Helping people find scapegoats and instigating little ghost girls to harm people, generally speaking, ordinary Yin-Yang masters don't have this ability. Ordinary Yin-Yang masters just buy talismans and collect some incense money to cheat honest people. For something like this that is more professional, not to mention that they don't understand it, they will be scared just by hearing about it.
I was wondering who this yin-yang master that Zhu Zhongqi hired was. He was so good at it. So I asked Lu Fei if he knew who this person was.
Lu Fei scratched his head and said, "The most famous people in this area are Mao Tianshi and Guan Buping. Since their death, the only ones left are some small charlatans who deceive people, of course not including me, Mr. Lu. Don't you see how good my business is now?" This kid did not forget to flatter himself and even called himself Mr. Lu, which made me feel ashamed.
As soon as he saw Wang Zijun was about to speak, he hurriedly continued, not giving him a chance to attack. He said that there was no famous Taoist priest in this area, and Zhu Zhongqi would not come to him for help for the first time. After being rejected by him, he didn't know which liar he found. He thought it was just a gangster.
I touched my nose and shook my head, saying, "Most small thugs don't dare to take this kind of business. It's a detrimental thing to one's virtue, and it might even shorten one's life. Unless one is like Master Mao, who knows how to use a scapegoat to help him pay off his debt, he wouldn't dare to do such a heinous thing."
Shen Bing interrupted and said, "How many magicians are there in this area? You have basically wiped them all out."
I said disapprovingly, "The real Yin-Yang masters and sorcerers are from the common people. Many of them are real people who never show their faces. They look like liars, but they actually have special skills. Just like our Xi family, who have been doing ghost stories in Shangcheng Town for ten generations, but the locals don't know about it."
"What Xi Feng said makes sense. Just like the Xiangxi Zhuyou Branch and Gu Niang, many of them cannot be seen from the outside. Sometimes if you offend them, you won't even know how you died." Ma Yunxi said.
Shen Bing stuck out her tongue and said, "After death, the body was driven to a barren land. I'm afraid it's hard to find it."
Ma Yunxi shook her head and said, "The victim won't give money, so there's no need to drive the corpse. Just use a corpse-destroying spell from witchcraft to make the corpse invisible. After the Gu Niang kills someone, she will plant another Gu on the corpse, and even kill the relatives who come to collect the body. Generally, they live in the mountains, and the police don't care about such things."
We couldn't help but shudder when we heard about the cruel methods of Gu Niang. There are too many people who are hiding their skills among the people, most of them are very secretive, and they will only use their cruel hands when it involves their own personal interests.
"Then...then you won't plant poison in us when you are unhappy, right?" Shen Bing said with fear in his eyes.
Ma Yunxi smiled and said, "Why would I do that? These are people with bad intentions..." At this point, his face darkened and he kept silent. He seemed to be thinking of his mother, who was the notorious successor of the Mei School in Xiangxi. Who could be more evil-minded than them
Qu Mo noticed that the atmosphere was not right, so he rolled his eyes and said with a smile, "Let's go shopping and let the three of them watch the shop."
"Okay, okay, I was just about to go shopping for clothes." Shen Bing was the first to clap her hands in response.
Oh my god, you have so many clothes but still want to buy more. Women are born shopaholics.
"The New Year is coming soon, so I'll go buy some new clothes too." Wang Zijun stood up.
Lu Fei immediately stood up and said, "I'll go too..."
Qu Mo's face turned cold: "We girls are shopping for clothes, why are you men following us? How useless. I'll buy you each a new set of clothes later. But it's not for free, you have to pay for it." After that, he pulled Ma Yunxi and Shen Bing out of the store, leaving Wang Zijun and Lu Fei standing there, their faces looking more bitter than the other.
"Why are you standing there? Sit down and continue drinking tea and chatting." I greeted them while holding back my smile.
The two boys turned to me and said, "A full man does not know the hunger of a hungry man!" Wow, their voices were quite consistent, and they were actually standing on the same front.
The three of us continued chatting, and of course the topic could not be separated from the Zhu family's affairs. I always felt that the fortune teller who gave Zhu Zhongqi advice was not a cheap one. I felt a little uneasy because I couldn't figure out his background. So I asked Lu Fei to find out about it. He is now a celebrity in the county, and his channels for information are wider than the two of us.
Not long after Lu Fei left, a customer came to the store. Wang Zijun went out to greet the customer. The moment he opened the door curtain and walked out, he saw a skinny middle-aged man with a face as black as charcoal. If it weren't for his Asian features, he would have suspected that he was from Africa.
His eyes were so cold that I felt a chill run down my spine after just one look. But the door curtain was quickly lowered to block the view.
I just heard the guest outside asking, "Do you have cinnabar and jade?" The sound of the voice rubbing against the metal was very harsh. The accent was vague and didn't sound like a local.
I began to wonder, a strange-looking man from another place wanted cinnabar and consecrated jade, two things that don't go together. Cinnabar is used to draw talismans or trace runes, while consecrated jade is an item to ward off evil spirits, and cinnabar is not used to draw talismans on jade. What did he use these two things for
"Yes, our shop has a complete range of items for warding off evil spirits. Look at this peach wood sword, as well as the statue of Zhong Kui, the copper coin sword, the statues of the blue dragon and the white tiger..." Wang Zijun, this kid has been helping out in the shop and has developed a good tongue. People only wanted two things, but he kept talking and brought out all the items.
"No, I just want these two things. Two taels of cinnabar and a piece of consecrated jade. How much in total?" the man interrupted him coldly.
"Two ounces of cinnabar costs thirty yuan. This jade is made of white marble and is very valuable..."
"Just tell me how much it is. I can see that it is made of ordinary jade." This guy is quite knowledgeable. In fact, I have also noticed that the evil-repelling jade items in the shop are all made of ordinary jade and are not worth much.
“Hehe, this piece of jade was originally priced at three hundred and thirty, but since it’s your first visit, I’ll give you a discount. Together with the cinnabar, the total will be three hundred.” Wang Zijun said with a smile.
The man hummed, and after a moment, footsteps were heard walking out of the shop, followed by Wang Zijun who lifted the door curtain and came in.
The monkey boy looked very happy, holding three hundred-dollar bills in his hand and said, "This guy didn't even bargain. In fact, he can sell it for a hundred dollars."
I smiled and shook my head. It was very profitable to run a Taoist shop like this. I estimated that the purchase price of the jade was no more than 30 yuan, and the two taels of cinnabar were sold at most for 20 yuan. The two items together were no more than 60 yuan, but they were sold for 300 yuan at once. It was a huge profit!
The monkey boy swung the banknotes in his hand and said with a smile: "I will spend all the money this morning and will not let Lu Fei pocket any..." As he spoke, his eyes stared at the banknotes in his hand and his face changed.
I was stunned, turned my head to look at his hand, and was also shocked. The three banknotes turned into three ghost money, and were stamped with the seal of the underworld bank!