Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Devil Makes Money
Ordinary people have long lost the ability to resist when they are clamped like this, but I didn't expect him to be able to kick out with his body being hooped and kick my already injured knee.
I felt like my knees were about to shatter, and the pain was so intense that I gasped.
Seeing that I still wouldn't let go of him, he twisted his waist quickly, and as soon as I felt the movement on his body, my heart suddenly tightened.
If my knee was hit again, it would definitely be useless, and I didn't hesitate at the moment, and immediately let go of the strength in my hand, and the old man's body lost its grip and immediately slipped from my arms.
He probably didn't expect me to let go, and still kicked my left foot as he fell, and this time he couldn't kick my knee, but my calf did, and it hurt a bit.
I have to say that this guy reacted quickly enough, and after kicking my calf, he quickly stabilized his center of gravity while taking a step back to try to distance himself from me.
However, he had already been injured before, and his movements were not free, and after this step was withdrawn, he failed to maintain his balance, and his body shook violently, and he almost fell.
Just as he reached for the wall, I jumped up on one leg again and hit him in the lower abdomen with my shoulder.
He snorted, and his body flew out almost completely in the air.
With two muffled sounds of "flutter, flutter", he and I landed at the same time.
I endured the pain in my knees and calves, and quickly climbed up against the wall, and he also freed one hand to support the wall, and it seemed that he wanted to get up, but the two hits before and after had already knocked him all the strength away, and every time he saw that he could stand up, his waist and legs were weak at the same time, and he fell to the ground along the wall.
When I limped to him, the voice of the second master suddenly came from behind me: "Get down!" ”
I have been practicing by the second master for a month, and I am used to making corresponding movements when he shouts to me, and I lay on the ground without thinking too much.
The moment I leaned over, there were several rapid sounds of breaking the air above my head, as if something was flying against my scalp.
Then the old man turned to me again, and by the faint moonlight I could see a metallic glow reflected on his lips, but before I could see what it was, he floated into the air.
My heart suddenly tightened, this guy can fly?
But soon I found out that it was the second master who grabbed his belt and carried him into the air.
He forcibly twisted his body and aimed his face at the second master, who didn't say a word of nonsense, waved his thug, and slapped his face.
I have learned the strength of the second master, and he can poke a bloody hole in a person's body with any move of his fingers.
But right now, the old man's body is unexpectedly strong, and he was slapped by the second master, but he was just a little confused, and he didn't faint.
The second master suddenly frowned, leaned over to the old man and looked at it carefully, then raised his hand and slammed his palm on the back of the old man's neck.
This time, the old man fainted before he even had time to hum.
After the second master put him down, I quickly approached him, searched from him, and finally found the copper coin in the hidden pocket on the inside of his cuffs.
I threw the copper coin to the second master, and let out a long breath: "Okay, now my task is complete." ”
The second master kept looking at the old man and didn't hear me.
I sat down against the wall, rubbing my knees and calves with one hand, and with the other, I felt my cigarette and lighter out of my pocket.
Strange to say, since the old man passed out, the fog began to disperse, and the temperature in the alley was steadily rising.
When the second master saw that I had lit a cigarette, he first said to me, "Smoke less." After a while, he spread his hands to me again: "Give me one." ”
I directly threw the cigarette case and the lighter to the second master, and the second master reached out to catch it, and then moved his eyes to the old man.
I raised my chin at the old man and asked the second master, "Who is this?" ”
The second master pursed his lips: "Looking at his kung fu, he should be a member of the Zhang family in Wuling." It's weird, I remember that their family was extinct twenty years ago, how can there be descendants? ”
While talking, the second master leaned in front of the old man's face again and looked at it carefully for a while.
I asked the second master: "Is their family the same as the old family?" ”
The second master shook his head: "It's not the same, our family eats three doors, and the Wuling Zhang family eats all five doors." Our family follows the way of decency, paying attention to 'self-cultivation and family governance, and leveling the world'. Their family is 'self-preservation, not caring about the world', which is a very typical egoistic family. ”
I stuck out my tongue: "I don't understand." ”
The second master raised his head and smiled at me: "You will understand in the future." ”
I didn't say anything more, I took a long breath, and then I took out a long puff of smoke, and the second master took out the rope and tied up the old man.
By the time he was almost done, the pain in my leg had disappeared.
The second master carried the old man in his left hand and me in his right hand, and left the alley with me.
He stuffed the old man into Wang Lei's car and said to Wang Lei: "Take him to a nursing home." ”
Wang Lei didn't say a word of nonsense, nodded quickly, and then drove away.
It wasn't until he drove the little Alto onto to the road that the second master turned around and asked me, "How are you, are you seriously injured?" ”
As he spoke, he pulled out a Band-Aid and carefully placed it on my left brow.
I tried to move my legs and feet, and said to the second master: "It's not a big problem, just sleep well." By the way, second master, there is something I have never been able to figure out. ”
The second master helped me put on the band-aid, and tore off the psychic jade on my forehead, and then responded: "What do you not understand?" ”
I said, "Why is the copper coin I found in Zhao Guang'an's house different from the one in the photo?" ”
The second master blinked: "What photo?" ”
I said, "It's just two black and white photos in the portfolio." It's the two photos of the copper coins, one of which is the front of the copper coin, and the other is the back. Didn't you ask Wang Lei to give me these two photos? ”
Hearing me say this, the second master frowned tightly, and after a long time, he shook his head and said, "It's not me." Those two photos should have been given to Wang Lei by Yu Heng, but what did he do when he did this? ”
I asked the second master: "Is the copper coin in the photo related to my father's disappearance?" ”
The second master glanced at me, he hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded: "It should be related." But speaking of which, I don't know much about this kind of ancient money, I only know that it is a ghost money, and a few sects did look for it in the early years, but except for those two photos, no one has found its whereabouts so far. But I think that since there is a photograph, at least someone should have seen it with their own eyes. But so far, no one knows who took those two photos. ”
Speaking of this, the second master took out the copper coin with no words on the front from his pocket, he looked at both sides of the coin repeatedly, and said to himself with a frown: "Since ten years ago, there have often been fakes of ghost money in the industry, at first we thought that these fakes were modern man-made, but later we found out that most of them came from the Yuan Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty. This counterfeit money flowed out of the Qing Dynasty. ”
The second master picked up the copper coin, put it in front of his nose and sniffed it, and handed it to me.
I also followed the example of the second master and sniffed the smell on the copper coin, but I couldn't smell anything except the strong smell of patina.
To this day, there was still a heavy chill on the coin, and when I held it in my hand, the tips of my fingers were almost so cold that I lost consciousness.
At this time, the second master said to me again: "It is not uncommon for money supervisors to make money. But after all, this is ghost money, not to mention that it is still a fake money without words on the front, why did the courts of the Yuan and Qing dynasties make this kind of thing? ”
I couldn't help but wonder, "What do you mean by 'ghost money'?" ”
The second master sorted out the wording a little and said to me: "Ghosts make money, also known as 'buying ghost money', that is, with this kind of money, you can buy off the ghosts in the underworld and let them buy the hosts. However, this statement has never been groundless, and I don't know if it's true or not. ”
I said, "Second master, what did you say, what did that old man do just now?" I heard Xiaohui say that Zhao Guangan's wife tried to throw away the copper coins a long time ago, but she obviously threw the copper coins into the garbage can, but the copper coins were like she had grown legs, and they actually returned to Zhao Guangan's hands. It seems that when the copper money was returned to Zhao Guangan's hands, it was the old man who did it, right? ”
"That's not necessarily," the second master responded to me: "There is indeed a powerful ghost attached to this copper coin, and it may also be that it made the copper coin return to Zhao Guang'an's hands." I guess the reason why the old man appeared here may be because he wanted to snatch the copper coin, and what happened in Zhao Guang'an's house may have nothing to do with him. But this is obviously a fake money, so what's the use of him snatching it? ”
As soon as I heard the second master say that there was a ghost attached to the copper coin, I felt the chill on the money face suddenly become a little heavier, and quickly threw it to the ground.
The second master bent down to pick up the copper coin, frowned and asked me, "What are you afraid of?" I didn't see you like this when the ghost showed up just now. ”
I scratched my head: "The ghost appeared just now?" ”
The second master glanced at me and said, "Otherwise, what do you think is the thing that came out of the old guy's cuff?" Let me tell you, like that ghost, the moment they appear in front of you, your mind is the most easily affected, but you were obviously very sober at that time, and you knew how to take out your teeth at the first time, why didn't the ghost come out now, but you were cowardly? ”
I kept pumping hot air on my fingers until the coolness on my fingertips almost faded, and then I said to the second master: "It was different just now, at that time I had a Tongling jade on my head, and my heart was very calm." ”
The second master smiled at me: "The Tongling Jade can only let you see things that you can't usually see, and it has no effect on meditation." Oh, I understand, the third child must tell you that by sticking the Tongling Jade on your forehead and reciting the gossip songs, you can calm your mind. ”
I nodded: "That's what the third master said." ”
The smile on the second master's face bloomed even more: "He teased you, you can really refine your mind with this method, but the premise is that you have mental power." Now that you don't have any mental power in you, this set of mental training skills is useless to you. ”