Volume Three: The Case of Hundred Ghosts at Night Chapter Sixty-Three: The First Day of October
The first day of October is also known as the Ghost Festival. According to legend, at this time every year, the weather suddenly turns cold, and in some places it can even freeze to death.
Some people believe that this is caused by the gates of hell opening wide and the cold air from the underworld pouring into the human world.
According to legend, on this day, all the ghosts from the underworld can return to the human world, meet the surviving people, and express their longing for each other.
However, some people say that this day is the day of the year when yin energy is strongest and yang energy is weakest. Therefore, the barrier between yin and yang is weak. Some evil ghosts will take this opportunity to break through the barrier between yin and yang and come to the human world to complete their unfinished work.
Things.
In order to prevent evil spirits from harming people, people in the underworld hold grand night banquets every day on this day, lighting up the entire night with lights to increase Yang energy and ward off the harm of evil spirits.
Therefore, this night is the weirdest.
In some places, it is dark and dark, waiting for relatives and friends to come and express their love to each other;
In some places, the lights are brightly lit, like daylight, to ward off evil spirits from causing trouble.
Linyang City, a place where fireworks are flourishing, is where this situation is most severe.
At this time of year, with the Sulin River as the boundary, Henan is completely silent. Every household blows out the lights and goes to bed early, just waiting for their loved ones to return to the earth and meet them in their dreams.
However, Sulin River in Hebei is a noisy and bustling place, with all kinds of exquisite lanterns dotted in every street and alley, and it is extremely lively with crowds of people.
Around Hai Shi, someone would push a colorful paper horse that was three meters high from the east of the city along the embankment to the west of the city.
This huge paper horse is also called the "moon horse".
People in Linzhou believe that the moon horse is ridden by the judge of the underworld, and the ghosts in the underworld are most afraid of the judge. If they see the moon horse passing by from a distance, they will think that the judge is here, and they will not dare to come here to cause trouble.
Therefore, when the moon horse passes through the city every year, people who see the moon horse will shout loudly: "The iron pen makes clear judgments, and examines yin and yang." On both sides of the moon horse, flowers are placed for food and worship, that is, "Calling the Moon"
horse"!
"It's so lively." Sun Wu, the ship's captain, supported his wife and walked slowly along the Sulin River and came to a bright stall.
I saw a variety of colorful wooden horses placed on the stall.
"Look at this moon horse, it's really cute." Mrs. Sun gently picked up a red wooden horse and said with a smile.
"Then buy it." Sun Wu smiled and looked at the vendor: "How much does this cost?"
"Five copper plates." The merchant looked at Sun's big belly with a smile, and then said: "Old Sun, how long do we have?"
"Come on, come on." Sun Wu reached out and touched his wife's belly, then took out five copper coins and put them on the vendor's table: "I want this as a gift to my unborn son.
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"How did you know he was a son?" Mrs. Sun rolled her eyes at Sun Wu: "Maybe she is a daughter?"
"Hehe, it doesn't matter if it's a daughter or a daughter." Sun Wu said hurriedly.
"I didn't expect that you, who used to be a lazy person, have now become a ship's captain. Wow, it's really unexpected," said the merchant.
"Good luck, thanks to Lao Liu." Sun Wu scratched his head: "If it weren't for him, I would have struggled to get into the shipping department, let alone become a shipping officer."
"By the way." Mrs. Sun glanced at Sun Wu and said, "Didn't I ask you to invite Lao Liu to my house for dinner tonight? Why didn't you come?"
"Don't mention it." Sun Wu sighed: "I've looked for it."
"Then what? He doesn't come?" said Sun.
"It's not that I won't come, it's that I can't come." Sun Wu looked at Mrs. Sun and then at the vendor: "The sixth one was arrested for stealing a fish two days ago. He will have to be detained for at least seven days."
"Haha." Upon hearing Sun Wu's words, the vendor immediately laughed so hard that he couldn't stand up straight: "It can't be the fish from Yu Laowu's family, right?"
"It belongs to his family." Sun Wu shook his head: "Why did Yu Lao Wu sue Lao Liu when he knew that the Ghost Festival was coming soon?"
"Perhaps it was Lao Liu who asked for it?" the vendor said: "After all, Lao Liu's Leoyi Alley is fine on weekdays, but once it comes to the ghost festival, it is really scary at night, and there is no shed or wall.
Yes, it is indeed not as comfortable as a prison."
"Speaking of which, I heard that the prison has been rebuilt and is now more luxurious than Chunyu Tower. Is that true?" the merchant asked suddenly.
"It has indeed been rebuilt. It looks spacious and bright now." Sun Wu shook his head and said, "But compared to Chunyu Tower, there is still no comparison."
"Okay." The merchant nodded.
"Okay, let's not talk anymore. We will go home after walking for a while." Sun Wu said: "My wife wants to wait for Yue Ma tonight."
"Go, go." The merchant nodded: "It's probably going to be soon."
"My name is Yue Ma, my name is Yue Ma!" As soon as the merchant finished speaking, he saw a little boy running over from the east of the city, shouting as he ran.
"Hey, it's coming as promised!" Sun Wu said to the vendor with a smile: "We'll go first."
"Hmm, there are many people calling Yue Ma, so please pay attention to your safety," the vendor said.
"Okay." Then Sun Wu helped Sun and walked over quickly.
Not long after, the huge moon horse slowly walked along the Sulin River towards the west of the city.
Mrs. Sun hurriedly put the wooden moon horse in her hand on the ground, and then prayed devoutly to the huge moon horse, hoping that her wooden moon horse would also receive the judge's blessing.
In Linzhou, this kind of thing is called "horse invitation".
It is said that this kind of invited "moon horse" can protect the peace of the family and the health and wisdom of the children and grandchildren.
Sun Wu looked at Mrs. Sun, and then also prayed devoutly.
"Huh." At the south city gate, soldier A who was guarding the city rubbed his arms and looked at the brightly lit south bank of the Sulin River: "It's so lively."
"Why, you want to see it too?" Soldier B said with a smile.
"You don't want to go?" Soldier A asked.
"Hehe, I'd rather like to visit the ghost market." Soldier B chuckled and said, "It is said that there are a lot of good things in there."
"Okay, the gatekeepers of the ghost world are already panicking. Why are you talking about the ghost market here?" Soldier A shivered and shook his head: "I'm not afraid of the evil ghosts taking a fancy to you."
"Haha, I was just trying to see what the ghost was..." Soldier B stopped abruptly before he finished speaking, his eyes widened, and he looked outside the city in horror.
"What's wrong? If you scare me again, believe it or not, I won't be polite to you." Soldier A looked away and glared at Soldier B.
"No, no, no!" Soldier B trembled all over, his mouth trembled, and pointed his finger outside the city gate: "Ghost, ghost!!"
"What the hell..." Soldier A followed Soldier B's finger and then froze in place as if he had been hit by a freezing spell.
Less than twenty meters outside the city gate, a huge team had appeared at some point.
And everyone in this team is not human... This chapter has been completed!
