Chapter 9 Bait
I don't know what happened after that, but I remember that after hearing the master's voice, I lost consciousness.
When he woke up again, he had returned to the shop, and in front of him was the master's gloomy face.
I swallowed a mouthful of saliva and looked at the master cautiously, not daring to let out a breath.
The atmosphere of the whole shop fell into a frozen state, and even Chen Yu, who was usually very arrogant, stood by the bed in a regular manner at this time, and did not dare to open his mouth rashly to speak.
My master and I had a long confrontation like this, and in the end he spoke first.
"What have you been doing in the past few days since I've been away?"
I reported a hint of luck and whispered, "No.... I didn't do anything... So he sent a coffin to a family. ”
"Just a coffin?" The master stared into my eyes and asked.
I felt a little weak, but I still insisted, "yes..."
The master snorted, as if he was laughed at by me.
"Okay, then I'll ask you. Which family are you sending coffins to? ”
"What is the style of the coffin?"
"Is the deceased old or young, male or female?"
"Red envelope geometry?"
I was dizzy with a series of questions, and I replied half-truthfully: "The customer is from another county... The style is the size of the head, the wordless black coffin... The deceased was twenty-five years old, and was. It's a woman..."
"Are you sure?" The master asked.
I nodded slightly.
Seeing this, the master first sighed, and then reprimanded: "You are farting!" Chen Jiu, Chen Jiu, they are all dying, and they don't know how to recruit them truthfully. ”
"What the hell did you leave the shop that day!"
Facing the master's questioning, my heart suddenly rose to my throat, "I... I..."
I didn't know how to answer, and Chen Wu, who was standing on the side, anxiously persuaded me: "Brother, say it quickly!" If the master hadn't appeared in time just now, you would have drowned. ”
As she spoke, she brought me a mirror and held it to me, looking at me and stopping.
Finally, he sighed and said, "You... You'd better see for yourself. ”
I felt strange when I raised the mirror and looked at it to know why Chen Yu was this expression, not to mention her, I myself was startled at first glance.
My face is reflected in the mirror, where does it look like a living person?
His face was as pale as paper without bloodshots, his mouth was blue, and his eyes were black, clearly like a dead man without life!
I immediately looked at the master: "This.. What's going on? How so. ”
The master didn't explain, but motioned for me to continue looking back.
I did so, and then I saw a blood-red palm print on the back of my neck, and it was the thing that grabbed my head and sent me into the water.
At this time, the master suddenly came over and stretched out a hand, I thought he was going to hit me and subconsciously dodged it.
But instead of making a move, he pulled out my coat pocket and pulled out a handful of black ash from it.
Now I get it all.
It was my amulet that was originally placed here, but now it has turned to ashes, which means that even it can't stop the evil thing that wants to harm me!
"Do you want to keep it hidden?"
The master asked Chen Yu to leave first and then asked again, this time I quickly shook my head, and then told everything I was hiding.
From stealing the secret art to quietly accepting Li Quan's commission, the master's face became darker and darker, and finally turned into a pool of stagnant water.
When I heard that the client's birthday was the same as mine, the master jumped up from his chair and pointed at my nose and scolded, "You idiot! ”
"How.. What's wrong? ”
I don't understand that there are so many babies born at the same time every day, isn't it normal for someone to have the same birthday as me?
The master looked like he hated iron but not steel: "Didn't you forget that you were born and stillborn?" There are indeed many people in this world who have the same birthday, but they don't include you, because people who have the same birthday as you are already dead! ”
When I heard this, it dawned on me.
But why does the customer's birthday become mine?
What's in it for him?
These two questions that made me puzzled were broken by the master in one sentence: "Obviously, you stupid boy let people put it together, and this matter should be a game from beginning to end." ”
There is one of the biggest drawbacks of the secret art of inducing evil - worshipping the evil spirit, you must know that the evil is essentially an evil spirit, this thing has a strange and changeable temperament, like a time bomb, once it explodes, the consequences are unimaginable.
Some people, who enjoy the blessings of good fortune but are unwilling to worship a time bomb, resort to another kind of evil art to bring the evil upon others.
This behavior is called "bait" in jargon, and I am the "bait" in this transaction.
Whether it is a murderous house or a birthday, these things are prepared in advance, and the customer's generosity is also to lure me in!
After listening to the master's explanation, I was dumbfounded, if this is the case, I feel like I am a bad pen, I don't know if I sold myself, and I am still counting the money.
But.....
I thought about it and felt that something was still wrong.
First, how did the people in the game know that I had secretly learned the secret arts?
Second, where did they find out about my birthdate?
The date of birth on my ID card is fake, and no one in this world knows my real birth date except for the master and my grandmother who is far away in Duoxing Village!
How would Li Quan know?
The day I was born was also my mother's death day, and my grandmother was the first person to find out that my mother had hanged herself.
As for the master, it is even more impossible, he said that my birth date is very special, and I must not tell anyone easily.
These two points are also strange to the master.
It can be seen that people who are not familiar with us cannot do this game!
But I'm a hairy boy who has not been deeply involved in the world, and I usually work diligently and conscientiously, and I have never had a grudge against anyone.
Who is it that has such a deep hatred for me?
and they will put me to death!
I really don't know......
The master stroked the beard on his chin and muttered, "These people may be coming at me......"
The master often goes out to run errands, and there is a greater possibility of problems on his side.
What kind of person would be eyeing the master, I looked at him puzzled.
The master frowned and thought for a while, but it seemed that there was no result.
The two were speechless.
After a while, the master decided to solve the important matter at hand first.
That evil thing can't hurt me during the day today, but it will come back in the evening!
But the amulet could no longer save my life, and the master had to find another way.
"There's a way to save your life, but ...... Alas! ”
The master sighed, frowning and very entangled, as if he didn't want to use this method.
So he lost his temper with me: "I told you not to be curious, not to go in, but not to listen!" Forget it when you go in, you still steal it, you just steal it.... This three-legged cat kung fu dares to accept the commission? Just do the murderous house practice! It's really hard wings, and I'm not afraid of getting burned. ”
I lowered my head and whispered, "Isn't this just burning......"
The master became even more angry when he heard this, pointed to my nose and said, "Still talk back." How could I have a stupid apprentice like you! I don't know how I was cheated to death! ”
He didn't mind more than stealing secret arts, that I was being played around for money, and that I was getting into trouble myself.
After saying that, the master finally left the room.
When I came back a few minutes later, I had a square wooden box in my hand.
I looked curiously, and the master immediately said, "Don't move!" ”
I withdrew my hand in a huff, and the master hid the wooden box under the pillow.
Then he turned his head and told me: "This thing can save your life tonight, but it will also cost you ten days of life, hurry up and contact that Li Quan, and I will go to Jinbei with you tomorrow." ”
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