On July 15th again, there were several burning or burned piles of paper at every intersection, adding a smoke and smoke to comfort the ancestors in this confusing city.
It was just after ten o'clock, and there were far fewer pedestrians on the street than before. Few people stopped to stay on the bustling street in the past. Everyone was walking in a hurry. I don't know whether they disliked the smoke-filled environment or were taboo about this unusual sight.
day.
"Cough...cough..."
Su Cheng sat in the car, covering her mouth and nose and coughing. Although the doors and windows of the car were closed, there was still smoke entering the car along with the air conditioner.
"Why are there so many people burning paper on the street and no one cares about it?"
Xiao Di patted Su Cheng's back, "Today is originally a day for people to pay homage to their ancestors, but most people are living abroad and cannot go home. They can only express their memory for their ancestors in this way on the street.
They can't go home to worship, and they feel very sad. Who will stop them? People's hearts are full of flesh, and who doesn't have an elder in their family?"
After passing the intersection, we drove along the streets along the river. There were not many people burning paper here. The air was a little better, and Su Cheng felt a little more comfortable.
"They are just doing this to comfort themselves. Their ancestors didn't come here to shop, so who are they burning it for? It's really a lie and a ghost, even themselves. If their ancestors really came to collect those valuables,
Can’t they just be scared to death?”
"Come on, don't comment on things you don't know. I believe in ghosts and gods but don't respect them. I really don't know what people like you think. If you don't believe it, why are you just joining in the fun? I remember that you and Li Jianyang were quite religious when they participated in the event.
Ah, you not only burned paper, but also burned incense. I haven't seen you do so much." Tan Xuan interrupted Su Cheng's complaints with complaints. He clearly didn't want to see them, but they still haunted him.
, Tan Xuan felt very awkward, and his tone of voice was not good, and it was also mixed with unabashed ridicule.
Both Xiao Di and Su Cheng took the initiative to participate in this ghost-calling activity without Tan Xuan's reminder. Su Cheng was the nominal organizer of the activity and had to come after receiving the money. Xiao Di wanted to see if there was any new material.
Shooting, they all came uninvited anyway. And Xiao Di once again called Tan Xuan to be a free driver. The reason was also very good. It was late at night, it was July 15th, and girls needed protection, otherwise people and ghosts would
It's too dangerous to divide.
Along the way, Xiao Di didn't say anything, but kept taking pictures of the "fireworks" on the roadside. Su Cheng complained constantly, seeming to have forgotten her guilt for Tan Xuan. She didn't stop until Tan Xuan spoke,
And he stopped coughing, as if the aura emanating from Tan Xuan's body had washed away the smell of burning paper in the car.
Tan Xuan warned him while driving: "Today is the Ghost Festival. It is said that the gates of hell are wide open. It is easy for some weird things to happen tonight. So whether you are on the road or at the riverside, don't talk too much. See you
Don't make a fuss about any abnormal phenomena. If you don't disturb them, they won't disturb you easily. I won't be polite if they provoke you, but if you cause trouble for your own reasons, don't blame me for ignoring you."
"I know..." Xiao Di replied impatiently and deliberately lengthened his voice, "Why are you moaning like a girl..."
"It's better to be annoyed than to live a long life. If you don't want to get into trouble, just be honest and put away your camera. Don't let a guy who has never seen the world collect the offerings from you again."
"Will there be danger soon?" Su Cheng asked in a low voice. She didn't feel scared at first, but now that Tan Xuan warned her, she became scared.
"It's okay to attract ghosts. Tell me if there is any danger. You also chose a day when the ghost gates are wide open. I don't know what will be attracted by then. I don't know if Yang Junwen's friend is reliable. If he really causes trouble, let me
Take action, be careful I will bankrupt him."
"Ah!" Su Cheng timidly glanced at Tan Xuan's profile and found that he was becoming more and more unfamiliar to him, especially when Tan Xuan was talking about ghosts, there seemed to be no emotion in his eyes.
"Ah what." Tan Xuan turned around and glared at Su Cheng, who was so frightened that Su Cheng immediately shut her mouth.
Tan Xuan said with a cold face: "He is fine. I won't spend my gas money in vain today. It depends on whether the trouble they cause is big or small. If nothing happens, I will suffer a big loss."
Su Cheng was speechless for a while, and suddenly felt sad for Yang Junwen. He felt that he was a bit unworthy of others. He was just for his own safety. He didn't expect to find a master who only valued money, and he was not satisfied with yesterday's little income.
It seems that the situation tonight is as bad as possible.
Tan Xuan didn't know what the two women behind were thinking, but he drove seriously and arrived at the railway bridge Yang Junwen mentioned at nearly eleven o'clock.
The Railway Bridge used to be a landmark building in Jiangzhou. Cars and trains passed on the bridge. It was very famous locally at that time. However, with the passage of time and social progress, including the replacement of leaders, the railway bridge was gradually abandoned.
, has become a railway bridge that only a few trains pass through every day. Cars rarely cross the river here, and people use the new bridge not far away on a daily basis. Now there is a clear contrast between the old and the new, one is brightly lit, and the other is
The street lights are not as bright as the moon in the sky, and many of them are broken but no one has repaired them. In the past, there may have been a few pairs of wild mandarin ducks here who were reluctant to spend money to go to the hotel. Today, the place is completely clean.
Even people who burn paper are not willing to come to such a remote place.
At this time, there was a car parked on the roadside at the end of the bridge. Yang Junwen and the others had already arrived. When they saw Tan Xuan's car approaching, the car turned on its double flashers and then drove for a while to the dry stone beach under the bridge.
Seeing that the road conditions below were not ideal, Tan Xuan parked the car directly on the side of the road, "Damn, he thinks his car is amphibious, and it has to climb mountains and wade. Let's go on, I can
I don’t want to find another tow truck.”
Tan Xuan greeted Xiao Di and Su Cheng to get out of the car. Tan Xuan originally planned to let them wait in the car, but he thought that neither of them could stay in the car honestly, especially when he saw Xiao Di's
With excited eyes, he didn't bother to say anything to persuade her. Just follow them. They were the ones who wanted to come anyway, and he had given many warnings on the way. If there was any special situation later, it would be their own fault.
Yang Junwen's car stopped not far from the water's edge, and three people got out of the car, two men and one woman. Two of them were met by Tan Xuan and the others yesterday, and only one of them was unfamiliar.
When Tan Xuan and others walked from the roadside to the stone beach, Yang Junwen took the stranger and introduced him to Tan Xuan, "Master Tan, you are here, thank you for your hard work. Let me introduce to you, this is
My friend Ge Youming, he and I recommended you, and he is mainly responsible for tonight's activities. Youming, this is Master Tan in the video, I didn't expect Master Tan to be so young, right?"
"Master Tan, hello." Ge Youming raised his fist towards Tan Xuan, "I've heard of you for a long time."
Tan Xuan was stunned by the other party's way of greeting him. He didn't expect that this kind of etiquette that only appeared in martial arts movies would be encountered by him. He smiled and clasped his fists in return, "Hello to you too."
If you hear the famous name, this is too false. Tan Xuan doesn't think that his fame can be known to all women and children. He secretly thought in his heart that the other party's politeness was too perfunctory. As for the remaining one, he had already met and had some experience the day before yesterday.
She had had close contact, and although the face was unfamiliar, the mark on her face was very obvious, and the eyes she was looking at Tan Xuan were filled with anger, so Tan Xuan simply ignored her.
After a brief exchange of greetings, Ge Youming pointed to the river under the railway bridge and Tan Xuan and said: "Master Tan, this is the place where the female ghost slipped and fell into the river. After a while, I will try to call the female ghost out and ask her about her surprise.
Regarding the cause of the dream, if there are any shortcomings or mistakes in the process, I would like to ask you to give me some pointers, and I will be very grateful."
Tan Xuan smiled and waved his hands and said politely: "I don't dare take it seriously. You're too polite. I don't have the ability to give advice to others. You can preside over tonight's affairs. If you don't mind me watching from the side, I'll be satisfied."
"Then I will show my shame."
"You are welcome."
Just be polite. If you are rude, Yang Junwen won't be able to curse directly. Tan Xuan directly found a stone and sat down, completely becoming his audience.
Ge Youming returned to the car and took out many things from the car. A folding table, incense candles, yellow paper, and offerings were all fully prepared. After the arrangements were completed, Ge Youming took out a long and narrow table from the car.
He took out a brown Taoist robe from the wooden box and put it on. Then he took out a copper bell, a copper coin sword, a token, and a pile of talismans and placed them on the wooden table.
After looking at the time, Ge Youming waved to Yang Junwen and others, "The hour has come. You step aside and wait for me to cast a spell to attract the female ghost. Come back when I ask you to come forward."
Yang Junwen and others obediently stepped aside, leaving the "stage" entirely to Ge Youming.
Ge Youming lit the incense candle, picked up a piece of yellow paper and lit it on the candle. When it was half burned, he threw it on the stone beach. Then he picked up a yellow talisman, ignited it and threw it into the air. He rang the bell with his left hand.
He kneaded the secrets with his right hand and recited a spell he didn't know where he learned it from.
"The fragrance is heavy and echoes the universe, and the fragrance is burning through the gate of heaven; the golden bird rushes like cloud arrows, the jade rabbit shines like a wheel; the south star and the north star shine all over the sky, and the five-color clouds are noisy..."
"Woo..."
A breeze blew by, and the burning yellow talisman was blown directly into the air without falling to the ground. With the ringing of the bell in Ge Youming's hand, the yellow talisman lingered in the air for a few times, and was finally blown to the surface of the river until it was completely burned out and disappeared without a trace.
No trace.
There was a wind blowing, but the candlelight on the altar was not affected at all and was still burning energetically. It was weird, very weird. Everyone unconsciously moved closer to Tan Xuan, even to Tan Xuan.
Yang Yumin, who had always been hostile, also followed.
After the yellow talisman disappeared, Ge Youming also stopped ringing the bell, took out three sticks of incense from the table, lit them and inserted them into the incense burner. He picked up some pieces of yellow paper and lit them in a steel basin in front of the altar. Then
He picked up the brush and scribbled a few words on a piece of yellow paper. Then he picked up the copper coin sword, pierced the yellow paper and put it on the candle to light it.
Ge Youming raised the token on the table with his left hand, brandished the copper coin sword with his right hand, and shouted loudly: "Listen to the patrolling ghosts and gods, and quickly bring Yu Jing's ghost to this place."