Paranormal incident investigation notes

Facing the security guard's inquiry, Lu Ming said patiently: "I contacted Assistant Wang yesterday and he asked me to come over today. My surname is Lu."

The security guard picked up the walkie-talkie and asked a few questions. After a while, he said apologetically: "I'm sorry, Mr. Lu. I just contacted Assistant Wang. He told me that there was something unexpected today and the master had to hold a temporary meeting for another person." The sacrificial ceremony is estimated to take half a month to complete. It is not convenient for the master to see outsiders during this period. Assistant Wang, please come back in half a month."

Each of these masters has a bigger frame than the other. Lu Ming had learned this lesson several times in the past few days. But the one with the biggest arrogance is the master named Shu at the moment.

The originally scheduled thing was casually postponed for half a month.

Half a month? The day lilies are cold.

Lu Ming lowered his face, took out his cell phone, and dialed Assistant Wang's number again.

"I'm really sorry, Mr. Lu. I really can't help it. One of Master's friends encountered something, which is quite troublesome. Master really can't leave. If your matter is not too urgent, can you please wait? Or... if it is really It's urgent. How about you go find the master's junior brother? Master Li is also very powerful and can definitely solve your problem..."

During the phone call, Assistant Wang apologized a series of times in a very respectful manner.

Lu Ming said a few words casually, knowing that he probably wouldn't be able to see this master today, so he hung up the phone.

It’s not necessary to see it anyway. Without this master, there are others. If you can't see it, then it's better to see it.

He started the car, reversed it, and was about to leave, when something suddenly occurred to him.

Before the visit, the Operations Office had already collected some information on these masters. Data shows that although Shu Changshan sometimes holds some ceremonies for his clients, it never lasts longer than half a month. Besides, even if it really has to be held for half a month, is it really impossible to spare any time during this half month?

He suspected that Shu Changshan was not unable to see him because something happened, but because he didn't want to see him at all, so he just made excuses.

After thinking about it, Lu Ming decided to try it again. He took out the phone again, connected it, and said to Assistant Wang: "Can you help me to talk to Master Shu and be accommodating? I really have an urgent matter here, and I can't delay it. I must see Master Shu to solve it." "

In the microphone, Assistant Wang's voice was full of embarrassment: "Sorry, sorry, Master really can't leave. Other masters can also help you solve the problem. Don't worry, I can help you contact Master Li. The cost is also You can get some discounts.”

Assistant Wang was still evasive. Lu Ming thought for a while and said directly: "Let's see. The originally negotiated fee starts at 100,000 yuan. Depending on the size of the matter, the difficulty of solving it will increase. I can just increase it ten times. Can it be ten times? This is really the case. The matter is too important, except for Master Shu, I can’t trust anyone else..."

The market price here in Shu Changshan is one hundred thousand. Lu Ming had already found out this clearly. Now, Lu Ming has directly increased tenfold. If Shu Changshan still refuses, it would be more suspicious.

Because Lu Ming knew that the so-called friends of Shu Changshan mentioned by Assistant Wang were actually just customers. Shu Changshan also values ​​money.

Now, one million human coins are placed here. As long as you take some time to meet with him, you are very likely to get it. What reason does Shu Changshan have to refuse?

If you refuse even this, it can only be a deliberate refusal.

And, if you think about it further, why did Shu Changshan deliberately refuse to see him? Did he realize in advance what was special about himself or the Magic Eye case through some mysterious means that he could not yet understand, even within the Cthulhu worldview?

If this is the case, I must see him even more.

On the phone, Assistant Wang was silent. After a while, he said: "It seems that Mr. Lu, you are really in a very urgent situation here... It is rare that you trust Master Shu so much. In this case, I will ask Master Shu again to see if Master Shu can spare some time to see you."

After hanging up the phone, Lu Ming waited for a few minutes before his phone rang again.

"Mr. Lu, I just asked the master for instructions. The master said that everyone has a heart of compassion. The master couldn't bear to see you so anxious, so he overcame all difficulties and paid a heavy price to temporarily stop the ceremony and take some time. Please come to Hall 3, the master will meet you here."

Lu Ming sneered in his heart.

What kind of compassion is there, just because there is a lot of money here.

Now that he could see Shu Changshan, Lu Ming had no interest in him anymore.

It seemed that Shu Changshan really didn't refuse to meet him intentionally, but because he had other things to do and couldn't leave. And since this is the case, the possibility of something "weird" in this person is very small.

But things have reached this point, and there is no harm in meeting. Lu Ming drove directly into the mansion.

Lu Ming discovered that this mansion was truly a paradise. There are not only flower gardens and lawns, pavilions and pavilions, but also an artificial lake, which is similar to some clubs.

It seems that this master named Shu is not generally influential, nor is he generally wealthy.

Arriving at Hall No. 3, a young man who looked energetic came over and said enthusiastically: "Hello, Mr. Lu, I am the one who contacted you yesterday. My surname is Wang, and I am the master's assistant. Please come with me, the master is waiting for you inside."

Following Assistant Wang to the reception room, Lu Ming saw a middle-aged man with a square face and a calm and authoritative temperament sitting there. He was wearing a white robe and cloth shoes without any accessories. He had the aura of a clergyman at first glance.

"Hello, Master."

"Mr. Lu, please sit down. I'm really sorry, something happened to my friend... Mr. Lu, where are you from?"

Unexpectedly, Shu Changshan did not directly ask Lu Ming what happened, but instead started chatting with him.

He first asked Lu Ming where he was from and what industry he was engaged in. After Lu Ming said that he was engaged in the real estate industry, his family had developed several real estate projects, and he was following them around, he started to talk about the real estate industry.

Lu Ming chatted with him calmly, but gradually began to feel bored.

If you are an ordinary person, you will probably feel that Shu Changshan is approachable at this moment, well-informed, in a high position, possessing unique knowledge but not arrogant. You will have a good impression of him in your heart and trust him more.

But Lu Ming, who had received professional training, realized that Shu Changshan was just "circling" at the moment. That is, through conversation and observation, we can confirm information such as the family background, wealth, and personal character of the conversation partner.

With this information, you can prepare for the next step of bidding.

"Next, it's time for Master Shu to start the process of self-importance, right?"

Lu Ming thought in his mind, and sure enough, during the chat, Shu Changshan gradually began to talk about who he had dealt with, which famous people he had solved troubles for, how powerful he was, and so on.

Only by raising one's worth can the seekers be more willing to donate more money.

These are routine procedures. Of course it is useful for ordinary people, but it is completely ineffective for Lu Ming.

After chatting for a long time, the topic gradually returned to Lu Ming. Lu Ming randomly made up something like "I saw a ghost of such and such in a certain place at a certain time on a certain day, and my luck has been bad ever since" as a reason to visit Shu Changshan.

He has no intention of revealing the "Magic Eye" matter at this moment.

After hearing the reason for the incident, Shu Changshan seemed to relax a little more, and he spoke with the air of having a plan in mind and making it a trivial matter.

"Mr. Lu, do you know that everything in the world is not isolated, but is connected to each other. When you see ghosts there, this is actually just the appearance of things, an external manifestation. Just like when you see water It is boiling, but the fire that is constantly burning under the kettle is the root cause. Only solving the symptoms is nothing more than raising the pot to stop the boil, and treating the symptoms but not the root cause. If you want to completely solve the problem, you still have to treat the root cause..."

Shu Changshan's words shrouded in mist from Yunshan almost made Lu Ming's head spin.

He felt that he couldn't sit still. He felt that today's visit was completely in vain and had no gain at all.

The name Shu Changshan had been crossed out from the list of candidates without him realizing it.

At this moment, he had even begun to think about how to interrupt the topic and leave from here. After all, it would be rude to leave directly.

While he was thinking about it, he suddenly noticed that Shu Changshan's sitting posture seemed a little strange.

Lu Ming didn't know what caused the strange feeling in his heart. It was just an instinctive judgment after long-term training. After realizing this, he immediately began to carefully observe Shu Changshan's sitting posture.

After a moment, he realized that... Shu Changshan's body seemed to be in a tense state. This tense state caused his sitting posture to be slightly different from when he was relaxed.

This gesture is very covert, and Shu Changshan obviously conceals it very well. Ordinary people can't even notice it. Even Lu Ming noticed it accidentally.

However, a tight body means that the person is in a state of tension. But, at this moment in his own home court, what reason did he have to be nervous?

Lu Ming's eyes gradually became sharper. He inadvertently glanced at Shu Changshan, and was keenly aware that Shu Changshan's pupils shrank undetectably for a moment. Although he returned to normal instantly, he was still captured by Lu Ming.

Lu Ming suddenly coughed loudly and forcefully. Then, he noticed that Shu Changshan's body trembled slightly.

This time the tremor was very slight. Even Shu Changshan's speaking speed, intonation, expression, etc. did not change at all.

But Lu Ming was sure at this moment that there must be something wrong with Shu Changshan.

Why is he nervous when facing himself?

Recalling the doubts he had before, an idea gradually emerged in Lu Ming's mind.

Is it possible... At this moment, Shu Changshan, who first Pandao, then inflates his worth, brags about himself, and creates his own persona as an "extraordinary expert" in order to get more money, and behaves just like an ordinary magic stick, Are you still pretending?

In the face of ordinary people, the performance of this ordinary magician has a high probability of making ordinary people trust themselves, and ultimately facilitates transactions. But facing myself, who has received professional training and can easily see through the performance of ordinary magic sticks, this kind of performance can only make me despise him in my heart, and thus think that he is an ignorant stickman with no real ability. .

Could this be his real purpose? Did he realize that he was not an ordinary person early on, so he acted like this? The real purpose was to hope that after seeing through his disguise, he would voluntarily give up entangled with him?

He doesn't want to take over this business from him, or even wants to have contact with him? But, if that was the case, why didn't he refuse in person?

It's enough to simply refuse openly, why go to all this trouble?

No, you cannot refuse directly. Lu Ming figured this out immediately.

A simple and direct rejection requires a suitable reason. If you reject yourself directly without a suitable reason, you will only make yourself think that he knows something, and you will insist on contacting him even more.

And, he has actually rejected himself openly.

At the beginning, he told himself through Assistant Wang that he would hold a ceremony for half a month.

This is a clear rejection. After all, according to common sense, it is impossible for him to wait for half a month.

However, after he proposed ten times the price, if he refused again, he would be too deliberate and blunt, which would lead to him noticing something. He had no choice but to contact himself.

After the real contact at this moment, he tried to disguise himself as an ordinary magic stick to try to make himself give up contact with him, but because of some flaws in the details, his true thoughts were exposed.

Lu Ming gradually sorted out this logic.

If this set of logic is true, and Shu Changshan has been trying every possible means to "reject" himself, it is still the original judgment, he must know something!

Lu Ming's eyes became sharp again. He was not going to continue to make excuses.

He stood up directly and looked down at Shu Changshan. Shu Changshan was a little stunned, stopped talking, and raised his head to look at him.

"Master Shu, are you unwilling to accept this business from me?"

Shu Changshan looked at him strangely: "Why did Mr. Lu say that?"

After Shu Changshan's surprised look, Lu Ming saw a flash of panic. He became more and more certain.

Lu Ming took out his ID and handed it to Shu Changshan. Looking at the three characters "Ministry of Public Security" above, Shu Changshan was silent.

"There is no need to pretend in front of me. Master Shu, tell me, why don't you want to see me, why don't you want to accept this business from me? What do you know?"

Shu Changshan smiled bitterly and lay on the back of the sofa.

"You can't escape after all."

He sighed.