Daily life of slaying demons in the government

Chapter 167: First Encounter with a Ghost
Yang Qian wrapped Zhang Yue's head in a black cloth and held it in his hand. Then he bought a sack of paper money at the birthday restaurant and called Wang Xiang, whose legs and feet had almost recovered, to leave the city together.

"Master Yang, what are you holding in your hand?" Wang Xiang really wanted to help carry the things, but his legs and feet were barely agile and he still didn't have much strength, so he was rejected by Yang Qian and followed behind empty-handed.

Seeing that the black cloth bag in Yang Qian's hand seemed to be a little wet, and even a fishy smell could be smelled in the wind, Wang Xiang was very curious about what was inside.

Moreover, Mr. Yang held so much paper money in his other hand. Was he going to visit the grave?

But people make their own paper money when they visit their own graves, so if they buy ready-made paper money outside, could it be for the Ueno grave?

"Heads." Yang Qian turned around and replied with a smile.

Wang Xiang shrank his neck when he heard it. He thought Master Yang was joking, but he couldn't laugh. The wet marks and the fishy smell on the black cloth, as well as the round shape and even the protruding marks, looked more and more like the outline of a nose and eyes after Yang Qian said the word "human head".
The walk was not fast, but the distance was not short.

We walked and stopped a lot, and it was a small path, but we finally arrived at the place after more than half an hour. It was a barren hillside.

Wang Xiang saw quite a few graves from afar, and judging from the color of the soil, they were all new graves that had been built not long ago.

At the foot of the mountain, Yang Qian pointed to a few graves in the middle and said to Wang Xiang, "That's your mother and your younger sister."

Wang Xiang was stunned for a moment, and then he walked over silently with red eyes. He saw a simple wooden sign with his mother and younger sister's names written on it. He knelt on the ground and cried uncontrollably.

Yang Qian didn't say anything, but started lighting incense and candles and spreading out yellow paper at the foot of the hill.

Instead of specifically paying homage to a particular coffin, the entire mountain of graves was commemorated.

This is the burial place of all the victims of the previous Wangzhuang bloody incident.

Because they were not nameless and their families had some property, they could at least collect some money to get a coffin. In addition, many people in Wangzhuang had relatives in the villages and towns around Sandaocheng, so after their death, these people would not be randomly disposed of in a mass grave, but a separate barren slope was designated for their burial.

He opened the black cloth, took out Zhang Yue’s head and placed it on the ground.

This is a sacrifice.

"Although you all met with great misfortune and were murdered, Yang Qian has already found the murderer and killed him. Bringing the thief's head here today is also to comfort you for your wrongful death."

Yang Qian stood straight, bowed towards the hillside in front of him, and then began to light paper money as a formal memorial.

Wang Xiang, who was standing next to him, also came over. The tears in his eyes had stopped. Looking at the miserable dead head on the ground, he did not feel the slightest bit of fear. All he felt was pleasure and hatred for the tragic death of his enemy.

Yang Qian patted Wang Xiang on the shoulder and said, "Next time you come over by yourself, go and make some paper money to burn for your mother and your sister."

"Okay, I'll listen to you."

Yang Qian smiled. He could see that Wang Xiang was much more relaxed than before. The blood feud in his family was finally avenged, so even if there was still hatred, it would not remain a grudge.

Suddenly a dark cloud passed by, blocking the sun and casting the entire hillside into shade. A gust of wind blew the fire on the pile of paper money up more than half a foot high.

And a chill rose from under my feet.

Wang Xiang didn't feel anything, but Yang Qian clearly felt a sudden feeling of being stared at, and in his perception, a gloomy thing inexplicably appeared, hanging in front of the incense and candles, but not in his field of vision. Switching to the feeling of the knife, he could also "see" a series of cutting textures that were much blurrier than normal.

This reminded Yang Qian of the ghosts and evil spirits he had killed not long ago. They were also eerie and cold, with a faint sense of hostility, and they could only be judged by the fuzzy cutting texture and could not be seen directly with the naked eye.

But compared to the evil ghost, Yang Qian did not feel any murderous intent or danger now. The other party was just hanging there.

It couldn't be the evil spirit. According to Qiu Minghua, that thing couldn't exist alone in the world. It needed the Soul Devouring Orb and a ritualist to exist. Neither of them could be missing.

If it's not a ghost, then what could it be?
Yang Qian thought of something that often appeared in novels and rumors: an evil ghost!

At the same time, Yang Qianke still remembered that there were several stories about "ghosts" mentioned in "Ten Yuan Strange Stories".

When a person dies, his soul disappears, which is the normal order of heaven and earth. However, if a person dies but his soul remains, he becomes a ghost, which is against the normal order of heaven and earth, and is an anomaly, very rare.

Anyway, apart from the previous evil spirits, this was Yang Qian's first encounter with a ghost.

It's not an exaggeration to say that it's incredible luck.

However, although Yang Qian saw it, he did not think of getting rid of it. The ghost, did it harm anyone? Maybe it came out just because there was a human head here for sacrifice, and it also came to see the fate of its enemy.

When the dark clouds above were blown away and the sun shone again, the ghost immediately disappeared. No one knew whether it had gone underground.

After the paper money was burned out, Yang Qian raised his hand and performed a Five Qi Earth Method, digging a three-foot-deep hole at the bottom of the hillside, just big enough for a human head. He threw Zhang Yue's head in and buried it.

"Okay, let's go."

"Yes!" Wang responded, then ran to Yang Qian, knelt down and kowtowed three times in a row.

"Thank you, Master Yang, for helping my mother and younger sister avenge their blood feud! Wang Xiang is willing to serve you like a slave for the rest of his life to repay your kindness!"

Yang Qian waved his hand without saying anything more. He turned and left the barren slope that was later called Wangzhuang Tomb.

After returning to the city, the next night, Yang Qian met Qiu Minghua again as expected.

Unlike before when he was in a state of disarray and weakness where he couldn't even send an urgent message to Lu Chunfeng and needed the help of Yang Qian to transfer spiritual energy to activate the talisman, Qiu Minghua has now turned back into the otherworldly immortal he looked like when he first met him.

"Captain Yang, we parted in a hurry last time and I haven't thanked you for saving my life yet. This is my talisman. If there is anything Qiu Minghua can help me with in the future, please feel free to ask." Qiu Minghua bowed to Yang Qian very solemnly, then took out a jade talisman and handed it to Yang Qian.

This means that he wanted to make friends with her and did not pretend not to see the life-saving grace.

To be honest, Qiu Minghua was the person who had the most equal attitude towards ordinary people among all the immortals Yang Qian had met. Before, Yang Qian had wrongly accused him and cursed him many times in his heart.

After receiving the talisman, Yang Qian returned the greeting and said, "Master Qiu, you are very polite. You can come to me if you need anything in the future. I will probably go to Jizhou City to work. You are welcome to come to Jizhou City then."

Qiu Minghua smiled and continued, "I will definitely go if I have the chance. But I have another thing to do, so please help me, Captain Yang."

(End of this chapter)