Record of Yin and Yang

There is nothing wrong with the medicine that Lai Changjing drank, but the biggest problem is that it is not right for the symptoms.

Shao Yi re-prescribed a prescription for Lai Changjing, and handed it to Patriarch Lai, "This is the prescription for treating the illness of the young master."

There is a regular doctor for Lai's family to see a doctor.Just now Patriarch Lai's first reaction was to find the doctor and ask what happened to this bowl of medicine, but he immediately suppressed this thought, turned around and told his trusted servants to go to the kitchen and drink Lai Changjing's medicine. The dregs of the medicine were taken out, together with the new prescription written by Shao Yi, and asked other doctors in the town.

Lai Changjing felt something, his breathing became lighter, and he sat on the bed more quietly, with his right hand on the quilt, his index finger unconsciously hooked his thumb.

Patriarch Lai saw the nervousness of his elder son, and thought that if he had taken the right medicine, he would have recovered by now, but he didn't expect that he would be tricked by others if he stayed at home.Patriarch Lai's expression became softer, and he patted Lai Changjing's head, asking him to have a good rest, and told him not to import things that were not sent by people around him from now on.

Lai Changjing nodded in agreement, and Patriarch Lai invited Gu Jiu and Shao Yi to move into the study to talk.

In the study, Patriarch Lai asked, "Before Daoist Gu, why did you give Liniang a self-defense talisman?"

Gu Jiu put down his teacup and said, "The young master was fed ghost food, and the bed is also surrounded by ghost aura. This ghost aura also exists in Aunt Li, and it comes from the same source."

Patriarch Lai said: "Earlier, including me, I thought that what happened to Xiao'er was caused by my father, but my father didn't have any reason to hurt Xiao'er. He was his own grandson. Even if the replacement made him unhappy, the punishment would be too severe. And I don’t know why Liniang offended him again. Daoist, is there any other ghost hiding in my house, the one who went to Xiao’er that day may not be my father.”

Gu Jiu heard that his tone was calm and his face was expressionless, knowing that his mood was not as expressed in his words.Gu Jiu said: "Whether it is true or not, please let your father know when he comes back."

"Is there a way for Taoist priest?" Patriarch Lai asked.

Gu Jiu: "As long as your father has not been reincarnated and has your father's date of birth, you can invite him here."

Patriarch Lai's expression was slightly relaxed, and he immediately wrote down the birth date of the old Patriarch and handed it to Gu Jiu.Gu Jiu pinched his fingers and calculated the time, saying that it is suitable to do it at night.

At this time, the servant who went out to inquire about the medicine dregs of the prescription also came back, and reported the result of the inquiry to Patriarch Lai. The disease, this medicinal residue, is just an ordinary blood-tonifying prescription."

After hearing the result, Patriarch Lai's expression finally turned sullen, and he patted the desk, but said nothing.

Gu Jiu and Shao Yi drank their tea with their heads down. After a while, Patriarch Lai, who had calmed down his anger, asked his servants to take them down to rest so that they could take care of them.

They came to Lai's house early in the morning. At that time, they fed Lai Changxiao a bowl of talisman water. At noon, they fed Lai Changxiao again. Gu Jiu could smell the rancid smell coming out of his mouth.It's just that the child is still young, and ghost food is very harmful to the living. Even if all the ghost energy in the child's lungs is completely cleared, the impact on the body has already been caused, and I'm afraid it will be difficult in the future.

At noon when they fed the medicine, Liniang was there, and Lai Changjing was also there.

Lai Changjing seemed to like this younger brother quite a lot. He was afraid that his younger brother's condition would worsen if he got sick, so he just stood outside the door for a while and then left.During the medicine feeding, Gu Jiu noticed that Liniang looked uneasy, and kept looking at him hesitantly. As soon as Lai Changjing left, Liniang couldn't wait to ask Gu Jiu: "Master Dao, the talisman paper you gave me this morning can Kill ghosts?"

"No." Gu Jiu said, "It can only prevent ghosts from hurting you, but it can't kill ghosts."

Liniang said anxiously: "Master Dao, you are so powerful, you must have talismans that can kill ghosts on your body, give me some." Then she saw Gu Jiu tilting her head and looking at her, as if thinking of something, "The talisman paper is very expensive. Is it money? Tell me how much it is.”

Gu Jiu shook his head: "Although we are Taoist priests, we are not the kind of indiscriminate killers. We usually only catch them and send them to the underworld." He comforted, "Aunt Li, don't be so panic. I can't hurt you, and I heard from Patriarch Lai that this ghost may be the old Patriarch, if I really give you a ghost-killing talisman and the old Patriarch's soul is damaged in some way, Patriarch Lai probably won't let you and me let it go."

"He's going to kill me!" Liniang said angrily, and then noticed that her words were wrong, and changed her words, "How do you know that the ghost who hurt me must be the old Patriarch, what if it's another ghost? You If you don’t give me the Ghost Killing Talisman, maybe I won’t survive tonight, if I die, pity Xiao’er, who is only my age, what should he do?”

When Gu Jiu learned that something happened to Lai's family "sitting on the corpse" to worship their ancestors, Gu Jiu already had two guesses in his mind.Liniang couldn't ask for a talisman in this matter, so she was confused and flustered.She was very good at hiding her emotions, and this panic didn't seem like she was afraid of ghosts harming her as she said, but had a deeper reason.

There must be some secret hidden in her, Gu Jiu thought.Not only him, after discovering that there was something wrong with Lai Changjing's prescription, Patriarch Lai must have noticed something too.

"Aunt Li doesn't need to be so afraid." Gu Jiu continued, "Tonight we will both live in the Lai's house, and we will definitely notice any harmful genitals in the house. And tonight we will do the same to invite the old master Come out and tell, then you will know who is the one who harmed the young master and you."

After hearing this, Liniang took a step back in horror, her whole body trembling.

Gu Jiu sighed in his heart, and agreed to come back to feed Lai Changxiao with talisman water in the evening, and left with Shao Yi, leaving Liniang standing in the room with a look of despair on his face.

When they were going back, Gu Jiu and Shao Yi met a middle-aged man in blue and elegant.When the man saw the two of them, he stopped in his tracks, cupped his hands and said, "The two are the heavenly masters that my elder brother invited back?"

Gu Jiu and Shao Yi returned the salute, Gu Jiu said, "I don't dare to be a celestial master, are you?"

The man smiled, and the servant who followed him said: "This is the second master of the Lai family."

Gu Jiu suddenly realized that Patriarch Lai also had a younger brother who was a concubine, only one year younger than him. The two brothers had already started their own families. The family has another residence, and the houses of the two brothers are not far from each other.

The two brothers share the same illness and sympathy in marriage. Lai Erye's wife also died of illness four years ago, leaving only two daughters under her knees. Lai Erye has not yet remarried. He is afraid that the new stepwife will treat the two daughters harshly. A gentle and generous.

During lunch, Gu Jiu heard that Patriarch Lai originally wanted Second Master Lai to accompany him, but his servants came to report that Second Master Lai was gone, so he hadn't seen him before.

Gu Jiu and Shao Yi both know the art of physiognomy, and they have thoroughly studied people's physiognomy.However, the two of them always looked at each other's temperament first, and then looked at their appearance. This observation made Gu Jiu raise his eyebrows in surprise, pretending to look at Shao Yi inadvertently, and exchanged words. a glance.

"Gu Daochang." A voice suddenly came from behind, Gu Jiu turned around, and saw the housekeeper of the Lai family coming over with a piece of paper. , "Gu Daochang, these are the things you ordered to prepare for the practice. I made a list. Do you think there are any omissions?"

Gu Jiu looked at the butler and raised his eyebrows. Because he had to do it at night, he did report the things he needed for Patriarch Lai to prepare, but before eating at noon, the butler had already confirmed it with him. To confirm?

The corner of Gu Jiu's eyes glanced at Erye Lai who was standing beside him, she seemed to understand a little bit, she nodded with a smile and read the paper again, saying: "There is nothing missing."

After the housekeeper left, Erye Lai, who had just arrived, asked, "What ritual?"

The butler's appearance and questioning were very deliberate. Gu Jiu guessed that the other party was instigated by Patriarch Lai, and there was no need to hide what he did at night, so he told Erye Lai about it.

Lai Erye raised his brows, "If so, you two will have to work hard."

Gu Jiu modestly said that there is nothing hard to do, and it is their duty to solve problems for customers.

The two parties soon parted ways, Second Master Lai said he was going to find Patriarch Lai, and Gu Jiu and Shao Yi continued to return to the Guest House.

"Brother, you can see it." Gu Jiu said.

Shao Yi nodded, "They are twins, and there are differences in appearance."

"Yes." Gu Jiudao, "As long as you grasp the difference, it is actually easy to distinguish."

Because they were surrounded by a few servants of the Lai family who were dedicated to serving them, Gu Jiu and Shao Yi talked like they were playing charades. They could hear the servants in a daze, and felt that they were worthy of being experts. What they said was not ordinary like them. people can easily understand.

Gu Jiu and Shao Yi have done countless times to invite the soul. With the horoscope of birthday in hand, it is easier to do the ritual.

Before Haishi arrived, the Dharma altar was already set up in front of Patriarch Lai's study, only Patriarch Lai, Liniang and Erye Lai were the only ones watching.

The ceremony was still presided over by Shao Yi. He familiarly took out the green bamboo staff for summoning ghosts, burned the old patriarch's birthday horoscope, chanted the mantra, and asked the land god to confirm whether the old patriarch's soul was still there. When he knew it, he continued to ask the underworld whether the old Patriarch was reincarnated.

Shao Yi quickly withdrew his momentum.

Patriarch Lai looked at the dark sky, and then looked around. There was no strange change, and he couldn't help asking: "How is it? Is my father here?"

Shao Yi looked up at Gu Jiu, and said, "The old Patriarch has entered reincarnation, so he can't come here."

The lanterns under the eaves were flickering, and the flickering candlelight passed across Lai Erye's face standing in the corner, illuminating the faint complacency that flashed across his face.

Liniang looked up, a little surprised and a little dazed in her eyes.

"Eh?" Gu Jiu also felt a little surprised, did he guess wrong?The matter of the Lai family was caused by other ghosts?

But at this moment, Patriarch Lai took out another piece of paper and said in a deep voice: "Since my father has reincarnated, the Taoist priest will try this horoscope again to see if the soul is still there."

Shao Yi took it and prepared to copy it on the talisman paper, but just looking at it, he couldn't help frowning: "The handwriting is too scribbled."

Patriarch Lai said: "The Taoist priest doesn't know it, so let me read it to you."

"The Year of Wuxu, the month of Bingchen, the day of Wuzi..."

Shao Yi copied the birthday horoscope on the talisman paper, "Whose horoscope is this?"

"This is the birth date of my deceased sister-in-law." Patriarch Lai said slowly, looking at Second Master Lai who was always standing quietly in the corner.

Lai Erye's downcast eyes were already opened in shock, and his calm expression finally cracked.

"Brother!" Lai Erye said, "How do you know my wife's horoscope? Do you suspect that my wife's ghost is responsible for this matter?"