Chapter 144: Tianming Pavilion Incidents - Strange Things at Night
"Does this guest wish to ask for divination?"
When Qingjue came in front of the middle-aged scholar, he had already put away his playful smile and acted like a master.
The scholar looked at the handsome man in front of him and nodded hesitantly:
"I heard you guys can solve strange things here, so I came to give it a try."
He felt uneasy but also felt a bit of hope.
I am very familiar with this street, and the storefront of Tianming Pavilion is not small, but I have never noticed it.
Until recently, he had been encountering strange things frequently, and he was desperate to try any possible means. Following the rumors among the neighbors, he came to look for the Tianming Pavilion, which "only those with a destiny can enter", and he actually found it.
"May I ask...are you Pavilion Master Qingyun Zhenren?"
The man in front of him had an extraordinary aura, like a banished immortal. The scholar subconsciously felt that he must be a hermit.
"What a look." Qing Jue sneered indifferently, "I'm not even as good as a finger of our Pavilion Master. Be respectful when you meet people later. Follow me."
The scholar was more and more amazed. Even such a god-like person was willing to serve the Pavilion Master. What kind of person must that Pavilion Master be?
He was a little nervous but also a little excited and thrilled, and followed Qingjue to the special room for asking questions.
But he discovered that the Pavilion Master was actually a beautiful girl.
The scholar stared at her in a daze.
"Are you asking for divination?" Yun Qingqing tapped the table lightly with her slender fingers.
The scholar came back to his senses, his face flushed and he bowed his head:
"Ahem, my name is Jiang Ke. I didn't expect the real person to be so... uh, I'm young and promising, so please forgive me for my abruptness."
After saying this, he felt something was not right. Since he was an expert, his appearance might be very different from his actual age.
The more he thought about it, the more he felt that this was the case. He became more embarrassed and hesitated whether to call him "senior".
Yun Qingqing didn't care about his imagination and went straight to the point:
"Tell me, what are you here to ask?"
Jiang Ke then remembered his intention and said somewhat embarrassedly:
"I seem to have developed a strange illness recently, but the doctors I've seen several times all say there's nothing wrong with my body, I'm just feeling restless. They've prescribed me a lot of tranquilizers, but they haven't helped at all."
"So I suspect I've attracted some evil spirit. Please help me take a look, Pavilion Master."
A clear light flashed in Yun Qingqing's dark eyes, and she said calmly:
"Why do you think it's your fault?"
Jiang Ke sighed:
"To be honest, I didn't think so at first. I suspected that there was a thief in the house..."
He recounted his recent experiences in detail.
At the beginning, he woke up one day and found that the items in the room had changed. He thought he had been robbed and immediately counted his belongings, but found that nothing was missing.
Jiang Ke was puzzled but didn't think too much about it. He found a box and locked up the silver, money and valuables. Nothing happened in the next few days, so he just let it go.
But when I woke up one day, I found that the room had been moved again.
And this time it was much more obvious than last time, as if a robber had broken in and rummaged through everything.
Jiang Ke felt a chill on his back. Someone broke in in the middle of the night and did so many things, but he didn't notice anything.
When he checked, he found that nothing was missing and the valuables in the box were intact.
He began to hesitate whether to report to the police. Although nothing was stolen, the fact that someone had sneaked into his room at night and rummaged through his things was scary enough.
In the end, he did not report the case to the police because he was persuaded by his younger brother and sister-in-law.
His younger brother Jiang Zhuo advised him not to report the matter to the police, saying that the security on that street had always been good. He also said that nothing was lost, and if the officials thought he was making fun of him, he might even be beaten with a stick.
My sister-in-law also said that she has always been a light sleeper, and if someone really sneaked into the yard at night, she would definitely be woken up.
After being persuaded by the two, Jiang Ke gave up the idea of reporting to the police.
But he always felt that when his sister-in-law said that she slept lightly, her expression seemed to have a deep meaning, as if she was hesitant to speak.
But the story didn't end there.
Two days later, when Jiang Ke opened his eyes in the morning, he was frightened by a dirty face in front of him.
He exclaimed and sat up, only to find that there was a tattered rag doll next to his pillow.
He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and immediately looked around. Sure enough, the chairs, teapot and other things in the room showed signs of having been moved.
Jiang Ke felt horrified and wanted to report to the police immediately.
But my younger brother and his wife tried to persuade me, but I just refused to agree.
This time, Jiang Ke finally felt that something was wrong with the two of them. He frowned and asked them about it. The two of them finally told him something hesitantly.
My younger brother told his wife that there was no one breaking in at night, it was all him!
It was he who would get up from time to time at night, toss and turn around in the house, then go back to bed, and when he woke up the next day he had no idea what he had done during the night.
Jiang Ke was struck by lightning.
The thief I thought was there turned out to be me sleepwalking?
The two younger brothers said they were afraid of upsetting him, so they didn't tell him the truth at first.
Jiang Ke was half-believing and half-doubting, so he went to see a doctor. After taking his pulse and asking some questions, the doctor learned that no one in his family had ever suffered from sleepwalking. He said that he just hadn't rested well recently and prescribed a tranquilizer.
However, the next morning, another embroidered shoe appeared beside his pillow.
Jiang Ke was staring at the shoes in a daze when he heard his sister-in-law complaining outside that one of her shoes had been taken away by a mouse.
He was so scared that he hid the shoes immediately. If people misunderstood him as stealing his sister-in-law's embroidered shoes, he would have a hard time explaining himself.
He threw the shoes into the corner of his two younger brothers' room while they were not paying attention, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.
But this time, he really felt that he had sleepwalking, so he changed clinics and saw a new doctor.
After seeing several doctors, they all said that he was just nervous and depressed.
Jiang Ke didn't know whether he should believe the doctor's words, so he went to a friend to drink and complain. His friend was very curious about this sleepwalking and simply suggested that he stay at his house for a few nights to observe what was going on.
As a result, he stayed at his friend's house for a few days and everything was completely safe and sound.
Jiang Ke couldn't tell whether he was relieved or even more worried.
I was relieved that I didn't have any strange disease, but I was worried about what happened in my room at night, and I had no reasonable explanation.
When he returned home, his younger brother came to him worriedly and asked him where he had been for the past few days.
Jiang Ke told him about living in his friend's house and assured him that he was not sick.
He felt that Jiang Zhuo's expression looked a little strange after hearing this, but he didn't think much about it at the time.
As a result, the next morning, the box in his room was blocking the door and the room was in a mess again.
My sister-in-law seemed frightened and said that maybe there was an evil spirit in the house that possessed me at night.
After hearing this, Jiang Ke became even more uneasy.
If you are not sick, then you may have really offended something unclean.
He finally remembered the Tianming Pavilion that the neighbors had been talking about recently, and the story of the Pavilion Master "Master Qingyun", so he came to East Street, hoping to find an expert to help him.
Jiang Ke finished speaking and sighed deeply:
"Master, my family is quite well-off. If you can help me exorcise the evil spirit, I will definitely reward you handsomely."
Yun Qingqing looked at him calmly:
"You really don't have sleepwalking."
Jiang Ke nodded, his face pale.
"So, it's indeed the evil spirit that's causing all this trouble..."
"No." Yun Qingqing denied decisively, "You are not possessed by evil spirits either."
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