Collection of strange powers and chaotic gods

Once upon a time, there was a man named Nie, whose name I can no longer remember. One year during the Qingming Festival, I went to visit graves deep in the Western Mountains. The weather was cold and the days were short. When we walked back, the sun was already setting and dusk was approaching.

Nie heard someone say that tigers often appeared in the Western Mountains. He was afraid, so he stumbled and hurried as hard as he could, hoping to get home before dark.

After walking for a while, he saw a ruined temple on the mountainside. He thought that there was still a long way to go and it would be difficult to get home before dark. It would be bad to encounter a tiger on the road at night. It would be better to be in the temple. Stay overnight and go home at dawn tomorrow.

So, he hurriedly ran towards the ruined temple.

When we walked into the temple, it was already dark. He was looking for a place to sleep when he suddenly heard someone talking in the corner: "This is no place for people to stay. The donor should leave immediately."

Nie thought he was a monk in the temple, so he asked politely: "Why are you sitting here in the dark, Master?"

The voice replied: "Buddhists don't tell lies. I'm not a monk."

Nie asked again: "Sir, like me, are you passing by and staying overnight?"

The voice said again: "I am actually a hanged ghost, waiting here for a substitute."

When Nie heard this, he was immediately frightened and trembling all over.

He struggled in his mind for a long time before he made up his mind and said: "It is very dangerous for me to drive in this mountain forest at night. It is better to die in the hands of a hanged man than to die in the belly of a tiger. I will live with my husband today." It’s here.”

The hanged ghost said: "You don't have to leave if you don't want to. But the paths in our underworld are different from yours in the Yang world. You can't stand the invasion of my Yin Qi, and I can't stand the baking of your Yang Qi. If we get close, the relationship between you and me will be different." There is no peace between us. Let’s each occupy a corner and stay far away from each other.”

Nie obeyed his words and found a corner to sit down from afar.

After a while, he couldn't help but be curious and asked the hanged ghost: "Why do you hanged ghosts need to find a substitute?"

The hanged ghost said: "Your statement is biased. Not all hanged ghosts need to find substitutes!"

Nie asked again: "So, what kind of hanged man would find a substitute?"

The hanged ghost said: "The Emperor of Heaven cherishes all life in the world, and he is even less willing to see people harm their own lives.

Like those loyal ministers who hanged themselves in order to maintain their integrity and martyrs who committed suicide in order to preserve their chastity. Although they also died unexpectedly, it was no different from ending their lives and they did not have to wait for a replacement.

For example, those who hang themselves because the situation is urgent, life is difficult, and there is no way to survive. When they reach the underworld, the underworld officials will sympathize with them because they have no choice but to do so. Such people will be reincarnated after death, but Hades will still check their lives and let them receive retribution according to the cause and effect of good and evil. This type of hanged ghost does not have to wait for a replacement.

And those who still have a glimmer of hope to survive, but just because of their small resentment, cannot bear to want to hang themselves, or want to use their own death to implicate others, and hang themselves rashly in a moment of violence, they just hang themselves. This greatly violates the original intention of heaven and earth to give birth to all things. Therefore, these hanging ghosts must be punished by making them wait for a substitute. Therefore, some ghosts stay in the underworld, waiting for a replacement for hundreds of years. "

Nie asked: "How come it takes so long to wait for a substitute? Isn't it said that some hanged ghosts will lure people to hang themselves to be their substitutes?"

The hanged ghost said: "There are indeed such hanged ghosts, but I can't bear to do it! Anyone who hangs himself and dies to uphold justice will die very quickly as their souls rise from the top of their heads. There is no pain;

As for those who hang themselves to death out of resentment and jealousy, their souls descend from the heart, and they die more slowly. Before they died, the blood all over their bodies surged up, and the skin on their bodies seemed to be split every inch. The pain was like a knife stabbing Lingchi, and their chest, abdomen, and intestines were burning like fire, which was simply unbearable. They have to endure such torture for almost an hour before their souls are separated from their bodies.

Think about it, they have to go through such pain, so when I see a hanged person, I will stop him and tell him to turn around quickly. Why am I willing to seduce him? "

Nie exclaimed: "Sir, if you have such an idea, you will definitely attain enlightenment and ascend to heaven in the future!"

The hanged ghost said: "I don't dare to think this! I just recite the Buddha's name wholeheartedly and repent with all my heart!"

One person and one ghost talk happily. Time passed quietly, and before he knew it, it was getting dark outside. Nie wanted to ask some more questions about the underworld, but the hanged man stopped talking.

Nie looked carefully at the place where the sound came from, but saw nothing!

Later, every time Nie visited the grave, he would bring food and drink paper money to pay homage to the ghost. Every time, there would always be a whirlwind surrounding him. One year, the whirlwind stopped coming. It was expected that this ghost had escaped from the ghost life because of a kind thought.