Wang Xiaohu has to ask again, the old man has already carried two bowls of noodles out of the kitchen, Wang Xiaohu also brought two bowls of noodles out when he saw this, the hot oily noodles are comparable to any delicacy in the world for people who have been hungry all night, one bowl per person, eating with hula la is called a hot, Xiong Chao is the team leader, he has a lot to worry about, while eating, he is close to the old man: "Uncle, in the barren mountains and wilderness, why are you guarding a small shop alone, children?" ”

The old man took out a dry tobacco pouch, stuffed it with tobacco, lit the fire, and took a deep breath: "I am an old widow and widow, with no children and no daughters, so I live on a small shop." ”

For an old man of this age, it is very desolate to have no children, Xiong Chao also felt that his question was a bit abrupt, smiled awkwardly, ate his mouth, and asked again: "Uncle, we want to go up the mountain, but we are lost, you always give me guidance on how to go up the mountain." ”

The old man took a puff of smoke, squinted his eyes, and asked half-deadly, "What are you going up the mountain for?" ”

"These three are guests from Japan, and I want to go up there and see them."

"It's a battlefield above, and it's a ghost soldier." When the old man said this, there was suddenly something more in his eyes, he took a deep breath of dry smoke, and said: "Those who died on it were all anti-Japanese fighters, and the three Japanese went up, and they rushed to the day of Qingming, so they were not afraid of seeing evil things?" Loyal and brave, still there. ”

The old man said heavily, Xiong Chao grinned and said: "Uncle, I also know what you said, but that was how many years ago, and the three Japanese did not come to worship, they were ordinary tourists, and they went up and down, uncle, if you know the road, you will show me the way." ”

"There's no way to go, there's no way to go, it's noisy on it, it's cloudy and rainy, you can still hear the shouts of fighting, there are a lot of loyal souls buried on it, you can't go up, you can't go up, you can't go up, the next generation, listen to my little old man's advice, there's nothing fun on it, stay up until dawn in my small shop, go back, there's nothing to see......"

Listen to people's persuasion, eat a full meal, this kind of ghost weather, wind and rain non-stop, overnight rush can only be looking for death, not to mention that in addition to the dilapidated old Great Wall on the mountain, there are no scenic spots, it is not worth rushing overnight, today is Qingming, there are not a lot of strange things along the way, the old man has lived here for decades, he said that there must be a source for the Yin soldiers on the mountain, it is better to believe it or not.

What is the most important responsibility of a tour leader? It is the safety of the guests, and all the premise is to unfold within a safe range, Xiong Chao wants to stay up in the small shop until dawn, and find a hotel to rest tomorrow, so he said to the old man: "Xie Lu, thank you, uncle, we won't beat you today, borrow your small shop to rest and rest." As he spoke, he took out his wallet from his backpack and took out two hundred dollars and handed it to the old man.

The old man took the two red tickets, looked at them and said, "A bowl of noodles costs ten yuan, and there is no change to find you." ”

"There's no need to look for an uncle, the rest will be our accommodation money for one night here."

"There aren't so many beds."

"You don't need a bed, just sit on a stool." While talking, the old man put two hundred yuan in his pocket, and didn't say anything, turned around and walked towards the kitchen, opened the curtain, turned back to Xiong Chao and said: "You are a real person in your later life, listen to the old man's words, don't go out at night, stay here until dawn." With a sigh, he walked in.

Xiong Chao explained to the three Japanese, Yamashita Naomi translated the past, and the Yanagi brothers nodded again and again, which meant that everything was based on Xiong Chao, eating noodles, the whole body was a lot easier, followed by tiredness, full of food and drink, sleepiness upwell, although the shop was small, but it could block the wind and rain, a few people changed out of the wet clothes from the equipment they brought, chatted for a while, the language barrier was not interesting, and they all sat on the chairs and took a nap.

Xiong Chao is the team leader, took out the map and pondered, I don't know where the road is now, Wang Xiaohu came up and discussed the meeting, and there was no result, he was also tired enough, sitting on the chair against the wall, his legs were bent on the wooden stool in front of him, and he fell asleep in a daze, and he didn't know how long it took to enter the door, Wang Xiaohu shivered, opened his eyes, and saw that the wooden door was open when the road was open, and the big white rabbit stood at the door, the dim light in the store and the dark night outside, All of them are at the feet of the white rabbit, making the white rabbit seem to be standing in the two worlds of yin and yang, a pair of fiery red eyes look directly at the people in the house, and when he saw Wang Xiaohu wake up, he suddenly smiled at him and disappeared.

The expression on the white rabbit's face was quite rich, it was really like a person laughing, Wang Xiaohu was startled, looked at the people around him, there was one less Yanagi Masao, and hurriedly woke up Xiong Chao and said, "Brother Xiong, there is one person missing." Xiong Chao hurriedly got up, didn't see Yanagi Masao, was silent for a while, and said, "Maybe get up at night, his eldest brother and the translator are here, can he still go there?" ”

Wang Xiaohu nodded, he also felt that this was the case, he just wanted to say that he saw the white rabbit, he heard the sound of muttering outside, stood up and walked to the door to see, the old man under the eaves was burning paper, and in the fiery red light, the old man's face was very weird.

Wang Xiaohu looked down at the watch on his wrist, it was already more than eleven o'clock, and he looked up at the sky again, the weather was very bad, gloomy, think about it, it rained during Qingming, can the rainy weather be good? But he vaguely felt that today's weather was not good and not the same as usual, the sky was gloomy as if there was an incomprehensible anger, and the dark clouds were low, making people a little out of breath.

The oncoming cold wind made Wang Xiaohu erect the collar of his jacket, standing by the door and watching the old man burn paper, the old man seemed to have all his energy and energy used in burning paper, and he didn't feel that Wang Xiaohu was looking at him, he was engrossed in twisting the yellow paper, and muttered in his mouth: "Five hundred boys, five hundred virgins!" It's back! ”

What do five hundred boys and five hundred virgins mean? Wang Xiaohu couldn't understand it, looked at it carefully, and was stunned for a moment, the old man burned paper completely beyond his imagination, revealing weirdness everywhere. Generally speaking, if you burn paper money for a deceased loved one, it is best to go to the cemetery to burn it, and there is no need to draw "ten characters" or "circle symbols", and the loved ones will receive it completely. If you are sacrificing to a loved one who is far away and burns paper money, you can choose to burn paper money next to an intersection or in an open and quiet place.

If a woman burns paper, she should first draw a large circle, and this circle should also be opened, and the direction of the opening should be in the direction of the hometown or grave. The worshipper should kneel in the direction of the grave of the deceased at the back of the circle, bow three times, and then say a few words of sacrifice and wish before starting to burn paper money.

Drawing an "opening circle" is a symbol, which is an important step for a woman to burn paper for her loved ones. In Taoism, the "circle" is a kind of charm, if you burn paper money on the circle, no wild ghost or yin spirit can snatch the money.

The steps for a man to burn paper money for a loved one are: first draw a cross on the ground. Drawing a cross is a Taoist mantra. You can also draw a big circle outside the "cross", and you must also open an opening, which is called a double charm, burning paper money in the center of the charm, and other lonely souls and wild ghosts can't snatch it.

Burn paper money to draw symbols, women draw circles, leaving a small gap in the direction of the cemetery, and men draw crosses to burn paper money, no matter where the deceased are, they can receive this money. The purpose of drawing charms is to prevent other lonely spirits and wild ghosts from stealing money from their relatives. Therefore, when you want to officially burn paper money, you must set aside more loose paper money, and first incinerate it outside, which is called "sending away the outer worship".

But the old man burns paper, there is no obvious circle, this is one of them, the second is not squatting, but meditating cross-legged, the mouth is still chattering, and the expression is serious, there is no messy pile of ashes on the ground, there is an antique incense burner in front, the incense burner is burning incense as thick as three tail fingers, the incense mist is swirling, I saw the old man pull out a piece of red and yellow yellow paper.

The third is his method of burning paper, between the chatter, a piece of yellow paper flew up with his hand, and went to the three sticks of incense, boom! Then there was a breeze on the flat ground, and it spun away, and then it raised its hand, and it burned again, and there was another breeze on the flat ground...... And so on and so forth.

The strange thing is that there is no law at all in this wind and ground, it does not rotate in one direction, but in all directions, this detail makes Wang Xiaohu feel a chill from the bottom of his heart, and what makes Wang Xiaohu even more chilled is that the old man just threw out a piece of paper money, which did not burn instantly like other paper money, but quickly pasted it towards him, as if it was carried by the wind, and floated to his right shoulder, boom! Burst into flames.

Wang Xiaohu felt a slight heat in his right shoulder, and then it was cold, as if someone patted his shoulder, this kind of coldness was not cold, but cold, cold that penetrated deep into the bone marrow, and for a moment his whole body seemed to be frozen, and then he couldn't help shivering.

This trembling seemed to shake the cold out of the cold, and almost instantly Wang Xiaohu returned to normal, and then the old man threw out a piece of yellow paper, the yellow paper floated up, and inexplicably flew towards Wang Xiaohu again, but this time it was on the left shoulder! ignited, and then the feeling of being slapped reappeared, the same instant cold spread all over the body, the only difference was that this time Wang Xiaohu sneezed, and after the sneeze, he heard the old man sigh and said: "You want to see the excitement, look at it from a distance, what kind of excitement does a big living person make!" ”