First Chapter 10: Broken financial path
This house is not a residential house. Strictly speaking, it is a warehouse converted from a former state-owned canteen. But because of the good location and the fact that it is in a big city in the central region, Qin Yiheng and I both think it can be converted into a car wash, so it has great potential.
No one had died in the house in the early days, but a canteen manager suddenly skipped work and took away the little money in the safe. There was no news since then, and no one saw him alive or dead. It was not until a month later that the manager appeared in Tianjin, took the initiative to walk towards the oncoming train, and committed suicide. When he died, he was penniless, had no personal belongings, and even had no ID card. His family said that there was no sign before he left, he just told his young daughter at the time that he was going out to buy vegetables, and did not take any luggage or clothes. After the state-owned enterprise was restructured, the canteen was converted into a warehouse and rented to a small steel rolling mill.
After that, things were quiet for many years until a similar incident happened again in the steel mill in recent years. A worker who had just joined the mill sold some of the steel in the evening and fled the next day. But the surprising thing is that this worker also died in Tianjin and committed suicide in the same way as the previous manager!
Because the story of the administrator was widely spread in the city, when the worker died, people brought up the past and easily linked the two things together. After that, the steel mill started to lose money for some reason and closed down soon. After that, a car wash was opened here, but it still lost money. Many people said that this warehouse was evil, and no one was willing to rent it anymore.
There are many reasons why a shop loses money, including poor management, squeezed by commercial competition, and even factors related to Feng Shui metaphysics. Anyway, there are many reasons. If a shop loses money, the probability of it being caused by dirty things is very small. First of all, dirty things rarely cause wealth, because money has no direct interest to them. Of course, this does not rule out some deceased misers. I heard a rumor a long time ago that a miser was very stingy and didn't give a penny. Suddenly one day he had a heart attack and died. His children wanted to divide the family property, but they couldn't find the passbook he was supposed to have. The family searched for a long time but couldn't find it. Of course, this does not rule out that the old man had hidden the passbook before his death. But the strange thing is that when the children burned a lot of gold, silver and treasures for the old man, they kept saying: "He can't spend the money in the world of the living, so it's better to leave it to his children so that they can exchange it for some money in the afterlife." As a result, after saying this, when he went to look for the passbook, he found it easily. This rumor was spread to my ears by word of mouth, and I don't know if it has been exaggerated, but I believe it is true. But this house obviously has nothing to do with the miser, so everything can only be determined by going there in person."
Qin Yiheng and I made some simple preparations and set off. We talked along the way and both felt that this house would not be difficult to deal with. Because nothing particularly strange had happened in the house, although two people who had worked there had died, they did not die inside, so this house could not be called a haunted house.
And the reason why no one is interested now is that people who rent this house to do business will lose money. There are too many reasons for losing money, and at best it is related to Feng Shui. Qin Yiheng and I discussed that maybe we can buy this house, use some method to get married, and then find a boss who doesn't believe in superstition to rent it, and at least make a profit in the middle.
It was morning when we arrived at the place. We went to meet the owner of the house directly after getting off the plane. After a brief negotiation, the owner quoted a price before showing us the house. I didn't expect him to quote such a high price, so I was a little hesitant.
Qin Yiheng wanted to see the house first before making any plans, so the group went straight to see the house. This house is not small, with a total area of nearly 500 square meters, but there is nothing inside, and it looks very empty when you walk in. I followed Qin Yiheng around in a serious manner, and he nodded at me, meaning that the place is quite clean.
Actually, after so many experiences, I have a little feeling about it. Usually, when you enter a house with problems, you will feel very depressed, and you can't tell where you are uncomfortable. This house does not have such a feeling. Although I am very interested in this house now, I can only pretend to think silently in order to lower the price.
The owner was a man in his forties. He wasn't in a hurry and didn't want to lower the price. I told him to go back and think about it and we'd get back to him later. We didn't make excuses this time because we really had to think about it and at least we had to exchange opinions.
Back at the hotel, Qin Yiheng used a calculator to do some calculations. According to the local house prices at the time, we could still make a lot of money by buying the house at the price offered by the owner, but we had to first figure out why the house was losing money. He said, "From the perspective of Feng Shui, there is nothing wrong with the environment outside. Besides, the house is completely transparent, without even partitions such as tables and chairs. There is no Feng Shui problem. So, it is obvious that the reason why the house is losing money for business is mostly due to management problems. However, after summarizing the lessons learned in the past, I think we should not make a hasty decision. We should continue to wait and see. I am afraid that there are some problems that have not been discovered yet."
Then we discussed the two people who took the money from their company and ran away, and finally chose to commit suicide by hitting the train. I was very worried, because I felt that although the two people died a long time apart, it might not be such a coincidence. Qin Yiheng was very optimistic, saying that there are too many things in the world that end up in the same place. However, my worries were not unnecessary, because it is very likely that there is some connection between the two people. But if you think about it carefully, the age difference between the two people is not that big, so it is impossible to infer that the second worker who died was the reincarnation of the first person who died.
The price this time was indeed much higher than we expected, so we were still a little hesitant. After discussing for a long time, we still couldn't come up with a mature suggestion. Qin Yiheng said, "Let's wait a few more days and observe more. Maybe we can find something."
After staying there for a few days, we would go to the house every morning and evening, and most of the time we would just observe from the outside. After a few visits, we still felt that there was no resentment inside, and the house should be safe.
However, just when we were ready to make up our minds to buy the house, we actually discovered something strange about it. It was a coincidence that one night, we went to check outside the house as usual, and it happened to be the day to burn winter clothes for the deceased, and many people were burning paper money and gold ingots at the crossroads. Qin Yiheng took a breath when he saw it, patted me on the shoulder and said, it seems that we were right to wait for these few days, this house is indeed a little strange.
I was very confused when I heard this, but I could guess that he meant that this house was related to those people who burned winter clothes.
I asked him, what did you see?
Qin Yiheng thought for a moment and said, "I can't say for sure, but I found that all the paper money that was burned was sent to this house."
I was also shocked when I heard this. So, there is someone in this house who is robbing ghosts for money?
Qin Yiheng also said that this was very strange, but he couldn't explain it, unless we went in and took a look. After he said that, I backed off. Frankly speaking, although my previous experience made me less timid, I still have an instinctive fear of going to a house in the middle of the night to wait for ghosts.
Fortunately, he did not insist on going in, but just said that at least we could not buy this house now. Before leaving, Qin Yiheng also went to buy some paper money and burned it on the roadside, explaining to me: "This is for the lonely ghosts who have no one to send money to, and asked me not to get involved. This thing is not something that anyone can burn."
I could only watch from and think about what he just said. According to his analysis, all the Yin and Yang money would be collected by this house. Could this be the reason why I lose money doing business here? Is there really some dirty thing in there that loves money so much that it won't let go of the money from both the Yin and Yang worlds? However, no one can explain it now.
So we went back to the hotel and discussed it again. Qin Yiheng analyzed, "Because when we went in to look, it was not the day to burn paper money or worship, so maybe the things inside will only come out on these specific days. In this case, it is necessary to go to the house again the next day to take a look."
I agree with what he said. Anyway, we will go during the day and at least we will feel comforted and don't need to be so nervous.
The next morning, we pretended to be interested in the house and asked the owner to show us the house. When I opened the door, I thought I could feel something this time, but the house was still normal, with sunlight shining through the windows. It didn't look like a house with problems.
Qin Yiheng went around the place again, this time he was very careful, but still found nothing. We had no choice but to pretend to go back to raise money, deal with the property owner briefly, and then go back to the hotel.
This time we were both completely confused. No one expected that the lack of evil in the house would become an obstacle. After thinking it over again and again, Qin Yiheng said, "There is actually another way. We can also buy some paper money and burn it at the intersection at night. This time we will burn it for our deceased relatives and see what will happen then."
After listening to his suggestion, I thought it was a solution, but I was also worried. What if any problems arise and the two of us can't handle it?
He comforted me and said, "It depends on the situation. Even if there is something, it is for wealth and will not necessarily hurt people."
I felt relieved after hearing what he said. I thought it would be a good opportunity to pay respect to my deceased grandfather. Usually, my family would go to burn the incense at the time of worship, so I rarely have time to go in person. This time, I also came to show my filial piety.
In the afternoon, we went to buy a lot of paper money and gold ingots. Then Qin Yiheng decided to buy a handful of wolfberries and asked me to swallow them in one gulp, saying that it could strengthen my yang and prevent me from accidentally attracting some poor little ghosts.
At night, we went to the street where the house was. At the crossroads, Qin Yiheng drew a circle with an opening on the ground with chalk, then piled paper money in the circle, lit it on fire, and asked me to pick it up with a stick, while he told me to repeat "I'm sending money to grandpa, please check it carefully" and so on.
The wind was quite strong that night, and a lot of paper ashes were blown up and splashed all over my face. I could only endure it and continue to burn all the paper money. Qin Yiheng was staring at me without saying a word. When all the paper money was burned, I saw him still frowning at the paper ashes.
I asked him what he found.
He told me that this was not what we expected.
The paper money was not stolen, but taken away.
I didn't understand what he said at all. Is there a big difference between robbing and taking? Doesn't it still mean that the money has gone to someone else?
Qin Yiheng explained, "This is definitely different. You can understand it from the literal meaning. If we use a very 'human' way of saying it, it is illegal to rob something, and it is legal to take it away. Do you understand what I mean?"
After he said that, I thought about it and roughly understood what he meant. So according to what he said, I just ran into a little devil who came to collect money?
Qin Yiheng nodded and said, "That's what I mean. But the most important thing now is that the ghost money, including the other ghost money burned at this intersection, has been received in that house. Although we can't see what's in that house now, we can speculate that the house is a post station in the underworld. A post station is a place for resting and changing horses during the transmission of information, documents, letters, etc. in ancient times. In fact, it is similar to the local post office today."
If he guessed correctly, the money was collected from there and then distributed by the ghosts. Then, it is not difficult to understand why doing business in this location will lose money. The so-called money road is actually the Yin Road, which we cannot see or touch. And the Yin Road in this place has been occupied for a long time, so it is bound to block the money road. No matter how you open the Feng Shui layout, unless you really have the ability to reach the sky, as a mortal, it is simply a fantasy to want to use a Feng Shui layout to make the Yin messenger give way to you.
I thought about it. Anyone who has ever burned paper money for the deceased knows that in many places, the custom is to burn a piece of paper with the name of the recipient written on it, or simply burn an envelope . In addition, most people will burn some small coins for the wandering ghosts while burning paper money for their deceased relatives, hoping that they will not take away the money of their relatives.
According to Qin Yiheng, these illegal money were collected and compiled, and then sent out in a unified manner. This sounds very efficient, but none of us has seen it with our own eyes, so we can't tell whether it is true or not.
Now that I heard his explanation, I felt a little discouraged. This means that we should not buy this house, as it is not profitable. Qin Yiheng also expressed helplessness, but there was really nothing we could do about it. We don't have that much ability, and we can't make this money.
The two of them stood by the road and talked for a while, both of them were freezing cold, and then they hurried back to the hotel. On the way back, I was still struggling with the problem of the two people who died earlier. Qin Yiheng said: "Because the people are already dead and died in another city, if you want to know why they died, you can only summon their souls. But such souls, firstly, it is very difficult and time-consuming to summon them; secondly, if you summon them, you are worried that you will get yourself into trouble, so you should not take the risk for such a little curiosity. However, now that he knows the reason for the house, he can also speculate about the two people."
"First, the horoscopes of those two people must be yin, but not necessarily the most yin. Maybe he just had bad luck during that period, like having passed through the crotch of a menstruating woman or something like that."
"Secondly, both of them were indeed very greedy and wanted to steal public property, but somehow by chance they were spotted by the underworld officials. In the end, they were probably ridden as the underworld officials' horses, accompanying them to deliver things to that place. In the end, their souls had almost dispersed and they could not return to the world of the living. Perhaps their life span on earth had come to an end, and they both died on the road to the underworld."
Qin Yiheng continued talking about this topic: "When building many roads, even when laying railway tracks, what rules are followed to select sites? There are factors such as region, topography, policy, and even funding, but it also contains a kind of information, that is, Feng Shui. From the selection of sites for the capitals of ancient China to the opening of large and small roads, they are all summarized through deductions, calculations, and calculations. Therefore, we can still find a phenomenon that any city where the ancient dynasties built their capitals never suffered large-scale natural disasters, and the same is true for roads. These so-called metaphysics seem mysterious and incomprehensible, but it is undeniable that they contain too much content that we cannot understand."
"Every road, especially the ancient roads, was built according to these principles. Roads are not only walked by people, so the two people who died on the railway track actually died on the Yin Road."
