Chapter 15: The Corpse on the Corpse Cart
I looked at the master and said.
"Master, can we not tell stories? This is a bit too scary."
“That’s the truth.”
The master suddenly got angry and I was so scared that I immediately shut my mouth.
"I was completely stunned. I ran to find the director. He was sweating like water and his legs were shaking. He followed me here and looked at the morgue bed. There was no body. The director scolded me. After he left, I peed my pants. I really peed."
The master stamped out the cigarette with great force and ferocity.
"I went home, but I just couldn't figure it out. Why? Was I hallucinating? But the hallucination was too real. I knew what I saw was real, definitely not fake, but I couldn't explain why the person I burned with my own hands was lying on that bed, and why he disappeared when the director came?"
The master shook his head.
Bai Jie and I were already scared to death. Bai Jie was shaking while holding my hand.
"Okay, that's all for today."
I was stunned. Was this class? And why were we here? How could this be resolved? Bai Jie couldn't die!
Before I could say anything, the master had already walked out. We followed him out and he locked the door.
"Don't worry, you won't die in half a day."
This is true. You may not die for a while, but you will die eventually.
"master……"
"Ke Zuo, I'm really fed up with you. You keep asking endless questions about everything."
The master left, and we followed him out of the crematorium and sent Bai Jie home. On the way home, I started running. I was really scared. When I entered the house, my father was still awake.
"What’s wrong with you?"
"It's okay, it's okay, I'm okay now that I see you."
My father always gives me a sense of security.
Today is Master and Yi He's shift. I couldn't sit still at home, and so did Bai Jie, so she came to find me.
"Master, what should I do?"
Bai Jie was really scared, and I was really scared too. The master used such a trick to torture people.
"Go find my master."
"He doesn't scold us?"
I know the master will scold us.
I went over and asked Bai Jie to wait outside. I went in and the master looked at me and said.
"Tonight, at nine o'clock, you and Bai Jie wait for me outside."
I didn’t say anything else and left. Bai Jie and I spent the whole day out walking around.
At nine o'clock in the evening, Bai Jie and I were waiting there, but the master still hadn't arrived.
When we were getting anxious, a shadow came and walked back and forth. It was strange that the master didn't ride a bike. Suddenly, Bai Jie whispered.
"no."
I shuddered and looked again, and the figure had disappeared. I was stunned. Bai Jie was holding my hand tightly.
The master appeared on a bicycle.
"Master, I just saw..."
"You can see everything here. There's nothing special. You just have to get used to it."
Get used to it? I don’t know how to get used to it.
We went into the room again.
"I went on to say that later I knew that it was a virtual corpse, that is, the female refiner died unjustly and wanted to find someone to talk to. Of course, she had no place to talk to anyone about this matter, so she could only find me. I worked with her. The virtual corpse cannot be touched. When I came again, I was not so scared. When I wanted to touch her, I couldn't touch it. I knew that it was a virtual corpse, and I thought that maybe she died unwillingly. She was only twenty-four years old. I don't know why this happened, but I know that virtual corpses exist. Not everyone can see them. The director can't see them, and I and other people may not see them. I don't know what to do. I went home and told my father about this. My father thought about the matter for a long time and told me that there was a wizard in Nanshan City, Xinbin County, who might be able to solve it. I also knew that wizards were the kind that performed shamanic rituals. I didn't believe in them, but at the moment there was no other way. I went to Xinbin County and found this wizard, but it was still difficult to see her. I went to see her five times before I saw her. She was a very dirty old woman. I didn't want her to help me at the time, but I had no choice. I told her the matter, and she looked at me for a long time and told me that I needed a hundred yuan. A hundred yuan was too much at the time, so I bargained, and she insisted on a hundred yuan. In the end, I agreed. But she would only give me a hundred yuan if the matter was resolved, and she agreed.
The master lit another cigarette and looked at the bed. I thought that there was a non-existent corpse lying on the bed, and sweat kept pouring down my face.
"I brought the wizard in in the middle of the night. At that time, I was worried that someone would know about this. The fat wizard didn't seem afraid at all, which I found a bit strange. Then, after entering the morgue, she took one look and told me, 'This is a virtual corpse. It died unwillingly and has become attached to you.' I explained what had happened. I didn't know the cause of death, but she looked at me for a long time and asked me to pay her an extra twenty dollars. I got a little angry, but I wanted to get rid of this matter, so I agreed."
After the master finished speaking, he shook his head. At that time, one hundred and twenty yuan was enough to marry a wife. The master was really rich.
"That wizard really didn't make me believe it. They say wizards can enter the Yin, but I don't believe that. That day, the wizard tossed and turned in there for a while, the smoke was so thick that he choked and cried. I just shook my head, but I didn't expect her to tell me it worked. When the woman was holding the corpse, she was overwhelmed by the corpse's qi. Women are inherently weak and belong to the Yin element. Without Yang energy to resist Yin energy, death was certain. She was unwilling to accept it, and I can't blame anyone else. But she was unwilling to leave, so I had to send her away. Let me add another fifty."
I looked at the master, and he threw away the cigarette and continued.
"I agreed. I couldn't stand being pestered all the time, and I was afraid. This witch sent the person away, and surprisingly, I wasn't pestered again. After a month, I breathed a sigh of relief. When I gave her money, she told me that if this happened again, I should lie in this bed for three days to nourish my yin energy and nourish my yang energy. Otherwise, I would be doomed to die."
"Three days? Here?"
"Three days and three nights."
"Bai Jie isn't necessarily overwhelmed by the Yin Qi, right?"
"It depends."
When we came out, the master told me that the effect would be seen in seven or eight days at most. If that was the case, there was no need for me to say more, I knew what to do myself.
I couldn't understand it. Could that evil spirit kill people? Only then did I realize what fear was. When I first started working here, I was afraid of the dead. But now, it seems that death is impossible. What's scary is those weird things.
When Bai Jie and I entered the crematorium, she became uneasy.
"It's okay, it may not happen."
"When I was holding the body, our faces were facing each other, and a burst of air rushed to my face. I thought it was normal."
I was stunned. Was that Yin Qi? When a person exhales their last breath, it's the Qi of the soul, and then no more Qi can come out.
"fine."
I said it was okay, but I was also feeling a little confused.
When I carried the corpse into the furnace again, I felt extremely uneasy. It was full of negative energy, negative energy. I kept thinking about surrendering, which made me extremely uneasy.
I had never expected that such a thing would happen in a crematorium, and my master had not expected it either. It was through accumulation bit by bit that I found a way to solve the problem.
When Bai Jie and I finished our work, I saw blue spots on her face. I didn't pay much attention to it at first. After we took a shower and changed clothes, there were more blue spots on her face. I knew something bad was going to happen.
I went to see the master and Bai Jie, and the master said after he finished looking at it.
"Yin Qiban, go to the morgue!"
Bai Jie held my hand and trembled constantly.
"I don't want to go."
"Then don't wait for death, wait for the spots to spread."
What am I doing stupid?
Bai Jie and I came out and looked at Bai Jie.
"Master, I'm scared. I don't want to go."
"I'll stay with you."
It seems that I have no choice but to go.
After dark, we went there. Bai Jie was lying on the morgue bed. I was the one who pushed her down. She kept crying.
I sat on the other bed and smoked. In the middle of the night, Bai Jie fell asleep. I touched her, but there was no response. I called out to her, but there was no response. I screamed, and then I knew it was over.
I ran over and almost knocked the door of the master's house, but the master opened the door immediately, which scared me.
"Master, Bai Jie didn't respond."
"Are you still breathing?"
"have."
"That's fine, go back and keep watch."
The master slammed the door shut. I was stunned for a long time and ran back. Bai Jie still didn't react. Maybe it was normal.
I waited for the master to come until dawn, but when he came, it was as if nothing had happened.
"It's okay, you don't have to stay here, it will be fine in three days."
I didn't dare say anything else. There was anger on the master's face. Maybe I scared him yesterday.
I didn't go home. I sat in the office, feeling uneasy and looking around from time to time. After the master and Yi He finished their work, they asked Yi He to find me.
"Let's go drink at noon."
I didn't say anything. When the master came out, I followed him. Yihe helped the master push the bicycle, and I walked side by side with the master.
"Don't worry, don't go there if you have nothing to do. It's not a good place."
While drinking that day, the master told me that there are many more strange things in the crematorium, and you will encounter them little by little, and they will be fine slowly, so don't make a fuss.
I regret coming here. It turns out that there are more terrible things in the crematorium.
"In addition to dealing with the living, we also deal with the dead. Besides these two types of people, we also have to deal with another kind of thing. Therefore, we refiners live in the Three Realms, unlike normal people. Therefore, after knowing that we are refiners, we have no friends and are destined to be lonely."
The master's words were full of resentment, and my heart was tight.
I will never understand it at this moment. Only by experiencing it will I understand that the crematorium is a scary and weird place. It seems that now, in addition to being afraid, I can't get rid of it.
Regarding Bai Jie's situation, the director shouldn't have arranged for her to be in the refining room. Perhaps the director didn't know, but the master did! I don't understand. Your thinking here can't be normalized at all. Otherwise, everything will become an inexplicable problem.
I mentioned again that I had stolen something, and the master looked at me for a long time and said.
"Actually, some things can be let go. When your heart is clear, there will be no more ghosts. Don't pursue this matter anymore."
I just don't understand why the matter was not pursued, but the master has already said this, and I can't bring it up again. If I don't give face to the director, I have to give face to the master.
That night, I went to the morgue again. I was still worried about Bai Jie. She seemed to be asleep, her breathing steady, and I felt relieved. I sat in the corner smoking. I had promised to stay with Bai Jie, and a man should never break his promise. What would Bai Jie think if she woke up and didn't see me? So, I had to stay here, no matter what happened.
In the middle of the night, I actually fell asleep. When I woke up, I heard some knocking sounds. It was such a weird sound that I had never heard before. It made me creepy. There was a rhythmic "click, click, click, click, click..." It kept knocking at this rhythm. I couldn't hear where the sound came from. It seemed like it was coming from all directions, which was creepy.
