First Chapter 44: So That's What Happened
When I woke up, it was already afternoon. I didn't have time to eat. Qin Yiheng took me to a delicatessen and bought a lot of chicken wings, pork heads and other things. But I didn't take them away. I just asked the boss to put them on the counter. I was very puzzled. What the hell, he had money to burn. When I asked him, he answered confidently and told me that I had fooled those little ghosts all night last night. Who knows, there might be one who was holding a grudge and following me, waiting for revenge. It's better to be prepared. Anyway, it doesn't cost much. What he said made sense, but I felt a little pity when I looked at the cooked food. It's not that I was sorry for the money, but because I was hungry and couldn't eat the food, I felt a little unhappy.
In order to calm the imbalance in my heart, we went to the largest local restaurant in the afternoon. We ate until we could hardly stand up, and then we felt relieved. During the meal, I discussed the matter of this house with Qin Yiheng again, and asked him if the boss was murdered, so his ghost lingered in the house. But he disagreed. As he spoke, he took out the chopsticks from last night from his bag and put them on the table. I saw that the chopsticks had broken into two pieces. He explained: "He had gone out to do an experiment in the morning. The boss's death was indeed strange. Although there were injustices in the murder, it is usually impossible for the soul of such an unjust death to be so rational. Moreover, he has a rough guess now, but we still need to verify it."
It was his usual style to keep people in suspense, so I was too lazy to ask. He spoke with confidence, so I guessed that the truth would be revealed in a while. Sure enough, I was right. After dinner, Qin Yiheng called the boss's wife. However, what he asked surprised me. He actually asked the boss how much he weighed.
I was really confused listening to this. After Qin Yiheng got the answer, he pondered for a while and told me to go. We split into two groups to search all the funeral clothing stores near this house and ask if there was a fat man who ordered special funeral clothing before the boss died. This puzzled me even more, and I quickly asked him if the magic method could also guess a person's body shape? Isn't this too magical?
Qin Yiheng smiled slightly and said that this had nothing to do with magic. He had just seen a two-inch photo of the boss on the relevant business documents hanging on the wall of the house before, and now he just wanted to verify whether his speculation was wrong.
Without further ado, we set off immediately. There are not many funeral clothing stores, and they are relatively concentrated, so it is easy to find them. We said that we split into two groups, but in fact we acted together, just going to different stores to ask. After asking several stores, I didn't expect that he really said it. There was really a funeral clothing store owner who said that it was true. According to this owner, there was a very fat man who came to order funeral clothes, and he wanted them urgently, so he rushed to make them overnight. Originally, these funeral clothes are basically bought by family members after the death of the person. Even if they are prepared before death, they are old people who have one foot in the coffin. He has never seen such a person in his prime come to order funeral clothes for himself. In addition, the physical characteristics of this person are so obvious, so he was also extremely impressed.
The result was exactly as Qin Yiheng had guessed. He immediately asked me to ask the boss lady out. The three of us met in a cafe. I guess the boss lady was also worried about this matter, so she came all the way.
Qin Yiheng didn't waste any time and went straight to the point by telling the landlady his analysis. He said that although he was only speculating, he could roughly restore the situation.
First of all, it is well known that the former boss of the dog meat restaurant died before it opened. It is unknown how the boss died, but the place where he died is very problematic. There is a rumor among the people that hanged ghosts and water ghosts cannot be reincarnated after death, and must stay in the same place to find a replacement. There is no such rumor about other death methods, and this is also based on facts, because when a hanged ghost dies, his feet are suspended off the ground, and he loses the earth's energy. After the yang energy is gone, he still cannot enter the underworld. The water ghost is roughly similar, because water itself is an extremely yin thing. Once the soul escapes into it, it is difficult to escape, and it must find another person who died in the same place to fill the gap.
After Qin Yiheng finished speaking, he paused for a moment, giving us time to understand. The lady boss was not stupid. After thinking for a while, she asked if her husband was dragged away by the boss who died in the water before to be a substitute?
Qin Yiheng nodded and said, "It should be like this, but not completely, because according to the city planning, the previous river has been filled up, so the water ghost boss has no way to drag people into the water, and the reason why his man died is definitely related to the water ghost, but to put it bluntly, it is the boss who is seeking death. The owner of the dog meat restaurant did not believe in ghosts before, but then he suddenly changed the store to open day and night. We all thought he was trying to do it, but it was obviously problematic. This change was really absurd, so I'm afraid that after the river was filled up, the water ghost had already entered the store, and his family knew this. The reason why they transferred the store to you at a very cheap price was to find a substitute for the water ghost boss."
After you moved in, the water ghost had probably wanted to attack the boss for a long time. Unfortunately, he was out of the water, so he lost his ability to harm people. Besides, the dog meat restaurant often slaughtered dogs, and the hostility was very strong. It was even difficult for him to get close to the boss. So, he cleverly used another method, which was to find a way to prove to the boss that ghosts and gods really exist, so that the boss would step into the trap he designed step by step. We can't explore how he bewitched the boss now, but it should be related to how to prosper the business.
In fact, the boss did exactly what he said. The best proof is that he worked day and night, and his business gradually improved. As expected, the boss believed the water ghost's words more and more. Seeing that the time was right, the water ghost made up a more tempting lie, instigating the boss to put on the shroud in the dead of night, and then take it off and burn it before dawn. Moreover, it was afraid that the pockets of the shroud might contain the boss's hair or nails, which was a taboo in the art of magic. Since ancient times, my country has had the tradition of using clothes to bury the body when the body is lost. According to the old logic, the owner's clothes should also be burned with the burial. In terms of magic, it is to disperse the last bit of Yang left in the world by the deceased, so that he can be reincarnated peacefully. And the shroud itself is for the dead. The boss wore it for half a night, and burned it before dawn when it was extremely gloomy. It was certain that his Yang was taken away. In addition, the pockets of the shroud contained his hair or nails, which was equivalent to handing over his life. The hair and skin of the body are given by parents, so we dare not damage them. This is not only about filial piety, but also about avoiding being accidentally plotted against by people who know magic. The ancients would not cut their hair or shave easily. Even if they did, they would carefully keep the cut hair and hide it in a secret place, fearing that it would be taken by people with bad intentions and cause disaster. Therefore, the boss completely fell into the trap of the water ghost, risked his life, and lost his life.
To be honest, Qin Yiheng's reasoning was indeed very interesting, but the boss's wife cried when she heard it. I could only hand her a tissue, but I couldn't say anything to comfort her. Qin Yiheng lit a cigarette and told the boss's wife that now that things had come to this, crying would not solve the problem, so it would be better to find someone to perform a ritual as soon as possible to help her husband pass away. If she still wants to sell this house, we will buy it at the price we agreed on before.
The lady boss hesitated for a long time, but shook her head and said that she was reluctant to sell the house now, and hoped to compensate us a little money, as a thank you for helping her find out the truth of the matter. I originally thought that I didn't want to take the money. It was a small profit, so I might as well take advantage of it . However, I thought about it again and felt that it was a bit of a loss. After all, the matter was so simple that there was only a ritual left. We couldn't suffer in vain, so I agreed to take the money. The lady boss immediately went to the ATM to transfer money to me. The money was not much, 50,000 yuan, but at least it was better than coming here for nothing.
After receiving the money, Qin Yiheng told the lady boss that if she was not going to perform a ritual, she should not take a bath or move into the bathtub. Then we prepared to return overnight.
On the way back, I asked Qin Yiheng what the last sentence he told the boss lady meant. He explained that it was very simple. The boss was killed in the store by a water ghost, and he must continue to look for a replacement. He was also kind enough to remind the boss lady of the taboo, but whether the boss lady would listen or not would depend on her luck. After saying that, he sighed, and I wondered if he also felt that this trip was a loss. However, since things have come to this point, there is no need to be depressed, so I simply closed my eyes and took a nap.
It was almost midnight when I got home. I washed up and prepared to go to bed, but I didn't expect Qin Yiheng to call me unexpectedly. I was quite puzzled, thinking that he was very unusual today and knew that he had arrived home to report safety to me. Unexpectedly, his voice on the phone was very anxious, as if he had encountered a big situation. He asked me to rush to his house immediately and said that he had something very important to show me. I asked him on the phone, but he said a few words that he couldn't explain clearly, and then hung up the phone. I was also afraid that he really met with an accident, so I quickly put on my clothes, took a taxi and rushed over.
