invisible friends

Jiao Ran, whose real surname is Liang, was from Yangzhou in the Northern Song Dynasty, and was born in a scholarly family.She has been good at singing and dancing since she was a child, and is proficient in all kinds of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. She is a rare talented woman.When I was seven or eight years old, there was an endless stream of people in my family who proposed marriage.But Liang's father had a thousand choices, and many good people didn't like it, so he chose Jiaoran's cousin An Hualiang alone.

This An Hualiang's parents died since he was a child, and he lived on the relief of the Liang family. Although his family background was not good, he was very talented, and he was not as good as the weak crown, so he passed the Juren examination.Liang's father felt that An Hualiang had a bright future, so he took him into his home to take care of him, hoping that An Hualiang would remember his kindness and love her when he married Jiaoran.

When Jiaoran was 13 years old, a sudden change occurred in her family. Her father and brother were wrongly imprisoned, and her mother died of a serious illness. She and An Hualiang were left alone.An Hualiang has read a lot of poetry and books, but he is not at all ordinary. In order to make a living, Jiaoran made paper umbrellas and went to Yangzhou Lakeside to sell them. With the money earned from selling umbrellas, Jiaoran supported An Hualiang for three full years.

An Hualiang studied poetry and books for three years, went to Beijing to rush for the exam, and became the number one scholar on the gold list. Jiaoran waited in Yangzhou for him to come back to marry him, but only waited for the news that An Hualiang had married Yuanwailang's daughter.Jiao Ran didn't believe that An Hualiang would violate the marriage contract, so she sold umbrellas all the way to Beijing and found An Hualiang's house.

At this time, An Hualiang was dressed in official robes, and there was a beautiful wife and concubine at home. How could he remember Liang Jiaoran who had worked hard for several years and had lost her beauty? A sum of money is about to send her.

Jiaoran naturally refused, so she wanted to go to the government to sue An Hualiang for throwing his wife.An Hualiang became murderous when he saw it, and pushed Jiaoran into the lake, and asked his servants to hold a bamboo pole to Jiaoran's head, drowning her alive.After Jiaoran's death, An Hualiang was afraid that Jiaoran's body would be discovered, so he asked his servants to tie stones to the body and sink it to the bottom of the lake.

When Jiaoran died, she was full of resentment, and after she died, she became a ghost, attached to the peony paper umbrella she carried before death, and lingered in Anfu until she killed An Hualiang.At that time, Luo Zhixia's ancestors happened to pass by. Seeing her murder, they took her back and took her back to Luo's house to become a house ghost. This has been done for hundreds of years.

"So the ghost brought into the house can be a house ghost?" Zhou Xiaoxue asked.

"It's so simple." Jiaoran smiled and nodded Zhou Xiaoxue's forehead, "If you become a house ghost, you will have no freedom, and you will not be able to reincarnate. Before your soul disappears, you must obey the master's wishes. And your ability is too powerful. Poor, you can’t be a house ghost.”

"I don't want to be a house ghost either." She just didn't want to leave this world right away.

"Then tell me where to fly now." Jiao Ran asked.

Zhou Xiaoxue looked down, they were floating in the sky now, people standing under Jiaoran's umbrella could become invisible, so no one would see Luo Zhixia.

"Here, fly a little to the left, do you see that there are five big blue characters of Henghui Electronics Factory on the wall."

"Jiaoran, go down, go to the small forest next to it." Luo Zhixia said.

"Yes, master." Jiaoran replied, and the paper umbrella began to descend quietly, until it reached the small forest opposite Henghui Electronics Factory.

Even if she is a ghost, Zhou Xiaoxue is still more used to walking on her feet or flying at low altitudes. Flying at such high altitudes makes her feel very insecure.So when she landed, even though she didn't feel down-to-earth now, she still breathed a sigh of relief.

Along the way, Zhou Xiaoxue already knew Luo Zhixia's surname Luo from Jiaoran, so she said, "Mr. Luo, since you can let sister Jiaoran take the flight, why do you need to squeeze the bus? Although if you don't squeeze the bus, I will I won't meet you."

"Jiao Ran can't fly that far, and I will be very tired if I fly this way." Luo Zhixia said.

Henghui Electronics Factory is located in the development zone of City C, on the side of the main road. Now that the working hours are approaching, the breakfast stalls on both sides of the road have almost gone, but there are still many people passing by on the road, but Zhou Xiaoxue still has a look I saw my friend Zhang Li walking towards the factory gate.Although she and Zhang Li are not from the same village, they have been in the same class from elementary school to junior high school graduation. Later, they went out to work together and lived in the same dormitory, so the relationship between the two is like sisters.

"My friend is right there, the one who wears a pink T-shirt and has a ponytail and is very beautiful. Mr. Luo, go over quickly, and it will be time for work soon." Zhou Xiaoxue flew to Luo Zhixia's front, pointing to a person who was Said the beautiful girl eating a steamed bun.

"What's your friend's name?" Luo Zhixia glanced at him and asked.

"Her name is Zhang Li."

Luo Zhixia quickly walked a few steps and shouted to Zhang Li's back: "Zhang Li, please wait a moment, I'm Zhou Xiaoxue's friend, I need you for something."

When Zhang Li heard someone calling her, she stopped and looked at Luo Zhixia in doubt. She and Zhou Xiaoxue are both kind of very good girls who don't play around. The people they know are either fellow villagers or workers in the factory. The friends on both sides also know each other. Zhang Li can be sure that she has never met Luo Zhixia, and she has never heard Zhou Xiaoxue say that she met such a handsome boy. Besides, Zhou Xiaoxue has passed away for more than three months, and Luo Zhixia suddenly appeared. It's really strange.

"Hello, who are you and how do you know me? I've never heard Xiaoxue talk about you." Zhang Li asked.

Luo Zhixia had already thought of the reason on the way. Although it is not very reliable, it can be prevaricated, "I have known Zhou Xiaoxue not long ago. I am her netizen, so she probably has never met you. But she told me Saw your picture."

"Netizen? Then why did you come to see me?" Zhang Li still didn't quite believe it.

"I just came to remind you that Zhou Xiaoxue once said that she put her passbook in the interlayer of the jewelry box. I don't know if it's true or not, but you can go back and check." Luo Zhixia planned to make a quick decision without talking about anything else. If it is unnecessary, others may not listen to what he said, but everyone will pay attention to money matters. He believes that even if Zhang Li doesn't believe what he said, she should call back and let Zhou Xiaoxue's family know. .

"How did you know about this kind of thing? What is your relationship with Xiaoxue?" Zhang Li was even more surprised. She didn't even know about this thing, which was a good friend of hers for more than ten years. How could it be possible to know.

"We are just friends. This is a topic that the chat room has no intention of talking about. I saw the news of her death on the Internet so I would like to remind you. No matter whether it is true or not, you will have nothing to lose when you go back and take a look. I still have things to go Now, you call your hometown and ask your uncle and Zhou Xiaoxue’s mother to tell the truth, maybe it’s true.” Luo Zhixia said in a hurry, and ran to the woods across the road before Zhang Li could react. went.

Zhou Xiaoxue covered her face and said with a smile: "Mr. Luo, Zhang Li must have thought you were my boyfriend when you said that. I also had a half-truth and half-fake boyfriend online before."

"Otherwise, what do you want me to say? I have already completed what you asked for. Are you going to save me now or wait a few days?" Luo Zhixia asked.

"Ah?" Luo Zhixia asked a little suddenly, Zhou Xiaoxue didn't react for a while, anyone who was suddenly asked whether you want to go to hell now or in a few days probably wouldn't react quickly.

"I mean, do you want to transcend now or in a few days?"

Zhou Xiaoxue put away the smile on her face, "If I want to go down for a few days, can you give me a few more days?"

"Three days at most."

"Three days!" Zhou Xiaoxue sighed. She looked at the familiar scenery around her, thought for a while and asked, "Mr. Luo, is it really painless?"

"No, so you want to save yourself now?" Luo Zhixia asked.

Zhou Xiaoxue pursed her lips and gave a far-fetched smile, "Yes, there is only one thing I am worried about. Since you have already solved it for me, I don't need to keep it. Although I really want to hang out and play, but I Apart from seeing what else to do now, it’s better to reincarnate early and play in the next life.”

"Then, I'll call in the ghost messenger now."

"Come on, leave early and reincarnate early!" Zhou Xiaoxue nodded.

Luo Zhixia took out a white jade token from his satchel.The token was engraved with the word "bad", Luo Zhixia held it with his back to the palm in his hand, then stood facing the east, and began to recite the incantation silently.

The air in the grove slowly became cloudy, covering everything around like a thick fog, and then the land in front of Luo Zhixia seemed to be torn apart by something, revealing a huge crack.

Standing aside, Zhou Xiaoxue trembled in fright. She could feel the cold and terrifying breath overflowing from that crack, which belonged to hell.

Soon there was a sound of fast and ethereal footsteps in the crack, as if someone was running up the stairs from the ground, the sound went from far to near, and finally reached the opening of the crack.Then a man covered in darkness and holding a black iron chain ran out of the hole.

It was a man, dressed in head-to-toe black clothes that looked like a Tang suit, his face looked like he was wearing a mask painted black, with a dull and terrifying expression, and his two protruding eyes had no trace. The whites of the eyes, only pure black pupils.Seeing Luo Zhixia, the man grinned, and that mouth was like a black hole, with no teeth or tongue visible inside.

Zhou Xiaoxue shrank behind Luo Zhixia in fear, and she began to regret not waiting for three days to transcend, but now she obviously has no way out.

Luo Zhixia has saved countless ghosts, and knows that this is just a ghost disguised as black impermanence, and there is nothing scary about it.So she comforted Zhou Xiaoxue a few words, telling her not to be afraid, and then said to the ghost messenger: "This is Zhou Xiaoxue, a dead ghost, take her down to reincarnate."

Guicha and Luo Zhixia are also old acquaintances, he shook the black iron chain in his hand to bind Zhou Xiaoxue's foot, and said: "Master Luo, how can you save this kind of brat yourself, next time Master Luo just stay here Leave a mark on the kid and let us catch it."

As the saying goes, it is easy for the King of Hades to find little ghosts difficult to deal with. Luo Zhixia knows that this ghost messenger is just talking. If he really doesn't save these ghosts himself, when these ghost messengers come to catch him, he does not know how many people will suffer.So Luo Zhixia didn't answer, but just took out a black purse from her bag and stuffed it into the hand of the ghost guard, saying, "Take her along along the way."

The ghost guard grinned again when he saw the purse, knowing that the purse contained burnt silver taels, he nodded happily and said, "Don't worry, Young Master Luo, I will take good care of her naturally, she doesn't have hostility on her body, she will definitely go all the way." Very smooth."

With the guarantee from the ghost messenger, Luo Zhixia took out a picture of women's winter clothes cut out from a magazine from her bag and handed it to Zhou Xiaoxue, saying, "It's cold down here, you should wear more."

Zhou Xiaoxue reached out to take it, and when the picture was placed in her hand, it instantly turned into a thick cotton coat. Zhou Xiaoxue finally couldn't help crying while holding the cotton coat, "I don't want to go down, I miss my mother and My brother."

There is no ghost in this world who is willing to go to hell. Luo Zhixia has seen a lot, but he doesn't know how to persuade him, so he can only say: "Don't cry, people are destined to die. Be careful when you go down, don't look back, Shun Shun Dangdang to Fengdu."