We were told not to go out by the beard, so we sat in the compartment.

At this time, I noticed that the bearded man was quite kind to the townspeople who were sick in the clinic, but I don't know why he immediately became serious and even repulsed towards us, and this was already showing signs before we even identified ourselves.

In other words, he didn't like dealing with us in the first place, but for some reason he couldn't refuse.

I was secretly guessing the identity of this person, as well as the relationship between him and Gua Ge and even the Miao family, but I didn't have any direction at all.

Because it was so close, I didn't dare to talk to the fat man for fear of being heard.

I sat with the fat man all morning, and by noon, the bearded man didn't say anything, locked the counter and went out.

I just got the opportunity to whisper to the fat man: "Does he have anything to do with the Miao family?" ”

"I don't know." The fat man shook his head and said: "The relationship network of the family in various places is intertwined, don't talk about me, even Sister Miao Miao may not know everything." ”

I was speechless for a while, and after a while the bearded man came back, carrying two meals and two bottles of water in his hand, and handed it to us, saying, "I'm going to rest for an hour, and you guys will keep watch for me for an hour after eating, and if anyone comes, say I'm not there, and let them come back after one o'clock." ”

The fat man and I nodded hurriedly, now wishing he would go away, otherwise we would not even feel awkward to speak.

The bearded man went upstairs, and when he went upstairs, he was heard talking upstairs, but strangely enough, he was alone from the beginning to the end, as if talking to himself, and it lasted for several minutes, and he couldn't make out what he was saying.

I glanced at the fat man, didn't speak, silently finished eating lunch and cleaned up, and waited for dozens of minutes, during which no one came, one o'clock, and the bearded man went downstairs on time.

After that, it was a boring and stuffy afternoon, the fat man was bored, so he simply played with his mobile phone, and I was not interested, so I lay down and went to sleep.

As the evening wore on, it was getting dark, and the bearded man went out again to bring us dinner, and by the time we had finished eating, it was already completely dark.

At this time, the streets of the town are completely invisible to pedestrians.

The bearded man finally glanced back at us, closed the door, and turned to go upstairs.

Then came the voice of him talking from above, and he was the only one.

The fat man and I finally felt that something was wrong at this time, the bearded man was obviously talking, but the strange thing was that he was the only one who spoke the whole time.

I couldn't help but think about ghosts, ghosts, and so on, and I suddenly felt a chill down my spine; The fat man's face is not very good-looking, and he obviously thinks about it.

Something is wrong with the beard!

There should be something upstairs, and he told us not to go upstairs very seriously, I'm afraid he didn't want us to know the secrets upstairs.

The bearded man stopped after talking for a few minutes this time.

Gradually, the time passed to more than 8:50, and the hour was approaching, which was also the hour before the sub-hour.

The bearded man went downstairs, and when I heard the voice, he was lying on the table inside, and the fat man was sitting at the entrance of the cubicle playing with his phone.

I was about to sit up, when I saw the fat man glance at the staircase, and then the whole person was stunned, his mouth couldn't help but open wide, and his phone fell off.

I was taken aback, and hurriedly got up to look, and my eyes widened.

At this time, the bearded man changed his clothes, and he was wearing a dark red cotton jacket, and the word "Shou" on it was shocking!

It's a shroud!!

My scalp is numb, what a good living person, what are you doing in a shroud? Isn't that what a dead man wears?

The fat man looked back at me, and then hurriedly stood up, and we instinctively touched each other's weapons and became on guard.

The bearded man sensed our movements, but did not explain anything, but said, "Remember the three chapters of our covenant, and no matter what you see or hear, don't ask too much, and it's better not to say anything." ”

After that, he ignored us, lit a few candles on his own, turned off the electric light, and stood behind the door. At this time, he found that he was still carrying a lit oil lamp in his hand, and the flames were white and gloomy.

Soon, the wall clock in the shop pointed to nine o'clock, and the bearded man opened the door and hung the oil lamp on the left side of the door.

Then we heard that not only the bearded herb shop had opened its doors, but the shops on the left and right had their doors opened, and the sound of the deadbolts grinding against each other sounded throughout the town, and the doors of the shops were opened at the same time during the night.

The most obvious thing to see is a pawn shop opposite, which is also open, hanging the oil lamp on the left like the bearded man, and the man is also wearing a shroud!

The fat man and I looked at each other, both of them had a numb scalp, and it seemed that this town was not only a problem with the haunting, but also with the people here!

After opening the door, the bearded man sat back at the desk, as if waiting for the patient to come to the door.

I'm inexplicable, there's no one outside, where is the patient coming to the door?

The night outside seemed to suddenly become thicker, and the pawnshop opposite, which had been clearly visible, was suddenly clouded with only the outline of the oil lamp.

Not long after, the bearded first patient came to the door, a sick woman, with a sallow face, wearing a very thin plain dress, and she felt that she would float away when the wind blew.

Instinctively, I looked behind the woman, and I almost screamed when I saw it.

No shadows!

Ghost!

The fat man and I clenched our weapons violently, and our faces changed dramatically!

The woman looked up at us, without any expression, sat down in front of the bearded man, and slowly stretched out her arms.

The bearded man had a calm face, took out a red thread from the side and wrapped it around the woman's hand, straightened it for a while, untied it, took out a piece of yellow table paper, wrote some on it, and handed it to the woman.

The woman took the yellow paper, turned around and slowly left the store, without even saying a word in between.

The fat man hurriedly took out his phone and pointed, making a boo gesture.

I immediately understood, muted the phone, and then the fat man pressed it a few times on the phone and wrote a text message: The bearded man is treating a ghost!

Despite the premonition in my heart, I was taken aback and typed on the text message: Can ghosts get sick?

The fat man shook his head and wrote another: ghosts do not get sick, but they will suffer all kinds of soul damage, which can also be called "disease" strictly speaking.

I was completely subverted three views, I thought that between Qimen and ghosts, except for ghost slaves, should be a relationship of meeting and fighting, but combined with the previous experience and what happened in front of me, I feel more and more that people and ghosts do not seem to be natural enemies.

The woman walked for about half an hour, and another one came outside, an old man, wearing a sackcloth and horse coat, which was a unique costume of the Qing Dynasty.

The bearded man finally spoke: "The two nephews of the family have just entered the industry, and there is no hindrance." ”

The old man paused, then walked to the table and stretched out his hand.

The beard was still a red line to diagnose the pulse, and the list was opened, and the old man took it and turned to leave.

After that, three or four ghosts came intermittently, old and young, men and women, all of them came in a hurry, and left in a hurry after getting the list.

Gradually, the time approached eleven o'clock, and the hour was approaching.

The bearded man got up and took off the oil lamp hanging on the door, tied the door, and hung an explosion-proof iron chain, which was exactly eleven o'clock.

"Tuk Tuk!"

But as soon as the door was fastened, there was a knock on the door.

"The hour has passed, come back tomorrow!" The bearded man snorted.

"Tuk Tuk!" There was no talk outside, and there was another knock on the door.

The bearded man was impatient, and shouted: "The hour has passed, and I won't accept patients, I don't know the rules, right?" ”

The voice fell, and there was a "whoosh" outside, as if something had been frightened and ran away, and fell silent.

The bearded man looked at us and said, "Rest." With that, he went straight upstairs!

Then, as before, the bearded man talked upstairs for a while before he fell silent.

The fat man and I looked at each other, feeling a little strange, and after a while of silence lay down and released our weapons.

This town is not only haunted, but also in the business of ghosts! That pawn shop, and this drugstore, and even more shops, are all doing business with ghosts!

Business for the living by day, business for the dead by night!

My three views have been subverted, it turns out that in this world, people and ghosts still have such a relationship.

It's just that I don't quite understand that the bearded ghost doesn't give any visible reward, and I don't know what benefit he can get by doing this.

After another moment, suddenly, there was another knock on the door of the pharmacy!

"Tuk Tuk!"

The voice was different from before, with a bit of anxiety.

The fat man and I hurriedly got up, and then there was a knock on the door several times, and the sound was quite loud, and strangely enough, the bearded man did not come downstairs as if he did not hear it.

The knock on the door is still there, and I don't let go!

The fat man and I didn't know what to do, when a familiar voice came from outside the door: "Open the door, it's me!" ”

The fat man and I were stunned.

Gua Ge!

It's Guago's voice!

The two of us hurriedly walked out of the cubicle to the back of the door, and I asked, "Brother Gua, is that you?" ”

"yes, open the door, I thought you didn't spend the night here." Guago's voice came from outside the door, and it was extremely clear.

I hesitated for a moment, and threw the fat man an inquiring look, and the fat man groaned and nodded, indicating that it should be Brother Gua.

I glanced back at the staircase, but I still didn't see the beard, so I gritted my teeth and removed the deadbolt, and then went back to the chain.

But at this moment, there was a roar behind him: "Don't open the door!" ”

The fat man and I were taken aback, and before we could react, the door was suddenly slammed, but it was not fully opened, because it was pulled by the chain, but a crack was also exposed.

Then a hand reached through the crack in the door, grabbed the explosion-proof iron chain behind the door, and tried to open the door.

"Fooled!"

The fat man and I reacted immediately, slammed the door together, and caught the hand that came in.

At the same time, the bearded man also rushed from behind, flew up and kicked the door, and the crack in the door closed with a bang, breaking the hand that came in!

At this time, I realized that the severed hand was densely covered with corpse spots!

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