Chapter 46: The Roots
Jiang Xinyi saw Zhang Shuo thoughtfully, knowing that he must be using telekinesis to sense, so she said, "Do you feel it?" ”
Zhang Shuo glanced at her, a look of disappointment flashed in his eyes, "I feel it, but I haven't figured out where it is." He looked at An Pei Mingzai, who was admiring the calligraphy and painting, "But he has found it, and it seems that he is far worse than him." ”
Jiang Xinyi knew that he had strong self-esteem and refused to admit defeat easily, so she deliberately said: "Do you think you can't compare to others in your life?" ”
"Of course not!" Zhang Shuo raised his eyebrows and said proudly: "In less than three years, I will definitely be able to surpass him." ”
Jiang Xinyi pursed her lips and chuckled: "Then I'll wait to see the day when you 'Megatron'." ”
Only then did Zhang Shuo understand that Jiang Xinyi was deliberately provoking him, in order to work harder in the future, after knowing her thoughts, Zhang Shuo suddenly felt that as long as she was there, it seemed that he was not afraid of any difficulties, and said with a smile: "Megatron doesn't need to ....... in the world."
An Peiming suddenly said, "Then let's start." He waved to everyone.
The rest of the people all walked up to him when they heard this, and Secretary Liu's face was the most anxious, and he was the first to ask, "Have you found anything?" ”
Shi Lin exchanged glances with Jiang Xinyi and Zhang Shuo, and they all shook their heads, only An Peiming smiled again: "I have found the location of that evil thing, please come here." Stretching out his hand, he led everyone to one of the tables, picked up a piece of jade pendant and played with it.
Shi Linqi said: "Is this jade pendant?" ”
"It's not." An Peiming played with the jade pendant again, his expression was leisurely, and he said casually: "Yes.... This one! After speaking, the paper fan in his hand pointed directly to a blue and white porcelain vase on the top of the table.
Zhang Shuo and the three of them were startled, and their eyes were all focused, and Secretary Liu was stunned: "Then do you want to take it down?" ”
"Well, I'll do it." An Peiming put down the jade pendant in his hand again, moved a chair from the side and stood up, slowly hugged the blue and white porcelain vase, and slowly came down.
During the process, Secretary Liu was nervous and startled: "Be careful, be careful...."
When An Peiming put the blue and white porcelain vase on the table, Zhang Shuo, Jiang Xinyi, and Shi Lin immediately got closer to take a closer look, the blue and white porcelain vase was the size of an ordinary small wine jar, carved with blue wave texture, and there was a blank part in the middle.
Shi Lin's eyes lit up, and he looked like a little wealthy fan, "Hey Secretary Liu, how much is this blue and white porcelain vase?" ”
Secretary Liu coughed and introduced: "This is the blue and white porcelain of the Yuan Dynasty that Mr. Zhou bought at the Hong Kong auction, called "Dragon Teng Four Seas", and the transaction price is five million. ”
"Five million!" Shi Lin was speechless when he heard it, he thought that the things in this room would add up to one or two million at most, who knew that any one would be five million, and the things in it would add up to tens of millions, so this Zhou Zong is too proud! At the same time, my heart blossomed, and I secretly calculated that the price of this business would have to rise.
Zhang Shuo was also surprised, this is simply astronomical for an ordinary college student like him, and many people may not be able to earn so much money in their lifetime.
An Peiming and Jiang Xinyi were unmoved, the two looked as usual, just appreciating it.
Secretary Liu asked nervously, "That... Master Ampere, you see? ”
Hearing this, Zhang Shuo and the three of them looked at An Pei Mingzai and asked.
An Peiming stared at the bottle intently again, and muttered: "The problem is in this bottle, open the cap first." With that, he reached out and took off the cap.
"Hmm...."
As soon as the bottle cap was opened, a dark purple green smoke suddenly erupted from the bottle, Jiang Xinyi, Shi Lin, and An Peiming were ready to retreat immediately, while Zhang Shuo pulled Secretary Liu with a blank face and retreated sharply.
After the purple smoke dissipated, the four of them breathed a sigh of relief, only Secretary Liu was stunned, "What's wrong?" ”
Of course, Secretary Liu, who had no spiritual power, couldn't see it, Zhang Shuo explained indifferently, "What spewed out of the bottle just now is a gloomy breath, if you encounter it, you will be unlucky for ten years!" It has now dissipated. ”
Secretary Liu panicked after hearing this, and he didn't dare to go over.
Zhang Shuo and the four of them reunited in front of the blue and white porcelain vase, looked down and looked in from the mouth of the bottle, everyone's faces became strange and ugly, and they frowned silently.
Lying quietly was a palm-sized square wooden plaque, and nothing else.
Shi Lin was curious and was about to reach out to take it, but Jiang Xinyi immediately stopped him, "Don't touch it, it's very bad luck on it, and you will be unlucky if you touch it." Shi Lin was startled and stuck out his tongue in embarrassment.
Zhang Shuo stared at the wooden sign for a long time, suddenly gasped, and muttered, "Nail the soul willow!" ”
Jiang Xinyi was shocked when she heard this, and looked at the thoughtful An Pei Mingzai.
Legend has it that there are five kinds of trees with the heaviest yin in the world, namely willows, locust trees, poplars, mulberry trees and neem trees, commonly known as "five ghosts", their wood likes yin and hates yang, and must not be implanted in the yang house, otherwise the ghosts will attract evil spirits, corrupt luck, and cause disasters one after another.
"Nail Soul Willow" is the rarest kind of willow tree, legend has it that as long as there are four people who died in vain are buried under the willow tree, the soul of the deceased can not be exceeded, bound by the yin of the willow tree, and the years will grow into a set of yin, bad luck, resentment, and anger in one of the "nail soul willow", which is an evil thing, and the living should not be approached.
Everyone was puzzled, who was so insidious? Undefeated Mr. Zhou's family will not give up!
"Go find a basin." An Peiming said solemnly, and Secretary Liu immediately used the walkie-talkie to speak without saying a word.
Two minutes later, a bodyguard came to the door with a basin, Secretary Liu took the basin and asked him to go down, and then put the basin on the ground according to An Peiming's instructions.
An Peiming took out a pair of mahogany chopsticks from his long sleeves, gently took out the wooden plaque in the blue and white porcelain vase, and threw it into the basin. ”
Except for Secretary Liu, who was far away, everyone else squatted down to check when they heard this, and saw that there were many strange symbols carved on the wooden pie, but the size of a fingernail, but the whole body was red and I don't know what raw material it was written.
Jiang Xinyi sniffed lightly, smelled a faint smell of blood, and her face changed suddenly: "Five poisonous blood!" ”
The five poisons refer to the five poisons such as centipedes, poisonous snakes, scorpions, geckos and toads, which are the five major poisons that are prevalent in Chinese folklore.
Zhang Shuo's eyes rolled and said curiously: "Could it be that it was written with the blood mixed dye of the five poisons?" ”
"Probably." Jiang Xinyi said uncertainly: "Other than that, the runes on it should be something like a spell, I have never seen these fonts, have you seen them?" ”
Everyone shook their heads, and Shi Lin pouted: "I haven't heard of it." ”
Jiang Xinyi and Zhang Shuo's eyes met, and they shared each other's hearts, and after being affirmed by Jiang Xinyi's eyes, Zhang Shuo said in a deep voice: "This unheard-of evil art must have come from an ancient sect!" ”
An Peiming said indifferently: "I don't think you need to guess, this thing is a collection of obscurity, it is a big murderous thing, and if it is unknown, we will burn it on the spot." ”
Secretary Liu was already panicked at the door, and immediately echoed: "Yes, yes, hurry up and burn!" ”
An Peiming smiled at Zhang Shuo again: "This thing is too heavy yin qi to be burned with fire, otherwise it will be inexhaustible, Su asked Chinese Taoist immortals are broad and profound, and all Taoist sects can absorb the aura of heaven and earth to stimulate their own yang yuan to form a 'samadhi true fire', I don't know if Mr. Zhang can use it, let me open my eyes." ”
The heart of the kingfire, also known as the divine fire, its name is called Shangfu; The kidney is Chenhuo, also known as the essence fire, and its name is called Zhongfu; The bladder, that is, the sea of qi under the umbilicus, the people's fire, its name is called the lower air, gathering and for the fire, dispersing and for the qi, the upward and downward circulation and the way of the heavens, this is the true fire of Samadhi!
In Taoist cultivation, the fire in the three major organs of the human body is combined with the aura of heaven and earth to stimulate it, which can drive away plagues and destroy evil spirits.
Among the younger generation in today's magic world, only Li Ruzhi, the first disciple of Taoism, can have this kind of cultivation, although Zhang Shuo has made rapid progress, but after all, the cultivation time is still short, and it is far from it.
An Peiming didn't say it sooner or later, but at this time, it was obvious that he wanted to test his true Taoism, if it was a different person, Zhang Shuo could ignore it, but this person's identity is a Japanese onmyoji, for the sake of the reputation of the Chinese magic world, he must not be ashamed!
As soon as he thought of this, Zhang Shuo's heart immediately aroused a competitive spirit, and he said freely: "Then ask An Pei for advice!" After speaking, he took out a piece of rune paper, put it on the tips of two fingers, and at the same time luck dantian, the aura is like ten thousand rivers returning to the sea, and his own yang yuan is stimulating to gather qi into fire!
"Whoa...!"
A supreme heat was transmitted into the spirit rune at his fingertips, and a purple-red flame more than half a foot long suddenly burst out on the spirit paper! The moisture in the surrounding air seemed to have evaporated at this moment, and everyone only felt that their mouths were dry, and thick sweat broke out on their foreheads!
"Samadhi is really hot!"
Jiang Xinyi and Shi Lin exclaimed in unison, An Peiming suddenly changed color again, his eyes were like shock and yearning, and his whole body trembled slightly without knowing whether it was fear or excitement.
Zhang Shuo suddenly shot the burning spirit talisman into the basin, and hit the "nail soul willow"!
With a "boom", the sparks in the basin exploded, and the purple-red flames soared up to a meter high, and the people who were illuminated by the strong fire couldn't open their eyes, and their bodies involuntarily retreated, and in a trance, they seemed to hear a terrible and abnormal wailing and screaming sound from the brazier.
In just a few tens of seconds, the flames in the basin gradually burned out, and the air was full of scorching stench, Shi Lin covered his mouth and nose and hurriedly opened the window next to him, and a cold cool breeze blew in, and the feeling of boredom and disgust in everyone's chests was instantly relieved.
Look at the pot that has been burned and broken, the whole basin is black and smoking, even the basin has been burned through, and the tiles on the ground have been burned.
And the wooden sign made of "nail soul willow" has been wiped out, leaving no residue.
Shi Lin looked at Zhang Shuo in a daze, exclaimed "wow", hooked Zhang Shuo's neck, and shouted at him frantically: "Zhang Shuo.... Old man... You're amazing!! ”
Zhang Shuo rolled his eyes at this crazy girl, and begged for mercy in pain: "Uh... Sister, you tap... I'm going to die!! ”
Jiang Xinyi couldn't help laughing, and looked at him silently from the side, her eyes were surprised and proud.
An Peiming looked at the charred basin on the ground for a while with a complicated expression, and then looked at Zhang Shuo again, the expression on his face gradually became serious, he was in awe of him, and bowed down and said: "Mr. Zhang's Taoism is profound, and today I am fortunate to witness the Chinese Taoist Immortal Law, which is really worth this trip, admire." ”
Zhang Shuo finally got rid of Shi Lin, and when he heard this, he hugged his fists and saluted back: "You're polite, classmate An Pei is really strong in spells." ”
The two looked at each other and smiled, feeling a sense of sympathy for each other, in fact, An Peiming and others didn't know that the reason why Zhang Shuo was able to exert the true fire of Samadhi was that he used all his remaining spiritual power to stimulate the yang energy in his body, so as to form the effect of supreme yang power, after all, he can't be like Li Ruzhi in his body, he can absorb the aura of heaven and earth at will, in other words, there is not much left of his aura now, and he can't recover if he doesn't rest for a few hours.
It seems that both of them know each other's bottom, but in fact they don't know where each other's limits are, they are all virtual and real, real and virtual, if you want to know the answer, you have to really compete, but now there is no need for this, but An Peiming finally recognized Zhang Shuo's strength, and secretly regarded him as a good opponent.
At this time, Secretary Liu, who was stunned at the door, reacted, and immediately ran to everyone's side, with an incredible expression, and stammered: "Uh... Masters... Are the rituals done? ”
Zhang Shuo turned around and said, "Yes, but it's only half over!" ”
"What?" Secretary Liu exclaimed and said uneasily: "What about the other half?" ”
An Peiming smiled again and said, "The other half will deal with it tomorrow morning, well...."Hands raised high and stretched a comfortable waist, "I'm tired after a busy night, here you send someone to deal with it first, come to pick us up at eight o'clock tomorrow morning, we want to see Mr. Zhou." ”
Secretary Liu couldn't figure out what kind of medicine these people were selling in the gourd, but he didn't want to ask, so he said again and again: "No problem, no problem, those people go to rest first, and I'll pick you up at eight o'clock tomorrow morning." ”
Before going out, Jiang Xinyi advised: "By the way, tomorrow I will arrange for someone to dig up all the soil I marked in the yard, and the problems here will be solved." ”
"Okay, okay."
In the end, Secretary Liu sent bodyguards to arrange a bedroom for each of the four to rest, Zhang Shuo returned to the room and took a comfortable shower, looked at the time It was almost twelve o'clock, and then lay on the bed and played with his mobile phone for a while.
At this time, Shi Lin sent a message, saying that everyone's hard work to deal with such a tricky matter is equivalent to saving Mr. Zhou's family, and the price will be doubled, Zhang Shuo is angry and funny, this little goddess is quite a money fan, and has no choice but to reply that you are the boss You decide, we are all working for you, Jiang Xinyi also replied with an ok expression, and the three of them went to sleep after chatting a few words.
After turning off the lights, Jiang Xinyi sent another message separately and asked, "Is there anything else you haven't told me?" ”
Zhang Shuo was stunned for a moment and suddenly realized, it turned out that he was asking about the true fire of Samadhi, and he would not hide it from Jiang Xinyi, so he told her all the causes and consequences.
Jiang Xinyi replied: "Although it is said to 'win glory for the country', we must also do what we can, and do less things to slap a swollen face and become fat in the future, what if something suddenly happens?" ”
Zhang Shuo was amused, and his heart was warm, "Don't worry, I'll pay attention, you're tired today, have a good rest, see you tomorrow, good night." ”
"Okay, you too, good night."
Putting down the phone, Zhang Shuo turned over comfortably, thinking back to this short period of endless experiences, he couldn't help but shake his head and laugh at himself, maybe after he became a member of the spell world, his life became colorful.
Due to the excessive consumption of spiritual power from successive spell casts, he was already exhausted and fell asleep before he knew it...
At eight o'clock in the morning of the next day, Zhang Shuo and the four of them sat in the hall downstairs eating a sumptuous breakfast prepared by the maid, each of them was full of energy, refreshed, obviously rested very well, after working together last night, An Peiming had already been impressed by the three of them, and the estrangement seemed to disappear overnight, and Zhang Shuo was talking, quite a feeling of meeting and hating each other.
At this time, Secretary Liu brought someone over on time, and dug up all the soil marked in the garden according to Jiang Xinyi's instructions.
Seeing that a few people had almost eaten, Secretary Liu smiled and said, "Is there anything else going on with the masters?" If not, we will go to the hospital now, Mr. Zhou is already waiting for you. ”
Shi Lin wiped his mouth and said nonchalantly: "It's okay, let's go." Pulling Jiang Xinyi out with a smile, Zhang Shuo and An Peiming smiled bitterly again and followed.
Half an hour later, everyone took a car to the First People's Hospital, and was led by Secretary Liu to a senior ward on the top floor of the inpatient department, and there were two bodyguards waiting at the door.
"A few inside, please." Secretary Liu opened the door and made a gesture of invitation to everyone.
After the four of them entered the door one after another, Secretary Liu closed the door, Zhang Shuo walked in the front, so he was the first to see the scene in the room, the ward area is about fifty square meters, there is an independent living room and lounge, the air exudes a fresh smell, the room is clean and tidy, there are books and flowers on the tea table, there is a middle-aged man in a hospital gown reading the newspaper in the small living room, and a mature woman next to him who is also wearing a hospital gown is making tea, it should be Mr. Zhou and Mrs. Zhou.
"Mr. Zhou, these are the masters who are responsible for exorcism this time." Secretary Liu enthusiastically introduced.
"Mr. Zhou is good." Ampere was the first to greet politely.
Mr. Zhou wore a pair of black-framed glasses, giving people a gentle and elegant feeling, and said in surprise when he heard this: "Hello, come, please take a seat." ”
"Thank you, Mr. Zhou." After everyone thanked them, they all found a place to sit down.
"Tea, please." Mrs. Zhou politely handed the tea to Zhang Shuo and the others, very approachable, Zhang Shuo thanked: "Mrs. Zhou is not polite, we can just come by ourselves." ”
After entering the door, the four of them paid attention to the complexion of Mr. Zhou and his wife, the couple looked slightly haggard and sickly, and their spirits were not good, and there was a faint black gas entanglement on the hall.
Mr. Zhou spoke sincerely, from the bottom of his heart, "I heard Xiao Liu say that a few people who cast spells last night have exorcised evil for us, and I also feel that today's complexion is better than yesterday, and my body is much more relaxed, thank you here." ”
An Peiming smiled again: "Mr. Zhou is polite, this is what we should do." ”
Zhang Shuo suddenly said: "Mr. Zhou, I won't say much kind words, has Secretary Liu already told you that the matter is not completely over?" ”
Mr. Zhou's smile stiffened, and he sighed: "Xiao Liu did say it, so what should I do next?" ”
Zhang Shuo groaned: "At present, the problem in the house has been solved, but the most fundamental problem is not in the house, there are a few questions that I still can't understand, such as when did the evil thing in the blue and white porcelain be put in?" Who has touched the soil in the garden? The most important thing is, who is trying to harm you... I'm afraid that these questions need to be recalled by Mr. Zhou himself, and those who can do these steps are either traitors or close people, otherwise I really can't think of anyone else who can do it! ”
No one expected him to be so direct, everyone was almost stunned, Shi Lin was afraid that he would annoy Mr. Zhou, so he quietly pulled his sleeve and reminded in a low voice: "Zhang Shuo..."
Mr. Zhou's face darkened, pondering silently, Mrs. Zhou changed the topic in order to ease the atmosphere: "Then where is the most fundamental problem?" ”
Zhang Shuo and An Peiming glanced at each other again, An Peiming nodded again to signal him, and Zhang Shuo spoke bluntly.
"I suspect that the fundamental problem lies with your ancestral grave!"
Mrs. Zhou exclaimed, "What? ”
"Crackle..."
Mr. Zhou, who was contemplative, suddenly looked up at Zhang Shuo in shock, his fingertips loosened, and the teacup in his hand shattered after it hit the ground.