Laibin is a city with more plain areas than other cities.
Except Jin Xiu.
Jinxiu is an area where the local Yao people live. It is located in the northeast of Laibin. Nearly 80% of the territory is mountainous and hilly. It can be said to be a city built in the mountains.
The city center is located in the canyon and river area.
Although it is said to be a city, it is actually a small town with a population of less than 150,000. It is only six kilometers from start to finish along the main line.
Xiaoguixiao is actually a very interesting place.
The residents here are composed of Yao, Tong, Miao, Dong, etc. Among them, the Yao people are the largest, accounting for more than one-third.
The worship of folk gods among the Yao people is higher than that of other ethnic groups, with as many as seven to eight hundred ghost gods being worshiped.
Mainly divided into three categories:
One is the ancestral god, such as King Pan, the ancestor of the Yao people;
The second is the local patron saint, such as She Gong, Tu Tu, Ling Gong, Sanjie Gong, Gan Wang, and Founder;
The third is the guardian deity of the family, such as the Kitchen God, the Door God, the God of Wealth, and the King of Thunder.
Except for the ancestor gods, there are no strict boundaries between local patron saints and family patron saints.
But the choice of the family god is not arbitrary.
Take Shan Ziyao among the Yao people as an example. They have to perform divination with their master and respect whoever they think is suitable. On New Year's Day or when the family is in trouble, incense and paper are burned to worship the gods, hoping that they will appear and bless them, and that they will eliminate disasters and bring blessings.
Since we talked about the God of Cree, then besides God, there are naturally the Cree.
However, these weird things are different from ordinary weird things.
You know, in many cases among the people, the so-called gods do not just refer to gods in the narrow sense.
All gods, immortals, ghosts, monsters, witches, illusions, etc., with "divine nature" can all be called gods.
Gui, who can be worshiped as a family god for a long time, has been worshiped by people for a long time and is tainted with the scent of incense, which gives him a hint of divinity.
Of course, this kind of god is just a false god, far inferior to the real god. It can be understood as another group of practitioners of a different race from the human race.
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The more mountains there are, the more strange things there are.
On Jinxiu Dayao Mountain, there are things including but not limited to mountain spirits, foxes and the like.
Some are good, some are evil.
Those who do evil will naturally be punished, while those who do good usually transform into earthbound spirits to live in people's homes and keep them safe.
This type is also called the family protector in the Northeast, and the family protector in the South.
For example, the more common Hu Huang Chang Mang, Qingfeng Guizhu, Liu Baihui and so on.
All mean the same thing.
Foxy is one of the most common.
The so-called fox ghosts are animals such as foxes, weasels, and civet cats that turn into ghosts after death. In many places, such things are called "great immortals".
One characteristic of this kind of ghost is that it can possess dishes, bowls, pens and other things that humans often use, and transform into "pen fairy", "dish fairy" and so on.
The most common ones are fox foxes that turn into fox ghosts after death. They often practiced successfully during their lifetimes and did not reincarnate after death. Instead, they protected the family in exchange for merits from heaven and earth.
After all, foxes are relatively smart and belong to the canine family. Their appearance is a bit more pleasing than other animals. They know better how to choose a training method that is beneficial to them.
Ancient books such as "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio" and "Notes from Yuewei Thatched Cottage" have similar records.
Even the Civil Affairs Bureau will choose to be lenient when encountering such a situation.
It's similar to the difference between stray dogs and pet dogs. The latter has been certified and vaccinated. Their status is different and their treatment is different.
Of course, if the family protector does bad things, he will also be taken into custody.
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Thanks to the government,
In recent years, Dayao Mountain has received a lot of tourism resource development. Foreign tourists come to visit during holidays. The people in the mountain take the opportunity to sell their own local products. Life is much better than before.
Shen An and Shen Ning's parents are the beneficiaries.
During the day, I set up a stall in the market to sell various small handicrafts, and at night I signed up to participate in ethnic cultural performances to earn two cents.
As for the brother and sister, they come home from school in the evening, eat and finish their homework, then take a bath and watch TV, and then go to bed at that time.
Because they live in the mountains, people rarely go out at night and close their doors and windows after dark.
In recent years, tourists from outside have come in. In order to stimulate the local economy, the government has developed night cultural performances with ethnic characteristics.
On this day, as usual, two primary school students, Shen An and Shen Ning, finished their homework, took a shower, and simply watched TV for a while before getting ready for bed.
Shen Ning was young and fell asleep when she lay down.
As the eldest brother, Shen An made sure to close the doors and windows before going to bed. Parents bring the keys and they will open the door by themselves when they come back.
Just as Shen An was lying down, he suddenly heard someone knocking on the door.
"Who?"
Shen An was confused and walked to the living room to ask.
No one responded.
He thought he had heard wrongly and was about to go back and lie down to sleep.
Then there was another knock on the door.
"Who's out there?!"
Shen An's voice rose a bit.
Still no one responded.
He was a little nervous and didn't dare to open the door.
Although he is only ten years old, he is still smart and alert.
He was curious again, so he looked out through the peephole on the door, and saw an eye lying on the door.
"ah!"
Shen An was so frightened that he stepped back and fell to the ground. He felt bad all over. He was frightened and angry, so he wanted to open the door with a stick and drive away the guy outside who was scaring him.
"Just don't go out, it can't get in!"
At this moment, an old voice suddenly came from his ears.
Shen An's hair stood up. He turned around and saw a fat old fox sitting on his shrine.
Why do you say fat?
Because he has never seen such a round fox, with a body shape similar to that of a pig.
Why do you say old?
Its expression makes it look like an elderly man, especially the beard and eyebrows, less than half of which are white.
Shen An's eyes widened and he subconsciously shrank back.
What is this? !
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The fat fox was unhappy with his fearful expression: "I've been in your house for so many years, and you still don't know me?"
"Who are you……?"
Shen An hesitated.
The fat fox was furious and cursed: "Don't you know how to read? You don't know the surname of the family god your family worships?"
Shen An saw the god card next to it and was stunned for a moment before realizing: "Are you Mr. Hu? It turns out that Hu means fox."
He just asked why his surname was Lu, but he enshrined a tablet named Hu.
I have asked my parents before, but they would only say that this is the family god and he should not be rude, but they never told him any other information.
I bet this Mr. Hu is a fox.
The fat fox hummed softly: "If it weren't for the fact that you are a child, if someone else pointed their finger at me, I would have slapped him."
Shen An felt relieved after knowing that it was the family god worshiped by his family.
The children of the Yao ethnic group have been exposed to the concepts of family gods, land protector gods, and ancestor gods since they were young. Since they are still young, they are not afraid, but more curious.
So he asked: "Mr. Hu, what is outside the door?"
"Traveler."
"What is a traveler?"
Although the fat fox looked arrogant, he explained patiently: "It's the master who led the troops. After his death, no one inherited his mantle, so he wandered around to see if he could find a successor. It seems that he took a fancy to you. ”
Fancy me?
Shen An didn't understand anything else but the last sentence.
When I thought of that terrifying eye, I suddenly shivered with fear.
That wandering master, maybe he wanted to capture him and eat him, right?
The fat fox was about to laugh at him, but suddenly his face changed slightly, his figure disappeared from the shrine, and then appeared at the door, stretched out his paw, and kicked out the foot that stepped in.
The fur on the fox's tail exploded.
Shen An was stunned for a moment, not knowing what was happening.
The fat fox looked serious at this time.
This wandering master is stronger than he thought. If it was in its heyday, I wouldn't care, but now it's just a fox ghost.
Mana is limited.
There is no altar of soldiers and horses in the house, so this wandering master must be driven away, otherwise he will try his best to possess the two children.
The child is weak and cannot bear it. It can range from serious illness to death.
The time has come for you to fulfill your duties as a household god.
Fighting!
The winner stays!
For the old fox, he must not lose. If he loses, all his previous work will be in vain. It doesn't enter reincarnation after death, so it has to be the household god of mortals?
One is incense, and the other is merit.
It is equivalent to signing an agreement. Only by protecting the safety of the home can it get these things. It would be better to break the agreement and have to pay the price.
Therefore, even for myself, I must keep these two little ones today!
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Shen An's eyes widened.
Seeing the fat fox blocking the things outside the door to prevent them from coming in, he felt a little calmer for no reason.
He had never thought that God really existed in the world.
Although I have been worshiping gods since I was a child, and I have heard all kinds of stories about King Pan and other gods, but I have no idea about the real gods.
With his knowledge base, he naturally cannot understand what is happening now.
However, this did not prevent him from having thoughts and emotions that were being protected.
It’s just the fat fox Mr. Hu who suffers.
In order to protect this family and keep his job, he had no choice but to go all out to block You Shi from the door.
Fortunately, Yu Shi may have been very strong during his lifetime, but after death, he could only exert limited power by relying on his instinctive consciousness, which gave him a slight upper hand.
After some wrestling, the traveler retreated.
The fat fox slumped on the ground like a human being, panting heavily, looking a little depressed, and mumbling some unexplained words.
Shen An looked at this scene in surprise.
Is this, the end?
"Why are you standing there? Go get me three sticks of incense!"
The fat fox, who had regained his breath, suddenly felt unhappy when he saw this kid staring at him stupidly.
"Oh oh oh!"
Shen An quickly went to get the incense.
"Light it and put it in the incense burner!"
The fat fox reminded impatiently, feeling that this kid was extremely stupid, and he didn't know what the traveler liked about him.
Three sticks of incense are placed in front of the God's main tablet.
The ignited smoke seemed to be pulled by some mysterious force, floating in front of the fat fox, and was inhaled by it. It barely looked as sluggish as before.
Shen An looked more and more surprised.
"It shouldn't come again, go to sleep."
The fat fox waved his paws.
"So where did it go? Could it hurt anyone else?"
Shen An asked.
The fat fox glanced at him: "Who knows? My mission is to protect this family, and other people are not within my protection."
Shen An was immediately worried: "Then, can the Earth God and King Pan drive it away?"
The fat fox rolled his eyes angrily: "Your Pan King has long since disappeared, and so has the Earth God. If he were still here, he wouldn't let this kind of thing run around!"
"ah?"
Shen An was surprised.
Pan Wang and the Earth God are both missing?
"Okay, okay, go to bed quickly, I'm going to sleep too."
The fat fox waved his hand impatiently, stopped answering, jumped back to the shrine, and got into the god's main card.
Shen An watched all this blankly, and finally returned to his room.
What happened tonight had a huge impact on him.
But when he walked back to his room, the fat fox reappeared, squatting on the shrine, frowning.
The little guy's question just now awakened some bad memories.
If the righteous gods of heaven and earth are still there and order is still there, then things like Youshi can be allowed to wander around and cause harm to mortals.
At this moment, its expression suddenly changed and it appeared outside the door of the house.
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I saw a tall and slender figure standing outside the door.
Although he couldn't see his face clearly, he looked very young and exuded an aura of supreme majesty.
Just one look at it made the fat fox close his eyes in fear and kneel down.
"Fox trick?"
Chen Jingle frowned.
The fat fox shivered with fear and hurriedly kowtowed: "The little one is the family protector enshrined by my master with the permission of my master. He is not a lonely soul in the mountains."
I'm afraid that if I speak too late, my soul will be shattered the next second.
Although I don’t know the origin of the person in front of me, my momentum and intuition don’t lie.
It has a feeling that as long as it is disrespectful in the slightest, a thought from the other party can make him unable to live or die.
He is a top powerful person!
It is more powerful than the great monsters it has seen in its lifetime, including the land gods and mountain gods!
Hiss~
Just now, we said that the gods of heaven and earth have disappeared. When did such a powerful existence appear again in this world?
Ha people!
"Family protector?"
I see.
Chen Jingle pondered for a moment and nodded slightly: "Were you fighting with this traveler just now?"
He held a figure between his fingers, it was a miniature version of the Master You.
The fat fox, who was lying on the ground, raised his head for a moment, and was shocked. He quickly lowered his head and said, "Yes. Just now, the wandering master suddenly appeared at the door. I was afraid that it would hurt the two children in the house, so I drove it away... …Please go to heaven and punish me.”
At this moment, there was a turmoil in its heart. Even though the wandering master relied on instinct afterwards, he could control it so easily, and his method was beyond its imagination.
I can't even guess the origin of the person in front of me.
"You have performed your duties well, so why should you be punished?"
Chen Jingle spoke calmly: "How long have you been the patron saint of this family?"
"Back to fairy tales, it's been forty-three years."
"Why don't you go to reincarnation, but stay in the human world and be a household god?"
The fat fox hesitated for a second: "The Immortal doesn't know something. The great-grandfather of this family was kind to me, so I made an agreement with him that if he fails to achieve enlightenment, when the time comes, he will be his family's god and protect him." Fifty years for future generations. Forty-three years have passed now, and my mission will be completed in seven years. It will not be too late to reincarnate by then."
Chen Jingle was surprised: "That's it."
I didn't expect this fox to be so committed.
"By the way, in what year did you become a spirit?"
"The Year of Gengxu."
1910, that was a hundred years ago.
Chen Jingle's eyes flashed with a flicker, fleeting, another existence from the old era.
After pondering for a while, he asked: "How familiar are you with Dayao Mountain?"
The fat fox said quickly: "It's quite familiar. Before the little one turned into a fox, he was also an elder of the fox clan. But after he became the family god, he hasn't gone up the mountain for a long time. I don't know if the change has been big."
"Do you have any juniors on the mountain?"
"Some, some."
"Okay, then you can accompany me to Dayao Mountain!"
"yes!"
The fat fox didn't dare to refuse, but he was just wondering, what was this old man going to do in the mountains?
With the opponent's strength, no one would dare to say anything even if the entire mountain range was flattened, so why bring it with you?
Could it be that……
