dragon hunter

Chapter 227 The Ferryman

Xiaoxuan was building blocks in the room. He was a very well-behaved little boy. He greeted us sweetly when he saw us.

"That thing usually appears after twelve o'clock in the evening, but only Xiaoxuan can see it." Boss Wang lowered his voice and whispered.

I scanned the room and found nothing unusual for the time being. I pasted a talisman paper on the door frame, turned around and walked towards the living room without disturbing Xiaoxuan.

Mr. Zhang is like a fighting cock, sitting on the sofa with his neck straightened out, staring at me with wide eyes, with an expression on his face that is three points provocative and seven points cautious.

Anyway, I had nothing to do, so I moved a chair and sat opposite, staring at the old man, guessing what kind of business the other party was doing when he was young.

After looking at each other for a while, Mr. Zhang stood up, waved his hand and said, "I'm tired, I'm going to bed, if you wake me up later, I will scold you."

After speaking, the old man clattered into the room wearing slippers.

Boss Wang clasped his hands together, made a bow to me, and kept saying, "The old man has a hot temper, please bear with me and forgive me."

Naturally, I wouldn't argue with an old man. Instead, I think he has a straightforward temper and is kind of cute.

Boss Wang is really a nice person. The tea table is filled with tea and snacks, and he entertained us very well.

Talking and laughing, time passed quickly, approaching twelve o'clock at night, the temperature in the room suddenly dropped.

Boss Wang's eyes flashed nervously, and he said something, and sat there awkwardly.

Xiaoxuan's stepmother rubbed her hands uneasily, and looked back at Xiaoxuan's room from time to time. The little boy was quite well-behaved. He was already washed and lying on the bed to sleep after nine o'clock.

The talisman paper pasted on the anti-theft door moved, and I vaguely saw a vague figure floating towards Xiaoxuan's room.

Xiaoxuan's stepmother walked back and forth with an uneasy expression on her face. If Boss Wang hadn't stopped her, she would have walked into Xiaoxuan's room several times.

I frowned, and I was able to ignore the evil talisman attached to the door, which showed that it was no ordinary evil spirit.

"Shall we go over and have a look?" Ghost Detective Xu lowered his voice and asked.

I made a calm and calm gesture, stretched out my hand, bit my finger, and tapped my eyes twice to open my eyes.

Blinking my eyes twice, I looked sideways at Xiaoxuan's room, and saw a red figure floating into the room.

My heart tightened, most of the clothes on the ghosts were the same as before death, and nine out of ten ghosts in red clothes were fierce ghosts.

Worried that Xiaoxuan would be hurt, I walked quickly to the other side of the room, Ghost Detective Xu followed beside me nervously.

Looking back, I saw Boss Wang and his wife standing in the corridor, staring nervously at this side.

The door of Xiaoxuan's room was tightly closed, and the evil thing passed through the door directly. I stretched out my hand and gently opened the door.

A woman in a red dress, with long hair reaching her waist, stood beside Xiaoxuan's bed with her head down.

Noticing the movement of the door opening, the woman turned her head and glanced this way, her face was pale without a trace of blood.

Xiaoxuan, who was lying on the bed, suddenly opened his eyes, with dark eyes, staring at the woman standing by the bed, and whispered: "Auntie, are you secretly coming to play with me again?"

The woman turned her face, and I saw that the corners of her mouth were slightly curved up, as if she was smiling, but she didn't say a word from the beginning to the end.

I hesitated for a while, and walked into the room. The woman was indeed a ghost, but she was different from ordinary ghosts.

Thinking of the legend about ghosts in red, they are all evil spirits, I stood sideways in front of Xiaoxuan, fearing that the other party would suddenly attack and hurt the child.

"You, get out of the way!" The female ghost in red lowered her head slightly, her voice was dry, as if she hadn't spoken for a long time.

"Uncle, Auntie is not a bad person, she plays games with Xiaoxuan." The childish voice of the little boy sounded from behind.

There were hurried footsteps outside the door, and Boss Wang and his wife rushed in. They couldn't see the female ghost in red, but they could hear the sound. Little Xu's stepmother rushed over, hugged the child, turned around and ran away.

"Let go, child!" The female ghost in red suddenly raised her head, and with a flick of her figure, she wanted to grab Xiaoxuan.

I threw out a piece of burning talisman paper, stopped the female ghost sideways, and fixed my eyes on her.

Strange to say, the talisman that could restrain evil spirits floated past the female ghost in red without hurting her at all.

"It's weird!" My heart tightened, I took out the Gouyu Sword, and held it tightly in my hand.

"That's my child." The female ghost in red walked past me and rushed towards Xiaoxuan's stepmother.

I felt a chill all over my body, and I was extremely surprised, the female ghost in red was also really evil, and she was not afraid of my body protecting Yanghuo.

"Take the child and run quickly, don't let that thing hurt the child." Boss Wang shouted nervously.

I turned around abruptly, and saw Boss Wang trembling, standing in front of Xiaoxuan's stepmother, urging her to run quickly.

The female ghost in red was extremely fast, passing straight through Boss Wang and chasing after her.

Ghost detective Xu was at a loss. He couldn't see the female ghost in red, so he didn't know how to deal with it.

Boss Wang was passed by the female ghost in red. He jumped down like an electric shock, foamed at the mouth, and fell to the ground.

"Stop, or your soul will fly away." I gripped the Gouyu sword tightly, bit my tongue hard, and sprayed a mouthful of pure Yang blood on the sword.

The female ghost in red seemed to feel the threat behind her, she turned her head slowly, her eyes were fixed on me, and her voice was dry: "My child, mine!"

I frowned, walked over quickly, my arms were slightly tensed, and kept on guard. I stared at the female ghost, pointed to the photo on the bedside table, and asked, "You are the mother of the child, so who is she?"

The female ghost in red twisted her neck stiffly, stared at the family portrait, then slowly turned her face to the side with a pale face, facing me directly, and said, "She, fake, my child."

I looked suspiciously at the female ghost in red. She was in a strange state, lacking the fierce spirit of ordinary ghosts, and not afraid of talisman papers. What she said made it hard to tell the truth from the fake.

I gave Ghost Detective Xu a wink and signaled him to wake up Boss Wang, who the child belonged to and what happened. As Xiaoxuan's father, it was impossible for him not to know.

In order to prevent the female ghost in red from acting aggressively, I deliberately talked to the other party.

"Xiaoxuan is still young, you have a lot of yin, you say the child is yours, why don't you consider his health?" I stared at the female ghost in red.

The pale face of the female ghost in red actually revealed a sad expression, she lowered her head slightly, and said in a hoarse voice, "I miss my child, so much!"

I was about to speak when an old voice came from outside the door.

"The sins are all the fault of that bastard."

Mr. Wang appeared outside the door, with a sad expression on his face, and walked in step by step.

A muffled groan came from behind me, and I turned around to see Boss Wang waking up leisurely.

"Is Xiaoxuan okay?" Boss Wang stood up with the help of Ghost Detective Xu with a confused look on his face.

I took a step back to the side, staring at this weird family, waiting for them to reveal the truth themselves.

Mr. Wang turned his face sideways and seemed to be able to see the female ghost in red. With a complicated expression on his face, he said, "Ah Ming, you go back first. The Wang family will definitely give you an explanation for the mistakes they made."

The red-clothed female ghost turned around and stared straight at Mr. Wang. She didn't speak for a while, and finally disappeared into the room without a sound.

My eyes were fixed, I didn't pay attention just now, I didn't even see how the female ghost disappeared.

"A Ming?" Boss Wang trembled for a moment, his eyes were filled with disbelief, and he stared sideways at Mr. Wang, his tone hurried, "Dad, you saw Ah Ming, where is she?"

Mr. Wang ignored his son, turned his head to look at me, and said politely, "I'm so dazed, I don't see the status of an expert, can you chat with me, an old man?"

I'm actually a little curious about the cause and effect of the whole incident, especially the state of the female ghost. I recalled the whole scriptures, but I couldn't find a reasonable explanation.

In the living room, Mr. Wang and I were sitting opposite each other. Mr. Wang seemed to have lost his soul, standing aside and talking to himself.

Xiaoxuan's stepmother put the child to sleep, and came to help serve tea and water. This rustic elder sister has one advantage, that is, she is down-to-earth and not talkative.

Mr. Wang glanced at his daughter-in-law, sighed, and said, "At first, I objected to him looking for you, but now it seems that the two of you are actually quite suitable."

Xiaoxuan's stepmother rubbed her hands, with a look of embarrassment, and stood aside silently.

Mr. Wang took a sip of tea, opened up the chatter box, and slowly narrated the whole thing.

When this old man was young, he worked as a ferryman on the Yellow River.

Ferryman is an elegant way of saying it. In fact, this profession and the work they do are not elegant at all. They are for picking up corpses.

I looked at Mr. Wang's face and thought to myself that he was able to be a ferryman mostly because of his pair of diamond eyes. Otherwise, normal people would have been plagued by many diseases by dealing with the dead bodies in the river all day long.

It was also this experience of being a ferryman that allowed Mr. Wang to learn some weird secret techniques, so that later, he saved his son's life.

Speaking of his son, Mr. Wang blew his beard and stared angrily, and gave the distraught Boss Wang a hard look.

When Boss Wang was young, he did something stupid and abandoned a pregnant woman.

The woman was pregnant with the child and had nowhere to go. She gave birth to the baby alone in the basement, but she lost her life due to excessive blood loss.

It just so happened that she was wearing a bright red dress that day, and the basement was a place with a lot of evil spirits.

According to common sense, women will turn into ghosts and seek Boss Wang's life.

However, Mr. Wang appeared. He was going to make amends for his son and take the woman home, but it was a pity that he was a step too late.

Mr. Wang, who had been a ferryman, used a secret method to resolve the woman's grievances, and took away his grandson.

"I heard that the ferryman has a secret technique that can feed ghosts with his own essence and blood, doesn't it?" I stared at Mr. Wang.

"It's true that people cannot be resurrected after death, but I feel ashamed in my heart. Even so, this matter has become my heart disease, like a stone on my chest." Mr. Wang sighed.

Boss Wang rushed over suddenly, grabbed his father's arm excitedly, and said hurriedly, "Dad, I want to see Ah Ming again, I'm sorry for her."

"Go away!" Mr. Wang glared and pushed his son away.

Boss Wang became a gourd, and Xiaoxuan's stepmother hurried over to help him up with a look of embarrassment.

Mr. Wang sighed again, stared at me, and said, "Mr. Zhang, you are an expert with real skills. The old man wants to be thick-skinned, so I beg you for one thing."

(End of this chapter)