Before he fell asleep, Ye Gui was hesitating on whether he should go ask Mr Lee for some food tomorrow, or try his luck to treat someone. Then, he recalled that the young girl in the day was probably going to give birth, but he was not a midwife. That old woman was extremely vicious, and wouldn''t allow him to deliver the baby.
He slept until the middle of the night in a daze. Suddenly, Ye Gui saw countless pairs of eyes looking at him, emitting a green light in the darkness. Ye Gui wanted to dodge but he was unable to do so.
Looking at the eyes that were approaching him, those eyes were embedded in his swollen yellow face. The skin on his face was seeping with bean-sized liquid, but it was unknown whether it was pus or sweat. One of them was the face that had suddenly split open on the bridge. There were bloodstains at the corners of his eyes, but his smile was even more chilling. Ye Gui closed his eyes in fear, hoping that this was his own nightmare. After he closed his eyes for a while, he opened them again, but what made him despair was that the face still existed, and what made him even more terrified was that the other swollen faces had all turned into the appearance of the Great Aphrodite, smiling shamelessly at him.
Ye Gui struggled to dodge, but it was as if his body was nailed to a bed. Suddenly, a bird cry came out, Ye Gui jumped up from the bed and saw that there was nothing in front of him. Ye Gui was stunned for a long time. He knew that he was still dreaming, but this nightmare was just too real.
Ye Gui wiped the sweat off his forehead, got up to wash up, and decided to go to Mr Lee to get something to eat. After all, he wasn''t too confident in his chances of finding a doctor.
When Ye Gui walked to the end of the bridge, the Mr Lee had not come yet, so he waited until noon before coming over. When Mr Lee saw that Ye Gui was waiting for him, he immediately took out a piece of steamed bun and passed it to Ye Gui. So the Mr Lee was giving his name to a family that had just given birth to a child.
Although Mr Lee didn''t mind helping Ye Gui, in Ye Gui''s heart, he still wanted to help Mr Lee out in every possible way. As he ate the steamed buns, he remembered that he was alone and unable to support himself. He felt extremely sad and couldn''t help but blink continuously to prevent tears from streaming down his face.
Mr Lee set up his stall and sat at the head of the table. When he saw Ye Gui''s reddened eyes, he knew that he had been living by reading people''s minds and fortune telling. Of course he knew Ye Gui had thought of his own past. It was not good to advise.
"Mr Lee," Ye Gui suddenly said to Mr Lee, "How about I take you as my master?"
"How can this be!" Mr Lee said, "You are a family that practices medicine, how can you be my lowly livelihood."
"They are all of the Lower Nine," Ye Gui said. "I feel like I can''t support myself by relying on my medical skills."
"What about your father?" The Mr Lee said, "Old Master Ye is indeed a good man, but unfortunately, he is short of lifespan. How can you cut off your family''s medical skills?"
"But no one came to see me at all?" Ye Gui said, "What use is there knowing medicine? There''s simply no one willing to treat a young doctor like me."
You heard about me, "the Mr Lee comforted Ye Gui." I''ve set up a little fortune-telling for you, although I haven''t earned much, and will be enough to help you not to starve, but you said that you will give up on practicing medicine and learn fortune-telling from me.
"Why not?"
"I don''t have much skill other than being a fortune-teller," Mr Lee said. One more fortune-teller is no good in this world, but I don''t want to lose a good doctor. "
"Where am I a good doctor?" Ye Gui laughed bitterly.
"You''ll be a good doctor. It was decided. I have food to eat, so you can''t be lacking in it. " Mr Lee changed the topic, "When you went to the south of the city yesterday, what disease did your granddaughter have?"
"I checked my pulse," Ye Gui answered truthfully, "It did indeed damage the fetus."
"Although I don''t know much about medicine, I can tell that the girl that didn''t leave the pavilion is pregnant." Mr Lee sighed, "We still don''t have much contact with her. Unless it''s absolutely necessary, her grandmother isn''t willing to reveal it."
"But that woman already has a baby." Ye Gui said, "I saw it with my own eyes. And they have a young man in their family. "
"The old lady is sure that the house is haunted?" Mr Lee immediately asked.
"Yes." Ye Gui said, "But how can ghosts impregnate women?"
"You really saw a young man and a baby?"
"Absolutely!" Ye Gui said, "The old lady couldn''t see it, but the man also thought I couldn''t see him."
"It seems like the old lady is right. Her family is haunted, and her granddaughter is haunted." The Mr Lee said, "There is a type of ghost that lures young girls, Phantom Wu Tong."
Actually, the legends Wu Tong spread in Jiangnan were very widespread, and there was even the offering from Wu Tong''s temple. Most of them were Wu Tong Temple, where commoners sought money. However, most of the matters concerning the Ghost Wu Tong who harmed the citizens, were mostly about seducing women, attracting hatred from others, and killing others, which was quite rare.
This matter, Ye Gui was too young to have heard of it before. Mr Lee would have heard a lot of rumors after calculating for the rest of his life.
The Mr Lee told him more or less about Wu Tong. Ye Gui thought that this kind of mysterious thing had nothing to do with him, but he was concerned about the woman who was about to arrive. If she did not deliver the baby steadily, then with her weak body, it would be extremely dangerous.
As Ye Gui thought of this, he decided to head to the south of the city again to persuade the old woman. Suddenly, Mr Lee pulled him back. "You said that young man thought you couldn''t see him?"
"Yes."
"Is it true that the old lady can''t see him?"
"It''s true," Ye Gui said as he came to a realization, "I saw with my own eyes how a young person walked in front of an old lady, and the old lady knew nothing at all. "Also, the old lady came to find you yesterday, but you didn''t see her …"
"But how can you see it?" Mr Lee looked at Ye Gui, "You should not be able to see it either."
Ye Gui suddenly realized why he could see things that others couldn''t.
Mr Lee immediately faced Ye Gui, and looked at his mask and face carefully, "Are you able to see many strange things tonight?"
"Exactly." Ye Gui answered, "I have nightmares every night, I feel like there are a lot of people in the room."
"You must have met something in the prison," Mr Lee thought for a while before saying, "There are many ghosts that have died in there, so it''s possible that they will pester you even if they don''t disperse their grievances. But, how can you see the Ghost Wu Tong that you shouldn''t have seen?"
Ye Gui was also speechless, he could not understand.
Mr Lee immediately entrusted the fortune telling stall to the owner of the inn and decided to make a trip to the south side of the city with Ye Gui.
The Mr Lee was not as young as Ye Gui and his legs were not that good anyway. He got on a small boat and headed towards the south side of the city. The water route was closer than the road, and in the afternoon, they arrived at the southern part of the city.
The two of them got off the boat and walked towards the Pagoda tree. They saw seven to eight monks working in the yard. An elderly monk was holding a wooden bowl, constantly chanting scriptures.
From the house came the shrill cries of a woman.
"It must have been fetal life force," Ye Gui said. "It was born prematurely."
When the Mr Lee and Ye Gui heard the woman''s voice, Ye Gui panicked. He immediately rushed into the house, but was stopped by the monk in the middle.
old woman walked over to Ye Gui and said, "Go back first. There are no patients in my house.
"Your granddaughter is about to be born," Ye Gui said anxiously, "Are you still unable to hear her voice?"
old woman said bitterly: "Go back, I have already invited a high monk from the Jinshan Temple to help me suppress the evil spirits. Today, there must be an end to it!"
At this time, Ye Gui suddenly saw that the walls of the house were different from the last time. They were painted with gold paint and the patterns were all inscriptions that he could not understand. On the wall, there were two iron chains. Ye Gui looked at it carefully and realised that there was only one iron chain, it was just that the chains were very long. After walking around the house twice, they bound the entire house up. Several palm-sized bells were hung on the chain.
These monks were using iron chains to tie up the house!
Ye Gui thought of this in his heart. Suddenly, he heard a child''s cry. Following the direction of the cry, he saw a young man.
The young man stood at the door of the house, holding the crying baby. However, he didn''t go comfort the baby, but just stared at the house. From his posture, it could be seen that he was thinking about the woman inside the house.
Why didn''t he go in?
This thought flashed across Ye Gui''s mind, and he suddenly understood — — Chains!
The young man was afraid of the iron chains. Ye Gui immediately thought of the last time he was here, the iron chains under his mother''s feet were not only used to lock up old woman''s granddaughter and not to let her leave. It was also used to deal with this young man.
Because this young man was the Wu Tong that Mr Lee had mentioned before.
Ye Gui looked at Wu Tong. From the worry he had for women, he looked no different from an ordinary person. Perhaps he was just a human, and a normal person would not be able to see him.
One of them was outside the house, the other was inside the house. The young man''s entire body was trembling, following that, the young man wanted to rush into the house.
The following scene, in Ye Gui''s eyes, was extremely slow. He saw the young man stoop but retract. Then, he wanted to raise his leg, but was unable to take a step forward.
Ye Gui suddenly realized that the eyes of the Monks were focused on the young man, but their gazes were unsteady.
They only looked at the young man when they heard the crying of the baby. Ye Gui looked at the monks as they continued to chant their incantations. However, they were extremely excited, because the chanting speed was increasing.
The young man couldn''t hold it in any longer, so he lowered his head and charged into the house. Then, his body firmly hit the iron chain. At the same time, all the bells hanging from the iron chains began to vibrate intensely, ringing with urgency.
The monk swarmed over and surrounded the young man. The old monk lifted up the Anti-Demon Pestle, and the three middle-aged monks beside him raised up a fishnet and wrapped the young man, Wu Tong, in it.
Furthermore, Ye Gui had also seen something. When this Wu Tong had knocked into the iron chains, the iron chains had tightly stuck onto him, so he could not avoid the net at all.
No one could see Wu Tong. Wu Tong could not see the iron chains.
Not only could he not see, the iron chain would attract Wu Tong''s attention. Everything in the world is related to each other, the magic item of this chain is Wu Tong''s natural nemesis.
Without that weakness, Wu Tong would not have risked his life either. It was very obvious that although Wu Tong could not see it, he knew the existence of the iron chains and was also completely aware of the effects of the iron chains on him.
This weakness was the young girl who was in the process of giving birth.