"The dead child was named Tong, named Tong Tong. He was about five years old when he died. Tong Tong was a freak. He has never liked to talk since he was born. From birth to death, he only said three words. Are you surprised?" Lei Zi shook the ashes.

"At the age of five, I only said three words? What three words were they saying?" I asked curiously.

Lei Zi sighed: "I called out three names, grandpa, grandma, mom! What's scary is that when Tong Tong opened her mouth, one person would die! When she was two years old, she called grandpa, but when grandpa went up the mountain to hunt, she fell off the cliff and died! When she was three years old, she called grandma, and grandma got up in the cottage in the middle of the night and fell into the pit and drowned! When she was five years old, she called mom, but... her mother was actually electrocuted and died... so terrible! Tong Tong was just here to collect debts!"

I was secretly surprised that there was such a thing in the world, and this is really a life-threatening ghost!

I pursed my lips: "Why... Tong Tong died?"

Lei Zi shook his head: "This is quite sad. Tong Tong was hacked to death by his father!"

"What?!" My heart trembled violently. As the saying goes, "A tiger will not eat any children." Such a young child was actually hacked to death by his biological father. Isn't this too conscience?

Lei Zi also showed sadness on his face: "Originally, the same family was harmonious, but because of Tong Tong's birth, the family was destroyed. Think about it, Tong Tong defeated his grandfather, grandma, mother, and father who worked outside could not accept such facts. Everyone in the family died. When he was mentally disintegrated, he picked up a hatchet and killed Tong Tong, and then... and then he hung himself on the beam... A good family was ruined, completely destroyed..."

I was sighing when I heard this. I couldn't speak out even when I was born. Fortunately, I was not a life-threatening ghost. Perhaps this similar experience made me feel inexplicably sympathetic to Tong Tong.

Lei Zi said: "The Tong family is already in a tragedy. The whole family died and no one buried the father and the father, so in the end, the village committee can only come forward to take charge of their funerals! But you have to know that the father and son are definitely very resentful. You have to think clearly whether to accept this life or not?"

I rubbed my hands and said, "Come on! Why don't you? But before leaving, I have to ask the master first to see if he has any suggestions and arrangements!"

The next morning, Lei Zi was still sleeping soundly in the quilt. I got up early and went up the mountain temple to pay homage to Chen Xiucai.

I spent the whole night thinking about the Tong family. This matter was indeed a bit tricky. Two dead people, one died suddenly and the other committed suicide, were very resentful. It might not be that easy to handle this matter safely. It seems that this high appearance fee of 1,000 yuan is really hard to earn!

After hearing about Tong Tong's incident, Chen Xiucai stroked his beard and said, "High income, high risk, this is very reasonable!"

I nodded and asked Chen Xiucai: "Master, then do you think, will we take this job?"

Chen Xiucai glanced at me and sipped a sip of wine: "What's wrong? Are you scared?"

I said seriously: "It's not that I'm afraid, I'm just worried that if something happens, my Taoist practice will not be able to control the situation!"

Chen Xiucai laughed and said, "You kid, when did you speak so much? OK! Don't worry and go boldly, I really can't handle it. Isn't it still a teacher to take charge!"

What I was waiting for was Chen Xiucai's words. Chen Xiucai was so angry that even if I felt uneasy, I would let go of my heart. If something happened to me, Chen Xiucai would not sit idly by.

Chen Xiucai put down the wine cup and reminded: "In the process of driving the corpse, you should pay more attention to Tong Tong's corpse. In comparison, Tong Tong is more terrifying than his father and has deeper resentment. Do you understand what I mean?"

I nodded and said, "Master, don't worry, I know how to do it!"

"Okay!" Chen Xiucai stretched his waist and stood up: "How are you studying "The Book of Zhuyou" these days?"

"Slightly achieved a small success!" I said.

Actually, when I went to Niujia Village this time, I had an idea in my mind, which was to test my skills and see my recent learning achievements. This principle is very simple, just like a novice who just got a driver's license, can't wait to drive on the road. I feel the same now, eager to try it.

"Oh? I'm a little successful? Then you can test your results as a teacher!" Chen Xiucai got up with a smile and walked into the inner room. After a while, he took out a scarecrow from the inner room and placed it on the open space outside the hall.

Chen Xiucai pointed to the scarecrow on the ground and said to me: "Try it, can you control this scarecrow!"

"Okay!" I rolled up my sleeves and walked to the center of the open space.

Corpse has souls, while scarecrows have no souls. In comparison, scarecrows are easier to control. Moreover, controlling real corpses requires lighting a sky lantern, but scarecrows without souls cannot light a sky lantern, so they can only be controlled by talismans. This is a very low-level Taoist technique. You only need to use a corpse talisman to control the scarecrow.

I asked the master to bring a piece of yellow paper, bite the index finger of his right hand, dip it in blood, and draw a strange talisman pattern on the yellow paper.

I have a good memory, and I remember some simple talisman patterns in my mind.

In fact, it is simple, but in the eyes of laymen, it looks like messy lines.

As a qualified corpse-driver, you must remember the ways to draw various talismans. Otherwise, when you encounter danger, do you still have time to take out the "Zhuyou Scroll" and copy it to the top? It is definitely not possible. It must be remembered in your mind. When you need to use any talisman, you can draw it immediately.

Moreover, drawing talismans is also a skill. If the talisman is not drawn properly, it will actually directly affect the effect of the talisman.

I quickly drew a corpse-raising talisman. Chen Xiucai hugged his arms and watched from the side, nodding repeatedly: "Well, the drawing is pretty good, it's quite talented!"

I held the talisman in my right hand and the corpse-inducing bell in my left hand, and walked around the scarecrow. There were thirteen steps in this circle, and it was not too much or too little. As for why I did this, I don’t know, so I have to ask my ancestors.

After walking thirteen steps, I stood still, muttered a string of spells, and then pointed at the center of the scarecrow's eyebrows, and made a move like lightning, and suddenly slapped the corpse talisman on the scarecrow's forehead.

Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding!

I shook the corpse-induced bell and shouted: "The Yin people are on the road, and the Yang people are avoiding it! Get up!"

Under my guidance, the scarecrow who was originally lying on the ground actually sat up little by little.

I was overjoyed and more confident in my operation. The scarecrow followed me, walked around the mountain temple, and finally returned to Chen Xiucai.

Although I was so tired that I was sweating profusely, I couldn't say that I was excited and happy. I didn't expect that such significant progress would be made in just a few days, which surprised Chen Xiucai.

Chen Xiucai shouted ok and said excitedly: "When I learned to drive corpses back then, I studied this corpse for three weeks, but you only took three days! Hahaha, that's great, I, Chen Xiucai, did not choose the wrong person! I didn't choose the wrong person!"

Chen Xiucai was so happy that he danced in the open space like a child.

I was very moved and could see that Chen Xiucai was sincerely doing his best for me, and the glory of his apprentice is the glory of his master.
Chapter completed!