Awen moved a chair and asked Uncle Jiu to sit down. The male ghost in ancient costume knelt in front of him. Zhang Ze and others stood around holding ink fountains to prevent him from escaping.
This scene is very similar to the ancient yamen interrogating prisoners.
"Tell me, what is the reason that made you deliberately scare this family?"
Uncle Jiu sat upright and asked with a majestic expression.
The male ghost in ancient costume said tremblingly: "This family built the house on top of Xiaosheng's house. They slept peacefully, but Xiaosheng couldn't sleep peacefully."
"Ghosts also have homes?" Zhang Feng asked curiously.
"It's probably his grave." Zhang Ze explained in a low voice.
Uncle Jiu nodded. He was not the one who wanted to kill everyone, so he asked, "Where is your tomb?"
"It's just under his bed!" The male ghost in ancient costume said with an aggrieved face: "The yang energy of a living person is too strong, pressing on my body, making my yin energy sluggish, making it difficult day and night. I really can't stand it anymore , and then moved them from the bed to the yard."
"I just wanted them to move out quickly, but I didn't expect that not only did they not move out, but they also asked someone to hang a Bagua mirror on the wall of the bedroom to deal with me!"
"I was so angry that I broke the Bagua mirror and carved bloody words on their bodies. But I didn't actually want to harm them. I just hoped to scare them away through this method."
At this point, the male ghost in ancient costume kowtowed repeatedly and begged Uncle Jiu for mercy: "Master, I know I was wrong, please don't kill me!"
The male ghost in ancient costume didn't know that the Bagua Mirror was brought by Uncle Jiu, but now that it knows, it doesn't dare to make mistakes again.
Uncle Jiu stood up and said, "I'm going to take a look first. If you tell the truth, I won't kill you, and I will choose a good place for you to bury your ashes again."
"Thank you, master! Thank you, master!"
The man in ancient costume was overjoyed and kowtowed again and again to express his thanks.
A group of people followed Uncle Jiu and arrived at Uncle Li's bedroom. This bedroom was not big, about two or three square meters. In addition to a wooden bed, there was also a four-corner table in the room.
"Master, my home is down there."
"Yeah." Uncle Jiu walked to the bed and looked under the bed. The floor was covered with tiles, so he couldn't see what was inside.
However, this could not escape Uncle Jiu's eyes. He took out the Bagua Compass, carefully identified it, and nodded: "There is indeed a tomb here, but the feng shui is not good, so you have been unable to reincarnate."
The male ghost in ancient costume was stunned and asked quickly: "Master, what should I do?"
"Didn't I just say that I will find a good place for you to be buried? As long as you stick to your duties and wait for seven to forty-nine days, ghost messengers will naturally come to find you."
The male ghost in ancient costume was overjoyed. He had long wanted to be reincarnated. It was much better than being a lonely ghost.
Because of the passage of time, all his family members have died long ago, and no one will visit his grave to burn incense anymore. He can only be trapped here, unable to go anywhere. Hundreds of years have passed, and it has almost driven him crazy.
Uncle Jiu walked out of the bedroom, called Uncle Li, and told him the cause of the matter.
Uncle Li was very confused and said: "When I first built the house, I didn't see any graves. Why is this?"
"This ghost's grave is too old and may have been bulldozed long ago, so you didn't find it." Uncle Jiu explained and said: "You can dig up the ground under the bed now, and you should be able to find the ghost's ashes. altar."
"Okay, I'll find someone to dig him out right now!" Uncle Li didn't dare to neglect and quickly asked his son to go out and look for someone.
His son quickly found four or five people. They moved the wooden bed away, lifted up the floor tiles underneath, and then dug three feet into the ground to find the urn of a man in ancient costume.
"Be careful not to break the urn when digging, otherwise it will be even more troublesome."
Uncle Jiu warned. It wasn't that he was afraid of the anger of the costumed male ghost. But I am worried that once the ashes are scattered, this male ghost in ancient costume may also disappear.
After all, his soul lives in that jar.
The male ghost in costume also looked nervous and kept reminding: "Slow down, slow down!"
After a while, a black urn was dug out. Although there were some fonts written on it, it was no longer clear because of its age. Everyone guessed that the name of a male ghost in ancient costume should be written on it.
"that's it!"
The male ghost in ancient costume stood next to Uncle Jiu, pointed to his urn and said, "This is my home."
"Awen, take the urn and put it in Yizhuang first. At some time, we can find a place to bury it again."
After hearing Uncle Jiu's instructions, Awen nodded and walked over, took the urn from Uncle Li's hand, and then covered it with a piece of red cloth.
The Dragon King asked curiously: "Why do you need to cover it with red cloth? Are you afraid of dust?"
"No." Awen explained: "Ghosts will absorb moonlight and become possessed, so we must prevent this from happening."
Uncle Jiu gave Uncle Li's family a few more words, telling them to rest assured that there would be no more hauntings in the future.
Uncle Li's family was grateful and gave two more hens to Uncle Jiu. Uncle Jiu didn't show any pretense, apologized and asked Aqiu to take them back.
Although everyone was tired after a long night of not sleeping much, everyone was still very excited about this journey of slaying demons and catching ghosts.
Especially Zhang Ze, Ju Shen and others, because they found that this experience gave them merit points.
However, the amount of merit points each of them received was not equal. Zhang Ze and Long Wang, who were directly involved in besieging the male ghost in costume, received the most merit points, each with 200 points.
The giant blocked the door and got one hundred and fifty points, while the girls only got fifty points each.
This also corroborates the previous speculations about the knife without emotion and the sky's melancholy. People who did not participate or contributed too little will receive little or even no merit.
"Why are there so few of us?"
The little princess Qian was very unhappy. She shouted: "Next time there is a ghost, let us girls do it!"
The Dragon King exposed her mercilessly: "Just keep your mouth shut. If a ghost really comes out, I'm afraid you'll be the first to run away!"
Everyone laughed after hearing this. Little Princess Qian glared at the Dragon King fiercely, turned her head to the side and became silent.
Although I gained some merit points by slaying demons and catching ghosts this time, I am still far away from unlocking the talent skills. However, everyone also recognized one truth from this incident, that is, there will be such a thing as slaying demons in the future. You must actively participate, and it is best to do it yourself, so that you can get more merit points.
In the days that followed, everyone followed Uncle Jiu. As long as there was ghost hunting, they all actively asked to participate. A month passed before they knew it.
Zhang Ze's merit points have reached 3,000 points. He has been saving them to no avail, just hoping to unlock his talents as soon as possible.
Among others, boys always have more merit points than girls. This does not mean that girls do not work hard, but because Uncle Jiu does not allow girls to participate in many occasions of exorcism and ghost hunting.
Because girls have strong yin energy, not only are they not helpful in catching ghosts, but they can also easily attract evil spirits, which can cause danger.
So all the girls can do is to do some tricks, and the merit points they get are naturally much less than those of the boys.
However, the girls have become much more courageous. After tempering, they have also opened their horizons and are no longer as timid and fearful as they used to be.
Anyway, with Uncle Jiu by their side, there is basically no monster that cannot be dealt with, which makes them feel very safe.
Everyone believes that as long as they persist, sooner or later, their merit points will reach 10,000 points and their talents will be unlocked.
However, the situation with Zhang Ze and the others' magic is not so optimistic.
The red circle before was only the size of a tea cup, but now it is the size of a plate!
It is estimated that if the operation continues at this rate, the red circle will reach the size of a washbasin in more than half a month, which is dangerous.
Because according to Uncle Jiu, once someone can pass through the red circle, it will be their death!
As for the way to unravel the evil spell, there is still no clue.
Uncle Jiu has been trying his best to help them find clues, but the records in the ancient books are limited, and Zhang Ze and the others have lost important memories and do not know any information about the person who performed the magic, so there is no way to find it.
Everyone felt a little heavy, although they could exit the demon realm and avoid death before the red circle grew larger.
But this way, they can no longer enter the Demon Realm to explore, because as soon as they log in, they will be affected by evil magic and their lives will be in danger.
"I hope Uncle Jiu will find a way soon..." Zhang Feng sighed.
The Dragon King interjected from the side: "I see, you shouldn't think that Uncle Jiu is too magical. After all, he is just a mortal who knows Taoism. As long as he is a mortal, there are things he can't do."
Having said that, Zhang Ze still has great confidence in Uncle Jiu in his heart. He believes that Uncle Jiu will definitely find a solution.
On this day, Uncle Jiu called Zhang Ze and others to his side and told them that he was going to the town to meet with the boss Ren, a local wealthy gentleman, and asked Zhang Ze and others to pack up and go with him.
Everyone was overjoyed. For more than a month, they had been living with Uncle Jiu in this remote rural area. The only people they had contact with were the villagers from the surrounding villages, and they had never been to big places.
This time I went to town with Uncle Jiu, which was an eye-opener.
Awen was also very excited. He hadn't been to town for a long time.
Ah Qiu looked indifferent, because this guy was originally from the town. His aunt opened a rouge and gouache shop in the town. He would usually help his aunt look after the shop. He would only go to Yizhuang when he was not busy. Come.
Therefore, Ah Qiu was relatively familiar with the town. He took the initiative and said to Zhang Ze and others: "When we get to the town, I will take you to visit. I am familiar with all the places there."
The Dragon King deliberately teased Ah Qiu and said, "Are you familiar with Yihongyuan? Are you also familiar with Yihongyuan?"
"Don't talk nonsense! I won't go to that kind of place!" Aqiu looked serious, but his eyes kept rolling, obviously there was something wrong in his heart.
Everyone smiled and did not expose him. They went back to pack their things and left Yizhuang with Uncle Jiu.
Yizhuang is half a day's journey from the town. Aqiu got on his bicycle and left first, carrying Awen on his back.
Zhang Ze and others accompanied Uncle Jiu as they walked slowly and leisurely towards the town. Anyway, the agreed time was in the afternoon, so there was no rush.
Finally arriving in the town, everyone walked on the street and looked around.
Zhang Ze felt that this so-called town was not as big as the fifth-tier small city where he used to live.
To put it bluntly, there are only a few four- or five-story earth buildings here, and a commercial street that can be seen to the end at a glance.
However, there are a lot of people on the street. There are many shops on both sides of the street. There is a constant flow of rickshaws and horse-drawn carriages. Occasionally, you can see a few cars with the characteristics of the Republic of China driving on the street, which gives a sense of the times.
Awen and Aqiu have arrived in the town and are waiting for Uncle Jiu and the others.
"Boss Ren asked me to meet at the restaurant. It shouldn't take long. Don't hang out for too long and come back early."
Everyone was very happy to see that Uncle Jiu agreed to let everyone go and play. They had been staying in Yi Zhuang and couldn't go anywhere. Now they finally had the opportunity to walk around and see how people lived in this era.
Aqiu shouted that he wanted to show everyone the world, so everyone followed him.
However, this town is still too small, and I visited it all in less than two hours.
There are many shops for girls to browse, including gold and silver jewelry, clothing, shoes and hats, rouge and gouache, etc. They will run in and take a look curiously.
But for boys like Zhang Ze, there is no attraction, except for places like that...
But in the murderous eyes of Liu Yueying, the little princess and the other girls, no one dared to take a step beyond their reach.
So, they ended up going shopping with the girls.
"Sisters, I invite you to go to my aunt's rouge and gouache shop and pick out some good things for you!"
Ah Qiu said generously: "Since you came to my master's righteous village, I have nothing to give you, so I will take this opportunity to give you a few greeting gifts."
Several girls suddenly became excited. They had seen a lot of them before, but they didn't have the coins of this era, so they couldn't buy them.
Now Aqiu took the initiative to give them some cosmetics, and the girls were very happy.
Aqiu's aunt is also a very kind person. I heard that Liu Yueying and others are friends of Aqiu or Uncle Jiu, so I let everyone choose as they please.
"Sister, this pink one is beautiful!"
"I think this light green scent is so special, I like this!"
"You country bumpkins have poor eyesight. Do you see this? Peony cream, this is an old brand! It was very expensive in our time. Auntie, I want this!"
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Several girls were chattering incessantly, while Zhang Ze and others stood aside in boredom. They didn't like these things and didn't understand them, so naturally they couldn't get a word in.
At this moment, a man and a woman pushed the door open and walked in from outside.
The man wore a pair of round-rimmed glasses and was dressed in a military uniform, except that the buttons on his collar were unbuttoned. He looked arrogant and vulgar.
Next to him is a girl in a white dress. She has a delicate face, outstanding temperament, and is very fashionable. She is incompatible with the people in the small town.
"Cousin Xiaoting, the products in this rouge and gouache shop are the best here. You can choose whatever you want, and my cousin will pay for it!"
The wretched man said to the girl with a smile.
"Cousin Chang Wei, my father said he wanted to move the grave, so he called me all the way back from Peiping. Why do we have to move such a good ancestral grave?"
The girl asked while choosing.