Ghosts go the same way

After Xiao Jiu asked, the old man was not unhappy at being questioned, but happily said to Xiao Jiu: "The few people your school officially invited over are not from my school. But there are a few Taoists who don't have any magic power. My mind is also dull, but my character is still very good. I have a close personal relationship with my grandson, who is also a quick-tempered person. Knowing that they are bound by evil obstacles, he took his little apprentice and ran over there. I thought the same. The evil obstacles can be removed by external force, but those Taoist masters will be seriously injured. Given their age, they probably won't live for a few years after this. So I followed the clues and found the school... ..."

Xiao Jiu also guessed that the old man was referring to the middle-aged man and the young man who stopped him at the water room door.

"But I annoyed you before, not because you protected your friend, but because you shot too hard, and my grandson was seriously injured when he was caught off guard."

"Ah?" Xiao Jiu was stunned. He has only beaten a few hooligans recently. When did he beat that middle-aged man?

"Don't be surprised, it's true. If you're in the circle, you're deliberately giving us a bad shot and trying to provoke us, so I didn't treat you very well at first. But it turned out that you weren't in the circle at all. I don't know, I understand, you didn't know how to control yourself at the time, right?"

"I... what the hell did I do then?" Xiao Jiu was still baffled by the cause and effect.

"You...you didn't understand what you were like at the time. Let me just say what he did at that time? He saw you were young, so he used his spiritual sense to see your reality. But it didn't come out the first time. , I just feel that you are full of aura, and you can't find out the bottom at all, but you didn't express anger or rejection to his prying, but opened it up for him to see. He thought you were provocative on purpose, and you did enough I made preparations and came to investigate for the second time, but I didn’t expect you to follow the clues and injure him all at once. Now he’s still lying in his clothes, moaning and unable to get up.”

Xiao Jiu's response to the old man's description was blank-eyed. When did he do this?

"At that time... I did feel something sticking out and making the hair on the back of my neck. I was very angry at the time, but I didn't know what to do. I was so angry that the feeling came again. Then... And then I don't know what the hell is going on. Sorry, I didn't know I hurt someone." From different angles, things feel differently.

This really belongs to the insiders and outsiders, an accident between those who know how to do it and those who don't.In fact, it cannot be said that Xiao Jiu is at fault, but he feels that he needs to apologize first.

Hearing his apology, the old man quickly waved his hand: "Don't, I've told you about this too. Since you didn't have a master to teach you, then you have to say that that kid is asking for trouble. He should learn a lesson for his quick temper, everything is in a hurry. Yes, but in the future you will be his uncle, and you will have to wipe his ass and clean up the mess, so if you hurt him this time, you will be paid first."

"Master..." Xiao Jiu almost choked on his saliva. He was so embarrassing, but he ignored it. This old man has a very high seniority. If he became his apprentice, wouldn't it be... Like this, there is a very old Uncle?

"That's what you think." The old man smiled wickedly, "In the future, not only that little bastard, but also a group of little bastards who want you to wipe their butts..."

"Can I think about it again?"

"Apprentice, just tell me what you want me to do for you?" The old man was noncommittal to Xiao Jiu's question, but it was obviously impossible.

Xiao Jiu sighed, although he was helpless, but he was looking forward to it, and Xiao Jiu, who was in a complicated mood, began to tell the story of the water ghost to Huang Juanbai.

After listening to Xiao Jiu's speech, the old man pondered for a while, then asked with a sneer, "That magic stick is called Li Zhuo, right? How much did he give you afterwards?"

After Xiao Jiu explained the cause and effect of the previous incident clearly, he never expected that Mr. Huang would ask about his income instead of other questions.

Although it was strange, Xiao Jiu answered honestly: "More than 5000, right?" During the renovation, he went to transfer the account and took a rough look, and it should be this amount.

"Hmph, that kid is really obsessed with money."

Xiao Jiu was surprised. Didn't all the money be given to him? How could it be said that Li Zhuocai was infatuated.

"And obviously he's trying to lie to you that you don't know how to do it." The old man put down the purple sand pot, and took out a small plate full of white melon seeds from somewhere, "Here's homemade fry, very fragrant, do you want some? "

"No, you can eat by yourself." Xiao Jiu knew that this old man is also a glutton.He was not in a hurry to urge, but waited for Mr. Huang to eat two melon seeds beautifully, waited for him to take a sip of tea, and then raised the teapot to the "bodyguard" next to him—Xiao Jiu wanted to get up and go to the thermos Yes, but the old man motioned him to sit down.

Xiao Jiu hesitated for a moment, then sat back.

When the tea was filled again, the old man coughed and began to explain the rules to Xiao Jiu: "There are many rules, and I can't explain them clearly to you in a short while. After all, in our business, the rules are not written in black and white, but are written by our ancestors. What has been accumulated is also taught little by little when the older generation led the younger generation to work. No matter who it is, it is almost impossible to say everything. I can only think of something and tell you what.”

"Yeah." Xiao Jiu nodded, and then suddenly realized something, "Old Huang, you don't mean that someone will take me..."

"Why do you use others? What I mean is that I will take you out to learn about the rules!" The old man raised his chin proudly, "Of course this was done by Master, why did you pretend to be someone else? Let you divert the topic , let’s get back to the main story! This Li Zhuo has violated at least three rules. First, he should have seen that you are an outsider. Since you are an outsider, no matter how powerful you are, you cannot Pull it over to do business."

Xiao Jiu thought about it and nodded.This nod has two aspects. On the one hand, it means that he also thinks that Li Zhuo has seen that he is an outsider. After all, Li Zhuo is an old man, even if he is not as experienced as the old man.However, the old man noticed it when he saw Xiao Jiu without saying a word. Li Zhuo had met so many times, so it was impossible for him not to notice it.

It's not that Xiao Jiu hadn't thought about it before, but he felt that he and Li Zhuo didn't have much conflict of interest.So Li Zhuo pretended not to see anything, and he was happy to learn more about this world through Li Zhuo, which should be said to be a little risky.

"Second, in the matter of possession, since he knew that the situation was beyond his control, he should have notified his family, but instead of notifying him, he dragged you, a layman, over. This is definitely a mistake. wrong!"

"Is there anyone who goes up and down?"

"Yes, in our line of work, the levels are actually quite distinct. You see, there is a small mazak on the side of the street, and when someone comes over, they say they want to tell fortunes..."

"Is that the next home?"

"That's not a person in the circle at all. According to the past, they belong to the lower ranks of the scammers. The lowest level here is those guys who have a bit of reputation, and they run to help manage any dead people. The whole country There are people like this everywhere or in every community, and what they do can be regarded as an ancestral business. Some of them have some ability, and some have no ability at all."

"Then what level does Li Zhuo belong to?"

"He's a little bit taller than these people. He doesn't deal with dead bodies, but with ghosts. In the past, he was the bottom-level magician and wizard, some with a little ability, and some like the Li Zhuo you mentioned. Similarly, there are some methods that have been passed down, and they are more or less genuine. It should be said that these two layers of people are doing things that their superiors disdain to do."

Xiao Jiu also hummed, it seems that these people are either to give psychological comfort to those suspicious people, or to deal with some supernatural things that are not difficult to deal with: "Then the upper family is the more capable person that the lower family knows? "

"Yes, it can be said that way. Because now those of us have already divided our territory in various places, and those who come out to do things usually go to worship the mountain. And unless there is a big event of the birth of an old monster, otherwise there will be no Who crossed the border."

Mr. Huang's description made Xiao Jiu couldn't help laughing, it sounded like a gangster.

"Third... This kid is obviously incapable, but he obviously wants to use you as a shield, and wants to gain fame and fame. If it's in other industries, it's nothing. Water flows to low places and people go to high places , who doesn’t have the heart to compete? Besides, the bigger things we do here, but we also do the same in this business, which will cause big things.”

Speaking of this old man, he became a little angry from being a fool: "It's also a good thing that he met you, and your kid met me. It should be said that it is God's will in the dark. If it wasn't like this, then wait for this If things get serious, I don’t know how many innocent souls have died in vain. He is not afraid of incurring debts!"

"..." Xiao Jiu was listening, and now his task is to talk less, listen more, and read more.

"Don't say you told me about this matter. Even if an ordinary person on the side of the road said so, I would immediately nod and agree. But you know too few clues, and it is unwise to act rashly .” The old man looked at Xiao Jiu and straightened his face, which could almost be said to be a serious reprimand.

Xiao Jiu couldn't help but move his stiff shoulders. He also felt weird, because he didn't find the old man's scolding annoying, but a little... happy?

"I will find someone to do the investigation of the news. While waiting for them to investigate, I will start to teach you the most basic method, so that you can put away the aura that can be seen from ten miles away. Go." After the reprimand, Huang Lao just stroked his beard and smiled.

Xiao Jiu was taken aback for a moment, then subconsciously lowered his head, and put on the appearance of a good boy: "Thank you, Mr. Huang."

One didn't say that they wanted to be a teacher, and the other didn't say that they had already accepted an apprentice, but now both parties actually know that it's basically settled!