Xiaowen was laid off again. Xiaowen graduated from the Department of Literature of a well-known domestic university and later applied for a job as a copywriter in a well-known company. She was a straightforward person, but she was fired by her boss because she was unwilling to write fake articles to promote and sell fake medicine. Seeing that Xiaowen was depressed at home all day, the husband bought movie tickets to accompany Xiaowen to the cinema to watch a movie in order to cheer her up, hoping that Xiaowen would relax and feel more cheerful. Tonight is the weekend and the cinema is showing three movies in a row.
Two ghost films directed by the famous director Wong Jing were shown first. The horrific plots of the films scared the audience and made them scream. However, Xiao Wen, who was usually bold, did not think there was anything scary and actually fell asleep while watching the films. When Xiaowen was about to fall asleep, her husband pushed her and said, "Xiaowen, why are you dozing off? The third movie has already started." Xiaowen calmed down and looked at the screen, only to see A film about a certain subject was playing on the TV. When Xiaowen saw the film, she found that it was called "Xiaowen's Job Hunting". Xiaowen immediately became interested and began to watch the film with full concentration. Suddenly, Xiaowen felt that it was talking about himself. It seemed as if the heroine in the film was herself. Xiaowen actually didn't know that her true soul had already walked into the screen and played the heroine in the film.
As the plot unfolds, the protagonist Xiaowen attends a job fair. At the job fair, a well-known company's generous treatment attracted many job applicants, and naturally attracted Xiaowen. The candidates were asked to write the titles of books according to the pictures. The candidate who wrote the most titles was the winner and could enter the company. Xiaowen finally beat many other candidates and successfully applied for the company. Xiaowen was arranged to be the secretary of the boss. What surprised Xiaowen was that the boss of this company was actually a beautiful woman, but this also made Xiaowen feel a little relieved. I was very busy at work these days because the company took on several The boss said to Xiaowen: "Xiaowen, you may have to work hard tonight and work overtime to finish the copy." The boss said to Xiaowen with a bit of regret: "But Xiaowen, don't worry. I will work overtime with you." Xiao Wen was a little helpless, but since the boss was working overtime, he had to agree. As the day gradually got darker, all the company's employees left. In the huge office building, only Xiaowen and the boss were still working at their desks.
Xiao Wen was writing at his desk when he suddenly felt a movement under his desk. He looked down and saw a big beautiful head shaking back and forth under the desk, as if it was about to jump up. Xiao Wen slapped it in fear, but the beautiful head was It seemed to stick to Xiaowen and bounced up again. Xiaowen was so scared that he screamed: "General Manager, come and help me, there is a ghost." The general manager turned his head to greet him, and this turn made Xiaowen even more frightened. Wen was terrified. The boss turned around and his face looked exactly like Xiao Wen. He was like another Xiao Wen. "Who are you? Are you a human or a ghost? Why did you become my appearance?" The boss said quietly. "Look, Xiaowen, do you think I look exactly like you now? Do you think I am a human or a ghost?" The boss's voice was faint, and Xiaowen realized that he had really encountered a ghost. The beautiful ghost under the desk The head was about to jump out, and Xiaowen, in panic, picked up a thick book on the table and hit it head-on, only to see the female ghost's head fall to the ground. Xiao Wen couldn't care less, he picked up the ghost head with both hands and threw it at the ghost boss. The ghost boss laughed and caught the ghost head. Xiao Wen wanted to run, but found that the office had suddenly The ghost boss looked at Xiao Wen, who was trembling helplessly, and said to her, "It's useless. This is the Cold Abyss. You can't escape no matter what. You are doomed. To be my substitute."
The ghost boss waved her hand, and the ghost head in her hand turned into a mask. The ghost boss said to Xiao Wen: "Xiao Wen, as long as you put on this mask and don't take it off, I won't do anything to you. If you don't want to, I won't show mercy and you will suffer."
Of course Xiaowen would not agree to wear this ghost mask. Xiaowen thought, I can't get out anyway, I can't let the female ghost succeed, I will fight this female ghost. Xiaowen picked up something on the table and threw it at the female ghost. The ghost walked up to Xiaowen and said to her, "It seems I have to punish you." "Xiao Wen stopped throwing things because he was tired and his mood gradually calmed down.
Xiao Wen plucked up the courage to say to the ghost: "Do you and I have any hatred in our past lives? What do you want?" The ghost said: "You and I don't have any hatred in our past lives. You just did it by chance. My substitute, as long as you put on this mask yourself, I will not do anything to you, otherwise you will suffer. "Xiao Wen said: "Don't dream, I will never wear this mask. "Well, don't blame me for being rude to you." The female ghost said angrily, and pointed at Xiao Wen. A cold light shot out from the female ghost's fingertips and shot towards Xiao Wen. Xiao Wen was stunned. I felt a chill all over my body. It was a chill that went through my bones. I felt as if countless ice swords were piercing my body, and the pain was excruciating. At first, I gritted my teeth and persisted, but gradually I felt that my hands and feet were It has been completely frozen into ice and cannot move.
Soon the upper body was frozen, and the ghost said to Xiao Wen: "If you don't agree to accept my conditions, you will slowly freeze to death, and stay in this cold abyss forever, and you will never be able to get out and never be reborn. And what about me? You can still find someone else to be my substitute. I will first look for your family. Your family will die one by one, and then I will look for other people. Are you willing to die first and keep "Your whole family and other people's lives are at stake. Do you think sacrificing yourself to save the lives of your family and others is not worth it? You should think carefully about it. "
Xiao Wen endured the pain and thought to himself that this female ghost was too cruel. He couldn't let her harm his family and other innocent people. He should agree to her first and then think of a solution.
Xiao Wen said to the ghost: "Okay, I promise you to wear this mask and don't harm my family and other people." The ghost said: "Good, you finally figured it out." The ghost put her hand Xiao Wen felt that his body had thawed and his hands and feet could move again, but he was still shivering from the cold after being frozen for such a long time. The female ghost handed the mask to Xiao Wen, and Xiao Wen took it and did not Instead of wearing it on her face, she fiercely tore the mask off. The mask was torn in two by Xiaowen. Xiaowen said angrily: "I'll tear off your ghost mask and see how you can ask me to wear it." The female ghost laughed Laughing: "Tear it up, tear it up slowly." Before the ghost girl's laughter stopped, the mask that was torn into two halves in Xiaowen's hand instantly returned to its original state without any damage.
Xiao Wen tried to tear it off again in fear, but the mask quickly reappeared. Xiao Wen finally got tired of tearing it off and stopped. The ghost said to Xiao Wen, "It's useless. You'd better just wear it obediently." . " Helplessly, Xiaowen had to think to himself: "Put it on first, and take it one step at a time, and then slowly think of a solution." Xiaowen said to the female ghost reluctantly: "Okay, I promise you to wear the mask first. "That's right, put it on yourself." Xiao Wen then put on the mask.
Seeing Xiao Wen put on the mask, the ghost smiled happily. Xiao Wen saw that the ghost was very happy and knew that she was no longer on guard against her, so she asked the ghost, "General Manager, Please allow me to still call you this. I was frozen by your spell just now, and my whole body is still cold. I am about to die, so I beg you to find a bed and quilt to cover me, so that I can go to bed and rest. "
The ghost girl was very happy now so she agreed. The ghost girl waved her hand and a bright bed appeared in the office with a warm quilt. Xiao Wen lay on the bed and covered with the warm quilt, and gradually her body temperature began to return to normal.
Seeing Xiao Wen lying on the bed very comfortably, the female ghost couldn't help but yawn. She counted with her fingers and said to herself, "It's still early. I haven't slept for many years. It's time to sleep." It's really a kind of enjoyment." The female ghost said to Xiaowen: "Xiaowen, I will sleep with you and help you cover the quilt." "Okay, let's sleep together." Xiaowen agreed to the female ghost .
Xiaowen was eager to have the ghost sleep with her, so that she could take the opportunity to find out the ghost's background and where she came from. Xiaowen remembered hearing her elders say that as long as she knew the name of the ghost that was haunting her, then Then you will have the opportunity to get rid of the ghost's entanglement and gain freedom.
Xiao Wen saw the ghost girl crawling into the bed comfortably, lying there with a look of enjoyment. So he said to the ghost girl, "General Manager, you seem to have great magical powers. Seeing you turn into my appearance, I can't recognize you. "Haha," the ghost girl said proudly, "I can also change into many shapes."
Xiao Wen asked again: "But why are you in this cold abyss, and why did you choose me?" This sentence seemed to bring back the ghost girl's past. The ghost girl said a little sadly: "In fact, I used to Like you, she was a talented girl. My father was also a scholar with many books in his collection. He built a library specifically for this purpose. My father regarded books as treasures and never opened the library to outsiders. I was loved by my father because I was smart and talented. He often He took me to the library to read a lot of books. But one time I accidentally broke a lamp and caused a fire, which killed my father and me and burned all the books. I had a collection of books, and because I was obsessed with books, I didn't want to leave. I wanted to copy the books I read from my memory. So I copied them diligently every day, but I didn't expect that my infatuation would miss countless opportunities for reincarnation. Now, as long as it's past midnight tonight, it will be ten thousand years soon. I still have one last chance. As long as I can find a substitute and make her wear the mask herself, I won't have to go through the reincarnation process and can be reincarnated as a human being. Get out "In the future, I can keep my powerful magic power, and this world belongs to me, ha, ha, ha." The female ghost laughed excitedly.
After hearing what the ghost said, Xiao Wen knew that he had been deceived. He suppressed his grief and asked again, "What kind of ghost are you? Why did you wait for so long?" "Well, why do you ask so many questions?" . "The ghost girl became alert again. Xiao Wen saw that the ghost girl was a little suspicious, so he quickly said: "It's nothing, just a little curiosity of a dying man like me." For a while, the man and the ghost were silent. After a while, Xiao Wen said to the ghost: "Let's not talk about anything else. Can you do something else to entertain me? You can do a lot of things, can't you? Show me what you can do. "The ghost girl was a little proud again. "Don't tell me, in these ten thousand years, I have learned many spells and transformation techniques from many Taoist books to relieve my boredom. Xiaowen, do you want to read it? I can make anything for you." Xiao Wen said, "Then try turning yourself into a teacup." In the blink of an eye, a pair of cups appeared on the bed. "Wow, it's amazing." Xiao Wen cheered: "Change again." Then Xiao Wen asked the ghost to change into a knife, a bowl, a stick, and other small things. The ghost kept changing, "Change again, "The ghost turned into a rope." Xiao Wen suddenly had an idea. He quickly picked up the rope and quickly braided it into a Chinese knot. .
"Wow, it's finally done. This Chinese knot is a knot that can't be untied. Now let's see what you can do." The female ghost who was made into a Chinese knot by Xiao Wen seemed to be indifferent: "Ha, ha, with your little trick, Your clever tricks can't do anything to me. If I can't figure it out, then I can't figure it out. Anyway, the time is almost up. There's only one hour left until midnight. As long as it's past midnight, I can still go and reincarnate. "Xiao Wen said to the ghost who was tied into a Chinese knot: "What is your name? Tell me now." "If you don't, I will never tell you." "Well, if you don't tell me, I will torture you. . "
Xiao Wen took a Chinese knot in his hand, rubbed it left and right, pulled it up and down, beat it with hammers, and kicked it with his feet. The ghost girl was twisted and in pain, but she just didn't say, "Haha, torture me slowly, time is running out soon." We are here." The female ghost was still feeling proud. Xiao Wen saw that the female ghost had no choice but to stop and sit there thinking hard about what this female ghost was called.
Xiao Wen said to the ghost: "I see you are called Book Lover Ghost." The ghost didn't respond at all, "Then call me Candle Ghost." The ghost still didn't respond, "Happy Ghost", "Ghost Fighting Ghost", "Vampire", " "Zombie ghost", "Unjustly dead ghost", "Romance ghost", "Drunkard", "Poor ghost", "Gambler ghost", "Smoker ghost", "Beauty ghost"… Xiao Wen called out almost every ghost name he could think of, but… The ghost still made no movement. Xiao Wen could not help but feel a little desperate. It seemed that he could only ask the Bodhisattva for help. In despair, Xiao Wen thought of the legend that there was a Bodhisattva named "Fumo Xiaokui Bodhisattva" who specialized in catching demons and ghosts. I will pray to the Bodhisattva Baokui, who is full of righteousness and uprightness and wishes to bless all people in the world with well-being.
Xiao Wen knelt on the ground with his hands clasped together and began to pray: "Bodhisattva Fumo Yaokui, please bless me and get rid of this female ghost. Please." Xiao Wen kept praying, but there was still no movement. There was no sign of the Bodhisattva. Xiao Wen thought that maybe his sincerity was not enough to move the Bodhisattva to appear. Anyway, my death would be in vain. I thought that praying to the Bodhisattva might also require some sacrifice in order to move the Bodhisattva to appear. So he used his blood to pray to the Bodhisattva to come back soon. Please show your spirit soon.
Xiaowen bit her finger and blood immediately flowed out and dripped onto the ground. The blood dripping onto the ground gradually melted the floor. Suddenly, a ray of light appeared. With the light, the Light Demon Bodhisattva Xiaokui appeared in front of Xiaowen. A look of fear appeared on the ghost's face. Xiao Wen was surprised and full of hope when he saw that the Bodhisattva Yao Kui actually appeared. The Bodhisattva Yao Kui said to Xiao Wen, "In fact, I have heard your prayers and requests a long time ago. Because this cold abyss is formed by the resentment of this female ghost for ten thousand years, it is extremely solid, and I cannot break it. It can only be melted by the blood of the mortals trapped in it. Fortunately, you have awakened in your heart and can melt this cold abyss with blood. It's still in time, otherwise it will be too late in a few minutes when ten thousand years have passed."
"Merciful and compassionate Bodhisattva Kui, you have saved the people of the world with your compassionate heart. Please subdue this female ghost." Xiao Wen prayed to the Bodhisattva. "Yes." Bodhisattva Kui nodded and looked at the female ghost. Then he looked at Xiaowen. The Bodhisattva said to Xiaowen, "You have already put on her mask, which is equivalent to signing a contract with her. This contract is fair and I cannot unilaterally break it. I cannot force this woman to surrender. "Then what should I do? Please ask the Bodhisattva to carefully identify this female ghost and tell me the name of the ghost." Xiao Wen begged the Bodhisattva. The Bodhisattva agreed out of compassion. He opened his wise eyes and looked towards the female ghost.
After a while, the demon-subduing Bodhisattva Kui recited the mantra: "Read ten thousand books and become a ten thousand year ghost." Xiao Wen heard clearly who told the scariest ghost story . It turned out that the female ghost was called the Ten Thousand Year Ghost. Xiao Wen The ghost said: "General Manager, no, I should call you a ten thousand year ghost." The ghost who had turned into a rope and was woven into a Chinese knot by Xiao Wen suddenly had the knot untied, and the ghost was restored to her original form. The true face is forgotten.
The female ghost said angrily: "Even if you know my name, we have a contract and I can kill you." "Monster, don't harm anyone while I am here" The Bodhisattva Kui shouted: "Although I am I cannot subdue you due to the contract, but I can still help her escape." The Bodhisattva Kui shouted to Xiao Wen, "Time is running out, keep running along the light and don't look back." Xiao Wen ran as soon as he heard the voice. He kept running along the light created by the melted blood, with the female ghost chasing closely behind.
Xiao Wen was so frightened that he just ran. The light behind him gradually disappeared. Before he knew it, he ran to a street. The street was empty and dark. There was no one in sight. Xiao Wen was at a loss as to which direction to run and he could not find the way. On the way home, I heard a hawker's voice on the empty and dark street: "Change the masks, cow masks, sheep masks, pig masks, change. Don't miss it if you pass by, it will be late, "Change the mask." Xiao Wen was delighted when he heard the shout, as if a drowning man had found a life-saving straw. Xiao Wen hurriedly ran in the direction of the shout, and saw three people dressed like police officers walking on the empty street.
One of them held a bull's head mask, one held a sheep's head mask, and the other held a pig's head mask. Xiao Wen quickly ran forward and shouted, "Sir, please stay. I have a mask. Can I exchange it for mine?" He looked at Xiaowen and said, "You can change it. Do you want a cow's head, a sheep's head, or a pig's head?"
Xiao Wen asked, "Sir, are there only these three? Who can tell the scariest ghost story ? Are there other masks, such as human masks?" The constable said impatiently, "No, there are only these three. It doesn't matter if I change it or not." Xiao Wen didn't have time to think too much: "Then I'll change to a pig's head." The police handed Xiao Wen a pig's head mask. Xiao Wen was about to put it on his face, but he heard A voice came from the side: "Don't wear it yet, if you wear it you will be reincarnated as a pig."
"Yes, it's the Bodhisattva Kui." Xiao Wen heard it clearly, and saw the Bodhisattva Kui appear in front of the three officials, bowed and said to them: "The three patrol ghost officials are working so hard so late." "No, no, it's still the Bodhisattva. Thank you for your hard work. You are still subduing demons and monsters at this late hour." The patrolling ghost also bowed to the Bodhisattva.
The Bodhisattva Yao Kui said to the three patrolling ghosts: "My dear ghosts, please give this lady a different mask for my sake." The patrolling ghosts looked embarrassed. The Bodhisattva Yao Kui said again: Time is running out, I will go to the King of Hell to explain that saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda, please give me some face, ghost officer." The ghost officer holding the pig head mask hesitated for a long time and finally agreed. "Okay. , just because of the Bodhisattva's heart to save all living beings, let's give her a human mask. "So the pig-headed ghost carefully took out a human face mask from his arms and handed it to Xiaowen. "Put it on quickly, there's no time," said the Bodhisattva Kui to Xiao Wen. Xiao Wen put on the human face mask casually. At this time, the sound of the night watchman at midnight came from the street. Xiao Wen finally felt relieved. He breathed a sigh of relief.
Xiao Wen was still a little confused, so he asked the Bodhisattva Yao Kui: "Great and merciful Bodhisattva, can I ask you a question? Is that female ghost really 10,000 years old?" "That's right, that female ghost The Cold Abyss where I am is formed by the condensation of resentment. Time and space move faster than the human world. Ten years in the Cold Abyss is equivalent to one year outside. According to the time and space of the human world, it is equivalent to one thousand years. "Oh, I I understand. At this time, the movie in the theater just ended. Xiaowen’s husband patted Xiaowen who was sleeping and said, “Wake up, my dear. You actually fell asleep during such a wonderful movie. I have never seen such a wonderful movie before.” It's a scary ghost story movie. "Xiao Wen woke up after her husband's shouting and slapping. Xiao Wen felt very cold and found that the zipper of her cotton coat had been opened without her noticing.
Xiaowen remembered that she had zipped up her coat tightly on the way to the cinema. There was no reason for it to be loose. Thinking about how real her dream was, Xiaowen couldn't help but feel a little scared. Her husband also Seeing that Xiaowen's cotton coat was zipped up, her husband zipped it up with concern: "Why don't you take care of yourself? It's so cold and you still have your clothes open. Aren't you afraid of freezing?" The husband joked to Xiaowen "Wife, why do I feel that the heroine in the film looks a bit like you? It seems that my wife can also become a star." Xiao Wen didn't know how to explain, so he just smiled.
Xiaowen looked at her watch and saw that it was already past twelve o'clock. Xiaowen couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Xiaowen said to her husband, "Husband, when we get home, let's go get a shrine and burn incense and worship when we have time. "The husband said: "Oh, honey, you don't believe in ghosts. Are you scared after watching the ghost movie tonight?" "Yes, I am scared. Is that okay? Let's hire a ghost catcher. The Bodhisattva of Heavenly King of Subduing Demons, Xiao Kui, is ready." "Okay, let's do as you say and invite the Bodhisattva of Heavenly King of Subduing Demons, Xiao Kui, back to worship." Xiaowen and her husband went home happily hand in hand.
The next day, Xiaowen went to the street to buy groceries. Walking on the street, Xiaowen looked at the street. He didn't know why this street had become so familiar to him. Oh, this is not Is it exactly the same street that I dreamed of when I was watching a movie last night?
Looking at the scenery on both sides of the street and the street lights, I wondered why I didn't pay attention to them at other times. The difference was that there were many more people on the street at this time. Xiao Wen walked and looked. He saw several people on the ground in front of him. I picked up coins and saw that they were all dime coins. I looked at the string of coins on the ground in front of me. I picked it up and saw that they were three coins strung together. They were not real coins, but paper money that looked like imitation coins. There was also a Many of these banknotes are bright yellow and gold and look very beautiful.
At this time, a group of people wearing white mourning clothes were carrying a coffin through the street. The money on the ground was what they had scattered. Xiao Wen felt something was a bit strange, so he quickly threw away the coins he had just picked up.
Xiao Wen looked towards the street and found that the group of people wearing white mourning clothes carrying the coffin had disappeared. They had just passed by him, how could they disappear so quickly?
Xiaowen was a little scared, so he decided to buy the vegetables and go home quickly to visit the altar of the Bodhisattva Kui, who could subdue demons, and burn some incense sticks to worship him.