Chapter 31: The Sacrifice
Seeing Lao Gu handing me the letterhead, I took a few deep breaths before taking it.
This is indeed a letter, a letter from the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty.
The neatness of the small block writing with the brush is free and easy, which indirectly indicates that the letter writer has received a considerable degree of education.
There were many people who watched this letter with me, except for Ji Yayun, Lin Tong and Sang Lan's father, even the tiger was crowded behind to watch.
After reading the content of the letter, everyone sighed for a while, just like Lao Gu before.
After a while, Lin Tong said to me in a sad tone:
"It turns out that Tong Xiaoqiu is someone, this Ling Feng, it seems to be the same, he understands the yin and yang mysticism."
Ji Yayun said: "This does not explain the cause of Tong Xiaoqiu's death, but it says that for some reason, Tong Xiaoqiu can only be a remnant ghost after death, and even if he is reincarnated, he can only be born blind."
Ling Feng was well-versed in occult arts, and knew that if she wanted to regain her sight, she had to have South Sea Mother-of-pearl. He used this special requiem charm to seal Tong Xiaoqiu's soul in this stepping bed, and went to find the mother of pearl himself. ”
Lao Gu sighed and said: "Nanzhu is easy to obtain, but Mother-of-pearl is a legendary treasure, which can be easily found." Ling Feng knew this, but he was unwilling to be disabled in his lover's life, so he decided to look for the Mother of Pearl.
He left this letter at the same time as this silver ticket, because he knew that the trip was dangerous. He did this because he thought he might not be able to come back. Years later, this faith will be discovered.
He hoped that the person who saw the letter would bury the portrait he left behind, of him and Tong Xiaoqiu. As a token of appreciation, the man received his life savings, which was the silver ticket of three hundred and twenty taels. ”
The tiger looked at a few of us and swallowed hard: "What is said in this letter is true? So, this is a commission letter from a hundred years ago? The letter is still there, that is to say, that Ling Feng still failed to find the mother-of-pearl in the end...... Or did he simply give up ......"
"He didn't give up!" I snapped him off.
Everyone thought it was strange for me to react violently, and in the end, Professor Lin asked me:
"Do you know this Ling Feng? No...... Even if he was a Taoist priest, he would have been dead for many years. Have you seen his ......?"
The old professor still couldn't say the word 'ghost'.
I shook my head, one of the few that I didn't answer my teacher's questions.
After a moment of silence, I asked Ji Yayun: "Is it true that you have the ability to control Tong Xiaoqiu's appearance?" ”
"Hmm." Ji Yayun took out something, but it was Lin Tong's pocket watch.
When I saw this watch again, I couldn't help but take the portrait again.
When I saw the bracelet on the man's chest in the painting, I suddenly thought, "It can't be such a coincidence......
Lin Tong was stunned: "Could it be that this watch originally belonged to Ling Feng?" ”
Ji Yayun shook his head, "This watch may not be Ling Feng's, but relying on this watch, you can indeed control Tong Xiaoqiu." ”
"Why?" I asked.
Ji Yayun flicked open the case and put the pocket watch to my ear, "I've heard before that Lin Tong can use this watch to hypnotize Tong Xiaoqiu, but it doesn't work."
That's because Tong Xiaoqiu was hypnotized, not because of hypnosis in the ordinary sense. She couldn't see anything, but Ling Feng had a similar pocket watch, and she remembered the sound it made! ”
Lin Tong patted his head: "No wonder...... When I was alone with her, I was able to hypnotize her, and when someone else was present, she couldn't really hear her, so I ......."
For a moment, everyone present fell silent and looked at me with an inquiring gaze.
A moment later, Professor Lin asked me:
"Now that a lot of things are clear, let's not talk about anything else, is there a way to make Xuansheng return to normal?"
I said, "I think it should be." But I wanted to do something else than get him back. ”
"What's the matter?" Several people asked at the same time.
"Send Tong Xiaoqiu to reincarnation."
Ji Yayun rarely refuted me, but at this time he was the first to shake his head:
"No! If she goes to reincarnation like this, she will be blind for the rest of her life. This is not the result that Ling Feng wants! Unless ......"
She suddenly seemed to think of something, and whispered:
"How did I forget about it! Xu Xuan, if you want to restore the sight of the remnant ghost, you don't necessarily have to have mother-of-pearl. As long as she has the obsession of Wei, she can also regain her sight! ”
"The obsession of the fish?"
Ji Yayun nodded: "People die as ghosts, and ghosts die as ghosts." If you have an obsession, it must be a hundred times stronger than a ghost. If she can sacrifice Tong Xiaoqiu with her own obsession, she will no longer be a cruel ghost! ”
"Isn't that?"
It was Professor Lin who raised the objection, "I haven't seen a ghost, and I haven't seen any ghosts. But if you really want to do it, you can't even make a ghost, and even if you can find one, why should you hope that an irrelevant ghost can go from being blind to being able to see things? ”
Ji Yayun blurted out just now, and when she heard him say it, she was also stunned, "Yes, I just saw this method in that book, and I don't know what it looks like, even if I see it, why would I sacrifice for Tong Xiaoqiu if I see it......
I lit a cigarette, took a hard puff, shook the cigarette, looked directly at Ji Yayun and said:
"If I can find the sacrificial squire, can you do one thing for me?"
"Do what?" Ji Yayun asked.
"Didn't you say that you can use this pocket watch to control Tong Xiaoqiu? If I could, I would like to let her go back to her era and let Ling Feng 'personally' send her on her way! ”
"How is that possible?" Lao Gu and Ji Yayun said at the same time.
Lao Gu looked at me and shook his head repeatedly, "The idea is good, young people can understand their feelings." I also sympathize with the plight of Tong Xiaoqiu and Ling Feng, but how can it be done? If nothing else, where can I find the sacrificial squire? ”
"I think I can."
I rubbed my nose, took off my backpack, took something out of my bag, and spread it out in front of Gu.
As I thought before, Lao Gu didn't just scratch the surface of Yin-Yang Arts.
Seeing what I was holding in my hand, he suddenly widened his eyes: "This is pressure money?" The dead air is so heavy...... The owner of this pressure money should not even be able to do ghosts. Where did you get the money? Could it be that this is ......?"
I turned my eyes to the portrait on the chest of drawers, "Would you believe me if I had seen the man in the painting not long ago?"
Perhaps it was God's will, although he couldn't even make a ghost, but his 'letter of entrustment' was finally 'delivered' to me.
People die as ghosts, ghosts die as ghosts, I have seen them with my own eyes, it should be just an obsession. Guess, what is the last obsession of the owner of this money? ”