pawn

"...But now, there is a woman who has been having the same dream since the beginning. She dreamed that she was watching a play from the audience. On the stage, a woman in a gorgeous costume was singing a one-man show. Her voice was beautiful. , but her face was blurred; then, she dreamed that she came to a cemetery, and a man with draped hair, a white dress, and a blurry face came towards her with his hands outstretched, and then strangled her neck tightly. When she wakes up the next day, there will be deep pinch marks on her neck, but as soon as she touches the sun, the marks will disappear. Mr. Luo, what do you think?" Su Zhuo looked at me with a half-smile.

I raised my head sharply and looked at him in bewilderment.I was fascinated while listening to the story, but when he asked me this out of the blue, I didn't recover from it all at once.

Seeing this, he sighed helplessly, and continued: "I don't know if you guessed it, but Liu Li is the woman who has the same dream every night. She came to me three months ago, that is, The day you first met her. A few days later, I asked Liu Li to play a video recorder while she was sleeping. Surprisingly, the person who pinched her was herself. So according to my inference, this should be It's 'ghosts' who use the power of living people to kill people." He put his hands on my shoulders and said earnestly, "Mr. With your temper, you will definitely get to the bottom of it, right?"

I nodded vigorously.

"Well, since I let you know, I won't hide anything. I hope you can help me and help Ms. Liu find the real culprit. Don't worry, I will thank you very much after it is done."

After I listened, I thought for a while. "That's right. It's a good thing to be able to help others. Anyway, I'm idle, and I have a lot of time to help you, so I don't need rewards or anything. But, doesn't your family run a pawn shop? Why does the pawn shop also serve as a human body?" Organ business?"

"Oh, this," he smiled sarcastically, a little embarrassed, "my ancestor once went to the Western Regions to play, and was taught by an eminent monk there, and learned a little magic, and there must be a price for using the resurrection technique. We call this price a pawn to prolong people's lifespan. But, to get down to business, what happened to Liu Li reminded me of the actor my ancestors once received, so I think the two must be related. It may be that the actor didn't see the person she wanted to see, so he wanted to possess her lover, but if that's the case, why did she want to put Liu Li to death? I can't figure it out .”

"Then, could it be that the 'ghost' in Liu Li's body is not the actor?" I guessed.

Su Zhuo glanced at me, thoughtfully: "Maybe..."

"Ah, that's right!"

I suddenly yelled when he was thinking, which made him very happy, thinking that I had thought of some important clues, and looked at me expectantly.

When I saw him like this, I scratched my head in embarrassment: "No, I just want to ask, are you also a celestial master? If my family wants to see some Feng Shui, or solve some difficult and miscellaneous diseases Now I can ask you for help."

He didn't care about anything, and smiled modestly: "Well, sometimes in order to better understand the pawns we have received, we have to dabble in various aspects of knowledge, such as some secret arts, customs and taboos, so if you have If you have any questions about this, just come to me."

I nodded half-understood, and a flash of inspiration flashed in my mind, reminding me of the question I wanted to ask before but never thought of. "Su, Su, sir..." As soon as I opened my mouth, I realized that I had forgotten his name. It seemed that the second word was extremely difficult to pronounce.

"You can call me Su Zhu, the wood is also the 杝, Li Ziyin." His slender eyes seemed to be able to see through my thoughts.

"Oh, okay, Su Zhu, what's the name of the actor you just mentioned?"

"She? It's called Song Liyue."

Hey, yes, that's the name!I seem to have heard it somewhere, but I can't remember it for a while.Song Liyue... Song Liyue... super familiar.

"What's the matter, Mr. Luo?" Seeing that I didn't make a sound for a long time after listening to him, he was a little impatient, worried that I was also possessed.

"Hey, I think that name is very familiar, but I don't remember who said it." I was a little frustrated in my tone, and my memory didn't work at the critical moment, "Why don't you put your Write me the contact information, and I will call you as soon as I remember, how about it?"

"It's okay, it's okay now anyway, I can hold the ghost on Liu Li first, and prevent it from occupying her entire consciousness. If you encounter anything, you can call me." He said from his suit He pulled out a business card from his jacket and handed it to me.

It has been three days since I met Su Zhu last time.

On this day, I happened to have no class to attend at school, so I went home to rest.By the way, I went to a university in the same city, so my home is in this city, so it is more convenient to travel here.

I can’t remember exactly what time it was in the afternoon. I was playing lol at that time (you know, as a half-dead boy, he would have some small hobbies), and when my HP was about to go to zero, The male little penguin at the bottom right of the computer screen popped up a dialog box (since then, I have regretted setting the message as "Q me"), and soon, my colorful game interface was all gray in an instant, needless to say, GAMEOVER .

I quickly scanned the contents of the dialog while cursing who the hell was messing up at the critical moment.

This is a message from Li Hao, my third-year senior. The content is roughly the date of the comic exhibition.

Li Hao, a third-year student in Z University, fashion design department, hobbies, cosplay (hardcore ones), because people are more beautiful, so I was recommended by friends to try cosplay, but I didn't expect it to be out of control; at the same time, He is also a Hanfu fanatic.However, let’s say, recently he found an ancient costume from unknown where, and once he put on that dress, in the words of the people present, he changed into a different person, like an ancient man, who spoke in a polite manner, and his mouth was old-fashioned. He chanted the two words (it seemed to be his personal name), completely reborn, and he assured that even his own mother would not recognize him.

I replied to him very perfunctorily, because I would go whenever I had time, but I thought the sentences he sent were a bit strange, not like the usual him at all, and he would add "Zhehu" and "Zhehu" at the end of every sentence. Almost", I was very surprised, so I asked him if he had been playing that language C a lot lately.Not long after I sent this sentence, he sent me a video invitation, and I accepted it without even thinking about it.

Then, another dialog box popped up, and Li Hao's face in the screen was obviously much more haggard than usual, completely different from the handsome young man(?) I had seen before.He was wearing an ancient costume and tied up his hair in a bun (like real hair). He was not very proud when he saw my surprised face, but even more melancholy.

He pursed his lips, frowned tightly, and pointed to the shadow on the wall behind him with his finger.He was facing me. Logically speaking, the shadow on the wall should only be a frontal silhouette, but the shadow was a standing silhouette, with a high bun, wide sleeves, and a narrow belt. , the long skirt, and the face that has nothing to do with his facial features.

Li Hao shook his head helplessly, and then hinted to me with the shape of his lips—he is here, and before I could react to what happened, his still bright eyes instantly dimmed, and he lost his soul As if staring blankly; a familiar voice came through the speaker, like a tone of chanting sutras, muttering in a low voice, "Liyue... Liyue... Liyue..."

So that's it, I collapsed on the chair, it turned out that the familiar name came from the mouth of the senior.With my mind still clear, I stared at the "Senior" on the screen to make sure that he was safe, and at the same time quickly found out the business card that Su Zhu gave me last time and dialed it.

"Doo... Hey, Su Zhu, it's me, Luo Chen! I got it! I got it! Hurry up and go to No. 503, the student dormitory building of the Z University of Fine Arts, and find a man in ancient costume, and I'll be right there!"

When I walked to the senior dormitory and found that the door was open, I let out a long breath.

Hey, at least Su Zhu can make sure that the senior is safe and sound when he arrives.My inner impression of him has long been a celestial master who specializes in solving difficult and miscellaneous diseases, not a shopkeeper of a pawn shop.

I opened the door and walked in, and I saw a pale senior in ancient costume lying on the bunk, while Su Zhu was sitting in front of his laptop, tapping on the glowing screen.

As a junior, of course my poor senior should be the first to greet me.As soon as I approached him, I was terrified by the two blue lights shooting from his head, and I stepped back, pointing at the direction of the blue lights while turning my head and shouting at Su Zhu, there is a ghost.

"Hey, Mr. Luo, that's my cat named Xiao. It's lying on the ghost that can restrain his body for him. It won't be in danger. Come, Xiao, say hello to Mr. Luo." Su Zhuo stared at it. The screen that kept rolling out black symbols said.

The blue-eyed black cat lying on top of my senior seemed to understand human language, blinked at me, and let out a meow, which was regarded as a friendly greeting to me.

I looked at the cat and hesitated for a while. Can this little black cat protect a human life?It's ridiculous.

Seeing that I hadn't spoken for a long time, Su Zhu must have guessed something, and continued: "Xiao is not an ordinary cat, Mr. Luo. Let me tell you the truth, it is actually a cat demon, because before I received help from my ancestors, and in order to repay the kindness, I stayed at my house all the time."

Mahler Gobi.I jumped a few steps back, God, a cat demon!I immediately turned on the brain supplement mode: On a dark and windy night, a monster with a cat head and a human body bit off a farmer's main artery. Holding that neck, gnawing, gnawing...

At the same time, Xiao seemed to be able to detect my inner thoughts, lying there meowing pitifully, looking at me with big watery blue eyes.

"Hey," Su Zhu turned his head to look at me with a pale face and trembling calves, and sighed, "Mr. Luo, you'd better bring a chair over here."

Hearing what he said, I immediately moved a chair and sat beside him, taking a small peek at what he was doing.

He glanced back at Li Hao, and nodded to Xiao.

"The soul attached to that man is Li Yun. I think it's probably because Li Yun and Song Liyue want to use the power of living people to meet again, so some mysteries can only be solved after the two of them meet."

I nodded in agreement, "So, what do we do now?"

"I'm going to call Liu Li out now. Follow my instructions to buy some things later, and then go to Regal Hotel to meet Liu Li. I'll go back and get some things and then I'll be there." I found paper and a pen on the table, swiped the brush, "Hey, this is the list I wrote down, you can buy it according to the above, and the name of the hotel is written on the back, don't lose it!"

"But what about my senior?" I winked at him and pointed at the senior.

He put down the pen in his hand, snapped his fingers, and the black cat on the bed instantly transformed into a girl in a black gothic costume.The girl turned her head slightly and looked at him resentfully.

Hey, I really didn't expect that this guy looks dignified, but he is so good at it, a lolicon.I snickered inwardly.

"Xiao, I will take your senior to the hotel later, you can go shopping without worry, remember to leave the receipt, and you can reimburse me when you come back." He handed me the written list, "That's it, Let's go our separate ways."