Forbidden City

Chapter 72
I guess the girl in front of me overheard my conversation with the old lady in the antique shop. I was curious why she asked me that, so she said lightly, "Yes, what, what's the matter?" The girl said, "I know you want to Go to Nancheng Old Middle School to catch ghosts, maybe I can help you."

help me?Why is she helping me?Could it be that she was sent by the old woman to test me?Moreover, I have nothing to do with her, could this be a trap?The experience accumulated in the two years of wandering in the rivers and lakes tells me that this kind of thing is weird.

"Thank you, I don't need your help." I said and left.Unexpectedly, the girl stood in front of me and said, "I've been studying ghosts in Nancheng Old Middle School for a while, and I'm more familiar with that ghost. That ghost is very powerful. You are not familiar with the place where you were born. You want to catch it within a day." That ghost is probably impossible."

I can now be sure that this girl must have overheard my conversation with the old woman in the antique shop. "You can also catch ghosts? How do you know that I'm not familiar with this place?" The girl said with a chuckle, "Of course I know. I know all the people who know how to catch ghosts in this area, and you are a new face. Either you're a fake Taoist priest, or you're from somewhere else."

It seems that this girl knows a lot, and she knows how to catch ghosts, so she can help me at that time.

Seeing that I was silent, the girl continued: "How about it, you can think about it, and if you think it over clearly, just make this call." She handed me a piece of paper with a set of mobile phone numbers written on it.It seemed that she was well prepared.This word is also written very delicately, just like her.

"Okay." I took the paper and said calmly, "I'll call you then." After I finished speaking, I walked out of the alley.

Out of the alley, Zhou Yuyong came up to meet me and asked me if I had bought the tear cup. I said no depressedly. Zhou Yuyong was very puzzled and said: "I spent five thousand to buy that thing, you creatures with high IQ, we ordinary people really I don't understand." I didn't bother to explain to him, so we parted ways after dinner and went straight to my master's house.

I remembered that when I was apprenticed to the teacher, the master gave me a red envelope. Although it was only ten yuan, it was a reciprocal gift. Should I also give the master a small gift to show my heart?But now I only have 5000 yuan on me.Now I regret that the old woman in the antique shop was too pretentious. She said that as long as I caught a ghost, I would not get a penny for the tear glass.It's really hard to save face and suffer.

And if I want to give Master a small gift, I have to spend at least a few hundred yuan.If it was given to the master, the senior sister Yanxi naturally couldn't live without it, and it would cost another few hundred. In this way, five thousand would have to be taken away.

After much deliberation, I finally gave up.Maybe Master and Senior Sister don't like this.

When I came to Master's house, I was very embarrassed because I was empty-handed. I saw that only Master was at home, so I asked, "Where are Senior Sister and Xinxin?" Master did not answer the question, and asked me why I came here now. I said I was going to buy tears.Master asked, "Have you bought it?" I said no, and told the truth about the situation at that time.After listening to the master, he laughed, as if he had expected this to happen, looked at me and asked with great interest: "Then what do you do now?"Master asked: "Can you catch ghosts?" I said no, I am here to learn ghost hunting from you and my senior sister.The master said: "Catching ghosts is a delicate job, and it can't be learned overnight. From now on, you will go to pick up amateurs with Yanxi, with her for seven or eight years, and then you will naturally master it."

"Seven or eight years?" I was taken aback.

The master laughed and said, "Boy, if you are talented, you can learn it in seven or eight years; if you are stupid, let alone seven or eight years, you may not be able to learn it in seven or eighty years."

I stood there, stunned for a while.

Master said: "Since you promised that old woman..."

old woman?Why does Master call others that?

"Since you promised that old woman to exchange tears with a ghost, then you have to catch a ghost, so let Yanxi take you there tonight." The master took Yanxi from a Yanxi called out from the other room and told her about it. Yan Xi looked at me blankly, and said coldly, "Come and see me at six o'clock in the afternoon." After speaking, she turned and walked towards her boudoir .

Why is this senior sister so cold.She didn't seem too keen on taking me on a ghost hunt.

I wanted to see Xinxin very much at this time, so I asked again: "Master, where is Xinxin?" The master said flatly: "She is here with me, you don't have to worry." I said, I just want to see Xinxin.The master said, "I'll see her again when you have a tear of death."

After I left Master’s house, I felt rather disappointed. I thought that Master or my senior sister would teach me some techniques of catching ghosts, but they didn’t intend to teach me at all. Could it be because I didn’t give them gifts?

What a headache.

Thinking of going to catch ghosts with my senior sister tonight, I was afraid that I would be busy all night, so I went back to the dormitory to sleep.But I have something on my mind, where can I sleep?After a while of back and forth, I remembered the girl in the white T-shirt with the ponytail. I took out the piece of paper she gave me and unfolded it to look at the group of mobile phone numbers on it. Maybe it’s too boring now, so I saved it in into my phone.

After logging on to WeChat, I asked the girl from Jana to be my friend. Her WeChat ID is Chen Yao.But I added her for a long time, and she didn't respond, probably not on WeChat.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, I bought two bottles of white wine for Master and a set of cosmetics for my senior sister, and went to Master's house again.This time both the master and the senior sister were there.The master looked at the two bottles of liquor, shook his head and said, "It's not what I like to drink." I forced a smile and said, "Just order it." Then I handed the cosmetics to the senior sister, who didn't even look at it. He looked at it and said: "Where you buy it, you can send it back." Then he made tea for Master on his own.

I froze on the spot for a moment, embarrassed.

The master took a sip of tea, and said slowly, "Yanxi doesn't need that thing. In the future, when you give someone a gift, you must first find out what the other person likes, otherwise, it will be a free gift."

I scratched my hair and said embarrassingly, "I... I didn't think so much about this." Master didn't say anything more, asked me to sit down and drink tea, and asked me what I had done in the past few years and my current situation. Yiyi answered, the master nodded, and said while drinking tea: "A person has a career that suits him in his life. If he chooses the wrong one, no matter how hard he works, it will be in vain. I can tell at a glance that you are the most suitable for our profession." .”

"Really?" I thought, you are the master, and whatever you say is right anyway.

Now that we are talking about occupation, I took the opportunity to ask: "Master, when will you and senior sister teach me one or two tricks of catching ghosts?" , you will understand, you need to experience it slowly. You have been with us for a long time, even if we don’t teach you, you will naturally understand it.”

Why do I feel like this is an excuse?
After having dinner at Master's place, seeing that it was getting late, I was so anxious that I reminded Master that it was time for my senior sister and I to catch ghosts.The master said to the senior sister: "Yan Xi, you take Yu Feng to Ou's house and let him study more."

"Yes, master." The senior sister lifted a big black backpack and glanced at me before walking towards the door. I was excited and followed immediately.

After getting in the car, the senior sister said: "This time we went to a rich family named Ouyang. The customer called and said that her daughter was talking nonsense and her whole body was cold. She thought she was possessed by evil spirits. After you go, don't talk nonsense and don't understand. Don't ask either."

"Yes, Senior Sister." I want to say, why don't we go to Nancheng Old Middle School to catch ghosts?But looking at the cold face of the senior sister, he swallowed back the words he was about to ask.

Not long after, the car stopped in front of a villa.I saw that the appearance of this villa is a combination of Chinese and Western styles, with a romantic and solemn temperament, a high foyer and a grand gate, round arch windows and corner stone masonry, all of which are full of grace and luxury.At this time, the lights inside are brightly lit, magnificent, like a palace.

After we entered, we found that the decoration inside was even more luxurious and exquisite.We were received by two men and women in their forties. I knew without thinking that they were our clients Mr. Ouyang and Mrs. Ouyang.

After Mr. Ouyang's narration, I learned that their daughter suddenly fell into a strange disease, talking nonsense, foaming at the mouth, and cold all over, and now lying unconscious on the bed.

Alas, rich people are so sick.

The senior sister said, "Please take us to see your daughter."

On the second floor, Mr. Ouyang and Mrs. Ouyang led us to a room.There was a big bed inside, and there was a girl lying on the bed, covered with a quilt, her face could not be seen, but her hair was very long.

Standing beside the bed was a girl, slender, plainly dressed, with shoulder-length black hair, very pretty.But when I saw her face clearly, I was stunned for a while, why is it her?

(End of this chapter)