Chapter 021
Where there are dreams, there are naturally dreamers.
Tintin tentatively sprinkled incense ash on every corner and lit white wax on the ashes.
I asked him, what's the use of this?
Tintin said that this is called reflection. Dreams and shadows are originally nothingness, but they are real. Ordinary dreams are naturally invisible, but if there is a nightmare, the shape of ghosts can be seen.
Sure enough, when he had arranged everything, he saw Xie Ning and I in the room. Then what I heard him say happened.
I asked him, it’s ok for him to see the ghost, but why could he also see me?
He glared at me and said, "You are originally Yin Fan, and now you are possessed, so you are half a ghost, so naturally you can see it."
Then he started to set up a formation and broke into my dream as a human to save me. Xie Ning and I were invisible in the dream, so we couldn't do anything to him.
Tintin's explanation was very complicated. To me, his formation was just a bunch of candles lit on the ground. Tintin said that this was just a layman watching the fun. The distance between each candle, the length of the candle, and the time of each lighting were all very particular.
He said a lot, but I can hardly remember it.
I just asked him, now that the nightmare demon has escaped, and there was no noise when it came, how should we deal with it if we meet it again in the future?
Tintin said, the one that escaped was not the nightmare. Do you think you only offended one ghost? There are two! The nightmare only makes you dream. The other one with a long tongue is much more fierce than the nightmare. Its name seems to be Futakuchi-onna, and it is a ghost that eats people!
Moreover, these two women are extremely difficult to deal with. Ding Ding said that in the deeds he knew, no one has ever really killed these ghosts. The thing he just stuffed into Xie Ning's mouth was incense ash, which could make her uncomfortable for a while, but it could not completely eliminate her.
In Tintin's impression, the only reason for the two-mouthed woman's death was that she ate too much and died of bloating...
When I think of Xie Ning's appearance, I can't help feeling nauseous.
I lowered my head and was silent for a while, then said to Ding Ding that these two ghosts were not attracted by me, but came directly towards me.
Ding Ding sat on the sofa with his feet tucked in, his eyes rolled, and said, "What do you mean? You are so popular in Goblin now? There are still people who come here because of your reputation?"
I hurriedly said no, but I didn't know how to start. Ding Ding saw that I looked strange, came close to me and said, "What's going on? If you don't tell me, I can't help you."
I thought for a while before telling him about my meeting with my uncle and Xie Ning after I went out at noon .
Ding Ding looked very strange, but also a little excited. He thought for a while and suddenly asked me, "Do you really have the amber they are looking for?"
I nodded and said yes, then walked into the kitchen and lifted a box from the top of the cupboard.
The pendant is useless to me, but I keep it with me just to remember it. I did put it at home, but Xie Ning just didn't find the right place.
Lin Tian and I put all the things we brought back from our hometown in this box. But my room was already full of things and I had no place to store them, so I put it on top of the cupboard.
Ding Ding stood behind me with great interest, watching me open the box and take out a small jewelry box from it. The box was black in appearance with complicated golden patterns on the edges. Ding Ding took a look at it and suddenly asked, "Are these the patterns of the talisman for suppressing ghosts?"
I looked at it carefully and saw that the patterns were symmetrical. Although they were not very obvious, I could vaguely see the word "委". If Ding Ding hadn't told me, I would not have paid attention to these things at all.
But just looking at this rune alone does not prove that my mother can control ghosts like my uncle. After all, in a small county town, every family will have some things to avoid ghosts. For example, a mirror hanging behind the door, a yellow talisman, etc.
There are runes painted on an ornament box. Although it is a little special, there may be similar situations.
I put the rest of the things away, carried the box into the living room and put it on the table.
Tintin studied it carefully. I just hoped that he could see some clues, otherwise with his eyesight, he wouldn't be able to find the problem with the pendant.
He didn't open the box, but looked at the runes for a long time. I was a little surprised by his behavior, but I didn't ask any more questions.
After a while, Ding Ding said, "This is probably the most complicated rune I have ever seen." I counted them and found that there were eighty-one in total, none of which were printed on the box itself. Instead, someone drew them on later.
He pointed at the box and said, "Also, you see, although there are so many drawings, they are distributed in a very regular pattern. Even people who don't know the inside story will feel that they are just gorgeous patterns. They would never think that these are ghost-suppressing runes."
Ding Ding's words are right. I don't understand runes, but in my eyes, this pattern is almost like a blooming peony. It's hard to associate it with ghosts.
I asked him, what are the specific functions of these runes?
Ding Ding shook his head and said he didn't know. For ordinary ghosts, one rune was enough. But this one had eighty-one runes, which was probably enough to suppress the King of Hell.
As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and opened the box. A piece of blood amber lay quietly in the box.
Ding Ding frowned and asked me, "Didn't you say there was a pair? Why is there only one piece?"
I said I didn't know, and when I got home it was on my mom's bed. It was like someone had put it there on purpose. But when I opened it, there was only one piece of blood amber inside. I looked everywhere, but couldn't find the other piece.
Ding Ding frowned even more tightly. Without saying a word, he stretched out his hand to pick up the blood amber. However, as soon as he touched it, he suddenly pulled his hand back as if he had touched burning charcoal.
I hurriedly asked him what was wrong?
He said this thing bit me!
I looked at him strangely and reached out to take the blood amber out of the box. It was cold to the touch, as if I had picked up a piece of ice.
Ding Ding looked at me in surprise and asked, "What's going on? Why is it okay when you touch it?"
I said it was never a problem. I thought it was pretty when I was a kid and I would often secretly take it out to play with it.
Ding Ding scratched his head in confusion and said, "Was that static electricity?"
As he spoke, he stretched out a finger and tentatively touched the amber in my hand.
I saw how cautious he was, as if he was afraid that the blood amber would suddenly grow a mouth and bite him. I thought to myself, you’re not afraid of real ghosts that bite people, so why are you afraid of this thing?
As I thought about this, my hand holding the amber could not help but reach out to Ding Ding. As soon as it touched his fingers, Ding Ding screamed again and quickly shrank back in fear.
I don't know what happened, but I really saw a cut on Ding Ding's finger and blood was flowing out.
Ding Ding put his fingers in his mouth as usual and said to me hurriedly, "Look at the blood amber!"
I looked down and saw that it was stuck with Ding Ding's blood. The blood was absorbed by the amber and was actually sinking into the amber bit by bit. I hurriedly held it with my fingers and looked up in the light, trying to see clearly what was happening in the amber.
After the blood sank in, it gathered towards the small red bean-like dot in the middle. But in the end, everything calmed down, and the small dot did not grow larger or smaller, and remained exactly the same as before.
I looked at Ding Ding in confusion, and his eyes were still on the amber. I couldn't explain this strange phenomenon, so I could only ask Ding Ding if he was okay.
Tintin shook his head and said it was okay, but he couldn't figure out the origin of the blood amber. He just felt that it was a very dangerous thing.
Then he suddenly turned around and said to me, "Put this thing away and keep it with you. This may be the key to solving the mystery of your ghost-attracting."
I nodded. Since someone was looking for it, and it might be a matter of life and death for me, I couldn't just leave it there like I did before.
Ding Ding said again, let’s go and see my mother tomorrow. She knows more than I do and maybe she can figure out the origin of this blood amber.
I said this was the only way. But compared to this matter, I was still a little worried about Lin Jing. I wonder how she is doing now?
Ding Ding said, by the way, I was just busy studying the blood amber, and there is one thing I didn’t mention.
What am I asking?
Ding Ding touched his chin and said thoughtfully, "Just now you told me that in your dream, the second girl called Lin Tian. If you called, it was just something you imagined in your dream. But the call was made by the second girl to deceive your trust. Everything she did can be connected to reality, just like when she rummaged through the drawers, I could find her existence."
I understood what Ding Ding meant. He said that if Erkounu called Lin Tian, then everything I heard Lin Tian say at that time had really happened!
Lin Tian did tell me that he was at my house and had something to tell me, but in the end it was all a scam. The more I thought about it, the more shocked I became. I just asked Ding Ding, "Do you suspect Lin Tian is in cahoots with them?"
Ding Ding didn't say anything. He was silent for a long time before he said, "It's not impossible, but you have to know that people can control ghosts, and ghosts can also control people. Lin Tian is neither a Yin Banner nor a Yin-Yang Eye. It's strange that he can still see ghosts. Besides, what happened today, there is really a big problem with Lin Tian."
I didn't say anything. I felt like my heart was filled with mixed feelings. I felt very uncomfortable.
Although all this is just Tintin's guess, it does make sense. It's just that I really can't figure it out, and I don't even want to believe it.
Lin Tian, who always said he wanted to help me, suddenly became my accomplice. This change came so suddenly that I was not ready to accept it.
Ding Ding saw through my thoughts and said, you don’t have to think so much. I’m telling you this just to make you pay attention.
I said I knew and I would not make a final conclusion based on this incident. After all, I would rather believe that he did not mean it.
Neither of us continued talking, each of us thinking about our own things.
Not long after, I heard a knock on the door. I went out to open the door and found that it was Lin Tian standing at the door.
When I saw it was him, I was a little surprised and forgot to let him in. I just stood at the door with the door half open, looking at him without saying a word.
Lin Tian didn't say anything either. His face wasn't as bad as when he left earlier, but he looked a little embarrassed. We just stood at the door and waited for Ding Ding to yell from inside, "Who is it?"
Lin Tiancai came to his senses and asked me, "What are you doing standing at the door? Why aren't you letting me in?"
I quickly said no and opened the door to let him in.
Ding Ding poked his head towards the door and saw it was Lin Tian. He was stunned for a moment, stuck out his tongue at me and said nothing.
He came into the room and sat on the sofa. Ding Ding and I stood by and stared at him. He couldn't stand our stares anymore, so he gave us a strange look and asked us what we were doing.
I thought to myself that since I already suspected him, I might as well ask him the reason directly. After all, with Lin Tian, we always knew everything. If I didn't say anything, it would only make things more and more troublesome.
I was thinking about how to start the conversation when Lin Tian suddenly said, "Tan Xi, you are not still blaming me for what I said at noon, are you? When did you become so petty? I came to tell you that Lin Jing is fine now. I didn't hide anything from her about you. I told her everything. She doesn't blame you, but she just can't accept you like this for a while. That's why she asked me to tell you to take care of yourself."
When I saw that he had spoken, I decided not to hide it any longer and said directly, I already knew that Lin Jing was fine. You had already made it very clear on the phone before.
Lin Tian was stunned, frowned, and asked curiously, what call?
