"Drink!" I shouted, and picked up a stone from the ground, ready to scare the little thing.

But it didn't mean to be scared at all, but kept sticking its tongue out at me, and its round eyes stared at us deadly, which made people feel uncomfortable.

"Don't bully it, let's not provoke the black cats in the Forbidden City." Zuo Daochang hurriedly took out the bronze mirror in his jacket pocket, and then shook it at the black cat, reflecting the sunlight intermittently on its furry face, which seemed to be something similar to the Morse code.

As if he could read, the black cat slid down from the tree with agility, burrowed into the arms of the left chief, spit out the compass and began to lick his palm.

"Boss Liu, do you know that black cats can see ghosts?"

"I do think I've heard it, I did hear my grandmother say when I was a child, that kittens and dogs can see ghosts, but I always thought it was just to scare children."

Zuo Daochang shook his head, and then gently stroked the back of the little black cat with his hand, and it squinted its eyes pleasantly. "It's not meant to scare people, the black cat was originally an animal from the underworld, not only can see ghosts, but also often do a lot of things for ghosts, and sometimes act as a liaison between people and ghosts. Especially the black cats in the Forbidden City, they usually work hard. ”

After speaking, Zuo Dao Chang used the bronze mirror to make a spot of light on the ground again. "The signals from this mirror and the actions of ghosts are one frequency, and black cats are understandable."

The black cat really understood, and jumped to the floor from the arms of the left chief, and then wagged his tail a few times, and ran out of the yard.

"Hurry up, it's going to take us to a ghost with more status." Zuo Dao Chang dragged me and hurriedly followed the black cat.

When I walked out of the courtyard, I found that this Chuxiu Palace was really 'luxurious' in the West Sixth Palace, and the other buildings outside were even more dilapidated than it. It was now past three o'clock in the afternoon, but the sun was completely obscured by the palace walls, and the reflection in the deserted alley was empty, and all we could hear was the sound of the kitten's paws rubbing against the ground, and the sound of leaves falling to the ground. On both sides were the towering palace walls, blocking all the air currents from the outside, so that even the sound of the wind could hardly be heard, and as soon as these sounds reached the walls, they were swallowed up by the slightest. The weeds on the ground and on the palace walls swayed in the breeze, telling us about the loneliness after the prosperity faded.

The palace doors on both sides of the alley are closed, the ink-colored door paint has fallen off, many of the eaves have cracked or even fallen off, the glazed tiles are also incomplete, and only a few lone birds are still pecking at something in the rubble.

This gloomy scene did not surprise me, this was originally a remote corner of the palace, and it was supposed to bear all the wounds that the wheel of history had run over.

Meow! The black cat suddenly let out a long voice, and the sound made me shiver.

It stopped in front of a mossy wooden door, wagged its tail, and lazily lay on the ground.

Shuttling back and forth in this alley, I have long been lost, I don't know the north and south, but I have a little research on the ancient door, generally speaking, the ancient outer door will appear at the same time with a small gatehouse with eaves, and the position of the door under the eaves determines the status of the building in the door, if the door is under the ridge purlin, it means that the status of the building is very high, the further forward, the lower the status, if you find that a door is almost flush with the outermost end of the eaves, it means that the status of the building is very low, and it may not be a frequently used building at all.

This was the case with the door in front of me, and I stood on tiptoe and looked up at the building through the palace walls, and all I could see was a small thing that looked like an attic.

"Where is this, looking at the shape, it shouldn't be a famous building, right?"

Zuo Dao Chang nodded. "That's right, looking at this dilapidated appearance, I guess this is not the building of the West Sixth Palace, it should be the Yuhua Pavilion. I wonder how much Boss Liu knows about this? ”

"Yuhua Pavilion? Isn't this a forbidden area in the Forbidden City? I've read the story of the last emperor before, and it seems that this place was not allowed to enter casually in the Qing Dynasty. ”

"That's right, this is a Tibetan Buddhist building, which was rebuilt from the original building, although it is not a famous building, but its status is not low. It seems that the ghost that this black cat is going to take us to see is in this. ”

Zuo Dao Chang took a deep breath, then grabbed the rusty copper ring on the door and knocked it lightly three times, waited for a moment to clench my hand again, and entered it in the blink of an eye.

It is worthy of being a forbidden place in the palace, it is really overgrown with weeds, the wind is gusting, and as soon as you enter the courtyard, you feel an indescribable sense of suffocation. I carefully looked at this Yuhua Pavilion, it looks like a three-story attic building on the outside, of course, I don't know if there will be a dark layer inside, the first and second floors are three bays, the top floor is a bay, it is a typical Buddhist pavilion. There is a blue plaque under the eaves of the second floor, but the handwriting on it is no longer clear.

"Are we really going to go in here?" When I got to this pavilion, I hesitated a little. "This one does look a bit ......"

"Of course...... Zuo Dao pulled me forward without looking back, and looked inside through the cobweb-covered grille, but the inside was too dark, and only a few huge Buddha statues could be faintly seen.

He didn't give me a chance to be indecisive, he pulled me in, and suddenly there was light in front of me, and the lights were like torches, as if I had entered another world.

"Ahh I exclaimed, if it weren't for Zuo Dao Chang who had been supporting me, I might have really collapsed on the ground, and in front of us, in addition to nine Buddha statues of different shapes, on the futon on the ground, at this moment there was a woman dressed in Qing Dynasty costume, she had her back to us, motionless like a statue, the room was filled with cigarette smoke, and the clouds were swirling.

And the scene inside the house is in stark contrast to the desolation outside, which can be said to be spotless as it has been cleaned and wiped, and the Buddha statue is shining.

"Why are you yelling?" The woman spoke suddenly, sounding like she was reprimanding us.

"I'm sorry, my friend hasn't seen a ghost before, so he just got a little out of proportion."

The woman didn't bother to look back at us, and continued to worship the Buddha without moving.

"You can not worship me, but why don't you kneel when you see the Buddha?" The woman's voice was still creepy.

Zuo Daochang hurriedly pulled me to kneel down in front of the two futons on the side, this strange scene made me break out in a cold sweat, my mouth was dry, and I couldn't say a word.

"Those who can come here at this time are definitely not ordinary mortals, if you have anything to ask me to help with, just say it."

"Dare to ask your honorable surname ......"

"I don't have a name, and I have long forgotten my name." The woman said coldly. "Ask whatever you want."

The woman's indifferent tone made the always indifferent Daoist Zuo feel a little uncomfortable, so he could only clear his throat and ask in a low voice. "Dare to ask you two nights ago, did you see a man more than two meters tall with two friends haunting the Forbidden City?"

The woman was silent for a moment before she spoke slowly. "There is indeed a tall man on the left and right of the ugly time who ran rampaging through the Wuying Hall until he reached the Shenwu Gate, shouting and screaming, his expression was terrifying, and he frightened many girls here, if this person comes again, we may have to take some measures."

"I'm afraid he won't be able to come again." Zuo Dao Chang hurriedly said. "He was attacked by a ghost, and his life was on the line."

"Oh?" The woman was suddenly stunned. "He's hurt?"

"Yes. Do you know which ghost in the Forbidden City hurt him, we need to find that ghost and ask the ghost to save him. ”

Only then did the woman stop worshipping the Buddha, and then shook her head slightly. "If it's really a ghost here, I'll arrange it without you coming to me, but unfortunately it can't be a ghost in the palace, we have a ban here, and we are not allowed to harm humans."

"But he was indeed attacked in the Forbidden City, and you just said that you saw him walking through the palace with a hideous expression, I think it was after he was attacked, right?"

"Do you know that in fact, there are some ghosts from other places running in the Forbidden City every year, although we have rules, but we can't control those wild ghosts, I can just assure you that this thing will not be done by the ghosts of our Forbidden City, but if this incident really happens in the Forbidden City, it is not impossible." The woman thought for a moment, then said. "If you believe me, go to the Wuying Hall at night to have a look."

"What?"

"I have several sisters who said that they saw a teenage ghost over there in the past two days."

"But ......" Daoist Zuo wanted to speak again, but the woman and the flickering lights all disappeared in an instant, leaving only a few dusty Buddha statues standing there alone.

In the next second, we were inexplicably transferred to the north long street west of the Forbidden City, which was silent just now, but now it was extremely noisy. People crowded south, seemingly noticing the sudden appearance of the two of us.