This bite came suddenly. Although Granny Yang was already an old man with sparse teeth, the power of her bite was immense, regardless of age. In severe pain, I could only loosen my grip on her ankle. At this time, she also jumped forward and disappeared into the night.
Only then did I realize that the position where I fell on the ground was in the vegetable patch of Grandma Yang's house, in front of the three graves. The surroundings were very dark, and I could only distinguish the three bumps in front of me from their outlines as graves, so I ignored the severe pain in my hands and quickly took out a flashlight to look around. I knew she must not have gone far, she must be nearby.
A few seconds later, a cat meowed from behind the tomb. I was so frightened that I quickly pointed the beam of my flashlight in the direction of the sound. At this time, a disheveled head emerged from behind the tomb. That was Yang. My mother-in-law, she must have hid behind the grave just after biting me. At this moment, her expression looked a bit ferocious, her teeth were bared, and there was blood on her mouth when she bit me just now. Her eyebrows came together because of her expression, and when the light of my flashlight hit her face, her eyes began to reflect light. Everything felt like an extremely angry cat, ready to attack me again at any time and tear me into pieces.
Even though I was extremely scared at the moment, I also knew that if I turned around and ran away, she would definitely catch up with me. Then I would have to fight the enemy from behind, which would make me even more passive. Just now I was dragged out of the house and bitten. To a large extent, it was because everything happened so suddenly that I was caught off guard. It was probably also because I saw my embarrassment that this possessed cat The old cat in Granny Yang will continue to provoke me at this moment.
When I thought of this, my heart calmed down a little, so I stood up on my knees and found that my feet had begun to tremble in the night wind. The palm of the left hand is stretched out because there is a purple tab in the palm. I took out my six-direction seal with my right hand, took a deep breath, and walked towards Granny Yang lying on the grave.
Grandma Yang opened her mouth and let out a long sound of "Chi!". I knew that it was the sound the cat made when it was angry, but I didn't care about it anymore, because every extra second of delay might cause something to happen. Other changes. If Zi Wei Tao and Liu Fang Seal were used to hit Grandma Yang, I would be sure to get rid of the cat possessing her, but it would also cause Grandma Yang to be injured. Fortunately, cats are just animal spirits after all. Although they can dodge and resist, they don't know the skills after all. Otherwise, when it controls Granny Yang's body, it will not still act like a cat.
When I was about one meter away from Granny Yang, she suddenly kicked her legs on the grave and rushed towards me. I had expected that she would do this, so I turned slightly sideways, allowing her to jump away. Because it was a vegetable field, the soil on the ground was relatively soft, so if I fell down this time, I didn't even hit Grandma Yang. Instead, it gave me a chance to subdue her.
So when she landed on the ground, I grabbed the back of Granny Yang's neck with my left hand. Instead of hitting her, I took advantage of the situation and pressed the Zi Wei tabu of my left hand slightly hard on the back of Granny Yang's neck. I saw her hands and feet starting to kick around, but she couldn't move on the ground. If I didn't have Zi Wei Tao in my palm at this moment, I don't think I could suppress this possessed power. At this time, I pressed the Six Directions Seal on the Baihui point on Grandma Yang's head. With a little force, I began to rotate clockwise on the top of my head at a constant speed while chanting:
"Ding Chou prolongs my life, Ding Hai restrains my soul. Ding You restrains my soul, Ding Wei prevents me from disasters. Ding Si protects me from danger, Ding Mao protects me from misfortune. Jiazi protects my body, Jiaxu protects my shape. Jiashen strengthens me. Life, Jiawu guards my soul. Jiachen suppresses my spirit, Jiayin cultivates my truth. Urgency is like a law!"
This mantra is called Liuding Liujia Mantra, which is a mantra that protects the body and refreshes the mind. This spell has no harmful effect on the ghost itself. At most, it can only be a bluff to scare, but it can allow the person who is haunted by the ghost to gather his own spirit without being crowded out by other possessed objects. Everything is in disarray. In addition, this is a cat. I even think that even if I recite the incantation to exorcise evil spirits, it may not be able to be driven away. After all, it cannot understand it. So this Liudingliujia mantra was recited by me to the soul in Grandma Yang’s body. As long as the spirit of the soul is concentrated under the urging of the spell, it will naturally make other souls occupying the body have no way out.
This trick was very effective. Two or three seconds after reciting the incantation, Granny Yang's body, which had been struggling desperately, suddenly stopped. It's like a person falling asleep. I knew that this meant that the ghost of the old cat had left Granny Yang’s body, so I released my hand holding Granny Yang’s neck, stood up, and looked around for the black shadow of the cat I saw at first. At this time , from the direction of the grave behind me, that weird cat meowing sound came again.
The reason why I say it is weird is not only because this sound has appeared several times before, but also because when I turned my head to look, I could only hear the sound but not see anything. I slowly approached sideways and found that the sound was coming from the direction of the earthen grave of Granny Yang's wife. When I got closer, I found that the cat's meow was a bit muddy, as if it was talking under a quilt. I listened carefully. , and then realized that the sound came from inside the tomb.
The first night, Grandma Yang was so frightened that she sat upright due to the meowing of the cat in the grave. Even though I was prepared, I was still a little surprised when I heard it. Ghosts have the ability to penetrate, but why does this old cat want to get into the grave? Is it to avoid my pursuit? Then why do you still want to make any noise for me to notice?
According to Master's analysis, the reason why the cat possessed Grandma Yang was actually to protect Grandma Yang in its own way and prevent her from being harmed by other ghosts. The other ghosts here are exactly the owners of the tomb they hide in. I gently put my ear close to the grave so that I could hear the meowing sound more clearly. Only then did I realize that the meowing sound was not only an angry cry, but also a feeling of being anxious but unable to do anything. .
Could it be that this cat was caught by the owner of the tomb? Want to struggle but can't escape? In order to confirm my idea, I quickly planted and lit three incense sticks in front of the grave. At this moment, I was not asking them to help me find traces. The only order I gave them was to find the cat for me.
If the cat was caught by Granny Yang’s wife, then my actions at this moment are tantamount to forcing the door open to capture someone else’s house. The relationship between ordinary dead souls and soldiers is like the relationship between the army and the common people. In terms of form and level, they are equal to each other. But from an official position, although my soldiers and horses are rampant, they can still suppress the small with more, and the weak with strong. This cat had no fault except for hurting people. It would not be a good thing if it was destroyed by ghosts.
After the soldiers and horses were ordered, I continued to wait quietly by the tomb. Soon, the cat's meowing stopped. A black mist emerged from the other side of the tomb, drifted slowly to my feet and then stopped moving.
This was a sign of surrender. I originally did not intend to use my soldiers and horses because I was afraid that the beast would go crazy and hurt my soldiers and horses. Only now did I realize that this trick was simple and crude and more effective.
Since I have no experience in dealing with animal spirits, and there is no way to collect them into soldiers and horses, I can only make a seal on the wooden fuji, let the old cat's ghost attach to it, and let the master find a way to deal with it later. After everything was over, everything was quiet, and after the soldiers and horses were recovered, the three soldiers and horses incense also lost their meaning. So I squatted beside the earthen grave, silently thanking Granny Yang’s wife for helping her, and then burned some paper money, then carried Granny Yang, who was lying in the mud, back to the house like a sandbag. .
After putting her back on the bed and covering her up with the quilt, it was almost past 1 o'clock at night. I sat quietly in the main room. The position was exactly where Grandma Yang sat during the day. While I was bandaging the wounds on my hands, I was thinking about what would happen to Granny Yang on the tenth day of the first lunar month. Master once said that our profession is like that of a doctor. There are always people who cannot be saved. If we cannot save them, that is how their lives should be. If too many personal emotions are mixed in during this period, it will affect our judgment, and the accuracy of this judgment not only determines how far we can go in this industry, but even determines when we encounter danger. , will it become a greater danger because of emotion?
That night, I don't remember how long I was thinking about it, but it was the most peaceful night in the past few days. Nothing weird happened after that, and I fell asleep leaning against the wall around three in the morning because I was too tired.
The next morning I told Granny Yang that everything has been settled. You have been affected a lot these days. Stop farming, rest at home and be in a daze. Grandma Yang was very happy, and she didn't remember the violent movement last night at all. I don't want to tell her that since I know these will be her last days, I should just go to the end peacefully.
I didn’t even eat breakfast, so I packed up my things and took them down the mountain. Before leaving, I took apart the wooden figure that I had tied up as a shelter that was torn apart by the cat last night and put it back into the woodpile.
After coming down the mountain, Master saw the frustration on my face and thought I had come back without finishing things. I told him that everything was done. Except for the stains on my face and hands, and the fact that I didn’t know how to deal with the ghost of this cat, Nothing else is a problem. Master nodded. He probably knew why I was frustrated, but he had no choice but to sigh and walk away silently.
On January 10th, Grandma Yang passed away on her bed at home. I did not go to pay her respects, but Master and Aunt Xu made preparations in advance, so they allowed Grandma Yang and her husband to leave smoothly. After the master came back, he told me that when Grandma Yang passed away, the expression on her face seemed to be a smile.
In this life, people come from nothing to something, and then from something to nothing. It is originally that simple. After this incident, I spent many days in such a negative mood. Master saw that I was unhappy, and I had been hiding from the limelight in the village for a while, so he said to me, otherwise, you can come with me to relax. It just so happened that I was going to the city in the next few days to pay a visit to a doctor. Old friend, do some errands.
So I promised Master that since the city is currently in chaos, I won't be unlucky enough to meet the same people who arrested me in the first place. Just follow Master for some fun and come back with a different mood.
Three days later, we, master and apprentice, set foot on the road back to the city. Since I had to come back and my master was nearby, I only brought some necessary tools and set out on the road. I didn’t talk much on the way, so Master just found a topic to talk to me about. He asked me, don’t you want to know where we are going this time? Out of concern for middle-aged and elderly people, I asked cooperatively, where are we going?
Master said, go save people.
