A fortune teller who can't tell fortunes

Xu Agen's family lost a granddaughter two months ago. She died when she was less than one year old. It is their custom that children who die young will not be cremated unless there is a funeral.Originally, after such a long time, the family was overwhelmed with sadness. It was time to eat and drink, and life returned to normal.

When Niu Da's family returned to the village, the news from the other side had already spread, and all the idlers in the village gathered around the entrance of the village, talking to each other, it was very lively.

"I said I was afraid of being drowned, so I cleaned up the grave while preparing the ground. When the urn was opened, I found that the dead child was still the same as it was when it was buried, and it didn't rot at all."

"Oh, it's true, it's too mysterious"

"If you don't believe me, you can cross the river and have a look. It's not far away anyway."

"Did it die in a hundred days?"

"Eighty percent yes, I can't run away"

Young people generally just make jokes, but they don't necessarily mean it seriously. Older people are mostly superstitious, and they speak vigorously.

Niu Gengbao listened, but he didn't understand, so he asked his father, what is death in a hundred days.

Niu Da hadn't opened his mouth yet, but Feng Yu scolded him, "I've been so fond of listening to gossip behind my back since I was a child, and I won't live up to it in the future."

Niu Gengbao retracted his neck silently.

Niu Dahahaha, "Father doesn't know about this either, Ah Bao, go home and ask your grandma, and tell your father when you're done, he's curious too."

Feng Yu snorted and didn't say anything else, but his face was so dark that he was dying. Others thought she was a stepmother when they saw it.

The so-called rot in a hundred days does not mean that a person will rot within a hundred days after death, but that he will not rot within a hundred days. They have this kind of saying that those who die in a hundred days are met by a debt collector, and they will die in the debt collector. Before the debt is paid off, the body does not move.This matter sounds strange, but it is also easy to solve. Just set it on fire, and then invite a monk to recite the three-day scriptures.

With his milk king Aizhen, Niu Gengbao's curiosity was satisfied, but in a blink of an eye, he stared at the things in his brother's hand again.

Why do you look familiar?

"Ayou, tell me, where did you find this?" Niu Gengbao put his arms around Niu Gengyou who was rushing towards him, and pointed to his hand.

Niu Gengyou pointed upstairs, and said in a milky voice, "I took it in my brother's house." Although this child looks a bit shabby, he speaks early and speaks fluently, especially with a flexible mind. Stuff it into his brother's hand.

At this moment, Feng Yu came in from the door, and when he saw the appearance of these two little brothers, the corners of his eyes and brows were raised, "What are you doing, you are still robbing your brother at such an age, and you are already living in the belly of a dog ?”

The words were directed at Niu Gengbao, she scolded and slapped her hands, the slap didn't matter, what mattered was that she had just come back from cutting the screws, the scissors hadn't been put down yet, the tip of the knife poked the flesh, and Niu Gengbao shivered in pain .

The skin was broken and bleeding, and he soon saw the red, Niu Gengbao was fine, Niu Gengyou said 'wow', crying miserably, Feng Yu put down the things in his hands to hug, he kicked and twisted, almost fell to the ground.

Crying loudly, Wang Aizhen trotted out of the kitchen with wet hands, "What's the matter, didn't you feel fine just now?"

Niu Gengbao hurriedly turned his hands away, and wiped his trouser legs by the way. He didn't know if it was an illusion, but he always felt that the blood seemed to be rubbing more and more, sticky and dripping down.

The two women in the family were all around Niu Gengyou, so Niu Gengbao slipped out along the wall, and when he went out the door, he took out his hand, intending to look at the wound, but when he saw the thing in his hand, he was startled.

If you read it right, what his brother stuffed him should be something that was fished out of the bucket the day the water was released. It looked strange at that time, and it is even more weird now. Niu Gengbao always felt that this thing was alive. All the blood that dripped down was fed to it.The blood didn't leave traces on the surface, but the black lines on it twisted more and more joyfully, and the pattern formed by gradually clear lines seemed to be like a copper plate, the kind with a square inside and a circle outside.

If it were someone else, they would be scared to death, but Niu Gengbao is courageous. Not only is he not afraid, but he even took a closer look. Those copper coins seemed to have grown legs, they ran in one direction, and then overlapped and deformed.

When all the copper plates are combined into one, the abstract ink lines are completely materialized, and become a thumb-sized cock, with eyes and noses and noses, and the head is slightly tilted up in the middle of the top surface. It looks real at first glance. of.

Squeeze it, it's hard, break it, and it doesn't move at all. Niu Gengbao thought, it would be better to find something to pry it. Just when he wanted to do this, the cock moved and it turned to the left. A little bit, and then, just heard a "click", it cracked.

This is really a box, the card slots are very fine, when they are put together, they are integrated, and there is no seam at all.Everyone has curiosity, besides, Niu Gengbao's age is just wild.The box was not empty, there was a stack of things inside, and he didn't care what it was, he flipped through it with his hand, and came down with a few sheets of paper.

It is said to be paper, but in fact it is not paper. It looks thinner, but it is firmer than paper, and its toughness is also good. It will not rot when you tear it, and it will not leave any marks when you rub it. The size is about the same as that of playing cards. There are 25 cards in total. Navy blue base with silver patterns engraved on one side.

The glittering water pattern is like a brook, gurgling and flowing to the tip of the heart. Niu Gengbao likes it very much. He looked over and over again. At this time, the sun is just right, hitting the card surface, casting a little bit of golden light, but he doesn't know. Whichever angle is right, there is a card with words flashing past.

Niu Gengbao, who was more excited by the fresh scene, picked up the card and pointed it at the light a little bit. This work is meticulous and patient enough, and the result will come.

There are characters on the 25 cards, and the characters are in traditional Chinese characters, or petty lowercase letters written with a brush.Niu Gengbao studied for one year in the morning, and skipped another level in the middle. He is already in the sixth grade at the age of ten this year, and he can recognize all the characters.He has a good memory, and he can basically recite it after reading it once. It's just that the sentences are a bit awkward, and there are a few traditional characters with many strokes that are not clear, but he can still guess the meaning.

What is recorded on it is a spell called the Slaving Beast Art. The so-called slave beast is probably like how a trainer domesticates animals in a circus, such as letting a monkey ride a car and put it in a circle. Niu Gengbao thinks so.

"Hey, hey, tell me, what is a monkey in a circus? Does it deserve to be called a slave beast?"

A voice appeared out of nowhere, making Niu Gengbao startled, "Who?" He looked around, but he didn't see anyone.

"Look down"

The voice came from his feet. Niu Gengbao lowered his head and saw the dog. The mouth of the dog was half-opened, and he spit out two words, "So stupid!"

Niu Gengbao tilted his head, "Sweetie?" It's still a little squirrel, with a mouthful of milk, it sounds like it's about the same age as his brother.

"You're so talented", the little girl became exasperated, and opened her mouth even wider, "Please call me Master Duobao"

When they call nicknames here, they either repeat the characters or drop the A character, so, as a matter of course, Niu Gengbao shouted, "Haha"

Duobao, "...", a dead child.

Although Haha is a scorpion, it has become a master after all, so you don't need to know too much. After he said it, Niu Gengbao also knows it. This art of slavery is an ancient secret art, which has long been lost. Beasts are divided into spirit beasts and ferocious beasts. The former has long been extinct. As for ferocious beasts, there are some. However, the specific method of enslaving beasts is not recorded in the technique of enslaving beasts in his hand, because it is a crippled technique.

The entire art of enslaving beasts is divided into upper and lower parts. The upper part is about enslaving living animals, and the lower part is about engraving dead spirits. What Niu Gengbao holds is the lower half.

"That is to say, as long as I find a suitable corpse, you will have a suitable beast spirit."

Beast spirits are the key to engraving undead. Niu Gengbao has never heard of them, but the beast spirit dares to boast that it should not be difficult for him to find the corpse of a cat or dog... right?

Duobao, "Hmph, I, Mr. Duobao, have nothing else, baby, that's a lot to grab"

Niu Gengbao's eyes lit up, "Then spit out a pearl, and I'll put a chain on it for my grandma."

Duobao ran away, "Master Duobao, how can you compare with clam spirits, vulgar, unbearably vulgar"

"Without even a single bead, it's not as useful as mussels in the pond," Niu Gengbao cursed in his heart.

Duobao, "...", don't think that if you don't speak, I don't know what you are thinking, it's just..., just, so angry!

A child's world is always simple and fearless. Niu Gengbao is not only not afraid of monsters, but also quite curious. He shook the stack of cards in his hand and asked, "Haha, is this a card, is it?" Call it cards?"

Duobao, "Don't ask me, I don't know", if you know it and don't tell it, you won't be mad at you.

"Haha, why are there only 25 cards and the front is still blank, are you sure they are cards?"

Duobao wanted to shake his legs, "Want to know?" If he wanted to know, he called Master Duobao to listen, and it was better to say it nicely.

"...." Niu Gengbao paused for two seconds, then suddenly changed the subject, "Haha, you said you have a lot of treasures, where are you hiding them?"

Duobao's chrysanthemum tightened, "...", if you want to rob money, there is no way.

"Haha, don't close your mouth, let me see if the baby is hidden in your belly"

Duobao struggled, "Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ", don't close my throat, my lord, it hurts!

"Haha, come on, jump up, jump down with a bead"

Duobao, "...", jump on you!

"Haha, isn't the monster very powerful? Apart from opening your mouth to speak human words, you don't have any other abilities. Could it be that you can't cultivate well?"

Duobao, "...", shut up!