Yan ghost

"Oh my..." Xiang Yan's back was covered with bruises.

"Whoever did it, I'll teach him a lesson." Lin Jiang asked.

"Don't, don't, one thing more is worse than one thing less." Xiang Yan turned his head to the side, his right eye was bruised and purple.He said: "This matter has never happened in the past. Maybe it's because I said something I shouldn't say that caused trouble. It's just that I lost a pair of psychic butterflies. If you pursue it, maybe I won't be beaten next time." It's that simple."

"What do you mean?"

"It's nothing. There's nothing wrong with getting hurt. It's been a long time since I've felt this kind of real pain." Xiang Yan smiled at Lin Jiang, who wrapped his right eye with a cloth, and mumbled to Yan, "Take it easy..."

"I think you're enjoying it."

Suddenly, Xiang Yan stood up and leaned against the window to look out.He said "Come" and put on his clothes and ran out the door.

Lin Jiang asked: "It's late at night, and you were injured again, why are you going out?"

"You stay in the house." Xiang Yan couldn't wait to rush into the courtyard and raised his head.

Under the moon, Shi Ting was sitting on the roof in a blood-clothed suit, wearing a mask of resentful spirits.When he saw Xiang Yan, he flew down.Although the soles of his feet were a little floating, he finally landed safely.

Shi Ting walked straight towards Yan and saw that the person in front of him was blindfolded, not knowing what happened after parting during the day.He couldn't ask, he just frowned.

Xiang Yan looked distressed, pointed at Shi Ting's back and said, "My lord, everyone is queuing up." Shi Ting looked in the direction of his finger, but did not notice anything unusual.Xiang Yan teased, "What's the matter, can you see other ghosts, Young Master?"

But listen to a few ghosts gossip.

"I really don't understand etiquette."

"Hurry up and queue up at the back."

"With someone so close to Young Master, what if the resentment hurts him?"

"Why did Mr. Xiang get the lottery today?"

Shi Ting didn't speak, and took a few steps back in a serious manner.

Xiang Yan pointed at his feet, and there was a line made of stones on the ground.Shi Ting guessed that the ghosts lined up from that line, so he moved to the back of the line.

Xiang Yan flicked his sleeves lightly.Shi Ting was stunned for a moment, thinking that he had not retreated enough, so he took two more steps.Xiang Yan still shook his sleeves, and he backed away again.

Xiang Yan walked to the stone line and sat down at a stone table.One by one, the ghosts in front of the procession floated up to look for him, like a doctor consulting a doctor.

In Shi Ting's eyes, Xiang Yan only held a pen and spoke to the air in front of him.Say a few words, take a few notes, and occasionally look up, not knowing whether you are looking at yourself or the ghost in front of you.

Although Shi Ting couldn't see ghosts, he gradually observed that there were two kinds of ghosts looking for Yan.One is to submit the entrustment, and Xiang Yan will put the entrustment paper on the table after writing it, and call the next one.The other is to receive the finished wooden armor.The power of attorney pasted on the wall would be torn off by them and floated into the hands of the Mu Jia who was in charge of the Xiang family.Mu Jia took out the finished dolls in advance, and when they were in line, Xiang Yan would enchant them to check whether there was any need for improvement.

Soon the courtyard became lively.

First, Feng Zhu came to the courtyard to help make the wooden armor, and then a white and a red koi came to the courtyard to enjoy the moon.Every hour, there are wooden armors to clean up the sawdust on the ground.The dolls who have just got their bodies also like to stay in the garden and talk to the ghosts who got their bodies at the same time.

Finally, he waved to Yan Chao Shiting.At first Shi Ting thought he was calling someone else again, but he didn't know that there was no ghost in front of him.So Xiang Yan had no choice but to personally go forward and lead him over.

Xiang Yan picked up his pen and asked, "What is the name of this young master?"

"Huai..." Shi Ting paused, and said, "I have forgotten what happened in my life, and I don't even remember my name."

Xiang Yan smiled and said, "It doesn't matter, many ghosts who come here are just like you. I saw you in Tsing Yi, so I'll call you Qing Huai."

"Don't name me casually."

Xiang Yan still recorded: "Just register, I won't call you like that in front of people." Shi Ting didn't refute, but just took a second look at the bloody clothes he carefully prepared, which was inexplicable.

"My lord, have you decided what kind of doll you want to make?"

"I don't like dolls. I'm bound by my body when I'm alive, so why find a piece of wood to bind me when I'm dead." Shi Ting said angrily.

"If you don't want a doll, do you have other wishes?" Xiang Yan raised his face and saw Shi Ting smiling arrogantly.

"Things in the world are either within easy reach for me, or they are beyond my reach. Are you really capable of satisfying my wishes?"

Xiang Yan is thoughtful.He remembered that when he heard these words back then, he thought this person was hypocritical.Now knowing that it was Shi Ting who said it, he couldn't help wondering what exactly he wanted but couldn't get.And is that something available now?

Shi Ting flipped through the stack of commissions in his hand, frowned and said, "These ghosts have made up the past anyway, I don't even have the past, how stupid you are to make me a wooden armor."

"Since I came here to look for something, I must ask for something." Xiang Yan was leisurely satisfied.

"For outsiders, they are responsive to their requests, but they are very stingy with their family members." Shi Ting's words were very provocative.

Xiang Yan thought, the only family member Shi Ting knew was Xiang Yu, so could it be that he came to the house to find faults in order to fight Xiang Yu's injustice?

He replied: "It's not that I don't charge any money for making wooden armor. I can earn a lot from orders from the court, courtiers, and merchants."

Shi Ting said, "I'm not talking about money."

"Not money?"

Xiang Yan couldn't help thinking that when he was a teenager, he left home to study puppetry and left his young Xiang Yu behind. Later, when he returned home, he worked as a wooden armor all day long and neglected to accompany him.Xiang Yu has always only had Shi Ting's gang of brothers, but he, as an older brother, has to obstruct him in every possible way.Thinking about it this way, His Highness is really loyal to say these words.

He was secretly happy, but his face was still as pale as before.He slapped the table and got up and said: "Master, it seems that there is nothing important today, I still have a lot of work on hand, please do what you want, sir." After that, he went to make wooden armor with Fengzhu.

The next night, Xiang Yan was about to go out.Feng Zhu handed over the wooden box and said, "Teacher, you still have injuries, why don't I go today."

"No, no, this time I have to go in person." Xiang Yan shook his hand, took the wooden box and carried it on his shoulders, and left alone with eyebrows furrowed.

He didn't take a few steps when someone followed behind him.He glanced at his feet, pretending to be angry, and continued walking without saying a word.

Shi Ting tidied up his mask, stepped forward and said, "Aren't you afraid of being beaten up at night when you walk at night?"

Xiang Yan said: "Some puppets are inconvenient to go out, Yanshi must come to the house for consultation like a doctor."

"You really worked hard."

"It's not as hard as you follow, son."

The two quarreled all the way to a dilapidated house.As soon as Xiang Yan entered the door, a scholar greeted him.In the house, the moaning and chirping of young children can be faintly heard.

The scholar made tea for Xiang Yan, sat down and said, "I'm sorry, but I'm bothering you, Mr. Xiang, to come late at night."

"No trouble, if Mr. Lin goes in and out of Xiang's mansion, I'm afraid that he will be recognized in the future." Xiang Yan flipped through the article on the book case and said, "I heard that Mr. Lin won the Huiyuan this time in the spring, it seems that my doll is not in vain. "

"For the blessing of Mr. Xiang. It's just that there will be a palace test after this spring. I'm worried about this handwriting, and I can't practice it well." Lin Shusheng's face was mixed.

"Practicing is useless. It has nothing to do with you. Blame my lack of skill. Let me see." Xiang Yan checked Lin Shusheng's hand, opened the wooden box and took out tools for him to adjust.Shi Ting was bored and walked away alone.

Not long after, a child's cry came from the backyard, which could not be coaxed.Lin Shusheng stood up anxiously, and Xiang Yan followed.

I saw Shi Ting standing outside the inner room with his back to the door.Xiang Yan glanced inside, then immediately turned around too.He scratched his head, and the two of them stood together.

There was a young woman sitting in the room, holding a one-, two-, or three-year-old baby in her arms. Her clothes were disheveled. She was halfway through breastfeeding, and said out of breath, "Get out, the baby is hungry!" Lin Shusheng hurried in to comfort her.

Xiang Yan asked in a low voice, "Why are you just sneaking into other people's houses to peek?"

Shi Ting reprimanded: "Who peeked! When I came, there was no one in the room. It was the woman who saw me and rushed into the room and untied her clothes to feed the child. The child is so old, why does he need milk? You obviously cry because you don't want to eat. Don't laugh!" Xiang Yan kept quiet.

Shi Ting said again: "Let me ask you, have you ever made a puppet for Tan Xuan, the last Tanhua Lang?"

Xiang Yan thought for a long time and finally remembered, he answered yes, and asked again: "How do you know what happened three years ago?"

"Besides Tan Tanhua, have you made puppets for other candidates?"

"There are so many."

Shi Ting smiled lightly: "How do I know, you can find out in that room if you look around."

Xiang Yan was startled when he heard the words, and was about to turn his head, when Shi Ting pulled him back and scolded him: "You still dare to watch!" After that, Shi Ting whispered in Xiang Yan's ear, and the two went back to the front hall in silence.

They sat opposite each other without saying a word.After a while, Mr. Lin came in, fisted Xiang Yan, and said, "I was rude just now." Even though he said that, he looked unhappy.

Xiang Yan apologized with a smile: "We are reckless."

Mr. Lin glanced at Shi Ting, and asked, "Why does Mr. Xiang's friend walk around wearing such a creepy mask late at night?"

"He is ugly and has a quick temper. He ran into Madam by mistake when he got impatient. Mr. Lin, don't take offense." Xiang Yan said, "It's getting late, let's look at his hands quickly."

Lin Shusheng nodded, relaxed his vigilance, and handed Xiang Yan his hand.Xiang Yan took his hand, and with a sudden force, he pulled the soul out.

The ghost panicked and changed his face in a hurry.But it was too late, Xiang Yan saw his real appearance.

"Master Xiang, I..."

"You told me that you met a bandit on the way to Beijing to rush for the exam, and you lost your life to save your wife and children. It's all a lie." Xiang Yan sighed, "You deliberately turned into the appearance of this scholar and lied to my puppet. , What is the intention? What happened to those puppets in the room?"

The ghost bowed his head and did not answer.

Although Shi Ting couldn't see the ghost, after waiting for a while, Xiang Yan didn't make a sound, so he said: "Since he won't say anything, let me guess.

Judging from these articles, this ghost has the talent of climbing toads and winning successes.He took the appearance of an examinee many times to trick you into making dolls, and he must have used these dolls to take the exam.Taking the test on behalf of you is nothing more than making a profit. He asks you for a doll for free at one end, and charges money from the examinee at the other end. You are really stupid. "

Xiang Yan said: "Mr. Lin, what he said is the truth?"

The scholar surnamed Lin stared at him, his face was full of shame, and he flew out.The scholar's wife rushed over with her child in her arms. Seeing her husband's ghost leaving, she couldn't catch up with her, so she sat down in front of the door and cried.

Xiang Yan picked up the wife, heard her sob and said, "My lord, don't blame your husband. He didn't mean to lie to you. He did it because of us.

My family's husband was originally the champion of the new department a few years ago.It's a pity that he is ignorant of world affairs, unwilling to be attached to others, offended others in court without knowing it, and was framed to death in the end.Those people didn't hurt him enough, and they sent me to the teaching workshop afterwards to be included in the music book.I was pregnant at that time, my husband couldn't bear to see me suffer, so he agreed to take the exam for Tan Xuan, and then redeemed me.Later, he successively took the exams for some wealthy children, and saved some money for our mother and son to live on. "

The two left the Lin family and strolled to the lake.Shi Ting remained silent all the way, sullen.

He said to Yan: "Maybe not everything the wife said is true." Shi Ting turned to look at him.

Xiang Yan asked, "Did you see any injuries on those puppets?"

"No obvious injuries were seen."

Xiang Yan laughed when he heard that. "This champion ghost probably knows the art of possessing and leaving the soul, otherwise he would have to destroy the puppet to escape and come to me again.

He has so many dolls in his hands, and he is either an official in the court or has a prominent family background.If he intends to take advantage of it, why can't he make waves and take revenge on his political enemies back then? "

Shi Ting also laughed and said, "Why are you so smart all of a sudden?"

Xiang Yan contended: "That's not it, it's because you are prejudiced against me." He was secretly amused, in fact, how could he want to get these, and it was not all discovered by Shiting later, he was just playing tricks in this class.

Shi Ting raised his face and stretched out his hand towards Yan.Xiang Yan was puzzled, and passed his hand up.

Shi Ting shook his head with disgust and said, "Why do I want your hand...give me the box."

Looking sideways at Xiang Yan, he realized that his shoulders were already wet and red.He smiled and offered the wooden box, deliberately not revealing Shi Ting, you must know that ghosts cannot carry heavy objects.

He felt that their relationship had improved, so he couldn't help but open his mouth to test. "The young master said that there is a wish that cannot be obtained, maybe I can find a way to realize it."

"What do you mean?"

"Close your eyes." Xiang Yan quietly held Shi Ting, but was thrown away.

"Trust me." Xiang Yan said.

This time, Shi Ting didn't move and let him hold his hand.He took Shi Ting forward one step, another step.

Plop.