Chi Shen once thought that Bai Ran was a good person. After all, Bai Ran was so gentle and kind when he invited him to live in the old house when he had nowhere to go, and he also promised him that he would try his best to persuade Bai Ximing to return to the Bai family.
So in his opinion, Xu Jiayuan also thinks Bai Ran is a good person, and there is nothing wrong with that.
So when he looked up at Xu Jiayuan, he smiled and said, "He is a good man. If he knew that someone in the Bai family raised a ghost, what would he do?"
Xu Jiayuan didn't understand what he meant, and just followed Chi Shen's words and answered: "We will help investigate who is raising the ghost, find the person who uses the evil magic, and hand him over to our Special Security Bureau."
Chi Shen couldn't help but smile, but he continued in a coaxing tone: "No, no, no, you're wrong. This will cause trouble for him. On the one hand, he has a sense of justice in his heart to find the person who used the evil magic, and on the other hand, he has a sense of honor for his family, and there is also pressure from the elders. You see, a big family like the Bai family, if there is any scandal, they will hide it and solve it themselves, right?"
Seeing Xu Jiayuan's confused look, Chi Shen added: "You see, it's played like this in TV dramas. Reality is even more ridiculous than TV dramas."
Xu Jiayuan was somewhat persuaded: "It seems to be true. I don't like those old people in the Bai family either. I feel like they might still be living in the Qing Dynasty."
Chi Shen patiently persuaded: "So not telling Bai Ran is the right choice. We should not make things difficult for good people. With the ability of the Special Security Bureau, this matter can definitely be solved well. If you solve it by yourself, your colleagues can see your strength, and everyone will pay more attention to you, and then you can get a promotion and a raise..."
"That's not necessary. I feel pretty happy right now, haha." Xu Jiayuan smiled, put away his phone and nodded. "Thank you, otherwise my call might have really caused trouble for Bai Ran. These big families always have strange troubles. I'll report this matter first, and we'll continue investigating."
Xu Jiayuan walked away a little to call his superiors to report the situation here. Chi Shen took a look at the few locust branches in Xu Jiayuan's hands. A snow-white thing like a pancake crust flew from the side of the road and stuck to Chi Shen's clothes.
"Will we be discovered if we do this?" Guilian looked at Xu Jiayuan, obviously a little scared, and slipped down stealthily. He originally wanted to slide into the shadow, but when he looked at Ji Xingchen in the shadow, he didn't know why, he felt a little scared, and finally chose to slide into Chi Shen's clothes pocket.
Ordinary people can't see him, so he can stick to Chi Shen's clothes at will, but Xu Jiayuan is obviously someone who can see ghosts, so he dare not be careless.
Xu Jiayuan came back after finishing his phone call, still holding a locust branch in his hand. He looked at Chi Shen several times and asked, "Do you want to go with me to investigate? You are the person involved. If you are nearby, ghosts are likely to come out. Do you want to go back and rest?"
"I'll go with you," Chi Shen looked directly into Xu Jiayuan's eyes, appearing very sincere, "Since I can lure them out, you can use me as bait to catch them."
Being looked at by Chi Shen's sincere gaze, Xu Jiayuan also felt that he had become more powerful. He nodded vigorously: "Okay! Don't worry, I will protect you!"
Xu Jiayuan continued to push his bicycle and said to Chi Shen, "Generally, ghosts will not leave the place where they are attached too far, so this ghost should not have gone far. Come with me to walk around here for a few times, and maybe he will come out."
Chi Shen showed a little anticipation again, and that expression was just like an ordinary person who was afraid, expectant, and then mustered up the courage. There didn't seem to be anything wrong with him. Xu Jiayuan was a little approving of his expression. He was a very brave young man with a promising future!
Xu Jiayuan added: "If he comes out at that time, you don't have to run. I will give you a talisman. If you carry it with you, ordinary evil spirits will not dare to approach you."
As he spoke, Xu Jiayuan rummaged in the bag he was carrying, took out a stack of talisman papers, counted out one, and handed it to Chi Shen.
Then Xu Jiayuan seemed to think that it was too little, and lowered his head to get another piece of talisman paper: "I'll give you two more. These were drawn by Brother Yuan. They are very useful. You can take them for emergency use..."
Xu Jiayuan's voice stopped.
The talisman paper that he said was very effective quietly ignited a blue flame in Chi Shen's hand, and quickly burned up when the wind blew.
Xu Jiayuan suddenly raised his head and looked around. The setting sun was shining obliquely, stretching his and Chi Shen's shadows very long. There was no trace of any unclean things. The intersection looked extremely normal.
"It's strange." Xu Jiayuan muttered.
He counted out two more talisman papers and handed them to Chi Shen. When the talisman papers touched Chi Shen's fingers, a small blue flame suddenly emerged from them. Xu Jiayuan immediately took the talisman papers back, shook them twice to extinguish the flame, and looked up at Chi Shen. He was shocked and wanted to say something, but he didn't dare to say it.
Chi Shen put one hand in his pocket, and the dark black energy gathered in his hand, and soon turned into a simple small mirror and fell into his hand. He took the initiative to reach out and took the two talisman papers. This time the talisman papers fell into his hand intact. He asked in confusion: "What's wrong?"
"No, nothing." Xu Jiayuan coughed dryly and tried to straighten his expression. "I'm overthinking. Let's go and take a look around. I can also ask if there's anything strange happening nearby."
Xu Jiayuan was pushing his bicycle in front, with a somewhat puzzled expression on his face. From time to time, he took out the talisman paper to look at it, then put it back. When he walked to the convenience store across the street, Xu Jiayuan asked the cashier if he had encountered anything strange recently, while Chi Shen walked around the convenience store.
Under the cover of the shelves, Chi Shen communicated with Gui Lian about the situation. Gui Lian explained the location of the ghosts nearby and said frankly that he had never seen a ghost with a broken hand.
"I don't think he's nearby," Chi Shen reviewed the ghost's situation. "Although he's completely black, you can see that he's wearing modern clothing. The broken hand is uneven, so he must have died at the same time or shortly after the hand was broken. I'm leaning towards a car accident or a factory. I checked and there haven't been any fatal car accidents around here, so he's not here."
Ghost Face was confused, but did not refute. He only asked weakly: "Then should I expand the search area a little bit?"
"No need." After saying that, Chi Shen saw that Xu Jiayuan had asked almost all his questions, so he bought two sandwiches and two bottles of water, and handed them to Xu Jiayuan after he finished asking.
"Thank you," Xu Jiayuan took the food, feeling a little disappointed, "I didn't get any useful information from you."
Chi Shen comforted him: "This place is quite big, take your time, we have only walked one intersection."
After eating something, Xu Jiayuan felt a little more energetic. He picked up a few locust branches on the table, stood up and went out with Chi Shen.
Chi Shen took another look at the branches of the locust tree and asked, "Can these pieces of wood control ghosts?"
As someone who had some connection with the Bai family and was also a member of the Special Security Bureau, Xu Jiayuan knew a lot. He explained to Chi Shen in a popular science way, "Generally speaking, asking ghosts to help you do things is not called ghost control. Only when you make deals with ghosts or subdue ghosts to drive them is it called ghost control."
Chi Shen nodded and listened to Xu Jiayuan continue.
The sun was setting. Xu Jiayuan and Chi Shen were walking slowly on the desolate road. Xu Jiayuan continued, "There are many ways to control ghosts. You can use items that ghosts can attach to, such as older snuff bottles and portraits of ghosts. These can allow subdued ghosts to attach to them and make them follow your actions. These ghosts are usually subdued, so they listen to people. Once something unexpected happens to the person who subdued them and they can't be suppressed, they will be easily attacked back."
Chi Shen concluded: "Die, or follow me, choose one?"
"That's true," Xu Jiayuan thought for a moment and said, "If I were so awesome that I wasn't afraid of anyone, I could also let ghosts do things for me, but forget it, ghosts are so scary!"
Chi Shen smiled and nodded. He looked at Xu Jiayuan. The ghost face in his pocket also showed his eyes and looked at Xu Jiayuan. His shadow also looked at Xu Jiayuan.
Xu Jiayuan was completely unaware. He thought about it for a while and then started talking about the next point: "Another way is to feed ghosts with Yin objects. That is, to give ghosts benefits, make deals with ghosts, and let ghosts do things for you. This is also called raising ghosts. But ghosts are moody, irrational, and greedy. If one day you give them too little, or they think you give them too little, then their food may very likely be you."
Chi Shen sighed at the right moment: "It's all so scary."
Guilian licked his lips in Chi Shen's pocket. For some reason, he wanted to eat candy.
"Yes, it is very scary," Xu Jiayuan said, "So controlling ghosts has always been forbidden, especially raising ghosts. It is very likely that a fierce ghost will be raised that no one can deal with. That would be very scary."
Chi Shen asked: "What is this branch?"
Xu Jiayuan said: "This is a simplified version of the Bai family's ghost-controlling technique. The locust tree is a tree that attracts ghosts. Ghosts like this thing. These branches are arranged in a specific way to attract ghosts. Generally, if you offer something, you can let the ghosts help you do things. This method is relatively simple. It can be regarded as a combination of two basic ghost-controlling techniques. I just don't know what I will attract, so I didn't point it."
"If you throw the stick directly into the green belt, people who don't know anything about it won't suspect anything when they see it." Chi Shen continued in a calm voice, "This person seems to be certain that no one will care even if I'm framed."
Xu Jiayuan thought about it and realized that this was indeed the case. If Chi Shen had not found Yuan Yiping himself, the matter would have just passed. Everything would have seemed like an accident. These locust tree branches would have quietly rotted in the green belt without anyone noticing. It was precisely because he was certain that Chi Shen would not find the reason that he had just left the locust tree branches there without taking them away.
"Now that we have discovered it, we will definitely find the real culprit and clear your name!" Xu Jiayuan felt that Chi Shen was a little pitiful, so he also spoke to comfort him.
Chi Shen really laughed this time, and then said, "Is there a third way?"
Xu Jiayuan asked him: "What method?"
For some reason, Xu Jiayuan suddenly felt a little cold.
Chi Shen smiled faintly, and the setting sun made him look very gentle: "Conquer people with virtue."
Xu Jiayuan obviously didn't understand: "What?"
Chi Shen lowered his eyes and looked at his own shadow, and said calmly: "Talk to the ghosts and monsters with reason, influence them with love, and let them become your friends. From the perspective of friends, you can help each other."
His tone was very calm, as if he was talking about something normal, but Xu Jiayuan was shocked and shook his head repeatedly: "No, no, this is absolutely not possible."
Chi Shen tilted his head: "Why not?"
"Ghosts are not things that will reason with you," Xu Jiayuan advised, "They can't have a good chat with you like I do. If you meet a ghost and say hello, they may have already eaten you. This method only works on wandering souls, but wandering souls often forget their own names. What happened in the last second is formatted in their brains the moment they turn around, so there is no point in making friends."
"Is that so?" Chi Shen was still smiling. "What if I add the talisman you gave me, or Yuan Yiping's sword, will they be friends with me?"
This made Xu Jiayuan stunned for a moment, and after a moment he asked, "May I ask who you are?"
"I'm just a game planner who needs to use his imagination," Chi Shen said, "I'm just imagining a possibility."
They wandered around for a while until they were outside a public toilet. Xu Jiayuan stopped, handed the bicycle and the locust tree branch to Chi Shen, and said, "Wait a minute, I'm going to use the toilet and check to see if the ghost is hiding in the toilet."
Chi Shen nodded, and after Xu Jiayuan entered the bathroom, he took the pile of locust branches and started fiddling with them.
The locust tree branches had four long and one short branches, and there were some small branches as well. He looked at them and arranged them on the ground.
The long ones are the limbs, the short ones are the body, the fishing line is lifted up, and the small branches are made into the head——
"Whoever was blocking my way on the 13th, come out."
When Xu Jiayuan was about to check whether there was any dirt in the toilet, he suddenly felt a little cold.
That kind of coldness was so cold that it could easily penetrate clothes. He was very familiar with it. It was a strong yin energy.
He checked the source of the negative energy and found that it was coming in from outside the toilet. When he thought that Chi Shen was still outside, he immediately became nervous and shouted, "Chi Shen!"
No one outside paid any attention to him. He ran out in two steps and saw Chi Shen standing outside the toilet, fiddling with a few locust tree branches in his hands.
Only then did Xu Jiayuan realize that the sun had set while he was in the toilet.
He broke out in a cold sweat instantly. He did not tell Chi Shen how to arrange the locust tree branches, nor did he tell him what incantation to use to summon the spirit. However, he did not expect that Chi Shen's casual movements would actually make him successful!
Seeing Xu Jiayuan coming out, Chi Shen stood in the vortex of Yin Qi, turned his head to look at him, and said calmly: "I think we can fast forward and use this to call out the ghost directly, isn't it more convenient?"
A chill suddenly spread out of the public toilet. The branches of the locust tree began to move on their own. The dark shadow of a man with a broken hand slowly emerged from the branches. A strong smell of blood filled the air, and drops of black liquid dripped from the broken hand.
The black shadow opened his mouth, and his broken jaw opened and closed: "You, are you calling me?"
"I'm sorry to call you out so late at night. I'm in trouble and need to ask you a few questions. I hope you can answer them," Chi Shen said politely. "On the 13th, you pushed an old lady at the intersection over there and she hit my bicycle. Who called you out that day?"
The black shadow's head moved slightly, revealing a greedy smile: "What good will it do me if I answer you?"
"Benefits?" Chi Shen also laughed, "Maybe you can live a few more days."
"Ha, ha ha ha!" The black shadow with the broken hand laughed loudly, and pounced towards Chi Shen with its cracked lower jaw!
"Run! Don't even think about winning people over with virtue at this moment!" Xu Jiayuan rushed over and wanted to drag Chi Shen away.
Chi Shen stepped aside, leaving Xu Jiayuan's hand empty. At the same time, he moved the fishing line in his hand and lifted the entire locust tree branch. The black shadow of the severed hand suddenly floated up. He was less than ten centimeters away from Chi Shen, but he could not get any closer.
"No, how is that possible!" The black shadow was horrified to find that he was tied up in those locust tree branches. He struggled hard, but he couldn't get rid of the restraints. "It didn't work last time!"
Xu Jiayuan also noticed this and asked in shock, "Can it be used this way?"
At this time, Chi Shen had calmly taken out the talisman that Xu Jiayuan had given him, slapped it next to the black shadow of the broken hand, and looked at him calmly: "Who asked you to come out that day?"
Xu Jiayuan, who was standing next to him, shivered for no reason. He felt a chill down his spine when he heard the calm tone. He always felt that this person was not as easy to get along with as he had imagined. The way he interrogated a ghost was a little bit scary.
Xu Jiayuan looked at the man and the ghost next to him, silently took a step back, put his hands on the handlebars of his bicycle, ready to run away at any time!
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