Chapter 5 The Fortune Teller
Some people may ask, Chen Changsheng lived well in the He family, how could something happen, and he almost lost his life in the He family? Could it be that the He family wanted to harm Chen Changsheng?
Actually, that's a long story, let me tell you slowly......
It is said that Chen Changsheng lived in the He family for three or four months, and got along very well with the He family and his wife, calling him a brother and a brother, like a family. Brother He thought that he was diligent and busy, which was very good. And Chen Changsheng was also grateful to Brother He for his kindness in sending charcoal in the snow that day, so they both felt that they had met a good person.
Mrs. He still treats Chen Changsheng as an outsider as before, and sometimes when she settles accounts with him at night, she is too tired to fall asleep on the table, Chen Changsheng calls her not to wake up, and will carry her back to the room.
Once, Mrs. He took a silk scarf and handkerchief to wipe his sweat again, Chen Changsheng always felt that this was very inappropriate, so he asked her not to wipe her sweat anymore, so as not to stain your handkerchief.
Mrs. He said, you are often so busy that you sweat, but you don't have a handkerchief, so you can use this handkerchief.
Because the handkerchief had just wiped his sweat, Chen Changsheng did not refuse, so he accepted it. The handkerchief was very fragrant, and in the following days, in the dead of night, he would sometimes take out the handkerchief and smell it, wondering if all the things of women in this world would have this charming fragrance.
One day, Brother He was going out again, and called Chen Changsheng to the front, saying that there were several medicines in the pharmacy that were out of stock, and he was going out to buy them, which might take three or four days, so please ask Chen Changsheng to take care of his family more.
Chen Changsheng was naturally full of promises, so he packed up for Brother He and sent him out of the city early.
After Brother He left, Chen Changsheng, as in the past, not only managed the accounts of the store for the He family, but also took care of the affairs of the family for the He family, and was busy with everything else. This busy time was three or four days, and it was supposed to be the time for Brother He to come back, but he didn't come back.
Chen Changsheng thought to himself, maybe Brother He was delayed on the road, so he didn't come back. So I didn't take it to heart.
After another day or two, Brother He still didn't come back. At this time, Chen Changsheng and Mrs. He were a little anxious, saying that they should have returned in three days, but now that four or five days have passed, how could they not come back? Did something happen on the way?
After waiting for another day, Mrs. He couldn't calm down anymore, so she called Chen Changsheng over and said, "Your brother He has been gone for many days and has not returned, I am afraid that he will go out, why don't you go out of the city to find it?" ”
Chen Changsheng agreed, he was also a little worried about Brother He's safety, so he immediately took some dry food and went out, and when he was about to go out to find someone, he saw that Brother He happened to come back, and there was a woman who came back with him, with five or six children.
When Mrs. He saw that he was back, her anxious heart fell to the ground, and she asked Brother He, why did she go for so many days this time, did something happen, and who was this woman?
Brother He told him about going out to buy goods this time.
It turned out that when he came back from the purchase this time, he met two people who were also returning to Chang'an City, so he walked together on the road. One day, when they came to a ruined temple, it was already dark, so they stayed in the ruined temple. However, who knew that those two people actually had a thief's heart and put poison in Brother He's food, but not only was the goods snatched away by those two people this time, but he was also poisoned in the broken temple.
Then, fortunately, the woman passed by the broken temple with the child and saw Brother He lying on the ground, so she found herbs to detoxify him, and finally picked up a life.
Hearing this, Mrs. He was startled and asked the woman who saved the person, but this one in front of her? Brother He nodded and said, "It's this eldest sister." I saw that she was a woman with children, living in a ruined temple, and it happened that our house still had a vacant house, so I thought it would be better to lend them to live, so I took them home together.
After learning the ins and outs of the matter, Mrs. He hurriedly thanked the woman. The woman, who claimed to be surnamed Bai, was a southerner, and because the flood had destroyed her house and her husband had died, she was homeless and wandered around with four or five children, and finally ended up in the temple.
After learning what happened to the white woman, Mrs. He also sympathized with her very much, and then took the woman to arrange two rooms in the west wing. Now the west wing room is lively, the four or five children chase and play every day on weekdays, but the woman Chen Changsheng is rarely seen, hiding in the house and rarely coming out.
Originally, life should have gone on so peacefully, but who would have thought that less than a month after the woman lived, a fortune teller came to the He family. Originally, Brother He invited him into the house to calculate when he would have a son in his fate, who would have thought that although the fortune teller was a blind man, as soon as he entered the house, he said that there was a demon in the He family's house.
Brother He was naturally very surprised, so he asked Mr. "Sir, don't scare me, how can there be demons in my family?" ”
The fortune teller said: "How could I lie to you, although my eyes are blind, but my heart is not blind, everything just need to pinch my fingers, and I will know that there are indeed demons in your family." ”
Brother He said, "Are you sure that Mr. is not mistaken? My family has always been peaceful, where will the evil come from? ”
"Since you don't believe me, then I ask you if there are any outsiders living in your house besides your own family?" The Taoist priest saw that Brother He didn't believe it, so he asked.
"Except for me and my wife, there are indeed outsiders living in my house." Brother He nodded, and at the same time he was very surprised, how did this blind man know.
The fortune teller pinched his fingers again and said, "Is there a woman with a group of children?" ”
"Yes." Now Brother He has become more and more incredible, because although the white woman has been in He's house for more than half a month, she rarely goes out, and even many neighbors don't know that there is a woman with a group of children living in He's house, how does this blind fortune teller know, is he really a god?
Brother He was curious, so he hurriedly asked: "Sir, I did take in a woman with a child in my family. Why, why did the gentleman mention her? ”
"In this case, then it is true, that woman and her child are what I call a demon!" The fortune teller said in affirmation.
At this time, Brother He was very frightened and shocked. You must know that the woman is obviously a human and has a child, how can it be a demon? And the other party also saved his own life, so I couldn't believe the fortune teller's words.
He asked the fortune teller: "Sir, you can't talk nonsense, that woman is a poor man, not only has her husband's family died, but also has four or five children of four or five years old, how can such a miserable woman's family be a demon?" ”
"I see that you are blinded and lost by demons, and you still don't believe the words of my god operator. Then I ask you, 'Where did you meet that woman?' But deep in the mountains? Seeing that Brother He doubted his words, the fortune teller was a little unhappy.
Brother He replied, "It is precisely because I was killed by a gangster in the mountains and rescued by that woman, so I brought him home." ”
"Deep in the mountains and old forests, deserted, do you think there will be a woman with a group of children?" The fortune teller said.
Although Brother He is also worthy of the fortune teller's reasoning, he can't prove that the woman is a demon.
He asked the fortune teller, "The gentleman said that she is a demon, but I don't know what kind of demon she is." ”
"Kitsune!" The fortune teller said.
"It's not that I don't believe in Mr.'s ability, it's just that this fact is too mysterious, and she once saved my life, if I move her easily, if I am wrong, won't I become ungrateful?" Brother He is embarrassed.
"I know you won't believe it, but all you have to do is make a basket, stick this talisman on top of it, close a yellow chicken in the basket, and place it in front of the house where the woman lives. In the dead of night, I secretly looked at it, and it became clear at a glance that I didn't lie to you. When the fortune teller said this, he took out a yellow talisman from his bosom and handed it to Brother He, and then got up to leave.
Brother He took Huang Fu and left him for lunch before leaving, but he shook his head and refused, saying that there is a demon in your house, how dare I stay for a long time.
Brother He asked: "If according to your method, you see that she is really a demon, what should you do?" ”
"The yellow rune is attached to the bamboo basket, and those demons will lose their mana when they enter, you can cut them with one sword!" After saying that, the fortune teller left He's house and disappeared into the sea of people......
In other words, after the fortune teller left, Brother He was uneasy all day, not only did not believe the fortune teller's words, saying that the woman's family was a fox demon, but also faintly worried that what the fortune teller said was true, if it was true, wouldn't his family be in danger?
Although the woman had saved herself, Brother He was also grateful, but the thought that if he invited a group of goblins back to his home and lived with him, he couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart.
After thinking about it, there is still no way, and the more I think about it, the more difficult it becomes. In the end, he called Chen Changsheng over, told the fortune teller what he said, and asked him what he thought?
When Chen Changsheng heard this, he was also frightened, and he also felt a little unbelieving in his heart. However, seeing that Brother He was worried about this matter one day, he said, why don't you give her some silver taels and tell her to rent a house elsewhere?
Brother He thought for a while and said, "In case we make a mistake, we suddenly invite others to leave like this, and I am afraid that it will hurt Sister Bai's heart, and I will become an ungrateful person." It's not appropriate, it's not appropriate. ”
In the end, Brother He said: "It's better to do this, let's do what the fortune teller said, go to make a bamboo Lou, close a yellow chicken, and put it in front of Sister Bai's room, so that we can see if she is a demon or not." If Sister Bai wasn't a demon, she wouldn't be suspicious of this matter, and she wouldn't hurt the friendship between me and her. What do you think? ”
Chen Changsheng also felt that this was feasible, firstly, it could dispel the doubts in his heart, and secondly, if Sister Bai was not a demon, it would not hurt the harmony. So, Brother He told Chen Changsheng to go to the street to buy bamboo baskets and yellow chickens and come back, and prepare to do what the fortune teller said.