Guo Erye had dark circles under his eyes and looked listless. He didn't bother to answer and first grabbed the teapot to gulp down a bellyful of plain water.

After drinking his fill of water, he finally composed himself and said, "I can come back!"

"Oh, then..."

"Gurgle~ Gurgle~"

Guo Erye's stomach rumbled loudly, and he touched his stomach in embarrassment.

Old Mrs. Lu's nephew was very perceptive and immediately went outside to bring over a bowl of stew from the banquet.

A large bowl was filled to the brim with potato slices, vermicelli, and sliced ​​meat, with two pale yellow steamed buns placed on top.

Before he even got close, a delicious aroma wafted straight to Master Guo's nose, making his stomach rumble and his mouth water.

Old Mrs. Lu's nephew respectfully placed the dishes on the table in front of Master Guo.

"Second Master Guo, please eat first, we can talk while we eat!"

Without any hesitation, Master Guo picked up his chopsticks and began eating, taking bites of steamed bun and vegetables at a time.

After eating something, he finally spoke, "I slept for two days and two nights this time, and I'm starving."

Old Mrs. Lu's nephew, observing his expression, cautiously asked, "Did you go there again?"

He asked the question very cryptically.

Because of the prevailing social conditions at the time, it wasn't permissible for anything supernatural or ghostly to happen.

The place he was referring to was the underworld, and Master Guo was a so-called "underworld walker".

Guo Erye's job in the underworld was to help collect souls as a professional ghost messenger when the regular ghost messengers were too busy.

Master Guo nodded. "Yes, I stayed there for two days."

He took another bite, but perhaps because he ate too quickly, he choked on the steamed bun and stretched his neck and stared wide-eyed.

Lu's eldest son quickly poured Guo Erye a glass of plain water to help him relax.

After swallowing the steamed bun, Uncle Guo slowly said, "Hey, this time when I went down to work, I happened to meet an old lady who got lost and insisted on getting on my car. I counted the number of people in the car and there were enough! Then I checked the book, but her name wasn't in the book, so I wouldn't let her get on the car."

“During our argument, I realized she spoke with a local accent. After chatting for a while, the old lady said she was from Juguantun. She said she woke up from a nap at home and somehow ended up here.”

She said she had walked for a day and a night and was exhausted, but insisted on sitting down. She finally found my carriage and insisted on getting on.

"I reckon it might be that someone accidentally took the wrong soul. This old lady still has several decades left to live! I quickly pointed her in a direction so she could come back as soon as possible and live a good life."

After Master Guo finished speaking in one breath, the Lu family found it unbelievable.

This Master Guo is so mysterious, talking about soul-snatching and ghost messengers. Why does he seem so suspicious?

The Lu family was filled with suspicion when suddenly a noisy shouting broke out outside.

"...Oh my god, something terrible has happened! It's come back to life!"

"Why is this old lady awake again..."

"Run! Run! Stop eating!"

"I still have half a bowl of food left to eat..."

Upon hearing this, the Lu family members and Old Mrs. Lu's nephew immediately took off running outside.

Guo Erye took the last small piece of steamed bun, dipped it in the last bit of vegetable juice at the bottom of the bowl, then threw it into his mouth, chewed it, and swallowed it.

He let out a burp and muttered to himself, "Hey! They didn't believe me when I told them."

Grandma Lu really did come back to life.

When the Lu family turned back to look for Master Guo, they couldn't find him anywhere!

He had already taken advantage of the chaos to leave.

The Lu family turned around and asked Old Mrs. Lu what exactly happened.

Grandma Lu, dressed in her traditional clothing, sat on the door panel, her eyes still somewhat dazed.

It took her a while to adjust to the sunlight. She slapped her thigh and said, "I don't know what happened. That day, I was sleeping and when I woke up, I found myself on a main road. Apart from this road, everything around me was foggy and gray, and I couldn't see anything at all."

I could only keep walking along this main road, and it took me a whole day and night to walk like that, which exhausted me!

I was just about to rest by the roadside when I suddenly saw a horse-drawn carriage carrying many people coming from the opposite direction. I thought to myself, why don't I borrow their carriage? It'll save me some trouble!

Unexpectedly, the person rushing to catch the train refused to let me get on and even started arguing with me!

Our argument escalated, and he said I shouldn't have died. He told me to keep walking east along this road and I would be able to come back, but I must never turn back.

Oh, right, he also said his name was Guo Baiyun.

I followed the path he indicated, and as I walked, I suddenly heard a rooster crowing loudly. Then, suddenly, dawn broke, and I woke up with a start.

After finishing her speech, Old Mrs. Lu suddenly lifted her leg off the bed.

The old lady walked briskly to the water vat, picked up a gourd ladle, scooped out half a ladle of water, and gulped it down.

The Lu family and the Lu matriarch's family were all dumbfounded.

What Old Mrs. Lu said is exactly the same as what Second Master Guo said!

The day after Old Mrs. Lu returned, the Lu family secretly carried a sack of cornmeal to Uncle Guo's house in the middle of the night to thank him for saving their lives.

And just as Master Guo had said, Old Mrs. Lu lived peacefully for the next few decades, and is now over ninety years old, still with good hearing and eyesight.

This incident cemented Guo Erye's reputation as a spirit medium.

However, having such a status was not something to be proud of in those days.

He even had to be on guard against someone criticizing or persecuting him at any time.

Therefore, over the past few decades, Master Guo has rarely mentioned his identity as a spirit medium.

Today, he was asked by Li Xiangdong to say these words to comfort Li Guoqing.

Remembering the legendary experiences of Old Madam Lu, Li Guoqing had a sudden inspiration. He rushed to Master Guo's side and tightly grasped Master Guo's hands.

"Could you go downstairs and check on Xiao Hong? How is Xiao Hong doing?"

Li Guoqing's voice choked with emotion, "Look, has anyone been bullying her..."

Master Guo was determined to refuse Li Guoqing.

Well, he hasn't been summoned back to the battlefield in all these decades.

They probably thought he was too old and useless, so they never asked him to come over to do errands again.

But Li Xiangdong kept winking at him from behind, so he finally nodded and said, "Okay, I'll give it a try!"

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Neither Li Xiangdong nor Li Guoqing knew exactly how Master Guo got there.

Because the two of them were locked out.

It took a full hour before Master Guo emerged, looking utterly exhausted.

He didn't say anything else, he just told Li Xiangdong and Li Guoqing to take all the paper offerings to He Xiaohong to burn.

Li Guoqing's eyes were bloodshot as he asked Master Guo, "Did she have any message for you to pass on to me?"

Master Guo waved his hand, "The grudges are settled."