On one hand, there is five hundred thousand, on the other hand, it's the annihilation of the helpless and homeless lost soul, to say I have no thoughts about it, it's also quite unlikely.
I even have some inclination towards the "five hundred thousand".
The soul of the Marigold is still kowtowing, blood and tears flow down her face, I really don't know how much injustice she has suffered.
As I entered into a complex ideological struggle, I recalled my father once exposing the true culprit and seeking justice for the wronged ghost, even rejecting a large sum of money. He successfully sought justice for the ghost.
Later, my father told me: In this world, every matter involves injustice. If it weren't for us, the upright thinkers, how would these grievances be expressed? While living, one must still have some spirit, advocating for the weak and seeking justice may be the greatest spirit of those who expose and seek justice.
Thinking of what my father and grandfather, these outstanding people who exposed the wronged spirits, had done, my heart became more resolute.
I couldn't help but hum a song my father used to like, called "Persuasion": telling stories, singing operas, advising people, taking the middle path of the three main roads, good and evil will be ultimately repaid, the right path in the world is full of vicissitudes!
After humming this tune, I gently pushed Tian Siyi aside and said to Ma Guohua and Ma Minghui: "Now, I will seek justice for your mother, and let your mother speak for herself about how much injustice she has suffered!”
As the eldest brother, Ma Minghui naturally agreed to let me do it. He asked me if they could help in any way?
I pointed at Big Golden Tooth and said: He needs a medium.
Ma Minghui didn't know what I was talking about and asked what a medium was.
It's not easy for me to say this!
Because when a shaman calls for souls, they can't directly communicate with the spirits, they need a medium to let the spirit possess them in order to communicate with the spirits.
But when I said this, it was a bit difficult to say, as it is too mystical, and ordinary people wouldn't believe it.
After some thought, I explained to Ma Minghui in a simple and straightforward way: Your third sister is female, and Ma Marigold's possession by her might be more suitable. Later, Big Golden Tooth will perform a ritual to allow your mother's departing soul to possess your sister. Just let your sister cooperate, and don't think about anything else.
"Is that so?" Ma Minghui looked at Ma Marigold with some hesitation.
It's said that a daughter is her mother’s intimate little coat, and it's not easy for most men to perform this task, but Ma Marigold was willing to do it. She immediately agreed, without asking what exactly Big Golden Tooth was about to do.
I pointed at Ma Marigold and said: Well, Big Golden Tooth, it's up to you now.
"Okay! Leave it to me."
Big Golden Tooth walked to Ma Marigold's side.
Tian Siyi hugged Ma Marigold and prevented Big Golden Tooth from performing the ritual, and then started to make a scene: I admit, I did something to hurt my mother, but she really wasn't murdered.
With Tian Siyi's admission, Ma Minghui couldn’t back down, as the eldest son of the family, he pushed Tian Siyi away and shouted: I always thought you were good to my mom, it's a façade; behind my back, it's a different story. Master, don't care about her, just do your own thing.
Seeing Ma Minghui's tough stance, Tian Siyi went to Ma Guohua and said it’s a family matter, and it's not good for anyone if they fall out, she wanted Ma Guohua to stop me and Big Golden Tooth from doing anything.
Ma Guohua was a bit hesitant, for a while he didn't know what to do.
Ma Minghui pointed at Ma Guohua and shouted: Brother, you need to understand, this is no small matter. Don't be soft-hearted about our mother's matters! Absolutely not, if we soften up now, when we go to the underworld and meet mom, how can we face her?
After hearing this, Ma Guohua got angry and pointed at me and Big Golden Tooth: You called my mom's soul out, I absolutely have to hear it, what’s inside.
Afterwards, he pushed his wife, Tian Siyi, aside.
I gestured to Big Golden Tooth to start the ritual.
"Alright! Everyone, I’ll begin," Big Golden Tooth said as he took out a stack of yellow paper from his bag.
While shaking a bell, he chanted the “Please God Decree”
"Hear me, Ye deities, give this humble person a chance, the medium is ready, we only await the arrival of the deity."
After that, Big Golden Tooth scattered a handful of paper money: No matter what deity you are, as long as you've come, please give us some face.
He then shook the bell again and chanted the "Please God Decree": Regardless of whether you are a god or a ghost, a wild deity or from a sinister sect, be it Hu or Huang, Qingfeng or Bei Wang, Ox-head or Horse-face, or the unchained Yama, please come out and chat with this humble person!
After chanting this, Big Golden Tooth scattered all the yellow paper in his hand.
All the yellow paper fell to the ground, and they automatically formed the character "出" (come out)!
If the yellow paper had formed the character "关" (close), it would indicate that the wandering spirits and ghosts in the vicinity were unwilling to come out.
The formation of the character "出" on the ground truly frightened the Ma family; they had never seen such a situation before.
Ma Minghui secretly asked me, saying, Master, my mom is just an ordinary ghost, how come it's Hu and Huang, and what about Qingfeng and Bei Wang? What does this all mean?
I explained to him that when Big Golden Tooth chanted the "Please God Decree", it didn't mean he could only invite wandering spirits and ghosts, it was inviting all sorts of wild deities and ghosts from the four directions. Hu refers to a fox deity, Huang refers to the Yellow-Skin deity, Qingfeng and Bei Wang are all terms for ghost deities, and just now, Big Golden Tooth was greeting the wild deities around us. As for your mother, she belongs to the Qingfeng category.
Qingfeng is also a form of respect for ghosts.
After hearing my explanation, Ma Minghui put his worries aside.
At this point, Big Golden Tooth opened his eyes and, upon seeing the character "出" on the ground, closed his eyes again and shook the bell once more: Deities, money has been scattered, and the ritual has been performed.Please come forth, deities!
He shook the bell vigorously.
Ding ding ding ding, ding ding ding!
As a crisp cowbell rang, Ma Lanfang suddenly let out a scream, her face twisted, and then her voice changed, the expression became extremely ferocious, and a hoarse voice came out: "Tian Siyi! I want your life!"
As soon as this voice came out, Ma Guohua and Ma Minghui immediately realized it, tears in their eyes, and shouted at Ma Lanfang: "Mom!"
Martinxiang jumped on Ma Lanfang.
"You two, stay aside. Tian Siyi, come here and confront me. My dog, did you kill it? Did you make me angry, and have nightmares for several months in a row?"
What? So the Labrador Retriever that Ma Martinxiang loved the most was killed by Tian Siyi?
Tian Siyi heard this mournful voice and immediately knelt down: "Mom, please stop, I know I was wrong. Yes, I did kill the dog, I was wrong."
"You were more than just wrong! You were downright wicked! Let me ask you, did you cause my heart disease? When I was alive, I didn't know anything, I even treated you as my good daughter-in-law. Now that I'm dead, I know everything." Martinxiang showed inexplicable anger.
First killing a dog, then killing a person; a woman's heart is most poisonous.
"Mom, you're wrong, it wasn't me who killed it."
"Enough, there's a saying that goes – there are gods three feet above your head, if you want to hide something from people, then don't do it. You're trying to deceive even a ghost at this point? Hahaha!"
"Mom, what are you saying? I don't understand, why don't you just tell the whole story?" Ma Guohua asked Martinxiang to tell the whole story.
Meanwhile, Ma Minghui secretly closed the door.
In China, there's an old saying – "Don't air your dirty laundry in public."
Martinxiang accepted her second son's advice and told the whole story.
As it turns out, Tian Siyi had always been dissatisfied with her mother-in-law, Martinxiang.
Why?
The main conflicts were threefold. First, the Ma family was relatively wealthy. Their hometown was in Hubei. Their son and daughter settled in Guangzhou, so the Ma family sold their old house and business, fetching hundreds of thousands of yuan. Later, Martinxiang distributed this money among her two sons and daughter.
The eldest son received five million, while the second son and daughter each received more than two million. Originally, the younger generation was unaware of this matter, but on a rare occasion, the eldest son, Ma Minghui, got drunk and let the cat out of the bag. This led Tian Siyi to resent Martinxiang for giving her husband less money.
Second, also for money, Martinxiang helped Ma Minghui more than Ma Guohua in their business. She often went to his company to help clean, and would chat about his business, but never inquired about Ma Guohua's business. This further fueled Tian Siyi's resentment.
The third point was not about money, but about Tian Siyi and Ma Guohua's son, Maomao. Maomao was a mischievous child who often bullied small animals, especially Martinxiang's Labrador Retriever. For this, Maomao received scolding from Martinxiang. After all, this dog had been a part of their family for over ten years, and had become an essential member. But Tian Siyi resented Martinxiang, thinking Maomao should not be scolded for just bullying a dog.
These three points of conflict accumulated, leading to an eruption.
The catalyst was one morning when Martinxiang was doing the laundry and heard a dog scream. She hurried to the living room and found Maomao tampering with the Labrador Retriever's teeth.
The dog was wailing but didn't dare to bite its young master.
Martinxiang, grieved by this sight, went and pulled Maomao away, then gave him two slaps. Maomao started crying loudly. Tian Siyi witnessed this scene and was consumed by anger, which led to her cruel retaliation against Martinxiang.
That evening, when everyone was asleep, she deceitfully lured the Labrador Retriever away from the house. She drove the dog to a nearby cemetery, took out a prepared hammer, and struck the back of the dog's head.
The poor Labrador Retriever let out a whimper and immediately lost its life.
But Tian Siyi was not satisfied. At this point, she was beside herself with rage. She took out a bundle of rope from the trunk of her car, hung the Labrador Retriever by its crooked neck on a tree, and then took out a knife. She wanted to give Martinxiang a "vicious" gift!