But I found that Xu Jiayin was really a busybody. When I went to bed at night, Xu Jiayin came to my room.
He sat on the chair and asked me curiously whether I had found the body. Seeing that he was very interested in our matter, I did not hesitate to tell Xu Jiayin everything that happened in the cave.
After listening to my statement, Xu Jiayin fell silent.
His face was as white as a piece of paper and his shoulders were trembling slightly.
"Master Yang, you are...are you kidding me?"
He felt that what I said was not true, but like a story.
I laughed and said, "It's not a joke, it's true."
This time, Xu Jiayin lost his composure. After swallowing his saliva, he quickly left my room.
I shook my head and thought, it seems that he was frightened. They say curiosity kills the cat, and it is true.
No words were spoken that night.
The next day, in the morning we prepared to go to the town government to look for clues about the man named Nangong Yang.
So my master Zhang Chu, Yuquan and I went out early to have breakfast.
I didn’t expect to meet Xu Jiayin just after breakfast.
To be more precise, it can be said that we encountered this guy and he was secretly following us.
I pulled Xu Jiayin out from a corner and asked him angrily, "Why are you following us?"
Xu Jiayin smiled awkwardly, apologized hastily, and kept saying that he was just curious. He also asked if we could find that Nangong Yang
I had previously informed Xu Jiayin about the female ghost Lu Sujie and Nangong Yang, so he knew very well that we went out early in the morning to look for Nangong Yang.
I interrupted Xu Jiayin and said, "Okay, Brother Xu, stop talking. You'd better not get involved in our affairs. You should go back and take care of your fiancée. She has been infected by corpse worms and is still very weak. You should take care of her instead of running out and following us."
Xu Jiayin's face turned red because of what I said, as if he had done something immoral, and he kept his head down.
But he didn't leave.
My master Zhang Chu saw this and said unhappily, "Boy, what do you mean? Did my disciple not make his words clear? If you follow us again, we will punish you."
My master's intimidation made Xu Jiayin's eyes reveal fear.
But he trembled and said to us: "Masters, I am just curious. My fiancée and I came to Xiangxi for a tour because we heard that there are many supernatural events here, including zombies."
"We are very interested in these strange things and rumors. That's why we came here to travel."
"Yesterday's corpse worm incident was not a small matter and was quite scary. But I have never seen anything like a ghost. I just wanted to follow you to open my eyes. I also hope you will agree to let me follow you to find Nangong Yang. Maybe I can be of some help."
Xu Jiayin said this sincerely.
But as an ordinary person, what kind of help can he provide? I think he is exaggerating.
But after thinking about it, I decided to agree to Xu Jiayin's request.
So I asked my master Zhang Chu and the young monk Yuquan for their opinions. Seeing that they had no objections, I said to Xu Jiayin, "Okay, Brother Xu, then you can come with us to find someone. However, I have already told you in advance that you can't disturb us while we are looking for someone."
When Xu Jiayin heard that we agreed, a smile immediately appeared on his face, and he said happily: "Yes, yes, don't worry, Master Yang, I will definitely not cause any trouble for you."
After glancing at Xu Jiayin, I turned and walked towards the south of the town.
Hongxiang Village belongs to
The Longtan Town Government is located in the south of Longtan Town, not far from Longtan Inn, just a few streets away.
After walking for about ten minutes, we arrived at the town government of Longtan Town.
The town government has a row of small buildings, all two stories high. At the entrance, on one side of the gate, there is a rectangular vertical sign with black characters on a white background. On the sign is written the words "Longtan Town People's Government" in large letters.
It was smooth when we entered the government, and we saw many office workers, but none of them were what we were looking for.
Afterwards, we found an archive room inside the town government hall.
I thought there might be records about Hongxiang Village and Nangong Yang in the archives, so we went to look for it.
When we entered the archive room, we knocked on the door and a woman's voice came from inside.
"Come in!"
After we entered the room, we found that there was only one woman in the archives room. She was about 30 years old. She looked ordinary, with heavy makeup on her face, but her eyelashes were very long, like a small palm leaf fan.
She sat in front of the computer, pressing the mouse with her right hand.
Seeing us come in, the woman raised her head slightly and looked at us.
She was also surprised to see four of us coming at once.
"Who are you looking for?"
The woman asked softly, her voice even.
I quickly stepped forward and said, "Hello, we want to find some information, I wonder if you can help?"
When the woman heard that we were looking for information, her dark eyebrows slightly frowned and she asked, "What information are you looking for?"
I said, "Find some information about Hongxiang Village, and also find a person named Nangong Yang."
But before I could finish my words, the woman interrupted me and asked, "Do you have a certificate from the police station?"
A certificate from the police station? I don't have that.
After thinking about it, I handed the certificate of Jiangbin City’s specially hired police officer to the woman.
The woman took the notebook and looked at it carefully.
After a while, she returned the notebook to me and said, "I'm sorry, this notebook is not from the police station. It's from Jiangbin City. Jiangbin City is in the north, far away from us, and can't be used here. If you don't have a certificate from our local police station, then I can't let you check the information."
Damn it, after talking for so long, she just won’t let us check!
This made me feel resentful in my heart, and my face became as cold as a winter melon.
If they don't let us check, there's nothing we can do. We can't tie the woman up, so we'll have to check it ourselves.
Feeling unhappy, I turned around, glanced at my master Zhang Chu and the young monk Yuquan, and prepared to leave.
But I didn't expect Xu Jiayin to come over and whisper to me, "Master Yang, don't leave in a hurry. Wait for me. Maybe I can help you."
I was a little surprised when I heard this.
Xu Jiayin had already walked quickly to the woman and said, "Beautiful lady, I think we have met somewhere before. Can I have your phone number? I like chatting with beautiful ladies the most. When I saw you today, I felt particularly cordial..."
I stood aside and listened to Xu Jiayin's flattery, and I felt very disgusted in my heart.
This Xu Jiayin really seems like a veteran in the love field. He kept praising the woman who manages the archives, and his words made her heart flutter.
The woman's cheeks turned red and her eyes were full of embarrassment.
The three of us standing aside seemed like bystanders, like electric light bulbs. Xu Jiayin and that woman were chatting animatedly.
After chatting for a long time, Xu Jiayin finally turned around.
He turned around and squeezed at me.
He blinked his eyes.
I understood what he meant, so I hurriedly walked up to her and said to her, "We just want to look up some information about Hongxiang Village and a person named Nangong Yang. I hope you can help me check it out."
When I said "sister", I felt very uncomfortable.
But my words may have been very helpful to the woman, she actually nodded and agreed, and said: "Okay, I will help you check it, but just this time, it won't happen again."
"Okay, okay!" I quickly put on a smile.
Then the woman began to look for some clues about Hongxiang Village and Nangong Yang for us.
Hongxiang Village, she was the first to search on the computer, and it was easy to find. The woman briefly introduced me to Hongxiang Village, saying that it used to be a village, but now it has been abandoned. Apart from a small temple with some incense, no one would go there.
Then she searched: Nangong Yang.
I thought it would be difficult to find Nangong Yang. But I didn't expect the woman to find a person named Nangong Yang. And that Nangong Yang was already 96 years old. He was from Hongxiang Village.
Ninety-six years old, which is not much different from the age of Nangong Yang described by the female ghost Lu Sujie.
The most important thing is that this "Nangong Yang" is also from Hongxiang Village. I don't think it can be such a coincidence. Maybe this Nangong Yang is the Nangong Yang that the female ghost Lu Sujie is looking for.
"Then where is Nangong Yang now?" I asked anxiously.
The woman clicked the mouse for a while and said to me, "Although this Nangong Yang is from Hongxiang Village, he no longer lives there. He now lives in Chenzhuang Village... Chenzhuang Village is not far from our Longtan Town. If you are looking for that Nangong Yang, you can take a carriage there."
I nodded, feeling really excited.
Then my master Zhang Chu, the young monk Yuquan, and I left the archive room.
As for Xu Jiayin, he was the last one to withdraw, and he seemed a little reluctant to leave.
When he came out, Xu Jiayin waved the note in his hand at me with a smug look on his face and said, "See? That's the beautiful woman's phone number!"
I glared at him and said disdainfully, "Xu Jiayin, you already have a fiancée, why are you still flirting with other girls?"
Who knew Xu Jiayin said: "Master Yang, it seems you have misunderstood. I am not flirting with other women. I am acting. You may not know that I am a drama actor, so acting is my profession."
As he spoke, Xu Jiayin threw the note he got from the woman in the archives into a green trash can in the town government hall.
Without saying much, the four of us left the Longtan Town Government directly.
On the street of Longtan Town, we rented a horse carriage for twenty yuan.
The driver was an old man, holding a whip in his hand, with thick calluses on his thumb and index finger. He was obviously an experienced driver.
After we got on the carriage, the old man waved his whip and took us to Chenzhuang Village.
It took us just over half an hour to reach Chenzhuang Village.
The village was quite large, with many trees planted around it. Several women were sitting under the trees, eating melon seeds and chatting. There were also several country children running on the dirt road.
I noticed that one of the children was holding a hemp rope, at the end of which was tied a black, swollen toad.
The toad's skin had been worn through, and the bones inside could be seen. Perhaps because it was angry, the air membranes on both sides of Hamo's head swelled up, constantly shrinking and growing larger, making a hoarse "quack quack" sound.
(to be continued)
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