The seventh month of the Chinese lunar calendar was a taboo month because it was the month of ghosts. According to legend, every year on the first day of the seventh month, the King of Hell would order the opening of the gates of hell, allowing the vengeful souls and ghosts who had been imprisoned in hell all year round to walk out of hell. They would be able to wander for a short period of time and enjoy the blood and food of the human world. Therefore, people called July the month of ghosts. This month was considered an unlucky month. They would neither marry nor move. The 15th of July was the last moment when the Gate of Hell was closed. All the vengeful souls and ghosts had to return to the underworld before the Gate of Hell closed, or else their souls would dissipate. Those lonely souls and wild ghosts would also mix with the ghosts returning to the underworld before the Gate of Hell closed, wanting to enter the underworld to be reincarnated. Therefore, on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, the night of a hundred ghosts, people from the Yang Realm could not appear outside, because it was possible that what you saw might not be a person.
No matter where one was in China, the nights in July were always cold and cheerless. Even the young men and women who hung out in nightclubs would obediently stay at home this month. No matter who it was, they were all afraid of death. All the rumors and bizarre stories that had been circulating this month could not be separated from one word: One word was 'death', and the other was' ghost'. No matter where you were, you would always hear rumors and stories about ghosts seeking death, ghosts looking for substitutes, people going crazy from seeing ghosts, and so on. There is also a legend in Yanggu County
It was said that 5,000 years ago, Chiyou and the Yellow Emperor fought for the world. The Yellow Emperor was no match for Chiyou. Later, with the help of the Nine Heavenly Maiden, he fought Chiyou in the wilderness of Zhuolu. Chiyou was defeated and his head was cut off. Chi You's body absorbed the resentment of the dead soldiers and turned into a ferocious beast, Tao Tie. Tao Tie was so powerful that it could devour the sky and earth. Ordinary weapons could not kill it. In the end, the Yellow Emperor killed Tao Tie with the Xuan Yuan Sword, the holy weapon of the human race given by the gods. The human race was saved and the world was unified. The severed head of Chiyou was secretly transported back to the west of the mountain by his subordinates and buried in Shouzhang. According to research, Shouzhang was Shouyi in Qi during the Warring States Period. Shouliang County was set up in the Western Han Dynasty and renamed Shouzhang in the Eastern Han Dynasty. In the Tang Dynasty, it was once a state and then a county. In 1946, the county was removed as a township, which was successively placed under Liangshan County and Dongping County, and now under the jurisdiction of Yanggu County. They also left behind a branch of Chiyou's direct bloodline to protect them. They believed that their Chiyou King would come back to life one day and lead them to take back the territory that belonged to the Jiuli Race and unify the world.
Spring passed and autumn came.
Tang Dynasty, Zhenguan first year in July, the ghost door opened. On the night of this Ghost Month, a monster appeared. It wandered around Yanggu County over and over again. Whether it was livestock, humans, or ghosts, as long as they were encountered by it, they would be devoured, leaving nothing behind. In just one night, it devoured 30% of the people in Yanggu County. The county magistrate found many Taoist priests and monks with cultivation to subdue the monster, but they all failed. None of them came back alive and were all eaten by the monster. Moreover, every time this monster devoured it, its ability would become a little stronger. In the end, there was really no other way. The county magistrate quickly reported the matter to the imperial court. When Emperor Taizong learned of this, he was very angry and afraid at the same time, so he ordered the national teacher Yuan Tiangang to subdue the monster.
Yuan Tiangang was the most famous warlock in the early Tang Dynasty. His abilities were unfathomable and he was called half human and half immortal by the people. Although he was called a half-immortal, he was still a mortal. When Yuan Tiangang arrived at Yanggu County, it had already become an empty city. There were no living things left. Yuan Tiangang was both shocked and furious. What kind of monster was this? There was not a single living thing left in the city. Such a ferocious, cruel, and blood-sucking monster could not be left alive. It had to be eliminated. It could not be allowed to roam the world. Otherwise, all lives would be in misery!
At that moment, the monster appeared. Looking at the appearance of the monster in front of him, Yuan Tiangang was shocked. He did not expect the monster to be an ancient ferocious beast, Taotie.
"How is that possible? It was actually Taotie! Impossible, impossible, impossible. The body is like an ox, the face is like a human, the eyes are under the armpit, and the man eats people. It really is Taotie!"
Taotie sensed the only blood aura in the city and rushed towards Yuan Tiangang.
"Give me back my head! Give me back my head! Give me back my head!"
Looking at the Taotie running over, Yuan Tiangang couldn't remain calm. This was an ancient ferocious beast. He was only a warlock. How could he subdue the demon? How could a mortal fight a divine beast? Looking for abuse?
"No, it's not the real body. The body is illusory and erratic. It's the soul! Hahaha, the heavens are on my side! Taishang Laojun taught me to kill ghosts and gave me a divine prescription. The emperor called the jade girl to arrest the ominous woman. Climbing the mountain, the stone cracked, wearing a seal. He wore a canopy on his head, stepped on Kui Gang, supported Liu Jia on his left, and guarded Liu Ding on his right. There is a yellow god in front, and there is a more chapter behind. When the God Tier Master killed, he didn't avoid the powerful. He first killed the evil spirits, then killed the night lights. What gods do not surrender, what ghosts dare to resist? Hurry up and obey the law." Yuan Tiangang made a hand gesture and chanted the Ghost Slaying Mantra, casting a Dao technique at Taotie. The Dao technique hit the Taotie directly. The Taotie's body was like white snow in spring when it encountered the Dao technique. The black qi that came out of its body slowly disappeared into the world.
"Ah ~~ Ah ~~" Taotie kept struggling and howling on the ground, its body also slowly shrinking.
"I'm not convinced! I'm not convinced! I'm not convinced! Give me back my head! Give me back my head! Return my head ~~~ Yellow Emperor child, return this king's head to this king! Yellow Emperor brat, I'm going to kill you! I'll kill you! I'll kill you! Kill you!"
Looking at the struggling Taotie on the ground, Yuan Tiangang was shocked by Taotie's words. It turned out that Taotie was really the body of the ancient God of War, Chi You, one of the three ancestors of the human race.
"Yellow Emperor brat, just you wait. As long as this king's soul is not destroyed, sooner or later, I will return and devour you! Swallow you! Hahaha!"
The Taotie disappeared. It returned to the Underworld and fell into a deep sleep. It needed to recover. The injuries this time were too severe.
"Yuan Tiangang, descendant of the human race, begs for forgiveness. I didn't know that the Taotie was transformed from the body of our ancestor. Today, I have injured our ancestor's soul. I will die ten thousand times to apologize. When my Tiangang's qi is exhausted, I will definitely kneel in front of our ancestor to apologize.”Yuan Tiangang kowtowed to the spot where Tao Tie disappeared. Yuan Tiangang swore that he would not reveal anything about what he had seen and heard today, even if he was stabbed by a knife or axe.
Because the people and animals in Yanggu County had all died, Emperor Taizong ordered the people of Lin County to move to Yanggu County. There was no such thing as an impenetrable wall in the world. What happened in Yanggu County was still known by the people, and it was passed down from generation to generation.
In this new society, young people treated this story as a legend. Who would believe in an unrecorded feudal superstition? However, those old people believed that every July when the Ghost Gate opened, the Taotie would still wander around Yanggu County again and again, looking for the lost head.
Legend or reality, who could really tell?
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