In fact, my grandfather wrote this suicide note in a very general way. What is the tattoo on my back? Can this tattoo help me break the curse?
Also, why was I suddenly asked to marry Xiaocui? Xiaocui is a fool, and she is older than my father. According to seniority, I have to call her aunt. In fact, I usually call her silly aunt.
And why did my grandfather ask me to drop out of school and find a man named Zhang Sangui? I finally got into college, and who is this Zhang Sangui?
There are too many questions here.
It's a pity that grandpa can't give me any more answers.
Grandma was a resolute person. After finishing my grandfather's funeral, she immediately called me to her side and said, "Your grandfather endured a lot of hardships in order to get this method to break the curse. You must do what he said."
Then grandma went directly to Xiaocui's house to propose marriage.
But I disagree to the death.
You can ask me to drop out of school, you can ask me to find that man named Zhang Sangui, but I can't marry Xiaocui.
Because I already have a girlfriend in college, my girlfriend’s name is Xu Jing, and we love each other very much.
Even without Xu Jing, I wouldn't have been able to marry that fool Xiaocui.
Grandma, who had always been gentle, turned her face and slapped me directly.
"You just do whatever your grandfather tells you to do? He is saving you and our family."
I was also anxious: "If you ask me to marry a fool, I would rather die."
My mother also cried and begged me, asking me to do what my grandfather said no matter what. She didn’t want to lose me, and she didn’t want to see the old Li family die off.
Seeing that I refused to give in, my grandma pulled me into the house with tears in her eyes.
"Do you know why your grandfather asked you to marry Xiaocui?"
"Do you know why Xiaocui is a fool?"
"Back then, when your grandfather was cutting the flesh of that thing in an abandoned cave dwelling, Xiaocui saw it."
"She was only three years old at the time. She was so frightened that she has been going crazy for so many years."
"So your grandfather asking you to marry her must be related to this matter, and it must be related to breaking the curse."
I was stunned. I didn't expect Xiaocui to become a fool like this.
Then grandma told me another amazing thing.
She said that she had seen the woman in costume before.
Long before the famine broke out, she had witnessed her grandfather having a tryst with a woman in costume in a cave dwelling.
No, it can't be? I looked at grandma in shock.
Grandma shook her head: "I don't know what it is. In those famine years, food and clothing were problems. Who would have the mind to care about so much."
Until your father was born and had an extra face on his body."
Grandma raised her hand and touched my head.
"Child, the things here are not that simple, but again, your grandfather will not harm you. You do as he says. Grandma hopes that you can find out the truth on your own in the future."
I didn't know what to say anymore. After a long time, I said, "Grandma, can you give me some time? I want to go back to the city first, say goodbye to my girlfriend Xu Jing, and meet that person named Zhang Sangui again."
Grandma agreed.
I returned to the university campus, and my girlfriend Xu Jing asked me with concern, what happened at home?
I don’t know what to tell her? Things are too bizarre, and I have never dared to let her know that there is a human face in my heart.
When I was dating Xu Jing, I never crossed the line with her. At most, I held hands and hugged her.
Xu Jing once hinted to me that she could go to the hotel because she had already decided to give herself to the person she loved the most.
I was very excited, but I still refused.
I couldn't imagine that if she took off her clothes and saw the human face on my heart, she would be so frightened that she would scream.
Xu Jing is a considerate girl, beautiful and kind-hearted. Her family's conditions are better than mine, but she has never looked down on me. She said she likes my diligence and hard work, and that I am a potential stock.
Xu Jing has been with me these two days. I was not willing to break up with her in the first place, and now I don't want to mention it even more.
But I was very conflicted. After all, this was what my grandfather had told me in his suicide note, which told me to drop out of school, marry a stupid girl, and then go find Zhang Sangui.
After thinking about it, I decided to go to Zhang Sangui first. I couldn't do none of the three things my grandpa told me.
Fortunately, that Zhang Sangui was in this city. According to the address written in my grandfather's suicide note, I took several trains and arrived at a very remote street in the western suburbs. I found a small storefront at the end of the street.
There is no plaque on this front house, so I don’t know what it does?
The door was open, and there was an old man squatting at the door, sharpening his knife.
No. 25 Changyang Street, yes, this is it.
"Excuse me, is Zhang Sangui here?" I walked over and asked the old man.
The old man suddenly stopped sharpening his knife, stood up abruptly and looked at me, which shocked me.
The old man was not tall and had a slight hunchback. His face was full of wrinkles, but his eyes were bright. He stared at me for several minutes.
I quickly took a few steps back, fearing that he would suddenly slash at me.
"Excuse me, Zhang Sangui..."
Before I finished speaking, he suddenly stretched out his hand and pulled me into the house, slamming the door.
I was quite frightened.
"You, what are you doing?"
"I am Zhang Sangui." His voice was hoarse, similar to my grandfather's voice.
"Ah? You are Zhang..."
Before I could finish my words, he suddenly rushed over, stretched out his hand and tore the clothes off my chest with a bang. His movements were so fast and so powerful that I had no time to react.
"Hey, what are you doing?"
I shouted, but he stared straight at the face on my chest.
His expression changed, and then he walked around behind me step by step, and violently lifted the clothes from my back.
"Ghost pattern?"
He saw the tattoo on my back.
Finally he threw the knife in his hand on the ground and walked to the opposite side of me.
"Are you the grandson of Old Ghost Li? What is your name?"
I was very surprised, who is this person? The old ghost Li he mentioned should be my grandfather, and he seemed to recognize the human face on my body and the tattoo on my back.
"My, my name is Li Yang." I said tremblingly.
He nodded, a weird smile appeared on his wrinkled face, he put his hands behind his back, walked around me, and then said something that I couldn't understand.
"Very good, Old Ghost Li has the guts to survive ninety-nine and eighty-one kinds of torture, become a human ghost, return to his hometown to give you a tattoo, and even stabbed his own soul into the tattoo.
"
"Thanks to him, you will be a soul assassin from now on. The lineage of soul assassins that has been broken for hundreds of years will be passed down to you."
I frowned and said, "Soul thorn master? What soul thorn master? My grandfather tattooed me on my back to break the curse on me."
He suddenly laughed, and the smile forced out of his throat made me feel very uncomfortable.
"I know, but do you think it's that easy to break the curse? Old Ghost Li turned into a human ghost and gave you a tattoo so that you can continue the lineage of soul assassins. This is just the first step in breaking the curse. By the way, he should also tell you that
Marry a fool."
It seems that this old man knows everything about my family.
"Haha, you think this can really help you break the curse. This is just the beginning. It just temporarily saves your life. When you truly embark on the path of a soul assassin, it depends on you whether you can completely break the curse.
You, too, look at the fate of your Li family."
I had a lot of questions in my mind, and I thought this old man should be able to give me the answer, but before I could ask anything, he waved his hand directly: "Okay, Old Ghost Li asked you to come to me, because I have been with him for many years.
Let me help you in your friendship."
"From today on, you will stay at my place and don't go anywhere."
I was stunned.
"Why? I still have to go to school."
He looked at me like I was a fool, and I lowered my head. I really felt like I was a fool. My life was almost gone, so why should I go to school? Didn't my grandfather tell me to drop out of school?
"Okay." I nodded in frustration.
"Starting from tomorrow, I will teach you tattoos and tattoo techniques. Of course, you are already a soul tattoo master. These things are just a foundation to help you take the first step."