I live on the 18th floor of Nether Community

"Life is different, joy and death share sleep, remnant souls dance in dreams..."

Jiang Miao's attention was once again attracted by the resentful singing voice on the stage.The actress in blue flicked her sleeves and moved to the center of the stage with small steps.

She pinched her orchid fingers, and was about to raise her breath to sing, but suddenly paused, then her head suddenly drooped, and her whole body began to tremble violently.

"Liu Yunsheng... Liu Yunsheng..." The actress's throat was crackling, and all her joints were moving forward stiffly as if they had been broken.

In the next second, only a few "clicks" were heard, and the stage lights on the light stand were all shattered.Glass shards splattered all over the floor, and several pieces were directly inserted into the actress's face.

After a brief silence, piercing screams erupted in the rehearsal hall.

……

The ambulance drove out of the opera troupe in a hurry. Except for the captain of the actor who hurriedly followed the car to the hospital, everyone else was still in shock and stuck in the rehearsal hall, not knowing what to do.

The girl beside Jiang Xiao trembled even more.

"She's laughing..." the girl said with pale lips, grabbed Jiang Miao's arm, and said excitedly, "When I saw the glass hit her face, she was still laughing! It's the second time. All of Shuang'er's people had accidents... There are ghosts, there are ghosts!"

"Shhh, don't be afraid." Jiang Miao smiled at the girl reassuringly, stretched out his index finger to touch her forehead, and said softly: "God gathers the spirits of the sky, clear and worry-free, light the lamp."

Following Jiang Xiao's formula, the girl really quieted down.

Seeing that the girl was no longer trembling, Jiang Miao stood up and walked to the stage.He suppressed his smile, frowned and stood where the actor was injured just now, looking around.

It shouldn't be, when the actress was injured just now, he didn't notice the existence of any spirit body at all.Let alone a spirit body, it doesn't even have any resentment.But in the case of the actress just now, either she was mentally ill or she was definitely possessed by a ghost.How exactly?

Suddenly, Jiang Miao's eyes froze, and he bent over and squatted on the ground.There was only an inconspicuous layer of ash on the edge of a few pieces of broken glass.Jiang Miao wiped some ashes between his nose and sniffed lightly, his eyes suddenly darkened.

It is incense ash.The fragrance is neither sweet nor greasy, but a bit refreshing.

Jiang Miao's palms were slightly sweaty, he had smelled this fragrance before, and it was at Xichi's house.

"What did you read to me just now?" Jiang Miao asked weakly from behind, and when he turned around, he saw the girl sitting next to him timidly standing aside, "You, you are not a reporter. Bar?"

"No." Jiang Xiao nodded, clapped his hands and stood up.

"Are you a Taoist priest?"

"Well...not really." Jiang Miao really didn't know how to introduce himself to the girl, so he smiled at her, "But I did come here because of the strange things that happened in your troupe recently." He paused, then said , "You just said that it was the second person who had the accident?"

The girl looked around cautiously, and summoned up her courage to go to Jiang Xiao's side and whispered, "Let's move to another place. Teacher Liu doesn't want to tell outsiders about these things."

Jiang Xiao nodded: "I saw a coffee shop on the way here, let's go, I'll treat you to a cup of coffee."

……

The afternoon sun was good, so Jiang Miao specially found a place in the open air.Firstly, it can get rid of the bad luck of the girl's contamination, and secondly, it is also convenient for him to smoke.

The girl picked up the coffee and took a sip: "My name is Sun Miao, you can call me Miao Miao."

"What a coincidence, my name is Jiang Miao." Jiang Miao winked at the girl, "You can call me Miao Miao."

Sun Miao was amused by Jiang Miao's words, and the color gradually returned to his pale face.

"Mind if I smoke a cigarette?" Jiang Xiao took out the cigarette case and shook it at Sun Miao.

"It's okay, you can smoke, our teacher Liu also smokes."

Jiang Miao nodded, lit the cigarette in his mouth, and pulled the chair away from Sun Miao.

"Didn't Teacher Liu come over for your rehearsal?" Jiang Xiao asked.

"Teacher Liu usually only comes here when there are rehearsals in the troupe." Sun Miao stirred the coffee with a spoon, "But the teacher really cares about this play, but he is too busy on weekdays, so he will wait even if he comes. Not too long."

"I just heard from you that the two actors playing Shuang'er had accidents?"

Sun Miao pursed her lips and nodded her head: "Shuang'er is the sister who was poisoned to death in this play. After the rehearsal of the play, the first person to play her is A Xiang, and the second is Jiang Xue just now. A Both Xiang and Xiaoxue were transferred here for this play, one of them used to act in a drama, and the other sang Huangmei Opera."

"What happened to the first actor?" Jiang Xiao asked with a frown.

Sun Miao's hand that was stirring the coffee trembled, and she said with some fear, "She also just sang the line 'Life is different, joy and death sleep together, the remnant soul dances in dreams', and suddenly passed out on the stage. When she woke up again , people are not right."

Jiang Miao raised his eyes: "What's wrong?"

"She watched Teacher Liu keep laughing, and scratched her face with her nails while laughing, scratching her entire face!" Speaking of this, Sun Miao's tone became agitated again, "The most terrifying thing is , that laughter is not Ah Xiang's, it's a, it's a stranger!"

"What was your teacher Liu's reaction at that time?"

"Ms. Liu was also very surprised, but she was much calmer than us. The teacher asked us to send Ah Xiang back to the dormitory. As soon as she got back to the room, she locked the door and kept singing with her voice hanging for a whole day." Sun Miao swallowed, suppressing the fear in her heart, "Then that night, Ah Xiang found a hemp rope from somewhere, and hanged herself from the ceiling fan in the dormitory. If the housekeeper hadn't heard the noise, she might have Just, just..."

"Where is she now?"

"It's still in the hospital. I just went to see it two days ago, and it still looks like a godsend." After finishing speaking, Sun Miao grabbed Jiang Xiao's hand, "Brother Xiao, Mr. Liu is afraid that if this matter spreads out, it will hurt everyone." It has an impact on the new play, and I have repeatedly told none of us to tell it! But I am really afraid that if this continues, someone will have an accident, as long as you know it alone, don't sell me!"

"Don't worry." Jiang Miao nodded, took out a piece of fruit candy from his jacket pocket, peeled off the paper and handed it to Sun Miao, "Come on, eat a piece of candy to calm your nerves."

Sun Miao blushed, and embarrassedly took the candy and put it in her mouth.

"Here's the candy wrapper too. I've been carrying it with me these days to ward off evil spirits." Jiang Miao placed the candy wrapper in Sun Miao's palm.

"Candy paper wards off evil spirits, this is the first time I've heard of it."

"My candy paper is not an ordinary thing."

Seeing that Sun Miao was still staring at him curiously, Jiang Miao simply didn't bother to explain to her. He flicked off the cigarette ash and said with a smile, "I've got my light on."

……

After Sun Miao left, Jiang Miao went straight to a nearby Internet cafe.On a forum, he found a post by the little bastard that the janitor of the opera troupe was talking about.

Jiang Miao quickly browsed through the information on the post, and the content of the main text was mostly nonsense that did not conform to the logic of the underworld.With one hand resting on his chin, Jiang Miao flicked the mouse, and suddenly stopped on one of the replies.

"My aunt belongs to the Yecheng Opera Troupe, she's gone now, don't bother me! As far as I know, the Opera Troupe started making troubles after the rearrangement of "Frost Flower Tribulation". There used to be a woman who played the leading role He hanged himself, and his ghost has been haunting him since his death. It was this play that brought him back. It must have felt that those who took over the leading role had robbed him of his role, so he stayed in the troupe all the time. Who would dare to act? It will find whoever plays its role!"

Jiang Miao held a cigarette in his mouth with interest.Needless to say, this is quite consistent with his previous investigation.

Before leaving for the opera troupe, he had checked in advance about the female ghost. It was true that she hanged herself the day before the official performance, but the specific reason for her suicide was unknown.Regardless of whether the reply said there is water or not, at least it still provides some clues.

Jiang Xiao raised his hand to ask the network administrator for a Coke, and continued to browse the Internet for replies while drinking.

Suddenly, among all the "LZ continue!", "Group Adventure" and "Strategy to Get Rid of the Gatekeeper", he saw an anonymous reply.

"Xiao Ru didn't commit suicide."

Jiang Miao's hand holding the Coke can suddenly tightened.