I open a bookstore in the human world

Zhang Fan took the two of them into the Shadow Bookstore through the side door of the shopping mall. Jiang Siqi found that it was different from the one she had come here before. There were some yellow papers with strange patterns on the door. A prop belonging to the bookstore.

"Those are used in religious affairs." Seeing Jiang Siqi looking at it curiously, Zhang Fan explained.

Jiang Siqi was stunned, thought for a while, and looked a little nervous: "Master Zhang, did you really see a ghost while you were in Lijin? It is said that there will be women crying in Lijin in the middle of the night. This is true. ?"

When Jiang Siqi asked such a question, even her cousin, who was angry with her, turned his head curiously. Obviously, he was also quite interested in those rumors.

"It's nothing, it's just rumors from outsiders." Zhang Fan's smile didn't change, as if he was used to such problems.

This is also true, regular customers of the Shadow Bookstore have asked the staff such questions in private.In this regard, Song Lan specifically explained that once someone asks about hauntings and the like, they have to clarify them all.

Cousin sneered: "If it's just a rumor, why is your mall so good? Isn't this deception?"

"Wu Jingwen!" Jiang Siqi gave her cousin a hard look, then turned to look at Zhang Fan.She was actually not too satisfied with Zhang Fan's answer, and wanted to know how he would explain this matter.

Zhang Fan smiled: "I'm not sure about that. I heard it was the mall's decision, and we tenants have no choice but to cooperate."

Seeing that nothing was asked, Jiang Siqi was a little disappointed, and her cousin was even more disdainful.Fortunately, the record section was in front, and the two were immediately attracted by the scene in front of them.

"Wow, why do I feel that there are more records here? And... the record area seems to be a little bigger than I remembered?" Jiang Siqi turned her head and asked Zhang Fan.She remembered that when she came back to the record area last time, this area was only about a dozen square meters, and the space was still a bit crowded. Although the number of records increased this time, the space seemed less cramped.

Zhang Fan nodded: "Our boss bought another batch of records, redecorated this place, and expanded the site a bit. The two of you can watch it here slowly."

Probably because of some publicity, many customers have come recently and headed straight to the record section of the Shadow Bookstore.Even Song Lan didn't expect that the area he originally set up out of feelings would become the most popular area of ​​the bookstore after the cultural and creative area.Because the guests often came in groups calling for friends, the original record area seemed too crowded, so Song Lan rearranged this area to expand the space, and at the same time purchased some records through other channels to supplement the inventory.

Cousin Jiang Siqi has been silent since just now, he has been completely shocked by what he saw in front of him - in his original concept, a bookstore that also sells records, it would be great to have a few more valuable records , don't expect to be comparable to a dedicated record store.But what I never expected is that not only are there a wide variety of records here, but there are also some collectible records that are hard to buy in the market now.

Seeing her cousin staring blankly in a daze, Jiang Siqi pushed him, and asked strangely, "Why are you silent all of a sudden?"

The cousin just came back to his senses, ignored Jiang Siqi, but looked at Zhang Fan with a face full of shock, his voice trembling slightly: "This, these are true?"

Zhang Fan nodded calmly: "We don't sell fake products in our store."

"This, this, and this... are all true?" The cousin pointed to the vinyl records displayed in the glass window, still in disbelief.

Zhang Fan is obviously used to this kind of question, he kept smiling and said, "Yes, these are all true. I bought them from some record collectors, you can try them out there, I think you should be able to hear them."

Cousin swallowed and pointed to one of the records: "Well, can I try it?"

"Of course." Zhang Fan smiled, put on his gloves, took out a bunch of keys from his body, and opened the lock on the glass display stand. He carefully took out the record designated by his cousin, and signaled the other party to follow him.

Out of curiosity, Jiang Siqi also went to listen to two ears.But with all due respect, as a tone-deaf, she really didn't hear anything special about the record that her cousin liked so much.

Just looking at my cousin's excited expression, it is estimated that the record has a lot of background.

"It's true, it's true!" My cousin was so moved that tears welled up in his eyes, "This record has been out of print for a long time, and I can't even buy it on the market. I didn't expect to see it here... how much does it cost?" Sell? I bought it!"

The last sentence was naturally for Zhang Fan. He smiled and said apologetically, "Sorry, our boss said that this piece is not for sale."

When buying these second-hand records before, Song Lan deliberately selected some records that are extremely precious in the record industry, and explained that they can only be displayed in the store and cannot be sold.Firstly, he was reluctant, and secondly, he wanted to use these records as advertisements—an excellent record store (?), must have some valuables.

It is precisely because of this that some record lovers often linger in the record section of the bookstore and refuse to leave - even if they can't buy it, it's good to feast their eyes.

This is also one of the reasons why Song Lan had to redecorate the record area.

After learning that the records in the glass case were not for sale, my cousin’s disappointment was palpable, but he could also understand: After all, these records are really precious, and some of them can’t even be bought with more money. Those who are also like-minded people, how could they have the heart to part with each other?

This actually changed my cousin's impression of Shadow Bookstore: I heard that the owner of this bookstore is also a record lover, so it seems that this bookstore is not that bad.

Although you can’t buy Xintoubao, the remaining albums with clearly marked prices are also very good. My cousin chose a lot of them before he was willing to stop. This is due to Jiang Siqi’s reminder: “Cousin, buy it again, your private house Money is not enough."

The cousin looked at the records reluctantly, stomped his feet, and went to the counter to pay with Zhang Fan.Jiang Siqi followed behind, and couldn't help rolling her eyes: the essence of human beings is really fragrant, and this is fully demonstrated in her cousin.

——How did you say it earlier?It's just a small bookstore, where there are good records.She said it so convincingly that she almost believed it.

Oh man.

When the two cousins ​​left the bookstore, they happened to run into a Taoist priest wearing a dark gray Taoist robe.

Because it is rare to see people dressed like this in places other than Taoist temples, Jiang Siqi couldn't help but look a few more times, not wanting the other party to seem to perceive her gaze, so she looked straight over.The sharp and vicious eyes made Jiang Siqi shiver.

"That Taoist priest seemed very aggressive just now." After walking a few steps, Jiang Siqi whispered to her cousin who was laughing so hard that she couldn't see her eyes.

"Taoist? What Taoist?" This guy was still immersed in his own world, completely oblivious to what was happening outside.

"Forget it, we are not on the same channel." Jiang Siqi twitched the corner of her mouth and shook her head helplessly.

"That is Daoist Yu who will do things tomorrow." It was Zhang Fan who came out to see them off.

"No wonder," Jiang Siqi suddenly realized, with reverence on his face, "Maybe that Taoist priest really has some skills, I always feel a little scared when I see him, maybe that's the aura of an expert."

Zhang Fan just smiled, and there was a glimmer of light in his eyes.

***

The Taoist priest's visit is a final inspection for the upcoming ritual.The other shops have been inspected, leaving only the shadow bookstore and the lazy gold store on the third floor, and these two are the weirdest two in the whole mall, and they are also the two that he can't see through the most.

As he himself said, he is a wandering Taoist, and his main job is to catch ghosts. He is one of the few truly capable ghost exorcists today. Classified as "feudal superstition", it is almost dismissed as nonsense and misty theory. Buddhism is okay, but the inheritance of Taoism is almost cut off.Although the Taoist temple still exists, the Taoist priests in it have long lost the ability of their ancestors to catch demons and exorcise ghosts.

The Taoist priest Yu came from a Taoist temple with a history of 1000 years in a remote mountain. self-sufficient.Perhaps because of this reason, the inheritance in Taoist temples has not been broken due to external influences, at least not in the generation of Taoist priests.

After the Taoist priest became an adult, according to the rules of his master, he had to go down the mountain and step into the world of mortals to fulfill the duty of catching ghosts and demons.In this way, he became a wandering Taoist priest. After more than 20 years, he traveled all over the famous mountains and rivers, and he did catch some ghosts, which was regarded as a good deed for the local people.

Taoist Yu passed by here a few days ago, and saw some ghostly aura in the mall, but the ghostly aura didn't last long, and disappeared after 10 minutes.Out of caution, he first asked the nearby residents, and then searched some information about Lijin Mall on the Internet. After many years in the mountains, Taoist Yu has already integrated into the life of ordinary people. Of course, he also uses computers. Only then can he be sure that this mall is real There are oddities.

As a Taoist priest who specializes in hunting ghosts, how could Taoist Yu ignore the haunting of Lijin Mall?So, he approached Manager Cao, and these things happened later.

I don't know how Taoist Yu persuaded the mall side. In short, Manager Cao and the others still respect this Taoist priest who came out of nowhere, and try their best to meet his requirements, including posting The kind of yellow paper that looks like ghostly drawn symbols.

Taoist Yu walked around the bookstore, confirmed that the talisman papers that should be pasted had been pasted firmly, nodded in satisfaction, but did not leave immediately, but looked at them carefully in the store.

This bookstore is very strange. According to Manager Cao, the boss Song came to the door two months ago and said that he would rent a shop to open a bookstore.At that time, Manager Cao even persuaded him tactfully, saying that this mall might not be suitable for opening a bookstore, but the other party insisted very much, and the matter was settled like this.

Taoist Priest Yu had also seen Song Lan before. From an ordinary person's point of view, Song Lan looked good, not bad compared to a celebrity, but Taoist Priest Yu only noticed that his complexion was a little paler than ordinary people.

Fair skin is not something to be surprised about, but Song Lan's whiteness is not the kind of whiteness like cream, but the kind of unnatural whiteness that has not been exposed to the sun for a long time.As a businessman who is often on the go, Song Lan's white is a bit unusual.

But other than that, Taoist Yu couldn't find any more suspicious things from Song Lan. Taoist, no one will notice the abnormality.

Then again, Taoist priests like Fa Hai who can push the white lady under the Leifeng Pagoda have long since disappeared. It can be said that the activities of ghosts in the human world are much safer than hundreds of years ago .

Therefore, the ghostly aura that Taoist priest discovered that day was not caused by Song Lan, but the culprit was the unlucky Ghost Dao Dao.

Dao Dao rarely showed up in the bookstore after he changed his career to an online store customer service, not because he was lazy, but because Song Lan refused to let him - this little devil's unlucky attributes are as miraculous as the will of the universe, and it is an irreversible thing. Song Lan was afraid that once Dao Dao appeared, even the whole bookstore would be in bad luck.

After seeing the underworld, Song Lan felt that anything was possible in this world.

But just in the few days when the Taoist came to Jincheng, Dao Dao happened to arrive in Jincheng.It was Song Lan who came to him, saying that he wanted to discuss the issue of releasing a new record in the shadow bookstore online store.Because currently only the shadow bookstore near the Jincheng store sells records, in order to better understand the situation, Dao Dao made a trip in person.

Daodao stayed in the Shadow Bookstore for less than half an hour before being discovered by Taoist Yu.I have to say that things like luck are really mysterious.

Daodao has left, but the troubles he caused continue.Taoist Yu's trip was not in vain. He didn't find the culprit, but ran into two ghost messengers by mistake.It's just that these two ghost messengers are different from the fierce ghosts like Dao Dao, they know how to restrain their aura, and as long as they don't take the initiative to reveal their identities, they won't be discovered.

One code counts for one code. Although there is no need to worry about identity issues, the appearance of Taoist priest Yu still makes Song Lan feel uncomfortable.Especially when the other party wants to do things on their own territory, it is even more uncomfortable.Among other things, the talisman papers that Taoist Yu took out were more or less useful to Song Lan. Although it would not make him show his original shape, it was inevitable that he would have a headache and nausea.

Song Lan, who was not feeling well, could not leave the bookstore to find a place to rest. First, he was afraid that his sudden disappearance would make the other party suspicious. Second, he was also worried that Taoist Yu would do something extraordinary if he was not there. Personal supervision is better.After all, he hasn't found out the details of the Taoist priest yet, so he doesn't know how capable this mysterious Taoist priest is, and whether he will pose a threat to him and the Shadow Bookstore.

Therefore, when Taoist Yu came to the bookstore, Song Lan was hiding in the staff lounge of the bookstore and resting with her eyes closed.