After that, we waited for nearly half an hour, and after making sure that the bearded man was really gone, we cautiously walked upstairs.

The fat man and I were very careful, walking step by step, afraid of stepping on some mechanism or something, but fortunately there was nothing wrong all the way, and at the top of the stairs was a locked door.

The fat man observed, took out a wire and stabbed it into the keyhole, stirred it a few times, and locked it with a click.

Opening the door, we went up to the second floor.

The second floor is the same as below, but the windows are completely closed, very dark, almost no light, I and the fat man cautiously looked for it, but did not find the switch of the light.

We had to turn on the flashlight and take a look, and found that there were many dolls and toys flashing on the ground, all of which were played by children.

I remembered that every time the bearded man came up here, he would talk to himself alone, and my heart said, "Is it possible to raise a child upstairs here?"

It's just that we never heard a child crying or any other sound, and it was so dark that it didn't seem suitable for raising children.

I scanned the surroundings with a flashlight, and found nothing other than toys for children, which made me even more puzzled, how could there be children's toys on the second floor where the bearded man lived?

Could it be that he has some special fetish?

"Hurry up, let's find out, be careful!" The fat man said.

I nodded, looking for something now, and we headed for a few tables nearby.

This is the place where the bearded man lives, there are beds, wardrobes, tables, and there is an offering table at the top, although it is dark, it is not mildewy or damp, and it is also very clean.

The two of us walked to the nearest table, examined it carefully, and pulled out the drawers one by one.

After checking the table, we checked the bed in the middle again, but there was still nothing, most of the places were empty, not to mention the map, not even a single thing to write and describe.

Coincidentally, the fat man and I shone our flashlights at the top offering table at the same time.

We walked over, and the offering table was not large, and there was neither tribute nor incense altar on it, but there was a strange shrine, and inside the shrine was a very delicate wooden carving of a child, lifelike, about a foot high, and at first glance it looked like a living baby.

"Hiss......"

The fat man frowned and tugged at the corners of his mouth, as if he remembered something, but he wasn't very sure.

"What's wrong?" I wondered.

The fat man shook his head slowly, "Tsk, it's nothing." ”

As the words fell, I suddenly felt something flash out of the corner of my eye, and the speed was very fast.

"There's something!"

We both exclaimed at the same time, turned around in an instant, and drew our weapons.

But the flashlight didn't scan anything suspicious, and only a rag doll swayed gently on the ground.

My scalp is numb, there is something else upstairs!

It touched the rag doll, but it was so fast that it didn't even see its outline.

The fat man seemed to remember something, and hurriedly took out a glass bottle, smeared the clear liquid inside a little on his eyelids, and then threw the bottle to me.

I took it and wiped it, these are the tears of the old cow, which can make people see the ghosts and evil spirits that do not want to show themselves.

After looking for it, I still didn't see anything strange.

So, we looked at the last closet that had not been searched, and one of the wardrobe doors was ajar.

We both put the flashlight in our mouths, and walked towards the wardrobe step by step, holding the weapon in our hands and ready to shoot at any time, the fat man reached out and slowly opened the door of the wardrobe, to our surprise, there was a child in the wardrobe, who looked about five or six years old, carved in pink, and looked at us with a pair of clear eyes, with a hint of curiosity.

But the strange thing is that he has no shadow, and the flashlight light completely passes through his body.

"Ghosts?!"

I felt a chill down my spine, and instinctively grabbed the heavy knife in my hand.

"Don't do it, it doesn't have the ability to hurt people!" The fat man hurriedly spoke.

I was stunned, although I didn't understand, but I was also relieved, the fat man should have seen something.

"Is it a ghost?" I asked.

This child, if he ignores the fact that there is no shadow, is no different from an ordinary child, and he still has a little yellow duck in his hand, and he sits in the pile of clothes, and his eyes wink, looking at us.

"It's a little ghost, different from ordinary ghosts." The fat man said.

"Imp?" A flash of inspiration crossed my mind, and I suddenly remembered something very famous.

Thai Imp!

It is said that there are many celebrities who like to raise this thing now, strictly speaking it is a kind of evil art, the imp is happy, it can bring good luck and fortune to the person who raises it, but at the same time it is a double-edged sword, if the imp is not happy, bad luck and bad luck will come.

In the past, it could occasionally be reported on the news, saying that so-and-so star attended a certain event, and suddenly said that he would not attend without any warning, and someone asked the reason and said that he was leaking, and said that the child was unhappy.

That kid is referring to a little ghost, which is invisible to ordinary people.

The person who keeps the imp must treat the imp as if it were his own child, and buy him beautiful clothes, fun toys, and delicious things, even though he does not eat; In a word, as a little ancestor offered, raised, coaxed, and made it happy, then good luck and fortune will roll in.

"Boss Cao is actually raising little ghosts?" I looked at the toys all over the ground in amazement, and said, "But he is nesting in this Liuhe Town, and he doesn't seem to be seeking money, what is he trying to do?" ”

The ultimate purpose of raising a little ghost is to seek wealth, and the bearded man did the business of a yin person in Liuhe Town, which is to accumulate yin virtue, not to seek wealth at all. Whether he is treating a living person or a ghost, he doesn't charge money, or he charges very little money, otherwise he wouldn't care if we ask for 10,000 yuan a day's accommodation.

"It's kind of weird." The fat man was also puzzled, and looked at the child carefully for a while, and his face changed slightly: "No, he and the little ghost seem to be a little different." ”

"What's the difference?" I asked.

"I can't tell, I just don't feel right." The fat man is also a little tangled.

I was speechless for a moment, and then asked, "Can you talk to us?" ”

"The little ghost can only communicate with the person who raised it, not with others." The fat man shook his head.

After a pause, he said, "Leave it alone, don't get in the way, let's continue to look for it." ”

I nodded, no wonder the bearded man was talking to himself every time he went upstairs, it turned out that he was communicating with this little ghost.

Then we and the fat man went back to the offering table, because we found that there were also two drawers in the offering table.

The fat man and I pulled apart for a closer inspection.

The drawer I opened was full of books, some printed, some hand-copied, most of them about herbal medicine and even the witch doctors of the Miaojiang region.

I took them out one by one and flipped through them, and when I reached one of them, a picture suddenly fell out of it.

I picked it up and looked at it, and was taken aback.

This is a family portrait of a family of three, one of them is a bearded man, a very gentle woman next to him, and a child, and all three of them are smiling happily. The most important thing is that the child and the ghost in the closet look exactly the same!

My head is a bit down, but Thai imps are famous all over the world, using the bones and corpse oil of children who died before birth to make possessions for the souls of the dead.

But this child has obviously grown up to five or six years old, how can he say that he died before he was born?

The fat man was also surprised when he saw it, and said, "It seems that this little guy should be Boss Cao's child, but I don't know why it became like this." ”

"Is that still a ghost?" I asked.

"No, but there are similarities, Boss Cao is probably a yin person for his children." The fat man said, and after speaking, he looked at the wood carving in the Buddhist shrine, and the wood carving was exactly the same as the little one.

After speaking, the fat man reached out and took the wood carving in his hand and looked at it, and said, "This thing does not show any signs of corpse oil infiltration, and it is different from the method of making a ghost possessed object." ”

I nodded, and was about to speak, when I heard something hit me from the back of my head.

I instinctively shrank my head, ducked over and looked back, and found that the little guy didn't know when he came out, and looked at us with a toy in his hand, ready to fight.

That's what it smashed.

The fat man looked embarrassed and said: "This is its possession, once it is damaged, it will be seriously injured, and even the soul will be scattered, and the little guy will be angry." ”

I was speechless for a moment.

The fat man hurriedly smiled at it, and then carefully put the wood carving back down.

Seeing this, the little guy slowly disappeared, turned around and grabbed a toy from the side and played with it in his hand; The mind is simple and distressing, and there is no concept of outsiders at all, and I don't know what the danger is.

"Where's the map?"

Looking away from the little guy, I couldn't help but scratch my head, the drawers had been emptied, and I still hadn't found the map, the room was so big, there were really not many places to hide things.

The fat man also had no idea, and said, "This map shouldn't be carried by Boss Cao, right?" ”

I also have this thought in my heart, and if that's the case, then it's really troublesome.

Helplessly, the two of us were careful in the house, almost every inch of the place, for fear that there would be a secret grid or something, but the result was still nothing.

Just when we were at a loss, we suddenly found that the little guy grabbed a small round gas hammer in his hand, and was wielding the hammer, hammering here, hammering there, and the most important thing was that it was a little jingling inside, and it felt like there was something inside.

This kind of children's toy is everywhere in the market, and I have coaxed children to hold it, but there should never be anything in it, because it is easy to puncture.

The fat man's eyes lit up slightly, "Check it, it's not necessarily that something is hidden in a toy, the most dangerous place is sometimes the safest place." ”

I nodded, things are too well hidden, sometimes it is easy to be discovered, and they are ignored if they are not good.

It's called doing the opposite!

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