Although the journey was not far away, a few tosses along the way also took some time, and it was already evening when we arrived at that city. I got off the train and called Qin Yiheng, but the phone was still turned off, so I had no choice but to go straight to the house with Liu Zizi, wanting to meet Qin Yiheng first, and then make plans.
When I was in the car, I showed the address to the taxi driver and asked a few questions. The location of this house is not to mention really good. Although it is not in the city center, it is also on the side of the main road in the city. It is very convenient to go anywhere. There is also a nationally famous university next to it, and the environment and location are ideal. However, to my surprise, this house is not a haunted house. Not only is it not murderous, but there are people living there. After knocking on the door, it was an old lady who opened the door for us. She was not young, but she looked very energetic. I directly stated the purpose and asked her if she wanted to sell the house. The old lady nodded and let us into the house.
Qin Yiheng hadn't come yet at this time, so I thought maybe he was delayed for some reason, but I'm already here, so I'll briefly ask about the situation of the house first, so that I can save some time when Qin Yiheng arrives.
The old lady spoke in an unhurried manner, and she looked quite reserved, saying that the old couple lived in this house before. But his wife passed away a while ago, and her children are all abroad, so she plans to sell the house and go abroad to live with her children, so that not only will she not have to look at things and think about others, but she will also have someone to rely on in her later years. I got up and walked around the house. The layout of three bedrooms and two halls is about 140 square meters by visual estimation. Although the decoration is not luxurious, it is elegant. After a brief look around, I was quite satisfied with the orientation and apartment type, so I sat down and asked the old lady the price.
The old lady offered a very cheap price. I was a little tempted at the time, but after thinking about it, I felt that Qin Yiheng asked me to come to this house. I am afraid it is not so easy to pick up the leaks, so I asked the old lady directly if there is any problem with the house. . The old lady hesitated for a while, and said that there is actually no major problem with this house, but if she wants to buy it, she hopes to add a condition in the contract, that is, she can only live in it by herself, and the bedrooms inside must remain the same forever.
Her condition is too harsh. To put it bluntly, it means that I bought this house and just smashed it into my hands. I asked the old lady why she had such a request.
When asked, the old lady's eyes turned red, and she pointed to the back room and said, their old man has not left, and he is still in that bedroom, and she doesn't want to leave either, but staying here all the time is not an option, and she is not No one is allowed to touch the bedroom inside, but their old man has a very bad temper, and he will throw things in it from time to time, smashing a teacup or something every now and then. If you don't throw things for him, he will go back and forth in the night Pacing, walking can walk all night. She also felt sorry for her wife's tiredness, so she could only send a few cups in for preparation if there was nothing to do. She was afraid that she would scare others. After all, this was her wife, and she couldn't bear to scare anyone.
I thought to myself, is this not a big problem? It's not obvious that it's haunted. But from what the old lady said, apart from throwing a few cups, that thing doesn't seem to have any great abilities, but no matter how capable it is, it's still a trouble, so I hesitated to wait for Qin Yiheng to come over before making a long-term plan. I didn't expect Cripple Liu to be quite bold , directly asked the old lady to take us into the bedroom inside to have a look, and I followed behind.
The bedroom is quite clean, one wall has been turned into a big bookcase, which is basically full of books, and as the old lady said, there are several cups on the small bedside table next to the bed. In fact, I didn't feel any discomfort when I entered this room, but Lie Zi frowned as if he felt something.
After roughly looking at it, the three of us withdrew. Cripple Liu asked the old lady a question, how did the old man die
The old lady opened up the conversation now, so I will give a brief overview. Generally speaking, the old man is a professor in the university. He has two hobbies in his life, one is research and learning, and the other is playing chess. After retirement Well, I basically put all my energy on playing chess. From time to time, I always bring some chess friends home to play tricks, and I can play for a day at a time. Just half a month before his death, he may have met a person with a particularly superb chess skill. The old man dragged that person home to play chess every day, and he was still unsatisfied at the end of each time. After coming down so many times, the old man's body probably couldn't hold on anymore, and he had a heart attack one night, so he just left. The old man was sleeping next to her at the time, and she didn't even know he was dead, but she found out when she woke up in the morning, and when she pushed the old man, her body stiffened.
After hearing what the old lady said, I was also confused, he should be considered to be dead, logically speaking, he should have to go to reincarnation. I habitually turned my head to look at Qin Yiheng, but to no avail, I only saw Liu Laizi with a confused expression on his face.
Seeing that the matter has come to this point, I can only wait for Qin Yiheng to come to solve it, so I made an appointment with the old lady for the next day and told her that if someone with long hair comes to look for it, just say we have been here and let her He called me. After leaving the door, Cripple Liu smacked in confusion, and I asked him what was wrong. Liu Laizi said that he felt that this matter might be a bit strange, because when we went to see the bedroom just now, there was a wall of books. Strictly speaking, books can ward off evil spirits, because the words are all upright. That's why libraries are usually very clean places. In this way, it must be unreasonable for the old man's ghost to stay in that bedroom.
Although Liu Laizi doesn't know how to do it, what he said makes people feel that there is some truth. It should be true that words can ward off evil spirits, otherwise, how could the characters written on the talisman paper have the effect of exorcising evil spirits? But neither of us knew much about metaphysics and alchemy, and we couldn't discuss it, so we had to find a hotel to stay. I didn't sleep very well, and I was always worried about missing calls from Qin Yiheng. I fell asleep and woke up until dawn, but he still didn't hear from him.
If Qin Yiheng doesn't come, there's no way to buy this house. Now, I am in a very awkward situation, I should go back, I am afraid that he will come, and the two of us will miss it; if I don't go back, I can only wait here.
Liu Laizi suggested that I wait a little longer, and at worst, we can go to that house to ask more details, maybe we can find a solution, because many times these strange things don’t need to be solved with the help of alchemy, the old man has not left, it is probably nostalgia holding something. When I thought about it, what he said made sense. Didn’t the previous official of the Qing Dynasty also refuse to reincarnate because of the imperial decree? Maybe there are things in their house that the old man can't let go.
So, the two of us went to the house again. On the way, I was thinking, if the old man is in love with their old lady, then this matter will be completely dead.
The old lady is also hospitable, and she is probably too bored by herself. We sat down and chatted nonchalantly, and we talked about playing chess. The old lady couldn't help talking about how obsessed their old man was with this game, and said that now the old man's chess set is empty. It's been moved, and it's still in the bedroom.
After listening to it, I thought about it. Could it be that the old man is nostalgic for that former chess friend? It must be that he hadn’t played before, so he asked the old lady casually if there was any news about that chess friend. Who knew that after the old lady finished speaking, my head buzzed, because she said that the chess friend hadn’t played since the old man died. She hadn't been here before, and she couldn't contact him, and no one even knew his last name, only that their old man called that person Xiaoliuzi, because that person was Liuzhi.
I thought, I might know why Qin Yiheng asked me to come and see this house, and he must have received the news through some means before. But now that he's not here, it's tricky.
I wanted to discuss it with Liu Zhizi, but he didn't even know the origin of Liuzhi and me. I didn't have a clue for a while, so I had to take a look in the bedroom inside during the day. Sure enough, there was still a pair of Chess should be made of wood. It looks exquisitely crafted, and the price is probably not cheap. I didn't dare to touch it with my hands, so I could only observe it closely. Suddenly, a cup broke behind me, which shocked me.
The old lady ran over from the living room in a hurry, and while cleaning up the broken glass skillfully, she reminded us not to touch the chess set, saying that maybe the old man played half of the chess game with someone before, and the old man would be very upset if he moved. .
Although I was still in shock, I felt that things had some clues, and the problem probably came from this chess game. Although I am not proficient in chess, I can still take a rough look. On the chessboard, the red side has basically been killed by the black side and there is no way out. I guess the old man should hold the red side's piece. No wonder he is still so depressed after his death. He basically lost this game.
I told my conjecture to Liu Zhizi, Liu Zhizi's eyes lit up, and told me that he could always hear about alchemy and gods and gods before, but this time he really met him. I am willing to give it a try.
I asked him, how to try
Cripple Liu posted it and said to me mysteriously, let's come over at night and continue playing this game of chess with the old man. Wouldn't it be over if we deliberately lost to him