Chapter 138
Chapter 138
Deaf Granny washed her hands and face, then approached the incense altar in the courtyard with Hua Jiunan and Hu Fei’er supporting her.
She lit a pair of white candles and placed three tall sticks of incense in the burner.
“Dust returns to dust, earth returns to earth.”
“The bonds of this life have ended; may you look forward to the next.”
“Fengmei, my unfortunate child, come out now.”
To everyone’s surprise, Deaf Granny called three times, but nothing around them responded.
Alarm gripped their hearts.
Had something gone wrong?!
Only Chen Daji remained oblivious.
“Grandma, don’t tire yourself out. I’ll go inside and call the two of them.”
“That damn fatty and his wife have done nothing but fool around on the brick bed these past few days. They wore themselves out and must be sleeping like the dead.”
“Fuck, I hope they didn’t dirty my quilt…”
Deaf Granny had no patience for Chen Daji’s nonsense.
She raised one hand and removed the Soul-Guiding Incense from Zhao Fei’s mouth.
“Foolish child, if you do not wake now, when will you?”
With that, Deaf Granny slapped Zhao Fei hard on the forehead.
After the sharp smack, Zhao Fei opened his eyes.
Before anyone else could speak, he burst into tears.
“Grandma, hurry and think of a way to save Fengmei!”
“Last night, those paper figures carried her away!”
“What?!”
Everyone was shocked.
Chen Daji immediately began cursing Zhao Fei.
“What fucking use are you, damn fatty?!”
“Paper figures stole your wife, and you didn’t beat them up?!”
Zhao Fei cried even more bitterly.
“I did fight them… but I couldn’t beat them.”
“They pinned me to the ground and kicked me from every side. They almost killed me!”
As he spoke, Zhao Fei rolled up his sleeves.
Under the moonlight, everyone saw that his arms were covered in dark bruises.
Hua Jiunan’s brows drew together. He removed a scrap of paper from the red flower on Zhao Fei’s chest and began chanting.
“Five ghosts, five ghosts, racing in haste; bewilder men and hide their possessions, carrying all without constancy. By decree, I drive out calamity and banish desolation. If you dare disobey, your bones shall scatter to the winds.”
“Swiftly, swiftly, by the law and command. Ghost-Finding Art, emerge!”
A pale blue flame flew from Hua Jiunan’s fingertip, circled the courtyard, and vanished.
“Grandma, Zhao Fengmei’s soul truly isn’t in our home.”
Master Kongchan closed both eyes. After a moment, he slowly opened them again.
“Namo Amitabha.”
“Bodhisattva Lady, there is no living soul anywhere in this residence.”
By now, Deaf Granny had guessed the chain of cause and effect.
She stamped her foot hard and spoke through clenched teeth.
“There’s no need to search!”
“Fengmei must have been taken by the things in the coffin shop!”
Zhao Fei cried even harder.
“Grandma, you have to find a way to save my wife!”
Zhao Fei’s Mother was also streaming with tears.
“Please show mercy, Old Auntie.”
“Fengmei suffered enough while she was alive. If evil ghosts torment her after death, no one in our family will be able to eat or sleep in peace!”
Zhao Aiguo’s expression was grave.
“Do you have a way, Old Auntie?”
“If nothing else works, I’ll fight those filthy things myself!”
“Even if it costs me my life, I won’t let Fengmei suffer anymore!”
Deaf Granny gently rebuked him.
“Aiguo, focus on being a good official for our people.”
“This old woman will find a way to save Fengmei!”
Hua Jiunan asked, “Grandma, what should we do?”
Deaf Granny slammed her cane against the ground and declared with heroic vigor, “They have bullied their way right into our family. What else can we do?”
“Pack our things and bring our weapons. We’re going to kill those six reckless ghostly bastards right now!”
“Those sons of bitches!”
“If we don’t show them what we’re capable of, they’ll never learn that Lord Ma has three eyes!”
The saying that “Lord Ma has three eyes” meant that someone was truly formidable.
Lord Ma was Marshal Ma, one of the four great Daoist marshals Ma, Zhao, Wen, and Guan. He was also known as Celestial Lord Ma.
His other titles included Heavenly King Huaguang and Great Emperor Huaguang.
He once threw the Three Realms into chaos. Later, Emperor Zhenwu subdued him, and he became one of the Thirty-Six Heavenly Generals under the emperor’s command.
He was an important guardian deity of Daoism.
The Jade Emperor, the Great Heavenly Lord granted him the title Grand Marshal of the Fire Ministry’s Troops and Horses.
His three eyes represented the essence, star, and yang force of fire.