Chapter Seven, Five Young Boys

Although the reasons for the situation remain unknown, Jiang Li has already devised a strategy

I still do not understand

However, at that time he told me that while people act, heaven observes. My grandmother tried every means to prevent my mother from seeing me, all because of the matter concerning the child. Now she herself is pregnant, perhaps this is a punishment from heaven, allowing my grandmother to understand the hardships of being a mother.

That means letting the child in grandmother's womb temporarily enter my womb. I am young and can hold on for a while; otherwise, given grandmother's constitution, I fear she would soon be overwhelmed and perish.

The villagers exchanged words back and forth, yet I was completely unable to understand what they were saying

Jiang Li then began to gesture with his fingers, reciting: "The Azure Dragon resides to my left, the White Tiger serves to my right. The Vermilion Bird guards my front, the Black Tortoise stands behind me. The four directions are protected by the four divine generals, safeguarding my original form. The Seven Fiends are malevolent spirits, who dares to intrude upon my divinity? I serve the Supreme Laojun, hastily and in accordance with the law."

Jiang Li smiled faintly: "I will not hold the same views as the elderly."

Jiang Li hesitated to speak, and in the end, the words he wanted to say remained unspoken

However, at this moment, someone in the village spoke up: "Master Jiang, with such a small belly on Xiao, can it hold so many people?"

Grandmother's belly has become as large as that of a pregnant woman, and she is in great pain. Father thinks that Grandmother is suffering from bloating, so he goes to ask the village barefoot doctor for help

Grandmother is an extremely paranoid person. Upon hearing Jiang Li's words, her eyes suddenly widened, and she pointed at Jiang Li, saying: "I see you are also a liar. You haven't even looked and yet you say my old man is better than all of us. Are we all blind? Can't we tell who is good and who is bad?"

Then I woke up in the morning to find that my stomach was in great pain, and when I looked at my stomach, it was quite alarming

I also followed Jiang Li out and arrived at my own room. Not long after I returned, my father came in behind me, looking at Jiang Li with a face full of apology, saying: "Master Jiang, my mother is used to being strong and has become a bit muddled; please do not take her words to heart."

The barefoot doctor had no other options, so my father invited Jiang Li to come and help with the examination

Then I saw a boy-like figure actually emerge from my grandmother's belly, and following the red thread, he directly entered my body, causing my stomach to gradually swell.

"Grandma, who was that person just now?" I asked her with concern

Jiang Li quickly pressed his hand against me, and then I saw another young boy directly enter my belly along the red thread. I looked on in horror, wanting to move but was firmly held down by Jiang Li.

Upon hearing the sound, we immediately rushed into the room where Grandma was.

Father heard the noise and hurried to the house. Upon seeing Grandma, he immediately asked what was wrong. Grandma repeated the earlier statement and then said: "What sin have we committed, to have attracted such a madwoman into our home? This is truly misfortune at our doorstep"

After he finished arranging these, the villagers also organized the things he mentioned. There are a total of 7 wolfhounds in the village, all tied up at the entrance.

Jiang Li told his father after reading that grandmother is pregnant, but it is not in the normal position; it is in the stomach. If it is not removed quickly, it is feared that it could lead to a fatal outcome.

I am terrified to the extreme, my grandmother's belly is so large, if it were on me, it would probably burst my belly. I just want to say: "Master, could you please not put them on me?"

Jiang Li said to the villagers: "In a moment, I will bring some items to protect Chen Xiao. It is likely that the nearby wandering spirits will return to seize Chen Xiao's body. The incense and candles outside can lure them for a while, and the dogs at the door can scare them away. If something happens and they come in, you will not be able to see them, but they will leave footprints on the ground. If footprints appear later, you must inform me immediately"

Yesterday, after we went to sleep, Grandma fell asleep leaning against Grandpa's bed. According to Grandma, she had a dream while she was asleep, in which a star fell from the eastern side of the house. Everyone in the village rushed to grab that star, but since it was relatively close to our home, Grandma ultimately managed to seize that star.

The ash in the room was suddenly swept up by the wind. By the time I squinted my eyes, I felt as if my entire being had been hollowed out. I was extremely tired, yet I could not lie down; I could only sit there like this

At this moment, the dog outside turned in another direction and began barking at the outside.

The dog at the door is now barking wildly at the house as if it has gone mad

The villagers began to shout again: "Come in, something happened. Come in."

Father sat in the chair with his head supported by his hand, his face full of distress. Jiang Li stood in the middle of the hall with his hands behind his back. Second Aunt leaned against the armchair, her face pale, covered with a blanket, making muffled sounds of pain.

Jiang Li communicated with my father for a while before going to accompany my grandmother

With a cry, a puff of blue smoke suddenly emerged from the spot, and the footprints came to a halt.

This roar startled the people in the room

Jiang Li smiled faintly: "But you wouldn't want to see your grandmother tortured to death by them, right? Don't worry, with Master here, Master will protect you."

At this moment, another voice came from the room: "Jiang Li, if you dare to kill the ghost infant, I will slaughter the entire Chen family."

This is a great humiliation for our family, yet in the eyes of others, it seems so ridiculous

After Jiang Li finished explaining all this to me, a villager asked: "Master Jiang, you are so capable, why not directly eliminate that thing inside you? Why put it into Xiao Wa's belly? Xiao Wa is a boy; if it goes into his belly, how will he face others in the future?"

Jiang Li furrowed his brows, shook his head, and left the room with a face full of disappointment

The villagers remained silent, glancing around in all directions.

Grandmother repeatedly lamented, recounting all the faults of my mother, while my father listened with a furrowed brow

The old hen lays eggs, and my Chen family has completely become the laughingstock of the village this time

The meaning is very clear; the person who just escaped is the man who entered into a ghost marriage with my mother

Jiang Li sighed and said: "In this world, everything has its cause and effect. They cannot harm you without reason. At such times, you should reflect on what you have done wrong, rather than simply blaming others."

However, after a while, they explained it to me clearly

Jiang Li said: "Mother and child share the same root and source. If what is in the womb loses its life, the elder will also follow suit. Until a better solution is found, we can only let what is in the womb enter Chen Xiao's womb; any delay is better than nothing."

Two

The villagers immediately complied. When the villagers went to take care of these matters, Jiang Li possessed me and said, "Are you afraid?"

However, Jiang Li then looked around and said: "There are people playing tricks in this house; under normal circumstances, there shouldn't be so many restless spirits able to enter. Who is it?"

Three

I nodded while looking at Jiang Li's smile

However, the next morning, I was awakened by the noisy sounds outside. I turned over, got out of bed, and went outside, only to see that almost everyone in the village had gathered in my house.

However, this footprint has disappeared, and many other footprints have appeared behind. Jiang Li, seeing the urgency of the situation, sternly admonished his grandmother: "Three counts, if you do not come out, do not blame me."

Yes, I nodded

Jiang Li placed his hand on my head and said, "Today, I will have to trouble you."

However, this is clearly the man's problem, yet it is now being blamed on my mother

What Jiang Li says is what it is; the people in the village are only skilled in words, and they cannot possibly understand the difficulties involved in this matter

Jiang Li smiled and had me sit cross-legged in the center of the bagua he arranged, tying me and my grandmother together with a red string, then smiled at me and said, "Don't worry"

A villager asked again: "If everything is fine, how could one suddenly become pregnant"

The villagers nodded: "Understood, Master Jiang, you can proceed with confidence."

"Get out here!" Jiang Li scolded again.

After Jiang Li took out a yellow talisman from his body, he affixed it to his grandmother and shouted, "Beast, why are you not coming out? What are you waiting for?"

After finishing the recitation, he shouted loudly: "Imperial Edict!"

The room is also filled with fragrant ash

Back and forth like this, a total of five boys entered my belly, and I was so scared that I cried tears

Father has nothing more to say

Suddenly, a dog let out a wretched cry and then collapsed on the ground, unconscious. The villagers immediately stood up and shouted, "Master Jiang, the dog is dead"

Grandma pointed at the window, panting heavily, and said: "Your backstabbing mother had her man come to harm your grandfather. Fortunately, I was in the house; otherwise, your grandfather would have been killed by him."

Jiang Li then made some preparations, laying out some copper coins in the room and arranging them in a regular pattern with red string. Jiang Li told me that it was the Bagua.

Jiang Li recounted his plan, and his father stood up and said: "Let me take the thing in your mother's belly first, and put it on Xiao Wa's shoulders; how will he go out to meet people in the future."

I do not know why, but ever since I met Jiang Li not long ago, I can now feel a sense of safety whenever he is around, a feeling I have never experienced before

After speaking and raising a finger to recite the incantation, the last one stubbornly refused to come out from grandmother's belly

I walked up to Jiang Li, tugged at his clothing, and asked, "Master, why has everyone come?"

The barefoot doctor is naturally talkative; when he came to my house and spread the word, everyone in the village knew about it. Now, they have all come to see the spectacle.

Jiang Li immediately dripped a drop of fresh blood onto me, and only then did my stomach gradually retract.

"It's done." Jiang Li shook off the dust from his body and tapped my head. I immediately emerged from my previous daze, but my stomach rapidly expanded, causing me to sweat profusely from the pain

I caught a glimpse and saw a pair of footprints on the ashes beside me. Upon seeing this, Jiang Li immediately released me and swung the peach wood sword beside him to strike.

Jiang Li shook his head and said: "Chen Xiao's constitution is inherently Yin, which has a strong attraction to the things inside the belly. If it were someone else, I fear that the thing inside would not agree. Moreover, Chen Xiao's grandmother has more than one inside her, at least five or six, and those over twenty are not suitable; only Chen Xiao is the most appropriate."

Before I could count to one, another young boy followed the red thread and entered my belly

Jiang Li then said to the villagers: "You should bring all the dogs in the village over here and tie them at the door. Additionally, you need to light incense and candles around the house, and scatter ash from the stove inside the house."

However, after finishing the incantation, there was no response. Jiang Li frowned, bit his finger, and let his blood drip onto his grandmother. Suddenly, his grandmother cried out in pain.

Jiang Li gritted her teeth: "There is one more."

Jiang Li finally breathed a sigh of relief, stood up straight, and looked at the footprints approaching my feet. His gaze sharpened, and those footprints suddenly turned and fled from the room

Upon entering, I only saw a fleeting silhouette that quickly passed by and broke through the window. Grandmother clutched her chest, leaning against the bedside, struggling to catch her breath. Jiang Li immediately went over and pressed a few times on Grandmother's forehead, and only then did she begin to regain her composure