Chapter 35
The only flaw in Su Yun's current fate is that it is not original. The fate is not her own and is completely incompatible with her. It can be used, but when Su Yun appears, the fate will make a judgment error - it will think that Su Yun and Su Yun are the same person.
Of course, the difference in personality and physique between the two people caused Su Yun to be unable to suppress her fate, but Su Yun felt that there was another possibility. When the Su family was preparing to exchange her and Su Yun's fate, they tried to make Su Yun's breath gradually close to her own, in order to deceive the fate, thinking that Su Yun was dead, and then ran to find Su Yun.
Fate is not static. Some very strong destinies can even be said to automatically recognize their master. For example, there are many people in history who seem unable to seize the throne but eventually become emperors. No matter how long they sit on the throne, at least they can get it. This is how fate chooses the emperor.
Sometimes if the wrong one was chosen, a new one would be chosen, which resulted in some emperors seeming to only exist for a few dozen days or a few days. It seems like a joke, but it is true.
Many emperors seemed to be good candidates before they took the throne, but turned out to be violent and cruel once they became emperors. Such people could not bear the fate of unifying the world, let alone the expectations of the people. Naturally, they would be pulled down from the throne, and the fate of the emperor would be transferred to other people.
Su Yun's fate is similar. When it was her, it was someone who suppressed her fate, so she had a smooth journey. The person invited by the Su family must have some real skills. They knew that Su Yun would definitely not be able to control this fate. In order to prevent this fate from being ruined, they either had to protect Su Yun's fate, or make Su Yun a fake Su Yun, so that the fate would think that Su Yun was not dead and continue to follow.
A person's scent is something independent and never repeats itself, just like sometimes even if you can't see them, you can still feel someone familiar approaching and react.
I don’t know if it’s because they were born at about the same time and in the same hospital, but it’s as if the two can never be completely separated, and one is always the opposite of the other.
Su Yun looked at the white jade bottle in her hand, which contained the ashes of her former body.
If there is anything that can affect Su Yun's current fate, it is her former body. Ordinary formations and methods may not be able to affect her excellent fate, and may even backfire. Su Yun does not want to use more forceful methods, always feeling that they are not appropriate.
She was arrogant and domineering when she was not practicing Taoism, but she became very calm after practicing Taoism, as if nothing in the world had any appeal to her. She even felt that everything in this world had a traceable pattern and was a cycle of cause and effect. She saw all things in the world as equal. She was compassionate and hated evil, but she also lacked a bit of vitality.
If it weren't for the fact that every time Su Yun got into trouble it affected others, Su Yun really didn't want to care about her. What a person does will determine the consequences. She is now protected by her fate, but it's just a fate. How long can it protect the huge Su family?
In the past, this fate only protected Su Yun, and the extra ones were picked up by the Su family. Now, does Su Yun know that this fate actually protects the Su family first? And then her.
When one day her fate can no longer support the huge Su family, how will Su Yun cope with it?
It is also possible that, given Su Yun's personality, if her wealthy life is gone one day, she will still blame Su Yun.
Su Yun opened the bottle and used a spoon smaller than an ear pick to take out a little bit of ashes and put them on the center of the formation. She didn't have much ashes, so she had to use them sparingly.
When Su Yiling and Ji Weitang brought her back four years ago, her body was covered with wounds and her internal organs were gone. In order to save Su Yun, the two had originally thought of using all kinds of rare treasures to fill the gaps in Su Yun's body. After piecing together the body, she would probably become a half-demon or directly turn into a monster, depending on personal choice and physique.
In Taoist legends, there are similar Taoist spells. For example, if the heart is gone, something else is put in to replace the beating heart, but the person involved cannot be aware of this. Once he realizes it, the spell will fail.
There is a similar story about head replacement in "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio", and Maoshan Taoism does have similar stories, but the actual situation may not be as good as expected, because people are made up of many things. Modern heart transplant surgery may cause rejection reactions or memory problems, not to mention replacing other things.
Taoism cannot completely avoid this rejection reaction, so Su Yiling and Ji Weitong gave up this method after studying it for a while. They decided to use this method to prolong Su Yun's life first, and replace Su Yun's entire body bit by bit, and then get a new fate and identity from the King of Hell, so that she can start a new life.
However, this body and destiny can be said to belong entirely to Su Yun. She walks in the world with this body and essentially has no parents or relatives. She only knows from her soul that her parents are Su Yiling and Ji Weitong, and her blood relationship cannot be determined.
After the corpse was replaced in this way, Su Yun didn't want to keep it, so he asked the fire master to burn it. The big bones were placed in an urn and the remaining ashes were put into a bottle. He has been carrying it with him as a mascot and now he is using it.
With these ashes as the center of the formation, Su Yun's fate can be temporarily moved to this point of ashes until the effect of the formation ends. The consequence is that Su Yun will probably be unlucky for three months, which is not a long time, but she is abroad, and these three months should be relatively difficult to endure.
The formation gradually lit up as Su Yun activated it, and soon disappeared on the yellow paper, leaving only a bit of ashes, indicating that the formation had started to work, and now the little bit of ashes on the yellow paper was responsible for the fate.
Su Yun carefully placed the ashes in a cabinet and locked it. After three months, the formation and the ashes would disappear, and Su Yun's fate would return to normal.
Less than an hour after Su Yun activated the formation, most of the rumors in the circle of friends were deleted. This was because Wu Jin went to each family to remind them, and also because the influence of Su Yun's fate on everyone was weakened. Now it is just weakening the influence. The circle of friends has been deleted, and everyone's chat tendencies will change. After the old man's funeral, when people mention Su Yun again, their attitude will become very bad.
No one ridiculed Su Yun during the time she went abroad. She was blessed with good fortune, otherwise people would have laughed at her for not being worthy of the Su family's eldest daughter, and would have also laughed at the stupid things she did during the years since she returned.
People who read gossip are always like this. After laughing at Su Yun's shamelessness for trying to usurp the throne, they turn around and laugh at Su Yun for being a child raised in a poor family and as stupid as a pig.
Su Yun has always looked down upon such things. To her, whatever everyone does is their own choice, and all they need to do is live their own lives well and not regret it. This idea has never changed, either in the past or now, so as long as others don't provoke her, she will pretend not to see it.
Without Su Yun fanning the flames on the other side of the ocean, there was finally a sense of mourning in Bincheng. Compared with the previous rumors, now at least everyone is paying attention to the impact that the old man's death will have on the heavy industry.
Even though the old man retired early because of his daughter's affairs, it has to be said that many connections and relationships depend on the old man's face. If Wu's father wants to reach the old man's position, he has to continue to gain experience. Whether he can shoulder this burden depends on his own ability, or on Wu Jin's ability.
The people that Wu Mu found helped the ghost bride and the sexy ghost to set up several ceremony halls. They expanded the scope again and again according to the guest list. The progress was relatively smooth. As for the old man's body, the sexy ghost had already dealt with it.
Before, they said they would use the corpse qi from the old man to track him, but they found out about Yu Ming from Sister Lan first. Now Yu Ming is locked up in the basement of the funeral home. Su Yun didn't tell anyone, but the ghost employees all saw him when he came, and some were even behind Yu Ming.
However, when the beautiful ghost was dealing with the old man's body, she still tracked the infected corpse gas in the old man's body, and finally pointed to another direction besides Yu Ming underground. Who it was could only be found after the old man was buried. Now the funeral home was unable to cope with the situation.
Yan Gui reported the matter to Su Yun, suspecting that the other person was Zhao Tuhu, and asked Su Yun whether he wanted to chase him.
Judging from the direction, Zhao Tuhu’s current location is in the center of Bincheng City, which means he has been in the city. I wonder if he knows that his master has been captured.
Su Yun pondered for a while and said that he didn't care about it for now. Zhao Tuhu's ability was not as good as Yu Ming's. Now Yu Ming had come to the door and was imprisoned. It was not difficult to catch Zhao Tuhu. Yu Ming had been hiding for so many years and had experience, so he was difficult to catch. If he hadn't come to the door himself and kept changing his fate, it would be basically impossible to find him.
As for Zhao Tuhu, he is still young and probably hasn't learned many skills from Yu Ming. Yu Ming will definitely not teach him the most important skills, so it would be much easier to catch him.
A person like Yu Ming could not even be trusted by his own son, let alone his own apprentice. He taught his apprentice to starve himself to death. Yu Ming and Zhao Tuhu are the same kind of people. In order to avoid following the old path of Jingling Sect, Yu Ming would certainly not teach all his skills to Zhao Tuhu at once.
To be honest, Su Yun still wanted to see whether Zhao Tuhu would come to the funeral home. If he finally came to save Yu Ming, Su Yun could consider giving him a decent gift, such as returning him alive to Jingling Sect or something. If Zhao Tuhu never came and needed Su Yun to find him, then he would really need a capture surprise.
The night before the old man's funeral, Wu's father and mother, as well as Wu Jin and Wu Yu, all arrived at the funeral home. They came here early to stay for the night. In addition to them, there was also Uncle Wu, who was considered the old man's family. Other guests and relatives would wait until tomorrow.
They told Su Yun about their plan to stay for one night. Su Yun had already arranged a guest room for them and hung black and white silk cloth in the room.
According to the practices of other wealthy families, they should have asked the funeral home team to handle the matter at the old house. However, the old man had other things behind the scenes, so after discussion, they decided to hold the funeral at the funeral home for safety reasons.
Because the address was too far away, some families who were not particularly close to the Wu family complained and felt that the Wu family was just making trouble for them.
There were too many things to do, so the Wu family came late, arriving after ten o'clock in the evening. They didn't even have time to eat. After they hurried over, everyone's face was full of fatigue, their spirits were poor, and their clothes looked a little wrinkled. Fortunately, they brought a lot of people with them, and they had prepared all the things they needed for the funeral the next day.
Su Yun was alone at the door to greet them. When he saw people coming, he hurried over and said, "Uncle and aunt, thank you for your hard work. The final arrangements are still being made inside, so I am the only one here to greet you tonight."
"Thank you for your hard work. This is not our first time here, so there's no need to be so grand." Wu Mu said, holding Su Yun's hand.
There was a long flight of stairs outside the funeral home. As everyone was walking up, Father Wu took the opportunity to ask Su Yun, "Yunyun, can we go see the old man tonight? This is probably the last time our family will see him."
Su Yun said hurriedly: "Of course, there are not so many rules for the old man. This time he was sent in time, and the corpse qi did not affect the old man too much. Besides... on the day the old man passed away, Aunt Wu came to pick him up. Without the soul, it is not so easy for him to turn into a corpse."
After hearing what Su Yun said, the Wu family members stopped in their tracks. Several pairs of eyes looked at Su Yun in shock, and they were unable to speak for a moment.
Seeing how frightened they were, Su Yun slapped his head and said, "It's my fault. I forgot to tell you because I had too many things to do. I was so busy that I didn't have time. It's like this, Aunt Wu... wanted to wait for the old man to apologize to her, so she didn't choose to reincarnate, but became a ghost messenger. On the day the old man passed away, she was sitting outside the ward."
The implication is that she heard everything the old man said in the ward.
Su Yun said that Aunt Wu came to wait for an apology, which means that Su Yun and Aunt Wu had already talked once. But Aunt Wu was sitting outside the ward door. The old man didn't apologize until the last moment. What did Aunt Wu think?
Father Wu opened his mouth and said many words, but in the end they just turned into a sigh. The grudge between the father and daughter had lasted from twenty years ago until their death, and there was no room for resolving it at all. It was obvious that the old man only needed to admit that he was wrong at the time.
At this point, both parties involved have died, and the fat father and son are controlled by the Wu family and cannot die. Anything they say is hindsight.
Su Yun took them to the morgue, where the temperature was basically maintained at three to four degrees Celsius above zero. The corpses with preservatives could last up to nine days. Otherwise, if they wanted to preserve the corpses, they had to be quickly frozen in a freezer at minus thirty degrees Celsius, the same way as the meat we eat every day.
After entering the funeral home, we passed by the ceremony hall, which was still undergoing the final round of decoration. Everyone would probably have to stay up all night because they had to place fresh flowers in the ceremony hall before the funeral began. In order for the flowers to remain fresh and not withered for a whole day, they had to be placed there before the funeral.
If the funeral home didn't have its own flower room, the expense of fresh cut flowers alone would be huge.
Wu's mother checked the ceremony hall and made sure that every detail was well prepared before she felt relieved. This funeral was not just a funeral, but also the face of the Wu family and Su Yun, so there must be no mistakes.
After arriving at the morgue, Su Yun opened the door and said in advance: "The temperature inside is very low, probably the temperature of the refrigerator's fresh-keeping layer. Don't stay in there for too long, it's not good for your health."
Then Su Yun waited outside and didn't follow him in, just like he did in the hospital.
In fact, the Wu family didn’t have much to say to the old man’s body. As a Chinese-style parent, the old man seemed to be more like a leader at home than a "father" or "grandfather". How much can employees say to their leaders?
It is more about the awkwardness and reluctance towards death and separation. As long as there is no mental problem, human beings will feel fear and grief about death, because death means eternal farewell and the unknown.
The old man's body has been taken care of by Yan Gui. He is now lying very quietly on the cart, wearing a white coat. He has not yet changed into the clothes prepared for him by the Wu family. It is not popular to wear colorful shrouds now. People just wear whatever is respectable, unless the old man himself asks to wear shrouds.
The face that had been cleaned up by the ghost looked very healthy, as if the old man was just sleeping here, and after a good sleep, he could wake up and continue to live in good health.
In the end, the Wu family just looked at the old man in silence for a long time, and they were frozen after standing for half an hour.
It is very late now. According to the funeral home's usual schedule, now that we have finished our evening tea, we should go back to bed. However, considering that the Wu family has not had much rest during this period, the cook still prepared some food in advance so that everyone can fill their stomachs before going back to rest, as they still have a whole day of people and things to deal with tomorrow.
The Wu family has no rule of not talking after eating. With Su Yun accompanying them, it is natural that Aunt Wu will be mentioned. Wu Yu, the community leader, directly asked Aunt Wu how she reacted to the old man's words.
Su Yun thought for a moment and said, "There was no reaction. Maybe it was expected but not surprising. I knew that a stubborn person like the old man would never give in easily. In the end, it seemed that the father and daughter had nothing to say."
Once any relationship reaches a state where there is nothing to say, it means it is really over.
Wu Yu hesitated: "Why don't you have anything to say? It's good to ask, grandpa might be..."
"No matter how many possibilities there are, what has happened is certain. What Aunt Wu wants is an apology, while the old man wants the child to bow his head. He believes that children should listen to him. Disobedient children should be taught a lesson and will come back as long as they feel pain. But is this how children are educated?" Su Yun interrupted Wu Yu directly.
Whether it is Wu Jin or Wu Yu, the education they received was very scientific. One reason is that their parents loved each other and naturally wanted to give their children the best. The other reason was the lesson learned from Aunt Wu.
To some extent, Aunt Wu's incident alerted Wu's father. He didn't want to be alienated from his children like their father, so he tried his best to be a good father. This is how Wu Jin and Wu Yu developed such good personalities, although Wu Yu was raised to be a little naive.
Wu Yu stopped talking. He wanted to refute his grandfather's words in the hospital. He wanted to say how difficult Aunt Wu's life was and that the old man should apologize first. However, he was stopped by Wu Jin. If they knew that Aunt Wu was outside, they might have said it directly.
Things like this always happen. Many parents are unwilling to admit their mistakes until they die, as if admitting they are wrong means they lose to their children and are inferior to them. It looks so pathetic. As parents, face is actually much more important to them than their children.
After evening tea, the Wu family went to rest tiredly. They were in no mood to care about the conspiracy behind the old man's death, and did not ask Su Yun about any progress.
After the Wu family returned to the guest room, Su Yun went to find Lin Lang and the ghost messenger A Xiu who had returned, and asked them if they had encountered any incidents or people in the city center in the past few days, such as Zhao Tuhu.
Lin Lang shook his head directly: "I have been in the hospital, but I haven't detected any smell of people coming here, not even the smell of zombies."
The ghost Ah Xiu also said: "I'm keeping an eye on Sister Lan, but since the child died, Sister Lan's mental state has been a bit off. Although I can feel the presence of another zombie in Sister Lan's house, I still haven't seen it."
"Speaking of which, who is Sister Lan's mother-in-law? She shouldn't be Yu Ming's mother. His mother is probably dead." Su Yun asked puzzledly.
"That's not Sister Lan's mother-in-law, and has nothing to do with Yu Ming and Zhao Tuhu. She is the nanny hired by Sister Lan. Yu Ming cast a curse on the old lady. As long as the old lady is at home, she will think she is Sister Lan's mother-in-law and take care of Sister Lan and the little zombie." The ghost messenger Ah Xiu explained simply. He had understood the situation very clearly in the past few days.
Su Yun seemed to be thinking: "So, Zhao Tuhu hasn't appeared for a long time?"
In response to this, Lin Lang and the ghost catcher Ah Xiu nodded at the same time. Both of them were taciturn and would not speak if they could.
Then Su Yun asked again: "Who of you two is better at interrogation? I have something to ask Yu Ming, but he won't say anything. I can't do these things. Can you think of a solution?"
Lin Lang said directly: "You don't need to be good at interrogation, just get him to talk. Director, what do you want to ask?"
"I want to ask, how did I die before?" Su Yun answered calmly.
"..." Lin Lang suddenly opened his eyes wide. He could not tell at all that Su Yun had died once. According to Su Yun's current fate and appearance, she should have been an ordinary person who was born and raised in an ordinary way. The only luck in her life was meeting Su Yiling and Ji Weitang.
But Su Yun now says that he had died before. Why can a person who has died once still retain his memories and stay in the world, living like... another person?
Seeing that Lin Lang's expression was too shocked, the ghost messenger Ah Xiu quietly protected Su Yun. As long as Lin Lang made any move, he would block him immediately. A stubborn Taoist like Lin Lang would easily think that dust should return to dust after death, no matter what the reason. If people don't go to the underworld after death, they will be considered ghosts, demons, and monsters. They just want to enforce justice on behalf of heaven.
Su Yun recruited Lin Lang back and appointed him as his bodyguard. He would find out about this sooner or later, so now is the time to speak up.
After a long while, Lin Lang looked at Su Yun and asked, "Director, are you a human?"
"I am, no matter in the past or now, I am a human being. You don't need to doubt your own cultivation and ability. What you see is real." Su Yun replied calmly.
"Okay." Lin Lang responded and handed a yellow talisman to Su Yun. After Su Yun took it, he nodded and went back to rest.
The ghost Ah Xiu looked back at Su Yun: "Does he mean to resign?"
Su Yun glanced at Lin Lang's back and smiled: "He is waiting for me to speak before listening. He can give this to me, which means he trusts me."
After saying that, Su Yun shook the yellow talisman in his hand. This was a truth-telling talisman. The rune drawn with cinnabar and ink glowed with a faint purple-gold glow. It was obviously drawn by Lin Lang himself. The effect was hundreds of times stronger than the one drawn by Su Yun. No matter how stubborn a person was, he would have to be obedient after taking this talisman.
The ghost Ah Xiu didn't understand: "But Director, you opened your mouth because you wanted to tell him the truth. Why didn't he want to listen and you didn't say anything?"
Su Yun glanced at him and said, "Because I didn't want to say it in the first place. It's like playing the victim to get a yellow talisman. He didn't want to see me playing the victim, so he just gave him the thing and let it go."
[End of this chapter]
Su Yun: This employee is really smart O(∩_∩)O
I have tried to develop a relationship but failed. I will try harder to cultivate. Now I am going to write today's 9,000-word update. I don't know how long it will take. My period has disrupted my entire update plan. I am going to explode QAQ
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