Chapter 2: The Man of the Darkest
Thinking of what I saw that day, the hairs on my back stood on end, and the fear that had already dissipated gathered in my heart again. Seeing me like this, Zhang Guanshan stretched out his hand and gently stroked my back, I felt a warm current from his palm to my body, and the fear gathered in my heart gradually dissipated. I swallowed a mouthful of saliva and continued, "Two days later, a few strange people came to the house. ”
When Zhang Guanshan heard this, he asked, "What's a strange method?" I thought about it for a while and said, "I can't say it, I just feel that they are all gloomy, and I feel scared!" And they looked at me strangely, like they were looking at something! My mother-in-law was worried about me, so she locked me in the house. By the time I came out, those people were gone! I asked my grandfather what they were here for, and he just sighed, touched my head but didn't speak. Later, I saw that my mother-in-law often went out early and returned late, and she often showed a worried look. Just a few days ago (in fact, I don't know exactly how many days, I say this by judging by the ashes on the edge of my grandfather's bed), my grandfather suddenly told me that my mother-in-law was going to invite my ancestors at night, and I was afraid that I would be too young and scare me, so I slept in the coffin prepared for him in advance at night. I've always wanted to sleep in my grandfather's coffin, but my grandparents didn't allow it before, saying that it was unlucky for a living person to sleep in a coffin. So that day, after my grandfather told me to let me sleep in a coffin, I happily agreed. I don't know what happened after that, what I saw when I woke up was Grandpa Zhang! ”
Zhang Guanshan pondered for a while and asked, "Lin Xi, think about it again, do you have any signs on the person you saw in Zhang's house?" I frowned, carefully recalled the characteristics of that person that day, and suddenly I remembered that his sleeve was embroidered with a golden pattern like a turtle's back, and I quickly said: "Grandpa Zhang, that person's sleeve seems to have a golden turtle's back shape." ”
Hearing this, Zhang Guanshan's eyes narrowed into a slit, he stood up and took my hand and said, "Lin Xi, go!" Let's go to the old house of the Zhang family to have a look! I nodded and followed him to the Zhang family's old house. The gate of the Zhang family's old house is different from the situation of other families in Linjia Village, and his house is locked because no one lives in it. Zhang Guanshan walked to the door, looked at the door lock, and said to me: "Lin Xi, in which house did you see that person?" ”
I pointed to the second room on the left and replied, "That's the one!" Zhang Guanshan walked straight to the door of the room, took out a yellow charm from his pocket, sandwiched the yellow charm between his middle finger and index finger, and read something in his mouth. What happened next made my eyes widen in an instant, revealing a look of surprise. I saw that the yellow charm on Zhang Guanshan's finger suddenly burned, and then he took the yellow charm and drew a few circles in the air before placing the yellow charm in front of the door. After the yellow talisman burned out, a strange figure appeared on the ground, and I crouched down to look closely, this figure looked like a half-opened human eye.
"Sure enough, it's him!" Zhang Guanshan muttered to himself. He? Who is it? I asked, "Grandpa Zhang, who is he?" ”
Zhang Guanshan stood up and wiped the dust off the ground with the sole of his shoe. He took my hand and did not answer my question but said, "Lin Xi, if I remember correctly, you were born at twelve o'clock in the evening of the 14th day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar!" This is a fact, Zhang Guanshan knew that it should be his grandfather who told him, so I nodded. Zhang Guanshan sighed and said, "At twelve o'clock in the evening of July 14, the ghost gate is opened, which is the time of the year when it is cloudy. People born at this time are born with a yin body that can see ghosts. Ordinary people will become ordinary ghosts after death, people who have grievances when they die will become powerful ghosts after death, and people who are born with a yin body will directly become ghosts after death. If a person born with a yin body dies with a grudge, he will become a ghost king. If a person born with a yin body not only has a grudge when he dies, but is also deliberately blessed with specific conditions, then he will directly become a ghost emperor, a ghost emperor who will have a headache even for the king of the underworld. However, it is not so easy to control a person who is born with a yin body to become a ghost emperor, so even if there are people with a natural yin body, those onmyoji will not fight their minds. What they are looking for is a person who is born with a yin body that can be controlled. Speaking of this, Zhang Guanshan paused, and his eyes were full of pity when he looked at me. I was shocked, and a sense of foreboding crept up in my heart.
Zhang Guanshan continued: "The innate yin body that can be controlled must be the one with three incomplete souls and one of the seven spirits. Such a person only appeared once a thousand years ago during the Wuhu Rebellion. In the Yin and Yang world, such a person is called a person of the Yin Dynasty, and if such a person is made into a ghost and blessed on the Onmyoji, then the ability of this Onmyoji will be invincible in the world. And you are such a yin person! ”
I looked at Zhang Guanshan in horror, and my head was in chaos. Am I the One of the Most Yin? That means that the nearly 100 people in my Linjia Village disappeared because of me? The weirdos who came that day were also here because of me. A strong sense of self-blame climbed into my heart, if I didn't go to the Zhang family's old house that day to see the excitement, would it not be discovered, then my grandparents and parents would not have disappeared!
Zhang Guanshan seemed to see what I was thinking, and he opened his mouth to comfort: "Lin Xi, don't blame yourself!" Even if you don't go to the Zhang family's old house, they will find you! Otherwise, how could he come to such a small mountain village to do things! ”
Although Zhang Guanshan persuaded me like this, my heart was still very sad. I remember that when I was a child, a Taoist priest who traveled to the mountain village said that I would not live the natal year, and even if I lived past the first natal year, I would exchange the lives of my loved ones for it, and I would definitely not be able to cross the second natal year! If you don't want to bring disaster to your family, you must kill me before I know anything. At that time, the grandparents thought that this old Taoist priest was talking nonsense, and they scolded him and drove him away. After all these years, I don't remember many things, but I can't forget them as if they were engraved in my mind.
"Grandpa Zhang, do you know who that person is? You tell me I'm going to get revenge! "I clenched my fists, I don't care about the Yin body, I just want to avenge my family and the people of Linjia Village.
Zhang Guanshan said in a deep voice, "Lin Xi, even if I tell you who that person is now, do you think you can take revenge with the way you are now?" No, you can't take revenge, you'll just go to death! ”
I held my head high and said unadmittedly, "Grandpa, didn't you say it?" If a person born with a yin body dies with resentment, he will become a ghost king, and when I die, I will become a ghost king and kill him! ”
Zhang Guanshan laughed angrily at me, and after he laughed twice, he said, "Lin Xi, have you forgotten that you are missing one of your three souls and seven souls?" If you die before you find the soul you lost, you will become a ghost in captivity by those evil Yin and Yang families, not only will you not be able to take revenge, but you will also fight for the tiger! If you want your loved ones to die in vain, go for it! I'll assume I didn't save you! ”