Thanks to Luo Huai, Qian Duoqun quickly accepted the "fact" that his stomach felt uncomfortable after drinking cold porridge.
Qian Duoqun is a man who has experienced hardships. When he is busy, he often skips meals and his stomach is indeed not in good condition, but this is the first time he has fainted from the pain.
"Thanks to your wood ash. I didn't expect it to be so effective. I will go to the pharmacy to buy some next time and keep it on hand." Qian Duoqun said.
Zhong Jiudao hurriedly stopped him: "I'm not a professional doctor, I'm just desperate. I think it's hot water that's really effective, not paper ashes. You should just eat normally and drink more hot water."
"Hot water tastes so bad..." Qian Duoqun muttered, then he touched his stomach and shut up.
After experiencing this incident, Zhong Jiudao deeply felt how troublesome it was to have normal people and evil spirits in the same crew, and he had to find a way to solve it.
Having a talisman alone is not enough. The talisman can only prevent evil spirits from actively hurting people, but evil spirits are cunning and can deceive humans in various ways, making it difficult to guard against them.
"The props are all there, but the actors are not, and the script also needs to be revised. Lao Qian, go find the actors and staff, and Luo Huai, go back and wait for notification. Once the actors are all there, we'll ask you to come to the script reading session. Once all the staff are in place, we'll officially start filming." Zhong Jiudao was in a hurry to drive people away.
Qian Duoqun is indeed busy. Not only does he have to take care of the Zhong Jiudao crew, but he also has to run around for many small crews. Although he can't join the big productions, he is still very important in some small-budget productions.
"Okay, I'll get busy right away. I also rented that truck, so I'll leave it to you as a means of transportation." Qian Duoqun said as he packed up and was about to leave.
Before leaving, he suddenly remembered something and ran to Aunt Yang who had almost become invisible and said, "It's my stomach that's not good, not the food you cooked. Your cooking skills are really great. You must be the chef of the crew in the future! I'm still looking forward to eating your best crispy pork belly."
Aunt Yang said gratefully: "Thank you, Mr. Qian. I thought I was going to lose this job."
Qian Duoqun: "How could that be? Just call me Xiao Qian."
Zhong Jiu said: "..."
Let Aunt Yang be responsible for the meals of the entire crew. It is guaranteed that in three months all the crew members will shorten their lifespan by 20 years!
"I called a taxi. Xiao Luo, where are you going? I'll take you there." Qian Duoqun said to Luo Huai.
Luo Huai hesitated for a while, then looked at Zhong Jiudao with a conflicted look, his expression very complicated.
"What's wrong?" Zhong Jiudao's heart tightened, worried that Luo Huai would start to doubt what had happened before.
Luo Huai swallowed his saliva and said carefully: "It won't be long before the machine starts, right? Can I live here?"
He was afraid that Zhong Jiudao would refuse, so he quickly explained: "It's like this, I've already graduated, I don't have much money, and I don't have a place to live for the time being. I've been staying at a friend's house before, but now my friend has joined the group, so it's not convenient for me to live at his house anymore."
"No problem. The house is so big, you can live in it." Qian Duoqun said before Zhong Jiudao could express his opinion.
"Really? Thank you, Brother Qian!" Luo Huai said happily.
Zhong Jiu said: "..."
Seeing that Zhong Jiudao looked unhappy, Qian Duoqun pulled him aside and whispered, "It will take at least two or three days to find all the actors and staff, and the contract hasn't been signed yet. If you let him go during this period, what if a better crew offers him a higher salary? No one will be paid less than us!"
Seeing that Zhong Jiudao was still about to object, Qian Duoqun raised his phone and said, "The car I called is here, I'm leaving first! Xiaoluo, don't worry, the house has been rented, and it's so big, you can live there as you like!"
After saying that, Qian Duoqun ran away, leaving Zhong Jiudao and Luo Huai behind.
In the huge villa, only Zhong Jiudao, Luo Huai and a group of people were left.
Zhong Jiudao rubbed his forehead and said to Luo Huai, who looked innocent: "Come with me, I'll arrange a room for you."
"Thank you Director Zhong!" Luo Huai said gratefully.
Zhong Jiudao looked at his face with an expression that said "I made a profit" and sighed in his heart. This naive guy actually thinks he is quite smart.
At present, the evil ghosts in the villa have not been appeased yet. Zhong Jiudao did not dare to let Luo Huai live in too remote a place, so he gave Luo Huai the room next to his bedroom.
"You live here. I will give you the script later. Think about the script carefully and try not to go out." Zhong Jiudao ordered.
"OK!"
After Zhong Jiudao settled Luo Huai, he quickly installed the printer that Qian Duoqun had brought, retyped a copy of the script, selected the part that belonged to Luo Huai's character, and handed the script to him.
I hope Luo Huai can study the script and memorize his lines in his room and not go out.
Fortunately, Luo Huai was an obedient child. After he got the script, he hid in the room and refused to come out. When Zhong Jiudao closed the door, he could vaguely hear Luo Huai say happily: "This room is really nice!"
Of course the rooms are good. This villa was a luxury house in its day. Each bedroom is large and has complete bathroom facilities. The hardware facilities are comparable to a five-star hotel, and the decoration also has the characteristics of the times.
After settling Luo Huai, Zhong Jiudao began to deal with the house.
He first bought some new ingredients to prevent the staff from having any problems eating them again.
Afterwards, Zhong Jiudao began to draw talismans on a large scale, guarding most areas in the villa with talismans to prevent something like what happened again, where Luo Huai encountered Steward Lin while moving his luggage.
Regardless of where these evil ghosts' territories were, Zhong Jiudao drove them all into the theater. Anyway, these ignorant old-world ghosts loved watching movies, so he let them spend the next three months in the theater.
But watching movies consumes a lot of electricity. Zhong Jiudao told them that they could watch movies if they wanted, but they had to find a way to get electricity. Butler Lin is currently working hard to generate electricity for everyone, but he is weaker than the ghost in a dress, and his soul will be gone in less than five days. Everyone should think about who to find to provide power after Butler Lin is used up.
The evil ghosts were all stunned. They didn't expect that Zhong Jiudao, a heavenly master, could come up with such a vicious plan.
In the past, there were evil celestial masters who could command ghosts. They subjugated some evil ghosts and used them to deal with other ghosts. In order to make the ghosts under their command very powerful, the celestial masters would use various methods to increase the strength of the evil ghosts and bind them with contracts. In addition to the deterrence of force, they would always coax and worship them.
Where have I seen a master like Zhong Jiudao? Not only does he use them inhumanely, he also uses vicious tricks to make them kill each other. He is truly more vicious than a ghost!
Among so many ghosts, only Aunt Yang, who can clean the room, has a superior status. She caused Qian Duoqun to eat the food she cooked, but not only was she not punished, she also got a predetermined role!
Zhong Jiudao came up with the idea of this character when he saw Aunt Yang looking at Qian Duoqun eating with a happy face. He discovered that Aunt Yang had a certain obsession with feeding people, so he asked about the cause of her death, wondering if she died of starvation or gluttony.
Aunt Yang said, "I committed suicide."
"What's going on?" Zhong Jiudao asked.
Aunt Yang showed a nostalgic look: "My Lord, aren't you surprised that there are so many evil spirits in this house?"
"You were let in here by someone." Zhong Jiudao said. As the most gifted Heavenly Master, he could naturally tell that these evil ghosts did not come from this haunted house, but were evil ghosts found by the Heavenly Master of Ghosts elsewhere and placed in this house to forcibly create such a haunted house.
"That's right," Aunt Yang replied, "Back then, the world was in turmoil. One day, our sect sent out ten disciples to quell the rebellion, but nine of them died in the battle. The remaining master went a little crazy and wanted to avenge his fellow disciples, so he came up with this plan."
The Taoist priest found more than thirty evil spirits in various places, and at the cost of his own magical powers, he asked the evil spirits to build such a haunted house to help him take revenge.
The Heavenly Master was devoured by evil spirits and his soul was scattered. After helping the Heavenly Master to take revenge, these evil spirits were trapped in the haunted house by the contract and could not get out.
It turned out that the Heavenly Master knew that he was against the will of heaven by using ghosts to harm people. He had made a mistake once for revenge and could not make the same mistake again. So when the evil ghosts devoured his soul, the Heavenly Master secretly made a contract to trap the evil ghosts in the haunted house and prevent them from going out to harm people.
"As for me, my death was very simple." Aunt Yang said, "It was just an ordinary fight in the inner house. The favored Second Lady forced me to put drugs in the First Lady's food. I failed, so she beat my ten-year-old son to death. I was in great pain over the loss of my son, and I had no way to avenge him, so I had no choice but to commit suicide."
At this point, Aunt Yang's expression suddenly became strange: "Who knew that I was not dead yet, and stayed in the mansion, and kept thinking about cooking another meal. So I made a bowl of lotus seed soup, which was the second lady's favorite, in the small kitchen in the middle of the night and sent it to her.
"She burst into tears and begged me to let her go. But I just wanted her to have a bowl of lotus seed soup. What bad intentions did I have
"In the end, she couldn't persuade me and ate the bowl of lotus seed soup. Then she started foaming at the mouth and her body slowly cooled down. I was so happy to see her like that."
Aunt Yang showed a kind and gentle smile: "Master Tianshi, I really like to see people eat the food I cook. It doesn't matter whether I act or not, please let me be responsible for the crew's meals."
Zhong Jiudao ignored Aunt Yang and wrote furiously in his notebook. After listening to Aunt Yang's description, he had a new understanding of a character in the script and was changing the related plot and writing a new character biography.
By the time Zhong Jiudao finished writing the character's biography, it had already darkened and it was almost time for the audition agreed upon with the evil spirits.
Zhong Jiudao temporarily untied the kitchen's exorcism charm and said to Aunt Yang, "Let's start the audition with you, Aunt Yang. Just act as yourself and cook a meal according to your truest wishes."
"Thank you, sir." Aunt Yang, who was dressed simply, bowed slightly and then walked towards the kitchen.
Zhong Jiudao had not had time to throw away the previous food. He was reluctant to let Aunt Yang try out the newly bought ingredients, so he took out the food with extremely strong yin energy and let Aunt Yang use it freely.
Aunt Yang took out a piece of frozen meat, her expression delighted. She ran her fingers over the texture of the meat, then swung a machete and chopped it down hard.
"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"
On a quiet night, the sound of chopping meat could be heard in the villa.
After reading the script, Luo Huai, who was so excited that he could not sleep in the room, heard the sound. He pushed open the door curiously and saw that the villa was pitch black, with only a faint light on in the kitchen on the first floor.
He tiptoed downstairs and hid behind the villa's load-bearing beam to peek into the kitchen.
I saw a very beautiful woman, like a white lotus, wearing a white cheongsam and holding a candle in her hand.
Under the dim candlelight, Aunt Yang's face was covered in blood, with a fanatical look in her eyes. She swung a knife and chopped something "dong dong dong".
Director Zhong sat at the dining table, looking at Aunt Yang quietly.
Aunt Yang touched the blade lovingly, then turned to Zhong Jiudao and said, "Sir, what dish do you want to eat? Whether it's vegetarian or meat, I can cook it."
"I don't want to eat anything." Zhong Jiudao said calmly.
"Try it, just one bite." Aunt Yang picked up a bowl filled with bloody minced meat, "It's delicious."
Luo Huai: “…”
This scene was so horrifying that he was so frightened that he couldn't help but hiccup.
This sound startled the three "people" in the kitchen. The woman in Bai Qipao, Aunt Yang and Director Zhong turned around at the same time and looked at him with serious expressions.
Luo Huai covered his mouth, trying to pretend he didn't exist, but he couldn't help burping again.