Chapter 12: Man Sells Ghosts
"Selling ghosts?!"
Li Yuelan's face was slightly sluggish, there were all kinds of business in the world, but he had never heard of anyone selling ghosts, and he was anxious and confused in his heart, and hurriedly urged: "What the hell is going on, you tell me quickly." ”
Li Yi took a sip of tea first, reminisced a little, and then slowly began to tell.
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It was a night road, and I was originally doing business near the capital.
I was careful in my calculations, and I always felt that even if I didn't make much, at least I would cling to those big guys, and I wouldn't lose all my money.
It's a pity, I still lost it.
I'm so stupid, so stupid.
The big names in the dynasty are amiable on the surface, but when they start to do it, they are blacker than anyone else, more ruthless than anyone else, drain the bone marrow, strip the flesh and blood, and they can't leave any of the old books.
I lost money, and I didn't have the face to go back to my hometown.
I had to wander around outside, thinking and thinking, to see if I could find a way to turn the book, but I still couldn't think of it, thinking about going home, but I went back to my hometown like this, and I was really unwilling and unwilling in my heart.
Walking around, I don't know when, I walked under the old locust tree on Sanli Road outside the city.
That's when I met the ghost.
It appeared out of nowhere.
I had the courage to ask it who it was.
He said, "I am a ghost!" ”
Then he asked me, "Who is Qingfu?" ”
I was so poor that I was going to die, but I was still afraid of death, saying that people would inevitably die, and gritted my teeth and said, "I'm also a ghost!" ”
The ghost was puzzled, walked around me for a while, and said:
"And where are you going?"
I replied, "I'm going to Wancheng City." ”
The ghost was overjoyed and said, "I'm also going to Wancheng City!" ”
My hands and feet were cold all at once, and I knew that this big market might not be the same thing, but the words were out of my mouth, and there was no way to swallow them back.
So, the ghost followed me.
I had no choice but to go with him.
A ghost was behind me, and my hands and feet were stiff, but the ghost was at ease, and said, "It's too slow and tiring to walk like this, why don't we carry each other on each other's backs?" ”
The ghost stared at me, a pair of eyes, green, I didn't dare to refuse, for fear of being seen by him.
Just grit your teeth and say yes.
The ghost first carried me on his back and walked ten miles in one breath.
Then he asked, "Why is Qing so heavy, isn't it a ghost?" ”
As the ghost spoke, his eyes turned green, and his mouth protruded with fangs, and saliva flowed.
My heart was about to stop, so I had to force it:
"I just died, so it's just heavier, don't think about it."
Then I carried him on my back, and the ghost was fluttering, so I could speed up my steps, so that I could walk on each other's backs three times, and the fear in my heart was a little less, and I thought about it for a long time, and it was inevitable that I would be eaten by the ghost, so I lied to him:
"I just died, I just became a ghost, are there any taboos for being a ghost?"
The ghost replied, "I don't like blood on the tip of my tongue." ”
Then when I walked forward, I came across a river, and when the ghost passed, it almost floated past, and there was no sound, and when I passed, it was very loud.
The ghost began to doubt me again.
This time there was a red light under his eyes, the saliva at the corners of his mouth had already flowed, and even his fingers were sticking out of their black nails, like hooks, and their fingers turned a miserable green:
"Why is it so loud?!"
My heart was going to skip a beat, but he didn't seem to notice.
I had to hold on to my face and said:
"I've just died, I'm a ghost, I'm not used to crossing the river by being a ghost, don't blame me."
The ghost stared me up and down, silent.
I don't think he couldn't recognize me, but he thought I was a livestock mount, and he was going to go to the ghost market, so he sold me, gouged out my liver, and cramped out the marrow......
He really didn't go to the regular big market, but went to the big locust tree outside Wancheng, knocked on the door three times, shouted several times to open the door, and then came out of the road.
Quickly ran inside and shouted, "Sell ghosts, sell ghosts!" ”
The ghost didn't expect—
When people are poor, ghosts will sell.
The ghost cried out at me, and when he was about to climb down, he cast a spell of change, and turned into a sheep, and when he broke free, I bit my tongue, and the blood on the tip of my tongue sprayed on his body, and he could no longer change.
But I was worried that after a long time, he would change back, so I sold him to an old Taoist priest, who led the sheep with a rope inlaid with jade and pulled it away.
Given me a package, my heart was beating so hard that I ran back to safety, opened it and almost blinded me.
There were a hundred and fifty taels of gold in it.
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A pot of tea was drunk.
Li Yixian's story was also finished, and when he spoke, his palms were trembling, and it was not easy to settle down, you can know how frightened he was at that time, even if he recalled it clearly now.
If you make a mistake, even one step, you may be dead.
Li Yuelu almost forgot to drink tea when he heard this, and then comforted his brother with a good voice, and Li Yi exhaled first and said, "But, now it's okay, we have so much gold, so much, so much gold." ”
"Our family doesn't just have a foothold here."
"You can also go out, go to the capital city, go to the county town!"
"Go to bigger places!"
"Glory to the ancestors, I am not sorry for the ancestors, I am not sorry for my father!"
Li Yixian's words were a little messy again.
Li Yuelan comforted him, suddenly thought of something, looked at the gold on the table, and said, "But this gold, after all, was obtained by selling evil ghosts in that ghost market, will it attract more evil ghosts?" ”
Li Yixian shook his head and said, "Don't worry, big brother." ”
"I was worried about such a thing, so I went to the capital, prayed sincerely in the Taoist temple there, and asked the Taoist chief to drive away evil spirits and avoid evil, so I settled down and returned to my home in Zhongzhou."
"When I go home this time, I don't plan to go out again."
"Marry a wife and settle down."
"Don't worry."
Li Yixian smiled and comforted:
"Absolutely, absolutely fine."
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Click!
The axe splits and splits the firewood.
Qi Wufu picked up the axe, looked at the firewood that had been split and piled up next to him, and then raised his head to look at the mountain in the distance - under the sun, this mountain gave people a sense of tranquility and tranquility.
"The snow is not heavy, and the mountain is not sealed."
"That's a good thing."
Speaking of which, tomorrow is the time for Li Puyu to invite him to Li's house.
PS:
The story prototype of this chapter comes from Cao Pi's "The Legend of Lies" Dingbo sells ghosts~