Chapter 16 Catching Ghosts
"Keep your voice down!" Madam Wei said unhappily, "Everyone in the house will know what you are saying. Is that good? Talking about ghosts all the time will bring disaster even if there is nothing going on!"
Wei Jianming curled his lips and asked Wei Ruyan, "What's going on?"
Wei Ruyan told the story.
"Okay." Madam Wei said, "Didn't I send Butler Zhou to invite Taoist Priest Li? Just wait."
"When Taoist Li arrives, take him directly to Shen Shilang's yard." Wei Ruyan said.
Before he knew it, it was time for Su Jinshi to go out to attend the party.
It turns out that Su Jinshi is still willing to go out and attend parties to join in the fun.
I usually stay at home and write scripts, so I don’t have many opportunities to interact with outsiders.
The party was a great choice for her.
But now, Su Jinshi almost wanted to call Xiaomai and tell her that he didn't want to go.
The CD time of the voice box had not yet arrived, and Su Jinshi had no way to tell Shen Shilang that he was going out.
Su Jinshi could only take his phone and go out, get on the online taxi he had called, and then open the game again. He saw Shen Shilang practicing calligraphy in the house, with Youmi lying at Shen Shilang's feet to keep him company. The scene looked peaceful and beautiful, and Su Jinshi couldn't bear to disturb him.
He just watched quietly without poking Shen Shilang.
The car stopped in front of the restaurant where the party was going to take place. Su Jinshi closed the game and entered the restaurant.
After telling the name of the private room, the waiter took Su Jinshi to the room.
When I entered the private room, I saw Xiao Mai and Mo Jizong were already there, along with another classmate named Du Jinze, who also stayed in the capital after graduation.
"Sorry, I'm late." Su Jinshi said as he entered the door.
"No way, you're five minutes early." Xiaomai turned on the screen saver of her phone and pointed to the time for Su Jinshi, "Kang Youwen and Lu Jiaying haven't arrived yet."
Su Jinshi never likes to be late, but she also won't arrive too early.
Usually I arrive four or five minutes early at the agreed time. When I see that I am not the last one to arrive, I breathe a sigh of relief and sit next to Xiaomai.
"Jinshi, long time no see." Mo Jizon greeted.
Su Jinshi smiled and nodded, "I haven't seen you since graduation. At that time, everyone thought you were going to stay in the Imperial Capital, but I didn't expect you to go to the Magic Capital instead."
Mo Jizong was quite popular when he was in college. He was good-looking, came from a good family, and had good academic performance.
"I was determined to work for my current company, but there was no room for me in the imperial capital, so I moved to the Magic City, thinking that I could find an opportunity in the future and maybe develop in the imperial capital headquarters." Mo Jizon explained with a faint smile.
"You are quite capable. It's not easy to get into the branch in Shanghai. You are now in the capital to develop your career. You got a promotion, right?" Du Jin said.
"It's a little bit better." Mo Jizong said modestly, and then turned to ask Su Jinshi, "By the way, Jinshi, I heard from Xiaomai that you are now a screenwriter."
Su Jinshi smiled embarrassedly, "I'm just a screenwriter for short plays."
"It's not easy to be a screenwriter for a short drama. The pace needs to be very fast, and each episode of just a few minutes needs to have a plot climax." Mo Jizong said.
Xiaomai said in surprise: "You know a lot about this. Do you watch skits too?"
"Don't I work in a film and television company? We are also going to develop short drama business recently. I came to the capital to be responsible for developing this business." Mo Jizong explained, and then said to Su Jinshi, "Jinshi, can I ask you for more information about this issue? I wonder if I can ask you to write a script for us."
Su Jinshi smiled and said, "Of course it's possible if there is a suitable opportunity."
"I heard from Xiaomai that the dramas you wrote are ranked very high on the platform." Mo Jizong praised again.
After a while, Kang Youwen and Lu Jiaying also arrived.
Everyone talked about their college experiences and their current work situations, and also complained about their company, superiors and colleagues.
In such an occasion, everyone was chatting, and Su Jinshi didn't feel comfortable taking out his mobile phone to play games to see how Shen Shilang was doing.
Wei Mansion.
When Butler Zhou brought Taoist Priest Li back, it was already dark.
Taoist Priest Li walked along with a compass in his hand, looking at it seriously.
It was not until he met Mrs. Wei that Mrs. Wei told Taoist Li about the recent situation in the mansion.
Taoist Priest Li said, "From this point of view, there is indeed a ghost. However, I have been using the compass to check the situation in the mansion. It is not bad. There is no evil energy. Maybe the ghost is just an ordinary wandering soul and has no malicious intentions."
"However, since it is a ghost, if it stays in the mansion for a long time, even if it has no ill intentions, it will damage the yang energy of the people in the mansion."
Madam Wei said quickly, "Then we have to rely on Taoist Li to drive away the ghost."
"Of course." Taoist Priest Li said, "Since I am here, I must help your family solve this matter."
"Master Li, I suspect that the ghost is in a small courtyard in my house." Wei Ruyan interjected, "Every time we encounter a ghost in our house, it is near that small courtyard, and once it was near the people in the courtyard."
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"Then I will go to that small courtyard and take a look." Taoist Priest Li said, "Please lead the way."
"Master Li, please come this way." Butler Zhou took Master Li to Shen Shilang's courtyard.
Wei Ruyan and Wei Jianming were both scared and curious, but thinking that Taoist Li was there, they didn't have to be afraid of the ghost, so they followed him.
Mrs. Wei hesitated for a moment and decided to go and take a look.
Taoist Li then took the compass and was led by housekeeper Zhou to Shen Shilang's courtyard.
"It seems that this wandering soul really has no ill intentions." Taoist Priest Li said, "The reaction along the way was not that big."
"Master, the closer we get to the courtyard, the bigger the reaction?" Wei Jianming asked hurriedly.
Taoist Li paused for a moment, thinking that there were no ghosts haunting the Wei Mansion. He looked very righteous, but there was some evil spirit brought back by General Wei.
With such evil spirit around, no ghost would dare to come to the Wei Mansion to cause trouble.
But since he is here, he has to make some money to take back.
Besides, the Wei family said so confidently that there were ghosts in the mansion. If he said there weren't any, it would seem that he was too inexperienced to be able to see them.
So, Taoist Priest Li nodded and said, "That's right."
When they arrived at the gate of Shen Shilang's courtyard, Wei Ruyan reminded him, "Master, be careful. There is a vicious dog in his courtyard. It is very ferocious."
The servants who followed him were holding sticks. Wei Jianming said nonchalantly, "If that vicious dog dares to rush over, just beat it to death with sticks."
Taoist Priest Li took two steps back, and Wei Jianming asked someone to open the door.
Unexpectedly, unlike the situation during the day, Youmi did not rush out this time.
He actually understood Shen Shilang's instructions and stopped stopping people.
Shen Shilang, who was in the house, heard the noise outside and walked out with Youmi.
It was the first time that Mrs. Wei and Wei Jianming saw Youmi and they were really shocked.
(End of this chapter)