"The tombstone is cracked?" Gu Zhisang was a little surprised.
Yu Tongqiu asked hurriedly: "What do you think, Sangsang? Is it caused by the old lady's obsession?"
"We can't be sure. Neither the cracks on the tombstone nor the torn wreaths point to anything clearly. We can't rule out a prank." Gu Zhisang said, "But if it wasn't human error, then there must be an evil spirit at work."
"Evil spirit?" Yu Tongqiu shuddered, a little scared.
Gu Zhisang: "That's right. Evil spirits are a type of evil spirits. They are all ghosts formed by the hatred and resentment of the soul after a person dies. Although it sounds powerful, it is actually the lowest level of all evil spirits. Most of them only have hatred and obsession but no memory of their previous life, so they only have vague ideas and basically can't harm people."
"For example, some people buy second-hand houses where someone has died. Occasionally, they find that items in the house have been moved, a vase on the table suddenly falls to the ground, and the door opens by itself in the middle of the night... These are all because the dead person has become a grounded spirit in the house. It still thinks this is its home and wants to drive the new owner out, but it doesn't have the ability to kill people, so it can only use this method to scare the owner and make him move out on his own."
"If there was an evil spirit at your friend's funeral, it would be this kind."
Funerals are ceremonies to send away ghosts, which will gather negative energy in the surrounding area. Yu Tongqiu's friends also called a funeral procession to play musical instruments and sing. The funeral songs can often be heard from miles away, attracting wandering ghosts nearby to come and watch the show.
If the evil spirit is more powerful, then it won't be as simple as things being scratched or people falling to the ground.
Yu Tongqiu understood, "That means the evil spirit doesn't want the funeral to continue. Everything it does is to scare us and prevent the old lady from being buried?"
“That’s understandable.”
Gu Zhisang said: "Although funerals will attract a large number of ghosts who come to watch the fun, according to the unspoken rules among ghosts, they generally won't cause trouble at funerals. After all, every family has funerals and red events, and they have to accumulate some virtue for their descendants."
"So I am more inclined to believe that there is something fishy about the old lady's death."
Yu Tongqiu took a deep breath, "Is that really the case? It's actually like this, Sangsang. You also know the friend I mentioned..."
Gu Zhisang: "I know him?"
"Yes, it's Director Liu Jin."
Gu Zhisang was a little surprised. He really didn't expect it to be him.
Liu Jin, the most famous director in Xia country, shot to fame at a young age and made his mark on the international stage with his debut film. The films he made in recent years have all been award-winning hits.
"Legend of the Floating Sea" was the first TV series he took over to shoot. The original owner relied on her looks to get the fourth female role in the series, but her head was smashed on the set more than half a month ago, and now a new soul has been replaced in her body.
Yu Tongqiu explained: "In fact, after the funeral that day, Director Liu invited several masters to come to the house to perform rituals, but none of them could provide a good solution."
Some mystics also said that funerals would attract many wandering ghosts and it would be difficult to tell which one was causing trouble, and suggested that Liu Jin disperse them all.
But Liu Jin was afraid that his mother was among the ghosts and was unwilling to use this method.
Some mystics also said that the old lady died suddenly and did not know or was unwilling to accept that she was dead, so she haunted the funeral. As long as her resentment was relieved, she could be buried normally.
However, all the practices were ineffective.
The day before yesterday, Liu Jin tried to bury the coffin in the cemetery he had bought. It did not rain that day and the ground of the cemetery was flat and clean. However, two of the coffin bearers suddenly stumbled and almost dropped the coffin.
Now he no longer dared to act rashly and could only choose to temporarily suspend the funeral.
During the period of the accident, Liu Jin stopped all filming work and fell into self-blame and collapse.
He always felt that he had neglected his mother's health. It was he who did not return home in time that day to find his sick mother, so that she lay on the cold ground for more than ten minutes and died of heart pain.
Who wouldn't feel a little resentful after leaving in such pain?
Yu Tongqiu said on the other end of the phone: "Actually, I know so much because Liu Jin is my senior brother, and his mother is my mentor, an old senior who retired from the entertainment industry decades ago and returned to her family. I do have some selfish motives. I don't want to see my senior brother suffer so much, and I don't want my teacher to have troubles after his death, so I came to ask Sangsang if you can help me find out what's going on."
Gu Zhisang pondered for a moment, feeling very hesitant.
Thinking of what the system had just said, she said to Yu Tongqiu on the other end of the phone: "I can solve this problem, but I need a reward."
Yu Tongqiu said hurriedly: "The reward is fine, any amount is fine."
"I don't want any money."
Gu Zhisang said calmly, "I just want the merits of the victim. You know what merits are. You can tell Director Liu to think about it. If he agrees, let's make an appointment tomorrow and I'll go over to resolve the matter."
She sat at the table with three Tongbao coins on it. While she was on the phone, she did another divination called "Asking the Sky".
The question he wanted to divine was still about deducing the laws of nature and what had happened to him. Although he still got nothing, at least the hexagram was no longer a three-yin situation.
The three imperial coins showed two yin and one yang, which meant that the matter she asked about had taken some turn for the better.
Perhaps if I gather some merit and power and divine again, I can dispel the dark clouds.
She does the work, the other party does the good deed, and the transaction is reasonable and both the money and goods are cleared.
About ten minutes later, a new message popped up on the phone.
Yu Tongqiu: Sangsang, Director Liu agreed.
…
The next day, Gu Zhisang followed the navigation sent by Yu Tongqiu and came to a large European-style villa area. Yu Tongqiu, who had been waiting there for a long time, saw the person coming and waved to her.
"Sangsang, here!"
The middle-aged man behind her, with a frown on his face, saw Gu Zhisang and showed an expression of disbelief.
"Junior sister, the master you are talking about is Gu Zhisang?!"
Yu Tongqiu said seriously: "Sangsang is really amazing. Didn't I tell you that she was the one who solved my problem before? Don't listen to the negative rumors on the Internet. She is a really good person."
Liu Jin still didn't believe it. His original high expectations were now only three points lower.
He had complicated feelings towards Gu Zhisang.
Liu Jin is a person with a rather extreme personality. He is a well-known drama maniac in the circle. In layman's terms, he is stubborn. Whenever he encounters filming, he will be extremely focused and dedicated, but he is an idiot in life and has never been in love or married.
Especially since this was his first time directing a TV series, he was extremely picky about props, location selection, and actors.
The reason why he could tolerate an artist with poor acting skills like 'Gu Zhisang' to join the crew was because of the special nature of the role and the special nature of the artist himself.
The fourth female character Yu Jing in "Legend of the Floating Sea" does not have many scenes, but she is set to be the most beautiful woman in the whole book, and every time she appears, she is bound to cause a sensation because of her appearance.
When casting, Liu Jin had been looking for suitable female artists, but always felt that they were not perfect enough.
It was not until he saw the photo of 'Gu Zhisang' on the Internet that he immediately made the decision to choose him based on that face. It was a face that could be called dazzling anywhere, and it was the best choice for Yu Jing.
In Liu Jin's opinion, as a director who has directed countless international blockbusters and produced several best actor and actress awards, how could he not be able to train a little star?
As it turned out, 'Gu Zhisang' was the Waterloo of his life.
He wanted to replace this artist many times, but when he saw that face, he gritted his teeth and endured it.
Liu Jin knew that Gu Zhisang had recently participated in a psychic and metaphysical variety show, but people in the circle said that it was because Gu Zhisang's company wrote a good script. After all, she was notoriously unlucky in the circle before.
If he really knew some metaphysics, he would have changed his luck long ago!
He felt that Yu Tongqiu must have been fooled by the other party, but he still nodded to Gu Zhisang and said, "Thank you for your help."
Gu Zhisang confirmed again: "Are you sure you want to exchange it for merit? Once the contract is established, you can no longer regret it."
Liu Jin was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect the process to be so formal. "I'm sure that as long as my mother can be buried peacefully, I can even exchange my life for it."
Gu Zhisang nodded and took the lead to walk into the villa area.
She didn't ask for directions, as if she was very familiar with the winding paths in the villa area, and arrived at the door of Liu Jin's house with ease;
Although Liu Jin was a little surprised, she didn't think much about it and thought that Yu Tongqiu had sent her his home address.
After opening the door of the villa, Gu Zhisang could feel a faint yin energy coming out of the house.
Liu Jin, who walked in first, saw the scene in the living room and immediately frowned, "What are you doing?!"
In the inner part of the living room, there was a fine nanmu coffin, which looked very expensive.
At this time, a circle of yellow talismans were placed around the coffin. A Taoist priest with long eyebrows and wearing a gray Taoist robe was holding a small incense burner in his hand. He must have just lit the incense and was twisting the incense ash and sprinkling it around the yellow talismans.
There was a little Taoist boy about eleven or twelve years old following him, who should be his disciple.
In addition, a short and fat old man with gray hair stood several meters away from the coffin. When he heard Liu Jin's voice, his body trembled, and he turned around and said with a guilty tone:
“你回来了，那些大师不是说你妈妈心里有执念，我就找了一个特别厉害的大师来为她超度，让她下辈子投胎没痛没病去个好人家。”
听这话，这老者应该是柳谨的父亲，但两人关系并不亲密。
柳谨冷笑一声，“我妈需要你假好心？怎么，昨天还要死要活今天就找人来超度，谁知道你找的人是何居心！你怕不是心里有鬼半夜做噩梦，所以才要快快地把我妈赶出去！”
丧事中断后，棺椁就需要停灵。
虽然在殡仪馆殡葬馆都有停灵的地方，但柳谨听说停灵最好还是在死者生前居住的家里，这样能让死者更加安息，他也不想让母亲睡在黑漆漆的店里，于是就停在了别墅的客厅。
谁知他父亲反应极大，十分抵触这件事，昨天在家中又吼又砸。
柳谨从小就厌恶这个父亲。
他的妈妈是上世纪末很出名的演员，当年红极一时，是各大电视剧的御用女主，大街小巷都放着她主演的剧。
柳父是个做煤矿地产起家的暴发户，视他母亲为女神，死皮赖脸地纠缠追求了两年，才顺利和母亲结了婚。
谁知婚后他就暴露出了劣根性，根本不珍惜得之不易的婚姻，不仅不让母亲继续出去拍戏，还在母亲孕期出轨。
从小到大他就在父亲的斥骂中长大，后来他少年成名成了名导，这当爹的才收敛许多。
柳谨一直想让母亲和他离婚，多次劝说但母亲总是说，忍一忍这辈子也就过去了，没必要离婚。
他知道其实母亲都是为了自己的事业。
要是真的离婚了，他这个爹一定会为了钱去网上闹，会编造各种谣言说他这个大导演不孝顺，影响他的名声和票房。
因为这，母亲才一直和他貌离神合。
结果一周之前，柳谨在剧组拍戏，忽然接到了家里的电话，说母亲突发心脏病去世了。
在长达十几分钟的病发期，母亲一个人躺在卧室的地板上，药就在手提包里却连取的力气都没有，期间竟没有一个人发现！
医生说母亲是因为情绪过于激动，导致的心肌绞痛引发了病症。
而家里当时就只有父亲和几个帮佣在，能有什么事情会让她情绪激动呢？
柳谨一直怀疑事出蹊跷，却苦于没证据。
听到他的指责，柳父忽然暴跳如雷，“你这个逆子就是这么和爸爸说话的吗？谁家里好好的放一具棺材，人都死了还不赶紧埋到土里，难道你还要闹得你妈在地下都不得安生吗？”
“大师你别管这个逆子，我才是她的合法配偶，就是警察来了我都有权利处理妻子的后事！”
柳谨面露怒色，朝着那长眉老道走去，“你们给我滚出去，不要碰我妈的棺材！”
长眉老道状似怜悯地摇着头，“小友你已经被情绪蒙蔽了心神，还是退到一边去吧，不要妨碍本道做法。”
说着他一甩手中的拂尘，带起一股劲风就要将柳谨打退。
这一记带着内力劲道，要是打在普通人的胸骨上，很有可能直接被打出内伤。
玄关处一直静默不语的顾之桑忽然抬手，她指尖弹起一枚通宝钱币，带着破风声直接打偏了那道士的拂尘，‘咚’的一声砸在地板上，砸出来个小坑。
长眉老道面露惊色后退了一步，垂着手臂缓解酥麻感，目光冷厉盯着顾之桑的方向：
“这位道友看着面生，不知道是哪家小辈，年纪轻轻就有如此雄厚的气机！”
回过神来的柳谨也满脸震惊，回过神来后强忍着激动道：
“这位是我请来给我妈做法的大师，顾之桑，我说过了不需要你们假好心！”
“顾之桑？！”
长眉老道双眸暴睁，面露阴沉道：“原来你就是顾小友，果然年轻有为，可仗着有点天赋就心狠手辣不尊重前辈，还是该吃些教训的。”
顾之桑懒洋洋掀起眼皮，轻笑一声：“说实话我还是第一次见到脸皮这么厚的道士，就你这滥用术数心如蛇蝎的老匹夫，活该下地狱的货色，配和我攀关系么？”
“放肆！你这黄毛丫头是找死！”
老道士面露狞色，抄起手中的拂尘法器就攻了过来，不留一丝余力，很显然是要将顾之桑置于死地，“今天老儿就替你父母教训教训你！”
于童秋惊得抓住身边桌子，“桑桑小心！”
顾之桑神色自若，在那长眉老道近在咫尺时，才不知从何处抽出一张黄符夹在指尖。
她连咒术都没念，直接以气机催动了符箓向前一甩。
那黄符无风鼓动，向前猛地一蹿从中钻出一条咆哮的火龙，足有人的大腿那么粗。
灼热的焰火卷上老道的眉毛头发，瞬间烧焦了几簇，在他大惊失色想要扑火时，一只玉白手掌就这么无视火光，从火龙中穿了出来，一把抓住他的法器拂尘狠狠一拽。
老道骇然发现自己的体魄在这个看着脸嫩无比的女孩儿面前，根本站不住脚，轻飘飘地被拽得向前翻去。
下一秒那只手掌四两拨千斤，先后打在了他的胸口、腹部，速度快到他根本反应不过来。
剧痛在体内脉络流转，老道士噗嗤一口鲜血喷了出来，瞬间面露颓然向后倒去，抱着香炉的道童子大惊失色扑了过来，“师爷！”
老道捂着胸口，双眼沁血：“你、你这邪修！好狠毒！！”
顾之桑：？
“现在的玄门中人都这么喜欢倒打一耙了么，那个给孙家换命、结阴婚的陈长老你也认识吧，看来你们还真是蛇鼠一窝。他和我斗法失败被我废除道行时，就和你一个模样。”
于童秋看着那垂暮之年的老道狂吐鲜血，本还有些不忍看，一听他和那陈长老是一伙的，顿时那一丢丢恻隐之心都没了。
道童子抹着眼泪，瞪着顾之桑道：“你这个坏女人，我师门的祖爷会来收了你的！”
“借你吉言啊小鬼，我就怕他们不来呢。”
“所谓的玄门正道早就成了笑话，是该整顿了。”顾之桑挑眉笑起，声音却一派冷意：“小鬼，你觉得我坏，但你可知道你师爷在做的是什么勾当？”
她指了指已经吓得脸色青白的矮胖老者，说道：“这人婚内出轨又杀妻害命，猪狗不如，导致妻子含怨滞留人间，死后是要下十八层地狱的。他更因为心虚害怕妻子报复，找来了一群玄师做法，把妻子的魂魄害得支离破碎，仅剩下一点残念支撑着没有消失。”
“饶是这样他还不满足，他还要把妻子打得魂飞魄散，这样不仁不义的家伙，你师爷明知道他是个什么货色，却还为了财利与他狼狈为奸，帮他布下阵法要打散那个可怜鬼魂。”
“我且问你，你入玄门的第一天没有读过祖师爷的门训吗？难道不知道玄师不能滥用能力沾染恶业吗？”
在小童满脸不可置信下，顾之桑冷冷道：“玄门开山祖训，若有违背者剥除道行，从玄门中除名，我可有哪一点做的不对？你师爷又有什么可值得同情的？”
道童子支支吾吾说不出话来，他看向老道的眼神中再也没了孺慕。
顾之桑不耐烦地摆摆手，“行了，我就是个狠毒残忍的邪修，你们师门二人赶紧走吧，别在这儿碍了我的眼，省的我这个妖女一不高兴了杀人灭口，让你们连回去通风报信的机会都没了。”
她面带讥讽，对那老道士说：“你大可以再把你的师父叫来，一个不够还可以叫祖宗来，本尊权当替玄门清理门户了。”
老道士本就气血翻涌，闻言差点一口血呛死自己，他满脸怨毒，却咬着牙起身走向门外。
等两个道士搀扶着离开后，柳谨才颤声问道：“你刚刚说的……杀妻害命是什么意思？”
此时客厅里的老头儿已经满头是汗，不住地摇着头：“柳谨我可是你爹，你不要、不要听一个外人瞎说！”
“哦是吗。”
顾之桑扯了下唇角，“可我观你的面相上，太阳两穴位完全凹陷，并且伴随生疮溃烂。那里是夫妻宫的位置，此时已经全然塌陷，说明你们这段婚姻是以死伤收场。你不觉得两穴的红疮一碰就疼痛难忍，并且伴随着脓包破裂么，那可不是什么没休息好长出来的痘痘，而是‘业障’。”
“你手中染了命理因果，‘业障’在报复你呢，一开始只是两穴，再蔓延下去呢你的头顶、额头脸颊都会生满红疮，破裂后恶露不止。”
她不说还好，一说老头儿就觉得太阳穴一跳一跳，沁出的汗水沾上红肿疮口，简直疼痛难忍！
顾之桑：“我看你两眼下方虚青肿胀，那是男女宫位混乱的标志，看来你倒是自以为潇洒多金，常常流恋风流，只可惜了你的妻子……”
“你这恶妇简直就是血口喷人！胡编乱造！柳谨你不要相信她说的话！”
Liu Jin's voice trembled, and his fists clenched tightly, "Master, how did my mother... die?!"
Gu Zhisang restrained his expression and said, "I know that the marriage between your mother and this man is dead in name only. She endured it entirely for your career and reputation. The thing she is most proud of and cares about the most in her life is her own children. How can she tolerate your great reputation being tarnished by her failed marriage? Therefore, she would rather suppress her nausea and sleep in a separate room from this man..."
At this point, Liu Jin was already in tears, unable to control her sobs, "Mom, it's all my fault... it's all my fault!"
Gu Zhisang continued:
"That day, your mother came home early because of something, and ended up catching this man cheating on her. If that was all, she would just feel disgusted, but... this disgusting couple rolled around in her bedroom in order to seek excitement and humiliate your mother... She stood outside the door and just wanted to rush in and scold them for being shameless."
Yu Tongqiu, who had been listening the whole time, felt as disgusted as if he had eaten a fly just by thinking about the scene.
She gnashed her teeth and stared at the sweaty old man, "How could you treat Master like this? Are you still a human being?!"
Gu Zhisang: "Then, your mother suddenly heard them mention you, the only son she cared about. She heard how the couple plotted against you. It turned out that they had been together for a long time, and had an illegitimate child for so many years, who had been secretly living in this family. Your father said that he would leave all the family property to his most precious youngest son, and he would also let the youngest son join your crew in his father's name to play the male lead when he was a child, and use you as a springboard to enter the entertainment industry..."
Looking back and perceiving these images and hearing these disgusting plots with his own ears, at this moment Gu Zhisang was completely immersed in the wrath of the evil spirits and felt the same way.
After hearing her so-called husband say:
"Liu Jin is my son, he should listen to me in his career. A rebellious son who knows nothing but acting, and who won't get married and wants to cut off the incense of my Liu family, who will take care of his body when he gets old except his brother? Isn't it only natural that all these resources and property should be given to his brother!"
It couldn't bear to listen any longer, so it pushed the door open and rushed in, pounced on the couple, picked up things and started smashing and cursing at them, but was pushed to the ground.
"You crazy bitch, you dare to hit me in the face?!"
It was in so much pain, its heart was twitching as if it was about to explode, and it wished it could tear the two bitches in front of it to pieces. However, it was so angry that it suddenly fell ill and didn't even have the strength to take the medicine.
It saw its so-called husband's face full of fear, 'She's having a heart attack, go get her some medicine!'
"Hubby, she saw and heard everything we did just now. Do you think she won't tell Liu Jin when she wakes up? Then I will definitely be kicked out! Our son will have no future!"
'What do you mean…?'
"Anyway, let's just go all the way..."
Soon the man and woman calmed down. They watched it curl up and struggle in pain on the ground, and began to make up the bed, put down the sheets, and clean up the traces.
When it was the only one left in the room, pain, agony, despair and resentment filled its entire body, and it died in pain within a dozen minutes of the attack.
Because he was worried about his child and afraid that he knew nothing and could not notice anything, he was plotted against by the couple and turned into an evil ghost and stayed in the human world.
It wanted to remind its children to be careful, so it kept ruining its own funeral and stayed around him for a long time, refusing to leave.
Gu Zhisang opened his eyes and ended his flashback.
Liu Jin was already squatting on the ground, crying and pounding the ground.
Father Liu, whose legs were weak, was covered in cold sweat.
He was so terrified because this young woman recounted every detail of that day, the day he tried so hard to forget, and every word he had said, as if there had been a fourth person present!
He was still shaking his head and saying stubbornly, "I didn't do it. You can't frame me without evidence!"
Gu Zhisang suddenly turned his head and looked at the old man intently, "Your wife is in this room right now. Do you need me to ask her to confront you?"
The old man's brain buzzed and a chill rushed to his forehead. He was so frightened by these words that his legs went limp and he fell to the ground.
Liu Jin suddenly raised his red eyes, "Master, Master, is my mother here? Is she here?!"
"Yes." Gu Zhisang looked towards the middle-aged man whose face was red from crying. There was a gray human-shaped shadow.
"She was afraid that something might happen to you, so she stayed by your side to protect you."
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Woohoo, I will never make promises easily again. I originally planned to write 5,000 words and post it at 12:00, but for the sake of the completeness of the plot, I increased it to 7,000 words... That's why it's so late. Considering that I have updated 13,000 words in total today, please forgive Zhuzi for not being punctual for once (cat acting cute)