Chapter 150. [Case 19] three films
I quickly craned my neck, then sat down in the chair closest to me, and glanced back sharply as I sat down. But I didn't see anything but a cloud of dust that seemed to have dispersed, and the dust was so inconspicuous in such a dim light that it would have been hard to spot unless I had deliberately looked at it.
Hu Zongren saw that I suddenly fell into my seat, and he must have realized that the situation had changed, so he quickly leaned down and squatted down, and asked me what had happened, while being on guard. I told Hu Zongren that the ghost was behind us just now, and he reached out and scratched my neck, but I didn't know what that meant. Hu Zongren said to me, you hurry up and take a look at your compass to see if it is still around.
So I took out the compass and looked at it carefully, the movement on the compass was a little different from the clear and stable state a few minutes ago, that is, I could feel that although this ghost was around us at the moment, it did not want to have a direct connection with us, although I couldn't tell whether it was good or malicious, at least I knew that it was interested in me and Hu Zongren at the moment, just like a kitten saw a ball of yarn, the difference was only that Hu Zongren and I were the ball at the moment.
I said to Hu Zongren a little scared, why don't we retreat to the side first, this place is surrounded by an open area, and it is difficult for you to distinguish where it came from. Hu Zongren nodded, so he said to the wall on the side near the fire escape, let's go to that place, with our backs against the wall, so we don't have to worry. Then we both covered each other and ran to the base of the wall as fast as we could. Hu Zongren and I stood side by side, but with our backs to the wall, looking around with the help of the lights in the screening room, and I checked the compass from time to time.
Since we have been in this environment for a while, Hu Zongren and I have gradually become accustomed to the light around us. People are like this sometimes, for example, when I wake up in the middle of the night and I open my eyes and I can't see anything. But after I kept my eyes open for a while, I realized that I could gradually see the things around me because of my glasses' habit of light. So the clarity of the compass at the moment is even clearer than when I first walked into this screening room. The hands on the compass were still beating as always, and the strength was almost the same as when I fell to the seat before, so I judged that the ghost was still around us not far from us at this moment, and it was very likely that when Hu Zongren and I leaned against the wall together just now, it also moved with us.
Hu Zongren asked me in a low voice, what do you think you should do now. I said how the do I know what to do, I originally thought that we had to at least turn on the projector before we could draw out this ghost, because according to Mr. Li's previous description, the few times the ghost was witnessed, at least when the movie was showing, this was our mistake, how did I know that it was only a few minutes after Lu Dao came in, and I was able to have direct contact with the ghost. Hu Zongren thought for a while and said, in this way, let's pretend that there is nothing wrong and walk around this screening hall for a while, you are always staring at your compass, such a large range, if it has been following, if we are attacked, we will come hard, if the compass's reaction suddenly changes somewhere, then that place must be unwilling to go, or afraid to go, let's think of other ways.
I thought about it for a moment, and felt that there was no better way, because if we were to turn on the projector at this moment, no one could have predicted what would happen in the meantime. So I agreed to Hu Zongren, and took the initiative to ask me to walk in front, Hu Zongren followed behind to protect me, and I didn't bother to spare extra energy to look at the compass again. Following the direction of the wall, we started to walk towards the big screen, where there were a few small steps, and the theater was probably used as a stage earlier. I deliberately slowed down my stride because if I walked too fast, it would also cause instability to the compass. But as we made about half a circle and returned to the guardrail at the entrance, the paranormal reaction suddenly began to become violent, and I knew that it was approaching us again.
I said to Hu Zongren Let's stop, that guy is now next to the two of us who don't know who is going to do it. Hu Zongren stood still, and began to mumble incantations in his mouth, although he was whispering, but in the quiet and sealed screening room, the sound could still be transmitted far away. This mantra by Hu Zongren is also a kind of requiem mantra, the purpose is to calm down those restless ghosts, at least you listen to what I mean first. The Yaoshan mantra really worked, and after a spell was recited, the reaction on the compass began to calm down, and even if it existed, it made me feel a lot quieter.
So we continued walking, and after a full circle around the screening room, the compass was still the same as before. So we felt that the ghosts here at this time were basically quiet, at least for the time being, and they would not pose a threat to us, so Hu Zongren said to me, you go up and open the screen, and then play those movies in a row, and there are charms on the lintel of the screening room, and there are also small openings, so it should be fine. I nodded, I was very talented at manipulating the machine, and soon I set up the crooked tripod, and now I saw the gossip mirror that had been placed by the projectionist on the desk and computer.
This is a copper-faced gossip mirror, and the gossip is a congenital hexagram, which is not a commonly used type among the gossip mirrors on the market. Although the innate hexagram is flawed, it is the most primitive one, so to a certain extent, the masters who use the innate hexagram are often more powerful masters. The center of the Bagua Mirror is a concave arc surface, like most Bagua Mirrors, that is to focus the light, and to concentrate the power of Bagua using the principle similar to the sun stove to one point, which is also the reason why most ghosts are afraid of being directly shot by the Bagua Mirror. I put the gossip mirror on my body, because maybe I will use it later, and no one will ask for it anyway, so I will be a good person and accept it. I recognize the mantra on the mirror, and I judge the sect of Mr. Dojo, non-Buddha and non-Tao, non-yin and yang, the number is very small, the name of the sect is Shanchuan Gate, originated from the Qinling Mountains, the light is greater than the Tang and Song dynasties, the Qing Dynasty began to decline, and there are less than 100 disciples scattered across the country, and in Chongqing, among the people I know of the Dao, there is only one master who is from this door, surnamed Wang, and the people in the line are called Wang Laoqi, I heard that the person is a strange person, and after putting on the robe, he is a tall man, and after taking it off, he is a irascible old man who likes to listen to Sichuan opera, and his personality is strong and loves and hates clearly, and don't like to make friends with the masters on the road, he has saved people and died because of him, his reputation in the industry can be regarded as both good and evil, most people don't know him, and naturally don't dare to contact him easily.
So over the years, I have heard about it many times, but I have never seen it, let alone contacted it, and it is estimated that I and Hu Zongren, such a small character, do not bother to make friends with us. Even a person like Situ, who has been doing business in Chongqing all the year round, respects him and stays away from him. In Situ's own words, some people don't know the details of the road, and it is better not to know it from the beginning than to be burdened by it after knowing it. So although I don't know how Mr. Li from the cinema found this Master Wang through Ludao, but I thought that the person who this master later introduced him to find was Xuanyuan Club, so I dispelled the idea of wanting to know him.
I started to adjust the angle of the machine, and then, as Mr. Lee had taught me earlier, I turned on the machine, looked through the small opening at the margin projected by the projector onto the screen, and then started to play the three films. And when I returned to the screening room, Hu Zongren had already sat down, and the posture was still very comfortable, as if he was really invited to watch a movie. After watching me walk over, Hu Zongren smiled and said, the feeling of chartering is really good, do you want that Mr. Li to send some Coke and popcorn? I glared at him, although I was a little vigilant in my heart, but I looked at the compass, and it became quiet at the moment, so in the next time, I didn't stand or sit several times, and after the last time, I still put my heart sideways, regardless of him, and sat down.
The movie lasted for a long time, and because I didn't know where the point where the ghost appeared in its original form was triggered, I didn't dare to rush forward or jump directly to the movie "Cape No. 7", so I could only wait silently, during which we didn't turn off the lights in the cinema, after all, we didn't really come to see the movie. Hu Zongren is a big person, which I have always known, but he seems to have completely handed over the work of guarding to me, and I watched the movie there by myself, if I am a harmful ghost at the moment, Hu Zongren is definitely my prey.
I looked around from time to time while looking at the compass, and I could see more clearly with the lights, but because the sound of the stereo was too loud, I couldn't hear the sound of my surroundings at all, which made me even more nervous.
After the screening of "Mei Lanfang", I didn't notice anything abnormal, the movie that was broadcast continuously was "Haijiao No. 7", and when I was halfway through the broadcast of this movie, I found that Hu Zongren was asleep. Looking at his ugly sleeping appearance, I got into a mischievous mood, quietly lit a cigarette, and flicked the ash into his half-open mouth. Hu Zongren smashed his mouth a few times, but he still didn't wake up, so I clasped my middle finger and thumb tightly and flicked it Hu Zongren's nose.
With a cry of ouch, Hu Zongren jumped up in pain. But at the same time, I heard something else, which I could hardly describe, like an accent, and if I had to tell the difference, it was the voice of a child and a woman.
"Hehehe."