Tomb Raiders Codex

Chapter 2 The Blind
This string of peach wood Buddha beads is not bought outside, but my grandfather made it with our own peach tree, also known as "Jianglongmu".

Legend has it that Kuafu chased the sun, and before he died, he threw the sacred tree and turned it into a peach forest.The earliest Spring Festival couplets were made of peach wood boards, also known as peach charms. For thousands of years, peach wood has been said to ward off disasters and avoid evil, and it is called a sacred tree.

I remember that my grandfather brought it to me with his own hands, saying that it could bless my safety, but now, it is cracked.

At this time, the ambulance had already arrived, and everyone gathered around the child to watch the fun. It seemed that the child had drowned seriously. I don't know if he would survive. I did what I had to do, and the rest was left to see a doctor.

Taking advantage of this time, seeing that no one was paying attention to me, I hurriedly put on my shoes and socks, shook my wet hair and walked back.We don't save people for the sake of being famous, besides, anything can happen these days.Now it seems that I saved people.If something happens to this child, God knows if the child's parents will blame me for being late in saving someone or something.

It's better to do good deeds without leaving a name, and slip away.

After entering the water, my spirits improved a lot and I woke up from the wine.After crossing the road, I saw the community where I lived just around the corner, and suddenly, someone shouted from the side of the road: "Sir, stop, the poor road sees that your acupoints are dark, and your eyes are dim. In the next two days, you are going to spend a lot of money. "

I turned my head and saw that it was an old man.He wears sunglasses on his face, has a beard, wears a white sweatshirt, and holds a fan in his hand. He turns out to be a fortune teller on the street.

We businessmen are most afraid of other people talking about losing money, especially from the mouths of these fortune tellers.Youdao is a good spirit but not a bad spirit. When he said this, I became angry and said: "Old man, aren't you blind? How can I see that I am going to lose money? It's off!"

The fortune-teller was startled, probably never seen such a hot-tempered master like me, hurriedly took off his sunglasses, his sly eyes were innocent, they were brighter than most people, and there was a treachery in them, he said: "Hey, Mr. Wang is a sensible person. Don't be so angry. It's not easy to make a living these days. If you don't pretend to be blind, you won't believe it."

The reason why the blind man said this is because there was a saying in the past that fortune tellers leaked too many secrets, and it was inevitable that they would suffer retribution and be easily disabled in their lives.Therefore, if those fortune tellers in the past were blind or lame, it proved that they leaked too many secrets and suffered retribution, but it also reflected that this person was accurate, so blind fortune tellers were especially popular.

I saw that he was subdued, so I didn't plan to argue with him anymore.Stepping into the community, the man suddenly shouted: "I didn't lie to you. If you don't believe me, you will find out in a few days. Come to me when the time comes. I will still set up a stall here." If I hadn't already entered Neighborhood, go back lazily, really want to beat up that blind man.

This matter was quickly forgotten by me, but now, I am sitting in the office, looking at the messy and empty company, and I suddenly remembered what the blind man said three days ago.

In just three days, I was indeed broke, and it was still a big fortune.

My company... went bankrupt.

I don't run any big company. I rent a big shop in Electronic City.There is a store in the front, and an office in the back. They resell electronic products, all of which are parallel imports, and all they earn are huge profits.In the past two years, I have indeed made a lot of money, but just yesterday, my supplier sold the goods and ran away. I lost all my money and took out a bad debt.

Thinking about my life, Chen Xuan, I was suffering when I was a child, and it was even harder when I grew up. Now I have managed to rely on myself to work hard and get rich, so why did such a thing happen again?Could it be that the fortune teller really has two brushes?

At this time, the phone rang, and when I saw the number, my scalp exploded, because I was here to ask for debts.

I quickly turned off the phone, but didn't answer it, and my heart was like a fly without an owner.The money is guaranteed to be lost, but life is still going on, so how to pay off the nearly 200 million debt?How should I live in the days to come?
You know, since the goods I ship are all parallel imports, it is inevitable that I will come into contact with "disgraceful" friends, and the debt I owe is involved with each other among these friends.As for the interest, there is me in you, and you in me.Their influence is very strong here, I don't think I have the ability to hold back and not pay back.

I thought of the fortune teller, so I washed my face, changed my clothes and went back to the community.Sure enough, not far away, just look at the fake blind man.At this moment, I really want to kick him to vent the grievance in my heart, but reason tells me that now is not the time to do it.

I stood in front of his divination booth, the fortune teller took off his sunglasses, seemed to have expected that I would come, winked and said: "Sir, what I said is not bad."

I said: "Don't talk nonsense, tell me what's going on, is there any way to resolve it, as long as it works, you will have money." In fact, all my assets are now used to pay off debts, and the only thing left on me is Two thousand dollars.

The fortune teller looked around, he was very sneaky, and seeing no one, he said: "I told you, don't believe it, you, you have hit a ghost."

If someone said that usually, I wouldn't believe it, but at this moment, my heart skipped a beat, and I suddenly remembered the thing in the river.

Seeing that I didn't change my face, the fortune teller immediately said: "It seems that you know it in your heart. If I guessed correctly, you hit a water ghost. The water ghost stays where it is, unable to move. Although there is no way to harm you, as long as you If you are a ghost, you have three bad lucks, so your fortune is crushed to death. It is easy to crack, your home is too close to the water ghost, you just need to move. However, if you want to get rid of your If the bad luck turns around, I have to go to the water ghost for help."

Ask a ghost for help?

If it wasn't for what the fortune teller said was exactly the same as what I encountered, I really wanted to slap him: Asking a ghost for help, isn't that cheating me?

Seeing my angry face, the fortune teller said, "Don't believe me, do you know where this river used to be?"

Seeing that he was trying to show off, I couldn't help but want to kill his arrogance, and said, "Don't look at me as a foreigner. If you want to talk about the history of this place, you can't be more familiar with it. This river used to be called Huichong River. It was a big river, and many people died, but after changing the river course, it was reduced to its present size."

The fortune teller said: "You only know one thing, you don't know the other thing, you only know the second thing, and you don't know the third thing. The predecessor of this river was also called Mazu River. There used to be a Mazu Temple by the river. Decades ago Ah, the temple was pushed to the ground, and many of the ancient relics in the temple sank into the river. One of them was the "Wat cat" in the town temple. What is this "Wat cat"? It was able to swallow wind and waves in ancient times. Sea beast, but the sea beast was pushed into the river and couldn't turn over, do you think it can not get angry?"

I hissed, came back to my senses, and said, "Old man, are you saying that it wasn't the water ghost that hurt me, but that wretch cat?"

The fortune teller said: "Whether it's a cat or a water ghost, if you don't get rid of it, your fortune in this life will definitely not be prosperous, and you will only get worse and worse in the future. I think you are poor and poor now, and we Taoists also pay attention to it." Help the world save people. How about this, you go into the water to fish up the body of the cat, and I will take it home to enshrine and resolve its violence. In this way, you can change your luck, and I have immeasurable merits, so I will not accept you How about the relief money?"

I think what the fortune teller said is clear and logical, and it coincides with my situation in the past two days. Although I didn't believe in evil before, I can't help but believe it now.

But after working hard in the mall for many years, I still had more thoughts, and I opened my mouth and asked, "Since the merit is immeasurable, why don't you go in person, or go with me?"

The blind fortune-teller seemed to have expected that I would ask this question, and after laughing a few times, he said, "Don't you know that even if the fight defeats the Buddha and meets the monster in the river, Marshal Tianpeng will still be shocked?" Playing the vanguard! I am old and I am not good at water..."

Damn, it turned out to be because I couldn't swim.When I asked this question, he turned a corner and scolded him as Zhu Bajie... However, now is not the time to worry about these small details.I thought about it for a while, and there seemed to be nothing suspicious, so I said, "Okay, I will act tonight, but you have to make a move, when will you go, and what should you bring? We can't fight unprepared."

The fortune teller told me that when the night is dark, when the moon is just over the treetops; when the red string is tied to the ghost, nine cross knots must be tied... Anyway, Rory talked a lot.

That night, I took a bundle of red rope and dived into the bottom of the river while there was no one around.

(End of this chapter)