Chapter 18: The dust settles

Between Master Chen and me, there is no doubt that Yun Xiaobao believes in me more. From an experiential point of view, almost all three generations of their family are related to our three generations of master and apprentice. If we are not orthodox Taoists, he doesn’t know where to find orthodox Taoists.

After a moment of hesitation, Yun Xiaobao said to me, “Okay, little master, please come over and talk.”

I said to Ma Dudi, “Since things have come to this, let’s disperse the crowd. I’ll explain to the small business owners later.”

Then I turned to Master Chen and said, “If you really have the ability, don’t leave today. Or you can leave now, but even if you don’t get caught in the police station, you know what the consequences will be!”

What are the consequences? Master Chen certainly knows. Those who came here today are all influential and his major clients. If he proves to be a liar today, what if he doesn’t go to the police station? As long as they are still in Chengdu, these people have ways to deal with them, and they can’t think of a place to turn over again in Chengdu.

Go somewhere else? Going somewhere else might be a solution, but it would take a lot of effort to get to where he is now! And everything has its own circle. If you have a bad reputation in one place, it’s hard to say if it will spread to other places.

Therefore, if Chen wants to maintain his current status, he can only grit his teeth and stay put.

To be honest, I thought Master Chen would be very anxious, but when he heard that I only wanted to ask about Yun Xiaobao’s experience, he was very calm, and there was a different kind of confidence in his eyes.

The crowd quickly dispersed, but the small business owners stayed behind. After all, whether or not there was a ghost had a bearing on their business, and they still had to wait for a result.

After all this, Yun Xiaobao and I walked to a secluded corner, and Yun Xiaobao then told me about what happened to his father, Yun Baochun.

“It was just like that. My father had a strange bluish-purple color on his skin in many places that year, and he was sometimes confused every day, and the time he was confused was getting longer and longer. Later, the Master Chen came to the door himself and said that he had a way to relieve my father’s symptoms…” Yun Xiaobao paused here, and I said, “So you thought it was amazing. How did he know that something was wrong with your father? And he was holding a mentality of treating a dead horse as a live horse, right?”

“That’s it.” Yun Xiaobao nodded solemnly.

I said, “This is obviously a problem. You are not in the Taoist community, and you think that only those who can predict the future are great people. But in fact, how can there be such a miracle? Among the countless living beings, to know who has what kind of encounter, unless you know this person early on, and then you need to have a sophisticated divination technique. Do you know what the price is for a divination technique that is accurate to this degree? There is another situation, which is to send people around to inquire about your family’s affairs, and then pretend to be a great person who is unfathomable. This kind of person who comes to your door must be up to something, you know? Only in novels would there be a situation where the protagonist is in trouble and a sage comes to the door to leave medicine!

“You mean to say that he knew about our family’s old man’s accident from the very beginning? It means…” Yun Xiaobao said hesitantly.

“It means that they are related to your grandfather’s misfortune. If I guess correctly, they are not all incompetent, and there should be someone who knows how to cast a spell. Your grandfather’s symptoms are obviously poisoned by a spell, and then…” At this point, I suddenly felt very uneasy, and subconsciously glanced over at Master Chen, trying to find the person with a fierce look, but I didn’t see him. I saw Su Rou, who was stupidly grabbing his buttocks while bragging to others.

Damn, does this Su Rou have any sense of image?

I turned my head speechless, but I saw Yun Xiaobao say solemnly, “In that case, there is indeed something strange about the situation. When Master Chen came to the door, he burned a piece of paper and said it was a lost small rejuvenation charm, and told my father to drink it. On the first day, my father’s symptoms improved. After a few days, my father really got better. Then, one day, my father’s stomach started to hurt. Then my father’s nanny told me that my father had diarrhea and had a very strange worm come out. That worm…

Yun Xiaobao obviously couldn’t describe the strange and weird bugs in Miaojiang. You see, I heard Ling Ruyue say that the Gu Miao cultivates bugs by all means, and it is normal to cultivate some mutated species themselves.

My master also praised the Miao, saying that they were the true entomologists.

“That’s right, I have a friend who is a gongmiao. She told me that toxins are just a few major categories, and one of them is neurotoxin, which can cause people to become delirious after poisoning. The bruises on his body are obviously caused by poisoning, not by encountering demons and monsters. I can definitely say that it is definitely not! How can Taoist talismans solve the gong of the Miao family? Because the solution to each type of gong poison is the secret of the gongmiao, and some even have no solution…” I said with certainty.

“But his water…” Yun Xiaobao’s face was even more confused.

“Let me tell you a historical event. In a certain dynasty, a certain sect relied on talismans to develop rapidly and became a famous cult in history. People trusted that sect very much. Do you know why? Because their talisman water really had miraculous effects on people’s illnesses when they drank it! How did this effect come about? The secret lies in the materials used to write the talisman. They added medicinal powder. At that time, epidemics were prevalent in the folk world. How could the poor, who lacked medicine and doctors, know about this? They thought the talisman had miraculous effects. You have to know that Taoist talismans are not just for ordinary ailments. They are… I explained, but then I got to some of the secrets of the talismans, which were not suitable for ordinary people to know, so I didn’t say any more.

“I understand. You mean that the talisman originally had an antidote, and they set up a trap for my father.” Yun Xiaobao’s face was almost angry. Yun Xiaobao was not stupid. On the contrary, he was very smart.

He had always been wondering why his father, who had just gone to the park, had come back in such a strange state. How did Master Chen happen to come to the door at that very moment?

However, after his father recovered, he didn’t bother to investigate further. After all, for rich people like them, things that can be solved with money are not a problem. After I said that, the details of the incident gradually became clear in Yun Xiaobao’s mind.

“The rest is even simpler. Your friends and acquaintances are all relatively well-known, and through their connections, they have all experienced strange things. Then you introduced Master Chen to them, and Master Chen successfully infiltrated your circle. These people are not masters, they are clearly complete liars, except for one person in the middle, who is the mastermind. I suspect that Master Chen is not the mastermind, and the key person should be that mastermind.” I said my guess.

Yun Xiaobao’s face fell, and then he said, “That’s too much. They even went after my father. Then in Chengdu, I guarantee that these people will be like rats on the street, and I have joined the national antique trade association and made a lot of friends. I guarantee that through these connections, they will not be able to survive in the country. Let’s go now. I want to expose these liars and make them hand over the seedling.”

I shook my head and said, “It’s better for the swindlers to go to the police station. I think with your ability, this shouldn’t be difficult, right? As for that guxiao, he is a dangerous person. I don’t understand what he means by going out to make money. In fact, someone has always been controlling the situation over there. Otherwise, if you think about it, what kind of chaos would there be if these guxiao ran around the country?

This is something the common people don’t know. In fact, the state secretly controls many things to ensure the normal lives of ordinary people. Otherwise, just the extreme germinants alone would already cause great harm to society.

“So this germinate…” Yun Xiaobao frowned and said.

“I will report to the relevant organization, and someone will handle it.” In fact, if I wanted to, I could have asked Qin Huai to help me directly, and these crooks would undoubtedly be charged and sent to prison, without having to explain too much to the people. But in fact, I am more concerned about the reputation of Taoism. I hope that the people can have more common sense about fraud, and that they can at least figure out what is really a supernatural event in life, what is an illusion, and what is a trick.

After talking with Yun Xiaobao, we basically decided the fate of these people. Yun Xiaobao walked over in a rage, while Master Chen still looked indifferent, not knowing where he got his confidence.

I walked behind Yun Xiaobao with a theater-going mentality, but my eyes kept scanning the crowd. I noticed something that made me uneasy. The man with the fierce look was gone. Where did he go? Did he run out while the crowd was being evacuated?

I suppressed the unease in my heart. After all, talking about this kind of thing with ordinary people would not solve anything, but rather would be fraught with danger. I was also very grateful to Yun Xiaobao for trusting me and telling me about this evil seed. If I let him go on like this, what would happen if something big happened?

I suddenly realized that I had a sense of self-awareness, a Taoist sense of self-awareness and righteousness, and a sense of not being in that special department, but still doing what people in that special department should do.

This is not for anyone or any organization. It is for the ordinary happiness of the many families.

At this point, Yun Xiaobao opened his mouth with a serious expression. He said, “Ma Dudu, the reason why something happened in your store was because there were always big centipedes running out of the corners of the store, right?”

“Cao Er, your wife is because…”

“Li Qingyun, your family is because…”

Yun Xiaobao asked one by one. Everyone was very curious about why Yun Xiaobao was asking that way. Although they were puzzled, they still answered one by one.

Then Yun Xiaobao took a deep breath and said, “Have you noticed that these things are basically unrelated to ghosts and goblins? They are all bugs, and it’s all bugs messing things up!”

Ma Dudu said, “Aren’t bugs a symbol of ghosts and evil spirits? Master Chen said so. He also said that those of us who deal in antiques and jade, especially ancient jade, are most likely to attract these things.”

Yun Xiaobao said, “We are all people who have traveled far and wide, and we have heard many strange things. What I want to say is, have you ever heard of the idea of putting a curse on someone? I am ashamed to say that I also heard many legends about putting a curse on someone back then, but I had never experienced it myself. I was worried about my father’s illness, and after he was cured, I didn’t suspect it. It was only after the little master mentioned it that I suddenly realized that this was putting a curse on someone and removing it.”

Which of the people present had not traveled far and wide? Of course, they had heard many things. When Yun Xiaobao said that, everyone thought of their own personal experiences and suddenly their faces changed.

But the faces of these people did not change that much. The one whose face changed the most was Master Chen. He looked as if he was about to fall over.

Yun Xiaobao turned to Master Chen and said, “It’s within your scope to cure the curse. Ghosts and monsters, of course, have to resort to some ridiculous scams, right? Just like that tape recorder and luminous clothes! If my father hadn’t been poisoned by the curse, he might have lived a little longer. I won’t say much more to you today. Hand over the curse and tell me everything. Otherwise, hmph…”

The Yun family is well-connected in Chengdu, and with their extensive network, this is not a threat. Yun Xiaobao didn’t say anything explicitly, but judging from the anger in his eyes, he meant that he was capable of anything. It would be best if Master Chen confessed!

Master Chen is also a smart man. He knows that all the cards have been revealed, and it is useless to argue. His face turned pale and decadent.

At this point, everyone present knew what was going on, and they were all furious. Master Chen’s days of glory were over.Taoist priest

The police took away Master Chen. After all, he was not the mastermind. Yun Xiaobao let him go after all. At my suggestion, Yun Xiaobao said hello to Master Chen and said that you are lying. Don’t mention the matter of the gourd seedlings, otherwise it will be a homicide case. You can’t think of getting out.

This is blatant intimidation, but it is beneficial to Master Chen, so of course he will not say anything.

Unfortunately, the person who had the evil-looking face was the one who had actually run away during the chaos.

However, the gang of liars have finally been dealt with. The rest is that I need to call Qin Huai to inform him of the matter, and someone will naturally handle it.

The crispy meat stretched and said next to me, “I didn’t expect it. It turned out to be a Miao person who was causing trouble. He was quite clever. He knew that his fierce appearance was not enough to convince people, so he found someone who could act like a showman to help him do things in front of the stage.”

“Yes, that so-called Master Chen is just being used as a pawn.” I said in a light tone.

Su Rou said, “So, are we going to the dinner tomorrow that Uncle Yun is inviting us to? I think we should go. We still need to have some connections. It’s not a big deal to go to a dinner.”

I was silent and didn’t say anything. It’s simple. Where is there free food in this world? Usually there is something to ask for, right? Maybe he wants to buy another spirit jade?

Seeing that I didn’t answer, Su Rou urged, “Say something, first. I haven’t had a good meal in a long time.”

I turned to look at Su Rou and said, “I said, you’re such a big man, why don’t you pay attention to your image? What’s the matter with always grabbing your butt?”