Zheng Jun and I stood on one side, I on the left and she on the right. This was also what Master Zhao Juan told me. When we put on makeup, I would start on the left and Zheng Jun would start on the right. And it would be like this every time. We couldn't stand in the opposite direction. As for what would happen, Zhao Juan said, this is the rule. If you want to know what will happen, just try it yourself. I don't want to try it, and I don't think Zheng Jun wants to try it either.
We watched the master busying himself, working very quickly and efficiently.
More than two hours later, the man looked the same as in the photo, full of life, as if he had just fallen asleep. Zhao Juan let out a long breath and washed her hands many times in the basin beside her.
We came out and the man said, holding a bag wrapped in white paper.
"Thanks."
Zhao Juan didn't take it, so I took it and handed the bag to Zhao Juan. Zhao Juan opened the bag, threw away the white paper, and divided the money into two pieces, one thousand each.
"I don't want it. I don't work."
"You'll get the money if you see it."
Zheng Jun and I took it. Zhao Juan said so, so we didn't dare not take it. There were many rules that we didn't know about. The masters here all have strange tempers. Zhao Juan's temper is the best here and the kindest, but it cannot be said that she has no temper.
I went back and called Yinyan, but the call was not connected. I went to her house, but she was not there. It was really strange. Where had she gone? One of her arms was broken.
I waited for more than two hours, but Yinyan still didn't come back. I called her dozens of times, but she couldn't get through. I thought, maybe she went to the housing supply office? I broke out in a cold sweat. Yinyan has her own ideas about everything. Master Zhou said that Yinyan has been like this since she was a child. She never discusses anything with others. This is also why Master Zhou doesn't like Yinyan.
I drove to the crematorium and the gatekeeper said that Yinyan had been there for two hours. I hurried into Yinyan's office, but there was no one there, so she must have gone to the memorial service.
The crematorium was very quiet in the afternoon, with no one else there.
I came out of the office and unexpectedly saw mourning white. It was Mao Xiaoli. Today was the day she wore mourning white. Why was she still in the crematorium
I walked over, she said.
"Follow me into the office."
I followed Mao Xiaoli into the office.
"I knew you would come. Yinyan went to the housing agency. I'm here to help you. You know why. I hope I can get back to work as soon as possible. I'll take you to the housing agency now. I hope nothing will happen."
Mao Xiaoli changed out of her mourning white clothes and wore all black, so black that I was shocked.
"You don't have to be surprised. In the future, you will also have a set of black clothes. All the old people here have a set of black clothes. The longer you stay here, the more things will happen and the bigger the trouble will be. So this black clothes are necessary, just like a warrior's armor."
I don't know, no one has told me, and I haven't seen anyone wearing it. Mao Xiaoli wearing dead-black clothes makes me feel that something is not good.
When we got to the offering room, it was already dark. The door was open or half open. Inside were offerings of fruits, tablets, and tablets for ghosts. Looking at them made me feel uneasy.
Yinyan was not here, but Mao Xiaoli picked up something from the ground and handed it to me.
"It's a head flower, worn by Yinyan."
"It seems that Yinyan has gone in."
"here… "
This altar room is more than one meter high, with things placed inside. It is only half a meter wide, so people have to stay inside. But there are no silver swallows inside. This is impossible. I was stunned again.
"Follow me in a moment. Stay with me. Don't talk. No matter what you see, I will take you to find Yinyan. If we can't find her, we will get out. Stay with me. Don't get lost. Don't plan to stay in there."
I was completely stupefied. It was impossible for two people to enter such a big house. Mao Xiaoli was obviously playing with me. Even if I didn't want to cut my skin for you, you wouldn't play with me like this. I'm not a three-year-old child.
Mao Xiaoli saw through my thoughts and ignored me. She bent down and went in. She was so quick that I couldn't see Mao Xiaoli anymore. I hesitated and followed her in. After entering, I stood there motionless. It was a street, a gray street. Everything here was gray and black, no other colors. I looked at my clothes and they had turned gray. I believe this must be another world, or a world of ghosts, or souls, or some other world. People will go to another world after they die. What kind of world you go to depends on what you did in your previous life. I believe it.
I followed Mao Xiaoli. There were people walking on the street, but no one noticed us. I couldn't tell whether it was day or night here. It was just black and gray.
Mao Xiaoli was walking in front and I followed. She looked around and saw houses, wells, and even carriages. The flowers on them were also black or gray.
We hadn't stopped for more than two hours. I was thirsty, so I walked to the well and wanted to drink some water. Mao Xiaoli came over and glared at me. I knew that the water was not drinkable. It seemed that we were not allowed to talk here.
Four hours later, Mao Xiaoli entered a room, closed the door and spoke in a low voice.
"I can't find her. I can't sense Yinyan's location. She must have been led here by some ghost. This ghost is very powerful, so I can't sense her. If we go back for more than five hours, we will be in trouble."
Mao Xiaoli walked into the room and said as she stood in front of a door.
"Follow me."
She opened the room, went in, and came out, and it was the crematorium. I looked back at the altar room, my heart was in chaos. I went to another world, a gray and black world.
"What world is that?"
"The world of ghosts. After a person dies, some people will go to this world. Remember, from now on, within 24 hours, you cannot eat anything or drink water, otherwise your soul will leave your body."
I wanted to ask something else, but Mao Xiaoli had already left. I went home, sat on the sofa, and turned on the TV. It was already midnight, and I felt like I was in a dream. Everything that had just happened was not reality, but just a dream.
I fell asleep and when I woke up it was daylight.
I went to work, changed my clothes, and went into the dressing room. Zheng Jun was already there, but Master Zhao had not arrived yet.
"You didn't sleep well?"
I nodded and didn't want to talk.
I pushed the deceased in on a hearse and carried him to the bed. Then Master Zhao came in and sat down to drink tea.
She always looked at me and not at the work in my hands, and I felt it too. Until noon, when she said she wanted to go out for dinner, I knew I couldn't eat, and twenty-four hours hadn't passed until midnight.
"I have something to do."
After I finished speaking, Master Zhao stood up and said.
"Come to my office, Zheng Jun, you go home."
I followed Master Zhao into the office and she locked the door.
"You have a special smell on you. It comes from another place. Where have you been?"
"I just stayed at home."
I don't want to tell Master Zhao.
"I'm an old hand here. I'll retire after I'm done with you. I'm afraid there are some things you can't hide from me."
I thought about it and told her. Zhao Juan looked at the teacup. After I finished speaking, she stood up after a long time and walked to the window to speak.
"Your father was like that too. You and your father are both extremely yin people. This may be your fate. Only extremely yin people like you can go to that world. Going to that world to see your relatives is just like seeing your father."
I stood up immediately.
"Can I see my father?"
"Yes, but you have to know which world he went to. There's nothing strange about it. A wizard can do that. Pull the Yang into the Yin."
My hands were shaking. Could I see my father? Could I? I didn’t know. What kind of world did my father go to? I had no idea.
"Okay, go back and remember, don't eat or drink."
I was stunned for a moment. It seemed that Zhao Juan understood everything. Maybe she had been to another world.
I walked to the door and opened it, Zhao Juan said.
"Remember, don't go to the other world next time. After all, they are two worlds. If you can't come back, it will be a troublesome thing."
"There's something I haven't told you. Yinyan is over there."
Zhao Juan stared at me for a long time and said.
"Then you have to find Master Zhou. She is her granddaughter. It would be wrong if you didn't tell her about this. Besides, Master Zhou turned out to be a refiner."
I thought about it and left. I went to Master Zhou's house. As soon as I sat down, Zhang Xiaoxue came back and jumped towards me when she saw me.
"Brother Mingzhe."
"Xiaoxue, come in, I want to talk to Mingzhe about something."
I told him what happened, and Master Zhou thought for a long time before speaking.
"This girl has been like this since she was a child, disobedient. Now she has gone to another world. I don't know what she is going to do?"
"She said that her abnormal behavior was because something in the other world was tempting her, so she wanted to go there."
Master Zhou did not say what method would be used to save Yinyan.
"Since she's gone, there's a way for her to come back. You don't have to worry."
"But… "
Master Zhou waved his hand. That day, I went home and called Yinyan, but still couldn't get through. I thought, if Yinyan doesn't come back tomorrow night, I will go to the fortress. No matter what, I will find Yinyan.
The next day at work, I told Master Zhao about this matter. Her intention was not to let me go, but Yinyan should go instead. However, she has her own way. No matter what, don't mess around. There are too many things I don't understand.
After get off work, I didn't leave and waited until dark. Looking at the location of the memorial room, I found that it was the passage to another world. This was something I could never have imagined. Before I came to the crematorium, I had heard that there were wormholes in this world, or passages to another space or world, but ordinary people couldn't find them. I didn't believe it at all, and no one would believe it. But now I have to believe it. It seems that this thing is completely true.
I called Mao Xiaoli.
"Sister Mao, what should we do about Yinyan? I'm worried."
"I'm thinking of a way. There is another way. I can find Yinyan instead of paying for the house. And this method is the most direct."
"Then find Yinyan."
"Come over here and I'll tell you."
When I went to Mao Xiaoli's house, I always found that there was a weird atmosphere in her house, perhaps because of psychological reasons.
There was a new painting in Mao Xiaoli's house. I took a look at it and frowned. This painting was the same as the one hanging in the private room of Xilai Hotel. In that painting, I saw a face and then it disappeared. I stared at the painting.
"An ordinary painting."
Mao Xiaoli said something and poured me some tea.
"Go to another world through a strange dream and find Yinyan. She can see you and hear you, but she doesn't really exist. You have to persuade her to come back. This is the only way."
A strange dream? I don't understand, not at all. Someone knocked on the door, Mao Xiaoli opened it, and it turned out to be Sergeant Lin. I was stunned for a moment, and he was also stunned when he saw me, and came in and sat down. I thought Mao Xiaoli was looking for Sergeant Lin, the Feng Shui master, who was actually a ghost breeder.
"Sister Mao, what do you want from me?"
When Sergeant Lin asked, Mao Xiaoli told him about Yinyan. He hesitated for a long time before speaking.
"This can be done, but I have one condition."
Mao Xiaoli stood up and said.
"You still dare to put forward conditions? If you don't live, I can agree to it."
"I'm kidding, but not today. My ghost is out of control. I can't come back until tomorrow."
"Then tomorrow after dark."
Sergeant Lin looked at me, smiled and left. That smile made me feel scared.
I knew that Sergeant Lin used ghosts, so I was worried. Mao Xiaoli said, there is no problem at all, he dare not do anything to you, if he dares, he will die faster than you. Now it seems that no matter whether I live or die, I have to find Yinyan. There has been no news about Yinyan, it seems that she has not come out yet. If this goes on, I am afraid she will never come back. If she doesn't come back in seven days, she will be stuck between the two worlds forever, neither human nor ghost. This is how it is. (To be continued)