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Chapter 11 - Hanging Ghosts on the Back

I ran out of the alley and dared to take a glance back, but I couldn't see anything in the dark alley. Xiang Li's voice did not sound again.

 

I felt unsafe standing at the entrance of the alley, so I took a few steps away. Just as I was taking a step, a gust of cold wind suddenly blew out of the alley, making my hair stand on end. I couldn't help but hug my arm and shiver.

 

I dare not stay too long at the entrance of the alley, so I turned my head and ran towards the street lamp. But subconsciously, I glanced at the street lamp and found a naked woman hanging upside down. Her agile movements were like a monkey, but her face was beautiful.

 

Ah.

 

I was so scared that I froze in place for a moment, and then I looked at the street lamp, there was nothing left.

 

I swallowed my saliva and quickly walked forward. I felt that the farther away from my house, the safer it was. But as I took a few steps, I felt a chill on my shoulders. Subconsciously, I glanced over my shoulder and saw a white hand resting on it.

 

I cleverly turned around and looked behind me, but there was nothing. Looking at my shoulder again, the hand was also gone.

 

What's wrong with me? Have I become obsessed with ghosts?

 

Taking a deep breath, I continued walking forward, but when I wanted to take a step, I couldn't lift my foot no matter what.

 

My legs seem to be adorned with ten thousand pounds of heavy stones, no matter how hard I try, I just can't pull them out.

 

I suddenly remembered that my grandfather told me something like this.

 

He said there is a small town in Northeast China where there is a railway track leading to the deep mountains. It is said that it is specialized in transporting timber from the mountains to the outside. One day, two brothers in the town were bolder and stood on the railway track, waiting for the train to arrive to see who would leave the track last.

 

Those who leave first are timid and want to marry the ugliest girl in the village.

 

Later, the train arrived and kept honking. The boss and the second boss were sweating and deadlocked. As the train approached, the boss couldn't hold on anymore and jumped off the tracks.

 

After jumping down, he said he had lost and asked the second child to come down quickly, but the second child was scared and cried. He said his legs couldn't move and he couldn't take a step. The first child wanted to pull him, but it was already too late. Although the train had already applied emergency brakes, it was still too late, and the second child was crushed into two parts by the train

 

The boss was scared a lot, so he went back to the village to find someone. When he arrived, he found out that when they went up the mountain, the ugly girl in the village had already hanged herself at his own home. The reason was that the second son had mocked her the day before and said many things that hurt her self-esteem.

 

Later, there was a rumor in the village that the second son was standing on the track and couldn't move because he was carrying a ghost on his back. The ghost was pressing down on him and couldn't move, and that ghost was the ugly girl in the village.

 

Thinking of this, I can't help but think that I'm carrying a ghost on my back, right!

 

I dare not look back, still taking strong steps, but my legs are firmly attached to the ground, and I can't even lift them. In an instant, I was sweating profusely.

 

I sweat so much, but I don't feel hot. I always feel chilly all over, especially my back.

 

Could it be the hand that was just resting on my shoulder, the ghost on my back, asking me to carry her prelude.

 

I have already determined in my heart that if I really carry a ghost, then she must be Xiang Li.

 

I am trying my best to think of the methods my grandfather taught me. What should I do if I carry a ghost?

 

I have sealed off the seal, and she is unable to attach herself to me and control my consciousness, which is why she hangs on my back. She makes me unable to take a step, does she want me to stay?

 

Now is not the time to think about these things. What I want to think about is whether my grandfather has mentioned any ways to deal with such situations.

 

My thoughts flew around, and I suddenly remembered the two catchphrases my grandfather said after telling the story of "Bi Dan": "Ghosts hang their backs, scrape their throats, ghosts leave, don't look back

 

The general idea is that when a ghost hangs on a person's back, it usually wraps a wristband around their neck. If a ghost gets on their back, they must constantly scrape their own throat with their hands to scrape off the ghost's hand. If the ghost's hand falls off, it will fall off the person's back. At this point, if we can leave, we must get up quickly and not look back at it.

 

Thinking of this, I quickly used my hand to scratch my neck. With this scratch, I felt a cold sensation on my neck, but I couldn't even feel the touch of my hand.

 

I seem to have lost sensation in my neck position.

I'm getting more and more surprised in my heart. I won't be killed by ghosts on this big road, will I?

 

Without much thought, I desperately scraped with my hands, both hands together. After scraping for a while, I felt a slight warmth in my neck, and then I could feel the touch of my hands on my neck.

 

There's a door!

 

I felt a little relieved and continued to scrape desperately, while occasionally lifting my legs to see if I could take a step.

 

I keep scratching my neck here, and people passing by probably think I'm crazy, giving me strange looks.

 

Not to mention shaving my neck now, even if I were to take off my pants on the street, I would probably do it.

 

After scraping for a while, I felt my legs loosen. At this moment, I was pulling my legs upwards with force. As soon as my legs loosened, I stumbled forward and fell out because I applied too much force.

 

Pa

 

Without paying attention, I climbed straight onto the asphalt road. Fortunately, there weren't many people or cars on the road in front of my alley.

 

At this moment, I looked around and saw that there were still people around me. The road suddenly became extremely cold, and just now some passersby mocked me for scraping my neck. Now, I am the only one on the entire road.

 

I want to find something worse than losing face, which is the fear in my heart right now, without anyone mocking me

 

After falling, I instinctively looked behind me and saw Xiang Li crawling there naked, staring straight at me. Her desolate white hand was slowly reaching out to me, trying to pull my ankle.

 

I will give her this opportunity to quickly stand up, pull out her legs, and run forward. Running out of this small street, there is a main road ahead. When she gets on the main road, there are many pedestrians and cars, so I won't be so scared anymore.

 

As I ran, I turned back to look behind me. At this moment, I had completely forgotten the latter half of my grandfather's catchy words - "Ghosts go, don't look back

 

And I don't know what the consequences will be if I look back, my grandfather didn't tell me, but now that I have looked back, it's useless to think so much.

 

The most important thing is that every time I turn around, I can see Xiang Li following behind me. She is naked and crawling on the road like a snake, with extremely fast speed, always maintaining a distance of two or three meters from me.

 

I secretly lamented in my heart, 'It wasn't me who killed you. Why the hell are you following me?'

 

Finally, I ran to the small T-shaped intersection, got onto the main road, turned right, and ran desperately again. When I turned around again, Xiang Li was already gone.

 

I still dare not stop, I ran desperately for a while, but when I couldn't run anymore, I stopped and took a deep breath. At the same time, I kept looking behind me, but I couldn't see Xiang Li anymore. I think I fell off.

 

After resting for a while, I still couldn't see Xiang Li catching up, and my heart rate finally started to slow down.

 

What's going on? Why did Xiang Li cling to me? Her death has nothing to do with me.

 

My house is haunted, can't I go back for the rest of my life?

 

Thinking of this, I thought of Wang Yuhui again. I quickly took out my phone and called him, and soon the call was answered.

 

I knew you would call me, how did you figure it out? "Wang Yuhui thought I was going to join him.

 

I gave a bitter smile and said, "Let's not talk about those things for now, I'm in trouble again

 

Wang Yuhui paused for a moment and said, "Did you get into trouble with dirty things again

 

I briefly told him about what happened here on the phone, and after I finished speaking, he said, "Why don't you calculate your fortune and fortune

 

I smiled bitterly and said, "It's not that I don't want to, but I can't. There are rules in our school that we can't predict for ourselves, otherwise we will be plagued by bad luck and not be able to shake it off

 

Before Wang Yuhui could speak, I asked him what I should do.

 

Wang Yuhui thought for a moment and said, "I'm not in the city. I'll go back in two days. So, you can stay in the city for two days first. You can't stay in the county town anymore. When I go back, I'll go with you to the county town and collect your dirty things

 

I was about to go to the city, so I naturally agreed repeatedly. I asked him what I should do tonight and what I should do if that female ghost came looking for me again.

 

Wang Yuhui told me, "If you take a taxi to the city, it's only one or two hundred yuan. Now is not the time to be stingy. If you leave the county town, the female ghost won't be able to follow you anymore. She's a new ghost, and she can't be too far away from where she died

I stayed at a cheap hotel for only 20 yuan for one night, and taking a taxi would cost one or two hundred yuan. I hesitated for a moment, but I quickly made up my mind to take a taxi to the city. Compared to the heartache of spending some money, I was more afraid of Xiang Li catching up again.

 

These past few days, I have been encountering ghosts one after another, which makes me doubt my fortune. Is it possible that I have been experiencing bad luck recently, or am I constantly helping others with their appearance and saying too much, which has been punished by heaven?

 

I remember my grandfather once said that fortune telling also emphasizes luck. People who come to seek divination come with luck and can calculate, but if they insist on calculating for someone they meet, it is not luck. If they say too much, they will reveal their secrets and get into trouble.

 

My grandfather's words have already been fulfilled in me. In recent days, I have been telling fortunes to many people I have met, and they are not fortune tellers. I even sent one fortune teller to each person by the Minxin River.

 

So I have today, completely made it myself!?

 

At this time, it was just nightfall and there were still many cars on the street. It shouldn't be difficult to get a taxi, but I waited at the roadside for a long time. Most of the past rentals were for passengers, and there were no empty cars.

 

I waved several times but didn't stop a car.

 

Just as I was feeling worried, an empty car came from afar. I waved my hand and the driver slowly stopped in front of me. The driver was a female with long hair, and I could only see half of her face, but she looked very beautiful.

 

I was still thinking to myself, this is the first time I've seen such a beautiful female taxi driver!

 

Just as I was stunned, the female driver asked me, "Do you want to take a car

 

Her voice sounded cold and indifferent. After finally getting into a car, I naturally wouldn't miss it. With a "sit", I opened the door and sat in the passenger seat.

 

After getting on the car, I said I was going to the city.

 

When she heard it was a long distance, she said, "Now running long distances at night requires an additional fee of 150 yuan during the day and 300 yuan at night

 

Three hundred! Forcefully doubling the price.

 

I hesitated in my heart, and the female driver asked me, "Can I leave? If I leave, I'll pay first. As a woman, if you get out of town and run away without paying, I have no choice

 

I haven't spoken yet, "the female driver said again," If you give me the money first, I can show you what I look like

 

a look!?

 

Upon hearing these words, I vaguely felt a hint of unease. I turned my head and noticed that the woman with long hair suddenly revealed a beautiful face.

 

Ah.

 

I was startled and let out a scream, followed by a surge of excitement all over my body. The scene in front of me suddenly changed. I wasn't sitting in a taxi, but by the side of the Evergreen Pool on the roadside, where I had just called Wang Yuhui.

 

What's going on? Is everything just now an illusion.

 

I just remembered that after finishing the phone call, I felt a little tired and sat down by the pool to rest, checking if there were any vacant rentals passing by. Then I took a nap and got confused. All of this was just a dream.

 

Although it's a dream, I still feel terrifying.

 

So when I stood up to take a taxi, I was a little scared, afraid that I would really get into the car that Xiang Li drove.

 

Fortunately, my luck wasn't as bad as I had in my dream just now. In less than two minutes, I got into a car driven by a man who looked thirty or forty years old, with a kind and kind face. Moreover, from his appearance, his financial luck and family have been quite good recently. I shouldn't have been unlucky to ride in his car, right.

 

My brother asked me, "Brother, where are you going

 

I said, 'How much does it cost to go to the city or not?'

 

Let's go, but we need more money tonight, two hundred. Can we just get on the bus

 

With the 300 or 200 yuan in my dream, I quickly accepted it, negotiated the price, and sat in the passenger seat, letting the driver drive.

 

He asked me where I was going in the city, and after thinking for a moment, I called Ning Haoyu and said I would come find him tonight. He heard that I had been there overnight and also gave me an address. He asked me to call him when I was about to arrive, and he went to pick me up.

 

I told my brother the address, and he responded, 'Okay, I know this place.'

 

Next, my brother started chatting with me on various topics while driving. At first, I responded with a few words, but later I suddenly felt extremely tired and fell asleep unconsciously.

I heard from my grandfather that if an ordinary person encounters a ghost, their vitality will rapidly decrease, and they will become lethargic, drowsy, and may even faint or die.

 

I don't know how long I've been sleeping, but during my deep sleep, I heard someone calling me "hey hey" next to me. I reluctantly opened my eyes and heard the brother say, "Brother, we've arrived

 

So fast!? "I opened my eyes and said in a daze.

 

The master said, "Hurry up, you've already slept for three hours

 

I got up in a daze and gave money to my master brother, then got off the car. I found myself standing at the entrance of a residential area, and the name at the entrance was exactly the one given to me by Ning Haoyu. After confirming that it was correct, I called him.

 

The phone was quickly connected, and when he heard me arrive, he put on a pair of shorts and kicked a pair of slippers down from upstairs to pick me up.

 

It's already midnight at this time.

 

After seeing me, Ning Haoyu patted my shoulder and said, "Xiaofeng, you're also unlucky enough. You must be tired. Let's go upstairs and rest quickly. Follow me to help my uncle these days. If you do well here, don't go back to the county town. Anyway, you can't earn much money anywhere

 

I nodded gratefully towards Ning Haoyu.

 

Up the stairs, Uncle Ning Haoyu's family had already gone to sleep, and we didn't chat much. After a few words, we fell asleep.

 

I was a little tired because of the ghost incident, so I collapsed onto the bed and soon fell asleep. With this awakening, it was already dawn.

 

After waking up, Ning Haoyu formally introduced me to his uncle and aunt.

 

I heard from Ning Haoyu that his uncle's name is Xiong Jiu, who is considered a celebrity in the ancient furniture store. Today, I saw that he really has a business like appearance. He is around forty years old, slightly overweight, but his facial features are very good, indicating that he is wealthy and noble. However, based on his facial features, he will experience some twists and turns in his forties and forties.

 

Although Ning Haoyu's aunt has entered middle age, she pays great attention to taking care of herself. Her skin is still very good, and although some wrinkles cannot be concealed in certain areas, her temperament still looks very good. From her appearance, she will not have a bad life and has the appearance of a wealthy husband. She should be Xiong Jiu's virtuous wife.

 

When we got to know each other, I had already looked at the rough faces of Xiong Jiu and his wife. Of course, this time I didn't dare to say much, afraid of causing any trouble again.

 

After the introduction, I heard from Ning Haoyu that Xiong Jiu also has a daughter, but she is currently boarding high school and only stays at home for one day at the end of each week. It is now Tuesday, so she is not at home.

 

After getting to know each other, Ning Haoyu's aunt went to prepare breakfast, and the remaining three of us chatted in the living room.

 

After chatting for a while, Ning Haoyu mentioned that I know fortune telling, and Xiong Jiu casually asked, "I heard Xiaoyu mention it before. He said you calculate very accurately. Are you interested in calculating a hexagram for me

 

I could tell from his tone that he actually didn't believe I could read a fortune teller. He said this just for some fun, after all, the waiting time for dinner was quite boring.

 

Ning Haoyu was playing a side drum and said, "Yes, Xiaofeng, please calculate for my uncle

 

I looked at Xiong Jiu with an apologetic smile and said, "Uncle Xiong, I can help you check your appearance, but divination doesn't work

 

Xiong Jiu smiled and asked me why, and I replied, "If you're not sincere, don't take it. Uncle Xiong thinks I'm joking, so what you take out is naturally inaccurate

 

Xiong Jiu didn't get angry either. He smiled and said, "Okay, then tell me first what you can see from my face. If it's accurate, I will sincerely ask you for a divination. If you calculate it again accurately, I won't let you calculate for nothing

 

I nodded and said what I had seen before. Xiong Jiu said, "I am forty-two years old this year. According to what you said, I will encounter setbacks in the next two years. But do you know what kind of setbacks it is

 

I shook my head and said, "I don't know yet. We need divination! Uncle Xiong, don't worry for now. I haven't finished talking about your facial features yet

 

Xiong Jiu asked me to continue speaking, so I continued, "Uncle Xiong, today the printing hall has light but not light, which means you will go to discuss a big deal today. However, the current situation of this deal is not going smoothly, and it may even encounter obstacles. If handled improperly, this big deal may turn yellow

Xiong Jiu's face changed slightly and he said, "Keep talking

 

I nodded and said, "Also, Uncle Xiong, there is a dark color in your wealth palace today, which means you are going to lose a fortune. However, there is a hint of light in this dark color, which means that Uncle Xiong will lose this fortune and there will be another larger fortune recorded. If this matter should be attributed to Uncle Xiong's business, the general situation should be like this: you need to first take out a sum of money to do something, and then this business can succeed. The previously lost fortune will also be earned back. As the saying goes, if you don't give out, there will be no income, and if you give out, there will be full income

 

After finishing speaking, I saw that Xiong Jiu had already fallen into deep thought, and Ning Haoyu was listening a little confused beside him. Then he turned to me and said, "Xiao Feng, I guess you might be wrong. My uncle is talking about big business, how could I not know

 

I looked at Ning Haoyu and said, 'It's not a bad mistake. Uncle Xiong has to say it.'

 

After thinking for a moment, Xiong Jiu suddenly turned his body to the right direction and said, "Xiao Feng, you're right. I did encounter difficulties in a big business deal, and I didn't even mention it to my wife, not to mention Xiao Yu. I'm curious how you broke it just based on my appearance, and you also saw the way I should deal with it. I have to say, Xiao Feng, you're more powerful than any fortune teller I've ever seen before

 

I looked at Xiong Jiu with a smile and said, "Uncle Xiong is overrated. I was just lucky and got it right for a while

 

Xiong Jiudao said, "Xiaofeng, I sincerely ask you for a divination right now. How can I spend my money to make this business today

 

I looked at Xiong Jiu, and his aura of influence had begun to brighten, indicating that he already had a plan in mind, and the method was correct. So I smiled and said, "Uncle Xiong, you already have a good plan in mind. I don't need to calculate anymore. I wish you a prosperous business here

 

Oh! "Xiong Jiu looked at me and said to Ning Haoyu," Xiaoyu, I arrived at the store today. Give Xiaofeng 5000 yuan, which is the reward for looking at me today

 

Although I really want this money in my heart, I have come out for refuge because my home is haunted. Having a place to live is already good. If I were to collect the money again

 

But that's five thousand yuan!

 

When I was struggling, Ning Haoyu said, "Okay, Uncle, let me tell you that Xiaofeng is very powerful