the only savior

Chapter 5 The Encounter of Six Masters

After dinner.

in the backyard.

Zhang Xiaoman looked at the large cart with the words "Feng Shui fortune-telling, fortune-telling to fill the gap" in front of him, and couldn't help but be amazed:
"I can't believe that Liu Ye's business is quite a big deal. It's much more advanced than those colleagues who tell fortunes with small tables."

"Isn't that true? You don't even look at the reputation of your sixth master and me in this ten-mile-and-eight township. Can Pei Banxian be called for nothing? As long as I set up a stall, the line of people would be endless. Absolutely, I'll tell you."

The old man started bragging while touching the cart, as if an old general who had retired from the battlefield for many years was recalling the glorious years of the past.

Zhang Xiaoman was a little puzzled.

"Master Liu, since your business is so prosperous, why do you need to wash your hands in a golden basin?"

When Grandpa Liu heard the words, he was stunned for a moment, and then put on a look of indifference and said:
"Hey, where did so many come from? Why? I'm just tired of it, so I won't mess with it anymore..."

Zhang Xiaoman glanced at his mouth.

"Liu Ye, who is with whom, don't try to deceive me, and I don't understand you? You are about to take your skills as the root of your life, baby! You are tired of talking to me. Now, can I believe it?"

Grandpa Liu opened his mouth and was about to say something, but he swallowed it again and waved his hand impatiently:

"Go go, where do young people come from so many questions, don't ask nonsense! You shouldn't know about this..."

As he spoke, he turned around and cleaned up the dishes.

When Zhang Xiaoman saw him like this, how could he still hold back his curiosity?
He chased after him in three or two steps, and tried to persuade the old man again.

In the end, under his rambling and grinding, he finally "touched" the old man and successfully pried his mouth open.

"Hey, stinky boy! I really can't do anything about you! I'm curious about everything and want to inquire about everything, just like your mother!"

Grandpa Liu had a face full of reluctance, but still said:

"I don't feel right about these things myself. I'm not sure! Don't go around talking nonsense when you look back, do you hear me?"

Of course Zhang Xiaoman was full of words.

Grandpa Liu sighed and said slowly.

"Liu Ye, I've been fortune-telling for half my life. Usually, the neighbors make jokes and call me 'Pei Banxian'. When everyone sees that I'm old, I call me 'Liu Ye'."

"But with my little things, it's okay to fool outsiders. How can our own family know the bottom line? It's all fake and fooling people!"

Zhang Xiaoman couldn't help but nodded.

That's right, Grandpa Liu has counted half his life, and in the eyes of outsiders, he looks like an inscrutable and immortal.

But in the eyes of his own family, he is a complete old magician, a big fool.

When you meet, I will give you a feng shui fortune-telling formula, and then start to play tricks with your head shaking your head. Those laymen who don't know what to do will have to pay for it immediately.

"So you found out in your conscience? Don't do it?"

Zhang Xiaoman answered.

The old man glared at him fiercely: "Don't interrupt!"

Zhang Xiaoman smiled and made a gesture of your invitation.

Pei Laoliu pulled a stool and poured a cup of white tea before saying:

"Don't look at the bulls, ghosts, snakes, gods, and so on in my daily life, but I understand in my heart that those things in the world are all made up by people, fake!"

Zhang Xiaoman listened while listening and grabbed a handful of peanuts, but it felt a little like listening to storytelling in an old tavern.

"But this person said, how can you not get wet shoes when walking by the river? After walking a lot at night, you will eventually run into ghosts!"

The old man suddenly changed his words and said with a serious expression:
"To tell you the truth... I really encountered dirty things a few days ago!"

"What! Dirty!?"

When Zhang Xiaoman heard this, he suddenly exclaimed.

He said that the peanut he threw into his mouth was smashed directly on the face.

Pei Lao Liu's face.

"What are you doing boy!"

Pei Lao Liu was taken aback by him, he caught the peanut and threw it into his mouth at once.

"I thought you didn't believe it, but I didn't expect your reaction to be so big."

Zhang Xiaoman was stunned for a while, and then he realized that his reaction was indeed a bit exaggerated.

He restrained his expression, and tried to restore calm on his face, but there was a storm in his heart.

If it was before, of course he would not believe the nonsense that Pei Lao Liu said.

It's natural for him to listen to what he's saying as a ghost story--the old guy used to do that all the time anyway.

But this time is different.

Because he not only got the system, but also experienced this kind of terrifying weirdness in person just yesterday.

At the same time, he also understands that Pei Lao Liu will never give up his fortune-telling career for no reason.

"No, Sixth Master, didn't I scare you, what you said was too attractive, I couldn't help but substituted it."

Zhang Xiaoman quickly smiled and filled him with tea.

Pei Lao Liu rolled his eyes and was not polite, he took it up and took a big mouthful.

"I said, how dare you go back more and more, boy, I haven't even said the beginning, you're scared?"

After he finished speaking, he took another sip of tea before continuing:

"You have to know that my sixth master has lived for most of his life and has dealt with Feng Shui tombs for most of his life, but I have never heard of anything like ghosts and spirits, and I have never believed it!"

Zhang Xiaoman couldn't help sweating a bit. The old fortune teller who does this every day doesn't believe it himself, but the group of "customers" believe it all.

"You don't know how shocked I was when I saw that thing with my own eyes."

Pei Lao Liu seemed to remember the scene at that time, and his eyes gradually revealed a hint of panic.

"A few days ago, when I was setting up a stall at the Convenience Bridge, a guy with gold-rimmed glasses came and asked for a driver."

Pei Lao Liu revealed his memories.

"You don't know, that guy's face is anxious, it doesn't seem to be fake, and he is wearing a suit and a famous watch. When I look at it, Big Fish! Then I hear the address, Fat Fish Villa! You say, Such a big fish, can I let him run away?"

Zhang Xiaoman was familiar with his grandfather's style, and nodded in agreement.

"The sixth master, how much did you ask at that time?"

Pei Lao Liu had a smile on his face and made a gesture of eight.

Zhang Xiaoman was stunned at first, then smiled knowingly, and didn't forget to give him a thumbs up.

Pei Lao Liu continued:
"The guy took me off the bridge and got into a luxury car. That shape, tsk tsk... He told me on the way that their basement was haunted!"

"Not only are there strange sounds coming out every day, but the stench keeps wafting out, and the electrical appliances are no longer working. I called the police a few times to no avail. People stopped in the basement, and there was no sound immediately. I can't even find the source of that stench!"

"As soon as I heard it, I immediately had a bottom line. Eighty percent of the time it was something like a mouse that caused the commotion."

"I don't know how many times I've encountered a similar situation like this, and every time I go to the door, it's the same set. First draw the talisman, then read the formula, and finally secretly sprinkle a little rat spirit to ensure that the medicine will cure the disease! "

Pei Lao Liu said that he stopped here. He reached for the cup on the table, but his eyes began to fill with fear.

Zhang Xiaoman noticed that Grandpa Liu's hand seemed to be shaking slightly.

"and after?"

he asked.

Pei Lao Liu was not as relaxed as he was at the beginning, and his tone became heavy and slow.

"I learned later that I really shouldn't go at this moment!"

Pei Lao Liu clapped his leg and regretted saying:

"I only found out after I went there that their house is really weird. That smell, how could a rat make a noise! ​​It's a corpse smell!"

Seeing Zhang Xiaoman's somewhat puzzled expression, Pei Lao Liu explained:

"When I was young, I helped people move graves and open coffins in the surrounding villages. The taste is exactly the same as that time!"

Zhang Xiaoman nodded.

Pei Lao Liu continued:

"I asked him, didn't you say that the smell is only found in the basement, why is it all over the house now, and even the yard can smell a lot. As a result, the kid told me that he didn't know Ah, expect me to figure it out."

"Actually, my first reaction at the time was to have a reason to add money, but I can't say it directly, I have to find a reason when doing it."

"Afterwards, when I got to the door of the basement, I heard a 'woohoohoo' sound inside, as if someone was crying all the time. At that time, I felt something was wrong, but then I thought about it and thought it was down there. There is a leak somewhere, maybe it's the sound of the wind."

"You went in like this afterward?"

Zhang Xiaoman was also sweating, recalling the weirdness he encountered yesterday, and his scalp could not help tingling.

Pei Lao Liu once again showed a regretful expression, he said:

"You don't know, when I opened the door to the basement, man! The stench almost turned into a miasma, like it was burning down there."

"Although I'm a little reckless, but I'm taking money to do things for others, and I'm already riding a tiger. If I just run away, my sixth master's reputation will not be stinky in the future?"

Pei Lao Liu looked confused.

"So, I forced myself to go in. But I was always a little flustered by myself, so I said to the young man, this basement of your family is right on a natural formation. The Dao is done. When exorcising evil spirits, you must be present with your righteousness, otherwise I, an outsider, might ask him to leave."

"He believed it?"

Zhang Xiaoman asked.

"If you don't believe him, there's nothing you can do. Isn't this house theirs, where will he live if he doesn't come? So, after I've entered the house and set things up, I'll take the opportunity to move around there. After looking around, I didn't find any clues, let alone the vents, not even a mouse hole!"

"He saw that I was walking there for a long time, but it was of no use, so he asked me if I couldn't exorcise it. I was afraid that he would doubt it, so I told him that the ghost was too strong, and I wanted to close the door, seal the space, and be a ghost killer. Great formation!"

Zhang Xiaoman suddenly heard what he said about the Great Execution of Ghosts. For some reason, he felt that the chill from before had disappeared, but he wanted to laugh a little.

At this time, Pei Lao Liu didn't notice Zhang Xiaoman's expression at all, and said to himself:
"And guess what? It doesn't matter if the door is closed, it almost scared me to death when it closed!"

"what happened?"

Zhang Xiaoman asked curiously.

"Behind that door, there is a human face attached!"

Pei Lao Liu looked terrified.

"And the face of this person is exactly the same as the person standing beside me... !!"

(End of this chapter)