Chapter 06 Chapter 6
At the director's signal, the camera cleverly turned to the room. The doctor brought by the program team was treating Qi Renlu, and the initial judgment was that this guy was exhausted and fell asleep.
Of course, to be on the safe side, the program team decided to send him to the hospital for a more thorough full-body examination.
However, after the netizens in the live broadcast room confirmed that Qi Renlu was most likely fine, they all turned their attention in another direction.
[If I wasn’t blind just now, it seems like a ghost really appeared…]
[It was like a dream. I seemed to see the young boss catching a ghost with his bare hands. He even pressed the ghost to the ground and rubbed it twice.]
[??? Really? I just arrived. What happened?]
[Well, the production team seemed to have invited a young boss to exorcise evil spirits, and as soon as the young boss opened Qi Renlu's room, a cloud of black mist flew out with a whoosh.]
[I was so scared just now. The black fog almost hit Queen Tang. She was so scared!]
[Oh my god, I just want to say that the boss is awesome! He caught the ghost accurately with his bare hands and rubbed it on the ground. I was dumbfounded by this operation]
[Is this true? Isn’t he a charlatan… No, so ghosts really exist in this world? Why don’t I believe it?]
…
The live broadcast room was in an uproar. Some said it was a real ghost, while others said it was more than just black fog. He saw a human face in the fog. Of course, there were also a few comments saying it must be a gimmick by the program team. The real situation was just as the boss said, it was just a high-tech projection by the program team.
Of course, as for where those few comments came from...
The program director looked at the staff squatting in a row trying to control the comments in the live broadcast room, and felt sad. He felt that the name of his program was wrong, and it should be changed from "The Smell of Fireworks in the World" to "The Smell of Incense in the Underworld".
The director touched his bald head and looked towards the other room. Yuan Tian and Tang Meng had been in there for quite a while and it seemed that they would not come out soon.
He smiled bitterly and told his assistant: "Wait for Miss Tang to come out later, and ask her to come out and say a few words in the live broadcast room to smooth things over."
"How can I explain this..." The assistant looked distressed. Qi Renlu's strange behavior last night, and the situation just now, who the hell can explain it!
"You're stupid!" The director poked his forehead in frustration, "Boss Renyuan has already thought of an excuse for you, so just polish it up and it'll be fine."
"Oh..." The young assistant covered his forehead and thought to himself, only a fool would believe that excuse.
After a while, he asked again: "Then, Director, what about Qi Renlu?"
The director couldn't help but take out a pack of cigarettes and said dejectedly, "I'll take care of it. He'll cooperate."
"Okay." The assistant finally said nothing.
At the same time, among the group of young men who were rushing into the mountains, a voice suddenly popped up: "Brother, he is on the hot search again! This time it is still in that program, but in another place."
The veins on the freckled young man's forehead were throbbing. "Whack-a-mole, what is this..."
The sturdy man next to him smiled and shook his head: "Forget it, don't waste your energy. He is a thief. The place is far away, and when we go there, we will definitely find nothing."
This statement caused many people to agree. The young man, who had suffered a loss once, had to grit his teeth and no longer insist on pursuing Yuan Tian.
At this time, Yuan Tian didn't know that he had become a cunning mole in the eyes of some people. He was looking down at the human-shaped black fog that he had tied into a caterpillar shape, with a gloomy face.
"Why, you don't want to show your true form? Is it because you are too ugly to face people or what?"
The black fog remained motionless, as if determined to fight it to the end with silence.
A ghost with some cultivation can only do this. If he doesn't want to, he can just use ghost energy to condense into mist to cover himself, making it impossible for people to see his face. Unless the opponent is stronger than him and can directly dispel the ghost energy covering his body.
Often, ghosts that have reached this level of cultivation can actively condense a half-real body and appear in front of ordinary people. Of course, in front of people with strong inspiration, they can be seen even if they don't show up.
Yuan Tian smiled coldly: "Looks like you want me to help you, right? But I have a bad temper and I won't hold back when I hit you. If I accidentally hit you too hard and you die, that would be bad..."
Threat, this is a naked threat!
The black fog finally moved, and the mist on its body gradually dissipated, revealing the true appearance of a translucent soul body - it was a male ghost wearing an undecorated tattered red robe, with a handsome face, waist-length hair, and looked to be in his teens.
At this time, the male ghost was wrapped in a layer of light blue silk thread, unable to move, but he still tried to raise his head and stared at Yuan Tian angrily. However, probably because of his appearance, although he tried hard to make a fierce expression, no matter how you look at it, you can always feel that this fierceness is always a bit cute.
Tang Meng, who was watching this scene from a distance, couldn't help but exclaimed: "It's an ancient male ghost."
Yuan Tian looked at her, feeling somewhat helpless and amused: "Why don't you go out and wait."
She was obviously terrified, but she was still determined to follow him to "interrogate" the ghost. But after entering the house, she didn't dare to get close, and could only watch from a distance. Yuan Tian thought, no wonder they say women's hearts are the most complicated, he really didn't understand how this man could be so timid and yet still want to do it.
Tang Meng shook her head firmly: "No, I must stay here. Xiao Qi is my friend, I want to know why he is pestering Xiao Qi."
Seeing how determined she was, Yuan Tian stopped trying to persuade her. Turning to look at the stubborn male ghost, he said calmly, "It seems like you haven't figured it out for a while. It's okay. I'll give you three minutes to figure it out for yourself. Do you want to talk to me properly?"
After saying this, the young boss ignored him and took out his mobile phone to check it.
Tang Meng seemed to realize that the ghost was controlled tightly by Yuan Tian, and plus, the ghost... well, looked okay, so the fear in her heart gradually dissipated a lot.
She moved Yuan Tian step by step, and stopped not far behind him. Then she said, "Thank you so much for what happened just now."
Yuan Tian looked back at her and smiled, "You are taking money from others and helping them get rid of their misfortunes. You don't have to be polite."
"You took the money from the director," Tang Meng said seriously, "but you saved my life, so of course I have to thank you."
If the young boss hadn't been quick enough to grab the ghost, Tang Meng thought that she would be the one running around with all four limbs and no image at all. It's even possible that her life is in danger.
It is an indisputable fact that Boss Yuan saved her.
Yuan Tian didn't comment, just smiled.
Tang Meng said again: "Well, can I ask you a few questions?"
"You have nothing to do anyway," Yuan Tian said nonchalantly, "Just ask."
Tang Meng breathed a sigh of relief, pointed at the stubborn ghost on the ground, and said, "Are ghosts not afraid of sunlight?"
"That's not the case," Yuan Tian glanced at the male ghost's waist-length hair and replied, "Sunlight will make ghosts feel uncomfortable, especially new ghosts with weak ghost powers, but it won't make them die. But for old ghosts like this, although sunlight will have a certain impact on them, the harm is not that great."
However, no matter how powerful the ghosts are, they prefer to appear in the dark. Just like humans don't like to get close to flames, the sun's rays will always make ghosts uncomfortable.
Tang Meng looked like she was puzzled. After thinking for a while, she asked, "Boss Yuan, you already knew that this ghost would come after me, right? Can you tell me why?"
Yuan Tian was a little surprised: "How did you know?"
"You looked back at me twice before you unlocked the door." Tang Meng smiled bitterly, "Besides, you rushed over and grabbed it in such a timely manner, as if you had been prepared for it long ago."
This girl is quite smart. Yuan Tian praised: "You are very careful."
After a pause, he continued, "In fact, as early as when I shook hands with you, I felt that there seemed to be something about you..."
He paused, not knowing how to describe it. It felt very strange. When he shook hands with her, his first impression was that this girl had strong inspiration, much stronger than Hua Mu. Logically, when she and Qi Renlu were walking on the road together, the ghost should have chosen her, not Qi Renlu.
After all, in his opinion, the ghost on the ground was fully capable of possessing Tang Meng. This girl was in good health, had no bad luck, and was even more easily controlled after possessing her with a strong inspiration.
But the male ghost didn't. He chose Qi Renlu, which was very strange. It can only be said that Tang Meng was probably carrying something like Hua Mu. That thing was enough to prevent the ghosts from touching her, and it also prevented her from seeing the ghosts and thus not being bothered. After all, her inspiration was much stronger than Hua Mu's, and it was very easy to see ghosts if she didn't control it.
Things... Tang Meng thought about it blankly for a long time, and finally an idea came to him.
She reached into her pants and took out a small red cloth bag. She opened the bag and took out a necklace.
It was more like a black string with a small black wooden sign hanging on it than a necklace. The wooden sign looked plain and had no pattern at all. It was very ordinary.
Tang Meng hesitated and said, "This is what my grandfather gave me. He always told me to wear it with me, saying it can keep me safe."
Yuan Tian took it and rubbed it, and could vaguely feel that there was an unknown power hidden in this small wooden sign. It was a bit like their Taoist, but not completely.
He pushed the small wooden sign in front of the male ghost on the ground. As expected, the male ghost shrank back, obviously not wanting to get involved with this thing.
Yuan Tian had some ideas in mind. This thing was much more powerful than the talisman that Hua Mu's grandmother gave her.
"It can indeed keep you safe," Yuan Tian returned the wooden sign to Tang Meng, and then said, "But why did you take it off today and put it in the bag?"
It was because she put the wooden sign into the bag that the aura and power on it were isolated a lot. The male ghost on the ground mistakenly thought that the thing was no longer on her, so he rushed towards her in a hurry.
Of course, this thing was only partially isolated from its aura and power, but as long as it was still in Tang Meng's hand, the male ghost could not possess her at all. Thinking of this, Yuan Tian suddenly felt that he seemed a little impulsive just now.
If he had known this earlier, he would have lay down and waited for the male ghost to be bounced back by Tang Meng's wooden sign so that he could pick up the corpse himself.
Oops, bad decision.
As if seeing Yuan Tian's sinister intentions, the male ghost on the ground looked at him with a hint of contempt in his eyes.
Yuan Tian, who was so thick-skinned, naturally ignored him and just waited for Tang Meng's answer.
Tang Meng smiled bitterly, put the wooden sign back on his neck, and then slowly gave his reasons: "Actually, I wanted to lend this wooden sign to Qi Renlu to wear."
"I'm not sure if it's useful, but my grandfather said it's a talisman... I thought, I'd lend it to Qi Renlu and give it a try, just in case!"
"But before I could lend it to him, you..."
She smiled gratefully at Yuan Tian and thanked him again sincerely.
Yuan Tian waved her hand: "Don't be so polite. I feel bad for that."
After a pause, he continued, "Don't worry, Qi Renlu is just weak after being possessed. Get a good night's sleep and get some sun for a few days, and he'll be fine."
"Yeah." Tang Meng nodded heavily, her heart was completely at ease. However, she still had a somewhat tangled look on her face, and she was hesitant to speak.
"If you have anything else to say, just tell me." Yuan Tian smiled at her in a good mood.
Just now, the text message alert on the phone rang. The director was very straightforward. The final payment had arrived, and he also gave her an extra reward for her hard work! Yuan Tian felt so happy that she was naturally more talkative than usual.
Seeing that he was in such a good mood, Tang Meng took the opportunity to say, "Actually, I kind of suspect that my brother's company is in trouble..."
"Some time ago, someone died in his company. It was a burglar who somehow accidentally ran into his company and died inside. Afterwards, strange things seemed to happen frequently in their company..."
At this point, Tang Meng paused, as if he had made up his mind, and then he looked up and continued, "I want to ask if you have time to go with me to meet my brother. Don't worry, the reward is negotiable. The last thing our family lacks is money."
Yuan Tian raised his eyebrows. He was still thinking about where to find work next. After all, he couldn't go back to his antique shop. Maybe someone was waiting there.
That’s good, it saves a lot of trouble.
He glanced at the male ghost on the ground from the corner of his eye. The guy was still very stubborn and didn't seem to be convinced at all. So he raised his voice a little: "It's a small matter, don't worry. I have a lot of experience in dealing with these evil spirits. I guarantee that the ghost will be worse than death, and the coffin lid won't be able to hold him down."
Tang Meng was stunned for two seconds, and finally understood after seeing Yuan Tian's eyes. She put on an expression full of curiosity and asked, "Boss Yuan, how do you usually deal with these ghosts?"
This girl is on to something! Yuan Tian smiled slightly and said slowly: "It's nothing, actually. You've heard of the Eighteen Layers of Hell, right? There's a frying pan and a sea of fire. Any ghost there will have a hard time. They can neither live nor die."
"That's great. I have someone under me." Yuan Tian said with a smile, "Then call a few ghost officials to drag the evil ghost down and punish him. I guarantee that he will be so angry that his soul will fly away immediately."
Tang Meng was already stunned by what he heard. Is there someone down there? Is this a bit too much?
The young boss didn't care how big the boast was. He glanced at the ground and saw, as expected, that the male ghost's stubborn expression had frozen on his face, and a thin layer of fear gradually filled his clear eyes.
The goal was achieved, and the young boss gave Tang Meng a look, indicating that she could close the net.
Tang Meng understood immediately, and said exaggeratedly, covering her mouth: "Wow, Boss Yuan, you are so awesome! No wonder those big guys strongly recommended you to the director, and said that no matter what kind of ghost falls into your hands, it will have to be honest. It turns out that what they said is true!"
The ghost body on the ground has begun to tremble.
The time was right, so Yuan Tian exchanged a few more words with Tang Meng before looking at the male ghost on the ground.
He propped up his left foot and placed it on the bench. He felt uncomfortable after that, so he calmly changed to prop up his right foot. Then he put his right elbow on his right knee, and said to the male ghost in a scoundrel and fierce manner: "What's the matter, do you want to talk to me properly?"
Tang Meng, who was standing next to him, silently covered her face, turned her back and laughed quietly. What kind of imitation is this Young and Dangerous guy? The young boss had no idea how cute his so-called ferocious expression was.
He was a young man in his twenties, and he was fair and tender. When he got fierce... he looked fierce, like a little beast baring its fangs and claws and shouting "I am fierce". Tang Meng thought, it was obvious that he was acting like a beast who had never learned acting.
But the male ghost didn't seem to be very smart, or perhaps he was frightened by Boss Yuan's words "I have someone underground". The male ghost's mouth drooped, his nose wrinkled slightly, and he nodded pitifully like a wronged young wife.
With that look and that attitude, he looked so lovable. Tang Meng couldn't help but look at him twice more, which earned her a fierce glare from the male ghost.
Relying on Yuan Tian's presence, she glared back without any hesitation.
The male ghost seemed not to have expected that a little girl like her would suddenly become so bold. He was stunned for a moment, then pursed his lips and shifted his gaze back to Yuan Tian.
Yuan Tian was not vague and asked directly: "What's your name?"
The male ghost answered honestly: "The awakening of zhe."
"Hmm?" Yuan Tian gave a questioning nasal tone with great dignity.
"My real name is Jingzhe!" the male ghost said aggrievedly, "I've been dead for so long that I can't remember my real name."
I can't remember his real name, but it seems he has been dead for quite some time. Looking at his ragged clothes, his experience before death must not have been very good.
Yuan Tian's heart softened, and she thought that the ghost had only possessed Qi Renlu and had no intention of harming him, so she softened her tone: "Didn't the ghost come to take you away?"
Since ancient times, ghost messengers would come to take ordinary people to the underworld after they died. In recent years, it is said that the position of the underworld god is vacant, and the human world is overpopulated, resulting in a shortage of manpower in the underworld, and it is often unable to take in new ghosts in time.
But this is something that happened in recent years. It shouldn’t have happened when the male ghost was alive.
"I don't remember..." The male ghost said hesitantly. As if afraid that Yuan Tian would not believe him, he added: "My grave is on the mountainside, but my name is not engraved on it, nor is my life story. Jingzhe gave myself this name because I like it."
He had a nameless grave and looked like a wild ghost. Yuan Tian felt a little sympathy for him.
They generally divide harmless ghosts into new ghosts waiting to be taken by the underworld, and homeless ghosts and ordinary wandering souls that the underworld ignores. As for those who are too resentful and unwilling to go to the underworld, those who are easy to harm people but to a lesser extent are called evil ghosts, and those who kill and are bloodthirsty are called fierce ghosts. Although this little ghost has some resentment, it is far from the level of an evil ghost, and he doesn't really want to harm people. He can only be regarded as an ordinary wild ghost.
At this time, Tang Meng seemed to remember something and interrupted, "Is it the black stone tablet near the foot of the mountain?"
"Yes!" When the male ghost was mentioned, he became excited and twisted on the ground: "It's the place you passed by yesterday evening!"
Tang Meng was stunned and said: "So it's that..."
Last night, she and Qi Renlu were walking around the village when they passed by the foot of a mountain and saw a black stone tablet with no words erected a little higher up. She wondered whether it was a boundary marker or a tombstone, after all, there were more or less old graves on the mountain in this village.
At that time, Qi Renlu said that every family’s ancestral tomb would have no inscriptions on it, so it must be a boundary marker from an unknown era.
Neither of them paid much attention to this small stone tablet at the time, but they never thought that it was this inconspicuous stone tablet that brought them so much trouble.
"That's not right!" Tang Meng realized it later and said, "We didn't say anything bad about you at that time, why did you pester us?"
"Because..." The male ghost raised his head and stared at her viciously. He twisted his body a few times and said fiercely, "I hate you!"
Seeing that he became fierce again, Tang Meng was frightened and took several steps back, then shrank back behind Boss Yuan.
Yuan Tian looked at the male ghost helplessly, and her voice became much softer: "Speak nicely, where does your hatred come from? Did they offend you first?"
The male ghost's mouth pursed, and a look of grievance emerged between his eyebrows, obviously agreeing with Yuan Tian's words.
"We didn't do anything!" Tang Meng was unconvinced, "We just discussed what the monument was. We didn't even touch you!"
Yuan Tian waved his hand at her, signaling her to be quiet. Then he said to the male ghost, "Tell me, how did they offend you?"
The male ghost answered the question irrelevantly: "In fact, I have always suspected that I might have starved to death."
"I have been feeling hungry since I became conscious, very hungry. Even if some kind-hearted people occasionally burn some paper money and incense for me, even if some kind-hearted ghosts occasionally give me some incense, I can never be full no matter how much I eat." The male ghost's voice became lower and lower as he spoke.
Yuan Tian stroked his chin. This description made it possible. Some people died so tragically that their souls could still remember their feelings before death after becoming ghosts. Hunger was one of them.
It seemed that this ghost died in an extremely tragic way. Yuan Tian felt more and more sympathetic towards him, and his voice became softer: "What does this have to do with them?"
"Of course it's related!" The male ghost glared at Tang Meng fiercely and aggrievedly, with a face full of accusations: "They sang something in front of my grave, steamed lamb, steamed bear paws, steamed deer tails, etc., and they sang and recited the names of many dishes!"
Yuan Tian took a breath and looked at Tang Meng: "Is what he said true?"
Tang Meng was stunned for a moment before saying, "Xiao Qi did perform a segment of "Reporting the Menu" and I followed along and recited a few lines..."
Before she finished speaking, she found that Yuan Tian was looking at her with a very disapproving look, and even with a hint of condemnation.
She was confused: "Is there any problem with this?"
"What's the problem?!" The male ghost raised his head and raised his voice angrily, "You named dishes in front of a starving ghost, but you didn't serve them after you named them. And you still say there's a problem?!"
"Vicious, too vicious." Yuan Tian changed sides on the spot and shook his head: "This time I have to stand with Brother Gui, you two are too cruel."
The male ghost was immediately moved: "Thank you, brother, you are a wise man!"
“You’re welcome.” Yuan Tian looked righteous.
Tang Meng accidentally became a public enemy and was in tears. She never expected that this was the reason for her to provoke such a dirty thing. Although ignorance is not a crime, but...
She glanced at the aggrieved male ghost. From other people's perspective, it was indeed cruel.
"I'm sorry." Tang Meng bent down and apologized to him sincerely.
The male ghost immediately felt embarrassed, and said shyly: "It's okay, it's okay, I was scared back later, so let's just call it even..."
"No," Yuan Tian smiled and said, "It's one thing for you to scare them, but it's another thing for you to possess Qi Renlu and make him weak. Don't confuse them."
"You can just show up and scare them, why bother attacking him." Yuan Tian said, and then said disapprovingly: "You hold a grudge even more fiercely than I do, you have to take revenge."
The male ghost moved his mouth and said awkwardly: "Actually, I didn't possess him just for revenge."
Yuan Tian looked at Tang Meng in surprise: "What else did you do to him?"
Tang Meng looked innocent: "Brother, which side are you on?"
Good man, she even called him "brother". It can be seen how shocked she was that Yuan Tian, a ghost catcher, stood on the side of the ghost.
"Hey," Yuan Tian knew that he was in the wrong, and looked at the male ghost again: "Tell me, what is the reason for you to become Qi Renlu's body?"
The male ghost seemed a little embarrassed. He was silent for a moment before saying, "Well, I want to borrow his body to eat a chicken."
Yuan Tian: "...That's it? Is that all you can do?"
The male ghost was particularly indignant: "They said it themselves in front of me, saying that the chickens they raise in their yard are authentic free-range chickens, the meat is delicious and fresh, and it tastes good no matter how you cook it!"
"I also heard the owner of those chickens say that he would give a few to Miss Tang, so I possessed Qi Renlu. In the end, Miss Tang actually returned the chickens! Such delicious chickens, but she didn't want to eat them!"
The male ghost was about to cry: "I originally wanted her to change her mind, but who knew that after possessing Qi, her body was too weak. I couldn't control it at all. I could only squat by the chicken coop to hint at her..."
"Who would have thought that after squatting for a whole night, there was not even a chicken feather." At this point, the male ghost lay on the ground and cried.
"My beggar's chicken, my tender and sweet beggar's chicken that bursts with juice when you bite it..."
So miserable…
Boss Yuan took a deep breath and wanted to eat chicken too.
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