Chapter Forty-Eight: Asking Guo Er
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At this time, there was nothing to see in the tomb, and after extinguishing the torches, my great-grandfather crawled out of the tomb along the robbery hole.
There was no moon in the sky on this day, but there were quite a lot of stars, covering the night sky and shining.
My great-grandfather lay down at the mouth of the thief's cave and breathed in a puff of fresh air, and after feeling all the turbidity in his stomach, he took out the incense burner and incense again.
"Ask Shenxiang" just now clearly pointed to the entrance of the thief cave, but there was no soul of Zhao Xiaoshan in the ancient tomb, my great-grandfather wondered if the spell had failed just now, so he wanted to "ask" again.
However, something unexpected happened to my great-grandfather.
When my great-grandfather used a fire sickle to light incense, the incense couldn't be lit, and I changed the incense to one but still couldn't light it, and then I changed it, but I couldn't light it, and I tried several times, but I couldn't light each one.
In the end, my great-grandfather simply lit the torch and lit it with the torch, but he still couldn't light it. How to say this, I feel that the incense at this time is like an iron rod, and the iron rod is lit with fire, and the situation can be imagined.
Actually, the incense can't light this kind of thing, I guess some friends must have encountered it, the incense is not damp or wet, just can't light it, even if it is barely lit, it will only emit black smoke, and it will not take much effort to make the wolf smoke in the whole room around, which is completely different from the usual state of burning incense.
If you have friends who can "read incense" and see the above paragraph, they may feel the same way, when you "look at incense and ask someone", the incense just can't be lit, or it is lit with black smoke, and it won't burn normally anyway. The end result is that you can't follow the steps you used to, and it looks like someone is stopping you.
What does this mean, it means that the gods don't want you to see it, or the person who is looking for you to "see the incense" has too heavy a "qi" field to look at it with your Taoism. At this time, if you dare to do it, you will definitely be unlucky.
Of course, my great-grandfather understood this, and the incense could not be lit repeatedly, indicating that the gods did not want him to ask again, which was a warning, if my great-grandfather was still obsessed at this time, it would only be at his own risk.
My great-grandfather sighed, put away the censer and incense, looked around with his torch, saw that there was no movement around, and returned dejectedly along the same road.
On the way back to the village, my great-grandfather thought as he walked, after so many years of exorcism and ghost hunting, he had never encountered such a depressing situation, and every time in the past it was basically smooth sailing, but this time...... Could it be because Zhao Xiaoshan is also one of the tomb robbers, and he deserves to be punished for his crimes, and even the gods don't want to help him? If that's the case, what's next? Alas...... If only the master Wang Shoudao was still alive.
Thinking all the way, just as my great-grandfather walked to the entrance of the village, suddenly a person popped up in his mind, that is, the middle-aged man he had seen on the grassy slope the night before yesterday holding a torch and Zhao Laosan.
At this time, my great-grandfather wondered if Zhao Laosan's soul could not be found in the ancient tomb, would it be in the burden they took. At that time, the person who was on good terms with Zhao Laosan was holding a torch in his hand, and the other person was carrying a pillow-sized, bulging baggage in his hand.
Could Zhao Laosan's soul be hiding in an object in the baggage? Also, how did Zhao Laosan's friend know about this general's tomb? I'm afraid the only explanation is that he is not only good with Zhao Laosan, but also an accomplice with Zhao Laosan.
However, if Zhao Laosan's soul is really in that baggage, then why does "Ask Shenxiang" point to the ancient tomb? Well, it doesn't seem to make sense.
At this time, my great-grandfather didn't think about it so much, he felt that if he could find Zhao Laosan's friend, from him, he would definitely have to ask something, take a step back and say, at least discuss with him, let him take out the baggage, and find out if Zhao Laosan's soul is inside.
When I returned to Zhao Laosan's house, it was almost four watches, and the current time was calculated, that is, more than twelve o'clock at midnight, which was a little faster.
Granny Zhao and her two daughters haven't slept yet, and the mother and daughter are waiting for my great-grandfather to come back. When my great-grandfather entered, he looked at them and shook his head helplessly.
When Granny Zhao saw my great-grandfather shaking his head, she was about to wipe her tears again. My great-grandfather hurried over to persuade her, and then asked her and the third child how to do well.
Granny Zhao sobbed and told my great-grandfather that the man lived behind their house, surnamed Guo, the second oldest in the family, and everyone in the village called him Guo Er, who was the same age as her youngest son, and the two families were neighbors in the front and back rooms. Her youngest son is ugly, what about Guo Er, a little stuttering, that is, stammering, when he was a child, no one in the village played with the two of them, and the two of them became good friends, almost inseparable from childhood to adulthood, until now, they are still like a person, and neither of them married a daughter-in-law.
Granny Zhao said this, which confirmed my great-grandfather's previous guess, this Guo Er and Zhao Laosan must be accomplices, as for why Guo Er was not hacked to death by Zhao Laosan or Zhao Laosan, he can only ask himself.
My great-grandfather euphemistically expressed his thoughts to Granny Zhao, meaning that he wanted Granny Zhao to find that Guo Er with him, and said that he hoped that Guo Er could help a little. Of course, my great-grandfather didn't say that the two of them cooperated to rob the tomb, and he didn't want to make things worse for Granny Zhao.
When Granny Zhao heard this, she immediately agreed, and she was going to accompany my great-grandfather to find Guo Er, and my great-grandfather hurriedly stopped her. said that it was already late at night, and it was not appropriate to knock on someone's door in the middle of the night, and he was not in a hurry, and it would be the same if he asked again tomorrow.
Early the next morning, Granny Zhao took my great-grandfather to the back of the house to find Guo Er. At this time, Guo Er hadn't gotten up yet. Guo Er's father and mother have passed away, and he has an older brother above him, who has already married and separated from each other, and he lives alone in two broken houses.
After knocking on the door, Guo Er hurriedly cleaned up the house, just a fool, no relatives and friends came to the door all the year round, the house has never been cleaned up, and the degree of mess can be imagined.
After Guo Er's tossing, Granny Zhao and my great-grandfather finally had a place to sit. Guo Er, there was no place to sit, so he put his hand in his sleeve and squatted directly on the ground.
My great-grandfather asked him, "Second Brother Guo, you and San'er are the same children, right?" ”
Guo Er didn't speak because he was stumbling because of his speech, and he said "uh-huh" twice in his mouth, and nodded again.
"Do you know what he's doing now?" My great-grandfather asked again.
Guo Er glanced at my great-grandfather suspiciously, and stumbled and said, "What, what, what...... Silly, silly, silly. ”
"Do you want to keep calling him stupid?"
As soon as my great-grandfather said this, Guo Er stood up from the ground with a "whew", looked very unhappy, glared at my great-grandfather and said, "You... You... You, what... What... What do you mean, San'er, with... It's best to talk to me, he... He's stupid, wrinkled...... Wrinkled... Wrinkled people are so good with me, you... You... You're not here to give it to him... Give him treatment... Govern... Heal the disease, what... Bite... Why don't you give it back... Cure him! ”
My great-grandfather nodded and said, "So, do you want me to cure San'er?" ”
"Waste... Waste... Nonsense, no... No... I don't ask you to heal him, but to... Call... Calling you to... Come... What are you doing, white... White... Eat for nothing! "Guo Er gave my great-grandfather a blank look.
My great-grandfather smiled, "If you want to treat San'er, it's very simple, but you have to do me a favor, San'er's illness, whether it can be cured depends on your ......."
Guo Er, in fact, is an honest farmer, and when he heard that my great-grandfather asked him to help treat his illness, he agreed.
Subsequently, my great-grandfather asked Granny Zhao to avoid it, and Granny Zhao agreed, left Guo Er's house, and went back to her own house to take care of Zhao Laosan.
After Granny Zhao left, my great-grandfather asked Guo Er a number of questions, and Guo Er 1510 answered. Because Guo Er's speech was stumbling, I won't write those conversations anymore, I'm afraid that you will panic when you look at it.
Of course, some of the questions asked by my great-grandfather actually had little to do with Zhao Laosan's loss of soul, but in order to find out the ins and outs, my great-grandfather endured Guo Er's stumbling and asked all the doubts in his heart.
Things have to start from the day Zhao Laosan's father died, the time was probably four months ago, or maybe more than three months, anyway, it was three or four months.
It is said that when Old Man Zhao was eating at noon, a mouthful of blood sprayed in the bowl and died violently, in today's words, it is sudden death.
As for the three sons, they discussed the funeral for the old man Zhao, and the eldest was responsible for notifying the relatives and friends of the Zhao family, in our words here, that is, "reporting the funeral". The second child is responsible for building a funeral shed, asking for "busy workers" and other miscellaneous things. Busy workers, that is, the neighbors who come to help, in our place, please "busy workers" for red and white things, and they have to give red envelopes to others, especially white things. The third child is responsible for going outside to find Mr. Feng Shui to look at the cave and dig the grave.
When looking for Mr. Feng Shui to see the cave, Zhao Laosan asked Guo Er to accompany him. In their place, the nearest Feng Shui master lives in their neighboring village.
However, the two of them had not yet arrived at Mr. Feng Shui's house, and on the way, they met a man dressed as a Taoist priest, who was also about fifty years old, with a red face and a fairy wind.
Lao Dao stopped them on the side of the road and asked them if there was an old man in the family who had passed away, and if he wanted to find Mr. Feng Shui in the neighboring village?
When the two of them heard it, it was very strange, and they didn't know this old way, how did the old way know that they were going to find Mr. Feng Shui?
Lao Dao smiled and said that he could pinch and calculate, pinch and calculate. Not only that, but they were waiting for them on this road, knowing that they were going to fight here today. Lao Dao said that he is very proficient in feng shui, much better than the feng shui gentleman in the neighboring village, and can help Zhao Laosan's father choose a good cave land, without collecting a penny, the purpose is to accumulate merit for himself