Chapter 93 Chapter 10 The Brothel Girl

They gradually approached me and grandpa lying on the ground.The eyes of the first two ghosts beating gongs and drums are all black, not white.The eyes of the eight ghosts carrying the sedan chair were all white, not black.Those sedan chairs, lanterns, horses and knives are all made of paper, not real materials. They came to a halt in the middle of the fork in the road.The sound of gongs and drums also stopped.A hoarse voice came from inside the sedan chair: "Is there anything unusual outside?" A ghost riding a paper horse looked around and replied, "Nothing unusual." The voice in the sedan chair said, "Okay, let's go faster. Lai Hazi is waiting for me to play chess."

I know Lai Hazi, not only me, but many people here.He lost his parents when he was young, and when he was a few years old, he developed a mangy head, which healed for no reason, and his scalp is still as bright as a light bulb.It may be that this disease hurt his head. He has been insane all the time, and he doesn't even know his uncle and sister-in-law.People call him "Huazi". "Hazi" in this area means stupid and foolish. Toihazi lived in a thatched cottage two hundred meters past Longwan Bridge.He doesn't know how to do any work, and he depends on the support of the people around him for food and drink.

Later I asked my grandpa why the ghost official wanted to play chess with Lai Hazi.Grandpa said that ordinary sober people will be afraid when they see ghosts, but fools will not.So the ghost wants to be with him. The sound of gongs and drums sounded again, and the sedan chair started.They gradually move away from us.Grandpa and I got up. Grandpa stood still.I urged: "Let's go." A match was lit, and grandpa lit a cigarette, and said, "Liangzi, let's go back to Hong's house. We'll go there in the next few days to clarify things before we talk about it."

"Didn't you say you wouldn't participate?" I said this, but I was actually curious. Grandpa said: "The ghost officer who just passed by is called Duan Ni Ghost. It is a ghost officer who is in charge of ghosts in the world, and it doesn't usually show up easily. But it must have a more important reason for coming here. I guess it is related to the girl from the Hong family. It’s related to ghosts. The monks in Xiangyan Temple may not be able to subdue that female ghost, otherwise the ghost will not appear in person.” "Is it so serious? This Duan Ni ghost may just come to play chess with Lai Hazi. Are we thinking too much?" The reason I said this is to comfort myself.According to ancient books, Duan Ni Gui is an official of the Underworld Punishment Department, which is equivalent to the police chief in the underworld.If it was an ordinary brat causing trouble, the brats from the Corrections Department would handle it. If a ghost at the level of "police chief" were to handle it himself, it would definitely not be an ordinary brat.

I said to my grandfather, "Let's not get involved in this matter. Our alchemy is not particularly powerful, so let's leave it to monks and Duan Ni ghosts. Besides, I still have to go to class." Grandpa stared at me blankly for a while, then said slowly: "Okay, okay. Let's go back first." Grandpa promised me not to participate, but when I was listening in class at school, he went to Hongjiaduan alone.Later, when I was a little older, I realized that it was the female ghost who had never fought against him before that made him particularly concerned about this matter.People grow up with the passage of time, and their height and appearance change accordingly.But ghosts do not grow old with the passage of time.

For example, when we miss a deceased relative or friend, we only think of his appearance when he died, but not his appearance after years of changes like ourselves.Although we ourselves are no longer what we used to be. "It's a ghost prostitute, formerly a brothel girl, good at seducing." This is the first sentence the monk said after coming to the Hong family.