The town cannot be considered a Taiping land. Over the years, there have been disasters, droughts and floods, invasions of bandits, and the nobles have spread money and the people in the town can only survive the disaster.

This year, a strange disease broke out in the town. The sick person looked blue and yellow, had weak Qi, and gradually became drowsy and lying, and the medicine was useless.

At first, only a few families got sick, but it spread. Three or four out of ten in the town were bedridden. Seeing that Wutong County was about to become a dead town, Gao Shanren was burning with his heart. Many famous doctors were invited, but they were helpless. He said that this was not a disease, could it be caused by evil spirits?

But the sorcerer and Taoist also came one after another, and the town was still stalking with dusk energy. What kind of strange disease is this?

Gao Shanren heard a Taoist sigh and said that this matter must have been brought by Master Feng Tian, ​​the Qishan Feng Tian, ​​but Master Feng is famous for being "difficult to ask for". He regards the wealth, fame and fortune in the world as a cloud. If he saves the people and the world, Master Feng Tian, ​​also said that everyone will be at peace with his destiny, why bother the heavenly way?

Since Gao Shanren knew that Feng Tianshi was a man who had attained enlightenment, he decided to invite Feng Tianshi to the town. He sent people to invite him to the town because he was not sincere enough, and he saw the customs with money. Gao Shanren was nearly fifty years old and lived in a wooden stick. He walked over from the town three hundred miles west of the town, and walked step by step. He did not stay at night, but lived under the trees, and only ate in clear water steamed buns to show sincerity.

Ten days later, he reached the foot of Qishan Mountain. Master Feng Tian had heard his disciple come to report the matter and deliberately closed the mountain gate. Gao Shanren was suffering for another three days before he could see Master Feng Tian. His lips were all raised, his feet were worn out with blood blisters, soaked in shoes and socks, forming pieces of mud, and there was no appearance of a wealthy man...

Master Feng Tian finally agreed to go with him to the town to "catch monsters and exorcise evil spirits."

But after entering the town, Feng Tianshi traveled all over the city within two days, and even visited the nearby wilderness mountains and rivers. No abnormalities were found. The number of patients in the city continued to increase. No matter how you boiled the medicine talisman, it seemed that it could not stop the spread of this strange disease...

On the third night, Master Feng Tian did not go out, but pondered at the moon in the Gao family's yard. Suddenly, he saw a ball of black fog floating out of the courtyard wall. Master Feng Tian raised his energy to chase him. The black fog penetrated the street and entered the house. It was extremely fast. He chased him all night. At dawn, Master Feng Tian saw the black fog throwing into Gao's house from afar and could never be found again.

Master Feng Tianmeng pondered outside the gate of the high house...

On the fourth day, Master Feng Tian did not go out again. Instead, he was drinking tea with Gao Shanren in Gao's house. Gao Shanren was anxious and did not dare to urge him. It was not until the lamp was held that Master Feng Tianren said that he was sleepy and asked Gao Shanren to rest on his own.

When it was ugly, Gao Shanren was suddenly knocked on the door by Master Feng Tian and called out to the study room for a lecture.

The two sat opposite each other in front of the candlelight. Gao Shanren seemed to have not woken up yet, staring at the Heavenly Master. Feng Tianshi didn't speak, and he didn't speak, giggling...

Master Feng Tian took out a small yellow cloth pocket and asked Gao Shanren to cover his abdomen and navel. Gao Shanren did as he did, and he didn't ask why.

The ugly moment was about to end, and the sky was clear. The black mist floated into the study and circled around Gao Shanren for a few times. It seemed to be searching for a way in, turning into an arrow, heading straight to Gao Shanren's navel, and was taken in by the small yellow cloth pocket.

Master Feng Tian tied the cloth bag, shook his head and sighed, let Shanren Gao go back to his room to fall asleep...

The next day, Gao Shanren woke up much more sober, but he felt weak and had to breathe for a while without saying a few words. His wife and children at home were very worried.

Master Feng Tian waved his hand and said it was okay, it would not hurt his life. He had found the source of the strange disease in the city, and it would be effective within three days.

Sure enough, three days later, the people in the city recovered, the smell of medicine and sorrow that had been floating in the town for half a year dissipated, and we could start to hear the jokes and laughter in the portal...

However, Gao Shanren's situation is still the same. He often stares in a daze and needs to push it before he can return to God. Gao Shanren's wife is worried, what are the symptoms of Master Feng Tian? Why does it seem like he lost his soul?

Master Feng Tian smiled bitterly and said, "It's not that he lost his soul, he lost his soul!"

It turned out that Feng Tianshi chased all over the city and finally collected the black fog into the yellow cloth bag. It was not a demonic evil spirit, but a soul of Gao Shanren!

People have three souls and seven spirits, and the soul is good but the spirit is evil. A good person is "higher than the sky, and he compares himself with the gods and immortals". He is indeed a good person, but his inner pursuit of "goodness" has become an obsession. He is "jealous" of the gods: the spirit immortals do not show their appearance but some people worship them, and he does good deeds himself, but he is still just a mortal.

This obsession was suppressed by Gao Shanren, and he did not even realize it himself. This "good" turned into "evil" thoughts and was perceived by the evil spirit. Over time, he could leave his body at night and wander around the whole city, causing the people in the city to suffer. Only then can he show his "great goodness" of Gao Shanren!

Gao Shanren listened to Master Feng Tian’s words and changed his face. He didn’t expect that he was the culprit who harmed the people. He reflected on himself every day, but he didn’t know that good thoughts had turned into evil thoughts!

Master Feng Tian returned the yellow cloth bag to Gao Shanren. Only when he lost his soul would he become stupid at times. But after all, Gao Shanren had no intention of his mistakes, and he could not bear to let this soul go and hand it over to Gao Shanren. Let's see how he dealt with it.

Gao Shanren looked at the yellow cloth bag for three days, and finally let out a long sigh and asked Master Feng Tian to help him lure his soul into his body and heal his body.

Gao Shanren took off his silk clothes, put on blue shirts and cloth shoes, and explained to his wife and children that he wanted to follow Fengtianshi to practice. When evil spirits arise, he still needs to resolve them. However, this "good" is no longer a hypocritical act of "seeking fame" in the world. Everything he needs is in himself, and he does not have to seek out the outside world...

Gao Shanren followed Master Feng Tian, ​​and the people in the city learned this story. They did not curse evil spirits and harm others because of this. Instead, they said that Gao Shanren not only has good intentions, but also can look at evil thoughts and even give up the glory of the world for this. This is the real "great goodness"!

Who dares to say that he has no evil thoughts? Only by facing the courage to turn evil into good can he turn evil into good?

Ren Daoyuan's senior brother Ren Qiu often traveled in his early years. He found that in all villages in some years, there were some sayings that "becoming spirits" and "being spirits" in the villages. Perhaps the long-term existence of these things made humans experiencing birth, old age, sickness and death in awe. There are many stories and legends, and over time, they became gods and ghosts.

At the entrance of Xikou Village, there is such a big willow tree. The three of them hugged each other, with red cloth strips hanging on it, and they fluttered with the wind with branches and leaves. They were all tied to the village to pray for blessings and cure diseases. They hope that the vigorous vitality of the big willow tree can help their family members to be free from illness and disasters.

This big willow tree has existed for countless years, and no one dared to make the idea of ​​this willow tree for many times. Not to mention whether the tree is powerful, the old man and the old lady will break her legs first!

Under the tree is where everyone in the village gathers. The rough bark and floating catkins are memories of generations. Whoever dares to say that cutting trees is a rage!

But this big willow tree was eventually burned by a knife and axe, which was made by the whole village, because the tree really "becomes a spirit" and "steals a child".

The story starts with Grandma Yi hanging herself.

Grandma Yi is not very old, she is less than 60 years old. She is a widow. She raised her two sons with her. The eldest son is very unreasonable, lazy and greedy, and is still a bachelor in her thirties. The second son is diligent and has a favorite daughter-in-law. She has a new house list. Grandma Yi lives with her eldest son.

Grandma Yi is a very troublesome mother-in-law. Fortunately, the young daughter-in-law is too lazy to pay attention to her and doesn't like to leave when she hears her feet. Grandma Yi is always angry when she throws basins and bowls.

But after the daughter-in-law became pregnant, Grandma Yi seemed to have changed her temperament and was busy taking care of her. The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law finally started to talk and laugh.

The child fell to the ground and was a fat boy. Grandma Yi was so rare that she always wanted to take her grandson back to her house. If her daughter-in-law hadn't been feeding her breasts, she would have taken her away. She looked at her daughter-in-law's face all day long and was tired of coughing and she hurriedly said, "Don't be tired of you. I'll take my grandson back to see her for a few days, and you can take a break..."

After a long time, my daughter-in-law felt something was wrong. After paying attention several times, she found that her mother-in-law and uncle got together to tease the child, and even coaxed the baby to call her uncle "dad". What's the point of thinking?

Grandma Yi simply made the words clear and said, "The baby is the eldest grandson of the Yi family. You have to adopt it for your brother. You two have another one..."

The daughter-in-law was so angry that she trembled. The eldest brother couldn't marry a wife and had no children, so he came to steal his own baby? The child is the flesh on his mother's heart, so how can he give it to others!

The couple from the second family were wary of Grandma Yi as if she was thieves. The yard door was locked and she refused to let her in, and the child could not meet. Grandma Yi cried and made a fuss, "It's nothing strange about adoption. Why don't you feel sorry for your elder brother without children? You are unfilial!"

The grandma used all kinds of methods, and even forced herself to death. She scolded her daughter-in-law for not agreeing, and she would hang herself.

After a few days of yelling, Grandma Yi took a hemp rope to the entrance of the village. She didn't hang herself at her home, for fear that no one would see her, so she went to the big willow tree at the entrance of the village, and people would come and persuade her.

How Grandma Yi really hangs herself to death is a mystery.

The villagers said that they did see Grandma Yi walking out with a hemp rope, but suddenly thunder broke out in the sky, and it started to rain heavily. When they saw her turn and go home again.

Not long after, the rain stopped. The villagers found that Grandma Yi was hanging on the willow branch, her clothes were dry, and the trees were also dry. The rain seemed to be within the village and it didn't fall anywhere else.

What's even more strange is that after that, three children were lost in the village, all of whom were playing under the trees, and they were nowhere to be found...

The villagers were in panic and looked at the big willow tree. Could it be that it has become a haunted person?

Therefore, I found a famous gentleman to exorcise evil spirits. It was really this big willow tree that was "making a demon"!

The gentleman said that this tree has been around for too long and has achieved enlightenment. When it was about to become a spirit, Grandma Yi ran to hang herself. The tree spirit was originally neither evil nor good, and ignorant, but was led by Grandma Yi and entered the evil way of swallowing people's souls.

Although Grandma Yi's soul was swallowed, the tree spirit was still influenced by Grandma Yi and became obsessed with the children. The three lost children were all "killed" by the tree spirit, cut down the tree and burned it, and the "disguise method" was broken.

Sure enough, when the tree was cut down, the branches of the trees were automatically without wind, making a "squeak" sound, and when the fire burned, it made a "squeak" sound.

After the fire went out, three missing children suddenly walked back from outside the village and said they had just gone to a large yard to play. It was not long before, but they all said that it had been several days...

This matter gradually subsided. Yi's daughter-in-law's baby is still his own, and Yi's eldest son is still a bachelor who is not doing his job properly. Only the newly filled tree pit at the entrance of the village is still silently reminding the villagers that there was a big willow tree that had "got astray" here.

It’s so regrettable. Grandma Yi’s farce of hanging her child, not only saved her life, but also cheated a “willet spirit”. Tsk, it’s such an injustice. (To be continued)
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