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After hearing what Second Master Lin said, I finally understood why people always emphasize to follow the customs of the land. It seems that if one does not follow the customs of the land, not only the living would find trouble with you, even the dead would not let you off.

Then, I suddenly thought of something. Where is Xiao Tao? Where did the Xiao Tao go?

I panicked a little. At these joints, even the slightest movement would cause me to be extremely sensitive.

Second Master Lin said that after my Xiao Tao and I went back to the courtyard together, we did not see anyone. At that time, everyone was busy trying to catch me, and after I passed out, Da Jian suddenly remembered that he still had his Xiao Tao. But if he went to look for him now, he would not be able to find him.

It's unknown what Second Master Lin is thinking, but it seems like he has made a decision, and wants me to go with him to the Baozi's home.

Although I didn't want to go back even if I was beaten to death, the Xiao Tao was gone and I had to go back. After putting on my clothes, I rushed to Baozi's home with the Second Master Lin.

When I arrived outside, I found out that it was already dark, and I had actually slept for the entire day.

When they entered the yard, everything was the same as yesterday. Steamed Bun's corpse was still lying in the coffin.

When he returned to this place once again, the cold feeling was still there.

The light bulb was good, it hadn't broken at all, and the weak light illuminated the mourning hall with an indescribably strange feeling.

If not for finding the Xiao Tao, this place would have never come even if it was beaten to death.

Second Master Lin and I will split up and look for him. He turned around and went to the side room.

To be honest, I wanted to call Second Master back. I really didn't want to face this place alone, but due to face, I could only pretend to be brave.

I stood between the doors of the mourning hall, not daring to take a single step.

After shouting out Xiao Tao's name a few times, he didn't get a reply.

At this moment, I can only pray for two things in my heart. One, to quickly find the Xiao Tao and leave this place.

Things did not turn out as he wished, for fear of what might come next.

Just as I was about to shout "Xiao Tao", I accidentally caught a glimpse of the coffin bun.

He didn't know whether it was his vision or what, he had been lying flat on his back the entire time, but at some point, his eyes had opened!

The worst part was that his head didn't move, but his eyes were slanted, and he was looking right at me from that angle.

Although I had experienced a few supernatural incidents, I was still frightened to the point that I almost sat on the ground.

I took a few quick steps away from his eyes.

But I found that no matter where I moved, his bulging eyeballs always squinted at me!

I was extremely scared and quickly called for Second Master Lin. Second Master Lin who had heard the commotion quickly ran in and asked me what was wrong.

I pointed to the body of the bun with trembling hands.

But when I looked at him again, where were my eyes? It was clearly the same as before with his eyes closed!

Second Master Lin did not understand why I was so nervous. I told him about the situation earlier and he went over to take a look, but he did not discover anything.

He said I might be too nervous and hallucinating.

We stared at the body for a long time, and this time nothing happened.

Maybe I really was seeing things. Second Master Lin consoled me, don't be afraid, nothing should happen to me.

Then I stopped talking about it.

I asked him if he found any traces of the Xiao Tao. Second Master Lin shook his head.

Since he's not here, he should quickly retreat so as to avoid any more trouble.

As I stepped out of the mourning hall, I couldn't help but look back and was startled once more.

Steamed Bun's crooked eyes were staring at me again! And this time, his head was crooked!

I didn't know if it was an illusion, but I was too scared.

I didn't dare to speak to Second Master Lin anymore. I'm afraid that when he looked at it, everything would return to normal.

After exiting the courtyard, I thought to myself, Where did the Xiao Tao run off to?

In order to prevent me from being infected again, Second Master Lin gave me a silver needle.

He told me that if anything strange happened to him again, he would use it on his own people and his spirit would be fine as soon as it recovered.

I memorized his words and gripped the silver needle.

But, in such a large village, where could he find a person?

Right at this moment, Bao Wenjun ran in with a few other companions. He said that they had found the Xiao Tao!

Second Master Lin and I have to ask, where is it?

Bao Wenjun and those few brothers of his had ugly expressions. He said that the both of you should go over to take a look and begged Second Master Lin to think of a way to save Xiao Tao.

Hearing this, I panicked. Save the Xiao Tao? What had happened to him?

The Second Master Lin was also panicking a little. Without waiting for his reply, Bao Wenjun and the others walked forward and led the way.

For the sake of numbers, Second Master Lin called Da Jian up.

The few of us followed Bao Wenjun and the others to the scene of the accident.

Second Master Lin gave me a black umbrella and let me hold it.

Da Jian will lead the way, I will hold an umbrella in the middle, and Second Master Lin will be at the back.

It's a clear night and there's no intention of rain. Why do you want me to hold an umbrella?

I didn't dare ask, but I knew there must be a story here, and it must have something to do with it.

But in the end, what I feared happened.

After walking for nearly an hour, he was already exhausted, but he still hadn't arrived.

I asked Xiao Tao, why is your village so big? How far had he walked? Why hadn't he arrived yet?

But Xiao Tao was already sweating profusely, and the other villagers were the same. He wanted to say something, but was so anxious that he couldn't say a word.

At this moment, I saw that we have circled back to the Baozi's home entrance!

Looking at this, I sucked in another breath of cold air. With so many people here, how could I have met a Wall-Hitting Ghost?

Bao Wenjun said that place was extremely close to my house, why can't we go there?

No matter how he walked, he would eventually make it to the Baozi's home entrance.

We are like walking on a treadmill, no matter how you walk, the scenery is still the same.

Second Master Lin also said not to go any further. If they continue walking like this, even if they were not afraid, they would tire themselves to death sooner or later.

He took the silver needle from my hand and plunged it into my men.

He felt a numbing sensation, but he didn't feel any pain.

But after each of us tried it, it didn't work.

The Second Master Lin had said that silver needles were not a strange thing like exorcising evil spirits, but rather, when a person's emotions were extremely nervous, they could easily produce all kinds of illusions.

A silver needle is like an acupuncture needle. It is a cure that can help you recover your consciousness.

But this time it was a failure. No matter what, it was futile.

We stayed at the Baozi's home entrance, but no one wanted to go in.

In the end, there was no sign of it, and Second Master Lin suddenly thought of something.

Did he really see Steamed Bun open his eyes?

I answered him with absolute certainty. When I said that I had seen it for sure, I didn't dare to say even half a word of lie.

Hearing my words, Da Jian also nodded his head repeatedly. He said that he had the same feeling, but he was not sure if it was an illusion.

Second Master Lin seemed to have confirmed something, he kicked open the Baozi's home's gate with one leg and walked in again.

Although I'm not sure why Second Master Lin suddenly decided to barge in, but I know there must be a reason.

So we didn't think too much about it and went in together.

When he arrived in front of the corpse, he found that Steamed Bun had his eyes closed and hadn't opened them yet.

I was afraid he would open his eyes again and scare the shit out of me.

Second Master Lin invited the four treasures out and wrote a large piece of yellow paper. Due to the fact that the words were special, I couldn't see clearly what was written on it.

His writing on the yellow paper struck me as odd.

Or maybe I don't have enough knowledge, I've never seen this type of writing before, the words are sonorous, the drawing of each word is very strong.

Second Master Lin said that this was called "Death Announcement."

I didn't quite understand what the Death Announcement was, but at this critical moment, he didn't have the time to explain it to us.

At this moment, Steamed Bun came over and whispered to me, "Death Announcement is an expert of the Second Master Lin, he doesn't know the specifics, but what he knows is that after a person dies, there is a breath in their body that cannot leave. This is called 'misfortune', and this Death Announcement is precisely used to calm down the dead."

Second Master Lin nodded his head as he wrote this, agreeing with Bao Wenjun's words. He said that the words on it were related to the birth of the deceased, the cause of death, where they would be buried after death, and where they would be able to enter the Underworld. This font was a special kind of word, if the font was as ugly as a spider, the families of the dead would definitely be unhappy, and they would also seem unprofessional.

This Death Announcement's calligraphy was very powerful. Not only did it give him a decent face, it could also suppress the "seedlings".

Although he could not compare to calligraphers, this craft also had its own writing style.

The Second Master Lin called this type of character "Iron Qi", which was the standard font for their beautiful writing list.

He also stressed that this was not nonsense, and that history had its witnesses.

According to the historical records, there was a saying of writing "Yangwen" since the Song Dynasty.

In those days, when dignitaries were buried, they would write a calligraphy on the pottery with the intention of praying to the dead.

That's when this font came into being.

However, things like "Death Announcement" could only be used on normal dead people.

If this was used for abnormal deaths, it could easily lead to an accident.

Second Master Lin said that the "Death Announcement" was very popular in certain places in the late Qing Dynasty, and this craft also supported a group of Mr. Yin and Yang.

When Mr. Yin Yang wrote "Death Announcement", once he found out that the victim had died an abnormal death, he would immediately inform the officials and refuse to write anymore.

Therefore, at that time, the government recognized this item and it was equivalent to a certificate of death.

Only when Mr. Yin Yang opens the "Death Announcement" can the dead be buried normally.

The current proof of death was indeed derived from the "Death Announcement".

After writing, Second Master Lin blew the "Death Announcement" dry and covered Steamed Bun's face.

He said he could leave now, and then he gathered up the four treasures of the study and led the way out, followed by the rest of us.