Chapter 19: The Paper Man Stand-in
It's just that Ah Dong refused without thinking about it, and directly said that he wanted to go with me to see the master, compared to his life, what is the injury on his arm and head, he just wants to save himself quickly.
Seeing Adong's insistence, I didn't have an idea, and in the end, under Adong's constant urging, I had to take him to the master.
"Master, please save Adong."
As soon as I went back, I told everything that Ah Dong had said, and finally begged my master to help save my life.
"Master, please."
Ah Dong snapped and knelt on the ground, kowtowed heavily to the master, and begged the master to help him.
"Adong, you get up first, in fact, we can be a paper man stand-in, so as to replace our lives."
The master helped Ding Wu up, and after thinking about it, he proposed to be a stand-in for the paper man, which was also a method that he thought of for a long time when he knew that Adong was going to borrow his life.
After speaking, the master found a piece of rune paper, cut a paper figure in the appearance of Adong, and used it to replace Adong.
I looked down at the paper figure carefully, and then at Adong, but I didn't see any similarities between them.
"Master, can this paper man really take his place, this is not like Adong at all." I pointed to the paper figure and asked suspiciously.
"Adong, tell me your birthday."
The master ignored me, but asked Ah Dong about his birthday.
Ah Dong didn't think about it and told the master the eight characters of his birthday, only to see the master close his eyes and recite a spell to the paper man that I didn't understand at all, and the next second, the paper man became exactly the same person as Ah Dong under our noses.
It's just that compared with Adong, the paper figure is different except for the same mold.
In the end, the master took out a red silk scarf from Ah Dong's arms, tied it directly to the paper man's body, and pricked Ah Dong's finger with a needle, took a drop of blood, and dripped it on the paper man's body.
"Master, is this the end?" Seeing that the master withdrew his hand, I hurriedly asked curiously.
Adong was also curious, but he was a little more nervous than me.
"It's up to us to see if we can get through tonight." The master frowned and said, and then there was no follow-up, seeing this, even if I had more questions in my heart, it was not good to ask out loud.
"Master, Ah Dong has a fever."
In the middle of the night, Adong suddenly had a high fever and muttered vigorously, I was startled by Adong's voice, and hurriedly looked up at Adong, but unexpectedly found that Adong was flushed and unconscious.
I stretched out my hand again and touched Adong's head, I was so excited that I quickly withdrew my hand when I was hot, I had no idea for a while, and stumbled out of the door, but I saw the master.
It turned out that the master heard my voice and hurriedly rushed over, and as soon as the master came in, he saw the blackened paper figure and the red silk scarf on Adong's body.
"Apprentice, you take the red silk scarf and go to the person who borrowed your life."
Seeing this, the master's heart tightened, and he hurriedly did it, and the next second, a paper crane appeared in front of me, and the master took off the red silk scarf from Adong's body, handed it to me, and told me to find someone who borrowed my life.
I nodded, put the red silk scarf in my arms, and followed the paper crane all the way to the rich merchant in the neighboring village.
"Paper crane, you must have found the wrong place."
I looked at the big mansion in front of me, hesitated for a moment, and vaguely felt that the paper crane had found the wrong person.
But this paper crane was made by the master, it is impossible to be fake, there is no way, I have to pluck up the courage, walk up and knock on the door gently.
"Who are you looking for?" After a while, a little servant opened the door, looked at me carefully, and asked in a cold voice with an impatient expression.
"I'm looking for your master Jia Fugui." I didn't care about the attitude of the little guy, and said with a smile.
"What are you looking for my lord?" When the little girl heard that he was looking for Jia Fugui, he immediately looked at me vigilantly and asked.
"I want to ask, is there someone in Old Man Jia's mansion who is about to die in the past two days?" I hesitated for a moment, then asked tactfully.
"Let's go, let's go, I'm dead, and I'm going to have a nervous disorder at night."
Unexpectedly, as soon as the little guy heard what I said, his attitude instantly became bad, and he immediately began to drive people away, and I wanted to say something, but the little guy didn't give me a chance to open his mouth at all, and closed the door with a snap.
"Why is this family so weird?"
I looked at the big house in front of me, and I always felt that the people in this house gave people a strange feeling, but I couldn't say how strange it was.
As soon as I thought of Ah Dong, who was still in a coma with a high fever, I stepped forward and knocked on the door again, but this time no matter how hard I tried, no one came out.
In desperation, I had to leave first, and after such a delay, it was directly delayed until six or seven o'clock the next day.
I glanced up at the already white sky, shook my head, and continued to walk back, and on the way back, I happened to meet an old woman.
"Grandma, do you know what happened recently in Master Jia Fugui's house?" I was overjoyed, and hurriedly stepped forward and asked politely.
"Jia Fugui, Master Jia?"
The old woman looked at me, as if she had not heard clearly, and asked rhetorically, but I nodded emphatically, indicating that this was what I was asking.
"What do you ask him about at home?" The old woman did not answer my question directly, but looked at me cautiously and asked rhetorically.
"I am a distant relative of Master Jia, I heard that something seems to have happened in his family, I thought about coming over to take a look, but I thought that the people in his family did not recognize me."
Listening to the old woman's questioning, I panicked, and was very worried that I would show my stuff, and suddenly I had an idea and found such an excuse to prevaricate.
At first, the old woman didn't believe me, but after looking at me a few times, she didn't notice anything unusual, and then she believed me.
I saw that the old woman sighed heavily, pulled me under a big tree, sat on the stone next to the tree, took a breath, and then slowly told me about Jia Fugui's family.
Just as I was chatting with the old woman, there were a lot of villagers around, and I heard that I was inquiring about Jia Fugui's family.
They gave me a strange look, but when they knew why I was asking, they changed their attitude and looked at me sympathetically.
After the old woman and others talked about it, I finally learned that it was his young lady who had a strange illness and refused to see anyone, and died several times and came back to life.
"Run, Jia Furong is out."
Suddenly, a frightened voice sounded in my ear and I followed the voice, and I realized that everyone was panicking.