Chapter 53: The Ghost Raiser
I don't know the Feng Shui master, Yin Yan found one for me. Mr. Lin has a nickname called Lin Guitou, who is said to be a ghost raiser. Among all Feng Shui masters, he is the most powerful one in this city, and ordinary people cannot hire him. Mr. Lin has a store in Fengtai, which is made of blue bricks and broken tiles, and looks very ghostly.
"I knew Sergeant Lin, so I went to him."
"You can't find him, no matter who you look for. It shows that his relationship is just ordinary, otherwise he wouldn't cheat you like this. This is the location of the ghost eye, the best place to raise ghosts."
I was furious at that time, and Yinyan looked at Li Li in a daze.
"It's okay, let's go find Sergeant Lin. When we get there, don't talk. I'll do it."
We went to the Fengtai Linshi store. He usually stays here and lives here, with the store in front and his home in the back.
When we went in, Sergeant Lin saw Li Li and stood up immediately.
"Sister Li, hahaha, I haven't seen you for many years. I didn't expect you to be alive."
This is a very harsh statement, which shows that they are very familiar with each other.
"Yes, if you don't die, how can I bear to die? I have to burn you!"
Each one is more out of tune than the other.
Li Li sat down.
"I think you should know why I'm here?"
Sergeant Lin glanced at Yinyan and me. In fact, he was stunned when we came in, and it was obvious that he already knew what we were here for.
"I'm so sorry, that ghost eye is so good that I was tempted by it. I haven't found such a good place in all these years. I will only keep it for half a year. After half a year, I will clean it up and ensure that it will protect and benefit future generations."
"That's easy for you to say. Half a year? Not even half a day. Don't be so shameless."
Li Li's expression suddenly changed.
"Okay, I'll do it right away. Li's face-changing style is still as good as it was back then."
It seems that Sergeant Lin is afraid of Li Li. As for why, I think only they know the reason.
They agreed to meet on the mountain at nine o'clock tomorrow.
After we came out, Yinyan and I went back to my house. It was still awkward. The little kid kept causing trouble. At least no one died, so we stayed at home and waited until tomorrow.
However, the next day, when we went there, Sergeant Lin, the man who raised the ghost, did not show up, and Li Li got angry.
We went to Sergeant Lin's shop in Fengtai, but the door was closed. No one answered when we knocked. Sergeant Lin was not there.
"It seems he's hiding. This Lin Guitou is waiting for you. Then he'll make you die miserably."
Li Li was very angry. She couldn't find Sergeant Lin, and it seemed that Li Li was unable to remove the ghost eye acupoint. This made Yin Yan and I a little angry. If we kept going like this, we would be tortured to death by the little ghost sooner or later.
We went to Li Li's house to stay, it would be safer. When Li Li was at home, the little ghost seemed to be much more obedient. This was also a very strange thing. I couldn't figure out why it was like this. Maybe Li Li had some tricks.
"Master, Sergeant Lin seems to be very familiar with you."
"Yes, I'm very familiar with him. He once pursued me, and we were together for three days, just three days."
Oh my god, it turns out he had a girlfriend before.
"Is he afraid of you?"
"Yes, Feng Shui master. People who raise little ghosts are afraid of me. After they die, there's a method for cremation. If you don't follow this method, they won't be able to pass into the other world and will be stuck in one place for a thousand years. That's absolutely uncomfortable. So they're afraid of me. If I don't follow his method when I really cremate them, they'll suffer."
So that's how it is, but Sergeant Lin ran away, so it's no use for him to hide from Li Li.
Sergeant Lin actually came here on his own in the afternoon.
"My old mother in the countryside is sick. I came here after taking care of her. I'm sorry, Xiaoli."
"You were the one who called me Xiaoli. If you call me that again, I'll burn you."
"Master Li, let's go to the mountain together!"
When we went up the mountain again, Sergeant Lin kept shaking his head.
"Alas, the ghost eye will be destroyed if the coffin is moved. What a pity, what a pity. It only happens once in a hundred years. This little ghost only needs to be raised here for half a year. If it is raised in other places, it will hardly become a ghost even if it is raised for ten years."
"How many ghosts have you raised?"
"Just one, and he ran away."
I later learned that it is not easy to raise a full-grown ghost. A full-grown ghost can help you do things, and can even do things for you that you cannot do. Full-grown ghosts do things just like humans, while little ghosts only do small things and trick people, but full-grown ghosts cannot do that at all.
When I learned about this, I broke out in a cold sweat. Why do you raise something else? You just want to raise a ghost for fun. He is simply a psychopath. His second sister is a bastard.
Sergeant Lin said after lighting the fire and burning incense for more than an hour .
"It's okay, don't worry. We've gained quite a lot today. We've actually collected so many little ghosts. This old coffin is a magnet for ghosts. If it weren't for me, it would be really hard to deal with these ghosts pressing on the coffin. You should thank me."
After he finished speaking, he looked at me. Li Li went up and kicked him. Sergeant Lin muttered something and left.
"Just wait, old man. The day I burn you, I'll have you stuck there and make you suffer for a thousand years."
Mr. Lin, a ghost-raiser, does other things under the guise of a Feng Shui master. I don't know whether it is right or wrong for such a person to do such a thing. Ghosts are things from another world, but they can stay in our world. So are there any of us in their world?
Everything is over. Yinyan and I have returned to normal life, but I am always worried. I don't know if my father is like this. If he has to live with this worry all his life, how will he get through this? If this continues, I don't think I will be able to hold on for long and go crazy. If this continues, then I have to consider leaving the crematorium.
Yinyan has always wanted to go to the altar room that is more than one meter high at the foot of Beishan Mountain. Once when I went to the bathroom, I heard two staff members talking about the altar room. They said that the crematorium was an unclean place that attracted ghosts and spirits, so they set up an altar there. The yin energy there was the strongest, and most people would definitely get sick the next day if they went there.
I advised Yinyan not to go there, thinking that it was indeed dirty, but Yinyan said that she always did things that were different from ordinary people because of that place. I don't know why she said that, I can't think of it, maybe she felt something, or something made her remember something, Yinyan didn't tell me.
I think this is a very troublesome matter. Not to mention that you might get sick if you go there, if it causes other problems, it will definitely not be a good thing.
I went to Master Zhou's house. Master Zhou went up the mountain to exercise. Zhang Xiaoxue was cooking at home. When she saw me, she rushed over and jumped on me.
"You're so old, don't act like a child."
"I like you."
Zhang Xiaoxue is now very straightforward. No matter what, Yinyan and I are still dating, so we can't do things like this. Why is it inappropriate? If you don't tell me, I can't guess. It's not like that for now.
After Master Zhou came back, I told her that Yinyan was going to the housing supply office.
"Let her be! She's been a weird girl since she was little."
It is obvious that Master Zhou doesn't like Yinyan. She is also a granddaughter, but she just doesn't like her.
Because I didn't stay for dinner, Zhang Xiaoxue got angry. After Master Zhou said something, she stopped complaining.
I go home, and this cold home is always cold. Ever since my father left, this home has been completely cold. After my mother fled from this home, it seemed even colder. If this can be called a home, then I would rather not have it.
The next day at work, I followed Master Zhao Juan to learn makeup. I had gradually accepted it and adapted to it. Zheng Jun was putting makeup on the deceased on another makeup bed, and Master Zhao was sitting on the side staring at me. Around noon, she stood up, walked to my side, took a look at my makeup and said.
"You're very perceptive, that's great, Zheng Jun. Let's go to the Xilai Hotel for dinner later."
Zheng Jun is pretty and petite. She looked at me and smiled. I thought that smile was a little weird.
After I finished packing, I sat in the office. Zheng Jun came in and waved to me. Zheng Jun and I got in the car and went to the Xilai Hotel. After Yinyan broke her arm, she rested at home.
After entering the private room, I suddenly felt that I understood the painting that I didn't understand a little bit. It seemed a bit like a human face, even the face of a very familiar person. I closed my eyes and opened them again, and it was the same as when I first saw it. I think this may be a psychological effect.
Zheng Jun ordered the dishes without asking me, six dishes.
"Don't be surprised, this is what the master likes to eat."
There was a bottle of white wine there. Zheng Jun poured it and also poured me a glass. She poured herself half a glass. People who work here, regardless of gender, seem to be able to drink white wine. Maybe it has the effect of removing moldy smell. That's what I thought in my heart, but as to whether it is true or not, I don't know.
Zhao Juan came in, sat down, and started to eat. While eating, Zhao Juan asked us to go to a place with her tomorrow, and tomorrow's work would be done by other dressing rooms.
Zhao Juan didn't say where she was going or what she was doing. I wanted to ask, so I glanced at Zheng Jun. I could actually see clearly in Zheng Jun's eyes that I couldn't ask, absolutely. So I didn't ask, but I was nervous. I could actually see clearly in Zheng Jun's eyes, and it was like a look that I had been familiar with for thousands of years, or maybe it was a communication of the mind. My palms were sweating.
The next day, I drove out at five in the morning, leaving the city and heading straight for the old city of Xinbin, where Nurhaci started his army. When we arrived in Xinbin, Zhao Juan asked me to pull over and she made a phone call. After a while, a car came over and honked its horn.
"Follow this car."
I followed Tai into the village, to the westernmost house, and saw the mourning shed from afar. I thought, I thought, this might be a waste of time. I have heard that doing private work, this is the so-called private work, a private job is at least two to three thousand. Of course, this money is not easy to earn, it is a very troublesome thing. We are makeup artists, so we must do makeup.
After entering the yard, he was taken to the lower room by a man. The body was placed on the door panel and covered with a white cloth.
"That's it."
After the man said this, he went out and Zhao Juan closed the door.
"The director asked me to come here. He's a friend of his. I'll take charge in a moment. You see, opportunities like this don't come around often. The makeup artist at the county crematorium can't do it."
When Zhao Juan lifted the white sheet, Zheng Jun and I were shocked. It was too tragic. The whole head was flattened and there was a big crack in the skull. It looked like a cracked ball. Master Zhao usually dealt with such corpses in a dressing room himself, and we couldn't see it. Zheng Jun had been following Zhao Juan for more than a year, but had never seen it. Zhao Juan was very considerate of her apprentice and was afraid that if she saw it, she would be scared, so she had to do it step by step.
Zheng Jun's hand unconsciously pulled mine.
"Let go. Men and women can't hold hands here."
Zhao Juan was very serious, and her kindness suddenly disappeared.
