After Fang Huixin finished speaking, I couldn't help but fall into thought. This matter was too strange. Logically, Fang Huixin's daughter committed suicide and had no lingering resentment, so she couldn't become a fierce ghost.
Furthermore, suicide was a grave sin in the underworld, second only to murder, punishable by descent into the eighteen levels of hell. Therefore, Fang Huixin's claim that her daughter returned to find her was entirely out of the question.
In the underworld, for those who commit suicide due to unrequited love, the judges Hei Wuchang and Bai Wuchang would personally escort them. Even if she had the intention to communicate through dreams, she wouldn't have the ability. After so many days, who knew which level of hell she was suffering in.
It was impossible to tell her about her daughter's suffering. Moreover, the underworld forbade the living from discussing their affairs, as it could easily lead to other unnecessary troubles.
Based on this deduction, the person entering Fang Huixin's dreams was clearly not her daughter, but someone else. It seemed they had a purpose, though it was still unclear.
"Boss Fang, have you offended anyone recently? Or encountered anything strange?"
"Offended people, encountered strange things?" Fang Huixin frowned and pondered. After a while, she looked at me seriously and said, "If you're talking about offending people, then I've only offended you. Did you do this?"
I almost spat out a mouthful of blood. Damn it, this was worse than Dou E's grievance. I left right after returning from Qingfeng Mountain. Besides, if I had the ability to make you unable to sleep across thousands of miles, wouldn't I be invincible in the world?
Seeing my displeased expression, Fang Huixin pursed her lips and smiled, "Just kidding, don't take it seriously. As for offending people, it's impossible. In our line of work, the worst thing we can do is offend people, because you never know which buyer has a terrifying big shot behind them. So, offending people can be ruled out. As for strange things, the only one is the matter of selling Sui Wan'er's remains."
"Tell me about it."
"Because of my daughter's incident, I also decided to sell Sui Wan'er's remains, planning to bury her in a place with good feng shui at an opportune time. But then, I don't know how this buyer got the news that I had a thousand-year-old corpse. He specifically came looking for me.
At first, I didn't agree to sell, but he offered so much money. Plus, he brought a witch doctor as a guest. To avoid offending the witch doctor, I could only reluctantly agree to let him take the remains.
I remember the day the remains were taken, the sky was overcast with thunder and lightning, as if a heavy rain was about to fall. Even the surrounding lights flickered erratically. The person who came to pick up the remains was completely wrapped in black cloth, so his face was completely hidden. After handing over enough cash to me, he carried the remains away. As he left, all the streetlights on the entire street went out and only recovered half an hour later. Do you think this counts as a strange event?"
"Do you think it counts?" I said impatiently.
"Aren't you asking me! I think it's a strange event," Fang Huixin mumbled in a small voice.
I rolled my eyes and said nothing, instead turning my gaze to Zhang Dabiao, wanting to ask his opinion.
Zhang Dabiao lit a cigarette, took a deep drag, and said in a deep voice, "Brother, if you ask me, we shouldn't get involved in this matter, and we can't get involved."
"Why?" I asked him confusedly. Logically, Zhang Dabiao was a kind-hearted person. When encountering disturbances caused by Yin entities, he would act to eliminate evil spirits even without payment. Why did he seem to have changed completely this time?
"Boss Fang just said that the one who bought Sui Wan'er's remains was a witch doctor. Think about what kind of illness Boss Fang could have?"
His reminder instantly made me think of a type of蛊 (gu) worm used by witch doctors called "Huan Gu." This worm was generally used to treat insomnia and excessive dreaming. The original intention was to help people sleep soundly, but later, some generation of witch doctors transformed "Huan Gu" into "Gui Huan Gu," which could cause people to fall into nightmares every night and be unable to extricate themselves, driving them mad. Su Dan Novel Network.
This kind of 蛊 cannot be truly resolved, and it's not even difficult to resolve. However, anyone who has seen this 蛊 will not easily attempt to resolve it, because as soon as it is resolved, the person who cast it will know, which is equivalent to provoking the witch doctor.
Therefore, many people in the Yin world, although capable of resolving this trouble, are reluctant to act because of this.
Seeing me and Zhang Dabiao looking at each other and speaking in riddles, Fang Huixin anxiously said, "What's going on? Can it be resolved or not?"
"Yes."
"No."
Zhang Dabiao and I gave two answers in unison.
"Brother, you need to think carefully. If you resolve it, you'll provoke the witch doctor. Whether we can even leave Molu Village is another matter," Zhang Dabiao clearly disagreed with me agreeing to resolve the 蛊 for Fang Huixin, but he also knew that I rarely changed my mind once I made a decision, so this was his last attempt at persuasion.
"Brother Zhang, actually, I already provoked the witch doctor. Don't forget that Sui Wan'er also knew witchcraft, and now they've taken away Sui Wan'er's remains. Do you think there's any possibility of a peaceful resolution between us?"
"You... forget it. Old brother's hundred-plus pounds are yours to play with. At worst, we'll go down together." Seeing my firm attitude and sufficient reasoning, Zhang Dabiao stopped trying to persuade me.
"Boss Fang, I can help you solve the problems you're experiencing, but you'll have to pay a bit..."
"Isn't it just money? That's not a problem." Fang Huixin very readily took out a check and wrote several zeros, handing it to me. Looking at the string of numbers, I finally understood what it meant to be rich.
"Take this money first. After I'm completely recovered, I'll give you another portion."
Hearing that there was more, I was overjoyed. I took out a yellow talisman, wrote a ghost-dispelling incantation on it, lit it with Yang fire, and put it into a teacup in front of her. "Boss Fang, drink this talisman water, and I guarantee you'll have good dreams every night."
Looking at the floating talisman ash in the teacup, Fang Huixin's face turned somewhat ugly. "You want me to drink this? Are you kidding me? If this could solve it, the Li family would have solved it for me long ago." With that, she snatched back the check she had just given me.
"You see, good intentions are treated as donkey liver and lungs. Let's go! Don't get involved in this mess." Zhang Dabiao seemed a bit agitated. After all, actively provoking the witch doctor was different from being passively provoked. Now that I was actively provoking them, he was naturally very happy.
Zhang Dabiao tugged at me, but I didn't move. He asked confusedly, "Why aren't we leaving?"
"Boss Fang, you need to think carefully. It's not that no one can resolve the Huan Gu you've contracted, but that they dare not. Because the Huan Gu represents the witch doctor behind it. Helping you resolve the 蛊 is equivalent to offending them. I think besides me, no one else would dare to take on this mess right now. Since you disagree, I have nothing more to say. We'll take our leave. I hope you don't regret it. Brother Zhang, let's go." This time, I didn't look back. Even if Fang Huixin called me from behind, I didn't respond.
After leaving her house, I asked Zhang Dabiao for a cigarette and lit it myself, taking a drag. I didn't expect that Sui Wan'er was backed by a witch doctor. I just wondered if it was the same one who negotiated to enter the mountain.
I hope it wasn't her...