Record of Yin and Yang

The team, in fact, is not just the team.

In addition to the people, there were groups of ghosts following behind the convoy, all of whom seemed to be the owners of the corpses on the cart.They just died, their souls and minds were chaotic, and they floated blankly behind the convoy, not knowing where they were going, and they only followed their instincts, where the corpses were, they would be there.

The motorcade passed slowly to the west, and Gu Jiu and Shao Yi followed behind for more than half an hour. When they came to a relatively empty place in the city, they suddenly noticed bursts of Yin Qi coming from ahead, mixed with a lot of Resentment, and a trace of hostility that was not obvious rose into the air, and was quickly absorbed by the phantom.

When the convoy stopped and Gu Jiu saw the scene in front of him, although he was well-informed in this industry, he saw hundreds of ghosts huddled together in this small place under the night, floating together. Fluttering, I still feel that this scene makes my scalp tingle.

They could see it, but the officers and soldiers pulling the carts couldn't see it.They passed through the soul bodies of those ghosts without knowing it. Under the ghostly gaze of the ghosts, they poured down the corpses on the cart and poured alcohol on them. It emits a pungent, disgusting burnt smell.

When the body was almost burned, the officers and soldiers picked up hoes and shovels, pried off the original floor tiles, dug a hole on the spot, buried the burned bones on the spot, and piled them into a small soil bag.

Gu Jiu looked around, there were quite a few small earthen bumps like this around here.

As the corpses fell into the ground, ghost gates appeared here one after another. Some ghosts were attracted by the ghost gates and walked in spontaneously. After the ghost gates disappeared, he also disappeared.And some ghosts saw the ghost gate, the chaotic mind gradually became clear, and the obsession finally came into being, ignoring the ghost gate, and continued to stay where they were.

After the officers and soldiers left, Gu Jiu and Shao Yi came out from the darkness. There were too many ghosts, and the resentment almost rose to the sky.

Gu Jiu and Shao Yi took out the talisman papers, preparing to save these ghosts, and then clean up the qi here.But before they could do anything, suddenly there was a sound of chanting Buddha from behind.

The two turned their heads, and saw a gray-clothed monk with a dazzling white light coming from the darkness.The monk looked younger than Gu Jiu, about fourteen or fifteen years old, he walked slowly, with his right palm on his chest, his eyes were calm, and he looked forward.Beside him was a female ghost.

When the little monk with the female ghost passed by Gu Jiu and the two, he saw the two staring at him, paused for a moment, then smiled and nodded at them, then looked away, and turned his attention to the hundreds of ghosts here again body, chanting Buddhist scriptures

Gu Jiu could see that the little monk was saving these ghosts.However, Gu Jiu's eyes swept over the little monk's feet on the ground, and saw that the little monk was also a ghost.Gu Jiu turned his gaze, and met the female ghost who was looking sideways. The female ghost flinched and took a step closer to the little monk.

Before, Gu Jiu had only seen black, red, and shining soul bodies, but this was the first time he saw a white soul body. He looked at the little monk who was seriously reciting scriptures, and asked Shao Yi in a low voice: "Senior brother , what happened to this little monk?"

Shao Yi thought for a while and said, "When I was very young, I heard from my master that there is a very special soul body called absolute kindness."

"Absolute kindness?"

Shao Yidao: "Human beings are divided into good and evil, but human nature is a very complicated thing. There is no absolute good and evil. Good and evil often co-exist. Absolute good thoughts are completely separated from evil thoughts. They are created by very pure good thoughts. change."

Gu Jiu understood, "In other words, this little monk is not a real ghost."

Shao Yi nodded, with a serious expression on his face: "Since there are absolutely good thoughts, there are also absolutely evil thoughts. We have seen the good thoughts, but we still don't know where the evil thoughts are."

Gu Jiu was surprised and said, "The plague in this city cannot be caused by those evil thoughts, right? But the phantom in the sky is obviously hostile."

Shao Yi said: "Good thoughts are absolutely good, but there are many kinds of evil thoughts: killing, stealing, adultery, harsh words, lying, gossip, gossip, greed, anger, and wrong views are ten evils and all of them are evil. It's an evil thought."

"Then the hostility in this city refers to the 'killing' of the ten evils?" Gu Jiu asked.

"That's right." Shao Yi said, "Good and evil have their origins. It can be speculated that after the young monk's death, his soul and body were divided into two, one for good thoughts and one for evil thoughts. The good thoughts came from the young monk. So it turns into the appearance of a little monk, so evil thoughts should also look like a little monk, good is white and evil is black."

After the discussion between Gu Jiu and Shao Yi was over, the little monk transformed by absolute kindness also finished his chanting. He didn't succeed in saving those ghosts, but the resentment floating around him was much less.

The little monk came in front of Gu Jiu and the two, and asked with a smile, "Can the two benefactors see us?"

Gu Jiu glanced at the young monk's right palm standing on his chest, and said, "We are Taoist priests."

The little monk smiled knowingly, and the compassionate breath of the Buddhist family came over his face. He recited the Buddha's voice, "This place is not peaceful, it is better for the two benefactors to leave as soon as possible."

Gu Jiudao: "We came here specially for this place, and we won't leave until the matter is resolved, but the mage, how long have you been here?"

The little monk smiled very nicely, but when he looked closely, he seemed neither sad nor happy. He shook his head and said, "The poor monk doesn't know. He opened his eyes and was here. Maybe you can ask this female benefactor?"

The female ghost next to him looked very timid, being watched by three pairs of eyes and a pair of cat eyes, she couldn't help but took a step back, then crossed her hands and said timidly, "Master has been here for more than a month."

Gu Jiu looked at the female ghost: "Who are you? Why are you following the mage?"

The female ghost said in a low voice: "I am Chengguang Wanshi of Shangyang County, and I live in Qingquan Lake in the east of the city..."

Gu Jiu sounded a little familiar, and couldn't help but interrupt her: "You are Wan Chuchu, you had a two-year-old son during your lifetime?"

The female ghost raised her head, "The priest knows me?"

Gu Jiu nodded, just learned from that young man just now.

The female ghost looked embarrassed, "...That's right, there was a lot of trouble about that incident, and almost everyone in the city knew about it. Although the priests came here for the first time, they came here specially because of the plague. It's not unusual to know about it during the investigation process."

Gu Jiu rubbed his nose, "I'm sorry...don't think too much, you are a victim and it's not your fault."

The female ghost looked at Gu Jiu in surprise, with tears in her eyes, she shook her head half laughing and crying.

Seeing her like this, Gu Jiu didn't know how to comfort her, so she continued to ask questions that she hadn't had time to ask: "What's the matter with the mage? The plague in this city is unusual, do you know the reason?"

The female ghost said: "I have only known the mage for more than a month, and I have half before death and half after death. After I died, I was in a daze for a few days before I remembered what happened before I was alive. I don't know why the people in the city fell ill. After the chaos in the city, I Worried about my son, I wandered around Plague Street all day long. Only when I accidentally met the mage again a few days ago did I know that the mage was dead. But how the mage died, I don’t know the slightest bit, and the mage doesn’t remember me either. "

Gu Jiupin spoke the last words of the pin female ghost: "Are you familiar with the mage?"

Gu Jiu and Shao Yi had confirmed that the little monk was behind the plague in the city, so they really wanted to know about the little monk's life.

The female ghost seemed to be thinking about what to say, she looked at the little monk, and she saw a smiling but flat, Buddha-looking eyes from the little monk, and finally she slowly shook her head: "Actually, I'm not very familiar with it, but the mage Helped me many times."

"Many times?" In just half a month before his death, what kind of situation would make others help him many times?

The female ghost pursed her lips, as if she didn't want to say anything, Gu Jiu knew that she seemed to have asked the other party's taboo again, so she stopped asking and said to Shao Yi, "Let's go to Yuan's house to see."

Since the little monk assisted the female ghost several times, and the female ghost was forced to commit suicide by Yuan Bo, then the little monk and Yuan Bo should also have contact.The female ghost didn't want to talk about it, but Gu Jiu felt that Yuan Bo, who was the first to get sick, should know something too.

Shao Yi nodded and said yes.

The Yuan family is the county guard's mansion, so you can find it if you look around in the city, but there is a ready-made local around, so I asked the female ghost.

When the female ghost heard the word Yuan's family, sarcasm and hatred flashed in her eyes, and she told them the location of the county guard's mansion.

Before leaving, Gu Jiu asked the little monk: "Master, do you come here every night?"

The little monk nodded: "Not bad."

"Then besides this time, where will you be at other times?"

"Beside Qingquan Lake."

Gu Jiu glanced at the female ghost, and bid farewell to the two souls.

The little monk held it with one hand, stood on the ground and watched them with a compassionate smile. The white light shining on his body seemed to be able to drive away all darkness.

Evil thoughts harm all living beings in the city, but good thoughts save all living beings.

One thought becomes a demon, one thought becomes a Buddha, Gu Jiu turned around with complicated emotions.

According to the route given by the female ghost, Gu Jiu and Shao Yi rushed from the west of the city to the north of the city, and when they arrived outside the sheriff's mansion, they found that it was very close to the isolated street that was not infected.I heard from the young man that in the city, except for a few ordinary people like them who still live at home, there is also the county guard's family living in the county guard's mansion. They are guarded by heavy soldiers every day, and no one is allowed to approach.

Gu Jiu and Shao Yi climbed over the wall and entered the Sheriff's Mansion. The mansion was almost pitch-black. After going through several corridors, they saw a light outside a room. He kept pacing back and forth with his hands behind his back, and the woman sat beside her, seemingly crying.

Gu Jiu and Shao Yi approached that room, first carefully arranged a maze array around them, and then suddenly pushed the door open to enter.

A man and a woman inside were both in their forties, and their anxious and bored expressions were shocked by the sudden intrusion of the two of them.

"you……"

The man was about to ask them questions, and the woman was about to scream, Gu Jiu flew two talisman papers to cover their mouths.

The man and woman murmured twice, quickly tore off the talisman paper from their mouths, and then yelled hysterically, their bodies almost shaking like chaff.The man warned Gu Jiu and the others sternly: "You, what do you want to do, we are the magistrate and the wife of the magistrate, if you kill us, you will not be able to escape!"