Record of Yin and Yang

Shao Yi was in a drowsy sleep, and Gu Jiu suddenly woke him up, thinking that Gu Jiu was waiting for an opportunity to take revenge while he was asleep, so he bounced up from the bed, and just about to scold, he saw Gu Jiu's face pale and frightened. look at yourself.

Gu Jiu finally dared to speak out, "Brother, window, window!"

Gu Jiu turned his head to look, then turned his head back again, "What's wrong with the window?"

Gu Jiu was stunned, and when he raised his head, he saw that the window was empty and there was no one. "Just now, there was clearly a shadow standing there just now."

Shao Yi looked at Gu Jiu suspiciously, wondering if this kid was trying to trick him on purpose, but he didn't look like he was frightened, and said, "Do you think it's a ghost? If there is a ghost, the ghost hanging by the master's bed The bell has already rung."

Gu Jiu muttered, "It's really similar." He lifted his almost wet sleeve to let Shao Yi touch it. If the situation wasn't so weird, he wouldn't be frightened when he saw a figure, although Sleeping hazily, but the moonlight is very bright tonight, the figure reflected on the window is very clear, Gu Jiu can guarantee that it is not an illusion caused by his confusion.

Shao Yi touched his sleeves, he did it.He thought for a while, then made a tactic with his fingertips flying, and touched again, and sure enough, he touched a hand of water.No wonder he felt that Gu Jiu was dishonest like a bug tonight, and he wouldn't be able to sleep like this.

Shao Yi said: "You didn't say it earlier."

Gu Jiu was aggrieved: "I said it..." But because of Shao Yi's fall from the bed, he didn't dare to speak again.

Shao Yi said ferociously: "In this case, don't you know how to recite a curse for yourself?"

Gu Jiu was suddenly at a loss for words, because he was very dark and his soul was easily hooked out, so besides carrying the evil ghost charm given by his master on his body and learning the soul-fixing scriptures, the first thing Shao Yi taught Gu Jiu was to prevent ghosts and protect him. body spell.

Gu Jiu scratched her head, "I...I forgot."

Under Shao Yi's stare, Gu Jiu thought for a while, and began to make unskilled tricks. With the change of gestures, Gu Jiu's expression changed, and he said: "Ren Gao protects me, Ding Chou protects me, Ren He saves me, Ding You protects me." , Rencan manages the soul, Dingsi nourishes the spirit. Taiyin canopy, Dihu Tianmen, Xuannv real person, sits and lies in the Ming hall, hides and hides, and is in a hurry like a law."

After chanting the mantra, Gu Jiu felt fresh air blowing over his body, and the sticky and damp discomfort on his body immediately faded away like a tide.He touched the quilt and pillow, and they did it too.

Gu Jiu looked at Shao Yi happily: "Brother, there is no water."

Shao Yi rolled over and lay down, and said: "There was no water in the first place, it was the illusion that you were affected by Yin Qi."

Gu Jiu felt comfortable now, lay down next to Shao Yi, and whispered: "Brother, is there a ghost in this family's house? That sister, she gives me a really strange feeling."

Gu Jiu recalled the incident of the figure on the window, when he heard the sound of ticking, he thought it was the little brother coming back because his mind was not clear, but now he was thinking, it was clearly the sound of water dripping.That figure didn't look tall, about the same as Wang Xiaodie.

Shao Yi yawned, "Ghosts are yin, have you seen yin in Wang Xiaodie?"

Gu Jiu shook his head: "No."

Shao Yi said: "I didn't either, and the master's bell didn't ring either. Go to sleep, if you have something to do, we'll talk about it tomorrow morning."

"Oh." Gu Jiu looked up at the empty window for the last time, stretched out two fingers to pull Shao Yi's clothes under the quilt, and then closed his eyes to sleep peacefully.

It started to rain the next day, so Gu Jiu and the others had to stay for a while until the road was dry before leaving.

Fang Beiming took out some money and gave it to Wang Dacai, asking him to help prepare the meals for the next few days. After that, the three of them opened the window and sat in the room.Gu Jiu lay down on the table to trace characters, and Shao Yi practiced Yu steps in a narrow space.

Fang Beiming was sitting at the side carving a mahogany plaque, and asked them both: "You two were whispering for a long time last night, what are you doing?"

Gu Jiu put away the pen and told what happened last night, "Master, do you think Sister Wang is okay?"

Wang Xiaodie came in from the yard carrying a vegetable basket, Fang Beiming looked at her through the window, and said to Gu Jiu: "It's okay, but there are some problems, but this problem, when you look at it carefully, is nothing. question."

Gu Jiu had mosquito-repellent eyes, and was confused by his master.

Fang Beiming said: "The clothes on her are of patterns and styles that were only popular more than ten years ago."

Gu Jiu suddenly realized that every time he looked at Wang Xiaodie, he felt a strong sense of disobedience. Gu Jiu was already familiar with the dressing styles of the people around him, but because he was an outsider, he didn't know what happened more than ten years ago. It's a popular dress, so you can't see it.But if you put it in his world, it would be like a group of people dressed in suits and leather shoes, suddenly a person wearing a floral shirt and flared trousers would feel strange.

Fang Beiming continued: "What happened to you last night usually only happens when water ghosts appear. Water ghosts drown in water, and the water vapor is heavy. Water ghosts are a special kind of ghosts. Even if they obsess over Clear, but the movement will also be restricted, the soul will be imprisoned in the water and cannot go ashore, you need to find a substitute dead ghost. Water ghosts are generally more hostile, and long-term confinement will increase their resentment, becoming indistinguishable between good and evil, So water ghosts are generally fierce ghosts.”

Gu Jiu asked: "Then, is it possible that Sister Wang is possessed by a water ghost?" After speaking, he himself denied this guess, because like Shao Yi said, he did not see Yin Qi in Wang Xiaodie. .

But Fang Beiming said: "Water ghosts want to go ashore, apart from finding a substitute for a dead ghost, there is another way that all ghosts know, and that is to sign a ghost contract with a living person."

"Ghost contract?"

"The living person uses the body of the ghost to cover up the yin energy, and the ghost helps the living person to do things."

Gu Jiu asked: "Master, if Sister Wang is really possessed by a water ghost, is there a way to beat the water ghost out of her body?"

Fang Beiming shook his head: "Because the living person is voluntary, if the ghost is forcibly separated from the body, the ghost contract will take effect, the living person will lose their soul, and it is more likely to annoy the ghost, causing greater damage to the living person."

Without a soul, will he not be a fool or even a lunatic in the future?

"The ghost contract follows the cycle of heaven, and it is a natural effect. Even Master, I can't make the ghost contract invalid while keeping the living intact."

Gu Jiu: "Then only the ghost waiting to possess him will leave on his own?"

Fang Beiming nodded.

Gu Jiu looked at Wang Xiaodie who appeared outside the courtyard from time to time, and couldn't help thinking, under what circumstances would a person sign a ghost contract with a ghost. Although the contract is suppressed, the life of the possessed living person will not be hindered, but it will shorten his lifespan. It is extremely serious to lose one year of life in one day.

At this time, a young man dressed like a rich man suddenly appeared outside the courtyard door, followed by two servants carrying things.Wang Xiaodie appeared at the door and was intimate with the young man. The two of them didn't go in, they just stood at the door and talked for a while, the young man left his things and left with his servants.

Wang Xiaodie carried the things in, and after a while, she came to Gu Jiu and the others with the basket.

Wang Xiaodie walked in directly, she didn't look at Jiu Jiu and the others, she put a few plates of dried fruit in the basket on the table, and said softly: "I don't know how long it will rain, in a few days it will be the little girl's For the wedding, why don't the priests have a glass of wedding wine before leaving?"

Fang Beiming said: "What's your name? You signed a ghost contract with Wang Xiaodie?"

"Wang Xiaodie" had her identity revealed, she pinched the orchid finger to cover her mouth and smiled, because she was confident, she admitted directly without any concealment: "The Taoist priest is really smart, you can tell it at a glance, my slave's name is Lanyue. "

"How long has it been signed?"

"Not much, it's only been five days." Lan Yue said, and suddenly turned to look at Gu Jiu.

Gu Jiu was recently flipping through the idle books related to physiognomy. After Lan Yue came in, he couldn't help looking at Wang Xiaodie's face. Now he came to the uncertain conclusion that Wang Xiaodie's face was premature death. He was studying it. Seeing Lan Yue suddenly turned her head to look at him, her legs jumped, she jumped off the chair, and ran to stay beside Shao Yi.

Lan Yue covered her mouth and laughed twice, staring at Gu Jiu: "The little Daoist is really cute."

Gu Jiu shook his head like a rattle: "No, no, I'm not cute at all." That look in Gu Jiu's eyes is really too familiar, it's not a compliment, it's obviously a compliment of the meat, the other party wants to eat it too he.

Shao Yi stopped Gu Jiu behind him, pointed at Lan Yue with the mahogany sword in his hand, and looked at her in warning.

Lanyue is not afraid of mahogany at all, she has a body protected by the vitality of a living person, and the things that restrain the yin are useless to her now.Lan Yue lightly pushed Shao Yi's sword away, "The priests don't have to be so fierce, and the slave family didn't harm anyone. This girl was crying and wanted to jump into the river to commit suicide, but just happened to meet the slave family, so I signed a ghost contract with her. If the slave family has granted her wish, she will leave."

Fang Beiming smiled, "I won't ask what Wang Xiaodie's wish is for now, what about you? What is your purpose for going ashore?"

Lan Yue was still smiling at first, but her expression turned cold when she heard the words, and she said quietly: "My family... has been floating in the water for twenty years, and the flesh and blood on my body was buried in the belly of the fish. Now even the bones are about to rot. Naturally, I want to find someone to pick up the bones of the slave family and bury them in the soil." As he spoke, he began to cry, "You don't know, the water is really too cold, and there are only endless sounds of water in your ears, and you can't even talk. I don't have any companions, it's really too quiet, too lonely..."

Fang Beiming knocked on the table, stopping Lan Yue from rambling and crying, and said with disgust: "You were so naughty when you were alive? Now go out, you are a ghost, and you are ashamed to stay with us three Taoists Together."

Lan Yue's desire to confide was interrupted. She wiped her tears and gave Fang Beiming a resentful look. When she was about to leave, Fang Beiming stopped her: "Where is your bone? Give me the address, and I'll get it for you."

Lan Yue hooked the corner of her mouth: "The Taoist priest is really a good person, but where the bones of the slave family are, the slave family does not know."

Fang Beiming frowned: "Don't you have any memory?"

Lan Yue touched her face, and said in a trance and weakly: "I have been dead for so many years, how can I still remember so much, it is too embarrassing for my family to think about it." She recalled for a while, "I remember that there seems to be a tree there. A big weeping willow..."

No matter how many more, Lan Yue couldn't think of them.

Fang Beiming waved his hand and let Lan Yue go.

After Lanyue left, Gu Jiu went to Fang Beiming's side, "Master, are you really going to help her fish?"

Fang Beiming touched a piece of dried fruit and threw it into his mouth, "Have you noticed that Lanyue's mood is changeable and unstable."

Gu Jiu nodded, he also felt this way.

Shao Yi said: "Usually such ghosts are all fierce ghosts."

Fang Beiming sighed: "It really is a ghost in the water. Since we have encountered it, there is no reason to sit idly by. Find Lanyue's body as soon as possible, fulfill her wish, and send her away as soon as possible."

At noon, the Wang family couple who had gone out came back.

Fang Beiming found the couple who had been frowning all the time, and was going to inquire about Wang Xiaodie's affairs, what happened to make Wang Xiaodie, a young girl who was just right, throw herself into the river.