Chapter 8: All or Nothing

Li Xiaoting got up very early today, because her father was hospitalized in the hospital to recuperate, and last night was her mother's vigil, so she went to take over at 7 o'clock and replaced her mother to go back to rest.

And at 11 o'clock, she was eating and suddenly received a call from Wu Jingjing, saying that she was coming to the hospital to visit her father, she asked about the situation last night by the way, but Wu Jingjing said that she was waiting to tell her, listening to Wu Jingjing's tone was more relaxed, Li Xiaoting thought that the "negotiation" was successful, so she was very happy, so she told them the location of the ward.

About half an hour later, Li Xiaoting was talking to her father in the ward, Wu Jingjing, Zhang Shuo, and Xue Wenbin walked in directly from outside the door, Li Xiaoting's eyes lit up, and she greeted warmly: "Jingjing, you are here!" ”

"Yes, we came to see my uncle." Wu Jingjing replied with a smile, the two held hands and laughed and talked a few words, and Li Xiaoting led the three of them to her father.

"Dad, this is the Wu Jingjing I often mention to you, and she is my best friend."

Sitting on the hospital bed was a middle-aged man with glasses, a thin appearance, a yellow complexion, dull and morbid eyes, a thick stubble all over his cheeks, and slightly pale lips, obviously tormented by the pain.

Hearing Li Xiaoting's introduction, the middle-aged talent showed a hint of a smile and was a little more energetic, "Hello Jingjing, I often hear Xiaoting mention you." ”

"Hello Uncle Li." Wu Jingjing smiled.

Xue Wenbin also stepped forward to introduce himself, "Hello Uncle Li, I am Xiaoting's classmate, my name is Xue Wenbin." ”

The middle-aged man smiled and nodded, "Okay, good ......" and then turned to look at Zhang Shuo on the side, only to see that he was looking at himself with blazing eyes, and the middle-aged man didn't know why, "Who is this?" ”

Zhang Shuo said indifferently: "I am their friend, and my name is not worth worrying about." ”

The middle-aged man and Li Xiaoting were stunned at the same time, although it was strange why the young man's attitude was so indifferent, but the middle-aged man was quite self-contained, and got up to invite a few people to sit down, "Come on, come on, sit." ”

After everyone sat down, Wu Jingjing first communicated with the middle-aged man, she has always been articulate, and she said caringly, and the proportions were just right, plus Xue Wenbin also interjected from time to time, which made the middle-aged man very useful and talked very harmoniously.

Only Zhang Shuo didn't say a word during the whole process, because he felt that such a greeting didn't mean anything to him, and it was the most important thing to get to the point as soon as possible, but he didn't open his mouth to disturb the interest of several people, just sat patiently and waited.

After about five minutes, the middle-aged man finally noticed that something was wrong, especially Zhang Shuo's eyes always looked at him thoughtfully, making him uncomfortable.

So the middle-aged man stretched out his hand to stop Wu Jingjing and Li Xiaoting's chat, squinted at Zhang Shuo, and smiled: "This little brother, is there something wrong?" It can be said explicitly. ”

As soon as these words came out, Li Xiaoting looked over in amazement, but Wu Jingjing and Xue Wenbin were silent at the same time.

Zhang Shuo sat up straight when he heard this, and said with a smile: "Since Uncle Li is so direct, then I will get straight to the point." ”

"Please."

"I don't know if Uncle Li still remembers, one of your former countrymen - Wang Yong!"

The middle-aged man's ears buzzed with a huge shock, as if he had been struck by lightning, and the whole person stood up suddenly, looked at Zhang Shuo in disbelief, and said in a trembling voice: "You... What do you say...?" Even his voice changed his tone a little under the excitement.

Zhang Shuo smiled, "I said, do you still remember your fellow countryman Wang Yong?" ”

The middle-aged man stared at Zhang Shuo, his face turned purple, and his body trembled slightly in panic, "I don't know what you're talking about, please go out!" Get out! The last sentence was almost shouted.

"Dad, you..." Li Xiaoting's pretty face turned pale, and she hurriedly helped the crumbling middle-aged man to smooth out his breath, confused and angry in her heart, and turned her head to look at Zhang Shuo angrily, "What are you doing!?" ”

"Shh Zhang Shuo made a silent gesture, "Don't yell at me, just ask your father if you want to ask, the sins he made back then will be paid back by you now!" ”

Without waiting for Li Xiaoting to understand the meaning of this sentence, the middle-aged man jumped up suddenly, grabbed Zhang Shuo's neckline, and said angrily: "What did you say? If you dare to touch my daughter, I will definitely not let you go!! ”

Such a move frightened Wu Jingjing, Li Xiaoting, and Xue Wenbin, and the three of them hurriedly stepped forward to stop them, and finally persuaded the middle-aged man to leave, Li Xiaoting and Wu Jingjing kept saying good things to make the middle-aged man angry, and Xue Wenbin pulled Zhang Shuo to the window and said worriedly: "Why don't you communicate well?" Come up and make trouble. ”

Zhang Shuo shook his head and sneered, patting his folded collar, "Did he let me say it well?" ”

Xue Wenbin was speechless and secretly glanced over there, "What now?" ”

Zhang Shuo turned his head to look out the window, "You go and say." ”

Xue Wenbin opened his mouth, and seeing Zhang Shuo's resolute attitude, he had to swallow his words back and go to explain to the middle-aged man.

Xue Wenbin sorted out his language and told the middle-aged man all the causes and consequences of the incident, and some of them inevitably added fuel and vinegar, which was appalling.

The middle-aged man didn't say a word with a straight face, and the more Li Xiaoting listened, the more frightened she became, until Xue Wenbin finished speaking, she said timidly: "Dad, is this true?" ”

"What really? It's just nonsense, there is no such thing at all, don't listen to their alarmism, they are all crazy. ”

Seeing that the middle-aged man had a strange and strong attitude, Xue Wenbin couldn't help but get angry, and he was pulled by Wu Jingjing so that he didn't have a seizure, and retreated to Zhang Shuo's side with a snort.

"Dad..." Li Xiaoting was embarrassed, and was trying to persuade her, but was interrupted and vetoed by the middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man stretched out his hand and pointed at Zhang Shuo and the others, and shouted in a threatening tone: "You all go out for me, don't let me see you again, Xiaoting, you are not allowed to interact with them in the future, do you hear?" ”

Li Xiaoting looked at her father blankly with her small mouth open, since she was sensible, she had never seen him so angry, and even his expression became distorted and fierce, as if he had changed a person, and he believed more and more in his heart that what Xue Wenbin said was true.

"Haha..."Zhang Shuo, who was standing by the window, suddenly laughed loudly, but this laughter was extremely harsh to the ears of the middle-aged man, and he couldn't help but frown angrily, "What are you laughing at?" ”

Zhang Shuo stopped laughing and looked directly at the middle-aged man with contempt, "Li Pinghua, do you think it's okay to escape?" Tell you, when Wang Yong becomes a powerful ghost, not only will you definitely die, but your wife and daughter will not be able to escape, and even the purple jade Buddha around her neck will not be able to protect it at that time. After speaking, he sneered, pulled up Wu Jingjing and Xue Wenbin and walked out of the ward.

Li Xiaoting was shocked, and was about to chase after her, but was grabbed by the middle-aged man, and she couldn't break free.

"Dad... Why are you like this..."Li Xiaoting was at a loss, thinking of the previous things, the more she looked at her father, the more strange she felt, she felt panic and sadness for a while, and she sat on the edge of the bed and covered her face and cried bitterly.

No matter how sad she was, the middle-aged man just came up to her and hugged her, stared blankly at the floor, and muttered, "Don't be afraid... Don't be afraid... You have the purple jade Buddha to protect you, and I will definitely be able to report your safety..."The voice kept trembling, and I didn't know if I was comforting her or comforting myself......

After leaving the hospital, Zhang Shuo and Xue Wenbin were able to vent their sullenness in their hearts, and Wu Jingjing persuaded: "Okay, okay, let's dissipate our anger, don't be like that kind of person, it's not cost-effective." ”

Xue Wenbin snorted, "I'm too lazy to bother with him, but Brother Shuo, what should we do now?" ”

Zhang Shuo patted him on the shoulder, shook his head and said: "Originally, I wanted to make a clear picture of the situation before making plans, if I could bring Li Pinghua together, maybe I could resolve this grievance in a persuasive way, but I didn't expect him to be such an irresponsible person who was greedy for life and afraid of death, so we didn't fully understand the whole story... We can't count on him now, we have to prepare ourselves. ”

"And what do we need to prepare?"

Zhang Shuo smiled, "Don't worry, I've already thought about it, we'll gather and set off before dark, and I'll teach you something!"

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Pig's Head Mountain is located in the east of the city, there is a small forest at the foot of the mountain, the terrain in the forest is flat, the forest is flat and full of bright flowers and plants, there is a stream flowing down from the mountain next to it, the stream water is crystal clear, sweet and thirst-quenching, there are often young people come to this forest to gather for a picnic, but because there are no hotels nearby, so the people who play before dark are almost gone.

At seven o'clock in the evening, the sun sets in the west, the sky gradually darkens, when the sun disappears completely, when the night falls, the bright side of the forest during the day is gradually replaced by darkness, you can only hear the cold wind, the grass blades rubbing, if you are in it and look at it, you will still worry about the dense and deep distance, there will be something staring at you...

Tonight, the sky was full of stars, only a waning moon hung obliquely on the clouds, and the trees in the forest were dense, and the faint light of the stars and moon could barely penetrate the branches and leaves, so it was still difficult to see the outline of the woods.

Approaching late at night, on a flat grass by the forest stream, a young man in a black windbreaker stood there like a pine, with a delicate face, looking at nothing special, but his eyes were clear, and an invisible heroic aura was revealed between his eyebrows, but he looked steady and extraordinary, with his hands behind his back, quietly looking ahead, as if waiting for something, it was Zhang Shuo!

After a long time, there was a sudden gust of wind in the woods, blowing the grass and trees, and the fallen leaves were flying, only to see a blue-green shadow in the forest flying rapidly from the forest path to this side, and in the blink of an eye, it had flashed in front of Zhang Shuo's eyes, and the green shadow retreated after landing, and a pair of cold eyes stared at him motionlessly.

Zhang Shuo sighed in his heart, Wang Yong finally turned into a ghost, looking at the black and thick yin qi coiled on his body, it can be seen that the weight of resentment in his heart has far exceeded yesterday, he was a victim, even Zhang Shuo felt unfair for what happened to him, who knew that creation would make people, it would evolve into such a situation, is it really providence?

"Humanβ€”what!?"

Wang Yong's chapped lips slowly opened, and he questioned Zhang Shuo in a stiffer and colder voice than before.

Zhang Shuo restrained his thoughts and said lightly: "They have already gone back!" ”

"Nonsense!" Wang Yong's cold eyes widened, "I obviously feel that they are here, and I will quickly hand them over if I know each other!" ”

Zhang Shuo snorted lightly, the fingertips of his palms were connected to form a magic seal, and he gathered the spiritual power of his whole body and suddenly cast a spell, and in the sound of "Xiu Xiu", six spirit runes suddenly shot out from behind Zhang Shuo like arrows, pointing directly at Wang Yong!

The blue light flashed in Wang Yong's eyes, and his whole body turned into a green ghost shadow again, which was able to dodge the attack of the spirit rune, and suddenly turned into a blood-red mist and rushed towards Zhang Shuo from the air.

Zhang Shuo quickly dodged, but the palm seal never let go, after dodging a few times in a row, he was finally swept by the yin qi emitted from the blood mist, Zhang Shuo's face flashed a touch of pain, only to feel that there was a bone cold qi pouring into the heart and lungs along the meridians, and the foot was unstable and almost fell, and finally stabilized his body, and quickly gathered the aura in the dantian to drive away the yin cold, otherwise it will inevitably erode the lungs and intestines, and shed patients who are difficult to cure.

The most powerful ghost is always a mental attack, which can confuse those with weak physique or bad luck according to its ability and magnetic field situation, and the ghost is better at snooping into people's hearts, and will frighten each other by creating terrifying illusions, constantly torturing and destroying their will to achieve the pleasure of revenge, many times the victim is scared to death, but this method is completely ineffective for people in the spell world like Zhang Shuo who is determined and knows Taoism, because Wang Yong cannot break through Zhang Shuo's spiritual power, In this way, he can spy on his heart and create illusions, and he can only drive the yin qi to attack him directly.

At this time, there was an eerie ridicule from the blood mist, "You have abundant spiritual power in your body, but you are not proficient in using it, if you continue like this, you are doomed to die, so don't waste your efforts." ”

Zhang Shuo snorted angrily and sneered at each other, "There is a lot of nonsense, if you have the ability, kill me." ”

The blood mist buzzed with an angry laugh, "Look at how hard your mouth is!" "Swooping down, faster than before, forced Zhang Shuo overwhelmed.

It wasn't until he dodged the seventh time that Zhang Shuo's eyes suddenly flashed with gold, his feet stepped on the ground, and he shouted: "Soul binding!" ”

Hearing this, the blood mist immediately froze in mid-air, and in the blink of an eye, it turned into a human form again, but there was no movement, Wang Yong coldly scanned the surroundings, not daring to take it lightly, "Boy, what the hell are you doing!?" ”

Seeing that Zhang Shuo was smiling and silent, and his gestures remained unchanged, Wang Yong was about to take action, but found that his whole body seemed to be trapped by invisible energy, and it was difficult to move.

Wang Yong wanted to turn into a red shadow and escape, but he couldn't do it, his bloody face was blue, and he screamed in horror, "What did you do? "But no matter how desperately it struggles, it is always difficult to move!

Zhang Shuo didn't answer, but raised his head and shouted, "Hurry up and come out to help me!" ”

As soon as the words fell, six figures quickly ran over from the other side of the stream, and through the starlight, they could vaguely see that there were men and women, it was Xue Wenbin, Wu Jingjing, Yang Sanshi, Dong Jie, Tang Mengjiao and Li Xiaoting!

The six people looked serious, without a moment's delay, looked down to find the footprints left by Zhang Shuo just now, and after finding it, they each sat cross-legged on the corresponding footprints, their fingertips jumped, and they made a handprint that was the same as Zhang Shuo's, closing their eyes and reciting a mantra, at this time, if you look down from a high place, the position of the seven people is clearly in the shape of a "Big Dipper"!

So why is Li Xiaoting here?

It turned out that at five o'clock this afternoon, Li Xiaoting sneaked out of the hospital while Li Pinghua was asleep, and then contacted Wu Jingjing and others, indicating that she wanted to go with them, whether it was to help her father or herself, no matter what the result was, she would advance and retreat with them, which made Wu Jingjing and others very moved, and finally did not see the wrong person, I don't know how many times more responsible than her father.

And Zhang Shuo saw that there was still one person left, so he had no choice but to ask Yang Sanshi to help, although Yang Sanshi muttered in his heart, he still agreed very righteously.

In the end, after the seven people gathered and the group arrived here, Zhang Shuo asked them to cooperate with him at night, and taught them to jointly cast the "Seven Star Array" and the formation mantra to trap the unjust souls!

"Seven Star Array" is a kind of magic circle used to trap the soul, which requires the caster to use the footwork of the Big Dipper with his own yang qi and Taoism, originally as long as Zhang Shuo's spiritual power is skillful, he does not need the help of others, but for the current Zhang Shuo, he still can't completely drive the spiritual power in his body, so he can only let six people assist him in defending the formation together.

However, because of this, the yang energy in the formation was more abundant than when Zhang Shuo was alone, and the power of the formation increased greatly under the power of the seven people, which was enough to trap this powerful ghost!

When Zhang Shuo watched the sky and calculated that Wang Yong was coming, he instructed the six people to hide in the dark and wait for him to call before coming out to help, and sprinkled a handful of incense ashes on each of them to cover up the breath on their bodies, which was why Wang Yong did not clearly sense the location of several people.

Fortunately, the plan went very smoothly, otherwise the slightest mistake would have been wasted, and Zhang Shuo still had palpitations in retrospect.

Wang Yong roared in mid-air, his cry was desolate and piercing, penetrating his heart, and the other six people didn't dare to open their eyes, and they were engrossed in chanting the Fa decision, but even so, they still felt a chill on their backs and their hairs stood on end.

"Don't bother, you can't escape." Zhang Shuo's eyes were like torches, and he said loudly: "If you can realize it and let go of the resentment in your heart, I will find a way to help you reincarnate, otherwise you will be scattered after dawn!" No one can save you. ”