The Dafu branch has not had much business recently, but many Tianshi have come here to seek their favor. Some want to join the branch, but they fail the basic assessment. Some people think that it is safe to cooperate with people from the Dafu branch, so they discuss cooperation with them to take orders. Chen Yang also refused, because except for orders above three stars, when there is a shortage of manpower, they need to cooperate with Tianshi outside the branch, and there is no shortage of manpower so far.
Besides, the most they came to the branch to seek cooperation was a three-star order, so they naturally refused. Although they didn't mind the difficulty of the order, they didn't want to spend money and work hard and then have to share the reward with others in the end.
Chen Yang looked down from the window. Ma Shanfeng and Du Shuo were sitting at the stone table in the courtyard, drinking tea and enjoying the breeze. At this time, the sky was full of sunset glow, as brilliant as brocade and satin. Ma Shanfeng had thrown a few koi in the lotus pond in the courtyard two days ago. From time to time, they would shake their tails to disturb the calmness of the water surface and make some noise. There were other flowers and plants planted in the courtyard, which were usually taken care of by Ma Shanfeng.
Ma Shanfeng spent a lot of time tending to the flowers and plants, watering them regularly and loosening the soil. He remembered the habits of each type of flower and plant. With his careful attention, they naturally grew very pleasingly. Sometimes, residents nearby would pass by the gate and come in to admire the flowers and plants inside. Sometimes they would ask for one or two pots, but Ma Shanfeng would not let them take them unless he exchanged them.
This method eliminates the desire of some people who want flowers to grow well but don't know how to grow them, and occasionally people who love flowers will take good care of them. Gradually, the variety of flowers in the courtyard increased, becoming the feature of the branch. The nearby residents smelled the fragrance of flowers and came over to find that there was such a street office in Shenchun Community.
The Shenchun Subdistrict Office is not in the community, so when they knew there was a subdistrict office here, nearby residents would come to the bureau to find people when they had problems. Ma Shanfeng and others were very annoyed, so they replaced the iron sheet with a lot of loopholes and a fake one with the Dafu Branch of Shenchun West Community.
I'm sorry to tell you what the specific job is.
Du Shuo suddenly looked up and met Chen Yang's eyes upstairs, so he waved to him to come down. Chen Yang smiled and turned to go downstairs. Seeing Zhang Qiudao playing games on his mobile phone downstairs, he said casually: "Zhang Qiudao, have you given up on upgrading the Five Thunder Scripture?"
Zhang Qiudao said without even looking up: "The Taoist Association has made it clear that they will not allow me to be promoted in the next two years."
"Why?"
"The rules of the Heavenly Master world state that without merit, one cannot be promoted. Even if one passes the test, one must have outstanding merit. It takes eight years for Mengwei to be promoted to Five Thunders, and I have only completed six years. Unless I make special contributions within this year and the Taoist Association grants me an exception for promotion. Otherwise, there is no need to consider promotion within two years." That's why he was playing games in frustration.
"Hasn't your accumulated merit been enough?"
"Not enough. I have only accepted two-star orders before. Originally, if I completed the order in the uninhabited village, the accumulated merits would be enough." Unfortunately, it failed.
Chen Yang nodded to express his regret, and then went out. In the courtyard corridor, he bumped into Kou Xuanling, who was holding a peach wood sword and frowning. When Kou Xuanling saw Chen Yang, he pulled him and said solemnly: "Director Chen, please take care of the security issues of our branch. My private life has been disturbed recently, and I am very troubled."
This incident was caused by the flowers raised by Ma Shanfeng. The flowers were the cause, but the subsequent developments were beyond everyone's expectations. Kou Xuanling would dance with swords in the courtyard in the early morning and evening after offering sacrifices to the ancestors. The gate was closed and few people passed by the door, so no one saw it.
Later, it became lively, and some young people came. I happened to see Kou Xuanling wearing a silk Taoist robe and dancing with a sword. His sword moves were beautiful and powerful, not just for show. In addition, Kou Xuanling was good-looking, and his silent and silent appearance, combined with the Taoist robe, made him look like an abstinent Taoist priest. The young people recorded a video and posted it online, and many young people came to watch under the guise of being a Taoist priest.
Chen Yang lamented that beauty is a curse, and then said that the branch budget is not enough. Besides, this is a personal problem, not a work problem. He rejected Kou Xuanling's proposal and said, "They are just curious, and they will be quiet after a while. After all, you are now a moderate internet celebrity, and internet celebrities are easily out of fashion. Trust me. Otherwise, why don't you cancel the sword dance in the evening?"
Kou Xuanling frowned: "No. After offering sacrifices to the ancestor, you must dance with the sword. The ancestor will be unhappy if he can't see it."
"Okay." Chen Yang was helpless: "We can't raise the wall. A high wall is a sign of poverty. We can't drive all the people away. After all, they will use drones to take pictures."
Yes, drone photography. There happened to be a girl who was obsessed with Kou Xuanling's beauty and abstinence. She was a member of the university's drone club. Sometimes when she needed to hand in club assignments, she would bring her drone to take aerial photos.
Kou Xuanling frowned and stared at Chen Yang for a long while: "Why don't they take pictures of you?" Chen Yang is obviously better looking than him. They also didn't take pictures of Du Shuo and Zhang Qiudao, they also look good.
Chen Yang walked past Kou Xuanling and said lightly, "Because we hid after we noticed the secret filming, the other party couldn't take any pictures even if they wanted to."
Kou Xuanling didn't know that the Dafu Branch was famous on the Internet. Netizens all knew that there was a small building in a certain community with an extremely beautiful courtyard, like a pastoral building. Just watching the video made me feel relaxed and happy. What's more, the people in it were handsome and had outstanding temperament. Although I don't know why I couldn't get rid of people other than Kou Xuanling when filming.
Originally, no other people's faces appeared in the video, and netizens only licked the screen for the abstinent Taoist priest. The uploader vowed to ensure that all the personnel were handsome and beautiful, even the middle-aged uncle was a handsome uncle, with an inexplicable immortal style and a sense of being a hermit. Later, more and more people affirmed the uploader and left comments. The impression of the branch is that the appearance is good, but the face is not clear.
"You guys?" Kou Xuanling was shocked: "You guys didn't tell me?"
"No. We all thought you knew, but we were embarrassed to reject their enthusiasm. So we let them take pictures even though it bothered us. We appreciate your kindness and won't remind you."
Kou Xuanling was holding his breath and couldn't speak. He had never thought of this. The Heavenly Master had so many spells, and it was very easy to use a spell to affect the video shooting to solve his problem. Kou Xuanling was honest and didn't think of this method at all. Others in the branch were also malicious and didn't tell him actively.
Zhang Qiudao heard their conversation, and when Kou Xuanling came in, he glanced at him and sneered. Kou Xuanling heard it and held his breath even more. The new colleagues were too unfriendly. The abstinent Taoist priest Kou Xuanling silently complained while offering incense to the ancestor.
Chen Yang sat down next to Du Shuo, with Ma Shanfeng beside him. Du Shuo poured him a cup of tea, but Chen Yang thought it was bitter and wanted to refuse. Du Shuo said, "Four Seasons Health Tea, not bitter."
Chen Yang looked at Ma Shanfeng, who smiled and said, "Don't drink tea before meals, you can only drink some health tea." Then he picked up the cup and took a sip. It was sweet but acceptable.
Du Shuo pinched the back of Chen Yang's neck: "Are you still dizzy?"
Chen Yang shook his head: "I just got up a little bit and stood at the window for a while. Now I drink tea to wake myself up." He took a nap today and felt a little dizzy after sleeping. Du Shuo asked if he would feel dizzy again. He drank two sips of tea and said: "I will cook later. What did you buy today?"
Ma Shanfeng: "Zhang Qiudao and Kou Xuanling went to buy it. One of them likes chicken thighs and the other likes fish. Plus, Mao Xiaoli likes meat, so they bought a lot of pork belly. They only bought a few vegetables, and they only bought them reluctantly after I told them to."
He shook his head. Young people like to eat meat but not vegetables. It is not good to be picky. Vegetables are good for health. It is better to eat more vegetables. Deputy Director Ma thought so and did not notice that he liked to stare at the fragrant meat when he had dinner. Speaking of it, there was only one person in the branch who really liked to eat vegetables. He preferred vegetarian food to meat.
At this time, the sound of bicycle bells came from the door. Chen Yang looked up and saw Mao Xiaoli riding her Little Phoenix bicycle rushing in. She braked suddenly and stopped in front of several people, then dropped the bicycle and ran over: "Hello, Uncle Ma, Brother Chen, Brother Du." After saying hello, she took the tea handed over by Ma Shanfeng and drank it in one gulp.
Chen Yang: "Is school over?"
"Every time Brother Chen asks me this, I feel like a high school student." Mao Xiaoli, who is actually a sophomore, sat down and said, "I don't have classes in the afternoon, so I go to join the club. I've said before that I'm joining the news club. In my spare time, in addition to selling talismans, I also have to interview if there is big news in the school, and I have to bring my junior brothers and sisters with me."
"By the way, last time I mentioned that someone in school saw a cat worshiping the moon, do you remember, Brother Chen?"
Chen Yang nodded: "Didn't you say the talks broke down?" Last time, Mao Xiaoli proposed to the school leaders to find a celestial master, and the talks were almost going well, but then they broke down again. The reason was that a certain school leader resolutely canceled the plan after learning about it, and dismissed ghosts and gods as nonsense. The matter was left unresolved.
"Now the rumor about there being a cat demon in the school has resurfaced, causing panic among the people."
Ma Shanfeng became interested and asked, "What's going on?"
Mao Xiaoli: "Last night, a girl was running in the playground. She took a shortcut back to the dormitory at around 10:30 and was attacked. Her neck was cut and bleeding. I heard from the students behind her that they heard a cat's cry in the distance, which was particularly shrill and creepy. I ran over to see that the girl had fallen to the ground and was unconscious. She was sent to the hospital and is still unconscious. An eyewitness said that he saw cat claw marks on the girl's neck. Combined with the last cat worshiping the moon incident, the rumor that the cat demon killed people is now spreading around the school."
Ma Shanfeng seemed to be thinking: "A demon." Then he shook his head: "It's not easy to become a demon. Most of those who can become demons have great opportunities. Only fools would not cherish the opportunity and commit murder."
Since ancient times, it has been difficult for plants and animals to become demons, as there are many restrictions. Even if they have spiritual intelligence, it is difficult to have great luck, which requires great opportunities. Once you get a great opportunity, you must cherish it. How can you commit the sin of killing in vain
"I only know that there is a demon who has lived in Changbai Mountain for decades and has never come down. He concentrates on cultivation and occasionally rescues travelers who get lost in Changbai Mountain. Later, he was affectionately called the God of Changbai Mountain." Ma Shanfeng said: "Anyway, it is unlikely that the cat demon would kill people."
Mao Xiaoli: "Could it be man-made? But there are indeed cat claw marks, and some people have seen cats worshiping the moon. Speaking of which, cats are psychic, and they have strong demonic natures. They believe in the moon and can open their spiritual orifices through worshiping the moon."
Ma Shanfeng: "Cats hold grudges and love revenge. You should check whether that girl did something immoral to torture a cat and was being retaliated against."
Mao Xiaoli shook her head, "Impossible. The path that girl took is the famous lychee garden of the school, which is full of fruit trees. There are many wild cats in the garden, and many stray cats nearby have settled there and given birth to many kittens. Many students love cats and often bring cat food in small bowls. That girl is one of the cat lovers and often goes there to feed and pet the cats. She took the path that night to feed the cats, but there are no street lights in the lychee garden, so it is not easy to be discovered if someone hides there. Maybe it was a murder and the cats in the lychee garden were blamed."
Chen Yang asked: "So now the truth hasn't come out yet, but the news of the cat demon harming people has spread around the school?"
"Yes. So I have to find out the truth, or at least suppress the rumor. I'm worried that if it continues, the school will get rid of the cats in Liyuan. Because now some parents who have heard the rumor have begun to ask the school to get rid of the cats, and some students who are afraid of cats have also made these requests. There are so many cats in Liyuan, how to deal with them? They are used to freedom, and if they are sent to the shelter, they will definitely escape halfway and wander around."
Although Mao Xiaoli is not a cat lover, she couldn't bear to kill all the cats in the Litchi Garden. Some of the cats grew up in the Litchi Garden and the Litchi Garden is their home. It would be inhumane to drive them out of their homes.
Du Shuo suddenly spoke up: "Cats are hard to tame, they are treacherous and cunning, and they will take revenge for any slight, so it is difficult for cats to become demons."
Chen Yang was surprised that Du Shuo used so many bad adjectives in a row, which showed that he didn't like cats. However, cats are psychic, and are often associated with treacherous and deceitful supernatural events. For those who love cats, cats are their sweethearts. For those who don't love cats, cats are the most annoying animals. Moreover, whether it is cats worshiping the moon or cats communicating with spirits, they are not the right way, no wonder Du Shuo doesn't like it.
“People often refer to cat demons, but in fact they are cat ghosts, also known as cat poison.”
Mao Xiaoli was surprised: "What is this?"
However, Du Shuo stopped answering, and Mao Xiaoli turned to look at Chen Yang. Chen Yang answered: "Cat ghost, literally means the ghost of a cat. It is also called cat poison, which means literally. It uses the ghost of a cat to make an animal poison, which is a very evil magic. It is often used to harm people, and once harmed, they will die. After the cat poison is successfully made, it is usually used to steal money from other people's homes. The evil of cat poison magic lies in the fact that it takes away money and lives first."
In other words, if a cat ghost was sent to a certain household to steal money, it had to kill the household first before taking the money. Cat ghosts were extremely prevalent during the Sui and Tang dynasties, and many households secretly raised cat ghosts. The cat ghost incidents in the Sui and Tang dynasties caused chaos in the court, and the biggest incidents occurred during the reigns of Emperor Yang of Sui and Emperor Gaozong of Tang. Emperor Yang of Sui implicated thousands of households in the capital in order to kill the cat ghost incident. During the reign of Emperor Gaozong of Tang, laws were directly promulgated, strictly prohibiting people in the capital from raising cat ghosts, and those who were found would be killed directly.
However, after the Sui and Tang dynasties, there were fewer reports of large-scale cat ghost incidents. However, many ancient books recorded cat ghosts, cats worshipping the moon, and cat ghosts harming people, and the images of cats in those records tended to be terrifying.
"Those who raise cat ghosts must first kill old cats and then refine the cat ghosts. Every midnight, they must provide for them and order the cat ghosts to steal money for them. It is a very vicious witchcraft. The longer a cat lives, the easier it is to open up, but that's just opening up. It's easy to become a spirit, but it's hard to become a demon." Chen Yang turned around and asked Du Shuo, "But why did you suddenly mention cat ghosts?"
Du Shuo: "It suddenly occurred to me."
Chen Yang didn't believe that he would suddenly think of it and bring it up. But if he asked now, he probably wouldn't tell him. "I'll go cook." After saying that, he got up and went to the kitchen.
Mao Xiaoli also stood up and decided to go to the school's Litchi Garden to check it out at night. She went to prepare her things first and then went into the house.
Ma Shanfeng took a sip of tea and said, "I remember that there was a Mao ghost incident in Chengji County, and many people died."
Chengji County is in Tianshui, Gansu. Mao Guishen is also called Mao Guishen. It is a folk belief in northwest Gansu, Qinghai and other places. It is worshipped as the God of Wealth and is regarded as an evil god by the righteous. There are many Mao Guishen relics in Chengji County. Mao Guishen and Mao Gu have the same purpose. They both seek wealth, but the source is not right, they move other people's property and harm other people's lives.
Before he became the deputy director of the branch, Ma Shanfeng had been to Chengji County to solve a murder case. That time, someone raised a furry ghost and sent a cat ghost to move property. He was greedy and killed many people and continued to do evil. The scary thing was that the person who raised the furry ghost was a famous entrepreneur and philanthropist in China. Ma Shanfeng teamed up with other heavenly masters, and the case was solved only after two heavenly masters died.
Because the people who raised the fur ghosts were cunning, and the cat ghosts were even more cunning, they were played with again and again. After that, Ma Shanfeng was transferred to the position of branch director and no longer went on missions. So strictly speaking, Ma Shanfeng didn't have a good impression of the cat ghosts.
Du Shuo responded calmly: "Yeah."
No further statement was made.
Ma Shanfeng smiled, said nothing, and drank his tea quietly.
After a long while, Du Shuo said, "Yangyang is young and inconsiderate. Please take care of him."
"They are all members of the branch, and it is my duty to take care of them." Ma Shanfeng replied with a smile, and made his attitude clear. He was the one who took the orders in the branch before, and he would be responsible for eliminating orders that were beyond the ability of everyone in the branch, and try to ensure that everyone who took the orders would not be in danger of life.
But recently he has decided to let go and let others choose their own orders. He can't choose for the rest of his life. The young people have to choose for themselves. Gradually they will learn how to protect themselves better. Ma Shanfeng said: "Director Chen has unlimited potential. He may be more capable than you think."
Du Shuo didn't respond, and didn't take it seriously. Chen Yang was naturally the best in his heart, but it was impossible for him to completely let go and let him grow.
After dinner, Mao Xiaoli ran back to her room and fiddled with it for a while before secretly pulling Chen Yang: "I'm going to wait in the Liyuan Garden of the school. Do you want to go too, Brother Chen?"
Chen Yang shook his head: "No."
Mao Xiaoli: "Aren't you interested in cat ghosts?"
Of course Chen Yang was not interested, but thinking about Du Shuo's attitude towards cats, he quickly changed his mind: "Then go."
Mao Xiaoli's university is not far from the branch office, and it only takes more than 40 minutes to get there by bike. Chen Yang took a shared bike to go with Mao Xiaoli, and said goodbye to Du Shuo when they left.
When the two entered the school, Mao Xiaoli told the guard at the door, and the guard did not check their student cards. After entering, Mao Xiaoli said: "Normally, we don't check so strictly. After the incident last night, the school leaders are more inclined to believe that the murderer sneaked in from outside."
To be honest, only young people would believe that cat demons kill people. Young people are quick to accept things, and they are more afraid of chaos in the world. Cat demons only spread among young people. The school leaders still don't believe it, but in order to calm people's hearts, they may ask for a celestial master.
Liyuan is far from the school gate, and it took half an hour to see it by bicycle. They followed the path the victim had taken, parked their bicycles at the intersection of Liyuan Road, turned on the flashlight, and checked as they walked.
Chen Yang: "There are no street lights."
Mao Xiaoli: "In fact, the school has always emphasized that students should not rush to take the small path, and there are trees and hillsides around, so installing street lights is too troublesome."
The two walked in and occasionally heard one or two cats meowing. Chen Yang paused: "Didn't you say that there were cats in Liyuan? Why did I only hear one or two cats meowing?"
Mao Xiaoli was stunned for a moment: "It seems so. How about going to take a look?"
Chen Yang shook his head: "Let's go check out the place where he was killed first."
"Not far ahead."
After walking for about five minutes, we finally arrived at the murder site. Warning strips were hung around the area. White lines were drawn on the ground according to the victim's location, and there were also bloodstains that had not dried on the stone slabs. It looked quite eerie.
Because of the death, no one walked on this path in Liyuan tonight, and it seemed particularly quiet. At the same time, there were no street lights, and even the moonlight was blocked by the branches and leaves of the trees, so the woods seemed particularly dark and cold.
Mao Xiaoli: "By the way, Brother Chen, do you want to go to the cat tomb?"
Chen Yang: "Cat's grave?"
"Yeah." Mao Xiaoli led the way and nodded, saying, "There are so many cats in the school, there are always times when we can't keep them all or don't take care of them, so sometimes cats die of illness, old age, or accidents. Of course, some are abused to death." She smiled bitterly, "Don't think that those cat abusers are far away from you, in fact, sometimes they are right next to you. There are always people who are afraid of cats and hate cats and take their anger out on cats. Fortunately, the school strictly prohibits cat abuse, so there are only one or two cases of cat abuse occasionally."
If the victim was not indeed a cat lover, she would have suspected that it was the cat's revenge.
After passing through the Liyuan forest, we arrived at a more remote grove, where we saw densely packed bags hanging on the trees. Those bags contained cat corpses. As the saying goes, dogs are buried in water and cats are buried in trees, which means that cat corpses are put into bags and hung on trees to prevent them from becoming evil. At this moment, seeing the grove full of cat corpse bags makes people feel inexplicably evil and terrifying.
Chen Yang hissed and asked, "It's rare that your school has kept this cat tomb and hasn't removed it yet."
"Who said they didn't remove it?" Which school would keep these things? Moreover, cat tree burials are regarded as folk superstitions, and the school cannot let the cat tombs continue to exist in order to establish its own image. "The school tried to remove the cat tombs one summer vacation, but every time the workers came, the cats in the school would collectively appear to stop them and stare at the workers. Who dared to do it?"
Cats are evil and vengeful. Cat graves are like their ancestral graves. If you dig up someone's ancestral grave, won't it bring disaster to your entire family for three generations
Chen Yang heard a faint cat cry, so he raised his hand to signal Mao Xiaoli to keep her voice down, and walked forward following the sound of the cat's cry. After walking up a small steep slope and looking down, he pulled Mao Xiaoli to hide and signaled her to look down.
Mao Xiaoli looked down and saw a pit under the small slope. There were dozens of cats of all sizes gathered under the pit. They were of various breeds, fat and thin. They all bowed to the moon, raised their heads and took deep breaths, as if absorbing the essence of the moonlight. It was like entering a cat cult, which was particularly weird.
Cat worships the moon?!
Chen Yang's eyes were bright as he stared at a particularly fat black cat in the front of the cats. The fat cat shook its ears, as if it had sensed something, and turned its head to meet Chen Yang's eyes with its pair of mandarin duck eyes.
Ouch!
A sharp and shrill cat cry suddenly sounded.
The author has something to say: Catching insects
Chen Yang: I’ve confirmed through eye contact that I’ve met the right fat cat.
Speaking of cat tree burials, there was a large bamboo forest behind my hometown, and many cat corpses were hung in the bamboo forest.
Anyway, I don’t dare walk in the bamboo forest at night.
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