The years of reselling the haunted house

Hearing Zhong Xianhai's words, I understood the meaning.It turned out that the third uncle's deduction was completely correct, and there really was such a thing, which was guarded by Zhong Xianhai.In other words, those people in purple came here for that thing.

And now Zhong Xianhai wants to give us this thing.

As soon as Zhong Xianhai finished speaking, the vines on the tree began to dance again.Among them were a few thick vines, which circled and swam upward along the trunk, tightly entangled the blood mulberry.

"Crunch..."

Those vines entangled the trunk, exerting force together, tightening the blood mulberry tree bit by bit.

Under our watchful eyes, the trunk of the thick-looking blood mulberry tree was strangled into several sections, and the huge tree suddenly split into pieces.

The bloody liquid inside the tree trunk was scattered and splashed.

After a burst of blood, the field returned to calm.

The bark fragments of the blood mulberry tree were scattered all over the place.It turns out that looking at such a thick blood mulberry tree, many places inside are actually vacuum.

Chapter 288

Zhong Xianhai stood alone among the broken bark and branches.

His two legs couldn't support the weight of his whole body. At this moment, he was almost half-squatting and half-sitting, with a calm expression on his face, as if everything that happened around him had nothing to do with him.

Ma Di shook his head, with tears in his eyes: "Teacher, why are you doing this?"

There was a smile on Zhong Xianhai's face, and this smile was obviously from the heart.Because we saw his smiling face, we almost forgot the horror before.This kind of smile can only appear on the face of a loving and righteous person.

Zhong Xianhai held up two things with both hands, and Ma Su took them with trembling hands, and handed them over to the third uncle without even looking at them.

Of the two things I noticed, one of them was an old book almost the same color as the bark of a tree.The other is a fruit, which is also blood-red in color, and looks a bit like a dragon fruit.

The third uncle's eyes lit up, and he put the two things away carefully.

At this time, Zhong Xianhai's expression was relaxed, as if he had shaken off a shackle that had imprisoned his body for many years.This kind of ease is his expression from the inside out, and it is the ease that can be felt by others.

He let out a burst of laughter.Uncle San's flashlight shone on his face, and we could clearly see that his face was changing.

At this time, his face was yellow, how to say the color, like the withered and yellow leaves in autumn.

Ma Di burst into tears, and tightly held Zhong Xianhai's hand with both hands.

Zhong Xianhai kept smiling all the time, and not long after, he slowly closed his eyes, and his head tilted down as soon as he sank.

"Teacher..." Ma Di screamed, knelt down on both knees, and supported Zhong Xianhai's head.

Zhong Xianhai's eyes were closed tightly, apparently dead.

Although I didn't have any actual contact with Zhong Xianhai, and I was attacked by him several times in this place.But at this time, I don't even have any hatred for him.Judging from Ma Di's reaction, this should be a respectable person.What he did before he died already speaks for itself.

The third uncle looked at the ruins in front of him and sighed: "Why does it always end in this way?"

With the destruction of the blood mulberry tree, the vines on the tree also withered.The vines growing on Zhong Xianhai's body were also broken.Ma Di went over, trying to hug Zhong Xianhai, tried several times, but failed.

Since Zhong Xianhai's body was no different from a tree trunk, it shouldn't be light.In addition, Ma Di himself is also old and lacks strength.Ma Di was sweating profusely.

I hurried over and patted Ma Di on the shoulder: "Old Ma, let me come..."

Ma Su glanced at me and said thank you.

I nodded and bent down to embrace Zhong Xianhai.Although Zhong Xianhai was physically deformed, he was very heavy, completely exceeding the weight of a normal person.With the help of Ma Su and Sanshu, I finally moved Zhong Xianhai onto my back, and I staggered out of the room with him on my back.

I asked Ma Di where to send Zhong Xianhai, and Ma Di said without hesitation to send him back to his office.

So my third uncle and I sent Zhong Xianhai's body to Ma Su's office.Considering Ma Di's mood at this moment, it's not easy for us to ask him how he wants to deal with Zhong Xianhai, let alone about Zhong Xianhai and the blood mulberry tree. We have to wait until his mood has stabilized a bit.

When my third uncle and I were about to leave, Ma Di told us that the hotel could deal with the aftermath, and no one should come to ask about the tree.

The third uncle nodded, and led me away from Ma Di's place.On the way back, I asked my third uncle: "Is this really the end of the matter? Then a strange tree and a weird person like Zhong Xianhai just disappeared. Is it true that no one cares about it?"

The third uncle said: "It should be like this. There are only two groups of people who know the blood mulberry tree and Zhong Xianhai. One is the so-called upper-class people, that is, people who we tried to find out but no one dared to tell. I guess Zhong Xianhai must know the inside story." , he also told Ma Di, so since Ma Di said that no one will come to ask, he should be sure. The other group of people is the Fire Soul Group. But their goal should be the two things Zhong Xianhai gave us. They If they want to come, they should come to us. So they don't care about the tree issue anymore. Therefore, from a comprehensive analysis, the hotel issue, on the surface, should be resolved."

After listening to the third uncle's analysis, I let out a sigh of relief. Although many things are still kept in the dark, the hotel matter has been resolved after all.A stone that weighed on my heart was also lifted.

We left Ma Su and went back to the hotel.

The first thing we did when we got back to the hotel was third uncle took out the two things that Zhong Xianhai gave us.

These two things are very important.People from the Huohun group came to snatch it several times, and even took the dull head purple.And Zhong Xianhai tried his best to protect it, so that after the things were taken out, he himself died.Around these two things, many lives have been lost.

My intuition tells me that these two things are closely related to Zhong Xianhai's life.In other words, once this thing was taken out, Zhong Xianhai would surely die.Otherwise, Ma Di would not have had such a big reaction at the time.

A book, a fruit.

Just put it on the table in the hotel.

The third uncle first opened the book, the book looked antique, but probably due to age and preservation, the book has been seriously faded, the cover was dyed the color of bark, and the pages in the middle were also stained. It has turned yellow, and there are still many pages left.

This is not beyond our expectation, because this kind of ancient books, except for those that were discovered in time and collected by museums, those that are handed down among the people generally look like this.But to our surprise, when we opened the book, we found that there were no words or pictures in it, it was just a blank book.

We read that book over and over several times, but still didn't find any important content in that book.This is completely a wordless book. I really don't understand why the people in the Huohun team worked so hard to get it.

The third uncle threw the booklet on the table and said: "This book is useless. Could it be that this group of people is not interested in this book, but in this fruit?"

We took a closer look at the fruit that looked like a dragon fruit, and there seemed to be nothing unusual about it.

I took a fruit knife and asked Uncle San if he wanted to cut open the fruit and have a look.The third uncle glared: "Don't mess around, put these two things away first, and ask the old horse head when the time comes."

I nodded. Zhong Xianhai should have explained these two things to Ma Di. It seems that the answer can only be obtained from Ma Di.

We first slept in the hotel for a day and a night. On the third day, my third uncle went to the monastery to invite a group of monks to the hotel to perform a relatively large ceremony to save the wandering ghosts wandering in the hotel. .

Among these ghosts were Jiang Wenxue and A Ying.

I found that since my third uncle went to a monastery to bathe in scriptures, he has believed in some things in Buddhism. This time, he specially invited some eminent Buddhist monks to save wandering souls.

And after the incident, the third uncle donated a lot of incense money to the temple, after all, he did not trouble the people in the temple.

Chapter 289 Reiki Nourishes the Soul

After the ceremony is over, the next step is our unique method of cleaning the house.Since there are too many rooms in this hotel, it took us three days just to clean the house.

Three days later, Uncle San found another decoration company to redecorate and repair the hotel inside and out.Especially the third-floor room where Xuesang was located, the floor was also re-paved.Fortunately, the blood mulberry had withered and was thrown away, and it was cracked and removed without attracting the attention of outsiders.

By the time all these things have been dealt with, another week has passed.

Seeing the new decoration of the hotel, my third uncle and I became more cheerful.

I was thinking about going to Ma Di to see what was going on there, when Ma Di called me and asked my third uncle and me to go to his office and tell us something.

I know this should be the end of things on his side, and it's time to tell us some truths.

My third uncle and I hurriedly put down our work and drove to Ma Di's office.

After entering the door, Ma Di did not find any special emotions, and the room was as chaotic as usual, and of course Zhong Xianhai's body was not seen.

I first asked Ma Di: "Old Ma, where is your teacher?"

Ma Di pointed to the sofa: "Sit first."

We sat down, and Ma Di said: "I have cremated the teacher's body according to his last wish, and the ashes are scattered under the tree in the campus."

I was taken aback: "You burned it yourself?"

Ma Di nodded: "Teacher has already died once, so naturally there is no need to send him to the funeral home if he dies again. Moreover, Teacher's body is no different from dead wood, and ordinary fire is enough to incinerate him."

When Ma Di said these things, his face was already very calm.It was quite different from the frenzied state he was in the hotel.It seemed that after so many days, he finally stabilized his emotions.

Ma Di got up again and poured us a cup of tea each, while he himself held a big teacup full of tea stains that he used to.

"I know you want to know about my teacher. It's a long story, let me tell you slowly..." Ma Di blew the foam from the teacup, and took a sip.

The third uncle waved his hand impatiently: "I said, old horse, when did you learn to be so ink-stained? If you want to say it, it's foolish..."

Ma Su squinted at the third uncle: "Nonsense, you are the only one who is in a hurry, can I not take care of this matter? Think about where to start... My teacher was indeed poisoned by wolf tooth grass back then. Death is no different. But according to my teacher, he was lying on a cold bed in the mortuary. For some reason, he still had a sliver of consciousness. In fact, my teacher didn’t believe in ghosts and gods at the time, but he couldn’t help but believe in the state at that time. He thought that consciousness was the soul in the legend. Later he felt that he was carried away from the bed. He thought he was going to be cremated in a funeral parlor, but who knew he was taken to another place, and I saw someone."

"Who? Who did you see?" Third Uncle asked anxiously.

"Can you keep quiet and let me finish?" Ma Di was also anxious, looked at me and said, "Your third uncle needs to change his temper, like an impatient monkey..."

I was afraid that the two of them would start fighting again, so I quickly handed the teacup to Uncle Third: "Uncle Third drinks tea, don't worry, the old horse will tell us."

Ma Di was also an old child, so he simply picked up the teacup again and took a sip slowly.

The third uncle looked at Ma Su's luck, but this time he held back and didn't say anything.

I know that Ma Di is deliberately angry at the third uncle, but this also shows from the side that Ma Di has completely returned to his original appearance, which feels good on the contrary, and will not make people worry.

Ma Su took a sip of tea and continued, "I don't know who the person you asked me was, not even my teacher. Because he only heard the voice of that person and didn't see the person."

Speaking of this, I remembered the situation of Ajuan at that time, that is, someone instructed her to meet Aying.As for this person, A Juan only heard the voice, but did not see anyone.

Could this be the same person?If so, then this person is too mysterious, so mysterious that even Zhong Xianhai has never seen him before.

"My teacher was pushed into a closed room, and the teacher could actually see his body lying on a bed. This should be the so-called out-of-body, right? The teacher's soul left the body and was suspended in that room. This At that time, a voice asked the teacher, saying that your Yangshou is not over yet, so they can arrange for you to be resurrected."

"Yangshou hasn't passed yet? Could it be someone from the Yin Division?" I asked my third uncle.

The third uncle shook his head: "Impossible. It's just a mystery..."

Ma Di nodded: "As I said, my teacher doesn't believe in ghosts and gods, and he takes his own death very lightly. So he didn't take seriously what the voice said. So he didn't think about answering what that person said. But the voice said The teacher can be revived and continue to study his academic and biological subjects. The teacher has studied academics for half his life, and when he died, there are still a lot of subjects that have not been completed. This is the pain in the teacher's heart. Hearing this, the teacher has some tempted."

I also think so, thinking that people like Ma Di and his teacher seem to be indifferent, have no distractions, don't like money, don't enjoy wealth, and don't love women, but they all have a fatal weakness, that is, they all I have devoted most of my life to academics. Of course, it is difficult for those of us to understand.But if this weakness is exploited by someone with ulterior motives, they will catch it right away.

It turned out afterwards that my idea was verified, and Ma Di's weakness almost cost him his life.

Ma Di went on to say: "When the teacher moved his heart, someone came to transform the teacher's body. Countless tubes were inserted into the body, and various unknown liquids flowed into the teacher's body. The teacher's soul just watched, but didn't know What are those things. About three months later, the teacher opened his eyes again. He found himself transported again, in the depths of the dense forest, and he was tightly bound to a strange tree. He It is the one who recognizes the tree, it is a blood mulberry."

When the third uncle heard this, he interjected: "They want your teacher to grow together with that tree, and use the aura of the tree to nourish your teacher's life and soul."

Ma Di nodded: "You are smart."

The third uncle smiled: "Didn't you say that the blood mulberry is the spirit in the tree? You guessed it."

"Yes, what you said is basically correct. The teacher was nourished by the aura of the blood mulberry tree for more than half a year, and he finally saved his life. But his body has undergone tremendous changes. His body, and that tree are getting closer and closer. Like, the torso of the body is almost turned into a tree stump. Their essential molecular structures are gradually transformed into each other, and finally become the same substance."

Only then did I know that Zhong Xianhai's body was not a real tree, but gradually transformed into one later.

Chapter 290 Mysterious Token

In fact, in the process of getting in touch with that Zhong Xianhai, I have long discovered that he has many characteristics of trees.For example, his skin became as tough as bark, so that my mahogany sword couldn't hurt him, and was even broken.There is also the strong smell of tree oil on his body, which is also the unique smell of trees.

Only now did I fully understand that Zhong Xianhai and the blood mulberry tree lived in a symbiosis and merged with each other.It also survived by the aura of the tree.

Ma Di went on to say: "My teacher has survived on that blood mulberry tree for ten years. During these ten years, he can be said to have lived a life of neither human nor ghost, but fortunately those people keep their word and let him try his best To study some topics that he is interested in. So the teacher successfully cultivated the fluorescent mulberry, and he found that after a long time of practice, he can actually control the vines on the blood mulberry trees. At least this will make his actions more convenient Even so, he still couldn't live without the blood mulberry tree, once he left, his life would be over. Ten years later, someone moved the blood mulberry tree and the teacher on the tree together."

The third uncle asked, "Did you move to this hotel?"

Ma Di nodded and said with a wry smile, "That's right. At that time, the hotel was just completed, and my teacher became the first person to stay in this hotel."

I also asked curiously: "Why did you ask your teacher and that tree to be moved to the hotel?"

Ma Di replied: "There are two purposes. One is to protect one thing, which is the book my teacher gave you. That book was hidden in a tree. One of my teacher's missions is to protect this book with all my might. book."

My third uncle and I looked at each other, we have already read that booklet.It's just that it is a wordless book, and it doesn't seem to have any value worth collecting.I kept making calculations in my heart, could this be a mistake?

But we didn't break the word, and listened to Ma Di continue talking.

Ma Di continued: "There is another purpose. In fact, my teacher only knows a little bit about it. It is the location of the tree. It should be a relatively important location. Every day on the first and fifteenth day of the new year, I will come from the root of the tree. Below, there is a constant cold wind blowing outside. And every two days, my teacher is forbidden to come out of the tree."

The third uncle nodded after hearing this, and said to me: "I see. Yangzi, do you still remember that I told you that the location of the tree and Ah Guang's grocery store are the feng shui eyes of the entire feng shui bureau, that is, The eye of life and death. Ah Guang's place is the eye of death, which is the passage from yang to yin. Then the tree is the eye of life. From this point of view, every time the 15th day of the lunar new year, there will be ghosts from the underworld coming from the ground. Pass through the blood mulberry tree and come to Yang. This is a secret passage. If you walk here, you will avoid the pursuit of the underworld. Those ghosts who have cultivated a half-yin body should come from the ground. When the time is right, they will become Yin bodies. Become a reality, become a human being."

"Can you understand it this way? This hotel is a secret base established by some people. Through this place, many shady things can be done."

The third uncle nodded: "You can say that. It seems that the forces behind this hotel are very mysterious. They didn't show up from the beginning to the end, but they can control the whole incident."

Ma Su also said: "Yes. My teacher has never been able to see their people, but every time they send some people from the bottom to connect with the teacher. They will hold a token when they come, and my teacher will know when they see each other. It is one of our own. If there is no token, my teacher will attack with all his strength, and will not stop dying."

"What token?" Third Uncle asked.

Ma Di shook his head: "The teacher only said it was a token. As for what the token looks like, he didn't say, and I didn't ask."

I smiled wryly, and understood Ma Su's mood at the time.His attention was certainly not on that token at the time.But in this way, the mysterious force behind this becomes even more mysterious.Except for this mysterious token, there was not even a trace left behind.After Zhong Xianhai gave up the tree and his own life, the mysterious force never showed up to interfere, and it seemed that they were going to be mysterious to the end.

Ma Di said again: "You will know the next thing. My teacher has long been hopeless. After seeing me, he gave up the desire to survive. The fruit I gave you is the crystal of the blood mulberry tree. The blood mulberry relies on this tree crystal to absorb the aura of heaven and earth. Therefore, this tree crystal is also the object of covetous competition. After my teacher picked this tree crystal, he cut off his own way of life. There is no source of spiritual energy , the whole blood mulberry tree, as well as himself, quickly withered."

"Lao Ma, since it is the tree crystal that your teacher and other old people bought with their own lives, we must cherish it. But what is the tree crystal without the tree?" asked the third uncle.

Ma Di said: "It's very useful. Not every tree will have tree crystals. Only those ancient trees with thousands of years will produce tree crystals. But the distribution of tree crystals on trees is not the same. So even in front of you There is an ancient tree, and you may not be able to obtain tree crystals. If you forcibly pick it, the tree crystals may melt away, so this tree crystal is even more precious. It is said that eating it will prolong life, but this has not been verified. As far as I know Yes, taking a little scraped off and soaking it in water can remove all poisons. Other effects need to be further developed. But I estimate that the market price of a tree crystal will be more than 200 million."

"200 million? Eldest nephew, where did you put the tree crystal?" The third uncle was a little confused when he heard it.We didn't treat this humble thing as a good thing at all, and we didn't expect it to be worth so much money.

I thought for a while and said, "It seems to be still on the table in the hotel."