"Mom, are you here?!"

Liu Jin followed Gu Zhisang's line of sight, suddenly turned his head to look to his side, and tentatively stretched out his hands.

He couldn't see or touch anything, but at this moment he seemed to be connected to some kind of telepathy, and his tears flowed even more violently.

From a perspective that only Gu Zhisang could see, she saw the gray-black evil spirit floating beside Liu Jin, trying to respond to Liu Jin's touch.

But as soon as it got close to Liu Jin, its soul was trembled, as if it was in severe pain.

Gu Zhisang frowned slightly and exhaled gently in the direction of Liu Jin.

This 'qi' carried her power, and covered Liu Jin's body like an invisible net. Suddenly, the three spiritual fires on his head and shoulders dimmed a lot and turned green.

Now the evil spirit's soul no longer trembled violently and was able to touch Liu Jin's body.

Liu Jin only felt that the temperature in the room suddenly dropped and became a little chilly.

The scene in front of his eyes became gray, as if there was a layer of gray gauze blocking his sight.

He rubbed his eyes hard, and his pupils shrank in shock, because he really saw a gray human-shaped shadow!

"Mom, is that you?!"

Liu Jin reached out to grab it with his hands, and when his fingers touched the gray fog, it felt like being pricked by an extremely cold ice cone.

He was not afraid, but looked at Gu Zhisang with anticipation.

Gu Zhisang nodded and said, "This is your mother's soul."

A powerful ghost can condense into a physical entity, carrying an extremely heavy Yin energy, which can make people with weak Yang energy in their horoscopes see ghosts, commonly known as "encountering a ghost."

After encountering a ghost, these people are often affected by the Yin Qi, with a persistent high fever or vomiting and diarrhea. In serious cases, the three souls and seven spirits may be knocked out of the body, which is what people call losing the soul. At this time, they need to ask a witch or a medium to "call the soul back";

After the soul returns to the body, it is necessary to replenish qi and strengthen yang.

But on the contrary, if the ghost is too weak, it will be afraid of living people, especially men with strong yang energy.

Once you get close to them, you will be burned by the yang energy and your soul will be hurt.

Liu Jin's mother is such a weak ghost, without even consciousness or entity, and may die at any time.

Judging from Liu Jin's facial features, he has a strong yang energy, so it would be even more painful for Liu's mother to get close to him.

Even so, it still chose to stay with the child. Its obsession is very deep.

Gu Zhisang finished explaining and continued, "I just covered up the spiritual fire on your body and sealed all the Yang energy in your body, making you temporarily become more Yin-oriented. That's why you can see the ghost in the house, and it can get close to you."

"Thank you, Master."

In just one hour, Liu Jin's attitude towards Gu Zhisang completely changed, and he started calling him Master.

He even regretted his perfunctory attitude when they met just now.

Gu Zhisang said, "There is one more thing I have to remind you. Your mother had a good fate. She donated a lot of money to charity during her lifetime. Even if she stayed in the human world after death, she should have the good deeds during her lifetime to protect her body. It is impossible that she can't even condense into a physical form, and she won't be so easily injured by the yang energy in your body."

Liu Jin realized something, "You mean..."

"You should ask your good father what he did behind your back when you were away."

His red eyes slowly turned to the sofa in the living room and looked at his father who had become so frightened that his legs went limp.

Father Liu was already sweating profusely.

In fact, he has been regretting it since that day. Every night when he closes his eyes, he would think of his wife's eyes staring at him with anger and resentment as she lay on the ground crying and struggling.

Coupled with the strange things that happened at the funeral and the inexplicably cracked tombstone, it completely broke down his psychological defenses.

He was so scared, he knew that his wife had turned into a ghost and was coming to take his life!

Father Liu was afraid of death, and even more afraid that what he had done would be exposed, so when Liu Jin was not at home, he found some masters to secretly perform rituals and exorcise ghosts and evil spirits.

In addition, he also bought many amulets and placed related talismans and charms to exorcise evil spirits in the living room of his home.

The masters told him that his wife's spirit was still unwilling to leave, but it had been weakened a lot and could not harm him anymore.

He was still worried, so he spent a lot of money to hire a famous Taoist priest, hoping that he could disperse his wife's soul to prevent future troubles.

Who knew that the so-called master was nothing but a useless figure, and was beaten until he vomited blood by the girl invited by Liu Jin!

Listening to Gu Zhisang's words and seeing his son crying and hugging the air, Father Liu felt that the room was gloomy and terrifying. He felt that the dark coffin at the end of the living room was like an evil ghost, staring at him and ready to pounce on him and take his life at any time!

He supported himself on the ground and backed away, trying to escape from the house. "She was sick and died of her own illness. It has nothing to do with me!"

Gu Zhisang narrowed his eyes, thought for a while, and took out a thumb-sized jade bottle from his pocket.

When the bottle was opened, a sinister aura overflowed from it and a crystal clear teardrop was placed at the bottom of the bottle.

This is the ghost tear she got from Gao Lin, which contains powerful resentment and power.

She split the ghost tear into two, took out half and shot it into the body of Liu Mu's evil spirit. Immediately, Liu Mu's ghost began to surge with yin energy, and the temperature around it became even lower.

In just a few seconds, Liu Mu's damaged ghost became solid under the filling of ghost tears and gradually took on a human form.

It looks to be in its forties or fifties and must have been well maintained. Although it has white hair at its temples and wrinkles on its face, one can still see its youthful elegance and grace.

Mother Liu looked bewildered. When she regained consciousness, she looked at Liu Jin with eyes full of surprise.

When its sight fell on the panic-stricken man in the corner, its expression suddenly became resentful and ferocious, and it pounced on him with a sharp scream.

Father Liu had been feeling guilty and had been unable to eat or sleep well, and his spirit was depressed and his spiritual energy was weak.

Later, he was frightened by Gu Zhisang and lost his mind and broke out in a sweat. It was the time when his Yang energy was the weakest, and the Yin energy from Liu's mother directly hit his Yin eyes, which opened up, and he saw ghosts!

The wife's dead face was distorted and terrifying. She was face to face with him, "You beast, I told you I won't let you go even if I turn into a ghost!!"

Father Liu's face was as pale as gold paper, and his fat and old cheeks were trembling with fear. "No... I didn't hurt you! It was her, that bitch who didn't let me save you... I was wrong, Dong Ying, I know I was wrong, please forgive me!"

He admitted his mistake and begged for mercy, but he took out a talisman for exorcism and protection from his clothes and waved it around in an attempt to drive away Dong Ying's ghost.

"I didn't mean to hurt you! You are the one who is sick! I just didn't get you the medicine, you are just so angry... Get away! Don't come near me!"

But with Gu Zhisang around, and with Gui Lei's powerful strength, the talismans in his hands were directly corroded by the Yin energy and turned into a charred black.

Dong Ying's eyes turned bloodshot and she pounced on him and bit him.

The feeling of being attacked by a ghost was extremely uncomfortable. Father Liu's blood froze and his heart was beating as if it was about to explode.

His eyes rolled back and he didn't even utter a scream. He fell to the ground in a daze, his legs trembling and wet. He was so frightened that he became incontinent.

Dong Ying said with resentment, "Don't pretend to be dead, I won't let you go! It's ok that you disgusted me all these years, but you actually set your mind on my son. You are not worthy of being a father! You deserve a miserable death!"

Gu Zhisang, who had been folding his arms and remained silent, spoke up:

"He probably wasn't pretending. He had a stroke."

Stroke?

Dong Ying, Liu Jin and Yu Tongqiu were all stunned.

A closer look revealed that Father Liu's eyes were stiff, and his open mouth was crooked with saliva flowing out.

He was already old, but he ate and drank excessively and had sex frequently, which had drained his body;

He was so emotional at the time that he was frightened to the point of having a stroke.

Dong Ying was suddenly filled with powerful strength and resentment. He was blinded by the pleasure of revenge and wanted to pounce on him again but was stopped by Gu Zhisang.

"Think about it carefully. If a ghost kills, it will be infected with evil power. At that time, you will be on the wanted list of the underworld. After you are arrested, you will be thrown into the sea of ​​fire and suffer."

Dong Ying was still somewhat unwilling to let Liu's father go.

But after Liu Jin's repeated dissuasion and pleading, the resentment in its heart gradually subsided.

It floated in front of Gu Zhisang and bowed deeply, "Thank you, little master."

Gu Zhisang raised his eyes and said, "You don't have to thank me. Your son used all his merits to exchange for my help in solving this matter. We are just an employment relationship."

"What?!" Dong Ying was shocked.

As a ghost, it knew how important merit was. It did not expect that its son would pay such a high price. It said anxiously:

"Little Master, I give you all my merits, please don't take him!"

Gu Zhisang:?

"Do you think that making a pact is just playing house? You can change it at will. If you want to gain something through divination, you will definitely lose something. Whoever makes a promise will definitely have a result. Whether it is a good result or a bad result, he must bear it himself. This is the law of heaven and earth."

Dong Ying was struck by lightning, but Liu Jin was very calm. "Mom, as long as you have good merits, they will be gone. At worst, I can use the salary from the filming to do charity. If you do more good deeds, you will definitely be able to save up more in the future."

Both mother and son felt that they had harmed each other, and the atmosphere in the room was a little depressed for a while.

Gu Zhisang said bluntly:

"The consequences today are all caused by your indecision. Ms. Dong, you think you are sacrificing for your children, but do you really not know that Director Liu wants you to divorce? Don't you understand the principle that a short pain is worse than a long one?"

Dong Ying actually understood all of this, but because of the era in which he was born and his upbringing, even though he had become a popular and well-known star, deep down he was still a person who was patient, giving, and cautious.

That's why she suppresses herself and gives up her career due to her husband's obstruction.

It has always felt that not getting a divorce or making a big fuss is all for the sake of giving the child a complete family, so that he will not be looked down upon by his classmates and friends, and for Liu Jin's reputation and career;

But in this stubborn "dedication", isn't there also an escape of its own?

Dong Ying regretted it.

If she had divorced that scumbag Liu's father when he cheated on her for the first time, if she had stuck to her heart and focused on filming, would everything be different now?

But the matter was done, and it had become a ghost and could not even shed tears.

Yu Tongqiu sighed, walked forward and said:

"I have been recording. I have recorded your father's admission that he did not give the master medicine. I don't know if it can be used as evidence in court, but it can be of some use. I have sent the recording to you."

"Thank you, Junior Sister, and thank you, Master Gu!" Liu Jin said, "If it weren't for you, I wouldn't even know where my mother went."

Hearing the recording, Father Liu, who was lying stiffly on the ground, screamed "Ahhh", as if trying to stop the attempt and beg for mercy.

Liu Jin pretended not to see it and asked again, "Mom, who is that woman he is hanging out with?"

When this was mentioned, Dong Ying's face was filled with anger again, and she felt as disgusted as if she had eaten a fly. "It's Xiao Wang, I never thought she could do such a thing!"

Liu Jin was stunned for a long time, then he clenched his fists and walked to Liu's father. He didn't care that the ground was dirty and punched him in the face several times.

"You scumbag! How could my mother meet a beast like you? It's not enough that you mess around outside, you also disgust her like this!"

Yu Tongqiu was also shocked, "Xiao Wang? Is he the student sponsored by Master?!"

Although Dong Ying has retired from the film industry, she still has plenty of money and has been supporting girls in the mountains who cannot afford to go to school and whose families favor boys over girls.

Many of those girls passed the exams and went to college, changing their lives. This woman surnamed Wang was one of them.

But he was the one who failed the exam.

Her family was in extremely difficult financial condition. She had an alcoholic and domestically violent father. All the money that Dong Ying had given to her as financial support was squandered by her father.

She ran away from the mountains before finishing high school and sought refuge with Dong Ying, begging Dong Ying to take her in and help her, saying that she would be beaten to death if she went back.

Dong Ying felt soft-hearted for a moment and let her stay in her home temporarily.

Although she is a domestic helper, she is no different from a half-daughter.

When Yu Tongqiu came to the Liu family for dinner before, he met the woman surnamed Wang several times. She looked to be in her thirties.

She vaguely heard that this woman surnamed Wang had liked Liu Jin a few years ago, but Liu Jin was a dullard who only cared about movies, and in the end the matter was left unresolved.

Who could have thought that in the end she would get together with Liu's father and give birth to an illegitimate child!

No wonder Dong Ying was so angry that she had a heart attack after seeing that scene.

Who wouldn't be furious if they found out that a junior to whom they were so sincere and caring did something like this?

When Yu Tongqiu thought of Dong Ying, he felt his stomach churning and he felt nauseous.

Dong Ying looked depressed: "I am blind and don't know how I have wronged her over the years. I can accept this kind of thing for anyone except her."

At this time, Gu Zhisang said, "You are wrong because you are not cruel to those who should be cruel, and you are kind when you shouldn't be. You have sponsored so many people, don't those girls' families have difficulties and obstacles? Didn't they all get into college? But besides this one, who else came to you?"

The answer is no.

Even if those children did not get into college in the end, they were still working hard to live, leaving the mountains to open shops and do small businesses.

Every year Dong Ying receives thank-you letters and various gifts from them, but Xiao Wang, the child living in her house, rarely says words of thanks.

"Some people have evil in their nature, whether they are men or women. If you let them live in a big villa easily and let them experience getting something for nothing, they will not be grateful, but will become even more dissatisfied over time."

Gu Zhisang: "Their inherent inferiority and low self-esteem will make them jealous and want to take all these for themselves. In their eyes, your help will become a condescending charity."

"But there is one thing that Mr. Liu might be interested in." A hint of interest flashed across her eyes.

This man and woman are really a match made in heaven. Old man Liu deserves to meet the woman named Wang.

"From the perspective of physiognomy, the tear trough can often tell a person's luck with having children. The right side indicates luck with girls, and the left side indicates luck with boys. Looking at your entire face, Mr. Liu, there is only one line of silk under your right eye, and there is only one line of children in your fate palace. The line is very deep, which means that this child will be a successful and filial man..."

Gu Zhisang suddenly smiled and said, "How come an old man who only has one child gave birth to another little son?"

Father Liu, who was beaten black and blue, gasped for breath when he heard this. In his intense excitement, he twisted his mouth and uttered a few words in a stuttering manner:

"You...are talking nonsense."

"Why would I lie to you?"

Gu Zhisang: "There is a saying in physiognomy that if there is a diagonal line above the philtrum, you will raise other people's children. Your philtrum is short and small, which is not your destiny to have many offspring. And there is another line running from left to right, which means you will definitely help others raise their sons."

Hearing this, Dong Ying laughed uncontrollably, looking pleased: "Liu, you have finally come to this day. You deserve to be cuckolded. This is your retribution! Your Liu family's 'throne' will eventually be lost!"

Father Liu's mind flashed with the excitement and joy of having a son, and the face of his youngest son, who was indeed not very similar to himself...

Thinking about how she had spent money on him and trained him like pearls over the years, and even schemed against her eldest son for this, it turned out that all this was just to help others!

He was so angry that his eyes rolled back and he fainted.

Gu Zhisang asked Liu Jin to bring a photo of the woman surnamed Wang at home. He placed his palm against the photo for a while, then opened his eyes and said:

"This woman is very smart. She said she was taking the child out to avoid the limelight, but in fact she had already collected a sum of money and was ready to run away at any time. There is no connection between her and the other people in the photo, but there is still a faint power left. I speculate that she should be related to the person who helped you take this photo, and the child should be theirs."

Dong Ying recalled for a long time, and finally remembered the scene when the photo was taken. She gritted her teeth and said, "It was our family driver who took this photo for us!"

Gu Zhisang: "Then Director Liu, you'd better control the driver first. I can feel that this woman's migration palace is still moving. She should be waiting for the driver to be an insider. If your mother's death is not exposed, she will come back. Once it is exposed, the driver will tip her off. She will buy a plane ticket overnight and take the children abroad. It will be difficult for you to find her then."

Liu Jin gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I'll remember this. I'll call the police and ask them to re-investigate this case. I won't let them get away with it! I'll bring them to court!"

"Well, the matter is almost resolved here. If you have any questions, you can ask them now."

Liu Jin thought for a moment and said, "Master Gu, if my mother's soul was injured before, will it have any impact on her reincarnation in the underworld?"

"Yes, I almost forgot about it."

Gu Zhisang took out a piece of yellow talisman paper and a pair of small scissors from his bag and cut out a small paper man the size of a palm.

"Your mother's soul was severely damaged. It seems to have recovered now, but it is actually the power of the ghost tears. After the power is exhausted, it will return to its original state. I will store her soul in a paper man to nourish it for a period of time. You can carry it close to your body, or you can buy some cool jade and place the paper man on it."

As she spoke, she waved her hand, and Dong Ying's soul was drawn over uncontrollably, and finally entered the yellow paper man.

After a moment, the yellow paper man moved and stood up in Gu Zhisang's palm.

It was very surprised: "I can touch the real object and feel the temperature!"

Gu Zhisang said: "If it's fast, it will take one or two weeks, and if it's slow, it will take two or three months for your soul to recover. By then, the ghost will come to take you to the underworld."

From then on, all of Liu Jin's demands were met.

Gu Zhisang stretched out her finger and touched Liu Jin's forehead through the air. A faint golden light flowed out from his body and sank into Liu Jin's body along her fingertips.

At that moment, Liu Jin couldn't describe what he felt. He could feel that something was missing deep in his soul, and he had a sense of loss.

After the matter was resolved, he first called his trusted old servants and asked them to come and pack up their things and carry away Liu's father who had fainted from a stroke.

The coffin placed in the living room also needed to be buried as soon as possible, so he contacted the funeral home to make an appointment for the time to carry the coffin for burial.

After everything was settled, he finally felt relieved.

After this incident, he completely acknowledged Yu Tongqiu's words that Gu Zhisang was truly an unfathomable master!

Although Liu Jin knew that merit was important, he felt that it was not grand enough since he couldn't see or touch it. If there was any problem with the nourishment of his mother's soul in the future, he would have to ask Gu Zhisang for help. He still had to build a good relationship with such a strange man.

He suddenly thought of something and said, "Master Gu, your agent Qian Zheng has contacted me several times in the past half month, saying that the scar on your forehead cannot be healed and that he wants me to give the role to a newcomer under his command. I don't think he has discussed this with you, right?"

Liu Jin glanced at Gu Zhisang's forehead calmly and found that there were still marks there, but they were far less exaggerated than Qian Zheng said.

To be honest, he had been thinking of replacing Gu Zhisang because his acting was so poor.

When I heard that the only perfect face had flaws, there was no reason to let her play the role of female No. 4 Yu Jing.

He was about to agree, but then this happened today.

It was impossible to change people, and Liu Jin even sold the money and certificates.

In fact, Gu Zhisang had no interest in filming, but this was the original body's greatest wish and obsession before his death, so he signed the contract;

In the 'plot' told to her by the system, 'Gu Zhisang' was replaced in role due to her disfigurement, and she felt that her life was completely hopeless, which led to her subsequent tragedy.

However, Qian Zheng and the newcomer, who stepped on her and sucked her blood to get to the top, became very successful in the circle because of this role.

Gu Zhisang has his own set of principles and has always attached great importance to "rules".

And she is a Buddha, she is not interested in the entertainment industry, but she is not a wimp.

Qian Zheng provoked her again and again, as if he wanted to bully her and bully her, which really aroused her disgust.

At this time, the yellow paper man who had been lying on Liu Jin's shoulder raised his head.

Dong Ying: "What do you mean by changing roles? Liu Jin, are you going to replace Master Gu?"

Liu Jin coughed and said, "What do you mean by replaced? Who said it's impossible! Master Gu is the most suitable candidate for this role. It's her agent who kept sending me false information and misled me."

Gu Zhisang: ...

"Director Liu, you don't have to flatter me against your will. My acting skills are indeed poor."

Although I don't know how bad the original body's acting skills are to be mocked by the whole network, it's really a headache for the former Lord of Xuanmen who has never acted and has never needed to act and has always done whatever he wants.

Dong Ying became interested: "What role will Master Gu play?"

Yu Tongqiu introduced the general plot and said: "The character of Sangsang is a beautiful woman who meets a scumbag. She will become completely evil after being hurt by love in the later stage."

"Then I can teach Master Gu how to act." Dong Ying said with a wry smile, "Besides, no one can understand that kind of anger better than me."

Yu Tongqiu and Liu Jin: …

It seems to be true.

Yu Tongqiu's eyes lit up. "It's actually possible. Didn't Senior Brother give Sangsang a month to recuperate? And Sangsang has to go record a metaphysics program next, so he may not have time to find an acting teacher. If I bring Master over, I can improve my acting skills in my free time."

"My master is a great teacher. I have achieved my current success in the industry thanks to her guidance and polishing of my acting skills."

Liu Jin said, "If Master Gu agrees, I have no objection, and we don't have to shoot so soon. I expect this drama to take more than half a year to shoot, and the role of Yu Jing doesn't have many scenes, so we can postpone it to the end."

He had seen Gu Zhisang's abilities. If his mother could stay with her, her soul would definitely be better nurtured than if she stayed with him.

——

Twenty minutes later, Gu Zhisang left Liu Jin's villa.

There was a thin, tightly attached yellow paper figure on her shoulder.

As soon as I got a taxi home, two messages popped up on the phone in my pocket.

Gu Zhisang clicked on it and took a look. One of them was the script for the fourth episode sent by the "Spiritual Affairs" production team, allowing the contestants to have a general understanding of the program flow of the fourth episode.

The other one was from her agency, informing her to go to a meeting tomorrow...

The author has something to say:

7 thousand for qwq