Shen Qingqing was startled and almost threw the bowl away, "Master Lin is going to die? Are you kidding me?"
The last time we met, he was glowing, high-spirited, and looking like he was going to get promoted and make a fortune. How could he suddenly be dying?
"It's true..." The little skinny man wiped away his tears and cried. "I was fine when I walked out in the morning. But when I came back after dinner in the evening, I suddenly collapsed. After half a stick of incense, I couldn't even breathe.
It’s almost gone.”
"A brother invited a doctor to see him. The doctor couldn't tell what the disease was. He just said that he was dying and asked us to prepare for his funeral as soon as possible. Wuwu..."
The little thin man cried even harder, "Mr. Lin is a good man. He has done so many good things for our Ningyang County. He doesn't deserve to die."
"Don't worry, take me over there to have a look, maybe we can be saved." Shen Qingqing took off her apron and hurriedly followed him outside.
Lin Ziyan was destined to be wealthy and had meritorious deeds. According to normal development, she should not have died so hastily, so she could basically conclude that there was a ghost behind this incident.
If the sneakiness is removed in time, the person can definitely be saved.
At this time, the sky was completely dark, and the moon was hidden behind the thick clouds without leaking any light. The night was like a heavy curtain, making people feel uneasy.
Meng Yuan had already led the horse and was waiting outside the courtyard. When he saw her coming out, he stretched out his hand and pulled her onto the horse's back. "Let's go together. It's not safe to drive at night."
The situation was urgent, and the three of them did not dare to delay. They galloped all the way and arrived at the county government office in less than half an hour.
There was a cry of mourning inside and outside the county government office. The two government officials guarding the gate were crying so hard that they could no longer stand. They sat cross-legged on the ground and cried.
Shen Qingqing glanced at them when he entered the door, "Cheer up, people start crying before they die, and you will cry to death even before they die."
The two stopped crying and quickly picked up their sabers and got up.
The crying on one side stopped, and the crying on the other side became even more harsh.
"Master Lin, you can't die. Ningyang County can't live without you, and I can't live without you!"
"You promised me that you would come back and take me with you when you become rich. How can you not keep your promise?"
"Master Lin, wuwu...Lin Ziyan, open your eyes and look at me!"
This kind of crying feels a bit like a woman crying for her lover.
Shen Qingqing shook her head and quickly walked into Lin Ziyan's bedroom. When she entered the door, she saw Master Chen kneeling beside the bed, holding Lin Ziyan's left hand tightly, crying like a storm, thunder and lightning, and he didn't even notice anyone came in.
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Lin Ziyan was lying quietly on the bed, with a black mist between his eyebrows, his face was pale, lifeless, and without any color at all. He was completely different from the energetic Mr. Lin from the past few days.
Shen Qingqing strode forward, patted Master Chen's shoulder lightly and said, "Move somewhere first, and I'll check it out."
Master Chen turned around and cried even harder when he saw her face, "Master Shen, he is out of breath, Master Lin is out of breath!"
"You can be saved even if you are out of breath, trust me."
A few simple words rekindled Master Chen's hope, "Then you should quickly find out how to save her. If you need anything, just ask for it. We will cooperate fully."
He stood up holding on to the edge of the bed and moved his position to her.
Shen Qingqing bit her index finger, squeezed out a drop of blood from her fingertip and pressed it between Lin Ziyan's eyebrows. The moment the blood droplet touched the skin, it turned into a light red blood mist.
After the fog, the man lying on the bed seemed to have turned into a transparent ice sculpture, his body empty without a trace of soul.
It seems that they arrived a step too late and their souls have already left the body.
Shen Qingqing flicked her sleeves to disperse the layer of blood mist, and leaned over to check his breathing and pulse. His breathing stopped, but his pulse was still there. It seemed that his soul had just left.
She turned around and asked Master Chen, "Is there a place with higher ground and a wide view here?"
Master Chen thought for a moment and said hurriedly: "Yes, I will take you there."
For a moment, Shen Qingqing looked at the bamboo ladder placed at the base of the wall in a daze, "Isn't the place you are talking about the roof of the house?"
"Yes, this is the tallest house in the entire county government. You should be able to see far when you climb up." Master Chen said with a sincere face.
Shen Qingqing: "...Okay."
Once on the roof, the view is indeed much wider. The houses, buildings, streets and alleys around the county government can all be seen.
She took out the soul-calling bell from the cloth bag, and while ringing the bell, she read Lin Ziyan's name and birthday.
The tinkling bells spread farther and farther, gradually disappearing into the deep night.
Not long after, a tall figure wearing white single clothes appeared in the alley north of the county government office. After a closer look, wasn't it Lin Ziyan's lost soul?
Shen Qingqing seized the opportunity, increased the speed of ringing the bell, and at the same time shouted to Meng Yuan: "Hurry up and attract the soul incense!"
Meng Yuan was already familiar with this. Hearing this, he immediately picked up the fire stick, ignited the soul-inducing incense he had prepared earlier, and stuck it on Lin Ziyan's bedside.
The soul-drawing incense replaces the soul-calling bell and brings the living soul wandering outside into the room. Under normal circumstances, the living soul should return directly to the body at this time, and the person is saved.
But Lin Ziyan's soul kept wandering beside the bed, sometimes moving to the left and sometimes to the right, as if being torn back and forth by two invisible forces, and could never return to its original body.
Seeing that something was wrong, Shen Qingqing took out a talisman and placed it on his back. The restless soul immediately calmed down.
"Can't we save him?" Meng Yuan asked with a frown.
"I'll try again." Shen Qingqing's gaze moved from Shenghun's glazed eyes to the black air flowing between her eyebrows. She suddenly raised her hand and pulled out the soul-suppressing ruler. A cold light flashed across the tip of the ruler, piercing the broad body of Shenghun.
sleeves.
A thin black rope hung from his wrist.
Shen Qingqing tentatively tugged on the black thread, but the thread was tied too tightly and could not be pulled at all.
She changed her hand and tried to cut with the soul ruler again. This time it was cut, but not long after, a new line appeared between his wrists.
Obviously, that line is not a real thing, but a virtual body transformed by some kind of contract.
If you want to untie the rope, you must first break the contract.
"Did Mr. Lin meet any strange people today, or agree to any strange requests from others?" Shen Qingqing turned around and asked Master Chen.
Master Chen said without hesitation: "Yes! I wanted to tell you just now, but I never found the chance."
"Today Mr. Lin and I went to the countryside to inspect, and we passed a village on the way. The village looked very strange and spooky, like a haunted house. I told Mr. Lin at that time, but Mr. Lin didn't believe it and even laughed at me.
I’ve heard too many stories.”
"Not far after passing Zhuangzi, we met an old lady again." Master Chen rubbed his arms, looking frightened, "That old lady looked... very scary, her face almost drooped to her chin.
And her eyes, her eyes are sunken and full of white eyeballs."