I rubbed it again, opened my eyes again, and still... it was empty!
"This is impossible! How could this be?"
He began searching everywhere, even bringing a candle to look for it, just in case he missed something, but after searching for a long time, he still couldn't find the inkstone.
Could it be a person?
"Who, who did this? Show yourself!" Zhu Da shouted, then listened intently.
But apart from his own echo, all around was quiet, without even a whisper of wind.
Rose sat in the chair, quietly watching him pacing back and forth like an ant on a hot plate.
"Sir, was it you who called for me?" After a while, a constable outside asked.
"Did anyone approach the warehouse just now?" Zhu Da roared angrily.
The constable's heart skipped a beat: "No, sir. We've been guarding outside as you instructed, and we haven't seen anyone come."
This was strange. Zhu Da almost pulled his goatee bald. Not believing it, he picked up the famous painting next to him, but before he could open it, it was gone again.
"..."
This, this, no, could it be that something dirty got into the warehouse?
Zhu Da swallowed hard, his hands trembling as he pulled out a Buddhist prayer bead bracelet from his pocket and held it in front of him.
"I, I'm telling you, this, this has been placed in front of the Buddha for forty-nine days, absorbing enough of the Buddha's energy. If you, if you don't leave, I'll, I'll throw it over there and make your soul disappear."
But... it would have been better if he hadn't said that. As soon as he said it, the treasures began to disappear one by one, centered on him. Before long, even the Buddhist prayer beads he was holding met with misfortune.
Zhu Da's eyes widened as the treasure disappeared, until finally he couldn't hold back any longer: "Help! Help! There's a ghost! There's a ghost!"
He rummaged through his not-so-strong legs and dashed out of the storeroom like lightning: "Quick, quick, inside, there's a ghost inside, you guys catch him for me right now."
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