Volume 4: Gathering of Sages Chapter 726: The Enemy is Trash
Although Xiao Cheng seemed very professional when he agreed to play the ghost, in fact, his skills in playing the ghost were just playing house. If there were no more professional people to clean up the mess for him, this little guy would have been exposed and sent to the government for trial. As for Ah Liu, you can ask him to kill people, which is much more professional than asking him to play the ghost.
Therefore, the one who really gave advice and served as the advisor was the Fourth Prince, who had listened to the Emperor's many notes and stories since childhood. He used many things from the notes and stories of gods and monsters such as "Soushen Ji" as examples. Although many of them were not feasible, they at least provided clearer ideas. And Xiaohuasheng, who grew up in the market, was responsible for picking up the missing pieces on the side.
After all, Xiao Huasheng likes to sing opera the most. Although the actors on the stage these days cannot be used as models for actors, he learned the art of makeup in a brothel. Even if he only learned a little bit of the brothel girls' ability to speak differently to different people, he is much better than the other three people who lack interpersonal experience.
Therefore, the Fourth Prince designed such an entrance for Xiao Cheng, and Xiao Huasheng taught Xiao Cheng this simple four-word speech as an opening remark. In order to reduce the difficulty, the two of them warned Xiao Cheng that after the entrance, there was no need to say much or make many movements except for the four words. He just had to sit on the window railing and stare at Master Kong Jiu without moving.
And when Xiao Cheng really did this, it really brought tremendous pressure to Master Kong Jiu.
Then a child covered in blood sat on the window railing, looking at him indifferently, and saying "give me back my life", without even baring his teeth and claws, but just pounced on him, Master Kong Jiu still felt his teeth chattering. He subconsciously grabbed at the bed randomly, but when he grabbed the pillow and threw it out, he suddenly felt a blur in front of his eyes.
Then, the pillow didn't fall to the ground, and there was no sound, as if it had disappeared out of thin air. This time, Master Kong Jiu was so frightened that his eyes rolled back, and he fell limply on the bed, and fainted!
Xiao Cheng was extremely surprised that he fainted just by saying He was at a loss, but he was not sure whether he was really fainting or just pretending. It was not until Ah Liu, who had just quietly caught the pillow, appeared again and went to the bed to check on Master Kong Jiu that he turned around to look at the two helpers behind him.
If the Fourth Prince and Little Peanut hadn't supported him from behind, how could he sit so steadily in such a painful position!
The fourth prince, who had no idea what was happening in the room, almost popped his eyes out. You were acting so well... No, you just started acting and you suddenly turned around. What are you doing?
Xiao Huasheng was also puzzled, so he could only reach out and poke Xiao Cheng hard on the back, meaning that he should turn around and play the ghost. However, Xiao Cheng blinked innocently and whispered, "He has fainted!"
After hearing this simple explanation, Peanut and the Fourth Prince looked at each other in bewilderment. After the Fourth Prince came to his senses, he was so angry that he wanted to curse - the ghost had just appeared, and he fainted so quickly. Isn't he too weak? After all, he is an old man, so he should at least ask who is playing tricks!
Peanut was more cautious than the other two and couldn't help but ask in a low voice, "Could it be fake?"
"He really fainted." Ah Liu, who had quietly sneaked into the room, also came to the window and said with a depressed look on his face, "He is really scared. What should I do next?"
Facing such a weakling, how could I know what to do next? The fourth prince felt that he was overwhelmed at this moment. After hesitating for a moment, he said uncertainly: "Can we wake him up? At least we have to ask him something... At least let him say something!"
At this moment, the naughty kid also thought about whether he should take advantage of the fact that Master Kong Jiu had completely fainted to search the study room thoroughly - but think about it, none of the four of them are good at various documents and notebooks, and even if they turn the room upside down, it will be in vain because they can't understand it at all!
Little Peanut disagreed a little: "But, what if he suddenly starts yelling after waking someone up, waking up the others, then we'll be caught in a trap. Even if Sixth Brother is capable, he can only take two people at most. I just came in in the dark, and even though I could barely see the road clearly, I didn't remember it!"
Zhang Shou knew that many people had night blindness these days, so when he was in the village, he always forced Ah Liu to eat more offal - even though offal smelled very fishy these days, the advantage of being a landlord was that there was no shortage of ginger, cooking wine and other things. Under his guidance, Aunt Liu could barely make offal delicious. Therefore, he and Ah Liu both had good night vision.
Peanut's night vision was just okay, but during the time in Zhangyuan, he developed a habit of eating all kinds of cattle and sheep offal, and Xiao Cheng was the same. So although they were not afraid of walking at night, they were not so confident that they would not get lost when walking at night in someone else's house like thieves. So, when Peanut said this, even Xiao Cheng couldn't help but nod.
The fourth prince was immediately anxious. Although the man was frightened, if he returned without any gain, wouldn't his trip be in vain? Just when he was about to open his mouth to argue, he heard Ah Liu's indifferent voice.
"I have used the incense." Seeing the Fourth Prince's eyes widened, Xiao Huasheng and Xiao Cheng also looked terrified. Ah Liu did not say that he only used the incense in a few nearby courtyards, and did not spread the incense all over the huge Kong Family East Mansion. He continued as if nothing had happened, "As for when we leave, I can take all three of you with me."
As if because of the three people's incredible expressions, he added: "One on the back, one on each hand."
The Fourth Prince and Peanut Xiao Cheng felt an extremely wonderful picture in their minds at the same time. The Fourth Prince, who would definitely occupy the position on the back, looked a little better, but Peanut and Xiao Cheng, who would definitely appear as pendants, either being carried or held under the armpits, looked pale.
The two shook their heads at the same time, as if trying to get rid of the thought. Then Little Peanut rushed to say, "In that case, Sixth Brother, go and wake up that Kong guy! He has already fainted once, so he should have some mental endurance. He can't faint again when he sees Xiao Cheng, right? No matter what, let's try again!"
Ah Liu thought about it and saw that there was no other way. Seeing that the Fourth Prince and Xiao Cheng did not object, he motioned the three of them to return to their respective positions. Seeing that Xiao Cheng was still sitting on the window railing with a serious face, he came to the bed, took out a porcelain bottle, took out the stopper and put it in front of Master Kong Jiu's nose. In just a moment, he covered the stopper and dodged like a fly.
Not long after, Master Kong Jiu, who had fainted and fell on the bed, began to move his fingers. As he gradually regained consciousness, he supported himself on the bed and sat up with difficulty, his eyes still a little confused as if he had just woken up.
However, when his eyes fell on the figure in the window, he still felt that his heart almost stopped beating, his scalp was numb, and cold sweat seemed to drip down his back. With a dry mouth, he wanted to shout for help, but the sound was stuck in his throat. It took him a long time to squeeze out a few trembling words.
"What...what kind of monsters are these!"
"Give me back my life." Xiao Cheng still recited these four words stiffly and rigidly according to what Xiao Huasheng had taught him before. Seeing that Master Kong Jiu's face looked particularly gloomy in the darkness, he said word by word, "The evils caused by heaven can still be forgiven, but the evils caused by oneself cannot be forgiven."
Master Kong Jiu, who was sweating profusely, felt as if his heart was being tightened by something, especially since things had been going wrong in the past few days. The superstitious man felt that he had finally found a reason... that is, he was haunted by a ghost!
He moved his lips and wanted to say something, but his tongue kept trembling as if it was out of control... After a moment, he fell straight down again and fainted!
This time, not only Xiao Cheng was dumbfounded, even Ah Liu, who was hiding in the room just in case, couldn't stand it anymore. He came to the bed again to check Mr. Kong Jiu's breath and heartbeat, then returned to the window with a gloomy face and said unhappily: "This man is frightened and fainted again, let's torture him directly!"
The Fourth Prince was filled with resentment - he had come up with such a good idea, but the enemy was a scumbag who fainted at the slightest scare. It really made him hate him to death!
But when he heard Ah Liu actually said he wanted to torture him, he hurriedly stopped him and said, "No, no, he is an official appointed by the court. If we sneak in secretly and pretend to be ghosts to scare him, if he tells the truth, our actions are just a little excessive, not a big deal. But if we torture him, it will violate serious laws, and I will not be able to explain to my father !"
"Sixth brother, please try again. Please wake him up again!"
Seeing that although Ah Liu was obviously a little impatient, he still turned around and went to the bed. The Fourth Prince hurriedly muttered to Xiao Cheng: "Xiao Xiao, we have to change our strategy. Next, when the people wake up, you say this..."
When he woke up again, Master Kong Jiu stared at the tent above his head in a daze, and it took him a long time to react. When he sat up with a start, he found that the scene lingering in his mind was not an illusion, because the figure that brought him endless fear was still sitting there quietly, as if he had not moved at all.
Although he was still terrified, he felt a little courageous when he thought that he seemed to have fainted twice and no one took advantage of the situation to kill him. He didn't dare to get out of bed and approach the scary ghost. He swallowed hard and said, "You... Master Ghost Fairy, did recognize the wrong person?"
"Even if you turn into ashes, I will recognize it."
Still speaking word by word in the same flat and emotionless tone, Master Kong Jiu felt that he would faint again at any time. He repeatedly told himself to stay calm, otherwise the ghost would keep pestering him endlessly, but he forced a smile.
"I, Kong Jiu, have been doing good deeds and have donated a lot of money and materials to various temples. I don't even dare to step on an ant..."
"You hired someone to kill me, Tang Cheng."
When he heard the word "hiring a killer", Master Kong Jiu immediately thought of Jiang Zhuo'er, who fell into Zhang Shou's hands and was thrown out by Zhang Shou at the morning court like a burden. He just had a trace of suspicion, but when he heard the word "soup", he couldn't help but cover his chest tightly. At that moment, the last bit of doubt in his heart gradually loosened, and was replaced by fear like a maggot on the tarsal bone.
His surname was Tang! Could he be the son of his classmate? He had hired someone to teach this guy a lesson. After he passed the imperial examination, he was not very good at eating. Many of his classmates looked down on him and did not suspect him. But who would have thought that the guy who designed the horse frightening would go too far and cause a death. The only thing to be thankful for was that Tang was so disheartened that he fell ill and could not get up!
Afterwards, he didn't dare to deal with the murderer, after all, he didn't know who it was. Instead, he sent the hired murderer back home on the pretext of something else. In fact, he poisoned the murderer to death with a cup of poisoned wine and sank him into a pond... He thought that no one would know about this matter anymore, but now the evil spirit came to claim his life! Is this really the case?
Xiao Cheng could not see the complex psychological activities of Master Kong Jiu. After all, he could not read minds. But he could vaguely see that he seemed to be struggling. So he followed the Fourth Prince's instructions and continued to speak in a flat voice: "No, no, report. The time has not come yet. God, it is your turn tonight!"
At this moment, Master Kong Jiu was finally completely frightened out of his wits. He had just imagined a lot of things in his mind, and only thought that because of his cousin, his luck was too good in the past, so such a little ghost could not seek revenge on him, but now his luck has turned bad, and his cousin has been ordered to leave Beijing and go to Huairou Imperial Manor, so naturally all the ghosts and monsters are coming to haunt him!
Without hesitation, he slid off the bed, knelt on his knees and kowtowed, saying, "Master Ghost Immortal, please spare my life, Master Ghost Immortal, please spare my life! I am willing to offer you three kinds of animals as tribute and to set up a longevity tablet for you. I only ask you to give me a chance, and I will definitely try to change my ways!"
It actually frightened people! The Fourth Prince and Peanut behind Xiao Cheng were both surprised and delighted. They immediately poked Xiao Cheng in the back without hesitation, urging him to continue questioning. Xiao Cheng, who was also very excited, breathed a sigh of relief, and then said coldly: "I want a sacrifice!"
This was the most appropriate excuse that the Fourth Prince and Peanut had come up with. Otherwise, if they asked someone to tell the truth, it would immediately arouse suspicion and expose the truth. Sure enough, Master Kong Jiu immediately promised to offer three animals as sacrifices and various offerings. However, Xiao Cheng said sinisterly, "I want a human sacrifice! Anyone who kills a human will pay with his life!"
Master Kong Jiu felt a chill in his heart and blurted out, "The man who hired someone to kill you has long been buried in the pond!"
