Cheng Zhan never thinks that he is a good person, especially when it comes to catching wizard spirits. He believes that catching wizard spirits is his mission, and in order to achieve his goal, he can use various means.
For example, when he was at the July Inn, he used Bai Yaoyao to stimulate Qin Mu's "jealous" mood and draw out the witch spirit.
No one had ever told him that there was a problem with this method, until Si Ye appeared and told him indirectly that this was not good.
Si Ye didn't say exactly why it was not good, but from that time on, Cheng Zhan also felt that, well, that method was not good.
So, when he took the girl selling liquor to the alley, before the girl had time to get aroused, he directly strangled her plan to pounce on her.
He directly asked about Bai Rong. When the girl showed doubts and hesitation, he showed his ultimate weapon——
money.
I gave the girl a large sum of money.
This trick was actually learned from Si Ye, who once told him nonchalantly that problems that can be solved with money are not problems.
If you want to follow Cheng Zhan's usual approach, it's not that troublesome to trap someone. There are many ways to intimidate someone, and fear is one of the effective ways to make people confess.
But it's really inappropriate to face a girl's family.
Money did help Cheng Zhan solve the problem, at least the wine seller knew everything and said it all.
But when it comes to the bar owner, money may not work, and he is very likely to be the client. Intimidation is not too troublesome, just let him see some illusions.
Sure enough, the bar owner was so frightened that he knelt on the ground and told everything about Bai Rong's work in the bar and his plans for Bai Rong. He kept scolding himself as a bastard. He said that he should not have added insult to injury, knowing that she had
Difficulty, not only did not help, but also threatened and induced her.
He even cried bitterly. When Cheng Zhan let him go, he saw that the guy was so scared that he peed his pants.
Cheng Zhan did not explain the specific process to Si Ye in detail, only the results.
But Si Ye knew him well, and looking at his expression, it was 100% threatening to the opponent. He sighed, "With your methods, how many people can handle it?"
You don't have to think too hard about it, you can tell just by looking at Shen Xun's dejected look a while ago.
To play with someone's soul, in Cheng Zhan's eyes, it was a small punishment but a big warning.
Cheng Zhan slowly drank his coffee, his eyes falling on the street, "I want to make a quick decision, and it's just a trivial matter. It's not worth the trouble."
Si Ye:……
"Besides, this method is most suitable for people with evil thoughts." Cheng Zhan added unhurriedly.
Si Ye followed his gaze and saw that the stew shop had already started opening the rolling door, and it was being cleared very quickly.
The store is an old one. During the day, I listened to the proprietress's wishes. The store was opened by my parents-in-law. Now it is run by the couple. Almost all the children in the neighborhood grew up watching it.
Nothing about the front facade remains unchanged, and there has not been any extensive renovation. The rolling door is made of old-fashioned and traditional aluminum alloy. When it is lowered, it makes a clanging sound, which Cheng Zhan and Si Ye can clearly hear even though they are across the street.
Si Ye bit the straw and looked away, "I'm thinking about a question..."
When I said this, I had some thoughts between my eyebrows.
Cheng Zhan did not urge him and waited for him to continue.
"Ever since I dreamed about Lin Ran saying goodbye to me that night, she seemed to have left. I never dreamed about her again." Si Ye frowned, "As for Bai Rong, she came to me because she had a grievance.
, but the problem has not been solved, why doesn’t she come to me? And..."
He summarized the language while thinking——
"I think about how she disappeared at that time, and the more I think about it, the more strange it becomes. It shouldn't be because of the daytime, it's like someone suddenly made her disappear."
fear?
Cheng Zhan thought about it carefully.
He didn't know what happened when Si Ye encountered a ghost during the day, because he couldn't see the ghost. He could only see Si Ye talking to himself and making signs like a fool.
Bai Rong's situation has been mentioned by Si Ye before, but when I think about it today, it does seem a bit strange. The appearance of a soul without a body against the bright sun is contrary to normal ethics, and it can only mean that the situation is extremely special.
And suddenly disappeared, the power to make the soul disappear is not necessarily small.
Could it be that there is some kind of power in the dark that he and Si Ye haven't noticed yet?
Just as he was thinking about it, he heard Si Ye ask him, "What do you think ghosts are afraid of?"
Cheng Zhan caught the sensitive words in his words, "You mean, Bai Rong is afraid?"
"Yes." Si Ye nodded, recalling that day carefully, "She was angry, but she became very scared when she finally disappeared."
Having said this, he murmured again, "If it just disappears during the day because of the inconvenience, it wouldn't be so scary."
This is true.
Cheng Zhan understood what Si Ye meant.
If it is inconvenient to come out during the day, you can still come at night. Even if Si Ye has the ability to dream about ghosts, you can also solve the problem by entering his dream. There are many ways, so why are you afraid?
unless……
"Disappear completely!"
The two of them almost said the same thing and thought at the same time.
Si Ye was agitated, and then asked a question, "If you disappear completely, your soul will be gone. As you said, there is no possibility of rebirth. If this is the case, why can Bai Rong have such an experience? Yes.
What can make her soul disappear?"
Cheng Zhan couldn't answer.
He has never intervened in the matter of ghosts, let alone come into contact with them. For thousands of years, he has only faced wizard spirits. This is the first time he has encountered such an experience as Si Ye.
The two people's questioning led to a dead end with no way forward, but both of them knew in their hearts that the end of this dead end might just be an illusion. They could not look back and could only learn the truth by pushing away the illusion.
For a while, the two of them fell into deep thought.
Cars and cars were passing by, neon lights were shining, and the world was full of bustling scenes. Only Si Ye and Cheng Zhan seemed to be walking against the hustle and bustle of the world. The two of them were very quiet, and their thoughts had drifted far away.
When there was movement in Zhou Ji, Cheng Zhan came to his senses. When he looked at the time, it was already midnight. Si Ye was still deep in thought, biting his fingers.
Seeing this, Cheng Zhan pulled his hand down and nibbled on it.
"Come out." Cheng Zhan said.
Si Ye followed his line of sight and looked over, and sure enough, a sneaky shadow came out of the rolling door. The rolling door only opened a gap as wide as one person, but it was not fully opened. The shadow came out of the gap, and in his arms
He seemed to be holding something.
Looking at that figure, he is the store owner.
Cheng Zhan and Si Ye looked at each other, then stood up and chased after them.
It is indeed the store owner.
After exiting the rolling door, you turned into the back alley.
The back alley is quite long. Compared with the front street, no one cares about the back alley, especially at midnight. There are people living in the alley, but there are not many households. It looks very desolate, and there are no street lights. With the light from the outer street,
Judging from the moonlight, it looks like there are ghosts hiding in the alley, overlapping one another.
Cheng Zhan and Si Ye followed behind, their steps very light, keeping a distance from the shop owner.
The shop owner walked in a hurry and didn't look back. He seemed to be anxious to finish something quickly. There were piles of debris on both sides of the alley. Maybe he was too anxious. The shop owner would bump into something with his unsteady steps and just listen.
He was swearing.
After walking like this for about ten minutes, Cheng Zhan and Si Ye quietly followed the shop owner through twists and turns in the alley, just like walking through a maze.
Si Ye whispered to Cheng Zhan, "Have you noticed us two and are you teasing us on purpose?"
Cheng Zhan also thought so, but after careful inspection it didn't seem right, so he motioned to follow and take a look. Just like that, after another five minutes, the shop owner in front stopped.
When Cheng Zhan and Si Ye saw this, they quickly ducked into the notch on one side.
Looking at the environment in front of me, it can be said that it is extremely desolate. On one side is an abandoned house, which has been demolished in half. Although there is a high wall on the other side, it is covered with grass.
There was a three-way intersection at the end, and it was not clear where the two sides led. The shop owner stopped at the three-way intersection. At this time, he looked left and right, looking at the surrounding situation.
Cheng Zhan and Si Ye hid themselves the moment the shop owner turned around to look around.
The notch is not big, so if two people squeeze in, it will look cramped.
Cheng Zhan and Si Ye were almost touching each other, and their position became a problem for a while. They were facing each other, they were too close, and Si Ye had his back to him, and his posture was quite strange...
Cheng Zhan simply grabbed Si Ye's shoulders, turned his back to face him, and warned him, "Just don't move around."
Depend on.
Si Ye rolled his eyes and pressed his back against his chest, "You two gentlemen, what can you do even if I move?"
Cheng Zhan ignored him.
The two of them looked forward at the same time.
At the end, the shop owner seemed to have taken out something and placed it respectfully on the ground.
Through the weak light, Si Ye could vaguely see something. He turned his face slightly and said into Cheng Zhan's ear, "It looks like an offering."
Cheng Zhan felt his ears itching...
The offerings are genuine.
Not only were there offerings, but the shop owner also lit three sticks of incense. You could see three bright spots from a distance, and then you could smell the incense.
"It was burned to Bai Rong. Sure enough, there is something wrong in his heart." Cheng Zhan said in a low voice.
Si Ye felt that his ears were itchy...
After lighting the incense, I saw the shop owner kneeling on the ground and kowtowing. It was a little far away and Si Ye couldn't hear what he was mumbling. In short, he was mumbling.
While he was kowtowing, Si Ye saw that there were quite a lot of offerings, with several large plates filled with them. There was also wine, and the aroma of the wine could be smelled even from a distance. It was good wine.
What a big deal.
After the shop owner kowtowed, he got up from the ground.
Si Ye thought the store owner was going to leave, so he became anxious. Just as he was about to take action, Cheng Zhan grabbed his wrist and said, "Don't be impatient."
The store owner doesn't want to leave.
I saw him picking up a stick that looked like a thick branch from the side, and drew a large circle with the offering as the center. After drawing, he threw the stick to the side and took out the things in his arms.
Like a cloth bag.
Si Ye couldn't see clearly. It wasn't big, but it was bulging. The light was too dark and he couldn't see clearly the color of the bag.
I saw the shop owner put his cloth bag on the ground, squatted down, and took out things one by one...
"What are you paying for?" Si Ye whispered.
Cheng Zhan patted him on the shoulder and chuckled, "Let's go take a look."
…
Here, the shop owner was digging out something, and he felt a cold feeling on his back.
Suddenly he stopped and looked back.
Behind him is a long alley, empty and dark, with no one around.
The shop owner reached out and touched his forehead and wiped away the sweat. It was past midnight and the temperature had dropped, but he was still sweating.
Not hot.
As he walked along, he always felt that something was following him, and he did not dare to look back. He burned incense and made offerings. This feeling of being watched in secret was still everywhere.
What if the person looking at him is not a human being?
It was this thought that made his liver tremble more and more.
He picked up things faster and muttered, "Don't look for me. I know I can't help you, but you committed suicide. It has nothing to do with me..."
Looking again at the cloth bag, there are women's underwear and underwear, as well as many photos...
The shop owner didn't dare to look around. He picked up one of the underwear and was about to burn it, but his ears were sensitive to a sound——
hehe……
laughter!
A woman’s laughter!
The shop owner's hand trembled and his underwear fell to the floor.
He turned back sharply.
However, he saw that the alley that had been dark just now was filled with layers of mist and was covered in white. The shop owner suddenly felt a chill on his back and he stood up immediately.
Staring at the fog.
Then, he seemed to see a vague figure in the mist, vaguely like a woman.
woman!
The shop owner choked for breath, his scalp exploded immediately, and he fell to the ground as soon as his heels gave way.
As soon as he fell to the ground, he had no strength to get up, and he watched helplessly as the figure became more and more obvious in the mist.
Floating...
No, no feet!
"Who are you? Don't come over here!" The shop owner's voice was trembling.
The woman is laughing again, haha, long and quiet.
The shop owner's hair stood on end, and the voice sounded familiar to his ears.
He was trembling, "Bai, Bai Rong... you, you are dead, I, I am not afraid of you!"
Although I say this, how can I not be afraid?
He is not afraid when a person is not dead, but once he dies, he is afraid of death.
The woman was floating in the air and did not move forward. She seemed to be looming in the fog. Then a dark wind came and got into the shop owner's trousers as if with power. The shop owner only felt that his trousers were
Chilly.
Yes, I was scared to death.
I just couldn't stop thinking about the words of the young man who came to the store to eat during the day——
"There is a secret behind Bai Rong's death. Someone forced her to die."
The next second, the store owner kowtowed violently towards the woman's shadow, and while kowtowing, he said, "It's my fault! It's my beast! I shouldn't take advantage of you, knowing that you are in trouble and taking advantage of others' danger! Rongrong...oh...
No, Aunt Bai Rong, I beg you to let me go, I know I was wrong..."
It's like a hand is reaching over...
The shop owner was so scared that he closed his eyes tightly.
That hand was quite pale, like...the hand of a dead person!
Thinking of this, he became even more frightened. He kowtowed and apologized again and again, and said, "Please let me go. I, I will go to your grave every year to burn paper for you. Burn, burn a lot of things. What a big villa."
For the car, here, I will give you a lot of money..."
They all started to cry bitterly and were so frightened. "Aunt Bai Rong, haven't you always been short of money? I, I promise to send you money, so that you will have money to spend even there...
…”
After saying that, he quietly raised his eyes and looked at it.
That hand is still there!
Right next to the cloth bag, he gently lifted up the woman's underwear...