Chapter 24: Lu 5
When night came, the courtyard of the Wang family was as calm as ever.
Since Zhang Siyang came back, he has been smoking dry cigarettes in the mourning hall, looking at the coffin, roll after roll, tirelessly.
The unique smell of tobacco permeates the room.
Xu Ran saw this scene before entering the door, and glanced at Li Wuyuan, who was traveling with him.
Qi Lei walked over and said, "Lao Zhang, don't mind, it's just a ceremony, in fact, in many big cities, cremation is the most normal." β
Zhang Siyang replied in a sullen voice: "You don't have to tell me this, he and I have been rural people all my life and don't understand the rules of your city." β
Qi Lei didn't know what to say.
Zhang Siyang took the cigarette and said, "But I know that you have put a lot of effort into helping me during this time. Thank you. β
The depressed expression and words made people feel that Zhang Siyang in front of him seemed to be ten years old all of a sudden.
"Finally said something human." Li Wuyuan said.
Xu Ran glanced at her with ulterior motives, and said to Zhang Siyang: "Where, everyone is a friend." β
He paused, and then said, "Moreover, I always feel that Mr. Wang's death has something to do with our presumptuous coming. β
When Zhang Siyang heard this, his face stiffened.
"What do you mean by that?"
Xu Ran: "You think, we could have arrived at Banpo Village that night, but we encountered some trouble and were trapped all night, and then, Mr. Wang met with an accident." β
He was silent for a moment, and Zhang Siyang naturally heard the sound in his words.
"You mean someone is plotting against us?" Qi Lei asked in surprise.
"I can only say that," Xu Ran said, "otherwise everything will be too coincidental." β
Zhang Siyang paused for a long time, and laughed inexplicably: "It's strange, what enemies do you have?" β
Xu Ran and Qi Lei shook their heads one after another.
Zhang Siyang looked at Li Wuyuan, the only one who did not react.
"What do you see me doing?" Li Wuyuan frowned, "My harmless face is not enough to explain everything?" β
Zhang Siyang: "That's really evil, we are just here to ask for a birth talisman, kill Lao Wang, at most kill Zhu Fang and the doll in her belly, it won't do anything to a few of us." β
Qi Lei suddenly thought of something: "Could it be Chen Qian?" β
"How capable she is! Can the get here? Zhang Siyang retorted.
Qi Lei licked his mouth and lowered his head.
"Could it be...... Mr. Wang's enemy? Xu Ran said as he carefully observed Zhang Siyang's expression, lest he step on his minefield.
However, what should be stepped on is still stepped on.
Zhang Siyang raised his eyebrows: "What do you mean?" β
Xu Ran hurriedly said: "I mean, Mr. Wang is also a Taoist priest of Maoshan Mountain, and he must have subdued demons and subdued demons and done a lot of good deeds during his lifetime, so there are many demons and monsters offended, could it be that there are those who have a grudge to take the opportunity to take revenge?" β
"This ......" Zhang Siyang buried his head and thought for a while, then waved his hand, "Impossible, his ability is much stronger than mine, how can ordinary things be his opponent?" Besides, those who do this line of work have to obey and kill them all, if they are soft-hearted and leave troubles, their children and grandchildren will be finished, this is the rule, he will not be so careless! β
Seeing that after discussing for a long time and still not having a clue, Xu Ran could only sigh helplessly.
"In this case, it's late at night, everyone should go to bed early, and I will send Mr. Wang to be cremated tomorrow."
Qi Lei nodded, and took the lead in yawning and walked to the door.
Bang β
Unexpectedly, there was a loud noise, and the four of them were startled, and when they reacted, they realized that the door was closed by itself.
ββ¦β¦ Such a strong wind? Qi Lei touched the back of his neck and looked back at Xu Ran in a daze.
"Whew-"
The candle went out suddenly, and the room went dark in an instant.
"Holy!"
Qi Lei shouted, he ran in the direction of Xu Ran and Li Wuyuan in shock, but when he raised his foot, it was as if he had tripped over something, and he fell into the mud.
In the darkness, Li Wuyuan's demon eyes appeared, staring vigilantly at all corners of this room.
Suddenly, she felt something touch her chest.
"Dead rascals!"
said that it was too late, and then it was fast, and she raised her hand to slap it.
Xu Ran covered his face in the dark and scolded angrily: "What the hell are you beating me for!" β
"It's not who you are!"
Li Wuyuan grinned, revealing his sharp teeth.
Although Zhang Siyang didn't know what was going on, he still heard a little bit of meaning just from the dialogue, and said in a weird way:
"Boy, I can't see it, I'm usually pretty serious with glasses."
Xu Ran said angrily: "You shut up for me!" β
Zhang Siyang snorted disdainfully, and was about to get up to touch the lighter, when he suddenly felt a tingling pain from the top of his head.
"Uncle's!"
Zhang Siyang touched his head and scolded angrily: "Who the hell pulls Lao Tzu's hair!" β
Qi Lei finally got up, suddenly stepped on a saucer, and fell again. This fall happened to fall at Li Wuyuan's feet, his expression was distorted in pain, and he grabbed Li Wuyuan's calf casually and wanted to get up, but was kicked by the other party again.
"He touched my leg!" Li Wuyuan jumped up and shouted.
Xu Ran: "Who! β
"I'm ......," Qi Lei raised his hand angrily.
Xu Ran: "Qi Lei, your uncle, what are you touching!" β
"Wait! Wrong! There's definitely something in this house! β
In the end, it was Zhang Siyang who took the lead in calming down and shouted at the others in the room.
Qi Lei fell and his nose was blue and his face was swollen, and he screamed: "Fuck, it can't be Mr. Wang coming back, right?" β
Zhang Siyang: "Impossible! Lao Wang is not so serious! β
When Xu Ran heard this, he looked around meticulously, but he didn't see anything except the dark air.
Smack-
It was the sound of a cup breaking again.
Qi Lei even felt the porcelain residue splash on his legs.
Zhang Siyang took a sip and scolded: "Damn, I really think Lao Tzu is dead!" β
When he finished speaking, he took out the yellow charm from his pocket, silently recited a few words of the charm in his mouth, and with a wave of his hand, the charm burned in the air.
The air that heated up with the burning of the flames forced something out and flashed in front of Xu Ran.
But just for a moment, he could see the appearance of the thing clearly.
"I saw it!" He said loudly.
When he shouted this, the rune paper burned out, and the fire was extinguished.
"What does it look like!" Zhang Siyang asked.
"You're a bald head!"
Zhang Siyang took off his shoes and smashed over: "I'll go to your uncle's!" β
Xu Ran felt the wind, turned his head sideways to dodge, and hurriedly said: "Very short and thin, like a monkey...... Nothing else seems to be special. β
Li Wuyuan jumped on the candlestick in the dark, on a high place in order to see the whole picture.
"Dog stuff." Her eyes caught a scurrying black shadow at such a speed that it was almost impossible for her to keep up.
But cats are extremely quick to react.
The cat's eyes glowed eerily in the darkness, and her gaze suddenly froze, and she quickly rushed towards the position where she expected the black shadow to go.
Zhang Siyang only felt that a demonic wind was blowing in his ears, and when he reacted again, Xu Ran just lit the candle, and Qi Lei was still lying on the ground, with a shoe print on his face.
A dull thud fell behind the three of them, and when they looked back, Li Wuyuan was stepping on a little ghost under his feet, pinching each other's necks with both hands.
Zhang Siyang narrowed his eyes, "What is it?" β
Xu Ran took out a talisman from his coat pocket, picked up a pencil and quickly made a few strokes, and began to draw an outline.
Zhang Siyang walked over, looked at the shadow on the ground, and then looked at Li Wuyuan, who had a fierce expression, his eyes were full of suspicion.
This girl can easily catch such a swift imp in the dark night, how capable is she?
Qi Lei struggled to get up from the ground, rubbed his aching face, and looked at Zhang Siyang and Li Wuyuan with a sad face: "What's wrong?" Did you catch anything? β
Zhang Siyang pointed at Li Wuyuan with his chin and said, "You ask her." β
Qi Lei touched the shoe prints on his face, not very wanting to speak.
"Alright."
Xu Ran handed the image on the rune paper to Zhang Siyang.
Zhang Siyang glanced at it, and instantly became a little annoyed and angry: "Fuck, it's a little ghost after a long time!" β
Xu Ran: "What is it?" β
Zhang Siyang returned the talisman paper to him and snorted: "Otaku ghosts will only scare people and scare people away, so they can occupy other people's houses." β
Xu Ran's eyebrows jumped uncontrollably: "There is also such a thing." β
"One of the twelve common ghosts, why not?" Zhang Siyang said with a little disdain.
Xu Ran knew that his knowledge was shallow, so he didn't respond, so he wrote the name of the little ghost under the portrait with a pencil, and then put it on a candle and lit it.
When the portrait burned out, the imp was present.
Li Wuyuan saw that the things in his hand gradually revealed their outlines and true appearance in the ashes, and frowned in disgust: "It's so ugly." β
After saying that, he let go.
"Damnβdon't!"
Xu Ran was taken aback, and was about to rush forward, Zhang Siyang quickly raised his hand and recited a few words of mantra, and the soft rune paper seemed to have turned into a hard iron plate, emitting a faint light in the dim room. The little imp tried to crash out, but was bounced back by the charm that surrounded him, as if he was trapped by an iron wall.
"Babble! Let Lao Tzu out! β
The bald imp screamed, his throat pinched like a eunuch in a court drama.
This ghost haunts at night, but a few days ago, Xu Ran and they went out every night to guard the drought, but the first time they stayed in the house tonight, they bumped into it.
"Yo, I don't look like a human, and I speak pretty well." Xu Ran walked over, squatted down, and carefully examined the other party's appearance.
This ghost has dark skin, many wrinkles, and is skinny and sparsely haired, and at first glance it looks like a dried corpse, which is indeed a little unsightly.
"!" The otaku spat at him.
Seeing this, Li Wuyuan touched a saucer on the ground and threw it at the head of the little ghostβthis is exactly what he had thrown when he was playing a prank before.
"It's crazy."
Zhang Siyang: "It's really crazy, you dare to use your brains in the old house of the Taoist priest, aren't you afraid of being peeled off?" β
The round eyes of the house ghost swept over the four people, and there was a strong confidence in the words:
"I'm just on it, what's the matter!"
"Yo," Zhang Siyang glanced at Xu Ran in surprise, and his contempt and ridicule were overflowing, "Okay, since you are still too long-lived when you die, then I will do a good deed today and send you on your last journey." β