My master is the coffin

Chapter 18 Exorcism
Finally, I saw the skinny Taoist thump a few times, then lay upright on the bottom of the pit without moving.

I was overjoyed and said to Zhang Yuan: "It's done, he's not moving."

Then, he couldn't help but took two steps forward, wanting to see the situation of the skinny Taoist priest.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Yuan shouted loudly behind me: "Come back."

This sound startled me. I was just about to come back when I suddenly saw a black figure flying out of the skinny Taoist priest and running straight towards me.

I was terrified in my heart, and hurriedly tried to escape back. However, it was too late at this time. Seeing that the black shadow had already arrived in front of me, I already felt a gust of wind blowing on my face, piercing my flesh and freezing my hair to the bone. numb.

At this moment, suddenly, I saw a yellow talisman blocking me.Immediately afterwards, as soon as his body warmed up, the gust of wind disappeared without a trace.

At this time, I couldn't hold it any longer, and with a plop, I sat down on the ground.

The moment I fell to the ground, the abbot had already entered with a candle, and the room was brightened up a lot.

He probed his head and asked my master, "Are you all right?"

My master nodded: "It's all right." Then he glanced at me again and said, "You and the abbot, you two pull the little Taoist up."

I had no choice but to get up from the ground, jumped into the pit with the abbot one after another, and then brought the skinny Taoist priest up.

At this time, I noticed that there was a lot of red powder scattered in the pit.I couldn't help asking: "Master, what did you sprinkle just now?"

Zhang Yuan was looking at the yellow talisman in his hand under the lamp. When he heard my question, he said lightly: "Cinnabar, and sulfur." ​​After a few seconds, he solemnly said: "From now on without my order, don't mess around Move, you almost got caught by a water ghost just now."

Thinking of the scene just now, I couldn't help trembling in my heart, so I nodded hastily.

The abbot looked at the yellow talisman in Master's hand and asked, "Master Zhang, did the water ghost catch it?"

Zhang Yuan smiled wryly, and lit up the talisman in front of us: "Look, does this seem to be caught?"

I looked up, and the talisman seemed to have been burned by fire, and it was half black.

I was a little surprised: "This water ghost is so powerful?"

Zhang Yuan waved his hands again and again: "If this was left in the past, he would have been out of his wits long ago. It's a pity that your master and I have been lying in the coffin for several years, and my vitality was severely damaged, so I let him run away. But it doesn't matter, wait for me for two days, gentleman Revenge, ten years is not too late."

I looked at the skinny Taoist priest lying on the ground, with his eyes closed, still unconscious.

I pointed to the skinny Taoist priest: "Master, what's going on?"

Zhang Yuan snorted: "It shouldn't be." Then he knelt down to check.

While Zhang Yuan was inspecting the skinny Taoist priest, the abbot whispered to me: "Xu You, your master's skill is not very good. It looks like a two-handed knife."

Zhang Yuan didn't pay any attention to this, and still squatted on the ground to check the skinny Taoist priest.After a few minutes, he stood up, looking ugly.

I asked nervously, "What's wrong?"

Zhang Yuan said lightly: "It's a blood contract. The little Taoist really didn't know what to do, so he actually signed a blood contract with the water ghost. Once the blood contract is formed, we will share weal and woe, and we will live and die together. Although the water ghost was driven away today, the skinny Taoist may not It can be saved."

There is a trace of sadness in my heart.Although I have only known Taoist Shou for a few days, he is enthusiastic and dedicated to learning Taoism, so he is a sincere and kind person.There is nothing we can do to see good people dying.

I sighed and said, "Can I only prepare for his funeral?"

Zhang Yuan thought for a while: "Generally, ghosts who make a blood contract with a living person are worshiped after death, and deliberately want to harm others. If this is the case, I can't do anything now. There is another kind, when the wish is not fulfilled when dying, So I want to use the power of strangers to achieve my wish. If it is this kind of ghost, there may be a glimmer of hope."

I asked Zhang Yuan: "Which type is this water ghost?"

Zhang Yuan patted his head: "It's up to us to investigate by ourselves. I feel that the water ghost has a lot of grievances, and it shouldn't be long since he died."

That night, after a lot of tossing, we were already very tired. Zhang Yuan didn't say any more, and let us go to bed early.

The next day, before dawn, he woke me up with the reason: "The rooster is crowing, it's time to get up."

I put on my clothes sleepily: "Master, the sun is not out yet. There is not even a car on the street, where are we going?"

Zhang Yuan didn't answer, and pulled me to walk outside quickly.I staggered to keep up and couldn't help but ask, "Where are you going?"

Zhang Yuan looked up at the road: "By the river. Go to the place where the skinny Taoist recruits water ghosts."

At this time, I suddenly discovered a problem. Zhang Yuan seemed to be very familiar with him as he walked through the streets and alleys.So I couldn't help asking: "Master, you have been lying in the coffin for more than ten years. Buildings and roads are built here all day long. Today it is demolished, tomorrow it is illegally built, and it changes in a few months. Why do you seem to be familiar with it?" have to?"

Zhang Yuan waved his hand and said, "Did you forget? I'm a cultivator. I usually recuperate in the coffin. Sometimes my soul will come out to do something."

However, when I asked Zhang Yuan what he was doing, he still refused to say anything.

The two of us walked abruptly from the Dasheng Temple to the river on our two legs.Fortunately, we got up very early, so when we walked to the river, the sky had just dawned.

Zhang Yuan wandered around the river, and then stopped under the big tree by the river. After a while, he said slowly: "A person was drowned here once."

I stood behind him, listening to the solemnity he said, I couldn't help thinking about it and laughed: "Since it's a water ghost, who wouldn't know that he drowned?"

Then, Zhang Yuan actually sat down cross-legged, closed his eyes, and said nothing.

I stood by and waited for him for a while, and couldn't help asking: "What are we doing now?"

Zhang Yuanxi's words are like gold: "Wait."

I didn't know why, so I sat down on a rock.Drowsy in the morning light.

Suddenly, Zhang Yuan patted me on the shoulder and said, "Here we come."

I looked up and saw an old man doing morning exercises, walking slowly with his hands behind his back.

Zhang Yuan went up to him and asked, "Master, does your old man do morning exercises by the river every day?"

The uncle lost all his hair, but he was in good spirits, and immediately replied: "Yes, I have been practicing for 30 years. Look at me now, I am not blind, I am not deaf, but my teeth are a little bad, and I can't eat hard things. ..."

Zhang Yuan interrupted his nagging: "People have been drowned in this river, do you know that?"

The old man regained his spirits: "I know, of course I know. There are many people drowned in this river, especially in those years, the little red general took people everywhere. One of my neighbors couldn't stand the criticism, so he died on the way back. ..."

Zhang Yuan waved his hand: "Needless to say it's so far away, it's the closest. Has anyone drowned here?"

The old man's gaze was a little strange, and he nodded after a while: "Yes, there was a person who drowned here. Hey, since then, the river has not been smooth, and ghosts are often heard crying in the middle of the night." Then he touched the river again. Touched his chin: "However, it seems that I haven't heard it for a while."

Zhang Yuan asked again: "Then do you know who drowned here?"

The old man nodded again and again: "Yes, of course I know. The one who drowned was from the first unit. His name seemed to be Wu An. He was quite honest. He worked for some kind of company. The money he earned was less, hehe, it's not as good as my old man's." There is a lot of pension. Now he is dead. Hey, there is a daughter-in-law left, who became a widow at a young age, and life is not easy."

Zhang Yuan also sighed for a while, and then asked: "Which unit?"

The old man casually pointed to a residential area by the river: "That's right there, see? The first building, Unit [-]."

The old man doing morning exercises left, and Zhang Yuan and I followed his instructions and walked slowly towards the community he mentioned.

On the way, I was a little puzzled and asked: "How does this old man know so many things? He must have killed that Wu An."

Zhang Yuan had a strange expression: "These old men and old ladies just get together and gossip with their parents when they have nothing to do. Do you believe it or not? If you ask him what Wu An eats every day, he will know exactly what he eats."

I was dumbfounded by this.

By the time we spoke, we had already reached the community.The houses in the community are very old, and they are very quiet when you walk in, with some advertisements pasted messily on the low walls.Zhang Yuan grabbed a kid who was holding a cat in front of the building, and pointed to a unit: "Where is Wu An's house?"

The little kid blinked, and said crisply: "I don't know."

I walked over and touched the child's head: "Which family died recently? Do you know that?"

The child nodded again and again: "I know, the family on the left is dead. My mother won't let me go to their house to play."

Zhang Yuan nodded and said to me, "Let's go."

The one on the left is 101, a very primitive anti-theft door. Zhang Yuan and I walked over and was about to knock on the door when suddenly, I felt something was wrong.

Why is this corridor so gloomy?Although the sun can't shine here, it shouldn't be so cold.

Zhang Yuan took out a talisman from his pocket, handed it to me, and said: "Put it on your heart, in case something happens, it can protect you."

I didn't dare to neglect, so I quickly put it away as promised.

Immediately, Zhang Yuan knocked on the door a few times.The most primitive anti-theft door, made of welded large iron sheets, knocks loudly.After a while, an unkempt man opened the door.

The man's hair was stuck together and hung down in locks.There was a lot of dust on her face, so I took a closer look at her face.What she should eat today is green vegetables, of course, it may also be eaten yesterday.

I looked carefully for a long time, and I could barely tell from her clothes that it was a woman.

The woman didn't speak, but wiped the tears all over her face with the back of her dirty hand, and asked, "Who are you?"

I took out a business card and handed it over: "Hello, I am..."

The woman glanced down, then threw her business card on the ground: "I don't buy insurance." Then, she turned around and was about to close the door.

(End of this chapter)