Volume 1 Country Stories Chapter 13 Sun Stick
"It seems that someone really wants to use Fang Xuan to raise a little ghost! Generally, raising a little ghost must be a thing as a boarding place. The little ghost's remains are the first choice." Grandpa Gan said.
"Old Wu, can you tell me a fortune? Find where the lost bone is, and maybe you can find that person." The master asked.
Grandpa Gan nodded and said, "As long as he dares to carry it with me, I can find him! I have not bloomed plum blossoms for more than a year. Today, I will let me calculate the person behind this poor child!"
After saying that, Grandpa Gan took out a plate-sized Bagua compass from the cloth bag, placed it on the ground, sat cross-legged, stood on his chest with his sword finger, and chanted with a sound: "Heaven, earth, man, and Bagua are the images, all living beings are changing, yin and yang are easy, chaos and calm auspiciousness, heaven and earthly branches, listen to my singing!"
While chanting the mantra from his mouth, Grandpa Gan took out a piece of yellow talisman paper without words, drew a "s" shape in the air, and pasted it on Fang Xuan's kneecap that he had found at the puppet's house. The talisman paper suddenly ignited a raging fire, and it burned violently on Grandpa Gan's birthday together with the kneecap. I saw that the flame was more than ten centimeters high, but it did not hurt Grandpa Gan at all.
In the blink of an eye, the yellow talisman paper and the knee bone turned into ashes with Mars red. Grandpa Gan flipped his palm and all the ashes fell on the compass. Then a whirlwind rose on the compass, rolling up the ashes and flying in the air. At the same time, I saw the pointer on the compass began to rotate rapidly. In less than ten seconds, it suddenly stopped and swung back and forth in both directions.
One direction, pointing to the river, the other direction, pointing to the north, where the village is located.
At this time, the master had buried Fang Xuan's remains again. Seeing that Grandpa Gan had a result, he asked him how he was.
Grandpa Gan muttered, "Oh, there was a piece in the river before." Then he recited a vague spell, and the pointer on the compass suddenly stopped and pointed to the village to the north.
Then Grandpa asked us to follow him.
On the way, I asked my master in a low voice.
Master told me that the Plum Blossom Yishu is a divination method written by Shao Yong in the Song Dynasty based on Yixue. It is said that it originated from the secret method taught by Taoist Mayi. According to the innate Eight Trigrams, hexagrams can be drawn anytime and anywhere. There are many ways to get hexagrams, which are very practical. The master's divination has many references.
I asked the master again if he could.
He smiled miserably and said in a low voice that he was not as good as his grandfather Wu Ziming in this regard. He used it once before when he was calculating the soul of a gangster and only calculated the range.
As a result, Grandpa Gan immediately heard a voice in front of him: "Haha, I heard it! Lao Sun, you are so dead duck that you admit that you are not as good as me!"
The master's face suddenly turned blue and purple, and he muttered and scolded the stinky Taoist priest.
We followed the original road and returned to the village. The pointer was facing north, so we followed Hexi all the way to the north of the village.
At this time, the pointer began to move. As we went around in circles, we found that the pointer clearly pointed to a renovated house in the north of the village.
This family's surname is Sun. There were two old men living in this family. Later, the old man's eldest son came back. For some reason, he drove the two old men to his second son's house, but he lived in this house. The eldest son is a bachelor. We all call him Sun Kanzi. He is idle all day and likes to gambling. He is a real gangster. The elders in the village don't let us contact him, for fear of being bullied.
But for some reason, two years ago, Sun Jianzi made a fortune and arranged to renovate the house and took out a marriage. As a result, his wife died suddenly within a few months, and Sun Jianzi lived alone.
These are also heard from the villagers when they talk about them in a little bit, but they don’t know whether they are true or not.
We came to the door of Sun Jianzi's house and looked up and saw a bundle of shriveled mugwort hanging on the door frame of their house. It must have been a long time since we replaced it, but strangely, the rod of the mugwort was painted with a layer of red pigment, which was bright and dazzling, as if it had been brushed on for a while.
The master said with a calm face: "Putting cinnabar paint with old mugwort is a way to ward off evil spirits and ghosts. This family seems to know some tricks."
"But," the master said, "Often people only need to hang fresh mugwort to make ordinary ghosts go to their houses without easy access. Only those who want to guard against powerful ghosts will do this. What exactly makes this family attract powerful ghosts? Yun Yi, you have been with us for a few days, let's talk about it."
I was stunned and thought for a while. Since Grandpa’s pointer pointed at this place, I guess the family would be unable to get out of touch with Fang Xuan, so I said, “Fang Xuan’s evil spirit is inside?”
The master gently patted my head to show his appreciation and said, "The families who raise little ghosts have a strong evil spirit, and the ghost must be nourished with blood and souls. They are born to be hated and prone to invasion by powerful ghosts. In order to prevent such incidents, objects that ward off evil spirits will be hung at the door, because the ghost's body is inside the house, and entry and exit will not be affected."
I began to understand that Master was teaching me intentionally or unintentionally. Only at this time did Master speak in detail.
Grandpa Gan stepped forward and knocked on the door. After a long time, he heard someone coming from inside. After a while, the door was opened, revealing a thin face that had not woken up, with a pockmarked face, which was Sun Stick. He seemed to have just gotten up, his hair was messy and greasy, and he seemed to have not washed his hair for a long time. His eyelids were covered with brown and black eye poop, which made people feel uncomfortable.
Seeing Grandpa Gan wearing a Taoist robe and holding a compass in his hand, Sun Jianzi was shocked and slammed the mountain door, and a angrily shout came: "Get out, you are cheating bastard, get out! I don't tell fortunes."
The master and Grandpa Gan looked at each other and finally came to a conclusion that this person had a problem!
In this way, we are even more sure that Fang Xuan's finger bones are in the room.
However, when we think of the person Grandma Fang's words being a foreigner, we can't help but wonder what role did Sun Jianzi play? Why did Fang Xuan's finger bones be in his house?
However, the sun is high now, and there are many pedestrians in the village. The master cannot pick the lock in broad daylight. If someone sees it, we will not be able to argue.
So we walked around the house and found that the windows of the house were closed and the curtains were pulled. We couldn't see anything inside, so we didn't mention rummaging to go through the windows.
I could only stand at the door and stare dryly. Grandpa Gan went to knock on the door again, and this time we responded to silence.
At this time, the master's attention was turned to an empty old house next to me and asked me why no one lives in this house.
I just remembered that this family was the one who grandma said that his wife died of difficulty and her husband became crazy. So I told the master.
The master immediately said, and went in and opened the unlocked door.
The house was empty, with only the broken spider webs on the beams and thick dust on the ground.
This kind of house is only one in the village. The old house embodies the longing and concern of migrant workers for their homes and relatives. Even if their ancestors die and their old house is abandoned, no one will empty the house and completely cut off the road to return.
However, this one is the only one.
No one knows the reason for this.
The master and Grandpa Gan slowly entered the house. Instead of looking around, they went straight to the attic and found a small window facing Sun Canzi's house. They looked out through the window. Because the two buildings were staggered, we could see the north window of Sun Canzi's house.
The master nodded, as if he had plans in his heart, and told us to come back tonight.
I was stunned. They had not slept all night. Could it be that they would have to have another all night? Even the gods couldn't stand the work like this!
As soon as we went back, Master and Grandpa Gan lay on the bed, fell asleep, and snoring sounded loudly for a while, like thunder, maybe I was really tired. I had never seen this scene, and I was stunned in surprise.
In this way, the two old men slept for a day and got up at dinner.
I took advantage of this time to see the punk with Brother Chen Xing. His soul returned and he was able to jump around, which was so unhappy. The panda eyes couldn't be retreated, which made Aunt Zhang keep glaring at me.
The gangster is heartless and naturally doesn't care. Even the things in the well are left behind, pulling me to ask my master and grandpa Gan what their background is. They look like the master who eliminates demons in TV series.
Their origins have never been told to me in detail, and I can't explain them clearly. I only know that one is a cheap master and the other is a grandfather who came out for no reason. He is very capable. In the end, he even envied me. With two masters around him, he could learn one and a half skills and make a breakthrough in the world. He also made up his own martial arts dream, like a middle school boy who was addicted to martial arts movies.
The punk reminded me. My master once asked me if I would like to leave my hometown with him. I agreed at that time, but I did not think about the future. After leaving home, my master would take me back to the master and practice magic. Then, when I grow up, it is impossible for me to stay in the master for the rest of my life.
However, only the future will know about the problem of the future. I have no idea if I think about it.
As the night came, the master saw that the time was almost over, so he took me and Grandpa Gan to the abandoned old house. In the sky tonight, there was no stars, and there was a thick layer of clouds pressing down in a low manner. The biting wind blew from the northwest, like a knife, cutting the cheeks hurt.
The doors and windows of the abandoned house are in a mess, as if a person has his front teeth been knocked off. As soon as we smeared, a hint of chill spread from our heels to our heads. The chill is so cold that no matter how thick the clothes are, they cannot resist it.
We couldn't see our five fingers in the room. We were afraid of being alerted, so we didn't bring flashlights or light a candle. The eyes of our master and grandpa Gan were shining in the dark, as if they would shine.
The two of them squatted by the windowsill of the attic, quietly observing the movements next to them.
The Sun Shangzi's house next door was also pitch black, but a faint jingle sound came, telling us that Sun Shangzi was at home. As for why he didn't light the lights, it was thought that our appearance today aroused his vigilance. He would raise little ghosts and obviously know some tricks. Such people naturally taboo to meet a person who has gained enlightenment, just like a person who has stolen something is afraid of seeing the police.
Grandpa Gan has a fairy-like aura. Others can tell at a glance that this person is a master, let alone Sun Jianzi.
I was wondering if Sun Jianzi would plan to pack up and run away in the middle of the night. If this is the case, then he would be hitting our gun.
Time passes by minute by minute, and waiting is always long and unbearable.
I started to doze, my head kept pecking at rice, and my mind began to slowly float away.
Suddenly, a subtle sound came into my ears. My hair stood up all over my body and I woke up suddenly. Master and Grandpa Gan also turned their eyes to the house at the same time.
This sound was like a woman sobbing, sad and miserable.
Chapter completed!