Chapter 6 Chapter 5 Spirits from the Ancient Temple

At this time, I could see clearly that he was a man in his fifties, and he didn't seem like a bad guy. My voice was a little strange, but I still sternly shouted: "Who are you?" The middle-aged man's expression was also very awkward, he showed a very apologetic smile: "I'm sorry, I'm really sorry, I saw that the door was not locked, so I walked in by myself!" At this time, I was completely sure that the middle-aged man standing in front of me was no different from me, he was an ordinary person, and I shouted again: "What do you want to do when you walk in?"

The middle-aged man said: "For many years, I have always wanted to meet the owner of this house, but I have never achieved my goal. Now—" I interrupted him: "I am the owner of this house." The man said "Oh", "That's great, what happened to this house?" When I heard him ask like that, I couldn't help but move in my heart, and said, "What do you mean?" The man said: "I am an archaeologist." As he said that, he took out a business card and gave it to me. I saw that the title of "Dean of the History Department of XX University" was printed on it.And this university is exactly what I plan to apply for after graduating from middle school.

Therefore, my attitude changed immediately, and I looked at his name again, his name was Mao Xueping. I hurriedly said: "It turned out to be Professor Mao. Because there was no one in the room, I just came back and saw you. I thought you had other plans, so I asked you out loud. Please forgive me." Professor Mao saw that my attitude had changed drastically, and he seemed to be relieved: "It was my fault. I saw no one, so I shouldn't have walked in by myself." I said: "Please go in and sit down, have you been to the second floor?" "No, I just got to the stairs when I heard the sound of a car. I know someone is coming. I'm really sorry."

I smiled: "It's nothing, please go in." We walked into the hall together, and finally there were a few simple chairs in the hall. After he sat down, he said, "As far as I know, this room originally belonged to an industrialist named Xu, right?" I nodded and said, "Yes, but it belongs to me now." Professor Mao didn't ask why this house belongs to me now, he just said: "This is the fourth time I've come here. The previous two times, the house was deserted and I didn't come in. Now, this house is fine." The image is different." I said: "I have spent a lot of effort and sorted it out."

Professor Mao continued: "I heard that the industrialist surnamed Xu abandoned this house suddenly?" I heard what he said, as if he was trying to test something, I thought for a while: "Professor, this room is a bit weird, if you know something, you might as well tell me first!" Professor Mao showed a very excited expression: "What's weird, tell me first." I thought for a while, and then I told about the shadow that came out of the drawer, and before I could give any further explanation, Professor Mao yelled: "The ghost of the ancient temple, that is the ghost of the ancient temple! "

I couldn't help shivering cleverly. Is that shadow a ghost?I couldn't help but looked up.Professor Mao's voice sounded very mysterious, and he said, "The shadow, is it up there?" "Yes, I was scared away by it just now. Now, I come back to get some things, and I don't want this house anymore." "You don't have to give up the house, it's not harmful." I was stunned for a moment, and said, "You—you've seen that shadow too?" "I saw it once." "Where?" I asked hastily. "In an ancient temple in Thailand, an old monk showed it to me. The old monk has a lot of weird things, and he can also perform various 'head-dropping techniques'. You have heard of 'head-dropping techniques'. Is it?"

I smiled wryly, and said sarcastically, "Professor, you said just now that you are an archaeologist!" Professor Mao didn't seem to care about my sarcasm, and he explained: "Yes, I am an archaeologist, but because many of the things handed down from ancient times are beyond our current understanding, so I am an archaeologist. Also concentrate on researching those things, such as the head drop technique—" I interrupted his conversation, because I am not particularly interested in this topic, I hurriedly said: "Professor, please talk about that... the ghost of the ancient temple."

Professor Mao interrupted the topic for me. He seemed a little unhappy, but the unpleasant expression disappeared immediately, and he said: "Young man, don't worry, we have to start from the beginning." I smiled bitterly, because he told me not to be impatient, but I am just an impatient person. I had no choice but to nod my head, because he wanted to start from the beginning. If I interrupted him again and again, I'm afraid he would not be able to continue! He continued: "I have lived in that ancient temple for a long time, and the old monk showed me a lot of weird things, but the strangest one is the 'ghost of the ancient temple'. This name is also the name of the old monk. Take it yourself because no one knows what it is!"

Professor Mao paused for a while when he talked about this: "Those strange things were brought to him by the disciples and believers of the old monk from all over the world. The 'ghost of the ancient temple' lived in a circular Among the stone balls, it was discovered by a farmer in a village in the jungle in northern Thailand, and passed to the old monk." I couldn't help it a bit: "What was the situation like when you saw it?" Professor Mao said: "At that time, the old monk asked me if I wanted to see the 'ghost of the ancient temple'. I didn't know what it was, so the old monk solemnly took out a round ball, and the ball hit the target Divided into two halves, when put together, it is almost impossible to see that it can be separated. When he separated the ball, a black shadow came out from the ball and gradually grew larger until it was completely like a person to the shadows."

I smiled wryly: "Exactly like that!" Professor Mao said again: "That is the strangest thing I have ever seen in my life!" I hurriedly said: "Of course, there will never be anything more mysterious than this, that black shadow, when he was on the wall, seemed to be looking at me!" Professor Mao couldn't help but smiled wryly: "At the time, I felt the same way." I asked, "Professor, what is that?" "I also used this question to ask the old monk. The old monk's answer was very strange. He said that it was a ghost, and he was his friend. He could even use gestures to talk to that shadow!"

I immediately remembered that when the shadow appeared on the wall, he once waved his hand to me, as if telling me not to be afraid. Professor Mao continued: "The old monk said that the shadow has been in our world for a long time. He came from a far away place and is happy to live in our world. The old monk can even use gestures to make him return to the stone ball. In the past, I have carefully inspected the stone ball, but I can't see anything special." I felt a strange confusion in my heart. All these things should appear in myths, but they happened in my real life. This is really an indescribable feeling. I stayed for a moment before asking: "Then, how did this shadow come here again?" Professor Mao said: "At that time, I had other things to do, so I couldn't live in that temple for too long. I left that ancient temple. When I went back half a year later, the old monk had passed away." I couldn't help but "ah". At that moment, what I mourned was naturally not the death of the old monk, but that the old monk might be the only person in the world who could talk to that shadow.The old monk died, and of course no one knew what the shadow was. Professor Mao also sighed, and said: "As soon as I heard that the old monk was dead, I naturally became concerned about those strange things in the temple, and what I cared most about was the 'ghost of the ancient temple', but the temple But the new host of the show told me that those things were all considered treasures that could suppress evil, and they were bought away." I hurriedly said, "The owner of this house bought that stone ball?" "Yes, he bought the stone ball. It is easy to find out. There is a record in the donation book in the temple. I also found out immediately that he is an industrialist here, but I have no chance to come here. Come on, when I can come, a year has passed, I saw an abandoned house, and I haven't been able to see Mr. Xu himself." I looked up again: "Mr. Xu originally lived here, but he was scared away by the shadow." Professor Mao looked at me: "But you are not afraid?" I smiled wryly and said, "Why aren't you afraid? At first we didn't know that there was such a resident in this house, but now, I also decided to give up this house, that shadow—" I really don't know how to go on when I've said this, because when I mentioned that shadow, I felt an extreme chill in my heart, which made me shiver involuntarily. Professor Mao held his head and thought for a moment: "Did you see that round stone ball?" I shook my head: "No." He didn't seem to believe what I said, hesitantly asked: "You mean, that shadow is really upstairs?" I looked up again, and when I looked towards the stairs, my body suddenly shook like an electric shock, and I moaned: "He... came down!" Professor Mao suddenly stood up. Yes, that shadow is down! The shadow appeared on the wall at the top of the stairs, and it seemed to be hesitating whether it should come down. Professor Mao and I both stared at the shadow with fixed eyes. It really came down, it didn't come down the stairs, because it was just a shadow, it slid slowly down the wall of the stairs. The shadow came very slowly, it took a full two minutes before it reached the foot of the stairs, only about ten feet away from us. Professor Mao lost his voice: "That's it!" I tried to get closer to Professor Mao, because I felt scared, and I said: "It has been here for more than ten years, it... what is it, is it a living thing?" Professor Mao shook his head. From Professor Mao's expression, it can be seen that he shook his head not for anything else, not to deny my words, but because he was also confused in his heart. The shadow stopped at the stairs, and Professor Mao and I also stood still. After a long time, the shadow suddenly beckoned. I guess it is waving to Professor Mao, because he and Professor Mao met in that ancient temple. Then, the shadow gradually moved upwards. It wasn't until the shadow went upstairs again that Professor Mao and I breathed a sigh of relief.A look of great excitement suddenly appeared on Professor Mao's face: "If you decide to give up this house, can you sell it to me at a lower price?" Before I could answer, Xu Xin's voice suddenly sounded from the door of the hall: "I just want to say a price, and we'll sell it." Xu Xin's voice came so suddenly that Professor Mao and I were shocked. Just now, when the shadow moved down from upstairs, we were so nervous that we never noticed when Xu Xin came. of.Judging from Xu Xin's pale expression, he must have been there for quite some time, at least, he had seen that shadow. Professor Mao said: "It's a deal!" Xu Xin and I said in unison: "Of course it's a deal." Professor Mao continued: "After I bought this house, you can't come to see me again, and, on your credit, you must abide by one condition, that is, you must never mention anything about this shadow to anyone." Xu Xin and I looked at each other; nodded: "Yes." Professor Mao immediately took out a checkbook from his pocket: "I don't have much savings, I can give you four-fifths, are you satisfied with this figure?" He signed the check, handed it to us, and asked like that. To be honest, Xu Xin and I don’t want that house at all, even if it’s given to him for free, we’d still be willing, not to mention there’s still money to spend, we all said: “Satisfied, satisfied!” We took the check, and the number on the check was also very large. We didn't miss this room any more, and walked forward immediately. When we reached the entrance of the hall, I looked back and saw that Professor Mao was walking towards the stairs with a very solemn and slow pace. His expression seemed to be walking towards the altar. Although this transaction was entirely proposed by Professor Mao himself, I still had the feeling that he had been fooled, and I called out again: "Professor, there is still a lot of food in the room, if you need help—" However, before I finished speaking, Professor Mao shouted: "Go! Go! This room is mine now, don't bother me!" I kindly told him that there was food in the house, but my nose was ashamed. Naturally, I was very annoyed, and my little sympathy for him disappeared, and I walked out with Xu Xin. When we stepped into the car and rushed out of the garden, Xu Xin said: "How did you meet that old man? I waited for you not to come, in case you had an accident, so I came to see you." I recounted what I had said to Professor Mao when I met him. At that time, we were already far away from that room. After I finished speaking, Xu Xin was silent for a while, but he suddenly stopped the car: "Tell me, could that shadow be a treasure?" "Treasure?" I asked in surprise. "Yeah, whoever sees it is its owner and can order it to do anything!" I hurriedly said, "Stop thinking about it." "Then," Xu Xin stared, "why did the old man buy that house?" I also don't know why Professor Mao bought the house, so I had no choice but to say: "Or, he wants to spend a long time with that shadow in order to study what that shadow is." Xu Xin sighed: "We are too cowardly, otherwise, we might have whatever we want!" I just thought it was funny: "Yes, that's Aladdin's magic lamp. You tell him that you want a palace, and there will be a palace in the open space, and the shadow will obey your commands!" Xu Xin knew that I was mocking him, so he shook his head unhappily: "Okay, don't talk about it anymore, friend, let's go to the bank to withdraw money, and we will withdraw money, half of each person, don't mention this matter again. " I said: "No, the money should be all yours. Although we are good friends, there is no need for me to share your money." Xu Dao said, "What did you say? I once said that I would give you half of the house." I said, "A house is a house, and money is money. Now I don't want it anymore." The two of us argued for a long time, Xu Xin saw that my attitude was very firm, so he stopped insisting, and we broke up that night. At that time, what I never thought was that after we broke up that night, I never saw Xu Xin again until now. I always thought that Xu Xin's sudden disappearance was very suspicious, but there was no sign that he was in an accident.I went to his house to look for him in the afternoon of the second day. His mother said that he went to the bank to withdraw money early in the morning, and immediately changed all the money into silver and Hong Kong dollars, and took the train to Hong Kong. played. When his mother said that, I naturally had no choice but to believe it, but what puzzled me was, why didn't Xu Xin come to talk to me before leaving?We are good friends after all. Could it be that yesterday's argument made him think that our friendship no longer exists? I thought for a long time, while walking slowly on the street, but I couldn't think of an answer. At that time, I was really angry in my heart. Later, due to the sudden change of the situation, many people went to Hong Kong. I have also been to Hong Kong and lived there for a period of time. During that period, I missed Xu Xin, a good friend, and I tried everything possible to inquire about him. The information I got was that he had indeed been to Hong Kong, lived in a luxurious suite in the Peninsula Hotel, and behaved magnificently. , and soon, he went to Thailand. I also asked several friends in Thailand to inquire about his whereabouts, but to no avail. That's all for the future, let's talk about it here first, because these things have a certain relationship with the development of things in the future. At that time, I went back to school. It is always difficult for young people to keep secrets. I told my classmates about the shadow, and they all laughed at me, because without Xu Xin as my witness, there was nothing I could do. Shortly after the start of that semester, the situation changed and the school was closed. I had been to many places before finally settling down.