Chapter 43: The Reservoir (Part II)
Seeing that the cousin looked completely lifeless, and didn't understand anything, the other workers were frightened and talked about it, and they unanimously affirmed that they were pulled by the water ghost, otherwise it wouldn't be so hard, so many people pulled together for so long to pull the cousin up, thinking of this, everyone panicked, and didn't even rush to get the basin towel or shampoo or something. The two cowardly people ran away directly, and they couldn't care about the others. The remaining two of them had a good relationship with Junko, and they didn't just ignore it, but no one wanted to walk behind, so Junko asked the other two people to carry his cousin, and he broke off behind.
Since Tiangen is the only way back, but no one refuses to take that ridge anymore, and it is basically over if they are accidentally pulled down, so they go directly from the farmland. At that time, it was spring ploughing, so the fields were all ploughed, and although the water was not deep, it could reach the knee level when it sank into the soil, so it was impossible to run at all. You can only go back one foot deep and one foot shallow. Junko followed, looking back from time to time, for fear that something would come after her.
But just as they reached the middle of the farmland, Junko was so frightened that she almost fainted when she looked back again, and less than ten meters behind him followed a soul, not walking step by step like them, but floating over. Because the water under your feet is calm. It's not like a person walking at all.
Hearing this, I asked Junko: What does that soul you are talking about look like?
He picked up the can of beer again and tried to drink it again, but it was gone. I got up and took out a few more cans from the fridge and put them on the table, he said thank you, then opened one and poured it down again. Swallowing his saliva, he continued.
The soul was dressed in a black shroud and pants, the shroud was relatively wide, and there was a white undershirt inside. He also wore a hat, short and chubby, because the moonlight was relatively large, he could see it clearly, especially the face, which was very white, even whiter than the undershirt inside, and he couldn't see the expression of his face clearly. And the speed of the flutter is neither slow nor fast, about the same speed as they walk, as if following them.
Saying that, when Junko saw this soul clearly, she couldn't help but scream. The shouts drew two other co-workers carrying their cousins to look back. They saw the same thing. Just imagine, watching a person in a shroud floating on the water in the middle of the night, I'm afraid that a normal person will be scared. The two co-workers couldn't care so much. Leave your cousin behind and run away. It's like seeing a ghost, oh no, they've seen a ghost.
Junko also wanted to run, but when she saw her cousin being thrown on the ground, she couldn't bear it, so she planned to pick up her cousin and run again. But just as he was about to hug his cousin, his cousin suddenly coughed violently a few times and spit out a few mouthfuls of water. He actually woke up......
Junko saw that his cousin was awake, and without saying a word, he pulled him up and ran, and the cousin didn't understand the situation for a while, so he asked him what was wrong. Junko almost said with a roar: You don't care so much, don't look back, run back with me first. But the cousin had just woken up, and he didn't know what was going on, and when he saw Junko say not to look back, this aroused his curiosity, and he looked behind him without hesitation. This sight almost made my cousin faint again, because the old man in the shroud was getting closer and closer to them.
Thankfully, the cousin didn't faint, and Junko took his hand and ran desperately to the residence. Human potential is always limitless, in this case. The two of them had to run fast. More than fifty meters of muddy farmland, it only took them a dozen seconds to run out. It's just that when Uedane is playing, it's barefoot. There was a sharp stone on the edge of the ridge where the irrigation water was placed, and it cut a hole at the cousin's ankle, which was more than an inch long. The strange thing is that the wound did not hit any major blood vessels, but it kept bleeding. They also get hurt when they work on the construction site, but they don't leave much blood. This time the injury was not serious, but there was a lot of blood.
When they ran back to the container house, the cousin didn't know if it was because of physical exhaustion or because of the injuries on his body, and as soon as he arrived outside the container, his eyelids rolled and he fainted again. The other co-workers were obviously frightened, but now that they had arrived at their quarters, they were not so frightened, and several of them helped their cousins to the bed. I discussed sending him to a nearby hospital.
Their construction team had a small van, and the group did not hesitate, and Junko and another worker drove the van to the nearest hospital. The remaining three went to explain the situation to the captain of their construction team. Give them a leave of absence.
Besides, when Junzi took his cousin to a town hospital, it was already the middle of the night, and when the two of them were about to carry their cousin in, the cousin suddenly woke up again, and they didn't think too much, so they picked up their cousin and went to the emergency room, and the doctor came to take a look, and it was not a big deal. It was a cut on the foot, but there was a large bruise around the wound, and the shape of the bruise was similar to the palm print, but the fingers were relatively long. It's beyond the scope of human beings, so I didn't care, thinking it was a real bruise. The doctor gave two stitches and one shot of tetanus. I prescribed some anti-inflammatory and swelling medicine, and sent the three of them away. At that time, my cousin's spirit was still normal, but he was a little uncomfortable. Since the doctor said it was fine. They didn't care.
When they returned to their lodgings, they were all exhausted. Fall asleep upside down. Only my cousin was in pain due to his injury and never fell asleep. But I'm also very tired, so I'm in a state of confusion all the time. Just when his cousin was half asleep, he seemed to see the soul in a black shroud slowly walking from outside. Walked from a distance to the door, came in through the door, and then came to his bedside. Bent down next to his head. The whole trajectory of the whole soul can be seen clearly, but he can't move his whole body, and he can't shout. It's like being immobilized. He can't do anything at this time. Just when he wanted to close his eyes and resign himself to fate, Reignwood, who was working the night shift outside, walked in. I yelled when I saw this scene. He thought there was a thief inside. Just after he roared, the shroud spirit disappeared. Reignwood shook his head vigorously, thinking that he was dazzled. It was because of this roar that several people inside woke up, including my cousin.
The cousin was shocked, and after incoherently recounting what had happened, he began to have a high fever. And the color of the handprints on the feet became darker and darker, from cyan to black and purple at first, and finally to black. I know it's a ghost. It wasn't until it got light that I was relieved.
There was an accident at the construction site, and the captain of the construction team ran over before the night shift got off and listened to everyone talk about the matter. He knew at once that he had committed a ghost deed, and that the captain was almost fifty years old. I've heard a lot about gods and ghosts, and I've met them. He knows that such a thing needs to be solved by a special person, and going to the hospital is not of much use, and the symptoms are not cured. So I asked everyone if they knew Mr. Yin Yang or Taoist priests. In this way, Reignwood inquired and asked for my address. I hurried over.
After listening to what happened. I looked down and pondered, the one who pulled my cousin in the water must be a water ghost. I don't believe in any water monsters, let alone any water monsters that can have a pair of human hands and have so much strength. Since it was a water ghost in the water, who was the soul of the black shroud they saw? Water ghosts are easily unable to go ashore, let alone enter their container house. The only explanation is that the old man in the black shroud is another spirit god. As for whether it has anything to do with water ghosts, I don't know very well. You'll have to go and see it. It's not difficult to wear a shroud, the key is the water ghost. That's my weakness. Since I watched Master deal with water ghosts in my sophomore year of high school, I haven't thought about picking up water ghosts again.
I thought about it for a long time, and Reignwood and Shunzi were a little anxious, so they began to ask me tentatively: Brother Liu? Can you do it? My cousin is still lying in bed.
I came back to my senses, and when it came to my cousin's high fever and the spirit of the black shroud, I was sure to solve it, but it was the water ghost. If you don't solve it, you will definitely find a stand-in in the future, and a stand-in is a human life. If it is not handled well, it will continue to look for a substitute, so that it is not as simple as a human life.
Since this thing has happened to me, it is also considered a part of my yin virtue, and if I don't care about it, it will become karma. After much thought, I decided to call a friend, a senior to be exact. He is also from Hunan, and he knows Master. I also once dealt with a big matter with Master. I'm much stronger in Taoism. He has a big head and a big name. It's all for some people who are not rich or expensive to deal with things, and they are relatively old. Therefore, the accumulation of wealth is also more. Now I basically don't take these jobs, and I don't even have to work easily.
This senior also has the surname Zhang, and the second master has the same surname. Fifty-somethings. Very kind, although a little too much about money, but also kind-hearted, and for the younger generations in the industry, it is also taken care of. So I don't think he will refuse.
I talked to Reignwood about my thoughts, and I said: The matter can be solved, but I need to find a helper, as for the reward, I can only give you an answer after asking the senior. You go back first. If this kind of thing is to be solved, it can only start at night. I'll call you then. Then left Reignwood's phone number.
They all nodded in agreement, then went back after a wave of thanks.
After they left, I pulled out Master Zhang's phone and broadcast it, Master Zhang happened to be free at night, I told him what happened, and negotiated the remuneration. He also gladly agreed to go with me, except that the price he offered was a bit expensive. It's also refreshing. The price of a job for him is more than three times that of mine, but I think they can still accept the price. After a long conversation, he told me to get something ready. With his own tools, I'll take care of everything else. In fact, there are not too many things, just some tributes for the rituals, and there is another thing he said, which is more special, and I have never used that thing, it is to ask for a fair scale in the vegetable market, and it has been used for more than a year.
After hanging up Master Zhang's phone, I called Reignwood again. After quoting the price. He called their captain again to make sure they accepted the amount and sent me the address. I started to get things ready. Everything else is easy to do, but the fair scale of the vegetable market takes a little time.
After the things were ready, it was already past five o'clock in the afternoon. I drove to Master Zhang and invited him to dinner by the way. During the dinner, he kept telling me about his previous friendship with Master, as well as his opinions on living with Master. It was a sinister affair, and it was a tortuous process. I'm amazed to hear it, and I'll probably write about it later. Because of the conversation with the right appetite, it also evoked a lot of memories for him. That meal lasted two hours.
At about 10 o'clock in the evening, Master Zhang and I rushed to the reservoir side of the project they had contracted. When Master Zhang arrived at the reservoir. I took out the compass and even had a compass holder. After walking back and forth a few times and counting a few times. He pointed to a direction and said: "Deal with the drowning ghost at that location at night. I'll go and set it up first, and you go to them first. After he finished speaking, he took a flashlight and walked towards that place alone.
Since it was discussed before, I will deal with the black shroud spirit, and he only cares about the water ghost. So I didn't have any objection, so I called Reignwood and said I arrived. Then he walked towards their two container houses.
Before they could get there, a few of them had already greeted them. And looked at me suspiciously, and asked me where the senior you said you wanted to invite was. I pointed to the flashlight on the other side of the reservoir and said: "The seniors have already arranged to deal with the water ghosts, I'll go to see my cousin first, let's send the old man in the black shroud first.
They looked at the flashlight in the distance and asked me, "Is it okay for that senior to go there alone?"
I said, "It's okay, he'll come over later. After that, I walked straight to the door of the container room. But just as I was about to reach the door of the house, I suddenly saw a missing stone on the right side of the container room. Square. It's not very flat anymore. If it weren't for the lack of corners, it would give me the feeling of a tombstone. It's just that there are no engraving words. Because decades ago when everyone was poor. So poor that you can't even afford a decent tombstone. Therefore, after many people die, they only take a square stone and stand it on the grave as a tombstone. But that stone is not complete. So I didn't think it was really a tombstone.
After entering the container house, I saw my cousin, the Yin Hall was very dark, obviously evil qi entered the body. The man was also very unenergetic, and his face was very pale, and the night was very cool, but he was sweating profusely. I looked at the black marks on my feet again. There is no doubt that it was caught by water ghosts. Since there was another wound on the black mark, it was difficult for the wound to heal until the yin qi was driven away. It's hard to even tie the scab. The outer layer of gauze was already stained red with blood. Fortunately, the bleeding did not continue. Either you have to gain and lose too much blood.
After I called everyone out, I took out a few exorcism charms and turned them into water, first gave my cousin a simple exorcism of evil qi in his body, and then used several herbs with the effect of exorcism to crush the wound and apply it to the wound. It is said that it is a herb, but it is not counted, they are some relatively common small plants, such as silk thatch. Dogwood. Mugwort, willow leaf and so on. These things are common, but they work very well on the wounds that are placed on the ghost scratch mark.
After doing this, my cousin also felt a lot more relaxed. His face slowly began to regain his blood color, and he didn't continue to sweat, and after he was comfortable, he rolled his mind and fell asleep in a few minutes. Maybe it's been too long since I slept. It's good that for me, I can do my own thing more freely.
Pulling out the compass I started looking for the supernatural in the house, it was just a habitual step. Not that I'm going to find it here, at least I'm going to make sure it's no longer in this house, and I'll be relieved when I get out. I wasn't expecting to find anything here, but it turned out to be unexpected. Just as I took out the compass and was about to start looking for it, the compass began to shake, but the way it shook was very strange, not turning left and right, but shaking up and down slightly. Although the amplitude up and down is small, the frequency is very high, and there are only two cases in which this happens. First: There is a big magnet underneath. Second, it's right at my feet. And it's exciting at this time.<