The light of the sword is like the moon reflecting on Kyushu

Chapter 384 July [-]th, the gate of hell opens
Night falls.

Finally arrived at a small town before dark.

The town is not small.

There are restaurants, inns, and even gambling houses.

Shu people love to play, and everyone knows it.

As the saying goes: Don't go to Sichuan if you are young, and don't go to Shu if you are old.

Among them, there are two opinions about whether it is rare or not to enter Sichuan.The first is that in ancient times, the Shuchuan area was a barren land before it was developed.The wild land is just the best place for the courts of all dynasties to exile prisoners.The emperor used this to punish criminals who had committed major faults.It is said that Qin Shihuang wanted to exile Lu Buwei to Sichuan, but Lu Buwei died of illness in the middle of the journey.Of course, Lu Buwei "killed himself by drinking poison on the way." It is precisely because of the backwardness of Sichuan and the remoteness of the country that people would advise everyone not to go to Sichuan when they were young. The information here is blocked and the culture is backward. It is difficult to achieve a career!
The second is exactly the opposite. It is said that Sichuan is a land of abundance, with beautiful mountains and rivers, rich products, no worries about food and drink, and beautiful women like clouds.If a young man enters Sichuan, even if he has great aspirations for the world, he will linger in such tenderness, never wanting to return, and be exhausted!From then on, I wasted all my talent and youth, and went through my life in an ordinary way, which is hard to achieve great things!The so-called heroes are short-tempered and their sons and daughters love each other!Born in sorrow and died in peace!

It is much simpler to grow old without leaving Shu.Because Sichuan is a basin landform, it is rich in products and rich in population, which also makes the local food culture and entertainment culture very developed!The cost of living here is very low, and the pressure of life is also very low. People can also play leisurely, drink tea, gamble, play a game, and enjoy a "leisurely leisurely" life.It's simply a paradise for rejuvenation!
After inquiry, the name of the town is "Liushu Town", which is the residence of Shehong County Government.

Everyone thought, no wonder this town is so prosperous, it turns out that the county master also lives here!

As for the history of Shehong County, it can be said that the torrential river is long, in other words, it is long.

In the past, King Huiwen of Qin destroyed the two countries of Ba and Shu, and set up two counties of Ba and Shu.In the Western Han Dynasty, Ba and Shu prefectures were set up as Guanghan prefectures, which governed the thirteen counties of Guanghan.The boundary between Guanghan County and Qixian County is bounded by Fujiang River and Zitong River from east to west, that is, Guanghan County is the east of Fujiang River and the left bank of Zitong River.The area on the west bank of Fujiang River and the right bank of Zitong River is Qi County.

At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, Wang Mang seized power, established a "new" dynasty, changed Yizhou to the Yongbu, changed Guanghan County to the capital, and changed Guanghan County to Guangxin County.Back then, Shehong County belonged to Guangxin and Qi counties.

During the Eastern Han Dynasty, Liu Xiu took power and restored Yizhou, Guanghan County, and the name of Guanghan County. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Shehong County still belonged to Guanghan and Qi counties.

In the second year of Jianxing, after the Shuhan Dynasty in the Three Kingdoms period, four counties in Guanghan County were divided into East Guanghan County.The county seat is Guanghan County.In the sixth year of Emperor Taikang of the Western Jin Dynasty, Guanghan County in the East was abolished and Guanghan County was restored.In the third year of Yonghe, Emperor Mu of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Deyang County was dismissed and Suining County was established. In the second year of Emperor Gong Yuanxi, Liu Yu seized the power of the Jin Dynasty and established the Liu Song Dynasty. Guanghan County was divided into Xincheng County. two counties.Liu Song (Emperor Ming) changed Suining County to East Suining County in the fifth year of Taishi, and the county was governed by Baxing County.Guanghan County belongs to East Suining County.

The Xiaoliang Dynasty withdrew Qixian County and merged it into Beiwucheng County.Xincheng County leads North Wucheng County.In the Southern Qi Dynasty, Beidangqu County was changed to Xidangqu County, Guanghan County was analyzed, and Tongquan County was set up.Jurisdiction over Guanghan and Tongquan counties.

Western Wei Yuwen Taiping Shu, Emperor Gong divided Beiwucheng County in the second year, and set Shejiang County under Changcheng County.According to the "Yuanhe County Chronicles", Emperor Gong of the Western Wei Dynasty changed Xidangqu County to Yongquan County, and moved the county to Yongquan County to govern Yongquan and Guangwei (renamed Guanghan) counties.

In the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Shejiang County was changed to Shehong County, and Shehong got its name from then on!That is, the county name of Shehong County after the Northern Zhou Dynasty is still in use today.

In the third year of Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, the counties were dismissed and the prefectures were established. Yongquan County and Changcheng County were abolished. Tongjing County was changed to Tongquan County, and Guanghan County was merged into Tongquan County.

Shehong and Tongquan counties belong to Xinzhou.In the 18th year of Kaihuang, Xinzhou was changed to Zizhou, and Shehong and Tongquan counties belonged to Zizhou.In the third year of Emperor Yangdi's great cause, the prefecture was dismissed and the counties were established, and the two counties of Shehong and Tongquan belonged to Xincheng County.

In the first year of Tang Gaozu Wude, Xincheng County was changed to Zizhou, and Shehong and Tongquan counties belonged to Zizhou.In the first year of Xuanzong Tianbao, Zizhou was changed to Zitong County.In the first year of Qianyuan, Zitong County was changed to Zizhou.The affiliation of Shehong and Tongquan counties has not changed.

Shehong County is known as "Four Counties".

First, there are many towns, including Taihe Town, Dayu Town, Guangxing Town, Jinhua Town, Liushu Town, Taiyi Town, Jinjia Town, Fuxing Town, Tianxian Town, Renhe Town, Qinggang Town, Yangxi Town, Xiangshan Town Town, Star Town, Fuxi Town, Chengu Town, Fenglai Town, Tongshe Town, Caobei Town, Guansheng Town, Quhe Township, Fuhe Township, Qingdi Township, Shuangxi Township, Wensheng Township, Wanlin Township, Taixing Township, Dongyue Township, Jinhe Township, Yutai Township and more than 30 townships.

Second, there are many ethnic groups.There are nearly [-] ethnic groups such as Yi, Tibetan, Qiang, Miao, Hui, Dong, Yao, Mongolian, Tujia, Lisu, Manchu, Naxi, Buyi, Bai, Zhuang, and Dai.

The third is the large population, with a total of 7 households and [-] people, accounting for one-third of Suizhou.

Fourth, there are many delicacies, such as crispy duck, spiced beef juice, Medina spiced beef, shredded beef, fruit beef, pancakes, spiced tofu and other famous foods.

In addition, the flood transportation is well developed, and there are two waterways of Fujiang River and Zijiang River.

They found an inn to live in.

The shopkeeper saw that Feng Jiuxiao was injured, so he took a second look. Feng Jiuxiao smiled and said, "Shopkeeper, I'm not a bad person. I was bitten by a tiger on this leg."

The shopkeeper hehe sneered, "Do you think I'm a three-year-old child? It's love to let you live, and it's duty not to let you live. You are clearly wounded by a knife. How dare you lie to me?"

Feng Jiuxiao hurriedly clasped her fists and smiled, "I'm sorry shopkeeper, no matter what the injury is, I'm bothering you tonight!"

The shopkeeper snorted coldly, "Come with me."

Chang Zijin and Li Erni looked at each other and looked at each other. I have never seen such a tempered shopkeeper!But at this time, it was a time of trouble, so no one dared to talk too much, so they followed the shopkeeper to the second floor.

Suddenly, someone outside shouted loudly: "It's time, turn off the lights!" The voice repeated several times, and then everyone saw a surprising scene.The whole inn was suddenly plunged into darkness.

Looking outside again, it seems that the outside is also dark.

The whole town is plunged into boundless darkness!
What was even more surprising was that they seemed to have just realized that there was no waiter in the inn.

The shopkeeper seemed to have sensed everyone's doubts. He turned around suddenly with a thin and hard horse face, and said coldly: "Today, July [-]th, the waiter has gone home to visit the grave!" He was holding a candlestick with three candles on it, The flames danced, and the shadow formed on his face flickered along with it, very eerie and terrifying!Chang Zijin couldn't help being taken aback by the shopkeeper!
The second floor seems to be unoccupied and very quiet.

Li Erni also felt a little uneasy, thinking: Isn't this a black shop?But after thinking about it, Liu Miezhou, Bigwolf, and Zeng Yong are all around, so what about the black shop?

Feng Jiuxiao said with a smile at this time: "Shopkeeper, you are not trying to save money, are you? The entire second floor has not lit a single candle. It is dark and scary. If you can light a few, we will pay the money."

Hehehe, the shopkeeper with a horse face, sneered, "Are you rich?"

Feng Jiuxiao touched his nose, "It's not very rich, it's just a few candles, you can still afford it."

The shopkeeper had a gloomy face and said in a sinister tone, "Then how much do you think these candles are worth?"

In the dead of night, these few words he said were so dark that Chang Zijin and Chang Zijin immediately shuddered!

Feng Jiuxiao didn't seem to feel anything, she didn't notice anything strange about the shopkeeper, she still smiled and said, "I can't guess."

The shopkeeper was walking ahead, and stopped at the door of a room, with a hoarse voice like a night owl: "A candle, a drop of blood! You can't afford it!"

Feng Jiuxiao was still smiling: "A candle, a drop of blood? Whose blood? My blood?"

The corner of the shopkeeper's mouth turned up, and he said coldly: "Your blood? Huh! How much is your blood worth?" He glanced at everyone, and Chang Zijin and Li Erni were terrified by him!Just listen to him quietly said: "From your accent, you must be from the Central Plains. It must be the first time you have come here, right?"

Feng Jiuxiao nodded and said, "Exactly."

The shopkeeper said faintly: "Then I will remind you."

Feng Jiuxiao and the others saw him behaving strangely and speaking in a neurotic way, if not for everyone's boldness, they would have regarded him as a ghost long ago!

He said faintly: "Today is July [-]th, and the local rules are that no one is allowed to light candles unless they donate their own blood."

Feng Jiuxiao said solemnly: "One candle and one drop of blood?"

The shopkeeper said: "Exactly!"

Feng Jiuxiao said: "We use candles, can't we drip our own blood?"

The shopkeeper said: "No way. The candle is mine, even if you use it, you still have to drip my blood! And I've already dripped three drops today, and it's nothing more than three drops. If you drop one more drop, you will die."

Li Erni was about to speak, but Feng Jiuxiao immediately stopped her, motioning her not to speak, "Can I use the candle I brought?"

The shopkeeper said: "Tomorrow is fine, but today is not! Don't blame me for not reminding you, there is a god when you look up three feet! Just now, the lady almost said it out of her mouth! Remember, people are doing it, and the sky is watching, so don't speak nonsense!"

The shopkeeper left mysteriously.

He left with a candlestick.

The whole house was plunged into darkness again.

Chang Zijin said, "What can we do?"

Feng Jiuxiao said: "Let's talk in the room first. Tonight, everyone will huddle in one room and take turns to rest. I guess something must happen tonight."

Everyone entered the house.

Suddenly I heard Yu Nu ask: "Master Hou, there is a night pearl here in my house, can you take it out?"

Liu Miezhou did not speak.

There was silence for a moment.

Feng Jiuxiao said: "Take it out!"

Yu Nu seemed startled.But soon realized that the husband must be waiting for Mr. Feng's opinion.Mr. Feng is the great benefactor of the family, so it seems all right to listen to his decision.

The night pearl was taken out, and the room was filled with brilliance.

Chang Zijin said: "There are gods standing three feet up, and the shopkeeper reminds us not to talk nonsense, so as not to offend ghosts and gods. However, I don't mean to be disrespectful, I'm just wondering, how can there be such a custom in this place? People in the whole town How do you eat and work without lighting the lamp?"

Feng Jiuxiao said: "Since they know that today is a special day, they must have finished their meal long ago. Besides, what else can they do in the evening."

He looked at Liu Miezhou, "Have you been in Shu for many years, or have you heard of this custom?"

He knew that July [-] was the Hungry Ghost Festival of Taoism and the Yulan Festival of Buddhism.It is commonly known as Ghost Festival among the people.

In addition, there are gods who rule the four seasons of the year. The Baidi who rules autumn is not only the god of harvest, but also the god of punishment and killing. He is the god of death in China.In the past dynasties, the death row prisoners were dealt with after the beginning of autumn, which is called "Qiu Hou Wen Zhan".

In addition, the date of the autumn festival used to be arbitrary, and any time after the beginning of autumn was fine. In the Southern Dynasties, July [-] was finally set as the day for ancestor worship.

In short, the direct origin of July [-]th is the autumn festival in the pre-Qin period.

The customs and activities on July [-]th are colorful and can basically be classified into eight categories.

First, recommend new ancestors.

Second, burn Chu to death.

Third, Putian Qigu.

Fourth, Purdue Shigu.

Fifth, the game of entertaining gods.

Sixth, donate sheep and teach.

Seventh, transform into a wish child.

Eighth, lighting lamps to pray for blessings.

The last one, lighting lamps to pray for blessings, is recorded in "Historical Records". Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty had the habit of using lamps to worship gods and ancestors.Lighting a lamp is usually referred to as lighting a lamp to illuminate the soul.The dead are in the underworld, which is dark, so light the lamps to light their way back.There is also a saying that offering sacrifices to gods is also for the gods to see.

There is a saying of lighting lamps in the customs of various places, why is there a saying of "turning off the lights" here?It's really strange that things happen every year, especially this year!
Feng Jiuxiao fell into deep thought.

When the light goes out, there is no light, and darkness invades.

The so-called will of God is nothing more than the manipulation of some people to sacrifice the interests of the public for their own selfishness.

"Historical Records" records that when Wei Wenhou was in the past, Ximen Bao was the order of Ye.Leopard went to Ye, met the elders, and asked about the sufferings of the people.The elder said: "It is hard for He Bo to marry a wife, so he is poor."

He Bo, God also, if you marry a daughter-in-law, marry a daughter-in-law. How can you make the common people poor by marrying a daughter-in-law?There must be tricks in it!
Ximen Leopard said: "Uncle Huhe has come, and she is so ugly." The girl is about to come out of the curtain and come forward.Leopard looked at it, Gu said that the three elders, Wu Zhu, and the elders said: "It's not good to be a woman. If you bother the big witch, you will repay Hebo. You have to ask for a better girl and give her to you in the future." in the river.After a while, he said: "How long has the witch been? Is it interesting for the disciples?" Then the disciples threw themselves into the river alone.After a while, he said: "How long will the disciple be? Make another person interesting!" Then throw a disciple into the river.Fan voted for three disciples.

It's amazing here!
Throw the old witch into the river first, and after a while, the key is that the witch "did not come up"!Is this okay?Let you spread the word that you are gone and never return, and you don't want to leave, isn't this the face of looking for me, Ximen Bao?Send another disciple down!Ah!As expected of the same line, the disciples didn't come up after going down, so let's cast another one, as many votes as there are, I, Ximen Leopard, don't believe that the last one of them won't come up to answer!
Ximen Leopard's hairpin and chime were broken, and he stood facing the river for a long time.The elders, officials and onlookers were all terrified.Ximen Leopard said: "Why don't the witches and the three elders come to pay back?" He wanted to make Tingyu and the elder Hao enter the fun alone.They all kowtowed, kowtowed and broke their heads, their foreheads were bleeding to the ground, and their color was like ashes.Ximen Leopard said: "Promise, and I will wait for a while." After a while, Leopard said: "The court has risen. If Zhuang Hebo stays with guests for a long time, if you stop and go back." Ye officials and people were terrified. From then on, I dare not say again to marry a wife for He Bo.

Look, why He Bo married a wife is obviously a scam set up by a few magicians to defraud money.

Among them, the witch is the mastermind, and she unites the three elders and Ting Yu to plan together, build momentum together, and seek wealth and death together!
The witch deserved to die, but the three elders deserved to die even more!Who are the three elders?That is a prestigious person elected by the common people!Live up to the trust of the common people!
Ting Yu is a small official under the county magistrate, for the sake of petty gains, he put the lives of the common people at risk, how many young girls were killed?Nature should be damned too!

Now this Willow Inn actually has a strange habit of "turning off the lights", which is full of weirdness!

Darkness is the fig leaf of sin.

How many crimes are committed in the dark night?
From time to time there were owls crying outside the window, which added a bit of terror.

Li Erni was thinking, today is July [-]th, the day when the gate of hell is open, will there be ghosts appearing soon?

The more she thought about it, the more frightened she became, and she couldn't help leaning on Zeng Yong.

(End of this chapter)