Chapter 182 During the Reign of Kangxi (1/2)
After writing the bet down, Qin Haodong handed the 20,000 yuan to the woman and said, ”I don't like to be watched when treating the patient. Take them to wait for me in the yard.”
”Yes.”
The woman answered immediately on hearing Qin Haodong's request for she was in fear of the ghost or the similar thing. She left the room and waited outside while Ma Guoli and the nurses went back to their ambulance.
After they left, Qin Haodong opened the door and walked into Fatty Wang's room.
Fatty Wang, who was roaring and wielding the knife, slashed toward the door when it was opened.
Qin Haodong reached out his hand and brought appear of the mirror of Yin-Yang, which he had learned well how to use. He held the mirror with its yin side facing Fatty Wang and shouted, ”Come out, you devil.”
A golden light flashed out from the mirror and disappeared into between Fatty Wang's eyebrows. Fatty Wang was frozen like a statue, and black mist rose from the top of his head and transformed into a woman covered in red.
At first, the woman showed a ferocious look, but when she saw the mirror of Yin-Yang in Qin Haodong's hands, she looked terrified because as a ghost, she could feel out of her instinct the power of the mirror.
She immediately begged for mercy. ”Please don't kill me, master.”
Qin Haodong rebuked her. ”The dead should go for their reincarnation and reborn. Why do you still wander in mortal world and hurt human beings?”
”Master, please help me! I'm a poor girl, died of injustice.” The ghost threw herself at Qin Haodong's feet and kowtowed to him continuously.
”Tell me what you have suffered,” said Qin Haodong.
”I was born in an ordinary family and had a poor yet happy life with my husband and son. However, Zhang Dahu coveted me and beat my husband to death. He even killed my son, a two-year-old boy, by smashing him. After that, I was grabbed into his home.
”I was so desperate and irritated. To take revenge, I dressed in red and hung myself at midnight, wanting to take his life as a ghost.
”But I didn't expect, after I died, he asked a powerful Taoist for help and suppressed me in a Guanyin statue. Not until several days ago the statue was broken could I break free from it. I must take revenge from Zhang Dahu, master, please help me. I'm totally at the mercy of you after that.”
At this point, the ghost was choked with sobs.
Qin Haodong let out a long sigh and was moved by her poor fate. ”When were you born?” he asked.
The ghost answered in amazement, ”What do you mean, master? I'm unlearned and didn't get your point.”
On hearing her words, Qin Haodong explained, ”I mean, which dynasty were you in before you died? What's the reign title?”
”I was born in Qing Dynasty and during the reign of His Majesty Kangxi,” the ghost said.
”Do you know how many years have passed after you died?”
”I don't know.”
”Three hundred years! I'm afraid Zhang Dahu has been through reincarnation several times, so, you got nobody to avenge now.”
”What! Three hundred years?”
The ghost was astonished by what she heard. When locked in the statue, she lived in dark and lost track of time, thinking nothing but revenge. She did not expect three hundred years had passed in the blink of an eye.
Qin Haodong said, ”A man dies the way a lamp goes out. Since Zhang Dahu is dead, let go of the grudge and go for your reincarnation.”
The ghost regained her sense slowly. Her will of staying in that world had gone with the death of Zhang Dahu. ”Master, I can't find my way of reincarnation now,” said she.
Qin Haodong held the mirror up and said to her, ”This treasure can communicate with both yin and yang world. Let me lead you to it.”
”Thank you, master!”
The ghost kowtowed to Qin Haodong again and dived toward the mirror of Yin-Yang, and as a light flashed across the mirror, the ghost disappeared into it.
At the moment, Fatty Wang gave a shiver, and his eyes regained their focus.
Though he had been possessed by the ghost, he knew clearly what had happened around him. He knelt down in front of Qin Haodong and said, ”Thank you for saving me, little brother. I owe you a big favor.”
”Get up, please. Go to see your wife first.”
Qin Haodong helped Fatty Wang up and went out of the room together.
Fatty Wang's wife, who had been waiting in the yard, could not believe her eyes when she saw Fatty Wang walk out with Qin Haodong in a normal manner and that there was no trace of madness on his face.
”Li... little brother, is my husband cured now?” she asked Qin Haodong hesitantly.
Qin Haodong did not answer her but turned to Fatty Wang, ”Why don't you say something to your wife?”
Fatty Wang took two steps forward, looked at the bruise on his wife's face, and said in a guilty tone, ”I'm so sorry, dear.”
”Oh, you're fine now! I'm so happy!”
Sure that Fatty Wang's mental condition had returned normal, the woman threw herself into Fatty Wang's arms and cried out loud for she had been under too much grievance and pressure during the days.
Qin Haodong turned to Ma Guoli, who stood watching aside, and said, ”As you see, I've cured the patient, so, isn't it the time to fulfill your promise?”
The best way to punish a doctor who cared for nothing but money was to take his money out of his pocket, therefore, Qin Haodong made a bet of 20,000 yuan with him.