Chapter 14: Cause and Effect
I don't know why Cheng Ying dared to bet such a big vote on me, maybe it was for the sake of Dong Lao's face, or maybe my hand just now was really shocking.
But other people's family affairs have nothing to do with me, as long as you can give me the 200,000 salary, I promise to do this job beautifully.
I smiled and nodded to Cheng Ying, and then strode towards the door of Old Man Cheng's room.
Cheng Cai stared at me with an expression of watching a play, in his opinion, a junior person like me, who has no name, is simply here to be funny.
I stood at the door and took a deep breath, Zhu Yan blew a gust of wind at the right time, and the whole courtyard instantly fell silent.
I didn't have to look back to know that all eyes were on me, and I stood slightly at the door for two seconds, holding up enough cards, and resolutely pushed the door open.
"Hiss~"
Maybe Zhu Yan had gone too far before, the moment I pushed the door open, I clearly heard a gasp in the crowd, and then someone began to applaud.
Okay, you're big, I snickered to myself, this group of people are probably scared stupid, now they can win applause when they open the door, and when I come out later, I don't know what they can do.
After a slight glance, the decoration of Old Man Cheng's house is very old, so I decided to go first and have a look.
I turned around and locked the door backwards, leaving a hint of suspense for the onlookers.
There was an indescribable smell in Mr. Cheng's house, like the rancid smell of the slaughterhouse mixed with the body odor of the elderly, although the smell was not very strong, it still made me smell very uncomfortable.
Although the furnishings in the house are old, I can see that these are valuable things from the vintage, and I don't understand the feng shui pattern in the house, but I can feel that it is very exquisite.
In such a feng shui pattern, it can be haunted for so long, it seems that the origin of this comb is really not simple.
I didn't waste much time on other irrelevant things, and after a little glance, I walked to the old man's bed, and Zhu Yan also appeared at this moment, silently walking beside me.
The old man's bed is covered with a thick pure white bed veil, and I feel straight hair in my heart when I see it, the Cheng family doesn't know what to think, this fucking whole thing is like a white corpse cloth in the morgue, how bad it is for people to lie in it, can this be good?
What made me pay more attention was that there was a dresser next to the old man's bed.
Generally, this thing is only placed in a woman's boudoir, and an old man's room has this, what does it mean?
Confused, I walked straight to the dresser.
The dresser was made of mahogany, and the corners and countertops were shiny, and I knew it wasn't wax, but it had taken too long to polish it so smooth.
I gently pulled open the small drawer of the dresser and found a lot of rouge gouache inside. These cosmetics used in modern times are lipsticks and creams, and even alabaster and lip oil, and I don't know where these rouge gouaches came from.
Zhu Yan seemed to be very interested in these things, and walked over and gently stroked the writing thing with her hand, after all, female ghosts are also girls, and it is natural to love beauty, so I didn't care about her.
I rummaged through the dresser, but I couldn't find the human bone comb, and there was no other place in the house, so the only possibility was in bed.
I swallowed, and shifted my gaze to the carved wooden bed, the heavy veil still swaying slightly, proving that there was indeed a living person inside.
"Old Man Cheng?"
I shouted softly twice, but I waited for a long time and didn't hear an answer.
Looks like it's going to be done yourself.
I stiffened my head and slowly reached for the curtain.
I can clearly feel my hands trembling, after all, in such a room with a strange atmosphere, even if I am bold, I will have some diaphragms in my heart, not to mention that I don't know whether this old man Cheng on the bed is a person or a ghost.
There was a soft sound, and the bed veil was pulled aside by me, and the bad smell I smelled when I first entered the room hit my face, and I almost vomited directly on the bed, I quickly raised my hand and fanned it, and then I felt better.
This bed veil is too heavy, causing the dead and yin qi on Old Man Cheng's body to not get out, I covered my nose and flashed the bed veil a few times, dissipating the stench inside, and then stretched out my head to look inside.
Old Man Cheng is indeed still alive, but he is already angry, his face is extremely pale, and at first glance it is a manifestation that he has been haunted by yin ghosts for too long, and his essence and yang energy have all been drained.
What's even more terrifying is that on Old Man Cheng's bare head, there is a long bloody comb tooth mark, which extends from the top of his head to the root of his left ear.
His scalp and the left side of his face were already bloody and blurred, and the strands of flesh scraped off by the comb teeth were still attached to his face. The root of the left ear has been combed with blurred flesh and blood, and half of the ear is almost combed off, if it weren't for the bed veil, it is estimated that Old Man Cheng would have already been flying with flies.
I saw a tumbling stomach in my stomach, this wound was so horrible that I didn't know how much resentment the ghost in this comb was to be so cruel and violent.
I resisted the desire to vomit, rummaged around Old Man Cheng, and finally found the comb in his right hand.
His right hand was clenched tightly, and the sharp teeth of the comb even pierced into his palm, and I broke his fingers one by one, and finally took the comb out.
This bone comb is very small, the whole comb is curved, I carefully looked at it, this size and arc, should be carved from the woman's shoulder blades.
The whole bone comb is small and delicate, the surface is smooth and hard, and the teeth of the comb are sharp and fine.
I also know a little bit about the legend of bone weapons, and this way of practicing weapons is already considered an evil art.
Over time, the calcium in human bones will be lost, and eventually the structure will become loose and fragile like a honeycomb. In order to avoid such a situation, it is necessary to break the skin and take the bones while the person is still alive, and then refine them with a secret method to ensure the aura and hardness of the bones.
And after the death of the person who was taken alive, there will naturally be extremely strong resentment and hatred left, this ghost is afraid that it has become the climate, and it is no wonder that the Cheng family has exhausted the law this time and cannot settle this matter.
I took the comb and looked at it, sighing.
"There's nothing nice about it, it's just a bone, and the hooves aren't in the comb."
Zhu Yan closed the drawer of the dresser, pursed his mouth, and hummed very disdainfully.
"Not here?"
I was stunned, so didn't I come for nothing this time?
Of course, that sassy hoof just wants to use this broken comb as a guide to slowly absorb the essence of the family, who can have time to stay here every day to watch those magic sticks play tricks?
is also a powerful ghost, Zhu Yan obviously understands the intentions of this ghost in the comb very well, and clarifies the cause and effect in a few words.
"Can you ruin this thing?"
I picked up the bone comb and asked Zhu Yan.
This Nizi nodded, I took the comb in my hand, and without talking nonsense, I raised my leg and walked out the door.
I have no relatives with the Cheng family, the Cheng family only asked me to deal with the problem of this comb, then I only need to do my job, as for what the ghost behind this comb is going to do, I don't have time to care, as long as she doesn't come to me, then we will be fine.
When I opened the door with a bang, everyone outside the door was instantly shocked, and dozens of pairs of eyes fell on me in an instant.
"To exorcise ghosts, you need to use a knife from the source, and my generation should follow the will of heaven, eliminate evil spirits, and prove my way of heaven!"
I held the bone comb in my right hand high, and the bone comb slowly rose from my hand, and as my palm was clenched, it snapped into two pieces, and then fell to my feet.
The wind stopped, the clouds in the sky dispersed, and the sun fell again.
"Living immortals!"
"This is the real master!"
"Immortal Chief, you are too powerful!"
Everyone in front of me was as excited as seeing a miracle, cheers came and went, and a few people even knelt down to worship me, I didn't dare to accept this big gift, smiled and waved my hand, and hurriedly walked to Dong Lao's side.
"How about it, I said it, as long as my brother Yin comes out, there will be no demons."
Dong Lao smiled and patted me on the shoulder, and boasted to Mrs. Cheng.
Cheng Xi's excited little face was flushed, and he peeked at me from time to time, and I was a little embarrassed.
The bone comb was destroyed, and Mr. Cheng's matter was solved, Cheng Ying had a lot of follow-up things to arrange, so she hurriedly thanked me and hurriedly took someone to see Mr. Cheng.
Although Cheng Ying was busy, she was still quite meticulous, knowing that I was not familiar with other people, and she didn't set up a banquet to toss me, but secretly gave Cheng Xi tens of thousands of yuan in private, accompanied by Dong Lao, and took me to the most upscale hotel in the city for a meal.
During the banquet, Dong Lao kept praising me for not embarrassing my grandfather, and I really carried the banner of raising ghosts, but Cheng Xi, the girl, still secretly looked at me from time to time, and my face turned red.
After three rounds of drinking, I considered that my relationship with Cheng Xi was indeed not bad, so I told Zhu Yan's words to the two of them as they were, hoping that this girl could talk to Cheng Ying and let them pay attention.
After all, the business that has contact with Mingqi will inevitably be stained with some cause and effect in the end.
Cheng Xi was a little stunned when he heard this, usually the Cheng family has Dong Lao in charge, and it is no longer a problem to change the feng shui to drive away the corpse and ward off evil spirits, but if it is stained with the cause and effect of the ghosts, this matter is not easy to settle.
This girl has been begging me, hoping that I will continue to stay in the Cheng family and sit with Dong Lao, but no matter how much salary I am allowed to pay, I insist on not accepting it.
There is cause and effect in this world, the Cheng family received this comb, which is the cause and effect they found themselves, I helped them out once, and they are already about to participate in this cause and effect, if they still insist on continuing to participate in this matter, I can't escape this cause and effect.
Dong Lao surprisingly didn't persuade me, just sighed and drank silently.
The Cheng family hasn't paid me this time, and Fluttershy is still at Cheng Xi's house, so I can only follow Cheng Xi home, and the two of them are a little awkward to be alone, and I can only ignore Cheng Xi's frustrated expression.
Cheng Xi didn't enter the door with me, probably to avoid embarrassment, she gave me the key and went to the garage to park alone.
This girl is still very nice, attentive and considerate, if it weren't for the fact that I have more important things to do, maybe I would have been involved in this.
"Fluttershy, Fluttershy?"
I opened the door and shouted as I entered the house, Fluttershy should have come out to greet me with her personality, my heart beat slower and a bad premonition came over me, and I rushed into the living room shouting.
Turning on the light, I see Fluttershy lying on the ground with her cape, and I run over to try her breath, but luckily she just faints.
On that delicate neck, the two black palm prints were particularly clear, and I was horrified to see a white comb inserted between her thick black hair......