After a month of polishing, the new book finally came out, making everyone wait for a long time.

The new book is still suspenseful, and it still takes the traditional suspense route.

Title: "Lu Gong's Secret Mantra", the address is in the box below the article, just click on it directly, welcome new and old readers to jump into the pit.

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Chapter 1: The Eccentric Cousin

My father died when I was very young, and my mother single-handedly raised me, because my family was poor and graduated from junior high school, my mother sent me to my cousin as an apprentice.

My cousin's name is Lu Chengyuan is a carpenter, he hasn't asked for a daughter-in-law in his forties, his temper is very weird, he hasn't given me a good face since I came, as long as I make a mistake, beating and scolding is commonplace, and he doesn't pass on his skills to me at all, only let me do miscellaneous work.

After only half a month, I called my mother and said that my cousin had not begged his daughter-in-law for dozens of years, and that I wanted to go home if I couldn't learn a craft here.

My mother cried on the phone and told me to endure it, saying that as long as I learned a skill, I would not worry about it in this life, and I could only stay in order not to make my mother sad, who made me poor has no choice.

In this way, I stayed at my cousin's house for three years, and over time I got used to his stinky temper, and when he scolded me, I thought I couldn't hear it, and when he beat me, I put on thick clothes in advance.

Gradually, my cousin changed his opinion of me, and began to teach me some basic things, and I learned a little bit from hearing and seeing, but I was still far from being a teacher.

The days went by like this, and on this day, Foreman Wu of the engineering team came to the door and said that there was a job to renovate the building that his cousin needed to do.

"My cousin went to Shigang Village, and he won't be able to come back in a day or two, so you can find someone else." I say.

Foreman Wu made a difficulty, thought for a while and said: "Anyway, there is not much carpentry work this time, Lao Lu is the royal carpenter of my engineering team, I don't worry about finding others, Xiao Luo, you have been with Lao Lu for three years, how about you go with me?" ”

I laughed secretly in my heart, Foreman Wu didn't know how I had come over in the past three years, it was really a fart, if I let my cousin know that I had to kill me alone, so I shook my head and refused.

"The customer's car is waiting outside, and the carpenter is missing, so where will you let me find a carpenter." Foreman Wu was anxious.

There was the urging sound of a car horn outside, and Foreman Wu had no intention of leaving, so I thought for a while and said, "Then I'll call my cousin, and if he agrees, I'll go." ”

Foreman Wu immediately urged me to call, in fact, I knew very well that my cousin would definitely not let me take the job, in order to send him away quickly, I dialed my cousin's phone to explain the situation, to my surprise, my cousin actually agreed, which I did not expect.

Although my cousin agreed to let me go, he told me a few precautions, to observe the situation in the house first, and most importantly, to observe the beams.

I was confused and didn't quite understand what it meant, so at the urging of Foreman Wu, I hurriedly packed up my kit and went out.

We set off in the employer's car, the employer is a middle-aged fat man named Ma Fugui, is a person from Xinguang Village in the town, after more than half an hour of bumpy we arrived at Xinguang Village, Ma Fugui pointed to a small building in the village and said that it was that.

I looked in the direction he pointed, only to see a five-story building standing out from the crowd, the roof is still glazed tiles, reflecting in the sun, this building is the tallest building in the village, and the sides are all two or three storey small buildings, I said in my heart that this Ma Fugui is quite rich.

"Hey, there's a cauldron on the roof." Cement worker Wang said.

"It's a satellite TV receiver that can receive foreign channels." Ma Fugui explained.

The workers burst into laughter.

I was inevitably nervous for the first time, and I didn't know what to do, so the car arrived in front of the small building while everyone was talking.

Look at this building up close and find more magnificent, independent courtyard, there are two stone lions on both sides of the door, there is also a big tree that cannot be called in the courtyard, there are leisure slings below, the appearance of the building is very European, it is almost the same as the villa, and the building in the village does not know how many grades higher.

It is estimated that this building will not be built for more than three years, and what such a new renovation is, which makes me wonder.

"Boss Ma, why do you need to renovate this house if it's still new?" Foreman Wu asked my question.

"The problem is inside." Ma Fugui smiled bitterly and led us into the building.

As soon as the door was opened, a musty smell came out, and the marble floor was wet, as if it had just been mopped, and the high-end wallpaper on the wall was moldy and lifted, and the back was full of water droplets, and even the furniture was a layer of moisture, and the hand could leave a handprint when pressed on it.

"Why is there so much water, is it a burst pipe?" I muttered.

"The water pipe is not connected to the wall, so it shouldn't be a water pipe problem." Lao Li, a plumber, pointed to the water pipe in the kitchen and said.

Ma Fugui pointed to the dehumidifier in the corner and said: "I don't know what's going on, there has been this problem since this house was repaired, but it wasn't so serious at the time, and even the dehumidifier didn't work." ”

"Is this the case with the next-door neighbor?" I wondered.

"It's just that I don't think it's weird." Ma Fugui said distressedly.

I also wondered, where does this moisture come from?

The cement worker Wang suddenly shouted: "Come and see, it's all cracked here!" ”

We leaned over to take a look, only to see a crack the thickness of a little finger on the left wall, we could see that the red bricks inside had exploded, the crack extended from above, and a few of us went up the stairs, the more we went up, the bigger the crack became, extending from the fifth floor.

Ma Fugui said: "When I woke up a few days ago, I found that the wall was cracked, and I was in a hurry to find someone to renovate it, I was afraid that it would collapse." ”

"Boss Ma, are you living alone in such a big house?" Foreman Wu asked.

"Alas, I am a businessman, I bought a house in the city, and after my son got married, I took over the business and real estate, so I retired early, and my daughter-in-law left early, and I didn't want to stay in the city to disturb the little couple, so I went back to my hometown and demolished the old house and built this house to live." Ma Fugui said.

"Tut-tut, Boss Ma, it's really extravagant for you to build such a big house by yourself." Lao Wang said with emotion.

"When I was a child, my family was poor and was looked down upon, so I ......." Ma Fugui said embarrassedly.

Businessmen pay attention to face, and it is understandable that Ma Fugui built such a luxurious house for the sake of face.

At this time, I remembered my cousin's advice and hurriedly went to see the beams, the cement beams were nothing special, there was no cracking, so I called to report the situation in the house to my cousin.

When my cousin heard this, he said, "What I want you to see is not a concrete beam, but a wooden beam." ”

"This house is not a wooden house, where did the wooden beams come from?" I was surprised.

"Although the times have changed, reinforced concrete has replaced the wooden beams of the wooden house, but the dry construction industry will definitely install a wooden beam in the form, the wooden beam is like a dragon's eye, and it is difficult to keep the peace of the house without beams, this is the rule left by the ancestors for thousands of years, you ask the employer carefully." My cousin said.

I turned my head sideways and asked Ma Fugui, "Is there any wooden beam in this house?" ”

Ma Fugui was a little puzzled, scratched his head and thought for a while, pointed to the attic on the fifth floor and said: "When the house was built, the construction team did get a piece of wood and put it in the attic, I don't know if it's it, Luo Gong, why are you asking this?" ”

"Yes, Luo Hui, the wooden beams are just formal, and the actual load-bearing beams are cement beams, what are you asking for?" Lao Wang was surprised.

"I don't know, my cousin asked me to see this beam." I smiled wryly.

"It's that old Lu's bad idea again, you look at it slowly, don't bother to care about this." Foreman Wu frowned.

The implication is that my cousin had done the same thing before.

When Foreman Wu introduced the renovation plan to Ma Fugui, I climbed up to the attic.

The attic is only a few square meters, empty, dusty everywhere, only half a person high, people can't stand straight, but there is really a wooden beam suspended in the attic, both ends are poured on the wall with cement, one side of the wooden beam is also tied with a red cloth and hung down, on which hang two rotten money oranges and a few copper coins, and in the middle of the wooden beam hangs a mirror with gossip drawn, but the mirror has cracked.

The wooden beam was also eaten out of many holes by termites, and the termites were in and out of the holes, and I reached out and broke them, and the brittle ones were not good and broke off the wood chips.

I reported what I saw to my cousin, and my cousin's voice changed when he heard it, and he said, "Termites eating wood and the hexagram mirror bursting are all bad omens. ”

"Huh?" I was a little surprised, and I thought that my cousin was a little superstitious and overly superstitious.

"Xinguang Village, right, I'll rush over now, before I arrive, you must stop Lao Wu from starting work, otherwise the consequences will be very serious, if he really doesn't listen, then you will hide far away, in short, the farther away from that house, the better, understand?!" My cousin snapped.

"Good...... Good. "I confessed that my cousin made me nervous.

Chapter 2: Serial tragic deaths

After climbing down the attic, I called Foreman Wu and the other workers outside, and told them not to start work for the time being, and to wait for my cousin to arrive.

Foreman Wu frowned and asked, "Did Lao Lu say why?" ”

I shook my head blankly.

Foreman Wu was immediately unhappy and said, "Lao Lu inexplicably asked me not to start work, what kind of fame is there?" He picked up work in Shigang Village, where the mountain road is the most difficult to walk, and it was midnight when he rushed back, do you know how much I will be delayed on this day? I have other work on hand, so I'll take care of him and get to work! ”

My dissuasion was useless, and under the orders of Foreman Wu, everyone moved down the tools and prepared to start work.

Although I don't know why my cousin stopped the start of work, but he didn't smile and didn't joke at all, his voice changed on the phone, the situation must be very serious, I didn't dare to slack off and stepped forward to dissuade it, but unfortunately no one listened to me.

"Although Lu Gong is alive and well, he has a very strange temper, every time he starts work, he has to carry out a ceremony, this taboo and taboo, what are the years of superstition, just go to a ceremony, he is all serious, I don't know how many times to delay doing things with him, you have to learn his skills not to learn his stinky habits, this family is rich, Wu Foreman has opened a high price, you don't want to earn? I'm still stunned for what, hurry up and come over to help. "Lao Wang counted me down.

"Uncle Wang, what my cousin said was very urgent, not like it was for the sake of the ceremony...... Before I could finish my words, I was interrupted by Lao Wang, who gave me a blank look and said, "Then don't stand in the way!" ”

I retreated to the side, and soon everyone was in full swing, and everything was normal from the afternoon until late at night, and my hanging heart gradually relaxed, and I had a slight doubt about my cousin's words.

Because I was hungry, I went to the village to buy bread to nibble, but when I returned to the door of the horse's house, I saw a scene that I will never forget.

There was a scream from above the building, I subconsciously looked up, only to see Lao Li fall from the window on the fifth floor, and fell to the ground with a bang, his head was like a watermelon and deformed, and the blood and brains suddenly flowed to the ground.

Lao Wang, who was making cement and sand in the yard, was frightened, shrank back, stepped on the air nail gun, slipped under his feet, and fell backwards on the pile of tools in the corner, a sharp chisel directly penetrated his throat, and the blood in the arteries suddenly rushed out in the shape of a fountain, and Lao Wang's eyes burst out immediately.

Lao Wang's feet were still on the switch of the air nail gun, the air nail gun lost control, and the air nail was fired on the ground, and the Wu foreman who was squatting on the side to draw drawings could not react, and the air nails shot at him one after another, and an air nail was directly shot into his left eye, Wu Gongfa let out a hoarse scream, covering his left eye and rolling on the ground in pain.

Xiao Cai, the apprentice brought by Lao Wang, cried in fright, shrank into the corner and trembled.

I was also stupefied by this scene, and I didn't react at all.

Ma Fugui, who was sleeping in the room, heard the screams, rushed downstairs in his pajamas, and when he saw this scene in the yard, he was so frightened that he sat directly on the ground.

The villagers were awakened and surrounded by someone, some called the police and someone looked for an ambulance, and the police car and ambulance soon arrived, and even the police, who were accustomed to seeing casualties, were shocked to see the tragic scene in the courtyard.

Lao Wang and Lao Li had no vital signs and died, they were sent to the ambulance and taken directly to the morgue, Wu Gong passed out with a headache, and Xiao Cai and I accompanied him to the ambulance.

The ambulance roared to the city hospital, Foreman Wu was sent to the emergency room, half an hour later the doctor came out and said that Foreman Wu was out of danger, I was relieved, the scene that happened just now was like a nightmare, I quickly called him when I remembered my cousin's words.

I couldn't say anything, but I finally got to the bottom of what had happened.

My cousin seemed to have known what was going to happen, so he seemed very calm, and said coldly: "Since they don't listen, there's no way, it's a blessing or a curse, you can't avoid it, it's okay if you're okay, I probably have two more hours to arrive, you stay calm." ”

After my cousin finished speaking, he hung up the phone.

Ma Fugui arrived in a hurry, sitting on the chair outside the emergency room with a sad face, Xiao Cai couldn't say anything scared, this matter is estimated to leave a shadow on him for a lifetime.

The police made a record of me, Ma Fugui and Xiao Cai, and finally the matter was determined, this was an accident, and Ma Fugui was not responsible.

The police said that it was an accident that made me shudder, since Lao Li fell from the window, everything seemed to be arranged, the chisel and the air nail gun, impartially aimed at Lao Wang and Wu Foreman, this chain of accidents is a bit too evil!

"Wu Jianguo's family, please come to the emergency room, Wu Jianguo's family ......." The call of paramedics was heard on the radio.

Ma Fugui and I went to the emergency room, where Foreman Wu was lying on the hospital bed, his left eye wrapped in blood-stained gauze, with a tube inserted in his body, and various instruments sounding beside him.

Ma Fugui talked to the doctor, I stood beside Foreman Wu, Foreman Wu stretched out his hand to hold me, and said weakly: "Xiao Luo, blame me for not listening to your advice, blame me, otherwise Lao Wang and Lao Li would not ........." ”

I comforted: "Wu Gong, the police said it was an accident, and you are not to blame." ”

Foreman Wu was still very excited, and he muttered vigorously that he had killed two old friends.

The medical staff saw that Foreman Wu was unstable and kicked me out, and after a while, Ma Fugui also came out and told me that he wanted to contact Foreman Wu's family, because his operation required the family's signature, and we could not sign on his behalf.

I found the phone in Foreman Wu's coat, and then I contacted his family and rushed to him.

Ma Fugui and I sat outside the emergency room with frowns, and Ma Fugui suddenly remembered something and said, "Luo Gong, do you know that there is going to be an accident?" I overheard what you were saying outside in the afternoon, and I wondered why you were preventing the start of work, but now I understand that your attitude has changed since you saw that wooden beam, what the hell have you discovered? ”

"Boss Ma, how could I have predicted such an accident, but ......." I don't even know what to say.

Just when I didn't know how to explain it, Lao Wang, Lao Li and the family members of Foreman Wu arrived, and they swarmed around Ma Fugui crying and crying for an explanation, and indirectly relieved me.

I explained to them together with the police that it was an accident, that Ma Fu was not bad, that he would do his best in the spirit of humanitarianism, and that he would bear the responsibility, that he would pay for the funeral of Lao Wang and Lao Li, and that he would cover all the expenses of Foreman Wu's surgery.

The family members saw that Ma Fugui had a good attitude, so they quieted down.

My cousin finally arrived at one o'clock in the middle of the night, and he first looked at Foreman Wu's injuries, and finally took me to a corner of the hospital where no one was there.

"Cousin, what the hell is going on, why do you know something is going to happen?" I asked the question in my mind.

"The water vapor in the house is caused by the accumulation of yin qi, and the cracking of the wall is due to the satellite receiver on the roof of the building absorbing the thundercloud gas in the sky all year round. My cousin frowned.

The first time I heard my cousin say this, my first impression was superstition, but what he said was so reasonable that I couldn't refute it, so I asked, "What's wrong with that wooden beam?" ”

"Termites eating wood and hexagram mirrors bursting are not ordinary phenomena, that wooden beam is not ordinary wood, it should be a yin wood." My cousin said.

"Yin Mu?" I'm a little puzzled.

"Those who do our business divide the wood into two attributes, yin and yang, this wood must have been cut near the grave, absorbing a lot of dead people's yin, evil is very evil, it should not be used to make beams, over time the house will be yin, but anyone who wants to break ground on that house will invite trouble." My cousin said sternly.

I was confused, and there was still a yin and yang in wood.

At this time, I noticed Xiao Cai sitting there in a daze, and asked curiously: "Xiao Cai also has a share, why is he okay?" ”

The cousin glanced at Xiao Cai carefully and said, "This kid is estimated to be hard, and he was lucky enough to escape." ”