All the people in the small Taoist temple are not human

Cheng Xinghai didn't know that the Huaguo Religious Association had imagined him as a 80-[-]-year-old white-bearded old man who spent a night reading with a ghost lamp. He read several Taoist classics in one go, feeling like he had opened the door to a new world.

Seeing that the sky was bright, he got up and stretched, patted the mineral water bottle: "It's hard work, go and rest."

The four ghosts were relieved, the light dimmed, the black mist in the bottle was no longer so thick, and even the body of the bottle was flattened a bit, it can be seen that the four ghosts were shining with their lives that night.

Putting the mineral water bottle and Hao Shuai's black wooden box out of the sun, Cheng Xinghai found a box of milk and biscuits for Yuan Ji for breakfast, and took him down the mountain after eating.

It was hot and the dirt steps on the mountain were dry.Yuan Ji wore ill-fitting clothes and was embraced by Cheng Xinghai, his cheeks were hot: "I can walk by myself."

"You don't have any shoes, how can you walk by yourself?" Cheng Xinghai shook him, and said with a smile, "It's okay, I'm strong enough to hug you."

Facing his clear eyes, Yuan Ji didn't dare to look any more, and obediently lay on Cheng Xinghai's shoulder, his little ears were so red that they were almost transparent.

His hand secretly drew a magic circle in a place Cheng Xinghai couldn't see, and everything around him seemed to be receding at a high speed. When Cheng Xinghai came back to his senses, he found that he had reached the foot of the mountain.

Unexpectedly, he went down the mountain so soon, Cheng Xinghai was a little happy, and walked towards Lanshui City in the right direction.

The National Highway is at the foot of Anning Mountain. The two of them were lucky. After walking not far, they met a kind driver who gave them a ride to Lanshui City.

Cheng Xinghai went to a children's clothing store to buy clothes for Yuan Ji, and then took him to the police station to report the case.

Now a missing child can be reported immediately, and the police will record the DNA information of the reporter for parent-child matching.However, no one called the police last night, and there was no DNA information matching Yuan Ji's relatives in the police database.

Police officer Wang, who was in charge of the reception, avoided Yuan Ji and whispered to Cheng Xinghai: "It is reasonable to say that if the child is lost overnight, the family will definitely call the police to find it. We have a nationwide network here, but there is no relevant information at all. It is not ruled out that the child was lost Relatives sold it, and I ran away halfway."

If this is the case, Cheng Xinghai is not worried about returning Yuanji to his parents: "Then what should we do?"

"He can only be sent to a welfare institution first. If his relatives can't be found, he may have to grow up there."

Cheng Xinghai glanced at Yuanji's figure, and sighed: "Then can we send him to a better orphanage?"

"We try our best."

Although Yuan Ji sat far away, he could hear the conversation between the two clearly.Knowing that Cheng Xinghai was going to send him away, he jumped off the round stool, walked to Cheng Xinghai's side, raised his head and said seriously: "I won't go."

Officer Wang comforted him gently: "There are many children your age in the orphanage, you can play with them."

Yuan Ji ignored him, pinched the corner of Cheng Xinghai's clothes, and repeated stubbornly: "I won't leave."

Cheng Xinghai didn't mind taking care of him for a while longer, but reality didn't allow it.He knelt down and looked at Yuan Ji at eye level, and comforted him by grabbing his little hand: "I don't have water or electricity over there, so I can't take care of you."

Yuan Ji: "Let those ghosts generate electricity and carry water."

Cheng Xinghai suspected that he had set a bad example for his children.

Police Officer Wang didn't take Yuan Ji's Tong Yan to heart, felt a headache for his stubbornness, and patiently persuaded him: "Little friend, this elder brother also has his own things to do, so he can't take care of you all the time. And even if it's an adoption, the age difference between the two parties You have to be over 35 years old, this brother does not meet the criteria for adopting you."

Yuan Ji turned his head to look at him, a red color that was hard to detect by outsiders flashed in his deep eyes.

Officer Wang's pupils dilated for a moment, and then returned to normal in a blink, "But if you insist, it's okay."

Cheng Xinghai: "..."

Officer, your attitude has changed a little quickly.

But looking at Yuan Ji's pitiful appearance, Cheng Xinghai softened his heart: "That's fine, then I'll take care of him for a while."

After leaving his contact information and address at the police station, Cheng Xinghai walked out of the police station with Yuan Ji.

Officer Wang watched them leave, and stood in the hall for a while, but when he came back to his senses, he couldn't remember why he was standing here.All relevant information on the report disappeared, as if Cheng Xinghai had never been here.

There was nothing in the Temple of Peace, and Cheng Xinghai also planned to buy some things when he went to the city this time.He was standing on the side of the road searching for the route to the supermarket when he was accidentally bumped from behind.

The man's expression was in a trance, and he bumped into him and stood there for a moment, before returning to his senses and apologizing: "I'm sorry! I'm sorry!"

Cheng Xinghai had just finished reading a book on physiognomy last night. It seemed that he had an ordinary face, an ordinary fate with no merits or faults, but now his face was blackened and he looked unlucky, which was a bit strange.

"Did anything bad happen to you recently?" Cheng Xinghai asked.

The man was about to leave in a daze, but he was shocked when he heard this: "How do you know?"

Cheng Xinghai always felt that what he said next was like a liar: "I said I can tell by my face, do you believe me?"

The man's small eyes widened immediately, and he grabbed Cheng Xinghai's arm excitedly: "I believe it, I believe it! Are you a master? Can you see that I have run into a ghost? I went to the police station to report the case, and they actually said I'm just under too much psychological pressure, so let me go to the hospital for a psychiatrist! Master, can you catch ghosts? You must save me!"

Cheng Xinghai felt that his arm was going to be crushed by him, and was about to push him away when Yuan Ji's hand moved, the man felt his hand was electrocuted, and he had to let go before releasing Cheng Xinghai.

He didn't bother to get to the bottom of it, he just wanted to ask Cheng Xinghai for help, "Master, please save me, or I'll be beaten to death by this ghost!"

It was inconvenient for people to come and go on the road, so they went to find a milk tea shop nearby and sat down to talk in detail.

The name of this person was Yue Chengzhi, and he was an ordinary employee in an ordinary company in Lanshui City. After years of hard work, he finally saved up the down payment and bought a second-hand house outside the Sixth Ring Road.

But after living in and not moving much, Yue Chengzhi felt weak all over.At first, Neng always dreamed that someone scolded him, and then he was beating and scolding at the same time.

He is a big man in his 30s, and when he mentioned this, he felt sad, and while crying, he rolled up his sleeves to show Cheng Xinghai the wounds on his body: "Master, look, these are the marks left by that ghost when it hit me. It hurts me."

There are long strips of bluish-purple marks all over his arms. The scars are old and new, and they look pitiful.

"Why did that ghost beat you?" Cheng Xinghai asked.

Yue Chengzhi wailed: "How do I know that? Is this ghost thing reasonable?"

Cheng Xinghai thought of those in his Taoist temple, and felt that as long as his fist was strong, he could still reason with them.

"You only encountered this kind of thing after you moved into a new house. Is there something wrong with the house? Has anyone died in it?" Cheng Xinghai asked.

"No, I specifically asked the agent when I bought the house. It was an old couple who wanted to leave Lanshui City and go back to the countryside to retire, so they sold the house." Yue Chengzhi said.

"Then have you ever lived outside?" Cheng Xinghai asked.

Yue Chengzhi nodded: "It's okay for me to stay in a hotel on a business trip before, but the hotel is so expensive that I can't stay there all the time. And if the house is sold, the taxes and handling fees will be a lot of money. It's hard for me to save I really don’t want to waste this opportunity to be able to settle in Lanshui City and buy a house by earning points.”

Although Cheng Xinghai didn't have much experience, but after thinking about it, this ghost was not as arrogant as the ghost king of Anning Mountain, and he just beat Yue Chengzhi while he was sleeping, so it shouldn't be very severe.

Now it's time for him to make money to raise his cubs, so it's okay to earn some extra money.

"Then let me go to your house to have a look, but let me tell you first, there is a fee for catching ghosts." Cheng Xinghai said.

Of course Yue Chengzhi understood, but he was a bit hypocritical: "Master, what is your charging standard?"

Cheng Xinghai didn't know what the market price was, so he saw that Yue Chengzhi was not a treacherous person, so he said, "Just give it as you see it, it's about the same."

Yue Chengzhi, who thought he would speak like a lion, let out a long sigh of relief, and gave Cheng Xinghai a thumbs up in admiration: "Superb style!"

He didn't finish eating the small cakes bought for Yuan Ji, so Cheng Xinghai went to the waiter to ask for a box.

A little girl sitting at the table next to them couldn't see it, took advantage of Cheng Xinghai's departure, walked over and whispered to Yue Chengzhi who was packing up: "Brother, don't be fooled by such charlatans, feudal superstitions are unbelievable! How can there be a ghost? These crooks are here to cheat money!"

Yue Chengzhi let out a long sigh: "I used to think so too, until now I really ran into a weird incident. If there is a chance to do it again, I will definitely leave the contact information of every master I have ever met, and tell them that I need them .If we must add a time limit to this need, I hope it will be 1 years."

Girl: "..."

This man is helpless.

Seeing Cheng Xinghai come back, the girl said angrily, "The liar must die", turned her head and left.

Cheng Xinghai was not angry either. After all, if he had seen this kind of thing before last night, he would have been as outraged as the girl.

Yue Chengzhi's house is near here, and it takes only 10 minutes to walk there.As soon as the door was opened, Cheng Xinghai smelled a stale and rotten smell, and covered his nose in unison with Yuan Ji.

"What's the smell?" He took a step back, feeling that this ghost is not too dirty, such a filthy house would be snatched from others.

Yue Chengzhi smiled embarrassingly: "Forgive me for the lack of cleaning." He didn't even change his shoes, so he ran in and opened the window to ventilate.

This is a small flat of [-] square meters, and the house type is quite square. To the north is the kitchen and living room. The corner formed by the two is the dining room, and to the south is the bathroom and the master bedroom.

The house has just been renovated, the ceiling is white, and the wallpaper is clean and lovely pink. Just looking at the decoration, I thought it was a girl's boudoir.

It's just that the inside of the house is very sloppy, there are no slippers for inside use in the entrance, and there are gray and black shoe prints everywhere on the floor.There are countless empty beer bottles lying in a mess beside the coffee table in the living room, and many crumpled clothes are piled up on the sofa, and it is hard to tell whether they are clean or replaced.

Bags of instant noodles were scattered on the cooking counter in the kitchen, on the dressing table in the bathroom, and there were short beards falling from razors everywhere

The trash can was not empty even when it was full. In this weather, flies and small black bugs could already be seen swirling around.

Cheng Xinghai could feel better by standing upwind and blowing the fresh air outside. He couldn't help but say, "You brought the mountain into your home."

Yue Chengzhi didn't understand: "What mountain?"

"Garbage mountain."

The author has something to say:

Cheng Xinghai: Because I don't know my own strength very well, I have to think carefully before catching ghosts, lest I deliver food by myself

The ghost on the opposite side: The king of ghosts is not as scary as you! !