Those who often listen to ghost stories must know that the scene Yun Shili is experiencing at this moment is a very common plot.
Generally speaking, the process of this section is: open the door, people enter the room, the lights go out, and the door closes automatically.
But...that's just "generally speaking".
Yun Shili is not an ordinary person, he is a master.
So...
Sooner than later! But... the moment the lantern was extinguished, Yun Shili, who reacted quickly, threw away the lantern in his hand, and immediately followed him with three high-speed backflips in a row. .
In the blink of an eye, Master Zanyun exited the room again.
Almost at the same time as he "turned back" into the courtyard, the door of the room was blown by a gust of wind and closed with a "bang".
"Hiss——" Seeing the strange situation in front of him, even Yun Shili couldn't help but take a breath of cold air.
After standing still, he took a few steps back, and then stared at the door with fear on his face, thinking to himself: "It's really dangerous... If I move slower, I will be Locked inside..."
Yun Shili didn't dare to think about it anymore. Just thinking about it made his scalp numb and he was covered in cold sweat.
If he was like this, let alone the servants and maids who were watching... When the sinister wind blew up just now, all the servants turned pale with fright, and they all instinctively stepped back. , some simply sat on the ground with their legs weak.
For a time, there was a dead silence in this huge west courtyard. Even the singing in the room stopped at some point. Only the whooshing wind was still whistling in the night sky, as if there was some kind of indescribable sound. Creatures emit creepy laughter in people's ears.
"Oh, Brother Yun, that's okay." After a moment, it was Sun Yixie's somewhat mean voice that broke the silence. As he spoke, he walked up to Yun Shili. He stood aside and put his hand on the other person's shoulder, "I can only say that you retreated a little too fast, hahahaha..."
Although he was laughing and taunting, he was still very good at easing the atmosphere. Effectively, with his words and smiles, Yun Shili's fear did disappear a bit.
"Yi Xie..." Yun Shili was not angry. He calmed down and asked, "You said you bumped into a demon a few months ago... Can you tell me about that?" "What if I explain it in detail?" Sun Yixie raised his voice and said in a tone like a veteran driver, "You think you know the goblin's methods? Can we handle it?"
"What should we do?" Yun Shili asked, "Let's wait until dawn?"
"What are you doing?" He said, "You have to strike while the iron is hot, and you have to catch ghosts at night!" He said, waving to a servant not far away, "Thirteen, come here."
This Please explain, the servants of the Sun Mansion are all named according to numbers, starting from "Sun San", "Sun Si", "Sun Wu", "Sun Liu" goes on like this... After all, the Sun Mansion is a big house with many servants, so it will be easier to remember in this arrangement.
In addition, the number in the servant's name has nothing to do with age or seniority, because occasionally someone will leave here, and when someone leaves, the vacant name will be filled by the new person. replace.
Seeing this, someone must be asking again, why are there no "Sun Da" and "Sun Er"?
It's very simple. "Sun Da" is the special name of the housekeeper. Whoever becomes a housekeeper is Sun Da. Of course, most of the time, everyone calls him "Steward" and does not call him by his first name. ; And because the name "Sun Er" is homophonic with "Sun Er", it was called "Sun Er" to take advantage of it, and the name alone was "Er", which did not sound good, so it was not adopted.
Right now, the "Sun Shisan" that Sun Yixie calls is the "stupid-talking but nimble-footed" brother who went to the east wing to invite him and Yun Shili.
"Young...Master, what are your orders?" Sun Shisan was also in shock, but he still had to agree when the master called him.
"Put the housekeeper on your back and go to Lingyin Temple immediately... to bring in reinforcements." Sun Yixie said.
Sun Shisan was also stunned. After hearing this, he actually asked: "Master, wouldn't it be faster for me to go directly by myself? Why are you carrying the housekeeper on his back?"
Sun Yixie laughed at that time: "Huh...you go directly?" He smiled and continued, "Then let me ask you...after a while you got there and knocked on the temple door, and a young monk came out to answer the door. "What are you going to tell people?"
Sun Shisan replied: "I just said that I am a servant of the Sun family. Now there is a monster in our house. I hope all the masters can come to help me." ."
"Oh, that's what you said?" Sun Yixi said, "What if the little monk gets mad and leaks this? What if the whole city is in trouble?" He paused, "What if... someone with ulterior motives adds fuel to the fire and lies that all members of the Sun family are possessed by evil spirits or transformed by goblins? Are you done with those businesses?"
"This..." If Sun Shisan could think so far and detailed, he wouldn't be Sun Shisan.
"Okay, okay, you are just dumbfounded. How can the young master be smarter than you? Just memorize it for you. I have so many questions." In the next second, Butler Sun had already walked up to Sun. Beside Shisan, he raised his hand and patted the latter on the head, "If I were ten years younger, I wouldn't need you to carry me."
"Hey, yes." Sun Shi Sanma nodded. He had a good attitude, but his learning ability was a bit poor.
After Butler Sun taught Sun Shisan a lesson, he immediately turned to Sun Yixi and said, "Young Master, don't worry, I will definitely handle this matter for you."
" Well, let's go." Sun Yixie responded casually and let the two set off.
After seeing off Sun Shisan and the old housekeeper, Sun Yixie said to Yun Shili: "By the way, Brother Yun, you have to make a trip too."
"Me?" When Yun Shili heard this, he was confused at first, but he was also quick in thinking, and he understood it on his own after a few seconds, "Oh... you want me to invite Mr. Lu?"
"Exactly." Sun Yixie responded.
"Okay." Yun Shili thought for a while and then said, "It is indeed the most suitable for me to go...then you wait for me."
After that, he also Without waiting for Sun Yixie to say anything else, he put his feet down, turned over and went up to the room. Then, Yun Shili showed off his Qinggong and disappeared into the night.
The reason why Sun Yixie went to ask Magistrate Lu was obvious, because the painting was sent by someone from Magistrate Lu. Now that something strange has happened, the person who gave the painting will naturally be punished. Come and ask for details - even if the other party has no ill intentions, you can still get some information.
Of course, the yamen gate is not as good as the temple. It is definitely not as efficient as asking Yun Shili to go there to invite people. Yun Shili also deduced from this point to deduce that Sun Yixie wanted to go there. what.
To make a long story short, about half an hour later, the people from both sides came to invite us.
Zhifu Lu came faster because Yun Shili had good Qinggong and left quickly. Moreover, Yun Shili did not go through the main entrance of the Yamen Gate at all, but directly climbed over the wall and ran to Lu Zhifu. In the middle of the night, a ghost knocked on the door of the prefect's bedroom and called, almost frightening Mr. Lu to death.
Fortunately, Lu Wen's heart was still okay. After hearing Yun Shili's explanation of the situation, he quickly changed his clothes, woke up several bearers in the house, and ordered people to I went to call the head catcher Hu Qiu, and then he came over in a sedan chair.
As for Lingyin Temple, the one who came was the first one in the temple, named "Wo Jian".
As soon as you hear this name, everyone will understand - he must have been picked up by his master in the ditch when he was a child.
All joking aside, this master of Wojian is quite capable.
He has just turned forty this year. He has a Chinese character face, a medium build, good facial features, a solemn appearance, and the Buddhist teachings are quite profound. Originally, at his age, he could become a thousand-year-old master of Lingyin Temple. The first one in the ancient temple is undoubtedly one who possesses both virtue and art... oh no... both virtue and industry.
"Amitabha... the poor monk has seen Almsgiver Sun." As soon as Wojian entered the courtyard, he stepped forward to say hello to Sun Yixie.
In those days, all the famous temples had good relations with the local tycoons, and it was normal for the senior officials of the temples and the squires to know each other.
Monks are human beings too. As the saying goes, they are short-handed and soft-mouthed. People from wealthy families usually give you money and food in the temple. When people ask for help from you, why don't you do it? You have to work hard.
Therefore, tonight the abbot of Lingyin Temple was also very considerate. As soon as he heard that evil spirits were causing trouble in the Sun family, he sent the chief of the temple to calm things down.
"You're welcome, Master. Please come here." Sun Yixie also immediately stepped forward to greet him, and immediately led the monk to Master Lu, "I'm here to introduce you to Master. This is the newly appointed prefect Lu Wenlu."
"Amitabha... The poor monk did not know that the magistrate had arrived, so he was rude and rude..." According to the rules, when an official is present, you must first salute to the official, and then say hello to the host (provided the host is not an official) , so even though Wojian didn't know Mr. Lu before, he still had to apologize here.
"Master, there is no need to be polite..." However, Lu Wen was a younger brother on this occasion. He did not dare to show off, so he quickly stepped forward to support Wo Jian, said a few polite words, and then Retracted to one side.
At this time, in the west courtyard, all the idle people... that is, the servants, maids, including housekeeper Sun... were all invited out; only Sun Yixie and Yun Shi were left in the courtyard. There are five of them: Li, Lu Wen, Wo Jian and Hu Baotou, so they no longer have to hide their words, they can just say whatever they want.
After a brief greeting, Sun Yixie began to tell Wojian about the current situation.
Actually, he didn’t have much to say. Although Sun Yixie and Yun Shili had asked Lu Wen a few questions before Wojian came, Lu Wen only knew that the painting was from the young master of the dynasty. Nothing else is known about what Han Yu did when he was young; there were no phones at that time, so it was impossible to contact Mr. Han immediately, so now they could only rely on themselves to figure it out.
"Master, the situation is like this." Soon, Sun Yixie had roughly explained the origin of the portrait, the strange singing, and what the old housekeeper and Yun Shili had seen. After hearing this, he then said, "Abbott, he sent you alone, which means you must be strong. It should be okay to leave it to you, right?" After hearing this, Wojian gritted his teeth and felt in his heart He said: "Donor Sun, you want me to die. Are there really goblins here?"
This kind of development was indeed beyond his expectation, or perhaps it was beyond his expectations. The abbot who came was not expecting it.
There is no problem for the monks in Lingyin Temple to recite sutras for salvation, but when it comes to "catching monsters and catching ghosts"... not everyone is the reincarnation of the Arhat who subdued the dragon. How can there be so many people who know magic? A monk?
Previously, the abbot heard from Butler Sun that the Sun Mansion was "troubled by goblins", so he took it for granted that someone was hallucinating or something like that, so he sent Wojian over, preparing to follow the formula of "pacifying the mentally ill" Just fool him, how could he know that there was really an evil spirit at work?
"Uh... Donor Sun, I'm telling you the truth..." In desperation, Master Wojian began to lie, "The poor monk was in a hurry when he came here and forgot to bring the monster hunter with him. The magic weapon, how about... the poor monk goes back to get it now?"
His excuse is not bad. If you really want him to go back, he can report it to the abbot and think of a way. If that doesn't work, just put it off a little longer until dawn.
"Huh?" Sun Yixi is such a keen person. He can tell that the other party is lying just by smelling it. "Master..." He immediately used his little eyes to look at the lying person. Jian scanned his whole body and said, "Didn't you come with Buddhist beads and wooden fish? Do you also need any other magical weapons?" At this point, he paused for a moment., raised his voice, and said with a strange tone, "I heard that Haiye from Jinshan Temple can subdue demons with his fists and kicks, and he didn't say what magic weapon he would rely on~"
"Haiye?" Wojian only knew that there was once a Daoji monk who was called "Master Luohan" by the people, but he had never heard of other monks being called "Master". He also looked puzzled, "This... poor monk also went to Jinshan Temple to hang out. , I don’t remember that there is an eminent monk with the word "海" in his name. I wonder which one Patron Sun is talking about?"
Hearing his question, Yun Shili on the side almost stopped laughing. After speaking out, he laughed secretly in his heart and said: "Yes, this monk has never heard of "The Legend of White Snake"."
"Just...that one..." On the other side, it was the editor anyway, Sun Yi Xie also opened his mouth and said, "He is in his early twenties, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, a broad nose, a tendon meat, and two hairtails tattooed on his back..."
This time, it wasn't just Lie Jian who was dumbfounded, Yun Shi Li Ye was dumbfounded. Both of them had questions in their heads, thinking, are you talking about a monk or a gangster?
But Wojian couldn't directly say that he didn't believe it, so he could only reply: "Well... I'm sorry for my poor eyesight... I've never seen this master." He paused, "Now, I'm sorry. It’s true that I didn’t bring any magic weapon, so I can’t do anything...”
They were still arguing with the people in this courtyard, and the goblins in that room couldn’t stand hearing it anymore.
At this moment, a soul-stirring scream, like an echo in an empty valley, suddenly came from the storage room: "You don't dare to come in, then I'll come out!"
It was a woman's voice, and her tone was full of resentment. It would make one's hair stand on end if she heard it during the day, let alone hearing it in such an environment in the middle of the night.
As soon as he finished speaking, the door of the storage room opened by itself again, and a strong wind blew in the courtyard again, causing all the lanterns hanging on the corridor to sway and go out one by one... …
The moon in the sky happened to be obscured by black clouds at this moment.
In the blink of an eye, the courtyard, which was quite bright just now, was completely shrouded in darkness.
And in the darkness, there was a sudden sound of paper shaking.
Immediately afterwards, there was a painting, suspended like this, floating faintly out of the room.