Bang Lao Er, generally in the southwest region, such as Sichuan, Chongqing, Guizhou, Yunnan and other places of shouting, originally meant to block the road to rob people, rob people and rob money in a violent way, etc., in a broad sense, it is bandits. With the development of the times, there are no bandits and bandits now, but in the world of ghosts and gods, the second stick has always existed.

The second stick is actually a kind of lonely ghost, and the title of the second stick is just a title that people in the industry put on according to their actions. Most of them are people who can't die, or they have done a lot of evil things in their lives, so that they have no name and no share after death, they can't go to heaven, they can't go down to the earth, they can only wander aimlessly in the world, but it is miserable that no one pays tribute, so they go to rob other people's sacrifices. I once said a long time ago that when a person dies, a slightly more particular family will burn a pile of money paper when they are angry, called "down-gas money", this money is not used for memorials, but to collect the money paper ashes and put them into the small purse of the deceased's shroud. The money itself cannot be used, but is used to send away the "road money" of the looting ghost, and the imp who robs the money here refers to the second stick. But the existence of the second bin does not appear when the deceased is dead, it can be said that they are almost everywhere.

And we usually go to the grave to blow off firecrackers, and there is a big misunderstanding in this. Many people think that when you go to the grave, you are telling your deceased relatives that we are coming to sweep your grave. In fact, in the traditional funeral customs, the firecrackers on the grave are similar to the firecrackers during the New Year, the New Year is to let the sound of firecrackers scare away the New Year's beast, and the grave is to scare away the second stick who robbed the wealth. Maybe there are many people who have been entrusted with a dream have had a similar experience, one night dreaming of a deceased relative at home, saying that they have no money, no clothes, or lack of this or that, often after waking up from the dream, it is also regarded as an ordinary dream, in fact, if you think about it carefully, you will notice that the last time you went to the grave, there were no firecrackers. Of course, this is not absolute, but at least I've been in a lot of similar situations, and when they find me afterwards, they will tell me that they didn't blow off firecrackers.

So this means that when you think you are burning money and incense for your ancestors, in fact, your ancestors may not have received it and were robbed by the second stick on the road. Judging from the symptoms of Aunt Deng's daughter, it is a typical ghost disease, this is a rural area, and there is no other grave next to this grave, so the possibility of a lonely ghost and a wild ghost near the second is greater.

But a new problem is coming, the stick and the second pestering people will not follow them, because they do not belong to the human world, nor do they strictly belong to the other world, but wander between the two, shooting one shot at the other. So it's hard to find out which one is the specific "it", and I can't even be sure if it's "it" or "them" that is pestering the girl. At this time, Hu Zongren suddenly said to Aunt Deng, Auntie, give me your daughter's birthday and everything, and I will ask someone to help take a look. Aunt Deng said that this thing can still be seen? Is it a fortune teller? Hu Zongren said that it was not a fortune telling, but he took your daughter's eight characters and went to the yin to take a look.

I think it may be difficult for Aunt Deng to understand what it is for a while. Hu Zongren didn't elaborate with her, but just told her that your daughter's situation is more complicated at present, and if the two of us just rely on guessing, we will delay a lot of time, and maybe take a lot of detours, and now time is very precious, the sooner you figure it out, your daughter will suffer less. Listening to Hu Zongren's earnestness, Aunt Deng told us about her daughter's birthday, and after Hu Zongren typed it on his mobile phone, he used my mobile phone to call Granny Huang.

After picking up the phone, Hu Zongren began to pretend to be pitiful and said, godmother, do me a favor, Lao Li and I have encountered something at this time, and we can't find the reason, I need your help to take a look. I'll give you your birth date and name. After Hu Zongren explained for a while, Granny Huang said that Fu Yunni was there now, and she would call us back when there was an answer. After hanging up the phone, Hu Zongren said to Aunt Deng, then let's go back to your house first, this yin is very laborious, and you need to wait for a while. Aunt Deng said, will there be an additional charge? I couldn't help but laugh, this aunt is really real. Hu Zongren said, even if this is a gift, making money is one thing, but you can't make up a recipe to make money, the main purpose is to save your daughter.

At about 11 o'clock, Granny Huang still didn't call back. Hu Zongren waited a little anxiously, so he sent a text message to Fu Yunni to ask Granny Huang if she had done it, but Fu Yunni scolded her in a text message and said that you are panicked and have you eaten? Hu Zongren could only continue to wait and did not dare to make a sound. That's why I said that Hu Zongren is really cheap, and it will be uncomfortable if he is not scolded. At about half past eleven, Aunt Deng brought out some dishes from the kitchen, saying that there had been such a thing at home recently, and she didn't have the heart to prepare anything delicious. Hu Zongren and I also began to eat politely, although the meal was simple, but the authentic farmhouse taste was enough, Aunt Deng answered the phone halfway through the meal, and after hanging up the phone, she said to us, that Duan Gong came back from the town, and he would come back on a motorcycle.

This duangong is considered to be this family. In many places, the profession of Duan Gong is not very clear, they often use witchcraft to ask for children and rain in the countryside, people who use Taoism to subdue demons and eliminate demons, and people who use yin and yang to handle funerals for the dead are collectively called Duan Gong, but in fact, these three belong to three different religious sects, and witchcraft is Zhu You, that is, my own family. Taoism is Hu Zongren's main family, and Mr. Yin and Yang are mostly very miscellaneous, and they know some Taoism but they are more in opening the way for the dead, and they still rely on the Tibetan scriptures of Buddhism, so they are more Buddhist. The authentic Duan Gong is actually referring to my own family, Zhu Yuke, which is the most common jumping god in the countryside. Duan Gong usually divides the hexagram, and the tools for divination are often the back shell of the dry turtle, and the Buddhists are mostly bamboo sticks or horn cards, and the Taoists are more, but they generally don't use horns, because the bull's nose is always not cannibalistic. So in my eyes, most of the images of Duan Gong are basically the same as those masters who wear robes, if you don't dress differently, how can you make waves and pretend to be ghosts, but when Aunt Deng told me that Duan Gong was about to come back on a motorcycle, that picture appeared in my mind, and I felt a little funny.

As soon as I smoked a cigarette after eating, I heard the sudden sound of a motorcycle in the distance, and then a motorcycle stopped behind my car, and a man who looked to be about 50 years old, short, with messy hair, was wearing a beige gray suit, which looked like the kind of cheap goods on the stall, but it was very incongruous and wore a pair of blue and white small polka dot sleeves. Walking towards us with a cigarette in his mouth, he didn't seem to have the feeling of a fairy-like spirit at all, if he didn't say that this was that Duangong, I would definitely think that he was nothing more than an ordinary peasant.

He walked up to us, first looked at me and Hu Zongren for a while, and then went directly past us to greet Aunt Deng. Aunt Deng introduced us to the duangong, and we also stood up politely and saluted, looking at the age, he must be an elder, but I don't know if Lu Dao's ability is in vain or really capable. Aunt Deng told us that this Duangong master is also surnamed Deng, Deng is the main surname in the village, and whoever encounters something in the village usually asks Master Deng for help, and does not charge much money, which means just take some eggs or something, but never willing to be free. So I asked Master Deng with a smile, I said that I am also a member of the Wu family, and I don't know what Master Deng will do in the village.

Because I know that the masters of the Tao are often in the people, after Aunt Deng's family had an accident, she must have found Master Deng for the first time, and I think Master Deng also encountered the same problem as me and Hu Zongren so I didn't continue to rescue, so I told Aunt Deng that the girl was entangled by the Yin people, but the reason was wrong, she didn't step on someone else's grave, but fell into the trick of the second stick. Master Deng told us that when he was younger, he was much more powerful than he is now, and as long as he takes action on his own, there is basically nothing that cannot be solved. For example, if a parent dies and does not fit his eyes, or if a wild animal comes to the mountain, or if it does not rain for a long time, and the crops are not harvested, he can solve the problem himself. I was immediately in awe, although these don't sound like a big deal, but in the countryside, this is a matter of accumulating great virtue, my master in the early years before he began to specialize in catching ghosts, he did similar things to Master Deng, but my master mainly saw a doctor in the crops, or whose child had hiccups, stuck fish bones, frightened at night, etc., until later he slowly began to go farther and farther on the ghost path, and finally became a grandmaster.

After I told Master Deng about the situation that Hu Zongren and I had investigated before, he said that he only guessed that it was a Yin person, but he didn't expect it to be the second boy, this little girl has always been very kind to the people at home and in the village, everyone likes her, and suddenly encountered such a thing, I don't know if it was fate, or really bad luck. It's also a good thing that you two young people can come to help, and I'm getting older and I can't do some things, so I'll ask you a lot.

Master Deng seems to have lost a lot of teeth, and he speaks a little open-mindedly. It was originally a funny tone, but I was a little moved to be said so sincerely. Hu Zongren and I continued to talk to Master Deng about our previous discoveries and understandings, and I began to respect this Master more and more, not because of his identity and current living conditions, but because of his mentality of returning to the basics and not fighting with the world. The conversation was so lively that he even decided to stay with us, multiple people and multiple helpers, although we may not be able to help anything.

After a while, Hu Zongren's phone rang, and I knew that Granny Huang had woken up and replied. Hu Zongren picked up the phone and said, Godmother, what is the situation you see.

Then Hu Zongren didn't speak, but looked at me.