The secret door was suddenly pushed open by someone from the outside. I shivered again in shock. When I saw Cheng Baize's face, I let out a breath. The more I lived, the more I fell back. How could I become less and less courageous?
Already.
Looking at Wen Xiaoni lying on the ground and me sitting on the ground, Cheng Baize ran to me in a few steps and said, "Jiaolong, are you okay?" As he said that, he looked at the liquor bottle on the ground and his eyes widened.
Eyes: "Are you inviting Xian'er?"
I nodded and slowly got up from the ground: "It's okay, the five ghosts are sent away."
He looked at me with some surprise: "Are you okay? How did you send me away?"
I saw that he was about to help me, so I raised my hand and shook him off: "This is just a gift, don't you know, those five things were beaten by Zhong Kui, why don't I tell you, help hug Wen Xiaoni first
Go to the bedroom and wait until she wakes up. I have things to do tonight."
Although Lao Xian'er didn't tell me explicitly, I knew it in my heart when Lao Xian'er said he would send it to you tonight, so for the time being, it looks like the five ghosts have been sent away, but the last step has to be completed.
Understood.
After Cheng Baize hugged Wen Xiaoni tightly to the bedroom, I sat down on the sofa to rest very tired. My whole body felt very heavy and my eyelids became heavy.
"Jiaolong, are you okay? Your current Taoist practice is not enough, so you will feel very tired if you invite the immortal to come. You should take a nap first." Cheng Baize walked out of the bedroom and saw me relaxing on the sofa.
He sat down next to me and said.
I don't want to talk to Cheng Baize, but I feel strange in my heart, because this is not the first time I invite Xian'er. There are three Xian'er in our family. The first time I invited Fox Fairy, I was not so tired. What's going on?
What's going on?
"Jiaolong, you are still angry with me. Why are you so angry? In this business, we can meet anyone. If there is something wrong with the family, someone is asking for children, peace and wealth... You
"Can I blame Wen Xiaoni for going to Onmyoji? She came to ask for it herself, and I just expressed my opinion."
I was speechless, half-closed my eyes, and opened my mouth: "We have different paths, so we don't want to work together."
"Okay, then it's my fault, okay, Jiaolong, you're not really angry with me. Could it be that because of my words, we will part ways from now on? Okay, then what about my vajra and today's relationship?"
Your friend's help is in vain. I treat you as a friend but in the end you broke up with me just because of a word. Then I won't bother you here. I am a person who can be friends with you now.
acknoledged."
I became anxious and opened my eyes and looked at him: "I'm not a casual person!"
But then I realized that I had been tricked. Looking at Cheng Baize's half-smiling expression, I knew that he said this on purpose to provoke me.
Clearing my throat, regardless of whether he meant it or not, I cheered up and said, "I'm not angry with you because of your words, but because your point of view is wrong. We can't help the evildoers, since we're not seeking wealth in the right way."
We should have thought about the consequences of backlash. Don’t we know that the beggars don’t know? Besides, helping others to do such things is destroying yin and yang, and it is also damaging to the yin and yang of the yin and yang masters themselves. Therefore, we simply cannot help such people.
,do you understand?"
Cheng Baize looked at me very seriously and said, "Jiaolong, according to you, you can't do many things. If you want to make this a career in the future, wouldn't it be a lot of taboos? How are you going to support yourself?"
"Do I, as an Onmyoji, do all these crooked things just to make money? There is a time in life, and there is no time in life. Don't force it. If life itself brings luck, but the time has not come, then I will naturally help give you some advice.
Two, but if not, I won’t help with other things.”
I spoke righteously and said that I still remember the backlash when I was a child. I don’t want to bear that kind of pain again in my life, so I don’t have the slightest dislike for similar things.
Cheng Baize nodded, looked at me and smiled softly: "Maybe I'm overthinking it. Being an Onmyoji doesn't necessarily mean bringing luck to people. You can also specialize in Feng Shui. Jiaolong, you..."
"Cheng Baize." I interrupted him, and now I looked at him very seriously: "Have you ever done this for anyone? Or will you do it if someone will pay you to do this in the future?"
His eyes met mine for a few seconds, and then he shook his head: "Don't worry, I won't do it."
"How about giving you a lot of money?"
He still shook his head and smiled softly: "I'm not short of money. Don't worry, what you said makes sense. After all, this kind of thing is very risky. No one has asked me to do this yet. If someone does, I will
I refused because I don’t want to lose you as a friend.”
I looked at him: "Is this the only reason?"
He hummed: "That's the reason. Maybe someone instilled in you the views you mentioned when you came into contact with Onmyoji, but my master never told me this. Therefore, we have differences, but I
I also feel that the Five Ghost Fortune Luck Formation like this is really harmful to people, so I won’t do it, and I don’t want to see your bad face again.”
I bit my lip, "Then you swear."
He smiled and looked at me helplessly: "Okay, I, Cheng Baize, swear that if one day I harm others, or if I teach others to harm others, which goes against the duty of an Onmyoji, then my eyes will be completely destroyed.
Without seeing the light of day, you will die alone."
I was speechless and felt a little uncomfortable in my heart, so I muttered in a low voice: "Who made you swear a poisonous oath..."
He looked at me with a smile on his face: "Don't be angry now. Don't worry, I won't be afraid of doing bad things no matter how poisonous you are. I see you are quite tired, so rest first."
I nodded, feeling really a little bit sorry. I just wanted him to have his way, but who knew it was about destroying both eyes? No matter what I said, I felt a little uncomfortable. I looked at him: "Cheng Baize, I can
May I ask you something?"
"Just ask."
"It's just... I didn't feel so tired when I invited Xian'er for the first time. Why do I feel so tired this time?"
"You're asking this." He looked at me: "I thought you knew this, that is, there are many kinds of invitations to Xian'er, like the one you invited today, you use your body to drink alcohol and those things
Of course, communication will be more tiring, but if you just ask for a favor and leave without using your knowledge for anything else, it will be easier. However, this is a situation that only novices will encounter, so when you become more experienced
The higher you go, even if you feel tired in the future, you won't be as exhausted as this time."
I said why I couldn't figure it out. When I invited Xian'er for the first time, I really didn't communicate with anything else. I just lit a charm on the wall, and then the old Xian'er left. This time I drank most of it.
After talking for a long time over a bottle of white wine, it turns out that there is still such a thing. He looked at Cheng Baize: "Can you also pick up Xian'er? Why do you know this?"
He scratched his head: "I don't want to accept the immortal, but I also ask questions, and I really can't solve it. I will ask my master to come up, but my studies are more complicated. My master teaches me everything, so I will also protect the immortal."
I know a little bit about it.”
I nodded, my eyelids almost closed: "It seems that your master is also quite powerful, but I don't know if he is as powerful as my grandma..."
I couldn't hear what he was saying anymore, and I fell asleep at an amazing speed. Not long after I fell asleep, I had a dream. The reason why I knew it was a dream was because I knew very clearly that I was in Wen Xiaoni's house before I fell asleep.
On the sofa, but now, I am walking up the mountain. The smoke is thick along the way. I can only see the road under my feet. It is obviously uphill, but I don't feel tired, but I don't know why I keep going.
Walking up, it felt like there was someone guiding me, and I had a vague idea of what I would see as I walked up.
I don’t know how long I walked, but I finally stepped onto a flat-bottomed mountain. The smoke gradually dissipated, and I realized that this mountain is the mountain in our village. I have often gone up to the mountain to play since I was a child, and I know every plant and tree here.
It was familiar. Just when I was looking around in surprise, I turned around and saw my grandma standing far away with her back to me.
"Grandma!!" I shouted very excitedly. This was the first time I dreamed of her after arriving in the city. But even if I wasn't in the city, the number of times my grandma appeared in my dreams in the past two years was too few. I
Seeing her back turned, I raised my feet and wanted to run over, but there seemed to be a transparent invisible glass blocking me. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't get past. I hit the invisible air in front of me hard, and once
I was knocked down for the second time. Although it didn't hurt, I was so anxious that I opened my mouth and shouted loudly: "Grandma! Grandma!! Turn around and look at Jiaolong, Jiaolong can't get through!!"
Grandma's back was turned to me, but her voice seemed to ring in my ears: "Jiaolong, why don't you listen to grandma..."
I stood up anxiously and looked at her: "Grandma! It's not that I'm disobedient, don't be angry with Jiaolong, it's because the family can't tolerate me! I don't want to come either, but where would I go if I didn't come here! Grandma
!I miss you, please let me see you!"
Grandma finally turned her face slowly. My nose felt sore and I wanted to reach out, but something invisible was blocking my eyes, so I could only purse my lips: "Grandma..."
"Alas..." Grandma looked at me and sighed with complicated eyes: "Jiaolong, grandma can't tell you too much now, but grandma hopes you go back, go back..."
I cried, wiping my tears and looking at her: "Where should I go back? Grandma, I don't want to be with my parents. Don't you want to see me suffer? Don't worry, I can either make money to build a house for my family."
House, or take grandpa over to live with me, I will definitely take good care of grandpa in the future."
"Alas..." Grandma sighed again: "Jiaolong, you have grown up and have your own ideas. It's just that grandma is afraid that you will suffer. Please be obedient and go back as soon as possible... Grandma is leaving, be obedient...
"
"Grandma!!" I yelled and sat up from the sofa. Cheng Baize and Wen Xiaoni, who were standing opposite, looked at me with worried faces. Wen Xiaoni still had a tissue in her hand: "
Jiaolong, are you okay? What did you dream about? Why are you crying so hard?"
I took the tissue in her hand and wiped my face, lowered my eyes: "I dreamed about my grandma."
Wen Xiaoni sat next to me and put her arm around me: "Jiaolong, are you homesick? If you are, I can go back with you and have a look. Anyway, we are fellow villagers, so I will go back too."
Let’s go and have a look at home.”
I shook my head, took out my arm and stood up directly. I really wanted to be alone now, so I was quite resistant to some of Wen Xiaoni's affectionate actions. I raised my head and glanced at the clock on the wall: "It's already nine in the evening.
That’s too much!”
Wen Xiaoni didn't seem to notice anything unusual about me. She nodded and stood up: "Yes, it was past eight o'clock when I woke up. Mr. Cheng said you sent the five ghosts away, so I didn't rush to call him."
You, how about you stay here tonight."
"How can that be done? I still have..." As I said, I glanced at Wen Xiaoni: "There's still one step left before we can completely send her away." As I said that, I frowned: "But it's so late.
Where can I find a funeral supplies store?"
"If you need anything, I know the owner of a funeral supplies company and I can deliver it to you." Cheng Baize, who had been silent for the whole time, opened his mouth and responded, "How did you manage to negotiate the last step of sending it off?"
I looked at him: "Actually, it's very simple. As long as Wen Xiaoni draws a complete image of each of the five ghosts, and then sends it away with the Mingzhi Yuanbao, they can't ask for too much. We can
At this point, it can be considered as the most benevolent and righteous thing."
Cheng Baize nodded: "Okay, I'll call now and ask the boss to deliver the ghost paper."
I hummed and didn't say anything in particular. When it was delivered, I put it directly at the door. Because those things were not very good, I didn't bring them into the house. I went to the door to take a look and just dealt with someone who understands.
Conveniently, the Mingzhi and Yuanbao that Cheng Baize asked for were packed in five parts, which saved me a lot of effort.
As for Wen Xiaoni's painting, it was even simpler. She only had to draw five figures with arms and legs, and then write the words "the money ghosts living in the middle, east, west, south, north, and west" on the back. By the time she finished these, it was already ten o'clock, and Cheng Baize drove the car.
As we drove to a more remote intersection on the outskirts of the city, it was useless for me to say this. When I told him that I wanted to pay for it, he only asked me how to do the last step. This intersection is actually quite critical.
If cars were driving in and out of the city and they were burning ghost paper to send ghosts, the police might be easily called, because the city doesn't allow this kind of burning.
After getting off the bus, Cheng Baize looked at me: "There are no cars here at night, so it's more convenient."
I nodded: "Thank you."
"You're welcome. Let's get down to business first. You can write thank you anytime."
I sighed, looked at the time on my phone, and waited for a while. When it was close to midnight, I placed the divided pieces of paper at the intersection in the direction of east, west, south, north, center, and placed a piece of paper in the middle of the intersection.
, then, put the money-making ghosts drawn by Wen Xiaoni on the paper in the corresponding direction. You must not put this wrong, otherwise what you receive will be wrong and it will be troublesome in the future, so I checked it extra
once.
Since Wen Xiaoni drew it when she was invited, she had to draw it when sending it off, including the paper, and she also had to burn it. Afterwards, Wen Xiaoni took turns lighting the fire in all directions, and while lighting the fire, she had to
I muttered, "I'm so sorry. Keep the money and don't come back to scare me again..."
The wind picked up immediately, and the burning paper crackled loudly. The three of us watched from a distance. When the burning was almost done, I turned around and said, "Let's go, don't look back, they are here to collect the money." (