Chapter 18: Ghost Talent
I ran a few steps over and shouted, "Master Tian." ”
Lao Tiantou saw that it was me, and was a little embarrassed: "Xiao Liu." You see, I didn't want any money, but they forced me to put it in my pocket. Why don't you help me go back? As he spoke, he dug into his pocket, but the money just didn't come out, and he looked at me with blank eyes.
I laughed, "I don't care about those things." We have known each other for a long time, how do you always make money, that is your ability. I'm not the kind of person I hate. ”
Lao Tiantou patted me on the shoulder: "Okay, boy, there is a future." My Lao Tian has always been good at seeing people, and you kid will definitely be able to mix up your personal appearance in the future. "Praise me twice, hurriedly get in the car to leave.
I hurriedly stopped him: "Master Tian, why don't you go over with us in the car?" There's something I'd like to ask you. ”
Lao Tiantou was like a fox, he was shocked and coughed: "Then don't worry, don't bother the bereaved household." ”
I took his arm and winked at Li Yang. Li Yang and I have been partners for so long, this tacit understanding is still there, and he also came over to pull Lao Tiantou: "Master Tian, let's go, let's go, I won't let you suffer." As he spoke, he stuffed a hundred yuan red bill into Lao Tiantou's hand.
Lao Tiantou is not afraid of anything, he is afraid of looking at money, and he can't walk when he sees money. He sighed, "You two little ghosts, you can have a bird thing." Well, I'll say hi to them. He and a few people in the car briefly confessed, saying that they were going by themselves. Then he followed us and got into Li Yang's car together.
When we got to the car, it was just us. The three of us were all smoking guns, and we didn't rush to drive, but rolled down the window, each of us took a cigarette, and smoked a lot.
I got straight to the point: "Master Tian, you dig out the bottom with me, what is the origin of those shoes on the old lady's feet?" ”
Lao Tiantou took a big cigarette and did not speak. The cold wind blew the smoke to his face, and his old face flickered in the bright cigarette butts.
Li Yang said: "Master Tian, we are not here to pursue any responsibility, and we don't want to dismantle the stage and crack down on counterfeiting, you can rest assured." If we could do that, we would have done it a long time ago, and we wouldn't have waited until now for us to communicate privately, right? ”
Lao Tian slammed the cigarette ash, as if he had made up his mind: "To be honest, those shoes do have the ability to lock the soul." ”
Li Yang and I glanced at each other, and Lao Tiantou continued: "I saw this kind of embroidered shoes a long time ago. It was an old country lady who wore such shoes when she died. There are some very strange rules in the countryside and villages, I don't know why, the family pays special attention to the time when the old man dies, so they found Mr. Yin and Yang and spent a lot of money to buy a pair of embroidered shoes, called soul lock shoes. It can lock people's souls in their bodies, and they can't be taken away by ghosts when the days come. ”
Li Yang asked: "Then the soul-locking shoes are not like what you said, like a prison, locking people's souls inside?" ”
Lao Tiantou laughed: "It's a little exaggerated." It's hard to say how it actually is. "The old man spoke half hidden, cautious, and very subtle.
I said, "Master Tian, can you tell us an accurate word, whether the old lady's soul has gone to the underworld?" ”
Lao Tiantou sighed: "Two little brothers, let's talk from the heart, I don't know what to say." I was thinking about these things just now, and those shoes suddenly turned into crumbs, and I had never encountered such an evil thing. I don't know where the old lady's soul goes. I'm a principled person, and I've never thought about who is in trouble. Just because I can't tell where the old lady went, I have been worried in my heart, you see I didn't have the energy to walk just now. Heart, panicked, like a big stone hanging. ”
Li Yang patted the steering wheel, thoughtfully, and suddenly said to me: "Lao Liu, have you ever thought about what Yin Qiufeng said in her ear before my grandmother died?" ”
I nodded: "I've thought about it, but it's in vain, I can't figure it out." ”
"What if, I'm talking about what if, Yin Qiufeng really has the secret of immortality and told my grandma?" He said word by word.
I smiled and said, "It's impossible, if there is really any secret of immortality, grandma can still die?" This is a contradiction that does not make sense. ”
Li Yang looked out the car window and said, "Look at how you understand the definition of immortality." Who told you that if you are not in the physical body, you are not immortal? ”
I was speechless for a while: "Then it would be too complicated for you to talk about it, the ghosts of the eighteen layers of hell in the underworld are also a kind of immortality, although their form of existence is different from that of living people, but they can also be regarded as long-term survival." ”
Li Yang didn't speak, looked at me, and then looked at Lao Tiantou in the back seat. He stared at both of us. Lao Tiantou popped the cigarette butt out of the window: "Young man, I don't know anything about these things you are talking about, don't beat my mind." ”
Li Yang's face was cloudy, he spoke very slowly, and asked me word by word: "Lao Liu, are you so curious?" ”
I was stunned by him: "Curious about what? ”
Li Yang said: "Let's stop guessing, let the facts speak." I want to ask my grandmother in person where she is now, what she is like, and thoroughly understand what kind of immortal state she is. ”
I was frightened, and looked at him with my mouth open, why is this kid full of nonsense, what is this talking about?! Grandma has passed away, how can you ask?
Lao Tiantou also looked at him, and said in a daze: "Young man, do you want to ......"
Li Yang said: "I want to invite my grandmother's soul back to the sun." The north is called to ask God, the south is called to ask rice, and the south is called to descend, all of which have the same meaning anyway. ”
After hearing his words, I was shocked and angry. This Li Yang is not only bold, but also fatherless and kingless! Not long after grandma left, the bones were not cold, so he asked the soul to return to the yang, how to look at it, there was a kind of insult to the ancestors in it.
I was furious: "Li Yang, I really misjudged you, you are really an unfilial person!" Grandma Bai loves you, what do you say you are! ”
Li Yang was not angry, and said very calmly: "Lao Liu, don't be in a hurry to get angry first. After the death of a loved one, it is a common thing in Southeast Asian countries to ask for a soul. We are not here to trample and insult the gods and ghosts, but to really think about them. People and ghosts have different paths, yin and yang are separated, if they suffer over there, we know the way, and we can still find a way to help. ”
Lao Tiantou was also stunned, swallowing his saliva and saying, "It's really terrifying." My old man has been in the funeral home for so many years, and this is the first time I have seen a young man like the two of you. He gave Li Yang a thumbs up: "You kid will definitely have a future in the future." ”
I opened the car door and was about to get out of the car, but Li Yang grabbed me: "Lao Liu, if you have anything to say, let's talk about it." ”
I was so angry that my chest heaved and I was so angry that I couldn't express my breath in my heart. I pointed at him and said, "Li Yang, do you care about grandma?" I think you're curious about immortality, and you want to live forever, don't you? You know that Yin Qiufeng can't tell you, so you can ask your grandmother's soul to let her speak. Li Yang, Li Yang, I just found out that you kid is really a ghost, it's really hard for you to think of such a trick. ”
Li Yang spread his hands, and he was also a little angry, and said loudly: "Yes, I am curious about immortality, but now I solemnly tell you my attitude towards life and death - I am not afraid of death at all!" Life and death don't matter to me! There is no joy in life and no worry in death. Do you remember that when we and Copper Lock first had the Yin and Yang view, Copper Lock once said that he wanted to be silent. I tell you, I'm like him, if I really choose between immortality and extinction, I will definitely choose extinction, no worries, and the realm of emptiness. Is it good for you to be immortal? To live is to suffer sin, to suffer a lot, to suffer all kinds of karma, to be disturbed by love and parting. ”
I have calmed down, and I admit that my thoughts are still too worldly, and Li Yang's realm may be more detached and cold, and more close to "Tao". The way of heaven is originally a cold law. Conform to the law and find out the "Tao" of life; Ignoring the law, vainly trying to emotionally human nature or something, and overriding the law is the death of the "Tao".
Li Yang said: "I really don't have any immortality. It is even believed that if a person is burdened by immortality, it is a pathology! Live, you will live in style, and when you die, you will die happily. Grinding and chirping, prolonging life, that is the thing that goes against the sky and the 'way'. I understand that immortality is that people do not suffer from sin when they die, neither abuse themselves nor drag down their families, and this is the greatest blessing. The reason why I want to invite grandma's soul is that I want to scientifically figure out what kind of state Yin Qiufeng's so-called 'immortality' is, don't get me wrong, this is a pure technical problem, and I want to figure out what is going on; ”
I leaned back in my chair, closed my eyes and didn't speak, and my heart was shocked. Li Yang can say today's words, I really underestimate him. He convinced me.
Lao Tiantou was silent for a long time, and it took a long time before he said, "Little brother, which university did you graduate from?" ”
I opened my eyes and looked at Li Yang, sighed and said, "Even if you want to ask for a soul, there are still many difficulties, will your parents, uncles, and aunts agree to do this?" As a young person, it was difficult for me to accept such a thing, let alone them. Okay, even if you want to invite a soul, who will? Master Xie and Ma Danlong are masters who don't see the end of the head, and they don't even have a phone address, where can you find it? Temporary please? Can you make sure you're not a scammer? ”
Li Yang grinned: "Neither of your two problems is a problem, the first problem is easy to solve, we just don't tell them." The second one is simpler, I've already thought of a superior person. He is bound to succeed. ”
"Who?" I asked.
Li Yang said: "Allow me to sell a pass." We won't go to the funeral home, and it's not bad for a few of us to go so many people. I'll drive you to the guy right now. ”
Lao Tiantou shouted: "Don't, two children, do whatever you have to do, don't pull me, I still have to go back to the funeral home." ”
Li Yang smiled in the wind: "Lao Tian, it's impossible to get in this car and think about it." Come with us. ”
Lao Tiantou's eyes widened: "Why do you still want to kidnap me?" ”
Li Yang said: "Is there anyone to pay the ransom for kidnapping you an old man." You're just going to be honest with us. ”
I said, "Li Yang, don't embarrass Master Tian, let him go." ”
Li Yang shook his head: "I have my own strategy." You two just come with me honestly. ”
Lao Tiantou sneered, and directly twisted the handle to get out of the car: "You two little ghosts want to poke a hole in the sky casually, and you want to pull me out of the way." ”
Li Yang took out his mobile phone and pressed a button, and Lao Tiantou's clear voice came from inside: "...... I'm a principled person, and I've never thought about who is in trouble. Just because I can't tell where the old lady went, I have been worried in my heart, you see I didn't have the energy to walk just now. Heart, panicked, like a big stone hanging. ……”
Lao Tiantou's eyes were straight: "**Your mother, are you recording me?" ”
Li Yang stuffed his mobile phone into his pocket and said lightly: "It's up to you whether you follow us or not." If you swagger and deceive the funeral home leaders know, Lao Tian, I'm afraid your job will not be guaranteed. ”
I looked at Li Yang, and an inexplicable chill arose in my heart. The whole thing seems to have been planned by him, and it was not an improvisation.