"What...... What do you mean? ”

"Don't talk nonsense! Tell me who carved it! The master pressed forward step by step and asked.

Lao Wan was finally a little frightened, and stumbled and pointed outside: "It's me, I'm a worker carving, it's just that lame!" ”

There are several workers in Lao Wan's scrap yard, but we haven't paid attention to which one of them has a lame foot. The master said to Lao Wan: "You call him in, I have something to ask him!" ”

Lao Wan hurriedly ran out to find someone. Soon, he pulled an old man in. The old man looked to be almost seventy years old, lame and hunchbacked, and his clothes were dirty and old, and he was still dodging when he saw us, as if he were afraid of the living. I can't help but have some doubts, Xiaoqian's vision will be so bad? How did you fall in love with him?

Master asked the lame worker, "How old are you?" ”

The lame cringe and said, "Five, fifty-nine......"

How can a fifty-nine-year-old man look like a seventy-year-old man? But the age is almost right. Master told Lao Wan to let him go out and avoid it first. Lao Wan really wanted to figure out what we were going to do, and he didn't want to leave. The master pushed him out and closed the door.

The lame worker was also a little frightened, and even asked what we were going to do with him.

"What? Hum! The master sneered and said, "I didn't do anything wrong, I'm not afraid of ghosts knocking on the door!" Are you afraid of ghosts? ”

"Ghosts? Where are the ghosts? The lame man seemed to be really startled by the master, and looked left and right, his expression becoming extremely nervous.

Master turned his head and looked at me, and both of them nodded slightly, and now we both had the bottom in our hearts. Afraid of ghosts means that there are ghosts in your heart, so it's not easy to do?

"Do you know Xiaoqian?" Master decided to go straight in and continue to exert pressure.

Sure enough, as soon as the lame heard the word "Xiaoqian", he began to tremble. "Where...... Which Xiaoqian? ”

"It's the girl you killed thirty years ago!"

"No, no, no! I didn't kill her! The lame hurriedly denied it, but invisibly admitted that he knew Xiaoqian.

"Who killed that?" When the master saw that this trick was effective, he took advantage of the victory to pursue.

"She, she, she...... Didn't she die by a hooligan? The lame man quickly clarified, trying to clear his own connection to the matter, but he had completely fallen into our trap. Master and I looked at each other again, well, he was definitely right!

"Do you know who we are? Did you come to see you for anything? "Master put on a look of uncertainty. Actually, we don't know enough clues, so there's no hint here. Next, if he wants to force the truth to be asked, he has to rely on his lame self-telling.

Lame nodded quickly, then shook his head again. The nodding may mean that Lao Wan told him what my master did before, and shaking his head should mean that he doesn't know what we mean.

"Then tell me first, what was the situation back then?" Master's tone softened a little and guided him.

But the lame man continued to shake his head, and stopped talking, looking very nervous. I don't know if he was scared stupid or refused to confess.

The master frowned and asked again, "Why did you abandon Xiao Qian?" ”

The limp continued to shake his head, and I noticed that his eyes rolled from side to side twice. It seems that after being deceived by us just now, he is now wary, and seems to have made up his mind not to admit it. I thought to myself, this is troublesome, I just asked some eyebrows, and the key questions behind me haven't been figured out yet!

The master was also a little annoyed, and changed back to the serious tone just now, and said contemptuously: "Do you want me to bring Xiaoqian to meet you before you are willing to talk?" ”

When the lame man heard this, his face turned pale with fright, and he shook his head violently. It seems that he is a cheap bone who eats hard and does not eat soft, and he is especially afraid of ghosts.

"Alright, I'll bring her to you now!" Master deliberately lengthened the end and said, giving me a look. I actually don't quite understand the meaning of his eyes, it's broad daylight, how can I bring Xiaoqian over? Besides, didn't the master say before that he would decide whether to bring Xiaoqian to find the "negative person" after the investigation was clear?

Lame didn't know that there were these contradictions and limitations, he was very scared, and wanted to resist stubbornly, but he shook his head violently and shouted: "I don't believe it! I don't believe it! You don't want to scare me! There are no ghosts in this world! ”

"Really?" Master sneered. He had no intention of leaving, but began to rummage through the pile of old clothes. Finally he pulled out a long red ladies' coat and said to me, "You put it on." ”

"Huh?" I was stunned, opened my mouth wide and pointed at myself and asked.

"Don't talk nonsense!" Master couldn't help but say, and directly put the women's coat on me. Belch! I felt sick to my stomach! I don't know how long the clothes had been thrown there, and there was a heavy musty smell on them.

Master didn't give up, and continued to rummage, and actually pulled out a black beard from the pile of old costumes and old props, and put it on my head!

Now I finally understand what Master means! But I was very, very, extremely unhappy, and kept squeezing my eyebrows in protest! But Master ignored my objections, and he glared at me and told me not to move!

He turned to the limp and said, "Since you toast and don't eat and drink, then I can't help it." Just wait for me to invite Xiaoqian's unjust soul to come up and talk to you! ”

With that, he tied, and casually pinched a fake trick, and his mouth began to babble wildly. He usually plays a lot of tricks of truth and falsehood, but he looks very good, and no one except me can tell which time is real and which time is fake.

The master read for a while, and finally stomped his foot violently and shouted, "Please Xiaoqian, the unjust soul, get on the body of this boy!" "His hand is pointing at me!

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I couldn't laugh or cry, but at this time, I was like a duck that had been driven to the shelf, and I had to obey! I had no choice but to improvise, immediately lowered my head, and my whole body shook violently a few times, and my expression and movements became stiff. That means a ghost has already gotten on me!

As soon as I entered the state, I immediately entered the play, so I followed Xiaoqian's example, drooped my head, let the black beard of the mustache hang down to cover my face, and then raised my two hands to make a chicken claw shape.

The lame man was immediately frightened and shouted, "Don't come! Don't come here! Help! He desperately retreated into the corner, his face no longer bloodless.

I looked, hey! It seems to work! I thought back to Xiaoqian's performance last night, and decided to act like her. I stared hatefully at the lame through my long mantle hair (which was actually just a black beard at the cuff, definitely two different things) and said in a hoarse, shrill voice, "Negative! Heart! Person! You're the negative! Heart! Person! ”

When he heard this, the lame man was immediately frightened and cried, and knelt down and kowtowed to me! It seems that he, like me, has been tortured by Xiaoqian in his dreams many times. I'm not miserable, it's only been one night. He's probably been tortured for more than thirty years! I don't know how he survived?

At this time, the master also lost no time in shouting on the side: "If you want to beg for mercy, why don't you explain honestly?" ”

The lame man was already frightened into six gods, and hurriedly said: "Okay, good! I say I say! Don't let her come over just yet! ”

"Speak quickly!" I suddenly screamed, startling my lame again.

The lame began to stumble back to the old events of more than thirty years ago. It turned out that when he and Xiaoqian first dated, they were both employees of a handicraft factory. The lame is made of carving, and the small Qian is embroidered. Lame was also young and handsome at the time, and had some artistic talent, Xiaoqian was as beautiful as a flower, and the two of them were a very good pair, and they had even begun to talk about marriage.

However, at that time, the factory was state-run, the burden was heavy, the efficiency was not good, and the wages were also very low. It was the time when the reform and opening up was vigorous, and the lame was unwilling, and he always wanted to go to the sea to do business and make a lot of money. Coincidentally, a ** rich woman came to the county to inspect and invest, and when she saw that she was lame and handsome, the two hooked up.

The rich woman agreed to take the lame back to ** to do business, in fact, she wanted to raise him as a little white face. The lame knew it in his heart, but he really wanted to go out and break into the world at that time, and he wanted to make a fortune and go crazy. So, as soon as he was hot-headed, he broke off the marriage contract with Xiaoqian and followed the rich woman.

In fact, the lame didn't go to ** later, but only went to Shenzhen. The rich woman gave him some money to start a business. But he didn't have the mind and experience to do business at all, and he lost money in a few years. He lost a lot of money, and the rich woman was annoyed with him and drove him away. The lame had nowhere to go, so he had to come back and look for Xiao Qian again, only then did he know that Xiao Qian had an accident after he left. He lost his soul and was beaten by Xiaoqian's brother, and his foot was also broken. And from then on, after a long time of being lame, he would always dream that Xiao Qian's unjust soul came to him, which made him almost insane.

Later, he was lame and worked everywhere in other places, but he never managed to soar, and he had to return here two years ago. He is already old at this time, and his feet are lame and he can't do heavy work, so he can only follow Lao Wan to collect waste products and survive. Unexpectedly, when he was old, he was still called by Xiaoqian's "unjust soul" to collect debts.

Speaking of the miserable place, the lame was not afraid of ghosts, so he pounced all at once, knelt on the ground and hugged my legs and cried. He cried and begged Xiaoqian to forgive him, saying that he was better off living than dying now, "If you want me to die, I'll die!" Woooooo ”

When the matter is asked here, it should be all asked clearly. But how should this play end? I looked at Master with an inquiring look, meaning should this play continue to be performed?

Master coughed twice and said, "Get up!" Now that I've made everything clear, I'll let her go back first! So he began to pose and chant false incantations again. I also shuddered for a while, and it was kind of a recovery itself. Then I quickly threw the filthy thing aside.

The master said to the lame, "Do you do this, write a letter by your own hand, and write down all the words you just said." Remember, review deeply and repent sincerely! Then I'll help you burn it for Xiaoqian to comfort the undead, and it should be okay in the future! ”

The lame old man nodded his head in agreement, kowtowing and thanking him. The master didn't help him, shook his head and opened the door and went out, and I followed. As a result, as soon as I went out, I found that Lao Wan was lying outside under the window and eavesdropping, and we caught him!

Lao Wan smiled awkwardly, not knowing how to explain.

The master patted Lao Wan on the shoulder and said, "Lao Wan, don't ask around things that have nothing to do with you, and don't spread them around, understand?" ”

"Yes, yes, yes! I understand! I understand! Lao Wan hurriedly nodded in agreement, and took the initiative to add: "Next time, you just come to pick up the shoes, I won't charge money!" ”

On the way back, I asked Master what he was going to do next, did he just let him go?

"So what?" The master asked rhetorically, "He has been so miserable, and he has been retributed!" Besides, although he is at fault, his sin is not to death, if you really take Xiaoqian to see him, then Xiaoqian can't kill him? ”

Indeed, Xiao Qian is not such a good talker!

"Then how do we go back and talk to Xiaoqian? You promised to help her find someone! I asked again.

"Alas! Then you can only persuade her! The master sighed and said, "She is too obsessed and resentful, so I don't know if I have to come hard......"

Master was silent for a few minutes, but suddenly burst out laughing.

I thought it was strange, what did he think of again, smiling so abruptly?

"Master, what are you laughing at? Do you have any great ideas in mind? ”

"Nope! Hehe! I suddenly remembered what you just looked like! Master was actually not serious at this time, looked at me with slanted eyes, and said, "You are quite clever today, well, your acting skills are also good!" ”

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He didn't say anything, but I felt very wronged when I mentioned it!

I complained loudly, "Master! You're too good at giving me problems, aren't you? Treat me like a monkey? Said that if you want a ghost to go up, you will go to the ghost, next time I have to have a fire-breathing sword and break a big stone in my chest? How can you mistreat your disciple like this? It's going to get out, how can I have a face to see people? ”

When Master heard my complaints, he laughed more and more. He waved his hand and said, "Haha! What's there? No matter what method you use, as long as you can get things right! ”

When the protest was ineffective, I was also annoyed, so I left my master halfway and ran home alone. Later, I was depressed for several days because of this, and I was in a bad mood. The woman is careful, Han Jie also noticed it, and asked me what's wrong?

I don't want to say it, I can't say it, I'm afraid of being laughed at and embarrassed!

However, I have done my best to deal with this matter, and I don't feel guilty anymore. Xiaoqian's shadow didn't come to me in my dreams again, and the problem of insomnia was naturally solved.

A few days later, on the fifth day of the second lunar month, I went to Master's house again to prepare for the ghost market. But when I entered the courtyard, it was empty, and I didn't prepare anything! What's going on?

Master sat alone in the room in a daze, and didn't speak when he saw me come in.

I cautiously asked, "What's the matter, Master?" Aren't we going to the ghost market tonight? ”

As if he had just noticed that I was coming, Master handed me a letter that he was holding. He said: "This is the letter that the lame wrote to Xiaoqian. ”

"Oh, he sent it!" I took the letter and asked casually.

I was about to see it, but Master replied, "Lao Wan sent it...... It's a suicide note! ”

"Huh?" I was taken aback.

"That lame jumped into the river the night before yesterday and died!" Master said gloomily, "Lao Wan only found this letter when he was packing up his belongings today. The envelope was written for me, but it was actually addressed to Xiaoqian! ”

I quickly spread out the letter and took a quick look at the contents. A large section in the first paragraph of the letter is basically similar to what happened to us that day when he was lame, and at the back, there are various apologies and confessions to Xiaoqian. There are also several lines repeated:

"I deserve it! I deserve it! I deserve ......"

"I'm damned! I'm damned! I'm damn ......"

The last line of the letter is the aftermath of the confession. He said that he was going to commit suicide by jumping into the river, and told Lao Wan to give the letter to the master, and then ask the master to burn it to Xiaoqian, otherwise he would not be blind!

"And he...... Still obsessed? I asked hesitantly. If the lame is the same as Xiaoqian, the resentment does not dissipate, then doesn't he have to stay in the yang world?

Master understood what I meant, shook his head at me, and said, "I also thought of it, and I went to the river to take a look, but there was no soul of him." ”

Since there is no unjust soul to stay, the lame should go to the underworld to reincarnate smoothly. That's fine, it's a relief for him!

Since this is already the case, there must be a beginning and an end. Master and I hastily prepared some ingredients and hurried to the ghost market.

When I arrived at the entrance of the ghost market, Master asked me to push the cart in and set up a stall by myself, while he went to find Xiaoqian alone. As soon as I set up my stall by myself, Master came back. I asked him how he was? Master only nodded and didn't say anything more.

After a while, there seemed to be some commotion in the distance, and someone could be heard shouting something all the time. The voice came from far and near, and I could see clearly that it was Uncle Fang.

Fang Bo ran all the way, but his old arms and legs jumped and jumped on the ground like a child. He shouted excitedly all the way: "Xiaoqian is going to be reincarnated!" Xiaoqian is going to be reincarnated! ”

Xiaoqian is going to be reincarnated? That's a big deal in a mass grave!

Almost all of the ghost customers quickly got up and ran to the innermost corner of the ghost market. I looked back at Master, and Master also raised his chin in that direction, which means: If you want to see, go ahead!

I also followed those ghosts all the way over, and I didn't care who the ghosts could touch or not, and squeezed directly through the ghosts to the front row.

Xiao Qian had already knelt in front of the ascetic, bowing her head silently and clasping her palms together. The monk kept chanting the sutra, and it took a long time to finally recite the last sentence "Amitabha"!

The Sanskrit voice was high-pitched, and under the light of the Buddha, the monk gently put his hand on the top of Xiao Qian's head. In a warm and bright Buddha light, Xiao Qian gradually turned into a phantom and dissipated in the world.

The ghosts were amazed. They don't know the cause and effect, and they can't figure out why Xiaoqian suddenly can't think of going to reincarnation.

But I know best, she and Lame have ended this relationship in their own way, freed from their respective pains.

Alas, what is the situation in the world?

Teach life and death to make a promise!