☆, Chapter 48 Six Strange People

Chapter 48

The five little Taoist priests were shocked that a scalper selling fake tickets could actually come into the auction.

Yu Jiuyin teased them, "This is a scalper of status."

What a goddamn status! The five little ones were speechless. "Brother Yu, are you serious?"

Even so, they still surrounded him. It wasn't because of the money, but mainly because they were dissatisfied and wanted justice.

Yu Jiuyin and Rongqing looked at each other and followed slowly, so as to prevent the kids from being careless and causing trouble later.

But as they got closer, Yu Jiuyin couldn't help laughing or crying when he heard their conversation. This Huang Niu was quite eloquent. He started by saying, "My family is poor. I have a 70-year-old mother, a 3-year-old child, and my wife is seriously ill in bed. I can't do anything about it."

Coincidentally, the man's face looked like a middle-aged man with a miserable appearance, so the five children believed him naively at once.

Suddenly I feel that the future of the Metaphysics Association is a bit dangerous.

Yu Jiuyin exchanged a look with Rongqing helplessly. Rongqing understood and asked his secretary to check the identity of this person. When the result came out, Yu Jiuyin took a look and was immediately amused.

This scalper was an old acquaintance. In the previous Yunyue incident, there was a idiot rich kid named Wu Tianren who came to the haunted house to cause trouble and try to seduce Yu Jiuyin.

He nearly went insane after entering the haunted house, and it took him nearly a month to recover. He was completely terrified by then, too afraid to bother Yu Jiuyin, and even lost focus on his livestreams. He stayed at home, not daring to cause trouble.

Because of this, Wu Tianren's father even came to thank Yu Jiuyin, thinking that Yu Jiuyin had cured his son's bad habits. If Wu Tianren hadn't been so intimidated by Yu Jiuyin, his father would have definitely kicked Wu Tianren out to the haunted house to help Yu Jiuyin like Xu Wang did.

Now everyone in the circle knows that Yu Jiuyin’s haunted house is a blessed place. Didn’t you see that the Xu family has revived since Xu Wang followed Yu Jiuyin? But this silly son of his still doesn’t know how to curry favor with him.

As for the ticket scalper, it was none other than one of Wu Tianren's former followers during his livestreams. Later, Wu Tianren's livestreams were discontinued, and he lost his job. He had no choice but to resort to his familiar trade: reselling tickets and pirated discs. As for reselling tickets to Yu Jiuyin's Haunted House, it was truly a first.

After all, few people would buy haunted house tickets at a train station. The scalper simply took advantage of the five young and easily deceived Tianshi and made a killing.

But he hadn't expected to meet his enemy here today. He had begged and pleaded his way into this auction as a waiter. A day's salary was enough for him to make half a month selling scalped tickets. He couldn't afford to mess it up, so when he was caught, he acted pitifully.

"Really? Believe me. Although I'm a scalper, I have my limits. This is the first time I've sold fake tickets. I bought them from someone else. I didn't know they were fake before I gave them to you."

"That shouldn't be the case. Haven't you seen what a real ticket looks like?"

"Don't talk nonsense. When have I ever seen what a real ticket looks like? Damn it." The man was still trying to argue, but when he saw Yu Jiuyin's face, he sat down on the ground with a thud, his face as pale as paper.

"Hello, little boss." He recognized Yu Jiuyin's identity at a glance.

Yu Jiuyin didn't waste any words and pointed to the five little Taoist priests beside him, "These are my brothers."

"Yes, yes, yes, I'm sorry." The scalper was so scared that he almost peed his pants. He quickly took out his wallet from his pants, took out all the money in it and put it in the hands of the five little ones, then turned around and ran away.

I don’t care about work or making money anymore. After all, saving my life is the most important thing.

"Brother Yu is so awesome!" The five little ones' admiration for Yu Jiuyin suddenly reached a new level.

But Yu Jiuyin was frightened by Huang Niu's reaction and turned to ask Rong Qing, "Rong Rong, am I that scary?"

Rong Qing nodded, "Yes, Ghost Sees Sorrow."

Yu Jiuyin immediately whimpered, "Men's hearts change so quickly. It was obviously not like this when he invited me here before."

Rong Qing touched Yu Jiuyin's head and said, "Zhao Di, should I prepare a pink skirt for you?"

Yu Jiuyin was speechless, "Rongrong, you've learned bad things."

Rong Qing actually smiled, "The closer you are to the red, the redder you become."

Yu Jiuyin felt tired and thought that he could not get over the Zhaodi issue with Rongqing.

The two of them chatted back and forth, and time passed quickly. The auction also began.

As mentioned in the previous introduction, this auction is large in scale, and most of the items are rare antiques.

There was even a landscape scroll by Bada Shanren that was sold at a high price of 1.1615 trillion yuan.

"Are these ancient paintings so valuable?" Several young Taoist priests were secretly astonished after seeing them.

"Of course," Yu Jiuyin explained to them, "Bada Shanren didn't have many works handed down, and long landscape scrolls are especially rare. This landscape scroll is the largest known surviving work by Bada Shanren, so it's the largest. Tell me, is it expensive?"

"That's right." Several young Taoist priests nodded.

But Rongqing's mind wasn't on these rare treasures; he was waiting for the final jade talisman. In the end, everything went smoothly. Although many people were interested in acquiring it, Rongqing hesitated when others offered him something he liked.

After all, if they really compete with financial resources, they can't compete with kindness. Instead of doing that, it's better to buy him a good one.

Finally, Rongqing successfully took a picture of the jade talisman.

"It's really a good thing." A waiter brought the things down. Yu Jiuyin took the jade talisman in his hand and played with it for a while before Rongqing. The look in his eyes when he looked at Rongqing was particularly deep and special.

Rong Qing took the jade talisman from Yu Jiuyin's hand without saying a word, and gave it to Yu Jiuyin to wear close to his body. He also said casually, "Good things should be given to the right people."

Yu Jiuyin curled the corners of his lips, but remained silent. Instead, the secretary next to him came over and spoke to Rongqing in a low voice.

"Young Master, someone wants to discuss with you and ask if you can give up that jade talisman."

"No." Rong Qing refused directly. After receiving the response, the secretary conveyed the complete message to the person who asked him about the jade talisman.

This was originally just a minor episode, but in the following days, Yu Jiuyin discovered something was wrong.

Previously, in order to train the five little Taoist priests, Yu Jiuyin threw them to the Museum of Curiosities.

These five people were truly talented and knowledgeable, and could routinely help people with fortune-telling, divination, and feng shui. But over the past two days, they'd all complained about a few strange people arriving at the Museum of Curiosities. They weren't looking for fortune-telling or face reading, nor did they seem to be hunting for unique objects in the museum. Instead, they seemed to be searching for something.

"Brother Yu, I think the strangest thing is that they all have a bit of ghostly aura about them."

"Ghostly" Yu Jiuyin also became interested, so he simply went to the museum for a walk in the afternoon. But it just happened that according to the five children, this group of people should have come to find Yu Jiuyin, but when Yu Jiuyin left, they did not come.

Yu Jiuyin waited for two full days but no one showed up. It was as if these people had vanished into thin air, leaving no trace. What made Yu Jiuyin most suspicious was the ghostly aura that emanated from these people.

Yu Jiuyin felt that this ghost energy did not seem to be left by an ordinary evil ghost, but rather seemed to be contracted after being entangled for a long time.

"That's a bit strange." Yu Jiuyin checked the video footage in the library and unexpectedly found that several people were very cautious and the camera didn't even capture their faces. But Yu Jiuyin still noticed something was wrong.

Yu Jiuyin noticed a faint aura of death emanating from these individuals, as if they were about to face a disaster. Even stranger, Yu Jiuyin discovered that none of these men in black had complete souls. It was as if they were missing a wisp of life, which was why their facial expressions looked so dull.

"Brother Yu, you also found something wrong, right?" The youngest of the five little ones told Yu Jiuyin in detail about his observations over the past two days.

"I noticed it the first day they arrived. Their faces were already blue and black, a sign of great danger. I offered to help them, but they ran away faster than rabbits when they saw me. Later, Shi Yang noticed it too, and they were even more afraid of Shi Yang than I was. They looked like they were about to pee."

Shi Yang is the one among the five little ones who is good at catching ghosts.

But even if one of their souls was missing, these people in black were still alive. Why were they afraid of Shi Yang? Yu Jiuyin felt even more puzzled after hearing this. "It's indeed very strange. If they were really entangled by something and wanted to seek help, there's no reason for them to run away when they saw you."

"You're not here to steal anything, are you?"

"Are they stealing some mysterious weapon? There's nothing valuable in here." Yu Jiuyin couldn't figure it out, so he simply sent the video to Rongqing.

Everyone has their own expertise. He's good at metaphysics, but it's better to leave the investigation of people to experts like Rongqing.

Sure enough, half an hour later, Rong Qing had a result. No wonder they looked unfamiliar; they were all from outside, and they were just bodyguards hired by a wealthy businessman named Wang.

"Bodyguard, why are you here with me?"

Rong Qing sighed, "It might be related to the jade talisman. After the last auction, the Wang family sent someone to me, asking for the jade talisman, but I refused. I wonder if you're here for the same reason."

"What's the Wang family doing?" Yu Jiuyin found it increasingly baffling. While this jade talisman was a top-tier magical instrument, the jade itself was quite ordinary, just a product of good age. Therefore, to most people, it wouldn't be considered a particularly eye-catching old item. The Wang family's concern for it aroused Yu Jiuyin's suspicion.

Rongqing's answer further confirmed his guess.

"The Wang family specializes in jade, and the Rong family has no involvement in jade. I don't know the specifics, so I need to investigate further. But people in the industry say that their products are not very clean, and no one in China dares to take them over. They usually sell them overseas."

“Is it because of the dirt?”

"Yes, there are rumors. But there's no evidence. Mr. Wang is kind and generous, so even if some people find him offensive, he still appears friendly." Rong Qing finished speaking and added, "Their family is still in trouble. Don't move. I'll be right there."

"No need, just go ahead and do your own thing. We'll talk about it when he comes to visit." Yu Jiuyin didn't care, but soon after, the five little ones received a call from Xu Wang.

"Is Brother Yu here?" Xu Wang asked in an extremely anxious tone.

"Yes, he's on the phone with Mr. Rong."

"That's perfect. Please ask Brother Yu to answer the call. I have something urgent to do."

"What's wrong?" Yu Jiuyin took the phone.

"Something's happening at the haunted house." Xu Wang was unusually flustered. "A group of six people just showed up, all with fake tickets. The third brother wanted to stop them, but he discovered they seemed to have guns."

"What does it look like?"

"It looks ferocious and unlucky."

"Call the police first, I'll be back soon." Yu Jiuyin was also anxious. From what Xu Wang said, these people were most likely the ones who were sneaking around in the museum before. They didn't find any loopholes here, so they turned around and went to the haunted house in the western suburbs.

This is very troublesome. Xu Wang and his friends are all ordinary people, and most of the tourists there are also ordinary young people. If those people really start fighting, they will probably suffer losses.

Yu Jiuyin thought about it and couldn't help but give another instruction, "If it doesn't work, let Lingdang, her brother and the ghost doll do it directly. I will take the responsibility if anything goes wrong."

But after a few seconds of silence, Xu Wang on the other end of the phone said to Yu Jiuyin, "Brother Yu, you might be a little late. Guiwa has already coaxed Lao Er to bring the person in."

"Where to take"

"Haunted House Phase 2."

"Yu Jiuyin's originally anxious mood calmed down instantly, and the five little ones beside him had their eyes full of pity.

The second phase of the haunted house has to be gone to anywhere else. They remember that Ghost Baby has found a lot of information on the Internet recently.

Yu Jiuyin was no longer in a hurry. He simply sat down and waited for Rongqing to come and go back to the haunted house together.

But now, the people who entered the haunted house were far more miserable than Yu Jiuyin and the others had imagined.