Although this man is much older now, and he seems to have returned to normal life in a suit and tie, Jasmine‘s husband has a deep memory of the tattoo on the side of his neck.
He saw the man approaching and helped the emotional middle-aged woman: “Sister, don’t be excited. I know my nephew will not do such an impulsive thing. The police will find out the truth.”
After the man finished speaking, he wanted to shake hands with him in a friendly manner.
Jasmine‘s husband was still stiff and did not extend his hand. The police officer inside came out and scolded: “What are you doing? This is the police station. Don’t make loud noises.”
He followed the police officer back in a trance, his mind full of the previous and just scenes, and his mind was very confused.
Now that society was stable and the crackdown was strong, that man would not be as arrogant as before, so there was no need to be afraid of him…
Besides, he was just a small follower back then, and he doesn’t remember him.
Jasmine‘s husband became more and more scared the more he thought about it.
But what if?
Seeing that this man was dressed like a decent person, he should be very rich now, right?
What if he still has that kind of power? What if he was the kind of rogue who collects protection fees, and gets angry because he reported his nephew? Then his family’s store, which has been open for more than ten years, his daughter has just been admitted to a very good high school, and his wife is just an ordinary housewife……
As for himself, he was not a gangster, just an ordinary middle-aged man, who had many debts and was timid.
If the other party retaliates against him, how should he protect his family?
The voice of the police officer is still in his ears: “Did you not find any clues? Did they have any friction when they were in the car?”
After a moment of silence, Jasmine‘s husband said in a muffled voice: “No… conflict.”
“I didn’t see or hear anything in front.”
“It seems that they are just ordinary classmates. They didn’t seem forcing…”
When he walked out of the police station, Jasmine‘s husband felt extremely bitter. Then he heard his wife muttering beside him:
“Didn’t you see the mother of the young man who died just now come and sit on the ground crying in the police station? She was dressed very simply and half of her hair was gone. It was pitiful…”
He was furious: “Stop talking!”
He didn’t want to hear any more news about this matter. He just wanted to let it go as soon as possible and return to normal life.
Otherwise, he would feel that he was also an accomplice.
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When recalling this, Jasmine‘s husband could no longer speak. He sat in a chair with his eyes blank and muttered to himself:
“I am not the murderer and I have not harmed anyone. Why are you pestering me? Why don’t you go after those who killed you? I am afraid and I am timid. I have children and I have concerns. Is this my fault?!”
Since this happened, he has not slept well for a single day.
Later, he gradually woke up in the middle of the night, feeling weak, sore, and unable to breathe.
Later, he often dreamed of the dead young man, staring at him with a pale face and gloomy eyes.
He only glanced at him twice in the rearview mirror, but every facial feature of the other party was extremely clear in the dream.
Jasmine‘s husband finally determined that he was pestered by something.
The dead young man hated him and came to avenge him.
He felt wronged and puzzled. He felt that although he was timid and told a lie, he did not deserve to die. In those days, he frantically searched for methods to exorcise evil spirits on the Internet.
He recited the Great Compassion Mantra and the Diamond Sutra over and over again, but it didn’t work.
He accidentally clicked into a forum, and the poster said that he used to have a special physique. He was always afraid of seeing ghosts, but his body became much better after getting a tattoo of Zhong Kui.
Many people echoed below, saying that Zhong Kui was originally a ghost-catching god, the god that ghosts feared the most, but it could only be tattooed on the back.
After several searches, Jasmine‘s husband was desperate and had to change the tattoo despite the unbearable pain and inflammation in his back, just to drive away the young ghost that was haunting him.
Gu Zhisang sighed lightly and said: “It’s not just you who is haunted by it. Others have also been retaliated, and the situation is much more serious than yours.”
According to the “Soul-Catching Book”, two people have died.
Others have also suffered injuries of varying degrees and were still suffering from the invasion of Yin energy.
These people should be the ones who participated in the beating and murder.
As Jasmine‘s husband said, he had his concerns and was afraid that his family would be retaliated against.
From the perspective of the laws of the world, he did not participate in the murder process, and the facts he concealed were difficult to judge as perjury.
But from a moral perspective, he did conceal the pain suffered by the deceased Xu Youhan and helped the murderer cover-up.
Jasmine‘s husband continued to shake his head: “I didn’t commit a crime, why are you pestering me… why…”
Gu Zhisang frowned and didn’t speak for a long time.
Human affairs were always complicated, and everyone had different standards of judgment. This incident has caused more discussion than the previous incidents, and the comments in the live broadcast room have different opinions.
She looked at the lens and said: “I can’t judge the guilt, reward and punishment.”
In the final analysis, she was just a spectator of these events, not a judge in the world, not the King of Hell in the underworld.
“But I should know why it pesters you.”
Jasmine‘s husband raised his head in a daze and looked at his wife the source of the sound.
He heard the woman in the live broadcast in his hand say:
“You had a tattoo of ‘Guan Gong holding a sword’ on your body before, right? Guan Gong himself is the embodiment of justice, bravery, and perseverance. ‘Guan Gong holding a sword’ has an extra layer of loyalty and bravery, and is known as the symbol of ‘eliminating all injustices in the world and eliminating all dangerous people in the world.”
“He was a righteous god. If you tattoo him on your body, it depends on whether your fate can bear it. If you are not such a person, you will conflict with the energy he manifests.”
Gu Zhisang’s tone was complicated as she continued: “When you tattooed him, you should have heard of these symbols and allusions. At that time, you should have said something like a promise, so that the words were added to your body and intensified the manifestation of ‘Guan Gong holding a sword’ on your body.”
Listening to Gu Zhisang’s voice, Jasmine‘s husband of ‘Molixiang’ couldn’t help but think of twenty years ago.
When he went to get a tattoo with a group of brothers, he heard the owner of the tattoo shop say that Guan Gong was loyal and brave, and the symbolic meaning was excellent.
At that time, he didn’t have so many concerns but was full of passion and righteousness, and yearned for the loyalty and courage of the knights in the movies.
When he saw some movie plots or got drunk at the table, he would say to his friends indignantly: “If I encounter such a thing, I will be the first to help!”
What he didn’t know was that it was because he repeatedly emphasized that he must be loyal and brave, and would draw his sword to help when he saw injustice on the road, that made the “Guan Gong with a Sword” in him manifest extremely strongly.
But when he encountered the matter of Xu Youhan and retreated, it was contrary to the power of manifestation he had once piled up with words.
Xu Youhan, who died and became a ghost, could see the faint imprint of Guan Gong on his back through his clothes and saw the mark of manifestation in his soul.
Listening to the lies told by Jasmine‘s husband at the police station, and looking at the manifestation of Guan Gong on his body, Xu Youhan thought of his own experience and felt that this man was hypocritical and ridiculous.
How could he be worthy of the Guan Gong tattoo?
How dare he say that he was loyal and courageous?!
The ghost, whose reason was swept away by resentment, just wanted to tear the man’s shameless face and felt happy when he saw him being scared to death.
Perhaps at the beginning, it didn’t think about taking the life of Jasmine‘s husband, but just wanted to vent its resentment and anger, and wanted him to apologize to it and make him regret perjury.
Who would have thought that the other party would get a ‘Zhong Kui’s tattoo overnight?
When it approached Jasmine‘s husband again, it was directly injured by the Zhong Kui seal, which aroused its monstrous anger and resentment of wrongful death, so it attacked indiscriminately to kill him.
After Gu Zhisang finished his speculation, Jasmine‘s husband was silent for a long time.
The discussion in the comment area of the live broadcast room was even more intense.
Some people thought that Jasmine‘s husband was not wrong, and it was inevitable that he had relatives and concerns.
On the contrary, the ghost was too cruel and overcorrected.
Some people also think that he committed a crime by giving false testimony to the murderer, which is a fact that cannot be covered up.
Besides, he died in vain and became a fierce ghost, how can he stay rational……
After a while, Jasmine‘s husband covered his face dejectedly.
It turns out that the test of life can make a person lose his edge.
After all, he became the mediocre and cowardly person that he hated the most when he was young.
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