Chapter 23 Chapter Twenty-Three

The next day, everyone in Baiziwu and Qiantianwu gathered in the house, waiting for each other with their own ghosts.The leader of the catchers, Kojima Tatsutaro and his subordinate Ade also escorted Ayu. Ah Xian had warned Ah Ling not to look at the criminal and not let her be present, so Ah Ling hid behind the stairs to peek. Sure enough, it was the girl who claimed to be Bai Ziwu and Ah Jing who came to the boat house before the spirit exorcism competition. Compared with her dress like a young lady that day, today she is wearing shabby clothes with patches and her hair is messy.I haven't washed my face for a long time, and my cheeks are dirty and shiny.

"Quick, go up!" The boss Chentaro pushed her urgingly, and Ayu couldn't help staggering, baring his teeth like a hungry dog ​​and staring at the boss.There was a rope tied around her waist, her hands were cut behind her back, and Ade held her hands tightly behind her.She raised her only free foot and kicked at the head.Chief Chentaro seemed to have expected her to do this, he dodged skillfully and slapped Ayu hard.She drooped her chin suddenly, and there was a big red handprint on her cheek. It was the first time Ah Ling saw a person with a fishing rope tied around his waist.She was so frightened that her tongue seemed to retract back into her throat.

Taiichiro and Shichibei stood side by side in front of the shop to greet the boss and his party.Seeing the crowd, Shichihei said that the cooking should not be contaminated with the filth of a sinner, and ordered Taiichiro to go back to the kitchen. He stood in front of Ayu with a stern expression that Ling had never seen before. "Welcome." He squeezed out a voice that could not hear the slightest sense of welcome from his dantian, "You can't say that you don't know what this place is, right? This is the restaurant where you did bad things." Ayu raised his eyes and put his face close to Qibingwei and asked, "Who are you?"

The voice was similar to the one heard that day, but hoarse and sharper, and coarser. "I heard that they only came here because they wanted me to meet Shirakoya Changhei, not to listen to you, an old man who doesn't know the details." "You bitch, how can you talk to the boss Shichibei like that!" Ade pushed behind Ayu, "Do you know how much trouble you have caused the houseboat? Don't you even say sorry?" "Mr. Ade, forget it." Qibingwei said, "Anyway, she is a murderer with a brutal face, and I don't expect her to speak human language at all."

Ayu said with a sneer: "It's true that I killed people, but when it comes to human face and animal heart, I can't compare with them. Have they arrived? I can tell just by smelling the smell! It's the Baiziwu group! Smell the smell on their bodies Wei knows that they are a bunch of beasts!" Chief Chen Taro stopped Ayu from speaking, and dragged her upstairs. "Don't pull it, it will hurt." "Shut up, you bastard!" A-Ling huddled behind the stairs, listening to the chaotic footsteps and the fierce yelling of the two, she really wanted to plug her ears.

The people in Baiziwu who were already waiting in the tatami room did not look embarrassed or angry, but seemed relieved.The real Ah Jing is wearing expensive calico clothes today, as if there is a happy event, is it for Keisuke to catch a counterfeit? Ayu was brought into the room and sat down, there was a loud noise in the tatami room.Ah Xian should be able to bring tea up, and Ah Ling planned to sneak upstairs after she went up. At this time, someone grabbed Ah Ling's wrist, who was crouching and hiding behind the stairs. A-Ling was overly frightened and almost jumped up screaming, but the person who grabbed A-Ling's wrist first made a "shh" motion to stop her, and then held down A-Ling with the other hand to prevent her from hitting her head on the stairs.

"A-Ling, I'm sorry to scare you." Ah Ling opened her eyes wide: "Is it Grandmother?" Duo Hui snickered happily and said, "I went to the toilet and found you hiding here. It looks like fun, and I want to eavesdrop together." Duo Hui's face was still as pale as wax paper, but her eyes were bright. "But, mother, is your body able to take it? Will you not be cold? May I help you get your coat?" "No need, don't worry." Duohui quietly stretched his neck under the stairs to see what's going on on the second floor, and said, "Peeping from here, my heart is pounding. It's just like the one in the storytelling story that Grandpa Qibingwei likes." Like a spy."

Ah Xian came out of the kitchen, Ah Ling and Duohui hid under the stairs at the same time, and the sound of Ah Xian's footsteps climbing up the stairs could be heard overhead.Ah Ling and her mother looked at each other, Duo Hui covered her mouth with her hands and shrank her neck. "Aunt Axian didn't find out." "Her expression was very serious this morning." Duo Hui said, "Probably because she was worried about today's party, and my mother was also very worried..." Ah Ling leaned towards her mother.Thin shoulders, messy hair, but the smell and temperature of Grandma's body are still the same as before.

"My mother fell ill at such a critical moment in the houseboat, causing trouble for everyone. It's really useless. I feel very ashamed." "No... no one thinks that way." Duohui looked at Ah Ling tenderly and said, "However, seeing that you seem to be the subordinate of Chen Taro's boss, hiding here with a serious face, Grandmother suddenly felt that it was ridiculous to shrink back. Then I thought, okay, Be Ah Ling's subordinate today, and see how the dispute in Bai Ziwu will end." Voices continued from upstairs.Ayu's sharp cursing sounds seemed to subside temporarily, but judging from the voices that came out were all men's voices, perhaps the leader Chentaro was telling the story of how he caught Ayu at this moment.

"Have you ever peeked like this before?" "Well, I'm sorry." "There's no need to apologize. The houseboat has been full of disasters since it opened, so it's no wonder you're worried. You're stronger than Mom and Dad thought." "No la." "Yes, it's true. I knew it when I saw you hiding here." Duohui put one hand on his heart, "That feeling jumped into me with a bang, telling me that Ah Ling is no longer a Naughty boy." Ah Ling felt as if she was blushing.The sound of footsteps came again, and the two looked up. Ah Xian was going downstairs step by step, and stopped at the last step, looking up at the upstairs worriedly.I don't know if it was superfluous, but she seemed to walk back to the kitchen dejectedly.

"I've been hiding here and can't hear the movement in the house, what should I do next?" Duo Hui asked. Ah Ling didn't know how to answer.If you act with Duo Hui, it is inconvenient to talk to the ghosts.Gennosuke and Ami will also be scruples about Tae, and may not show up.What should I do if Pengfa cries and makes trouble? Not only that, Shimaji will come over later, and the Yinji ghost who occupies Shimaji's body will also come together.Maybe it will turn into an extremely scary situation. Will it affect my mother's health? But the moment when she was with her mother and became a "secret partner" with the same heart, it gave Ah Ling an irreplaceable sense of happiness.She doesn't want to lose this moment of happiness. Ah Ling made up her mind. "Mom," she said, holding her mother's hand, "if Mom is with me, something that will surprise Mom may happen next. Maybe Mom will see something strange, and maybe I will too. Will make very strange behaviors to scare grandma, but there are reasons for all of these, and I can't explain it clearly now, and I will tell grandma carefully afterwards. So, don't ask grandma, just listen to me and do well ?” Duo Hui seemed to see the seriousness in Ah Ling's eyes.She nodded solemnly, shook Ah Ling's hand back and said, "I understand, Ah Ling." "Then, let's go upstairs." The two bent down and quickly climbed the stairs.Ah Ling took Duo Hui's hand and slipped into the empty room next to the room where everyone was sitting. The two rooms were only separated by a paper door, and the conversation during the banquet could be clearly heard through the lattice window above the paper door. "This is all the mistake I made when I was young..." It was Shirakoya Changhei who was speaking, and he was explaining Ayu's birth process with some excuses.Asada wanted to find out the relationship between Ayu and Shirakoya, and they suspected that Ayu and Shirakoya were in collusion.Therefore, even if it is a family scandal, Bai Ziwu cannot omit this explanation. "In this way, I am similar to bird droppings. When I hit the ground with a thud, I will be silent." Ayu, who had turned his face away in anger, spat on the tatami and interrupted Chobei. "Because you are young, you have a relationship with a maid and give birth to a child. If you think something is wrong, you throw the child away. Even a bird can't shit on a branch with food. You are worse than a bird." Changbei seemed to reply something, and Ayu cursed loudly.Ah Ling raised her finger on her lips to signal Duo Hui, then rested her hands lightly on the paper door, and moved the paper door to make a half-inch gap.The people in the room were all attentively listening to the conversation of the person involved, completely unaware that someone in the neighboring room was peeping. Ayu sat with his hands tied behind his back near the corridor, while the boss Chentaro stood by with his shoulders pressed against her. "Don't talk, just sit down for me." "Why? He's talking about me." "Tell you not to make a sound, just shut up obediently!" "Do you think I'll be afraid of you by yelling like that? I'm going to be beheaded anyway, so why should I be afraid!" Ayu struggled to stand up, but Chen Taro was almost kicked down by her. Ajing and Alu ran away screaming at the same time, and all the tea in the cup was splashed on the food table that Axian had wiped hard. Duo Hui opened her eyes wide and pressed against the gap in the paper door.Ah Ling opened the closet, took out the arabesque cloth towel wrapped in the cushion and put it on her mother's back. "Hey, Ah Ling, thank you." Ah Ling was not just worried that Duo Hui would catch a cold.She has felt cold since just now, but it is not the kind of cold that is getting colder and entering autumn, but a feeling that something extremely cold is gradually approaching—— A Ling was secretly surprised, and gently opened the paper door facing the corridor to look out. Her intuition was right.Hayashiya's Shimaji and Ako are climbing the stairs, and the subordinates of the chieftain Tatsutaro are in the rear.He had been paying attention to the commotion in the tatami room, but he didn't realize that the three of them had arrived. Shimaji's thin body was wrapped in striped clothes, with a defiant smile on his face, and he staggered forward with drunken steps.A Gao lowered his head and grabbed his sleeves. As the leader's subordinates followed closely behind, the two looked like criminals. Ah Ling approached the paper door and couldn't help shivering.Shimaji's expression was horrifying, although he couldn't point out where it was horrifying, he looked like a man just recovering from a serious illness, and his facial features were no different from when he was helping at the houseboat.Appearance has not changed. But, it's scary.Even if Ah Ling didn't know that the soul inhabiting his body was not Shimaji, and didn't know about Ginji's ghost, she could probably tell that this man was unusual.If the wild dogs on the road saw his expression, would they run away in fright?Do cats arch their backs and bristle?Did A Gao hang his head weakly because he was afraid that he would accidentally meet the eyes of Shimaji who was walking in front? "Boss, I brought the owner and his wife of the forest house." The subordinates called into the room, and the leader Chentaro, who was holding down Ayu, answered "Come in". A Gao backed away in fright when he heard Chen Taro's voice. The subordinate grabbed her wrist and said, "Miss Boss, don't be afraid. You just need to tell the truth what you know. The boss of Takadaya and our leader didn't want to be casual. Arresting people or holding them accountable is just to find out the facts." At this time, the boss's subordinates probably didn't see it, and A Gao didn't notice it when he turned his back, but A Ling saw it.After seeing it, I was secretly glad that my mother didn't see the scene in front of me. Shimaji smiled, rolling his eyes and showing his teeth.Ah Ling thought of the dolls she had seen in the play shed when she was in Takadaya. They were a pair of Shimada-haired women and the dolls of a young shop assistant (afterwards, Grandpa Shichibei explained the two to A Ling. The puppet plays a pair of lovers in a bitter relationship).The hand of the puppeteer manipulates the device inside the puppet, and the two puppets cry and laugh like living people, longing for each other.But when the puppet show ended and the puppeteer pulled his hand from the puppet to ask the audience for money, the puppet rolled its eyes and lowered its chin with a click, as if it lost its soul.Because the changes were so obvious, Ah Ling stared straight at the two puppets and blinked non-stop. ——Mr. Shimaji in front of me is really just a doll. It was Ginji's ghost manipulating him.Oh, and this chill!Ah Ling clenched her fists and prepared for what was about to happen. Everyone sat down in the room, Shichihei coughed solemnly and said: "The boss of Asada House, the boss of Shirako House, and the boss of Chen Taro, there is only one purpose for bothering everyone to gather here today. The exorcism held at the boat house last time The game banquet ended in failure, and I wanted to expose the truth that was not known at the time." Ayu immediately shouted: "Then why should I be there? Isn't this very strange? I should be escorted to Jianchuan Macho Prison, right? Why don't you hurry up and take me there!" She doesn't seem to give up yet.Ah Ling looked at her upturned eyes and pursed mouth, feeling very sad. "Ayu, I want to ask you something." Shichibei was not disturbed, "Do you know this chef Shimaji?" Ayu spit out a mouthful of phlegm at Shichibei. "What do you look like!" Shirakoya Changhei said with his face flushed.It's only been a few days since I saw him, and the wrinkles around his eyes seem to have increased a lot.The proprietress Axiu who was sitting beside her kept covering her nose with the back of her hand as if she wanted to avoid the smell.Of course she didn't do it out of tears. "How could I give birth to a daughter like you? It's a shame." "I feel ashamed to have a father like you. I am so ashamed that I want to dig a hole in the ground!" "Your mother," Changbei said, staring at Anan, "is a useless slob among the girls. She is greedy and greedy. Knowing that my mother treats the servants favorably, she steals things with unclean hands and feet again and again. You kind of The rotten roots are inherited from your mother." "Then what about the person who impregnated his daughter?" Ayu sneered, "A woman cannot give birth to a child by herself!" "I was too young and stupid then to see through your mother's intentions. But it's different now." Shirakoya Changbei said domineeringly.The more Ah Ling looked at it, the more disgusting she became.Duo Hui quietly pulled A Ling's sleeve and said in a low voice: "Mother, I really can't believe that a father would say that to his own daughter. A Ling, do you want to keep listening? Be careful and have nightmares at night." "Mom, don't worry." "Boss Shirakoya, I understand how you feel, but don't blame Ayu anymore." Qibingwei said calmly, "Ayu's speech is indeed not clean, and he has caused a lot of trouble for Shirakoya so far, but this girl There are also three points." Ayu stuck out his tongue at Changbei, and Ah Jing who was hiding behind Changbei frowned. "It's like a dog." Ah Jing whispered, "Father, I want to go home first, and I don't want to stay in this kind of place anymore." "Oh, is it?" Without waiting for Changbei to speak, Ayu poked his face out and said to Ajing, "Miss Qianjin is really different, she is as elegant as white sugar without knowing dirty. But, you must remember , I am your sister!" Ah Jing was about to cry and said, "You are not my sister." "No, you and I are biological sisters, no matter how much you hate me, you have the same blood as mine!" Axiu, who had been silent all this time, suddenly leaned out and approached Ayou, and slapped her.With a snap, Ayu's face tilted to the side, and palm prints appeared on his face. "Shut up!" Axiu gritted her teeth angrily, "If you insult my daughter again, be careful I'll twist your neck off!" Ayou looked up to the sky and laughed wildly, and said: "Did you hear that? Boss, isn't this a big joke? The proprietress of Baiziwu actually yelled at you! Madam proprietress, you really have two brushes. No matter how noble you are, as long as you hear you speak like this, everyone Find out immediately what family you were born into." There was commotion at the banquet again, Chobei shouted, Tatsutaro grabbed Ayu's bun to reprimand, Shichibei put his hands in his hands and frowned.At this time, Asada's daughter-in-law A Lu suddenly put her head in her hands and shouted. "Ah, my head hurts. I'm sick and I'm dizzy." "Are you okay?" Her husband, Matsuzaburo, hugged Alu exaggeratedly and said, "Abba, Amu, look, Alu's face is very bad. Did you see something bad?" "Yeah, yeah, I saw it. This man," Alu pointed at Ayu, "behind him is a thin female ghost dressed in rags." Axiu turned her head like a whip. "What kind of woman? Is there a mole on the right cheek? A woman with a drooping mouth?" Alu bent over in pain, nodded and said, "Yes, yes, yes. She is smiling, squinting at the proprietress of Baiziwu." "It's Ah Jin!" Ah Xiu yelled, "A Jing's father, it's Ah Jin's ghost who has returned! That bitch, she still wants to make trouble for you!" Ah Jin is probably the daughter-in-law that Chobei had meddled with when he was young, that is, Ayu's mother.Hearing this name, Ayou's complexion changed drastically, his excited attitude was very different from before, his eyes were wide open, the corners of his eyes seemed to be split open, and the black eyes were full of anger, he jumped up and rushed towards Axiu regardless of his hands cutting back. "Don't speak ill of my mother!" Two or three food tables fell to the ground with a bang, and the women stood up screaming.Duo Hui immediately avoided the gap in the paper door, and A Ling protected her mother, clinging to the gap in the door. Ayu bared his teeth like a mad dog and rushed at Axiu, biting the wrist of Changbei who stepped forward to stop him.Chobei yelled, and Tatsutaro's leader and his subordinates grabbed Ayu, she still growled and bit Chobei tightly, but let her teeth bite deeper, blood dripping. "Help!" Changbei's Hong Liang's screams seemed to spread downstairs, and there was a rush of footsteps running up the stairs outside, it was Taiichiro and Axian.Ah Ling and Duo Hui hugged each other tightly.Taiichiro and Ah Xian quickly opened the paper door of the neighboring room and rushed in. And A Gao, who had been sitting between Shimaji and his subordinates, hanging his head powerlessly like a shadow, wanted to take advantage of the chaos and escape, she walked over the people in the room to the corridor.Ah Ling pushed Duo Hui's hand away and said, "Mum is waiting here." A Ling followed A Gao to the corridor. A Gao may have been so frightened that his legs were weak, he crawled and fled to the stairs. "Madam Lin House, no!" Ah Ling called out in a low voice, and Ah Gao shrank his body and turned his head as if he had been hit by something.she is crying. "You can't run away, lady boss." Ah Ling ran over and grabbed her sleeve and said, "Don't you want to know what happened to Mr. Shimaji? The lady boss shouldn't believe that Mr. Shimaji and Ayu colluded to destroy the drive Spirit match, right?" A Gao didn't wipe away his tears, and said tremblingly, "Boss Tatsutaro told me... If I don't bring my husband, he will arrest me and take me to the office... But things have turned into such a mess." "Even so..." Ah Ling was speechless after saying these words.At this moment, Ayu was yelling and making a scene in the room, trying to kick and kick the people in Shirakoya and Asadaya who were fleeing everywhere. When the commotion was upside down, Shimaji was the only one who sat quietly, kneeling beside him in a well-behaved manner.He rolled his eyes suddenly, his jaw dropped and his mouth opened wide. Shimaji's body became an empty shell again, Ginji's soul detached from him, and stood beside Shimaji. "It has appeared." A voice came from Ah Ling's head.Gennosuke didn't know when he stood behind Ah Ling, protecting her. "Master Gennosuke." Ah Ling found that her voice was trembling, and she became even more frightened. At the same time, she was angry at herself for being so useless.So what if the silver appears again!Ah Ling encouraged herself not to be discouraged. "That, that," A Gao shrank his body and opened his eyes and shouted, "That...it really is that person." Ah Ling tightly grasped A Gao's sleeve again, and asked in a low voice: "Madam, can you see it too? Did you see Mr. Ginji's ghost?" "Ghost?" A Gao repeated in a trance, she shook her head violently with her mouth half-opened to resist something, "I...but...that person is dead..." "Yes, dead. Mr. Ginji died ten years ago. But you see, his soul is over there." A Ling took a step forward, and Gennosuke stared at A Gao behind A Ling, with a serious expression but not angry, as if he was looking at a bird with broken wings. "Boss, listen carefully. Mr. Ginji said that he was killed by his brother Shimaji, so he hates Mr. Shimaji very much. He also said that Mr. Shimaji killed him and then took you and the shop, so he wants to take Mr. Shimaji away He possessed his body and returned to the mortal world. That's why Mr. Shimaji fell ill after the spirit exorcism competition was held last time, and it became very strange. The proprietress should have found out too? You should find that Mr. Shimaji is no longer what he used to be Mr. Shimaji, that’s why I’m so scared.” Ah Gao withdrew his hand, trying to run away from Ah Ling, but Ah Ling grabbed her sleeve and didn't let go. "Why do you know this kind of thing? You are still a child, why do you know?" "Because I can see it." A Ling replied solemnly, "I can see Mr. Ginji who is entangled with Mr. Shimaji. I can also see Mr. Ginji right now. He is standing next to Mr. Shimaji with a smile. Mrs. Boss, please answer quickly. Me, did you also find out?" "Aling," Gennosuke said, "Ginji is looking at you." Ah Ling looked back in surprise, and just met Ginji's eyes.But Xuan Zhijie was wrong, Ginji wasn't looking at Ah Ling, he was looking at A Gao.Although there was a smile on his face, his mouth was tilted to one side, and he smiled strangely. He looked away, moved his body to get close to Ayu who was still making a fuss, and clung to her back, looking down at Ayu as if looking at her neckline. "Woo!" Ayu turned her head trembling all over, and Ginji circled behind her again as if teasing a child. "Okay, it's so cold, what's going on? Why is it so creepy, why do I have to stay in such a ghostly place!" After cursing, Ayu crawled to escape, but fell down. Ayu was lying on the tatami mat, the hem of his messy clothes was thrown up to his knees, struggling with his hands and feet.Chief Chen Taro was also at a loss what to do about this scene, his eyes didn't know which way to look.The room was in chaos, Shichihei and Taiichiro stood up to protect the female guest, Ah Xian was pale, and crawled among the crowd, picking up the pieces of utensils that fell on the tatami. "Why are you laughing like that?" Ako trembled all over his body, his teeth chattering, "Why that expression? That person...after returning from here...it was Shimaji's body, but he told me in Ginji's voice...I I snatched you and the children back, just smiled like that... saying that he won't let Shimaji do whatever he wants again..." "Boss lady!" Ah Ling yelled sharply, shaking A Gao's shoulder vigorously, "Cheer up! Aren't Mr. Ginji and Mr. Shimaji both your husbands? What is there to be afraid of?" "But... Ginji is me... why now..." Gennosuke stepped forward, with his back against the open paper door, standing quietly like a spy. The noisy tatami room was in a mess, only Shimaji's body was sitting quietly, limp as if its bones had been pulled out.Ayu was still struggling to push the leader of Chentaro away, and kicked at the leader's men to escape, but was grabbed by the belt tightly and fell forward in embarrassment.The vibration of the floor made Shimaji stagger to the side, and he still rolled his eyes. "Does the proprietress know the truth? Who killed Mr. Ginji? Was it Mr. Shimaji? Didn't he die of illness?" A Ling shook A Gao vigorously, A Gao stared at A Ling with wide eyes, her eyes were red, and her cheeks were wet with tears. "Mr. Yinji, didn't you die of illness?" Ah Ling lowered her voice, but it was clear enough for A Gao to hear clearly, "Does the proprietress know the truth?" "Forgive me." A Gao muttered to himself, "Forgive me, let me go back." This is not possible, Ah Ling grabbed her hand and dragged her to the next room where Duohui was hiding. "Please come here, lady boss, you can't escape. You have to look at Mr. Ginji with wide eyes and tell the truth. If you don't do this, not only will you not be able to save Mr. Shimaji, but Mr. Ginji will not be able to rest in peace!" A-Ling forced A-Gao into the next room and asked her to sit beside Duo Hui.Duohui was startled and wanted to get up. Ah Ling grabbed Agao and squatted beside her mother and quickly introduced: "Come on, lady proprietress, sit here. Mother, this is the proprietress of Linwu." Duohui has already agreed to Ah Ling, no matter what Ah Ling does, she will not interfere. She looks at Ah Ling and Ah Gao in turn and dare not make a sound.His chin, which was thin due to illness, trembled at the sight of his daughter's rude behavior. "A Ling, don't worry." Suddenly someone made a sound from the side, Ah Ling was startled, it turned out to be Ah Mi.Her hair was in a fluffy bun with a comb, and she looked charming and charming. She sat on the window sill and said, "I will guard Duo Hui and A Gao. You just need to concentrate on what you should do." "Ami..." Duo Hui took turns looking at Ah Ling who was speaking to the empty sky and the window sill. "A-Ling, are you talking to Zhun?" A Mi smiled sweetly, and gestured with her finger: "Look at the next door." Ah Ling's eyes stuck to the crack of the paper door, and saw that Ayou was finally restrained, lying in the corner of the room with ropes wrapped around her body. "Boss Takadaya, this little girl is really difficult to deal with," Chen Taro growled out of breath, "It's like a beast. I brought her here because of the request of Boss Shichibei, but I didn't expect it to be so difficult." It’s really embarrassing to my subordinates, I have to take her back to the office first.” "But let this woman confront Shimaji, and ask them to recruit ghosts in the spirit exorcism competition in an attempt to damage the reputation of the houseboat..." Shichihei said this, and finally found Shimaji lying unconscious on the side.Not only Shichibei, but everyone up to this moment has forgotten Shimaji who rolled his eyes and passed out silently. "Mr. Shimaji!" Taiichiro stepped over Asada Yajirou who was slumped on the ground, and ran to Shimaji and called out, "Cheer up! What's wrong with you, Mr. Shimaji?" Walking around the room, the Ginji ghost who looked happy looked up and laughed loudly with his head on his hips. Lying on the ground, Ayu's body trembled slightly, one eye was hit in confusion or hit the wall by himself, the eyelid was swollen and couldn't be opened.Ayu stared at Ginji who looked up and laughed. Ayu asked hoarsely, "Who is this kid?" Ah—A-Ling pressed her hands to her mouth.That being said, Ayu could also see Ginji.Ayu, like Ginji, has accumulated hatred for his rivals in his heart, so he can see Ginji. What about Ah Xian?Can you see it first? Ahxian wrapped the scraps he picked up in an apron, sat next to the paper door, his lips were bloodless, and he also looked at Ginji and muttered to himself: "You are the one..." It seems that Mrs. Ah Xian still remembers Ginji.Cold sweat dripped down Ah Ling's back, and she couldn't help shouting in her heart: Yes, aunt, what aunt saw was the ghost of Ginji who was haunting Mr. Shimaji. "big boss……" A Ling came back to her senses, and saw A Teng standing in the corridor cautiously looking into the house.She was probably ordered to stay in the kitchen, but she couldn't help but wonder if she should come upstairs. "I'll get rid of that woman." Ami said, "She's very troublesome." After Ami finished speaking, she floated past Aling, showing her snow-white legs from the hem of her clothes, and walked slowly into the corridor.She approached Ateng and stood lightly in front of her. Ateng looked up at Ami with his hands on the floor, and asked with his mouth open: "You, who are you? A guest of Asada House or Shirako House?" Ah Ling was so surprised that she almost jumped up.It turned out that Aunt Ateng could see Ami! Ami tilted her head slightly, looked at A Teng and said softly, "No. Unfortunately, I am not from Asada House or Shirako House, or even from this world." Ateng shrank his hands in fright and said, "What, what?" "I am a ghost." A Mi bent over and squatted beside A Teng, their faces were almost touching. "A Teng, as long as I see your face, I can't help but think of myself when I was young, and think of the big mistakes I made when I was young." Atten was too scared to speak. "Since you can see me, it means that you are repeating the mistakes I made. Ateng, what is tormenting your heart is not love, it's not that noble, it's just a filthy emotion that is so evil that it can't be described." "You...you...you...say...say, say..." Ami's hand moved closer to the corner of Aten's trembling mouth. "Look, am I cold? It's useless to become like me, no matter how beautiful I am. So, you must not follow in my footsteps." Ami's black hair fluttered lightly, she looked back at Aling and Duohui, and said, "Look, their mother and daughter are so close, you can't intervene between them and destroy their relationship. Even if Duohui Disappear, you have successfully tricked A Ling, Taiichiro will not become your person, and things will never develop like that. If you insist on something that does not belong to you, you will see ghosts and become ghosts, understand?" Ateng rolled his eyes tremblingly. Duo Hui wanted to make a sound, but Ah Ling hugged her mother's arm tightly to stop her. "Mom, don't make a sound now." Duo Hui stared at Ah Ling with wide eyes, and asked in a low voice: "But, who is Miss Ateng talking to? Why is she talking to the air?" Grandma can't see Ah Mi.Ami must also be glad that Amu can't see her, it must be. Didn't Gennosuke say that?Anyone who can see a ghost has the same emotional entanglements as that ghost. Aunt Ateng can see Ami, does it mean that Ami has the same entanglements in her heart as Aunt Ateng? "You should follow Qibei's instructions and go to the kitchen." Ami said to Ateng, "Think about what I said carefully. If you don't understand, I will keep appearing in front of you and explain it to you until you Until you figure it out. You’ve seen it too, it’s so chaotic inside now, I don’t have time to take care of you.” Ami pursed her lips and breathed out on A Teng's face, A Teng was dizzy at the moment, she held her head with one hand and supported the wall with the other, finally she did not fall down.She was very pale. "Ah, ah..." Panicked, she turned and climbed downstairs, passing out halfway. "Finally solved." Ah Mi smiled and returned to Ah Ling's side. "A-Ling, do you keep your eyes open?" "Yes! Yes." After Ah Ling replied, she leaned on Duo Hui and looked at A Gao. A Gao covered his face with his hands and knelt down on the tatami, while Duo Hui wrapped his body tightly with the arabesque cloth towel that wrapped the cushion. Ginji was still laughing loudly, shaking his body while laughing.Gennosuke looked at it with his hands in his hands and frowned, his expression as if he had bitten something bitter. Of all the living people in the room, only Ayu and Ashi who could see Ginji stared at Ginji intently, while the others stared at them dumbfounded. "Ah, what's going on?" Shichibei stretched out his hand to try to appease Ah Xian, but Ah Xian just looked up at Ginji, grabbing Shichibei's hand violently like a person who is about to fall off a ladder and desperately grabbing the ladder. "who are you?" Ayu lay on the tatami and asked, dim light appeared from the eyeballs, like oil circles on the water surface of a tank. Ginji stopped laughing and looked down at Ayu.At this time, he finally found Gennosuke present.He asked, "Who are you?" At this critical juncture, Ah Ling almost burst out laughing.Ayu and Axian both looked in the direction of Ginji's question, but only saw the paper door, and they looked back at Ginji with blank faces.The people who had been following the eyes of the two looked at each other in blank dismay, as if possessed by a fox and tricked by a civet cat. Gennosuke asked in his usual leisurely tone: "Are you asking me?" "I'm asking who are you?" Ginji asked again, "What are you doing here?" Xuanzhisuke said with a smile: "This sentence should be my line. You, a humble little businessman, don't even know how to speak to a samurai. It's really unforgivable. Anyway, I'm not a great person, so I won't I got into trouble with you. But, if you ask me why I am here, I can’t ignore it, this is my territory, and you are the one who broke in without authorization.” "Your territory?" "That's right, at least it's the resting place of my soul. So far, no one has ever come in to make trouble." "Mum, my chest hurts." Ajing Baiziwu twisted her body and said, "My head hurts. Please, let me get out of here." Asadaya Alu didn't admit defeat either, she fell into her husband's arms, waved her hands wildly and said, "Ah, it's too scary, there's a skinny female ghost over there..." Alu pointed his fingertips near the shoulder of Chen Taro's head, and the head jumped away in fright. You don't see anything at all.Ah Ling clenched her fists and restrained herself from screaming: What are you arguing about, shut up!Ayu was the one who really saw it! "If you really want to know who I am, then I'll tell you." Gennosuke let go of the hand in his arms, scratched the back of his neck and said, "I'm a ghost, Ginji, just like you." Ginji's eyebrows were furrowed like two sharp claws. "Although he is dead, he cannot go to the underworld. He is a ghost who can only stay in the yang world without any future." Ginji asked timidly, "Do you live in this shop?" "um, yes." "I'm not like a ghost." "Really?" Xuanzhisuke smiled, "Then what are you? A monster? A fox or a civet cat? Or a kappa general who lives in the river? No, no, you are not that material." "What did you say?" Ginji took a step forward threateningly.His foot passed Ayu who was lying on the tatami, and Ayu had the courage to bite that foot, which made Aling jump. Ayu's teeth fell out of course.Chief Chen Taro was taken aback. "This kid actually wants to bite his tongue and kill himself!" The boss grabbed Ayou's bun and pulled it back, and Ayou yelled in pain, "What are you doing! Are you all sick? Who is that man? Why is he here?" "Who is she talking about?" Chen Taro looked around the room, his face was slightly sweating due to inexplicable twitches, "Boss Takadaya, this woman has mental problems, it seems that she can't keep going. It's useless to continue this farce , Shimaji looks like he can't talk." Ginji, who had been staring at Gennosuke all the time, his eyes were upturned but his face was still downcast. At this time, he said directly to Ayu: "Hey, is your name Ayu? It seems that you can see me. Obviously not my wife , can see me." With her disheveled hair sticking to her cheek, Ayu asked in the calmest voice she had entered the room: "What exactly do you want to say?" Ginji smiled and said: "Anyway, you are a murderer, and you will hang your head in prison sooner or later. Let me teach you a good thing. Since you hate Shirako Yachangbei so much, and you are so jealous of your half-sister, to be honest的，最好跟我学学。” 玄之介哈哈大笑说：“太佩服了，你要劝她当个阴魂吗？” 银次狠狠地瞪了玄之介一眼，视线马上转回阿由身上，说： “嗯，没错。就算死了失去身体，你还是你。你可以怀着生前的强烈恨意成为阴魂，再学我附身在憎恨的那个人身上，封锁住他的灵魂，夺取他的肉体，回到阳世。” 阿由脸色大变问道：“你……在说什么？” “是的，我是阴魂。我被弟弟给杀了，妻儿和铺子都被他夺走，眼下正是报仇的好时机。看，你看看躺在那里的人，那就是我弟弟。” 阿由听从银次的话，转头看向活像一张人皮般瘫软在榻榻米上的岛次。 "I saw it too." 脸色苍白的阿先坚定地说。众人一同望向阿先，但是阿先毫不畏缩，那是阿铃熟悉的、坚强的阿先大妈。 “银次先生，也许你忘了，但我之前确实见过你一次。你曾跟着岛次先生来高田屋吧？那时我看到了你那张充满恨意的脸。” 银次望向阿先，缓缓眨了眨眼说：“咦，你是高田屋老板娘。” "Yes, it is." 阿先挺直背脊坐正，七兵卫吃惊地松手。 “阿先，你是怎么了？” “阿由，阿由。” 阿先依旧瞪视着银次，移动膝盖挨近阿由，双手抱着阿由瘦削的肩膀。 “你明白吗？你和我看到的是阴魂，隐藏在你我内心的某种感情把阴魂召唤出来了。” “这……”阿由说不出话，眼睛滴溜溜地问，“这是怎么回事？为什么……大婶，你疯了吗？” “不，我没有疯。”阿先毅然地回答，“只是心里有个黑色的痞块。辰太郎头子……” 目瞪口呆的头子忽然听到阿先叫自己的名字，一时反应不过来。 “请你把阿由带走。先前那场驱灵比赛的骚动绝不是阿由跟岛次先生串通的把戏。这女孩，虽然企图让白子屋丢脸，故意捣乱驱灵比赛，但是她跟岛次先生无关，一点关系都没有。” “老板娘，”辰太郎倒吸一口气，总算问出口，“你为什么知道呢？” 七兵卫倏地起身，挥动着袖子想抱住阿先：“阿先，你脑袋……” “不，我没事。” “喂，阿由，”银次威风地在空中呼唤着，“你不想和我一样吗？只要成为阴魂就不怕活人，可以尽情折磨他们。你不想报仇雪恨吗？” 眼睛紧紧贴着纸门缝隙观看的阿铃，突然被一阵号啕大哭声吓了一跳，原来多惠怀中的阿高正扭着身子大哭。 “啊，是我不对，我错了。银次，原谅我。全都是我做的啊！” 太一郎迅速拉开隔开两间房的纸门，躲在门后的阿铃等人全都现身在众人眼下。就在其他人发出质问之前，阿高的哭喊声已响彻四周。 “毒死你的不是岛次，是我，是我杀死你的！” 阿高双手掩面蜷曲着身子，趴在榻榻米上，痛苦地呻吟啜泣。 房内众人都露出惊讶的表情发出呼声，一连串的发展太令人震惊，众人都抢着发问。 “多惠？阿铃？你们在那里做什么？”太一郎叫道。 “这女人是准？”阿由撅着嘴问，从她来到船屋后脸上首次失去血色。 “这女人毒死谁了？”阿由转头问银次，“你是被人毒死的？人都死了为什么还在这里？这事我完全不知情！难道你们想把这件事推到我头上来？” “阿先，你……你是说，你看到阴魂了？”高田屋七兵卫抓住妻子衣袖瞪大眼问，“这到底是怎么回事？像你这么坚强的人竟然会说出这种荒唐话！” 辰太郎头子轮流望着瘫在榻榻米上的岛次和哭泣的阿高，对一旁无力得快瘫软的手下说：“看来要抓的人还不少，你跑一趟附近办事处，召集些帮手过来！” 是——手下不争气地怯声回应，爬着逃到房外。 “啊，好讨厌，好讨厌，我眼花了，头好痛。阿母，快带我离开这里，拜托。” “我的胸口……房里到处都是阴魂，阴魂的晦气害我眼前发黑。” 阿静抱着头，阿陆抓着胸口，白子屋和浅田屋众人围住两人，聚成一团。 ——在场的人，到底谁看得到什么？谁又看不到什么？ ——我看得到，全都看得到。看得到在角落搔着脖子的玄之介大人，也看得到在阿母身后像是守护着阿母、神情哀凄的阿蜜。 ——还看得到双脚岔开站在房间中央，两手无力垂落两侧，眯着眼瞪视阿高的银次。 “阿铃……”多惠低声呼唤阿铃，一把搂住她。多惠睁着圆眼看着全身颤抖的阿高的背影，无比镇定地柔声问道：“林屋老板娘，阿高老板娘，你刚才说的都是真的吗？不要哭成那样子，振作点。” 阿高拒绝地不断摇头，放开声抽抽搭搭哭了起来。 “林屋老板娘，”这回说话的是辰太郎头子，头子不知什么时候已经调整好姿势半蹲着，以便能随时动作，“请你再把刚才说过的话说一次。你真的不是胡说，也不是染上疟疾在说梦话吗？” 但是辰太郎头子说的话大半都没落进阿铃耳里，因为银次在中途插嘴，他沉重、冷酷的尖声盖过了头子的声音。 “阿高，”他唤着，“阿高。” 银次缓缓向前跨出一步，衣服下摆隐约露出蜡白的小腿。 他走到阿高身旁，从正上方俯视她。 “阿高，看着我，抬头看着我。” 趴在榻榻米上哭泣的阿高，背部像被鞭子抽打一般抖动了一下，她抬起头，脸颊被眼泪濡湿，头发蓬乱。她像叩头般蜷曲在银次脚下。 “是你毒死我的？” 阿高神情恍惚地半张着嘴点头，嘶哑地叫着：“银次。” “老板娘，你在跟谁说话……” 阿先举手制止辰太郎头子发问，双眼直盯着银次的背，指尖微微颤抖。 “是阴魂，头子。”阿先哆嗦着声音低沉地说，“这儿有阴魂，头子也许看不到，但确实存在。” 听到阿先这么说，阿由喃喃自语：“这小子是阴魂？真的是阴魂？” “是，是的。”阿先没有看阿由，但她像要鼓励又像是斥责阿由，坚定地大声说，“好好打开你的眼睛和耳朵，你可不能变成他那个样子。” “哦，哦，哦。”阿高呻吟着，握紧一只拳头贴在唇边，眼泪簌簌地落下，抽泣着说，“原谅我……银次，原谅我。” 银次默不做声。他的身子如烟霭般摇摇晃晃，瞬间变得淡薄，马上又恢复原状。阴魂的内心感情会影响其外形，而内心的情绪波澜也会让外在变形。 “为什么？”银次问。 阿铃望着银次。他的双眼只剩两个暗黑的深洞，直到刚才为止他还有一对炯炯生光的双眸，就算那光芒是出自憎恨、愤怒及蔑视，那对双眸的确映照出阴魂银次的内心。 然而此刻他的眼底一片漆黑。 不过阿铃感觉得到一股强烈的情感刺入胸口，剜着自己的心，那是银次的悲伤。 "Quick answer!" 银次的身体浮在空中，低头望着阿高。 “啊！”阿高大叫一声又趴在榻榻米上，“对不起……原谅我，原谅我。” 阿铃觉得身子逐渐冰冷，四周比刚才更冷了。她感觉得到多惠也在发抖。阿蜜无言地摇着头，举手拔掉梳子，卷成发髻的一头长发无声地披散下来。 “我……我很怕你。”阿高抽泣着说，“你，你对我，对孩子，完全，不体贴。对生意，对生意，很热心，但是你，很严厉，我们，都喘不过气……” “我是为了你们卖命工作。” 银次眨着漆黑的眼窝。 “为了要让你们过上舒服的日子，我才那么卖命工作。” 阿高放声大哭，说道：“比起卖力工作，我更希望你多对我们笑一点！ “我并不是真心想杀你，只是在做老鼠陷阱时脑中闪过的恶作剧而已。我想，要是给你吃一点老鼠药，就只吃一点，你身体不舒服，会休息几天不工作。到时你就不会像平常那样每天神经紧绷，只要不想着生意的事，你大概会对自己、对老婆孩子比以前更加体贴疼爱—— “我是这么打算的，完全没有想杀死你的意思！” “太愚蠢了。”七兵卫呢喃着。阿铃第一次看到爷爷脸色这么苍白。 “可是老鼠药一点都没有用，你还是很健康。所以我就每天增加一点药量，但还是什么事都没发生。结果有一天，你突然痛苦起来……” ——那时已经为时已晚，无法抢救了。阿高哭着擦眼泪，向银次伸出手。 “你倒下来之后，身体恶化得很快，我才知道给你吃了过量的药。我看着逐渐衰弱的你，暗自祈祷你能赶快好起来，在心里向你合掌赔罪。” “我那时很痛苦。”银次对着空中低语，“全身痛得像活生生被切断一样。肚子痛，胸口痛，每个地方都痛，痛得连睡都睡不着。” “原谅我啊。”阿高伸出手却扑了空，“我当时好怕，好几次差点说出来。因为你……你开始责怪岛次。你说，你会这样一定是岛次害的。你说，那小子嫉妒你，也许是他让你吃下了不好的东西，也许是他下了毒。” “我那时真的这么想。” “是啊，你误会了。你一直错怪他了。你不是说过，你要是死了，要我提防岛次，你不是说过他的目的是我吗？那都是你在胡思乱想。岛次总是为你着想。他老说你们两兄弟相依为命，他要帮你的忙。他常一脸开心地跟我说，大嫂，我哥哥跟我这个没用的人不同，他有长者之风，将来一定能将林屋的规模扩大，不会一直只是外送料理铺的老板，总有一天他会开一家出色的料理铺……” “那小子从没对我这么说。”银次眨着漆黑的眼窝，在空中移动身子，回头俯视着活像一件被人脱下的衣服的岛次。银次说：“我以为岛次讨厌我，一心认为他虽然看着我的脸色，一副卑躬屈膝的模样，但是只要一有机会他就会陷害我，夺走我的一切。” “是啊，你就是这种人。你一直对看顾你的我说这种话。”阿高哭叫着扭动身子，“你连对唯一的弟弟都怀着这种感情。就连衰弱得卧病在床时，你也满心憎恨。自从你病倒后，岛次从无怨言，连你的份做了两倍、三倍的工作，这么难得的弟弟，自己的亲弟弟，你竟然一直怀疑他。我那时觉得看透了你的本性，甚至心想如果你就这么一病不起就好了！” 银次的身子再度变得淡薄，激烈地摇晃着，一瞬间失去人形，成为似人非人的扭曲异形。 “你杀了我。” 异形消失，再度恢复成银次的外形，但是他的声音并没有恢复。那已经不是银次的声音，而是一头负伤野兽的惨叫。 “你让我变成死不瞑目的阴魂，还让我附在弟弟身上杀了他。因为你的诡计，我成了杀死岛次的凶手！” 银次伸展双手，十只手指弯成钩爪，像要扑杀小鸟的猛禽般扑向阿高。 “你这贱人！这回轮到你了！” 银次轻易地抓起尖叫着想逃开的阿高身体腾空抛出，阿高随着拖长尾音的尖叫声被抛向空中，撞在房内另一边的多宝台上，台上的花器香炉随着她的身体哗啦掉落在地。 "stop!" 一句厉声的叱喝传来。It's Ami.她迅速站起，挡在犹想追赶阿高的银次面前。 "Go away!" “不滚！”阿蜜拒绝。松开的长发如瀑布般飘起。 房内刮起一阵风，风势夹杂着阿蜜的发油香，以阿蜜为中心形成气旋升起，银次被这股无形的风卷动，在空中东倒西歪地飘荡着。 阿由尖叫着，双手依旧被绑在身后，滚着逃开。 “我不要，我不要变成这样！我受够了！” “真是太好了。” 一个镇定爽朗的声音响起。玄之介慢条斯理地起身，躲开阿由步到房内中央。 “银次，听到了吗？阿由说她不想成为像你这样的阴魂。” 屋内众人看不到银次、玄之介和阿蜜，可是本来还在逞强破口大骂的阿由竟然脸色大变想逃到走廊的模样，震撼了在场看不到幽灵的人。众人如咒语束缚被解除般哇哇大叫，或手牵手或攀住对方窜逃，踢翻了食案、踩着食器，连滚带爬地奔向走廊。 辰太郎头子罕见地现出狼狈，上前抓住逃走的阿由。七兵卫和阿先则搂住对方一动也不动，七兵卫看似茫然自失，阿先却是眼神锐利，散发出绝不屈服的光彩。 “阿高老板娘。”多惠扶起阿高，阿高昏迷不醒，额头流着血。 “银次。”玄之介单手揣在怀里单手摸着下巴，沉重地问，“你要怎么做？这回打算杀死老婆占据她的身体回到阳世吗？还是继续用岛次的身体，连你杀死的可怜弟弟的份，尽情享受尘世的快乐？” 银次敌不过阿蜜召唤来的风，整个人贴在格子纸窗上，手忙脚乱地苦苦挣扎，他瞪着玄之介，吊着眼角。 “如果你们也是阴魂，为什么要出手阻拦？”他咬牙切齿不甘心地说，“如果你们也是因为留恋而留在阳世，应该懂得我的遗憾。你们是嫉妒我已经报仇雪恨，所以才出手阻拦吗？” 玄之介一只手贴在脸颊上，感叹道：“看来这小子还是一样偏执。” “真是个窝囊的男人。”阿蜜乌黑的长发随风飘动，“世人都说羡慕嫉妒是女人的本性，其实男人的嫉妒才更可怕。” “咯，咯。”银次在阿蜜招来的强风中挣扎着离开格子窗板。阿蜜又甩了甩长发，刮起一阵更强烈的龙卷风，再度把他吹飞到格子窗板上。 阿铃觉得很不可思议。她和搂着阿高的多惠、七兵卫和阿先、瘫坐在两人身后的辰太郎头子、张大嘴巴的阿由，所有人都感觉得到这阵风。这阵风拂过众人脸颊，吹乱了大家的头发，不过他们的身体却可以自由动作，对他们而言，这阵风就像初春第一阵南风那般舒服。 “喂，那个女的！阿由！”银次面目狰狞地叫唤着，“帮我个忙！你的身体借我用一下！等我解决问题后，再来帮你！我帮你解决白子屋，一定帮你报仇！这样你就不会被砍头了。看，头子迷迷糊糊的，根本派不上用场了。” 辰太郎头子确实像具蜡像一样呆呆坐着，听不见这些失礼的话。头子是怎么一回事？难不成被阿蜜的香味给迷住了？ "I……" 阿由的嘴巴一张一合，环视四周。不仅是头子，七兵卫和阿先也一动也不动。 阿铃大叫：“阿由，不要听这个阴魂的话！” 玄之介看似有点累，阿蜜则目不转睛地盯着阿由。 “到我这边来！”银次喊道，“到我身边来碰我，我就能和你合为一体，就能帮助彼此，打倒这些家伙！你不想报仇吗？” 阿由求救似的望着阿铃，阿铃反复地说“不可以”、“不可以”。 “拜托你，千万不能听他的！” 这时，阿由身边突然出现一个黑影，有个东西闪了一下。 是蓬发。他驼着背蜷曲着高大的身子，长满胡子的长下巴悲伤地低垂着。 闪光的，则是他右手提着的白晃晃刀子的刀尖。 “你……”阿由喘着气说，“你是谁？你也是阴魂？” 蓬发眨了眨眼睛，微微歪着头。 “你，真可悲。”他对阿由说。阿由全身僵硬，只能仰望着他。 “你，不能听，这男人说的。”蓬发温柔地对阿由说，“不能，变成，男人那样。” 蓬发用力甩头，好甩开垂落眼前的头发。 他直直盯着银次。 “你，跟我，一样。” “你是谁？这次又是什么？”银次怒不可遏，“你也是阴魂？” 蓬发没有回答，却转头望向玄之介。 “长坂玄之介俊光，”他缓缓说着，“这是，你的，名字。” “哦。”玄之介回应。他微微蹙眉，看起来很困惑。 “你，”蓬发微笑，“忘，了。忘了，很久。忘了，砍我，那事。”