Chapter 283: The Widow of the Ghost Master
Lin Zhi walked out of the bathroom with wet hair and pressed the switch twice at the door to make sure that the bathroom light was broken.
01: [Host, I’m so surprised. Just now, you were taking a shower and the light broke. 】
Lin Zhi paused while wiping his hair: [Didn’t you see it? 】
01 Puzzled: [What do you see? 】
【ghost. 】
01 was shocked: [An unknown spiritual energy body? I didn't scan it, I'll check again. 】
Lin Zhi found a hair dryer and blew her hair in front of the mirror without disturbing 01's self-examination.
The ghosts in this world kill people through mental power and magnetic field influence. Of course, when the mental power fluctuates too much and the power is too strong, their ability to act on physical reality is stronger.
Consciousness can blind the senses. Lin Zhi is very clear about this. His eyes see blood and his nose smells blood, but it may not really be blood, unless the ghost has changed the water quality of the home's water supply system. That's why Lin Zhi was able to continue taking a bath calmly.
Lin Zhi didn't think ghosts were scary. After all, he had been a ghost, a demon, and even an immortal. Ghosts were just dead people, and knowing their true nature, he would not be afraid of such invisible things.
What's more, she still has someone to rely on, and the portrait of her late husband is still there.
When Lin Zhi finished blow-drying her hair, 01 said dejectedly: [Host, I didn't scan anything. I don't know if it's because of the abnormal data. Can I not help you? 】
Lin Zhi knew this would be the result. If 01 could sense the presence of ghosts, he would have used a loud speaker to tell him that Lian Qing had appeared.
Lin Zhi comforted him: [It doesn’t matter, as long as you are here I can tell the difference between reality and illusion. 】
The ghost obscures his perception, but the power does not act on 01. Although 01 cannot directly tell him that the ghost exists, from another level, this is also a kind of disproof.
After hearing what Lin Zhi said, 01, feeling that he was useful, became happy again.
Lin Zhi put the clothes in the washing machine into the dryer and went to the altar.
Most of the incense sticks had been burned, and Lin Zhi lit two candles.
He wiped the Bodhi bracelet and put it on his wrist.
The bracelet that was wrapped around Lian Qing's hand twice was wrapped around the young man's thin wrist three times. The jade cloud-shaped bracelet hanging down made his skin look even colder and whiter.
Lin Zhi glanced at the portrait, took the box containing Lian Qing's severed finger, and brought it into the bedroom.
01 said that because of Lian Qing’s special nature, his body would not rot, so Lin Zhi did not have to consider freezing it.
The air conditioner was running silently. Lin Zhi covered herself with a thin quilt, placed the flesh and blood of her deceased husband next to her pillow, closed her eyes and fell asleep.
The temperature of the air conditioner was set at 26 degrees Celsius, which is suitable for the human body. However, the young man unconsciously covered himself with the quilt tightly while sleeping at night, and his exposed toes turned slightly white due to the cold.
The lid of the black box fluttered slightly, then sank silently.
The next day the sun rose in the east, illuminating the house and waking people up from their sleep.
Lin Zhi pressed his sun button, sat up from the bed, and went to the bathroom to wash up. On the way there, he found the repairman's phone number and asked him to fix the light bulb in the bathroom.
While repairing the bathroom light bulb, Lin Zhi called to order a wooden sign.
He planned to carve a tablet for Lian Qing as a place for his lover's soul to rest. The portrait on the altar was a bit large and it was not convenient for him to carry it with him.
Lin Zhi was not sure about Lian Qing’s current condition. He could feel that Lian Qing might be here, but the feeling was not strong.
Ghosts don't have very clear memories when they are first born, and most of them will wander around familiar places according to their habits before death. Lin Zhi doesn't know whether Lian Qing is in this situation now, but he is not in a hurry. Anyway, as long as Lian Qing is there, it's fine.
The guy who changed the light bulb came out of the bathroom with a bag on his back and said, "Hello, the light bulb has been replaced. The quality of your original light bulb was not good and it exploded. Don't worry, the quality of the replacement is very good."
Replacing a light bulb is not a technical job and most people can do it by themselves. However, he hasn't seen a light bulb of such poor quality in a long time. When he took apart the lampshade, he didn't know what happened and the light bulb was broken into pieces.
"Okay, thank you."
Lin Zhi paid the money, asked the housekeeping to clean the house, and went out to get the wooden sign.
He didn't ask anyone to carve the words, but planned to do it himself, which was not difficult for him.
In order to make it easier to carry, Lin Zhi requested the smallest wooden sign possible, with the base made of top-quality mahogany and cypress branches carved on both sides.
Lin Zhi didn't have his date of birth or death, and in his heart, Qingben was not even dead.
Lin Zhi left home in the morning and came back with the tablet in the evening.
The house had been cleaned tidy by the housekeeping. Lin Zhi placed the tablet in front of the altar, placed the box of severed fingers on top, and lit some incense and candles.
"I'm going out tonight, so let's sleep here from now on."
Lin Zhi stroked the edge of the tablet with his fingers and tapped it lightly.
After finishing the main tasks, Lin Zhi placed the meal he ordered on the road on the dining table, washed his hands and had dinner.
When he turned around, the white smoke from the incense sticks floated towards the upright tablet without any wind.
——The spirit tablet of my late husband Lian Qing
The words carved in official script are solemn and dignified, and when surrounded by the curling white mist, they seem somewhat lingering.
After finishing dinner, Lin Zhi called Minister Chen to inform him of her destination for the evening.
"Okay, I'll talk to the people in the division over there and ask them to fully cooperate with you. Shuang Ling will help you on the way."
Chen Kuo had already made arrangements when he returned last night and was just waiting for Lin Zhi to take action.
Lin Zhi simply packed his luggage and waited to set off in the evening.
He bought a ticket to Qiannan tonight. There is no direct high-speed train from Yushi to there, so a transfer is required. Lin Zhi bought a sleeper berth on the train, which will depart at 11pm and will arrive at the destination at 8am tomorrow.
It is now 7 o'clock in the evening and it is still early before the departure time. Lin Zhi went to Lian Qing's study and took a book on metaphysics to read.
The sudden ringing of a cell phone broke the silence. Lin Zhi was a little surprised when he saw the incoming call.
It was the same middle-aged man from yesterday, the original owner’s client.
Logically speaking, the evil spirit that followed him found its original owner and was killed by Lian Qing last night. The customer shouldn't call again. Could it be that he wanted to buy amulets again?
Lin Zhi clicked to answer the call, and the middle-aged man on the other end spoke hurriedly.
"Master Lin, help me, I need your help with something urgent. I got infected with something dirty during a live broadcast a few days ago. My friend got infected too, and his condition is much worse than mine. He feels like he's dying. Please come and take a look. Money is not a problem."
Lin Zhi originally didn't intend to agree. This body was just that of an ordinary person, without any skills or talents. Pretending to be a master would only hurt others and himself.
But the other side was already saying that it was a matter of life and death, and they were even raising the price. Lin Zhi was not tempted by this little bit of money, but it would be a bit wrong if a life was lost because of his inaction.
It seems that he has been influenced by his lover to be kind enough, knowing that this is just a string of data.
"The address. I'll go check it out."
Lin Zhi planned to take a look at the situation. If it was really related to evil spirits, he would ask someone from the Special Department to handle the matter.
"Tianshui Garden Building 4, Room 506."
"It just so happens that I'm very close to here. I'll be there in a moment."
"Okay, okay, thank you, Master."
After hanging up the phone, Lin Zhi put the phone in his pocket, took the severed finger, and changed his shoes at the entrance.
Following the signs in the community, he found Building 4.
The door of Room 506 was not closed. The older man with a shaved head was pacing back and forth at the door. His eyes lit up when he saw Lin Zhi.
"Master, you look quite handsome in casual clothes."
The eldest brother took a look and couldn't help but praise it.
When they met the master two days ago, he was wearing a Taoist robe. How should I put it? He was not as advanced as the one wearing a T-shirt.
The eldest brother's eyes fell on the Bodhi bracelet, thinking that perhaps this made the master look more Zen.
But the master seems to be a Taoist priest, and this thing seems to belong to a monk.
The eldest brother shook his head in his heart. Who cares? China does not keep idle gods. As long as they are useful, it’s fine. Worshiping Mazu and Guan Erye together will not hinder anyone.
Lin Zhi didn't chat with him and walked into the house.
Although they live in the same residential complex, the layout of Building 4 is not consistent with the large flat where Lian Qing lives.
It was a conventional layout of 3 bedrooms and 2 living rooms, with the bedroom at the back. It was fine in the living room, but as soon as Lin Zhi stepped into the bedroom, he felt a cold and dead air.
A slightly thin, hunched middle-aged man was lying on the bed. The air was filled with a sour smell of vomit, mixed with some indescribable smell of corruption.
The man with the crew cut walked to the bedside and said, "Lao Li, the master I invited is here. You can be saved."
It was unclear whether the man heard or not, his cloudy eyes were open and his gaze was a little stiff.
His body suddenly leaned forward slightly, his throat moved and he made a retching sound. He grabbed around in the air with his fingers and vomited violently while holding the trash can.
The sticky mass was vomited out of his body along with the acid water. He pinched his neck with a painful expression but still couldn't stop vomiting.
At first glance, Lin Zhi thought he was vomiting fragments of internal organs, but after looking carefully for a while, he found that the color was not consistent, and it looked like a wet ball of paper.
"Master, please check on him. A few days ago, he just said that his stomach was bloated and he couldn't eat. Later, he started vomiting. We asked him to go to the hospital. The doctor checked and said there was nothing wrong. It might just be the loss of appetite in the summer and he ate something bad, so he felt nauseous. But he kept vomiting. He hasn't eaten for several days, but he kept vomiting this unknown thing."
Lin Zhi frowned slightly: "What happened when you went live a few days ago?"
"We didn't do anything. The live broadcast at that time just asked us to stay in the cemetery for one night. We were crowded in the tent that night."
The man with the crew cut seemed to remember something, his face changed slightly as he said, "Oh, right, we brought paper money with us when we went there. We wanted to burn something for them because we didn't want to disturb them, but before we finished burning it, a strong wind blew, and we were afraid that the grass would catch fire, so we quickly stepped on the paper money to put it out."
"It was Lao Li who stepped on it, and the unburned parts were taken away by him, but nothing happened at the time, so we didn't take it seriously."
The brother with the crew cut reacted and realized that what his brother vomited out was not some strange body tissue, but pieces of paper money.
When he thought about people desperately eating paper money and then having to spit it out because of the discomfort and indigestion, he felt a little nauseous and even more frightened. He looked at the young man standing aside for help, waiting for the master to take action.
The master took out a mobile phone from his pocket. The man with a crew cut was puzzled and tried to interpret the deeper meaning of it.
"Tianshui Garden Building 4, Room 506, please come over."
After Lin Zhi and Xu Xiaoyu finished talking, they put down their phones.
The man with the crew cut swallowed his saliva and said, "Master, is this matter so difficult that you can't handle it?"
Lin Zhi nodded: "Well, don't worry, I'll call the police for you."
The guy with the buzz cut:?
"ah?"
The eldest brother looked at his half-dead brother, then looked at the black-haired and black-eyed master, with a confused look in his eyes.
"Don't break your promise to anyone. If you promise something to a ghost and then go back on it, you will be retaliated against."
Lin Zhi really couldn't see whether there was a ghost in the room, but he had been a ghost and knew the logic of ghosts.
There is nothing wrong with these people burning paper money to appease the ghosts and express their apologies for disturbing them. It is even a way to keep them safe. But if they stop burning halfway, how could the ghosts, who have already regarded the money as theirs, just let it go?
The big brother with the crew cut said quickly, "We were wrong. We will definitely burn it back later. What about my brother?"
"Someone will be here soon. Everything will be fine."
Lin Zhi was waiting at the door. Ten minutes later, Xu Xiaoyu appeared at the elevator entrance, nodded to Lin Zhi, and went into the room.
After confirming the situation, she fed two capsules to Mr. Li lying on the bed.
Old Li stopped vomiting and lay on the bed looking very peaceful.
"Take one pill a day for three days in total. During these two days, eat a light diet, get more sun and walk more."
Xu Xiaoyu put the capsules on the table and gave instructions to the man with the crew cut.
The eldest brother was surprised and asked, "Is this all right?"
Xu Xiaoyu nodded, said nothing more, and left quickly.
The guy with the crew cut scratched his head. Now that the police's business is so extensive, has the exorcism technology become so scientific?
If this works, then do I have to put up a national flag at home?
The elevator goes down and the button for the first floor lights up.
Lin Zhi said, "Thank you for the trip. Is there talisman ash in the capsule?"
"Yes, when you called me I thought it was something tricky. If I had known you had already exorcised the evil spirit, I would have called Shuang Ling to finish it. It just so happens that she will be leaving with you tonight."
Xu Xiaoyu originally wanted to go with them, but as the head of the branch, she had to take on more responsibilities after the team leader left, so she couldn't leave.
The light from the elevator was a little dazzling, and the stainless steel cabin clearly reflected people's figures.
With a ding, we arrived at the first floor.
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