Tomb Raiders Codex

Chapter 480 Ah Xiang
Shen Li said, "Damn it, the power went out."

Tofu said: "It's probably caused by thunder." Sure enough, Ah Xiang walked in with a candle in his hand, and said, "I'm sorry to surprise everyone. We have a generator here, and we will fix it in half an hour." .”

Tofu said in surprise: "The power went out just now, how come you came so fast." A Xiang was a young man in his 20s, he smiled and said, "Stay outside all the time." Tofu scratched his head and said, "You guys It's hard work."

Ah Xiang smiled and said, "It is my honor to serve you all."

Tofu got up, pulled Ah Xiang in at the door, closed the door, and said: "Don't be honored, you will get wet in the rain if you stand any longer." : "Be more casual in the future, let's light candles first." Tofu regained his energy, but now there was a sudden power outage, and he had nothing to do, so he went to help Ah Xiang light candles together.Shen Li complained a little, saying that the charges in this place are so expensive, there is still a power outage, and the standard is too low, so he wants to complain.Jiang Xingguo said: "Doesn't they have a generator? Besides, this lightning is a force majeure factor, and it is understandable."

Shen Li didn't speak. At this moment, Ah Xiang and Tofu had already lit about thirty candles, covering the whole hall in an orange halo.Now that the door is closed, the sound of thunder and lightning can already be heard outside, and the sound of the rain is loud, heralding a long-lasting mountain rain.

At our request, Ah Xiang also relaxed a little bit. Tofu said that it was raining heavily outside, and told Ah Xiang not to be so formal. Several people sat on the sofa and chatted. In the gossip, Ah Xiang’s expression suddenly changed when he heard us talking about the No. [-] hot spring. tensed up.

I also read countless people, and immediately saw that there was something tricky in it, so I asked Ah Xiang if there was any secret in Hall No. [-]?Ah Xiang shook his head, hurriedly said he didn't know, Shen Li said: "You don't know if you work here?"

Tofu didn't say a word. Although he recovered a little bit, he was not as active as before, and his mind wandered from time to time. At this moment, it seemed that his mind was wandering again.I just wanted to change the subject, but suddenly, the lights in the room turned on. It took less than 10 minutes from the power outage to the present, and the efficiency is still very fast. It is eight o'clock in the evening.Ah Xiang then asked us what arrangements we had, and introduced in detail several nighttime entertainment items in the palace.

Everyone came here on the first day, and they were a little tired during the day, so they didn't have the heart to play. They all planned to go to bed early, recharged their energy, and it would not be too late to have fun tomorrow, anyway, there are still several days.

At this moment, the miniature walkie-talkie on Ah Xiang's waist suddenly turned on, and then, Ah Xiang turned on the Bluetooth receiver, as if something happened, his expression changed, and he said, "Okay, okay, I see. "

I looked at him with a strange look, as if something had happened, and before asking questions, I heard Ah Xiang tell us that some entertainment equipment was damaged by lightning, and it was inconvenient to use tonight, and the thunderstorm tonight was relatively heavy, so I asked Let's not go out again, as an apology, the palace will give us a discount when we check out,

We didn't care too much, anyway, we didn't intend to go out anyway, so we nodded to show that we knew, and Ah Xiang left.At this time, Shen Li said: "You don't think this waiter is weird?"

Jiang Xingguo didn't know why, and said, "He's a pretty good person, what's so strange?"

Miss Gu has been sitting beside the silent Tofu. She is a policeman and has always been very observant. At this moment, she said: "The man's hand shook twice when he was answering the call, and he looked flustered. Something big happened."

Jiang Xingguo said: "Maybe there is a problem at work and you were scolded by the leader?"

Wen Min shook his head and said, "Since we came here today, he has been following us, how could he make any other mistakes? Besides, even if something went wrong at work, an adult shouldn't be so bold." That's right." Gu Damei's slender brows were slightly clustered, probably out of the police's intuition, and she speculated, "I feel that something must have happened to this palace." As soon as the words fell, our door suddenly opened from the outside. It was opened by someone, but it was Ah Xiang who didn't know why, and went back and forth.

The clothes on his body were a little wet, and he looked at us out of breath, which made us wonder for a while.Tofu also felt strange, and finally said: "A Xiang, why are you back?" A Xiang closed the door, walked to us, turned his eyes to Tofu, and said, "I shouldn't have said this, but it's only a few days later." The boss is nice, I want to remind you that our place is not peaceful these days, I know that you have only paid the deposit now, and it is best to leave tomorrow, I am inconvenient to say anything else."

Not peaceful these days?

I was stunned for a moment, and I thought what was going on, I rarely came out for a vacation, and wanted to make my brother happy, why did the service staff turn a corner and remind us to leave?After Ah Xiang finished speaking, he turned around and prepared to leave.I'm not such a polite person, how can I play like being played by a monkey, so I stopped the person and said, "This is open for business, how can you push people away like you? We spend half of the time on the road. Come and co-author a massage and have a meal and you're done? You'd better explain it to me."

Ah Xiang showed a look of embarrassment and regret, probably regretting that he shouldn't come back and talk too much, but he couldn't give me a hand, so when I stopped him, he immediately showed bitterness.Tofu lacked interest and said, "Mr. Chen, don't embarrass others, just go back when you go back."

I thought to myself that this time I spent a lot of money to bring you out, not just to go back in such a desperate way. Jiang Xingguo and Shen Li didn't understand the reason, but Wen Min knew it. Hearing this, he said to Tofu: "This matter Don't worry about it, we are protecting the legitimate rights and interests of customers."

Ah Xiang saw me and Miss Gu not letting go, looking like they were trying to figure it out, he couldn't help sighing, patted himself on the face, and said to himself: "I told you to talk too much." Then he said: " Let me tell you, don’t say anything, or I will definitely be fired.” He then glanced at Tofu and said, “The reason why I came back just now is because I think the boss is nice, and the salary in our place is very low. It’s quite tall, and the service is good, but it’s even lower than the slaves in ancient times. The people who come here are all wealthy businessmen and dignitaries, arrogant and arrogant. It’s rare to see people as kind as you, so I came back halfway to talk more.”

After a pause, he said: "There is a reason for letting you go. Think about it, what are these few days?"

I thought about the time, and suddenly felt a sudden shock in my heart, and then I remembered that in two days' time, it will be the Ghost Festival, which is July and a half, and it is called the Ghost Festival by the people.As the old saying goes, in July and a half, ghosts run wild, and it is said that this day is the day when the gates of ghosts are opened.During this day, it is taboo to go out and return late, to say unlucky words, and even more taboo to mention strange things, otherwise it will easily attract unclean things.

However, these taboos are more particular in the countryside. In the countryside, every household locks up and sleeps at night before and after Zhongyuan. However, there is no such taboo in the city, because the city is brightly lit at night, densely populated, and the yang energy is very strong. There is a saying that fierce ghosts do not take to the streets.I remember that when I was still in the countryside, my grandfather would pay attention to these things. Later, I came to Shenzhen alone, where the lights are bright, and these taboos have long since disappeared.

So I said, "Could it be that you are talking about the Hungry Ghost Festival?"

Ah Xiang nodded and said: "Our palace has been built for three years, and it was invested by a big boss. It is said that there are always accidents during the construction, and several workers died. So halfway through the construction, the big boss invited A feng shui master has seen it, and said that the feng shui here is not good. I don’t know exactly what is bad. The feng shui master said that we can’t continue to repair, but the project is halfway through, and all aspects of the relationship have been opened up. If you stop, you will suffer. Money, so the big boss is not willing to ask the Feng Shui master to change it, and after this change, there will be No. 7 hot spring resort."

Ah Xiang's words completely attracted everyone's attention, even Tofu pricked up his ears, his expression became concentrated, so I said: "Go on."

Ah Xiang was a little strange and said, "Don't you guys feel scared?"

Shen Li said: "I don't believe in Feng Shui, but it will be Ghost Festival in two days. This place is a bit out of the way, and there are few people. It's not like the bright lights in the city. When you say it, it's really a bit frustrating." Xingguo said: "Ghosts, these are all nonsense, used to deceive people."

A Xiang shook his head straight, and said: "I thought it was a lie before, you will understand after listening to me." Immediately afterwards, what A Xiang said next made everyone feel a chill down their backs.

The feng shui of this place is not good, so when the palace was being built, some changes were made under the guidance of the feng shui master.The key location of the change is the No. 7 hot spring pavilion.Ah Xiang is just a part-time worker, so naturally he doesn't know much about Feng Shui, and he doesn't know much about the inside story.The No. [-] hot spring hall is no different from other halls. The only special thing is the location. Because it pays attention to returning to nature, the No. [-] hot spring hall happens to be located under a gray-black boulder. Under the stone is a natural shell-shaped pool. .

(End of this chapter)