After signing the contract, Chen Yang officially became the director of the Dafu Branch Office.
After Ma Shanfeng's popular science, Chen Yang learned that the Dafu Office was a product of the cooperation between the Heavenly Master and the Underworld under the support of the state, aiming to solve the ghosts and evil spirits that disturbed the world. There are six Dafu offices in the country, and only the imperial capital has a branch.
He is now the director of the branch. There are four staff members in the bureau, including him.
At present, we only know that Deputy Director Ma Shanfeng, Mao Xiaoli, and another person named Zhang Qiudao have received orders and have not returned yet. Ma Shanfeng is here to retire, and he only takes a basic salary and does not take orders, so he is useless. Mao Xiaoli is a sixth-grade Tianshi who has been awarded Dugong, and can barely take orders for two stars. As for Zhang Qiudao, he has been awarded the fourth-grade Tianshi of Zhenmengwei and can take orders for three stars.
Three-star orders are difficult to get, and generally only a third-rank or higher Heavenly Master can take orders alone. Although Zhang Qiudao is a fourth-rank master, he has taken three-star orders with others. Chen Yang learned that there are many sects in the Heavenly Master world, and big sects such as Zhengyi and Quanzhen do not need to take orders, as people will come to them with real money to ask for help.
However, these sects have many disciples, and most of them make money by taking orders on the Dafu app.
Let's go back to the Dafu Office. Although the branch where Chen Yang works is in a state of decline and even has difficulty in paying the basic salary, the headquarters is actually full of talents. Only Heavenly Masters above the third rank are barely qualified to be hired by the headquarters, and most of them are direct disciples of various sects with amazing talents.
Chen Yang looked up at Mao Xiaoli, who was sitting cross-legged on the sofa, eating watermelon and watching cartoons, and sighed deeply.
Mao Xiaoli was not even sincere in her worship of the ancestors. No wonder she had great talent and came from a family of Heavenly Masters, but was only a sixth-rank Heavenly Master.
There are too few talents, no personal connections, a low reputation, and employees who have no motivation to improve themselves. This is a mess!
Huge pit!
Chen Yang got up and went back to his room. Mao Xiaoli called him, "Brother Chen, you just moved in. Do you need my help to clean up?"
"No."
After saying that, he got up and went upstairs.
The old building where the Dafu Branch is located has six floors. The lower three floors are used as offices, and the upper three floors are used as staff dormitories. Among the four people, only Ma Shanfeng does not live here and has a family.
Chen Yang just moved here this morning. After a day of cleaning up, he finally had time to check out the current development of the branch.
I opened the door and stood in the entrance to put on my slippers. I saw that the other pair of large slippers on the shoe rack was gone, replaced by a pair of leather shoes.
Chen Yang knew it well and walked towards the small kitchen.
No one was seen.
At this moment, the sound of dripping water came from the bathroom.
Chen Yang walked towards the bathroom again and turned the doorknob. A hand stretched out from inside, suddenly grabbed his hand and dragged him in. Hot water of moderate temperature rushed towards him, instantly soaking his clothes.
Chen Yang narrowed his eyes slightly, the wet clothes sticking to his body made him feel uncomfortable. Behind him, a big hand crossed his waist and brought him into a broad chest, and a familiar breath enveloped him.
"Haven't you washed yet?"
Hearing this, Chen Yang glared over, feeling quite displeased.
"You're not sure if I've washed yet, but you dragged me in?"
That means it hasn't been washed yet.
"Stay with me."
Du Shuo rested his chin on Chen Yang's neck, took a deep breath, and closed his eyes. Chen Yang felt his fatigue, but he was too soft-hearted to blame him. He took off his clothes and stepped into the bathtub, facing him.
The handsome man in front of her is Chen Yang’s ghost husband. They have a secret marriage.
Chen Yang's horoscope was extremely yin, and he was haunted by ghosts since he was a child. Someone once asserted that he would not live past the age of fifteen, and he had encountered countless evil spirits since he was a child. When Chen Yang was ten years old, his parents were killed by evil spirits in order to save him. Later, a grandfather next door took him in and taught him magic for a few years, and arranged a ghost marriage for him when he was sixteen.
Although the Yin Qin was not formed until Chen Yang was eighteen years old, he also became half a ghost. At the same time, he had a husband who worked as a ghost catcher in the underworld to protect him, so no ghosts coveted his body anymore.
Not long after, that grandfather also passed away.
From then on, Du Shuo was the only relative left of Chen Yang.
As soon as Chen Yang soaked in the warm water, Du Shuo pulled him over forcefully yet gently, sealing his lips and teeth for a while.
After the water in the bathtub cooled down completely, Chen Yang was carried out of the bathroom. He lay on the sofa, with a look of fatigue between his brows.
Du Shuo stared at Chen Yang, his cold expression softened a lot, and he looked satisfied.
"Has the job been settled?"
"Yes." Chen Yang moved his body, leaned on Du Shuo, and counted his salary on his fingers: "Save it for two years, and I can hold a ceremony for you to accumulate merits for you. I can help you get promoted, and I will also burn more paper money to help you."
Chen Yang yawned and counted the money he had to spend several times. He still had a long way to go.
Du Shuo looked at Chen Yang, his eyes full of tenderness and smiles, and held his hand and said, "I don't need ceremonies or merits."
"That won't work." Chen Yang glanced at him, thinking that he was not ambitious, so he said earnestly: "Do you want to be a ghost messenger for the rest of your life? You are so busy running around. In the human world, at least there are holidays, but you work all year round. This time, you started working and we haven't seen each other for three days."
"You missed me?"
"Don't change the subject."
"Okay, but the ceremonies and merits in the human world have no effect on me. I don't rely on them to cultivate merits."
Du Shuo closed his mouth and faced Chen Yang with eyes full of "You can make it up, I don't believe it anyway", and was speechless.
Chen Yang didn't believe Du Shuo's words and thought he was just talking nonsense because he didn't want him to work hard.
For a ghost catcher to be promoted, all he needs is merit and achievements.
He couldn't help with merit for the time being, but at least he could help with virtue, which he could do for him in the name of Dushuo. These required money, and Director Dafu happened to have a high salary.
Chen Yang yawned again. He had been moving and packing all day today, and now he was exhausted again when he came back.
"Go to sleep if you are tired."
Chen Yang grabbed the corner of Du Shuo's clothes, snuggled into his arms, his eyelids drooped, and said in a daze: "You have to accompany me."
"I'll accompany you."
"You can't disappear tomorrow morning."
"… good."
After getting a positive answer, Chen Yang fell into a deep sleep with satisfaction.
Du Shuo carried him back to the bedroom, turned on the air conditioner, covered him with a blanket, and went out. He took out his phone, gave an order, returned to the room, pulled back the blanket, and got in.
Chen Yang sensed the heat source and leaned over spontaneously.
Well-behaved and self-conscious.
Du Shuo curled the corners of his lips slightly, pulled him into his arms, and didn't let go all night.
The next morning, Du Shuo did not disappear directly, but accompanied Chen Yang to finish breakfast and sent him out. This made Chen Yang feel very happy. When he went downstairs and heard that there was an order coming in, he felt even better.
Mao Xiaoli was holding the remaining watermelon from last night, and she noticed the red mark on Chen Yang's neck hidden in the collar of his shirt. So she said, "Brother Chen, I have some mosquito repellent talismans, how about I give you a bunch?"
"Mosquito repellent?" Chen Yang shook his head: "I didn't see any mosquitoes."
Mao Xiaoli pointed her free finger at his neck: "Isn't there a big bite here?"
Chen Yang covered his neck reflexively, feeling a little embarrassed.
"No, it's okay."
"Doesn't it itch?"
"fine."
"I have anti-itch cream and mosquito repellent charms. I'll get them for you."
Mao Xiaoli just turned around and met Ma Shanfeng, who said with his hands behind his back and a smile: "Xiaoli, don't bother. The director must have just moved in and is not used to it. He is allergic. He will be fine in two days."
"Really? Brother Chen, you are quite delicate." Mao Xiaoli looked at Chen Yang's skin and found that he was delicate. "Your skin is so good. I envy you."
Ma Shanfeng: "Young people have great physical strength."
Chen Yang almost choked on his own saliva, and his face turned red. It took him a while to recover. Facing Ma Shanfeng's seemingly kind but actually mischievous penetrating gaze, he remained calm.
"Good morning, Deputy Director Ma."
"Ma Shangfeng, you usually go to work at eight o'clock, and it's almost nine o'clock now. Hey, are you ready to abandon the lifestyle of the elderly and embrace the arms of the young?"
Ma Shanfeng smiled and said, "I arrived at eight in the morning. I just went out to chat for an hour or so after receiving a business order."
"Any new orders?"
Business is coming so soon?!
Mao Xiaoli jumped up and said, "Brother Chen, you are the lucky star of our branch. Before you came, the branch couldn't open for three years. After you came, we could survive for three years with just one order."
…Once again easily exposing the true situation.
Ma Shanfeng still faced Chen Yang's gaze calmly, not feeling guilty for deceiving him.
It can be seen that his psychological quality is very strong.
"The new order was given by the headquarters, and they cooperated with our branch. They provided two people, and we also provided two people. The salary was 20 million, which was divided equally between the two parties."
Before Chen Yang could react, Mao Xiaoli jumped up and shouted, "Answer it!"
Ma Shanfeng looked at Chen Yang. Chen Yang suppressed his excitement and said firmly, "Take it."
"But why is the headquarters willing to give us half of such a large order?" Chen Yang asked.
Ma Shanfeng was silent for a while: "Poverty alleviation?"
"…" Chen Yang: "Forget it, as long as I can get the order."
"That's right. Brother Chen can handle the Samsung order by himself."
Hearing this, Ma Shanfeng looked serious for the first time. He warned Mao Xiaoli, "You'd better not take chances or underestimate the enemy. If Zhang Qiudao wasn't here, I wouldn't have arranged for you to take the Samsung order."
Mao Xiaoli grumbled unhappily: "The three-star order the day before yesterday was handled by Brother Chen alone."
Ma Shanfeng shook his head and reminded Chen Yang: "I have seen the order you took. In fact, it is not difficult enough to be three stars. At most, it is two stars. It was only because the Tianshi who went there before underestimated the enemy and did not find out in time that it was a nearly hundred-year-old evil spirit. That's why it was upgraded to three stars. A true three-star order is difficult for even a third-grade Tianshi to deal with."
"Five people have died in this order."
Chen Yang looked serious, and Mao Xiaoli stopped underestimating the enemy.
"Tell me the details."
"I have some information here. I'll send it to the WeChat group later. You can take a look at it yourself."
“WeChat group?”
Mao Xiaoli: "Brother Chen, I'll pull you in."
Chen Yang opened WeChat and found a new WeChat group.
'Office dedicated to poverty alleviation and singleness'.
Ma Shanfeng: "Haha, it's symmetrical."
A pair of single people, one of whom is no longer single, and are committed to getting out of poverty.
Chen Yang: “…”
Mao Xiaoli was full of pride: "With Brother Chen here, poverty alleviation is not a problem."
He truly embodies his simple and innocent character all the time.
Ma Shanfeng sent all the information of this order to the WeChat group and asked Chen Yang and Mao Xiaoli to take a look first. After reading it, they should be ready to set off and meet up with the people at the headquarters.
This time they were going to a villa area in Shijingshan District, where they would lurk to find the ghosts that harmed people and subdue them, and kill them if necessary. After all, they were ghosts that killed five people, so even if they were caught, they would be sent to Luofeng Liugong for trial.
The employer has a villa in the villa area of Shijingshan District, which can be lent to them temporarily.
After reading the information, Chen Yang also found it difficult.
Ma Shanfeng asked him if he had found anything, and Chen Yang said, "Looking at the method, it doesn't look like ghosts, but more like spirits."
Ma Shanfeng said: "I think so too."
After reading the information, Mao Xiaoli also said: "When evil spirits harm people, they either seek revenge or find a substitute to become a human again. It is rare for them to simply harm or kill people."
"Moreover, the skin, flesh, and internal organs of these five dead bodies were completely eaten away. Only monsters would use this method to restore their human form." Chen Yang compared the photos and information of the dead bodies and said, "These are the dead bodies that were discovered. Judging from the degree of their brutality, there should be more dead bodies that have not been discovered."
Ghosts and monsters have no physical form, so they look for a substitute, trying every means to evade the eyes and ears of the underworld and become a human again. Spirits and monsters already have a physical form, but have not yet cultivated a human form, so they will try every means to obtain a human form.
Some spirits, such as foxes, absorb the essence of moonlight by worshiping the moon, and weasels, cultivate merit by riding horses to save people. But there are also some spirits that gnaw at people's internal organs and get into them to get an empty human skin.
Or they may devour human essence and blood, thus turning it into their own flesh and blood and obtaining a skin.
This kind of thing is called evil spirits.