Chapter 16: Life-Extending Ceremony
Seeing that I was still not doing anything, my cousin got a little anxious and said, "Open it and take a look!"
His voice sounded more like a growl, which scared me so much that my hands shook and the doll fell to the ground.
I don’t know if it was my illusion, but I vaguely seemed to hear the crying of that little child.
In a panic, I picked up the doll.
I did as my cousin told me and took off the doll's clothes.
Inside was a mass of rotten meat with maggots on it.
I almost vomited when I saw this scene.
"What's in here?" I threw the doll in my hand to the ground, stood up immediately, and stepped back a few meters.
My cousin and Dong Jing both saw this scene and hurried over to see.
My cousin was not afraid of those things. He just picked up the doll and smelled it. His face changed instantly.
“This is human flesh!”
I was stunned. What was that? Human flesh?
Dong Jing also frowned at this time: "It's a life-extending sacrifice, it's difficult to deal with."
If Dong Jing hadn't told me, I wouldn't know what professional terms they were talking about.
The so-called life-extending sacrifice is that a mother leaves the placenta of her dead child in the human world and uses various methods to try to extend the child's life.
"This is not advisable. The child is already dead, and that's it. Doing this will only add another layer of resentment to this world." Dong Jing sighed.
But this is what the mother wanted to do, and outsiders like us have no way of putting ourselves in her shoes and judging.
In our opinion, this is definitely not right.
"This sacrifice is to raise the child. Just like the Yin amulet of Buddha, this method is used to increase one's fortune. So in the end, I don't know whether the mother wants to keep the child or use her child to make her fortune stronger."
Listening to my cousin's words, I suddenly fell into deep thought.
People are like this , extremely selfish.
"I will first perform a ritual to remove the resentment from the child's placenta."
My cousin was looking at me when he said this.
It was obvious that they wanted me to help, so I nodded to show that I understood.
So I started lighting incense in the room.
My cousin drew a circle on the ground with a piece of coal.
There are some runes inside the circle that I can't understand.
He placed the doll in the middle of the circle again, made seals with his hands, and kept muttering something.
Soon, green light appeared on the doll.
I knew very well that it was the evil aura coming from the doll.
As my cousin chanted the spell, the evil energy began to rise.
All the way to the ceiling.
"Xiao Jie, help me light the talisman."
My cousin gave me an order and I dared not neglect it.
He quickly took out a piece of yellow paper from his trouser pocket, on which was a talisman drawn with cinnabar.
I lit the spell.
The fireworks from the talisman followed the cloud of foul air.
The green light and white fireworks converged, the two kept circling and converging, and finally became a ball of white smoke.
At this time, a strong wind blew outside, blowing away the white smoke.
My cousin heaved a sigh of relief, turned to me and said, "It's done. Remember to bury the doll later."
I looked at Dong Jing and knew that this matter would definitely fall on my head again.
After walking around the room, I picked up a piece of white cloth and wrapped the doll.
When I first touched this doll, I could vaguely feel a spiritual energy in his body.
But now when I touched him again, I could feel that he was like dead ash.
"Where is the altar you mentioned before?" my cousin asked me.
I knew that when my cousin said this, the matter here had been resolved.
The next thing we need to deal with is the altar.
As long as the altar is not dealt with, there will be danger in this house, and someone may even die.
"The steel needle behind the child is just a detour. It draws all our attention to the body of the child. However, the most sinister thing in this house is the immortal being worshipped."
My cousin followed me to Mrs. Jin's lounge and explained to us.
I actually knew that this house was becoming more and more spooky, but I didn't know which evil spirit was behind it.
After all, he has been worshipped in this family for so many years, and under normal circumstances he would not harm anyone in the family.
I think there is something fishy about this matter.
There must be someone else who wants to harm Boss Jin and his family.
Although the immortal spirits can also cause a reversal of the magnetic field, this does not mean that their power can be so great that they can kill people one after another.
So I am very sure that there must be a murderer in this family.
Moreover, this person should have been in this house for a long time and is particularly familiar with the home environment.
I thought about it over and over again, but couldn't figure out who it was.
"No clue?" my cousin turned around and asked me.
Judging from his tone, it should be the same as I guessed, and he already knew what I was thinking.
I shook my head. We didn't have much contact with the people in this family, basically just one morning.
In my opinion, the only person who is closest to Boss Jin is the butler.
The other servants had no interaction with me at all.
"Could it be that driver?" I looked at my cousin in confusion.
My cousin didn't say anything, but I knew he was thinking seriously.
"It can't be the driver. We have only met once, and he doesn't stay at home for a long time. And Boss Jin told me before that the driver has another residence and doesn't live at home." He thought for a moment before speaking.
It was a sudden rush before I remembered.
Everyone working in the villa has signed a life and death contract.
That meant that no matter what happened to them in the future, no one would care. Even if they died, no one would come to help collect their bodies.
"After all, the person with the greatest suspicion is still the housekeeper."
I looked at my cousin seriously.
But he didn't have time to pay attention to me now. He was concentrating on looking at the wooden fox on the altar.
The fox's eyes were still glowing green, and there was probably still some evil aura in its body.
That would be troublesome. I might have to perform another ritual to make the evil energy disappear completely.
As long as there is no such evil spirit in the house, we can judge more accurately whether it is man-made.
"It must have been man-made. There's no need to think about it. The main thing is that we must know who it was. Only when we find that person out can this matter be completely resolved."
My cousin looked back at me. This time he was holding a Taoist talisman in his hand, ready to perform a ritual.
Suddenly, I heard the sound of a door opening on the first floor. I listened carefully and found that there were two people coming.
Before we could ask, someone downstairs started shouting.
