The Taste of Ghosts in the World

Since Feng Baisui's death, it seems that many things have happened again. When Qi Mu remembered to take Dahei for a walk, it was almost a week.

Recently, the father and daughter who killed the ghost seemed to have found new fun, and the time spent hanging around Qi Mu was also greatly reduced, so this time walking, the only ghost accompanying them was Feng Baisui.

Qi Mu thought of the hanged ghost on the edge of Longhu Lake, so he subconsciously walked along the shore of the lake. Sure enough, not long after, a gentle and surprised voice came from above his head: "You are here again."

Qi Mu raised his head, and the hanged ghost slowly floated down from the treetops, landed in front of him, and smiled, "Long time no see."

"Long time no see." Qi Mu nodded in response.

The Hanged Ghost noticed Feng Baisui next to him, "Is this a new friend?"

"That's right... I've known each other since I was alive, and I just died a few days ago."

Feng Baisui was dissatisfied and said: "What does 'sort of' mean?"

"literal meaning."

"You two have a very good relationship." The hanged ghost smiled, walked to the guardrail, and looked at the calm lake.

Qi Mu also walked over and waved to Dahei, "Dahei, come over here."

Dahei wagged his tail courteously, roared at Feng Baisui, then ran over obediently and lay down at his feet.

"Did you kill Dahei's family in your last life?" Qi Mu laughed.

Feng Baisui leaned against the stone pillar with a dark face and said nothing.

The hanged ghost looked at the two of them, and said in an envious tone: "I used to have a very good friend, but unfortunately it didn't have a good ending."

"How?" Qi Mu asked curiously.

The hanged ghost smiled faintly, "Because he killed me."

"..."

He seems to have said something really cool...

The expression on Qi Mu's face was a little stiff, he was not sure how to answer this question.

The hanged ghost looked at him, and said clearly: "Scared you? In fact, in those days...anything could happen."

Seeing that he didn't seem to care much, Qi Mu couldn't help asking: "Why is this happening?"

"When I was alive, I worked at the Institute of Archaeology. Do you know that during the Cultural Revolution, there were criticisms, especially us stinky old nines..."

Qi Mu nodded and said, "I've heard some, it seems like I'm going to report myself or something."

"Yes, when writing big-character posters, you can report yourself or others, but in the end, no one will write about themselves, and they will try their best to slander others." Hanged Ghost suddenly laughed, as if satirizing the mentality of those people at that time , as if laughing at himself, he looked into the darkness ahead where the night light could not shine, and then said: "My friend is also from the research institute, we are colleagues. At that time, he and I were very forced by this incident. It’s tight, the question of whether to harm others makes us very tormented. We are all cultural people, so we naturally have a moral bottom line in our hearts. In the end, we made an appointment to expose ourselves..."

Qi Mu interrupted him: "Can't I not write?"

"No. Everyone has a fixed quota every month, and there are regulations on how many big-character posters must be written." The Hanged Ghost explained.

"What happened later? Did you really write like this later?"

The hanged ghost said: "I did write about myself, but I don't know how he wrote it. The day after we finished writing, we went to drink together. It may be that the future was too gloomy at that time, and there was no hope of realizing our ideals. I drank too much before I knew it. Later, I felt in a daze that someone was walking behind my back, and then my neck tightened, only to find that the person was already hanging on the tree. He was busy strengthening the rope beside him, and said to me : "Anyway, if you don't hurt people, you will be killed by others. Everyone wants to survive. You must understand me, right?""

"...why did he... kill you?"

"When I just died, I thought about this question every day... We used to be good friends who talked about everything. When we were frustrated, we also said a lot of things that were regarded as 'counter-revolutionary' at the time. Maybe he was afraid that I would not abide by them. Promise, expose him."

"Isn't he the one who didn't keep his promise?"

"Yeah, I was very angry at the beginning. I didn't do anything wrong, but I paid for his selfishness. But after many, many years, I figured it out..." The hanged ghost said lightly: "In that era, everyone They are all impetuous, the pressure from the society, from the people around them, and from themselves is very high. Everyone's spirit is always tense. When there is no relaxation, you may be betrayed by anyone, and you may betray anyone. "Trust" This kind of thing almost doesn't exist...In this situation, people are easy to break down. He must not believe that I will really expose myself, and as the person who has the most 'handles' on him, the most likely to expose him, I can't blame him. "

……

On the way back, Qi Mu didn't say a word until he entered the house, still looking thoughtful.

Feng Baisui asked him: "What are you thinking?"

Qi Mu suddenly said: "Do you want to go to reincarnation?"

Feng Baisui was taken aback for a moment, then he lowered his face and said, "Are you afraid that I will kill you?"

Qi Mu rolled his eyes at him, and explained: "Usually, ghosts will go to reincarnate if they no longer have any attachment to the human world, right? You see, your mother has already thought about it, and Granny Lin's affairs are over, so you stay What's the reason?"

Feng Baisui was silent for a while, and said: "You said reincarnation... how?"

"I don't know, I haven't seen it either." Qi Mu thought for a while, "Let's go to the temple and try it! Isn't it said that chanting sutras can save the souls of the dead?"

So this weekend, Qi Mu and Feng Baisui showed up at the gate of the temple as promised.

"Sutras are chanted every day in the Daxiong Palace, let's go and listen."

Feng Baisui asked him: "Where is the Great Hall?"

Qi Mu raised his finger and pointed to the high mountain in front of him, "It's right there."

Feng Baisui said without changing his face: "Then let's go, as long as you can crawl." While talking, he floated forward leisurely.

Qi Mu angrily followed.

Halfway through the climb, Feng Baisui realized something was wrong.

"Why are all the bald women walking around?"

Qi Mu took it for granted, "Because this is a nunnery."

Feng Baisui raised his eyebrows, "If you are rescued by a nun, will you be reborn as a woman in your next life?"

Qi Mu answered him seriously: "It depends on fate."

"Change one."

"No, this is the only temple in this city."

……

After finally climbing to the top of the mountain, the standing Daxiong Hall is indeed majestic, but it is a bit lonely, and there is only one hall in a radius of ten miles.

The sound of wooden fish knocking was heard from afar, Qi Mu and Feng Baisui walked to the front of the hall, the incense burner was filled with smoke, dozens of mages knelt on the futons and chanted scriptures, the atmosphere was solemn and solemn.

They listened for a while, and Qi Mu turned to look at Feng Baisui, but nothing changed.

"You don't feel anything?"

After thinking about it, Feng Baisui replied: "Does it count as noisy?"

"..."

The method of transcendence has been declared a failure.

After coming back, Qi Mu has been actively helping Feng Baisui to find a way to reincarnate, but without any practical results, he finally thought of the magic stick old man Zhang.

"I'll take you to ask him, Dahei's soul is stabilized by him, maybe there will be a way."

Feng Baisui asked Qi Mu noncommittally: "Is that why you want me to be reincarnated?"

Qi Mu said seriously: "I don't think so, but I think you should go to reincarnation. The life of a lonely ghost is not so easy, and you may die at any time. I'm doing it for your own good, do you know?"

Feng Baisui curled his lips and followed behind him slowly.

Qi Mu walked around in the alley based on his memory, and finally found the small shop. Two people just came out of it. Qi Mu saw it, and hurriedly said to Feng Baisui: "Hurry up and hide!"

Feng Baisui looked at the old and the young in Tang suits, raised his eyebrows and said, "Know each other?"

"It's Qi Buyang, the old man next to him doesn't know him."

Feng Baisui thought for a while, "Who is Qi Buyang?"

Qi Mu explained: "It's the one who gave me the amulet."

"Oh." Feng Baisui remembered, and his impression of this person became even worse.

Qi Mu pushed him and said anxiously: "The Heavenly Master can see you! Hide quickly!"

Feng Baisui reluctantly hid his figure, almost at the same time, Qi Buyang noticed Qi Mu, "Why are you here?"

Qi Mu pointed to old man Zhang's stall, "Come to tell your fortune."

"You can tell fortunes?" Qi Buyang looked at him in disbelief.

Qi Mu said calmly, "Because it's cheap."

At this time, the old man standing next to Qi Buyang suddenly said to Qi Mu: "Little brother, have you recently been light-headed, weak in limbs, and often feel unable to wake up after falling asleep?"

Qi Mu was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and said, "So you are a doctor, I do not usually work and rest regularly, so you can see what is wrong with me?"

Qi Buyang said anxiously: "What doctor! This is my grandfather, the most powerful celestial master in this city! He said that you might be haunted by ghosts!"

"And in my opinion... you have been entangled for a long time, and there is no sign of dying. It is very rare. If you are another celestial master, I am afraid you will not be able to see it." The old man continued.

Qi Mu said without changing his face: "Maybe you misunderstood, I have been in poor health since I was a child, and it is inevitable that there will be some ominous signs."

Qi Buyang said angrily: "My grandfather said it must be true! Why are you always not afraid of death? What about the amulet I gave you? Why don't you take it with you?"

Qi Mu was still thinking about what reason to use to fool him, so the old man reprimanded his grandson: "That kind of amulet is the lowest level, it can only protect against ordinary little ghosts, this little brother is by no means ordinary, how can it be used by that kind of amulet?" Things come down!"

"It's my grandson who is reckless." Qi Buyang immediately lowered his eyebrows and lowered his head sympathetically.

The old man took out a business card and handed it to Qi Mu, saying: "Human life is at stake, please come to me as soon as possible, I am the only one who can remove the things on your body within the scope of this city."

"Ah, thank you." Qi Mu took the business card, "Then I will take my leave first."

The old man nodded and turned to leave. Qi Buyang warned: "You must come, or you will die!" Then he trotted to catch up with his grandfather.

The business card in his hand was very delicate, with silver letters on a black background, which seemed to be of high quality. Qi Mu didn't look at it carefully, and called out Feng Baisui, and walked into old man Zhang's shop together.

Old man Zhang was lying on the table and didn't know what he was doing. Qi Mu sat down opposite him and tapped on the table.

The old man raised his head, "What? Want to make a fortune?"

"No."

Old man Zhang shook his goatee, and said sadly: "The children nowadays can't even afford ten yuan..."

Qi Mu tapped his fingers and said impatiently, "Have you acted enough?"

Old man Zhang glanced at the business card in his hand, "Did you see Old Monster Qi?"

"Old monster Qi?" Qi Mu thought for a while, "You mean Qi Buyang's grandfather?"

"That's right, that old man comes to my site to taunt me from time to time, just to let me see how well he is doing!" Old Zhang said angrily.

Qi Mu remembered what Qi Buyang said, and couldn't help asking, "Do you know the family of the Celestial Master?"

"It's more than acquaintance!" Old man Zhang stroked his beard and said, "When I was young, I was a partner with Old Monster Qi! But later, I disagreed with that old man, and we separated after arguing..."

"What disagreement can cause such a big quarrel?"

"That old Qi insisted that the mountain spirits and ghosts are all evil, and he killed them every time. In our business, we must know our position, and we must not be biased towards any one side. Only by grasping the balance can we save our lives, like him. If you do that, you will be punished sooner or later!" After the old man Zhang finished speaking, he asked again: "Do you know the kid from Old Qi's family?"

"Qi Buyang? It's not considered acquaintance. I've met him a few times, and I'm very enthusiastic."

Old man Zhang sighed and said: "That kid has good aptitude, but he is as stupid as his grandfather! What did old monster Qi tell you just now?"

"He said I was going to die." Qi Mu shook the business card in his hand, "And asked me to find him."

Old man Zhang spat: "Just say that his old eyes are so dim that he can't see who you are. If you were going to die, you would have died a long time ago."

Feng Baisui suddenly stepped forward, took the business card, and tore it up with two swipes.

Qi Mu said anxiously: "Hey, you don't even say a word if you want to tear it up!"

Feng Baisui said: "Don't tell me we can wait until you find him and accept me?"

"How could I find him!"

"It's useless to keep it." Feng Baisui threw away the fragments in his hand.

Old man Zhang looked at Feng Baisui, and asked Qi Mu, "You came to see me for him?"

Qi Mu nodded.

Feng Baisui suddenly said to Qi Mu: "This old man was the one who told my fortune when I was eight years old."

Qi Mu was surprised, "Is he saying that he can't see your future fate?"

"That beard is very impressive."

Qi Mu turned to old man Zhang and asked, "Do you still know him? Gentle reminder, his name is Feng Baisui."