After listening to my story, the ghost Lv Sujie burst into tears. Nangong Yang on the kang also choked up, but it seemed that he was in a much better mood after seeing Lv Sujie again.
Nangong Yang wanted to reach out and touch Lu Sujie, but his hand passed through Lu Sujie's soul.
"What's going on? Su Jie, why can't I touch your body?"
Nangong Yang asked in astonishment. A panicked look appeared on his face, and his raised arms were shaking.
Lu Sujie slowly said to Nangong Yang: "Nangong, I am actually dead. If it weren't for the red oil umbrella you gave me, my soul might have gone to the underworld, and I would never see you again."
"Dead? ... "
Nangong Yang muttered to himself, his shoulders trembling.
Lu Sujie smiled and said, "Yes, I am really dead. But I have no regrets in my heart because I can see you. What happened back then was all done by the witch Qu Mingzhu, so you don't have to feel guilty. Let the past be the past."
It seems that Lu Sujie and Nangong Yang still have a lot to say.
After thinking for a while, I turned sideways to face Xu Jiayin who was standing beside me and said, "Brother Xu, let's go out first. You have already seen the ghost, and your wish has been fulfilled."
Xu Jiayin swallowed, didn't say anything, and nodded.
I looked at Nangong Yang and Lu Sujie and said, "You two can chat first. I'll be there in half an hour... Also, Lu Sujie, don't get too close to Old Man Nangong. He doesn't have much time left and his body is very weak. The ghost energy in you will affect him."
Lu Sujie nodded.
Seeing this, I took Xu Jiayin and left the west wing.
Outside.
Seeing Xu Jiayin and I coming out, Nangong Yang's son Nangong Zhenhua walked over quickly and asked, "Little Brother Yang, have you finished discussing the matter with my dad? Can I go in and see him?"
I shook my head at Nangong Zhenhua: "Uncle Nangong, you will wait a little longer. Mr. Nangong is chatting with someone now. I believe he will be very happy."
Who would have known that after hearing what I said, Nangong Zhenhua's expression suddenly changed.
He asked me in confusion, "Young Brother Yang, what do you mean by that? You two have both come out of the west wing, and my father is the only one in the inner room. How come you said he was chatting with someone else? What do you mean by that?"
I was too lazy to explain and said with a smile: "Uncle Nangong, you have to believe me. Don't worry, Mr. Nangong is doing well now."
Seeing that I didn't explain the whole story, Nangong Zhenhua's face darkened.
But after looking at us, he shook his head again and sat back on the stone bench to smoke his pipe.
There was no sound from the west wing, and it was quiet outside. Everyone seemed to have agreed to remain silent.
Half an hour passed quickly.
I looked at my watch and saw that it was almost time, so I turned around and said, "Well, I'll go in first, and you guys come over later."
Seeing that I was acting mysteriously, Nangong Zhenhua suddenly stood up from the stone bench.
After knocking the ash from the big pipe on the stone table, Nangong Zhenhua asked me angrily, "Brother Yang, what is my father doing? You didn't tell me just now, but you have to tell me now. There are no outsiders here, so even if there are some things that are hard to say, you don't have to hide them until now."
Seeing that Nangong Zhenhua was really angry, I honestly told him about the meeting between Nangong Yang and Lu Sujie.
After hearing what I said, Nangong Zhenhua was very surprised and his face turned pale.
He looked at me and asked timidly, "So you are ghost hunters.
"That Lu Sujie has also become a ghost. Then, that... Lu Sujie, will she harm my father?"
I shook my head and said to Nangong Zhenhua, "Don't worry, nothing will happen. They are old acquaintances and they may have a lot to talk about."
Although Nangong Zhenhua was very unhappy, he didn't talk to me again.
Then I walked slowly towards the west wing and entered the house under the gaze of several people.
In the inner room, Nangong Yang and the female ghost Lu Sujie had almost finished their conversation.
Lu Sujie sat on the edge of the kang, her eyes full of satisfaction, while Nangong Yang always had a smile on his face.
Hearing the voice and seeing me enter the room, Nangong Yang put away the smile on his face.
He seemed helpless, he sighed, and said to Lu Sujie: "I really want to be with you for the rest of my life. But there is no way, you have become a ghost, I can't delay you any longer. Now Master Yang is here, Sujie, you should go to the underworld and reincarnate again."
Lu Sujie also felt reluctant to leave, tears welled up in her eyes and she cried softly.
After a while, Lu Sujie looked at me and asked, "Master Yang, do you still have that red umbrella?"
I nodded and said, "It's still there!" and took out the burnt and charred red oil umbrella from the cloth bag.
Taking the red oil umbrella, Lu Sujie's soul slowly approached Nangong Yang. She handed the red oil umbrella to Nangong Yang and said in a pleasant voice: "Nangong, this is the token you gave me. Now I return it to you. I hope it can leave you a memory. I am dead. We are different as humans and ghosts. We cannot stay together for long."
With tears in his eyes, Nangong Yang slowly took the red oil umbrella and reached out to stroke it gently.
The burnt red oil umbrella was like a child, held in Nangong Yang's arms.
Seeing that this was our final farewell, I said to them directly, "Well, now that things have come to this, your wishes have all been fulfilled. Lu Sujie, I will send you to the Yin-Yang Road now. If you are really destined to be together, perhaps you will meet again in the next life."
Lu Sujie nodded, and her soul hanging in the air bowed slightly to me.
Without any hesitation, I took out the soul-catching bell and chanted the mantra for rebirth.
Soon, a bright path appeared on the west wall of the inner room.
The path was enveloped by white light, and one could see through it, but most of what one saw was a gray haze. From time to time, some small black dots would appear in the gray haze, which were other ghosts or souls entering the Yin-Yang Road.
Gently looking back at Nangong Yang and biting her lip, Lu Sujie said to Nangong Yang lovingly: "Nangong, my eternal love. I will remember you!"
After saying that, Lu Sujie walked towards Yin Yang Road without looking back.
The Yin-Yang Road has a natural attraction for ghosts.
When Lu Sujie approached the Yin-Yang Road, the Yin-Yang Road directly sucked her soul into it.
After that, Lu Sujie's soul became smaller and smaller, and more and more faint, until it disappeared.
Nangong Yang slowly waved his hands and opened his mouth, wanting to shout, but no sound came out.
After more than ten seconds, the white light faded, the Yin-Yang Road disappeared, and the west wall of the inner room returned to its previous appearance.
"She left, she left... She left me after all!"
Nangong Yang looked at the red oil umbrella in his hand, his lips trembling slightly.
I comforted him, "Grandpa Nangong, as the saying goes, humans and ghosts have different paths. You may not be destined to be together in this life. But you were able to meet each other at the last moment, which can be regarded as a gift from God to you."
Nangong Yang nodded silently, and after a while, his face became a little more rosy, like a blooming flower. A smile appeared on his face, and it was so genuine and emotional.
Not long
, Nangong Zhenhua, my master Zhang Chu and a few others also entered the inner room of the west wing.
Seeing his father's face and the red umbrella in his hand, Nangong Zhenhua didn't say anything.
Now that Nangong Yang has been found and he has met Lu Sujie's ghost, our mission is accomplished.
We left without staying at Nangong's house. When we left, Nangong Zhenhua wanted to keep us at his house for dinner for some reason, but I refused.
As soon as I left the Nangong family, Nangong Yang's grandson and granddaughter-in-law came towards the house with his great-grandson. The three of them were talking and laughing, and they looked very happy.
We left without saying hello to them.
After leaving the village and getting on the waiting carriage, Xu Jiayin whispered, "This time, my trip was really worthwhile. I actually saw a ghost. If my fiancée Jiaojiao knew about this, she would be so jealous of me."
I curled my lips and said, "Remember what I said, don't tell others about ghosts."
Xu Jiayin quickly covered his mouth, his face full of embarrassment.
There was no problem on the way, and we returned to Longtan Town around two o'clock in the afternoon.
As soon as we arrived at Longtan Town, Xu Jiayin took a few of us to the best tavern in Longtan Town. He really wanted to treat us. It seemed that his previous promise was true. We didn't hesitate and followed Xu Jiayin.
But what embarrassed me was that Yuquan alone ate the amount of rice for three people, plus vegetables. He looked like a starving ghost. Fortunately, Xu Jiayin was a rich man and didn't need this little money.
At the dinner table, I asked my master when we were going to find his enemy.
My master took a sip of wine and said in a deep voice, "Tomorrow! Tomorrow we will rush to Baise City. That Ana lives in a village over there."
I nodded, and I also felt that this matter should be resolved. After all, my master's senior brother was killed by that Miao girl Ana.
Otherwise, this matter will become a lifelong knot in my master Zhang Chu's heart.
After three rounds of drinking, it was already past seven o'clock in the evening, and we returned to Longtan Inn.
Even though Xu Jiayin is very rich, we still spent more than 6,000 yuan. Four people ate more than 6,000 yuan of food, which really cost a lot of money.
I noticed that Xu Jiayin also looked painful when he paid.
But after I gave Xu Jiayin the two exorcist talismans, his face was full of smiles. He drunkenly put his arm around my shoulders and muttered, "It's worth it! It's worth it! I actually got the exorcist talisman of the ghost-catching Taoist priest. This is a good thing."
I thought, it's just a charm to ward off evil spirits, just two of them, look how beautiful they are...
After returning to Longtan Inn, we all went back to our rooms and went to sleep.
It was a peaceful night. I slept very well and didn't even have any dreams.
The next morning, we got up at around nine o'clock.
When I got up, I opened the door and saw my master Zhang Chu standing at the door smoking.
However, his eye bags were dark and his eyeballs were bloodshot.
"Master, why are you up so early? Why are your eye bags so dark? Didn't you sleep well last night?" I asked, yawning.
My master Zhang Chu looked up at me and said, "It's not that I didn't sleep well, it's that I didn't sleep at all. Maybe it's because I'm going to see that Ana again, I always feel uneasy in my heart."
I was just about to say something to comfort my master, but at this moment Xu Jiayin and his fiancée Chen Jiaojiao came over. They were also leaving Longtan Town today.
After breakfast, I said goodbye to Xu Jiayin and the other person, and then I, my master Zhang Chu, and the young monk Yuquan set off for Baise City.
PS: This volume is over.
(to be continued)
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