When Qin Yiheng heard me ask, he "tsk" and shook his head slightly, and he didn't know if he wanted to express whether he didn't know or didn't want to say it. Then he picked up the shoe that was still left by the door, knocked it on the ground twice, and a small thing fell out of the shoe.

He handed me the thing that had fallen out, and without explanation, he carefully leaned over to the edge of the other shoe, looked left and right, and then picked it up and knocked it twice on the ground. However, nothing fell out of the shoe.

I was stunned by this move, and what other parts were hidden in my shoes that could be disassembled? Thinking about it, I took what I had in my hand to my eyes and looked at it. This thing is not big, it is black, and if you feel it, you can't tell what material it is; By weight, it shouldn't be metal; There are points on all sides of the east and west, and it is roughly a diamond-shaped body.

I pinched it with my fingers, and it was quite prickly.

My shoes are handmade in Italy, so they obviously shouldn't be in my shoes.

After thinking about it for a while, I understood that this thing must have been put in by Qin Yiheng.

And for now, isn't this thing obviously harmful?

If this is placed in the shoe, it is inevitable that a person will step into it without knowing it, and a hole will be made in the sole of the foot.

I asked him, pointing to something in my hand. Sure enough, he nodded and said, "I put this thing in the night before." After saying that, he leaned over and took the thing, and then said that this thing has a great origin, and many people rarely see it. In Fangshu, this thing is called "thorn er", and it is made of jujube wood that is old in the past. Although it is not a difficult object to find, because of its special purpose, many people in the industry have only heard of or seen it, but almost no one has used it.

According to legend, this "thorn" is specially used to block the upper shape of the passing yin. The person who uses it roughly calculates the location of the yin difference through the method of detecting the yin, and places the "thorn" in the middle of the road in the shape of five elements. It is said that if you pass by and step on the "thorn", you will be hindered and stay here for a while. At that time, the person who laid out the layout will throw a handful of paper money into the sky, judge whether the yin is here by the direction of the paper money's flying, and then quickly burn the form of the petition in front of the "thorn". When burning, you must close your eyes, and your clothes must not be red on the day, otherwise the person may have been taken away before the burn is finished.

In ancient times, no metaphysical scholar would use this trick unless he had to do so, because the danger was too great. Not to mention that provoking the yin is already a matter of nine deaths, and this "thorn" is also very likely to be a powerful ghost passing through, because the person in the upper form can not carry any evil things or use the art of exorcism, if you bump into a ghost, it is basically a sacrifice of life. Therefore, the method of petitioning with "thorns" is that people are forced to die for others after years of drought or plague.

And he put the "thorn" in his shoes, which was to make a workaround himself. If there is really filth in the middle of the night to quietly put on shoes, it will definitely be tricked, at least it will leave clues.

After speaking, Qin Yiheng picked up the passive shoe and put it away, and asked me to pack up my things and go back to the hotel.

In fact, there is nothing to clean up, nothing more than two folding chairs in the living room, which are not valuable, so there is no need to bring them back, and I don't know if I want to come back to keep vigil, and it is okay to stay here.

I went to the bathroom to wash my face briefly, and then followed Qin Yiheng back.

When I went out, I tried to pick up my other shoe and take it back, but he shook his head and told me to put it down, saying that it was useless to bring it back.

His tone was still very serious, I guess this thing might still be in danger, and I could only endure the pain for a while, and it was a pain in my heart.

When I returned to the hotel, Qin Yiheng didn't make any moves, but told me to go to bed first, saying that everything would wake up.

I happened to be too tired to do it, so I lay down and fell asleep, and when I woke up, it was almost evening.

He was sitting on the edge of the bed, as if waiting for me, and when he saw that I was awake, he told me to hurry up and get dressed, and then took me to a short-term rental apartment.

I was completely confused by him. Obviously, I have opened a room in the hotel, why do I have to find another place to live? At first, I thought something was following us to the hotel and we needed to hide for a while, but when I got to the short-term rental apartment, I realized that he wanted to use the stove.

The short-term rental apartment rented by Qin Yiheng is the common kind of finely decorated small apartment, and I still have a few similar houses in my hands that I haven't sold. The rooms are not large, and the layout is actually similar to that of express hotels, the only difference is that there is usually a semi-open or separate kitchen.

The kitchen we rented was semi-open, with only one glass partition. Qin Yiheng entered the room and walked straight to the stove, looked at it, said that the pot here was not big enough, and asked me to go to the supermarket to buy one.

I had to go to the supermarket and buy the biggest pot I could buy in the supermarket, stainless steel, the kind that can be used for steaming. Qin Yiheng took the pot, first brushed it carefully with rice water, then connected the water, put the pot on the stove, lit the fire and waited for the water to boil.

The more I looked, the more confused I became, did he mean to show me how to cook or something?

I didn't hear that he could cook, so I asked him, but he smiled weirdly at me, and then took out my previous shoe from his bag, looked at it twice, and put it directly in the pot.

That's when I figured out what he meant when he said he didn't need to bring back the other shoe.

He had planned to do so a long time ago, and the shoes were wasted.

I hurriedly leaned forward to look at the "remains" of my shoes. At this time, the water was boiling, and the shoes were boiling in the pot and were about to turn over.

But I didn't see anything wrong, what is Qin Yiheng's so-called clues?

Thinking about it, I asked him. He lit a cigarette, told me not to worry, and after saying that, he turned the stove on the low fire, and told me to watch the pot and not let the water splash out.

He went to his bag and got a brush, came back and dipped some water from the pot, and was about to greet me in the face.

He's completely mentally ill, and even though the shoe is mine, I can't use the water to boil it on a person's face.

I took a step back, dodged his brush, and said, "What the fuck are you trying to do?" ”

Qin Yiheng told me at this time: "This shoe is yours, after all, it is stained with your popularity, and the test test done last night is obviously to attract evil spirits." I was afraid that you would be targeted by filth, so I called your name in the morning, and when you agreed, I went to open the door, in order to help you stabilize your spirits. Now rubbing the water from the shoe boiling on your chin is also a way to regain the popularity of the shoe. It's not a big deal if you don't agree, but you may have broken your feet or cramped your legs recently. ”

Since he said so, this stumbling foot can't kill people, but it's easy to delay things. I pondered for a moment, and reluctantly let him rub a stroke on my chin.

After Qin Yiheng finished wiping, he directly threw the pen out of the window, and said: "The medium in the middle, the farther away the better, otherwise it will not work, usually it is necessary to ask someone to throw it to other places, but it is okay to throw it downstairs temporarily, anyway, we have to go back to our own city sooner or later." ”

After saying that, he went back to the pot, looked at it for a while, said that it was almost done, then turned off the heat, sat down on the sofa and waited for the water to cool, and when the water was cold, he filled a large empty Coke bottle with some water in the pot, shook it twice, and told me that he would go to the house in the evening.

The quality of my shoes is really good, I didn't see much color when I cooked it like this, and the water still looked very clear.

I took the Coke bottle and tried to shake it to look at it, but I still didn't see any mystery. However, I guess that the label on this Coke bottle has been torn clean by Qin Yiheng, maybe it will be through this bottle for a while, and what filth can be seen?

Anyway, it won't help to think about it now, so I'll see you in the evening. Qin Yiheng and I sorted out our things, ate a quick meal, and went straight back to the house.

took the elevator upstairs, Qin Yiheng didn't open the door first, but unscrewed the Coke bottle, poured some water on the ground, and then took out a rag from his bag, leaned over, and dipped the water little by little in a posture that was almost lying on the ground, wiping the floor tiles.

I almost didn't get angry when I saw it on the side, this is to learn from Lei Feng to do good deeds? When asked about him, he was very attentive and did not talk. I didn't bother to be bored, so I just stood next to me and smoked and waited for him.

Qin Yiheng wiped it for almost ten minutes, and almost wiped the floor tiles from the door of the house to the front of the elevator. Fortunately, the other residents on this floor did not come back, and it would be seen in the middle of the night, which would definitely scare people out.

Most of the water had already gone down to the bottle, and Qin Yiheng stood up, frowning, looking at his expression as if he was very unhappy.

I was taken aback by his expression, and what filth did my heart say?

After patting him, he seemed to come back to his senses, "ah", and then pointed to the floor tiles and told me, "Let's see the clues of the legend." ”

I heard him say this, and hurriedly looked over. The floor was polished by him, but there was nothing left, and there was no trace of it. I wondered if my posture might be wrong, and I learned his posture and fell down, but I still didn't see anything.

Raise your head, I want to go crazy, isn't this fucking kidding me?!

can look at his expression, it is clear that he is very serious. I asked him, "There's nothing on the ground!" ”

Qin Yiheng let out another "ah" at this time, flipped through his bag, found a few sticks of incense, lit them, folded an angle with a banknote, and then incense ashes. When the ashes had fallen somewhat, he walked up to me, squatted down, carefully sprinkled the ashes on the ground, and then blew lightly with his mouth, and then pointed with his chin: "That's it." ”

I looked at where he was pointing, and my heart tightened.

I saw that on the floor tiles, there was a shallow mark left by the incense ash. This mark is very light, and the color of the incense ash is very light, if you don't distinguish it carefully, I'm afraid you won't notice it. But now my face is almost on it, so I can see it very clearly. It's not big, and I can't tell what it is, but if it's a pattern, it's a bit like an abstract flower.

It seems that this is the reason for the trouble, but what is it?