folk legend

Chapter 76 The first day of October
Xu Peng's daughter-in-law went on to say: "Not only that, but her cultivation level can be improved to become a ghost king with a radius of hundreds of miles. In fact, even if she is now, we can't afford to provoke her, so I just listen to her." Commanded."

"Just at noon today, old woman Luo didn't know what was wrong. She hurried to find me and told me that she was in a hurry and asked me to come here. .”

The first day of October was first mentioned by Xu Peng. To be honest, Jiang Liu didn't pay much attention to it at the time.But now, I heard Xu Peng's wife mention this day again, which attracted Jiang Liu's attention.

In Chinese folk, people generally believe that the four days of March [-]rd, Ching Ming Festival, July [-]th, and October [-]st are ghost festivals. Due to geographical reasons, March [-]rd and July [-]th are very popular in the south. Pay attention to.Northerners pay more attention to the first day of October.

According to legend, on the day of Ghost Festival, the king of Hades ordered the gates of hell to be opened wide, so that those evil spirits who have been suffering and imprisoned in hell all year round can come out of hell, get a short-term wandering, and enjoy the blood of the world.

Therefore, there is a custom among the people. On this night, every household must close the door early to prevent evil spirits and evil spirits from entering the door.

Then, the Master's Seat and Shigu Terrace will be erected at the street entrance and in front of the village.On the mage's seat is the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva who has saved the ghosts of "hell", and below is a plate of noodles made of peaches and rice.

On the Shigu platform stood three spirit cards and the soul-calling banner, and each household put whole pigs, whole sheep, chickens, ducks, geese, and various hair cakes, fruits, melons, etc. on the Shigu platform.

Then the person in charge will insert a triangular paper flag of blue, red, green and other colors on each sacrifice, and write the words "Nanlumen is open".It is said that in this way, those lonely souls and wild ghosts who have nowhere to live can enjoy the sacrifices in the world, thereby dissolving the hostility in their hearts and striving for early reincarnation.

But Xu Peng's daughter-in-law is just a sneaky possession, so how could it have something to do with the ghost festival?And this day is mentioned repeatedly.

After thinking about it, there is only one explanation that can make Jiang Liu feel more reasonable, that is, the old woman needs to wait until the first day of October before she can start doing something, especially now that Xu Peng's daughter-in-law talks about the old lady's origin, she is even more certain The thoughts in Jiang Liu's mind.

The first day of October is like a node, and many things will be resolved one by one at this point.However, Jiang Liu can't wait until that day, because once it is delayed, everything will be irreversible.

Because at noon today, when he saw the few trees on the mound, Jiang Liu discovered a major problem, that is, the few trees that seemed to be planted randomly were actually a yin-yang boundary marker.

In the eyes of ordinary people, they are just a few ordinary elm trees, and the planting is irregular, but when Jiang Liu climbed up the tree, he was surprised to find that the arrangement of these elm trees turned out to be a formation - five elements Bagua array.

And what is amazing is that there is a door of life and death in this formation.The gate of life and death is a thing that separates yin and yang, but at the same time connects the two worlds.

Don't ask, such an admirable handwriting was naturally created by Mr. Da, but Jiang Liu didn't know how to arrange it at that time and in what direction.

It is also for this reason that the reason why the child and the old lady disappeared when they ran to Tugangzi was already known at noon, but Jiang Liu did not go to resettle them, because at this time, it is not the time to do things in the dark.

Moreover, Jiang Liu still had a question in his mind, that is, how could the old lady and the child, two sneaky creatures, be able to freely travel back and forth between the yin and yang realms in the blue sky and broad daylight.

These issues have not yet been clarified, and it is obviously not wise to rashly pass the shadows.Hearing what Xu Peng's wife said at this time, Jiang Liu's heart skipped a beat, and he suddenly had a bold idea.

Immediately, he said to Xu Peng's wife: "Because it is not easy for you to practice, I will not bother with you anymore. I will remove the dog oil lamp, and you can go by yourself. Practice hard in the future, don't just take shortcuts, and I will tell you a great god In other words, the righteous way in the world is the vicissitudes of life!"

After hearing Jiang Liu's words, Xu Peng's daughter-in-law immediately looked at him with admiration, and repeated in her mouth repeatedly: "The right way in the world is vicissitudes, the right way in the world is vicissitudes, which great god said this?"

"Which great god do you care about, just remember this sentence."

Jiang Liu seemed very impatient, and asked again: "Are you going or not?"

Seeing that Jiang Liu was about to turn his face again, Xu Peng's daughter-in-law said quickly: "Go, go, go, go right away! Go right away." After speaking, she glanced at the dog oil lamp on the table.

Seeing Xu Peng's daughter-in-law like this, Jiang Liu told Xu Peng to find a candle to light, and then wipe out the cotton in the dish.

As the dog oil lamp went out, Xu Peng's daughter-in-law, who was sitting on the kang, immediately stretched and grinned at Jiangliu like a different person.

Seeing this clean smile, Jiang Liu suddenly felt that Xu Peng's daughter-in-law in front of him looked like a child, and after thinking about it, it was true. Animals who have not practiced for a long time are no different from children.

Not only Jiang Liu, but also Xu Peng, Mrs. Xu, and Xu Peng's father-in-law in the room all suddenly came up with such an idea.

And at this moment when no one was paying attention, the candle on the table split neatly from the middle of the candle with a bang, just like a martial arts master splitting it with a sharp knife.In an instant, the room was plunged into darkness.

Immediately afterwards, another miserable cry sounded in the room.

However, the screams this time were much more miserable than the previous few times.Moreover, the time is still very long.What surprised everyone in the room was that no one was afraid of the scream, but instead felt heart-wrenching pain, as if something they loved was lost in an instant.

At this moment, time seemed to stand still. Everyone in the room was immersed in this kind of grief, unable to extricate themselves. Even the always soft-hearted Old Mrs. Xu shed tears.

The first one to recover was Jiang Liu, with a serious look on his face, the young man groaned inwardly, quickly took out a match from his pocket, and lit the dog oil lamp on the table again.After the room was bright again, Jiang Liu saw the two halves of candles on the table, frowned, and put them away casually.

After a while, Xu Peng also recovered, first saw Jiang Liu, and then saw the oil lamp on the table, and asked casually: "What happened to the wax just now? Why did it go out all of a sudden? "

Jiang Liu didn't reply, and he didn't even look at Xu Peng.Pushing the plate on the side of the table towards it, he looked at Xu Peng's wife on the kang.

At this time, Xu Peng's daughter-in-law was found lying on her back on the kang, her eyes were closed tightly, and her face was as sallow as yellow paper.Turning around, he said to Xu Peng, "Hurry up and see your wife."

Hearing Jiang Liu calling him, Xu Peng rushed over and saw his wife suddenly turned like this, so frightened that after he got on the kang, he hugged his wife in his arms.

After watching Xu Peng pick up his daughter-in-law, Jiang Liu put his fingers under Xu Peng's daughter-in-law's nose. After checking, he found that the only trace of her breath was still there.

Jiang Liu was so frightened that he hurriedly opened her eyes again, took a look, and was relieved.Then he said to Xu Peng, who was full of anxiety, "It doesn't matter, this is just the weakness after being possessed by the sneak, don't worry too much. Find a quilt and cover her, let her sleep well and she will be fine."

According to Jiang Liu's instructions, Xu Peng pulled a quilt and gently covered his daughter-in-law. Seeing that her daughter-in-law seemed to be sleeping soundly, Xu Peng felt a little relieved. Blinded by something.

Xu Peng was so frightened that he yelled several times, and even more so with both hands, he randomly grabbed his head, and when he took the thing away from his head, he realized that it was the quilt that his wife had just covered her body with.

When he was wondering how the quilt was covering his head, he saw Jiang Liu put his hand on his daughter-in-law's forehead, and he was still chanting loudly, "The altar is clear and clean, the soul is peaceful, the three souls are eternal, and the seven souls are invincible." Four mantras.

While Jiang Liu was chanting the mantra, he kept his eyes on the oil lamp on the table, and found that the light was very bright, not even flickering at all.

It was Jiang Liu who was completely sure that the things on Xu Peng's daughter-in-law were gone, and the reason why the quilt was suddenly lifted just now was the convulsions caused by excessive weakness, just chant a mantra to appease her.

Xu Peng's daughter-in-law slowly fell asleep under Jiang Liu's calming spell, and even snored slightly.Xu Peng hurriedly brought over the quilt again, ready to cover his wife again.

Seeing Xu Peng carefully cover his daughter-in-law with a quilt for fear of disturbing her, Jiang Liu found this scene very touching. He wanted to order Xu Peng, but he changed to order someone else.

Tell the old Mrs. Xu on the side to prepare a three-foot red cloth, a red hat, and a teapot of millet.

Old Mrs. Xu memorized what Jiang Liu wanted and went out to prepare.Xu Peng in the room, after covering his wife with a quilt, then opened the curtains and cleared all the tables on the kang. Seeing that it was getting late, he began to prepare dinner.

It didn't take long for Old Mrs. Xu to come back with a bag of things.After entering the room, he put his things on the kang, and then said to Jiang Liu: "Everything else is ready, except that there is no red hat, what do you think?"

Thinking about it, there were a lot of black hats in the shops in the village at that time, but red ones were indeed more difficult to find.After thinking about it for a long time, Jiang Liu finally thought of a way.

Just find an ordinary hat, tear off a piece of red cloth, and sew it on the hat with thread.Although this looks a bit nondescript, it can be used anyway.

(End of this chapter)