Paper Maker

Chapter 40

Soon, the black figure carrying the white lantern came over.When I saw it, it turned out to be the old lady from last night.

As soon as the old lady came in front of me, she was taken aback for a moment, then she smiled grinningly and said, little Yinyang, why are you here again tonight? Isn’t it enough that I was tortured by the Zhang family last night, hehe...

Obviously, she saw me being teased by Uncle Zhang last night, and thinking that this old lady didn't help me when she saw it, I felt a little bit angry, plus she was just wandering around in this cemetery for the past two days. It was scary, so I said, don't you think it's a little wicked to go around like this every day?If you scare strangers into problems, aren't you afraid of being held accountable by the underworld?

The old lady's face darkened, and she said that there would be no one in this field at night, so why not come out to get some air, you little yin and yang meddle too much.

I said, haven't I been passing by this place for the past two nights? How come no one has passed by?Why don't you just go down and stay there, if you have nothing to do, run up to get some air, be careful that the night wandering god will see you and arrest you as a lonely ghost.

The old lady wanted to retaliate, but seeing that I had brought out the Night Traveling God, she didn't dare to say anything, so she could only say, okay, okay, you little yin and yang, you are very good, why don't I go back?

I sighed, and said to her, the ghost has been dead for several years, and it would be bad if I ran up and got caught, so let's wait for reincarnation down here with peace of mind.This is good for everyone.

The old lady let out a long sigh, then turned and walked away, wondering if she had listened to my words.

However, seeing that she is still sensible, I don't want to talk to her endlessly. Besides, she told me to be careful about Uncle Zhang last night, so I can be regarded as a strange acquaintance.

After the old lady left, I walked towards Uncle Zhang's grave.Maybe it's because Uncle Zhang heard me talking, so the little will-o'-the-wisps in front of the grave are gone, and the black shadow is gone.

Soon, I came to Uncle Zhang’s grave, looked around, but saw nothing, so I kicked hard at the grave and shouted, Zhang, come out to my teacher!

Soon, a dark figure crawled out from behind the grave mound, with white hair and wrinkled skinny face.Even though I was prepared, he was wearing a black shroud and suddenly crawled out of the grave. It was really scary.

His face was full of anger. As soon as he appeared, he stared at me angrily and scolded: "You young man, old man, I heard you say that you are a Mr. Yin and Yang, I will go back tonight, and I don't plan to torment you. You Fortunately, he came to the door and bullied me."

I said, it's not that I want to bully you, it's that you wanted to tease me last night.

Uncle Zhang said angrily, I was playing with you at the time, and I didn't know you were Mr. Yin Yang.

I said, if you know and come to play tricks on me, you won't be able to crawl out tonight.It's because you like to play tricks on strangers that I came here to find you today.

Uncle Zhang is angry, you little yin and yang, old man, I gave you face tonight and you paid back, I really thought that old man, I would be afraid of you!After cursing, he jumped out from the back of the grave and rushed towards me, stretching out his two skinny hands, trying to pinch my neck.

How can I be afraid of him, I'm here to deal with him tonight.So I took out a talisman and went to meet him, bent my waist, lowered my body, dodged his hands that pinched my neck, and then a talisman hit him on the chest.

Uncle Zhang screamed directly, and he was beaten back several steps.He was furious, but he didn't dare to go forward again.

I crossed the copper coin sword in my hand and told him, if you dare to be presumptuous again, don't blame the ghost-slaying sword in my hand for being rude to you.

Uncle Zhang was obviously afraid of the copper coin sword in my hand, so he stood on the grave and was angry, but he didn't dare to scold me anymore.

Seeing that he didn't dare to move around anymore, I asked him, there is a way in the yang world, and there is a way in the underworld. Since you are dead, why are you still lingering in the yang world, coming out every night to harm people?
When Uncle Zhang heard this, his face was full of helplessness. He said, I live too hard down here, with no clothes, no money, and no place to stay. If I am not an old man, I want to come up.Besides, the old man, I didn’t do much harm to anyone. The passers-by were all acquaintances. I just wanted them to burn some paper money and joss sticks for me, so I didn’t bother them anymore. manage?
After hearing Uncle Zhang's bitterness, I finally understood.It turned out that he had no money, no clothes, and no shelter down there, so he had to come up and ask someone for money.This is why anyone who passes by here will be entangled by him, and they have to burn some paper money.

Thinking of his old man living so hard down here, I really feel sorry for him, so it is impossible to get angry at him anymore.Indeed, they have never killed anyone, even if they torment people, they are not considered evil spirits.

So I said, didn't your son burn paper for you during the holidays?

When Uncle Zhang heard this, he immediately became angry and sad. He said, how could they remember me? During the holidays, who has no offerings from descendants, but I can't even enter the house, and there are stickers on the doors and windows. wearing a rune.

Speaking of this, Uncle Zhang already sighed again and again, with a sad face.

At this time, I also remembered that Uncle Zhang’s son had told me about this before, because Uncle Zhang’s body was fraudulent after his death, so his family buried him hastily, and later made trouble in the cemetery, so they dared not burn paper to kill him. Recruited home.

Thinking of this, I sighed. It seems that there was a misunderstanding in the middle.But then again, some old people are really pitiful after death. No one burns paper, no one sends clothes, and there is nothing even when they go back during the holidays. Which old man would not be sad?If they are kind, they will pester strangers to beg for incense paper as offerings. If they are malicious, they will even toss their children and grandchildren so that their families have no peace.There are quite a few things like this that happen, I can't believe it.

But I was relieved to understand the matter in front of me. It seems that this matter is not difficult to solve.So I said to Uncle Zhang, then I will ask your son to burn more paper money for you on New Years and holidays, can you stop coming up there?Just stay here, okay?

Uncle Zhang said, my son is very unfilial, can he do this?

I said of course I can. It's not that your son doesn't want to burn paper money for you, but after you left, your corpse was possessed by other ghosts and cheated, so they were afraid to bring you back up.

When Uncle Zhang heard this, he burst into tears, thinking that he had misunderstood his son.So he said, then you can help me pass a message to them, the old man, I will not harm them, as long as they can still have filial piety, the old man will protect them from below.

I nodded and agreed to him.Then, I told him to go down first, and not to come up again if he had nothing to do.He also fully agreed, and then I rushed back to the village...

As soon as I got back to the previous fellow's house, those villagers were still waiting for me there.Seeing that I was back, everyone greeted me one after another and asked me how things were going.

So I told them all the ins and outs of the matter. After listening at home, some were surprised, some suddenly realized, and some elderly people shook their heads and lamented what happened to Uncle Zhang. Obviously they felt that Uncle Zhang was pitiful.

Especially Uncle Zhang's son cried after hearing this, blaming himself for being unfilial and making his father so pitiful.Everyone comforted him, and he got better.

I told Uncle Zhang's son that it was all a misunderstanding, so don't blame yourself too much. From today onwards, you just need to burn more paper money for your father.Uncle Zhang's son nodded his head again and again.

That night, Uncle Zhang's son bought a large number of yellow paper joss sticks and burned them for his father.Afterwards, he took me to his home, and then bought a big table of food and wine to thank me for his father.Of course, he invited all the villagers to his house that night, and it was very lively. Let me tell you that there shouldn't be any major problems with the messy cemetery in the future, and everyone can walk with confidence.

In this way, the trouble lasted until the middle of the night, and then everyone slowly dispersed...

To be honest, although Uncle Zhang's incident was quite noisy, I was very relieved to see the result. After all, from now on, Uncle Zhang will no longer suffer and suffer, and his son will no longer worry in his heart. The villagers It is even more able to live in peace and security, and this ending can be regarded as a Dzogchen.

After a day of delay like this, I don't know where the paper figurine went or whether it can be found again.My heart was full of worries, so I bid farewell to Zhang's family early the next morning, preparing to continue hunting down the paper man who caused the disaster.But just when I was about to leave the village, I was stopped by a family in the village. It turned out that his family had encountered a big strange thing!

(End of this chapter)