Then he lowered his voice and said urgently: "You two gentlemen, please go back to your room and rest quickly. Don't go out at night. When you hear the gong, you should avoid it immediately. If you do encounter it, remember not to open your eyes and it will be fine."
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"This is?"
The shopkeeper bared his teeth and whispered: "The Soul Ferryman."
"What is a soul-drawing ferryman?" Shu Chenyu looked confused, obviously he had never heard of such a title. Li Luo knew about this soul-drawing ferryman. He didn't remember who mentioned it, but he only remembered that it was the military commander Pao Ze.
As mentioned, he had never seen it before. The soul ferryers are somewhat similar to the heretical corpse chasers, but they don't chase the corpses, but chase the souls. It is said that they can trap the souls in objects and lead them thousands of miles away.
.The earliest is to lure the souls of people who died in a foreign land back to their hometown. After all, it is more mysterious to drive away corpses. Not everyone can drive away corpses, but when it comes to attracting souls, there may be many people who can do it. In any case, ordinary people can't see the souls.
It's invisible and intangible. It would be nice if the soul-drawing person could talk a little more and use his tongue to trick his boss into believing it. It was a costless and profitable business. Later, the soul-drawing ferry was passed down. With the inheritance of this sect,
It is true that there are some secret arts that are not known to outsiders, and many of them are some weird and weird arts that cannot be regarded as the right way. In addition, the disciples of the disciples are mixed, and there have been cases of evil arts harming people.
The gate fell into the category of side sects and hereditary practices, and it probably didn’t even see any glory among the three thousand side sects.
In terms of origin, soul-inducing ferrying can be regarded as a Yin-Yang sect, but compared to the Yin-Yang sect where Jiang Hanlian was born, the sound of gongs on the street is far from elegant.
After hearing what Li Luorus said, Shu Chenyu also understood and whispered, "Isn't this just a lie?"
Before Li Luo could speak, the shopkeeper saw a look of panic on his face and lowered his voice: "Hey, Sir, don't dare to talk nonsense. Those evil ghosts have ears in all directions and eyes in all directions. They will know everything you say."
It's going to be troublesome if you come looking for bad luck."
Shu Chenyu stuck out his tongue, hurriedly covered his mouth, and nodded vigorously to indicate that he was silent. He looked so well-behaved that the innkeeper, who was over fifty years old, couldn't help but lose consciousness for a moment.
The gong rang once, and there was no movement for a long time. The shopkeeper breathed a sigh of relief, and just as he was about to speak, he saw Li Luo's brows wrinkled slightly, and there was a knock on the door outside the house, beep, beep, and then no more sound after two beeps.
The shopkeeper's face froze, cold sweat flowed down his forehead, and the corners of his mouth twitched. Xi Chenyu looked at him curiously and whispered: "There is a knock on the door."
The shopkeeper showed a smile that was uglier than crying: "Well, a ghost came to the door..."
Li Luo raised his eyebrows slightly, saying that there was a special inn for corpse exorcists to stay when they were passing by. They did not accept regular guests, only corpses. However, he had never heard of ghosts coming to stay overnight.
There is always something wrong with the house where a ghost from the Yang world lives, so the shopkeeper may be worried about it, so he is unwilling to open the door.
Reluctance is just reluctance, but the door has to be opened. The little ghost is difficult to deal with, and if you offend the ghost passing by, it can range from a serious illness to a family ruined. These are all things that are passed down by word of mouth. The shopkeeper does not dare to take it lightly. He whispered to the two of them.
Avoiding it, he stepped forward and opened the door of the inn. A stream of yin energy flowed straight into the living room from the street. In the hot season, people couldn't help but shiver. The shopkeeper trembled and stepped aside. The doorway
There was a strange-looking man standing. If he looked carefully, he saw that he was carrying a large vat. The vat was about one person tall and half a foot thick. It looked like it weighed seventy or eighty kilograms at least, but it was light on the man's back.
If there were no things, this strength alone would be rare.
The shopkeeper asked tremblingly: "Yangguan, do you want to be a top-notch person or stay in a hotel?"
The soul ferryman walks the road at night to attract souls and ghosts, so he cannot be called by his name. He uses the word "elegant" as an irony. In fact, he is a yin messenger, but he is called a yang official.
People will not be scared out of their wits. Regardless of whether they are Yang officials or Yin envoys, they are still human beings. At worst, they are half human and half ghost. When they are hungry, they have to eat, when they are thirsty, they have to drink water, and when they are sleepy, they have to sleep. If it is in the wilderness,
These soul attracters sleep in the open air and wait until nightfall before setting out on the road. However, if they pass by a village, they naturally want to ask for hot food. After all, not everyone can bear to sleep in the open air. Because of this, this attractor
The legends of ghosts passing by have remained. There are various legends, but there are no exceptions. If you are disrespectful to the person who attracts the soul, people are fine. Even the haunted ghosts are difficult to deal with, and there are many who will take people's lives at every turn. The shopkeeper really doesn't want to
Opening the door is bad luck no matter what, but I dare not not open it. If the kid holds a grudge later, there will be endless troubles.
The man at the door glanced into the living room, stared at the teacup left by Li Luo, and asked, "Is there anyone there?" His voice was dark, not dry and hoarse, as if he had deliberately lowered his voice.
"I was drinking tea in the house earlier and walked away for a while." The shopkeeper hurriedly replied.
The man hummed, threw out a small piece of silver, and said calmly: "Here comes a bowl of hot noodle soup, a pot of wine, and a plate of beef."
"Okay." The shopkeeper said hello and felt relieved. It turned out that it was just a tip, not a hotel, so that's fine. It should be okay to send it off after eating. "This meal will be rewarded by the Yangguan. Please treat me with no money."
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"Take it, this is the rule." The man said coldly. The shopkeeper shrank his neck and did not dare to say more. He hurriedly went to the kitchen to work. After finishing the meal, the man picked up the wine bottle and drank it all.
Then he put the vat on his back and went out. It wasn't until the person left for a long time that the shopkeeper carefully closed the door, squeezed the silver in his arms, and let out a sigh of relief. He was lucky this time. Not only was he fine, but he also got a piece of silver.
Li Luo and Shu Chenyu walked out of the back room. The shopkeeper smiled awkwardly, put down his hand on the silverware, cleared the table and asked the two to go back to the room to rest early. The two looked at each other, and Shu Chen
Yu frowned slightly and looked at him intently. Li Luo smiled warmly, said hello, and asked Shuchen Yu to go to the guest room first. After avoiding the shopkeeper's eyes, she lowered her voice and said, "My lord, I heard you."
"?" Then without waiting for his answer, he added, "There is someone in the tank."
Li Luo coughed lightly and replied: "Maybe there is something unspeakable and difficult to see in person..."
"Your Majesty!" Shu Chenyu stepped forward, grabbed his sleeve, and said in a cut off manner, "What if the child is caught and sold secretly? I heard people say that such a thing will happen. Some people steal children, and there are
, woman, hide it and sell it to others for money."
"Who did you hear this from?"
"My brothers and uncles at home often travel far away, and sometimes things like this happen to them.