Ghost Locking Formation
After breakfast, the three of them went to the hotel manager to inquire about what had happened. When the manager heard their description of their experience, his expression changed slightly, and he forced a smile and said, "Don't say that. We're a legitimate hotel. How could there be ghosts? Are you having a nightmare?"
"He has been tormenting me for almost a week. Yesterday, he almost killed my friend, and you still say nothing!" Qiu Zimu became angry when he mentioned this.
"Uh..." The manager looked at the ground, thinking about how to explain.
"You'd better tell the truth, otherwise if someone dies, you might even lose your job." Ye Jing'an threatened him with a sly smile, "Besides, this ghost might come after us and you next!"
The manager began to get scared and waved his hands frantically at Ye Jingan: "It's none of my business, it's our boss who will handle it!"
"What on earth happened?" Liu Muzhe asked in a deep voice.
The manager couldn't hide it any longer, so he clapped his hands on his thighs, sighed, and told them what happened in the room.
A few years ago, a guest committed suicide by hanging himself in that room for unknown reasons. Since then, guests staying in that room have reported hearing strange knocks on the door and windows, and some even claim to have seen ghosts.
The inn's owner was a wealthy man who didn't believe in ghosts or gods. He stayed there for one night, but he ran away before dawn. The next day, he invited a powerful Taoist priest to come. He took a look and said the hanged man had placed copper coins throughout the room to harm others.
"How many copper coins were put in?" Liu Muzhe interrupted him.
The manager shook the air in his palm a few times. He remembered it was a handful of copper coins. "Now I remember, twenty-eight. It was the Taoist priest who directed me to place them."
"Go to the room and find those copper coins for me." Liu Muzhe said seriously.
The manager was unwilling to take the copper coins, saying that the master had told him not to touch the copper coins, otherwise he would run away.
"He has already run out, hurry up!" Ye Jing'an grabbed his clothes and threw him out the door.
When the manager heard the ghost had escaped, he was so frightened that he ran to the room and took out twenty-seven copper coins from every corner. He searched for the last one for a long time but couldn't find it.
Qiu Zimu looked at the copper coin and felt familiar with it. After thinking for a long time, he ran back to his room and took out a copper coin that was exactly the same as the twenty-seven coins. He said, "My Gu worm ran under that small cabinet, and I found this copper coin when I was trying to catch it."
"I see." Liu Muzhe took the copper coins and held the twenty-eight pieces in his hand.
"What's going on?" Ye Jing'an asked curiously.
"Twenty-eight copper coins, don't you feel familiar?" Liu Muzhe raised his eyebrows and stared at him.
Ye Jingan was stunned. Why did it feel familiar?
"You haven't read the Zhouyi?" Liu Muze looked like a teacher checking homework and finding that the student hadn't written a single word. When Ye Jing'an was fourteen, Liu Muze went to see him. He was studying at the time, holding this book in his hand.
Ye Jingan groaned inwardly. He had read it, but it was just a passing thought. Who could have imagined that the things in it would be useful one day...
"I haven't seen it!" He scratched his head and lied without even blinking.
"Oh, you haven't read it?" Liu Muze's lips curled up slowly. If he hadn't concealed his identity, he would have eaten the book right now. That unfortunate kid was just sitting on a stool reading a book, his mind wandering to who knows where!
Unable to expose his lies, he had to play along with him. Liu Muze looked at him helplessly and explained the purpose of the twenty-eight copper coins.
This is a formation recorded in the Book of Changes, known as the Ghost Locking Formation. Ancient people divided the night sky into 28 constellations, known as the Twenty-Eight Mansions. This formation involves placing 28 copper coins around a ghost, imprisoning it without causing harm.
"So if you take one, the formation will be broken. I didn't notice any formation here. He can then come out and harm people, so that he can reincarnate early." Liu Muzhe shook the copper coins in his hand and muttered to himself, "But since he came out, there is no Yin energy at all. There must be something else here."
Liu Muzhe turned his head and looked at the manager.
"I really don't know about this!" The manager told Liu Muzhe that after putting the copper coins, the boss asked him to arrange dinner for the evening and to entertain the Taoist priest well. He didn't know what the two of them did inside afterwards.
"Well, you can go now. I'll handle this matter." Liu Muzhe nodded slightly, without doubting what he said.
The manager opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something, then closed it awkwardly and left the room.
"Brother Liu, what should we do now?" Ye Jing'an asked.
Liu Muze glanced at him sideways, "How dare you ask what to do?" He kept this thought in his heart. Liu Muze was now increasingly certain that Ye Jingan's tribulation was different from the previous Ye family tribulations. This tribulation was entirely his own fault.
After all these years, he hasn't learned anything! I used to think I shouldn't do anything, let him solve the problem himself and gain experience. Now it seems like a fantasy, I'm lucky I saved him from death!
Liu Muze cut off his thoughts and walked back to his room. He couldn't think about this unfortunate child whose head was full of evil, otherwise he would really be like Ye Zhuoran and beat the child.
"Hey, you haven't answered my question yet, why are you leaving?" Ye Jing'an looked at Qiu Zimu with a confused look on his face, "Brother Liu, what's wrong?"
"How dare you ask?" Qiu Zimu sneered. He knew without thinking that Ye Jingan had offended him again.
Ye Jing'an shrugged. He had been nervous these past few days because of the hanged ghost. Now that things were finally getting clearer, he felt relieved and took Qiu Zimu out to play.
As usual, every time Ye Jing'an went out to play, as long as Liu Muzhe was not there, he would buy back a lot of food that Brother Liu liked to eat. When he walked in with his hands full of delicious food, he saw Liu Muzhe sitting on the bed fiddling with the twenty-eight copper coins.
"Brother Liu, what are you busy with? Come and eat." Ye Jing'an put the food on the table and helped him open the box.
Liu Muze responded without hesitation, picking up his chopsticks and starting to eat. The seats in this hotel are high, so you don't have to bend over when eating. Liu Muze sat upright on the chair, his slender hands holding the chopsticks, and he brought his favorite food to his mouth, chewing it slowly.
Ye Jingan thought it was a kind of enjoyment to watch him eat, so he sat next to him and watched him eat.
"What are you looking at?" Liu Muzhe looked at Ye Jingan's strange expression and stopped picking up the chicken fillet.
"I feel like you are like a little pig. You can eat and sleep well and you are fair and tender, but you are a little thin." Ye Jingan held his chin and his smile widened.
Liu Muze: "..."
Poor kid, he actually said that his ancestor looked like a piglet!
He originally wanted to eat some more, but after hearing what Ye Jingan said, he put down his chopsticks, wiped his mouth and stopped eating.
"Why don't you want to eat anymore? Do you want me to feed you?" Ye Jing'an picked up the chicken fillet he had put down with his chopsticks, "Lulululul, come on, open your mouth."
"Don't force me to spank you!" Liu Muzhe once again felt what Ye Zhuoran felt. This kid really deserved a spanking.
"Eat it or not!" Ye Jingan rolled his eyes and stuffed the chicken fillet into his mouth.
At night, Ye Jing'an put all his equipment on the table, waiting to deal with the hanged ghost, and asked Liu Muzhe how to pull him out.
Liu Muze stood up, closed the door and windows, and drew the curtains, saying, "I know you are here, come out."
…
Liu Muze said coldly: "I'll say it one last time, come out."
Ye Jing'an saw the lights in the room flash black, and when they came on again, a black figure appeared by the window.
Ye Jingan said in his heart, "Fuck!" and retreated to Liu Muze's side: "Oh, you are so arrogant, letting Brother Liu call you twice and even making a special entrance effect!"
Then, Ye Jing'an shook the collar of the clothes that the hanged ghost had pinched with both hands, put his hands behind his back, raised his chin and said to the hanged ghost: "Brother Liu, take him in!"
“…”
Liu Muze glanced at Ye Jingan, suppressed his smile, and asked, "Where are you hiding?"
“…”
Liu Muzhe stood up and took out a piece of jade from behind the curtain.
"Nanhong Chiyu, I was wondering why I couldn't sense your Yin Qi." Liu Muze's lips curled slightly. "He trapped you with a harmless formation and used such a good thing to nourish your soul. Who is that Taoist priest to you?"
“…”
"No, Brother Liu, what are you talking to yourself about? Did he speak?" Ye Jing'an was stunned.
"I said it." Liu Muzhe said casually.
He suspected again that his ears had been damaged by the ghost mother's shouting. He patted his ears again and listened through the loudspeaker. Still no sound came out. He asked again, "Why can't I hear anything?"
Liu Muze couldn't help laughing at the familiar action: "He looks down on you and doesn't want you to hear it."
Ye Jingan: “…”
Liu Muze put away his smile and said coldly to the hanged ghost, "Since he is willing to protect you, I will not interfere. You chose to commit suicide, and you deserve the punishment you suffer. If you still want to find someone to take your place, he can't protect you."
Ye Jingan saw the ghost lower its head and seemed to sigh, then hide inside the jade.
After Liu Muze hung the jade back on the window curtain, he used the twenty-eight copper coins to set up the ghost-locking array again. After finishing everything, he said to Ye Jingan, "It's okay, go to sleep peacefully."
"Can I sleep in your room?" Ye Jing'an looked innocent and a little pleading.
"No!" Liu Muzhe said.
Ye Jingan: “…”
"Brother Liu, have you dealt with the ghost?" Qiu Zimu asked while chewing a steamed bun.
"Yeah." Liu Muzhe nodded.
"Why didn't he kill me after harassing me for a whole week, but Ye Jing'an wanted to kill him after only three days?" Qiu Zimu asked.
"I guess it was you who destroyed the formation and let him out, so he didn't want to kill you, but just wanted to scare you away." Liu Muze looked at Ye Jing'an with a frown and said, "As for you, if he really wanted you dead, he would take the risk even if I was in the room."
"Why? Why kill me and not him!" Ye Jing'an shouted unconvinced.
Liu Muzhe smiled without saying anything and continued eating breakfast.
"Speak up, or don't eat!" Ye Jing'an snatched his food away.
Liu Muze couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth: "He said that you called him a dead ghost and asked me to deal with him. He was so angry that he wanted to make you a dead ghost too."
"Hahahahahahahahaha...damn Ye Jingan!" Qiu Zimu burst out laughing.
Ye Jingan: “…”
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