My mother was so respectful to her ancestors that she knelt on the ground and refused to get up. Shen Bing and I were not so particular about etiquette. We stood in front of the altar and chatted with Grandpa Taizu. When we asked him how he was doing in Woshi, Northeast China, he told us that the place was really prosperous now and he lived a much better life than in the underworld. If Judge Cui hadn't insisted that he come back to help, he wouldn't have wanted to leave that place at all.
Shen Bing stretched his head and asked in a low voice: "Did you fall in love with a pretty girl over there, old man?"
Grandpa Taizu was at a loss whether to laugh or cry and said, "I am devoted to your grandma Taizu, how could I be interested in any other girl? Stop talking nonsense, little girl."
I didn't dare to reply, but I was thinking in my heart, what are you talking about to my great-grandmother, who is unwavering in her determination and unforgettable in her old love for Xiaoxue? I, your grandson, won't expose your shortcomings. Then I asked him if he was going to deal with the three taboos when he came back this time? He coughed twice and looked up at my mother. He didn't want her to hear it. My mother was a sensible person, so she immediately said goodbye to the great-grandfather and went back to her room.
Grandfather Taizu then whispered to the two of us: "You little bastard are quite smart, nothing can be hidden from you. Judge Cui really intended for me to come back this time to help, and to work together with Xiaoxue to crack the three taboos. However, since the three taboos have been combined into one, it will be extremely difficult to crack them, and I am not sure at all."
What he said was the truth. I recalled the creepy look of the Skeleton Demon at that time. It felt like even if the Chief Executive took action himself, he would be beaten to pieces. Besides, the Chief Executive is not necessarily more powerful than Grandpa Taizu. Just like the Jade Emperor, he is just a coward. When the Monkey King made trouble in the Heavenly Palace, didn't he need all kinds of gods to come to the rescue
Shen Bing smiled and said, "Xi Feng is a smart kid. We have to admire him. Also, Xiao Xue is now..."
I quickly reached out to cover her mouth. I didn't want to live anymore. When my great-grandfather came home, there must be people lurking around at night to spy on him.
Grandpa frowned and asked, "Where is Xiaoxue? I came back yesterday, but I found that someone else's soul had replaced her body in Tanzi Village. If I didn't understand what was going on, I would have taken this soul away!"
I stuck out my tongue in fear, and quickly took two steps forward, asking the old man to stretch out his palm, and wrote the words "Xiaoxue is hiding in the store" on his palm. Grandpa Taizu immediately guessed that something was wrong and asked what was going on. I wrote a brief account of the whole story on his palm, and he sighed after reading it, frowning, and seemed to be worried about it.
He pondered and said, "In another month and a half, the three taboos will truly merge into one. If this matter cannot be resolved during this period, disaster will occur." After a pause, he said, "Never mind, after the first day of the new year, you should take the bottle, preferably put it in a flag, and set off to Duanlong Village in Nanshan to find the descendant of the Cao family, the geomancer who can read the feng shui of the yin and yang worlds."
I was stunned. Could this descendant of the Cao family he was talking about be the Yin-Yang master from Nanshan who practices Yin-Yang and Feng Shui? I hurriedly asked, "Why are you looking for this person?"
"Because I suspect that the Qianli Tomb on Kunlong Beach was built by the Cao family. The three major taboos are combined into one. Without the help of the Cao family, if the Qianli Tomb is broken, we will no longer have any chance of winning." Grandpa Taizu said with a worried look.
Damn, the Cao family he was talking about is really the Nanshan Yin-Yang people. I whispered to him, "Do you know that the Cao family is the Nanshan Yin-Yang people who practice Yin-Yang and Feng Shui?"
Grandpa Taizu raised his eyebrows and said, "Do you think the Cao family dares to go to the underworld to check Feng Shui?"
I then told him what had happened in the past few days, and he couldn't help rubbing his hands and said, "This is troublesome. If this person is controlled by a group of traitors in the underworld, we will be courting death if we go to Death Valley again."
I told you to rest assured, the man had drowned in the river outside Xiping Village. Hearing the news, he was both happy and disappointed. He sighed and told me that his death didn't matter. No one could do anything about the unparalleled Feng Shui arrangement of Qianli Tomb, and no one could change or repair it. Once the three taboos were broken, the King of Flowers would reappear in the world, the underworld would become a hell, and the world of the living would become a hell on earth!
Shen Bing and I were shocked. No wonder the rat refused to tell us what the consequences would be after the three taboos were combined. It turned out to be so serious. This kind of consequence cannot be leaked casually, otherwise it will cause chaos in the world.
Grandpa Taizu thought for a long time and said that maybe there were still descendants of Cao alive, so we should go there during the New Year. After convincing the descendants of Cao to help, we went to Sichuan again and found a wizard to glue the broken blood jade pendant and bracelet on my hand together with witchcraft. This wizard was kind-hearted and was a good friend of Grandpa Taizu. He died hundreds of years ago, and he was also looking for his descendants. This magical jade refining technique will definitely be passed down.
As for how magical this jade refining technique is, we will talk about it later.
Grandpa Taizu told me to finish these two tasks within a month. We will meet at the entrance of Death Valley around the 20th of the first lunar month. At that time, we only need to hand over the descendants of Cao and the two blood jades to him, and then we don't have to worry about anything else. He and Xiaoxue can deal with the three taboos. But if there are no descendants of Cao and blood jades, or if one of them is missing, then even if I go to help, it's nothing more than giving away one more life.
After he finished speaking, he ate the fragrant fruits we prepared as offerings, yawned and went to sleep. Shen Bing and I were not sleepy at all, so we sat on the sofa and discussed that it was only about ten days before the Chinese New Year, and we had to solve Tan Guifen's unjust case within these ten days before we could leave with peace of mind. But now we were in a dilemma and we were at a loss.
At this time, Lu Fei called and told us a good news. Zhu Zhongqi's wife's ghost was not found, but Xiaolu's soul was found in a corner of the villa. He had collected it with a ghost-collecting bottle and asked me to go there tomorrow. I told him not to wait until tomorrow, but to bring the little ghost here tonight.
Half an hour later, Qu Mo and Lu Fei drove to Shangcheng Town. Ma Yunxi didn't come. She felt unwell today and went to bed early. We immediately ran to the store, let the little ghost out, and took out the high-heeled shoe and threw it in front of her. When the little ghost saw this thing, his two scary ghost eyes immediately flashed with a strong anger. He pounced on it and bit it, and finally tore the shoe into pieces.
I rubbed my nose and watched the kid's crazy behavior. Suddenly, an idea flashed in my mind. I stood up and said to them, "Let's go, take her with us to the county hospital!"
"Why go to the hospital?" The three of them were completely confused.
"Don't ask so many questions, this is a great tip..."
Before he could finish his words, he got hit on the forehead!