Chapter 07 No Ghosts in the World
Wen Shuo was not in a hurry to dig up the notebook that Lao Han had put into all his efforts. He was still a little stubborn and nervously repelled, and at the same time he found it very interesting and exciting!
If there are really evil foreign objects, demons and monsters in this world, and I have learned the mysterious method of subduing demons and eliminating demons, that is, if the masters and immortals in myths and legends are known to the world in the future, how famous will it be? And you can easily earn 8,000 yuan from Liu Mao and such local snakes. The old Hantou also said in his letter that I am not experienced and have a low vision and cannot open my mouth. Wouldn't it mean that in fact, I can take care of Liu Mao and ask for more money?
Fame and fortune...
This is how many people in ancient and modern times work hard and even suffer from infamous reputation, use any means, and are ungrateful and vicious, and pursue the life goals they have achieved. There are also many people who are not familiar with each other, like Wen Shuo, who are eagerly aspiring for the future.
After locking the drawer, Wen Shuo walked out of the door and came to the yard. He walked around the three houses and paced back and forth against the yard wall. While observing all the suspicious points carefully, he finally stopped at the northeast corner of the yard and looked at the rows of branches there. There were a few small irregular vegetable fields in the middle, planting green vegetables, garlic seedlings, and a few cucumber seedlings and bean seedlings. He stretched his body and climbed up the rows of branches beside him.
These branches are like fences that many families will surround the vegetable fields in the yard to prevent poultry and animal tramplings such as chickens, ducks, pigs and dogs. They are also like shelves set up in the vegetable garden for seedlings to climb and bear fruit.
However, experts in the mysterious method can see that the branches are inserted into a certain pattern. If you are condescending, you can see that the branches are inserted into a magic array.
Wen Shuo squatted down and looked carefully. It was a branch of a locust tree.
"Sure enough, there are no ghosts in the world!" Wen Shuo shook his head with a self-deprecating smile. There should be talismans buried in the four corners of the east, west, south, and north of these branches, below, but there is no need to dig and verify this.
Now, he can be sure that he met Han Kehu who had died on the river bank early that morning, not a dream, but a fact. However, that was not a ghost that Han Kehu turned into. Of course, in a sense, it can be called a "ghost" - Han Kehu died peacefully, and his death time was arranged very accurately by him, so he calmly prepared enough locust branches before he died and set up such a "three-definition soul array" in his yard. In this way, after Han Kehu died, his soul appeared on the river bank in the early morning to talk with Wen Shuo.
This magic array can last for half a month in nature, but it can only support the soul to appear and communicate with ordinary people at most three times. If you face multiple people and are in broad daylight, it has to be said differently. Sometimes it cannot be completed once.
Wen Shuo carefully looked at the outer skin of these branches and the rising appearance of various vegetables in the magic circle, and had a general understanding and judgment of the condition of the magic circle: he talked with "Old Hantou" on the river bank once, and later, because he was still scared, he had never gone to the river bank these days. The "Three Realms Soul Array" set up at home during his lifetime was the target point, which was exactly where he appeared on the river bank every morning. After the magic circle was activated that morning, he had not gone again, so the magic circle did not sense the appearance of the target person and did not operate again. More than a week passed, and the effectiveness of the magic circle had slightly decreased, but it was enough to support the reappearance of the soul. However, if you attempt to present it perfectly twice...
Strange!
I don’t know how long it took to squat beside the magic circle. It was not until Liu Maohe came back that Wen Shuo stood up to meet him. Seeing Liu Maohe holding a broken neck and still bleeding rooster in his hand, and wearing a rag bag, all the things he had purchased, Wen Shuo didn’t say nonsense, waved to Liu Maohe to follow him into the main hall, and then closed the doors and windows.
The old-fashioned houses have small doors and windows. After closing, the light inside the house immediately became much darker.
Liu Maohe handed the thing to Wen Shuo, while observing the dim environment in the house with fear and vigilance, as if afraid that an old man with long beards would suddenly come out of a corner. He said in a trembling voice: "Shuo, I listen to you. I killed a rooster at the door of the main hall at home and spilled chicken blood. Old Hantou dared not go, right?"
"It's not that simple, it's just a layer of prevention." Wen Shuo frowned and said, "In a while, you can meet and have a chat with Lao Han."
"Ah?!" Liu Maohe was startled, his face full of incredible feelings.
"It's best to be able to negotiate. Otherwise, if I fail to surrender the old Han in the way I started, he would be even more violent." Wen Shuo sighed softly and said, "Don't worry, I'm by my side, and it's daytime, you can definitely ensure your safety."
Liu Maohe was so scared: "Really, can you really see him?"
"It should be possible."
"Forget it, it's up to you, you can talk to him, I promise him any conditions..." Liu Maohe hesitated, shook his head in panic and said.
Wen Shuo didn't say anything, looking at all the things in his rag pocket to prepare for the preparations.
Liu Maohe smiled awkwardly and said, "I'm not afraid, I'm really worried about meeting Old Han. Both sides were a little hatred in their hearts. If they had a disagreement, they would be even more difficult to reconcile, right?"
"Humans and ghosts are different. If you can't make a mistake, you will be angry with him. No matter what he says, don't be as good as he can. For the safety of himself and his family, why not bear it?" Wen Shuo took out the yellow paper and cut it, saying, "Captain Liu, I, Wen Shuo, have something to say, I hope you can negotiate, and I don't have to take risks to fight with Lao Han. Secondly, after seeing your behavior, I am really worried that I can't afford to offend you if I get a debt in the future. Therefore, being able to meet Lao Han also proves that I have not lie to you..."
"Shuo, my eldest nephew, you're just talking about it. How could I find a debt to the back?" Liu Maohe became more embarrassed.
In fact, on the way to buy things, he really gritted his teeth and made him ruthlessly.
Yesterday, Wen Shuo used his exquisite and magical methods in his yard, and then he said calmly that the matter was almost done. As a result, when he arrived at the broken house of Old Hantou, Wen Shuo changed his words and said that Old Hantou would harm people endlessly. After he was shocked, he opened his mouth and asked for 8,000 yuan before he was willing to solve the problem.
What is the concept of eight thousand yuan?
These days, the "ten thousand yuan household" in remote countryside is still very popular. Although for Liu Maohe, 8,000 yuan is not a big expense, it is also a very tight amount.
So he angrily thought that Wen Shuo was taking the opportunity to cheat him out of money!
No matter whether the old Hantou turned into a ghost or something, Liu Maohe decided in his heart that when the matter was completely resolved, the old Hantou's soul would be destroyed. Then, I have to let Wen Shuo, the little calf, spit out the money!
But Liu Maohe never expected that Wen Shuo wanted him to meet and talk to Lao Hantou.
When talking to a person who had long been dead and had cremated his body, he was so heartbroken that he could meet again, let alone again.
Now, Wen Shuo made the words clear!
This is proof!
Liu Mao and I were at a loss for a moment, so I couldn’t really meet and talk to the old Hantou, right?
What to talk about?
How to talk about it?
Liu Maohe felt his thighs cramps a little... because he saw that Wen Shuo was already standing in front of the hall, holding a brush and writing calligraphy.
On the table, there is an inkstone, and there is ink made of cinnabar and chicken blood.
Originally, Wen Shuo didn't want to bite his finger and drip blood. After all, the next process of starting the altar was basically pretending to be mysterious and mysterious, without any substantial effect. And these were something Liu Maohe would never have thought of, so why should he suffer this pain again? The old saying goes, ten eggs of blood will be there!
But in the end, he bit his index finger and dripped a few drops of blood.
First, he was still afraid of Liu Maohe and did not dare to make any mistakes; second, he was more and more convinced of the mysterious method in his heart.
The talismans drew thirty-six formation talismans and eight guide talismans. Wen Shuo sat cross-legged in the open space one meter away in front of the hall. While muttering magic spells, he picked up blue paper and yellow paper folded into various strange styles, including deer, pig, horse, sheep, cow, chicken, duck, fish, eagle, clothes, ingots, swords, and six paper people of all sizes.
Liu Maohe couldn't help asking a few more questions, but Wen Shuo ignored him, so he felt that it was difficult to get on the verge of the tiger and became more nervous.
Soon, a bunch of vivid paper pieces were placed in front of Wen Shuo.
He didn't go to see Liu Maohe, who was standing next to him and wanted to speak but stopped, got up, took thirty-six tales, walked to the open space next to the side, arranged according to the Bagua formation. This formation is the "One-Ground-Continuous Soul Array". When it is opened, it can be accessed, so that the "Three Realms Soul Array" can be transferred from the river embankment to the house. After setting up the magic array, Wen Shuo used his index finger to dip some ink in the inkstone, walked to Liu Maohe, raised his hand and carefully outlined a "Tian Tear Talisman" in the middle of his forehead, and said, "When I start the altar, I will invite Lao Han to come and draw talismans on your forehead, and you will see him and talk to him. Then, be mentally prepared now, remember to be polite to talk to Lao Han, no matter what bad words he says, you must hold back. Of course, I will ensure your absolute safety."
"Shuo, do you really want me to meet Lao Han?" Liu Maohe couldn't help but tremble.
"I have something to say!"
"But……"
"You have no choice! So, remember what I told you, be mentally prepared, I'm going to start the altar."
Wen Shuo turned around and stood in front of the hall table, lit two candles and inserted them into the candlesticks respectively, lit eighteen fragrant incense sticks with the candlelight on the left, and respectfully inserted them into the small incense burner. Then he took the rice and millet, and scattered half a pound of rice on the left side of the paper piled up half a circle, and half a pound of millet on the right side of the paper. The remaining half a pound of glutinous rice, Wen Shuo put the remaining half a pound of glutinous rice in a bowl, and mixed it with the remaining cinnabar and rooster blood.
After doing this, Wen Shuo stood between the paper-zahetang table, facing the hanging painting, and clamped two guiding talismans with his index finger and middle finger, ignited on the candle, and waved them in the air with a slightly awkward movement, muttering incomprehensible spells in his mouth until the talisman paper was about to burn out, so he threw them up and let them fall on the table naturally, and said in his mouth: "Today, I will be in Hakka, burn incense and talismans to induce scriptures; I will recite the grudges of the past, and I will not let down all gods."
He picked up another talisman with his right hand, and after thinking about it, he lit it on the candle, turned around and threw the burning talisman on the paper.
call……
The paper started to burn, and the fire was rising sharply.
Chapter completed!