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Chapter 13: The Invitation of the Local Tyrant

  Yin Yang Rogue

  Who is this person? What's his purpose after all? Someone who understands Feng Shui or Taoist magic, hiding in school, it seems that this matter really has some interest.

  I heard that Fatso tore a talisman, which triggered this series of events. It seems that the talisman is the key to the entire method starting to take effect. After careful consideration, I roughly understand the connection between them.

  I said to Jiang Pangzi: "Is there a toilet near your school? Or other dirty places?"

  Jiang Pangzi thought for a moment and shook his head, saying: "The school is all teaching buildings with toilets. If you say disgusting places... there is a dry toilet outside the campus, but it's all used by people from nearby villages to go to the toilet. It's quite disgusting!"

  Jiang Paozi's school is located on the side of Yanqing, and to get to their school, you have to pass through a cornfield, which is quite a remote area. The surrounding area is all farmhouses with flat houses. It seems that there are not only their university nearby, but also a university town. As for which specific school Jiang Paozi attends, I'd rather not mention it here.

  I nodded and said to Jiang Pangzi: "Tomorrow after dark, when the sun sets, you go to that dry toilet and dig a shovel at the southwest corner of the wall. If you dig up a black glazed jar, it's okay. Take out the jar and put it in a high place on the northeast side of your school.

  "Remember, it must be a place where the sun shines. Also, I'm giving you a charm, stick it on the vase, and in the next few days when the other party's magic is still effective, I guarantee you'll win every bet. On one condition: you do exactly as I say."

  Jiang Pangzi nodded repeatedly after hearing it and happily returned to school.

  The next few days were quiet, and some people came to the Taoist temple, who were either fortune-telling or asking about things that had gone wrong. Few of them really encountered ghosts or monsters, so I just let Old Godly shake his head and swing his tail to guide them out of their confusion.

  I didn't have to go to the dojo over the weekend, because I promised Liu Wanwan, so I got up early. After practicing Wu Xing Quan, I went with Liu Wanwan to the nearby morning market. The sunny street was bustling with people coming and going, this is just a small town in the suburbs of Beijing, the busy life hasn't affected the rhythm here. As the sun rises, various vendors have already set up their stalls, and the hawkers' cries are endless.

  "Mung bean juice, fresh mung bean juice!" " Fried dough sticks, crispy fried dough rings, crunchy sesame seed balls..."

  I and Liu Wanwan were having breakfast on the side of this bustling morning market street. We chatted idly as we ate. Liu Wanwan was wearing a pale blue dress today, which complemented her elegant features and the shyness in her eyebrows, giving off a unique beauty. Having breakfast with a beautiful woman is also a pleasure, but this pleasant atmosphere didn't last long before it was disrupted. A Honda car drove into this street, earning a wave of disapproving glances from the uncles and aunts shopping at the morning market.

  I also furrowed my brow, there were already many people in the early market, and it didn't seem right to drive a car here. Just as I was thinking that, the car actually drove straight towards us and stopped in front of our breakfast shop's stall.

  The streets around the morning market were lined with stalls, and the road was already narrow. This stop caused a lot of complaints. The people in the car seemed to have not seen anything, rolled down the window, and a face poked out from inside. He had a big head and thick neck, with a fierce expression. A shiny gold chain hung around his neck.

  I've never understood the behavior of wearing a gold chain around one's neck. A necklace is understandable, and a jade pendant is fine too, but those thick gold chains that are as wide as a thumb make me think of dog collars on dogs.

  That person seems very dissatisfied with his surroundings and waves his hand at Liu Wanwan.

  I thought to myself, this person must be Mr. Meng's friend with the surname Zhu. The man didn't seem to want to get out of the car and just shouted from inside: "Are you Liu Wanwan? Come on, bring your friends along, it's too noisy here, I'll treat you all to breakfast somewhere else."

  Hearing him say that, I felt even less good about it. Liu Wanwan seemed unhappy too, but after all, he was her teacher's friend, so she slightly frowned and looked at me apologetically. I didn't want to make things difficult for her, so I nodded and said, "Let's go."

  Liu Wanwan seemed to let out a sigh of relief, and we got into the Honda car like that.

  Before he even got on the bus, the man was stunned for a moment, looked around and asked, "Wan Wan, where is that master?"

  Before Liu Wanwan could even speak, he saw me and pointed at me with a somewhat dissatisfied tone, asking: "Is this the one you mentioned, the... master who lives next door?"

  Liu Wanwan didn't answer, she just nodded.

  I coldly stared at him, making up my mind that if he said one more useless word, I would take Liu Wanwan and turn around to leave. As a result, this person was quite sensible, looked at me suspiciously for two seconds, and directly said: "Let's go, get in the car first."

  I got on the car with Liu Wanwan, and the Honda sped away, kicking up a cloud of dust. I didn't have a very good impression of this person. We also didn't talk in the car.

  He licked his lips, glanced at me through the rearview mirror while driving, and asked: "My name is Zhu Jiaqiang, you can just call me Brother Zhu. Young man, do you understand that kind of thing?"

  I faintly said: "Understand a little bit."

  Zhu Jiaqiang sneered and glanced at me: "Really? You understand this at such a young age?"

  Liu Wanwan has a gentle and weak personality, she is also warm and gentle to others. She frowned, wanting to say something, but it's estimated that this girl's personality makes it difficult for her to say anything unpleasant, which is indeed quite difficult.

  I also laughed and said: "I know someone who started driving a Benz at the age of 18 with their own ability."

  Zhu Jiaqiang was taken aback for a moment, and also understood the implication of my words. He looked at the Honda logo on his steering wheel, smiled suddenly, and changed the subject, saying: "That's that, ambition is not about age, after all!"

  I didn't have a good impression of Zhu Jiaqiang, so I thought about asking him to clarify what was going on. So I opened my mouth and asked: "What's going on in your household? Can you tell me briefly?"

  Zhu Jiaqiang waved his hand: "Don't rush, let's go to Hongde Building for some breakfast first."

  Liu Wanwan said: "Zhu Ge, we've already eaten, solving things is important, don't delay the main event."

  Liu Wanwan's gentle and elegant demeanor, she also met Zhu Jiaqiang for the first time, obviously her impression of him wasn't good either. However, she was more articulate, this sentence managed to make us quickly resolve the matter while showing concern for his affairs, making people unconsciously feel a sense of goodwill.

  Zhu Jiaqiang heard us say that and smiled: "Alright, then let's get things done first. After it's all settled, I'll treat you two to a good meal."

  I also figured it out, he said "it's done", which means that obviously he still doesn't quite believe me.

  On the bus, Zhu Jiaqiang briefly explained what had happened. Zhu Jiaqiang was a businessman who usually traded seafood and had a stall on a street in the seafood wholesale market, all of which were rented out. Many large hotels in Beijing got their seafood supplies from him, and he was also responsible for supplying these restaurants. He made a lot of money, but his cultural level was low.

  Doing this business, some local hooligans also called him Brother Zhu, and he got along quite well. Two months ago, he bought a new house and even had someone to look at the feng shui. Because Zhu Jiaqiang made some money and didn't come home at night, he had already divorced his wife, leaving only one son who would take the college entrance exam next year. So the new house was only lived in by Zhu Jiaqiang's son, Zhu Xudong.

  After moving to a new house, Zhu Jiaqiang hired a nanny to take care of the children's daily life. Zhu Xudong is a well-behaved child who has been quiet and introverted since his parents' divorce, with a personality completely opposite to that of Zhu Jiaqiang, as he himself put it: "No matter how many times you hit him, not a fart comes out!"

  Zhu Jiaqiang also wanted his child to attend university and then follow in his footsteps, but every time he discussed it with Zhu Dongxu, the latter would fall silent. Later, Zhu Jiaqiang came to realize that the child's personality was not suited for business and would only get taken advantage of. He decided to just let him do whatever he wanted.

  However, in the past month, he felt that Zhu Xudong had changed into a different person, with an exceptionally violent temper, smashing things at every turn, and scolding the nanny over just one or two words. Because of his busy schedule, he rarely returned to their new home, leaving childcare to the nanny, who eventually called him in tears, saying she wanted to quit her job.

  He initially thought the nanny was just trying to get a raise, because in his impression, Zhu Xudong and the nanny were two completely different people. So he directly kicked out the nanny and found another one, but less than a week later, it happened again, which made Zhu Jiaqiang pay attention to Zhu Xudong's behavior and come home more often.

  He found that, as expected by the babysitter, Zhu Xudong... seemed to be possessed by something. His behavior was abnormal and not quite right. Zhu Jiaqiang himself had a low level of cultural knowledge and did business, so he couldn't help but believe in these things. When Meng teacher mentioned Liu Wanwan's affair as a joke, he took it to heart. That's why he found me, but I'm much younger than he thought. He initially thought I was an old man.

  When I said these words, I still clearly heard the suspicion in his tone. I didn't bother to argue with him either. He asked me again about his son, if I had found out anything. I shook my head.

  Many things can lead to personality changes, let alone someone like Zhu Jiaqiang who doesn't care about his child's mental state at all. It's possible that Zhu Xudong just encountered something and was particularly unhappy or had been suppressing it for too long and suddenly exploded. These are all possibilities.

  Before things are clear, I definitely won't do anything that sounds ominous. But my shaking head seems to be seen by Zhu Jiaqiang as if I'm the one who is deceitful and ignorant, which is also normal.

  We soon arrived at Zhu Jiaqiang's home, entered the house, and found that it was decorated very nicely. It seemed that a professional designer had been hired to design it, especially the decorations, which caught my eye. How can I put it? I felt that through these decorations, one could see that the person who arranged them must have a bold and unconventional personality.

  What was originally supposed to be a stable and heavy object, turned out to be a rush of things, what was originally meant to be rushed, ended up being broken. Broken but not blocked, however, all the objects arranged together, vaguely formed a unique atmosphere, quite auspicious for those inside, but for external evil spirits, this house is quite fierce.

  Moreover, there is no evil spirit in this house, and it's absolutely impossible for anyone to be possessed by an evil spirit here.

  I was thinking, and Zhu Jiaqiang beside me hastily asked me: "Have you figured something out?"

  I'm telling you honestly: "This house doesn't have any evil spirits, and it's impossible for anyone to be possessed by evil spirits in this house."

  Zhu Jiaqiang curled his lip, as if with an expression of "I knew you wouldn't look". I didn't bother him either. Took out the compass to take a last look at the five elements, but as soon as the compass came out, I immediately felt something was off.

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