The Secret Art of Refining the Dead: The Walking Corpse File

Chapter 118 Framed
Chaoshan is not a specific place name, but more precisely, it is a general term for a culture. The locals here generally refer to Chaozhou, Shantou, Jieyang and other places as Chaoshan, and the native people in this land also use Chaoshan People pretend to be themselves.Many outsiders will confuse this point, and the hometown Chaoshan mentioned by He Shuixiang actually refers to Jieyang.

The next day, we drove to Jieyang under the leadership of He Shuixiang.

Although Jieyang is a city-level city, its area is not large. In the past, Jieyang was a county-level city.After five or six hours of driving, we arrived in JY City at noon.This is a quiet urban area, not so densely populated, completely different from the hustle and bustle of Shenzhen, and there are not so many high-rise buildings. Under the guidance of He Shuixiang, our car headed all the way to Jieyang South. Along the way, we can Saw a lot of traditional buildings.

The Chaoshan area is the area with the most complete preservation of folk culture in Guangdong. Driving all the way, you can see many temples far and near. It can be seen that ghost culture is also very popular in the local area.

While driving, He Shuixiang said: "Our old house has been kept and no one lives in it. Our old housekeeper said that the foundation of our ancestors should not be demolished casually. Many people in that area have moved away, but the old house is still there."

Half an hour later, we arrived at the old house of Guan Shan’s family. It was an old-fashioned house in the past. I can’t see the specific style. He Shuixiang said that Guan Shan is a Hakka family, and this house has been passed down for three generations. Presumably it should be a Hakka building.

The neighboring houses around the house, as He Shuixiang said, are not inhabited, and the surrounding alleys are full of weeds, and occasionally a child or two ran past, staring at us very curiously.He Shuixiang took out the key and unlocked the gate. With the creaking sound of the old-fashioned door, the layout of the village was revealed before our eyes.

The grass in the yard grew a little taller, and the old-fashioned corridor gave people a sense of simplicity and gravity. The doors of each wing room were locked tightly, only the door of the main room was unlocked and slightly opened.It is said that some relatives came over from time to time to take care of cleaning, otherwise the house would be unoccupied for a long time, and many snakes, insects, rats and ants would be born.

After entering the gate, Tan Ren signaled He Shuixiang to close the gate from the inside, and then he and Zhou Xuanye began to inspect the house.Modern people live in commercial housing with a small area. From our point of view, this house is considered large.However, judging from the previous architectural style, the size of this house is actually a bit shabby.

He Shuixiang said that Guan Shan's grandparents and above were all poor people. The mask of the house was so big, and now it looks like a vermilion lacquer painting, which is the result of renovation from generation to generation.

While talking, Tan Ren has already taken out a compass from his backpack. The straight cross with crumbling red lines on the compass looks very bright. In the center is a glass-encrusted compass. At this moment, the pointer of the compass is slightly swinging, as if What interfered.

Tan Ren and Zhou Xuanye began to walk around the house slowly, and from time to time, they would ask He Shuixiang some strange questions, for example, he asked He Shuixiang: "The butler ancestor, did you offend anyone?"

He Shuixiang can't explain clearly, and he has never heard of offending anyone.

Tan Ren asked again: "Do you know how the butler started his business and made a fortune?"

He Shuixiang immediately said: "I know this. The housekeeper's ancestors were farmers. When his grandfather was plowing the land, he dug out a large piece of jade from the soil. His father sold the jade and used it as a business capital, so he slowly made a fortune. "

"Dig out a piece of jade?" Tan Ren said, "Where did you dig it?"

He Shuixiang said: "I don't know about that. When I got married, the housekeeper was already very rich, so he stopped farming a long time ago."

Tan Ren nodded without saying a word. After a while, when we walked to the door of a wing room, the pointer in the compass suddenly swayed very strongly.This shows that there is a very abnormal magnetic field in this wing.

Zhou Xuanye on the side immediately asked: "Who lived in this room before?"

He Shuixiang was surprised and said: "This, this is the master bedroom. I used to live with Guan Shan. Why, is there a problem?" Tan Yan motioned her to look at his compass, and then said: "Not only is there a problem, but there is also a big problem. Question." As he spoke, he gestured for He Shuixiang to open the door.

He Shuixiang panicked when he saw the pointer of the compass wobbling wildly. Naturally, we did what we said.The door hadn't been opened for a while, and when it was opened, dust fell down. At a glance, the tables, chairs and beds in the house were complete, covered with a white cloth, and the cloth was covered with a thick layer of dust. People walked in, one step at a time. footprint.

Tan Ren pointed to the dust cloth on the table, and motioned for us to put away all these dust cloths. After doing all this, the whole room was filled with dust, making people unable to open their eyes. It took a long time to calm down .Immediately afterwards, Tan Ren began to search the room with a very focused expression, but Zhou Xuanye did not help.

I couldn't help asking: "Brother Zhou, what is he looking for?"

Zhou Xuanye said: "The thing that affects the magnetic field of the compass. In fact, the so-called formation is to use the formation to change the magnetic field of an area, and even if the formation is destroyed in the end, there will be residual evidence. The magnetic field here is abnormal, obviously before Someone has tampered with this room."

Sure enough, Tan Ren's eyes quickly settled on the dressing table in the room.

This is an old-fashioned dresser with patterns of magpies, flowers and birds beside it. Because it was covered with a dustproof cloth before, the dresser still looks clean.

Tan Ren looked at the dressing table, and suddenly said: "Why does this table face the bed?" Even someone like me who doesn't understand Feng Shui knows that the dressing table should not face the bed, because there is usually a mirror on the dressing table, Sleeping in front of a mirror is a big taboo. To put it lightly, it is easy to cause nightmares, and to put it seriously, it is easy to attract ghosts and evil spirits.

These are some common feng shui taboos that most people know. It stands to reason that Guan Shan is superstitious about these things. It is impossible that he does not understand such a simple truth, right?

He Shuixiang also gasped, and said, "It wasn't facing the head of the bed before, did someone move it?"

While talking, I couldn't help turning my eyes to the dressing table, and found that the dressing table that was originally attached to the wall had an offset angle, as if someone had moved the dressing table, but it hadn't had time to completely reset it, leaving a gap.

Tan Ren immediately put down the compass, beckoned to me, and beckoned me to lift the dressing table, and we together lifted it one meter away. At this time, Tan Ren began to search carefully.At this moment, I discovered that there seemed to be something stuck in the mirror shelf behind the dressing table.

Only one corner of the thing was exposed, and it was red, like a piece of red cloth.

I knew this dressing table was famous, so I didn't dare to move around, so I patted Tan Ren on the shoulder and pointed it out to him.Tan Ren glanced at it, and immediately pulled out the thing carefully, only then did I realize that it turned out to be a small bag sewn with red cloth.

He Shuixiang obviously didn't expect that there would be such a thing behind her dressing table, she was shocked and said: "What is this?"

Without further ado, Tan Ren opened the red bag and took out something from inside.It's black, like thread, and upon closer inspection, it's a handful of human hair, and the hair isn't long, so it should belong to a man.

After Tan Ren finished reading, his face darkened, he stuffed his hair into the red bag, and said, "Keep looking. See if there are any other places." Soon, we were at the foot of the bed and other corners, one after another. This small red cloth bag was found, which contained various things, including nails, hair, and spells.

When he opened the talisman, Tan Ren's serious expression turned into surprise, and he said, "Who showed you the Feng Shui in this room?"

He Shuixiang was already in a state of desperation at this moment, and immediately said after hearing the words: "Who else is there, that damned fortune teller."

Tan Ren nodded, squeezed the talisman paper into a ball and threw it on the ground, saying: "Does your husband's family have a grudge against that fortune teller?"

He Shuixiang said: "Where did this come from? The old fortune-teller and Guan Shan's father were friends in a pair of pants. Guan Shan's father died early, and the old fortune-teller really helped the housekeeper a lot, but his personality was very eccentric. , I don't have much to do with him."

Hearing this, Tan Ren showed a thoughtful expression, and said: "This is a situation where wealth is ruined and ruined. If this situation is set up, the people who live here will lose their money, of course, and when the trouble is serious, it will also harm the relatives. Here you go The person who set up this situation is trying to ruin your family."

He Shuixiang's lips trembled, and she said: "It turns out that the old fortune teller is playing tricks. I, we didn't treat him badly. He wants to punish us like this." Then, she suddenly remembered Su Qi, and tremblingly said: "So , everything has nothing to do with my daughter?"

Tan Ren shook his head slightly, and said: "Hundred ghosts give birth to a child, the person concerned is likely to die young, but it is harmless to the six relatives, you were deceived by that person."

He Shuixiang's tears came out all at once, and she shouted: "My poor daughter..." After speaking, she burst into tears. I was a little helpless, and after a few words of comfort, she got up and said, "I have to tell you about this. That dead ghost at home, let him see what immoral things he has done!" After speaking, he grabbed Tan Ren's hand violently as if grasping at a straw.

Tan Yan was caught off guard, and was grabbed by her hand, his whole face was distorted immediately, He Shuixiang let go of the frightened He Shuixiang, and said in surprise: "Oh, Boss Tan, what's wrong with you." Tan Yan was shaking all over, being arrested His hand was as stiff as a chicken paw, and then he grabbed a handful of ashes on the ground and rubbed it vigorously on his hand.

For a person with contact sexual cleanliness, dust is definitely cleaner than humans, and being touched by someone, as long as it is not through clothes, is almost the same as being raped.

He Shuixiang's charm is still there anyway, Tan Ren's overreaction probably caused a huge damage to her self-esteem, she couldn't speak for a while, not to mention the tangled expression on her face.

After a while, Tan Ren finally stopped shaking. With a dark face, he took out his gloves and put them on, and walked out without saying a word. After that, he didn't talk to any of us for more than six hours on the return trip.No matter what Shui Xiang asked, he didn't say anything.

(End of this chapter)