"The old lady is old and her brain is not clear." Suddenly, a person's voice sounded, and I looked back, and it was actually the owner of the noodle shop who came out, also carrying a bag of cans and mineral water bottles to send to the old lady, still expressionless, and said flatly: "You work here?" ”

I still remembered the previous incident, and I was a little embarrassed, so I nodded and said, "New here." ”

"The old lady said this because this used to be a funeral parlor, and the people who took out the garbage here were all groomers, but the funeral parlor was not well managed and closed down, and the house was sold and renovated, and I don't know who bought it and became this beauty salon." The boss said: "The house is dead, the people are alive, it's not a big deal." ”

I suddenly understood why that size had to be made to be the size for ghosts to pass through, and sure enough, it used to be for the dead to trade.

With a sudden realization, he turned his head to look at the big plaque: "Mingjian Beauty Salon." ”

Only then did I realize that this pronunciation was exactly the same as the pronunciation of "Hades Beauty Salon".

"There are several ...... dead," said the old lady in a singing voice, "not a ...... or two."

As she spoke, the old lady opened her black hole and toothless mouth at me, carrying bottles and cans and walked away.

The hoarse voice, on this night, seemed particularly eerie......

I swallowed a mouthful of saliva and turned to look at the noodle shop uncle: "Who...... Who died? ”

The uncle shrugged his shoulders and said, "Who knows, it's just that this place is an old change, except for the Shirley who is in charge, no one can stay here for more than two months." ”

That Lucas, hasn't he been here for less than two months? He said that when he came, Shirley was the only one here......

"I'm here to eat." Uncle raised his hand with me and left, not forgetting to say, "The photo is good." ”

No, I'll have to go to the noodle shop another day — I'll have to rip that picture down.

As soon as I turned around, I bumped into a person, this person was cold, which startled me, and I looked up to find that it was Cheng Ke.

Cheng Ke made a gesture that silenced me and pointed to the back door of the beauty salon behind me.

I quickly turned my head back, and when I looked closely, a person was sneaking out, looking at the figure a little familiar...... Yes! I remembered, it was the ghost cultivator under Ah Jiu, Luo Bai!

Sure enough, this beauty salon has something to do with Ah Jiu! I hurriedly pulled Cheng Ke and said, "Let's go and have a look, maybe, we can follow the vine and find Ah Jiu!" ”

Cheng Ke grabbed my hand and said, "What's the hurry, Ah Jiu shouldn't be able to wake up for the time being, she is a suspended death, sealing the state of yin qi, which is equivalent to hibernation, cutting off clues, we can't find it." Moreover, the ghost keeper in this beauty salon did not appear, so we could only wait for the rabbit, which alarmed him, and how to bleed. ”

Of course, I remember that it was the blood of the ghost keeper who raised this pubic lice on me that saved my life.

"But," I pursed my lips, "the two of us are quite conspicuous here, aren't we?" ”

"Don't worry." Cheng Ke squinted his eyes: "As long as he appears nearby, I will drain his blood before he finds out about us." ”

Cheng Ke's confident appearance made his whole person have a strange charm, and I was a little dumbfounded.

Yes, what he said, there is no breach of trust, as long as he promises me, he can always do it, he is Cheng Ke, the unique Cheng Ke.

Cheng Ke was a head taller than me, and he lowered his head to look at me, and I realized that I didn't know how many times I was hit by a sugar-coated cannonball, so I quickly turned my face away.

"Master, Master!" At this time, Lucas leaned out from the second floor and beckoned to me: "Come here, I have something for you......"

I was a little embarrassed, so I quickly took the opportunity to go upstairs, I am a part-time job here, and Cheng Ke is incognito when he should be invisible, so it is quite convenient to not let Shirley see him.

"Look!" When he reached the second floor, Lucas hurriedly pointed to a secret door and said, "Just now, there was the sound of rats here, chirping, I wanted to fight mice, but I found such a place......"

I poked my head in, a little stunned.

It was an incense case, which can be seen in every temple, and on the incense case, there were also a lot of incense and offerings, but it was not a god or Buddha, but shoes.

Specifically, they are all children's shoes.

Those little shoes, in pairs, neatly and neatly, in different colors, but they were weird - who would have put the shoes here, and besides, they were all worn shoes.

Some shoes only have a little bit of wear and are almost as good as new, still clean, while others are about to be pushed out of the hole by the big toe, and the upper is also frayed.

These shoes also have one thing in common, that is, the soles of those shoes are stained with a little dust, as if they have just been taken off, and they are placed here.

"Oh, evil door!" Lucas hugged his arms and said tremblingly, "What does this mean?" ”

I looked at Cheng Ke, and Cheng Ke said leisurely: "This is something to raise the first dwarf figurines." ”

Isn't it the child-like thing that followed me and Li Minglang in the hospital and planted pubic lice on me!

I remember Cheng Ke said that that kind of thing is made of clay, and I have seen it...... No, I remember very well, when I looked over from the toilet cubicle, the kid who attacked me was barefoot!

Cheng Ke seemed to have guessed my thoughts, so he said: "The first dwarf figurines are such a thing, the mission is to explore the way and report the news, of course, you need to run, you need shoes to run, these shoes are enshrined here, just to let them take the incense of shoes and run faster." ”

It seems that there is no mistake, the ghost keeper who used the dwarf figurines first has something to do with this beauty salon.

The monk can't run the temple, since the incense is still here, people will definitely not leave, I remember Cheng Ke told me, if the incense is broken, the little ghost will back, there is no ghost raiser, dare to give up the little ghost raised by himself.

Moreover, looking at the incense case, the incense and offerings are still very fresh, indicating that not long ago, someone came here to add incense.

I casually asked, "Lucas, is there anyone else who usually frequents this place besides you?" ”

"No......" Lucas said nervously, "It's because the second floor is where I'm in charge that I'm suspicious!" Shirley had passed through the rooms on the third floor at most, but had never been there. ”

"It's simple." Cheng Ke squinted his eyes, looked at the moon outside, and said, "Today is the fifteenth, the ghost door is open, there should be a fragrance for the little ghost, let's just guard it here." ”

Lucas looked at me and said tremblingly, "Master, I ......"

"It's nothing wrong with you." I said, "Let's keep an eye here in a moment." ”

"That's great!" Lucas was completely frightened, and hurriedly went out: "Then, thanks to the two masters." ”

"Wait a minute," I suddenly remembered the man who died in the hospital, and asked, "Do you have a middle-aged male regulars here who suddenly stopped coming?" ”

Lucas blinked and said, "Male...... Nope! In our case, female customers are the mainstream, and men have hardly ever seen them. ”

"Huh?" I furrowed my brow, the man was ......

"Except for me and Xiaodong, there are no other men here." Lucas snapped his fingers and said, "Except for the security guard in front of Xiaodong." ”

"Security?" I immediately asked, "Tall, with a daughter at home?" ”

"Yes, yes," Lucas looked adoring: "Master, you are so powerful, you can figure it out after pinching your fingers, we all call him Uncle Ma, but he was sick a while ago and resigned, so Xiaodong came over to work part-time." ”

Only then did I understand that the reason why this beauty salon gave such a high salary to its staff was not to trick customers, but to ...... Pit staff's?

Cheng Ke is smarter than me, of course, he came up with it earlier: "Take off your shoes." ”

Lucas didn't know why, but out of superstition about me and Cheng Ke, he immediately took off his shoes, and when I looked down, I saw that he had applied a layer of blue nail polish!

I was stunned for a moment: "This is ......"

"Don't be afraid of master jokes." Lucas said a little embarrassed: "I may have had nail fungus a while ago, you know, how can people in the service industry get infectious diseases, once they are discovered, then my career will be over!" It's not, just block it for a while......"

I took off my shoes and said, "Isn't it the same as mine?" ”

Lucas looked at my jet-black toenails, as if he had seen a bosom friend, and quickly said, "Oh, what a coincidence, the master also has nail fungus?" It's really fate......"

"Although the wages are high here, don't you have few customers?" Cheng Ke looked at Lucas: "Almost no one, right?" ”

"Oh, yes," Lucas hurriedly said: "I don't know, what does the boss think, it's quite strange to make such a loss-making deal, I always think, if it goes on like this, I can't get in and out, and sooner or later I will have to go out of business, but, before I go out of business, I'll stay for a while, after all, this salary is attractive, I won't tell you, we're male beauticians......"

"Your boss, have you seen it?" Cheng Ke ignored Lucas's chatter and interrupted directly.

Lucas hurriedly said: "The boss has never appeared, Shirley is in charge of all kinds of things alone, it can be seen that Shirley has been entrusted by the boss with carte blanche......"

Cheng Ke didn't listen to it, just looked at me and said, "It seems that that ghost cultivator not only raises ghosts, but also raises people by the way." ”

I guessed it a long time ago: "Hiring employees with high salaries, is it ...... Is it to grow pubic lice, to use pubic lice to suck human blood, to raise something? ”

Cheng Ke nodded, frowning Yingting, and when Lucas left, Cheng Ke picked up the white wax in the room, lit it, and filled the crack of the door with wax oil.

I asked curiously, "What are you doing here?" ”

"The ghost cultivator will definitely come back here to add incense," Cheng Ke said: "The white ash sealing of the door is mainly to block the yin qi of you and me, so that the ghost cultivator will not notice that there is something wrong here." ”

There are very few thresholds in the building, and the crack in the door can be regarded as dense, and it didn't take long for the wax oil to seal the crack of the door tightly, Cheng Ke put the remaining candle heads on the door, and the candle tears slowly flowed down and piled up on the ground.

I looked at the watch on my wrist, the pointer was already pointing to nearly twelve o'clock, since Cheng Ke said it was the time of the child, it should be there soon. I looked back at the dark night outside the glass window, where the shadows could be reflected, and I didn't know why, so I sighed.

Cheng Ke was standing on my left, but only himself was reflected on the glass window, which is also true, me and him, after all, are not people in the same world, even if we are trapped together by the Yin and Yang Ghost Technique, I and him are also separated by Yin and Yang.

But...... I suddenly remembered that I had seen the figure that seemed to be an iris twice, once in a wooden barrel and once on the glass of the cabinet, both of which were reflections!

Why, only I can see the shadow of the calamus?

I frowned a little puzzled, but suddenly found that what I wanted, the shadow of the woman in gorgeous clothes appeared behind my shadow again!

It's still like that, a face hidden in the darkness, but I just know that she is her!

And Cheng Ke was not aware of his existence at all, but he was just like me, looking at the glass that only reflected my reflection.

The woman wasn't too far or too close to Cheng Ke, but it was the first time I'd ever seen them standing together—except for the photo.

She just stood quietly and appeared, she just existed, and did nothing.

But my heart suddenly became awkward.

Just because of her existence?

No more fear...... Rather, my heart is sour.

I really want to know about the past between her and Cheng Ke, but I don't dare to know.

"What do you want?" Cheng Ke touched my head: "Don't be afraid, I'm here." ”

I tugged at the corners of my mouth: "I'm not afraid...... It's just ......" I looked up at Cheng Ke: "If Calamus reappears, will you follow her?" ”

Cheng Ke's big peach blossom eyes froze for a moment, and then said, "I don't like assumptions. ”

If...... Is this not an assumption at all?

Unfortunately, I didn't dare to ask this question.

"Click, click, click......" At this time, there was a sudden sound of footsteps at the door.

The footsteps stopped at the doorway.

Cheng Ke covered my eyes with both hands, and wiped a handful on my eyelids, only then did he let go, and a cold feeling was fleeting.

When I opened my eyes, the calamus was gone, and the person who made the footsteps obviously wanted to come in through the door, and ......the door was still not open, but the footsteps were obviously already in. Because I saw that there were strings of small footprints on the wax oil that had not yet had time to solidify.

If you look closely, those footprints are exactly the same as the shape of the shoes on the incense case!

"Giggle...... The sound of children laughing and playing came from the house, as if the place was crowded with invisible children......

It seems that just now, Cheng Ke didn't want me to see those things, so he closed my eyes that were in contact with him.

Why don't you let me see it?

Cheng Ke tilted his head sideways, as if observing something with interest, and his thin lips hooked a smile without any emotion.

That smile doesn't appear too often, but every time it appears, it doesn't seem to be a good sign.

I'm a little apprehensive.

Time passed minute by minute, getting closer and closer to midnight, and at the same time, those playful voices turned into impatient voices, you urge me, I urge you, as if they are all complaining about something.

Then, those small complaints turned into loud shouts, which were simply deafening.

See, the time of midnight has come.

Bang ...... A very steady footstep sounded.

The footsteps were obvious, there was only one person, and as soon as the footsteps sounded, all the noise suddenly fell silent, as if the head teacher came to the back door of a round of classes.

I knew that the Lord was coming, so I stared at the door with bated breath.

"Click......" was the sound of the key unscrewing the doorknob, and then a figure shook in the doorway, and the figure stepped on the candle and stopped.

My heart pounded, this ...... Is that the ghost keeper?

The moment the door opened, Cheng Ke's peach blossom eyes had already flashed a cruel look, and suddenly a bright light outside shone outside, and a nice and familiar voice said: "You can't run!" ”

"Let's outflank each other, and we can't run away!"

The person who was about to enter was frightened and only shook the door for a moment before disappearing.

"Slap ......" With a rush of footsteps, someone opened the door, and sure enough, it was none other than Li Minglang and Chuyang Dao Chang!

Cheng Ke showed a very terrifying look.

And Li Minglang and Chuyang Daoist were also stunned: "You guys, also here?" ”

The fool also saw that the ghost keeper who was about to come over to feed this group of dwarf figurines just now was scared away by these two people!

I couldn't help but grit my teeth, like an ice cream that was knocked over by someone before it reached my mouth, and it fell to the ground completely!

Cheng Ke opened the window without saying a word, looked outside, and said in a deep voice: "I can't catch up." ”

"Lu Qiao, you're also here to chase that ghost cultivator?" Li Minglang looked at me, a little embarrassed: "It's a coincidence." ”

I smiled bitterly and told the matter again, and the Chuyang Daoist listened to it and said with great admiration: "Your luck is low this time, and it hasn't passed yet?" It's so powerful to be unlucky enough to be like this. ”

"This is really ......" I sighed and said, "This time I scared the snake, and I don't know when I will meet again, if I can't meet it, my life will be confessed." ”

Li Minglang's handsome face was very embarrassed: "I'm really embarrassed, I really don't know ......"

"What do you know?" Cheng Ke frowned: "You probably don't know anything except to make trouble." ”

Li Minglang's arrogant temperament was when he was angry with himself when he did something wrong, and he was even more unwilling when Cheng Ke said this: "It's just a ghost cultivator, I will help Lu Qiao catch it." ”

"If you catch it, you have to see when you can catch it." Cheng Ke took my hand and rested it in front of Li Minglang, with anger in his eyes: "Did you see it?" I don't know, you can afford to pay if you can. ”

I lowered my head, and I was shocked to find that my ten fingernails had completely turned black! Last time, Cheng Ke said that this kind of pubic lice spread from the bottom up, until it filled the whites of people's eyes with black, and people were about to finish playing - just like the corpse seen in the hospital.

Li Minglang also knew the power of pubic lice, frowned his delicate eyebrows, gritted his teeth, and said: "Before pubic lice eat their brains, I will definitely get that blood to relieve her spell." ”

"Who doesn't know what to say." Cheng Ke said coldly: "But things may not be done." ”

"You ......" Li Minglang was obviously a little angry, but he probably thought that today's incident was indeed something bad for him, so he had to swallow it, and turned his head to me and said, "You wait for me, I ......"

"Still waiting for you?" Cheng Ke's voice was a little cynical: "I'm sorry, we can't afford to wait." ”

"Okay, okay," although I was also a little disappointed, if the two of them fought again, it would not be good for me, so I had to stand in front of Cheng Ke, and turned his face to Li Minglang to change the topic: "Why did you come here?" ”

"Since we returned to the Taiqing Palace, we have been investigating the news of the ghost cultivator," Li Minglang said: "My cousin told me that the person who borrowed the corpse of the ancestor of the Yang family wantonly slaughtered the ghost cultivator, and we also traced it over, and wanted to find clues, just around here, we found the yin qi of the ghost cultivator, and chased after the yin qi, and saw that there was a suspicious figure entering here, so I hurried to catch up, who knows, as soon as he saw us, he fled." ”

"It's quite a coincidence that you came," Cheng Ke narrowed his eyes, with a little disdain: "Shouldn't it, this time it's someone who used it as a gun again." ”

Li Minglang gritted his teeth, deliberately didn't look at Cheng Ke, and said to me instead: "You have been hit by pubic lice, why haven't you mentioned it?" ”

I sighed: "It's not a good thing, and Cheng Ke said that he will definitely help me find the blood of the ghost keeper......"

"If only you had told me earlier." Li Minglang said with a little regret: "I will definitely think of ways to help you." ”

"Thank you......"

"I can't talk about it." Cheng Ke said coldly: "Don't help a few times, we're already grateful." ”

"Alright, alright." I had no choice but to continue to play the round with perseverance: "Let's also go and ask Shirley, isn't she the director here?" Moreover, she is not a ghost breeder, and maybe, she is just being used. ”

"Ah......" At this time, I heard a terrible scream from nowhere!