The years of reselling the haunted house

What he said must be true.According to what he said, he originally wanted that Wang Xikui to deceive the errand, so that the soul that the errand came to claim was Wang Xikui's.But no one expected that when we buried Wang Xikui, he turned into an evil corpse.Once it becomes an evil corpse, that soul cannot be reincarnated.So if there was a real accident and Wang Xikui's soul could not be received, then the old stall's tricks would definitely be discovered.

As for what the old man did in front of Xikui's grave, it was also a remedy for the past.Originally, he didn't have much hope for these methods.He brought us back home with the intention of dying tonight.

And the old stall owner may have looked down on life and death, and he was very calm about the fact that he was about to be killed at night.To a certain extent, this also blinded Pang Dahai and me, who would think that the old stallhead was talking alarmistly.

And until there were more than three hours before the death penalty, the old stall finally showed a little nervousness.

He looked out of the window from time to time, his expression was a little depressed, and he spoke a lot less.

At this time, the little fly came in from the outside, saw the old stall, and said, "Master, the outside is ready..."

The old stall head nodded, reluctantly got out of bed, and walked tremblingly towards the door.

We didn't know what the little fly was busy with just now, so we hurried out with the old stall.

We came to the mourning hall where the old stall used to be, and found that the whole mourning hall was still there, and there were still four paper pierced figures standing in front of the mourning hall. .

In addition, several pieces of white cloth were wrapped around the place where the coffin was originally placed.

Those pieces of white cloth surrounded each other to form a closed three-dimensional space.

In the four directions of east, west, north, south, plus the top, there are a total of five pieces of white cloth, and the edges should be supported by bamboo poles, forming a white cloth tent in the shape of a cuboid.It's just that the roof of this tent is flat instead of pointed.

The old stall head went over and lifted the white cloth on the east side, and took a look inside.

I looked in through the gap and found that this space is not composed of five pieces of white cloth, but six pieces of white cloth.

Because there is also a thick layer of white cloth on the ground.

In other words, here is a closed and independent space surrounded by little flies with white cloth.I don't know what the old stall is going to do with it.

After reading the inside, the old stall head nodded in satisfaction, then turned to me and said, "Haven't you never seen a ghost? How about I let you experience it tonight?"

I was taken aback: "Feel? Can this also be felt?"

The old stall head pointed to the space surrounded by white cloth and said, "Does this method know anything about it?"

I shook my head: "I haven't seen this before."

"This is called... an empty mourning field."

"Empty... Empty mourning hall?"

This is another new word for me, which I have never heard before.

The old stall went on to explain: "For some people with special skills, if they reach a certain level, they can predict their own life and death. If they know when they will die, they will set up such a blank Mourning field. It is used to show the state of mind that one faces death calmly. More importantly, dying in such a place isolated from heaven and earth will purify one's soul, and no matter what sins one has committed before, one can be Wash away by death. Of course, this is just the wishful thinking of the deceased. If the sins were serious during life, how could it be washed away with a few pieces of white cloth? But such a method has more meaning than reality, so it has been completely preserved. I am going to prepare today In this empty mourning hall, let the ghost come and take away the soul. If you are lucky, you may be able to see the process."

"See Yinchai's seduction?" Pang Dahai interrupted and asked.

The old stall shook his head, showing a bit of bitterness: "I should be able to see my soul being hooked away. When a person's soul and soul leave his body, he will see it on the white cloth in this empty mourning field. If there is no accident, you will see my soul appear on this white cloth and then disappear, but I don't know if you can see the ghost."

The old stall's words are full of sadness.The little fly next to me is already wiping tears, they all know that they have no ability to reverse this ending, they can only do their best to let themselves go a little more decently.Facing death, it has to be said, is a special feeling.

But when I saw those pieces of white cloth, I suddenly thought of something in my mind, and couldn't help but blurt out, "Master Tan, if you don't have a soul in your body, will you still be hooked?"

The old stall looked at me in surprise, and said with a wry smile, "Are you kidding me? How can I not have a soul in my body?"

I waved my hand: "I didn't mean that, I just asked you, what would happen if you didn't have a soul in your body?"

The old stall said: "Without a soul, of course they won't be hooked away. The so-called erroneous search for the soul will also make mistakes. If they find that there is no soul to search for, they will think it is a mistake and will leave. Because the yin messengers leave the underworld and come to the underworld, they will lose contact with the underworld. They wait until they go back to check and come back, it should be three years later."

I nodded: "That is to say, if they don't find your soul when they come, then you will have three more years of life, Mr. Tan?"

Chapter 560

"In principle, that's the case. But it's impossible..."

The old stall had an unbelievable expression on his face.

I directly took my backpack and took out the picture of the Daoist Lord's Night Banquet from it.

This picture was given to me by my third uncle Fei Fortress before I left.He said it might come in handy.I didn't expect to actually use this thing.

It's just that the old stall is in trouble today, and that painting can hide a soul.I was thinking, if I can hide the soul of the old stall in this painting, can I temporarily hide from the evil eyes.Because to be honest, according to the normal theory, the old stall's lifespan is not exhausted, but because he read the inscriptions, he was ordered to die by the Yin Division.So in principle, if we can dodge it opportunistically, it will not break the rules of the underworld.

Puzzled, the old stall owner took the scroll and asked, "This is..."

"The picture of Daojun's Night Banquet. This is an ancient painting, and you can hide your soul. If you can hide your soul in this painting, won't the ghosts be able to find your soul?"

The old stall was very surprised. He took the scroll and thought about it carefully. Suddenly, his eyes lit up and he nodded repeatedly: "If this painting really has this function, then we can really try it. Before the bad luck arrives, My three souls should have left my body for a short period of time. If I can hide in this painting at that time, and return to my body after a while, I should be fine. However, this soul leaves the body, even if it is If I go back into my body again, my vitality will be greatly damaged. I think after three years, if I don’t need to come back again, I’m afraid my lifespan will be up soon.”

I agree with what the old man said.The soul leaves the body and re-enters the body.This is so simple to say, as if it is so easy to take something from one place and put it back.In fact, the difficulty here is too great.The soul is a thing that we can't usually touch, and it is related to our own life and death. Without a soul, there is no life, and only with a soul can there be a spirit.With regard to the handling of the soul, if you are a little careless, big things will definitely happen.

Take today's incident as an example, thanks to the fact that the old stall owner is a bone picker and has practiced Taoism for many years.There is still a certain ability to control the soul, so this method can still be tried.If it were someone else, even if there was a picture of Daojun's night banquet, it would be in vain.

Now that the old stall has accepted this method, the rest of the arrangements are all left to him.

Although there is a picture of Daojun's night banquet, some auxiliary work still needs to be done.

The old stall set up an incense table outside the mourning place for Nakong, and asked the little fly to place some offerings and light three sticks of incense at the same time.The incense shall burn until the time of the Twelfth comes.

Afterwards, the old stall owner let the little fly do it again, and with a small shovel, he dug a zigzag shallow ditch from the entrance of the empty mourning ground to the door.

The shallow ditch has only a shallow layer, but it connects the gate and the empty mourning field.It's just that the ditch is not connected in a straight line, but has nine bends and eighteen bends in the yard, winding and winding, with many twists and turns in the middle.

In the winding shallow ditch, after being dug by the little flies, a thin layer of incense ash was spread.At every half-meter distance, light a white candle.

The old stall told us that the ditch dug is called the gutter.The purpose of this is to lead the way for the ghosts who come, and the winding shallow ditch is a man-made Yinhuang Road. When the ghosts come to a strange place, they will automatically follow the Yin road until they reach the empty mourning field.The longer the path, the longer it will take them to walk.

The so-called sewer actually refers to the drainage ditch in ancient houses.

Water is yin, and the ditch naturally becomes the best channel for all kinds of yin things to enter the house.And this gutter, which has been handed down since ancient times, is the best choice.According to legend, when someone in the house has reached the end of his yang life, the ghost who seduces the soul will enter the house along the gutter and seduce the person's soul.

I heard the old stall explain that the winding shallow ditch turned out to be the so-called gutter, the dark path that the bad guys walked after they came.

I couldn't help laughing a little, and asked: "Mr. Tan, according to what you said, this errand is nothing special. Their IQ is too poor. If we dig such a ditch, we can make them follow our design." is the route going?"

The old stall head waved his hand: "It's not what you imagined. The so-called yin errand is just a general name. It's not easy for yin errands who really work in the underworld to come to the yang world. The world is so big and the scope is so wide , if every household has to come to the door in person, they will have no skills. So generally speaking, they will entrust the local City God to do this on their behalf. And where does the City God live? Naturally, it is the City God Temple. But now there are fewer and fewer such town god temples, so the city god can only entrust some little ghosts who have not been reincarnated and have resentment to do things instead of the ghosts. These little ghosts perform the duties of the ghosts, but they are not the jobs of the ghosts."

Pang Dahai nodded: "I understand what Mr. Tan said. This is like when I was working as a security guard at the property, if something happened in the community, if the police force was insufficient, or the police force could not arrive at the scene immediately, they would entrust our property The security guards arrived at the scene first to maintain order. We exercised the power of the police, but we are still security guards and will not become the police.”

I glanced at the fat man: "Is there any analogy like this?"

The old stall leader also laughed: "Not to mention, the fat man is more accurate. In fact, that's what happened. I guess the one who came tonight is probably also a kid who is acting as a substitute for the underworld."

I nodded: "Now that the sewer has been dug, what else do we need to do?"

The old stall head shook his head: "It should be almost the same. I feel chest tightness now. You carry me to the empty mourning field. Then you just hide. Remember that when you see the flame of the candle closest to the door blazing, you Be sure to seal your mouth and nose with a wet talisman. No matter what you see or hear, don’t make a sound. If you are worried about yourself, just sleep in the house. That's all over."

I glanced at the fat man and the little fly, the fat man shook his head and said, "I don't sleep, I can do it."

The little fly also shook his head and said he wanted to stay in the yard.

Naturally, I don't want to miss this scene tonight.What's more, if our trick is seen through, it will be the last night of living in this world for the old stall.

Little Fly found three more sets of clothes and distributed them to Pang Dahai and me, while he kept one for himself.

The clothes are pure white filial piety shirts, and I feel a little unlucky to wear them.Then he said to the old stall head: "Master Tan, you are not really dead, so there is no need for us to wear filial piety shirts, right?"

Chapter 561

The old stall owner waved his hands: "I don't wear this to make you filial to me. Believe me, it's good for you to wear it."

As a last resort, the three of us put on filial piety shirts, after lifting the old stall head into the plank bed in the empty mourning hall.Together with the four paper figurines, we stood on both sides of the entrance to the mourning hall.

Four paper figurines, two on each side.Pang Dahai and I are on one side, and Little Fly himself is on the other.

Everything is ready, and a good show is about to be staged.I was also uneasy.It is not known whether the scene is a comedy or a tragedy.

And the picture of the Taoist Lord’s night banquet I brought was hung in the empty mourning hall by the old stall, surrounded by white cloth, we couldn’t see anything outside.Only through the white cloth, I can see the flickering candlelight inside.

After we arranged the arrangement according to the old stall's instructions, the scene immediately became quiet.

As the night got darker, the temperature seemed to drop a lot.

From our perspective, we can see the white cloth of the empty mourning field.At the beginning, he could still hear the old stall's slightly heavy breathing, but after more than half an hour, his breathing became softer and lighter, and in the end he couldn't hear it at all.

I glanced at the night sky and roughly estimated that it should be around 10:30 in the evening.In other words, it is getting closer and closer to the Zishi that the old stall owner said.

Zishi, it is said that it is the time when the messenger comes to ask for his life.

The three of us and a few paper figurines stood on both sides of the entrance of the mourning hall. This scene seemed a bit weird.But none of us dared to move any more, and each of us stayed where we were and waited quietly.

I still remember that when I was keeping watch in the mourning hall the night before, I was in a daze for a while, as if I was asleep or in a coma.I don't know if I will have such a stage tonight.

When it was late at night, the environment calmed down.The only sound that can be heard at present is the old wall clock hanging in the house of the old stall.

The sound of rattling clockwork came into my ears from time to time.

It's like telling us that time is passing.I silently counted the sound of the clockwork, and gradually my mind became a little dizzy again.

At this moment, "Dang..." Suddenly the old wall clock rang.Every hour on the hour, this kind of wall clock is to tell the time.

"Dang...dang..." I woke up from the drowsy state, and counted the time chimes of the wall clock, a total of eleven times.

The old wall clock returned to normal travel time again.It's eleven o'clock...

I glanced at the little fly standing opposite, he was a little nervous, his eyes kept rolling.

Pang Haihai was next to me, I took a look, his eyes were closed, his body was shaking slightly back and forth.I thought to myself that this dude wouldn't be able to fall asleep while standing here, right?

I pulled his clothes lightly, but luckily he was shocked and opened his eyes.I nodded at him, and he looked into the yard, understood what I meant, and nodded at me too.

At this time, the only thing to do is wait, no one can say when or if the so-called errand will come.Not to mention, even if it is here, can we feel it?

I found that the white wax standing next to the crooked gutter in the yard has been burned for so long, and there are still more than half of it left.Because the flames on it became extremely weak, only the size of a bean.

But although the flames were weak, none of them went out.

After the wall clock struck eleven, more than half an hour passed.During this period, everything in the yard was normal and nothing happened.

I listened carefully to the inside of the empty mourning hall, and it was also quiet inside.The old stall was lying in it, not only didn't make any movement, but didn't even make a sound.

I doubt it very much, this old man won't just leave, right?

I was thinking wildly, when suddenly there was a strange noise from the paper figurine next to me.

These four paper figurines were in the yard the night we first came.I have observed that this paper piercing is definitely not made by a famous artist.

Because whether it is from the craftsmanship or the outline of the face, they are all ordinary handwriting.

You must know that the paper maker is also one of the small Yinmen. Although I have never met it, I have heard about it from my third uncle.A first-class paper maker can endow a paper figurine with a soul, that is to say, that paper figurine also has a soul.But these paper figurines, at least I don't see any inspiration in them.

But just after midnight came, I suddenly heard the rattling sound of the paper figurine beside me.It was like the sound of paper being folded or rubbed together.

My heart skipped a beat. According to funeral customs, these paper figurines were to be burned to accompany the dead.It is to go to the underworld to be the follower of the dead.

Then after we stood here, these paper figurines didn't react all the time, and there was no wind blowing at this time, why did the paper figurines move?

I was nervous for a while, but I didn't dare to make too much movement, I just glanced towards the door.

I saw the candle standing at the door beside the gutter we dug, and the candle flame was shaking violently.

Originally, the candle flame was only the size of a bean, but when it shook like this, I was afraid that it would be extinguished immediately.

But don't look at the small flame, it's actually very strong.After shaking violently for a while, not only did it not go out, but it became a little higher.

Does this change mean that something bad is coming?

I hurriedly looked at Pang Haihai and Xiao Feizi, signaling that their critical time had come.Each of us held a towel in our hands. The towel was soaked in water, and the pieces of talisman paper on it were also wet.

We each sealed our mouths and noses with a piece of soaked talisman paper.This is the most direct way to block Yang Qi, and it is also a relatively effective and feasible way.

When we are all done, look at the door again.

I was staring at the candle in the doorway, when suddenly I felt a sting from my left shoulder.

The sting came suddenly and without warning.The pain made me almost cry out, but the tingling came and went quickly, and disappeared soon.It was as if someone stabbed it with a needle and then pulled it away.

I felt very puzzled. After the shoulder was pricked, it was not very comfortable, but at this time I couldn't take off my clothes for inspection.

Because at this moment, the flame of the candle at the door was growing upwards.

The flame, which was originally only the size of a bean, now grows more than a foot high.The candle was originally forbidden to burn, but now it kept shortening at a speed visible to the naked eye.

After about a few minutes, the candle was completely burned out.

The flame on the candle rose into the air, and then died out.

Chapter 562 Ghost Footprints in the Gutter

At the same time as the flames were extinguished, a lot of the incense ash we filled in that gutter also splashed out.It flew up and landed near the shallow ditch.