When we arrived downstairs at Master Situ's house, I carried the coffin with Hu Zongren. On the way, I met some residents who came in and out of the apartment building, probably because they saw that we were holding a box covered with red cloth in our hands, and they didn't know what it was, so they looked at us a few more times. As soon as we entered the house, Master Situ asked us to put down the coffin at the door first, and then helped him change the position of the coffee table in the center of the living room, so that the middle of the living room was vacant.

Master Situ's legs and feet were inconvenient, so most of the time he commanded and then Master Tie Songzi did it for him. I don't know what Master Tie Songzi is for, when he was with us, he was quite calm, like an elder, but as soon as he saw Master Situ, he immediately began to become a little weak. When Master Situ asked him to do this and that, he always laughed and scolded angrily, but he was very busy.

Soon Situ set up a rice array in the center of the living room. The shape of the rice array is that of a spider, and the tip of each of the spider's eight legs is lit with a white candle the thickness of a wrist. There is an incense burner in front of the spider's head, and three small bowls are placed in front of the incense burner, and the middle bowl is filled with rice, on the left side are some pickles, and on the right side are some small oranges, which can be regarded as a fruit bowl. Under each bowl was a straw paper money and a charm, which meant that he was giving food to the ghost in the coffin, and although it could not eliminate the anger, at least it could be controlled in this place and not make trouble.

Situ asked us to carry the coffin over and place it in the center of the rice array in the direction of the spider's body. This kind of thing is a more commonly used way of arranging the formation of Taoists, not only Taoism, but even I occasionally use it, but the array I make is usually practical, and it is often not so good-looking. Situ explained to me the meaning of this array. Spiders do not belong to insects, but they do not belong to those animals with bones, and spiders themselves are aggressive, plus spiders can build webs, and are born to be catchers, and the eight candles represent the range of this rice array, so that the mutilated ghosts in this coffin are bound by the web and cannot escape. Many different shapes of Taoist rice arrays have very different effects, and they can be regarded as the profound culture of Taoist arrays, so it takes a little time.

After putting the coffin, I lit candles and incense, and burned paper money before the meal, which means that I have settled you, you have to save face, don't be embarrassed. Then we sat around on the big sofa of Situ's house, took out all the things we had found before, except for the coffin on the ground, and put them on the ground in front of us one by one.

I am too familiar with this sofa with Hu Zongren and Fu Yunni, when Hu Zongren and I lived in Situ's house for a long time, every time Situ made new progress, he would sit on this sofa and explain to us and convince us to believe. Situ first opened the one in the Hongya Cave earlier, and we have seen all the things inside, but until now, except for that eyeball, we still don't know what the porcelain wine cup in Ludao does. Situ picked up the red cloth and asked me to smell the smell on it, I smelled it, it was a fishy smell of earth, he said this is the mud mark, I didn't expect that in these years, there are still people who use this trick so well, I haven't seen the mud mark for many years.

Then Situ took out the similar small medicine bag we found in the stone crack of the fort next to the Dongshuimen Cave that day and rushed to the red small bag at a glance, and Master Tie Songzi told him that we had checked this before, and there must be a spirit in it, and there was no way to keep rice. So Situ said to me, get your rope out, gather around here, circle a few more times, and don't be reluctant to give up your rope. So I did as Master Situ intended, and it took a full 5 laps inside and out, no way, it had to be singular. Then he found a piece of transparent soap from the kitchen, cut off a corner, and then brought a bowl of water, and asked me to use soap as a pen and water as ink to draw a witch's dressing on the ground. I asked Situ, why do you want me to paint, can't you paint too? Because in many cases, the usage of the application is almost the same as the Taoist well character. Situ didn't pay attention to me, but just said to me, if you want to paint, you can paint, what so much nonsense.

So I could only take the soap dipped in water and start drawing, and as soon as I drew the first stroke, I understood what Situ meant. First of all, the whole thing is aimed at Hu Zongren, it stands to reason that in addition to himself, the participation of others can be regarded as meddling, in our industry, the punishment of meddling is very severe, because this is like other people's cause and effect after you interfere, it becomes your own cause and effect, this is also for what we do, no matter how much we do, there must be money in and out, unless it is done badly, we can not take a penny. Especially me, I can't stay out of Hu Zongren's incident this time, after all, people have called me to find me, and I haven't thought about ignoring his affairs. And there is a reason for Situ to use soap and water to paint, if the soap is in a dry environment, it only feels greasy to the touch, but it can become very lubricated if it takes up a little water. Soap and water are a perfect match, just like a bristle pen and cinnabar ink, and although there is no trace after painting, the effect of the soap after solidification is always there, and it will not be destroyed.

It's a housekeeping skill, so I got it done quickly. Situ put the red cloth bag in the middle of the dress, and then began to untie the rope, and when the rope opened, the candles around the spider rice array began to appear to be blown by the breeze, flickering slightly but not extinguishing. We all couldn't help but focus on the rice array, although the things in the coffin of Zhilu Dao couldn't break free from Situ's rice array, but we still couldn't help but worry, human nature. Situ smiled and said, this means that the contents of this bag must also be a fragment of the doll inside, a fragment of a ghost.

Fragments of ghosts have always been very vague in our line. In most cases, what we call fragments generally refers to the ghost traces that will remain on the things that have been touched by ghosts, that is, almost every time I do my own errands, I will use a compass to measure the spirit, those ghost traces that I find on the furniture, bedside or wall, generally speaking, are ghost fragments. Most of the corpses or parts of the vessels that have been filled with spirit will also appear to be more or less spiritual. But at this moment, I understood that the fragments of the ghosts that Situ was referring to were some of the souls that were specifically referred to, such as the eyeballs in the earliest wine glasses and the feet in the last one.

In this way, the red cloth bag-like bag should be the hand of the doll in the coffin. Sure enough, when Situ continued to unpack the cloth bag, in addition to a dirty little hand, there was also an old-fashioned film roll, and a strand of black hair tied up with a red rubber band. I've seen this film, in the early years, when mobile phones didn't have a camera function, and digital cameras were not popular, most people would still buy a point-and-shoot camera and put it on film. The brand of this film was K-prefixed, and that year, the company was not bankrupt. Instead of reaching for the doll's hand and strand of hair, Situ tried to pick up the film, staring at the flame of the candle as he picked it up. Seeing that everything was normal, he asked Hu Zongren to turn on the lights in the house to the brightest bright, and he also put on reading glasses hanging around his neck, and pulled out the film in the film.

The anti-white effect of the film makes us people a little difficult to watch, but this film has been exposed, and the photos in it are all a woman, and when I see this, I can't help but think that this woman is probably the female ghost who has been pestering us these days. However, the number of photos taken on a film is usually 24 or 36, and sometimes if you are lucky, you can steal one or two more shots. But in this roll of film, I counted carefully, and the number of portrait photos was only about a dozen.

Situ asked us, why was this film developed before it was used up? What do you think it's for? None of us spoke. Situ said that generally speaking, ordinary people will use up the whole roll after taking pictures, and then take it to print, because the place where the honest film machine places the film has a sealed and opaque cover, and if the black part of the film encounters light, it is easy to scrap. This only shows that someone deliberately printed all the photos in the film. But why do you want to do that?

I tentatively replied, is it because this person who developed the film needs the photos in the film? I actually guessed, because I didn't have anything else in mind. Situ said, it's a bit close, in my opinion, the printing before the finish of the shoot is someone who can't wait to take the photos here. And look at this last one. Situ pointed to us, the photo is a half-length photo of the woman, taken horizontally, a little strangely, the woman's body in the photo is facing the direction of the camera, but the neck and face are very weirdly twisted to the direction of the forty-five degree angle behind her, as if looking at something in that direction, you can't see the face, only one ear and one cheekbone. Not only that, but the photo was also a bit flowery, and I don't understand what Situ meant. Situ said that if this photo is the last one in the entire roll of film, assuming that the woman in the photo is the one you met in the shoe store before, it means that she is dead. No, this is even the last photo of her life.

As soon as Situ said this, we gradually understood, Hu Zongren said, do you mean that when the family was holding a funeral or commemorating this woman, they hurriedly washed this roll of film and wanted to choose the photos inside?

Situ smiled and nodded, and then said to Hu Zongren, what you have seen, including the female ghost photographed by this little brother's plane, and the description of the shopkeeper at that time, is it a broken hand and foot, one of the eyes can't see the eyeballs, and there is no tongue in the mouth and vomits blood, right? We all nodded yes, including Li Jia, who listened to Situ in a rare silence.

Situ suddenly asked, then what do you think if this photo is the last one, then what will be the reason for this woman's death?

It must have been a car accident. Situ said, it looks like we have to find a way to print the photo.