The Exorcist

After Ruan Zhan arrived in City A, he stayed at the Yeyuan Hotel where Li Jingming stayed last time.

He didn't want a specific room or simply lived in the attic where Li Jingming met the ghost, because he believed that if there was something he wanted to find, he would find it, and he doubted that the ghost couldn't be one. Don't dare to provoke.

He went to observe the river behind the house, and found that it was a river around the town, neither deep nor shallow, calm and waveless, not only can be used as a traffic path, but also the scenery is very beautiful. However, with his eyes with special abilities, he can still see the fierceness inside. Unfortunately, his ability has been sealed for too long, so he can't see it clearly. In addition, the section of the river behind the Leaf Garden Hotel is the deepest part of the entire river. , had to dive to the bottom of the river to figure it out.

There is no necessary equipment in this beautiful small place, so he asked Wan Li, who was staying in the bar, to buy diving equipment for him and consign it, and then wait for the equipment to arrive before he can find out. But he has not been idle during the days of waiting. He has been posing as a collector of folk culture, looking up county annals, asking around for folk stories about a hundred years old, and trying his best to recall the diving skills that have been neglected since college.

That evening, when he finally integrated all kinds of scattered clues into a clear story and returned to the hotel with satisfaction, he found that something unusual happened in his room.

The door was ajar, the cabinet had been moved, there was a strange smell in the room, and the sound of running water came from the bathroom.

Ruan Zhan gently pushed open the bathroom door, a person was leaning over the sink to wash his face, when 'it' looked up and saw two people in the mirror, one of them was Ruan Zhan's gloomy face, he was shocked,' Ah' cried out.

"I just realized today what 'people scare people, scare people to death', do you walk without making a sound?" Xiao Xia wiped off the water on her face indiscriminately, and said angrily.

"Why are you here?" Ruan Zhan frowned, deeply troubled.

"Can't I come?"

Seeing Xiaoxia's confident and provocative look, Ruan Zhan knew that discussing topics such as danger and necessity with her would only lead to endless arguments, so it was better not to talk at all. And Xiao Xia squeezed out between Ruan Zhan and the crack of the door unceremoniously, and sat on the other bed peacefully, with the air of not leaving even if she was killed.

"How did you get in here?"

"I told the shopkeeper that I am your sister."

"What an honor!"

"I'm at a disadvantage. I'm much prettier than you."

"I'm sorry for you." Ruan Zhan changed the angle of the question. "Is there anything you can do over there?"

"Don't worry, everything is going well with me. The application for judicial psychiatric evaluation was approved very quickly and is currently in progress. There is no chance that 'that what' can be combined into one."

"So you're here?"

"Who made you go away like a yellow crane and never look back." Xiaoxia shifted the responsibility to him, "I asked you for help, at least you have to give me some news, but you have no news, I have reason to suspect that you were killed by ghosts. You ate or didn't try your best. So even though you are not happy about my coming to you, you have to bear some responsibility."

She was so confident that Ruan Zhan had nothing to say.

"I know you think I'm in the way, but there's nothing you can do about it! It's this age, and you don't even have a mobile phone, so I can't contact you at all." She didn't have to meddle, lightly Who doesn't like being relaxed, but this is her case, she is determined to save Li Jingming, and Ruan Zhan is just helping. Although he didn't say anything, she knew that this matter was quite dangerous, how could she let it go and let the helper take the risk alone. She is timid, but she believes that one more person will always be useful at critical moments.

Ruan Zhan still did not speak.

"You must be scolding me for sophistry in your heart right now, right? But lawyers are meant to hit you so hard that you can't look up if you are justified, and disturb you if you are unreasonable. It is you who can't understand the situation and provoke people like me."

"Whatever you want, if something happens, don't blame me for being scared to death!"

"You won't scare me to death." Xiao Xia was determined that he would not leave her alone.

"Just as long as you know what you're doing. Come on, I'll take you to book a room."

"Whatever room you book, I will live here. Aren't there two beds here? You can't use it by yourself, so don't waste it."

Ruan Zhan almost despaired of her answer. He had had to sleep in the warehouse since she had taken his room on the second floor of the bar. It's not that he didn't want to get rid of this abnormal life as soon as possible when he helped so enthusiastically. Unexpectedly, thousands of miles away, she still made him restless.

"If not, I'll help you pay for the room. You can choose which one you like, or you can stay in that three-star hotel."

"No! It is shameful to waste social resources."

"Miss, please understand a fact." Ruan Zhan said wearily: "I am a man, and we don't know each other very well. Is it inappropriate for you to share a room with a strange man like this? Although this is not the feudal era Yes, but can you be less courageous?"

"I want to live with you just because I'm cowardly! And I know you hate me and won't be interested in me. You are so unkind, you must be told clearly. Hey, by the way, have you had dinner yet?" ?”

Ruan Zhan shook his head.

"Then shall I treat you to a very famous local dish? I have inquired with the owner, and there is a century-old brand not far from here."

Ruan Zhan had a splitting headache.

"Don't be so awkward! I just want to hear what your investigations and your plans are these days. You know it involves 'the' too, I'm timid and it doesn't sound so scary in a crowded place. Let's go Let's go, you won't move unless someone tells you clearly, really!"

Ruan Zhan completely surrendered. He is dizzy now, not sure what kind of character this person in front of him is. He had never seen a person with such dual personalities, he was obviously a coward, but he was also very brave, he was obviously very self-respecting, but he was also reckless.

The century-old restaurant was built on the riverside area. Since it was the off-season of tourism, there were not many customers in the restaurant, so Xiao Xia and Ruan Zhan chose a seat by the window to eat and talk about the facts that they already knew.

It turned out that more than a hundred years ago, the owner of Yeyuan was the richest man in the ten miles and eight villages here. Now the place where they live is already a small corner after being divided into many parts. According to the records of the county annals and handed down by the old people from generation to generation, Yeyuan was very prosperous at that time, with boundless wealth and wealth, but then the population gradually declined. Until a generation more than a hundred years ago, there were no males to inherit the incense. So the only young lady of the Ye family recruited a failed scholar in the town to be her son-in-law. At that time, everyone envied the good luck of this scholar, saying that a big golden mountain fell from the sky in front of their house.

But within a year, Miss Ye, who was already pregnant, expelled the scholar from the inner courtyard to live in the outer courtyard on the grounds that he often stole money. In fact, it was Miss Ye who disliked his cowardice and incompetence, and then took a fancy to others. At that time, the southern atmosphere was conservative, and she could not divorce her husband and remarry, so she found an excuse to send the scholar outside, and lived secretly with her lover who had been promoted to a housekeeper.

But there is no impenetrable wall in the world, and soon this matter was spread by the servants of the Ye family. But the Ye family is so powerful that no one dared to say anything openly, they just took the scholar as the knife. Xiucai was originally a poor person, and was looked down upon by everyone. Later, I suddenly hit shit luck, which naturally made other people jealous, plus I don't know how to behave, and when I was proud, I was a little domineering, which offended many people. Now that he is out of luck, there is still a reason not to add insult to injury.

His nominal wife blatantly stole people, and he was accused of being a thief, which made his gentleman disgraced, his face lost, his ancestors were ashamed, and he dared not even go out on the street. However, he refused to leave, so the servants in Ye's mansion made things difficult and abused him in every possible way, and Miss Ye seemed to agree to these things. Two years later, when his nominal child was almost two years old, it was suddenly reported that he wanted to murder Miss Ye out of jealousy. Because of the conclusive evidence, the Ye family used family rules to lynch him, put him in a stone box and sink him to the bottom of the river.