Warlock Notes

Chapter 13 Kongming Lantern

It was past nine o'clock in the evening when we arrived at the nearest county seat.The city is the city, and the mountains are completely two worlds. Although this county is just a small and unknown county, the night here is still brightly lit, and there are feasts and feasts everywhere, which makes me stay alone in the mountains. For those who have been here for two years, it seems like a lifetime away.

When we got back to the county seat, we went straight to the restaurant, probably because of the horrible and bloody scene on the national highway. Although we were all hungry, we didn't have much appetite.

At the dinner table, Lao Hu said that they were going back to BJ tomorrow, and asked me where I was going?
I said that I haven't decided where to go for the time being, so let's go wherever I go!I just want to do more good deeds and accumulate virtue so that I can safely survive the catastrophe next year.

I didn't lie to them. Now I really haven't decided where to go or what to do. I just take one step at a time.

After the two of them learned about my situation, they asked me if I would like to go back to BJ with them.

I said: "What can I do in BJ? I won't go to the grave with you."

"Who told you to rob tombs? What I mean is that Fatty and I have an antique shop in BJ, which is quite large. Why don't I give up the shop and let you open a temple or something. "The old nonsense.

"Is this okay?" Hearing this, I didn't have a clue.

Old Hu said: "It's not brother bragging here, as long as you have the ability, I am afraid that people who ask for your help will have to queue up."

The fat man also very much agreed with Lao Hu's idea, he said: "Old nonsense is right, we have seen some of your skills, as long as you want to do nothing you can't do. In BJ City, there are a lot of fake warlocks, and they all You can be successful, not to mention you have real skills!"

I thought about it, what Fatty said was very reasonable, and I really don't have any better plans now, so I nodded and agreed.I was so happy to follow them back to BJ, because I just had a companion along the way.

But what I didn't expect was that it was because of this decision that Lao Hu and the others escaped a catastrophe, but I fell into a quagmire because of it...

In the evening, when we drove out of the county, it was midnight.There was heavy fog on the road, and Lao Hu didn't dare to drive fast. Maybe it's because of the large temperature difference at night here. I always feel cold all over, and I want to sleep but I can't sleep because of the cold.

When I was in a daze, Lao Hu suddenly shook me awake, frowned and asked me: "Brother, did you really resolve the evil thing I encountered this evening?"

I nodded: "It's resolved, if you don't resolve it, you will be the one who killed someone on the national highway this evening!"

Lao Hu nodded, and after thinking for a while, he wondered again: "But something is wrong, you said that the evil thing in the evening has been resolved, but why do I have that evil feeling in the evening again now?"

"Ah? Did you see those things with severed limbs on the road again?" I panicked in my heart, lost all sleepiness, and hurriedly sat upright.

The fat man who was sleeping in the back row also sat up immediately, and said in shock, "I said, Lao Hu, don't scare me fat man, I can't stand being frightened like this twice!"

Lao Hu shook his head and said, "No, this time I didn't see those broken limbs or arms, but it was the same as in the evening, and I couldn't see other vehicles on the road. Although it was midnight, but such a big road, How come there will be one or two passing vehicles?"

"What, you can't see the vehicle again? Immortal..." Fatty said in surprise, then hurriedly stuck his head out of the window to look out, and then smiled: "Old Hu, so you also have times of fear Ah, but don't make too much fuss, because there are really no other vehicles outside."

My first reaction was to look outside the car. The fat man was right, except for our headlights, the rest of the car was pitch black.I also said: "Maybe you were frightened today, so you thought too much. Everything is normal outside, so you can drive with confidence!"

Although he heard what we said, Lao Hu didn't relax at all, and still frowned, he said: "No, I just feel weird. I can't see a car on the road, but I can't see it in the sky. Seeing two moons hanging in the sky, I feel more and more that my eyes are fascinated by ghosts again? Besides, this road, which is supposed to drive towards the provincial capital, is all national roads, and the road will only open further The bigger it is, but you can see that this road is smaller than the county road when we left the county town, and it is even more sideways, as if it is on the road into the mountain."

As Lao Hu said, he pointed at the sky and on both sides of the road.

Hearing what he said, I didn't dare to be too casual. I hurriedly looked around and found that the old nonsense was really right.Under the illumination of the headlights, the road is indeed smaller than the national roads around the county seat. One side of the road is covered with dense forest, while the other side is desolate grassland.

I started to beat a drum in my heart, did I really hit the evil again?Or are you on the wrong track?
Thinking of this, I looked up to the sky above the windshield to see if there were really two moons hanging in the sky as Lao Hu said.

But when I looked up at the sky, I was startled, wow, this is too much, because I saw that there were not two moons hanging in the sky, but three moons!

Immediately I asked Lao Hu to stop the car. Seeing my flustered expression, the two of them also guessed that something was wrong, so they hurriedly asked me if I also found something?

I nodded and said, "It's really not right, I actually saw three moons in the sky."

"What, three? Why do I only see two?" This time, Lao Hu was surprised.

But the fat man immediately stuck his head out of the window, looked up at the sky, and then shouted: "Sure enough, there are three moons, one curved and two round. Immortals are so rigid, what kind of trouble is this!"

"Brother, do you think we ran into a ghost again?" Lao Hu asked me in panic.

I am also very puzzled. Today is the seventh day of the lunar calendar. It stands to reason that the moon at this time cannot be round.So right away I said: "There must be something wrong with it, those two round ones can't be the moon!"

"It's not the moon, what could it be? When we came out of the county, those two round moons were always above our heads." Lao Hu said.

"Huh? Then why didn't you say it earlier!" At that moment, I didn't want to talk to them any more. I just jumped out of the car and looked at the two moons above my head.

Stepping out of the car window, without the windshield, the sight is much better.Then I saw it clearly immediately, and shouted: "Where is the moon, it's clearly two Kongming lanterns!"

"Kong Ming Lantern?" Old Hu and Fatty were puzzled when they heard my words.The fat man said: "Today is not the Lantern Festival, who the hell is free to play with the Kongming lanterns, it's scary in the middle of the night!"

I said: "Although this is a Kongming lantern, it may be a lamp for calling back souls at this moment!"

"What, call... Summon the street lamp?" The old Hu and the two suddenly lost their voices in fright, their faces full of horror...

I nodded. Since ancient times, this Kongming lantern has never been related to making wishes or praying for blessings. On the contrary, it runs counter to it.

It is said that Kongming Lantern was invented by Mr. Zhuge for military use, which is the official statement.In fact, the Obon Festival in Buddhism earlier, on the seventh and a half of the lunar calendar, is what we call the Ghost Festival, and the river lanterns are released.River lanterns are to light candles in bowls or paper boats. It is said that the rivers of the world and the rivers of the underworld are connected, and the river lanterns can save the souls of the dead.

As for Taoism, sky lanterns, that is, Kongming lanterns, are released to call out the souls of the dead and lead the way. In some rural areas, this custom still exists.And there is a folk saying that if you send away bad things such as disease disasters and ghosts in yourself or your family, you will use this Kongming lantern to send them away, so it is extremely unlucky.Because this thing is related to things like yin, if you put one in, if it doesn’t work, you have to continue to put it in. You have to let the lamp fly away. After it burns out, it falls down. If it lands on some yard or house, it will be very, very One unlucky thing, this family will be in bad luck, it means that the sickness, sickness, ghosts and other things are sent to that person's house.

The two Kongming lanterns that have been floating in the air with us now, I'm sure they must be used to call out souls and guide the way.In Maoshan Shu, it is believed that the yang world and the yin world are extremely dark, and they are two different worlds. Generally, they cannot enter and leave the yang world. died.

On the [-]th day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar, the gate of ghosts is wide open. The descendants of the yang world miss their deceased relatives, and the ghosts of the underworld also miss their relatives in the yang world. Leading lights on Huangquan Road.Whether it is the release of river lanterns in Buddhism or the release of sky lanterns in Taoism, the purpose is to enable deceased relatives to find their way home under the guidance of street lights.

(End of this chapter)