Chapter 20: Making Money Through Shady Means Gets a Beating from a Ghost
To prepare for his live stream, Lao Jiang specially prepared two phones: one fixed to the table with a stand for live streaming, and the other he held in his hand to watch Yun Shu's live stream and send comments.
While he was sending comments, his viewers watched as the paper effigy walked over, its eyes glowing with an eerie green light, and put its hand on Lao Jiang's shoulder.
Holy crap, his paper effigy moved!
Those eyes are terrifying!
Yun Shu is right. This person doesn't know how to make paper effigies at all. They don't even know the basic taboos. Paper effigies should never have their eyes painted on!
I once heard from older generations that dotting the eyes of a paper effigy would make wandering ghosts think the effigy was an unclaimed body, causing them to possess it and linger in the human world!
As netizens discussed the issue, Lao Jiang noticed the reflection on the screen and realized what was happening.
"you……!"
Old Jiang suddenly turned his head and saw the paper effigy perched on his shoulder, looking at him with a ghostly gaze. "This thing of yours is quite fun. Let me play with it."
"ah!"
Old Jiang was instantly ejected from his seat, shrinking into a corner, staring in horror at the paper effigy's eyes emitting a green glow, "You, what are you?!"
The paper effigy sneered, "It doesn't matter if you don't know me, I just need to know you. Last time, it was you, you scoundrel, who tricked my grandson into buying a paper villa for five hundred yuan and burning it down, only to find it was just a thatched hut."
That wasn't all; the underworld officials also said this thatched hut didn't have a property certificate, claiming I built it illegally, and threw me into a vat of boiling oil! Do you know how much that hurt? I almost turned into a fried skewer!
"What?"
Old Jiang stared at the paper effigy in disbelief. "You must have made a mistake. There's nothing wrong with the paper effigy I made. Your grandson wasn't bought from me!"
“My grandson’s name is Wang Dewang, and he lives in this town. You’re the only funeral supplies store in town. Who else could it be but you! You immoral bastard, you dared to make paper villas without even registering in the underworld, causing me so much suffering. I’m going to tear you apart today!”
The paper effigy's eerie green eyes emanated a strong ghostly aura as it lunged at Old Jiang, raising its hand to deliver a resounding slap.
"Ah! Stop...stop!"
With a bang.
This slap carried ghostly power, sending Lao Jiang flying and crashing into a wooden door in the distance with a loud bang.
[The paper effigy is amazing, but this Jiang Zemin deserves it; he made money through dishonest means and harmed ghosts!]
[Does it sound good? If it sounds good, that's a good start! Let's do a few more to celebrate Yunshu's paper offerings selling out today!]
The saying "you get what you pay for" still holds some truth. Yun Shu said his things were junk, and sure enough, they'd still be junk even if burned in the underworld!
"Spare me!"
Old Jiang's screams continued to echo as the paper effigy not only beat him up but also scratched bloody marks all over his body.
Old Jiang cried out, "I'll burn ten trillion yuan in ghost money for you as compensation, please spare me!"
The paper effigy then stopped.
"Burn it right now!"
"Okay, okay!"
Seeing that he didn't make any more moves, Lao Jiang scrambled to the box by the door to search for ghost money.
Just as they found the ghost money and were about to count it, a loud shout came from outside, accompanied by the screeching sound of brakes.
"Master, Master!"
"Get out of the way! My car brakes are broken!"
A loud bang.
Suddenly, a car rushed in from outside and smashed through Lao Jiang's door. The front of the car hit Lao Jiang unexpectedly.
call out--!
Bang--!
Old Jiang was sent flying again, crashing into a wall not far away before falling down.
Before he could even scream, the car with its brakes failed started moving again, and its wheels ran over him.
"ah--!"
Old Jiang stared intently at the ceiling, blood gushing from his body.
"master!"
The car door opened, and a young man with a flustered look got out. He was Xiao Yutian's boyfriend.
"how so!"
Yin Hong collapsed and squatted down next to Lao Jiang, “I…I don’t know what happened. When my car was near your house, the brakes suddenly failed!”
"Master, please don't die! Wake up! You still have to save me! If Xiao Yutian doesn't die today, then I'll be the one who dies tomorrow!"
He tried to pull Lao Jiang out of the car, but Lao Jiang's body was trapped under the wheels.
"Hold on! I'll save you first!"
Yin Hong quickly got back into the car, intending to back it out so that the wheels would leave Lao Jiang's body.
As a result, the engine went out of control, the car lurched forward, the rear wheels ran over Lao Jiang again, and then crashed into the wall inside the house.
Audience: w(Д)w
Paper effigy: 6
The paper effigy watched this scene speechlessly, thinking to itself that this young man must have come to murder it on purpose.
Upon discovering that Lao Jiang had been completely crushed to death, the paper effigy prepared to leave.
However, before leaving, he looked down at his hands and thought, "This body is still quite useful."
He wants to be a human now that he has a body, and doesn't want to suffer in the underworld anymore.
"There are still so many left, we can use them in rotation."
The paper effigy saw that there were many other paper effigies that Lao Jiang had made before, and they all had eyes. So he thought he would go over and take them all with him.
Just as they were about to pack it up, a series of thunderclaps came from outside. The paper effigy seemed to sense something, and its expression suddenly changed drastically, and its soul ran out of the paper effigy.
The paper effigy collapsed to the ground.
The thunder outside grew increasingly intense.
Boom!
Blue-purple lightning flashed through the air.
Lightning struck Lao Jiang's house, and Yin Hong's car exploded the instant the thunder roared.
Flames shot into the sky, instantly engulfing the entire house in flames. Before Yin Hong could even escape, his body was consumed by the fire.
The fire was so big that nearby residents ran out and were trying to put it out, fearing that it would spread to their homes.
But just as they prepared the water hoses, a torrential downpour came and instantly extinguished the fire.
Apart from Lao Jiang's funeral supplies shop being burned to the ground, none of the other shops in the nearby row were affected by the fire.
Old Jiang's live stream was on the whole time, and netizens witnessed the whole bizarre process. The related video went viral online within an hour, and some media and streamers even went to Old Jiang's small town to report on the aftermath.
Yun Shu's live stream became a hit as a result, and her paper offering orders have surged recently.
Every time I think about how Lao Jiang was beaten up by a paper effigy, I don't dare buy paper effigies from other people to burn for my ancestors and relatives.
How do I register paper houses made in the underworld? Does that mean that any paper houses burned without registration are illegal structures?
Yun Shu finally finished the order for one hundred paper effigies. After finishing, she saw that the comments were all asking how to register paper houses in the underworld.
Yun Shu said, "I've already filed a report. If anyone else wants to do it, there's only one way."
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