Chapter 31: The Thirty-first Day of Retirement Qiqi, do you believe that this world...
Although Tongxuan was dead and his body was sent to the funeral home to be cremated, the crimes he had committed were still clearly listed by the police.
In the evening of the same day, Chengjiang Public Security issued a police report on the discovery of five bodies in Yunhe Temple through Weibo, WeChat official accounts and other platforms. It confirmed that the murderer was Tongxuan, the later abbot of Yunhe Temple, and stated that Tongxuan had been executed and died of illness.
Tongxuan's real name was Wang Run, a native of Chengjiang, Yang Province. Orphaned at a young age, he was adopted by a kind Taoist temple. Later, the temple's abbot discovered Tongxuan's penchant for killing and abusing animals. After repeated attempts to educate him proved ineffective, the abbot had no choice but to expel him from the temple.
After leaving the Taoist temple, Tongxuan made a living by swindling people.
During this time, he also left Yang Province and traveled to other provinces and cities, where he joined a Taoist temple called Xu Ji Xuan. This temple was also full of evil, using the name of a Taoist temple but actually engaging in acts worse than those of animals. They privately harassed, coerced, and bribed female pilgrims, and extorted wealthy ones, leaving those targeted helpless and devastated.
Until one day, when these guys were blackmailing an old man, they said they would teach him a lesson. But before they could teach him a lesson, the old man died.
Now that the man was dead, those fake Taoist priests in Xu Jixuan who had been doing evil things all day long also panicked. Before the old man's body was discovered by the police, they divided the money and ran away.
Tongxuan played an important role in this. He was involved in every threat and blackmail, and many female pilgrims were forced by him.
After leaving Xujixuan, Tongxuan continued his career of cheating and deceiving.
He unexpectedly met a wealthy business owner. Taking advantage of his superstitious nature, he gifted him with talismans and incense sachets, and even concocted a special "cure" pill for him. However, not long after taking the pills, the business owner suffered heavy metal poisoning, resulting in severe liver and kidney damage, and died despite medical treatment.
Afterwards, Tongxuan returned to Chengjiang, Yang Province, and joined the Yunhe Temple. One night, he killed all five Taoist priests of the Yunhe Temple and buried their bodies under the ginkgo tree in the backyard. He then took the place of the dead and became the famous abbot of the Yunhe Temple.
This generation lasted for two years, until the heavy rain a while ago washed away all the sins.
After reading this police report, netizens were shocked and speechless.
My friend used to always tell me that making wishes at Yunhe Temple was effective and urged me to go there too. Luckily, I didn’t go.
[Oh my god! This is such a crime!]
[Although this may be a bit of an afterthought, I still want to say that when I went to Yunhe Temple, I felt that this Taoist priest looked gloomy and didn't seem like a good person.]
I've heard about Xu Ji Xuan! It's said that group of fake Taoist priests extorted tens of millions of yuan. They even took intimate photos of female pilgrims. They're a truly disgusting bunch. But they were so numerous back then that they escaped quickly. Even now, a few of them are still at large, undetected.
[Perhaps anyone knows that Qiao Tianyi is also a frequent visitor to Yunhe Temple?]
[Is this also related to Qiao Tianyi?]
[Didn't you see the revelations? When the five bodies were discovered at Yunhe Temple, Qiao Tianyi was there. Yes, that's right. He'd just been scolded by Li Cheng on a TV show, had just been embroiled in a scandal, and had just been released on bail from the police station for hitting someone. It was quite funny that he showed up at Yunhe Temple.]
[I saw the revelation. Based on the time difference, Qiao Tianyi went to Chengjiang as soon as he left the police station.]
[What does this have to do with Qiao Tianyi? Will I die if I don't bring Qiao Tianyi with me? Could you please focus on this case?]
[I know you are a die-hard fan of Qiao Tianyi/smile]
In a five-star hotel in Chengjiang.
When Qiao Tianyi saw this police report, his mind went blank and his eyes were filled with confusion.
Tongxuan has been executed and died of illness?
These simple words set off a huge wave in Qiao Tianyi's heart.
How is that possible!
Tongxuan was no ordinary man. He was able to kill those five Taoists, strip Fu Rui's ghost, and even imprison it to use it for his own purposes. How could someone with such special abilities die so suddenly? What a joke!
He hurriedly took out the iron box that Xiao Chen brought back from under his pillow. After opening the iron box, the little figure with Yu Meng's birth date and horoscope written on it was still sitting there intact. But when Qiao Tianyi took the little figure in his hand, he keenly noticed the difference.
Wet!
This little doll feels strangely wet and sticky to the touch.
He subconsciously pinched it with his fingers, and unexpectedly, a trickle of turbid blood suddenly flowed out from the doll's body and directly splashed onto Qiao Tianyi's face.
He sat there in a daze, the thick blood on his face trickling down his face, a drop or two rolling in at the corner of his lips. The tip of his tongue tasted the fishy smell, and his stomach suddenly surged with a strong feeling of nausea.
vomit--
Qiao Tianyi threw the little doll in his hand away, and the doll rolled under the bed.
He didn't have time to care, but quickly ran to the bathroom, turned on the faucet to the maximum, and kept rinsing his hands and mouth. But even after rinsing his mouth countless times, the feeling of nausea and vomiting still followed him like a shadow, accompanying him all the time.
Qiao Tianyi scratched his throat with his fingers, vomited in pain, and then fell to the ground in a mess.
The water droplets on the ends of his hair flowed down like blood, streaming across Qiao Tianyi's face. The slightly cold temperature made his pale face even more bloodless. He curled up beside the toilet, opened his mouth, but couldn't say anything.
He only knew that Tongxuan was dead and that there was something wrong with the little doll Tongxuan gave him.
He had no other means of redeeming his reputation.
This time, he really wants to get out of the entertainment industry.
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When Qiao Tianyi returned to Jingbei from Chengjiang in a daze, his whereabouts were somehow completely exposed. As soon as he got off the plane and walked out of the corridor, he was surrounded by fans.
Xiao Chen tried to protect Qiao Tianyi, but those fans, like those on drugs, were incredibly strong. Before she could react, her arms and clothes were grabbed and yanked violently. The sudden movement and force left her stunned, and by the time the pain in her tailbone reached her, she had already fallen to the ground. But the fans seemed completely oblivious to her, continuing their charge forward.
"What are you doing!" The airport security who found something wrong rushed over and used their strength to grab the fans who had already rushed to Qiao Tianyi and pulled them back.
Xiao Chen, who had been stepped on several times, finally had a chance to catch her breath. She covered her head with her hands, and her white clothes were covered with shoe prints.
A fan saw her miserable and miserable appearance and pretended to step on her hard again casually.
As Xiao Chen cried out in pain, he clearly heard the muttering: "Fuck, what's the use of this shitty management team? They can't even suppress Brother Qiao's revelations. What's the point of having you? You're like trash. Might as well just crush you to death."
She suddenly looked up and stared at the other person in astonishment, obviously not expecting that someone could be so bad.
But the fan had already turned around and continued to chase Qiao Tianyi, shouting, "Brother, we believe in you! You must be fine."
The video and photos of Qiao Tianyi being surrounded at the airport quickly became a hot topic along with the topic #Chengjiang Public Security Bureau Report#. Although netizens have long known that Qiao's fans are crazy, it is shocking that Qiao Tianyi had just been exposed in a scandal and hit someone, and this group of fans could still pretend nothing happened and ran to the airport overnight to chase stars, causing injuries.
As usual, netizens @桑柒柒, but Sang Qiqi didn’t seem to be online and ignored them.
It was also at this time that a small account with an original avatar broke through the siege among a bunch of teasing comments.
I want to drink milk tea with three parts of sugar: I ate a melon. After Qiao Tianyi checked out of Chengjiang Yuhe Hotel tonight, the cleaning lady found a small doll with Yu Meng's name on it under the bed. The doll was covered in blood and it was super scary.
[? ]
[I know every word, but I don’t understand how they are put together]
[Yu Meng: No, what about my business?]
[I saw the photo of the little doll. It was covered in blood and seemed to have Yu Meng’s birth date on it. It was even more terrifying. I covered my face.]
[Wait, are you saying that a doll with Yu Meng's name on it was found in the room Qiao Tianyi stayed in? Shit, Qiao Tianyi, what are you trying to do?]
[Thinking of Qiao Tianyi going to Yunhe Temple, and then thinking of the murderous abbot of Yunhe Temple...it's hard not to overthink it.]
[No, I understand the logic, but are you now going to criticize Qiao Tianyi from such a superstitious and metaphysical perspective? Qiao Tianyi is too pitiful.]
[The things found in the room where Qiao Tianyi lived were actually done by Qiao Tianyi? Why don’t they say it was a frame-up?]
[Get lost, there's really nothing to criticize about this group of people. If you have the time, just go die first.]
I've heard that many people in the entertainment industry believe in metaphysics, and some even go abroad to invite spirits back home. I thought it was just marketing to attract attention, but it turns out it's real.
As netizens and fans argued heatedly, Wang Hao was watching the relevant content. Qiao Tianyi sat silently on the sofa in the corner. Xiao Chen clutched his aching wrist, lowered his head, and heard Wang Hao mutter, "How much does Li Cheng hate you? They're even using this kind of palace drama against you?"
Upon hearing this, Xiao Chen looked at Qiao Tianyi cautiously, then at Wang Hao, with something in mind.
She felt that this matter had nothing to do with Licheng.
When leaving the hotel with Qiao Tianyi, Xiao Chen, as his assistant, would check the room once more, fearing she'd missed something. This time, too, she noticed the iron box she'd brought back from Lingzhen Temple carelessly discarded on the ground. The box, flipped open, was completely empty. She was puzzled. She'd seen Qiao Tianyi handle the box with the same care he'd taken with his Golden Crane Award for Best Actor. Why would he just drop it on the ground for no apparent reason?
But she didn't ask much, just thinking that the thing in the iron box was more important, and that thing had already been put away by Qiao Tianyi.
But now combined with the sayings on the Internet -
Could this strange little doll be the one hidden in the iron box?
Thinking of the triangular-eyed Taoist priest he met on his way to Lingzhen Temple, Xiao Chen shuddered subconsciously.
"Are you cold?" Wang Hao caught a glimpse of Xiao Chen curled up out of the corner of his eye and looked at her strangely.
Of course, Xiao Chen didn't dare to tell the truth. He just said that someone stepped on his wrist and it hurt a little, and he wanted to go to the hospital.
Wang Hao naturally would not refuse such a small matter, so he waved his hand and let the person go.
He continued to look down at Weibo, thinking that Li Cheng was mentally ill. The previous scandals had some impact on them, but what would this one have now? While pouting and complaining, he swiped the screen to refresh the content. When he saw the content of a certain topic, he was suddenly stunned.
Uncle Melon Eater: Report! Qiao Tianyi's Weibo has been banned!
What? !
Wang Hao was shocked and quickly took out another mobile phone to log into Qiao Tianyi's Weibo account.
As his manager, he and his team kept a tight control over Qiao Tianyi's Weibo account, fearing he might get drunk and post something reckless. Qiao Tianyi was quite shrewd in this regard, showing no possessiveness towards his Weibo account and usually using a secondary account. This led to the account being blocked, and the group involved actually learned about it from netizens!
Looking at the official prompt message in the private message, Wang Hao's heart sank.
He stood up quickly and said to Qiao Tianyi, "I've already talked to Song Gaojun on your way back. Pack up and go to the audition."
In fact, the director originally agreed upon was Ke Luan. Ke Luan likes to make art films and has a strong personality. When he heard that Qiao Tianyi's audition video was terrible because he was sick, he didn't say much, just said: "Come to my place and try it out, you'll know what's going on."
Ke Luan's films were all aimed at winning awards, so Wang Hao figured if he could also secure the leading male role while establishing his reputation, it would be a win-win situation. Meanwhile, Li Cheng appeared on a talk show and publicly mocked Qiao Tianyi for being a fame-seeker. This infuriated Ke Luan, and when he received a call, he immediately said, "Find someone else."
The entire internet knows that Ke Luan is Li Cheng’s junior fellow apprentice and also Li Cheng’s number one die-hard fan.
I heard that when Ke Luan's career was at its lowest point, Li Cheng, as his senior brother, helped him a lot. If Li Cheng hated Qiao Tianyi, then Ke Luan must have hated him too.
This incident made Wang Hao very angry.
Fortunately, there are people who are willing to follow Li Cheng's footsteps, but there are also people who hate Li Cheng's behavior.
Song Gaojun is a typical example.
Outsiders didn't know what the real grudge between the two was. Song Gaojun had only been making sarcastic comments on Weibo about Li Cheng's award-winning film, hinting that it was tainted with fakery.
Wang Hao remembered that he had also sharply criticized Song Gaojun for wanting to ride on the popularity.
But now——
As the saying goes, the enemy of my enemy is my friend.
Seeing that Qiao Tianyi didn't move, Wang Hao couldn't help but kick him. "No, why are you still acting like this since you came back from Chengjiang? The one who was arrested in Chengjiang was that damn Taoist Master Tongxuan, not you? You look so confused as if someone's loved ones have died! Did you hear what I just said to you?"
Qiao Tianyi came back to his senses and opened his mouth to say that it was useless to audition with anyone now, but seeing Wang Hao's angry expression, he finally swallowed all his words and responded vaguely with "OK".
Wang Hao immediately asked the driver to take Qiao Tianyi there.
However, just two hours later, Wang Hao received a question mark from Song Gaojun. Within two minutes, he was informed that Song Gaojun had posted a Weibo post. Wang Hao terrifiedly opened the post, and when he saw the content, his vision went dark and he almost fainted on the spot.
Song Gaojun said: I feel the same as Song He. Some people are ridiculously bad, but the amazing thing is that their award-winning acting skills are as awesome as if they were possessed by Fu Rui.
Although no one besides Song Gaojun and Wang Hao's team knew Qiao Tianyi was going to audition, the keywords "Song He," "award," and "Fu Rui" were hidden in this Weibo post. Anyone with eyes and a bit of common sense would know it was referring to Qiao Tianyi.
Netizen: “…”
If any other director had complained about Qiao Tianyi, I'd probably have thought he was just trying to capitalize on the hype, but he's Song Gaojun, the one who doesn't mesh with Li Cheng's aura!
[Did you audition Qiao Tianyi? Everyone knows about Song He's situation, and they've seen the video. Why did you still audition him? Is there something wrong?]
Song Gaojun replied in a very human way: Because I don’t believe in evil.
The comment asked again: Do you believe it now?
Song Gaojun: I can't believe it anymore/Smile
Two minutes later, Song He clicked the "like" button using his verified account.
[Hahahahaha what the hell, Song He, you're surfing on 6G, you've found a good friend who shares the same suffering, right?]
[Hey, don’t say that, don’t say that. As a fan of Fu Rui, sometimes when I watch Qiao Tianyi’s performances, I really feel like he’s possessed by Fu Rui/smile]
What's going on with Qiao Tianyi lately? He's like one of those novels where a system helps him win the Golden Crane Award for Best Actor, then abandons him, leaving him with nothing but acting skills and reputation.
Wang Hao: “…”
Why does he also have this strange feeling?
But the most important thing right now was to find Song Gaojun and find out the details. Wang Hao breathed a sigh of relief. He had just typed out a "Sorry to bother you" when, as if presciently, the other party sent him a video. In the video, Qiao Tianyi was stiff and even spoke his lines haltingly, never mind his acting skills.
Wang Hao: “…”
Song Gaojun sincerely asks: Is the actor who plays the leading role in "Searching for Family" really Qiao Tianyi himself? Is there a possibility that Qiao Tianyi has a twin brother who is also a very good actor?
Wang Hao: “…”
Now he also wanted to know what was going on.
If Qiao Tianyi's failure to audition at Song He was due to illness, then this video clearly shows that his emotional reactions were normal; at most, he was a little nervous. But the word "nervous" is wrong. As an actor with several screen credits under his belt, even one who's won Best Actor, would he be nervous during an audition? It doesn't make sense.
Wang Hao closed his eyes and called Qiao Tianyi, but the call was always disconnected.
What are you doing again?
Wang Hao suddenly felt the urge to quit, but this was irrational, especially considering he and Qiao Tianyi had signed a contract. If he ran away now, he would have to pay a large amount of liquidated damages.
Wang Hao could only continue to do public relations as usual.
Until ten o'clock that evening, a call came to Wang Hao's cell phone -
Qiao Tianyi was arrested for drunk driving and fleeing.
At that time, Wang Hao had just finished a busy day at work and finally had time to catch his breath. He lay on the sofa like a corpse and was about to order a midnight snack to reward himself. When he heard the five words "Qiao Tianyi was arrested", he was stunned for only a second, and suddenly the thought "That's good, it's finally over" emerged in his head.
I'm tired and don't want to move.
He hung up the phone, let out a breath, and covered himself with the blanket, feeling hopeless.
—
"They said he was drunk and trying to drive home when he ran into a traffic police officer checking for drunk driving at an intersection. He was probably worried about getting caught, so while the officer was stopping the car next to him, he stepped on the accelerator and rushed out, crashing into the guardrail and rolling twice on the ground." Bai Yingxin bit her chicken claw while sharing the news with Sang Qiqi. "There's also a rumor that Qiao Tianyi was hit pretty hard and seriously injured. Besides a broken leg, he seems to have also hit his head. When he woke up, he kept shouting that he was the best actor. Even without Fu Rui, he would still be the best actor..."
At this point, Bai Yingxin couldn't help but shudder. She squeezed in next to Sang Qiqi and lowered her voice, "Don't you think this Qiao Tianyi thing is really scary? I saw some analysis online saying he's acting like Fu Rui again, and he asked a Taoist master to make that Yu Meng puppet. And he even yelled that even Fu Rui wouldn't be an award-winning actor after hitting his head. Don't let Song Gaojun get it right."
Song Gaojun?
Sang Qiqi spent the night catching up on the gossip on Weibo over the past two days, so she naturally knew what Song Gaojun had said.
She blinked and said nothing, but Bai Yingxin was clearly already talking. "I've seen a lot of these supernatural, somewhat metaphysical stories shared online. One person said that when he was a child, he ran away from home because of a quarrel with his parents. As it was too dark, he unknowingly walked into a particularly famous cemetery in their area. Usually, there are no people or lights in the cemetery, but that night, the cemetery was as bright as if it had taken the wrong medicine, and it was brighter than daytime. The strangest thing was that someone actually stood in front of one of the graves and asked him if he was sleepy and wanted to sleep."
"The netizen was young and didn't know anything, so he answered truthfully that he was very sleepy and wanted to sleep. But guess what, as soon as he finished speaking, his body was dragged uncontrollably to the grave mound. The grave mound suddenly split open, revealing the coffin inside. Then the coffin lid suddenly lifted up, and a strange force pushed the netizen's head into the coffin."
Sang Qiqi listened with great interest: "And then?"
"The netizen struggled desperately, but to no avail. Just as the coffin lid was closing, a roar erupted from outside. The piercing scream was so loud it made his eardrums bleed. Then the entire coffin exploded, and he was rescued. The person who rescued him was an old Taoist priest wearing a golden robe. He was said to have a long white beard and eyebrows, and had an ethereal appearance."
"The Taoist priest told the netizen that the so-called 'person' standing in front of the grave was actually a ghost in disguise. This ghost had absorbed a lot of resentment in the cemetery and had become very powerful. However, due to the formation set up in the cemetery, it could not leave. It could only use the illusion to confuse the formation, trying to make the netizen turn into it, and then it would replace the netizen and leave."
"This comment now has 200,000 likes. Some people are saying he's making it up, while others are supporting him, saying they've experienced similar things. It's really lively."
Bai Yingxin finished chewing the chicken feet and stared at Sang Qiqi with bright eyes: "Qiqi, what do you think? Do you believe that ghosts exist in this world?"
Sang Qiqi bit the lollipop in her mouth and crushed it. Her eyes met Jingyu who was just coming out of the haunted house. She asked slowly, "Jingyu, do you believe it?"
Jingyu looked away, expressionless: "I don't believe it, do you?"
Sang Qiqi's expression was calm: "I don't believe it either."
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