Chapter 71
The child's loud and clear accusation made all the people and ghosts in the room dumbfounded for a moment. After they came to their senses, some people couldn't help but hold back their laughter, while the ghosts felt that she was full of unreasonableness.
Yun Mian put the little ghost doll back into the jade pendant and originally planned to put it back into the pocket of her clothes. But when she saw the regretful look on the female ghost's face, she turned her back with extra caution and put the jade pendant into another pocket.
Female ghost: “…”
Is this child stupid?
No matter what the two ghosts were thinking, now that they were easily captured they had no chance to harm the Liu couple again, so Bingshen began to communicate with them about some precautions for the future.
The main purpose is to let the other party buy more talismans, such as the mind-clearing talisman, the peace talisman, the misfortune-relieving talisman, etc., mainly for the sake of peace of mind.
Yun Mian and Yu An'an were listening with their eyes full of mosquito coils. They just felt that the senior brother was really good at selling. After a few words of communication, the two uncles and aunts not only readily paid for the talismans, but also donated money to their Taoist temple...
No wonder Senior Brother Bingshen is so rich, he really knows how to make money...
Yunmian was holding the antique mirror given to her by Aunt Qingya, and she sat in the car, waving goodbye to the couple who were standing at the door looking out.
When they returned to their senior brother's residence, Yun Mian and Yu Anan were ready for battle. They stood hand in hand and watched their master release the two ghosts that had been sealed away earlier.
"Do you still remember which direction of the tomb you were dug out from?" Yiqing asked the two ghosts who were particularly weak.
The male ghost still had the talismans that Yu An'an had slapped on him, and his soul was much thinner and more insubstantial. Upon hearing this, he glanced at Yun Mian and Yu An'an warily, and after making sure that the two ferocious, glowing little dolls were standing quite far away, he answered honestly, "I'm not sure..."
It organized its words and slowly told the story of itself and the female ghost.
It actually doesn't recognize the female ghost, but it can't be said that it doesn't recognize her, it's just that there is a clear class distinction.
It was just one of the laborers in building the tomb. After the tomb was built, it was dismembered and used to fill the tomb. After death, it became a ghost by accident.
The female ghost in the mirror is the real owner of the tomb. She became a ghost seven days after her death, and her soul was imprisoned in the ancient bronze mirror buried with the deceased for thousands of years. Both of them were in a daze at the beginning, similar to earthbound spirits, unable to escape from the tomb.
Until the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when the Ghost Gate opened in the human world, they and all other wandering ghosts received soul messages from the Ghost King, asking them to help find someone in the human world. Later, with the support of strong Yin energy, they happened to meet tomb robbers, and the two ghosts squeezed into the mirror and were brought out.
"Looking for someone?" Yiqing's expression was stern, and he asked in a deep voice: "Did the Ghost King tell you the name of this person? Or does he have any other specific characteristics?"
The male ghost shook his head. The female ghost seemed to be more sober than him. She asked with a smile, "Master, if I tell you, can you let us go? We just got out and haven't done anything to harm the world, right? You Taoists can't hurt innocent ghosts just because of a disagreement, right?"
Yunmian was holding her chin in her hand in a daze, Yu Anan was lying on Yunmian's shoulder and feeling sleepy, and Senior Brother Bingshen was still trying to find out about the recent tomb excavation.
In the silence, Taoist Yiqing stroked his beard and smiled kindly: "If you don't want to speak, why don't you follow my two little disciples from now on? They all like to get along with ghosts. Didn't you get along with them very harmoniously last night?"
Female ghost: “…”
The female ghost's mouth twitched, and the male ghost subconsciously hugged himself tightly, feeling weak and helpless. When his fingers touched the talismans on his body, he was burned and wailed continuously, looking extremely miserable and pitiful.
The female ghost pointed at her companion and her voice became a little rougher: "You call this harmony?!"
Taoist Yiqing smiled and flicked his whisk, smiling without saying anything, and everything was implied.
The ghost was about to say something, but Yun Mian, who was in a daze, heard the master's voice. She tilted her head and looked at the ghost for a moment, and asked the master for confirmation: "Master, does she still want to live in the mirror? But I have already given the mirror to my mother~"
As she spoke, a female ghost appeared beside her like a living ghost. Her lifeless eyes quickly looked towards the two strange sources of aura in the room, and a fierce ghost aura gradually spread and boiled over her body.
The female ghost had just been upgraded to the level of a fierce ghost two days ago, so she was no match for Yun Jinli. Seeing this, she could not help but shrink back and hide, pointing at Yun Jinli in horror and asking the old Taoist priest: "You actually raised a ghost?!"
Aren't you Taoist priests? How can Taoist priests do such evil things? And this ghost was released by that little girl!
Yun Jinli was already ready to pounce on her and the male ghost, but the female ghost was only thinking about escaping, but the room was covered with talismans and she was completely trapped here.
Just before Yun Jinli became agitated and ready to attack, Yun Mian gently pulled her back, then took out the ancient mirror that she had earned from her first job and put it in her hand.
The kid who was fiercely accusing others of being ghost dealers last night, today was particularly well-behaved and sweet in front of Yun Jinli, who is also a ghost. His smile was so soft that people wanted to pinch the soft flesh on his cheeks.
"Mom~" Yun Mian stood on tiptoe and hugged her stunned mother. She looked up at Yun Jinli, whose face was full of black and red ghostly aura, and said softly, "This mirror is so beautiful. Mian Mian got it in exchange for helping that auntie catch ghosts. Do you like it, Mom?"
As expected, Yun Jinli couldn't give her any response.
But Yunmian just puffed up her cheeks slightly in disappointment, then became happy again, holding her mother's hand and turning around to show off to the stunned female ghost: "Sister, I have a mother now, you don't have to follow me and An An, it will be very hard for us to raise ghosts."
The main reason is that they are afraid of uneven distribution. The ghost dolls are still small, easy to fool, and cannot speak. Yunmian is justified in being partial to them, but if she raises two more ghosts, Yunmian feels that either An will be scared to death by ghosts, or the two children will become paupers by raising ghosts.
It’s scary to think about it!
so……
"Sister, answer Master's questions obediently, or I will have to let mom eat you."
The little girl's dark pupils were clear and bright, reflecting the white dress of the female ghost. For a moment, she looked more like a ghost than a ghost. The female ghost who was stared at by her subconsciously floated back a long distance.
She had died once before, but when she heard Yun Mian's innocent and naive persuasion, she seemed to really feel the threat of death.
She hovered there for a while.
The male ghost was probably also frightened by Yun Jinli's appearance. Although he was a big ghost, his soul was trembling with yellow paper all over his body, like a human-shaped ginkgo tree blown by the wind. Finally, he suppressed his fear and whispered to the female ghost: "Why not, why don't you just tell us? The Ghost King won't pay us anyway, so what's the point of working so hard?"
The female ghost looked at it strangely.
Everyone in the room looked at it.
The male ghost looked horrified: "...Did I speak again?"
Female ghost: "...No, you are absolutely right."
Bingshen's gaze drifted silently a few inches, silently wondering whether he had ever owed his employees wages or something.
As expected of a working ghost, this is a simple, straightforward and effective idea.
And, that ghost king, he actually didn't pay any wages for so many years? He treated other ghosts like donkeys pulling millstones. This situation would make the capital and the owner cry.
Perhaps the male ghost's words cleared the fog above her head, or perhaps she was really afraid that Yun Jinli would eat her as dessert after dinner, the female ghost carefully chose her words and then neatly recited all the ghost king's orders.
This includes various gossips quietly passed between ghosts.
"…Let us find a girl, saying that she is the Yin marriage arranged by his family after his death. However, the girl entered the reincarnation cycle without saying a word after her death in her previous life. The Ghost King chased her to the underworld but failed to bring her back. Moreover, the marriage thread was also erased by the reincarnation cycle, so we are needed to help find her."
"I heard from some old ghosts that the Ghost King didn't like the girl at first, but the marriage thread tied them together. Unless he reincarnates, he will always have a marriage contract."
"If he likes another female ghost, he must first resolve the marriage contract on him, otherwise he will never be able to sign another marriage contract, otherwise he will be punished. What's more, all of us female ghosts have died once, and we have long seen through men. No matter how powerful the ghost king is, what good girl is willing to accompany him to commit bigamy!"
At first she was very serious, but later, perhaps because she was emotional, the female ghost added more and more of her own personal emotions to what she said, and in the end she even pouted and looked disgusted at the Ghost King, whom she had been in awe of before.
Male ghost: “…” He was completely stunned.
Even Yun Mian and Yu Anan, who were originally sleepy, became alert after listening. One of them pulled Yun Jinli's hand, wanting to continue listening with bright eyes.
Taoist Yiqing: "...Ahem!!"
After waking up the trance-goers and ghosts with their coughs, he summarized the key points again: "Does the girl you mentioned who had a secret marriage with the Ghost King have any other characteristics? Will the Ghost King let you search aimlessly like this?"
The female ghost lowered her head to admire her sharp nails. She yawned slowly and said lazily, "Who knows? Anyway, this is all I know. We are just minions following orders. If you want to know more specifics, you have to ask more powerful ghosts or the subordinates of the ghost king."
Yiqing thought for a moment, put the two ghosts who betrayed the Ghost King and were dying back into the seal, and then handed it to Bingshen.
“Send them back to the temple and place them under the seat of the founder. When the evil spirits and murderous intent in them are cleared, perform a ritual to send them into reincarnation.”
I don’t know how other Taoist temples deal with these ghosts, but Xuanqing Temple has always done so. Otherwise, they would not have allowed Yunmian to bring two ghosts into the temple so easily.
After Bingshen left with the sealed object, Yiqing led his two little disciples to the rooftop.
Yunmian still released her mother and the ghost doll, and fortunately she didn't meet anyone along the way.
When they reached the top floor, Yun Mian and Yu Anan stood on tiptoe and tried to hold on to the high wall to look down, but they were too short. After trying for a long time, they could only turn around and look at the quilt covers hanging on the rope on the roof, which were fluttering heavily in the wind.
The master tilted his head back to observe the stars above his head. Yun Mian also tilted his head back to learn to look for a long time, but he could not see anything except that there were not many stars and they were not bright.
But the master's face didn't look very good.
When she got home, Yunmian lay in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, wanting to make up for the scenery that she couldn't see on the top floor.
As a result, when I looked down, I saw a faint fire rising slowly outside the main entrance of the community not far away.
"An'an." Yun Mian pulled Yu An'an, who was playing with building blocks, over and pointed downstairs for her to look: "Is there someone there?"
Yu Anan looked over there and nodded affirmatively: "Someone is burning paper!"
The two children looked at each other, dropped the toys in their hands and ran to find their master.
Yiqing followed his young apprentice to the window, lowered his head and looked down. His old brows were tightly furrowed, and his expression was even more solemn than when he discovered the mirror ghost yesterday.
"Call your senior brother first and tell him not to come in through the front door tonight."
Yun Mian and Yu Anan nodded obediently, and after calling their senior brother to inform him, they curiously asked their master why.
"That man didn't burn paper." Yiqing sat on the sofa and said in a deep voice, "He burned a talisman, a red cloth that had been blessed with chicken blood."
This is actually not a Taoist method, but a self-defense method more commonly used by Buddhist disciples. After the red cloth is dotted with chicken blood, it is folded into a triangular talisman using special means. Carrying it with you will prevent being disturbed by evil spirits.
However, this kind of talisman does not keep ghosts out, but rather collects ghosts into the talisman. Generally, it needs to be taken back to the temple to ask monks to help deal with it. At worst, the person carrying the amulet will be asked to take the talisman to a remote place where there are few people and burn it when the time comes.
But the man downstairs just now actually burned the amulet at the main entrance of the community, where there is the most traffic...
"An'an, did you see how many ghosts appeared around after the talisman was burned?" Yiqing asked Yu An'an solemnly.
Under the serious gaze of her master, Yu Anan nervously clenched Yun Mian's hand, and after trying to recall for a few seconds, she whispered, "There are many, many, many hiding outside the street lights. It's too dark and too far for me to see clearly, but many are following the people who open the door and rushing into the community."
Those dark ghostly shadows, invisible to the naked eye, silently stick to the backs of every pedestrian like ghosts, and are taken to different places by people. Some people have only one shadow behind them, some have many shadows densely stacked on their bodies, and there are even more dark shadows hiding in the dark night, like wild beasts that choose their prey.
My favorite home team won the game today, so I am happy to update more chapters! So there are two more chapters to update before 12 o'clock~
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