"Auntie, why do you have to be so depressed?"
I sighed and shook my head. The old lady clearly wanted to disperse her soul just now, which was obviously not a wise move. Even if she was dissatisfied with her son's unfilial behavior and did not want to hurt her own son, there was no need to do this.
The old lady's soul slowly stabilized, her ghost eyes stared at me, and her soul bowed.
The man understood what I meant and called out to the old lady, "Mom."
The old lady didn't talk to the man again, and it seemed that she was very sad.
I looked at the man, signaling him not to speak.
The man nodded, stood up, took a step back and stood a little further away.
I still had a question in my mind, so I asked, "Auntie, I'm confused. You are obviously a weak ghost, how did you come to the train station with such strong yang energy? Also, what's the Buddhist pattern on the wooden figure inside the rag doll?"
The old lady did not shy away from the topic and slowly spoke, "The reason I was able to come here is thanks to the Buddha pattern on the wooden man. In the past, I believed in Buddhism. One time, by chance, I met a great monk who taught me this Buddha pattern. Later, I used the Buddha pattern's ability to isolate the yang energy and hid my soul inside the wooden man."
"However, my means of carving Buddha patterns are limited after all, so the ghost energy overflowed from the wooden man. This is why you, Taoist priest, discovered it."
So that's how it is.
I nodded and said to the old lady, "Okay, Auntie, now that you have calmed down, I believe you have figured it out now. Can I send you to the underworld?"
I am speaking politely.
But even if the old lady disagrees, I will force her to go to the underworld.
The old lady looked at me, and finally, she begged me: "Master, I still want to see my little granddaughter Xiaomi."
A nervous look appeared on the man's face. It was obvious that he felt it was very dangerous to let his mother's ghost come into contact with his daughter.
So, he looked at me with a disapproving look, hoping that I would not satisfy the old lady's request.
But I didn't follow the man's wishes. I nodded and said to the old lady, "Okay."
Unexpectedly, as soon as I finished speaking, the door of the smoking room was pushed open.
The little girl named Xiaomi actually entered the smoking room.
"Grandma, I miss you!"
The little girl's eyes were pure, not yet polluted by the world, so she could see the old lady's ghost.
"Millet."
The old lady also seemed a little excited.
The little girl ran towards the old lady, but she stopped her: "No, don't come over. Xiaomi, just stand there. Grandma doesn't want to hurt you. Just listen to grandma."
The little girl was still crying and running towards the old lady.
But the man grabbed the little girl and stopped her from running forward and getting close to the old lady's ghost.
"Dad, let me go, I want grandma to hug me." The little girl struggled, tears streaming down her face.
The man hugged the little girl tightly, his eyes moistened, and said, "Xiaomi, listen to grandma, okay? Grandma has passed away, and now she... You'd better not get close to her. Listen to daddy."
The little girl stopped struggling. She understood what her father said: "Grandma, are you really leaving Xiaomi? Will Xiaomi never see you again?"
The old lady's soul was trembling, and tears appeared in her ghost eyes.
No
The old lady was still trying to control her emotions. She said in an old, hoarse voice, "Xiaomi, you are the best. You have to listen to your father. Grandma has indeed passed away. From now on, you will not be able to see her again."
"Grandma has a few more words to say to you. Grandma hopes that you can grow up healthy and happy, study hard, and get into a good university. After graduating from university, you can find a job, and find something you like to do. Work hard, find someone you like, get married, and have children."
"Grandma, living in the old society, you didn't enjoy many days of happiness. You have caught up with a good era, you must live a good life and lead a life that makes you feel complete."
After saying that, the old lady closed her eyes.
I stood aside and looked at the time. Five or six minutes had passed.
We can't delay any longer. With so many people at the train station, it's inevitable that someone will notice the unusual movements in the smoking room.
"Old lady, you should go now."
I said in a deep voice, feeling very unhappy.
This old lady reminded me of my late grandmother. My grandmother and this old lady are actually the same. They both have high expectations for us, their descendants, and hope that we can live the life we want.
However, I am a ghost-catching Taoist priest, and I cannot watch the old lady stay with the little girl. That may be what the old lady wants, but it is unfair to the little girl.
The old lady took one last look at the girl and nodded at me: "Master, please send me to the underworld. I have thought it through, and it is time for me to go. My children and grandchildren will have their own blessings."
"Grandma, please don't leave. Can you stay and accompany Xiaomi?"
The little girl's attachment to her grandmother was shown on her face, and she hoped that her grandmother could stay.
I walked forward a few steps and came to the little girl and the man.
While the girl was still crying, I started the "acupoint tapping method" and pressed my fingers on the little girl's acupoints.
The little girl closed her eyes and breathed evenly through her mouth and nose.
"Master, what are you doing?"
The man looked at the little girl in his arms anxiously and asked me.
I replied, "Don't worry, your daughter is just asleep. She will wake up in a while."
The man said nothing more.
Without any further hesitation, I took out the soul-catching bell, chanted the mantra for rebirth, opened the Yin-Yang road, and liberated the old lady's ghost.
The old lady's soul slowly stepped into the bright Yin-Yang Road.
"Mom, I'm sorry. I was wrong."
The man cried and shouted the last words.
At the last moment, the old lady slowly turned her head, smiled at the man, and then her soul disappeared into the Yin-Yang Road.
"Well, your mother's ghost has been sent away. She believed in Buddhism during her lifetime and had no sins. I believe that she will be reincarnated as a human being soon."
I comforted the man.
The man nodded dully and held his girl a little tighter.
"Take your daughter and leave first. I still need to take care of something here."
"Yes, Taoist priest, I will leave now. Thank you so much for what you did just now. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't know that my mother had turned into... a ghost."
I nodded, raised my neck, and said, "Okay, I understand. You're welcome. This is what I should do. You can take your daughter back first."
"Okay. Thank you, Taoist Priest."
The man then left the smoking room holding his sleeping daughter in his arms.
I told the ghost Xiao Hei beside me, "Xiao Hei, remove the restrictions on these people, and deal with the surveillance camera as well. We should leave now."
"
"Yes, Master."
Afterwards, after the Yin spirit Xiao Hei lifted the ban in the smoking room, I put it into the soul collecting barrel and left.
As for the rag doll and the wooden man, I did not throw them away. I just used my spiritual energy to erase the old lady's birth date and the Buddha pattern carved on the wooden man.
The smoking room returned to calm, and those smokers were surprised to find that their cigarette butts were missing, but no one said anything.
One of the guys looked at the time and found that his train was about to leave, so he opened the door and rushed out of the smoking room.
"It's strange, how come time passes so quickly."
He muttered to himself. What he didn't know was that there was no problem with the time, but he was just temporarily controlled by the evil spirit.
I took the doll and the wooden man and went to the couple and the little girl.
The little girl was still sleeping. The man saw me and looked very respectful.
On the contrary, when the woman saw the doll in my hand, she said in dissatisfaction: "Hey, who are you? How come my child's doll is in your hand?"
The man quickly pulled the woman's arm and whispered something in her ear.
The woman's expression changed slightly, but she quickly regained her composure.
I placed the doll and the wooden man next to the little girl and said to the man with a smile, "Remember what I said. What happened just now was just a dream. You were dreaming, and your daughter was dreaming too."
The man understood what I meant and whispered, "Okay, okay, Taoist priest, I understand. Thank you so much."
"Yeah. You're welcome."
After saying this, I turned around and ran towards my master.
My master Jiang Jiuzhen had already finished eating the roast chicken by this time, and there were a lot of chicken bones thrown in the plastic bag next to it.
"Are you back?"
I nodded: "I'm back."
"How's it going? Have you solved the problem of the doll on the little girl?"
I said, "Don't worry, Master, it has been resolved. It went very smoothly. I have sent the ghost of the old lady away."
My master Jiang Jiuzhen narrowed his eyes slightly and praised: "Not bad, my apprentice is smart and does things very much like me."
Damn, it doesn't sound like he is praising me when he says this, instead it sounds like he is praising himself.
Uh, well, after all, Jiang Jiuzhen is my master.
My master and I waited for a while, and the train to Huangshi City arrived at the station.
"Train K3748 has arrived at the station. Passengers heading to Huangshi City, please get ready, check your tickets at the ticket gate, and prepare to board the train—"
"Let's go, the car is coming." My master reminded me.
I stood up, carrying the food in the plastic bag, and walked towards the ticket gate with him.
Unexpectedly, the couple and the little girl also came towards us.
The little girl has woken up.
When she came to me, the little girl said to me in surprise: "Big brother, I just had a dream. In the dream there were my father and my grandmother. Big brother, you know, I dreamed of you."
I was stunned for a moment, with a kind smile on my face.
The man nodded at me and whispered, "Master, it looks like we're on the same route."
"Are you going to Huangshi City too?" I asked.
The man nodded and said, "Yes, our home is in Huangshi City."
My master liked the little girl Xiaomi very much, so he took out a lollipop and handed it to the little girl.
This time, no one stopped her. The little girl happily took the lollipop and said sweetly, "Thank you, Grandpa."
The smile on my master's face was like a blooming chrysanthemum.
(to be continued)
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