Hearing Lao Qiu say this, I couldn't help but want to go to the gate to see.

Bai Kai probably thought I was going to open the door and dragged me back. Whispered, don't go, I know what's going on.

Saying that, he pulled me to a corner, and saw that Lao Qiu was still very weak and couldn't get up, so he said: "There are ghosts here today, it stands to reason that this place should not appear, I think the old man used some means." ”

I looked at Bai Kai puzzled and asked him, is that to control Lao Qiu? What if he runs out and opens the door?

Bai Kai said that he was not in a hurry first, and Lao Qiu couldn't recover for a while. It's not safe to go out right now, and it's best to be in the house all the time.

When I saw this, I was worried. Now it's just that I heard that there might be something outside, and no matter what's outside, we're still spending time in the house, and it's no different than before.

After smoking a cigarette, I stared at Lao Qiu and asked Bai Kai what a ghost catch. Bai Kai probably felt bored, so he followed the conversation, and this time he was not talking about simple legends or allusions, but his own personal experience.

Bai Kai said that this ghost has been gathering since ancient times. It is not much different from the essence of our big living people, they all agree on good days, such as the seventh and fifteenth days of the new year, meet in one place, and spontaneously organize into a market. This is still the habit in most parts of our country.

The only difference is that this living people's market is where everyone brings their own vegetables, melons and fruits, cattle, sheep, pigs and chickens, or sewn clothes, shoes and tights. Come here to sell or barter.

The demons' bazaar, on the other hand, is where each person brings filthy things, such as winter clothes, chariots, horses, and livestock, to exchange or sell. Of course, this livestock is certainly not alive, to put it bluntly, it is just paper people, chariots and horses.

The reason why this situation occurs is because in ancient times, whether it was the restriction of medical conditions or the natural disasters caused by war, there would be a situation where many lonely souls and wild ghosts had no one to worship, and even some simply had no relatives at home, and could only wander alone in the world with hunger and cold.

This has been miserable, and naturally there have been good ones. This is true in all things in the world. Some of the filth is not worshipped, but some of the filth is prospering and very filial, and the things that are burned by this offering are endless and cannot be used up. So this filth will take the superfluous things here and exchange them, in exchange for what? For those poor and filthy 'luck in the afterlife'.

This 'luck in the afterlife' is just a general term, covering a lot of things, such as the ability to bless one's own children and grandchildren, the ability to give their children and grandchildren dreams, and even the exchange of people who will be born in the next life. All included.

To put it bluntly, this is actually just a transaction for each to take what they need, and there is no such thing as a zài deformed market, so this ghost market has always been very stable and has lasted for many years.

When Bai Kai first entered the industry earlier, he was brought by the master. His master is very strict, but Bai Kai is a person who does not like to follow the rules by nature, in short, he is a bad student. Therefore, there will always be some small contradictions between master and apprentice.

Many times the master was angry and didn't want to teach Bai Kai anymore, but he thought that Bai Kai was talented and smart, and if he didn't enter this industry, he would be blind. can only endure the little problems of Bai Kai again and again. Bai Kai happened to be an ignorant age at that time, and he thought that his master was afraid of himself, so he became even more serious.

Once, the master and apprentice went to hang a mirror with a large family, this family is very rich, is a farmer entrepreneur, in their own village to contract a large piece of land, built a large courtyard, this usually because most of our residences are buildings, and even if it is big, it is only 100 square meters, and in the city life people are relatively unbelieving in the majority of people, so few people hang mirrors. But this is completely different in the countryside, especially in such a large courtyard, there are sayings about how many mirrors are hung, where they are hung, and how big they are.

Originally, this matter was very simple, it was nothing more than a matter of hands. It stands to reason that you don't need a master to go out, and you can do it by yourself.

But it happened that this peasant entrepreneur had something to do with the master, who was confident in Bai Kai's ability, but he was afraid that his bad temper would offend others, so he had to follow.

Bai Kai was very young at the time, and he was at a time when he felt that he was a cow, but he was not recognized by society. So such a trivial matter The master also came, which made Bai Kai very unhappy, suffering from a bad face-to-face attack, so he could only secretly be lucky in his heart.

On that day, they hung a total of thirteen large and small mirrors, and the last one was to be hung on the square beam, which was an allusion to the high hanging of the mirror, and the town house was to ward off evil spirits. The main beam is very high, and it is definitely inconvenient for the master to go up, so he can only open it in vain.

So Bai Kai set up a small ladder and went up to work.

It is said that the mirror will be over after hanging, but Bai Kai was on the beam of the house and saw a basket of red eggs hidden by the family. This is very important in their local customs, where the eggs are hatched with chicks, the word 'hatch'. High on the beam, the word 'high'. Added together, it means 'high blessing'.

This thing is released and must not be touched. Otherwise, in the local saying, this high blessing moves, and someone sends it. It's that the family is going to die.

Bai Kai didn't know this, but because of curiosity, he actually reached out and touched it. In fact, he is not completely unmeasured, and he does not have any force in his hands. That Gao Fu is also unmoved. But this scene happened to be watched by his master at the bottom, and he was afraid that Bai Kai would miss out on trouble, so he immediately scolded Bai Kai below.

Bai Kai himself came with anger, and after holding it for a day, he was suddenly scolded by the master so badly. Immediately turned his face. The mirror was no longer hanging, and the man slipped down the ladder and ran straight out.

At that time, Bai Kai's idea was to rely on his ability to mix in the rivers and lakes, but it turned to darkness outside, and he was never willing to go out of the village. After the impulsive energy passed, all I thought about was the good things of the master. In the end, Bai Kai also realized that he was wrong, and after it was dark, he went back to the house and apologized to the master.

Although the master was choked with anger, he still had to do the work. After a few reprimands, he let Bai open again.

Bai Kai hung up the mirror this time, and just about to come down, he saw some walking figures in the mirror, but he turned around but couldn't find it. He knew that it was mostly filth, but he was a little curious, this house was newly built, how could there be so much filth walking around the house.

Coming down from above, Bai Kai told the master about it. The master can't be angry at this time, teacher, teacher, teaching and solving doubts is his duty. Just tell sù Bai Kai, this is tonight there are ghosts rushing to the market, explained.

This is all done, because there was an episode in the middle, which took a lot longer than expected. Seeing that the time was so late, the family didn't want to let people go back, so they simply asked the master and apprentice to stay overnight. The master did not refuse, so the two of them slept in the guest room.

After late at night, Bai Kai tossed and turned, thinking about the ghost gathering all the time.

He has been to this ghost market a lot, that is, before dawn, the hazy and dark time, it is also a market, the legend says that this ghost market is mixed, there are filth, there are tomb robbers who sell stolen goods, there are shady intelligence transactions, all kinds of things. But Bai Kai didn't think it was interesting at all.

And this time he finally met a fresh one, and he couldn't help but be a little excited.

He whispered the name of the master, and when he saw that the master was asleep, he quietly slipped out of the house alone, holding a mirror along the way, and using the reflection of the mirror to recognize the way.

Bai Kai himself is not an ordinary person, and it is easy to find the location of the ghost market. Walking in, a little disappointed. One is that there are no living people in this bazaar after all, and it is not lively at all. The second is that you can't see anything with the naked eye, and you can only roughly distinguish some figures in the mirror.

I walked back and forth in it, and I didn't encounter anything interesting. The cool night made him very uncomfortable, and he was about to go back quietly. But he saw a living man, also wandering around this place. The figure is vague, but it seems to be smoking, and there is a bright spot in the position of the head.

Bai Kaixin thought that he had met a colleague, and thought about the past to smoke a cigarette, but when the master looked at it during the day, he didn't dare to bring a cigarette on his body. This is when the addiction to smoking is committed.

He took a few quick steps behind the man and reached out to pat the man on the shoulder.