The Secret Art of Refining the Dead: The Walking Corpse File

Chapter 5

Gourd, homophonic for "Fu Lu", has always been a mascot for the home, and most people like to use it as an ornament in their homes for auspiciousness.But the pattern on the surface of this gourd is very unique. It is not the pattern of lucky characters or birthday stars that we usually see, but it is drawn with black pens, and each one looks like ghosts and gods.

Upon closer inspection, the painting of ghosts and gods on it is lifelike, and the monsters are so ferocious that it makes people feel a little uncomfortable.

I'm used to Tan Ren's bad words, and I didn't care about his telling me to shut up, so I asked, "What are you doing out here with a gourd?" Thinking of his story about looking for people, I thought to myself, he Is there any unique means.

Unexpectedly, at this time, he put the gourd in my hand, pointed to the window of the two little bastards, and said: "Pour out the contents at their door, half of it will do."

Pour... pour something?I was stunned for a moment, looked into the gourd, and found some gray powdery objects inside. I couldn't help being suspicious: "Boss, what's in it?"

Tan Yan was sitting in the driver's seat, with his hands on the steering wheel, slouching, without lifting his eyelids: "The boss tells you to do something, just do it obediently." After speaking, he gave me a slanted look.

In martial arts novels, when describing a character, words like sharp eyes like knives are often used.When I was reading novels before, I still thought, what kind of eyes can be like a knife, it is too exaggerated to describe, but now, I finally know that those who write novels are not talking nonsense.

Sometimes, people's eyes are really like knives.

Tan Ren's glance is not very sharp, but it is like a sharp knife, making people afraid to go up to it.

That's right, he's the boss and I'm an employee, so I'd better be obedient.

But... it's not poison inside, is it?If something goes wrong, can't I get away with it?

As if seeing what I was thinking, Tan Ren snorted coldly, and said, "I'll give you 5 minutes for a quick decision." Seeing his calm expression, I thought nothing would happen, so I followed suit .

This place is not a high-end residential area. They lived on the third floor. I went to their door lightly. According to Tan Ren's instructions, I shook out the contents of the gourd and shook it into a thin line along the crack of the door. striking.

After finishing all this, I returned to the car, returned the gourd to him, and asked quite nervously, "What's next?"

Tan Ren didn't answer me, stepped on the accelerator, turned the steering wheel, and said, "Go back to sleep."

I wondered if I heard it wrong, I tossed about most of the night, and now I go back to sleep?
Back at the office, I hurriedly washed up and lay on the bed. After a while, I heard that there was no movement from Tan Ren's side. It seemed that he had fallen asleep, and I was even more puzzled for a while.After thinking about it, I couldn't figure it out, so I simply didn't want to, so I fell asleep with my head covered.

I got up the next day and bought Jiekou Tianjin buns for the boss as usual. When I took the buns back to the office, I was scolded by Tan Ren. As soon as I entered the door, he asked me where I went for a stroll early in the morning with a dark face.

I thought to myself that you are an old mother, even if you are a boss, you have to be reasonable. Didn’t you say that you have to eat Tianjin steamed stuffed buns every morning?The boss asked me to buy steamed stuffed buns every day. Of course, I have to buy steamed stuffed buns in a proper manner. Why are you picking on me today?

Aggrieved, he said again: "Close the door, it's closed today." I closed the door depressed, although I can't quarrel with the boss, but it doesn't matter if I curse in my heart, right?It's still open... I received an order in a month, there is no difference between closing and opening, okay?
After closing the door, I found that Tan Ren opened a door located in the southeast.

The layout of our office is very strange, obviously it has been remodeled.Facing the gate is the office, which is small in size, and the rest is divided into bedrooms, Zhou Xuanye and Tan Ren each live in one, I live in another male employee who hasn't shown up yet, and Tang Linlin lives in one.In addition to the office and bedroom, there is another compartment at the southeast corner.

This cubicle is very strange. Zhou Xuanye told me on the first day that I will take care of the whole office when no one is around, but I cannot enter this room alone. Therefore, it has been more than a month, and I don’t know what is in it. what's the situation.

At this moment, Tan Ren asked me to close the store door, and he entered that room by himself.

After entering, he closed the door, and it was very quiet inside.I stared at the door while eating buns, feeling like a kitten was scratching my heart.

When the buns were finished, Tan Ren hadn't moved yet, so I couldn't help it, I walked to the door with my hands and feet, and listened to the movement inside.What made me feel strange was that it was very quiet inside, as if Tan Ren had gone in to sleep.

How is this going?

What the hell is he doing in there?

What is this room for?

At this time, my eyes swept to the crack at the bottom of the door, and my heart moved, and I quietly lay down on the ground, with half of my face on the ground, and looked into the crack of the door.

Looking at the past from this angle, naturally only the section of the floor can be seen. 1
However, when I looked over, what I saw was not the floor, but an eyeball!

An eyeball staring straight at me!
"Ah!!!!" That feeling was so terrifying, I was so frightened by that eyeball that I lost my soul, couldn't help but yelled, and hurriedly backed away.

With this call, the closed door was suddenly opened. Tan Yan crossed his arms and stared at me coldly. Only then did I realize that there was a pure black cat curled up at his feet. .

It should be the cat's eyes that looked at me through the crack of the door just now.

Where did this cat come from?Could it be raised by Tan Ren?I've lived here for more than a month, and I didn't know there was a black cat in the office?I don't know if it's my illusion, but I always feel that this cat looks at me differently from other cats.

This may sound awkward, I don’t read much, and I’m not very good at describing. In short, when other cats look at me, I only feel that I’m being looked at by a cat, and this black cat looks at me. When the cat looks at me, I feel that it is not just a cat.

At this time, Tan Ren said coldly: "Does it look good?"

I shook my head, turned my eyes away from the cat, and secretly exclaimed that it was terrible.Although my boss has a weird temper, he is easy to serve as long as he doesn't make mistakes, but if he makes mistakes, I'm afraid...

He continued: "This month's wages will be deducted by [-]."

"Boss, boss, I was wrong... I didn't do it on purpose, and I will definitely not do it next time." I regretted it, curiosity killed not only the cat, but also the salary.

Of course, Tan Ren is a man of his own accord, and my 400 yuan was deducted in the end. As soon as I got up, I glanced into the room and suddenly found that the decoration of that room was completely different from ours outside. The space inside is not big, but it looks antique, and Tan Ren seemed to be burning something like incense candles in it just now. At this moment, there is smoke in the room, and there is a smell of sandalwood.

Going across the corner, you can still see a quilt-like thing, which seems to be enshrining some god, and the black cat, after opening the door, immediately retreated to the depths of the room, as if it was afraid of seeing strangers.

Only then did I realize that the room was very dark, and the black curtains blocked the light tightly, exuding a strange smell.

After Tan Ren deducted my salary, he didn't know what he was thinking, and suddenly said: "Come in."

Don't mention how sad I am, to enter this gate, [-] tickets are too expensive.

After entering, without waiting for me to look at it, Tan Ren pushed me in front of the god's quilt, and said calmly: "It's fate to come, and put incense on the patriarch." After finishing speaking, he pointed to the incense box next to him .

Patriarch?
What kind of patriarch?

I know that all walks of life have their own ancestors. For example, those who engage in medicine worship Sun Simiao, the king of medicine, as their ancestors; those who study medicine, worship Hua Tuo as their ancestors; ...Tan Ren did it, barely counted as a detective industry, so who is he enshrining?
Thinking of this, I carefully looked at the statue of the patriarch. It was a wooden black statue, which was different from the crudely made statues outside. See this thing is not simple.

The shape of the statue is a fairy-like old man with a sword on his back, something like an ancient mirror in his left hand, and a copper bell on his waist, which is a real copper bell.At the foot of the god statue, one foot stood, the other foot was bent, and a lying humanoid ghost was stepped on under the foot.

I don't know much about China's ghost culture. The environment in the orphanage is relatively simple, and the contact surface is very narrow, so in a sense, I am really not a knowledgeable person. Most of them come from books.

I recalled all the gods and Buddhas I knew in my mind, but I couldn't match them up.

(End of this chapter)