Spirit Guide: Volume 1

By San Jiangshui

In the next village, there was a crazy old woman who had died. She didn't close her eyes when she died, so how many people couldn't lift the coffin? There was a tribulation of life, but there was also a tribulation of death. Babies who don't survive a death are not going to make it to the New World. If the deceased could not survive the calamity, they could not leave. They had to stay by their loved ones' side all this time. A green bamboo flag appeared and sent the soul away.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Funstory
• Release date: Mar 16, 2020
• ISBN: 9781648576140

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PHANTOM

CHAPTER 1 - DEATH WITHOUT REST

We all know that the advent of a new life is a grand and complicated affair, and that a child who is not careful may not be able to come into the world. However, very few people knew that when a life forms away, it is similarly complicated. If one isn't careful, the Undead might not be able to leave.

Life and death were the keys to entering this new world. Life and death meant tribulation. Death meant tribulation. There used to be a midwife who helped people overdo it, but now there's a doctor. As for those who helped others to survive the deadly tribulation, they were called spirit givers. However, with the development of this era, this trip was about to end.

My family is Mr. Shouling, passed down from generation to generation, but in my grandfather's generation, there was almost no successor.

Firstly, the social changes were too fast. With the impact of the new culture and ideas, everyone no longer cared if they needed to hire Mr. Ling anymore. Some people even felt like they had lost everything after the lights went out.

Secondly, we have entered the economic era. My father went out early to work in order to let me study, so he doesn't want to inherit my grandfather's legacy.

It was only a coincidence that I entered this profession. After graduating from high school, because of my poor university entrance examination results, I wandered back and forth between studying and working. I squatted at my hometown and followed my grandpa out to get some extra money.

One morning I heard that the madwoman in the next village had drowned. That crazy old woman was called Auntie Red, she had an intermittent semi-crazy personality, so she was able to distinguish between the two of them.

Aunt Hong's husband, Lao Huang, despised her and felt that she was embarrassing him by always tying her up and beating her up. This is what everyone knows, so in the beginning, we also thought Old Yellow wouldn't spend money to arrange a funeral for Auntie Hong, the kind of thing like finding a coffin and casually burying it.

As a result, the night after Aunt Hong's death, Old Yellow ran over to my house, panting as he asked grandpa to come over. He said that Auntie Hong's coffin could not be lifted. From noon till night, he had called over ten burly men, but none of them could carry it. There must be something strange.

Unfortunately for him, his grandfather had fallen that day. It was not easy for the old man to fall. His bones were broken and he was unable to get out of bed.

However, Old Yellow was anxious and wanted to drag me over. It said that it would probably do the same when it saw me often working with its grandfather.

How could Grandpa be willing to do that? He said that I would be able to hold on for a bit if it was just to send my soul out of the house normally, but I can't do it in this kind of situation.

The weasel thought everyone else was in the same boat as him, so it said that in addition to the original two thousand yuan, it would also give him an extra thousand yuan to make my grandpa pay.

Grandfather clearly told Old Yellow, it's not a matter of money. In this line of work, I have a sense of mission. But now there was really a situation. He broke his leg and couldn't leave!

His grandpa told Old Yellow to go to the next village and find a Taoist to take a look. Old Yellow immediately said that it was too late and when he came, there was a loud bang inside the coffin.

When I heard this, I wanted to scold him. I didn't know that he would only say something so important now.

Thinking of the three thousand dollars, my heart jumped. I said to my grandfather, Let me give it a try. I'll do whatever it takes. If it doesn't work out, I'll just run away.

Grandfather saw that there really is no other way. If we continue delaying it like this, something big might happen, so he asked me to pull out a box from under his bed and take some tools. They are Mo Dou, the Five Emperors Coins and the like. These were all things that could only be used if something was wrong. Grandfather had brought the spirit into the world for half his life, so nothing bad had happened to it. Therefore, these tools were all covered in dust.

Pappy told me to wrap the coffin in a piece of string and leave everything else alone, so I agreed and followed the weasel to his house.

Aunt Hong's coffin was parked in the yard. Strictly speaking, it wasn't even a coffin. It was a cabinet that was casually nailed together with an old door board. No lights or incense were lit. There was no one in the yard. They must have been scared away.

I ran over to the coffin and there was a loud bang from inside. I had never seen such a scene before so I quickly pulled out a string from the ink-pot. However, the thread had been stuck there for a long time. I pulled hard, and it broke!

I was speechless and called for the weasel to help. I turned around and saw that the weasel was actually hiding outside the yard, refusing to come in.

I shouted at Old Yellow, Come in, I can't handle this by myself!

Old Yellow waved its hand and said that it didn't know anything and wouldn't be able to help, so it didn't bother me anymore.

I almost hit him with the stool, scaring him. If Aunt Hong really ran out, the first thing she would do was take his life. Only then did Old Yellow walk in timidly, asking if there was anything he could do for me.

I immediately got him to help me connect the line. After connecting the line, we successfully pulled it out. But the awkward thing was that there was no more ink inside.

I looked in the direction of my home.

Old Yellow became quick-witted and hurriedly said that he would buy ink, but I replied and ran off.

The coffin was still banging on the floor, but I calmed down and realized that although it was banging on the floor, it wasn't shaking at all. This meant that it was part of the coffin's impact.

To test my hypothesis, I placed the five emperor's money on top of the coffin. The inside of the coffin was still filled with 'bang bang' sounds, and it didn't affect me in the slightest. As expected, it wasn't something that Aunt Hong was up to. In order to verify my thoughts, I swallowed a mouthful of saliva and moved the lid of the coffin away.

Damn, so it's a catfish. When Auntie Hong was drowning, there was a catfish swimming inside her clothes. The weasel didn't help her change clothes, but used a few pieces of wood to knock on a coffin and let her in, preparing to bury her in the mountain.

I can't stand a couple doing all this. I can't stand it any longer." Even if it wasn't a husband and wife, as the deceased were big, they would still have to stay for a few days.

In Old Yellow's eyes, Auntie Hong's death was like the death of a cat or dog.

I grabbed the catfish and put it in the basin beside me. I looked at Red and saw that her eyes were open. Even if he died, he wouldn't be able to open his eyes. There must still be something he was worried about, so he didn't want to leave. That was why he couldn't lift the coffin.

At this time, Old Yellow bought the ink and came back. When he saw the coffin lid open, he asked me in panic if Aunt Hong had come running out. I suddenly wanted to frighten him, saying that's right, Auntie Hong said she wanted to take your life.

Old Yellow's legs went limp as it held onto the wall by the entrance of the courtyard. I widened my eyes in mock alarm and pointed behind Lao Huang.

The weasel was so scared that it rolled over to my side and crawled over to me. It held the coffin while gasping for air and asked what I was referring to.

I said it was nothing. My hands were a little sore.

Old Yellow heaved a sigh of relief, and said it thought that Aunt Hong was behind him. After saying that, she inadvertently caught a glimpse of Aunt Hong, who was in the coffin with her eyes wide open. She was so frightened that she sat down on the ground.

I was both angry and amused. I told Old Yellow to inform Auntie Hong's family members to come. Who knew that Old Yellow said that Auntie Hong didn't have any family? It was brought over by him when he was still young and working outside to get to know her.

I got even angrier and cursed at the weasel: He followed you here at such a young age. He is unfamiliar with this place, and your family is poor. Why? I thought you were going to be nice to her and leave your life to you. In the end, when Aunt Hong's mind was in trouble, you would beat her up and worsen her condition. Now that she's dead, you don't even prepare a proper coffin for her to bury?

Old Yellow was stunned by my scolding. Now that he had a request from me, he didn't dare to say anything.

I told Lao Huang to buy some candles and paper immediately.

After Lao Huang bought the candle, he asked me why didn't I close the lid of the coffin. I said that even if Aunt Hong didn't want to go, it would be useless to cover the coffin.

Old Yellow nodded and said yes, he'll do whatever I say, as long as it's over as soon as possible.

I asked Lao Huang to light a candle, but when he did, he couldn't. At first, I thought there was a breeze, so I helped to block it. After confirming that there was no wind, I still couldn't light it.

I said burn the incense then, so it would be easier to burn the incense.

Old Yellow ran into the house, lit the incense, and placed it in front of Aunt Hong's coffin. Just as it was about to insert the incense, the three incense sticks broke.

Aunt Hong didn't want Old Yellow to smell it. When Old Yellow saw me like this, it also guessed that it was Aunt Hong who was playing a trick on me. It was so scared that it trembled, asking me what to do.

I asked Old Yellow to kowtow to Hong Aunt and then said to her, "Auntie Hong, everything from the past has passed. Old Yellow is a bastard, and those bastards have their own balls to grind.

The weasel kowtowed until it was bleeding, and continuously said that it was in the wrong. It begged Auntie Hong to let him go.

Lao Huang kowtowed and lit the candle again. This time, both the candle and the incense were lit, but the liquid wax coming out of the candle was red like blood.

The weasel looked at me and asked why I was doing this. I lightly said that it could have been Hong's tears. I told him to call his family and friends immediately and arrange for them to be on guard duty at night. Even if Aunt Hong was despised when she was unconscious, but she died, at least as a person her respect was essential.

CHAPTER 2 - REFUSE TO GO ON THE ROAD

Actually, all the relatives in the village knew that Aunt Hong was dead, but Lao Huang didn't say anything about handling her funeral. He just wanted to bury her quickly, so they didn't come.

But now, even if Old Yellow called for someone, no one would dare to come because the news of Aunt Hong's corpse being swindled had already spread. The neighboring neighbors didn't dare to go out, fearing that they would bump into the swindled Aunt Hong.

Since even relatives did not dare to come, Old Yellow could only watch over her. Although Aunt Hong's birthday wasn't the end of her life, she could not be buried in dirty clothes. I let Lao Huang find Aunt Hong's clean clothes, gave her a bath, and put on some clean clothes before entering the coffin.

When Old Yellow saw how Auntie Hong was, he almost cried. He said he definitely wouldn't do such a thing and wanted me to change Auntie Hong's clothes and give me an extra thousand yuan.

How could I help Auntie Hong change her clothes? Men and women are different, and besides, I'm also a junior, so no matter how much money I pay, it won't do. I promised to stand next to him with my back to Aunt Hong, so that he would dare to help her change her clothes.

When he was helping Auntie Hong change her clothes, Old Yellow kept saying sorry, fearing that she would pinch him. When I was done changing my clothes, Old Yellow told me that I could turn back. His whole face had turned pale, and he was trembling in fear.

I think there's nothing much to do now, so I'll just leave Old Yellow here as a wake. I need to go back and take a bath first.

Old Yellow pulled me along and refused to let me go no matter what. He insisted that I accompany him and give me an extra two hundred yuan.

For the sake of money, I'll stay for the time being.

Old Yellow knelt in front of the coffin to burn some paper and asked me when I would be able to bury Aunt Hong.

I said that if Aunt Hong did not close her eyes, she could not close the coffin, and even more so, could not bury it.

At this point, I also had a headache. I walked up to the coffin and asked Aunt Hong why she didn't close her eyes. Was there something on her mind that hadn't happened?

Old Yellow trembled. If you ask me, then will Aunt Hong still be able to speak? Don't scare him, he's already scared to the point of choking.

Of course, Aunt Hong couldn't speak, so I could only ask Old Yellow if there was anything Aunt Hong really wanted to do while she was alive.

Old Yellow said a bunch of nonsense before getting to the main point, saying that Aunt Hong had been thinking about their son, Huang Yuan.

When I heard that, I looked around, but didn't see her son, so I asked Lao Huang where his son was. Who knew that Old Yellow said that Huang Yuan had been working outside for two years and did not come back. He called Huang Yuan today and told him that Aunt Hong was dead. Huang Yuan also said that the factory would be working overtime so he had no time to come back.

This is real! I lit a cigarette. It was the wrong person for her to have such a husband on display. Now that even his own son was like this, it was indeed a miserable fate.

I told Old Yellow to call Huang Yuan right now, and after the call connected, I told Huang Yuan to buy a train ticket right away. I told Old Yellow to call Huang Yuan right now, and when the call connected, I told him to buy a train ticket right now, and Aunt Hong refused to close her eyes and leave, probably because she wanted to see him one last time.

Huang Yuan might have been shocked by my words, or he might have been a little concerned with his mother. He promised me that if we got to the car, he would be home by 10 o'clock tomorrow night.

I was afraid my grandfather would be worried about me after all the time I hadn't been back, and my head was itchy. I insisted on going home to take a shower before coming back. Old Yellow dragged me along and refused to let me go, and in the end, I handed him the five emperor's money and said that Aunt Hong really wanted to extort a corpse, but she didn't dare to come close with this, so Old Yellow allowed me to go home.

When we got home, I told him about Hong's aunt. He let out a long sigh and said that Hong's aunt had suffered a lot. She had been beautiful when she was young and had a good personality. The reason why she went crazy was because after Old Yellow brought her home, it revealed its true nature and was very bad to her. Aunt Hong didn't have any friends here that could complain, so she wanted to go home and take a look. However, Old Yellow thought that Auntie Hong wanted to run away, so it didn't come when she returned. No one cooked for him and gave birth to a child, so it just tied up Auntie Hong and kept beating her up. In the end, the Red String of Fate gave birth to a Yellow Source, making it even more impossible to escape. Slowly, something went wrong with his mind.

Grandfather told me that because there were still things that she couldn't let go of, Hong Aunt was unwilling to leave. We must send the dead on their way. This is our mission.

Because Grandpa can't get out of bed, can't go by himself, so I had to let go to do it.

I went back to Old Yellow's house after my shower and found it squatting at the entrance to the courtyard, burning a piece of paper. It was about ten meters away from the coffin. He was preparing to run away at any moment!

I scolded Old Yellow again. I wasn't sincere at all. Aunt Hong's resentment would only be greater.

Shortly before dawn, I was worried that the sun would shine on her, so I set up a shed with Lao Huang and covered her face with a white cloth. After daybreak, those who had the guts to stick their heads into the yard to see what was going on saw that the weasel was fine, so they were no longer afraid.

Since it was daytime, no one was afraid, so some relatives came to burn paper to make an appearance. But she had to come and go quickly, and when she burned the paper, she continuously told Aunt Hong not to harm her, and she even gave Aunt Hong something to eat.

Since someone came, I got Old Yellow to quickly ask everyone if Aunt Hong ever said anything to them. Take things into consideration, so that Red Auntie can go on the road.

One of the kids said that when Auntie Hong saw that his school bag looked good last week, she asked him where he bought it, and also wanted to buy one for Huang Yuan.

When Aunt Hong was delirious, she sometimes thought that Huang Yuan was still a child.

This is a point, I sent a relative to buy a children's school bag.

At around 10 AM, no one came to burn paper at Old Yellow's house anymore. I didn't sleep all night, so I went back to sleep. As soon as it was dark, Old Yellow sent someone to my house to call me.

When we got to Old Yellow's house, Old Yellow said worriedly, What if Auntie Hong still refuses to close her eyes when she sees Huang Yuan? If you don't close your eyes, don't bury your words. Just pour some kerosene and burn them.

I almost couldn't resist punching Lao Huang, saying loudly that Hong Aunt refused to close her eyes just because she refused to go on the road. Forcefully forcing her to travel was useless. If he burned her, her vengeful spirit would continue to haunt Old Yellow.

Old Yellow's tears flowed down as it listened. What if Aunt Hong hated him and kept hitting him before, then she wanted him to die with her so he closed his eyes?

It turned out that he had been thinking about this for a whole day.

I wanted to frighten Lao Huang, so I said if that was the case, I wouldn't be able to do anything about it.

At around 9 PM, Huang Yuan came back. He was quite big and seemed to be two or three years older than me.

I lifted the cloth from Auntie Hong's face, allowing her to look at Huang Yuan, but she still didn't close her eyes.

The moment Huang Yuan saw Aunt Hong, his eyes turned red. Shrinking his nose, he called for his mother, saying that he was sorry. It was not because he didn't like her that he didn't come back, but because he couldn't bear to see Aunt Hong being bullied by the weasel. He was very sad that Auntie Hong died. He felt that he was unfilial and had no face to come back and see her for the last time, so he had to find an excuse in the beginning to not be able to come back.

It seems that this Huang Yuan has a good conscience, let me be a little gratified for Aunt Hong.

But now that Huang Yuan was back and Aunt Hong had seen him for the last time, why didn't she close her eyes?

Old Yellow anxiously asked me, what should I do?

I had no choice but to walk to Hong Aunt's side and say to her, Aunt Hong, in this life, there will be a marriage between a husband and wife, and a mother. If you refuse to go on the road, then you won't be good to Huang Yuan either. You're delaying him from working so you want him to have some potential, don't you?"

After saying this, Hong Aunt's eyes were still staring straight ahead.

I had Huang Yuan kowtow a few more times to Hong Aunt, but she still refused to close her eyes.

Was the body stiff? I touched her eyelids and closed them, but when I took them away her eyes opened again.

I thought maybe I really couldn't close it, so I said to Lao Huang, Let's see if we can lift the coffin. The three of us lifted a corner at the same time, but the coffin did not move at all, as if it were nailed to the ground.

I told Old Yellow that there was nothing I could do now. I wanted to go home and ask my grandpa so that he and his son could try accompanying Hong Aunt for the night.

Since I had Huang Yuan to keep me company, Old Yellow also told me to go back, but kept my phone number, telling me to call if anything happened and not to turn off my phone.

After I returned home, I told Grandpa about the situation. I said that I couldn't drag it out like this, and would there be any way to force Hong Aunt to go on the road?

Grandfather said that there is a way, but Auntie Hong's life is miserable, you can't even suffer like that after death, let me ask again, Auntie Hong must still have something on her mind. We are spirit givers on the road, the key is a send word, if forced to come, it is on the road, there is no point in losing their original intention.

I lay in bed thinking, gradually a terrible thought rose up in my mind, Red won't close her eyes, is it because she didn't slip into the water by her own feet, but was pushed down?

CHAPTER 3 - SEVEN STARS FEEDING

Thinking of this, even I felt a chill run down my spine. In the countryside, there are only honest people. Who would be so heartless?

However, this suspicion was eliminated the next morning, because one of the witnesses said that Hong Aunt was picking wild flowers by the pond and had slipped off her own feet. When he went to call someone to fish up the red rope, she was already out of breath.

However, since Aunt Hong was not killed and Huang Yuan had seen it, why was he still unwilling to leave with his eyes closed? I scratched my head in annoyance. When I served breakfast to my grandpa, he saw the worry on my face and knew why I was worried. He looked like he wanted to remind me, but in the end he didn't say anything. He probably wanted me to exercise by myself.

After breakfast, I'll go to Old Yellow's home. It seems like it's going to rain today.

Huang Yuan was not at home. Old Yellow said he was going to buy a coffin in town and called a makeup artist over. I can't let Hong Aunt be buried like this in a broken cabinet.

I think this Huang Yuan has quite a conscience. Women love to be beautiful, so after dressing up, I think Aunt Hong will close her eyes.

After waiting for more than two hours, the makeup artist arrived with the coffin. The small place did not specifically provide makeup for the dead, and Huang Yuan spent a lot of money to hire a makeup artist for the bride. It was a girl, upon seeing Aunt Hong's miserable state, her hands kept trembling and it took a lot of effort for her to finish painting her makeup.

After the makeup was done, Huang Yuan and I carried Aunt Hong into the new coffin. Strangely enough, when she was carried into the new coffin, she was as weightless as a normal person. After moving her away, the old coffin could also be moved away easily.

The sky was getting darker, and the atmosphere was stifling. What was even more depressing was that Aunt Hong's face was covered in white powder and blush, but her eyes were wide open, making her look even more horrifying.

I said to Auntie Hong, Auntie Hong, look at the makeup, you can leave now, there's a new coffin and Huang Yuan is so filial, why aren't you willing to close your eyes? What's there to worry about?

Just as I said that, a gust of wind blew over, breaking the originally sticky couplet and causing a small section to land at my feet. I picked it up and there were only three words on it: Year of the Reunion.

I took a deep breath. So that's how it was! Auntie Hong's biggest wish is for her family to happily sit together and celebrate the New Year's Eve. I think it should be during New Year's Eve, when she sees everyone else, she will happily eat New Year's Eve meal. And Huang Yuan was always out, so she wanted her family to have a reunion dinner before leaving.

Aunt Hong, do you want our family to have a reunion dinner before leaving? If that's the case, then relax!" I said as I lifted a corner of the coffin. This coffin was very heavy. Normally speaking, I couldn't lift a corner by myself, but right now, I could easily lift it.

So it was like that. I clapped my hands and told Old Yellow to buy some wine and vegetables, and to have a round meal with Aunt Hong before sending her on her way.

While Huang Yuan and I cleaned the house together, pasting a new red couplet on the house and hanging lanterns at the door. When the people outside saw him, they were all confused. He was clearly dead, yet he was still celebrating.

By two in the afternoon, the meal was ready. Huang Yuan and I moved Hong Lingtong into a chair and then the father and son sat down. I stood by the side and watched.

Seeing that Huang Yuan and Old Yellow both had worried looks, I reminded them to be happy and to look like it will be the new year.

Huang Yuan, tell your mom about your life outside. Do you have any girlfriends? Old Yellow, you talk too. You only wish to celebrate New Year when you talk and laugh! "

Huang Yuan nodded, placing some food in the bowl in front of Auntie Hong and said tearfully, Mom, I remember you like eating meat balls the most. I'm doing pretty good outside. Boss gave me a promotion and I'm going to be the class monitor soon. I talked to a girlfriend. She's very hardworking, and her heart is also …"

A tear fell from the corner of her eye, and she cried.

Huang Yuan quickly grabbed Hong Aunt's hand and said, Mom, don't cry, I know you can't stop worrying about me. Now that I'm grown up, I can take care of myself. Not only can I take care of myself, I can even support my family. My boyfriend and I plan to get married tomorrow after we save some money. At that time, I will carry your grandson to your grave to burn some paper for you. "

Huang Yuan said as he became excited. He was just crying, and now he couldn't help but cry as he hugged Hong Lingtong.

I quickly reminded her, Huang Yuan, how can you be so calm when you're crying like this? Say something happy!

Huang Yuan quickly wiped away his tears and said to Aunt Hong, Mom, I have something fun to tell you...

While talking about happy things, Huang Yuan smiled from time to time, and Old Yellow also giggled along.

I smoked two cigarettes outside before going in. I found that Aunt Hong had already closed her eyes. A smile hung on the corner of her mouth as she left in a very serene manner.

Huang Yuan was still talking about some interesting things. Old Yellow had sharp eyes, and when it noticed Hong Qi, it quickly said, Don't say anymore Huang Yuan, your mom already closed her eyes. Hurry up and bury her.

Huang Yuan glared at Old Yellow and continued to feed Aunt Hong, saying, Mom, let me tell you something in secret. My girlfriend is similar to you when you were young. I always buy her a purple dress. Because when I was a kid, I thought my mom was the prettiest woman in the world in a purple dress, and I grew up looking for a woman like you to be my wife.

It seemed that Huang Yuan had long since noticed that Hong Qi was closing her eyes, but he wanted to finish the reunion dinner.

Old Yellow couldn't sit down any longer, so he pulled me out to smoke. Luckily, she doesn't hate me for wanting to be buried with her. She scared me to death.

I coldly laughed. Aunt Hong didn't want to leave because she didn't want to return home to visit her parents and didn't hate Old Yellow. She just wanted to have a family reunion and watch her son grow up. After all, what weighed most in her heart was not her hatred for her husband, but her love for her son.

After about an hour or so, the meal was completely cold. Huang Yuan called for me to bring Hong Aunt into the coffin.

Afraid that things might get out of hand, Hong Ye decided to make a ruckus and said to Huang Yuan, Let's bury them in the mountains today.

Huang Yuan nodded, and Old Yellow quickly went to find the bereaved husband to carry the coffin.

After everyone had arrived, I helped to lift the coffin lid up. I removed the white cloth covering Hong Ye's face and said, This is the last time. If you want to take a look, you can take a look!

Huang Yuan laid in front of the coffin and cried.

After the coffin was covered, the widow took it and left. When I was at Huang Yuan's house, I knocked over all of his stools, scooped up a ladle of water, and walked out from the house seven steps before saying, Be at ease and leave. Saying that, I spread the word water.

This is my grandfather taught me the Seven Stars Spirit Delivery Method, collapsed seven steps for the Seven Stars Bridge, never looking back.

Then I followed the funeral procession and found a random spot on the mountain to bury Red Auntie.

After the coffin had stopped, the mourners began to dig graves. Although it had been raining the entire time, it had never come down.

As per the agreement, Old Yellow paid me an extra one thousand and two hundred, for a total of three thousand and two hundred yuan. But Huang Yuan gave me another thousand in private, thanks for my help.

I was really tired of this incident with Aunt Hong, so I accepted the money without a care in the world.

Huang Yuan, you can go back to work after the first seven. The first seven days I came up to the mountain to deliver a meal, and tonight I'm going to prepare your mom's best food and put it in the living room. I'm not going to argue with your dad, I'm not going to argue, I'm going to lie on the bed, and if I hear any noise, I'm not going to come out.

He had earned a total of four thousand and two hundred gold coins. It was better than working outside in just a few days. I returned home happily, my grandparents had already finished their meal and were ready to go to bed.

Ten days after Hong's funeral, a truck driver from the town came to the house and asked who the river was.

I stood up and said, I am. What business do you have with me?

He grabbed my hand and said, I heard you can make someone close their eyes when they are dead. You're so young and yet you're so capable. I want to ask for your help."

So it turns out that my matter had already been spread out. I felt somewhat proud of myself and calmly said, Tell me about it.

I'm Zhao Lin, I'm relying on a wagon to eat. The delivery last night had always been on the national highway, but the national highway had been blocked by a car accident. I just took the old road, which has many sharp bends. We used to take the same road with the old drivers, but after we built the new national highway, nobody left. It was about two o'clock in the evening and I was alone on the road. I was a little sleepy and suddenly I saw three people waving in front of me. A young man, woman, and child. But in the blink of an eye, it's gone again. I thought I was seeing things, but when I got there, those three people were suddenly standing in front of my car.

Zhao Lin slowly lit a cigarette as he spoke, then continued. I saw that there was someone pressing down on me, so I hurriedly got off the car to take a look. In the end, there was no one beneath the carriage. When I got back to the car, I saw in the rearview mirror that the three men were standing behind the car, smiling and waving at me. I wanted to get out of the car and ask them where they were going, but when I got out of the car, I couldn't see them anymore. I know I've met a ghost, so I immediately got on the car. At this moment, that woman was actually standing next to my window and knocked on my window! "

CHAPTER 4 - UNDEAD BLOCKING THE WAY

After hearing this, even I felt a chill run down my spine. Although I had seen quite a few dead people by my grandfather's side, I had never seen a ghost before. Zhao Lin saw me shudder and looked at me in bewilderment, then I hurriedly covered up. It's a little cold, keep talking.

That girl knocked on my window. How would I dare to open the window? What the hell! I quickly put on the gas pedal and left. Afterwards, I didn't dare to take that road anymore, but the weird thing happened again. My car kept turning off the engine, and when I delivered at night, I could still hear a woman sighing and crying softly. That sigh would come from the passenger seat and then from the back of my neck. "

The more Zhao Lin spoke, the more afraid he was, and he hugged his clothes tighter. From that day onwards, my body became worse as well. Brother River Water, you're already so old, so I'm not afraid of your jokes. In the past, I had to spend half an hour with my wife every night, but now, I can't do it anymore. I suspected that I had been driving for a long time and had prostatitis, so I went to the hospital to have a checkup. I said I was weak, do you think I was possessed by ghosts? Help me out there. I don't care how much it costs. "

I coughed and asked, Did you have an affair with your wife that night before you drove?

That's right, we ran a long distance that time, and we couldn't go home for three or four days, so we did this a few more times.

Then that's it. After so many twists and turns, his body is weak, his yang fire is weak. Of course we'll meet a ghost.

Then what do we do now? Quickly go and beat the ghost girl who was following me to death. She wanted to harm me! "

If she wanted to harm you, would you still be alive? I covered your eyes and let you die in a car accident.

Then what does she want to do?

I lit a cigarette and coughed. Uncle Zhao, right? You can go back first. I'll study it and you can come back tomorrow."

Yes, yes.

After Zhao Lin left, I walked into Grandfather's room, and he heard what Zhao Lin said earlier. After I entered, my grandfather asked, What do you think?

Zhao Lin said that it was a sharp turn, and what he saw was a young man, woman, and child. I suspect they were an outsider, and got into a car accident there. Their household registration didn't go back to that place, and the yin servants didn't take them away as well, so they were unable to return to their hometown and wanted to take a taxi back. Coincidentally, Zhao Lin's body was weak that day and he'd seen them and stopped the carriage, so that woman thought that Zhao Lin agreed to send them home and got on the carriage. But Zhao Lin immediately drove away, leaving behind the woman's husband and children, whereas the woman is from outside the city and isn't familiar with this place. Since I can't find her, I can only stay in Zhao Lin's car. "

His grandfather nodded. Right now, this is the most likely scenario. However, what's the actual situation like? You'll have to handle it yourself.

I was elated in my heart. Grandfather, are you telling me to go and take care of him?

You did a pretty good job on Aunt Hong's matter, and we've always been sending spiritual people to her for generations. Your father isn't willing to do it, and if you're interested, it's not a bad thing to do next. There are some things that need to be passed down.

But I'm afraid my father won't! You know, he thinks it's a hopeless business, not profitable, and not something that can be put on the table. I said somewhat awkwardly.

Don't worry about that. If you really want to do it, then so be it. He's your old man, and I'm still his old man.

With your words, I'm relieved.

It wasn't hard, I thought. Just send the undead back home. As for the fees, he had to study them carefully.

At dawn the next day, Zhao Lin came to my house and asked me how my research was, and if I had any methods.

I lit a cigarette and pretended to be troubled. Uncle Zhao, this isn't a simple matter for you. That family of three's spirit is parked there, but you stopped. That woman got on the car. She thought you would send them home, but who knew you would come back to your own home.

Send them home? What do you mean? Zhao Lin scratched his head. Hey, I don't care about that. Brother Jiang Shui, do what you want me to do. I haven't left my car for three days and my entire family is counting on me to support them. Stop it!"

Since Uncle Zhao has already said so, of course I will do my best.

Alright, alright, alright. It's been hard on you. Brother River Water, how do you plan to pay me?

Don't worry, I won't scam you. You can lie down and live for two thousand years, and then work every day to collect a hundred credits until this matter is completely over, and then do whatever you need to do and pay for it, can't you? "

Brother River Water, you're too honest. What else do I have to say?

Alright, let's go!

Where to?

Go to the place where you ran into the ghost.

Zhao Lin took me to his house on his motorcycle, then drove to the place where he ran into a ghost after buying candles and paper. The car drove for more than three hours before it turned onto the old road where he had run into the ghost. The old road was not only narrow and fast, but also cracked every few meters along the cement road.

When he passed a village, Zhao Lin said there was no village ahead, and looking like it was just another seven to eight km ahead, it would be the place he'd run into a ghost.

I immediately called for Zhao Lin to stop, then I jumped off the car and walked towards a farmer's house. An uncle was about to prepare to go work in the fields, so I sent him a cigarette.

I asked, Uncle, I have something to ask you. Are we going to go over the car?

Turn over the car? The road ahead is more curving, often overturned, but now it's better, built a road, why did you come here? This is not a good way to go, let's go to the main road! The old man replied enthusiastically.

I said, Well, I'm taking this road for a reason. Oh yeah, uncle, you said that the road ahead often overturns, do you remember that a family of three was killed when the car overturned? A young man and woman, and also a child."

The old man clicked his tongue and shook his head. I've never heard of this before.

I hastily asked, Then will others know about it?

The uncle still shook his head, If there was a car accident and a dead person died, other people would know as well. I can tell you for sure, no! Why are you asking about this?

It's fine, I like to ask about random things! I ran back to the car, laughing.

It seems that no one knows where the family of three died. Otherwise, according to the customs of the Chinese, when people from other villages die, their families will not only come to collect the corpses, but also call back their souls. They wouldn't be staying there any longer.

Uncle Zhao, let's go. Let's take a look at the place where you ran into a ghost. I said to Zhao Lin.

Zhao Lin nodded. It's daytime now, I reckon he wouldn't be willing at night.

The road ahead was getting harder and harder to drive. We drove seven or eight miles for twenty minutes.

The car stopped. Uncle Zhao pointed to the roadside and said, That's it. At that time, they were standing on top of my car. Brother River Water, you have to help me drive them away!

En! I jumped off the car and asked Zhao Lin, Uncle Zhao, do you want to come down with me?

Zhao Lin shook his head and said, I'll still be in the car!

I think there's no one around here, with the tall trees and the thick grass. He's afraid to come out. I took a few steps to the side of the road and looked at the terrain. This was a small mountain road to the left, and below it, to the right, there were two ravines, estimated to be about fifty to sixty meters deep. Furthermore, the place where the family of three waved their hands was a corner.

In the past, the condition of the road was poor, so he could only follow the terrain. According to Uncle Zhao, this old road was more than a decade old, and there had been a lot of car accidents.

Uncle Zhao, I want to go down and take a look. Are you coming with me? I asked loudly.

Zhao Lin looked at the interior of the carriage as if a ghost was following him, then hurriedly ran out of the carriage and said, I'll go with you!

The grass was thick now, and I was afraid of snakes, so I broke a branch and beat the grass in front of me as I went down.

After a while, Zhao Lin shouted, There's a bag there.

I quickly looked in the direction he was pointing. There was indeed a duffel bag hidden in the grass, just showing one end. He walked over and saw that the surface of the bag had been washed away by the rain. He opened the bag and found a lot of new clothes inside.

It should be below! I said aloud, and because I was excited, my pace quickened.

Just a little further down, the sun was completely blocked by the mountain. It was very dark and very cold.

As I neared the foot of the mountain, my foot suddenly missed me. In order to prevent myself from falling, I had to keep my balance by running down the mountain. After running a few meters, I stumbled again and fell forward. Before I could land on the ground, I saw the corpse of a woman in a cotton-padded jacket.

There was no way to avoid the disgust, so I threw myself on the female corpse. Before it could open the skull, a bright red snake's head suddenly appeared from the skull.

CHAPTER 5 - GATHERED GHOST VALLEY

Under the intense fear, I activated my potential and stood straight back, as if there was a rope tugging at me.

The red snake glanced at me and wandered away. Zhao Lin also ran to my side. He didn't see the red snake, and he noticed the corpse of a child on the side as well. He hurriedly said, There's a child's corpse there. He was going to walk over when he finished.

I immediately shouted, Don't go over there!

Zhao Lin was shocked by me and asked. What's wrong?

Grandfather told me before that the red snake is a very evil thing and specifically cultivates in places where the Yin is gathered. As for the place where the red snake had appeared at, there was usually a white snake and a green snake.

I picked up a stick and gently touched the child's corpse beside me. Sure enough, a small green snake swam out and ran away as well.

Why haven't I seen this snake before? Would it be very poisonous? " Zhao Lin said in fear.

If you don't provoke it, you won't bite.

Then we found the body of a man and a motorcycle in the valley.

According to the current situation, it should be winter when the family of three rode their motorcycles home for the new year. They passed through here and, as a result, due to the skidding of the road surface, rushed down the hill and died here. There weren't many people on this road now, and the weeds were thick, so no one had found their corpses.

There are three bodies now, and they are not something we can dispose of. I suggested we call the police and have them deal with the bodies.

I pulled out my phone, but there was no signal.

Go up and call the police! After I said that, I climbed up the mountain with Zhao Lin. After climbing for over 10 minutes, I felt that something wasn't quite right. The bottom of the mountain was actually only about ten meters away.

Zhao Lin noticed as well and said with a tremble, It's over, what do we do about the Wall-Hitting Ghost?

I've always been safe and sound when I went out with my grandfather to deliver the spirit souls, so I've never seen this kind of situation before. I'm a bit nervous.

However, he had heard from his grandfather that the ghost beat the wall was because there was a ghost blocking his way, so he could not leave. At this time, all they had to do was walk while spitting out water. Their saliva was also called Yang Water, and even ghosts were afraid of this thing.

Uncle Zhao, follow behind me.

After I finished speaking, I noticed that Zhao Lin had already tightly pulled on my clothes and stuck it behind me.

I spit, then went up, spitting as I walked. After a few minutes of this, I turned back to take a look.

How about peeing? Zhao Lin curled his nose as he spoke. I heard that peeing can break down ghosts and walls as well.

Mm, then you can try. As I spoke, I walked behind Zhao Lin.

After Zhao Lin scattered a pool of yellow and smelly urine, he said with a tremble, The three of you don't scare us, we're here to send you home, we're here to help you.

Then we walked on, and after another ten minutes, this time a few meters up, it was obvious that we had been hit by a ghost.

Zhao Lin was about to collapse and said to me, Aren't you extremely formidable? Quickly think of a way, it can't be that you're unable to deal with this little matter, right?

I was afraid of losing face so I replied, It's definitely easy to walk up there, but I don't want to start a massacre unless it's absolutely necessary.

I have no other choice now! Brother River Water!"

I immediately shouted, Who told you to call me by my name!? Don't harm me! "

Zhao Lin was shocked by me and asked, Why can't I call you by your name, Brother River?

I was trembling, half angry, half afraid of what I was about to face.

After lighting a cigarette and calming my emotions, I remembered something my grandfather had told me. When he was young, he had once sent his great-grandfather's spirit home. He was walking on the mountain behind his great-grandfather when he saw a middle-aged woman waving at him from the side of the road, candy in her hand.

His grandfather immediately ran towards the middle-aged woman, but she disappeared after a few steps. Great Grandfather had also disappeared. He called out to him loudly, Great Grandfather, run along the road, but why do you always run in circles?

He just peed and spat, but he couldn't break through this damn wall.

After an unknown period of time, there was the sudden cry of a rooster. Pappy saw a rooster running towards him, a rooster with a red rope tied around its foot and a yellow charm around its neck. Grandfather squatted down and looked at the small yellow talisman. On it were written the words Birthday.

Grandfather picked up the rooster and walked out along the red rope. Great Grandfather was outside and said that it used to be an unmarked cemetery. It was very evil and was a Yin Valley, so it was useless if one just urinated and spat on the ground.

Back to now, what happened to me was the same as what happened to grandpa, so not only were there the three dead souls, there were also many ghosts and lone souls. This is also the Yin Valley.

Am I going to have to wait for Grandpa to find out that I haven't returned and then let a rooster in to guide me?

I thought about it for a moment, it's not feasible. Grandfather thought that it would be a few days before I go out with Zhao Lin, and I'm afraid that by the time he discovers I've gone missing and finds this place, Zhao Lin and I would already be two corpses.

What should I do? Since peeing can help them avoid it a little, why don't I just take a piss on my clothes and use it as a weapon to get rid of them?

I thought of moving out immediately, then walked in front of Zhao Lin, took off my clothes, and scattered some piss on the clothes. Then he waved his T-shirt forward.

This time it was a success, and I soon reached the mountainside road. Relieved, I lay down on the ground and lit a cigarette, but the lighter wouldn't light it.

Uncle Zhao, I'll lend it to you.

After I finished speaking, I didn't see Zhao Lin reply, so I turned around to see that Zhao Lin had vanished. I immediately stood up and surveyed the surroundings before running to the carriage, but I still didn't see Zhao Lin.

Didn't this kid follow me? No, he's very timid and will definitely follow me. I'm afraid some ghost has blinded him, so he can't see me.

I really want to curse someone. Even if I go on now, I might not be able to find him. I called the police. The police were here, and they were in good spirits. The wild ghosts definitely wouldn't dare to act rashly.

When the call went through, I told him about it, but the operator told me it wasn't under their jurisdiction, so he gave me a number and asked me to make the call.

I dialed the operator's number again, but was told they were not in charge, that the jurisdiction of the area was now in flux.

It's just that he wanted to be lazy and was afraid of trouble! So many excuses! I shouted curses at the operator and hung up.

I found Zhao Lin's phone in the car, then dialed his wife's number and asked about the birth date.

Since I couldn't drive, I had to walk back for more than an hour to get to the village where I had been asking questions.

After entering the village, I bought a big rooster, tied with red rope. Then he bought a piece of yellow paper and a brush ink. In a place with no one else, he wrote down the name and the name of Zhao Lin. He wrote down a total of two of them, one was burnt to ashes and fed to the chicken, and the other one was tied to the rooster's neck.

When he returned to the place where the accident had occurred, it was almost evening. The light here