Tao Rui had just arrived in the New World when someone grabbed him by the collar and questioned him, "You took a hundred thousand from me to guarantee my wife and children would be safe, and now you're saying you can't save them? If anything happens to my wife and children, I'll kill you!"
The man's fierce voice was deafening. Tao Rui pinched his tiger's mouth and used a little force to successfully break free from his hand. He took two steps back and glanced around.
It was a simple room, the windows overlooking an old building complex. The furnishings were all worn and outdated. Before him stood not only the ruthless man but also a pregnant woman, nearly dead on the bed. Her face flickered between pale and blue, and she murmured in agony, as if in a state of terror.
Out of medical instinct, Tao Rui stepped forward and said, "Don't worry, I'll take another look."
"Save her, save her now," the man said, his voice trembling uncontrollably. "The doctor said my wife is in a vegetative state, but I don't believe it. Look, she's still talking. How could she be in a vegetative state?"
Tao Rui opened the pregnant woman's eyelids and pinched her mouth open, examining her step by step, quickly understanding the situation of the world in his mind.
The original owner, Tao Rui, was an orphan who had lived with a mysterious old man since childhood. The old man made a living by telling fortunes and often said that the secrets of heaven must not be revealed, and that his words were three-tenths true and seven-tenths false. The original owner was not good at studying, but he had memorized the old man's words very well.
Upon the old man's death, he immediately inherited his legacy, rebranding himself as a master fortune teller, and traveled around the world to tell fortunes. Deceiving people is easy; all it takes is audacity and a willingness to use ambiguous, clichéd rhetoric. This was the original owner's forte. He couldn't stand the old man's pauper-like lifestyle, so he decided to make money and enjoy life while telling fortunes.
As for the five disadvantages and three shortcomings the old man mentioned, he didn't believe them at all. Because he had never seen any magical qualities from the old man, and he didn't believe in ghosts, gods, or feng shui in the world. He only believed in scams.
This ability to speak the truth to people and the lies to ghosts allowed the original owner to do quite well in China's most prosperous city, A. He wasn't exactly wealthy, but he certainly made a million a year.
The original owner was a fraud, a dishonest profiteer. This time, a poor family was defrauded of 100,000 yuan, 60,000 of which was borrowed by the family and friends. A pregnant woman, about to give birth, suddenly fell ill. The hospital couldn't detect the fetal heartbeat, and she fell into a coma, mumbling incessantly as if in a nightmare.
The pregnant woman couldn't be woken up, and even sedatives didn't work. She kept talking 24/7, her lips dry and raw, but she kept talking. Her family had taken her to several hospitals, and because of her unique medical history, a specialist even examined her. However, the final conclusion was that the fetus was dead and she was in a vegetative state.
If treatment is necessary, it is best to perform a cesarean section immediately to remove the dead fetus and hospitalize the pregnant woman with various tubes to maintain her life. Not to mention the high cost of treatment and hospitalization, a cesarean section while the pregnant woman is unconscious is also very dangerous.
The family, who were broke to begin with, refused to accept this conclusion. After much discussion, they asked around and finally found the original owner of the "spiritual spirit" and begged him to help. After all, the pregnant woman's condition didn't look like an illness, but more like she was possessed by an evil spirit.
The original owner understood the psychology of these people seeking help very well. After seeing the pregnant woman, every word he said spoke to their hearts, gave them great hope, and let them know that things were difficult. After finding out that they were from other places, he said that there was a problem with their ancestors' graves.
The original owner of the ancestral tomb said it belonged to the man's great-grandfather's grandfather. How could the average person know where such a distant elder was buried? Moreover, the country had been in turmoil for the past century, many people had migrated, and many places had been built up, making it impossible to find it even if they wanted to.
The original owner had deliberately created a problem they couldn't solve, and in the end, he accepted a hundred thousand yuan and promised to sacrifice himself to help them solve the problem. As for how he would sacrifice himself, that was, of course, a mystery, and he wouldn't tell them.
The original owner had used this tactic many times. After a few days, he stayed up all night and came to the man, feeling a little exhausted. He said he had tried his best, but the man's ancestral tomb had been severely damaged and there was nothing he could do. The man was so angry just now because he was truly desperate.
In this situation, the best compensation is to help them solve the problem. Tao Rui felt that the spiritual energy of this world was very rich. This was truly a world mixed with metaphysics. The pregnant woman was not sick, but was wearing something from the cemetery.
Tao Rui looked at the pregnant woman's right ankle. It was adorned with a red cord anklet with a wooden bead strung on it. The bead had a simple and peaceful feel, and was beautifully engraved with decorative patterns. He pointed at the anklet and asked the man, "Where did you get this?"
The man shook his head. "I don't remember. I think I bought it a while ago. It doesn't look like I bought it. I might have found it somewhere."
"Think about it carefully, there is something wrong with this bead." While Tao Rui was speaking, he had already untied the red rope and taken out the bead.
The man stared at the beads in surprise. "What's wrong with this bead? It looks like some old stuff that someone else didn't want." He suddenly realized and grabbed Tao Rui. "Is this the reason my wife got into trouble? Is she okay now? When will she wake up? What about our child? Can the child be saved?"
"We have to find everything related to this bead." Tao Rui could let the system scan, but the problem was that the system could not identify evil objects, so the man had to figure it out on his own.
He went to the kitchen and found a small wine cup. With his back to the man, he added spiritual spring water to it. He returned to the window and used a cotton swab to moisten the pregnant woman's lips. He said to the man, "Where did your wife get the anklet made? Does anyone else know about this? You can ask them. I said before that it couldn't be cured because of a misjudgment. Now that we've found this bead, it's not the ancestral tomb that's the problem, it's this bead itself. It was brought out from the ancient tomb by a tomb robber."
"Ancient tomb?" The man's face turned pale and he immediately took out his cell phone to call his mother-in-law to ask.
Sure enough, the pregnant woman had discussed this little thing with her mother, and they had chosen the red string together. She had found the beads on a street corner: a wooden bead and a small, two-centimeter-long wooden sword. She immediately fell in love with them, and seeing they were dusty, she figured they must have been discarded, so she took them home.
She wore the beads with her, and placed the small wooden sword in the small pillow in the crib.
The man ripped open the pillowcase, took out a small wooden sword and handed it to Tao Rui. "Look, is this it? Is there anything wrong with it?"
Tao Rui nodded. "It's something from an ancient tomb, and it's tainted with evil spirits. You stay here and take care of your wife. Remember to moisturize her lips constantly. I'll go find something to exorcise the evil spirits from your home."
"Okay, okay, you mean my wife is saved? What about the child? How is the child?"
"They can all be saved, just wait and see." Tao Rui went out quickly and bought a bunch of things including talisman paper, cinnabar, rooster, etc.
When he returned to the man's home, his brother, mother-in-law, and friends were all there, standing in the living room, talking. They all looked at him with suspicion. His mother-in-law spoke first, "I'm telling you, if you can't cure my daughter this time, you won't get a penny. We barefoot aren't afraid of those who wear shoes."
Tao Rui nodded and said to them, "I'm going to perform a ritual now. All of you, leave and don't bother me here."
Everyone was still wary of this kind of thing and quickly went outside.
Tao Rui killed a chicken in the middle of the room and quickly drew talismans with the chicken's blood mixed with cinnabar, which he then pasted on every window and wall. Then, pointing to the crib, he said, "Take the things in the crib and burn them. After you're done, your wife and child will be fine."
"Really?" The man looked at the crib, then at the pregnant woman who had not gotten better, with a hesitant expression.
"Every minute of delay will cost the lives of your wife and children."
After hearing this, the man grabbed the crib and carried it out, not even wanting the entire bed anymore. He called his brothers to help him find a place to burn it.
Tao Rui had been exposed to these things in the world of cultivation, so his instructions were certainly correct. As soon as the food burned out, the pregnant woman's mumbling stopped, and her eyelids slowly moved as she opened her eyes.
The pregnant woman's mother screamed at the door, rushed in, hugged the pregnant woman and started crying, asking non-stop: "How are you? Where does it hurt? Where do you feel uncomfortable? Where is the baby?" She put her hand on the pregnant woman's belly and actually felt the fetal movement, and she cried even harder.
The pregnant woman was confused and a little scared. She grabbed her mother's hand and said, "I seem to have had a very long nightmare. It was like purgatory. I was a captured slave holding my child, walking and walking, with no end in sight..."
"It's okay, it's okay, don't be afraid, child." The old lady wiped her tears, turned around and knelt down in front of Tao Rui, "Master! Master, I'm sorry for offending you just now. Please help me see if my daughter is really okay? Is there anything wrong with her?"
Tao Rui quickly moved away and helped the old lady up. "Don't worry, they are safe and sound. It's just that they are a little weak from all the hard work these days. They must replenish their nutrition well. Have a small bowl of thick chicken soup every night and eat twelve kinds of fruits and vegetables during the day. You don't need to eat too much, just a variety of vitamins will be enough."
"Okay, okay, I'll take care of her myself, there will be no problem. Thank you, Master! You are really a living god, thank you, thank you!" All the old lady's doubts turned into gratitude, and she was so excited that she didn't know how to express her inner gratitude.
However, Tao Rui felt very ashamed. He was just cleaning up the mess. The original owner had deceived them and delayed their chance to find a master, which would have caused their family to be destroyed.
Tao Rui took out his phone and transferred 100,000 yuan back to them, saying, "I made a mistake in my judgment before. I won't accept this money. Take it and take good care of the pregnant woman."
"No, no," the man said hurriedly, just coming back. "You have to pay for fortune-telling. Otherwise, it's bad for you and us. I understand all this. It's the rule."
Tao Rui took out the bead and the small wooden sword and said with a smile: "If you don't mind, just give these two to me."
When they saw the thing, they were so scared that they took several steps back, their faces pale. "Don't mind, Master, you can take it. But Master, you have to be careful, this thing is very evil."
Tao Rui nodded and smiled at them, "Then I won't bother you anymore. I wish you good health and safety in the future."
Tao Rui left the old building and walked slowly along the street outside. Gradually, more and more people came. As he reached the downtown area, he suddenly saw a policeman chasing a criminal. He stopped and pondered.
What could he do in such a world?
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