The Exorcist Chapter 8: Amulet
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Ruan Zhan was knocked out of bed at six in the morning.
At this time of the day, he had just finished cleaning the bar and had gone to bed, so he went downstairs and opened the door, shirtless and barefoot, wearing only a pair of jeans. He knew that was his only friend Wan Li, but he didn’t expect that he also brought Yue Xiaoxia, who was only wearing pajamas.
“Take her in first, and I’ll pay the fare.” Wan Li pushed Xiaoxia into Ruan Zhan’s arms without saying a word. Only then did Ruan Zhan realize that the silent female lawyer could not stand without support.
He couldn’t help but feel extremely upset, knowing that this trouble had already come to his door, and it seemed that he couldn’t escape it.
“What are you doing standing there? Didn’t you see she was about to faint? Go upstairs, go upstairs.” Wan Li locked the door with his backhand and said to the two people standing by the bar, his tone was so impolite that people would misunderstand that this was his home.
Ruan Zhan didn’t say anything. Although he was itching with hatred in his heart, he still followed his words. In addition to the two separated rooms on the second floor, it was also used as a warehouse, and the stairs were relatively steep, so he had to half-carry and half-support Xiaoxia to safety. Then with a laissez-faire attitude, he watched Wanli go about his business on a familiar road, and finally let Xiaoxia sleep on his bed.
“We need to talk.” He couldn’t bear it and walked over, stretched out his hand and drew a few words between Xiaoxia’s eyebrows, which looked astonished.
Xiao Xia was lying on the bed where Ruan Zhan’s body temperature was still there. She already felt safe, but now she asked him to write and draw on his forehead. He only felt itchy, and then fell into a coma without warning.
“I seem to be buying and selling by force.” Wan Li smiled bitterly.
“You are very self-aware. You have practiced being unreasonable with your acquaintances to the point of perfection, and you have also broken your promise.”
“I’m sorry.” Wan Li apologized sincerely, “But if I were given a choice again, I would still do it.”
“Oh?”
“I have no choice but to do so.”
“Oh?”
“Why are you indifferent to everything? That’s what she said.” Wan Li pointed at Xiaoxia, who was sleeping.
“Oh?”
“Don’t oh oh oh, there is really a ghost who wants to harm people, you must help me.”
“I don’t see why I should ‘must’ help you.”
“Then let me beg you. We have been friends for many years, Ah Zhan, so you don’t really care about me.”
“Ask me?” Ruan Zhan drawled his voice meaningfully.
“Don’t get me wrong.” Wan Li knew what he was thinking and explained: “I admit that I have a little more affection for her than for an ordinary friend, but it is definitely not to the point of love. She -” Wan Li looked at Looking at Xiaoxia’s sleeping face, a trace of sadness came to her heart, “Just like Nana.”
Ruan Zhan was stunned for a moment, “Nana has been dead for ten years. You are trying to compensate for this, it is useless. Besides, she looks nothing like her, you must be dazzled.”
“She has a similar personality, and her current situation is similar, so I don’t want to make the same mistake again.”
“Don’t fool me! This person has no patience in doing things, can’t lose face when asking for help, is sensitive and willful, how is he like Nana? Is he a good person or a coward?”
Ruan Zhan’s words made Wan Li couldn’t help laughing. “I have to say that you two are really close friends! We just met once, and you analyzed each other’s shortcomings thoroughly, but unfortunately you can’t see the advantages. Not to mention, you really feel like a happy enemy.”
“You treacherous bastard, you still have the nerve to make me laugh!”
Seeing Ruan Zhan’s dirty words and losing control of his emotions, Wan Li knew that his old friend’s stance had softened, and he quickly struck while the iron was hot, “Forget it, you can scold me all you want. You won’t really refuse to save me, will you? , Azhan?”
“What else can you do besides causing trouble for me?” Ruan Zhan scolded, and the calmness and elegance he usually maintained with great care completely collapsed. “You know that I don’t want to use that ability, but you still reveal it to outsiders. You know that I never let women come here, but you let her occupy my bed openly. Is there such a friend in the world?”
“It’s all my fault, right? Then – are you willing to help?”
“Will you let me go if I don’t help you?” Ruan Zhan finally accepted his fate, “But let’s talk about it later. I only help you, not her.”
“What does this mean?”
“It means that I will help her once for your sake. If she provokes other ghosts again, it will have nothing to do with me.”
“Okay, okay.” Wan Li agreed. Whoever is fine always provokes evil!
“Now tell me what happened last night. Why are you so embarrassed?” Although he was reluctant, there was no place to sleep anyway, so Ruan Zhan had to inquire about the situation first. At least he knew that he was going to What to deal with.
His questions made Wan Li become serious, which also made Ruan Zhan realize that the problem was not simple. Wan Li had lived and died with him twice, so he wouldn’t make a fuss when seeing a strange phenomenon.
“I don’t know what Xiaoxia went through last night. When we took a taxi in the morning, she didn’t say anything to me. I only know that I encountered a ghost wall yesterday, and it wanted to separate me from Xiaoxia. And before , we also encountered strange things in the hospital.”
He told Ruan Zhan about Xiao Xia’s nightmare and murder in detail, and then talked about what happened at Xiao Xia’s house. “She was fine when I woke her up after ten o’clock to take medicine, but then I fell asleep on the sofa in the living room. About one o’clock, I heard her calling me very loudly, and her voice broke. Like this The loud sound would definitely spread far at night, but strangely no neighbor heard it. I was anxious at the time, but I couldn’t find the door to her room anyway, and then I couldn’t hear any sound. It seemed like I was in a vacuum environment. I chanted the Qingming Mantra the way you taught me, and then pushed away everything with texture in one direction. As a result, I could only run from the living room to the door, and I still couldn’t find Xiaoxia’s room. Even the phone couldn’t get through the door. When I broke in at dawn, she had been unconscious for an unknown amount of time. It should be noted that the door was locked from the inside, but Xiaoxia would not do that.”
“Maybe this is her way of guarding against perverts.” Ruan Zhan joked casually, but he was confident. He walked to Xiaoxia, who was still sleeping, and reached out to her chest.
Wan Li stopped him, “You want to turn into a wolf!”
Ruan Zhan ignored him and gently picked up the jade pendant around Xiao Xia’s neck. “I’m sure that thing wanted to harm her, or at least get on her, but why was she safe?” He lowered his head. Look carefully at this amulet of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, “Do you know where she got this treasure?”
Wan Li thought for a while. “She said that during a parade in Wuhu, Anhui, an old monk gave it to her because she said she had Buddhist connections and wisdom. She didn’t like hanging things around her neck, so she gave it to her grandma because she was A very devout Buddhist. Three years ago, her grandmother passed away. She probably missed her old man too much, so she started wearing this and has never left her body.”
“So that’s it.” Ruan Zhan put the Jade Guanyin back, “Do you know the Xiaojiuhua Guangji Temple in Wuhu? The Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva is enshrined there. This was probably given to her by an enlightened person. It’s very special. She has spiritual power. In addition, there is also a strong telepathy on it. I think her grandmother must love her very much. This very real wish has turned into a strong protective power, which is really rare. Now I can understand why she met When things like this happen, the Yang Fire can be weak but not extinguished.”
“That means she will be fine.”
“Relatively speaking. You must know that too much ghost energy will pollute this kind of treasure, just like air pollution can harm the human body.”
“Don’t tell her about this, otherwise she will be unscrupulous.”
“This has nothing to do with me.” Ruan Zhan said while drawing a symbol on Xiaoxia’s eyebrows to wake her up. Then she started asking about what happened last night before she was fully awake, and her carefulness made Xiaoxia think that he would be the most astute lawyer if he studied law.
“It says you are the sixth one?” Ruan Zhan asked.
“Yes.” This scene still made her feel frightened. “Is this because of my case?”
“Look again.” Although it seems to be related to the murder case, this is not dealing with people and cannot be thought of with common sense.
“Are you willing to help me?”
“I’m helping him. But I hope you won’t say anything about it in the future. Just consider it as the reward I want, okay?”
“Do you want her to swear?” Wan Li interrupted.
“No need. Someone swore an oath, wouldn’t he betray me in the same way?”
“Don’t worry, I won’t say it no matter what. It doesn’t matter whether you believe it or not.” Xiaoxia wanted to thank Ruan Zhan, but his cold and reluctant attitude hurt her self-esteem and she couldn’t help but feel a little angry.