Chapter 24: Calm and Calm
The quarrel between the young couple continued, but when I walked in the alley, I felt as if no one had lived in this place for a long time.
By the last light before dark, I saw that the walls of the house were all dry, the green bricks on the ground were mostly broken, and there were clusters of weeds and wild vegetables growing in the corners, but most of them were dead.
The scene in the alley gives a sense of lifelessness, and the deeper you go, the stronger this feeling becomes.
When I reached the second alley, the quarrel between the young couple disappeared, and a cold wind blew from the depths of the alley, stirring the weeds under the wall twice.
When this gust of wind appeared, I felt a chill on my forehead and neck, but it only lasted a few seconds before disappearing, and the chill that had just risen on my body disappeared with it.
It's obviously stuffy today, God clearly wants to rain, but he can't live or die, there is no wind outside, why did he give birth to wind in the alley?
I still didn't feel that something was right, so I took out the money strings that Chen Mi and the third master gave me from my backpack, put the small bag containing rice into my jacket pocket, and pinned the money strings to my belt.
Both of these things seem to have a calming effect, especially the string of gossip money, as soon as I hold it in my hand, my heart is not so nervous.
Turn left along the alley, and in the depths of the old wall facing me, there is a double-open black iron door, according to Wang Lei, there is my destination this time.
But I don't know why, when I saw that door, I felt a little more pressure in my heart, in fact, I can't tell if it is pressure or not, but it feels as if something is blocking my heart, making me breathless.
Even if I have old rice and money strings on me, they can't make me feel relaxed anymore.
I remember that the second master said to me that every time I am angry when I am extremely nervous, it is because I subconsciously try to suppress my evil energy, in fact, at this time, it is better to release the evil energy, first, to calm myself, and second, to a certain extent, it can also block the evil energy of the outside world.
The second master also said that if the heart is different, there must be evil, and the reason why I was angry in the past was because I suppressed the evil qi too much, which caused my own Qi field to be unbalanced and evil in my body. But if it is not the evil qi in the body that causes the heart to be different, it means that the evil qi comes from the outside.
"Caused by evil spirits, the rumors are loud. Calm and calm, immobile as a mountain. ”
These sixteen words were the first time I picked up the stone, the second master said it to me personally, at that time I didn't know why he said this, and I didn't quite understand the meaning of these words, but now I seem to understand a little.
I followed the method taught to me by the second master, took a deep breath in the dantian, and then spit out the old and accepted the new, tightened the muscles of my body, and slowly spread the evil qi on my body.
This is the first time I have experienced the sensation of evil qi flowing out of my body, I have to say, this feeling is very amazing, I first felt the scalp hot, then I felt a coolness in the internal organs, and after that, I felt that the pores of my body seemed to be relaxed, and there was a feeling of full energy.
I now have a bit of a feeling of hating to see the second master, if I had already mastered the method of releasing evil qi, I wouldn't have had so many troubles in my early years.
As soon as the anger came out, I looked at the iron door again, and I didn't feel any pressure, but I could still feel that something was really wrong with the door, to be exact, something was wrong with the door.
I straightened the backpack on my shoulder, took out the Tongling Jade from my side pocket, and while putting it in my pocket, I took a big step and quickly came to the deepest part of the alley.
There was no doorbell, I could only knock on the door, at first I deliberately lightened the force, only with my right index finger on the door twice, after a month of training, my strength increased several times, it stands to reason, just these two blows, should be able to make the iron door make a lot of noise.
Unexpectedly, after I was shot, the door only shook twice, but did not make any sound.
Sure enough, there was a problem!
Seeing that the door couldn't be knocked on, I lifted my foot and kicked it hard.
Then there was a knock on the door, and with a "clang", the latch was kicked open, and the two door panels staggered open.
As soon as the iron gate opened, I saw a small whirlwind in the yard, which rolled up the dust on the ground.
However, the wind only appeared for a moment before disappearing.
There was an inexplicable wind in the courtyard, and I didn't feel nervous at all, even I felt a little incredible.
"Squeak-squeak-"
With a long sound, the door of the house not far away was pushed open, and a haggard-looking woman rushed out of it, and I saw that she was still holding a very thick rolling pin in her hand.
When she first came out, she was menacing, but when she saw me, she seemed to be shocked, and her whole body trembled violently.
The second master said that ordinary people are very nervous when they feel the evil spirit of our old family, and now that I am full of anger, it is normal for her to be afraid when she sees me.
I have to say that the feeling of being afraid of others is a little cool.
In order not to scare her, I deliberately put on a smile as a way to show my kindness.
The woman looked at me stunned for a moment, and then asked me timidly, "Who are you?" ”
If I directly reported my name, she would definitely not know me, but I think that since the second master took over this business, she should at least know the second master's name, and no matter how bad it is, she should have heard of the second master's name.
Thinking of this, I smiled and said to her: "I am from the Yu family, and I heard that Mr. Zhao got a copper coin, and I specially asked me to come and see the situation." Ah, Dong Dong, it's the second master. ”
As soon as I opened my mouth like this, I unexpectedly found that my tone and tone were different from usual, and my voice was indescribably rich, which was a bit of Hong Zhong Dalu's flavor.
I feel that my voice has become a little like the second master.
But when the woman heard my words, she rushed up as if she had taken a reassuring pill, and she stretched out her hand, as if to pull me, but when her fingers were about to touch me, she quickly took her hand back as if she was frightened by me.
She just stood at such a distance and asked me cautiously, "Are you from the family?" ”
I smiled and nodded at her.
She looked at me carefully, and then became puzzled again: "Didn't the family say that they would send a master over?" ”
When she spoke, her tone was still cautious.
I tried my best to respond to her in a calm tone: "The master has gone to another place for something, and I am his apprentice." ”
She stared at me for a moment, then remembered to invite me in.
At first, I thought that no matter whether Zhao Guang'an was an archaeologist or a tufuzi, there should be a lot of antiques in the house, but when I entered the door of his house, I found that not only are there no antiques here, but even the decoration style is very modern, the tables and chairs and furniture are all black and white, and occasionally one or two metallic pendants appear on the wall, and the space division in the living room is also very scientific, giving people an overall feeling of cleanness and atmosphere.
After entering the house, the woman led me to the door of the master bedroom and said that Zhao Guangan and his copper coins were inside.
As soon as I approached the door, I felt an abnormal chill, and my mind became a little fluctuating.
The second master said that in the face of evil, you must calm your heart, if your heart does not sink, it is easy to fall into the evil way.
I wasn't in a hurry to go in, and while trying to adjust my mood, I said to the woman: "Has anyone else come to see Zhao Guang'an recently?" ”
The reason for this question is because there are two pairs of men's slippers at the door, and the size difference is quite large.
In addition to the woman in front of me and Zhao Guang'an, there should be another person living here, but from the time I entered the house until now, that person has not appeared, nor has he made any sound.
The woman said to me, "No one has come in the past few days, but some time ago, the eldest brother of the family came once. Little master, you don't know, our old house is going to be demolished, and now the people in the courtyard have moved away, and we are the only ones left. Just a while ago, the eldest brother brought two people here, originally wanting to get our Lao Zhao back to his hometown, but he didn't expect that as soon as his madness came up, the three of them couldn't move him. Little master, you can show our old Zhao, since he got back the copper coin, it's like a ...... It's like you've fallen into an evil spirit. ”
"The people in the yard have moved out?" I couldn't help frowning: "No, when I first entered the alley, I heard a young couple arguing, and there seemed to be an old man at home." ”
Hearing me say this, the woman's eyes immediately widened: "Little master, have you heard those voices too?" Heck, when our old Zhao just got the copper money back, he also said that he often heard a young couple quarreling. But the people living in this old house are all some elderly people, where are the young couples! Ever since he heard someone arguing every night, people have become more and more wrong......"
While she was talking, I suddenly felt a chill rise in the courtyard, and then there was a whirring wind outside the door.
The woman immediately became nervous, and she quickly grabbed the rolling pin standing by the wall and stared at the door with a wary expression.
Soon after the wind picked up, there was a "bang, bang" sound in the bedroom, and it sounded like someone had hit the mattress with something.
I pushed the door open a crack and looked into the room, and the light in the living room penetrated through the crack in the door, and I saw a man tied to the bed, his hands and feet were tied, and there were several ropes tied around his abdomen and chest, and when I saw him, he was squirming like a carp.
He probably sensed the light coming through the crack in the door, and immediately tilted his neck, facing the dirty face at me. As soon as he saw me, his eyes widened, and his hands were bloodshot all over them, as if they were burned red.
When I looked at him, he seemed to be greatly stimulated, and immediately opened his mouth wide and yelled at me.
When the woman heard Zhao Guang'an's roar, she rushed into the bedroom in a panic.
I had planned to go in with her, but after a little thought, I dismissed the idea for the time being.
When I looked at Zhao Guangan just now, I felt as if something had penetrated into my heart, making my mood go up and down, constantly floating.
I took two steps back, kept a distance of two or three meters from the bedroom, and then took out rice milk and Tongling Baoyu, and smeared rice milk on my forehead according to the method taught to me by the third master, pasted Baoyu, recited Bagua songs, and silently drew Bagua hexagrams in my heart.
When I silently drew the "Xun" hexagram in my mind, what had just been planted in my heart seemed to be dissolved in an instant, and my state of mind calmed down.