Chapter Fifty: Thirteen Ghost Caves
According to Qin Ye's requirements, Qin Feng bought a piece of jujube wood and cut it into thirteen conical segments with a knife. This was done to seal the thirteen ghost holes on Liu Qi Fang's body, preventing his soul from escaping and turning into a fierce ghost.
The so-called thirteen ghost holes refer to the thirteen important acupoints on the human body, namely: Ghost Palace Hole, Ghost Faith Hole, Ghost Barricade Hole, Ghost Heart Hole, Ghost Road Hole, Ghost Pillow Hole, Ghost Bed Hole, Ghost Market Hole, Ghost Cave Hole, Ghost Hall Hole, Ghost Hiding Hole, Ghost Leg Hole, and Ghost Seal Hole.
There is a kind of secret acupuncture method for exorcising evil spirits in folk, called "Thirteen Ghost Gates", which is used to treat madness. This needling technique is based on the thirteen ghost points on the human body.
To thoroughly eliminate these worries, it is necessary to do a thorough job of cremation.
At night, Qin Feng followed his grandfather to the back yard of the funeral home with Zhou Qin. Actually, Grandpa Qin didn't want to burn the body here, it's unlucky, but this corpse was too heavy, and taking it out would require a lot of effort. Moreover, if the police saw it, who knows what kind of trouble would arise?
"Grandpa, how should these jujube nails be dealt with?" Qin Feng asked, taking out the jujube nails he had whittled in the afternoon from his convenient bag.
Master Qin told Zhou Qin to remove the plastic sheet from the corpse, then said to Qin Feng: "Little Feng, first nail this jujube wood on the thirteen ghost holes of the corpse, seal his three souls and seven spirits."
Following Qin Ye's instructions, Qin Feng nailed the thirteen jujube woods to the ghost hole of Yin Shi one by one.
In fact, if you want to choose a good jujube nail, the best one is the jujube that has been struck by lightning. This kind of jujube is the essence of the combination of yin and yang energies between heaven and earth. Through lightning strikes, the energy of thunder and lightning is gathered in the jujube, and then made into a corresponding ritual instrument, its power is extraordinary. However, this kind of jujube is very rare to see, so it's hard to get.
The thirteen ghost holes were nailed, and then Master Qin took the stage. He instructed Qin Feng and Zhou Qin to sprinkle millet on the body and surroundings of the corpse, and then use millet and garlic cloves to seal the eyes, ears, mouth, and nose of the corpse, thus sealing off the source of the corpse's yin energy.
"Should we burn it now, Old Master Qin?" Zhou Qin asked after everything was set up.
"Grandfather Qin looked at his watch, it was already past 11 o'clock in the evening. After extinguishing the cigarette butt, he said: "Burn it, remember, when burning, the fire must not be extinguished, otherwise the yin evil will break through the body and fill the surroundings, and the three of us will all be killed by the evil spirit."
Qin Feng nodded and responded with a "yes", then poured gasoline on the dry hay under the corpse, and after a spark, it started burning with a "whoosh".
The flames were too big, and Qin Feng and the others had to retreat back into the house. Fortunately, the fire hadn't penetrated through the walls, or else you would have definitely been discovered.
Looking at the Yin corpse that had been completely eliminated in front of them, Qin Feng and the others also felt relieved and calm. Now that things were finally over, although there were still some inexplicable details, at least the snake spirit and the Yin corpse had been eliminated, leaving only this piece of ancient jade rock.
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For some reason, looking at the big fire in front of him, Qin Feng always felt uneasy in his heart and thought of that old man Wang.
The big fire lasted for more than 20 minutes before slowly extinguishing, with a strong smell of char and gasoline lingering in the air. Fortunately, today's southeast wind was very helpful, blowing it away after a while.
Looking at things being almost done, Master Qin said to Qin Feng: "Xiao Feng, dig a hole and bury these."
Qin Feng responded with a sound, just about to walk in front of the entity, when suddenly the dark and gloomy sky struck a loud thunder "Rumble!" A huge noise startled Qin Feng and the others, forcing them to stop and retreat.
He looked up at the sky and stuttered, then asked his grandfather: "Grandpa, what's going on?"
"Right, a bolt from the blue, don't know if it's good or bad luck. Never mind so much for now, let's just buy it first and talk about it later..."
Although I don't know what kind of omen it is, Qin Feng still felt that something was wrong somewhere, but he couldn't say it out loud, just like he couldn't pierce through that layer of gauze...
The next day, Qin Feng rushed to the funeral home as soon as he woke up. Old Man Qin was still sitting there, drinking tea and listening to the radio, as if nothing had happened.
"Grandpa, is everything all right?" Qin Feng asked with concern.
"No, last night's gust of wind blew it all away, don't worry, it was just the loud thunder from yesterday evening, I think there's some omen."
Qin Feng also thinks so, that thunder came suddenly, don't know what it is foreshadowing. But there is no way to verify, can only be guessed blindly.
Last night's gentle rain brought a long-awaited freshness, Qin Feng bid farewell to Master Qin and prepared to visit the old man alone, hoping to get some clues from him.
Just as Qin Feng came out of the funeral home, Zhou Qin drove up and said, "Qin Feng, I'm going back to Guangxi. A friend of mine is hosting a folk collection seminar in Hong Kong and I need to go back and attend."
Qin Feng furrowed his brow and said, "Seminar? What's good about attending that?"
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"Hey, you don't understand, this is a self-organized folk activity in Hong Kong, every year there will be new discoveries and clues, which are very important for our collecting community. Every year I can get many important clues from here, and then go digging..."
At this point, Zhou Qin stopped talking. He got on the bus and then said, "Nice to meet you, I'll come back when I have time."
"Wait a minute!" Qin Feng had just thought of that piece of jade, then said: "Right, help me take a look at this, use your professional instruments to see if there are any words on it, and notify me immediately if there are!"
"Alright, I'll let you know right away!"
After exchanging a few more pleasantries, Zhou Qin left. Qin Feng arrived at Lao Ma Street and prepared to pay his respects to Old Man Wang once again.
Along the original road, Qin Feng arrived at that alley, but found two police cars parked there, surrounded by a crowd of people. He didn't know what had happened, but a sense of foreboding still rose in his heart.
Qin Feng squeezed into the crowd and found that the police had already cordoned off Wang Lao Han's home with warning lines. Qin Feng didn't know what was going on, so he asked a woman in her forties next to him: "Excuse me, what's happening?"
The woman's face was clearly disheartened, and after choking back a sob, she said: "Alas, Old Man Wang must have offended someone, and was killed..."
Qin Feng was thunderstruck by this sentence, and exclaimed: "How can it be like this?"
The woman said: "That's right, we were all puzzled. Wang Lao Han was such a good person, but he ended up like this. It's really the case that bad people have no conscience!"
"Old Wang was so kind-hearted and good-natured, who could be so cruel as to kill this old man? If I find out, I'll personally take care of him!" "What a bastard, he's worse than an animal!" "A guy who has lost all sense of conscience!"...
Qin Feng felt the pity and sympathy these people had for Old Zhang, indeed, who was so ruthless to poison innocent Old Wang. Qin Feng prayed sadly and left Lao Ma Street. Unconsciously, Qin Feng thought of what Old Wang had said again.
All of this came too suddenly, the clue is now broken, and there's also Zhang Lai's promise, that poem, which is now completely clueless, leaving only that piece of old jade from Xuyang.
