Yin Shou Shu

Chapter 200: Ghost Catcher

As Ran Qing sat down, he observed the room in front of him calmly.

In the middle of the room behind the shelf, there is a large iron stove with a long chimney extending outside the house. The huge fire pan is covered with grease left over from years of eating.

Because it was summer and there was no need for heating, the stove was closed and the huge round fire pan was extremely cold.

At this time, the old woman finished pouring the hot tea and sent her young grandson upstairs to get the money.

Then, it sat down cheerfully opposite the two of them, looking at Ran Qing and the others, and asked with concern, "Where are you from? I'm afraid it must have been a difficult journey..."

The old woman spoke in the Qiangke dialect with a strong accent.

But Ran Qing and Long Zongshu looked at each other, and without any further ado, they prepared to take down this harmless old woman.

If he took action outside, he might cause an extreme reaction from the other evil spirits on Longchang Street, but this room was empty and dark, so as long as he moved quickly enough, the evil spirits outside wouldn't be able to hear anything.

After taking in this old woman and the young corpse that came upstairs to get the money, they could go out and do their business right away.

But as soon as Ran Qing put his hand into the canvas bag, the old woman opposite suddenly stopped smiling.

She glanced at her grandson as he went upstairs and her expression became sad.

Looking at the two young men in front of her, the old woman said, "Yao, are you here to catch ghosts?"

"I saw the kind of paper figurines you bring with you once when I was young. It was a wet lady named Shen Er, who was leading her apprentice to catch ghosts. I saw it."

"They arranged the paper figures in a circle, chanted some strange spells, and shook a small bell, and the paper figures began to move..."

The old woman's words made Ran Qing freeze suddenly.

He looked at the old woman in front of him in disbelief. He didn't expect that she had actually met Miss Shen Er...

Although she didn't know the difference between the ghost walker and the wet lady, she had seen the ghost walker's ability to drive paper dolls, and she also knew that Ran Qing and the other two were here to catch ghosts.

Ran Qing didn't say anything, but his hands under the big iron plate had already taken out the death hammer and the black sand pot.

You can take action at any time.

The old woman was completely unaware of the impending danger. She looked up at the building with a sorrowful expression and said, "Are you here to arrest my grandson? He's been dead for over a year, and he still thinks he's alive."

"There are so many dead people like him on Longchang Street. This street must be haunted."

"Last year, a monk and two wet nurses came here to catch ghosts."

"I saw them and tried to persuade them to leave, but they wouldn't listen. As soon as it got dark and the red door on the street opened, they died."

"Now those two wet ladies and the monk are also wandering around the streets. You'll be able to see them once it gets dark."

The old woman said to Ran Qing and the others with a worried look on her face, "You are still young. It is very dangerous here. You should leave quickly."

"The old monks and old ladies who were more powerful than you are all dead. You are so young, I'm afraid you can't afford to offend the ghosts on this street."

"Anyway, as long as no one comes to provoke them, these ghosts on Longchang Street won't harm anyone. Just leave and don't come back."

The old woman sincerely persuaded Ran Qing and the other man to leave.

But the words she uttered contained a huge amount of information.

Ran Qing's eyelids twitched, and he almost doubted everything he heard.

This old woman doesn't know that she is dead, but she can detect other dead people and evil spirits on the street?

It even persuaded three Zuo Dao Xuan cultivators who came to exorcise evil spirits and catch ghosts to leave...

Long Zongshu looked at Ran Qing nervously. The sudden abnormal situation made Long Zongshu not know what to do.

I don't know whether to continue with the original plan.

Ran Qing was also filled with astonishment, but he quickly calmed down after noticing his companion's uneasy and panicked expression.

If he were to be at a loss at this moment, it would be the end of him.

Ran Qing's brain was working rapidly, but his expression remained calm.

He looked at the old woman in front of him, was silent for a few seconds, and realized that this was a perfect opportunity to make a breakthrough.

——The best opportunity to find out the situation in Longchang Street!
Ran Qing stared at the old woman and asked, "Old lady, you said that the red door on Longchang Street will open when it gets dark. What is behind the red door?"

The old man looked outside nervously, as if to confirm whether there was any eavesdropping.

Then it leaned forward and said in a low voice, "The thing behind the red door is a real ghost!"

"The dead people on Longchang Street are all fake ghosts!"

"They don't know they're dead. As long as the Red Gate is closed, these ghosts on Longchang Street won't harm anyone."

"But once the red door is opened, all the dead people on Longchang Street will go crazy!"

"But don't be afraid. Leave Longchang Street quickly before dark. Don't provoke the ghosts on this street, and those red doors won't open."

The old woman spoke earnestly and urged in a low voice.

But Ran Qing's eyelids twitched again: "Those... red doors?!"

"Is there more than one red door?"

On his way here, he only saw a red door.

The old woman whispered, "Of course there's more than one. There are so many red doors on the street! I don't even know how many there are. I don't dare go out when it gets dark."

"Besides the ghosts in the Red Gate, there are sometimes strange creatures wandering around the streets, and it's easy to bump into them after dark."

The old woman said, then looked at the sky outside and said worriedly: "The sun is about to set, you should leave quickly."

"Ghost hunters like you can't just stay on Longchang Street. Even if you do nothing, once the second half of the night comes, the ghosts inside the red door will smell you and chase you out."

"Go quickly, the farther the better, and don't come back."

The old woman persuaded the two of them earnestly and with great concern.

But at this moment, footsteps suddenly sounded quickly from the stairs on the second floor.

The young corpse in jeans and chains jumped down and said, "Grandma, your money isn't upstairs..."

The young body was not found with the old man's money.

The old woman said quickly, "It's right under the pillow. Look around a bit, it must be there. If you can't find it under the pillow, go look in the box. It might be among the clothes or bags inside the box."

The old woman was obviously lying and trying to get her grandson away.

She didn't want her dead grandson to hear her conversation with the two ghost catchers.

Hearing the old man's words, the young corpse became impatient: "I told you to keep the money in one place, don't throw it around..."

But although he said he was impatient, he still went upstairs and looked for it again.

Ran Qing's eyes moved slightly. Seeing the old woman's worried expression and listening to the sound of the young corpse leaving, he suddenly said.

"Old man, are you afraid that when we come to catch ghosts, we might take your grandson away as well?"

"You don't want to be separated from him?"

(End of this chapter)