69. They want to go out(1/2)
I don't know Wan Zhai is a two-story wooden building. There is a poem as a couplet on the left and right sides of the door: The sun dew in the east wakes people up, but it is not as good as the sunset to understand my heart.
But its name has nothing to do with the couplet, but is taken from a sentence said by Cheng Yan and Cheng Gongwang, a great scholar of this dynasty: It is never too late to drink alcohol; it is never too late to read; it is never too late to write articles.
Wang Qilin walked in with a gloomy face.
This expression is commonly known as Sima face.
He deliberately put on this posture, otherwise he would be looked down upon by others because he was too young.
Wearing a wingless black gauze hat, mysterious clothes and powerful clothing, a five-foot demon sword, and a gloomy complexion.
When the study owner and waiter saw this scene, they kneeled on the ground subconsciously.
Wang Qilin was very satisfied.
At this time, a milk cat's head came out of his arms.
The boss and others suddenly looked strange.
This gentleman's appearance is serious and cold, but what does it mean to have a milk cat stuffed in his arms?
Wang Qilin silently stuffed the eight cats back and stuffed the jade pendant into its mouth, like a pacifier for a baby.
Ba Miao hugged the Pisces jade pendant and started licking it again, peeking out secretly while licking.
Xu Da came up and whispered: "Do you feel it? There is something wrong with this study."
"What's wrong?" Wang Qilin asked calmly.
Xu Da smacked his lips and said, "I can't tell you exactly. When you come in, it's like walking down the street with your butt naked. It's very uncomfortable. Don't you feel it?"
Wang Qilin shook his head: "I haven't walked across the street naked, so I can't experience this feeling."
Xie Toad said: "The yin energy here is very strong, so be careful."
There are many things in the study, the most common ones are books, calligraphy, paintings and the Four Treasures of the Study. There are also paperweights, pen holders, bookshelves, pen washers, seals, bookcases, etc.
The store is not big, but has a full range of samples.
Wang Qilin guessed that there was something wrong with the brush here, so he waved to Xu Da and said, "Put the ice beads in your mouth and take a look at the brush."
He called the store owner over again and asked, "What's your name?"
The boss raised his hands and said: "Reporting to your lord, the student's name is Zhang Quan. May I ask what happened in my study?"
Wang Qilin asked: "Is there anything strange in your study?"
The shop owner shook his head resolutely: "No."
Wang Qilin sneered. He'd be damned if he didn't. When he asked this old guy, he answered without thinking. Do you think he's stupid?
Xu Daye said: "How could there be nothing weird? The sinister atmosphere in this study is very strong, like a mass grave."
Dou Dachun suddenly smiled ferociously: "My sons, take him down for me and take him back to the Yamen for a meal first."
Zhang Quan raised his head and said calmly: "Sir, wait a minute. This student has a great reputation and is a scholar of the Taizu Dynasty for twenty years. You cannot use torture on me."
Everything is of inferior quality, but reading is of high quality.
In the New Han Dynasty, breaking the law required at least a slap in the face, but scholars could be exempted from this crime. County officials had no right to punish scholars. If scholars broke the law and needed to be punished, they had to ask their husbands to come forward and beat them.
And when you hit someone, it's not like on Earth, it's like a slap on the ear, a slap on the butt with the sole of a shoe, pinching and twisting, and a kick flying several meters away. The most you can do is hit the palm of your hand.
Wang Qilin knew this very well. He looked at the waiters in the shop with a smile but asked: "Do you also have fame?"
Dou Dachun's face turned cold, he rolled up his sleeves and revealed a hand of black hair, ready to drag the person in person.
His favorite thing is to hit someone with a paddle. The sound and feel of the paddle hitting someone's buttocks is exciting.
The waiters in the shop were trembling, and someone couldn't bear it anymore and shouted: "Sir, have mercy on me, my lord, have mercy on me, there is something really weird about my study at night."
Wang Qilin reached out and tore Zhang Quan's collar.
Zhang Quan apologized: "My lord, please forgive me. I really don't know. I don't live in this study, but in another house. It's me and the guys who live in the study. If anything weird happens, I'll let them answer."
"explain!"
A waiter said: "This study is not very strange, except that someone will knock on the door at night. But when I ask, no one responds. When I open the door, there is no one outside. But when I come back and lie down, someone knocks on the door again."
"It can be knocked on and off all night, and it won't stop until dawn the next day." Another waiter added with lingering fear.
Xie Toad guessed: "It seems like there is something evil coming to ask for something."
Wang Qilin took the ice beads in his mouth and his mouth was filled with coolness.
But they couldn't find out what the problem was, so they could only stay in the study at night and wait to see who knocked on the door.
Knowing that they would be stationed in the study and waiting for ghosts to come, Zhang Quan said with a sad face: "Sir, look at the books, calligraphy, paintings, porcelain and wooden shelves in my shop. They are all light objects. If you encounter ghosts and fight at night, you will inevitably have some troubles."
Damage, so can we let the students take advantage of the daylight to bring some fragile things back to the house first?"
Xu Dadao: "You really want money rather than life. Now you have something related to a ghost. The ghost keeps knocking on the door, just to beg for this thing. You actually want to take it home?"
Wang Qilin had other ideas: There are many things in the study, so the ghost can't ask for everything, right? You can ask the shopkeeper to move out each item one by one, and they can see if there is any change in the Yin Qi in the store. If there is a change, it means there is something wrong with the items moved out.
So he pondered for a moment and said, "You can move things, but you have to do it in the same way."
Zhang Quan was overjoyed and the guys started working:
We do not produce paintings and calligraphy, we are just study porters.
As a result, we are about to move into a house with only four walls, but the yin energy in the room is still as strong as ever!
Here comes the problem!
Wang Qilin guessed: "Could it be that there is an ancient tomb under this house? The owner of the tomb is asking for this house, and it has nothing to do with the things inside?"
Xie Toad shook his head: "If that's the case, why would it kill the scholar?"
Wang Qilin's heart sank and he said: "It's possible that the person who knocked on the door and the person who killed the scholar are not the same thing."
If his guess is accurate, then there are two cases.
The problem becomes complicated.
But now that the sun was not far away, they simply waited for the truth to come.
The sunset slowly sets.
The glow disappeared inch by inch.
The crescent moon hung on the eastern skyline.
Night fell inadvertently.
Dou Dachun gave them some food, including roasted meat, braised vegetables, roasted chicken, and a can of old wine.
Then he said slowly: "Well, my wife's aunt's daughter-in-law is giving birth tonight, and I have to..."
"You don't have to stay here if you're afraid." Xu Da deliberately provoked him.
Dou Dachun breathed a sigh of relief: "If you had told me earlier, I wouldn't have to find an excuse."
Then he tightened his clothes and ran away.
What dignity, what dignity.
Thirty-six strategies, the best is the best!
Wang Qilin tore off a piece of braised pork leg and started eating it. Xu Da and Xie Toad ate and drank, while Ba Meow poked his head around.
Seeing this, he said: "Drink less, we have business to do tonight."
Xu Da said nonchalantly: "Don't worry, Master Qi. The more I drink, the more sober I become."
When the jar of old wine was empty, he hugged Xie Toad and said vaguely: "Be careful, your waist is thin again..."
There was nothing unusual in the study for the time being, so Wang Qilin closed his eyes and fell asleep.
time flies.
I don’t know when the temperature in the room started to drop.
Wang Qilin opened his eyes.
Thanks to Toad for pinching out the talisman paper.
Xu Da snored.
Several figures appeared quietly in the study.
There are no signs.
They seemed to appear out of nowhere.
Four scholars and one honest-looking young man.
These people's faces were pale, their eyes were closed, and they walked silently.
Wang Qilin subconsciously thought of Huang Qingyun.
Xie Toad also whispered: "Yinhun!"
As the saying goes, the ghost never leaves.
To be continued...