Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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Mine Manager Bai had just come back from the hospital and was at home. Secretary Liu took them to the family living area. Mine Manager Bai was still talking to people on the phone about work matters and only nodded apologetically to greet them.
After Director Bai finished the call, Xie Lingya and the other two shook hands with him and said hello.
“Teacher Xie, Daozhang Shi,” Director Bai Mine looked a little anxious, “I heard that there is no problem with the feng shui of our building, and there is no ghost of Luo Xiaojun still alive? But I clearly saw him in the office!”
He did not think these two people were trying to deceive him on this point. It was so unnecessary, especially if they wanted to make money.
Xie Lingya didn’t know yet, so he said, “Can you tell me in detail what happened that day?”
Director Bai couldn’t help but touch his heart when talking about what happened that day.
That night, Director Bai worked overtime until nine o’clock when the power suddenly went out. He wanted to finish the last bit of work, so he lit a candle.
But not long after, the candle suddenly shrank and turned green. Mine director Bai felt strange and surprised and wanted to stand up and take a look.
At this time, the candle flame turned green and became bigger and bigger, like fireworks, illuminating the whole room green.
Immediately afterwards, a dark figure suddenly appeared in the corner and bowed to the candlelight. As soon as it bowed, Director Bai felt as if his heart had been tugged, and the candlelight dimmed a little. The more it worshipped, the more painful it became, and the dimmer the candlelight became.
At the end, when the candle flame was only as big as a bean, mine director Bai had already rolled his eyes.
The ghost then claimed to be Luo Xiaojun and asked Director Bai to find someone to do the ritual of three days. Otherwise, if it worshipped to the end next time, the candle would be extinguished and Director Bai would die like the lamp. Not only that, but he would also go to his home and continue to worship his family.
Director Bai lost consciousness and was already in the hospital when he woke up. He thought he had had a real nightmare, but when he looked over his body, he could see bruises on his chest. He was in good health before and had no heart disease at all. Foreshadowing, wasn’t this someone worshiped by ghosts?
Xie Lingya didn’t know much about this trick, but he knew another thing, “So you haven’t seen the ghost’s face, and you’re not completely sure it’s Luo Xiaojun?”
Director Bai was stunned, “I’m not. When I saw it, there was just a black shadow, but he said he was Luo Xiaojun…”
He fell silent as he spoke. After a moment of silence, he said in confusion, “What on earth is going on? Was I really dreaming, and then someone took the opportunity to make bruises on my body? But how could he know that I had such a dream?”
Of course, there was another possibility, that was, there were other unclean object in his office, but they didn’t know why. He pestered Director Bai and pretended to be Luo Xiaojun.
Xie Lingya looked at Shi Changxuan and said, “Let me borrow the key to your office tonight.”
Director Bai never went to the office again after the accident. He chilled and said, “Okay, you two, be careful.!”
….
Before Xie Lingya left Bai Zhang’s house, he gave him a spiritual ancestor amulet to wear with him. Secretary Liu entertained them to rest and eat.
While Secretary Liu was away, Xie Lingya asked Shi Changxuan, “Do you know what that is?”
“I’ve never seen it before.” Shi Changxuan added, “But the black shadow…”
Xie Lingya also nodded, if it was as for the black shadow, it was neither red nor green, so it shouldn’t be too dangerous. After hearing what Director Bai said, he thought to himself that it would not be difficult to deal with ghosts, but he was not sure whether it would be something else.
At night, Mr. Liu took the two of them into the office building, and to the office of the director of the mine.
There were no lights around this point, only the family area in the distance was still shining with dots of light.
Xie Lingya hid the mahogany sword and talisman, took out a large amount of paper money, took out the sanitary basin, and lit the paper money, “Luo Xiaojun, Luo Xiaojun? Are you here?”
Xie Lingya kept calling Luo Xiaojun’s name, of course the real Luo Xiaojun couldn’t hear it, but the thing they were looking for could.
Xie Lingya shouted for a long time, but there was no response. He had an idea and changed his explanation.
“Luo Xiaojun, we are here to burn some money for you. We want to discuss something with you. The master hired by Mr. Bai won’t be able to arrive for a while, and the ritual will be done later. You can use the money first and use it as interest, okay?”
At this time, there was a sudden gloomy wind in the room, and the temperature dropped several degrees in an instant.
Needless to say, Shi Changxuan had been through battles for a long time, and Xie Lingya also had some experience, so they didn’t make a fuss, but scanned the surroundings.
Just as Director Bai said, a ghost appeared in the corner. It was completely unrecognizable and black, with only a human figure. It shouted softly: “No! No! No! One day late, and it will take seven days and seven nights to perform the ritual!”
… came out.
Xie Lingya looked at him strangely, “Luo Xiaojun?”
The black shadow grew larger, almost occupying the entire wall, and said sadly in a weird and scary tone: “It’s me, I died so miserably…”
Shi Changxuan didn’t wait for it to finish talking. After that, he threw out a talisman and stuck it on it with an expressionless face. The black shadow instantly shrank back to its original size and rolled on the ground.
Xie Lingya also took out the Three Treasure Sword from the cabinet next to him, rushed up to it and whipped it, “It belongs to you! If you still dare to lie to me, screw you! Luo Xiaojun? Say it again, are you Luo Xiaojun.?”
Shi Changxuan: “…”
“Ah! Ahhh!” The peach wood sword was drawn on the body, making its figure darker and darker. The black air on the ghost’s body was gone, revealing a middle-aged man. The ghost screamed again and again, “I don’t dare anymore, I don’t dare anymore!”
Xie Lingya was tired from the beating, so he sat on the ground, held the sword in his hand and said, “Tell me, what the hell are you doing? Do you have a grudge against Director Bai?”
The middle-aged male ghost hesitated for a moment, and then said with a trembling voice: “No, no grudge.”
Xie Lingya looked at him, “You are not Luo Xiaojun, and you have no grudges. You are here to scare people again and make them do the ritual for three days. You …”
Xie Lingya suddenly reacted, “Okay, you shameless bastard, you tricked the priests into coming here!”
There were so many lonely ghosts, not all of them were worshiped. Ghosts were people when they were alive, and they naturally gave birth to some weird ideas, such as deceiving the priests.
Xie Lingya had only heard from his uncle about this kind of thing. There were people who pretended to be the ghosts of famous people and asked people to make offerings to them. What’s more, there were people who pretended to be other people’s ancestors and asked for food and clothing. When a simple person heard this ghost saying that he was the ghost of Li Bai or Du Fu, would he not immediately offer food in admiration.
However, this kind of ghost generally had no abilities, and the abilities of ghosts varied. They could not threaten people’s lives. They could only rely on scaring and deceiving so that they could have a good meal.
Moreover, what his uncle said was old news. People didn’t believe it so much nowadays, so you couldn’t be deceived, and they would ignore you.
Just like the one-legged Wutong, it was never so easy to deal with when there were many believers, but now there were only a few people who knew about it. Even if it was finally picked up without food, it didn’t dare to kill it directly, but just scare them.
Unexpectedly, this time Xie Lingya saw with his own eyes a powerful person who knew how to harm people’s lives, and the ostentation was bigger. Instead of offering some food, he directly asked for a ritual! Look at this ambition!
When the middle-aged male ghost heard that his identity as a liar was revealed, he immediately covered his face in shame, “Master! I have no children and I am a lonely ghost. I have no sacrifices and cannot defeat other ghosts. I have only half food and clothing. I can’t even grab it, I’ve been hungry for more than ten years!”
The ghosts who had sacrifices only ate a few meals a year, and the ghosts who didn’t have sacrifices were even worse. Even if they were given food, they may not be able to rob other ghosts. A poor guy like this had not had a meal in more than ten years.
Because of this, it took advantage of the panic in the Liuhe Mine and pretended to be Luo Xiaojun to intimidate Director Bai. Seeing that Director Bai was convinced, the lion opened its mouth and asked Director Bai to find someone to do the ritual.
As a lonely ghost with little abilities, this middle-aged male ghost had to pretend to be scary, relying on the fear in people’s hearts. The more people were afraid, the more arrogant the ghost would be.
Mine Manager Bai also had a shadow about Luo Xiaojun. As soon as he said he was Luo Xiaojun, Mine Manager Bai believed him instantly, and he made up a lot of things in his head.
“Why do I feel like you really have been hungry for more than ten years? Do you mean, this is the first time you’ve done this kind of thing?”
As soon as Xie Lingya said this, the middle-aged male ghost burst into tears.
“…What the hell?” Xie Lingya was startled and turned to look at Shi Changxuan, “Am I so cruel?”
He was so scared that he cried.
Shi Changxuan: “…”
The middle-aged male ghost almost cried and passed away, “Master, I’m suffering! I’m not lying. This is really the first time I’ve harmed someone, and I’ve failed!
“I’m very hungry. A few years ago, I finally managed to grab a bowl of rice during the Ghost Festival last year. At this time, an old ghost came to me and told me that if I gave him the rice, he would teach me a trick called ghost worship. The more I worshiped, the more painful it became. If the light goes out, you will die.”
“I didn’t dare to harm anyone, so I just wanted to learn to scare them, so I exchanged with him. Then I studied hard and studied for a whole year. This year, I didn’t even go out to grab food during the Ghost Festival. I was finally able to cheat to eat food!”
“But I found out after using it that the liar old ghost was a ghost from the Qing Dynasty. When the ghost worships the lamp, it can only extinguish the candle flame, but if it worships the incandescent lamp, it can’t extinguish the incandescent lamp…”
Xie Lingya & Shi Changxuan: “…”
The middle-aged male ghost cried more and more heartbreakingly, “That old ghost who lacks great virtue, cheated me of my food, who is still living with candles these days? Then there are even fewer people than those who believe in ghosts! I searched and searched, and finally found out that someone had just died in Liuhe Mine, and there was a power outage!”
Xie Lingya & Shi Changxuan: “………………”
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