First Chapter 18: Nine Sons Suppress the True Dragon
This sentence almost made me jump out of bed. Let's not talk about whether you can demolish such a huge house. If we start the work without Liuzhi's permission, we will lose a lot of money if we are sued. I quickly put on my clothes and chased him out. Fortunately, Qin Yiheng didn't walk very fast. I finally stopped him on the roadside after running and stumbling. I wanted to persuade him to calm down, but nothing I said worked. Finally, I had to get in a taxi with him. We first hired seven or eight workers next to the decoration market, and then hired a van. The two cars drove back to the house at lightning speed.
After a night, I stood in front of this yard again. Even if the sun was strong, I was still depressed. Qin Yiheng directed the workers to knock and hammer in the yard. I didn't know what they were busy with. I walked to the side of the house and tried to knock on the wall with my hand. This house must have been built with a lot of money. There is no way it was a shoddy project. So even if they used all their strength, I don't think they could break a wall, let alone dig the whole house three feet underground. Thinking of this, I felt relieved and found a place with comfortable sunshine to smoke.
When I was almost done smoking, I suddenly heard a worker inside shout, "Boss, we dug it up." I immediately became curious. Could it be that Qin Yiheng had gone to great lengths to come back because he figured out what treasure was buried under this house yesterday?"
I leaned over to take a look and found that what I had dug out looked like a stone statue, but most of the statue was still in the soil, and I couldn't tell what it was carved out of. Qin Yiheng directed several workers to work together to dig out the statue and put it in the yard.
I then walked closer to take a look. The stone statue was not very big, only about half a meter. The quality of the stone was quite good, and it seemed that it should not be very old. However, I could not tell what it was carved from.
If you look at the head alone, it does look a bit like a dragon, but the body is hunched over like a pug, which is a bit ridiculous and has no artistic beauty. However, lack of beauty does not mean it is worthless. I thought to myself: "If this is an antique, such a well-preserved and bizarre thing, it will definitely fetch a high price if it is put on the auction market."
While I was thinking, several workers brought over a statue. The statue was covered with a lot of dirt and looked gray. I took off my coat and brushed off the dirt on the statue, and then I could see its full appearance.
Compared with the first statue, this one is even worse in terms of design. The dragon's body is replaced with a big fish with an upturned tail. This reminds me of the famous Merlion statue in Singapore. In short, it looks weird.
After seeing two statues in a row, I became more confused. I turned to look at Qin Yiheng, who was still directing the workers to continue digging something in the yard. The whole yard had been completely destroyed by them.
I asked Qin Yiheng what these two things were. He didn't answer, but just told me that I would know when they were all dug out.
Judging from his tone, there seemed to be more than one or two, and my curiosity was completely aroused. Anyway, I didn't need to help, so I had some free time and just supervised from the side.
After the first two statues were dug out, the subsequent excavation seemed to be much smoother. I watched the statues being dug out one after another. The land in the yard had been cultivated to the point where crops could be planted directly. At first, I was interested in carefully examining the statues, but after looking at a few, I became less and less interested and simply went back to the car to close my eyes and rest. After about an hour, when I returned to the yard, the statues had been almost dug out, and several workers were working together to move the last one out.
After the last statue was erected, Qin Yiheng stood in front of the statues in a row and remained silent for a long time. I stood by and watched for a long time, thinking that he was preparing to explain the origins of these statues to me, but he didn't turn around for a long time. I went over and patted him, and he slowly turned his head to look at me, his expression was as serious as the statue.
I never thought his face could be so stiff. I had been basking in the sun and had adjusted my mentality to be quite relaxed, but now my heartbeat started speeding up instantly. Even in the hot sun, I felt cold all over.
The shock Qin Yiheng brought to me by what he told me could not be described in words. I always thought that I had been doing this business with him for so long that I had already understood some things about the art of the alchemy, but in fact, I was too narrow-minded. I never thought that there were so many incredible ways in the world to help humans achieve such sinister goals.
Qin Yiheng stood in the sun, first brushing his hand over the nine statues one by one, then he stopped in front of the last statue that was dug out and asked me, do you know what this is?
I shook my head.
The workers nearby didn't seem to be interested in these statues, but we hadn't paid them yet, so they had to stand aside. When they saw me shaking my head, they also shook their heads.
This is a Pixiu, Qin Yiheng looked at me and said.
Pixiu is a thing that brings wealth and wards off evil spirits. It is usually placed on the desk, and many scholars also choose to use it as a paperweight. If a single Pixiu is placed here, it must have the function of guarding the house and bringing in wealth, but here there are nine...
Qin Yiheng pointed at the other eight in turn and said, they are Bixi, Chiwen, Bi'an, Pulao, Taotie, Yazi, Suanni and Jiaotu.
As the saying goes, a dragon gives birth to nine sons, each of them is different. These nine are the so-called nine sons, and they usually don't gather together. In buildings or life, they will be scattered and placed in different places and positions. However, there are nine sons buried under this building, and they are gathered together, and the distance between them is also the same. This is by no means accidental, but someone deliberately buried them here. I boldly assume that the person who buried these things in the yard is the one who killed the young man in this house before, and he did this for only one purpose. Qin Yiheng paused, as if he was hesitating whether to say it.
He did this for only one purpose, which was to use the nine sons to suppress the real dragon. The young man who died in this house before must be the so-called reincarnation of the real dragon, destined to become the emperor. And he was killed and dismembered in this house, letting his soul disperse, and using such vicious means to suppress his soul and prevent him from reincarnating. The purpose and method are really chilling, and the most important thing is... Qin Yiheng's tone suddenly became heavy.
We have fallen into a trap this time. Someone designed this formation for us to break. Now, I don't know what the consequences will be after the formation is broken. I guess we have been trapped since the moment the six-fingered man contacted us.
After Qin Yiheng finished speaking, he subconsciously wanted to take out a cigarette from his pocket. I quickly threw my cigarette to him. He lit it and took a deep puff. I also wanted to take out a cigarette, but found that my hands were shaking uncontrollably. I tried to take a deep breath, because only in this way could I relax myself. I looked at Qin Yiheng, and he seemed to be trying to stabilize his emotions. The whole scene was like the moment before the decisive battle in an American movie.
I saw that the workers next to me were also dumbfounded. I didn't know whether they really understood what Qin Yiheng said or were completely stunned by our abnormal momentum. I patted my face. Maybe we made things complicated. Maybe after this formation was broken, it was just that the real dragon could reincarnate, and it had nothing to do with us. But after thinking about it carefully, I felt that it was not right. If so, then why did Liuzhi lead us to break this formation? Couldn't he break it himself? I looked around the yard. Nothing happened when the workers were digging the statue. So this formation didn't require special magic to break it. Just find a few young and strong workers carrying shovels, and it would be done anyway.
I sorted out my thoughts and wanted to analyze the context of the matter. First of all, I had to figure out one question: who put my birth date and time under the statue of Zhong Kui, and how did he get it?
Recalling the details of that night, this should be a trick to divert attention, in order to divert Qin Yiheng and me, and then push down the Zhong Kui statue in the chaos, so that we can find the coffin board underneath. Then, the other party must know us very well, because they dare to conclude that Qin Yiheng will turn the whole yard upside down because of the coffin board, so as to break the Nine Sons Zhenzhen True Dragon Formation in the yard. However, I have no idea what we will face afterwards. However, the more I think about it, the more I am sure that the six-fingered man is in the same group as the man that night, and he is even one of the participants.
I told Qin Yiheng my analysis, and he agreed. But everything is still unclear, so we can only take it one step at a time. Qin Yiheng sent the workers away and paced around the yard for a few more steps, but he still didn't seem to have any clues, so the two of us had to return to the hotel first.
After returning to the hotel, Qin Yiheng and I took turns calling Liuzhi countless times, but the phone was still turned off. We even called Yuan Zhen, but Yuan Zhen also had Liuzhi's phone number which was unreachable.
I was very nervous, but strangely, from that night until we decided to leave, everything was calm and nothing strange happened. I think even Qin Yiheng had not expected this. A few days ago, his expression was still gloomy. After a few days, he saw that there was no strange phenomenon, and he used the water bowl method to test that there was no evil around us, and he was relieved.
Although those questions were not answered, life still had to go on as usual. Occasionally, I would still feel a little uneasy, as if we had embarked on a path designed by someone. I don’t know if it was because I was scared, but after returning home, although I didn’t get sick, I felt much weaker. I turned off my phone and rested at home for several days. During this period, I thought about a lot of things. To be honest, I thought about it seriously for a long time. Can I continue in this business? On the one hand, I feel that my current income and small business are on the right track, and I am not short of money; but on the other hand, I feel that the previous days were not so terrible, and it seems that all this money was earned very easily in hindsight.
Thinking back to that house, to be honest, I was a little reluctant to give it up. It seems that the saying that those who want to take advantage will fall into the trap is absolutely true. After experiencing such an incredible thing, I actually regretted not taking down this house. Later, I carefully recalled the black shadow I saw that night, and my memory was more vague than what I saw at the time. I think it might be because I went to the temple that night, and the yin energy was too heavy, so it might be that I saw a lonely ghost.
During my recuperation period, Qin Yiheng came to see me several times, and we basically talked about his new ideas about the matter. To sum up, even I think few of his ideas are reliable, so there is no need to elaborate here. But there is one thing he said that impressed me, but I can't verify its authenticity. He told me that the soul of a person can also be cut off, which is why the young man was dismembered. This is also well documented in the scientific community, but today's science cannot come up with a reasonable explanation. I have seen some related reports on TV. Many amputees will suddenly feel a strong pain in the amputated limbs at a certain time. This pain is sometimes continuous and sometimes intermittent. However, the leg or hand they feel the pain in is no longer there. The current medical means cannot relieve the pain, so they can only use painkiller injections to relieve it.
What’s most outrageous is that many patients not only feel pain, but also other sensations (such as feeling cold, hot, itchy, etc.). What’s most amazing is that there are some very strange examples.
Most amputated limbs should be incinerated, but some hospitals will save money by discarding limbs as medical waste. There was a patient who often felt that the leg that was obviously amputated was frozen to the point of being unbearable repeated strong requests, he actually found his severed limb in the trash can, which had been frozen stiff. Qin Yiheng said that this makes sense in metaphysics. It is not difficult for us to find in many movies and TV dramas or rumors that many people who were disabled when they were alive, or who were disabled when they died, still have disabled souls after death. This is because the soul of the corresponding part of the body has been separated from the body. It seems a bit cumbersome to say this. To use a simpler analogy, it is like a bubble being split.
