Chapter 8: The Shadow
Qin Dan said: "This is a special method for tracking the Yin Soul, which is relatively simple, but it is very practical. I think the female ghost seems to have spiritual sense, maybe there is some origin. ”
I asked strangely, ghosts must have their own consciousness, what is the matter with this spiritual consciousness?
Qin Dan explained that ghosts are made of human souls. Once a person's soul leaves the body, without the support of the material brain, it will soon become dull and stupid without cultivation, and at the end of the day, like a zombie, it just acts on its subconscious and instinct, without much spiritual sense. She gave an example, for what intersection is the most shady place in feng shui, because at the time of the funeral, when the intersection stopped at the red light, the ghost had no ability to think, so he mistakenly thought that he had arrived at the station, so he got out of the car. After getting out of the car, you can't walk away, and you can only wander around the intersection forever like a ghost.
Li Yang clapped his hands: "The female ghost just now first stalked at the old horse, and then came to spy on us, it doesn't look like a lonely ghost who is muddy." ”
Qin Dan nodded: "I suspect that it has been cultivated. ”
I was taken aback: "Holy, this resort can't be a haunt's nest, right?" ”
At this time, the red thread on Qin Dan's fingers actually came to an end. The red thread was stretched straight and floated in the air as if it were nothing. Qin Dan stroked the red line with his hand and slowly walked towards the balcony. Li Yang and I hurriedly followed. Qin Dan came to the balcony and looked up at the sky, at this time the moonlit night was hazy and quiet, and he could see that the red line was really like a kite string, extending to the dark night sky, with no end in sight.
Qin Dan had words in his mouth, twisted his fingers, and began to slowly recycle the red thread.
Li Yang and I looked at each other, and no one dared to disturb us. For a long time, Qin Dan took back all the red threads released, but he didn't see the bird. She turned back and smiled at us, "The ghost's lair has been found." ”
"Where?" I asked eagerly.
Qin Dan returned to the house and took out a compass with very precise workmanship, this compass was red all around, I don't know what it was made of, and it was densely marked with various directions. Qin Dan took the compass and turned around the balcony to determine the direction, with a very strange expression on his face.
Li Yang and I asked what was wrong.
Qin Dan held the compass and said for a long time: "You will know the Tao when you come with me." ”
She led us out of the room, it was late at night and most of us were sleeping. The living room was quiet, and we tiptoed to keep our voices as low as possible until we reached the corner of the living room.
There's a grocery room here, it's unlocked, and the door axes are rusty. It took us a lot of tossing and turning to open the door, and a puff of smoky dust came out of it, and I choked and coughed, covering my nose and looking in. There were no lights inside, and through the faint light, you could see a lot of debris, dust everywhere, and cobwebs in the corners of the walls.
"The female ghost is hiding here?" Li Yang was dumbfounded.
Qin Dan shook her head and led us into the door, and she closed the door casually. It's very cramped, no more than 10 square meters, and the stacks of broken boxes go all the way to the ceiling, and the already crowded space is blocked with almost no place to put your feet.
Qin Dan looked at the compass, his eyes were a little distracted. We asked a few times before she said, "It's weird, the plate shows that the bird I released is right above here." ”
She casually turned on the light on the wall. In this cramped room, there was only a small light bulb of a few watts in the ceiling, and the dim and yellowish light reflected the bleakness of the place.
I stroked my shoulder and swallowed: "Does the presence of a bird mean a female ghost...... Also there. ”
Qin Dan didn't speak, took the compass, walked around the house with difficulty, and then pointed in one direction.
I don't know who designed the architectural layout of this room, and the small room is like two building blocks together. The large building blocks are embedded in the small blocks, because the width of the two components is different, one large and one small, so there are two walls on the left and one on the right at the junction to offset the length difference.
Just behind a wall, there was an iron ladder hidden.
Because the room was so dilapidated that the ladder was hidden behind several large boxes, it would not be visible at all if it wasn't deliberately searched.
We walked over, Li Yang looked at the ladder, and his face was strange: "This ladder leads to the roof above." ”
"Go up and take a look, and you'll know the way." Qin Dan said.
She put the compass in her satchel and worked with us to remove the broken boxes, and then she was the first to climb the ladder. Li Yang and I followed.
The ladder quickly reached the ceiling, where there was an iron door. Qin Dan pushed, but did not push it open, only then did he notice that there was a lock hanging on the iron door, and it was forbidden to enter.
We came down again, and I rubbed my hands together and said what should I do, or forget it. Li Yang tilted his eyes at me: "Forget it? If I don't find out, I won't be surnamed Li. It's called Copper Lock! ”
Copper lock was sleeping soundly, and we slammed the door and screamed, he was wearing small pants and sleepy-eyed: "What are you doing?" ”
"Take your lockpicking tool with you, something's wrong." Li Yang said.
"Your uncle's."
The copper lock washed his face, put on a random set of clothes, and followed us into the utility room. When he understood the ins and outs of the matter, his eyes widened, and he called several "I damn it" in a row.
He also became interested, and climbed up the ladder to see the lock. He removed the keyring from his waist, and two slender lock-picking tools were attached to it.
I saw the copper lock poke a few times there, only to hear a "click", and the lock fell in response to the sound and fell to the ground. The brass lock stretched out his hand and pushed it, and although the lock was gone, the shaft was rusty, and it took him a lot of effort to push it open.
As soon as the door opened, a gust of wind blew down from above. The copper lock probe went out to take a look, supported it with both hands, and jumped up. A few of us hurriedly stepped on the ladder to get to the top as well.
This is indeed the roof of the villa, the moon is bright and the stars are scarce, the river wind is gusting, and we carefully climb on the roof tiles.
Qin Dan took out the compass, found it according to the direction, and then pointed to the northwest. We stepped on the roof and walked lightly, and next to a decorative chimney, we found the yellow rune bird.
Qin Dan picked it up, his brows furrowed, and his expression was very solemn.
"What's wrong?" Li Yang asked.
Qin Dan said: "This bird has been following the Yin Soul here, which shows that it ......"
"What does it mean?"
"It means that the female ghost's lair is in our villa."
The three of us looked at each other, and at this time, a gust of wind blew, which was really cold all over my body, and I stumbled and asked, "That female ghost has been hiding where we live?" ”
Qin Dan pointed to the skylight under his feet.
Through the skylight, we saw that the room below was still lit and that there was a man sitting in front of the tabletop at the head of the bed. If you look closely, it is Zuo Ying.
Copper Lock's tongue was about to fall off: "The female ghost is Zuo Ying?" ”
Qin Dan shook his head: "Zuo Ying is not a ghost, it is very likely that the female ghost is in her house." ”
The skylight is frosted, so it looks better from the inside and looks out from the outside, while it looks blurry from the outside. We can only see Zuo Ying sitting there, her arms moving, as if she was looking at something. She didn't sleep in the middle of the night, and she actually sat there reading a book.
Although the behavior is not strange, it always feels that something is not right. Reading in the middle of the night can be completely snuggled up to the bedside, with the lamp on, and read comfortably. And she sat there upright, concentrating, which really made people feel a little confused.
"If the ghost is in her room, shouldn't we alert her?" Copper Lock said.
Qin Dan didn't speak, thoughtful. A few of us returned the same way from the roof and went straight to Zuo Ying's door. Qin Dan put the big compass away and replaced it with a small compass. This small compass is extremely exquisitely made, the size of a compass, and it is fastened in the palm of your hand, and you can see the hands moving.
Qin Dan knocked on the door, and after a while, he only heard the sound of slippers and opened the door. The light was turned off in the door, it was dark, Zuo Ying was sleepy-eyed and standing inside in her pajamas, yawning and saying, "What are you doing?" ”
We looked at each other, and what a lot of work it was, she immediately changed a set of clothes and turned off the lights, as if she was waking up from sleep.
Li Yang asked, "Are you sleeping well?" ”
Zuo Ying rubbed her eyes and asked suspiciously, "It's good?" I went to bed as soon as I got back to the house at night, what are you doing? ”
Falsehood, obvious falsehood. Although we were full of suspicion, we still didn't show it, Li Yang said: "I heard a voice just now, I thought it was a thief, so I wanted to come over to remind me." ”
"Oh. Thank you. Zuo Ying yawned and closed the door.
"There's a problem." The copper lock said, "That female ghost can't be raised by her, right?" ”
Qin Dan was confused: "It's strange, I've been with her since here, and I haven't found that she has a yin aura on her." She looked down at the small compass and continued, "The compass needle is also pointing normally, and there is nothing unclean in her room. Could it be that the female ghost ran away? ”
I rubbed my hands together and said, "Forget it, let's leave tomorrow, no matter what's weird about this place, I don't want to stay for a day." ”
Li Yang and Tong Suo pulled Qin Dan to what else they wanted to study, but I was not interested at all. It doesn't matter to me what old horses or female ghosts are, they can toss as much as they like.
This night I slept very unsteadily, in the hazy hazy always felt that there was a wet figure standing at the head of the bed, I tried hard to open my eyes but couldn't open them, my heart beat very hard. When I woke up the next day, I was still groggy, I washed my face and cleared up, and walked out of the hall top-heavy.
When the copper lock saw me, he shouted: "Lao Liu, go quickly, the resort organizes a free physical examination." After checking the body, you can go. ”
I rubbed my swollen head, saw everyone walking out of the villa, and was about to follow, Wang Xiaoyu grabbed me and pulled me to a place where no one was. The girl whispered, "Liu Yang, don't you go, okay." I always felt panicked, and my eyelids were beating hard. Although she didn't say it explicitly, she could tell that she was very nervous.
I patted her: "Xiaoyu, I see if you are under too much mental pressure, and it is good to check your body." ”
Wang Xiaoyu hurriedly said: "This resort is very weird, I'm afraid of ......."
"Afraid that the chandelier incident will happen that day during the physical examination? You're really overthinking. I asked.
She walked weakly in her chair and sighed, "Go ahead." ”
I really wanted to stay when I looked at her like this, but then the copper lock suddenly came in and smiled: "You two haven't left yet." ”
I blushed and casually said, "Go right away." ”
I comforted Wang Xiaoyu for a while, and she smiled reluctantly: "I don't have anything to do, just sit down, if you want to go, you can go." ”
I walked out of the villa, looked back, my heart racing, could something really be wrong?