Chapter 29: Ghost Talisman Sisters
I found a mysterious letter in the old blind man's cabinet, which helped me solve the secret that had been hidden for twenty years. I was not picked up by him, but stolen. Where did I steal it from? Who are my parents? I am afraid no one can tell me the answer, because the old blind man is dead, and this secret will disappear with him forever.
But I still didn't give up. The owner of this letter must know something. If I can find him, maybe I can get some clues. I was very happy to get the "huge sum" of 60,000 yuan, but after reading this letter, my mood plummeted. I put the letter in the cabinet in a state of annoyance, took the sesame paste out, mixed it with hot water, and fed it to Lin Yuxi. The girl was confused and vomited some after eating a few mouthfuls, so I had to stop feeding her.
I covered her with the tattered quilt I used to sleep with, and then sat on the ground in a daze, my mind full of the mystery of my life experience. Suddenly I thought of this old man Chen. If he was really the murderer, he must have wanted the treasure in the ancient tomb. From the story of the ancient tomb he told, it can be confirmed that he moved to this mountain village in his early years, and he definitely came here for a purpose. Since he has set his eyes on this ancient tomb, of course he knows everything about the old blind man, and maybe he knows my life experience.
Thinking of this, it was as if I saw a ray of hope before dawn, and I decided to go to Uncle Chen's house tonight.
After a while, I looked down and saw the book I brought out from the ancient tomb, so I picked it up and read it. The weather in late autumn was cool in the morning and evening, but the temperature during the day was not low. In addition, the book was right under the windowsill and was exposed to the sun for half a day, so it was basically half dry. The words on the book were a little blurred by water, but it must have been waterproofed, and the blurred words were still barely recognizable.
There was nothing on the cover , and I thought it was the same as the Ghost Talisman Sutra, but I couldn't figure out anything after looking at it for a long time. I opened the cover and found the general outline on the first page, which was written in difficult classical Chinese. I read it several times and guessed it before I understood the general idea. This means that this is the sister book of the Ghost Talisman Sutra, and it mainly involves things other than spells and talismans, such as feng shui and divination, which are not in the Ghost Talisman Sutra.
The Ghost Talisman Sutra mainly deals with drawing and using talismans, and does not explain many Taoist methods of exorcising demons in detail. This sister volume is a supplement to it, and it covers almost all Taoist magic, including the essence of the five Taoist branches of Maoshan, Sutu, Zhongge, Mayi, and Quanzhen. After reading it for a while, many of the parts of the Ghost Talisman Sutra that I didn't understand before were solved. This is a good thing, but I don't have the heart to read it carefully now, so I put it in the cabinet in the inner room and save it for later study.
I just flipped through the supplementary book and found a very detailed method for removing corpse poison. The Ghost Talisman Sutra lacks several steps. It is too slow to remove the poison from the wound alone. Even if you take glutinous rice juice and talisman water internally, the effect is minimal. Pierce holes in the palms and soles of your hands and feet, then apply glutinous rice externally, and then prick a hole in your chest to force the corpse poison to dissipate. There are more channels for dispersing the poison, and the speed will be greatly accelerated. The corpse poison can be completely removed in three days at most.
I hurriedly found a few more acupuncture needles in the drawer. The old blind man often used acupuncture to treat his cold legs, so there was no shortage of these things at home. I used the needles to pierce small holes in Lin Yuxi's palms and soles, applied glutinous rice, and then pierced the Danzhong point on the chest as described in the book.
Looking at her plump and attractive breasts, my hands inevitably touched them. If I said that I didn't have any reaction in my heart, I would be lying. I endured the excitement in my heart, inserted the needle, and quickly turned my head to the side. But sitting in front of the window, I couldn't help but always look back at the exciting scene.
I sat there in a daze until dark, and when I went to replace her rice with fresh glutinous rice, I found that the original rice had turned black. She looked much better now, and it seemed that my method was right. After waiting for a while, when it was late at night, I put on a coat, put on my shoes, took a flashlight, climbed over the wall, and went down the mountain.
Uncle Chen lives in the south of the village, not far from our home. We arrived outside his door in a short while. He is also an old bachelor. I used to think it was normal that the village was poor and he couldn't get married. But now I think there is something wrong. No matter how poor a person is, he will find a woman to live with. But he is just like the old blind man. He never takes the initiative in getting married and has the idea of being a bachelor for life.
The wall of his house was low enough, so I climbed in without any difficulty. The yard and the house were dark, and there was a weird atmosphere. Knowing that he was not an ordinary person and might be a murderer, I couldn't help but feel nervous. For safety reasons, I took off my shoes and slid barefoot to the wall of the main hall so as not to make any noise. His house was very run-down, and there was no glass on the windows. They still used the old window paper, but it was also tattered and full of holes.
After listening for a while and hearing no movement, I bravely walked to the door, gently pushed open the broken door, and turned on the flashlight to avoid suddenly encountering a dead body like this morning. My courage has been severely damaged and has not yet fully recovered. There was no one in the house. He only had these two broken earth houses. The furniture was also very shabby. There was nothing except a table and a bed made of wooden boards. The bedding on the bed was folded neatly, but there was no sign of a person.
Uncle Chen usually goes to bed early. There is no one at home at this time, so it goes without saying that he has left. It can be basically concluded that the murderer who killed the old blind man and Lei Xueting is him!
Where on earth did he come from? Why did he hide in our "Longjia Village" for decades and suffer for the things in the ancient tomb? And the letter had already reminded the old blind man that this man was not a good person. Why didn't the old blind man take precautions and risked his life to get the things, but he snatched them away?
With all kinds of questions, I returned home. But when I climbed over the wall and found that the light was on in the house, I immediately got goose bumps on my back!
Could it be that when I went to find Uncle Chen, he also came to find me? Lin Yuxi was still in a coma, so I must not let him kill me. Thinking of this, I rushed into the house regardless of everything and found that the oil lamp was lit on the square table, and the old blind man's bed was empty. Lin Yuxi was gone!
I rushed into my bedroom and found the sundries piled under the bed untouched. I ran to the inner room opposite and found the money and things in the cabinet were all there. Nothing was missing. I was wondering if Lin Yuxi had gotten up and turned on the light by herself, and then...
Suddenly, he thought of Xiaoqing. Did this damn ghost come and kidnap Lin Yuxi? Thinking of this, he was sweating all over and ran out of the house and shouted, "Xiaoqing, I know you are still here. Please let Xiaoxi go. I will do whatever you want!"
