Zhang Meng and Gu Mingtai smiled politely at the old woman without saying anything more.
Soon, under the guidance of Mrs. Chen, the couple walked into a room filled with a fishy smell. "Gu Mingtai, do you smell a strange fishy smell in here?"
As soon as she came in, Zhang Meng immediately covered her nose with her hands, turned her head and looked at the man next to her and asked.
Mrs. Chen, who was following behind them, frowned when she heard what they said and sniffed hard, "Comrade, are you smelling it wrong? I live in this room every day, and I don't smell the fishy smell you're talking about!"
Zhang Meng was about to explain to her when Gu Mingtai suddenly spoke up, "My wife is right. There is indeed a fishy smell here, but this smell is not something that ordinary people can smell. Only people like us who practice Taoism can smell it. If you don't believe us, you can ask your mother to come in. She also practiced Taoism, so she should be able to smell it too."
Mrs. Chen looked skeptical and was about to turn around to call the old woman when she suddenly saw the old woman walk in. Her eyes immediately lit up and she told the old woman what Zhang Meng had just said to Gu Mingtai.
The old woman frowned, smelled the room, and suddenly her pale eyebrows were tightly furrowed.
"They are both right. There is indeed a very unpleasant fishy smell in your room. Girl, did you put some dead fish here?" The old woman asked her daughter with dissatisfaction.
Mrs. Chen looked at her mother with an aggrieved look on her face. "Mom, how could I possibly put a dead fish in my bedroom? I'm not crazy, but why can't I smell the fishy smell you're talking about?"
Zhang Meng glanced at Gu Mingtai and saw him nod. Then Zhang Meng walked up to Madam Chen and said to her, "Madam Chen, I can let you smell this scent, but I may have to cast a spell on you. Are you willing?"
Mrs. Chen did not answer, but looked towards the old woman first.
The old woman immediately shouted, "Why are you looking at me? This matter is yours, you make your own decision."
Madam Chen pouted in grievance, then looked at Zhang Meng and nodded, "Then cast the spell."
She wanted to smell it to see if there was really any strange fishy smell in her room.
Seeing that she agreed, Zhang Meng immediately took out a talisman from his backpack and recited a spell. When it glowed, Zhang Meng immediately stuck it on Mrs. Chen's back.
"Okay." After saying this, Zhang Meng walked back to Gu Mingtai who was checking the room.
With the help of the talisman paper, Mrs. Chen, who didn't smell the fishy smell at first, was immediately overwhelmed by the sudden fishy smell and ran out to vomit, covering her mouth.
Seeing her like this, the old woman shook her head and didn't go out to check. Instead, she walked over to Gu Mingtai and Zhang Meng and asked, "You two, have you found out why there is a fishy smell in my daughter's room?"
After checking the entire room, Gu Mingtai suddenly stopped beside the bed.
"The fishy smell comes from under this bed." Gu Mingtai pointed at the bed.
"Xiao Meng, let's move this mat over and take a look."
Zhang Meng nodded immediately, and the couple each turned over the mattress of the double bed. Suddenly, a stronger fishy smell wafted into the room.
At this time, even Zhang Meng couldn't stand the smell and ran out covering her mouth.
The old woman's face was almost blue, and she forced herself to look at Gu Mingtai, who had no reaction. "Comrade Gu, what on earth is this green liquid?"
"It's snake fluid!" The old woman was stunned. "Snake fluid? What is this thing? I've been a fortune teller for so many years, how come I've never heard of this thing?"
"It's normal that you haven't heard of the ghosts of the R country, Auntie."
The old woman suddenly showed an embarrassed smile on her face, "That's true."
As soon as she finished speaking, the old woman asked seriously, "Comrade Gu, since you know what this thing is, you must know what the ghost that possessed my son-in-law is, right?"
"I do know, if I'm not mistaken, that this ghost is a ghost called Snake Belt from Country R."
"Snake belt! I've heard my master mention this ghost." The old woman's expression became extremely serious.
Gu Mingtai immediately looked at Zhang Meng and Mrs. Chen who walked in together.
"Mrs. Chen, I have a question for you. Did Chief Chen Zhen change his belt six months ago? Or did he change his belt to one with snake-like patterns?"
Mrs. Chen thought about it and quickly remembered something. "Comrade, if you hadn't mentioned it to me, I wouldn't have remembered it. Now that you mention it, I remember that half a year ago, my husband, Chen, did receive a belt that looked like snake skin. He really liked it and still uses it."
After he finished speaking, Mrs. Chen noticed that he looked very serious after listening to what she said, so she asked nervously, "Comrade, tell me honestly, is there something wrong with my husband Chen's belt?"
Gu Mingtai glanced at her and nodded slightly.
Upon hearing this, Mrs. Chen immediately said, "Then when my old Chen comes back, I'll ask him to throw away the belt. Does that mean my old Chen can return to his original appearance?"
Gu Mingtai glanced at her hopeful eyes and shook his head. "That's not necessarily true. Have you seen this mess under your mattress?"
Mrs. Chen looked in the direction Gu Mingtai pointed, and found that there was such a horrible and disgusting thing under the mattress where she and her husband slept.
She took a look and her throat started to sour again. She quickly turned her head away, not daring to look over here anymore.
Mrs. Chen swallowed her saliva and finally felt a little better. She looked at Gu Mingtai and asked with fear on her face, "Comrade Gu, how did these things get under my mattress? Also, what are they? Why are they so disgusting?"
"This is snake saliva. As the name suggests, it's the saliva that snakes spit out. However, ordinary snake spit doesn't look like this. This stuff is spit out by ghosts and monsters."
When Mrs. Chen heard this, her eyes widened. She held the old woman's hands in fear and cried, "What should I do, Mom? I'm scared. How could there be a snake in my room? What's going on?"
The old woman patted the back of her hand and said, "Don't worry, let's listen carefully to what Comrade Gu has to say."
After the old woman comforted her little daughter, she immediately turned to Gu Mingtai and said, "Comrade Gu, since you know what this thing is, you must have a way to get rid of it, right?"
Gu Mingtai glanced at Madam Chen who was leaning on her arms. Instead of answering, he said to her, "Madam Chen, if you want to save your husband, you must obey our instructions. Otherwise, even if a great immortal comes down, he won't be able to save Mayor Chen."
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