Yin Shou Shu

Chapter 107 Ghost on the bed

Ran Qing frowned and began to ask about the details of Hu Laowu's death.

He originally thought that Hu Laowu was a crooked person like Aunt Liu, who had mastered some special evil magic and deliberately killed people and raised ghosts.

But the story told by Old Sheepskin overturned Ran Qing's guess.

This Hu Laowu is just a pickpocket in Yuezhao City.

There is a gang of pickpockets on the minibuses traveling between Changba and Yuezhao City. They work in groups of two or three and squeeze into the minibus to pick the right fat sheep to prey on.

These pickpockets are highly skilled and can often cut through the sides and pockets of people's clothes without them noticing, and then quietly use tweezers to snatch away the money from the victim.

Occasionally, if they are unlucky enough to have their car overturned and are discovered by the owner, they will rely on their large numbers to act like a rogue and make the owner afraid to pursue the matter.

There are more than one pickpocket gang like the one in Changba.

At the end of last year, Hu Laowu's gang clashed with another gang. It started as a minor fight, but soon it turned into a fight with knives.

In the end, the second-in-command of the gang, Hu Laowu, was stabbed six times in the street and died. The leader of another gang fled to another place by train overnight and disappeared without a trace.

Lao Yangpi said that this incident caused quite a stir in the dam last year and was known to everyone.

——In the era without online media, information exchange was blocked, which meant that people had little knowledge of information from the outside world.

But in rural areas, local information spreads very quickly. If someone says their daughter-in-law is stolen today, it will spread throughout the village in just a few days.

Two gangs of pickpockets got into a fight and stabbed a man to death in the street. This news is indeed a big deal.

After listening to Lao Yangpi's story, Ran Qing frowned.

"...It seems that this Hu Laowu is not the real boss."

It is very likely that he was instructed by someone to kill Xiao Chunlan's family and throw ancient copper coins into the well.

After listening to the story, Ran Qing asked Lao Yangpi to find out where Hu Laowu's grave was.

Just like what Lao Yangpi said, finding ghosts is the specialty of ghost walkers.

But Hu Laowu has been dead for a year. If he did not become a fierce ghost after his death, but an ordinary wandering ghost... then it is very likely that he will not be found.

Most wandering ghosts will disappear into the depths of the Wujiang ghost world after a short while.

I don't know what attracts them in the Wujiang ghost world...

Anyway, give it a try.

After declining Lao Yangpi's invitation to stay overnight, Ran Qing walked home in the night.

Yuezhao City was dead silent and deserted late at night, with no vehicles on the streets.

Ran Qing walked for more than an hour and walked directly from the field back to the cement house halfway up the mountain on Park Road.

Little Mianhua was exhausted and murmured, "Fortunately, Auntie never took me with her when she went out before... Every time we walked so far, even my strong legs couldn't bear it!"

Ran Qing glanced at her and shook his head: "If you were in our country, I'm afraid you wouldn't be able to survive."

In rural areas where there are no cars, it is common to walk for three to five hours to go to the market to buy something or visit relatives.

Moreover, they are all rugged mountain roads with huge elevation differences.

Although Yuezhao City is also bumpy, at least it has cement roads and does not have as many high mountains and steep slopes as in the countryside.

In the next room, the light in Mo Li's room was still on and the sound of the TV could be heard from inside.

Little Mianhua happily went to open the door and wanted to watch TV with Mo Li.

Ran Qing declined Mo Li's polite invitation to watch TV together and went into the house with his canvas bag.

The jar tied with a red rope was still shaking slightly, and the water ghost inside was struggling to get out.

But Ran Qing had already prepared the medicinal wine in advance and carefully placed the jar tied with a red rope in the middle of the main room.

Then, he poured the medicinal wine that had been soaked in advance into the gap between the jar and the lid little by little.

As the medicinal wine entered the jar tied with a red rope, the shrill wails of a female ghost were heard from inside.

A cloud of black smoke and evil energy visible to the naked eye emerged from the cracks on the edge of the jar.

But Ran Qing's hands did not stop, and soon the whole jar was filled with wine.

The wails of the female ghost inside gradually grew weaker. This medicinal wine, soaked with thirteen herbs and then placed in the main hall for three days to infuse the Yin energy, would continuously dissipate the evil spirit's resentment, transforming it into the wine.

Drinking it can enhance the strength of people who are walking in the underworld.

Listening to the weak and shrill howls of the female ghost in the jar, Ran Qing asked in a low voice.

"Can we have a good chat now?"

This female ghost is full of hatred. Although she is half human and half ghost, the ghost side dominates.

This is completely different from Li Hongye.

Li Hongye can at least stay awake occasionally.

But the female ghost in front of him could not communicate.

As Ran Qing finished speaking, a slight muffled sound came from the jar. The female ghost was still crazy and unable to respond to Ran Qing.

Hearing this noise, Ran Qing sighed, got up and left.

Since we can’t communicate, we can only stay together for now.

Maybe after soaking for a day or two and the bubbles of resentment disappear, she will be able to speak rationally again.

Ran Qing quickly packed up everything and went to bed.

Although I consumed a lot of energy catching ghosts tonight, it was not as exhausting as last time.

I'm just a little tired from walking too far.

Ran Qing planned to sleep for two hours as usual, and then get up to study after waking up.

Thinking about this, Ran Qing fell into a deep sleep.

Soon he fell into a peaceful sleep.

In his dream, he actually saw his mother who had passed away many years ago, and also saw his father.

His mother, who did not hang herself, had a gentle smile on her face, and his father, who did not remarry, accompanied him in riding bumper cars at the city amusement park.

Mo Li, wearing a beautiful dress, sat in another bumper car with Aunt Liu. The mother and daughter were very close.

Aunt Liu grabbed the steering wheel and laughed as she crashed into the bumper car of Ran Qing and his family of three.

"Haha... Ran Lao San, watch me knock you away!"

Aunt Liu was so happy that her face was full of smiles. She drove the bumper car and hit the bumper car of Ran Qing and his family of three hard.

Two bumper cars collided with each other, and the two families in the cars flew up at the same time.

Happy laughter appeared on everyone's face, and Mo Li clapped his hands happily: "Wow! We are flying so high!"

Ran Qing's parents hugged him gently, smiling as they held him in their arms at the same time.

then……

Tighter and tighter.

Ran Qing, who was immersed in a warm dream, was suddenly startled.

The extremely real feeling of his body being tied up tightly and unable to move was transmitted to his brain very clearly.

The dream, which was originally sunny and warm, suddenly became cold and damp.

The parents who were gently hugging him disappeared without a trace.

Ran Qing stood alone in the darkness, tied tightly by invisible ropes. No matter how hard he struggled, he could not break free.

His eyelids became extremely heavy.

It seemed as if a thousand-pound weight was pressing down on the body and limbs.

——Sleep paralysis!

Ran Qing was a little surprised when he realized his situation.

Because he had the perception of a Yin person, he could clearly feel a cold and biting chill approaching silently.

Something had come into his house!
(End of this chapter)