Chapter 16: Separated by Yin and Yang, no need to entangle
"Get out!" Wang Jingzhe raised his head and shouted angrily at the roof of the car, and the little ghost ran away in a flash.
Wang Qing and Zhu Jiang stared at him in amazement and asked, "Why is there still this thing?"
"You're lucky. You ran into a newly dead female ghost. It's only been two or three years since she died, so her hostility isn't too great. If you had run into an old ghost like the one just now, you might not have had a chance to block me at the subway entrance." Wang Jingzhe explained, "The subway lines in Beijing are not in the right places. The history here is too long and the subway is dug very deep. I don't know how many old and ancient tombs were disturbed in the past. God knows how much information will be dug out. The last train stops at midnight, which is the time when ghosts are most active. There are too many dirty things in this train. Be more careful when you take the train next time."
Wang Qing asked fearfully, "If someone like me accidentally took the last subway, he would have run into a ghost, right?"
"Not necessarily. If it were someone else, they might not be able to run into it."
"Why?" Wang Qing asked a little confused.
Wang Jingzhe squinted his eyes and said, "You may have the temperament of Zhong's debut and then the curtain falls, so it is easier to run into ghosts."
Wang Qing's face suddenly fell, and he said speechlessly: "Can you please talk nicely?"
"It really depends on the person. Some people may have clearly brushed shoulders with ghosts, but these wandering ghosts may not necessarily pay attention to them. Some people are like you, who caught the last train and were haunted. Let me tell you, if a person has a strong yang energy, he may be immune to all evil. For example, those who are upright and have strong thoughts, or policemen or soldiers, ghosts will avoid such people." Wang Jingzhe tapped Wang Qing's chest and said, "For people like you, who often stay up late or masturbate too much and are weak, and have some evil intentions, who else can they find if not you?"
Wang Qing 's face turned red, and he said in a wry way: "Don't talk nonsense, who masturbated too much?"
"Haha, your hands are already covered with calluses, isn't that enough?"
"No way, the frequency isn't that high." Wang Qing subconsciously stretched out his right hand and took a look. His palm was quite smooth and it wasn't as exaggerated as he said.
Wang Jingzhe turned around and asked Zhu Jiang, who was still a little dazed, "You have to think carefully. If you get married in this ghost marriage, it may have a great impact on you."
Zhu Jiang thought for a moment, gritted his teeth and said, "As long as I can feel less guilty, it's fine. I want to free myself completely..."
After the three people came out of the subway station, they went straight back to Zhu Jiang's home. Wang Jingzhe told Wang Qing not to follow them in and to wait outside the door.
"Why? I also want to see what a ghost marriage is." Wang Qing said unhappily.
"If you think you're going to get seriously ill and be unable to get out of bed in the next few days, then come in with me. I won't stop you. I'm telling you in advance that the negative energy in there is quite heavy. If you inhale even a little bit of it, you'll have bad luck for the next few months."
Wang Qing was so scared that he took a few steps back and said, "Please wish them a long and happy life together for me. I'm not going in."
The door closed with a bang. Ten minutes later, all the windows in Zhu Jiang's house were covered tightly, and no light came in. The room was so dark that one could not see one's hand. Only after two red candles were placed in the middle of the wall in the living room and lit, a little light came out.
Wang Jingzhe put the talisman paper on the table, and Yuan Xiaoyue's wronged soul jumped out from it. He picked up a red cloth and covered the other's head with it.
"Write your birth dates on the piece of talisman paper on the table..."
The custom of ghost marriage is still preserved in many places. To be honest, this is quite immoral. It has no effect on the dead but it will shorten the life of the living. When an unmarried young person dies early, the family members will usually find a spouse for him or her. Some even do not bury the body after death, just to have a ghost marriage, otherwise they are afraid that the single deceased will disturb the living in the family.
In modern society, this situation may be rare or not so exaggerated. About a hundred years ago, some wealthy families might directly kill people and match them up for ghost marriages, or simply nail living people in coffins and bury them with the dead, which was indeed a bit unethical.
"The reason you're still haunted is simply because you feel that he cheated you back then. Now he is willing to have a ghost marriage with you. So I have to advise you that after the ghost marriage is over, you must go to the underworld and surrender yourself. Don't stay in the world of the living and be a nuisance. If you insist on not leaving, don't blame me for sending you down personally. By then, I won't be so good-tempered. I really won't indulge you," Wang Jingzhe frowned and warned.
Yuan Xiaoyue's voice floated faintly from under the red veil: "Sorry for the trouble, sir. I know."
"Bow to heaven and earth!" Wang Jingzhe said after glancing at Zhu Jiang who didn't react.
Zhu Jiang and Yuan Xiaoyue stood side by side. They turned around and bowed face to face. As they bowed, the flames of the two brightly burning candles on the table suddenly became smaller and flickered as if they were about to go out.
“Bow to your parents…” Wang Jingzhe said, “Just bow towards the direction of your home.”
After the two of them bowed down, the candle on the table was about to go out, with only a tiny flame barely lingering.
Wang Jingzhe picked up the talisman paper with his fingers and handed it to the candle. The talisman paper caught fire with a "puff" and turned into a handful of ash that fell down.
"Husband and wife bow to each other!" Wang Jingzhe said calmly: "After this bow, neither of you can turn back. You have officially entered into a ghost marriage."
For a moment, a look of confusion and struggle flashed across Zhu Jiang's face , but it was only a flash and then disappeared. Zhu Jiang looked at Yuan Xiaoyue, who was covered with a red cloth opposite him, and said, "I really wanted to marry you back then, but unfortunately I was forced by my family to break up with you. I didn't expect that I would hurt you because of this...Xiaoyue, today I will give you a wedding to prove that I didn't lie to you back then."
After Zhu Jiang finished speaking, he bent down without hesitation.
"Plop" a tear slid down from the veil and fell to the ground.
Wang Jingzhe looked at Yuan Xiaoyue without urging her. After a while, Yuan Xiaoyue suddenly lifted her veil and said softly, "As long as you haven't lied to me, my death will not be unjust."
When Zhu Jiang looked up again, Yuan Xiaoyue's face had returned to normal. He stretched out his hand tremblingly and wanted to touch her, but Yuan Xiaoyue floated away and turned to Wang Jingzhe and said, "I don't want to get married anymore. It's enough for me to know that he didn't lie to me."
"Okay, have you figured it out?" Wang Jingzhe nodded and asked.
"We are separated by Yin and Yang, so why bother to get entangled..."
