Chapter 53: Was he really fooled?
After finishing the serious business, Chen Chunxing talked about some minor matters.
"Has that old ghost you were talking about been caught?"
He Liangpu finally recovered from his shock and quickly told the main purpose of his visit.
"Don't be embarrassed, young lady, I just can't find it..." He said with a sad face, and began to squeeze out tears again, "Please help me, young lady! I'm still a long way from the sales I need this month..."
Chen Chunxing looked up at the sky in silence.
With someone like this temporarily taking over her job, she felt that she might lose a few years of her life.
——I can barely live to be ninety-nine.
Without saying anything more, Chen Chunxing turned his wrist, pinched the token between his two fingers and threw it upwards.
Suddenly, a strange cloud of smoke appeared in the night sky, gray and clumped together, as if there was a shrill scream lingering in it.
Not long.
An old man with a stealthy look on his face floated here along with the scattered smoke.
Seeing two people and a ghost standing in the yard, all looking at him sharply, the old man could not help but prostrate himself in mid-air, shouting loudly.
"Your Excellency, I want to report this! A ghost dared to impersonate the Underworld's Impermanence. Fortunately, I am brave and careful, so I was able to see through his disguise! Otherwise, I would have been persecuted by him!"
The scene fell into an eerie silence.
It seems to confuse ghosts more than the smoke and clouds above their heads.
"You too, you didn't get a promotion, so why are you wearing this outfit?" Chen Chunxing couldn't help but complain.
This question has been bothering her thoughts since she met him.
Although this kind of clothing is no longer popular in the underworld, it cannot be worn casually.
He Liangpu wiped away his bitter tears and started to complain again: "It's just this bunch of ignorant people!"
He pointed at the old man.
"They insisted I was an imposter and refused to come with me without proof of identity! I'm fine if I can defeat them, but if I meet someone I can't... I can only try to intimidate them."
"People's impression of soul-catchers is that they only have the Ox-Headed and Horse-Faced Ghosts, and the Black and White Impermanence. I figured I couldn't wear an ox head, as that would be too gory. So I had to take the liberty of dressing up as Lord Bai."
"But this old man said he believed it, but secretly ran faster than anyone else!"
Chen Chunxing turned to Xue Yongan, wanting to be dazzled by the beauty - she was afraid that if she saw that wrinkled face again, she would laugh out loud impolitely.
"Look at you... you're being impulsive." She criticized him subtly.
When the old man heard this, he realized that it was all a misunderstanding. He trembled and landed on the ground, bowing repeatedly.
"Yes, yes, it's all my fault for being ignorant. Please forgive me, sir."
The old man began to sob as he spoke.
"I've had a miserable life. If I die of old age... even if it's an untimely death, I won't be so unwilling!"
When Chen Chunxing heard this, he quickly moved a small stool and sat down. He had been standing there for a long time, so he decided not to continue his long speech.
She also handed one to Xue Yongan.
It’s a pity that there are too few intact pieces of furniture in the house, and the only thing left is a two-legged bench.
Xue Yongan was silent for a long time and then politely declined.
"I'm afraid sitting down will be more tiring than standing."
The little girl smiled like a fox cub that had stolen a chicken, cute and mischievous.
The old man on the other side was still indignant: "Don't you know, my friends! How dare a ghost do evil in broad daylight? I was frightened to death!"
Chen Chunxing suddenly thought of Doctor Chang and felt both amused and helpless.
Did he really fool you?
The three of them stared at the old man in unison, as if asking him to elaborate.
"To be honest with you, sir, I have some dirty thoughts and want to collude with others to embezzle the relief grain."
The old man glanced at Chen Chunxing and recognized the girl who once said, "When two brave men meet on a narrow road, the braver one wins."
It’s a pity that I’m not brave enough and have gone astray.
"Those people claim to be from Liuren City, but to me they look like hooligans. They only gave me 10% of the relief food they received. If I hadn't been forced to live in this damn place, I would never have conspired with them!"
"Not long after the ox cart left the village, it encountered a forest. Several evil spirits with green faces and fangs, hungry for human flesh, descended from the sky. I was already old, and I couldn't stand it. I was frightened to death on the spot."
The process is actually not tortuous, and it even sounds a bit funny.
But when it comes to the theory of ghosts and gods, it takes on a psychedelic color.
"How could this evil ghost come from in broad daylight?" Chen Chunxing sneered.
When a living soul leaves the body, it becomes a ghost, and it is most afraid of places with strong yang energy.
If there really is a powerful ghost that can travel in broad daylight, it is impossible for me to be unaware of it.
"After your death, you can see where your accomplices went, and why they didn't take the relief food with them?"
"I saw it! Those cowards were so scared that they all hid in the mountains and didn't care about anything else! A strong man came out from somewhere in the back, and those evil spirits flew away when they saw him from afar. I guess he might be a Taoist priest from Longhu Mountain?"
“…”
Chen Chunxing really doesn't want to laugh!
Too frivolous!
A ghost that can be scared away by Yang Yi must be too cowardly.
After understanding what happened, Chen Chunxing nodded to Xue Yongan.
"Take him back first, and we will resolve this matter."
Xue Yongan threw his token to He Liangpu.
"Remember what Miss Shen just said, and be sure to convey every word to Lord Bai."
He Liangpu was overjoyed and nodded repeatedly. Without saying a word, he locked the old man with a soul-binding chain and ran away.
I even forgot that I could be locked in the token.
I really didn’t expect to have such an unexpected gain!
After the people left.
Chen Chunxing stood up and tilted his head towards Xue Yongan: "I don't know if it's a human or a ghost... Can it be solved within seven days?"
Xue Yongan smiled and said, "How could I go back on my word when I promised you?"
He took a nervous, tentative step forward—and was startled so much that he flew over the wall in two strides.
"Is it the eldest girl? Why are you not sleeping at night and mumbling to yourself while hiding behind the bed?" Diao shouted in a low voice.
"Ah, I got up to go to the bathroom." Chen Chunxing blinked at the aggrieved head on the wall, raised the corners of his mouth, and ran away on tiptoe.
"Why are you getting up to go to the backyard at night? The toilet isn't there... I'm telling you, don't learn from that old bastard. You never urinated or defecated anywhere in the village before, so don't come out and pick up some weird habit!"
“…”
"Grandma, stop yelling at that old man. It's not good if someone hears him... Besides, he's already dead."
——
When the first ray of morning sunlight shone into the Shen family's courtyard, the "bang bang bang" knocks on the door came as expected.
The little orange cat sleeping on a pile of dogtail grass in the corner was disturbed by the noise and rushed into the room. It slapped the person on the bed twice and then quickly ran away.
"What's this beast doing so crazy so early in the morning?"
Diao put on her clothes while cursing and walked out of the house in her slippers.
"The older ones go crazy at night, and the younger ones go crazy during the day. Do they want us to live?"
Just after she finished cursing, she seemed to hear a knock on the door. Puzzled, she walked over and opened the door.
It’s still the same group of people who were not in their right minds yesterday.
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