Night Lights

Chapter 76

Incense holders, ghost food, are needed for sacrifices, and are used for worshiping gods; incense is not called buying, but for asking; when the fire of incense is extinguished, the incense is lifted up, and it cannot be blown out; facing north and south, the incense is over the top of the head, and three prayers are made to make a wish. The left hand is tranquil, the right hand kills, and the left hand holds the incense, inserting it into the incense burner; burn no more than three incense sticks, one to worship the gods, one to worship the Dharma, and one to respect ghosts; .

……

at dusk.

The night sky was gray and dark, with no moon shadow and starlight visible for half a day, it was chaotic and gloomy.

Ma Wuye, Yan Zifei, and clay figurine Zhang hid in the house, poked a hole in the paper window with their fingers, and peeped into the courtyard with one eye.

Unknown when the wind blew up in the courtyard, and the dust and sand flew up, circling in front of the altar set up by the Eight Immortals table.There are two candles standing on the altar, and the flames are flickering with the wind at this time.There are yellow paper charms on the table, a stack of thick yellow paper coins, and a porcelain bowl with flowers. The porcelain bowl is placed on the altar, and the bowl is filled with rough grains and small beans. Everything has been prepared.

Bai Shibao stood in front of the Dharma altar with his eyes slightly closed, and he held a formula with his hands, and said anxiously: "The heaven and the earth are natural, the Tao and the law are true, I have been instructed by the spirit of heaven, Qianluo Jiegui kills evil spirits, ghosts of the five mountains Go to your life, the three souls will last forever, and those who are broken will come to help quickly..."

call!
As soon as the words fell, the wind in the yard suddenly changed!
Whizzing!

Two gusts of dark wind swept across the front of the altar, pressing the candles on the altar to almost extinguish.Bai Shibao slowly opened his eyes, twisted the candle wick with his hands, the flame jumped twice, and then slowly ignited again.

"Ok?"

Bai Shibao hesitated a little, looked up by the candlelight, and saw two ghosts standing in front of the altar.

At this time, Ma Wuye and the clay figurines in the house stared wide-eyed, with beads of sweat rolling down their foreheads.The hands of the clay figurine were tightly clenched into fists, and the dry mud had already been soaked with sweat from the palms of their hands, and it was now kneaded into a thin mud.

Yan Zifei whispered: "Look! Those two people are the ghosts brought by Brother Bai Shibao!"

Yan Zifei had seen ghosts before, but he was unknowingly afraid.

"Wonderful! After living for so long, this is the first time I've seen a ghost!" Clay figurine Zhang wiped his sweat with his sleeve, his eyes glowed from the holes, and looked up and down at the two ghosts in front of Bai Shibao.

Ma Wuye also frowned, looking fascinated.

The two ghosts in front of Bai Shibao, one tall and thin, with a pointed mouth, wearing a black shroud, and leading a white paper horse; A dog whip was inserted between them.The two ghosts stretched out their hands in front of Bai Shibao and pointed to the northwest, then looked to the southeast, as if they were talking to Bai Shibao.

The three people in the room only heard Bai Shibao say: "I see, how much do you two want?"

"..." The thin and tall ghost pointed to the Zhizama beside him, and seemed to be muttering something.

Bai Shibao nodded, and looked at the pudgy ghost again.

"..." The chubby ghost patted his belly, pointed to the sky, and didn't know what he was talking about.

Bai Shibao shook his head.

The three of them looked in amazement in the room, Ma Wuye patted Yan Zifei's shoulder lightly, and asked in a low voice, "What are they talking about? Why can't they hear anything but their mouths?"

Yan Zifei shook his head and said, "I don't know about that, but it seems like I'm chatting homely!"

"Family talk?"

Mr. Ma was a little puzzled. He turned his head and looked at the clay figurine Zhang. The clay figurine Zhang was lying on the window, keeping his eyes on the window.

Outside, in the yard.

Bai Shibao shook his head at the pudgy ghost and said, "How much does it cost me to buy two pairs of door gods? Your appearance fee is too high. With 1000 taels, I can invite Hades to come and walk the show!"

This short, fat ghost was unattractive, with a short neck and short legs, and gray skin and gray eyes. He looked at Bai Shibao, and stammered, "You don't need to lie about such things, 1000 taels is not too much!"

Bai Shibao shook his head and said, "No asking price! I only have 1000 taels on me. If it works out, you two will share it equally, 500 taels each!"

"If you add some more money, what we do is hard work!"

Bai Shibao said: "No second price!"

At this time, the thin and tall ghost beside him put the Zhizha horse aside, stepped forward and interjected: "Brother! Now that the underworld is under investigation, we are taking risks by running out to make some small money! I don't know what the ghost is doing." Time to swim here and catch us right away!"

Bai Shibao helplessly spread his thumb and index finger, made a gesture, and said, "How about 800 taels per person?" After finishing speaking, he held the thick stack of yellow paper on the altar with his hand and shook it in front of the two ghosts. shook.

The two ghosts looked at each other, a little moved, and nodded.

At this time, the short and fat ghost stepped forward, stretched out two fingers and rubbed the yellow paper, opened a few more and looked at it, shook his head and shouted: "Brother! Your yellow paper is worthless!" , not printed!"

Bai Shibao was taken aback, and asked, "What seal?"

The Humpty Ghost said: "Now Yincao Ming coins have been reversed, and Yincao's name is printed on the money! You burn these yellow papers to us, and we exchange them at Yincao, but the price is discounted, 800 taels become 400 taels." two……"

Bai Shibao secretly said in his heart: Oops!It's no wonder that the last time I heard the 'Maoshan Grandmaster' Lin Jiu and Cui Panming say about printing new Ming coins, this is what I dare to say?It doesn't matter if they have released a new version, the yellow paper Mingqian I have on hand will be [-]% off at once!

Bai Shibao bowed his head and thought for a while and said: "If the two ghost brothers trust me, they will accept the money first, and I will issue an IOU for the rest! At that time, the two ghost brothers each left their accounts in the underworld, how about I make up for it later? "

The tall and thin ghost shook his head like a rattle, and the short and fat ghost pulled it aside and muttered for a while, then said to Bai Shibao: "I'm not afraid that you will deceive the ghost! We need money urgently now, so you burn it in this brazier." Let's go! Let's pick it up!"

Bai Shibao turned his head to look at the tall and thin ghost and asked, "You mean you agree?"

The thin tall ghost spread his hands and said, "Yes! But give us an extra 50 taels as interest!"

Bai Shibao was taken aback for a moment, and asked, "What did brother do for a living before he was alive? You can see the weight so clearly!"

The tall and thin ghost said: "You're laughing, I was a pig butcher in my lifetime! Because I was drunk at night, I mistook the shopkeeper for a fat pig, put it on the pig case, stabbed it in the neck, and was sentenced to swallow a gun." Son! From now on, there will be a problem. You have to look at everything carefully and see clearly..."

Bai Shibao asked the short and fat ghost again: "Then you are?"

The Humpty Ghost blushed and said in shame: "The wine we drank together was carried to the pig case and slaughtered while we were sleeping. I am the manager of the butcher shop!"

Bai Shibao didn't know what to say, how did he attract such a pair of strange ghosts?

Boom!

At this time, the door of the house was knocked open, and the two ghosts looked back. The clay figurine Zhang Zheng was lying on the ground, his face pale, holding the mud in his hands, pointing behind him, and exclaimed to Bai Shibao: "Ma... That paper horse!"

"horse?"

Bai Shibao glanced sideways at the door, and the tall thin ghost's paper horse ran to the door at some point, and was gnawing on the paper paste on the window!At this time, Yan Zifei and Ma Wuye hid in the house and did not show up, only the clay figurine Zhang ran out of the house in fright!

The two ghosts were also startled. They stared at the clay figurine Zhang, then looked back at Bai Shibao, and asked, "This is..."

Bai Shibao smiled awkwardly: "Oh! It's okay, this is my old servant, I asked him to come over and help me burn the paper..." After finishing speaking, Bai Shibao winked at the clay figurine Zhang, and shouted sharply: "Old servant! Why don't you come over and burn paper for the two ghost brothers?"

The clay figurine Zhang was shaking so badly that his hands and neck were covered with cold sweat, and his clothes were half soaked.Hearing Bai Shibao calling him over, he nodded hastily, walked over tremblingly, took the thick stack of yellow paper from Bai Shibao's hand, didn't even dare to lift his head, just squatted down and burned the paper in the brazier !
suddenly!

A big hand reached into the brazier, stirring the fire in the basin, turning the ashes in the basin, and pulling out thick wads of ghost coins from it.

Clay figurine Zhang's face changed color with fright, his eyes involuntarily glanced upwards, and there was that tall, thin ghost squatting in front of him!
The thin tall ghost's pale face was distorted by the light of the fire, he bared his teeth and smiled at the clay figurine, saying, "I'll take the money!"

The clay figurine tightened its grip on the mud in its hands, rolled its eyelids, fell to the ground, and passed out...

Bai Shibao smiled awkwardly, and said, "This old servant is probably too tired!"

After finishing speaking, he ignored the clay figurine Zhang. Seeing that the two ghosts had taken the money in the brazier, they put it into their arms after counting, and then each reported the name of the underworld account to Bai Shibao. Bai Shibao nodded, and secretly wrote down the money .

At this time, the tall and thin ghost pointed to a clay figurine in the yard, and asked Bai Shibao, "Is this the clay figurine you told me to drill?"

Bai Shibao nodded in agreement.

The tall thin ghost and the short fat ghost walked to the side of the clay figurine, turned around three times in place, then jumped up and disappeared into the clay figurine with a bang.After a few seconds, two clay figurines blinked, and one of them opened his mouth and said, "Who made this clay figurine? I saved materials and materials. The inside is hollow, and it's wobbly and unstable... "

Bai Shibao walked over and asked, "Can the two ghost brothers move?"

The two clay figurines said, "Try it!"

After finishing speaking, the two clay figurines made a "creaking" sound, and moved their bodies slowly, but the range was very small and the movements were very slow.

Fortunately, Clay Figurine Zhang used the splicing method to make these clay figurines, in which the head, torso and limbs were kneaded separately and then spliced ​​together.It is this kind of splicing that allows the joints of the clay figurines to move, and ghosts can attach to them to control the clay figurines to swing slightly.

"It really worked!" Bai Shibao exclaimed excitedly.

Whizzing!

At this moment, only two 'pops' were heard, as if two silver lights flew in front of him.

Hissing!
The Zhizha horse stood up immediately, neighed and howled, slammed its hooves in pain and spun around in the yard, then went straight to the courtyard wall and slammed into it, went out of the wall with a 'boom', and disappeared.

"My horse..."

A clay figurine rushed out in the direction of Zhizama, and hit the wall with its head. The body of the clay figurine was shattered, and the ghost of the tall and thin ghost came out through the wall, leaving only the broken body of the clay figurine on the ground!

"Flying money?" Bai Shibao was stunned for a moment, then turned around to look into the room, and Ma Wuye was standing in the room holding a stack of oceans in his hand and shouted, "This paper horse bit my ear! I told it to eat some oceans." Long memory..."

"Master Fifth?"

When Bai Shibao saw that Fifth Master Ma was holding a stack of oceans in his hand, his heart was shocked, and he secretly said in surprise: How can he use money to fight ghosts?
At this time, the short and fat ghost came out of the mud, and hurriedly hid behind Bai Shibao in the dark wind and shouted: "Who is he? Why is he beating us with money?"

Bai Shibao asked in puzzlement: "Why are ghost brothers afraid of Yangshi's money?"

The dumpy ghost shouted: "The ocean in his hand has passed through the hands of hundreds of people, and it is full of yang energy. When it hits the ghost, it's like sticking a piece of talisman paper, making the ghost go numb!"

"Really? It turns out that money can also suppress ghosts!"

Only then did Bai Shibao know why Ma Wuye could use the paper made of flying money to tie the horse and run away in panic!
Thinking of this, Bai Shibao smiled and said...

(End of this chapter)