body comes from the sixth day of the Moli Zhitian (one says that the sky is free). Although Wu Ye, who was carefully cared for and grew up, was born like a flower, he unfortunately also alluded to the word femme fatale. A few years later, Wu Ye married into a nearby wealthy family, but the bride was actually just a doppelganger of the demon girl.
After that, Momiji changed her name and became the concubine of Gen Jingji (Yorimitsu's grandfather). Soon, Jingji's wife suddenly fell seriously ill, and ghosts appeared in the house from time to time. Sensing Momiji's conspiracy, the son of Keizi immediately chased Momiji to Togakushi.
However, after Momiji arrived in Togakure, he gathered a group of former nobles who were dissatisfied with the imperial court (most of them were descendants of the remnants of the Heishomon Party), and they were overbearing in the township, burning and looting. When the news reached the capital, the emperor immediately ordered Taira to go on a crusade.
The rest of the story of course ends with "the power of justice cannot be ignored": although Momiji resisted with the power of the Sixth Heavenly Demon King, Wei Mao, who held the sword of demon slaying and subduing the world, didn't care - so Momiji, who had the sad wish to calm the world, had to temporarily hide in the Six Realms; Hundreds of years later, he reappeared in the form of a man, and his new name was Oda Nobunaga, and Oda Nobunaga almost single-handedly ended a great era in Japan and ushered in a new era.
Aiming at Hongye with a bow, this is naturally a thing that makes people's scalp numb, but Zhang Yu hugged the slippery ghost, which is equivalent to getting a talisman, the slippery ghost has a relatively high status among the hundred ghosts, even if it is Hongye, he does not dare to shoot Zhang Yu at the risk of accidental injury, and he is still very jealous, which also shows Zhang Yu's previous cleverness.
Stretched out his hand and patted the slippery ghost's face, and said, "Brother, I have to rely on you to walk in front, otherwise I'm really scared in my heart." ”
The slippery ghost had a bitter face, and when he encountered this master who played cards out of common sense, he had no choice but to walk in front of Zhang Yu, and consciously acted as a human body shield.
Gradually, it seems that it has not been able to catch the opportunity, and the figure of Momiji gradually disappears into the mist.
After walking for a while, Zhang Yu looked around, the scenery was almost the same, a large gray area, and he didn't know when he would go to a head, he directly kicked the slippery head ghost and asked, "Where is the exit?"
The slippery ghost's old face folded into a chrysanthemum, and he said with a cry: "If I knew where the exit was, why didn't I go by myself." ”
"Phew, you are stupid to me, you are just a wisp of soul imprint, there is no substance, you know that you can parasitize in this hundred ghosts nocturnal diagram, if you go out, without the sustenance of the hundred ghosts nocturnal diagram, you will directly and completely dissipate, so for you, knowing the exit is no different from not knowing the exit, if you told me the truth directly, maybe I will still believe you, but you actually tried to deceive me with lies, which directly made me sure of one thing, that is, you know where the exit is, come, obediently, Sue me, otherwise I may not have the strength to exterminate all the ghosts here, but you are right in front of me, right under my nose, and it is more than enough for me to kill you and completely erase your soul mark. ”
Zhang Yu directly threatened, and because he had just cut off Xiao Dingding, his masculinity was a little leaked, and the whole person had an extra layer of feminine feeling and taste, threatening people, and the effect was even better.
The slippery ghost had a look of horror on his face, and finally had to speak; "Where the eye can't see, that's the exit."
As soon as the slippery head finished talking nonsense, many big white wolf dogs and mountain boys suddenly ran out from all directions.
Mountain boys, as the name suggests, are mountain demons, haunting the deep mountains and old forests, and they are very frequent in the area of Kyushu Island (not only on the border of Kyushu Island, but also in autumn and winter in other places). Because of their many connections with kappa, there are also some local sayings that kappa are kappa, and it is generally believed that kappa become a kappa when they enter the mountains in autumn. Legend has it that after the kappa entered the mountain, not only the name changed, but also the form and nature of the body changed greatly, so the mountain boy and the kappa can be considered two completely different monsters.
The dog god itself refers to the ghost of the dog, and there are many theories about the origin of this "dog god". Legend has it that if you put delicious food in front of a dog that has been tied up in advance, but you don't untie the rope and give it to eat, the more desperately it struggles to eat the food, the more concentrated it will become, and then it will cut off the dog's head and throw it far away. Or sacrifice the dog's head first, and then throw it on the rocks in the sea and other distant places, and the dead soul of the dog will be haunted, and it can be used as a dog god, and Bai'er is a youkai who serves the dog god with a child-like appearance, and it is said that it is the soul of those children who are bitten to death by dogs.
These two groups of ghosts are a lot of people, and the strength is also very strong, and they attacked Zhang Yu together, Zhang Yu was also ready to continue to put the slippery head ghost in front of him as a human shield to prevent these beasts from coming, but unfortunately, it seems that the ghosts are also divided into factions, this slippery head ghost is estimated to be very familiar with the faction of the red leaves, but it is not familiar with the faction where the mountain boy and the dog god are located, so the slippery head ghost in front of him was torn into pieces by the two dog gods and devoured, which made Zhang Yu also in a hurry, It's just that the spiritual power turned into an incomparably thick leather whip, and under the continuous wave, the dog god and the mountain boy were all pulled out by Zhang Yu, however, at this moment, the leather whip in Zhang Yu's hand was inexplicably bitten, and the one who bit the leather whip in Zhang Yu's hand was not someone else, but also a ghost, called Erkou.
It is recorded in "Hundred Ghosts Night Walking": Women are indecent, defecate in the open, have husbands stealing people, and lewd * obscene are revealed by the Inari god, and possessed by the family
A child who has died (less than 2 years old) and kills his own child will be possessed by the child, and a bite will appear in the back of the neck, and he will not stop eating, and will eventually be eaten to death by the possessed person (it can also be said to be supported to death). It's a very dangerous youkai, and even if there is a dead child near where you live, it is possible to be possessed.
There are also monsters that appear in famous folk tales, the position of the mouth is said to be on the top of the head, but it is correct to grow near the back of the neck, this mouth is longer than the mouth in front, and you can eat several times the amount of things, usually the mouth is covered by the head, when there is no one, if there is food in front of you, you will use the head as a tentacle and eat the food, at this time, the two women are actually devouring the leather whip that Zhang Yu conjured up with her spiritual power, and she looks like she is relishing, this time, Even Zhang Yu, who had always been very indifferent, was a little flustered and retreated again and again. (To be continued!)
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