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"I'm so idle, I'm here to relax." Mu Zhaoyun said calmly: "I heard that you have been very busy lately, and you are still working all night, don't bother?" ”
"Don't bother, don't bother." Steward Cheng's face was weird: "That's it...... In the middle of the night, our place is not very good. I don't know how to greet Madame. ”
Come to a cemetery in the middle of the night to relax, even if this kind of nonsense is said in the cemetery, I am afraid that no ghost will believe it. But Mu Zhaoyun opened his eyes and said nonsense so naturally, people couldn't open their mouths if they wanted to refute it.
"Don't entertain me." Mu Zhaoyun said: "I'll just go around." ”
Steward Cheng heard this strangely, but at first glance he didn't hear anything wrong.
Mu Zhaoyun stood up: "By the way, you Xu Gongzi, have you been here recently?" ”
"I haven't been here lately." Steward Cheng said: "In previous years, the master would come to see it these days, but this year his health is not very good, so he didn't come." We have been working here for half our lives, and our master has also let go. ”、
"Oh, I'm not in good health." Mu Zhaoyun nodded: "That's really not suitable for coming here, not to mention anything else, it's not good if it's smoky." ”
"Yes, yes." When Steward Cheng saw Mu Zhaoyun get up, he thought she was leaving, so he went out and walked around casually, so he planned to send her off.
saw Mu Zhaoyun get up, but instead of going out, he walked to the courtyard on the side.
"Ma'am." Steward Cheng hurriedly said, "Where are you going?" ”
"I'll just go around." Mu Zhaoyun said: "Didn't you say don't bother?" ”
“……”
Going around people's houses in the middle of the night, is this a question of disturbing or not? What's more, what's better in a house?
For a while, Steward Cheng didn't know what to say, so he could only complain silently in his heart, if this woman hadn't been for the eldest lady of Liuyun Valley and the city lord's wife, she would have been killed a long time ago.
"Don't bother." Steward Cheng couldn't help but look bitter: "However, there is nothing to look good in this house, just a few houses, we live on weekdays, and then store some sundries, madam...... What are you looking for? ”
"If you don't want to find anything, just go around, you can do things when you need to, you don't have to entertain me." Mu Zhaoyun said: "To be honest, although I haven't seen much of a place like a cemetery, I've always been curious. You are in charge of the cemetery, I am more curious, you say...... Are there really ghosts in this world? ”
On the edge of the cemetery in the middle of the night, it was really eerie to talk about this topic, and when Mu Zhaoyun said a word, everyone's faces changed a little.
Seeing everyone's expressions, Mu Zhaoyun smiled: "Look at you, I'm just joking, it's all big men who are not so timid." Actually, there's nothing terrible about ghosts, isn't it, if there are ghosts, whoever dies has to become a ghost, and it's not necessarily who is more fierce than the other. ”
I don't know which ghost is the most murderous, but which person is the most difficult, it goes without saying. They were still glad that Jiang Xingyuan happened to have something to do today, so they could let them clean up the mess, but they didn't expect that this had just started to clean up, and before they could clean up their reputation, Mu Zhaoyun broke in in a hurry.
And just looking at Mu Zhaoyun's current situation, it is not easier to deal with than Jiang Xingyuan, and it is even more difficult. At least Jiang Xingyuan, although he has great means to do things, he is straightforward, not like this Mrs. Jiang...... The reserve of the half-daughter lady did not not say anything, and the tone of her voice looked like a ruffian hooligan.
As the saying goes, hooligans are not terrible, but they are afraid that hooligans are educated, not only cultured but also have a strong backer background, but you can't say that she doesn't dare to fight her, it's a real headache.
"Don't do bad things for people, and don't be afraid of ghosts knocking on the door in the middle of the night." Mu Zhaoyun staggered around the house, and before he finished speaking, he suddenly saw a white shadow floating from the edge of the courtyard not far away.
Everyone followed her, and they were fortunate enough to see this strange scene together.
The girl who was about to bring tea sighed: "There are ghosts." ”
With a snap, the tray in his hand fell to the ground and smashed to pieces.
Steward Cheng shouted, "Protect Mrs." ”
Everyone's faces changed a little, and in the cemetery, they saw a fleeting shadow, although no one showed a timid look, but it was really hard to say how they felt in their hearts.
Unexpectedly, Mu Zhaoyun stomped his feet: "Don't chase it quickly, whether it's a person or a ghost, catch me back." ”
Saying that, Mu Zhaoyun had already taken the lead in chasing out, and the speed was so fast that people thought that it was not a ghost in front of them, but a bag of gold.
Mu Zhaoyun chased him out, no matter whether it was a person or a ghost, the guards could only follow immediately, and at the same time, Ning Yue was even higher.
From the moment she entered the door, Ning Yue's mood was very complicated, and seeing her chasing a ghost so bravely, her mood was even more complicated.
He didn't believe that there were really people in this world who were not afraid of ghosts, so why wasn't Mu Zhaoyun afraid, could it be that she knew something?
Steward Cheng was stunned and looked at Mu Zhaoyun and the others who had already chased to the edge of the courtyard wall for a moment, and then he came back to his senses and said loudly to his subordinates: "What are you still doing in a daze, don't you hurry up and protect Madame, if Madame makes a mistake, no one can bear the responsibility." ”
For a while, the house, which was peaceful all year round, was like a pot of boiling water with a plate of dumplings, fluttering and messing, more lights turned on, and more people joined in.
Although Mu Zhaoyun was the first to chase out, he finally finished the start, and after chasing the courtyard wall, he lost the trace of the white shadow, so he could only stand by the wall and look around.
Outside the wall, there was a wasteland, and there was nothing. It doesn't look like there's a place to hide people at all.
"Ning Gongzi." Mu Zhaoyun said in a low voice: "What do you think? Do you believe that there are ghosts and gods in this world? ”
Ning Yue thought for a while: "I don't know if there are ghosts in the world, but in people's hearts, there must be ghosts." ”
Mu Zhaoyun smiled in a low voice: "What Ning Gongzi said is very reasonable. ”
After two sentences, Steward Cheng was also out of breath, followed by more than a dozen subordinates, holding torches.
"Madame is all right." Steward Cheng saw that Mu Zhaoyun was intact and obviously relieved.
"I'm fine, but let the white shadow run away." Mu Zhaoyun said: "Steward Cheng, you are familiar with this area, you say, the one just now, is it a human or a ghost?" ”
"This ......" Steward Cheng seemed to be embarrassed for a moment, and then lowered his voice to a very low voice: "Originally, I was afraid to say it for fear of scaring Madame, but I didn't dare to say it." But our place ...... It's really a bit evil. Especially in these days, there are occasional people at night, and white shadows will be seen. I, I don't know what. ”
"Needless to say, there must be a ghost." Mu Zhaoyun clapped his hands: "What's so unspeakable about this, I'm afraid Steward Cheng doesn't know, I used to worship a master as a teacher, and I am the best at exorcism and ghost catching." ”
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Everyone looked at Mu Zhaoyun in amazement again.
"What's the matter, what do you see me doing?" Mu Zhaoyun said: "Don't believe it? ”
"No, it's not." Steward Cheng struggled for a moment: "It's just...... How could Madame know those things? ”
"What's all the fuss about." Mu Zhaoyun didn't care and said: "I don't love piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, female red embroidery since I was a child, and my family is not short of money and I don't have to work, so I don't panic every day, so I naturally want to find some hobbies, this ghost catching is a big hobby of mine." It's just a pity that there are no ghosts in Liuyun Valley, although I worshipped the masters, but I haven't had the opportunity to practice my skills. ”
Mu Zhaoyun came as soon as he opened his mouth to talk nonsense, without thinking about it at all, and no one could answer the conversation.
"Hey." Mu Zhaoyun sighed: "Do you think that exorcism and ghost hunting is an unsightly business, or a business that can't be put on the table?" ”
Steward Cheng hurriedly said: "No, we didn't mean that, Mrs. misunderstood." ”
"Yes." Mu Zhaoyun said: "I always think that a gentleman loves money and takes it in a good way, there are three hundred and sixty lines in this world, as long as you make money by your own ability, you are all innocent, there is no high or low, there is no difference between those who sweep the road and those who are big officials in my eyes." It's the same with managing a cemetery, right? ”
"Yes, yes." What can Steward Cheng say, he can only say that he is right.
Mu Zhaoyun glanced at Steward Cheng with a teachable approval, and clapped his hands: "Okay, let everyone come back." Now I'm going to catch ghosts. ”
Steward Cheng only felt that his brain was jumping, although he didn't know what was wrong, he always felt that Mu Zhaoyun was digging a pit and waiting for him to jump.
This feeling of having to move forward knowing that there is a trap in front of you and not knowing where the trap is is too devastating.
"Come all over here." Mu Zhaoyun saw that Steward Cheng didn't speak, and said loudly: "Stand in a row here." ”
Mu Zhaoyun pointed to the root of the wall: "One, two, three, four, five, stand and report the number." ”
At this time, there were a group of people who were standing sporadically and chased after Mu Zhaoyun brought out by Steward Cheng to protect Mu Zhaoyun, there were more than a dozen, all of them were sturdy young men, workers working in the Zhuangzi.
Everyone saw that Mu Zhaoyun's identity was obviously higher than that of Steward Cheng, and Steward Cheng did not object, so they stood in a row along the wall according to Mu Zhaoyun's instructions.
However, someone couldn't help but say, "Madam, what's the number?" ”
"The number is ......" Mu Zhaoyun pointed to the first one: "You shout one, shout two next to you, then three, four, one goes down until the last person." Do you understand? ”
The crowd understood, but they didn't understand it, and they didn't know what it meant.
But as a subordinate, it's good to obey orders, not always the master has to explain to you.
So in the weird atmosphere, the family members standing in a row began to count.
Literate or not, most people still know clearly.
After reporting from beginning to end, the last person said with some uneasiness in Mu Zhaoyun's obscure eyes: "Ten, eleven." ”
"Eleven, that's right." Mu Zhaoyun looked back at Steward Cheng: "Steward Cheng also helped to count it again?" ”
"Eleven indeed." Steward Cheng said: "That's right. ”
Eleven people, you don't need to report the number to count clearly.
"Okay, so here's the problem." Mu Zhaoyun slowly walked in front of the eleven people: "When I chased it out just now, it was ten people. When he returned, he was eleven, and who was the many? ”
As soon as Mu Zhaoyun's words came out, everyone's faces suddenly changed.
"Ma'am." Steward Cheng felt that he was not very good at speaking: "What does Madame mean by this?" ”
"Isn't it obvious what I mean, among these eleven people, there is a ghost." Mu Zhaoyun sneered: "How is the best way to hide in such an endless place, is to mix in the crowd." As soon as the clothes were thrown and stood in the crowd, they didn't see their faces anyway, and even if they stood in front of them, they wouldn't be exposed, would they? ”
"This can't be, ma'am, you must have misremembered." Steward Cheng is already a little stubborn now, he never expected that Mu Zhaoyun would even know how many people chased him out in the chaos just now.
Although the guard and Ning Yue didn't speak, they were also a little complicated in their hearts. I don't know if Mu Zhaoyun is so categorical, whether he is confident or not tired of deceit.
But I really didn't pay attention to how many people came out just now, after all, they were chasing ahead. What can be slapped in the face is that in fact, Mu Zhaoyun is in the front, and she actually noticed this detail.
"Since I said it, I can't be mistaken." Mu Zhaoyun said: "Don't take care of things, this is your territory, in fact, I don't want to interfere too much." It would be better if you could solve this problem on your own. Or will you be responsible for catching ghosts? ”
Steward Cheng suddenly felt that he had seen hope, but he hesitated for a moment, and immediately said: "I understand what Madame means, Madame suspects that someone is pretending to be a ghost and hiding among these people?" ”
Mu Zhaoyunpi said with a smile: "Steward Cheng is really a smart person, and he can understand it at all." ”
Although Steward Cheng couldn't laugh at Mu Zhaoyun's praise, he still reluctantly said: "Madame made fun of it, but since Madame thinks so, then this matter will definitely be done." Madame, don't worry, I'm going to arrest them all, and ask them one by one, and I'll definitely catch the pretending ghost.
Mu Zhaoyun raised his eyebrows: "What does Steward Cheng mean, how long are you going to ask?" ”
"......" Steward Cheng thought about it, and tried his best to pick a time that he thought would be fast: "Three days, within three days, I will definitely give Mrs. an explanation." ”
"Steward Cheng's efficiency is not as high as I imagined." Mu Zhaoyun sneered: "You count to three, and I'll give you an explanation." ”
As Mu Zhaoyun spoke, his gaze swept over the faces of a row of people one by one, and he suddenly reached out, and a dagger slipped out of his sleeve and rested on the neck of one of them.
The man cowered back against the wall, his face frightened, apparently not understanding what was happening.
The dagger was sharp, and it shone in the moonlight.
"Come, tell me, why are you pretending to be a ghost." Mu Zhaoyun walked over: "Let's disband the others." ”
No one dared to move, and the young man with the dagger on his neck stammered: "Husband, madam, I don't know what you're talking about. ”
"I've got you out, do you still want to play stupid?" Mu Zhaoyun's gaze lowered slightly: "Look at your clothes, why are their clothes not wet, only yours are so wet?" When I chased him out just now, he hid in the bushes in front of him, the dew was so heavy, and his body was cold and swishing, wasn't it cold? ”