The time has come to 7:31!
It is 15 kilometers from Bacun to Longtan Town. When passing other villages during this period, the driver will stop to pick up passengers. In villages closer to the town, he only charges 5 cents per person.
After riding for half an hour, Gao Yongqiang's family finally arrived at Longtan Town.
Early in the morning, the town was very lively, with people coming and going, and the shouts of vendors!
Following the address given by their second uncle, they went to No. 21 South Street to look for Daochang Li.
After walking for more than ten minutes, they came to South Street and followed the number at the door to find No. 21.
Boom, boom, boom! ! !
Gao Yongqiang and his wife were overjoyed, knocked on the door, and shouted: "Daozhang Li!"
"coming."
After a while, a deep voice came from the room.
Click!
There was a sound of footsteps inside, and after a while, the door opened, and a fat middle-aged man appeared in the eyes of Gao Yongqiang's family.
Gao Yongqiang said quickly: "Taoist Master, my name is Gao Yongqiang. I am from Gaojia Village. I was introduced by my second uncle Gao Guoqiang."
Li Youdao glanced at the three members of the Gao family, and finally his eyes fell on Gao Yongqiang. His expression changed slightly, "Come in!"
After closing the door, Li Youdao took them into the house.
Gao Yongqiang's family followed Li Youdao but hesitated to speak.
"sit down!"
Arriving at the living room, Li Youdao motioned for them to sit down. He was also a guest when he entered. He took out three cups from the cabinet and placed them on the tea table.
He picked up the kettle, washed three cups, poured hot water and placed them in front of their table.
"I already know your purpose of coming."
Seeing Gao Yongqiang's hesitant expression, Li Youdao said directly: "Brother Gao, in Pindao Temple, your seal is black and you have evil spirits on your body. I'm afraid you might get dirty. But now the black has turned purple, which means that the other party has been pestering you for a long time." Shao, now your time is running out.”
When Gao Yongqiang heard this, he suddenly panicked and begged for help: "Taoist Priest, please help me!"
Li Youdao asked him, "Tell Pindao what happened. How did you get into trouble with it?"
"I don't know how I got into trouble with him. It's Li Damao from the village next to us."
Gao Yongqiang said in horror: "Four days ago, after I finished lowering the eel cage..."
After listening to Gao Yongqiang's story, Li Youdao analyzed it, shook his head and sighed: "You are in big trouble. The person you met that night who ate the sacrifices was the ghost of Li Damao."
"According to your description, it was the seventh day of Li Damao's life. Li Damao's family came to pay homage to the accident site and asked him to go home."
"Generally speaking, the first seven become ghosts, eat the sacrifices, go home to see their relatives, and then are recalled to the underworld, but your voice scared him."
"As the saying goes, people are 30% afraid of ghosts, and ghosts are 70% afraid of people. He has just become a ghost, and his soul is unstable. If he is frightened by you, his soul will scare him away, and he will forget the way home, so he will haunt you. .”
"In addition, he is a murderous ghost, and it is the seventh yin month. He has a lot of resentment and will always haunt you."
Li Youdao said seriously: "Looking at your current appearance, Yin Qi has entered your body, and Li Damao is getting closer and closer to you. If Li Damao refuses to leave within three days, you will definitely die."
Gao Yongqiang was frightened when he heard that he would definitely die in three days. He quickly grabbed Li Youdao's hand and said in fear: "Taoist Master, you must save me!"
"It's not that there's no way, it's just..."
Li Youdao knocked on the table and stopped mid-sentence.
Gao Yongqiang understood this and quickly took out a red envelope from his pocket and handed it to Li Youdao, "Taoist Priest, this is my little thought, please accept it!"
Li Youdao took the red envelope and felt the thickness, then nodded with satisfaction and said the method of cracking it, "You go back and prepare sacrifices, a rooster, a piece of pork, some apples, incense candles, paper money, and a roll of white thread."
"A small opening is made on the lower abdomen of the rooster, the internal organs are taken out, and then cooked together with the pork."
"Bring a sacrifice at eight o'clock tonight and go to the place where Li Damao's accident happened to pay homage. Put the incense candle on the apple. Apologize sincerely and tell him that you did it unintentionally that day."
"Then tie the bottom of the incense candle with a white thread and lead the thread to the entrance of their village. Along the way, you have to call Li Damao's name and throw paper money to call his wisdom back."
"When his wisdom returns, he will be able to remember the way home when he returns to the village entrance."
"Remember, on your way home, never look back. No matter who, even your family, tells you not to look back, otherwise you will definitely die."
Gao Yongqiang nodded and said excitedly: "Daozhang Li, when Li Damao returns home, will you let me go?"
Li Youdao shook his head, "It's not over yet!"
"ah?"
Gao Yongqiang was dumbfounded. He apologized and sent you back home. You still refused to let me go. Is our hatred so deep?
"wait for me!"
Li Youdao stood up and walked into the room.
After a while, he came out with two talismans and handed the talisman paper to Gao Yongqiang. "The first talisman is for your self-defense. Wear it on your body and don't put it down."
"Li Damao is a vicious man with a lot of grievances. Just in case, you will send him away tonight."
"Go home, cut off a piece of hair, wrap it in a second talisman, and tie the talisman to the rooster. Place the rooster on your bed and tie its feet so it doesn't get away."
"And you hide under the bed, no matter what happens outside, don't make a sound, and come out after daybreak."
"If the rooster is still alive the next day, it means that Li Damao has put it down and the matter is over."
"If the rooster dies but the talisman on its body is burned, it means that Li Damao has not let go, and the rooster is your substitute. This matter is not over yet."
Having said this, he said with a solemn expression: "Come back to Pindao immediately!"
"yes!"
When Gao Yongqiang heard Li Youdao's words, he was shocked and frightened, and his heart was full of bitterness. He just said the word "Who" and got into trouble.
Li Youdao warned him: "Except for you tonight, everyone in the family has told them not to come back and to stay with relatives and friends for one night."
"Yes, thank you, Taoist Master, for your advice!"
Gao Yongqiang and his wife thanked Li Youdao profusely before leaving with their son.
Li Youdao sent Gao Yongqiang and his family away. After closing the door, he returned to the living room and opened the red envelope to see how much money there was.
A total of 5 yuan. In the early 1980s, the average monthly salary was 30 yuan. In addition, Gao Yongqiang was from a rural area, which was already a lot.
He made five yuan early in the morning. It seems that he is lucky today and has a good meal today.
After Gao Yongqiang's family left Li Youdao's house, the couple separated.
Gao Yongqiang went to the market to buy pork, roosters and fruits, while Wu Xiaocui took her son to buy incense, candles, paper money, ingots, and white thread.
………
time flies!
At seven o'clock in the evening, Gao Yongqiang's family, after dinner!
Wu Xiaocui scalded the rooster and pork, packed the sacrifices for her husband, and after giving some instructions, she worriedly took her son to stay at her second uncle's house.
When the time came to half past seven, Gao Yongqiang took a look at the time, took the oil lamp, and carried the sacrifices to Stone Village.
After walking for half an hour, we finally arrived at the bridgehead of Stone Village, where Li Damao's accident occurred.
Gao Yongqiang shuddered as a dark wind blew, and felt a creepy feeling. He suppressed the fear in his heart, took out the sacrifices, and placed them on the ground.
Following Li Youdao's instructions, he lit incense candles and stuck them on the apples.
Then he bowed three times, took out the paper money and ingots from the basket, lit them and placed them on the ground. He kept mumbling and apologizing, "Brother Da Mao, don't blame me. It's because I'm ignorant and disturbed your enjoyment." Tribute.”
"My little brother did it unintentionally. I brought a gift today to apologize to you. I hope you will accept the gift and forgive me for my mistake."
"After you finish enjoying the sacrifice, I will take you home!"
call!
A dark wind blew and the candlelight flickered. Gao Yongqiang felt that the temperature around him had dropped a lot, and the fear in his heart amplified.
After the paper money and ingots he brought were burned, Gao Yongqiang bowed three times and said, "Brother Da Mao, please eat the rest of the tribute slowly. I will take you home now."
He took out a roll of white thread and tied it to the wooden stick under the incense candle. Then he pulled the white thread and walked towards Stone Village, threw a handful of paper money and shouted: "Li Damao, go home."
Every few steps he walked, Gao Yongqiang would throw paper money and shout loudly, "Li Damao, go home."
The loud shouts reached the Stone Village not far away. The villagers were frightened when they heard someone calling Li Damao's name!
More than five minutes later!
Gao Yongqiang came to the entrance of Shitou Village, put a white line on the ground at the entrance, and scattered all the paper money, "Brother Damao, we have arrived at your village. Once you enter, you can go home."
After doing all this, Gao Yongqiang turned around and left with the oil lamp, walking quickly towards home.
Halfway through, the road was uneventful and nothing weird happened.
Just when he was about to relax, suddenly, a familiar voice came from behind him, "Lao Gao, are you done so quickly?"
It was the voice of his wife Wu Xiaocui. Gao Yongqiang stiffened, "No, my mother-in-law took some sons to the second uncle's house, there is no way she will appear here."
He remembered what Li Youdao had said to him in the morning: no matter who called him, don't look back or talk to him.
Gao Yongqiang didn't reply, he gritted his teeth and continued walking forward.
They all apologized and even sent him home personally, but Li Damao still refused to let him go.
"Lao Gao, what's the matter with you? Why don't you reply to me?"
The voice sounded again, with dissatisfaction in its tone.
Gao Yongqiang continued to turn a deaf ear and remained silent, while his steps quickened.
"Lao Gao, you are so brave, aren't you? You don't even care about me?"
"Lao Gao..."
The voice behind him became increasingly impatient and filled with anger.
"Dad, why are you ignoring grandma?"
"dad……"
The voice again pretended to be his son's.
The voice behind him followed him to the entrance of Gaojia Village before stopping.
Gao Yongqiang's hanging heart relaxed and he hurriedly ran home.
When he returned home, he closed the door. Judging from the situation just now, Li Damao still refused to let him go.
He went to the kitchen, grabbed the rooster he bought from the town that morning, took out a pair of scissors, cut off a piece of his hair, wrapped it in a charm, and tied it around the rooster's neck.
Back in the room, he tied the rooster's feet and then tied them to the bed with a rope to prevent it from moving around and falling off the bed.
