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Chapter 10 Paper Ingot Dumplings

Talismans and taboos, except Liuwu Day, five encounters with breaking suns, [-] ghost days, the ninth day of March, the second day of June, the sixth day of September, and the second day of the last month, do not draw talismans; The person of the talisman, since he will lose his life, will be harmed by it instead, so don't use it indiscriminately. ——Excerpted from the eighth volume of Jiangyin in "The Book of Words Without Words".

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Commander Xu uncovered the spell on the little aunt's belly, the thick black blood in the abdomen stopped suddenly, the fetus in the abdomen stabilized, the blue veins and blood vessels slowly dissipated, the little aunt's complexion returned to pink and tender, her pretty cheeks turned red, and she woke up. Opening his eyes slightly, he said softly and tenderly, "Master, I..."

"Needless to say, come here! Hurry up and help Auntie back to her room..."

Commander Xu was very excited when he saw that his aunt was awake and getting better. He ordered several officers and soldiers to help her to rest in the room. Then he turned his head to look at Zhang Blind and Bai Shibao. You're playing tricks here, not to mention killing my wives, but also killing my son, so you won't let you taste the taste of a gun, I'm afraid you don't know how powerful I am!"

"Master Xu, this matter really has nothing to do with me, it's the two of them making trouble here..." Yan Xisan was so frightened that his nose and tears flowed, his legs and feet became weak, and when his crotch became hot, he was so scared that he urinated.

"Lock them all up for me, and go find a doctor to check my wife's pulse. If something goes wrong, I'll send you guys to be buried with me!"

Commander Xu put down his words, and all the officers and soldiers tied Zhang Xiazi, Bai Shibao, and Yan Xisan with thick ropes, and threw them in a side house, closed the door, and officers and soldiers stood guard outside the door; Those who went to catch the doctor, and those who collected the corpses of several concubines were busy all the time.

"Master, how can it be all right if the spell is lifted?" Bai Shibao asked.

"I was scaring him just now. The ghost fetus was injured by the 'Suppressing Corpse Talisman', so it was naturally unable to struggle, but at noon, if the evil spirit came to visit the fetus and found that the ghost fetus was injured, he would get angry at that time. But it's going to be lively..." Blind Zhang was tightly tied to the stool, unable to struggle, and the scaring ghost whip under his feet was covered with thick black blood.

"Master Bai, what should we do now? Commander Xu is not someone to be easily provoked. If the fetus in his aunt's womb is really in danger, our lives will be gone!" Talking about ghosts and gods, worrying about your life, for fear of being shot in the bones of your thin body, it is too much to bear.

"Master who is afraid of death!" Bai Shibao stared at Yan Xisan and said angrily.

"I'm not afraid of death, I'm just greedy for life..." Yan Xisan lowered his head and whispered.

"Don't even talk about it. I'm still in the mood to bicker at this moment. They will arrest the doctor in a while, and they will definitely give the auntie some anti-fetal drugs. The ghost fetus may become negative again if it encounters the anti-fetal drugs. If it is not removed immediately , we are more miserable than being shot to death..." Blind Zhang shouted from the side.

After hearing this, Yan Xisan opened his mouth so frightened that he couldn't speak.

Blind Zhang bent his body, stretched out his feet, picked up the scaring ghost whip on the ground, threw it upwards, and threw it on his body. Zhang blind sniffed it with his nose, and sighed: "This ghost whip is stained with that ghost's womb. Yin Xue, I'm afraid it's not working."

"Master, there are paper talismans pasted on the doors and windows!" Bai Shibao saw that the blind man had lost his magic weapon, and looked up to see that the door and window were covered with talismans. He thought that with the paper talismans protecting the house, ghosts should not dare to come in.

"Those charms can't be moved, and they won't work after you use them once and take them off." Blind Zhang said, shaking his head.

Bai Shibao suddenly remembered something, tied his hands behind his back, picked up the cuffs with his fingers, took out a pack of talisman papers, and said to Zhang Blind, "Master, I still have a pack of amulets here, how about using this to cast down that ghost?"

Blind Zhang was overjoyed and said, "Okay, let's make dumplings for this ghost!"

"Make dumplings?" Bai Shibao and Yan Xisan asked in unison.

"Dumplings are shaped like ingots, which are a favorite of ghosts, and because they contain heaven and earth, they are commonly known as 'skin stuffing'; the stuffing is also a bait, we use this bag of amulets as stuffing, wrap it in dough, and dip it in sesame oil. Lure the ghost fetus to eat, as long as the dumplings are swallowed, the ghost fetus will be completely weak, and we will take the opportunity to abort the fetus..."

"The stuffing is there, but the dough and sesame oil are not!" Bai Shibao thought to himself now that we are tied up, where can we get the dough and sesame oil?
Blind Zhang slowly raised his head, stared at Bai Shibao and said, "Is that an oil lamp hanging on your head?"

Bai Shibao looked up, and there was a kerosene lamp hanging on the candlestick above his head. The lamp was burnt to pitch black, and it was half filled with oil and water, hanging above the pillars of the room, illuminating the room brightly.

Bai Shibao said: "Master, this is not sesame oil, but kerosene."

"Oil is slippery. Ghosts like to eat it. It is common for ghosts to lick people's faces. They eat facial oil, but sesame oil is better. Now I don't care about so much. Oil is fine!" Zhang Blind said. Leaning forward, he suddenly bent over and moved towards Bai Shibao with the stool.

Bai Shibao was overjoyed when he saw it, and thought to himself that these officers and soldiers were brainless guys, they tied everyone to living things, and it would be strange if they didn't escape.Blind Zhang bent over and walked until he got behind Bai Shibao, bit the rope around Bai Shibao's wrist with his teeth, and after Bai Shibao broke free, he turned around and untied Zhang Blind.

"Master Bai, and me, I..." Yan Xisan hurriedly called for help in a low voice after seeing Bai Shibao and the two of them break free.

Bai Shibao signaled him not to disturb the guards outside the door, and then went to untie him. At this time, Zhang Blind had already taken off the kerosene lamp, removed the lampshade, and poured kerosene into his palm. Zhang Xiazi rubbed kerosene on the talisman, and then folded the talisman paper into the shape of an ingot.

"Master, what should I do if I have no face?" Bai Shibao asked.

"Go and look at the officers and soldiers outside the door first. Don't disturb them. I have my own way." Zhang Blind sat on the ground with his legs crossed, his eyes slightly closed, and he bit his middle finger and wrote the word "borrow" on the ground. Cast spells.

Bai Shibao wondered if Master would still use the 'Five Ghosts Carrying the Coffin Technique'?The last time I used this technique, my physical strength has not recovered. Wouldn't it hurt my vitality to use it again?However, the move of this spell to raise the altar is different from the "Five Ghosts Carrying the Coffin", so I didn't think much about it, turned around and lay on the window, dipped my finger in the saliva, pierced the paper window to peek out, and two officers and soldiers outside the door carried guns Guards, the house was pitch black, and it was impossible to see if there were other officers and soldiers.

"How many people?" Yan Xisan asked quietly.

At this time, blind Zhang was still sitting cross-legged and casting spells. Bai Shibao didn't dare to disturb him, so he wanted to discuss with Yan Xisan to deal with the officers and soldiers outside the door, and whispered: "Just the two of you, standing on the left and right outside the door, let's use some tricks to bring them in." Come on, how about giving them a sap?"

"They have a guy in their hands, maybe they will die..." Yan Xisan gestured with his hands like a gun, shaking his head violently.

"What are you afraid of? It's better than waiting to die here, take a gamble!" Bai Shibao said.

Yan Xisan lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then nodded in agreement, and asked, "How do we lure them in?"

Bai Shibao bowed his head and whispered in Yan Xisan's ear, then the two picked up the stool and walked to the door, patted the door with their hands, waiting for the officers and soldiers outside to open the door and rush in.

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"Why haven't you moved?"

Bai Shibao felt strange. Just as he was about to knock on the door again, the door was suddenly opened. Two officers and soldiers came in with guns. Bai Shibao raised his stool and threw it on the officer's head. But he still stood stiffly, Bai Shibao was amazed, he looked directly at the two officers and soldiers, and couldn't help being startled.

The faces of the two officers and soldiers turned purple, their eyelids rolled up, as if possessed by an evil spirit, they stood on tiptoe in a daze.

Just when Bai Shibao and Yan Xisan were confused, they heard blind Zhang say from behind: "Don't look, I borrowed two ghosts to get on them just now, what are you still doing? Change into their clothes!"

It turned out that Blind Zhang borrowed two ghosts to possess the bodies of officers and soldiers. The ghost-possessed person touched the ground with his toes, and his expression would change to that of the ghost when he died. The body was controlled by the ghosts and could be manipulated.

"Master, this method is really powerful! Why don't everyone in this house be possessed by ghosts?" Bai Shibao asked while changing his clothes.

"It's a good idea. This trick is a yin method. When we run out of manpower, we will use the power of the yin ghosts. This is a business that we yin ghosts often do. Since it is a business, we have to do it for the two yin ghosts afterwards." Burning paper to pay off debts, everyone asks for what they need! If you want to control so many people with ghosts, you don’t know how much money and energy you will spend. I don’t have such a high level of morality. Summoning these two ghosts has exhausted me .” Blind Zhang explained.

After Bai Shibao and Yan Xisan changed their clothes, they tied the two officers and soldiers with ropes and left them in the room.The three of them walked out of the side room and walked under a willow tree in the yard. They saw that the main hall was brightly lit, and Commander Xu and the others were discussing things inside. After a while, several officers and soldiers escorted a doctor, carrying a medicine box, and walked into the main hall. go.

"Oops, they brought the doctor here, and they're going to give medicine to that ghost!" Bai Shibao exclaimed in surprise.

"Go to the kitchen and cook dumplings quickly, wrap this paper ingot in it, and go!" Blind Zhang shouted to Bai Shibao and Yan Xisan.

Bai Shibao put away the paper ingots, looked around, and took Yan Xisan to the kitchen. Blind Zhang picked off a few willow leaves with his hands, stuffed them into his mouth, chewed them, and spread the juice on the scaring ghost whip. He bit his middle finger and drew a curse on the scaring whip with blood, and thought to himself: "Before that evil ghost comes, we must get rid of this ghost..."

"Master Bai, this house is so big, where can I find the kitchen?"

Yan Xisan followed Bai Shibao around, not knowing which room was the kitchen, and he didn't dare to disturb the officers and soldiers. When he reached the door of the room, he pierced the window paper and peeked into the house. The two of them searched for a long time, and finally saw a door with garlic peppers hanging on it. , dried salted fish and shallots, Bai Shibao was overjoyed and said, "This is the one."

The two quietly opened the door and went in. The kitchen was pitch-black. Bai Shibao touched the stove, walked back along the stove, and saw two large vats, one for water and the other for rice. Bai Shibao cursed: "What about noodles?" ?”

"Master Bai, here you are!" Yan Xisan waved to Bai Shibao with half the bag in his hand.

Bai Shibao picked up the noodles with his hands, and poured water on the cutting board to knead the noodles. Yan Xisan saw that Bai Shibao's hands and feet were clumsy, so he asked, "Master Bai doesn't usually make noodles? There's too much water here, like mud."

"You know how to make dough?" Bai Shibao asked.

Yan Xisan picked up a handful of noodles and sprinkled them on top, then rolled up his sleeves and kneaded the noodles. Bai Shibao found firewood and added water to the pot.

"How many dumplings do you want to make?" Yan Xisan asked suddenly.

"Just such a talisman, how many can you pack?"

"Just one dumpling, will the ghost eat it? At least one bowl is needed. That ghost is not a fool, one is obviously a trap!"

Bai Shibao lowered his head and thought for a while, then said, "Okay, make ten of them and make them into a plate. What do you want to use as fillings for the other dumplings?"

"That's right! No stuffing!"

"I'll just pick a few garlic bulbs and put them in random bags..."

The two of them worked in the kitchen for half a stick of incense, and the dumplings were already in the pot. Suddenly, they heard the sound of children crying, followed by wailing and shouting.

"Here, these dumplings are not cooked yet, they are raw." Yan Xisan said.

Bai Shibao said anxiously: "It's too late, don't worry about so much, just bring it up..."

(End of this chapter)