Work is a wonderful thing, when you want it, it often doesn't have it, and when you don't want it to come, it always takes the initiative to come to the door so that you can't hide if you want to.

I thought that Christmas and New Year's Day, the double egg festival, could relax for a few days and find a place to play or something, but before I could choose a good place, I found a job, and this job can't be shirked, because the people who asked us have helped us before, and they are still old-timers on the rivers and lakes.

This client is Qiu Hongbo (from: Case 8, Counting Corpses), the scavenger who specializes in handling road affairs for government officials.

Before, because I was investigating the director of the murder demon funeral home, I got acquainted with Qiao Wei, two seniors, Qiu Hongbo and San Mazi. On the day of the official opening of the detective agency, Qiu Hongbo and San Mazi came to congratulate me with the boy, and we basically haven't seen each other since then.

In my opinion, these two old-timers should belong to the kid to save face, and they don't really plan to ask me for help in the future.

But the actual situation is obviously not, Qiu Hongbo really called me on New Year's Day, and made an appointment to talk to me and Qiao Wei at the detective agency today.

According to the agreement, I arrived at the detective agency at 8:40 in the morning, and Qiao Wei also came over early to wait for someone.

At nine o'clock, Qiu Hongbo came over on time.

Qiu Hongbo is still obscene and old-fashioned. He wears a long gray-white coat, a shaved head and an ear bun, walks into the house with a slightly hunched back, and always purses his mouth and smiles, this look always gives me the feeling that he will take out a lollipop from his arms at any moment to abduct little Lori.

After entering the house, Lao Qiu also said Merry Christmas to Qiao Wei and me in a very fashionable way.

I really didn't have anything in common with a bald lewd uncle to talk about, so after a brief greeting, I turned the conversation to the main topic and asked Lao Qiu who was in trouble and needed to find us.

"It's not anyone, it's me." Qiu Hongbo pointed to the tip of his own nose and smiled.

"Are you in trouble? It's not like you have a smile on your face. I said.

Qiu Hongbo also smiled and said: "Actually, I really don't think this is a big deal, mainly because my wife can't stand it." Here's the thing, I had my birthday last month, and from that day on, I could hear a woman crying in my house every night and night, and then my wife said it was haunted, and she had to ask God to ask the fairy to break or something. To be honest with you two, I don't believe in these ghosts and gods or anything like that, but my old woman always argues, saying that it is a ghost crying at night, and it is a person who wants to live a short life, and I really don't think of you two anymore. ”

"Brother Qiu, you should have listened to your sister-in-law earlier, it's not a trivial matter to cry at night!" Qiao Wei said with a solemn expression.

"Is it that serious?" Qiu Hongbo said curiously.

"Of course it's serious! When I was an apprentice, my uncle and I went to cure a ghost night crying, but that night I was killed by the ghost king, and my uncle also died because of that incident. ”

"Really?!" Qiu Hongbo's back suddenly left the back of the sofa, and his small eyes, which were originally squinted, also opened.

"I don't have to joke with my uncle."

"Yes, yes! When do you want to go to my house and have a look? Qiu Hongbo asked.

"We're here at any time, it depends on when it's convenient for you at home." Qiao Wei said.

"It's convenient now, in the past?"

I suddenly felt as if this scene had just happened a few days ago, so I hurriedly asked, "Brother Qiu, is my sister-in-law at home?" ”

Qiu Hongbo hurriedly shook his head and said: "I went back to my parents' house early, she said that if I don't take care of the ghost crying at home, she won't come back, and she forced me to buy another suite." ”

"I think it's a good idea to buy another set." I'm kidding.

"Are you going to raise the price?" Qiu Hongbo raised his eyebrows and smiled, "Don't worry, as long as you help me cure the problem of ghost night crying, I will pay twice the cost!" ”

"We usually charge more than 20,000 yuan for doing exorcism!" I didn't forget to give Qiu Hongbo a preventive shot.

"Good! Then I'll give you 50,000! You've made a lot of money in this business. ”

"Then thank you Brother Qiu, with the good luck brought by Brother Qiu, it seems that we must be lucky in 2014, and the wealth will be prosperous! We will definitely handle your affairs properly, and you will be ready to take your sister-in-law home! I followed Qiu Hongbo's words and put a little high hat on him, and at the same time directly praised Haikou.

What Qiao Wei said seems to be quite serious, but I don't think things will be difficult, it is estimated that it will take at most to summon the soul at night to see what is making trouble, and then seal him or break him up, and then find the root treatment.

Qiao Wei was also similar to what I thought, which could be seen from his leisurely expression.

Less than twenty minutes away from the detective agency, we arrived at Qiu Hongbo's home.

The so-called people can't look good, the sea is incomprehensible, Qiu Hongbo usually doesn't look very inconspicuous, and he is a lewd middle-aged uncle, even when he came to the detective agency today, he took a taxi, and when he went to his house, he took my car.

But once you enter his house, the situation is different! This house is so big, just the living room is about the same size as my house, a rough visual inspection of the area is at least more than 200, it is estimated that there must be two bathrooms! There are all kinds of antique calligraphy and paintings, root carving bonsai in the hall, and the balcony is a mini garden, and there are really two parrots in it.

"I feel like I'm asking for a bit of a low price!" I couldn't help but sigh.

Qiu Hongbo smiled, patted me on the shoulder and said, "I just like your straightforward character!" Come, come in! ”

I just smiled perfunctorily but didn't respond, I don't agree with the evaluation of "straightforward and fast-talking", I think the words duplicity or honey-bellied sword are more in line with my style.

After entering the house, Qiao Wei and I immediately set about to start the examination, and in less than three minutes we found the culprit of the ghost crying.

There was a small amount of yin qi near the pile of potted root carvings in his house, and along this yin qi we found a root carving artwork that looked a bit crouching.

Qiao Wei took out the carving and asked Qiu Hongbo where it came from.

Qiu Hongbo leaned over and studied it carefully, then frowned, "This...... Huh? I can't really remember I ever bought this! ”

"Was it a gift from someone else on your birthday?" I asked.

"Hmm!!" Qiu Hongbo nodded suddenly, "There is a possibility!" ”

"Can you remember who sent you this?" Qiao Wei then asked.

"I can't really remember this, I'll have to go back and call one by one to ask." After speaking, Qiu Hongbo rolled his eyes again and asked, "Why are you looking for someone to send this to me?" Do you suspect someone is deliberately trying to harm me? ”

"Well, how can I explain this to you?" Qiao Wei pinched his chin and thought for a while, and then said: "Let's put it simply, if an object is haunted, there is only one possibility, that is, there is a ghost attached to this thing, and the ghost will only be attached to three things, one is the ghost's bones, the second is the ghost's favorite thing before his death, and the third is the murder weapon." ”

"The murder weapon?" Qiu Hongbo's eyes suddenly became unusually serious: "You mean that someone may have killed someone with this carved pot?" ”

"Not necessarily, I'm just saying it's a possibility. I don't know much about the root carving, and I don't know if it's art or if it's a natural discovery, but I've never seen the root carving haunted, and if I want to judge it now, I can only think about it as a murder weapon. Qiao Wei said.

"Oh." Qiu Hongbo nodded, "Then how can we finally confirm it?" ”

"This will have to wait for the night when I summon the soul to see, we will take the root carving, it is estimated that the process of removing the ghost may be damaged, if you can still save the haode, I can give it to you again......"

"No, no, no! Since this thing is haunted, don't leave it in my house, or my wife may have to shout something else when she sees it, you can just take it and deal with it directly. After Qiu Hongbo finished speaking, he seemed to finally breathe a sigh of relief, and his shoulders drooped down, "Then my family's ghost night crying is solved?" ”

"Eighty percent is solved, but don't worry about bringing your sister-in-law back, you stay at home for two days first, if there is no ghost night crying, it means that it is completely fine, and you will give us money then." Qiao Wei nodded.

"You're pretty particular about your business. In this case, you will sit at my house first, I am just going to meet a few friends, all of whom have heads and faces, I will take you two to get to know them, and maybe they will ask you to help you do something in the future! I've found that the richer people are, the more ghosts they seem to have in their hearts, and they are always afraid of ghosts and gods, and they will definitely become your customers. ”