Chapter 16: Chapter 0016 Taking on a Job
After returning to Zhang Jinya's house that night, I lay awake all night, my mind full of the words of the female ghost in the mass grave - according to the female ghost, it seemed that I had become the forbidden delicacy of the "lady" in her mouth, and the "lady" was very fierce, so the lonely ghosts in the mass grave avoided her as much as possible, even if there were incense offerings from living people three times a day.
I thought of the marriage certificate for some reason.
Could it be that the marriage certificate was sent by the "lady"?
My mind was very confused, and I felt that I had fallen into a big pit full of fog. I was scared at every step. If I took a wrong step, I would be doomed! At the same time, I was a little amused. I just took a Baipi knife, but how many dirty things, big and small, were provoked? And each one was more fierce than the other!
Just like that, I waited till dawn. At about seven o'clock, Zhou Jing finally woke up. I grabbed him and asked him to tell my fortune.
"Are you sure you want me to tell your fortune?"
Zhou Jing looked at me suspiciously and said, "Don't you always dislike my bad mouth? Let me tell you, this is how I tell fortunes. I tell the bad first!"
"Do you think there is anything bad that I can't accept in my current situation?"
I smiled bitterly. It was probably because Zhou Jing was so smart that I didn't treat him as a child most of the time, so I told him the truth: "I have a problem now, and I need your help."
"Okay, then I'll tell you a fortune!"
Zhou Jing thought about it and agreed: "What are you going to ask?"
"Marriage! "
"Marriage?"
"…"
I nodded and said in a deep voice: "Didn't Grandpa Zhou say that there was a red light in my wife and concubine palace last time? Isn't there a marriage coming to me recently? This time I'm asking about marriage!"
"Okay, but I told you in advance that my ability is limited now. Some things I can calculate, some I can't. Unless it's something that threatens your life and has a strong precursor, I can't calculate it accurately!"
Zhou Jing reminded me, then took a box from the bedside, took out the white tortoise shell inside, and said: "Write a word!"
I thought about it and wrote another word "live".
When Zhou Jing saw the word I wrote, he immediately curled his lips: "Vulgar! Really vulgar!! I said, why are you so cowardly? You wrote the same word twice in the test. Can't you change it?"
"No!"
I shook my head and said something from the bottom of my heart to Zhou Jing: "I am only concerned about whether I can survive. Don't laugh at me for being cowardly. If you encounter such a thing, you may be even more cowardly than me."
Zhou Jing didn't say anything, but gave me a contemptuous look, then scattered all the white tortoise shells on the ground, and sat cross-legged on the ground and began to push the positions of those tortoise shells, as if he was calculating something. After a long time, Jiucai raised his head and said, "You do have a marriage coming up recently, but no matter how you look at it, it's a good marriage. The woman is very lucky for her husband. I really don't know what you want to ask. If you want me to help you see how the woman is, then I can tell you now that this woman is a good match for you. After marriage, the couple's life will be harmonious. Although your marriage will be difficult in the future because of the uneven pattern of the Five Mountains in your fate palace, there will definitely be no betrayal."
While speaking, Zhou Jing was still moving the tortoise shell to calculate, but his brows gradually frowned, and he said softly, "Huh".
At this moment, I suddenly became nervous: "What did you see?"
"Strange, generally speaking, once a man and a woman are married, their fate is connected together. You can completely predict her fate from you, but now I can only predict your married life, but not her fate!"
Zhou Jing said in a deep voice: "It's like... there is no such person in the world, or..."
At this point, Zhou Jing raised his head and looked at me strangely: "She is not a human at all!!!"
Zhou Jing's calculations vaguely confirmed some of my guesses. In an instant, I felt that most of my strength was drained away - could it be that what Mr. Zhou said was right, and I would be entangled with the Yin people all my life?
For the whole morning, my mind was on this. I lay in bed for a whole morning. I was very sleepy, but I couldn't fall asleep. My head was full of some chaotic thoughts.
Zhang Jinya came until noon. He put some white powder similar to medicine powder for me to take with water every morning, noon and evening. I asked him what it was. He said that these were things to dispel corpse qi. Although the corpse qi left by the smiling corpse on me was not much, it would not take my life for the time being, but it was not good for a living person like me. It would be better to remove it early. However, Zhang Jinya reminded me not to go out at night casually during this period of time. Staying with him can ensure safety, because it takes some time to remove the corpse qi of the smiling corpse. Before the corpse qi is completely removed, the smiling corpse may find me at any time!
I felt like I had found a treasure with these medicine powders. I quickly put them away. After chatting with Zhang Jinya for a while, he left in a hurry. I was used to this person's elusiveness. I went back to the room without asking him where he was going.
In the next few days, my peaceful life that was completely broken by the dirty things finally recovered a little. Zhang Jinya's place is quite safe. I haven't encountered any weird things for several days, which makes me feel relieved. I take the medicine powder that Zhang Jinya gives me on time every day, and my spirits are getting better day by day. I just don't know what the ingredients are. Anyway, I can only taste a little sweet taste of glutinous rice. I guess it is mixed with some glutinous rice. I know that glutinous rice can restrain corpse qi, so I am not surprised that there is this ingredient.
Every day when I have nothing to do, I either take care of Heizi, the mastiff who lives in the yard, or read the book "Fa Qiu Secret Art". I have a better understanding of those ghosts and monsters, and I also began to try to practice a physical fitness exercise called "Five Animal Play" recorded in it. This kung fu is said to be created by the great doctor Hua Tuo. My ancestor included it in "Fa Qiu Secret Art" and recorded it in a graphic way. It doesn't seem to be difficult.
This kind of Kung Fu is actually to strengthen the body. It is created by imitating five kinds of animals. Years of practice can train people's strength, agility and speed. My grandfather put it in "Fa Qiu Secret Art" because the tomb robbers may encounter anything after going to the tomb. If you practice this kind of health-preserving Kung Fu for a long time, your body will definitely become stronger, and your ability to escape and your ability to deal with emergencies will be greatly improved. The chance of survival after going to the tomb will also be greater. Of course, I also practiced some methods to break evil.
In this way, I stayed at Zhang Jinya's place for seven or eight days, and it was already July 15th in a blink of an eye.
I was awakened by a rapid knock on the door early in the morning before six o'clock. When I opened the door, it turned out to be Zhang Jinya. I immediately said in a bad mood: "Don't you know that disturbing people's sleep is not a good habit?"
"It's already six o'clock and you're still sleeping."
Zhang Jinya rolled his eyes and said, "Hurry up and get dressed. Come with me to do something later."
Hearing this, I immediately became energetic: "Could it be that the friends you are waiting for are here, and we can go to the Qinling Tombs to solve my problem?"
"No, my friends are a little far away. They are still on the way and will not come for a few days."
Zhang Jinya said: "There was an incident in a small village nearby these two days. It is said that it is haunted. They want me to solve it for them. I thought about it and decided to take you with me."
Why don't you think of me when there is good news?
I was a little angry when I heard that this guy had to take me with him to exorcise the evil spirits. Don't you know that my horoscope is weak? You are so afraid of that kind of dirty thing. If you rush over to it, you will be in trouble. I said angrily, "You are the one who earns money, not me. Why should I follow you to suffer?"
"Look at your ugly face. I let you follow me for your own good. The corpse aura on your body has not completely dissipated. If I don't take you with me, will you be able to deal with the smiling corpse alone?"
Zhang Jinya curled his lips and said, "Hurry up and clean up, and take the one who lives with you. Bring the kid with you, he is the grandson of Zhou Banxian after all, maybe he can be of some use. "
When I heard this grandson talking about the smiling corpse again, I was a little suspicious, but I was not happy to find trouble with those dirty things, so I said: "Can you pay more attention to my affairs? It's almost the end of the month, and that's the date written on the marriage certificate. If I don't go to the Qinling Ancient Tombs before then, I don't know what will happen. How can I have time to be with you? Go to the small village next door to exorcise the evil spirits?"
"It will only take three or four days, it won't delay anything, and this matter is really urgent. Several people have died in the village. If it is not resolved, who knows what kind of trouble will happen. After all, these dirty things increase their power when they harm people, and it will be difficult to deal with them when they harm more lives. What's more, you are too timid, I have to take you to see the world. When you sleep in the grave by yourself, your courage will be trained, and you will be like a man of the old Ge family. "
Zhang Jinya said seriously: "As for the Qinling Ancient Tombs... If my friends don't come, we can't go there. We can't come back even if we go. The tomb is too weird and full of resentment. Many masters have fallen there!"
I lost my temper after being dragged by Zhang Jinya. I could only reluctantly let this guy take me to the pirate ship and go back to the house to pack up my things. I kept praying in my heart that I wouldn't encounter anything too fierce this time, otherwise, with my weak body, I would be like a meat bun hitting a dog and never come back!