Chapter 1, First Encounter with a Ghost
My name is Luo Yan, I am 24 years old this year, I look extremely popular, I am estimated that no one will recognize me if I am placed in the crowd, I have no fixed place, and I am wandering everywhere. However, my profession is a bit peculiar, I am a foot trader, and I specialize in buying and selling strange things. For example, ghosts, such as ghosts, such as some antiques with spiritual power...
There are no more and no less of our foot merchants, both real and fake. But for sure, the antiquities vendors you see on the road are certainly not from our business, and we are not visible in the antique market. We only go to get goods after receiving orders, we don't set up stalls, we don't sell openly, because most of the things we sell are not seen.
I joined the industry when I was seven years old, and the master who brought me into the industry was an old man surnamed Tie. I still remember the scene when I started in the industry, although many years have passed.
The village where I was born is not very closed but still retains quite a bit of local customs.
In our village, people used to be buried after they died, but it was slowly changed after the state promoted cremation. However, there are still many villagers of the older generation who demand that the dust be returned to dust after death, and the earth will return to the earth.
The incident happened in the house of an old lady surnamed Wang.
Mrs. Wang is quite old, about 80 years old, has eye diseases, can't see, can't even feel light. Later, because no one accompanied him when he fetched water, the whole person fell into the well, although the person was rescued later, but because of his age and tossing in the water for a long time, he still died.
It wasn't a big deal, but Mrs. Wang's husband was a stubborn old man and wanted to be buried. As a result, there was no way, so the village found a few big men and chose a place to bury them on the edge of the village.
That night, something strange happened.
On the first night of the first seven, the dogs in the village who were going door-to-door suddenly barked like crazy. Didn't stop all night. The people in the village were very strange and came out to see what was going on. At that time, I was still young, and I couldn't sleep all night because of the noise, so I slipped out of the house with my friend Ergouzi, who was playing with me at the time, and as a result, I saw a scene that I will never forget for the rest of my life.
Since my family lives next door to Mrs. Wang's house, I walked around the village with Ergouzi at night, and found that there was no fun, so I was ready to go home. At that time, I was a small person, and I was also bold, so I often stayed out of the house at night to play crazy. After breaking up with the second dog, I walked home, although the dogs barked one after another in the village, but I was still a little sleepy, and I was about to go home to sleep. When I passed the door of Mrs. Wang's house, I looked back.
In an instant, I was petrified.
I saw a woman with a pale face and sparse hair standing in the courtyard of Mrs. Wang's house. There is no expression, it should be said that it is completely lifeless. Black eye sockets, bloodless lips, pale face. Opposite her, Mrs. Wang's black dog was barking wildly. But Mrs. Wang's wife didn't see him come out.
Although I was bold since I was a child, I was still shocked when I saw this unclean thing. I ran home without looking back, crying as I ran. After rushing home, my parents were also in their yard, and when they saw me, they hurriedly came up to care. At that time, I was really scared, incoherent, and couldn't speak. My parents also thought that I was scared by wild dogs, so they didn't ask much, and coaxed me to sleep. I was also really tired and fell asleep in a daze while crying.
As a result, when I woke up the next day, I heard that something big had happened in the village.
Mrs. Wang's wife also fell into the well last night and drowned.
Because the dog was barking at night, no one heard him shout for help.
When they were found the next day, they were all stiff. The face is blue and scary.
At that time, I immediately thought of the female ghost I saw the night before, but at that time I told my parents about it, and they only talked nonsense to me and ignored me.
However, everything changed after the arrival of the Iron Old Man.
Mrs. Wang's wife is also surnamed Wang, and she has a bad reputation in the village, and I heard that she made a name for herself in the city in the early years, and then she hid in our village to avoid trouble. Later, he simply took root in our village and married Mrs. Wang, but she didn't have any children or daughters for so many years. said that he had a bad reputation because he always looked like a city person, looked down on us rural people, and had a bad temper. Don't associate with people.
But now that everyone is gone, everyone doesn't think much about it, and the village chief and a few young men are ready to bury Old Man Wang. As a result, I was stopped by an old man passing by the village, who was the old man of iron, the master who took me into the industry.
The old man came to our village half a month ago, carrying a big bag, a small gourd in his waist, sunglasses, a full head of white hair, a very tall person, estimated to be more than 1.8 meters, his body is very mental, and he is strong.
When he first came to the village, the village chief received him and asked him what he did. He said that he was a footman who tossed things and made ends meet, hoping to live in the village for half a month. Later, the village chief saw that he had no ill intentions, and that he was quite old, so he let him stay in the village.
The old man was very kind, and often gave us candy for these children to eat, all of which were local sugar, very cheap, but for us country children, it was also very delicious. The old man likes to touch our foreheads, once he touched my forehead, people were stunned for a moment, his face was very regretful, and he said, it's a pity, it's a waste for you to live in this world. I didn't understand at the time, but then I didn't know tomorrow, what he meant. However, although he was very kind, we were not allowed to touch his bag. Once, the second dog took advantage of his absence and turned over his big bag, only to be scolded by the old man of the iron fiercely.
The words are far away, turn back, and talk about the Wang family.
The village chief saw that the old man Tie had stopped the funeral procession, and his face was not good-looking.
Said: Lao Tie, what do you mean? Everyone is dead, so hurry into the earth and be in peace.
The old man smiled and said, "If you bury him like this, then your village will be finished.
When the village chief heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and his face was full of puzzlement.
The old man didn't explain, he took the small gourd from his waist, opened the lid of the gourd, poured out a little green water from it, and put it on his hand. Then the water in his hand was sprinkled on the corpse of the old man Wang very casually, and as a result, the corpse of the old man Wang immediately rose into white smoke as soon as it encountered the water, and the corpse began to decompose in a large area, and a sharp roar came out of the mouth of the old man Wang, and the young man who carried the corpse in fright fell to the ground.
Everyone on the lookers was frightened, and everyone retreated.
When the village chief saw this, he was startled and looked at the old man Tie.
The old man was very calm, the water in his hands spilled again, and the white smoke from the corpse became even more, and it was heartbreaking, as if it was in pain.
Everyone can understand at a glance that there is something unclean at work.
The corpse was roaring, the sound was sharp and pierced my ears, I covered my ears and vaguely saw a female ghost next to the old man's corpse holding her head in pain, and the roaring sound came out of her mouth.
I took my mother's hand and said, "Mother, there is a female ghost crying next to Old Man Wang.
My mother probably didn't hear it, but the old man turned his head to look at me as if he did.
At this time, the mutation occurred suddenly, and the corpse of the old man Wang sat up suddenly, his originally closed eyes opened suddenly, blood-red tears flowed down from the godless eyes, and his face showed an extremely angry look. Staring at the old man of iron.
The old man is very calm. Said leisurely: The ghost who has not yet grown up has just been collected, and it is estimated that a few old guys in Longhumen can open a good price.
After saying that, there was movement in the hand
As he spoke, the old man took out a crumpled yellow rune paper from his close-fitting jacket, which was densely filled with ghostly drawings.
Then, I bit my finger and lightly clicked on the paper, which is very good. The inconspicuous yellow rune paper suddenly floated away from the iron old man's hand and was suspended in the air. There is a faint light coming out.
I only heard the old man of the iron shout softly: Town!
Under this soft drink, the sharp screams became more violent, as if they were about to penetrate people's hearts, and my heart was pounding and my face was pale.
At this time, a resentful voice sounded: Stinky old man, you are nosy, I want you to die!!
I heard this voice very well, but I looked at the people around me and covered my ears blankly as if they hadn't heard it.
Just when I was wondering, a small whirlwind blew on the flat ground next to the old man's corpse, and I vaguely saw the female ghost reaching out to grab the old man with a bloody face.
I couldn't help but shout: Beware.
The old man was still calm, the movements of his hands were not slow, he took off his sunglasses at once, and a pair of extremely majestic eyes were revealed, which were majestic and upright.
"Little ghost, under my Taiqing Fa, still don't give in?"
When he said this, there seemed to be a pale cyan light flowing in the eyes of the old man Tie, and the female ghost touched this cyan light, as if she had met a nemesis, and the whole person fell to the ground in pain, unable to move.
At this time, the old man opened the lid of the small gourd again, recited the words, and finally said that I would accept it, and I saw with my own eyes that the female ghost was put into the small gourd, and she couldn't resist at all.
The whole process of fighting made me feel like I had watched a ghost movie, and I was stunned the whole time.
At this time, the body of the old man Wang also fell to the ground, leaving no blood and tears, and he really died.
The old man put on his sunglasses again, touched the gourd, and revealed a strange smile: "Although she is a female ghost who has not yet formed, at least she can sell a few soul sealing spells, hehe." If it weren't for the bravery I had just witnessed in his ghost collection, I would have thought this guy was a profiteer.
This was the first time I had met the Iron Old Man, and it was also the first time I had seen a foot merchant seal a ghost. Later, before leaving, the old man came to my house in person and politely expressed to my parents that he wanted to take me as an apprentice and take me away. At first, my parents disagreed, and although I was the third in the family with two older brothers, I was still able to help when the farm was busy. Besides, they didn't worry about me doing this kind of ghost-drinking thing. However, later I insisted on going (of course, I was not sensible at that time), and with the many arguments of the old man of the iron, my parents agreed to this. So, I followed the Iron Old Man and began my path as a foot merchant. 151 Kanshu.com .