Volume 5

Fate Gambler

Chapter 17: The Witchcraft of Jianghu

Twenty years ago, Ma Youzhai was a monk; ten years ago, Ma Youzhai was a Taoist priest.

He followed Brother Big Thumb's circus for a whole decade and performed witchcraft. He used his fingers to light the lamp, chanting spells to make the eggs float in the air, deceived many audiences. It is actually very simple to light the lamp with the chemical drugs potassium chlorate and sulfur into powder, mix them together and stick them on his fingers. When the lamp is blown out, there is a little spark of fire that is emitting green smoke. When the lamp is lit with a little finger, the lamp will light up again. A wizard pretending to be a magician in Xiangxi draws a lamp on the wall, and it will light up with a match. This is when he drilled a hole the size of a mung bean on the wall in advance, and a piece of camphor is placed in the hole. When playing with spells, the lamp drawn on the wall will light up.

Let the egg float in the air, everyone will do such a trick.

The egg is opened with a small hole, pour out the egg white and yolk, and inject the dew with a needle, and paste the small mouth with a sludge. The egg will slowly rise under the sun. The troublesome part of this trick is the collection of dew. In summer, Ma Youzhai often runs into the fields before dawn. He holds a can, shakes the shrubs and grass leaves, and while collecting the dew, he is also wet with the dew.

After the circus was disbanded, he returned to the village. There was a witch who was dancing with a great god in the village. Every time he walked past the witch's house, he would curse: "Stinky old ladies are so poor that they fooled the ghosts." He also instructed his three children to spit at him. No one dared to provoke the witch in the village, and the villagers kept awe of those who were close to the gods.

One day, the sun was shining brightly, and the witch leaned against the door frame and ate melon seeds. Ma Youzhai walked past her and asked, "Why, why didn't you go out to show off?"

The witch rolled her eyes, curled her lips, tilted her head to the side, and continued to eat melon seeds.

Ma Youzhai stopped and cursed: "Banzi (dialect, swear words, genitals)."

The witch scoffed and tilted her head to the other side.

Ma Youzhai was furious and pushed the witch into the yard, closed the door and raped her.

From then on, these two single people lived together, and there was a little flame burning in their hearts. The witch was widowed for many years and Ma Youzhai was very prosperous, which prompted them to form a temporary family. The witch had two children, Ma Youzhai had three children, and five children also became a huge pressure on life. Ma Youzhai had to carry the hoe again and work in the fields. In his spare time, he would defeat demons and demons and evil spirits with the witch.

The reason he dressed up as a Taoist was because his hair grew.

Ma Youzhai and his wife, who are called fairies, are often invited to dance to the great gods. The fairies wear masks, wear colorful hats, wear shamand clothes, tie their waist bells, grab drums with left hand, and hold drums with right hand. Ma Youzhai gongs and drums accompaniment, and the fairies dance and sing:

Alas... I picked up the Wenwang drum with my left hand,

Round and round, that's it

Swish, Helanglang.

Eight strings, tied around,

Sheep thread hangs money.

Herlang.

I picked up the East Sea and the South of the South of the South with my right hand,

The whip that drives the sea and the mountains is so happy.

No length or shortness of one foot or three.

Wrapped in red rope,

Green belt wraps,

The colorful streamers float down,

Herlang.

The gods of the past stop,

Swish.

I want to pick up and meet him in the ten miles.

Wuli pulls the reins of your horse.

Look at it,

The door is hung with color, and the door is hung with red,

A felt paved to the main hall.

Hero, swish.

If you live in a temple, open the temple door.

Come home if you don’t live in the temple!

Home is in the west of Chuantang Gulou,

Dingxian has dismounted the horse and registered for registration,

Swish swish swish swish.

The gourd is blooming white,

Which immortal came to earth?

Most of the time, she invited Zhong Kui, and sometimes Guanyin Bodhisattva, mainly according to the needs of the master. If the master is ill in bed, then the birthday star, the Immortal of the South Pole or the Judge of the King of Hell should come down to earth. The Jade Emperor generally does not come, unless the master is particularly rich. Once, she was hungry while jumping, so she invited the tail fire tiger god. She became a tiger, jumped straight, grabbed it, and ate all the tributes.

After the dance master was over, Ma Youzhai not only collected money from his owner, but also sold a pack of incense ash to the onlookers as a magic pill.

Ma Youzhai thought this was a way to make money, so he cut a peach wood sword, dressed up as a Taoist, drew talismans, and caught ghosts. He could make the egg float and light the lamp with his fingers. This made him famous more than his wife who could only jump into a great god, and became a famous half-immortal. Only those who were willing to spend a lot of money could invite him. Once, an old man from another province came here and took out 2,000 yuan first, saying that his son was possessed by evil spirits. If the half-immortal could help, he would give him another 3,000 yuan after the matter was completed.

The old man told a strange thing.

The old man claimed that his surname was Li and contracted a fish pond in the town. A few days ago, his son went to the fish pond to swim. After he came back, he became possessed by evil spirits. His eyes were dull and his speech was dull, as if he had changed his own people. What's more serious is that his son became afraid of water and even dared not wash his hands and face. After going to several hospitals, the doctor had no choice.

After hearing this, Ma Youzhai nodded and said, "This is a water ghost possessed."

Old Man Li asked: "Can you drive it away?"

Ma Youzhai said: "You can't drive it away unless you catch it."

Old Man Li asked: "What should I do after I catch this ghost?"

Ma Youzhai said: "Fry it!"

The next day, a oil pan was set up in the yard of Old Man Li's house. Many people in the town came to watch. The child climbed onto the tree. Ma Youzhai held a peach wood sword and was wearing a green sacred robe. The Taoist robe was embroidered with Tai Chi Yin and Yang Diagrams, with fluttering hair and beards, looking like a fairy-like and Taoist robe.

Ma Youzhai looked at the oil pan and asked Old Man Li to prepare more chopping firewood. After a while, the oil pan boiled and boiled. Ma Youzhai put his hand into the hot oil pan. The audience in the yard exclaimed, and Ma Youzhai seemed to be fine and said, "Burn again, the fire will be strong."

In fact, the oil in the pot did not boil. Ma Youzhai quietly added chemical substances such as borax to the pot. Because chemical reactions occur, gas will be produced, and bubbles will bulge above the oil surface, causing the oil to boil and roll. At this time, the temperature of the oil is not high and will not cause harm to people.

Ma Youzhai asked Old Man Li's son to lie on a cool mat, then placed a piece of talisman paper on the chest of Old Man Li's son, so that he closed his eyes and did not open it. Ma Youzhai cleaned his hands and burned incense and began to do it. The audience calmed down and saw him lying on You and walking around Old Man Li's son. Suddenly, Ma Youzhai shouted loudly, slapped his hand with his hands, and a blood-red handprint appeared on the paper. He tied the talisman paper on the peach wood sword and shouted: "Catch it!"

Ma Youzhai held the sword technique with his left hand and the sword in his right hand. He quickly pressed the talisman paper at the end of the sword on the incense table. Then he stood the sword in front of his chest and stared at the talisman paper intently. At this time, he began to pant, as if catching ghosts was very tiring. After a while, the onlookers saw the talisman paper at the end of the sword and actually burned. Ma Youzhai took out a handful of glutinous rice from his arms and threw it on the incense table. The glutinous rice actually caught fire.

Finally, Ma Youzhai put the burnt talisman paper into the oil pan to complete the entire ghost hunting process.

A bloody handprint was taken on the paper. This was mainly a chemical reagent phenolphthalein that worked. The phenolphthalein would turn red when it encountered alkali. Ma Youzhai used this simple chemical reaction. He sprayed the phenolphthalein on the talisman paper in advance and dried it. It looked like a good piece of paper. Then, when doing it, dip some alkaline water on his hand and patted it on the paper, and a red handprint was created.

So, how can the talisman paper sprinkle sprinkle some light yellow powder on the incense table in advance, which is sodium peroxide. Sodium peroxide will burn when it encounters water and carbon dioxide. He patted the talisman paper on the incense table, dipped it in sodium peroxide, and breathed in panting towards the talisman paper. The exhaled gas contains carbon dioxide and water. When the ignition point reaches the ignition point, the paper will burn. The glutinous rice has been stirred with sulfur powder in advance, and sulfur comes into contact with sodium peroxide, and combustion will also occur.

A few days later, Old Man Li's son miraculously recovered and returned to his previous liveliness and cheerfulness. Ghost hunting was a great psychological comfort for him. He saw a corpse at the bottom of the fish pond and was frightened. The corpse swollen into a giant, with wires wrapped around his waist, and stones tied to both ends of the wires. He didn't know who the deceased was, nor who killed him and threw him into the fish pond. He just dragged the corpse up late one night and quietly dug a hole to bury it.

He didn't tell anyone about this.

In 1996, the witch died and Ma Youzhai's children grew up.

On April 5, 1997, three guests came to Ma Youzhai's house on Qingming Festival. They were Big Thumb Brother, Ding Busi, and Shanya.

Shanya: "How many years have we not seen each other?"

Ma Youzhai: "It's been seven years."

Big Thumb Brother: "I think you have nothing to buy into your business."

Ma Youzhai: "Just live a mess."

Ding Busi: "Is he still pretending to be a ghost now?"

Ma Youzhai: "No one believes this."

Ding Busi: "My brother is gone."

Ma Youzhai: "Meng Ni, sell dog meat at home."

Ding Busi: "I have to go and see her."

Ma Youzhai: "Where is the three cents?"

Big Thumb Brother: "In Huacheng."

Shanya: "Beggarou, he is doing well, and all beggars there listen to him."

Ma Youzhai: "I'm sorry for you. I feel uncomfortable when I see your legs."

Shanya: "It doesn't bother me, nor does it delay me from walking around with my little cigarette bag."

Ma Youzhai: "Is it still a monkey?"

Shanya: "I'm making a fortune with Big Thumb now."

Big Thumb Brother: "I got some white flour from my hometown."

Ding Busi: "This is a way to make money."

Big Thumb Brother: "We can't ignore you. Now I want to call you, and we still have three cents. Let's go together."

Ma Youzhai: "Drug trafficking, right?"

Big Thumb Brother: "In my hometown, in Yunnan, many people do this."

Ma Youzhai: "I don't have the capital."
To be continued...