Chapter 39: The Qing Dynasty's Dragon Vein

  Whatever it is, it's definitely not good.

  Yu didn't rush to jump away from Kang Jiuxiang's side, grabbed the ashtray, and shouted loudly: "Say, who are you?"

  Kang Jiuxiang didn't say a word, hugging her quilt and covering her face, standing motionless in the doorway, extremely eerie.

  Don't let me snatch her quilt away, I hid behind the TV and asked him: "Why don't you snatch it?"

  Liu Weimin was too lazy to listen to our bickering, took a big step forward, grabbed the wrists that were trapped in the quilt, held his breath, as if using the strength of nine cows and two tigers, slowly pried open Kang Jiuxiang's arms.

  The quilt fell to the ground, and Yu Wu and I tiptoed over to look. The face hidden behind the quilt was clearly visible, with a pale complexion tinged with a faint blue color. The eyes were wide open, the pupils had already dilated, and the bloodless lips were tightly pursed together, revealing two sharp fangs protruding from between them.

  Not Kang Ji-young's delicate face that makes people's hearts ache.

  Is this his ninth brother?!

  I and You Wu cried out in surprise at the same time, I asked Liu Wei Min: "Didn't you burn him? How can he be here... damn it, a zombie followed us from the south of the village to here?"

  You Mou's forehead was covered in cold sweat, and he looked pale with fear. He clutched the quilt to lead Kang Jiuxiang on the road, still teasing her, how come she didn't bite him?

  Liu Weimin said, "I only said to go and deal with the corpse, when did I say to burn it? Huh!" Liu Weimin let out a strange cry, and actually clapped his hands and laughed: "Good move, worthy of Huang Jinbai, this trick of pulling out the fire from under the cauldron is really ruthless!"

  Liu Weimin stood beside Jiu Ge and spoke, the zombie didn't move or bite, not even getting close, stretching out his hand to wave back and forth in front of Jiu Ge's face, the zombie still didn't move, only then did he feel at ease, asking Liu Weimin why it was like this.

  Liu Weimin said that people who have been bitten by zombies will become cows and horses in their next life. The village chief's wife and children died unexpectedly a few years ago, and he treats Jiu Ge as his own son. Last night when Liu Weimin went to find him, the village chief was drinking alone, secretly wiping away tears.

  They made a deal, Liu Weimin thought of a way to help Jiu Ge become human, and the village head went to Huang Lao's house to propose.

  So the two of them took advantage of the night to go to the village entrance, hiding Jiu Ge's body in the cellar of the village chief's house. Liu Weimin got some herbal medicine and dog blood to temporarily preserve the corpse from rotting.

  However, he did not expect that the corpse was stolen by Huang Jinbai and disguised as Kang Jiuxiang, who followed us back.

  "You're really lucky!" Liu Weimin patted his shoulder and sighed, "If Wang Zhen hadn't entered the reception room to report to me in advance, but had left Huang Jinbai's house first, you would have been bitten to death by now, walking with a zombie 33 meters away!"

  Am I physically built for suppressing zombies?

  Liu Weimin did not use language to explain, stretched out his hand and tore open the woman's clothes on Jiu Ge's body, inside was stark naked, without even a bra, but there was a piece of cloth sewn on her chest.

  A red thread pierced into the pale skin, sewing a rhino patch onto Jiuge's body.

  Liu Weimin patted Jiuge's belly and said, "See? This should be Huang Jinbai's exclusive corpse-controlling technique. I don't know how to do it either. Anyway, the point is that he can turn dead people into zombies, a zombie unique to the Qing dynasty."

  After saying this sentence, the usually calm Liu Weimin suddenly burst out laughing, tears streaming down his face, and repeatedly clapped his hands, saying: "I know, I finally know."

  He was like a madman, and Yu Wu and I hastily asked him what he knew. Liu Weimin laughed three times again, and then said with a smile: "I know what's under his family's courtyard, and why the old clan became a zombie."

  Formerly, Liu Weimin was always ambiguous in his words. Now he has changed to only speaking half-truths. I had no choice but to ask again: what is he hiding?

  Liu Weimin was in a great mood, he went out to take a look and made sure that the three aunties were far away. He then closed the door and pulled the curtains tight. After the room darkened, his playful heart arose, and with one kick, he sent the dazed Ninth Brother flying into the corner of the wall. He also said: "Get down on all fours for Master!"

  Then he sat at the head of the bed, raised his legs, and said with a smile: "His family's courtyard is pressing down on the Qing Dynasty dragon vein, so he can grant official titles to anyone. This is why I've been chasing him for many years, even if it means chasing him to his old nest, but he can't bear to leave. Let me tell you first, why the old ancestor shouldn't be resurrected!"

  Liu Weimin said that there are two kinds of zombies. One is called "Ji Shi" which literally means "corpse rising from the coffin board and entering the earth but then crawling back up". The other kind is called "Zha Shi", which can be understood as "exploding corpse", meaning the corpse suddenly explodes like a pot.

  When a person dies, they take one last breath. Half of this breath is exhaled and the other half is swallowed. The swallowed air gets stuck in the throat and can be dislodged by certain objects or animals, causing the corpse to rise up and move around like a wild animal, similar to zombies in movies.

  When this breath is exhausted, the corpse will collapse, which is called "false death". It usually occurs within seven days after a person's death.

  The corpse is in contact with the earth's energy.

  Humans have three treasures: essence, energy, and spirit. If one is missing, it's incomplete. After entering the earth, the soul leaves, there's no breathing, and the body's energy disappears. However, by contacting the earth's energy, it gets replenished, becoming a creature without a soul, only with a body - that's a zombie.

  However, the general earth energy will not cause zombies. Only some extremely evil places where many people have died and the earth energy has been polluted can produce zombies. Also, the feng shui of that place is special, such as a zombie-raising land.

  Apart from the earth's energy, there is also the dragon vein underground, which is even more mysterious. In short, each dynasty has its own dragon vein, and the dragon vein travels through the nine states, supporting the country's energy and fortune. Anything that does not belong to this dynasty will be eliminated.

  The old clan leader has experienced the Qing Dynasty, been influenced by the aura of the Qing Dynasty, and is wearing a Qing official uniform to enter the earth. This is fundamentally a provocation against the aura of New China: come and get me, come and get me!

  Liu Weimin said that this was also Huang Jinbai's doing. If it were someone else in a different place, they would have rotted to the bone within seven days of being buried.

  It's just a matter of the remnants of the previous dynasty, after death, obediently reincarnate, wanting to become a zombie or ghost, bullying people of this dynasty, but the dragon pulse does not allow it!

  Every time a dynasty changes and the mountains and rivers change hands, the dragon veins will disperse in advance.

  Liu Weimin didn't know whether it was during the late Qing dynasty that the dragon vein scattered to Guanxi Village and nurtured a third-rank official, or if the third-rank official was stationed in Guanxi Village and attracted the dragon vein here. Anyway, as long as there is one, it's fine.

  Under normal circumstances, Longmai will raise several high-ranking officials and improve the feng shui of Guanxi Village.

  The whole village, except for Huang Jibai's mix, is just Jiuge being arrogant, but Jiuge is already dead, which means the dragon vein did not favor him.

  Previously, Liu Weimin had not thought of the dragon vein, but now that he saw the rhinoceros horn on the zombie's body, he had an idea. It should be Huang Jinbai who raised this small section of the dragon vein. In this village supported by the Qing dynasty's dragon vein, he was the emperor. The old clan lord, a relic of the Qing dynasty, also rose from the dead normally.

  The emperor can grant official positions, but Huang Jinbao can only grant Qing dynasty officials. If he uses the dragon's pulse to cultivate a person, that person will definitely hold high power or be extremely wealthy. However, if he grants this person an official position, they can swagger around in the village, but once they leave the village, they'll die in all sorts of ways.

  As for how to make a zombie, it may be to give the corpse an official title, or perhaps use the earth's energy and dragon pulse to create a zombie first, in order to achieve the purpose of controlling it. There are only these two methods, otherwise the patch on Jiuge's belly cannot be explained, and even harder to explain is why he didn't bite me.

  Yu didn't seem to understand and asked him: "So Wang Zhen is a sixth-grade official, while Ninth Brother was conferred the seventh grade, he doesn't dare to bite Wang Zhen?"

  Liu Weimin nodded and said: "Not only that, after being appointed as an official, no one can tell that this is a zombie, the corpse energy has been completely covered up."

  Don't ask him why, Liu Weimin pointed to the official uniform on the bed and said: "Put on the official skin, and all kinds of people will reveal a hint of official flavor, but who knows what's inside? What I'm curious about is who changed Wang Zhen's badge overnight. If it wasn't changed, you two would be leading out a zombie, and the zombie would go crazy in the village, biting both of you to death for sure. It's unknown how many villagers would die or get injured. Even if the zombie was subdued, everyone would find out that the village chief didn't burn his nephew, and they would rush to the door to demand an explanation."

  I slapped the table and said: "It must be Laozu Gong, last time he gave me a seventh-grade official uniform, knowing that the seventh grade was not enough to use, he changed it for me with a sixth-grade one!"

  Liu Weimin picked up the official uniform I had changed out of that morning, pointing to the embroidered badge and showing it to me: "Look here, while you were sleeping, someone clipped off the rhinoceros badge and sewed on a leopard badge. The stitches are neat and the work is exquisite. Do you think an old corpse with only half a body and one arm has such craftsmanship? And how did he know about Huang Jinbai's plan? And where did he get so many Qing dynasty official uniforms?"

  Liu Weimin said he went to find the village chief at 1 am, and the two of them brought back Jiuge from the village entrance. After discussing their plan, they arrived at more than 3 o'clock. Now it seems that their plan has been leaked.

  Let's not talk about how it was leaked, Huang Jinbai's move of "draining the water to catch the fish" must have started after 3 o'clock. In other words, those who gave me the official title and promotion must first know what rank Jiuge had sewn on his body before giving me a new one, even if Laozu Gong had exquisite needlework skills, there was no time for that.

  Those who can sew should be women, I thought of Kang Jiuxiang first, she has the conditions to do this kind of thing, but there is no reason for her to do so.

  Liu Weimin thought to himself, "Never mind about that, since I've figured out the Huang family's secret, I can force him to show up. Wang Zhen, go ask the village chief if there were any suspicious people looking for him last night, first pull out the nails that Huang Jibai has in the village, and it will be easier later."

  Yu didn't respond bluntly, pulling me to leave, but I stood still and asked: "First make it clear, Old Man Huang is at his home, why don't you go? I don't believe you at all, you can't even find out what he looks like!"

  Liu Weimin was slightly stunned, and bitterly smiled: "Ah, Wang Zhen's little friend, I've lived for so many years, and this is the first time I've seen someone as suspicious as you. What do you want me to do to make you believe me? Even if I had ulterior motives, it's not possible that every time we meet, I'll reveal my true intentions and let you interrogate me?"

  Although he said so, Liu Weimin still explained: "The person I want to find is Huang Jinbai, but is the one you saw really Huang Jinbai?"

  "I said: 'Can Village Head and Third Sister still admit their mistake?'"

  "If, from the very beginning, Huang Jinbai had deceived the villagers? You look in the mirror every day, thinking that the reflection is yours, but what if there's someone hiding behind the mirror, imitating your every move? When you smile, he smiles; when you cry, he cries. How can you be sure who you really are? Child, this world can't be understood just by looking! What you see is all an illusion created by others... The father is called Jinbai, and the son is called Cangsong. Is this old man Huang shameless?"

  In just a few words, Liu Wei's heart was filled with worry and disappointment, his eyes closed as if lost in thought.

  Yu didn't hurry and pulled me away, whispering: "The old man's words are really philosophical, but a bit hard to understand, how about you?"

  I nodded: "It's getting serious!"

  As I was leaving, San Shu was still covering her mouth and giggling, asking me why I didn't get intimate with Jiu Xiang for a while. It wasn't until then that I remembered the zombie was still in Liu Wei Min's room.

  Isn't it said that after I leave, zombies will bite people?

  I pulled Yu Wu and ran towards the village chief's house. Actually, I was still worried about Xu Qi, couldn't contact him, just happened to ask the village chief.

  Not far from running, the village cadre who had seen the ancestral hall came over with a fluster, and someone heard shouting from a distance: "Little Tianshi is not good, the village chief has been possessed by a ghost, you quickly go and see!"