Chatting and practicing, my "origami time" is almost up. In the little time left, Boss Su showed off his skills again and folded a paper figure, which was almost the same as the paper warrior he used last time. However, the process seems to be a little more complicated, with a paper warrior wearing armor and holding a double axe. Boss Su also deliberately folded its legs into a straddle posture, and connected it with the paper horse that was folded before, and became a general on horseback.

Boss Su said that he planned to take this paper warrior to the cave in the Wind Valley Ridge to put it, so that he could suppress ghosts. I asked him, "What's the town?" It's impossible for you to stay there 24 hours a day, infusing it with yin power at any time? ”

Boss Su said: "This is simple. I can arrange a small formation in the cave in advance, paste a few talismans and inject some yin power, as long as a ghost appears and triggers the formation, it can spontaneously combust. However, the paper puppet summoned by this method will not last long, and it is just an expedient measure. ”

I listened to it and my heart itched even more. This puppet trick is awesome! If I learn, I'll fold a "thousand troops" out when I'm idle, and I'll not be afraid of any powerful ghosts! Or when you are bored, you can divide into two groups, and command two armies to cut each other, and simply live the addiction of war! Ha ha!

At the end of December, winter began to enter the real sense of the word for South China. Winters in the south are still quite cold, and although many places have not yet reached the temperature where snow can fall, the temperature difference between indoor and outdoor is not large due to the lack of heating. The ghost market has entered an off-season during this time, on the one hand, because the stall owners can't stand it and have to run to the mass grave in the middle of the night to set up stalls in such a cold weather, maybe the money they make is not enough to cure the cold; On the other hand, the ghost customers don't have much paper money in their hands, and they have to wait until the Qingming Festival of the next year to earn a large offering.

As a result, my main focus during this time was on my homework. The final exam is coming soon, and Han Jie also caught me desperately making up for my class, saying that I will strive for the final exam to let me catch up with the results in the middle of the class. I'm now okay with my language, history, and politics, which are mainly memorized subjects, and I've made up a lot of them. But math and English are my lifeline, and my foundation is too poor, so it is really not easy to make up for it.

My Yin Gong cultivation progress has entered a stable period. After four months of practice, my first Yin Gong has achieved some success, and I have almost mastered some basic mantras, talismans, and origami. My master's face is finally not as dark as before.

One day he asked me directly, "Are you having a girlfriend again?" Isn't it the Han Jie who gave you a make-up lesson? ”

I thought to myself, I have been dating Han Jie for more than a month, and even the parents of both sides know about it, so there is no need to hide it from my master, right?

After receiving my affirmative answer, Master neither objected nor agreed, but was not so eager to arrest me for cultivating Yin Gong. I think this attitude is still mostly tacit.

But as I learned Yin Gong a little bit, Master began to take me out to deal with some "ghost-related incidents". In the past, he often took me to help, but basically it was ordinary funerals and rituals that took me there. Now it is different, he seems to be deliberately training me, creating opportunities for me to practice in actual combat, and clearly wants me to take over his class.

Slowly, some old customers began to call me "little master". For example, Xie Dayong, the village chief of Paiwei Village, is a jack of all trades, so he likes to help people with all kinds of difficult and miscellaneous matters, and then find a "professional" like my master to do it, and he can earn some favors or benefits from it. I don't have an aversion to such a title, nor do I like it, and I'm used to being screamed.

A week before the final exam, Master received a tricky job. This job was introduced by Master Zhou. My master and Master Zhou seem to have a good relationship, and they also introduce business to each other.

I once asked Master, is Master Zhou also a Yin cultivator? Master said that he was a Taoist cultivator.

I asked, "Master, didn't you tell me that Dao cultivation and Yin cultivation are not peers, but they are both ghost hunters, so they should be competitors?" Why do you still introduce business to each other? ”

Master said: "Although Dao Xiu and we are not peers, and there is competition, there is still a consensus on some things. For example, we have to help those who are infested by ghosts, and the ghosts who harm people can't let it be a disaster again, it's just that the two have different philosophies. Lao Zhou's humanity is not high, but he is not bad. He often turned to me for help when he couldn't handle it himself. And sometimes I don't have time to deal with it, or it's inconvenient to come forward, I will introduce it to him. We're good friends! ”

I asked Master again, what was the situation of the business he introduced this time?

Master said: "Master Zhou didn't elaborate on the phone, but just said that he had already gone to see it himself, and there must be a ghost doing something." But he couldn't even find a ghost after searching for days, so he turned to me. We made an appointment to go to the victim's house this afternoon, and we'll talk about it in detail when the time comes. ”

I was going to Han Jie's house to make up for the class this afternoon, but my master asked me to ask Han Jie for leave. I called Han Jie, and of course I didn't tell her something like "My master wants to take me to practice how to catch ghosts", and I said that I was going to go out with my master to run errands. Han Jie was still very reasonable, she didn't object, and she didn't ask, she just said that I would have to make up for my missed homework when I came back. Now for me, every time the make-up class is as sweet as a date, and I am full of words.

I rode my mother's electric car and took Master to Kang'an Fang. The area around Kang'anfang is the old city, and the buildings are relatively old, I heard that ** has been trying to renovate the old city, but there has been no movement. Master Zhou looked to be fifty years old, but his body was very tough, his eyes were blazing, and his voice was loud, like a martial arts practitioner. He exchanged a few words with my master, and then led us to Kang'an Fang.

Master Zhou began to introduce the situation as he walked. Two months ago, in an alley in Kang'an Fang, several people suddenly suffered strokes or even paralyzed in a short period of time. But among those patients, the oldest was in his eighties, and the youngest was only sixteen, and they were not from the same family. Those patients were taken to the hospital for examination, but no specific cause was found, and in the end the doctor only said that it might be a blockage of the blood vessels or nerve paralysis or something. But fortunately, this strange disease is not a terminal illness, and it will slowly get better after conditioning. Physically fit adults have largely recovered after a period of recuperation. However, there were more and more sick people in the alley, just one happened, and two more fell.

At first, residents wondered if it was due to environmental pollution. However, there are no factories or workshops near Kang'anfang, and the water you drink is tap water. As a result, the residents suspected that the communication base station opposite the mouth of the alley had radiation, and the more noisy it became in the back, they went to collectively petition. The telecom company couldn't resist the pressure and was forced to move the base station, but the residents in the alley continued to suffer from this strange disease.

Nervous residents suspected the fast-food restaurant at the entrance of the alley, saying that the hygiene of the shop was so poor that rats and cockroaches were breeding everywhere to spread the disease. The fast-food restaurant was forced to close for a month, but to no avail.

As he spoke, Master Zhou stopped, pointed to a storefront and said, "This is it." The owner of the fast food restaurant I just mentioned is the one who invited us this time, and he also lives in this alley. ”

The owner personally went out to meet us. He is slightly chubby, and he looks like a typical man. The boss introduced himself as Tang, and the fast food restaurant in Xiangzikou has been open for almost ten years. He complained: "My fast food restaurant is usually very lively, and the closure for a month has caused me a lot of financial losses!" If I don't figure this out, I won't even be able to do business in the future! ”

"What's the hygiene situation in your store?" Master asked.

"Alas, to be honest, it turned out to be a little bit ......worse," Boss Tang didn't deliberately hide anything, and truthfully explained, "When you open a restaurant, hygiene has always been the most difficult to clean." I put the trash and swill buckets right outside the back door, and sometimes the swill overflows before anyone has time to take them away. That day, two rats were seen stealing leftovers, and I was reported and forced to close the door. Later, the industrial and commercial health departments came to fine, and I completely rectified it. ”

"Now you see, I have renovated the whole store, the stove and disinfection cabinet have been replaced, and the rats and insects have been exterminated several times, where are the rats and cockroaches?" Boss Tang pointed to the new equipment in the store one by one, and said, "I'm sure this strange disease is not because of the hygiene of my store!" ”

My master asked, "Then why haven't you reopened?" ”

Boss Tang smiled bitterly, stretched out his right hand and made a few grasping movements, which seemed to be a little stiff. "You see, I've been tricked myself! A few days ago, my hands were numb, and I couldn't even grasp the spatula steadily, so how could I stir-fry? That's why I thought about finding a few of you masters to help me solve the problem! ”

Master walked around the fast food restaurant, and indeed didn't find anything wrong. So he asked Boss Tang to lead the way to the alley, pointing out which house and which person had any symptoms.

At first glance, there is really no pattern, and there are a total of six families and eight patients who are sick. Some of these six families live at the mouth of the alley, and some live at the end of the alley, and Boss Tang's house is almost in the middle. Of the eight patients, there were slightly more males, five and three females. In terms of age, the most serious of them is an old man in his eighties, who has suffered a stroke for two months, and still has not improved much. The youngest, a sixteen-year-old boy, was suddenly paralyzed on one left foot, but was now able to move slowly. In addition, there is a small couple, one has just collapsed on the left shoulder, and the other has collapsed on the right. Except for Boss Tang, who was recruited in the end, the rest of them have already recovered.

Master observed the terrain in the alley and asked Master Zhou how the feng shui was here. Feng Shui theory still has to ask the Taoist people, we Yin cultivators generally don't study this, it belongs to the pragmatic school. The things I usually learn have specific uses, and there are very few pure theories that are vain.

Master Zhou has obviously also considered this aspect of the problem. He replied: "I have surveyed it before and after, and the feng shui of the entire Kang'an Fang is not bad, livable and longevity, so it stands to reason that this kind of thing should not happen." ”

"What are these patients looking like?" Master asked again.

"The physiognomy is good and bad, but there are broken mountain roots on the palace, showing that it was suddenly infected recently, and the reason is unknown." Master Zhou seems to be a very serious person, and he has already done his homework.

"Yintang?"

"There is no filthy breath!"

The master asked, but did not get any helpful answers, and could not help frowning. Master Zhou got closer and said in a low voice: "But when I came over at night, I vaguely felt a trace of resentment, so I think there should be ghosts doing something!" ”

My master nodded and said to Boss Tang, "It's still daytime, we can't see what the reason is for the time being, let's take a look at night." ”

Boss Tang asked, "Do you want to do something at night?" ”

Master shook his head and said, "This kind of thing is like seeing a doctor and taking medicine, you have to find out the real cause first, and then decide what Dharma to do, so that it can be effective." When we come in the evening, we mainly go to each house to have a look. ”

Boss Tang said: "In this case, it's not too early this day, and it's time for dinner, so the three of you will have a light meal here with me." My right hand is numb, and it is not possible to open a shop, but it is still okay to fry a few home-cooked dishes with my left hand. ”

My master looked at me and Master Zhou and asked for our opinions. I've already taken a leave of absence anyway, and it must be Master's main thing. Master Zhou said, "Since Master Feng is willing to take this hot potato, there is no need for me to offer ugliness here." I'd better go back and eat, if Master Feng still needs me, just say. ”

Master Zhou's meaning is actually very clear, he is a Taoist cultivator, and now he admits that he can't handle this matter, so he entrusted it to us Yin Xiu, but it is still inconvenient for the two families to shoot together, which is also the attention of old-fashioned people. The master did not hold back, and arched his hand towards Master Zhou. This is an old ceremony, shaking hands with current people is a meaning, but it will not seem so deliberate, and the movements are chic and neat.

After Master Zhou said goodbye and left, Master and I were not polite, so we stayed at Boss Tang's house for dinner. The skill of the soup boss can't be said to be very good, but the fried dishes are all hard dishes with rice, and I have a great appetite and ate three bowls in a row. The wife of the soup boss is also very hospitable, and when she sees that the guests like to eat her own meals, she is full of smiles throughout the whole process.

After the meal, my master asked Boss Tang to take us to visit the houses where there were patients. We have all met with sick people, and there is indeed no black air lingering, which means that there is no dirty upper body, and there is no trace of ghosts hiding nuisance in the house.