From Jiu Shu's world

Chapter 3 The Old House Story
If it is a coincidence that one person fainted, then it is not a coincidence that all three tenants fainted, it can only be said to be strange.It's just that I don't know whether the source of this matter is that Aunt Li or that Xiu Niang who died not long ago, or someone else.

Fantasy is meaningless, Henry Zhang pulled Qiusheng out of the crowd, and said, "Senior Brother, let's go to that Aunt Li's house, how about it?"

Seeing Henry Zhang pulling himself out and asking a question, Qiu Sheng couldn’t help but wondered: “That Aunt Li in Kaibuzhuang? Why go to her, she has an old house that is idle, but she only rents that house and doesn’t sell it. "

Henry Zhang explained with a smile: "You don't necessarily go to her to buy a house. Don't you want to know what happened?" Qiusheng said it again.

"This, junior brother, how about we talk to the master first before we go?" Qiu Sheng couldn't help but said with a bit of embarrassment after hearing this. He only practiced the third level of Qi. Ghost, that's food delivery. As for Henry Zhang, a younger brother who got started later than him in his eyes, and looks like a weak scholar, I'm afraid he might not be as good as himself.Of course he said he wouldn’t go, but the curiosity and eagerness in his eyes couldn’t hide from Henry Zhang’s eyes. How could he not be curious about the story behind this incident with this jumping character.

Seeing this, Henry Zhang said: "There is no certainty about this matter, call the uncle, if it's okay, brother, have you prepared the fried pork on the bamboo board?"

"What bamboo board fried meat?"

Henry Zhang glanced at Qiusheng’s butt playfully, and said, “What do you think?”

Thinking of the fear of being dominated by Uncle Jiu, Qiu Sheng couldn't help shivering, and hurriedly said, "Then let's go and have a look first."

The two of them made up their minds in a few words, and Qiu Sheng led the way to find Mrs. Li.Aunt Li is an old man in the town, and she was also an iconic beauty when she was young. There are almost no locals in the town who don't know her.Although she was old, her weaving and embroidery skills became more and more exquisite when she was young. After her husband passed away, she opened a cloth shop and used her exquisite skills to raise her son.It's a pity that the world is impermanent. In this era of war and chaos, her son in his 20s went to the battlefield and never came back.

The old house that was originally prepared as a wedding house for her son was useless. She was alone and helpless. In her later years, she prayed to the Buddha, built bridges and paved roads, and did good deeds. She didn't know whether it was for blessing or atonement.She also rented that unused old house to those poor homeless people who escaped from the disaster.

The two came all the way to Buzhuang, but they didn't expect to meet the closed door, they knocked on the door and stood there for a while.The owner of the shop next door noticed the two of them, and he came over and said, "You two are here to find Aunt Li. What a coincidence, Aunt Li brought a basket of incense candles and ingots to the old house early in the morning. .”

Henry Zhang and Qiusheng couldn't help but glanced at each other, and they were a little bit concerned in their hearts. Most people would not play with things like incense, candles and ingots for no reason.

The two thanked each other, then turned and headed towards Li's old house.

The old house of the Li family is actually not far from the shop, but Aunt Li is orphaned and widowed, and has to watch the shop, so she lives in the shop, and the old house is idle.

Henry Zhang and Qiu Sheng came to the old house, and Qiu Sheng stepped forward to knock on the door.Henry Zhang also had time to look at this old house.It is said to be an old house, but it is not an ancient courtyard house with three entrances and three exits. An old word is just a comparison with the rows of small western-style buildings in the town today.

A dark red gate, a door plaque that reads Ren Zhai, a gray brick wall with a height of three meters, and a neat row of dark gray tiles slanting on the wall.This is the periphery of the old house, and it doesn't feel too gloomy. Apart from being deserted, there is nothing special about it.

Looking over the wall, he faintly saw the attic that was partly higher than the wall.The wooden attic is not high, only about two floors, and stands far away. Looking at the distance from the wall here, one can know that there should be a yard inside the wall.

After a knock on the door, the door opened.A thin, gray-haired old woman stood inside the door, looked at Qiu Sheng who was knocking on the door, and Henry Zhang who was standing behind.Although the old woman is old, she is not hunchbacked at all, her back is straight, she looks very energetic, especially her eyes are very energetic.

Aunt Li has lived in the town for decades, and she basically knows everyone in the town.Seeing that it was Qiu Sheng who knocked on the door, his eyes softened, but as if he thought of something, he stepped slightly sideways and blocked the door.He asked kindly: "So it's Qiu Sheng, why are you here if you don't help your aunt look at the store?"

Qiu Sheng was a clever person, and said, "Ma'am, it's not that my junior brother wants to live in the town for a while. I know you have a house for rent here, so I'll show him."

After hearing this, Aunt Li's expression changed slightly, and she said without hesitation: "No more renting, my house is no longer renting, you take your junior brother to look elsewhere."

After finishing speaking, he seemed to realize that there was something wrong with what he said, sighed, and explained: "My house is unlucky, and three tenants fell ill. I can't harm this young man again."

After all, he waved his hand to close the door.

Henry Zhang stepped forward and blocked the door to be closed with his hand, and said to Aunt Li: "Mother, don't you know that your old house is not unlucky, but there are ghosts haunting you?"

After hearing this, Aunt Li's expression changed, and then she remained silent. The expression in her eyes also dimmed a bit, revealing a bit of struggle, not knowing what she was thinking.

Henry Zhang saw it, and then said softly: "Ma'am, although there is yin in your old house, there is no fierce resentment. I know that this ghost has never harmed anyone. However, if this ghost stays for a long time, not only the yin will easily corrode. The human body, even this ghost, is afraid of staying in the human world for a long time. If it becomes a murderous creature with resentment, it will have no chance of reincarnation. If it treats people like this, it is not good for ghosts. What do you say? no?"

After listening to Henry Zhang's advice, Aunt Li sighed, and said sadly: "You young man is right, I don't know if the thing left here is Axiu, if it is really Axiu, the aunt just asks You spared her life. This girl, Axiu, has a miserable life. She got sick after fleeing for her life and hadn't survived for half a year. The little girl has a good heart, it's a pity."

After Aunt Li finished speaking, she let out the door.Although she said in words that she didn't know if it was Xiu Niang, she already knew it in her heart.She is old and knows her own destiny. Although she has never seen a ghost, the faint feeling of being followed by someone after entering the old house cannot be faked. It feels like Xiu Niang helping her weave and embroider by her side in the past.

This is also the reason why she was nervous when she met Qiu Sheng and Henry Zhang.Axiu is a good girl, but after all, she stunned the three tenants. Granny Li worried that Qiusheng and Henry Zhang came to subdue Xiuniang and killed her.It would be really pitiful if Ah Xiu had such a rough life when she was born and couldn't even be a ghost when she died.

Henry Zhang saw that Aunt Li stepped aside from the road, her expression was gloomy, and he knew that she was worried about the safety of the female ghost, so he said in a voice of relief: "Don't worry, Auntie, we Maoshan disciples, although we pay attention to the opposition between good and evil, we will fight for life. But This ghost has never harmed anyone, so even if we take her in, we are just looking for a time to send her into reincarnation."

Qiu Sheng also hurriedly answered, and said, "That's right, my master usually does this. Even if you don't believe us, you have to trust my master."

Aunt Li listened to Henry Zhang's words and heard the name of Uncle Nine, her frowning brows finally relaxed a little, she breathed a sigh of relief, and said again and again: "This is good, this is good."

Although she doesn't know Taoism, but she has lived for a long time, and she has heard a lot of folk customs and rumors of the underworld.This Xiuniang's first seven days have already passed, but the ghost is still here, and has not been able to reach the underworld.Now I am afraid that she has become a wandering ghost and cannot be reincarnated. Now that Henry and Zhang promised to send her to reincarnate, it would be great.

After Henry Zhang and Qiusheng entered the door, they looked at the small yard for a while.He went straight to the small attic.In Henry Zhang’s eyes, the color of this courtyard is distinct, except for the small pavilion with light gray mist lingering, which is clearly the place where ghosts hide.

The two walked into the attic lobby all the way, looking around.I saw that the layout of the lobby was simple, and the seats and benches seemed to have been moved a lot on purpose, leaving it empty and deserted.A new mourning hall, a wooden table, an incense burner, a black wood and golden lacquered altar, and the ashes of paper in the copper basin in front of the mourning hall, these things, on the contrary, constitute a strange appearance.

Presumably, the lobby was converted into a mourning hall after Xiuniang's death, and although three tenants moved in, the one who hadn't yet changed the layout of the lobby was stunned.Now Aunt Li has set up a new mourning hall to worship Xiu Niang, and this has formed this appearance.

After Henry Zhang looked at the lobby, Aunt Li followed after closing the door, her eyes couldn't help looking around, with a nervous look of eagerness.

Seeing that everyone was here, Henry Zhang took out a small bottle from his pocket and threw it to Qiusheng.

Qiu Sheng caught the bottle, played with it for a while, looked at it and asked: "Junior brother, what is this?"

"The talisman water made from willow leaves soaked in cow's tears can be applied to the eyes to channel spirits. You and the aunt should both apply some."

After hearing this, Qiu Sheng poured out two drops on his fingertips, and then wiped it on his eyelids. He is just a rookie in Maoshan who has refined the third level of Qi, but he can't use Taoism to open his eyes, and he doesn't have enough spiritual energy.

Aunt Li on the side also took the bottle, hesitated for a while, and then put on the talisman water refined by Niu's tears.After the two of them applied the medicine, Qiu Sheng handed the talisman water to Henry Zhang, but seeing that he put the bottle away without dripping the talisman water, he couldn't help wondering: "Junior brother, don't you wipe your tears?"

Henry Zhang shook his head and said: "No, although I don't have yin and yang eyes that can pass through ghosts and gods, but I am also a psychic with yin and fate. These eyes can pass through the nether world, and I am born to see these things."

Qiu Sheng nodded, and he didn't want to delve into it. Although he didn't know what his senior brother's so-called yin fate was, he thought it was a special kind of fate, and he was even more embarrassed to ask in front of outsiders, otherwise his senior brother's persona would be the same. Gone.

Seeing that both of them had wiped away their tears, Henry Zhang turned around, looked sternly, and said to the spirit seat: "I've been watching for so long, why don't you come out to meet and talk about it? Don't wait." I accepted you and came out to beg for mercy."

(End of this chapter)