Strange Tales: The Yin-Yang Celestial Master

The car slowly stopped in front of Qi's house, the door was opened, and Butler Qi stood outside the door.

Before Qi Buyang could speak, Butler Qi told him: "Master, there is a guest waiting in the hall, who wants to see us as the head of the house."

"How long have you waited?"

"Two hours."

"I see, let's go." Qi Buyang thought for a while, and then said: "Uncle Qi, take this Mr. Luo to the guest room to rest first."

Butler Qi nodded, glanced at Luo Lang, still expressionless, just bowed his head and said, "Mr. Luo, please follow me."

Luo Lang didn't move, "Since it's an exchange visit, it's natural that we should act together with the master, or...why can't Luo participate?"

Qi Buyang was right after thinking about it, so he nodded and said: "Then Mr. Luo, come with me, as long as you are not too tired."

Butler Qi frowned in a rare way, as if he had something to say, but in the end he didn't say a word, but just led the way.

They walked into the reception room through the courtyard in front of the house, and saw a man and a woman sitting on the sofa drinking tea. The man seemed very disturbed, put down his teacup and said to the woman, "Wife, look, you haven't seen anyone for so long. It must be a lie, let's go home."

"No." The woman shook her head firmly, "Since I'm here, I must try it, otherwise I dare not go back to that kind of home."

The man wanted to persuade him again, but found that Qi Buyang and the others had already entered, so he immediately shut up.His wife was very happy and hurriedly asked: "Is this the head of Qi?" Her eyes were on Luo Lang.

Qi Buyang was a little embarrassed at once. He also understood that he was young, and this was a common occurrence since he became the head of the family, but he still felt a little bit disappointed.

Butler Qi hurriedly pointed to Qi Buyang and said, "This is our master."

The woman looked surprised, and glanced back and forth between the two of them a few times before stopping on the boy who looked to be only sixteen or seventeen years old, and murmured: "You are the heads of the family...you are so young."

Her husband tugged at the corner of her clothes and winked, as if he wanted to go back.The woman frowned and thought for a while, then pulled back her clothes and looked at Qi Buyang again.

"Excuse me, both of you, what's the matter?" Qi Buyang asked.

"It's like this," the woman said impatiently, "Some strange things have been happening in our house recently. I suspect it's haunted, so I want to ask you to go and have a look."

"What kind of strange things are they?"

"For example, after falling asleep, I would be woken up by the sound of footsteps upstairs. I went upstairs to see but no one was there, but the sound continued all night and all night... Strange finger prints appeared on the mirror from time to time, and the lights flickered at night. Go, a few times it even went out directly, and the candle was blown out by the sudden wind when it was lit, and the electrician came to see it several times, and they all said that the circuit was normal and there was no problem..."

Obviously these memories made her very uncomfortable, her face was a little pale, and fear appeared in her eyes, "I haven't had a good night's sleep in such a long time! I'm always worried, and I'm especially scared at night... That house must be haunted! I also thought about moving, but I can't bear to part with such a good house, so I can only live like this...Master, you must help us!"

Before Qi Buyang could speak, Luo Lang spoke first: "Do you often suffer from dizziness, palpitation, insomnia, dreaminess, and cold hands and feet?"

"How do you know?" The woman was surprised, staring at Luo Lang earnestly: "The master is a supernatural power! I was so frightened by those strange things that I was about to have a nervous breakdown. You can tell at a glance, there must be a way to help me !"

"Of course there is a way." Luo Lang raised a mocking smile: "You should go to the hospital instead of coming here. In my opinion, this may be a sign of heart disease."

"How could it be!" The woman was angry and anxious, she cast her eyes on Qi Buyang for help, "Master... I don't really have a heart attack, do I?"

Qi Buyang knew that she had been frightened and confused, so he was bluffed by Luo Lang's nonsense.He glanced at Luo Lang with dissatisfaction. This person behaved badly, but he was a distinguished guest of the Qi family. He couldn't say anything, so he could only comfort the nervous woman, and when she calmed down, he said: " Can I come and see your house?"

"Of course! We are going to take you to see it for yourself today!" The woman bounced off the sofa in a hurry, and couldn't wait to lead them out.

Steward Qi at the side silently handed over the prepared talisman. Qi Buyang took it, glanced at Luo Lang, and said hesitantly, "Mr. Luo, are you going with me too?"

"Of course." Luo Lang replied without hesitation.

So the two got into the car driven by the couple together and drove to their home.

When they arrived at the place, Qi Buyang found out that they lived on Fenghuang Road, which is very famous in the local area, because both sides of the road are full of Phoenix trees.Now is the flowering period, the phoenix flowers on the branches are in full bloom, and the fiery red flower clusters stretch all the way, contrasting with the beautiful small western-style buildings behind, like the scenery in a fairy tale.

The car slowly drove through the gate of one of the small buildings and stopped in the front yard.When getting off the car, Qi Buyang noticed that there was also a phoenix tree in the middle of the yard, and a tree of red flowers was blooming, but the color of the flowers seemed to be different from those outside.

"Don't you think the flowers of this tree are too red?" A voice suddenly sounded behind him, startling Qi Buyang, but when he turned his head, it was Luo Lang.He showed a faint smile to Qi Buyang, and whispered in his ear: "It's like the color of blood."

I don't know why, but when he said this, Qi Buyang suddenly felt a chill in his heart, and couldn't help asking: "When was this tree planted?"

"It was already here when I came here." The woman answered every question, "This is my husband's house. I only moved in after I got married, and I don't know about the previous situation." She tugged at her husband's clothes, "The master asked And you! When was the tree planted?"

"Ah? Oh..." The man seemed to have just recovered, looked up at the phoenix flower above his head in a daze, and said in a perfunctory tone, "I don't know, it has always been there."

Qi Buyang nodded and didn't ask any more questions.

The woman took her husband to lead the way and led them into the house.As soon as he stepped through the door, he immediately felt much cooler. Qi Buyang looked at the furnishings in the house, and felt an unusual feeling. It seemed that there was something wrong with the house.

Checking room by room, nothing was found on the first floor, and the woman took them to the room on the second floor that often made footsteps.

"It's here. I always hear the sound of people walking around at night, but no one lives here at all." The woman said with lingering fear.

Qi Buyang scanned around. There was a large bed in the innermost part of the room, and the bed had been made. On the other side stood a row of small bookshelves against the wall. Next to them were arranged tables and chairs. On the table was a slender plain A white vase with a flower in it.

He frowned.

"Is there really no one living there?" Luo Lang asked his doubts, looking directly at the man who had been absent-minded since he came in.

"There used to be..." the man murmured, and then quickly added as if suddenly reacting: "But it was a long time ago, this house is second-hand, I don't know..."

"This flower is so beautiful, didn't you pick it this morning?" Luo Lang interrupted him before he finished listening. After he said this, everyone in the room focused their eyes on the vase.

Inside the bottle is a branch of Chinese rose, with a touch of rose red, full of petals, bright and dripping, as if it has just been cut from the branch, and there are a few small dewdrops between the stamens.

A trace of embarrassment flashed across the man's face, so he could only explain: "This room is my study now."

When the woman heard this, she reprimanded in a low voice: "Didn't I tell you not to come here to read? What if there are ghosts? You have to come here every day to change new flowers. Are you going to take care of those flowers and plants again?"

"Okay, okay, that's all I like." The man comforted his wife softly.

At this time, a gust of wind blew in from the window, lifted the soft curtains, and the phoenix tree in the yard made a rustling sound.Qi Buyang glanced out of the window subconsciously, and when he turned his head again, he suddenly saw a woman he had never seen before behind the man.

——She has long black hair, a loose cotton dress, and her stiff body is tightly attached to the back of the host.

Qi Buyang's heart tightened, and he was about to rush over while clutching the talisman, but unexpectedly, someone behind him grabbed his shoulders. Luo Lang lowered his head and pressed against his ear, "Let's see what she wants to do first."

Qi Buyang calmed down, nodded, and wanted to thank Luo Lang, but the other party raised the corners of his mouth in great interest: "Don't you think this is very interesting?"

"..."

As a result, the female ghost didn't do anything, but followed the male master step by step, wherever they went, she followed.

After turning around and returning to the front yard, Qi Buyang still hadn't figured out the purpose of the female ghost.

"Master, what do you see? Is there a ghost? Can it be expelled?" The woman asked worriedly, holding her husband's arm restlessly.

The man put his arms around her shoulders and comforted her, "It's okay, maybe you're too nervous."

When he was speaking, the female ghost behind him stared blankly at his profile, with a hint of sadness in his eyes.

Qi Buyang suddenly noticed a string of dark red blood dripping from the bark of the phoenix tree next to him, slowly sliding down like teardrops, seeping into the soil of the tree roots.

He looked up in surprise, and saw that there were still wet tears on the face of the female ghost, her eyes were always looking at the man who was holding his wife in his arms.

Qi Buyang couldn't make up his mind, so he had to tell the hostess that he had to go back and prepare the magic weapon to exorcise ghosts, and then come back in a few days.The woman worriedly told him to come over as soon as possible.

After leaving the house, Qi Buyang and Luo Lang walked side by side on the sidewalk full of phoenix flowers.

"Mr. Luo, what do you think about that family?"

The female ghost didn't have any hostility, but was surrounded by deep sadness, so addicted to it that she couldn't notice the things around her.He really couldn't do anything to her, but he couldn't figure out her purpose.

The problem was with the male host, he must be hiding something.

Qi Buyang pondered hard, and finally couldn't help asking Luo Lang for advice. Although this person seemed very unreliable, his grandfather said that he was a master, so he should have great insights.

"Why are you humans always obsessed with insignificant things? Even if you die." Luo Lang said.

Sure enough, he shouldn't be asking, he wasn't listening at all.Qi Buyang thought in frustration.

Luo Lang continued: "If you can answer my question, I will answer your question."

He actually listened!And judging from what he meant, he seemed to know something!

Qi Buyang was overjoyed, and began to seriously think about Luo Lang's question, "Maybe because everyone has things that are important to us, even if they are insignificant, they are still very important in our hearts, so we will work hard for those things, even as a lifetime. A goal is like a dream..." At this point, he suddenly remembered the slang in Luo Lang's words just now, "What do we mean by human beings? Aren't you human too!"

Luo Lang ignored his rhetorical question and touched his chin with a rare expression of doubt: "Dream? Do you have such a thing?"

"Of course." Qi Buyang smiled, with a bit of childishness in his smile, but he said with confidence: "I hope to be like my grandfather, to become a celestial master in my own right, and to be a qualified master!"

"You are not in charge now."

Qi Buyang shook his head, "Compared to Grandpa, I'm still far behind. But I will work hard!"

Luo Lang raised his eyebrows, but did not make any comments.

"Mr. Luo, I have already answered you, should you answer me?"

"No."

"why?"

"I am not satisfied with your answer."

"..."