Chapter Thirty-Eight: The Stand-in Doll
Sitting in the car, I had a hallucinatory feeling, and I also had some doubts about my cheap master. (The fastest update speed, remember this site to find this site)
"Master, why did they get this kind of car for us to sit in?"
"It's nothing, they're officials, and I've helped their leaders catch ghosts before." Old man Jiang didn't seem to have any problems with his answer.
I was young at the time, and I didn't think much about it, what he said was what it was, and even the only doubts I had were gone.
"Three babies." Old man Jiang suddenly called out to me.
"Huh?"
"Don't tell your family when you go back, we took this car, and don't say we went to town."
"Why?"
"No reason, the next time you want to take the car, keep it a secret for me! Also, I am your master, what the master says is what it is, do you know how to respect the teacher? "Old man Jiang lured and threatened me, a 7-year-old doll.
"Okay." I don't know what to do, but I know that I really want to take this car again.
When we got home, it was already about 8 p.m., after all, the car only took us to the entrance of the dirt road in the countryside, and we walked back the rest of the way.
I was tired when I went home, and after I finished eating, I lay down on the bed, but my cheap master didn't even bother to eat.
I lay on the bed for a while, feeling comfortable, and wanted to see what the old man Jiang was doing, during which my parents came in to see me several times, and went out several times without saying anything, which made me a little confused.
Thinking about it now, it is estimated that they want to ask what Old Man Jiang took me to do on this day, but they feel that it is not appropriate, after all, they have already handed over their son to others as apprentices, as long as Old Man Jiang takes me out, and then can bring it back safely, it is the greatest peace of mind.
When I arrived in the yard, I found that Old Man Jiang had lit an oil lamp in the yard, and on the lamp, he was carefully pasting paper.
I ran over to take a look, it turned out that he had made a shelf out of bamboo chips, and now he was pasting paper on the shelf, and looking at the outline of the shelf, I could tell at a glance that it was a person!
"Master, what are you doing?" I asked curiously.
"Can't you see? What about the paper man. "Old man Jiang did it very carefully, while pasting paper, he used a very strange-colored ink to write on the bamboo frame, anyway, I can't understand it.
I squatted beside the old man Jiang, and saw that he was seriously tied to the paper man, and I was bored for a while, and I found that there were two pieces of paper on the stone table next to me, and I curiously grabbed it and took a look, and found that one of the pieces of paper was written what year, what month, anyway, at my second-grade level, I can't recognize it, and the other paper is a photo of a person, like a photo, but on paper, I know, it's printed, isn't this what the textbook is?
I looked closely at the portrait (let's call it a portrait), and it was a very beautiful woman, with two eyebrows flying into the sideburns, a pair of narrow eyes, a rolling eye, a tall nose, and small, thin lips.
Looking at it this way, I look like a good-looking woman and a handsome man, I am not stupid, I guessed it at once, and said to Old Man Jiang: "Master, this is Yu Xiaohong, right?" What are you doing with her picture? ”
"Not only the photos, but also her birthday, I'm also coming, I'm going to be a stand-in doll, I can't do without these two things." Old man Jiang finished pasting the last piece of paper and answered me in detail.
"Stand-in dolls?" I'm a little puzzled.
"What is Li Fengxian's greatest wish? is to stay with Yu Xiaohong until she grows old, and if she wants to resolve her grievances, she can only untie her heart knot, this stand-in doll is the meaning of replacing Yu Xiaohong, and it can also be regarded as Yu Xiaohong to accompany Li Fengxian. ”
"Can a paper doll be replaced?" I scratched my head, and I didn't understand.
"Of course a paper doll can't, this stand-in doll is not easy to make! For example, the bamboo piece used to make the skeleton must be made according to the proportion of Yu Xiaohong's bone weight, which is not the weight of the skull, but the weight of the eight characters, and the skeleton must be written with the incarnation pattern, a special transformation rune. In ancient legends, the powerful incarnation pattern can temporarily turn decay into magic, for example, if you fold a bird, draw the incarnation pattern, and use your own skills, the bird can fly for a while. In addition, there are many exquisite, anyway, troublesome. Old man Jiang took the trouble to explain to me.
As he explained, he had already picked up a pen and began to draw on the rough blank that had been pasted with paper, as if he was about to draw a man's face.
Old man Jiang's painting is really good, just a while, he took the photo, he has painted people's eyebrows and eyes, compared with the photo of Yu Xiaohong, there are 7 or 8 points similar, I sometimes really think, I can't think of anything that my cheap master won't?
After watching it for a while, I was sleepy, lying on the old man Jiang for a while, and lying on the stone table for a while, yawning constantly.
"Sanwa'er, go sleep for a while, I will have an hour to finish this, and when it is finished, I will take you to run errands." Old man Jiang said casually, probably impatient with me yawning around him like a little monkey.
I went in as I was told, tomorrow is Sunday, although I can justifiably not go to school, but I can't stand it from tossing and sleepy today.
Lying on the bed, I didn't even take off my clothes, and fell asleep within a minute, and in a daze, I only remembered that my mother came to undress me and covered me with a quilt.
I was woken up by my father, and after he woke me up, he whispered, "Sanwa'er, hurry up, your master is already waiting for you outside." ”
While talking, I wiped my face with cold water, and I was completely awake when I was stimulated by the cold water, and I still couldn't help but mumble, it's hard to be a Taoist priest, and I don't talk about running all day during the day, and I have to do things at night.
I got dressed and walked into the yard, and sure enough, I saw that Old Man Jiang was already waiting for me.
"Master, how long have I been asleep, what time is it?" I asked, stretching.
"Soon, two hours, I tied up the paper figure, went up the mountain to get something, and then called your mother to call you, and now there are still 10 minutes and 11 o'clock." As he spoke, Old Man Jiang looked at his wrist, and I immediately saw a shiny big steel watch.
"Master, you're really rich." The big steel watch is a rare thing, definitely a symbol of the rich, and my master's piece is different, but I didn't look carefully.
"Hehe, you want it too, right?"
"Well, yes." I'm just an honest boy.
"Not for you!" Old man Jiang tilted his head proudly and left.
I'm so angry, doesn't this cheap master think it's boring to tease a 7-year-old child like this?
I was led by the old man Jiang on the way to the countryside, he held me in one hand, and held a paper figure in the other, this paper man was wearing a pink Xiaosheng robe and a small hat, lifelike, beautiful and pretty, and his face looked like Yu Xiaohong in the portrait.
"Master, then Li Fengxian won't come to my sister tonight, right?" I'm very worried about that.
"No, the three talismans consumed at least half of her evil energy, and if you want to find your sister again, you will have to wait at least two or three days. It's like a person who stays up late and does something, and is very serious in the process, and has to rest for a long time the next day, if not, the spirit will be bad, that is to hurt the gods, and you have to nourish yourself, and the same is true for ghosts. ”
"Oh, what about two or three days from now?"
I looked up innocently at the owner of the slap - my cheap master, the old man Jiang, who couldn't figure out why he was beaten, but I saw him roaring angrily: "Does Lao Tzu seem to be such a person who has no ability?" Don't say two or three days, you can get things done tonight. ”
In this way, Old Man Jiang and I rushed to the cemetery in the countryside overnight, perhaps because I was walking too slowly, but Old Man Jiang simply carried me on his back and strode forward.
I lay on his back, and I couldn't feel how fast he walked, but I felt that he could reach a long distance in a while.
"Master, you're walking pretty fast, aren't you?" I was on his back, and I was about to fall asleep, and I didn't forget to mumble in a daze.
"Is that fast? You don't see a warlock who is really capable, but they can fly thousands of miles. Old man Jiang snorted disdainfully.
"You're preaching feudal superstition again, Master! Could it be that you've seen it? "I don't care about it.
"I haven't seen it, but there really is, traveling thousands of miles with the soul of the gods, to a certain extent, it can drive the body, but those people are powerful people, I'm afraid that they are immortals, and the world will not see it." Old man Jiang thought for a while and answered me quite seriously.
"Hmph" Even if I believe in ghosts, I absolutely don't believe in God, and I used a humming voice to express my disdain for Old Man Jiang's words, but as a result, I was twisted hard by Old Man Jiang on my buttocks, and I didn't dare to say anything.
Said fast, it's really fast, usually I have to walk for 1 and a half hours, lying on the back of the old man Jiang only felt that it would be there for a while, the old man Jiang proudly glanced at his big steel watch, hehe smiled: "I have practiced this light body kung fu well, less than an hour, hehehe"
I pursed my lips, thinking that I hadn't picked up the food stamps again, but I didn't dare to say anything.