Chapter 3: The Spirit Tower

Cao Xiaoyang didn't know how long he had been dizzy, and when he woke up, he found himself lying on the rooftop on the sixth floor, with an old man with gray hair standing next to him.

"You're awake. ”

Cao Xiaoyang slowly got up from the ground, looking at this old man, he felt that this face was a little familiar, but he really couldn't remember who this person was.

"You are?"

The old man knocked Cao Xiaoyang's head with a pipe and said, "Stinky boy, I don't even know your second uncle anymore." ”

Perhaps because he was too frightened before, Cao Xiaoyang couldn't show his fear at the moment.

"You...... Are you a human or a ghost? ”

The second uncle smiled slightly. "What do you say?"

"You're dead. ”

"Now that I know why, I still ask. ”

"But why?"

"What, let me tell you the truth, now in this building, except for you, the rest are all ghosts, this is a spiritual building. ”

Cao Xiaoyang's eyes widened, and he looked around the building from the rooftop, and everywhere was a lifeless look.

"So this is your legacy to me, and I'm your own nephew, so why would you do this to me?"

The second uncle laughed: "My good nephew, how can the second uncle hurt you, it's too late for the second uncle to hurt you." Actually, it's not accurate to say that this building is my legacy to you, to be precise, I'm just returning it to its rightful owner. ”

"Returning to its rightful owner?"

"Because this building was supposed to be your father's thing, I just took it over for him for a while, and now that he is dead, I am also dead, and this spiritual building should naturally be handed over to you Cao Xiaoyang. ”

"What the hell is going on, why is this building my dad's property?"

"I should tell you something, this spiritual building has been guarded by our Cao family since ancient times, and it has been passed down from our ancestors for more than 800 years. ”

"More than 800 years, what are you kidding, this building is a reinforced concrete structure, and there were these things 800 years ago?"

The second uncle shook his head. "For 800 years, the exterior of this building has changed with the times, but its location has never changed.

Our Cao family has rules, the guardian of the Linglou is to pass on the male not to the female, the elder not to the young, your father is my elder brother, so it stands to reason that this Linglou should be passed to your father.

But he is bent on living a normal life, she fell out with her family when she was a teenager and then ran away from home, because the eldest son is not there, so your grandfather has no way to pass the Linglou to me, the second son.

Although your father ran away from home, there are some things that cannot be avoided, and if you forcibly violate the mandate of heaven, then you will be punished by God in the end, so your father died unexpectedly at a young age.

So here I would like to warn you, do not try to escape responsibility, otherwise you too will be punished by Heaven. ”

"You mean that if I refuse to take over the spiritual tower, I will die?"

"It's hard to say anything, life and death are determined. ”

Cao Xiaoyang scolded in his heart: "Damn, what life and death have their own destiny, this is simply a naked threat, if what he said is true, I don't want to suffer misfortune at a young age, I haven't married a wife yet." ”

"Second uncle, you said that this spiritual tower is eight hundred years old, but what is the significance of its existence?"

"In this world, many people die every day, and some ghosts can't enter the underworld to be reincarnated for some special reasons, they need to stay in the world for a while, and they can't wander outside at will during this time, otherwise they are lonely ghosts, so the spiritual tower is where these ghosts temporarily settle in the world.

You can rest assured, hundreds of years ago, there was a Yin Division outside the Linglou to lay an enchantment, ghosts, evil ghosts, wandering spirits and wild ghosts are not able to enter, and those who can live in the Linglou are all good ghosts who can enter the reincarnation of the underworld normally, as long as you don't deliberately provoke them, you will not be in any danger.

You have to remember the twelve words, 'Don't ask about the cause of death, don't care about the consequences of death', as long as you can do this, you can live in peace with the ghosts here, okay, my time is almost up, go first." ”

"Second Uncle......"

The tenants in the spiritual building will pay a certain amount of rent to Cao Xiaoyang every month, but they are all dark coins. According to Yang Qian's words, although these dark coins cannot be used as RMB outside, they can accumulate Yin virtue for Cao Xiaoyang, and when they accumulate more, Cao Xiaoyang will be able to have a good place in the underworld after a hundred years.

In the end, Cao Xiaoyang couldn't make a dime through this spiritual building, so he became a poor man again, and returned to the original embarrassing situation, in order to make a living, he had to go outside to find a job, and the only benefit that the spiritual building brought him was probably only free accommodation.

Cao Xiaoyang has an iron buddy named Zhang Hao, and Cao Xiaoyang usually calls him a mouse. Like Cao Xiaoyang, his parents left early and went to society at a very young age, but he is still only a poor egg.

Mouse recently worked in a Western restaurant, because the Western restaurant was still short of people, so he introduced Cao Xiaoyang.

The treatment given by the restaurant is not low, so Cao Xiaoyang was still more passionate on the first day of work, but after entering the restaurant, Cao Xiaoyang felt that something was wrong, because the female ghost Tang Wenwen was actually here. She wears overalls here, and seems to be a waitress here.

Cao Xiaoyang took the opportunity to pull her aside and asked, "My aunt, what are you doing here in broad daylight?"

Tang Wenwen said calmly: "Part-time job." She spoke in such a tone that she didn't seem to think she was a ghost, but an ordinary high school girl who was studying lightly.

Cao Xiaoyang looked a little speechless.

"What kind of job do you do? Have you forgotten who you are?"

Tang Wenwen looked at Cao Xiaoyang with two watery eyes and said, "What is my identity?"

Cao Xiaoyang was so angry that he almost shouted, but thinking that there were so many people outside, he had to forcibly lower his voice and lean his mouth to Tang Wenwen's ear.

"You're a ghost now, what's the point of you working, you don't need money anymore. ”

As he spoke, he reached for her hair. "And your strangulation marks, people can't be scared to death when they see it?"

After saying that, Cao Xiaoyang found that the strangulation marks on Tang Wenwen's neck had disappeared.

"What are you?"

"I asked Sister Qian to help me eliminate it, and now no one knows my identity as long as I don't say it. ”

"But what are you doing here to work?"

Tang Wenwen whispered: "I'm not here to make money, I just want to find out the murderer who killed me." ”

Cao Xiaoyang looked a little confused. "Since you were murdered, didn't you see his face at the time?"

Tang Wenwen shook her head. "I remember that day when my mom and dad weren't home, I went out to dinner by myself at this restaurant.

I ordered a steak and after eating a little bit I felt dizzy, and then I don't remember, and by the time I came back to consciousness I was dead, and my body was found in an alley a dozen kilometers away. ”

Cao Xiaoyang nodded and said, "Then it's obvious that someone drugged the steak you ate, but what is the purpose of the other party, you don't have any money on a high school girl, isn't it ......?"

Saying that, Cao Xiaoyang stared at Tang Wenwen's beautiful face with straight eyes, and then looked at her white and tender legs under her skirt, and smiled maliciously.

"A beautiful high school girl was killed after being stunned, and what happened in the middle can be imagined......"

Before he finished his words, Tang Wenwen reached out and covered his mouth.

"Don't talk nonsense, the forensic examination of my body was not X-attacked, and my money and mobile phone were not lost. ”

Cao Xiaoyang pushed Tang Wenwen's cold hand away and said, "Don't want money, don't want to be sexual, what is that person trying to do, is it a vendetta, have you ever had a grudge with someone before?" ”

Tang Wenwen shook her head. "Probably not. ”

"Then it's a bit of a problem. ”

"That's why I'm going to investigate it, I can't die without knowing it. ”

"But you're a female ghost working in a Western restaurant, so it's a little inappropriate. ”

"What does it matter, as long as you don't tell me, no one will know who I am. ”

"What if your relatives or friends come here for dinner and recognize you?"

"Actually, I asked Sister Qian to help me change my appearance, because you have seen me before, so now I look like I am still the same as before. But the others looked at me with a different face, so no one could recognize who I was. ”

"Well, that's up to you. ”

At this time, Tang Wenwen stared at Cao Xiaoyang with Shui Lingling's eyes again, and was silent for a few seconds and said: "Although I work here, because I am a ghost, there are many things that are still inconvenient to do, that ...... Can you help ......."

Before she finished speaking, she was interrupted by Cao Xiaoyang, and he said categorically: "I'm sorry, I can't help it, I don't dare to interfere in the ghost matter." ”

The second uncle has been gone for more than half a month, but Cao Xiaoyang still clearly remembers what he said, facing the tenants in the spiritual building, he must do "Don't ask the reason for his death." Don't care about the aftermath. ”

To put it bluntly, don't ask too much about ghosts, let alone meddle in things, otherwise you will definitely get into unnecessary trouble.

Thinking of this, Cao Xiaoyang felt that the things he asked Tang Wenwen just now were a bit out of the ordinary.

"But if you can help me, I can repay you. ”

Cao Xiaoyang shook his head. "Don't say it, you don't have to talk about it even if you give me a pot of gold, after all, nothing in this world is important, I'm going out to work, don't follow me." ”

It's okay not to say this, but as soon as you say it, it's really out of control, and Tang Wenwen has been following Cao Xiaoyang like a kitten in the project she worked on.

Cao Xiaoyang served the plates, she also served the plates, Cao Xiaoyang wiped the table, she wiped the chairs, and when Cao Xiaoyang was resting, she took a leaflet to fan him.