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Chapter 30 Strange news in Ling County(2/3)

They remembered that on weekdays, the shopkeeper and a waiter were always there.

Or two guys are here.

We are all here today, what is this picture for?

But the guests didn't know that today's store owner and others were confirming a strange and strange thing.

Just like that, with the occasional customers coming to buy steamed bread.

And left with the last guest.

The stall is closed until late at night.

When the shopkeeper was about to open the drawer, he was cautious.

The strange thing is that there is something wrong with the money collected!

Because in the past few days, he found that when collecting money every day, he could always see a bright piece of white paper!

At first, he thought maybe someone was joking with him.

It may also be that the clerk didn't look carefully when collecting the money.

But all three guys denied it.

Especially today, the three guys are here, looking at the stall with him.

If there is paper money again, no one is joking.

With this in mind, he slowly opened the drawer under the nervous gazes of the three clerks.

The sight of this scared the storekeeper to the point of death, and all his drowsiness was gone.

Because in the drawer full of copper plates, there is another piece of bright white paper money!

When the three waiters next to them saw it, they were also shocked and looked around hurriedly by the lights in the store.

This time, the four of them were at the counter together.

The money at the counter was also cleared in the afternoon.

There is only one possibility.

There are ghosts among these travelers who come at night!

Thought of here.

The three waiters were thinking about the kindness of the store and thinking about how they had no way to eat. The storekeeper took advantage of them and did not leave immediately.

But as a few seconds passed, one of the waiters saw two neighbors passing by his house on the street. He said goodbye to the shopkeeper and immediately followed the neighbors.

He decided not to work in this wotou shop anymore, and planned to tell the temple outside the county about this strange incident tomorrow.

When another waiter in a long gown saw the man leaving, he actually wanted to leave, but thinking about the dark alley outside his house, he still didn't move.

The last thin waiter was more courageous and dared to say this strange thing: "Shopkeeper, I heard that a person died outside Duo Village a few days ago. Do you think it could be him..."

As he spoke, he added: "I don't know whether I should believe these things.

But a few years ago, I dreamed about my mother. She said she was cold and asked me to give her some clothes.

I got up early the next day, went to the market, bought two large coats, and sent them to the cemetery in the west of the village to be burned.

But since that day... Alas, I have never dreamed of my mother again..."

‘Ta’ The shopkeeper didn’t say anything, and he didn’t have the intention to say anything after encountering the strange paper money. He just held his hand in front of him to express his condolences.

After hearing this, the man in the long gown felt more and more frightened when he thought about collecting paper money in the past few days.

Maybe it was the ghost who came to their shop to buy steamed buns with the paper money burned by the living person.

For a while, they didn't dare to move in the shop, so they lit candles and stayed up until midnight before falling into a light sleep.

Until dawn.

They finally came to their senses, and they still had to do whatever they had to do, but they were so worried that they almost overturned a pot of fragrant steamed buns to the ground.

until noon.

A gentleman with an extraordinary temperament came in and told them in one sentence the strange things that were bothering them, which brought them back to their senses.

"See the gathering of evil spirits here? Is something strange happening?"

Ning He approached the store and looked at the three shopkeepers who looked exhausted.

"Exalt..."

Hearing this, the store owner became excited for a moment and became less tired.

The next moment, he looked towards Ning He.

Although Ning He looks young, he doesn’t look like the fortune-telling demi-fairies we usually see.

But Ning He has an extraordinary temperament, and he reveals his current mysterious affairs with one sentence.

A discerning person will know that he has met an expert, a strange person!

So the store owner tried his best to cheer up, clasped his fists and saluted sincerely: "I've met the master! As the master said, the store has indeed encountered strange things in recent days...

Coincidentally, someone died in the village outside. I heard that he was not from here, but from another place..."

He said, telling what happened.

I also want to ask how to distinguish between humans and ghosts.

After hearing this, Ning He looked at the few people who were still frightened in broad daylight and said: "I am not an expert, I just know a little about how to identify evil spirits.

And now I have a way to distinguish between strangers and ghosts, but it depends on whether the store is afraid of surprising him."

"No..." The store owner saw that there were two clerks in the store. For the sake of face, he wanted to pretend to be brave and say he was not afraid.

But when I saw this tall... no, this tall gentleman looked like he really had a solution, he seemed to be able to make ghosts appear.

He couldn't care about face for a moment, and could only say weakly: "This...Mr. Dissatisfaction said, I must be afraid..."

"I'm afraid too..." The waiter in the long gown saw that he might be catching ghosts at night, and then he thought about resigning from the store because he didn't want to deal with the shopkeeper who was kind to him.

It's exactly noon now.

It’s safe to go.

But the thin waiter had the courage to hold his fist towards the shopkeeper and said: "The shopkeeper has treated me well over the years! If the shopkeeper feels at ease tonight, he will let me take care of the money account."

When the shopkeeper heard this, he thought it was right, but in the end it was his own business, and now he had an expert to help him, so he shook his head and said, "Oh... let's go together."

After finishing speaking, he looked at Ning He again and said, "Sir, please give me some advice! Teach us how to identify paper money?"

"Teach you a common method." Ning Heduo glanced at the shopkeeper, then pointed at the candle on the counter and said: "Since you are collecting silver and copper, why don't you pass the fire over the fire when collecting the money?

If it catches, it’s just paper money.

If you don’t have it, it’s real money.

If you are afraid of disturbing ghosts.

You can place the candle on the wooden bench under the counter.

Covered by fire, ordinary ghosts cannot detect that his spell has been broken."

"Fire..." The shopkeeper was awakened by the words, but he held his hands weakly and said: "If we find this ghost... should we lower him or follow him to his graveyard, as some experts said

How about... eradicating... the roots?

If the roots are removed...how can we follow him? Could it be that we are following him late at night..."

He said, his expression full of fear.

This time, at least we have to go at dawn.

He thought about this and asked: "Do I have to leave a mark first?"

"I was lucky enough to get a Dharma rope." Ning He heard their question and said casually: "First use the Dharma rope to connect him, and then leave in the daytime. As for whether to eradicate the root, it is not up to you, let alone those high-ranking officials.

People can cut it off, but it depends on whether the ghost is evil."

"Yes..Yes.." The store didn't understand this, but knew that there was no need for this gentleman to lie to him, so he also wrote it down.

But then he looked at Ning He again, wanting to see where the magical rope was.

Ning He asked them to wait, as if they were going to get some treasure.

I just waited for it to go out, found an alley, and saw a torn sack.

On the way to pick it up, the sack fell apart in the air, and the hemp rope became thinner and thinner, and then connected together to form a woolen reel.

The total length of the line is hundreds of miles, which is enough for the shopkeeper to see the ghost's heels.

Later.

Ning He was sitting at the counter in the store.

After that, the store remained as usual, with customers coming and going.

But every time the shopkeeper collects a piece of money, whether copper or silver, he passes it over the candle under the table.
To be continued...
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