Chapter 17 The True Content of Ghosts
Nanfeng knew that the blind man was testing him, so he mustered up the courage and said loudly, "I dare to go, I don't even have this courage, so how can I follow you?"
The blind man smiled, raised his hand, and signaled him to move forward.
Nanfeng walked very quickly. He wanted to go to the broken house before dark, and take advantage of the light to observe the environment of the broken house. If there is still time, pick up some firewood, so that it will be better to light it after dark.
However, once the sun sets, it gets dark very quickly. It turns dark before you walk two miles away. In the end, the three miles are in the dark. By the time the two of them arrive near the broken house, it is already time to enter the update.
The broken house is located in the wilderness on the west side of the main road, only a few hundred steps away from the official road. After the dynasty changes, the new emperor usually rebuilds the official road, which means that if he does not follow the old road in the previous dynasty, no one will walk on the old road after the new road is built, and it will be deserted over time. The wilderness where the broken house is located should be the official road in the previous dynasty. Judging from the style of the broken house, it should be a post station.
What made Nanfeng feel a little relieved is that there was a small path in the grass leading to the broken house, which means that passers-by who missed the Amtou often went to the broken house to settle in.
Nanfeng pulled the blind man to the broken house. The door of the broken house faced east. The gate tower and courtyard wall outside had collapsed. The stables and several main houses on both sides were still complete, but the doors and windows were gone. I guess they were removed by passers-by as firewood.
"It's dark, are you afraid?" asked the blind man.
"Not afraid." Nanfeng shook his head. After seeing the old man in the temple die, he lived alone in the temple. He lived for more than two years before he met Chu Huairou, and then met fat man and Big Eyes. When the old man was alive, there were people coming to the temple to burn incense and send some food and lamp oil. After the old man died, no one came. Later, there was no lamp oil. He was in the dark at night and was used to the darkness.
The blind man nodded, "Let's go, go to the house."
Nanfeng pulled the blind man and continued to walk forward. If the blind man had not told him that the broken house was not clean before, he would not be afraid at all. However, when the blind man said that, he would inevitably be nervous and walked very slowly when he approached the broken house.
It was already dark at this time, and the situation in the house could not be seen from outside, but there were dead weeds in the yard. Nanfeng pulled a few handfuls, lit them with a fire twister, and walked into the main house of the broken house under the light.
"Master, there is nothing in the house." Nan Feng said, in the middle of the house there was a pile of ashes left by the burning bonfire, and there was some firewood next to the ashes, and nothing in the house except.
"If you can't see it, it means you don't have it." said the blind man.
The blind man's words suddenly made Nanfeng's back chill, "What's there?"
"Ghost." The blind man said casually.
At this time, the handful of dry grass in his hand was almost burned. Nanfeng hurriedly put down the remaining weeds and picked up the firewood on the ground to make a fire.
"Master, are you talking about the ghost?..."
"Ghost." The blind man answered calmly.
At this time, the bonfire was already lit, and Nanfeng was not so scared. In fact, he knew very well that there was a blind man, and even if there was a ghost, he could not harm him, but he was still involuntarily scared.
After the bonfire was lit, Nanfeng cleared the place around him, helped the blind man sit down, and then went out to pull the weeds. There was not much firewood left on the ground and it would not last long.
After a while, Nanfeng entered the house with the weeds he had pulled, "Master, it seems to be raining."
The blind man nodded slightly, turned to speak and asked, "Nanfeng, do you want to see what it looks like?"
"Is it difficult to see?" Nan Feng asked. The blind man's mouth naturally pointed to a ghost.
The blind man shook his head.
"I will know sooner or later, and it's okay to see now." Nan Feng said. To be fair, the blind man treats him very well. He accompanied him to understand and accept it slowly. If another master had no choice, he would definitely not be so gentle. Maybe he would throw him into the grave and scare him for a few nights.
"Are you ready?" the blind man asked in a harmonious voice.
Nanfeng took a deep breath, "Okay."
Nanfeng thought that the blind man would make some strange moves or recite some scriptures and mantras, but he didn't expect that the blind man just raised his hand and patted his head.
It's strange. After the blind man finished slapping his head, he immediately found a "person" squatting in the southeast corner of the house.
This "person" is naturally not a human, but it is no different from a human. This is a middle-aged woman in ragged clothes, very thin, messy hair, and a pale complexion.
This "person" seemed to be frightened, squatting in the corner of the wall and trembling. He looked at the two people next to the fire from the corner of his eyes, his lips quickly opened and closed, as if he was saying something, but no sound came out.
It was not that scary to find the ghost, so Nanfeng began to look at the female ghost carefully. After a closer look, he could find that the clothes worn by the female ghost were still different from those of the real clothes. Although they also had the shape of the clothes, the subtleties were not real and very vague.
"Master, it seems to be very scared." Nan Feng said.
"Yes." The blind man took off his shoes and knocked down the sand inside. "I trap it here for you to look at it. It thought I was going to surrender it and was begging for mercy."
"Why can't I hear what it is saying?" Nan Feng asked. The feeling this female ghost gave him was not terrible, but a little pitiful.
"The yin energy it emits is not good for you, and I have isolated its breath." said the blind man.
Seeing the female ghost's skinny skinny bones, Nanfeng felt compassion, "Master, can it eat?"
The blind man nodded.
Nanfeng took out a steamed bun from his bag, but he wanted to give it but didn't dare to give it to him. After hesitating, he threw it to the female ghost.
The female ghost looked at Nanfeng, then looked at the blind man, and quickly reached out to grab the steamed bun.
The moment the female ghost took away the steamed bun, Nanfeng discovered a strange scene. The steamed bun he threw was still there, but the female ghost also held a steamed bun in his hand, which was the same as the one on the ground.
The blind man might have guessed what Nan Feng saw, "The ghost is the yin energy condensed, and he cannot swallow food, but can only absorb the breath."
The female ghost took the steamed bun but didn't dare to eat it. She still looked at the blind man in fear. Nanfeng couldn't bear it, "Master, let it go."
As soon as Nan Feng finished speaking, the female ghost disappeared. Without asking, it was clear that it was the blind man who took back the spiritual energy that trapped it. However, he didn't see clearly how the blind man took it. It seemed that the blind man did nothing.
The blind man obviously wanted to take this opportunity to understand ghosts, and then gave some explanations. The soul that leaves the body after death is a ghost. Ghosts are not as ugly and terrifying as the rumors in the market. What they look like in life and what they look like after death? What kind of temperament is still after death? Ghosts are also divided into good or bad. Good people become good ghosts when they die, and evil people become evil ghosts when they die. Good ghosts do not harm people, evil ghosts will harm people.
After a person dies, ghosts are usually taken to the underworld by evil spirits. However, if too many people die during a certain period of time, evil spirits in the underworld will be too busy. If they are too busy, there may be leaks. The more people die, the more leaks, and if there are too many leaks, there will inevitably be evil ghosts.
The situation of a large number of dead people is usually caused by famine, war, and plague. Once a country encounters a large number of dead people, it may lead to destruction. People in the practice have summarized a rule from this. If evil ghosts cause troubles very frequently during a certain period of time, it means that the country’s fortune is not prosperous and disaster is coming.
Every time the blind man said something, he would pause for a short time, leaving time for Nanfeng to think. In the absence of the blind man's pause, Nanfeng interrupted and asked, "Master, why can I see it when you patted my head just now?"
"People with strong yang energy will not see ghosts. I temporarily shut your yang energy before." said the blind man.
Nanfeng looked at the steamed bun that had been thrown to the female ghost again, "Can the steamed bun on the ground still be eaten?"
"Don't eat it anymore." The blind man shook his head.
While the two were talking, it started to rain outside. Nanfeng took advantage of the rain before it was heavy and ran out to collect a few weeds. After the rain was heavy, he ran out with a bowl and took the rain and came back to quench the blind man's thirst.
"You're soaked." The blind man took the bowl with his left hand and touched Nanfeng's head with his right hand. Although his eyes were blind, his heart was not blind. Based on Nanfeng's footsteps, he judged that the bowl of water was connected from the open air instead of under the eaves. Nanfeng did this just to catch some clean rainwater for him to drink.
"It's okay." Nanfeng took out the steamed bun from his bag and stuffed it into the blind man's hand, "Master, eat something."
The blind man held the steamed bun but did not chew, but frowned.
"What's wrong, Master?" Nan Feng asked.
Chapter completed!