Ghost lighting lamps is not ghost blowing out the lamps, but is the same as ghost lighting incense. Ghost lighting incense and ghost lighting lamps are a kind of folk ghost legend in our northern part. At that time, there was a folk proverb that "people rely on food, ghosts rely on incense, people don't eat food, people are dead, ghosts have no incense to offer, so they light incense by themselves." It means that people rely on food to survive in the world of the living, while ghosts rely on incense to offer. If people don't eat food, it means they are dead, and ghosts have no incense to offer, so they will go home and light incense by themselves to remind their relatives.
There is also a folk proverb that goes, "Ghosts light lamps and blow the dark wind, and the road to the underworld is bright for a thousand miles." This means that after a person dies and becomes a ghost, he lights a ghost lamp to illuminate the road to the underworld and enter the underworld smoothly. But the person who made up this folk proverb certainly didn't know what the road to the underworld looked like. There is no such thing as a thousand miles. The Jiuyou Street is definitely more than a thousand miles long, and the road to the underworld is only a few miles at best. What's more, to say that a ghost needs a light is simply a fart.
However, this proverb is not completely without any basis. The ghost lighting lamp does exist. It is not the road to the underworld, but a lamp lit on the way to hell. It is called a ghost lighting lamp. Because hell is the darkest place, ghosts cannot see things, so they must light a lamp to find the way. The ghost lighting lamp can not only enter hell, but also look back to see the way back.
So, everyone should understand what I mean, right
After Zhao Chengshi said this, I immediately came to my senses. Although I didn't have the little white flag with me, there were two ready-made ghosts in front of me. If one of them had a ghost lamp on its head, it would illuminate this underworld path.
But lighting a lamp for a ghost is not as simple as lighting an oil lamp on the ghost's head. It is to let the ghost light the lamp on its own head, burning the grease on the ghost's body, which is a particularly cruel thing to say. If everything goes well and we can get out of the underworld in a short time, the damage they suffer may be less. If it takes too long, they will be exhausted and their souls will be scattered.
Zhao Chengshi wanted me to continue saving his wife and son. He would risk his life and light a ghost lamp. Gong Cuiruo was a little hesitant when she first heard about burning the oil on her body, but she agreed for her father's sake.
Gong Cuiruo followed Zhao Chengshi's instructions, rubbing her hands on her head and muttering something. After a while, a ghost light appeared on her head and lit up the ghost lamp. Suddenly, there was a bright light in front of her eyes. The darkness around her was gradually peeled away. She could clearly see a gray dirt road about ten feet wide, stretching straight forward. The sides of the road were dark and the edge was invisible. I guess it was an unreachable abyss. It was just as I said. If you make a mistake, you will be ruined forever. You will never regret it.
Zhao Chengshi turned around, pointed at the road he came from and said, "We should go back to get out of the underworld. If we go forward, there may be no end." He gritted his teeth and had a stiff look on his face. It seemed that being lit by ghosts was indeed not a good feeling.
Gong Cuiruo was struggling even more, with a look of pain on her face and her eyes rolling around in her sockets. Gong Chao looked at his daughter distressedly, patted her shoulder, and urged us, "Hurry up, hurry up, don't waste time."
We then walked back along this wide dirt road, and as we walked I asked Zhao Chengshi, "What is the origin of Boss Gu and the little goblin?"
Zhao Chengshi sighed and said, "To be honest, I still don't know the truth. If there is anyone who knows their details, I'm afraid your father is the only one who knows. Because when he was alive, he had a special relationship with Boss Gu. It was your father who entrusted Boss Gu to protect Shen Bing."