Chapter fifty-two
When the crying mother Aji heard that her daughter had come back to life, she immediately stood up from the ground and ran over.
It was almost time to tell the story of the past. As soon as I entered the house, Aji's mother ran over and knelt on the ground.
As soon as I reacted, I quickly helped her up. My mother-in-law wiped her tears and said in unstandard Mandarin, "Thank you, thank you really, benefactor, when will Aji wake up?"
"I just relieved the evil spirits of the qi for her and restored her breathing. It may take some time to relieve the evil spirits and drive them away."
"Please save my daughter. Her father died early. How can I live if she leaves again?"
"Don't worry, mother-in-law, I will definitely find a way to save her. That's it. I don't know if I should say something or not."
"My benefactor, please tell me."
"It is inevitable that there will be some physical contact when saving people, but don't misunderstand it. Unless it is absolutely necessary, I will ask that girl to help."
"As long as you can save her, I will be very grateful to you. You saved her life, no matter what."
"That's good, and I can cook some food first. The meal starts immediately after I'm full. I don't know when I'll get it. If I stop for too long, all my efforts will be wasted."
When everyone heard this, they all started to cook. My aunt looked at me and pulled me into the room and said, "If you don't let Xiaodie come to help you, Xiao Ai will have to help her grandmother cook later?"
Before I could speak, the aunt at the door said, "It's okay. I'll send her grandmother's meal back in a while, and she can stay and help."
Seeing my aunt like that, I naturally understood what she meant. I sighed and said, "Aunt, it's not that I don't want Xiaodie to help me, but if Xiaodie sees this, I have to explain to her how long it takes. I don't want to bother anyone, but Aji is always a lady from a wealthy family, and I can't do everything by myself. Auntie, believe me, I will definitely not do anything that I am sorry to Xiaodie."
She smiled, nodded, and then went out to work hard. Xiao Ai, who was beside her, smiled and wiped Aji's face.
At around five o'clock in the afternoon, the food was ready. Xiao Ai and I ate first, while the others began to prepare to pack up.
The couplets posted, the lanterns hanging, and the coffin were not dead yet, so naturally they had to put them aside first.
Everyone was busy, and the white elegiac couplet was removed, and the yard returned to normal, and the sad atmosphere seemed to disappear.
Everyone glanced at me from time to time, but the look of expectation made me feel nervous.
People who study Taoism are not afraid of catching ghosts and demons. They are only afraid of two things, that is, Gu and evil!
This Gu Xiaodie will help me in the future, and I don’t need to say much, but this is like a doctor doing a major operation.
There is only one type of Gu. If one carrier bears two types of Gu at the same time, the carrier will die.
But evil is different. Evil can be spread throughout the body at the same time, controlling the Qi point, life point, fatal point, and thirty-six acupoints on the body.
Removing evil is also called finding evil. Evil is different from Gu. Gu can leave the carrier by itself through some methods, but evil must be found by yourself.
Destroying evil is divided into three steps: activate qi, relieve evil, and drive evil, which is also called ventilating the qi point, finding ghost evil and driving evil blood.
If the evil has not been dispelled completely, the carrier will die after more than twelve hours, so you cannot stop looking for the evil step for a moment.
Since I learned Taoism, I have been able to understand many things by myself, which is related to the fate of heaven and man.
I was a Taoist priest three hundred years ago, and I was still a Taoist priest three hundred years later. Although my Taoist skills have not improved, my mind seems to be much more proficient.
After eating, I wiped my mouth and went back to the room. I was afraid that the power would suddenly break down at night, so I asked the villagers to help light the eternal light on the side against the wall and put a stove outside the door. What I was afraid of was that the weather was cold at night, and Aji would not be able to stand it.
Everything was ready, so I brought a handful of incense from the main hall. I was afraid that the incense ash would not be enough, so I could only light it in the house while using it.
I asked Xiao Ai to untie Aji's coat and asked her to gently press with her fingers. She would mark the harder places with a brush.
This step took us nearly two hours. It seems simple, but it is actually very difficult. Although Xiao Ai's fingers are not rough, for men and women, the strength is different and the perception will be different.
I pressed a mark on Aji's stomach and asked Xiao Ai to look for it according to the mark. I couldn't let a missing point go all over my body. If there was any omission, Aji would still die after twelve o'clock tomorrow.
The big step of finding evil is divided into many small steps. Pressing places with hard objects is just a rough understanding of some places that may have evil.
Many people think that evil spirits are similar to ghosts, but in fact, evil spirits are breaths that erupt from the corpse before the ghost is formed.
The qi will not dissipate, but it can walk freely in the air like a living body. When Aji hits the evil, it is probably hit by the evil. The qi will suddenly dissipate when it enters the human body, blocking the qi hole. Other qi will reach any part of the human body, which increases the difficulty of finding the evil.
More than two hours passed, and we only completed a small step. After Xiao Ai finished finding it, I pressed it with my hands and fingers at the place that deviated from Aji’s important part.
"No, some places are wrong. You can't deviate from the evil. If you pierce the wrong place, it will cause harm to Aji. Otherwise, you can rest first. I'll find the other places first, and you will find the rest slowly."
Xiao Ai nodded and wiped the sweat from her forehead with a handkerchief. After searching for two hours, it still failed. I asked Xiao Ai to wipe all the marking points with a wet towel, and then I started looking for them myself.
I pressed my left hand and held the incense in my right hand. Whenever I found a position, I used the bottom of the incense to thrust down.
When the fragrance was pulled out, a bubble slowly began to appear, and it was only completed when the bubbles dissipated. I stared at me and asked Xiao Ai to use a flashlight. After about an hour of fumble, some necessary places were broken.
All the rest can only be done by Xiao Ai. I took a look at the time and it was already past eight o'clock in the evening.
Xiao Ai's hands were a little trembling. Whenever he pricked the incense, he always didn't dare to use force. It was not until after nine o'clock that he was finished. Looking at Aji, who was covered with wounds, everyone would feel distressed.
The first and most important step to find evil was also completed. I stood up and stretched out my sore waist.
Just as I was about to drink a sip of water, a knock on the door came from outside. Xiao Ai wanted to put on Aji's clothes, so I shook my head and pulled the quilt to cover her.
Chapter completed!