Chapter 335 Old Man Qi’s Request

An old man in his seventies or eighties kneeled on the ground. Normally, you couldn't see anything when he was walking, but once he hunched over, he curled up into a small, dry ball.

How could a young man like me bear this? I might die young if I wasn't careful. I hurried over to help him.

Old man Qi was very stubborn. I don't know where he got the strength from his skinny body. I tried to help him up several times but failed. Finally, I lifted him up. I panicked and put him down. He was old. If he got hurt, his children would come to the house. I couldn't afford to compensate them even if I sold me. Now he couldn't make much money when he was alive and kicking, but he was worth a lot when he lay there...

Seeing him kneeling on the ground without saying a word, I couldn't help but said anxiously: "Hey, can we get up and talk it out? It's the 21st century, and this is no longer popular!"

However, it would have been better if I didn't say anything. As soon as I opened my mouth, Old man Qi didn't say anything, but burst into tears.

In fact, I am afraid of hearing adults cry, let alone these old people.

When young boys and girls cry, it is at most a catharsis of emotions, but when adults cry, their cries are full of the cowardice of life, so cowardly that they can't shed tears, just like the whimpering of a wounded beast, which inexplicably reminds people of the sufferings they have suffered in their lives and the bitterness in their hearts.

Old man Qi is like this. No matter what I say, it's useless. He keeps crying. From the initial sobbing, it gradually turns into a loud howl...

I persuaded him a few times, but he didn't say anything at all, just howling. I figured it out. I couldn't sit down and talk about things today without waiting for him to cry. Looking at the protruding blue veins on the old man's neck, I didn't dare to leave, for fear that he would not be able to catch his breath and just lean over. I sat aside and suffered it.

Wushuang came to bring me food and happened to run into this scene. He looked at me in confusion. I spread my hands to show that I was also confused.

Wushuang smiled shyly, put the lunch box in front of me, and patted Old Man Qi's back to calm him down. He was a nice guy who made people approach him. My nice words were useless. He patted him a few times and Old Man Qi stopped crying.

Wushuang pulled Old Man Qi to sit down next to me. He took a deep breath, wiped his eyes, and said, "I'm really sorry, Xiao Wei. When I think about this, I feel suffocated..."

What else can I say except "It's okay"? Seeing that the other party had calmed down a little, he asked carefully: "You just shouted for help, what happened?"

Old man Qi hung his head, and it seemed that he was struggling with his conscience. After a moment, he gritted his teeth and looked up and asked me: "Xiao Wei, we are not close friends. I just guessed that you are not just selling coffins, right? I don't have much experience, but I also know that Taoists and monks are not short of money now. Who would live in poverty like you? In my eyes, only people like you are real masters and have real skills..."

I looked at the old man in surprise. I didn't expect that the other party would ask this.

Since the name is to find someone with skills, generally speaking, there are only two purposes.

I carefully looked at the forehead of old man Qi, but I didn't see any clues. No matter if they are involved in dirty things or have such people around them, their foreheads will not be very bright, and they will be more or less affected by some ghosts. Old man Li's forehead is not very good. At least he must have bad luck, but he is definitely not entangled with ghosts.

So, he has another purpose?

Thinking of this, I felt uncomfortable. If he was crying so hard for that kind of thing, it would be hard for people to look up to him. So I said half-jokingly and half-seriously with a smile: "He has some tricks, but they are not big. I have said it before. If you are too poor to survive, it won't work if you cry for help. I can't do anything like the five ghosts to bring wealth, nor can I shave my hair to make money..."

"How can I do that!"

Old man Qi was a little angry, and his bloodshot eyes glared at me: "I have lived for decades, and the earth is buried up to my neck. What's the point of thinking about getting rich at this time!"

I joked: "It's hard to say. There are many people who are old but not old at heart. Don't you watch the news? There are so many people who cheat people and blackmail people. There are even those who visit brothels."

Old Man Qi's face flushed, and he stood up suddenly, looking like he wanted to hit me. He held back for a while, and then sat down dejectedly. However, after I stirred him up, the gloomy and sad mood that made him feel choked up disappeared. He sighed and said, "Xiao Wei, I really have no choice but to find you. My daughter seems to have been stained with unclean things..."

I looked at his forehead, and I always felt that this was the same as the things we had dealt with during this period. I didn't take it too seriously. But since we had come to this point, and we were acquaintances, I couldn't point it out directly, otherwise Old Man Qi would think I was perfunctory. So I sat upright and asked Old Man Qi to tell me the story.

Old Man Qi calmed down, stopped crying, and told me the story.

I knew that he had a pair of children. The daughter was younger, in her forties this year. Her name was Yindi. I had never seen her, but when I chatted with Old Man Qi before, I also knew that Old Man Qi had a daughter late and loved her very much.

There is no cause and effect, but her daughter went insane for no apparent reason a while ago.

Not only her daughter, but also her son-in-law went crazy!!

Mr. Qi's son is out of town and has no time to take care of the family. His wife has passed away, and the burden of life is all on Mr. Qi alone. He has to sell vegetables to make a living and take care of his daughter and son-in-law. His life is miserable. Otherwise, he would not have a mental breakdown immediately when this matter is mentioned.

I really don't understand how Mr. Qi connects madness with evil spirits, but I still asked: "Did your daughter and son-in-law suffer any mental trauma in their early years?"

Mr. Qi straightened up, looked at me with burning eyes, and asked me if I wanted to say that their madness was caused by mental stimulation? He took his daughter and son-in-law to see a doctor recently, and the doctor said so.

Don't say it, I really think so!

Seeing the vigilant look on Old Man Qi's face, I naturally didn't dare to agree. Otherwise, if the old man started crying again, I would explode on the spot. So I smiled and said that Chinese medicine emphasizes observation, smelling, asking and palpation. It's the same for us Taoists. To understand something, we have to get to the bottom of it!

Old Man Qi looked at me for a moment and nodded dejectedly: "I originally had a grandson who was kidnapped twelve years ago. That noon, Yindi was cooking at home and the child ran out to play. She saw someone talking to the child at the gate through the window. At that time, she felt something was wrong. When she ran down, the person was gone. The couple quit their jobs and searched for their child all over the world. They suddenly went crazy a while ago, and they went crazy together..."

I was silent for a while after hearing this.

If there is any kind of criminal in this world who deserves the torture of lingchi, it must be the human traffickers, who are a hundred times more hateful than drug dealers.

I didn't expect that this honest old man had such a painful past. However, things are things. Just looking at this situation, it doesn't look like something unclean is causing trouble. If his daughter and her husband were entangled by unclean things, he would have been contaminated with evil spirits long ago after taking care of them day and night. I couldn't help but see it. In my opinion, maybe her daughter and son-in-law found some clues, and the results might not be good. They couldn't bear it all of a sudden, and their twelve years of persistence collapsed, and they went crazy.

He should have gone to the police for this matter. Isn't it a waste of time to come to us?

Old Man Qi saw what I was thinking and immediately knew what I was thinking. He said in a sad voice, "Xiao Wei, it's not what you think. They must have been possessed by evil spirits. If they were really crazy, how could their breath get weaker day by day? I don't think they will live much longer...

Moreover, I have really seen those unclean things. You can tell from my accent that I am not from here. Someone in the village was possessed by evil spirits before. They looked like no human beings. It was so creepy...

My daughter and son-in-law look more and more like that person now, and I get hairy all over my body when I sleep at their house at night..."

After saying this, Old Man Qi looked at me pitifully and said, "Xiao Wei, just come with me to see them. I don't have much money left after taking them to see a doctor. I can't give you much, so don't complain. I won't charge you for the food in the future..."

I was about to say that it was just a psychological effect, but when I saw him take out a small red handkerchief from his bosom, which was full of change, I finally sighed and asked him to put the money away. The food cost was not much, so he didn't need to waive it for us. Anyway, we have been cheating and defrauding a lot of people recently, so we don't need his money. We should just do a good deed to atone for our recent actions. I pulled out his hand that was taking out the money and said, "Okay, don't think about it anymore. I will go with you. If there is something causing trouble, I will get rid of it for you. If it is not a demon, you can take them to see a doctor peacefully. There is nothing you can't get over!"

After that, I pulled Wushuang up.

But Old Man Qi looked at me suspiciously and asked, "Are we going alone?"

I touched my nose, shook my head helplessly, and pushed Wushuang: "Go and get those lazy guys from Lao Bai. Zhang Xinya is not feeling well, forget it, let's drive away!"

Only then did Old Man Qi feel relieved. In his opinion, Wushuang and I were too weak and alone, and he was very worried.

Lao Bai has been treating himself like a pig these days. He heard that he had to follow Old Man Qi to do things because of his suspicion. He couldn't help but grumble a few times, looking reluctant, but he still went down the mountain with Brother Yaozi, took us, and went straight to Old Man Qi's daughter's house. It was not too far from us, just on the outskirts of the city, and there were some old houses and courtyards. We arrived in less than two hours...

In front of us was a very small courtyard, with many plants climbing on the walls. In addition to creepers, there were more plants with leaves similar to those of spider plants. The rhizomes were dark red and extremely lush. The creepers were mixed in, all of which were dead. However, this kind of thing grew tall and lush, stacked together, and higher than the top of the wall...

The courtyard wall made of blue bricks was bumpy and full of small holes. You could see fat red ants going in and out...

The temperature in early summer is obviously very high, and the sun is bright above, but standing in front of the courtyard, it is particularly cold, and the courtyard feels gloomy.

I pointed to the plants on the wall and asked: "Uncle Qi, when did these things grow?"

"I don't know..."

Old man Qi shook his head in confusion: "I rarely come here. The couple has been running around all these years. This yard has not been taken care of for a long time. It is normal to grow some weeds..."

"Jingzhe, you are thinking wrong this time!"

Brother Yaozi looked up and looked at the courtyard, and whispered: "Ants don't enter the soil, they sit on the wall for nine thousand years. This is a typical lonely evil. There are really unclean things in this place!!"

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