My heart skipped a beat. Damn it, an old ghost like Grandpa Gu really isn't easy to fool. With a few words, he revealed my weak point.
I don't know how to answer. But I also knew that I had to say something, or I would be dead today.
Thus, I braced myself and said, "That Hu Chujiu, when he came in, he had a physical body."
After I said this, Grandpa Gu's wrist loosened up a bit. A trace of air entered my throat. I took a deep breath and started to cough violently.
Grandfather Gu's expression was a little strange. He said to me: "Hu Chujiu has a physical body, so I let you attach your soul to his body and brought you through the second floor?"
I said, "Yeah, that's what he did."
Grandpa Gu chuckled, "This kid is quite smart. He even thought of this idea?"
I thought: Are you praising me or yourself?
Grandpa Gu let me go and patted my shoulder. "Did they threaten you?"
I immediately nodded. "Yes, yes, yes. He threatened me."
I am Grandpa Gu's voice at the moment, so whatever he says is what he wants.
Unexpectedly, Grandpa Gu changed his tone and said, "You're just sending me a letter, is there any need for me to threaten you? Why don't you just come in? Are you afraid of me? "
I laughed dryly and said, "No, not at all." I'm afraid of disturbing the old tutor's rest. "
Grandpa Gu nodded and asked me, "Where did that brat Hu Chujiu go?"
I thought, "I can't tell you that. If I do, won't I be exposing my true identity? If Grandpa Gu wants to get even with me, then I won't be able to escape. "
Thus, I scratched my head and said, "They let me in to deliver the letter. He didn't say where he was. I guess they're hiding in the dark. They can find me, but I can't find them. "
Grandpa Gu sighed. "So that's how it is." He said tiredly, "These youngsters must be very suspicious. It's really tiring to trade with them."
I curiously asked, "What do you want to trade with them?"
Grandpa Gu pointed to the fan in the coffin. "We'll trade this."
I pretended to be a silly kid, looked back and forth and said, "Isn't it just a fan? As for the business transaction with Hu Chujiu in the Rain City? " After saying that, I shook my head. "No, no. Old gramps, you have all the treasures here, and even an unremarkable fan has a lot of history. Even if you told him to go a hundred thousand miles, he would still be able to do it. "
Grandpa Gu chuckled. "You have good eyesight. This fan of mine is indeed a treasure."
I pretended to be surprised. "Did I really guess it?"
Grandpa Gu proudly stretched out his hand and picked up the fan from the corpse. He waved his hand in front of my eyes and said, "Did you see that? The bone was made of human ribs. "This fan is made of human skin …"
When I heard this, my scalp went numb, and I whispered, "Can a person's ribs be polished? "I've never seen a human bone before, but I've eaten pork ribs. I've grinded off the outermost layer, and it's like rotten wood inside …"
Grandpa Gu looked at me with disdain. "Haven't you seen the world? Do you think you're grinding it on sandpaper? This grind of mine is like a plate of walnuts, grinded by hand. You can choose a newborn baby with soft bones. Pull it out and slowly break it off. After grinding it again and again for a long time, it will become straight and crystal clear. "
My eyes widened. "Newborn? "Alive?"
Grandpa Gu nodded: "Of course I'm alive. Those little babies, one of them was dead, the other was alive. Between life and death. "Choose a fan made of their ribs and skin to confuse the Yin and Yang."
I gritted my teeth as I listened. This fan-maker was simply devoid of conscience.
Grandpa Gu suddenly closed the fan with a "pa" sound. Then he shoved it into my arms.
I blankly received it. "What do you want?"
Grandpa Gu said: "Take this fan to Hu Chujiu and give him the fan. He saw the fan, so he won't suspect me, will he? Tell him to bring what I want. "
I looked at the fan in my hand in disbelief. "This thing is so easily obtained?" Grandpa Gu trusts me? I was even a bit impulsive and wanted to just admit my identity. "
Fortunately, I held back. You can't have any intentions of harming others, you can't let your guard down. I have to be careful.
Grandpa Gu saw me standing beside the coffin in a daze and said, "Why aren't you going?"
"Okay," I said, and walked down with the fan in my hand. I left very uneasily this time. I was afraid that Grandpa Gu would regret it, so he would stab me later.
Fortunately, Grandpa Gu didn't touch me until I went through the third step. He just followed me down the steps with his hands behind his back.
I looked at the puppets on the second floor and said awkwardly to Grandpa Gu, "I don't have a physical body, so I can't get through this second floor."
Grandpa Gu smiled. He pointed behind him and said, "There are so many bodies here. Why don't you just choose one?"
I am so happy that I am about to faint. I pretended to pick something for a while, before pointing at Mr. Zhao's body and said, "I think this is pretty good."
Grandpa Gu chuckled. "You think it's not bad, then just possess it."
I agreed and walked towards Mr. Zhao. On the way, I was still a little perturbed, because I only saw people possessed by ghosts and had never personally experienced it. I also didn't know if I could succeed this time.
I reached out my hand and tried to put it on Mr. Zhao's head. At this moment, I suddenly remembered something. I turned my head and said to Grandpa Gu, "When I came up earlier, this body was talking to me. What happened?"
Grandpa Gu's expression didn't change as he blandly asked, "What did they say?"
I said, "If a body asks me, can a person live without food or mind? The other body asked me, "If a soul can live without a body, can a body live without a soul?"
Grandpa Gu nodded and asked with a smile, "Then do you think you can live?"
I thought: what does it have to do with me whether they can live or not? I just want to know why they say these weird things.
However, Grandpa Gu stared straight at me, waiting for my reply. I could only say, "I feel … "He can live."
Grandpa Gu asked with great interest, "How do you know?"
I vaguely replied, "The world is huge, full of wonders. Maybe there are people who don't have the heart to live. You can live without your soul. "
Grandpa Gu laughed: "If you want to know the answer, why would you look at what world? "Sometimes, weird things happen around you."
He pointed at Mr. Zhao's body: "Alright, you can go in."
I uneasily said, "Old Master, you still haven't told me why they spoke in such a weird manner just now."
Grandpa Gu said absent-mindedly: "Isn't it because of this fan? This thing could confuse Yin and Yang. All the dead are fighting for their lives. The bodies had been alive. They are muddleheaded and are thinking about how to live. "
I nodded, thinking: Looks like I have to take Mr. Zhao's body away as soon as possible. If not, after a long time, this body would become a monster under the influence of the fan, then Mr. Zhao would most likely become a ghost.
I placed my hand on Mr. Zhao's forehead and focused. I felt an entrance appear on top of his head, and my soul could slowly enter it to slowly control his body.
When I opened my eyes again, I found that I had already become a Mr. Zhao. I borrowed the body.
I smiled at Grandpa Gu and said, "Let's go."
Grandpa Gu didn't move. "You go first."
I agreed and was about to leave when I suddenly realised that my body wasn't under my control at all. I couldn't control it.
I was shocked and looked towards Grandpa Gu for help, but he didn't even look at me. He took out a large piece of paper and spread it out on the ground in front of me.
As he did this, he coldly laughed, "Dou Jiang, you must be brave."
I started to sweat cold sweat again. "What did I do now?"
Grandpa Gu said, "Last time, it wasn't just you who used fake money to buy a mirror. You tricked me into hiding in the mirror and dared to come here today? "You are courting death."
My mind buzzed, and cursed in my heart: "Isn't Dou Jiang this guy too much of a scam? Buying a mirror also requires fake money, it's truly immoral to be a ghost. "
I hurriedly explained, "They forced me to come. "No no no, I took the fake money wrong last time, I didn't even notice it myself."
Grandfather Gu shook his head, and said indifferently: "You have more guts than Dou Jiang. More wishy-washy than him. It was most likely true when Dou Jiang saw Hu Chujiu. As for you, you are most likely not Dou Jiang. "
My heart went cold when I heard this.
Grandpa Gu lit up a candle, walked leisurely to my front, and said: "There are two people by Hu Chujiu's side. A woman, a man. One is surnamed Xia and the other is surnamed Zhao, right? "
I made a noise in my throat. The voice was trembling, and it was filled with fear, both inside and outside, and it was extremely shameful.
Grandpa Gu said, "Neither of them believe me. They know the value of this fan, and they always think I want to trade as a cover. Therefore, they would pretend to be someone else and come here to investigate. Do you think I'm right? "
I'm about to cry. Grandpa Gu really has divine foresight. To think that I was still pretending to be Dou Jiang just now, he probably already treated me as a fool and mocked me for a long time.
I know Grandpa Gu is going to deal with me, but I have to be stubborn. I replied, "I really am Dou Jiang. "Old man, I'm in the wrong regarding the fake money. Can I compensate you double the amount?"
Grandfather Gu waved his hand and said, "Whether you are Dou Jiang or not, I'll know soon enough."
He put the candle behind me and watched my shadow sway over the white paper.
He then took out a blade and stabbed it into Mr. Zhao's ribs. And then he said to me, "Your shadow will tell me who you are. No matter who you are, anyone who deceives me will die here. "