Night Lights

Chapter 58
The person who died in the fire has no hair on his body, his body is ugly, his heart is angry, his body breaks down and his death ends, and he falls into the ghost way; wandering in the world of souls, looking for a person with lush hair, while he is sleeping, he blows his hair on the top of his head; Cutting with a knife, blowing the hair and cutting off the hair, the person does not realize it; in the future, if you choose a mirror to wash your face, you can see that the top of the head is bald, and the hair seems to fall off; this name is: ghost shaving the head. ——Excerpted from Tongyin Eight Volumes of "Wordless Book of Heaven".

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Yan Zifei was muttering in his heart, when he saw Bai Shibao walked outside the hall and touched the horse's neck with his hands, he asked Yan Zifei, "Brother, what should we do with this carriage?"

Swallow flew back to his senses, didn't think about it any more, and said, "It's a waste of money, let's go back in a carriage!"

Bai Shibao said: "Sure! I dare say that no one sits in a sedan chair anymore, and the carriage does not consume manpower, it runs fast, and it is comfortable to sit..."

Yan Zifei jumped into the carriage, put on the saddle, and said to Bai Shibao: "Nowadays, foreign things are fancy. I have seen someone in the capital riding a small iron cart with two wheels. It looks fresh!"

Bai Shibao said with a smile: "I guess my brother hasn't been to the capital for a few years, right? Now there are foreign cars in the capital. I heard that if you add some 'big smoke water', it will smoke and run like a carnival..."

Yan Zifei laughed and said, "Brother, you can't fool me about this. I heard someone say it's called 'diesel'!"

Bai Shibao nodded and said, "Well, it's 'only'!"

After finishing the saddle, Yan Zifei jumped down, put the 'bit' on the horse's mouth, and tightened the rein.

At this time, Bai Shibao ran into the hall and took a handful of hay and spread it on the carriage, using it as a mat, thinking: the two of you who are tired from the journey can sleep on this 'fodder mat', and when the horse is hungry, grab a handful , Feed Chew directly, which is a convenient picture.

After everything was ready, Yan Zifei and Bai Shibao drove the carriage onto the dirt road and headed straight north.

Along the way, the two of them were dizzy from being roasted by the sun; the horses were harnessed to the cart, facing the scorching sun, and their legs were a little tired, and Bai Shibao and Yan Zifei also suffered a lot lying on the uncovered carriage. Not to mention the bumps, it was dehydrated by the sun like a salted fish.

In a blink of an eye, seeing a small town not far away, Yan Zifei said, "Brother, let's go to the town to rest for a while, drink some tea to cool off the heat, and then prepare some dry food for the road!"

Bai Shibao shouted: "Success! There's a fire in my throat, and I'm so thirsty that I'm smoking!"

The two of them drove the carriage to a teahouse in the town, ordered some big bowls of clear tea, and when they were full, they bought some wine, meat and dry food at the shop in the town, wrapping everything in lotus leaves, Put it in a rattan box and throw it on the carriage; while the sky was getting dark, the two hurried on their way.

Yan Zifei saw that Bai Shibao bought a thick pile of yellow paper, and there was a net bag of paper ingots, gold and silver, and felt strange, so he asked Bai Shibao, "Brother, why did you buy so much yellow paper money?"

Bai Shibao was holding a vermilion pen dipped in the prepared cinnabar, lying on the carriage, writing on the yellow paper while laughing, "The underworld is all empty money, and the money is not spent! I handed over to a ghost brother, I entrusted him with a lot of help, and thought about burning some money for him..."

Yan Zifei was driving the carriage, turned his head and glanced at the pile of yellow paper, and saw the details written by Bai Shibao:
Today, a friend burned 9000 million taels of money and sent it to the account of Xu Fu, the head of the life and death arrest department under the Six Departments Gongcao case in Yingui Town, Fengdu.

Yan Zifei shook his head and said with a smile: "This is a bit evil!"

Bai Shibao took away the vermilion pen and cinnabar powder, took a look at the yellow paper, and said with a smile, "Brother doesn't follow the way of yin and yang, so of course I don't know the way in it..."

Yan Zifei sighed: "It's really like a mountain is separated!"

Bai Shibao saw an intersection ahead, so he said to Yan Zifei: "Brother, stop at the intersection ahead, I will burn this paper money!"

"it is good!"

Yan Zifei tugged at the horse rope, and stopped the carriage at the intersection. Bai Shibao jumped out of the carriage, drew a square "mouth" in the middle of the intersection, sealed off the three gates, the southeast, the north, and left a west gate. All the paper and gold and silver were burned.He secretly said in his heart: "Brother Xu, I burned 9000 million taels this time and stored it in your account. If you have no money to spend, you can use it!"

After the fire was over, Bai Shibao shook his coat, and was about to jump into the carriage, but saw the horse startled for some reason, and would not go away no matter how hard it drove, it hissed and howled, and stamped its hooves back.

Yan Zifei was furious, and cursed: "This stubborn temper will not stop, does he have to be whipped to be honest?"

Bai Shibao looked up at the sky, it was about Xu time, and it was just getting dark, and he felt something was wrong. Looking back, the pile of yellow paper had been burned to ashes, and there was nothing unusual about it.

After Bai Shibao approached, he knelt down and took a closer look...

For some reason, the sand on the ground was trembling slightly, as if thousands of troops were trampling on the ground.Feeling strange in his heart, Bai Shibao hurriedly took out two mulberry leaves, chewed them with his mouth, painted them on his eyes, and opened his eyes to see that there was nothing strange about the place where the paper was burned.

"Huh? That's really weird..."

When Bai Shibao turned his head, he was stunned suddenly, and asked, "This is?"

Seeing Bai Shibao's surprised expression, Yan Zifei frowned, and looked back. There was nothing strange on the dark road, so he asked, "Brother, what did you see?"

Yan Zifei didn't see anything, but in Bai Shibao's eyes, it looked different:
The sky ahead was dark and cloudy, and no less than a hundred people came out from the dark road, mighty like a marching team, lined up like a long snake, with no tail in sight.

This group of people are all dressed in white linen mourning clothes, tied with white scarves, scattered white paper money all the way, and walked on tiptoe. The person playing the trumpet, smeared red cheeks, puffed out his cheeks and stared at his eyes, blowing out mournful tunes Like a ghost crying, miserable.In an instant, a terrifying aura permeated the surroundings, like a boulder was pressing on Bai Shibao's heart, making it hard to breathe.

Bai Shibao yelled to Yanzifei: "Brother, get in the carriage and lie down and pretend to be dead. No matter what you see or hear, don't move!" After that, Bai Shibao dragged Yanzifei into the carriage and lay flat on the carriage. .

The two of them closed their eyes tightly, clasped the wooden boards of the carriage tightly with their hands, and let the horses panic and remain calm...

Yan Zifei couldn't help asking in a low voice: "Brother, why do I feel like the whole ground is shaking?"

Bai Shibao closed his eyes tightly, and said, "We've run into 'Yin Soldier Borrowing Way'!"

"An excuse from the Yin soldiers?"

Bai Shibao has heard it before, "Yin soldiers borrow the way" is also called "Yin soldiers cross the road". When you get up, it means that the king of Hades will visit the yang world once a year, so lead a pair of Yin soldiers to clear the way. Do not look up or look back, otherwise you will be discovered by Yin soldiers, blowing out the Yang fire on your shoulders, you will suffer from a serious illness in the future, and your soul will be taken away by Yin soldiers after death.

Because the cry from the "Yin soldiers borrowing the way" is creepy and echoes in the mountains. The people in the mountains call it: Shanxiang, and the passing horses and mules are afraid to cross the road.
Bai Shibao and Yan Zifei heard the sound of mourning getting closer and closer, the horses started to panic, the iron bit creaked from being bitten, and they raised their hooves and trampled on the ground.

This is a pain for Bai Shibao!
Swallow flew as light as a swallow, and his ability to climb walls and houses was revealed at this time. He pressed his body tightly against the carriage and let the horse struggle. With his hands struggling, he held on to the carriage tightly and pulled his body 'Inlaid' on the carriage!

Bai Shibao didn't have such hard work, the horse panicked, kicked the carriage upside down, Bai Shibao was thrown into the air, and fell to the ground with a somersault, Bai Shibao hurriedly covered his mouth with an "Ouch" Roll over and hide under the carriage.

Yan Zifei heard it strange, closed his eyes tightly, touched the air beside him with his hand, and called out urgently: "Brother?"

"I'm under the carriage, don't make a sound, they're coming..."

We all know that 'a good cow has to lie down, a good horse sleeps standing up'.At this time, the horse suddenly became quiet for some reason, and stood there motionless, as if falling asleep.

Bai Shibao lay under the carriage, tightly covering his mouth with his hands, listening to the sound of footsteps beside him, and the sound of mourning music made his eardrums ache.Bai Shibao thought to himself: Everyone says I'm a ghost, but I haven't seen what the King of Hades looks like. Wouldn't it be a joke to spread the word?So I opened my eyes and took a peek...

Countless feet, pairs of white hemp shoes, stepped on the ground, and the sand flew across the ground. About twenty ghosts blowing funerals walked in the front and opened the way, followed by seven or eight ghosts carrying bamboo baskets and throwing money. Inside are all blank paper coins; behind them there are about forty or fifty ghosts with plain knives around their waists, their faces are as white as paper, their expressions are solemn, and they are rushing in the dark wind.

This group of people walked away whirringly for about a stick of incense, and the 'protagonist' behind finally showed his face...

Bai Shibao lay on the ground, glanced up, and couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat!
Where is Hades?

It turned out to be a paper carriage, and a clear lamp was hung in front of each carriage, emitting a pale green light.

In front of each paper-made carriage, there are ghost soldiers leading horses, and the carriage is full of people. Everyone is bloody and mutilated, and their faces cannot be seen clearly, but they are all dressed in gray clothes and sit neatly on the carriage. There are more than twenty people in a carriage.

Bai Shibao checked the number, and it took a full half an hour, 100 taels of paper tied into a horse-drawn carriage to leave, and more than 2000 people were escorted by the Yin soldiers!
Bai Shibao waited for another stick of incense, when he heard the sound of funeral music and the sound of footsteps gradually receding, he lay on the ground and looked back, seeing that they had disappeared, he stood up and pushed Swallow with his hands. Fei said, "Brother! Open your eyes! They're all gone."

Sweat dripped from Yan Zifei's pale face, he got up from the carriage, looked around, and said in surprise: "I heard the sound of crying and mourning, and I was so scared that my whole body went numb..."

Bai Shibao frowned, and said to himself: "Where did so many dead people come from? Let Hades mobilize so many Yin soldiers to escort them?"

Yan Zifei pointed with his finger and said, "Look at this direction, it should be coming from the north!"

"Go north?"

Yan Zifei lowered his head and thought for a while, then suddenly opened his eyes and shouted loudly: "Could it be that there was a war in the north?"

Bai Shibao was startled and said, "War? By the way, they are all wearing gray clothes. See if this is the army?"

"What a guts!"

At this moment, a sound came from across the sky, the sound was like a bell, which shocked Bai Shibao and Yan Zifei!Looking back, I saw more than a dozen Yin soldiers standing beside me at some point, pulling an iron chain, on which two people were chained, one of the Yin soldiers was standing in front of Bai Shibao and Yan Zifei, glaring at them angrily two people.

Bai Shibao said in surprise: "Oh no, I never thought there would be a late patrol..."

The Yin soldier in front of him said angrily: "It's locked, take these two escaped ones back together!"

While speaking, there were three or five Yin soldiers copying the iron locks and flying towards Bai Shibao and Yanzi...

(End of this chapter)