Chapter 195: Blacksmith
Because the refinery is built in the hinterland of the mountains, the light in the factory is insufficient, and usually because the blacksmith furnace is open, it is also bright, but now the work is stopped, and there is no light, and the view is a little obstructed.
However, even though the room was dim, Yuan Quanquan searched a little and saw a shadow moving mechanically by an anvil on the left, accompanied by a "dang dang dang" sound.
It was the voice she had just heard outside.
Yuan Quanquan stood in place and observed for a while, but the other party didn't seem to notice her. So she took a few more steps forward, slowly approaching the dark shadow who was concentrating on striking iron.
When I got closer, I finally saw that it was a man with a somewhat rickety figure...... The ghost, holding a hammer in his right hand and a tongs in his left hand, turned the iron material in his left hand while forging and repeating the movements in his hand one by one.
Yuanquanquan remembered the sudden death of the second Liu Zi that Huo Ziji said outside just now, and it was probably him.
Yuan Quanquan still didn't make a sound, just stood ten steps away from him and watched, watching him knock and beat for a long time, his movements were skillful and powerful, and he could see that he had been doing this for some years, and he was a master. Hit it with an iron hammer dozens of times, then raised the iron sword that was beginning to take shape and looked at it, turned sideways and immersed it in the large water tank next to it, and with a bang, the hot iron touched the cold water, and a puff of white smoke came out.
In the eyes of the Yuan Circle, this scene is as vivid and real as the work of a blacksmith in an ordinary blacksmith shop. However, if there is a second person present, he will not see anything. There was no blacksmith, no iron, no white smoke, only the sound of "dangdang" lingering in the empty refinery.
After the blacksmith took the cooled iron sword out of the water, the Yuan Circle finally spoke.
"Master?"
The old master with the iron sword turned around slowly, and Yuan Quanhuan could see his face clearly in the not very bright light. This is the face of an ordinary working person, with dark skin and wrinkles, who looks about fifty years old, with his back bent, and when he hears the voice, he raises his head and looks at Yuan Quanquan.
His expression was indifferent, and he didn't seem surprised that a living person could see him, so he only glanced at Yuan Quanquan, lowered his head again, and continued to beat the iron sword in his hand with a hammer.
Yuan Quanquan was a little surprised by his reaction, many ghosts would show more or less surprise when they first saw her and knew that she could see them, but this second Liu Zi master was calm.
Taking two steps forward, Yuan Quanquan pondered the words and words, and asked, "Excuse me, are you the second master of Liu Zi?" ”
The other party did not answer, only mechanically repeated the action of striking iron, ignoring the words of the Yuan Circle.
A little embarrassed, Yuan Quanquan touched his nose and took two steps forward again, "That...... I am a friend of the second young master of the Huo family, and recently, people in Huo Mansion often hear the sound of striking iron coming from here, but there is no one to see, so I came to help take a look. Master, is that you? ”
At this time, the old ghost slowly raised his eyes, refocused his gaze on Yuan Quanquan, stared at her for a long time, and spoke: "You are a mage who exorcises evil spirits?" ”
Yuan Quanquan thought for a while and shook his head: "No." "Although she did come to exorcise evil spirits, her exorcism is not the same as those Taoist priests who collect demons and ghosts. People rely on violence and forced expulsion, she is learning from Lei Feng to do good deeds, helping these ghosts to become obsessed, and then going to the underworld to reincarnate, which is a good deed to accumulate merit.
The old ghost silently looked at her from head to toe for a moment, and finally put down the iron sword in his hand.
A few people outside the house waited anxiously, not knowing what was going on inside, trying to get closer to hear the movement inside, but they couldn't hear anything.
Xiao Zhi and Xiang'er were so anxious that they wrung their handkerchiefs, and while they were worried, they couldn't help but go out a little bit, and quietly swept Huo Zijue next to them with the wind in the corner of their eyes.
The legendary business genius of Huofu used to only hear his name but not see him, but today he is fortunate to see it, and it is really extraordinary.
looks as old as them, but they are already famous in the capital.
Xiao Zhixiao's face was slightly red, and she peeked at Huo Zijue's handsome young face, and she was a little curious.
How could her young lady know the second young master of Huo Mansion?
When the Yuan circle came out, it was exactly the time of a pillar of incense. As soon as she came out, she was surrounded by several people.
"How's it going, Miss?"
"Sister......
Although Huo Ziji is the most calm among these people, he can't hide his thirst to know the truth at this moment, "Princess Niangniang, what is the trouble?" ”
Yuan Quanquan's eyes turned around on several people, and among these people, except for Huo Ziji, the other three knew that she could see ghosts. She was thinking about whether to turn three into four.
However, she and Huo Zijue are familiar with each other, although this Huo Ziji is his eldest brother, but after all, it has nothing to do with her, she is not sure if she tells him that she can see ghosts, whether the other party will accept it, or whether she will believe her.
But if she didn't say it, how would she explain the "dangdang" sound to him.
When Huo Zijue was a ghost, his brain was not good, like a little retarded, but when he was a human, he was very smart.
Just looking at Yuan Quanquan's expression and eyes, he roughly guessed what she was worried about, glanced at the eldest brother beside him, he said, "Wait a minute", and pulled his eldest brother to the side and whispered.
Not long after, the brothers returned.
Huo Ziji's eyes changed slightly when he looked at the Yuan Circle, but his attitude was more respectful than just now.
Several people returned to the front hall of Huo's mansion and retreated, leaving only Xiaozhi and Xiang'er, Yuan Quanquan asked Huo Zijue on the way back, and learned that he had persuaded the eldest brother to keep her affairs secret, in other words, Huo Ziji already knew her special function of the hell.
Without others, the Yuan Circle had no scruples, opened the skylight and said bright words, and told everyone in detail about her contact with Er Liu Zi in the refinery.
"He said that he had been working in your Huo Family Refinery for almost thirty years, and he had been working diligently, but he didn't want his life to be bad, so he suddenly went. He was very grateful to Huo Dashao for taking care of his family and asking me to pass the word on his behalf. ”
"When I took over the family industry, Liu Zi was already working in the factory and was a master. He works diligently and has good craftsmanship, and our people in Huo Mansion respect him very much. It's just that I didn't expect this kind of accident to happen, and people said that it was gone. Huo Ziji was also very sorry, and it could be seen that he really respected the other party.
"But since he's dead, why should he stay here...... Still scaring people? ”
Yuan Quanquan shook his head, "He's not scaring people, he just has a wish." ”
"What wish?"
"He is your master here, you should know that he has a habit of striking iron, he never gives up halfway, he completes every weapon from beginning to end from the beginning to the end, and never leaves a single semi-finished product. But when he died, he still had an iron sword unfinished, and he had been haunted by this matter, and he couldn't go to the underworld to reincarnate with peace of mind after his death. ”
Looking at the person in front of him who was stunned for a moment, Yuan Quanquan paused for a moment before continuing: "But now the problem is that he is dead and has become a ghost, and the ghost cannot touch the real thing, and his wish cannot be fulfilled." ”
"How's that for good?" Although Huo Ziji heard from his younger brother that this princess Ming had the ability to see the yin soul with the naked eye, he was shocked and chose to believe it, but listening to what she said at this time, he still felt a little unbelievable.
The Metaverse is also considering this issue. If the ghost can't touch the real thing, the second Liu Zi's wish to finish the sword can't be fulfilled. But if he asked someone else to finish the fight for him, it was not done by him, and it didn't count.
Is there any way for him to touch the real thing and finish his unfinished business with his own hands?
Yuan Quanquan lowered his eyes and bit his nails to think.
I frowned and thought about it for a long time, and suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed in my mind, blessed to my soul, there is!
"If you want Er Liu Zi to fulfill his wish and eliminate his obsession, there is a way to try."
"What's the solution?"
"Up, body."
"Upper body?" Huo Ziji's eyes widened, and he realized it later, "What does the princess mean to let Er Liu Zi's ghost go to the body of a living person?" ”
Yuan Quanquan nodded, "Not bad." Walking to the middle of Huo Ziji and Huo Zijue and standing still, she explained, "The upper body of the ghost is actually conditional, and it is not that you can go on the body if you want to, and you can go on whoever you want." If the yin soul wants to go to the body of a living person, then the living person must have yin energy in order to accept the yin spirit. Men have heavy yang energy, and ordinary yin spirits can't get on their bodies, while women have strong yin qi on their bodies, and they are the first choice for yin spirits. And the baby is the purest and most yang existence in the world, and it is even more impossible. ”
Speaking of this, she deliberately moved her eyes to Xiao Zhi and Xiang'er, and glanced back and forth a few times, so frightened that the two little girls went straight back, trembling with a crying expression.
"Miss......"
Yuanquan Huanpi was very happy at this time, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, you two little girls can't even move fast stones, if Er Liu Zi gets on your body, the sword is estimated to be good until next year." ”
"That'...... Is there a candidate for the princess? Huo Ziji asked.
Yuan Quanquan put away the smile on his face, turned his head seriously, stretched out his hand, and pointed to Huo Zijue on her left.
“…… I? ”
Huo Ziji was stunned, "Zijue? But didn't the princess just say that the man's body is yang, that thing ...... Can't get on it? ”
Yuan Quanquan withdrew his hand and acted as a teacher to explain to them again: "Under normal circumstances, this is the case, but there are always exceptions to everything. Zijue had a soul leaving disease before, and his yang qi was weakened, although now the three souls and six spirits have long been in place, but he has a special physique, which is in line with the conditions of the ghost's upper body. ”
"No way!" Huo Ziji objected, "Zijue is the second young master of our Huo Mansion, and he is my younger brother, I can't let him take this risk, who knows if that thing will not leave after it gets on his body, and has been occupying his body, I don't agree!" ”
Yuan Quanquan had already guessed that Huo Ziji would have this reaction, and she said unhurriedly: "Huo Dashao, you can rest assured of this, with me, I will definitely not let Zijue's body be occupied by other ghosts." Even if it does happen, there is a way for me to get it out. ”
Huo Ziji still had doubts, and his brows were furrowed to weigh the pros and cons.
If the ghost of Er Liu Zi is on Zijue's body, what accident happens to Zijue, how will he explain it to his father. He had just woken up not long ago, and he couldn't afford to have another accident. But if you don't do this, then the ghost of Erliuzi has been staying in the refinery, and now that the blacksmiths have gone home, it's okay that there is no one here, but when the blacksmiths come back to work and are found out about such strange things, can they still keep people? Will their refinery still be able to open?
Huo Ziji was in a dilemma.