Chapter 23: A Lonely Thatched House
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27 years ago?
I wiped my sweat, this know-it-all memory is really good, but since there is news it is a good thing for me, and I immediately asked where this ghost lives in Youdi Town.
Know-it-all said with some uncertainty: "Maybe it's near the east gate of Youdi Town, when that group of ghosts came over, they were arranged over there, you can go over there to look for it, close to the area on the right side of the city gate." β
I nodded slightly: "Thank you so much." β
I got up, and suddenly remembered that I hadn't paid the fee yet, and immediately asked, "How much is the consultation fee this time?"
"This time it's free. Know-it-all smiled and waved his hand: "I'm not the kind of ghost who can't walk when he sees money, you are a new ghost who has taken office, this time it will be regarded as making a friend, if there is anything in the future, I will give you the best price." β
"Thank you so much, then I'll go look for it. β
Leaving the restaurant, I suddenly found that I seemed to have no sense of direction here, but I happened to see a ghost coming, so I stepped forward to ask, fortunately, in addition to being a little surprised that I was a living person, after learning that I was the new postman, he was still very enthusiastic to point out the direction for me, I expressed my gratitude and walked quickly to the east.
Dongxiaomen, I don't know why Know-it-all said this, but now the place I went to seems to be the direction where the shadow left before, does she also live in the east?
After walking along a road for about a quarter of an hour, there was a fork in the road, but I already knew which side was east, so I chose a random path and went down.
It took me half an hour before I saw the East Gate, which is indeed very small, no wonder it is called the East Gate.
On the right side, I turned my head to look over there, and there were a lot of houses, and from time to time ghosts would float out to see me, a strange living person, and before the shadow came, but the middle of the road I walked was forked, and she should live in the corner area on the left, and when I went back to finish my work, I could go directly to her.
Taking advantage of the appearance of ghosts, I hurriedly went over and began to ask, but I asked several ghosts in a row, and it seemed that none of them knew the existence of such a ghost as Hu Huazhi.
Unfortunately, this area is quite large, but it is a town, and there are many ghost people living here, so I have to ask while walking.
I didn't know how many ghosts I knew, but I finally got a little bit of news.
"It turned out to be the Yin Yang postman, ha, you seem to be a little nervous looking for the ghost named Hu Huazhi, who~ It's the house over there, the one with the door wide open. "A well-wisher showed me the way.
"Thank you very much. I thanked me and walked briskly towards the house where the door was not closed.
When I came to the edge of the small house, I tilted my head and looked inside, and in the middle of it was an old man in ragged clothes who was squatting in the corner of the wall and muttering something that he didn't know what he was muttering, as if he was still drawing circles on the ground with his fingers.
"Ahem!" I seemed to get his attention, but Hu Huazhi didn't seem to react at all, and continued to squat in the corner and draw circles.
I was so depressed, so I asked, "Are you Hu Huazhi?"
The old man in ragged clothes stopped what he was doing and turned his head to look at me.
I have to say that the appearance of this ghost is really a little scary, not to mention that he is so thin that his eyes are still bulging out, but he is a ghost now, and his appearance is like this.
"Yes, who are you?" Hu Huazhi squatted on the ground and didn't get up, just turned his head to look at me, his expression a little wooden and a little puzzled.
"I've found you. I didn't rush into the house, but just stood at the door and said, "I am the new Yin and Yang postman in Brother Town, and someone has asked me to send you something this time, and please sign for it." β
As I spoke, I took out a piece of yellow paper and a pen, and then took out the wooden box.
Hu Huazhi was stunned for a moment, then slowly got up and walked over, staring at the small boxy wooden box in my hand, "You, you...... Where did this thing come from?"
I pointed to the yellow paper and said, "I don't know about this, I just send it, no matter how it is explained." β
"Okay, okay, I'll sign it right away!" Hu Huazhi picked up the pen and wrote his name on the yellow paper, and then put down the pen and said, "I signed, can this thing be given to me?"
The ghost seemed to be in a hurry, but the contents of this box were one of his finger bones, and he should be able to sense what was inside, and this was my purpose, so I put the yellow paper and pen in my backpack, and then put the small wooden box on the table and said, "Okay, I wish you a happy life." β
After saying that, I turned around and left, muttering in my heart, yes, this is an occupational disease!
I will send such a sentence when I send express mail in the yang world, or say thank you to those who take the initiative to pick up the express, but this is the first time to send express delivery to the ghost, and it is quite strange to say this.
I hadn't gone far when I heard Hu Huazhi shouting from behind, "Thank you, Lord Postman, thank you, Lord Postman!"
As soon as I turned my head, I was startled that the old man knelt on the ground in front of me, and was about to kowtow, so I hurriedly dodged out of my position and shouted, "Get up! What are you doing?"
"Thank you, Lord Postman, for sending this thing, Hu Huazhi has nothing to reciprocate now, so I will tell you a piece of news, which may be of some help to you. Hu Huazhi said very gratefully.
"Huh?" I raised my eyebrows, but seeing that he hadn't gotten up yet, I stepped forward and helped him up and said, "If someone asks me to do something, it must be postage, you don't have to, you are the recipient." β
"No, no, no, I don't think that's too light to express my gratitude. Hu Huazhi looked left and right, and then said, "Please also talk in the room." β
Seeing that he was mysterious, I followed him in.
Hu Huazhi closed the door, and then said: "I forgot one thing when I was alive, and I want to ask the postman to do me a favor and send a message." β
"Message?" I smiled, then took out a pen and paper from my crossbody bag and put them on the table: "It's better to write it down than to write it, so you might as well write it." β
"I ...... Okay, I'll write it now. Hu Huazhi didn't talk nonsense, immediately picked up a brush and wrote a lot, and then folded his hands and sent it to me and said: "I forgot one thing before I was alive, I wrote the address here, you send the letter here, and then asked my son for 100,000 yuan for the journey, otherwise don't give him this letter." β
100,000 travel expenses?my God, is this heavenly, oh no, pies in the underworld?
I took the letter and looked at the address on it, I really don't know this place, but it should be a village in the suburbs, because the city is the same city, but not in the city.
Hu Huazhi smiled bitterly: "I am living here now, you have also seen it, if I have, I will pay you this postage on the spot, but unfortunately, I don't, and my son, hey, ......"
Seeing him like this, I can almost guess a thing or two, maybe my son is not doing it right, so I didn't ask much, but responded: "Okay, I ran away this time, and I will do what you say." β
"Thank you, Mr. Postman. Hu Huazhi almost didn't kneel down for me again, I hurriedly helped me and quickly left the room.
Oh my boy, what's the matter with this ghost? Why do you kneel down without moving?
Out of the door, I walked towards the place where Ying'er lived, and took out the letter and looked at it, Hu Xuefei found that the recipient's name did not seem to be a man's name, so I didn't think much about it, anyway, when I found someone, I would give something, and I wouldn't give the letter casually if I couldn't find the right person.
It took me a while to get back to the path where Shadow had left, and then I followed the path all the way on.
This road is very long, and it seems to be beyond the scope of Youdi Town, and the further you go, the fewer ghosts live around, and as you walk, there are only some defeated houses left, and you can't even see a ghost.
My heart tightened, how could Shadow live in such a place where birds don't?
Soon I came to the end of the road, where two walls were at the cross, and in that corner sat a thatched hut.
As I arrived, a happy voice accompanied by a fiery red shadow rushed towards me: "Brother Fanfan!"
Shadow really lives alone in such a place, how can she put such a cute little ghost here? Is it because she is a terrible ghost? But she is so kind, how can she do this!
I opened my hand and gently hugged the shadow, smoothed her hair and asked with a smile, "Are you in a hurry?"
Shadow shook her head vigorously and rubbed it on me with a smile, "No, it's good that Brother Bufan can come, Shadow is very happy." β
I couldn't take what she said, so I looked up at the little thatched hut where she lived, and changed the subject and asked, "Do you usually live here alone?"
"It's not a human being~ The shadow is a ghost. β
I smiled bitterly: "Yes, why don't you invite my brother to your house?"
"Of course you can!" Shadow happily invited me to visit her room.
The outside of the house looks like a small thatched house, but when I went in, I found that the area inside was not small, and the layout was clean and neat, which made me very surprised.
"How's it going?" asked Shadow, tilting her head.
I gave a thumbs up: "Very good!"
Shadow immediately laughed happily.
"But why do you live here alone?" I asked.
"Not alone, I'm a ghost. Shadow corrected it again, and then explained: "Didn't I tell Brother Bufan before, there are many ghosts here who hate Shadow and don't want to play with Shadow, so Shadow came here to live by herself, so that you don't have to be neighbors with other ghosts, and you don't have to be told by them that you hate me." β
Shadow is right, but it doesn't sound like it to me.
I sighed, beckoned to her, the shadow flew in front of me obediently, I looked left and right, found a place to sit down, and thought of what Lao Wang had said to me before, if you want to take her out of the underworld, then you have to let her possess her for the first time.
There may be other ways, but that's the way Wang told me, and he must have done the same.
Immediately, I said, "Does Shadow want to go back to the yang world with my brother?"
Shadow nodded like pounding garlic: "Yes, of course I do, the underworld is not fun at all, but there are a lot of things to eat, huh...... But I still really want to go to Yangma, because it's full of colorful and beautiful people, and there are playgrounds and cakes!"
"Hmm. "I'm struggling in my heart, Shadow is a powerful ghost, she can devour people's souls, if she is possessed, it will be dangerous, but now Shadow has no ill will towards me, and likes the breath on my body......
But it was because she was attracted by my breath that I was afraid, and I was afraid that she would not be able to help but eat all the soul she had given me, and then I would be finished.
After a long battle between heaven and man, I gritted my teeth and said, "Then now I have only one way to get you out of here." β
"What?!" Shadow's eyes widened.
"That's, that's ...... Whewβthat's possession! You attach to me, and then I'll take you back to the sun!" I finally came up with a solution, but my heart was beating wildly, and I really didn't know what the outcome would be.
Shadow was a little puzzled: "Possessed?
I was stunned, yes, how the hell can I possess a body? No, no, no, no! I don't know how to possess a ghost? I asked, "That's it, the ghost body?"
I can only think of this reasonable statement, I really don't know very much, and it's not easy to come here for the first time.
"What kind of dead ghost is up?" Shadow continued.
I rolled my eyes and pointed at myself and said, "If you enter my body, can't you ghosts compress yourself as you like? β
Ying'er understood, "I understand, then I'll lean over, Brother Fan will take me away, okay?"
I was filled with a thrill, "Well, my brother doesn't understand that, but what are you going to do?"
Before the words fell, the shadow suddenly pulled my right arm, and then the whole person began to merge into the arm, I only felt a cold and piercing sensation coming from my right arm, but this feeling only lasted for a short time, and then subsided a lot.
I was stunned for a moment, then looked at my arm and exclaimed, "Shadow?"
"Hee-hee, it's so fun, it's so comfortable. The sound of a shadow came directly from my arm.
Suddenly my goosebumps were raised, and I hurriedly said, "Shadow, don't eat your brother like a cake, then my brother will be finished!"
Shadow giggled: "Brother Fan, don't worry, no one will eat my brother's if Shadow eats, only my brother is good to Shadow." β
I breathed a sigh of relief, wiped the cold sweat from my forehead, "Whew, okay, then brother will take the shadow back now, now let's go to find black and white impermanence, they know how to get out of this underworld, otherwise they will have to travel a long way back to the place where I came down, that place is too far away, until the last resort, we better get closer." β
"Black and white impermanence?Okay, then Shadow will sleep for a while, and remember to wake up Shadow when my brother returns to the sun. β
"Hmm. β
I looked at my arm and moved it, but I didn't feel anything abnormal, just a slight chill, but it didn't feel cold, and it was quite comfortable. I have to say that the skill of this shadow is not small, leaning over is not like the movie and directly from behind the ghost upper body, but directly into my arm, which is really magical.
I didn't feel uncomfortable, so I got out of the thatched hut and recalled the streets that Lao Wang had taken me through, and then I walked quickly to the Chenghuang Mansion, ready to look for black and white impermanence and prepare to return to the yang world......