Zhou Jiang was very efficient and called some of his old neighbors over in just a few minutes. They were all men, many of them holding hammers and shovels. When I told them that I was going to tear down the west wall of Zhou Jiang's barbecue restaurant, they all showed incredible expressions on their faces.
But under Zhou Jiang's arrangement, those people still took action.
“Bang, bang, bang!”
Soon, the entire west wall collapsed completely.
After the wall fell, I arranged for Zhou Jiang and his wife to take those people out of the barbecue restaurant.
There were only Yuquan and I left in the small house.
I asked Yuquan to cover the Taoist image of Zhong Kui with a piece of white cloth. Then, I prepared to save the ghosts in the "Soul-collecting Jade Bottle" and send them to the underworld.
As the soul-collecting jade bottle was opened, several ghosts flew out of it. Then I quickly closed the lid of the jade bottle. This was to prevent other ghosts from taking the opportunity to run out and cause trouble. Although my current Taoism is not weak, I still can't save dozens of ghosts at once.
So I can only liberate several ghosts together. This way I can ensure my own safety and liberate them smoothly.
The souls of the released ghosts had become very illusory after being collected by Zhong Kui into the "Soul Collection Jade Bottle". When they flew out of the jade bottle again, their eyes became a little confused.
Then I took out the soul-catching bell and started shaking it.
“Ring, ring, ring!”
A clear bell rang.
The ghosts stared at me.
I muttered a few words, "Dust returns to dust, earth returns to earth, and the soul returns to the thick earth. South of the South, the years are endless, and the prosperity is nothing more than a handful of Xisha. The heaven is the heaven, and the man is the man, waiting for the fruit to be borne, but the face is full of wrinkles. Dust returns to dust, earth returns to earth, life will eventually die, the soul will eventually perish, and all things will eventually perish..."
After muttering, accompanied by the sound of soul-calling bells, I chanted the mantra for rebirth and began to pray for the incarnation of those ghosts.
The young monk Yuquan also sat cross-legged on the ground, took out a wooden fish from his cloth bag, and started to beat it.
Accompanied by the sound of "bang bang bang" of the wooden fish, Yuquan recited Buddhist scriptures for the salvation of souls.
With the combined effects of the Rebirth Mantra and the Buddhist sutra, the ghosts' eyes soon became clear. Not long after, the ghost door to the west slowly opened, flashing with white light.
Soon, the souls of those ghosts trembled and flew towards the ghost gate.
In just a few breaths, those ghosts disappeared into the ghost gate.
"Click, click!" Two muffled sounds.
Before the ghosts left the ghost gate, two ghost pills fell to the ground.
Yuquan opened his eyes and said in surprise: "Brother Yang, it's the ghost pill! Those ghosts left the ghost pill for us."
I nodded and said, "Yes, this is a reward for us. After all, if the Ghost Gate had not been blocked, these ghosts would have already entered the underworld to be reincarnated."
Afterwards, I released a few more ghosts from the soul-collecting jade bottle to perform the ritual of salvation.
After working like this for more than two hours, the forty-nine ghosts were finally all saved and entered the Ghost Gate. In front of the Ghost Gate, there were more than twenty shiny black ** pills left.
Soon, Yuquan stood up.
I arranged for Yuquan to collect all the ghost pills. This made Yuquan ecstatic, as if he had obtained some rare treasure.
After doing all this, Yuquan and I walked out of the barbecue restaurant.
Outside the store, Zhou Jiang and others were still waiting there.
Each of them has a table
Zhou Jiang and his wife were naturally worried about the ghosts. The other neighbors were curious about what Yuquan and I were doing in the barbecue restaurant.
I went to Zhou Jiang and said, "Zhou Jiang, I have sent those things away for you. As for the Taoist statue of Zhong Kui that you invited, it is not suitable to stay here. Wait until daytime, take the Taoist statue of Master Zhong Kui back to your home and worship it. Doing so can protect your home from being disturbed by ghosts."
"Yes, yes, thank you Master Yang, thank you Master Yuquan!"
Zhou Jiang's face was full of joy and he bowed to Yuquan and me.
"No problem! It's just a small matter. However, I want to remind you that it's best if you take back the expanded part of your barbecue restaurant and return it to its original state. Then, your business will be able to return to its previous state."
"Yes, Master Yang, I understand."
Afterwards, without staying any longer, I prepared to leave with Yuquan.
When we were leaving, Zhou Jiangfei said that he would arrange accommodation for Yuquan and me in the urban village so that we could have a good rest. Naturally, we did not stay and directly refused.
Soon, under the respectful gaze of everyone, Yuquan and I left the barbecue restaurant.
After getting in the car, Yuquan asked me, "Brother Yang, where are we going this time?"
I thought about it and said, "It's already past two in the morning. Going back to Aunt Huang's house might disturb her rest. Also, her house is quite far from the urban village. So, let's go directly to the Xiyuan Community Apartment where I rent."
Yuquan had no objection and nodded.
Then I started the car and hit the road.
What I didn’t know was that just when Yuquan and I started the car to leave, a green and yellow taxi appeared behind our car.
The taxi kept following our vehicle.
At first, I didn't notice that someone was following us, but when I turned at the intersection of Chengyuan Street and Guanghua Street, I saw the car. And, depending on our speed, the car was sometimes faster and sometimes slower.
The car followed us closely like a barkworm, and we couldn't get rid of it. It always kept a distance of several dozen meters from our vehicle.
It was a very dark night and I couldn't see what kind of person was sitting in the car.
Seeing that I was staring at the rearview mirror, Yuquan asked me in confusion, "Brother Yang, what's wrong with you? Why do you look so good?"
I gestured to Yuquan and whispered, "Just look in the rearview mirror and you'll know."
After looking in the rearview mirror, Yuquan said in surprise: "Brother Yang, there is a car following us."
I nodded and said, "It seems that the driver is not a good person. He may have known our identities. Maybe when we were helping to deal with the ghosts at the barbecue restaurant in the village in the city, we were followed by the driver."
Thinking about this, I feel a little scared. I don't know how long the driver has been following Yuquan and me? Is it possible that the driver knows everything we did
That would be horrible.
I curled my lips and said to Yuquan in a deep voice: "Yuquan, fasten your seat belt. I will speed up now and get rid of that follower."
"good!"
Yuquan answered.
Then I stepped on the accelerator and controlled the car to run quickly on the road.
However, the car behind me also sped up at the same time.
Damn, this is really troublesome. I think that person is definitely not a good person. I must
Gotta get rid of him.
So I drive and when I come to a fork in the road, I turn.
But the driver of that car seemed to know my mind and followed me like a shadow. I couldn't get rid of him. It was so infuriating.
Fortunately, it was early in the morning and there were hardly any other vehicles on the road. So I drove as fast as I could on the road, trying to get rid of the car behind me.
But the driver behind us was also a good driver. When we thought we had gotten rid of him, the car would appear behind us like a ghost.
There was a lot of water vapor in the early morning sky, and a thick layer of morning fog gradually appeared.
I looked at the time and it was already past three in the morning.
Because the visibility was not high, I was sure that it would be easy to get rid of the car, so I stepped on the accelerator again, increased the speed, and ran on the road like flying.
Finally, when we turned a corner, the car disappeared.
"Brother Yang, there is no car behind us! There is only fog. It seems that the car has been left behind!"
Even so, I still felt a little uneasy. So I drove the car and took Yuquan for a long circle in the direction of Fugui Street. After not finding the green and yellow taxi, I finally drove towards the Xiyuan Community.
Half an hour later, the car arrived at the gate of Xiyuan Community.
Soon, the car turned into the residential area.
I thought I had gotten rid of the malicious taxi driver. But I was wrong.
Just over three minutes after our car turned into Xiyuan Community, the green and yellow taxi actually followed our car and appeared on Guangde Street, and the car stopped on the road closest to the entrance of Xiyuan Community.
The car slowly died.
I didn't know the person in the car. But I didn't know him, but he knew me.
He was the middle-aged man wearing formal clothes on the outside and a yellow Taoist robe on the inside.
The middle-aged man was wearing sunglasses and looking sideways, staring towards the Xiyuan community.
In the back seat of the taxi driven by the middle-aged man, a young man in driver's work clothes was lying on the back seat. There was a sleepiness charm on the young man's body, and he was snoring.
At this time, Yuquan and I had already reached the apartment building.
Soon I opened the door of the apartment with my key.
But to my surprise, Ma Qiang and He Man were not in the apartment.
"Brother Yang, what are you looking for?"
Seeing me walking around the rooms, Yuquan asked me curiously.
I explained, "I have a good friend. He and his girlfriend used to live with me. But now they are no longer here. They must be out fooling around."
"Well, Yuquan, you can stay in my bedroom first, and I'll stay in my buddy's room."
Yuquan replied with a smile: "Okay!"
Afterwards, Yuquan and I took a shower and prepared to go to bed.
But not long after we fell asleep, there was a knock on the door of the apartment.
“Boom boom boom!”
The knocks on the door were regular and dull.
I looked at the time. It was just past four in the morning. Logically, even if a ghost came to "Jiang Jiuzhen" to do something, it should be midnight. Someone knocked on the door at this time. Could it be that Ma Qiang and He Man came back? I was curious.
Then, I walked out of the bedroom in my shorts and slippers and ran towards the door.
(to be continued)
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